For some early fireworks....

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  • For some early fireworks....

    .....check out the Wesley So - Shirov game!
    :):D:)

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    Re: For some early fireworks....

    For more fireworks see Poland/France, second board: Miton/Vachier-Lagrave

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    • #3
      Re: For some early fireworks....

      would either of you guys mind posting a PGN?

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      • #4
        Re: For some early fireworks....

        would either of you guys mind posting a PGN?

        I don't know how to do that, sorry.

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        • #5
          Re: For some early fireworks....

          I don't get it. That's one of the most boring games I've seen in a while. One or two opening tricks and then, poof!, it's a dead draw.

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          • #6
            Nothing original I'm afraid, it's all theory...

            10...Rfc8 11 b3 d5! is Ivanchuk's idea and "currently looks like a clean equaliser" according to Richard Palliser in his book the Bb5 Sicilian from Everyman Chess.

            S. Rublevsky-A.Grischuk ended in a draw after 15 Bxg7 Kxg7 at Poikovsky 2004. It's interesting to note that Rublevsky, a Moscow variation specialist, hasn't repeated 5 c4 since.

            Another game, C.Lupulescu-A.Colovic, Subotica 2003 was the same as Shirov's game until move 21, but was agreed drawn after 22 Rd7 a5! 23 Rd6 Rc8. So So's 22 Kf2 seems like a microscopic improvement, not changing the evaluation of the position as Shirov continued with the aforementioned 22...a5! 23 Rd6 (So So played his rook to d6 in one move as opposed to the stem game, saving a tempo to play Kf2). And now Shirov continued 23...Rb8 instead of 23...Rc8.

            When confronted with his own idea, Ivanchuk prefers 10 Be3 instead of 10 0-0. But "Forcing White into a Be3 set-up, rather than a Nde2 one, can though be considered a success for Black" according to Palliser, although it's not clear why he states this as he doesn't back it up.

            I prefer the Nde2 set-up, and when Liam Henry played the foundation of Ivanchuk's idea by delaying ..Nc6 and following with ..R(f)c8 against me at the Canadian Amateur this August the following resulted:

            9 0-0 (delaying f3) ..0-0
            10 b3 Rc8
            11 Bb2 (!?) Nc6
            12 Rb1 Qd8
            13 Nde2 Qa5
            14 f3 a6
            15 a4 Na7
            16 Nd4 Nc6
            17 Nde2 Na7
            Draw

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