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    Ivanchuk vs Firouzja Match

    December 5, 2020

    Le C’Chartres Echecs and Europe-Echecs have organized a match between grandmasters Vassily Ivanchuk and Alireza Firouzja of ten games on Sunday, December 6.

    Four games are at 10+5 and then, six at the rate of 5+3. It will be broadcast at 15:00 CET at:

    https://www.twitch.tv/andy_rekt

    Details can be found at:

    https://www.europe-echecs.com/art/ma...uzja-8360.html

    Starting time in Toronto/Montreal 9:00 AM




  • #2
    Ivanchuk vs Firouzja Match

    December 6, 2020

    Gata Kamsky is commentating on the match in English right now:

    https://www.twitch.tv/igmgatakamsky

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    • #3
      Ivanchuk vs Firouzja Match

      December 6, 2020

      10+5

      Game 1, Dec. 6
      Match Chartres – Europe-Echecs
      Ivanchuk, Vassily – Firouzja, Alireza
      C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz, Defence, Alapin variation

      1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.Bxc6+ bxc6 6.d4 f6 7.Be3 Ne7 8.Nc3 Ng6 9.Qe2 Be6 10.O-O-O Qb8 11.Rhe1 Be7 12.d5 cxd5 13.Nxd5 Bd8 14.Rd3 Qb5 15.Nd2 O-O 16.c4 Qe8 17.g4 Qf7 18.f3 c6 19.Nc3 Be7 20.b3 a5 21.Na4 Rab8 22.Rd1 Rb4 23.Rc3 d5 24.cxd5 cxd5 25.exd5 Bxd5 26.Nc4 Rxa4 27.bxa4 Rc8 28.Rxd5 Qxd5 29.Rc2 Kh8 30.Qd1 Qb7 31.Nb6 Rd8 32.Rd2 Qc6+ 33.Kb2 Rxd2+ 34.Qxd2 Qxf3 35.Nd5 Bd8 36.Nf4 Qb7+ 0-1

      Game 2, Dec. 6
      Firouzja, Alireza – Ivanchuk, Vassily
      A45 Trompovsky Attack

      1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 c5 4.e5 h6 5.Bc1 Nh7 6.d5 d6 7.Nc3 a6 8.Nf3 dxe5 9.Nxe5 Nf6 10.Bc4 Bd6 11.dxe6 Bxe5 12.exf7+ Ke7 13.Qe2 Nc6 14.f4 Bg4 15.Qe3 Qd4 16.fxe5 Nxe5 17.Nd5+ Nxd5 18.Qxd4 cxd4 19.Bxd5 d3 20.O-O dxc2 21.b3 1-0

      Game 3, Dec. 6
      Ivanchuk, Vassily – Firouzja, Alireza
      C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defence

      1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Bd7 6.Re1 g5 7.d4 g4 8.d5 Nce7 9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.Nfd2 h5 11.c4 b6 12.Nc3 a5 13.Ndb1 Bg7 14.Na3 f5 15.exf5 Nxf5 16.Nab5 Nf6 17.Bg5 Nh7 18.Ne4 O-O 19.Qd3 Nd4 20.Be3 Nxb5 21.cxb5 Qf5 22.Rac1 Rf7 23.Rc4 Kh8 24.Qc2 Rg8 25.Rc1 h4 26.Qe2 Bf8 27.a4 Be7 28.b4 axb4 29.Rxb4 Nf6 30.Nxf6 Bxf6 31.Rcc4 Rfg7 32.Re4 Bd8 33.Rbc4 Rg6 34.Bd2 Qd7 35.Be1 R8g7 36.Qd1 Kg8 37.Qe2 Kf7 38.f3 gxf3 39.Qxf3+ Ke8 40.Rc2 Qf7 41.Qd3 Rf6 42.Bxh4 Rf3 43.Qe2 Ra3 44.h3 Rxh3 45.Bxd8 Kxd8 46.a5 Rhg3 47.axb6 cxb6 48.Qc4 Qf5 49.Rf2 Rf3 50.Rc2 Ra3 51.Re1 Raa7 52.Qc6 Rac7 53.Qxd6+ Rgd7 54.Qxb6 Qxc2 55.Qf6+ Kc8 56.Qa6+ Kb8 0-1

      Game 4, Dec. 6
      Firouzja, Alireza – Ivanchuk, Vassily
      A45 Trompovsky Attack

      1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.e5 Qe7 6.f4 Qe6 7.Ne2 Ne4 8.Nbc3 Nxg5 9.Nxd5 Kd8 10.Nec3 Nc6 11.Qd2 f6 12.O-O-O Nf7 13.exf6 Nd6 14.Nb5 Rb8 15.Nxa7 Ne4 16.Nxc6+ Qxc6 17.fxg7 Bxg7 18.Qe1 Re8 19.Bb5 Qh6 20.Qa5+ b6 21.Qa7 Rb7 22.Qa8 Nf6 23.Ba6 Nxd5 24.Bxb7 Qxf4+ 25.Kb1 Ne7 26.Rhe1 Qb4 27.c3 Bxc3 28.Re2 Kc7 29.Bxc8 Nxc8 30.Qf3 Rxe2 31.Qxe2 Bd4 32.a3 Qb3 33.Rd3 Qf7 34.Rf3 Qg6+ 35.Ka2 Nd6 36.Rg3 Qf7+ 37.Rb3 Qd5 38.Qa6 Nc8 39.Qd3 Qxg2 40.Qxh7 Nd6 41.h4 Nc4 42.Qb1 Qd5 0-1

