Author: Sune Larsson
Date: 11:54:24 07/31/00
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On July 31, 2000 at 13:17:26, Daniel Chancey wrote: >Lputian,S - Ivanchuk,V >Montecatini Terme-A (2), 2000 >Reti A07 > >1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.c4 c6 4.Qa4 d4 5.b4 Nd7 6.Bb2 e5 7.e3 Bg7 8.Bg2 Nh6 9.0-0 0-0 >10.Na3 a5 11.exd4 e4 12.Ne1 Nb6 13.Qb3 axb4 14.Qxb4 Na4 15.Bc3 e3 16.fxe3 c5 >17.dxc5 Nxc3 18.dxc3 Qd2 19.Nb5 Ng4 20.Nf3 Qxe3+ 21.Kh1 Nf2+ 22.Rxf2 Qxf2 23.a4 >Bd7 24.Nc7 Rxa4 0-1 > >This game was played very recently. I'm a weak player, so I don't know what >happened. Lputian used 5.b4!? but went into a passive position and Ivanchuk >uncorked 15...e3!! Where did white go wrong in the position? > >Castle2000 Difficult to say... Ivanchuk is a very creative and erratic player and it's sometimes (or quite often) difficult to understand his play. He and Shirov go beyond me... They sort of look for unclear, misty positions where they really can let their intuition flourish... Not really scientific but very artistic, imo. Thanks
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