Cheparinov, I (2687) – Grischuk, A (2728) [D12]
2nd FIDE Grand Prix Sochi, RUS (6), 06.08.2008
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Qb3 Qc7 8.Nxg6 hxg6 9.Bd2 Nbd7 10.cxd5 exd5 11.0–0–0 a5 12.f3 a4 13.Qc2 a3 14.b3 Bb4 15.Kb1 Qb6 16.g4 0–0 17.h4 Rfe8 18.Rc1 Qa5 19.Bd3 Nf8 20.h5 g5 21.Bf5 Rad8 22.Qd3 b6 23.Rc2 c5 24.Rd1 Re7 25.Bc1 Rc7 26.Ne2 Re7 27.Ng1 Rde8 28.Nh3 cxd4 29.exd4 Re1 30.Nf2 N6h7 31.Rxe1 Bxe1 32.Re2 Rxe2 33.Qxe2 Bxf2 34.Qxf2 g6 35.hxg6 fxg6 36.Bd3 Ne6 37.Bxg6 Nhf8 38.Bf5 Qb4 39.Qe3 Kf7 40.Qe5 Qxd4 41.Qb8 Qd1 42.Qxb6 Nd4 43.Qc7+ Ke8 44.Qc3 Nxf5 45.gxf5 d4 46.Qc2 Qf1 47.Qe4+ Kf7 48.Kc2 Nh7 49.Qd5+ Kg7 50.Qd7+ Kg8 51.Qe6+ Kh8 52.Qe8+ Kg7 53.Qg6+ Kh8 54.f6 d3+ 55.Kb1 1–0
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
I’m telling you, Cheparinov is better than Topalov.
Well, that is hard to tell. However, he’s got a real fighting spirit. Like watching his games.
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