Final position
GM Nikolic,P (2646) – GM Ivanchuk (2787) [D12]
ECC 2007
07.10.2007
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bd3 Bg6 7.0–0 Nbd7 8.Bxg6 hxg6 9.Qe2 Ne4 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Nd2 Qh4 12.h3 Nf6 13.f3 exf3 14.Nxf3 Qg3 15.e4 Rxh3 16.e5 Ng4 17.Qe1 Qxe1 18.Rxe1 Rh8 19.Bg5 Kd7 20.Rf1 Rh5 21.Rae1 f6 22.Bd2 Be7 23.g3 Rah8 24.Kg2 Nh2 25.Rg1 g5 26.exf6 gxf6 27.Bc3 Nxf3 28.Kxf3 Rh2 29.Ke4 b5 30.cxb5 cxb5 31.Kd3 Rf2 32.Re3 Rhh2 33.a3 a5 34.Rd1 b4 35.axb4 axb4 36.Bd2 Bd6 37.b3 g4 38.Be1 Rf3 39.Rxf3 gxf3 40.Ke3 Rb2 41.Kxf3 Rxb3+ 42.Kg2 f5 43.Ra1 Ra3 44.Rb1 b3 45.Kf1 Kc6 46.Ke2 Kd5 47.Kd3 b2+ 48.Kc2 Ra1 Black wins 0–1
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Chuky makes it looks so easy!
It seems to me Black got the better of the opening battle.
I hope Gata Kamsky wins his next game!
ivan is on fire.
Petrag is so stupid, Nxe4 wasn’t forced at beginning of opening, and all the problems happens (dxe4 Nd2 Qh4!).
Is Ivanchuck going after Anand? It seems Ivancuck is on fire lately. What’s going on ?!
Ivanchuk is an amazing gifted chessplayer. But he has to climb through the hoops to get to a world championship match.
First he must win the Fide Cup knock outs, then a match with Topalov, just to get to play either Anand or Kramnik for a match.