Chess game: Nisipeanu x Vitiugov

[Event "22nd European Teams"] [Site "Batumi GEO"] [Date "2019.10.31"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"] [Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C91"] [WhiteElo "2656"] [BlackElo "2732"] [Annotator "GM Rafael Leitão"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2019.10.24"] [WhiteTeam "Germany"] [BlackTeam "Russia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "RUS"] {White played a strong theoretical novelty in the diagram position. How would you play?} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bc2 Nc4 13. Bc1 c5 14. b3 Nb6 15. Nbd2 Rc8 16. h3 Bh5 17. a4 bxa4 {[#]} 18. d5 $1 {Novidade teórica. Esse é o primeiro lance do computador, mas por algum motivo ninguém havia jogado e escapou da preparação do Vitiugov.} (18. bxa4 cxd4 19. g4 Bg6 20. Nxd4 d5 $132 {0-1 (44) Sprenger,J (2513)-Efimenko,Z (2651) Germany 2017}) 18... Bxf3 19. Nxf3 axb3 20. Bxb3 Ra8 21. e5 Nfd7 $2 ( 21... c4 22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Bc2 Bxa1 24. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 (24... Kh8 25. Ng5 g6 26. Nxf7+ Rxf7 27. Bxg6 $16) 25. Ng5+ Kg8 (25... Kg6 26. Qc2+ f5 27. Re6+ Rf6 28. g4 $1 $18) 26. Qh5 Qxg5 27. Bxg5 g6 28. Qh4 Bg7 29. Bf6 Bxf6 30. Qxf6 Nxd5 31. Qd4 Nc7 32. Qxc4 $16) (21... dxe5 22. Nxe5 Qc7 23. Nc6 Bd6 24. Bb2 Nbd7 25. Qf3 $16) 22. e6 $18 fxe6 23. dxe6 Nf6 24. Ng5 d5 25. Nf7 Qc7 26. Bc2 d4 27. Bg5 g6 28. Qf3 Nh5 29. Bh6 Ng7 30. Rab1 c4 31. Bf4 Qa7 32. Nh6+ Kh8 33. Nf7+ Kg8 34. Be5 d3 35. Nh6+ Kh8 36. Nf7+ Kg8 37. Bxd3 $1 cxd3 38. Nh6+ Kh8 39. Nf7+ Kg8 40. Qxd3 Rac8 41. Bd4 Bc5 42. Nh6+ Kh8 43. Nf7+ Kg8 44. Nh6+ Kh8 45. Bxc5 Rxc5 46. Qd6 Rcc8 47. Rxb6 Rfe8 48. Nf7+ Kg8 49. Nh6+ Kh8 50. e7 Qc7 51. Nf7+ Kg8 52. Qxc7 Rxc7 53. Nd6 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

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