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Positional Chess Masterpiece! : Vladimir Kramnik vs Vassily Ivanchuk World Cup (2017): Caro-Kann

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â™šPlay turn style chess at Chessworld.net: http://www.chessworld.net/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 Instructive game tags : Caro-kann defence, Kramnik vs Ivanchuk, temporary pawn sacrifice, ... (Show Full Description)

â™šPlay turn style chess at Chessworld.net: http://www.chessworld.net/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 Instructive game tags : Caro-kann defence, Kramnik vs Ivanchuk, temporary pawn sacrifice, structural advantage, weak d4 pawn, pressure in endgame, blockade on d5, positional chess, grinding opponent slowly, slow positional pressure, endgame pressure, isolated queens pawn downfall, slow accumulation of positional advantages, accumulating advantages, nice positonal game [Event "World Cup"] [Site "Tbilisi GEO"] [Date "2017.09.10"] [EventDate "2017.09.03"] [Round "3.2"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"] [ECO "B13"] [WhiteElo "2803"] [BlackElo "2728"] [PlyCount "142"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qc8 8. Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Be7 10. O-O Bh5 11. Rae1 Bg6 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. h4 a6 14. c4 a5 15. a3 a4 16. Qd3 O-O 17. c5 b6 18. cxb6 Qb7 19. Bc7 Nd7 20. Rc1 Rfc8 21. b4 axb3 22. Qxb3 Bxa3 23. Rc3 Be7 24. Rfc1 Nb4 25. Ne5 Nxe5 26. Bxe5 Rxc3 27. Qxc3 Qxb6 28. Nf3 Qd8 29. Qb3 Rc8 30. Ra1 Rc4 31. g3 Qc8 32. Kg2 Nc6 33. Qb5 Bf8 34. Ra4 Rxa4 35. Qxa4 Nb4 36. Qb5 Qc2 37. Qf1 Qe4 38. Qe1 f6 39. Bc7 Nc2 40. Qxe4 dxe4 41. Nd2 f5 42. Nb3 Ne1+ 43. Kf1 Nf3 44. Ke2 Kf7 45. Bb6 Bb4 46. Ke3 Ke8 47. Bc5 Bc3 48. Ba3 Kf7 49. Bd6 Kf6 50. Bc7 Ke7 51. Bb8 Bb2 52. Bf4 Kd8 53. Bd6 Kd7 54. Bf8 Kc6 55. Bxg7 Kd5 56. Bf6 Bc3 57. Ke2 Kc4 58. Nc5 e5 59. Nd7 exd4 60. Bd8 d3+ 61. Kd1 Bd4 62. Bb6 Bxb6 63. Nxb6+ Kd4 64. Nc8 Ne5 65. Ne7 Ng4 66. Ke1 Kc3 67. Nd5+ Kb3 68. Kd2 Nxf2 69. h5 gxh5 70. Ne3 h4 71. Nxf5 h3 0-1 â–ºKingscrusher chess resources: http://www.chessworld.net/chessclubs/learn_coaching_chessable.asp â–ºKingscrusher's "Crushing the King" video course with GM Igor Smirnov: http://chess-teacher.com/affiliates/idevaffiliate.php?id=1933&url=2396 â–ºFREE online turn-style chess at http://www.chessworld.net/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 or realtime at http://www.chessclub.com/from/kingscrusher (use my discount code KINGICC for 10% off) â–ºSupport the channel by donating via PayPal: http://goo.gl/7HJcDq â–ºKingscrusher resources: http://www.chessworld.net/chessclubs/learn_coaching_chessable.asp â–ºPlaylists: http://goo.gl/FxpqEH â–ºFollow me at Google+ : http://www.google.com/+kingscrusher â–ºPlay and follow broadcasts at Chess24: https://chess24.com/premium?ref=kingscrusher

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