Chess game: Topalov x Ivanchuk

[Event "Linares 16th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1999.03.09"] [Round "13"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A30"] [WhiteElo "2700"] [BlackElo "2714"] [Annotator "MI Renato Quintiliano"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "1999.02.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "CBM 070"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.06.08"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%mdl 1][%evp 0,50,28,28,66,30,25,-32,-18,-16,0,-24,12,12,23,-17,-17,-8,-27, -27,-28,-31,-30,-63,-16,-77,-77,-77,-68,-68,-15,-96,-43,-49,-42,-59,-65,-65, -162,-165,-209,-310,-310,-383,-390,-311,-311,-311,-392,-588,-860,-1131,-1169] Another great game by Ivanchuk. How to play with black in the diagram position?} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. g3 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 $6 Qa5 $1 7. Ndb5 d5 $1 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 $6 $146 ( 9. Nxc3 d4 $5 (9... dxc4) (9... dxc4 $5 $10) 10. b4 Nxb4 11. axb4 (11. Bd2 $2 Nd3+ $1 $17 (11... Nd3+ $1 12. exd3 dxc3 13. Be3 Bd7 14. Bg2 Ne7 $15) (11... Nc6 12. Nb5 Qd8 13. c5 $36)) 11... Qxa1 12. Nb5 Nf6 $5 (12... Kf8 $5 13. Bg2 Bd7 14. O-O $13) 13. Nc7+ Ke7 14. Nxa8 Bd7 15. Bg2 (15. Nc7 Ba4 16. Qd2 Rc8 $40 ) 15... Rxa8 16. O-O Qc3 (16... Rc8 $5 $15) 17. b5 (17. Bxb7 $1 Rb8 18. Ba6 $1 Rb6 19. Bd2 Qa3 20. b5 Ne4 21. Qa1 $16) 17... Qxc4 18. Ba3+ Ke8 19. Bxb7 Rb8 20. Bc6 Nd5 21. Bxd5 Qxd5 22. Qa4 Rxb5 23. Qxa7 f6 24. Rc1 Rb7 25. Qa8+ Kf7 26. f3 Kg6 $17 {Lerner,K-Huzman,A/ Kujbyshev/1986/}) 9... Nf6 10. Bg2 (10. Bf4 $6 e5 11. Bg5 (11. Bd2 {Ftacnik} dxc4 $17) 11... Ne4 $40) (10. Nd6+ Ke7 11. Nxc8+ Raxc8 12. Bd2 dxc4 $17) 10... O-O 11. Qb3 $2 (11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Qb3 a6 13. e4 $5 $15) (11. O-O dxc4 $17) 11... dxc4 12. Qxc4 e5 $1 13. Nd6 (13. O-O Be6 14. Qd3 Rad8 15. Qb1 Bc4 $17) (13. Bg5 $2 Be6 14. Qd3 Rfd8 15. Qb1 a6 $19) 13... Be6 14. Qd3 (14. Nxb7 Bxc4 15. Nxa5 Nxa5 16. Bxa8 Rxa8 $17) 14... e4 $1 { [%csl Re1]} (14... Rad8 $2 15. Nxb7 $16) (14... Qc7 15. Nb5 Qe7 16. Qd6 $132) 15. Nxe4 (15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Rad8 $17 (16... Rad8 17. Qe3 Nd4 $19)) 15... Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Rad8 17. Qc2 (17. Qe3 Rfe8 (17... Rfe8 $1 18. f3 f5 19. Bxc6 bxc6 $19)) 17... Nd4 $1 18. Qb2 {[#]} (18. Qb1 Qxc3+ 19. Bd2 (19. Kf1 Bh3+ 20. Bg2 Nxe2 21. Bxh3 Qf3 $19) 19... Nc2+ 20. Bxc2 Qxd2+ 21. Kf1 Bh3+ 22. Kg1 Qxe2 $19) 18... Nxe2 $1 19. Kxe2 (19. Qxe2 Qxc3+ $19) 19... Rfe8 {[%csl Ge2][%cal Yd8d1, Ye8e1] As pretas sacrificaram uma peça mas em troca o rei branco está perigosamente preso no centro do tabuleiro, o que dá boas chances de ataque.} 20. Qb4 (20. f3 f5 21. Bxb7 Bc4+ 22. Kf2 Qc5+ 23. Kg2 Re2+ $19) (20. Be3 Bg4+ 21. f3 (21. Bf3 Qa6+ $19) 21... Rxe4 22. fxg4 Qc5 23. Qc1 Rde8 $19) 20... Qh5+ 21. f3 f5 $1 22. g4 (22. Qxb7 fxe4 $19) (22. Bxb7 $2 Bc4+ 23. Kf2 Re2+ 24. Kg1 Rd1#) 22... Qh3 23. gxf5 (23. Kf2 fxe4 24. Qxe4 Bd5 25. Qf4 Rf8 $19) 23... Bxf5 24. Qc4+ (24. Kf2 Bxe4 25. fxe4 Rf8+ 26. Ke1 (26. Ke2 Qg2+) 26... Qh4+) 24... Kh8 25. Re1 Rxe4+ $1 (25... Rxe4+ 26. fxe4 Bg4+ 27. Kf2 Qxh2+ 28. Kf1 (28. Ke3 Qg3#) 28... Bh3#) 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

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