      5+3

      Game 5, Dec. 6
      Ivanchuk, Vassily – Firouzja, Alireza
      C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defence

      1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Bd7 6.Re1 g5 7.d4 g4 8.d5 Nce7 9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.Nfd2 f5 11.exf5 Nxd5 12.Qxg4 O-O-O 13.Qf3 Ngf6 14.Na3 Ne7 15.Nb3 Rg8 16.Rd1 e4 17.Qh3 Rg4 18.Nc4 Nxf5 19.Ne5 dxe5 20.Rxd7 Rxd7 21.Be3 h5 22.Kf1 Rf7 23.Rd1 Bd6 24.Bc5 e3 25.f3 Rf4 26.Bxe3 Nd5 27.Rxd5 Rh4 28.Qxh4 Nxh4 29.Nd2 Nf5 30.Bf2 Ne7 31.Rd3 Ng6 32.Ne4 Be7 33.Be3 Nh4 34.Rd5 Ng6 35.a4 h4 36.Ke2 Rf5 37.c3 Rh5 38.b4 Rf5 39.b5 axb5 40.axb5 b6 41.c4 Rh5 42.c5 bxc5 43.Nxc5 Bxc5 44.Rxc5 Kd7 45.Kd3 Nh8 46.g4 hxg3 47.hxg3 Nf7 48.g4 Rh3 49.Ke2 Rh2+ 50.Kf1 Rb2 51.g5 Rb3 52.Kf2 Rb2+ 53.Kg3 Ke6 54.Rxc7 Rxb5 55.Rc6+ Kd5 56.Ra6 Nd6 57.Kg4 Rb4+ 58.Kh5 Rb3 59.g6 Ne8 60.Bg5 Rxf3 61.Ra8 Ng7+ 62.Kg4 Rf1 63.Ra5+ Ke4 64.Ra4+ Kd5 65.Ra7 Rg1+ 66.Kh4 Ne6 67.Ra5+ Ke4 68.Bf6 Rxg6 69.Bxe5 Rg5 70.Ra4+ Kxe5 71.Ra5+ Kf6 72.Rxg5 Nxg5 1/2-1/2

      Game 6, Dec. 6
      Firouzja, Alireza – Ivanchuk, Vassily
      C10 French, Rubinstein variation

      1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Nxf6+ Nxf6 8.Be3 Nd5 9.Bd2 c5 10.Ne5 a6 11.Bd3 Qc7 12.c4 Nf6 13.Qa4+ Bd7 14.Nxd7 Qxd7 15.Qxd7+ Kxd7 16.Bc3 cxd4 17.Bxd4 Kc6 18.O-O-O Bc5 19.Be2 Bxd4 20.Rxd4 Rad8 21.Bf3+ Kc7 22.Rxd8 Rxd8 23.Kc2 a5 24.Kc3 Nd7 25.Re1 Nc5 26.Re3 f5 27.b3 g5 28.h3 b6 29.Kc2 Rd4 30.Kc3 Rd6 31.a3 f4 32.Re5 Rd3+ 33.Kc2 Rd4 34.Kc3 Rd3+ 35.Kc2 Rd4 36.Kc3 Rd3+ 1/2-1/2

      Game 7, Dec. 6
      Ivanchuk, Vassily – Firouzja, Alireza
      B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky variation

      1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Bg5 Nbd7 9.a4 b6 10.Bc4 Bb7 11.Qe2 h6 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.O-O O-O 14.Rfd1 Qc7 15.Nd5 Nxd5 16.Bxd5 Bxd5 17.Rxd5 Rac8 18.c3 Qc4 19.Qc2 f5 20.Nd2 Qc6 21.Rd1 fxe4 22.Nxe4 Rf4 23.g3 Rf3 24.Nxd6 Rcf8 25.Ne4 Bc5 26.R5d2 b5 27.axb5 axb5 28.Rd8 Bb6 29.Rxf8+ Rxf8 30.Qe2 Kh8 31.h4 Ba7 32.Kh2 Qe6 33.f3 Qb3 34.Rd7 Bb6 35.Rb7 Qe6 36.Qxb5 Bd8 37.Qd7 Qg6 38.Rb8 1-0

      Game 8, Dec. 6
      Firouzja, Alireza – Ivanchuk, Vassily
      B41 Sicilian, Kan, Maroczy bind

