Vassily Ivanchuk vs Artur Yusupov

Candidates Match, Brussels BEL
Vassily Ivanchuk vs.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 h g f e d c b a 0

(black to move) 1. c4 e5 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 g6 4. d4 Nd7 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Nf3 Ngf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 Re8 9. Rd1 c6 10. b3 Qe7 11. Ba3 e4 12. Ng5 e3

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Vassily Ivanchuk vs Artur Yusupov

Candidates Match, Brussels BEL
Vassily Ivanchuk vs.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 h g f e d c b a 0

(black to move) 1. c4 e5 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 g6 4. d4 Nd7 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Nf3 Ngf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 Re8 9. Rd1 c6 10. b3 Qe7 11. Ba3 e4 12. Ng5 e3 13. f4 Nf8 14. b4 Bf5 15. Qb3 h6

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Vassily Ivanchuk vs Artur Yusupov

Candidates Match, Brussels BEL
Vassily Ivanchuk vs.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 h g f e d c b a 0

(black to move) 1. c4 e5 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 g6 4. d4 Nd7 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Nf3 Ngf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 Re8 9. Rd1 c6 10. b3 Qe7 11. Ba3 e4 12. Ng5 e3 13. f4 Nf8 14. b4 Bf5 15. Qb3 h6 16. Nf3 Ng4 17. b5 g5 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Ne5 gxf4

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Vassily Ivanchuk vs Artur Yusupov

Candidates Match, Brussels BEL
Vassily Ivanchuk vs.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 h g f e d c b a 0

(black to move) 1. c4 e5 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 g6 4. d4 Nd7 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Nf3 Ngf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 Re8 9. Rd1 c6 10. b3 Qe7 11. Ba3 e4 12. Ng5 e3 13. f4 Nf8 14. b4 Bf5 15. Qb3 h6 16. Nf3 Ng4 17. b5 g5 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Ne5 gxf4 20. Nxc6 Qg5 21. Bxd6 Ng6 22. Nd5 Qh5

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Vassily Ivanchuk vs Artur Yusupov

Candidates Match, Brussels BEL
Vassily Ivanchuk vs.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 h g f e d c b a -1

(black to move) 1. c4 e5 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 g6 4. d4 Nd7 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Nf3 Ngf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 Re8 9. Rd1 c6 10. b3 Qe7 11. Ba3 e4 12. Ng5 e3 13. f4 Nf8 14. b4 Bf5 15. Qb3 h6 16. Nf3 Ng4 17. b5 g5 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Ne5 gxf4 20. Nxc6 Qg5 21. Bxd6 Ng6 22. Nd5 Qh5 23. h4 Nxh4 24. gxh4 Qxh4 25. Nde7+ Kh8 26. Nxf5 Qh2+

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Vassily Ivanchuk vs Artur Yusupov

Candidates Match, Brussels BEL
Vassily Ivanchuk vs.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 h g f e d c b a -5

(black to move) 1. c4 e5 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 g6 4. d4 Nd7 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Nf3 Ngf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 Re8 9. Rd1 c6 10. b3 Qe7 11. Ba3 e4 12. Ng5 e3 13. f4 Nf8 14. b4 Bf5 15. Qb3 h6 16. Nf3 Ng4 17. b5 g5 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Ne5 gxf4 20. Nxc6 Qg5 21. Bxd6 Ng6 22. Nd5 Qh5 23. h4 Nxh4 24. gxh4 Qxh4 25. Nde7+ Kh8 26. Nxf5 Qh2+ 27. Kf1 Re6 28. Qb7 Rg6 29. Qxa8+ Kh7 30. Qg8+ Kxg8

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Vassily Ivanchuk vs Artur Yusupov

Candidates Match, Brussels BEL
Vassily Ivanchuk vs.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 h g f e d c b a -1

(black to move) 1. c4 e5 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 g6 4. d4 Nd7 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Nf3 Ngf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 Re8 9. Rd1 c6 10. b3 Qe7 11. Ba3 e4 12. Ng5 e3 13. f4 Nf8 14. b4 Bf5 15. Qb3 h6 16. Nf3 Ng4 17. b5 g5 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Ne5 gxf4 20. Nxc6 Qg5 21. Bxd6 Ng6 22. Nd5 Qh5 23. h4 Nxh4 24. gxh4 Qxh4 25. Nde7+ Kh8 26. Nxf5 Qh2+ 27. Kf1 Re6 28. Qb7 Rg6 29. Qxa8+ Kh7 30. Qg8+ Kxg8 31. Nce7+ Kh7 32. Nxg6 fxg6 33. Nxg7 Nf2 34. Bxf4 Qxf4 35. Ne6 Qh2 CHECK!

