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Vassily Ivanchuk vs Alexey Shirov - 1996 - Semi-Slav Defense (D44) - Brilliancy! (Chessworld.net)

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Instructive game tags: Netherlands tournament, Tata Steel, Semi slav defence, sharply analysed slav variation, black accepts e5 against pinned knight on f6, a3 tries to peel open a file, one of the mo... (Show Full Description)
Instructive game tags: Netherlands tournament, Tata Steel, Semi slav defence, sharply analysed slav variation, black accepts e5 against pinned knight on f6, a3 tries to peel open a file, one of the most brilliant moves of all time, staggering Queen sacrifice, Qg7 queen sac, dangerous g7 pawn, two pieces for queen but then blacks king safety compromised if black loses light squared bishop, two rooks for queen and knight for rook imbalance, two rooks vs queen Brilliant Game quality tags: amazing, awesome, astonishing, brilliant, classic, crushing, dynamic, elegant, exceptional, excellent, exciting, fabulous, famous, fantastic, fascinating, finest, flashy, greatest, iconic, immortal, important, impressive, incredible, instructive, incredible, interesting, magnificent, marvellous, memorable, mind-blowing, must see, outrageous, prize, remarkable, scintillating, sparkling, stunning, sweet, superb, thrilling, top, unbelievable, wonderful, worlds greatest Vassily Ivanchuk vs Alexey Shirov "Étude in g7" (game of the day Jul-06-09) Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens (1996) · Semi-Slav Defense: Botvinnik System (D44) [Event "Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "1996.01.16"] [EventDate "1996.01.13"] [Round "3"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Vassily Ivanchuk"] [Black "Alexey Shirov"] [ECO "D44"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "69"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.exf6 Bb7 12.g3 c5 13.d5 Qb6 14.Bg2 O-O-O 15.O-O b4 16.Na4 Qb5 17.a3 exd5 18.axb4 cxb4 19.Be3 Nc5 20.Qg4+ Rd7 21.Qg7 Bxg7 22.fxg7 Rg8 23.Nxc5 d4 24.Bxb7+ Rxb7 25.Nxb7 Qb6 26.Bxd4 Qxd4 27.Rfd1 Qxb2 28.Nd6+ Kb8 29.Rdb1 Qxg7 30.Rxb4+ Kc7 31.Ra6 Rb8 32.Rxa7+ Kxd6 33.Rxb8 Qg4 34.Rd8+ Kc6 35.Ra1 1-0 ►Playlists: http://www.chessworld.net/chessclubs/playlistvideosstructure.asp ►Kingscrusher's Greatest Hit Videos! : http://tinyurl.com/6vvx6qe ►Play FREE online chess at http://www.chessworld.net or realtime at http://www.chessclub.com/from/kingscrusher ►Subscribe for my regular chess videos: http://goo.gl/zpktUK ►Support the channel by donating via PayPal: http://goo.gl/7HJcDq Thumbnail Shirov By karpidis from Piraeus, Greece (alteration of KIF_4711) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], 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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