Vassily Mykhaylovych Ivanchuk – Sergey Alexandrovich Karjakin
4th Vladimir Petrov Memorial; Jūrmala, March 8, 2015
King’s Gambit Accepted C33
4th Vladimir Petrov Memorial; Jūrmala, March 8, 2015
King’s Gambit Accepted C33
1. e4 e5 2. f4. The Ukrainian genius is familiar with any opening, including the “romantic” King’s Gambit. 2. ... exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 d6 5. Nc3 Be6 6. Bb3 Nd7. For 6. ... Nf6 7. Nf3 Qh5 8. d4 g5 9. Qd3 g4 10. Ng1 Bh6
see I. A. Zaitsev – Gusev, Moscow 1964. 7. d4 g5 8. Nf3
Qh5 9. h4 h6 10. Kg1 g4 11. Ne1 Bxb3 12. axb3 Ngf6 13. Nd3 g3 14. Qf3. Black is already in the unpleasant position of giving back the gambit Pawn with interest.
14. ... Qxf3. Possibly more stubborn is 14. ... Rg8 although after 15. Nxf4 Qg4 16. Rh3 White gets the best of it. 15.
gxf3 Nb8 16. Ne2! Nc6 17. c3 Rg8 18. Kg2! Ivanchuk has improved his position methodically, laying the groundwork for a win. 18. ... d5 19. e5 Nh5 20. Nexf4 Nxf4+ 21. Nxf4
0-0-0 22. Nh5 b6 23. Nf6 Rh8 24. h5 Kb7 25. Kxg3. Rien ne va plus, les jeux sont faits. To convert his extra Pawn into a win is (for Chucky) only a matter of time. 25. ... Na5 26. b4 Nb3 27. Rb1 a5 28.
bxa5 bxa5 29. Be3 Kc6 30. Kf2 a4 31. Ke2 Na5 32. Ra1 Nc4 33. Rxa4 Nxb2 34. Ra6+
Kb7 35. Rha1 Nc4 36. Kd3 Nb6 37. Bf4 Rc8 38. Ng4 Bg7 39. Ne3 Bf8 40. Ra7+ Kc6
41. R1a6 Kb5 42. Nxd5 Rg8 43. c4+ Nxc4 44. Nc3+ 1 : 0.
Vassily Mykhaylovych Ivanchuk
Photo: Matīss (@soikins)
Photo: Matīss (@soikins)
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