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Vassily Ivanchuk - 8/10 on first day of FIDE Rapid World Championship 2016

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[Event "World Rapid Championship"] [Site "Doha QAT"] [Date "2016.12.26"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Vassily Ivanchuk"] [Black "Magnus Carlsen"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D11"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDa... (Show Full Description)
[Event "World Rapid Championship"] [Site "Doha QAT"] [Date "2016.12.26"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Vassily Ivanchuk"] [Black "Magnus Carlsen"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D11"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2016.12.26"] [EventType "rapid"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 e6 5. Nbd2 dxc4 6. Nxc4 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be7 10. Bb2 Qc7 11. Rc1 Nbd7 12. e4 b5 13. Na5 Qxc2 14. Rxc2 Nxe4 15. Bxb5 Nd6 16. Bc6 Rb8 17. O-O Nb6 18. Rd1 Rd8 19. Ne5 f6 20. Bf3 fxe5 21. Nc6 Bb7 22. Nxe7+ Kf8 23. Bxe5 Nbc4 24. Bxd6 Nxd6 25. Nc6 Bxc6 26. Rxc6 Nb5 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Ra6 Rc8 29. h4 Rc7 30. Bg4 e5 31. Ra5 Nd6 32. Rxe5 Nc4 33. Rf5+ Ke7 34. Rf3 Ne5 35. Re3 Kd6 36. Be2 h6 37. f4 Rc1+ 38. Kf2 Nd7 39. Bf3 Rc2+ 40. Kg3 Ra2 41. Rd3+ Ke7 42. Rc3 Kd8 43. Kg4 Rd2 44. Rc6 Rd3 45. Ra6 Nf6+ 46. Kf5 Rd7 47. g4 Ne8 48. g5 hxg5 49. hxg5 Nd6+ 50. Kg6 Nb5 51. Ra5 Nd4 52. Bg4 1-0 [Event "World Rapid Championship"] [Site "Doha QAT"] [Date "2016.12.26"] [Round "2.5"] [White "Vassily Ivanchuk"] [Black "Maxim Matlakov"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C85"] [WhiteElo "2747"] [BlackElo "2694"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "2016.12.26"] [EventType "rapid"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nc4 f6 10. Nh4 Re8 11. Nf5 Bf8 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Nc5 14. Nce3 Ne6 15. Bg3 Nd4 16. Kh1 Nxf5 17. Nxf5 Be6 18. b3 Qd7 19. Qf3 a5 20. a4 Bb4 21. Be1 Bxe1 22. Raxe1 Bxf5 23. Qxf5 Qd6 24. Qf2 b5 25. Ra1 Re5 26. Ra2 b4 27. Raa1 c5 28. Rae1 Rae8 29. Re3 Rg5 30. Rf3 Ree5 31. h3 h5 32. Qe2 Qd7 33. Re3 Re8 34. Rff3 Rge5 35. Rf4 Qd4 36. Rg3 Kf7 37. Rgf3 c6 38. Qf1 Qd6 39. Rf2 R8e6 40. Qe2 g6 41. Qe3 Kg7 42. Rf1 Rg5 43. Qf2 Qd4 44. Qh4 Qe5 45. R4f3 Rd6 46. Qe1 Re6 47. Qd2 Qd6 48. Rf4 Qd4 49. Qe1 Qd6 50. h4 Rge5 51. g4 hxg4 52. Rxg4 f5 53. Rgf4 Re7 54. Qf2 fxe4 55. Rf7+ Kg8 56. Rf8+ Kg7 57. Qf7+ 1-0 [Event "World Rapid Championship"] [Site "Doha QAT"] [Date "2016.12.26"] [Round "10.2"] [White "Vassily Ivanchuk"] [Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D11"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2016.12.26"] [EventType "rapid"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O Be7 9. e3 O-O 10. Qe2 Rc8 11. Rd1 Qa5 12. Bd2 Qb5 13. Qxb5 cxb5 14. Ne1 Ne4 15. Nc3 Nxd2 16. Rxd2 Bb4 17. Bxb7 Rc7 18. Bf3 Rxc3 19. bxc3 Bxc3 20. Rad1 Bxd2 21. Rxd2 Rc8 22. Nd3 Kf8 23. Nb4 Nf6 24. Rb2 Ne4 25. g4 Bg6 26. h4 Rc1+ 27. Kg2 Nc3 28. h5 Bb1 29. a3 f5 30. gxf5 exf5 31. d5 Ke8 32. Nc6 a6 33. Kg3 Be4 34. Bxe4 fxe4 35. Nb8 a5 36. d6 Rd1 37. Rb3 Rc1 38. Kf4 a4 39. Rb2 b4 40. axb4 a3 41. Rd2 Nb5 42. Ke5 Kd8 43. Na6 Rb1 44. d7 Rb2 45. Rd5 Rxf2 1-0 [Event "World Rapid Championship"] [Site "Doha QAT"] [Date "2016.12.26"] [Round "1.10"] [White "Federico Perez Ponsa"] [Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B62"] [WhiteElo "2585"] [BlackElo "2747"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2016.12.26"] [EventType "rapid"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bf4 d5 11. Qe3 Bb4 12. a3 Ba5 13. f3 O-O 14. e5 Nh5 15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Qxh6 Ng7 17. Bd3 f5 18. g4 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Ra7 20. Rhg1 Qa5 21. gxf5 exf5 22. Kd2 Rd8 23. Rg5 d4 24. Bc4+ Rd5 25. Qxc6 Qxc3+ 26. Ke2 Qe3+ 27. Kf1 Qxf3+ 28. Ke1 Qe3+ 29. Kf1 Qf4+ 30. Kg2 Qxg5+ 31. Kh1 Bb7 32. Bxd5+ Kh7 33. Qc5 Bxd5+ 34. Qxd5 Rc7 35. Rg1 Qf4 36. Qd6 Qe4+ 37. Rg2 Rc6 0-1 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's training books at Chessable: 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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