Ivanchuk (UKR) (2787) – Mamedyarov (AZE) (2752) [D81]
04.11.2007
European Team Championship
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bg7 6.e4 0–0 7.Be2 c6 8.Nf3 b5 9.Qb3 Qa5 10.Bd2 b4 11.Na4 Nxe4 12.Bxb4 Qc7 13.0–0 Be6 14.Qc2 Nd6 15.Rfd1 a5 16.Ba3 Bd5 17.Nc3 Na6 18.Rac1 Qb8 19.Ne5 Nb4 20.Bxb4 axb4 21.Nxd5 cxd5 22.Nd7 Qc8 23.Nxf8 Qxc2 24.Rxc2 Kxf8 25.b3 Ne4 26.Rd3 e6 27.Kf1 Bf6 28.g4 Ra3 29.f4 Nc3 30.Rdd2 Kg7 31.Kg2 Bh4 32.Kf1 Bd8 33.Kg2 Bh4 34.Kf1 Kg8 35.Rb2 Ra8 36.Rbc2 Ra3 37.Rb2 Kf8 38.Rbc2 Be7 39.Kg2 Kg7 40.Rb2 h6 41.Rbc2 Bd6 42.Kf3 g5 43.fxg5 hxg5 44.Bd3 f6 45.Rf2 e5 46.dxe5 fxe5 47.Bf5 e4+ 48.Kg2 Bf4 49.h4 Kf6 50.h5 Ke5 51.h6 d4 52.h7 Ra8 53.a3 d3 54.axb4 dxc2 55.Rxc2 Kd4 56.b5 e3 57.b6 e2 58.b7 Rh8 Black wins 0–1
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Wow, what a game! I thought Ivanchuk was winning all the way .. but Mame showed the power of good podition versus piece power.
Where did Ivanchuk go so wrong?
Yes wonderful game that prooves, as you say, that well constructed position is where invidual pieces get their power.
But. Anyway. How do you like Tomi Nybacks game? He has fast become my first finnish chess player to look up to. I think his performance against Tamaz Gelashvili was energetic and with lot of backbone.