Final position
GM Grischuk (2717) – GM Rublevsky (2680) [B46]
FIDE candidates Matches Elista, Kalmykia Russia, 06.06.2007
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 d6 7.0-0 Nf6 8.Be3 Bd7 9.a4 Be7 10.f4 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Bc6 12.b4 0-0 13.b5 Be8 14.e5 Qc7 15.b6 Qc6 16.Bf3 d5 17.Rae1 Nd7 18.Nxd5 exd5 19.Bxd5 Qc5 20.e6 Qxd4 21.Bxd4 Nf6 22.Bb3 Rd8 23.Bxf6 Bc5+ 24.Kh1 gxf6 25.e7 Bxe7 26.Rxe7 Bc6 27.Rc7 Rd2 28.Re1 Rf2 29.h3 Rxf4 30.Ree7 Rf1+ 31.Kh2 Rf2 32.Rxc6 bxc6 33.Rxf7 Rf4 34.c3 White wins 1-0
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Rublevsky is no match for Grischuk.
blundering a full rook doesn’t help things.
White to move. How should white proceed?
A strange game, besides Rublevsky’s mistake allowing the combination at the end. Where did he make a mistake? It looked like he played very well, but he practically got creamed, then he was lucky to escape to a pawn-down position.