[White “Onischuk, Alexander”]
[Black “Shabalov, Alexander”]
[Result “1-0”]
[White ELO “2712”]
[White Title “GM”]
[Black ELO “2671”]
[Black Title “GM”]
[Source “MonRoi”]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.exf6 Qa5 12.Be2 Bb7 13.O-O O-O-O 14.Qc1 c5 15.Rd1 cxd4 16.Rxd4 Bc5 17.b4 Qxb4 18.Rb1 Qxb1 19.Qxb1 Bxd4 20.Nxb5 Ne5 21.Bf4 Nc6 22.Nd6 Rxd6 23.Bxd6 c3 24.Bf3 Bb6 25.Bb4 Bd4 26.Bxc3 1-0
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Way to go the Rock Onischuk!
Twenty-six moves to win against Shabalov? Looks to me like Alex is serious about defending his crown. 🙂
The best would have been a Champion’s Match between Onischuk as Champion and Shabalov as Challenger. That is the way to get the most out of the Championship.