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Dmitry Jakovenko vs Alexander Grischuk
FIDE Grand Prix Tbilisi (2015), Tbilisi GEO, rd 5, Feb-20
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation. Immediate Fianchetto (E60)  ·  1/2-1/2

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Feb-20-15
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  Penguincw: chess24 says this game took about 27:45 to complete. :| Both players have more time than they started with (1:42 and 1:48).
Feb-20-15  Whitehat1963: Pathetic display. 14 moves, one pawn exchanged, and a draw by repetition. Pathetic. I expect better of Jakovenko. He likes endgame play and he settled for this?
Feb-21-15  whiteshark: "The game finished abruptly with repetition in the opening. In the fianchetto Modern Benoni Grishuk played a rare move <10...Bf5>.

<He> revealed it is something prepared as a backup line for the days he doesn't want to waste time before the games.

<Jakovenko> admitted he didn't know how to proceed and decided to take a draw. He proposed 12.Qc1 but the position is very complicated and he was not experienced in this opening."

source: tournanent page

Feb-21-15  MarkFinan: Disgusting display of chess. They must have agreed on a mutual reach around, before hand!
Jan-19-24
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  FSR: 10...Bf5! (intending ...Ne4 to exchange pieces, which is normally desirable for Black in the Modern Benoni) is only the fourth most popular move. But it is best according to Stockfish 16, which assesses the position after 11.Nh4! Bc8! as +0.17 at depth 75. White can play on with a move like 12.Qd2. A recent correspondence game of mine went 12.Qc1 a6 13.a4 Qc7 14.Bh6 Bh8 15.h3 Nbd7 16.Nf5 Ne5 17.Ne3 Rb8 18.a5 b5 19.axb6 Rxb6 20.Ra3 Nfd7 21.g4 Rb4 22.Ncd1 Nf6 23.Nc2 Rb6 24.Nce3 Rb4 25.Nc2 Rb5 26.Nd4 Rb4 27.Nc2 1/2-1/2 AndrĂ©s Valverde Toresano (2301)-Rhine (2305), ICCF 2023-24.
Jan-19-24
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  FSR: This opening can also arise after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3, as it did in my aforementioned game. Now 3...d5 4.Nf3 (or 4.Bg2) Bb4+ is a solid line for Black, as in my virtually identical drawn games C Bontems vs F Rhine, 2023 and J Toon vs F Rhine, 2023. More dynamic is 3...c5, when 4.d5 e6 transposes to the Modern Benoni, and 4.Nf3 is also nothing special for White. The Fianchetto Variation is White's worst line against the Modern Benoni, making this an attractive line for Black. Opening Explorer will tell you that Black even gets a plus score, which is rare against 1.d4. In engine-assisted correspondence play, White will play the most accurate moves and get a slight advantage, but Black is still well within the drawing margin.

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