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Hikaru Nakamura vs Vassily Ivanchuk: Positional sacs! - Mikhail Tal Memorial 2011 (Chessworld.net)

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â–ºKingscrusher's Greatest Hit Videos! : http://tinyurl.com/6vvx6qe â–ºPlay FREE online chess at http://www.chessworld.net [Event "Tal Memorial"] [Site "0:16:33-1:17:33"] [Date "2011.11.23"] [R... (Show Full Description)
â–ºKingscrusher's Greatest Hit Videos! : http://tinyurl.com/6vvx6qe â–ºPlay FREE online chess at http://www.chessworld.net [Event "Tal Memorial"] [Site "0:16:33-1:17:33"] [Date "2011.11.23"] [Round "7"] [White "Hikaru Nakamura"] [Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D83"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2011.11.16"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nbd7 8. Nb5 (8. Nf3 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 Nb6 11. Bb3 Nbd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bg3 Be6 14. Qd2) 8... c6 9. Bc7 (9. Nc7 Rb8 10. Nf3 (10. Na6 bxa6 11. Bxb8 Nxb8) 10... Ne4 11. O-O Nd6) 9... Qe8 10. Nc3 e5 11. dxe5 (11. Bd6 exd4 12. Bxf8 (12. Qxd4 Ne4 13. Qxe4 (13. Qd3 Nxd6) 13... Bxc3+ 14. Rxc3 Qxe4) 12... Qxf8 (12... dxc3 13. Bxg7 cxb2 14. Rb1 Kxg7 15. Nf3 b5 16. Be2 Nb6 {About equal here}) 13. Qxd4 (13. exd4 Nb6 14. Bd3 Qb4 15. Nf3 Qxb2 16. O-O Bh6 17. Rc2 Qa3 18. Re1 Be6 19. h3 Rd8 20. Nb1 Qa4 {About equal here} 21. Nc3 Qb4 22. Qb1 Qa3 23. Rd1 Nfd5 24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25. Ne5 Bg7 26. Qb2 Qxb2 27. Rxb2 f6 28. Ng4 Bf7) 13... Nc5 14. Qh4 ( 14. Nf3 b5 15. Bb3 Bf5 16. O-O Nfe4 17. Qd1 Rd8 18. Qe2 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Bd3 20. Qd1 Bxf1 21. Qxf1 Ne4) 14... b5 15. Be2 b4 16. Nd1 Nce4 17. Qf4 (17. Nf3 Bh6 18. g4 (18. O-O g5)) 17... b3 18. a3 Qd8 19. Nf3 Qa5+ 20. Kf1 g5) 11... Nxe5 12. Be2 Bf5 13. Nf3 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Rc8 15. Bg3 (15. Bd6 Rd8 16. O-O Qe6) 15... Ne4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. O-O Rd8 18. Qa4 Bd3 19. Rfd1 b5 20. Qa5 (20. Qxa7 b4 21. Na4 Bc2 22. Rxd8 Qxd8 23. Re1 (23. h3 Qd2 24. Ra1 h5 25. Bf4 Rd8 26. Nc5 Bxb2 27. Re1 (27. Rf1)) 23... Qd2 24. f3 Be5 25. f4 Bg7) 20... Rd7 21. Rd2 Qe7 ( 21... Qd8 22. Qb4) 22. Rcd1 Rfd8 23. a3 (23. h3 b4 24. Na4 Rd5) 23... h5 24. h3 (24. Qb4 c5 25. Qa5) 24... h4 25. Bh2 Kh7 26. Bc7 (26. Kh1 Bc4 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Bf4 Rxd1+ 29. Nxd1 Qd7 30. Qe1 Qf5) 26... Rxc7 27. Rxd3 Rxd3 28. Rxd3 Bf6 29. Rd2 (29. Qb4) (29. Qb4 Qxb4 30. axb4) 29... Rd7 30. Rc2 (30. Rxd7 Qxd7 31. Qb4 Qd2 32. Ne4 Qc1+ 33. Kh2 Qxb2) 30... Qe6 31. Qb4 a5 32. Qf4 (32. Qxa5 Qb3 33. Re2 Rd3 34. Ne4 Be5 35. Re1 Rd1 36. Ng5+ Kg7 37. Nf3 Bxb2 38. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 39. Kh2 Qd6+ 40. Kg1 Qxa3) 32... Kg7 (32... Qb3 33. Ne4 Bd8 34. Rxc6 Qxb2 35. Rc8) 33. Rc1 a4 34. Qb4 Rd3 (34... Qb3 35. Qxb3 axb3 36. Rd1 Ra7 37. Rc1 c5 38. Nxb5 Rd7) 35. Rc2 Qb3 36. Qxb3 axb3 37. Rc1 Bxc3 38. bxc3 c5 39. Kf1 c4 40. Ke2 Rxc3 41. Rxc3 0-1 â–ºSubscribe for my regular chess videos: http://goo.gl/zpktUK â–ºSupport the channel by donating via PayPal: http://goo.gl/7HJcDq Thumbnail Nakamura By Stefan64 (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons Ivanchuk By ???????? (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

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