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Saturday, December 10, 2016

The London Chess Classic Has Begun With An Interesting So Win Over Nakamura

Wesley so leads the overall Grand Prix chess series. His win over Nakamura is a sweet one. Pgn is below with analysis by Fritz 12.

[Event "8th London Classic 2016"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2016.12.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "So, W."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[Annotator "Fritz 12 (15m)"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

{D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} 1. d4
Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Rc1 O-O
9. Qd2 e5 {last book move. Black threatens to win material: e5xd4} 10. d5 {
White has a new protected passed pawn: d5} (10. Nf3 exd4 11. cxd4 cxd4 12. Nxd4
Qe7 $11) 10... Nd7 (10... Qd6 11. Bd3 $11) 11. c4 {Black's piece can't move: c8
} (11. f3 Qc7 $14) 11... f5 $11 {Black threatens to win material: f5xe4} 12.
Bg5 {White threatens to win material: Bg5xd8} (12. exf5 $5 {is worth
consideration} gxf5 13. Bg5 $11) 12... Nf6 $15 {Black threatens to win
material: Nf6xe4} 13. Ne2 $2 (13. exf5 $142 $5 {is an interesting idea} Bxf5
14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 $15) 13... Nxe4 $17 14. Bxd8 Nxd2 15. Be7 Rf7 16. Bxc5
Nxf1 17. Rxf1 b6 18. Bb4 Ba6 19. f4 (19. f3 Rc8 20. c5 bxc5 21. Rxc5 Rxc5 22.
Bxc5 Rc7 $19) 19... Rc8 $19 20. fxe5 $2 (20. c5 $142 bxc5 21. Rxc5 (21. Bxc5 $4
Rfc7 22. Be3 Rxc1+ 23. Bxc1 exf4 $19) 21... Rxc5 22. Bxc5 $19) 20... Bxe5 21.
Rf3 Bxc4 (21... Rxc4 {might be the shorter path} 22. Rxc4 Bxc4 23. Re3 Bxh2 24.
d6 $19) 22. Re3 Bg7 (22... Bxh2 $6 23. a4 a6 24. g3 $17) 23. Nf4 Rd7 24. a4 Bh6
25. g3 Bxf4 26. gxf4 Rxd5 27. Re7 Rd4 28. Bd2 Kf8 29. Bb4 (29. Be3 Rd3 30. Re5
Kf7 $19) 29... Re8 (29... Re8 30. Rxe8+ Kxe8 $19) 0-1

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