Radjabov vs. Ivanchuk

Your pick? Well, Ivanchuk took Radjabov to school 2-0

Ivanchuk really showed Radjabov how to play with a pair of Bishops in the endgame. What looked like a somewhat holdable position for Black, Ivanchuk displayed his incredible skills and scored a full point.

Here is game one. Click here to replay game 1

GM Ivanchuk – GM Radjabov [E92]
08.01.2007
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Ng4 8.Bg5 f6 9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Nh6 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.c5 Nc6 13.0-0 g4 14.Nh4 Be6 15.Qa4 Qd4 16.Qb5 Qb4 17.f4 gxf3 18.Nxf3 Ng4 19.Rfd1 Bh6 20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.Rxd5 Rad8 22.Rad1 Qxb5 23.Bxb5 Ne3 24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.Rxd8+ Nxd8 26.Bh4 Ne6 27.Bxf6 Nxc5 28.Bxe5 c6 29.Be2 Nxe4 30.g3 Ng4 31.Bb8 Be3+ 32.Kg2 Bb6 33.Ne5 Ne3+ 34.Kh3 Bd8 35.g4 a6 36.Nc4 Nd5 37.Kg2 Ng5 38.Nd6 b5 39.Nf5 Bf6 40.h4 Ne6 41.b3 Nc3 42.Bf3 c5 43.g5 Bd4 44.Bd6 Kf7 45.Bh5+ Kg8 46.Bg4 Ne4 47.Nh6+ Kg7 48.Bb8 Nd8 49.Nf5+ Kg8 50.Bf3 Nc3 51.a3 a5 52.Bc7 Ne6 53.Bxa5 Be5 54.Bxc3 Nf4+ 55.Kf1 Bxc3 56.Bc6 Bb2 57.a4 bxa4 58.bxa4 Bc3 59.Kf2 Ba5 60.Ke3 Ng6 61.Ke4 Kf8 62.Bd5 Ne7 63.Nd6 Kg7 64.Nc4 Be1 65.a5 Nc8 66.h5 Na7 67.Kf5 Nb5 68.h6+ Kh8 69.a6 Bg3 70.Ne5 Na7 71.Nf7+ Kg8 72.g6 White wins 1-0

Ivanchuk also crushed Radjabov in game two to win 2-0. Again, he showed Radjabov the power of a Bishop pair. It looks like Chuky is in great form!

Here is game 2. Click here to replay game 2

GM Radjabov – GM Ivanchuk [D10] ~ Game 2
08.01.2007
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.c5 g6 7.Bd3 Bg7 8.h3 0-0 9.0-0 Nbd7 10.a3 Re8 11.e4 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Rxe5 14.Bf4 Re8 15.Qf3 d4 16.Ne2 Nd7 17.b4 Ne5 18.Qg3 Nxd3 19.Qxd3 Be6 20.Rad1 Bc4 21.Qf3 d3 22.Ng3 a5 23.Bd6 Qf6 24.Qe3 axb4 25.axb4 Qc3 26.Rd2 Bd4 27.Qg5 f6 28.Qh6 Qxb4 29.h4 Bc3 30.Rdd1 Ra7 31.h5 Rg7 32.Rb1 Bd2 33.f4 Qc3 34.Kh2 Be3 35.e5 f5 36.Qg5 d2 37.h6 Bxf1 38.Rxf1 Rf7 39.Nh5 Qc4 40.Rd1 Qe2 41.Ng3 Qxd1 42.e6 Bg1+ 43.Kh1 Bf2+ 44.Kh2 Bxg3+ 0-1