Tournament: World Cup 2011
Round: 06-a
White: Svidler, Peter
Black: Ponomariov, Ruslan
Date: Mon Sep 12 2011
Result: ½-½
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 h6 8. h3 Bb6 9. Nc4 Ne7 10. Ba4 Ng6 11. Bc2 Be6 12. a4 c6 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. Be3 d5 15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Bd7 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Bd2 Qf6 19. Qf3 Ndf4 20. Bxf4 ½-½
White: Grischuk, Alexander
Black: Ivanchuk, Vassily
Date: Mon Sep 12 2011
Result: ½-½
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 Be7 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qb3 Qc8 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Be2 Rd8 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. O-O Be8 14. Bf4 Nd7 15. Nd3 Bd6 16. Bg5 f6 17. Be3 Bf7 18. Rad1 e5 19. Bd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5+ Kh8 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 ½-½
I always like taking the day off too. But I don’t usually do it while I am at work. Just sayin’.
My girlfriend Sophia rules.
Now this is belated and all, but Nigel Short showed in London that the knight’s gambit of the king’s gambit can be played. I try to learn the Vienna with all of it’s complexities, and learn to play the closed sicialian and grand prix attack, but he is an inspiration. I know he’s played all these. The knight’s gambit mustn’t be abandoned!
Though I still think the Vienna game is more than correct, takes just the same attention as the Reti or the double fianchetto, well is it just chess fashion. (and 1.f4 or 1.b4?) The questions are endless, but still…?