Pannkaka

Jon Ludvig Nilssen Hammer (SK Rockaden) – Baadur Jobava (Malmö AS)
Swedish Élite League 2016/2017; Västerås, March 25, 2017
Grünfeld Defence D94

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bd3 0-0 7. 0-0 Na6 8. a3 Nc7 9. h3. 9. Qc2 Be6 10. cxd5 Nfxd5 11. h3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 c5 transposes into O. Bernstein – Alekhine, 7th Russian Chess Championship, Vilnius 1912. 9. ... Bf5 10. cxd5 Ncxd5 11. Na4 Qc8 12. Re1 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Rd8 14. Qc2 Nb6 15. Nc5 Nfd7 16. Nd3 c5! 17. dxc5 Nxc5! 18. Qxc5. On 18. Nxc5 Nd7 Black regains the Knight with very comfortable play. 18. ... Rxd3 19. Qxe7 Qc6 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. Qxe5 Re8 22. Qg5 Nc4 23. b4 Rd5 24. Qh4 Rh5 25. Qd4 Ne5. In his commentary to the game, Grandmaster Rafael Duailibe Leitão assesses that Black has enough compensation for the Pawn. 26. f4

26. ... Nf3+! As usual, Jobava is able to create complications out of nothing. The effect on Hammer is quite upsetting. 27. gxf3 Qxf3 28. Ra2 Rxh3 29. Rg2 Qh5 30. Bb2 Rh1+ 31. Kf2 Qh4+ 32. Kf3? A tremendous blunder. Leitão recommends 32. Rg3 as after 32. ... Rh2+ 33. Kf3 Qh5+ 34. Rg4 Rxb2 35. Qxb2 f5 36. Qg2 White should be able to hold his own. 32. ... Rh3+ 33. Ke2 Rhxe3+ 0 : 1.