Thursday, March 25, 2010

(GotD) Ivanchuk vs. Gelfand, 19th Amber Rapid Nice FRA, Round 11

(Courtesy: chessbase.com)

The 19th Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament has ended in an overall victory for Norway’s Magnus Carlsen & Ukraine’s Vasily Ivanchuk. In the 11th and final round Ivanchuk caught up with the leading Carlsen thanks to a 1½-½ victory over Boris Gelfand, while Magnus shared the points with Alexander Grischuk with one win apiece.

[C42] Petrov, Nimzovich attack

Gelfand-Ivanchuk: The rapid game saw a Petrov with 5. c3 that soon got very complicated. Gelfand seemed to be in control, but Ivanchuk was relentless and whipped up a devastating attack that crashed through in only 32 moves.

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