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Vassily Ivanchuk vs Artur Yusupov

Candidates Match, Brussels BEL
Vassily Ivanchuk vs.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 h g f e d c b a -4

(black to move) 1. c4 e5 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 g6 4. d4 Nd7 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Nf3 Ngf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 Re8 9. Rd1 c6 10. b3 Qe7 11. Ba3 e4 12. Ng5 e3 13. f4 Nf8 14. b4 Bf5 15. Qb3 h6 16. Nf3 Ng4 17. b5 g5 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Ne5 gxf4 20. Nxc6 Qg5 21. Bxd6 Ng6 22. Nd5 Qh5 23. h4 Nxh4 24. gxh4 Qxh4 25. Nde7+ Kh8 26. Nxf5 Qh2+ 27. Kf1 Re6 28. Qb7 Rg6 29. Qxa8+ Kh7 30. Qg8+ Kxg8 31. Nce7+ Kh7 32. Nxg6 fxg6 33. Nxg7 Nf2 34. Bxf4 Qxf4 35. Ne6 Qh2 36. Rdb1 Nh3 37. Rb7+ Kh8 38. Rb8+ Qxb8 39. Bxh3 Qg3

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How should Black continue?

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Analysis of fiddler (1877) vs. john2001plus (1400)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 h g f e d c b a 0

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Qxf6 7. e3 Bb7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O c5 10. a3 Bxd2 11. Qxd2 d6 12. Rac1 Nd7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Qc3 d5 15. Rd2 cxd4 16. Rxd4 Rac8 17. b4 e5 18. Rdd1 dxc4 19. a4 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 e4 21. Bxe4 Ne5 22. Rd4 Rxd4 23. exd4 Qf4 24. Bd5 Nd3 25. Rf1 Qg5 26. Be4 Nf4 27. Re1 Nd5 28. Bxd5 Qxd5 29. Re7 Qd6

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What is the strongest continuation for White?

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Analysis of john2001plus (1937) vs. Gusev (1832)

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h +2

(white to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 h6 7. Be3 a6 8. a4 b6 9. Qg4 Kf8 10. f4 c5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. O-O-O f5 13. exf6 e.p. Nxf6 14. Qg6 Qe8 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Qxe8+ Nxe8 17. fxe5 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Bc5 19. Rh3 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Ke7 21. Rf3 Rf8 22. Bd3 Bd7 23. Rxf8 Kxf8 24. Ne4 b5 25. Nc5 Bc8 26. axb5 axb5 27. Bxb5 Ra1+ 28. Kd2 Nc7 29. Rf4+ Kg8 30. Bc6 Rg1 31. Rf2 Rh1 32. g3 Rb1 33. b3 Rg1 34. Rf3 Rg2+ 35. Kd3 Na6 36. Nxa6 Bxa6+ 37. c4 Rg1 38. Kc3 dxc4 39. Bd7 cxb3 40. Bxe6+ Kh7 41. Bxb3 Re1 42. Bc2+ g6 43. Kd4 Bc8 44. Rf6 Bf5 45. Bxf5 gxf5 46. Rxf5 Kg6 47. Rf3 Rd1+ 48. Ke4 Ra1 49. Rf6+ Kg7 50. h5 Rg1 51. Kf5 Rf1+ 52. Ke6 Rb1 53. Rg6+

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What is the strongest continuation for Black?

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Gusev (1826) vs. john2001plus (1880), 300+3

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 h g f e d c b a +1

(black to move) 1. f4 e5 2. d3 Nc6 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nf3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. fxe5 Bg4 7. d4 Bxf3 8. gxf3 Qh4+ 9. Ke2 Nxd4+ 10. Kd3 Nb4+ 11. Kc3 O-O-O 12. f4 Nb5+ 13. Bxb5 Rxd1 14. Rxd1 Qh3+ 15. Bd3 Qf3 16. Re1 Be7 17. a3 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Rd8 19. Be3 Bh4 20. Nd2 Qc6+ 21. Nc4 Bxe1+ 22. Rxe1 b5

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