      1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 c5 3.e4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Qc7 7.a3 b6 8.Be3 Bb7 9.f3 d6 10.Be2 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.Rc1 Nbd7 13.b4 Rac8 14.Nb3 Qb8 15.Qd2 Bd8 16.Rfd1 Bc7 17.Bf4 Ne5 18.Bxe5 dxe5 19.c5 b5 20.a4 Rfd8 21.Qe3 Bc6 22.axb5 axb5 23.g3 h5 24.Rxd8+ Rxd8 25.Rd1 Rxd1+ 26.Bxd1 h4 27.Be2 hxg3 28.hxg3 Nh5 29.Kg2 Bd8 30.Qd3 Be7 31.Na5 Be8 32.Nxb5 g6 33.c6 Nf6 34.Qc4 Kg7 35.c7 1-0

      Game 9, Dec. 6
      Ivanchuk, Vassily – Firouzja, Alireza
      C42 Petrov, Classical Attack, Chigorin variation

      1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Re1 Bf5 9.Nbd2 Nxd2 10.Qxd2 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 O-O 12.c3 Qd7 13.Bf4 a6 14.Re3 Rae8 15.Rae1 Bd8 16.h4 f6 17.h5 Rxe3 18.Qxe3 Ne7 19.Nh4 Kf7 20.Qf3 Re8 21.g3 Nf5 22.Ng2 Rxe1+ 23.Nxe1 g5 24.Bxg5 Qe6 25.Bd2 Nd6 26.Nc2 Ne4 27.Bf4 c6 28.Ne3 Be7 29.g4 Ke8 30.Nf5 Qg8 31.Qe2 1-0

      Game 10, Dec. 6
      Firouzja, Alireza – Ivanchuk, Vassily
      E15 Queen’s Indian, Nimzowitsch variation

      1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.Nc3 d5 9.cxd5 exd5 10.O-O Bb7 11.Qc2 Na6 12.Rfd1 Qc8 13.Nh4 g6 14.Bg5 Re8 15.Rac1 Qe6 16.Bf3 Ba3 17.Ra1 Ne4 18.Bd2 Qc6 19.Bxe4 Rxe4 20.Be1 Rae8 21.Qd3 R4e6 22.Ng2 Bd6 23.Rac1 Qd7 24.Qf3 c6 25.Bd2 Ba3 26.Rb1 Bf8 27.Bf4 Rf6 28.h4 Nc7 29.e4 dxe4 30.Nxe4 Rfe6 31.Be5 Nd5 32.Ne3 Nxe3 33.fxe3 Be7 34.Qf4 f5 35.Nc3 c5 36.dxc5 Qc6 37.Nd5 Bxc5 38.Ba1 Rxe3 39.Kh2 Re2+ 40.Kh3 Qe6 41.Qc4 f4+ 42.g4 Bxd5 43.Qxd5 Qxd5 0-1

      Final Position

      

      It’s mate in 2

      After 10 games the score is tied 5-5, so there is one more game to break the tie

      5+2

      Game 11, Dec. 6
      Ivanchuk, Vassily – Firouzja, Alireza
      C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defence

      1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.d4 g6 7.Bg5 f6 8.Be3 Bg7 9.O-O Nh6 10.h3 O-O 11.Re1 Kh8 12.Nbd2 Qe8 13.Bb3 b6 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.Nc4 g5 16.Nh2 Rd8 17.Qe2 Qg6 18.f3 Nf7 19.Rad1 Bc8 20.Bf2 Ne7 21.Ne3 Nd6 22.Rd2 a5 23.Red1 Rde8 24.Rxd6 cxd6 25.Rxd6 Rd8 26.Rxb6 Qe8 27.a4 Bd7 28.Rb5 Rb8 29.c4 Nc6 30.Nd5 f5 31.exf5 Bxf5 32.Bc5 Nd4 33.Qd1 Nxb5 34.axb5 e4 35.Bd4 Qd7 36.b6 Bxd4+ 37.Qxd4+ Qg7 38.Qxg7+ Kxg7 39.Ng4 exf3 40.gxf3 Be6 41.c5 Rxf3 42.Bc4 Bxd5 43.Bxd5 Rf5 44.Ne3 Re5 45.c6 Rxe3 46.c7 Ree8 47.b7 Rbc8 0-1

      Position after White’s 45.c6

      

      Match Score Firouzja-Ivanchuk 6-5


      Comments

      Bravo à Alireza Firouzja pour sa victoire sur le fil contre la légende Vassily Ivanchuk.
      Excellente après-midi !

      Merci à Europe Echecs et au club de C'Chartres Echecs, sans oublier nos commentateurs incontournables Igor Nataf et Andreea Navrotescu

      Super cette idée de pouvoir suivre le match sur le site du jeu en direct. J'ai cru - un instant seulement - que mon classement était passé à 2749 !!!
      Merci à tous!

      Affiche absolument passionnante !
      Franchement, le match de l'année !
      Merci à C'Chartes Echecs et à nos amis d'Europe Echecs !

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      • #4
        Chucky - what a competitor!

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