Ruslan Ponomariov vs Alexander Morozevich (2012)

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Ruslan Ponomariov vs Alexander Morozevich
FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent (2012), Tashkent UZB, rd 5, Nov-27
French Defense: Tarrasch Variation. Open System Euwe-Keres Line (C07) · 1-0

White to move.

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1-0

rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1

FEN COPIED

Given 2 times; par: 77 [what's this?]

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Nov-27-12		Marmot PFL: Ponomariov alertly takes advantage of 27...Nc8?, leaving d5 inadequately guarded, to win rook and 2 pawns for bishop and knight.

Nov-27-12		Big Pawn: Is it me or is the French Defense having a huge surge in popularity at the top level? I remember back in the 90's and 2000's it seemed like every top tournament was easily dominated by the Sicilian and Ruy Lopez with hardly any French Defenses ever. I, being a long time French Defense player, paid special attention to top level French games back then and I remember being disappointed that it hardly EVER made an appearance at the top level. In this tournament so far the French has been played multiple times while the sicilian is played much less that it used to be. Fellow French players out there understand exactly what I'm saying I'm sure; and isn't it cool to see two 2700+ GM's playing the French? I always wondered what it was supposed to look like when played right.

Nov-28-12		madlydeeply: The only french player i remember from the nineties was Shortie

Nov-28-12		madlydeeply: if i remember right, he would quickly play c5-xd4 and f6-xe5 having a fluid center, which blew my mind, as i needed to have pawn chains anchored from the second rank. It is very easy to blow my mind. Maybe that's why i keep looking at chess... "what happended?? WOW!!".. etc.

Nov-28-12		SimonWebbsTiger: 90s and French: Vaganyan, Lputian, Eingorn, M.Gurevich, Chernin, Bareev are some more names

Nov-28-12		Gilmoy: <Marmot PFL: Ponomariov alertly takes advantage of 27...Nc8?> I think Morozevich did that deliberately, sacking a "pawn" to reorganize his pieces. <27.c4> sets up 28.Nd5 regardless, and then he'd have to blockade a passed pawn, and still have no space. He doesn't have the a4-push, so his Nb6 is lifeless where it is. Better a running fight than circling a broken wagon. Moro must have realized later that his counterplay doesn't quite work. Maybe he went into the line envisioning 32..g6, but once there, he didn't like 33.Qh4. (It happens anyways, but he's safer with g7 on g7.) The move that really surprised me, and seems to have knocked Moro for a loop, was <35.Qf4> -- an inscrutable dainty-step that bravely <unprotects the Q>. Maybe it stops Rd2, threatens 36.Qe4+, or Qe3 winning c5 -- I think attacking the Bf7 is just incidental. Moro coughs up two tempi on <35..Bg6>, and then everything happens anyways: c5 drops, and the triple on e7 works. Funny: Moro gets his <39..a4>-push, after all. Not funny: He had nothing better ...

Nov-28-12		abstract: i love seeing a player punished for a french response to e4 :)

Nov-30-12		Everett: <SimonWebbsTiger: 90s and French: Vaganyan, Lputian, Eingorn, M.Gurevich, Chernin, Bareev are some more names> Korchnoi also, and Moro was on the scene by '95. Truth is, the French was underrated for so long, and other openings so popular, that there is a lot of new ground to discover. Moskalenko's books on the French in general and the Winawer in particular are outstanding.

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