This is Ivanchuk’s second loss in 3 games at Corus. He lost BOTH his games with the White pieces!
GM Ivanchuk (2779) – GM Radjabov (2761) [E97]
Corus A (3), 19.01.2009
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 0–0 6.Nf3 e5 7.0–0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 Ne8 10.a4 f5 11.a5 Nf6 12.Bg5 Nh5 13.exf5 gxf5 14.Qd2 Nf6 15.c5 Bd7 16.b5 Be8 17.c6 b6 18.Nh4 Bf7 19.Bd3 Bg6 20.f3 Qe8 21.Kh1 Kh8 22.Bc2 Qf7 23.g4 Nfg8 24.Ra4 Rae8 25.axb6 axb6 26.Ra7 Rc8 27.Nxg6+ Qxg6 28.Rg1 Qf7 29.Rg3 e4 30.Ne2 Nf6 31.Nf4 exf3 32.gxf5 Nfxd5 33.Rxf3 Nxf4 34.Qxf4 Bf6 35.Bb3 Qh5 36.Bxf6+ Rxf6 37.Be6 Rcf8 38.Rxc7 Rxe6 39.fxe6 Rxf4 40.Rxf4 Qd5+ 41.Kg1 Qg5+ Black wins 0–1
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Ivanchuk again in time trouble (made blunder). He should better manage his time.
Rather “Ivanchuk takes down Ivanchuk”.
Ivanchuk is his best opponent.
Too bad for him.
Good luck chucky.
Losing on time or blundering on time does’n make that much of a difference. These are beginners’ mistakes.
Of course it makes a difference. The fact these are made by Chucky prove that in itself.
Replay his games and find blunders of him outside time trouble. I give you a few weeks.