Game of the Day

Kurnosov, Igor (2663) vs. Dubov, Daniil (2569)
65th ch-RUS HL
Tyumen RUS
Round 2
17 Jun 2012
[Result 0-1]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 b5 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Bd3 Be7 12. Kb1 O-O 13. h4 b4 14. Ne2 a5 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. g4 a4 17. Be3 b3 18. cxb3 axb3 19. a3 Ba4 20. h5 Nd7 21. g5 Qa5 22. Qg2 Ne5 23. g6 Bf6 24. h6 fxg6 25. hxg7 Rfe8 26. Be2 Rac8 27. Qh3 h5 28. f4 Nc4 29. e5 Nxe3 30. exf6 Nxd1 31. Rxd1 Qd8 32. Qh4 Kf7 33. f5 Qxf6 34. g8=Q+ Rxg8 35. fxg6+ Qxg6+ 36. Ka1 Qg5 37. Bxh5+ Ke7 38. Qe1 Bd7 39. Bf3 Rgf8

Marijan Petrov vs Magnus Carlsen
Classics IMA 2001
Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation. Barmen Defense
[Result 1/2-1/2]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2
cxd4 7. cxd4 e6 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. O-O Qa5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nf6
12. Rb1 O-O 13. Rb5 Qc7 14. h3 Bf5 15. Nh4 Bg6 16. Nxg6 hxg6
17. Bf3 a6 18. Rc5 Nd7 19. Rg5 Ne7 20. Qb3 Rab8 21. g3 Rbc8
22. Qxb7 Qxb7 23. Bxb7 Rxc3 24. Bd2 Rxa3 25. Bb4 Rb3 26. Bxe7
Re8 27. Bxa6 Rxe7 28. Rc1 Nf6 29. Rc8+ Re8 30. Rgc5 Rb8
31. Rxe8+ Rxe8 32. Kg2 Rd8 33. Rc4 Kf8 34. Kf3 Rb8 35. Rc3 Nd5
36. Rc5 Rb4 37. Ke4 Nf6+ 38. Ke3 Rb3+ 39. Ke2 Rb2+ 40. Kf3 Rb4
41. Ke3 Nd5+ 42. Ke4 Nf6+ 43. Ke3 Rb3+ 44. Ke2 Rb2+ 1/2-1/2

Vasilevich, Irina (2375) vs. Kovanova, Baira (2391)
62nd ch-RUS HL w
Tyumen RUS
Round 3
18 Jun 2012
[Result 0-1]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bc4 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. d4 b5 9. Bd3 b4 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 f5 12. Bd3 cxd5 13. c4 bxc3 14. Qb3 Be6 15. Re1 Bf7 16. bxc3 Nc6 17. Bxf5 Qf6 18. Qc2 g6 19. Bd7 Na5 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Qe7 22. Bg4 g5 23. Bf3 Be6 24. Qe2 Nc4 25. Rb1 Rf5 26. Qxc4 dxc4 27. Bxa8 Qc5+ 28. Kf1 Rxe5 29. Be4 Bf5 30. Rb8+ Kg7 31. Rb7+ Kf6

Veselin Topalov vs Vladimir Kramnik
Corus 2008
Semi-Slav Defense: Anti-Moscow Gambit
[Result 1-0]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5
8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Ne5 Bg7 12.Nxf7 Kxf7 13.e5
Nd5 14.Ne4 Ke7 15.Nd6 Qb6 16.Bg4 Raf8 17.Qc2 Qxd4 18.Qg6 Qxg4
19.Qxg7+ Kd8 20.Nxb7+ Kc8 21.a4 b4 22.Rac1 c3 23.bxc3 b3 24.c4
Rfg8 25.Nd6+ Kc7 26.Qf7 Rf8 27.cxd5 Rxf7 28.Rxc6+ Kb8 29.Nxf7
Re8 30.Nd6 Rh8 31.Rc4 Qe2 32.dxe6 Nb6 33.Rb4 Ka8 34.e7 Nd5
35.Rxb3 Nxe7 36.Rfb1 Nd5 37.h3 h5 38.Nf7 Rc8 39.e6 a6 40.Nxg5
h4 41.Bd6 Rg8 42.R3b2 Qd3 43.e7 Nf6 44.Be5 Nd7 45.Ne6 1-0

Viswanathan Anand vs Vitaly Tseshkovsky
Calcutta 1986
Spanish Game: Bird Variation
[Result 0-1]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nxd4 exd4 5.O-O Bc5 6.d3 c6
7.Bc4 d5 8.exd5 cxd5 9.Bb3 Ne7 10.Re1 O-O 11.Nd2 a5 12.a4 Bb4
13.Qf3 Ra6 14.Qf4 Rf6 15.Qxd4 b6 16.Rf1 Bc5 17.Qe5 Bg4 18.c3
Re6 19.Qg5 Rg6 20.Qf4 Bh3 21.g3 Rf6 22.Qh4 Bxf1 23.Nxf1 Bxf2+
24.Kg2 h6 25.d4 Nf5 26.Qg4 Re8 27.Bf4 Ne3+ 28.Nxe3 Bxe3 29.Be5
Rf2+ 30.Kh1 f6 31.Re1 fxe5 32.Rxe3 Rxb2 33.c4 exd4 0-1

Joseph Henry Blackburne vs E J Evelyn
London 1862
Center Game: Von der Lasa Gambit
[Result 1-0]

1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+
Kxf7 5.Qh5+ g6 6.Qd5+ Kg7 7.Qxc5 d5 8.Qxd4+ Nf6 9.Bg5 dxe4
10.Bxf6+ Qxf6 11.Qxf6+ Kxf6 12.Nc3 Kf5 13.Nge2 Be6 14.Ng3+ Kf4 15.Ngxe4
Nc6 16.O-O Rad8 17.g3+ Kf5 18.f4 Nd4 19.Rf2 h5 20.h3 Bc4
21.Re1 Rhf8 22.Nd2 Be6 23.Re5+ Kf6 24.Nde4+ Kg7 25.Ng5 Bf7
26.Re7 Rc8 27.Rd7 c5 28.Nce4 Rcd8 29.Rxb7 Kg8 30.Nf6+ Kg7
31.Nd7 Bd5 32.Nxf8 1-0

Vladimir Kramnik vs Viswanathan Anand
Memorial M.Euwe 1993
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense. Nimzo-English Opening
[Result 1/2-1/2]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 b6 6. Qb3 a5
7. Ne5 c6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Qxc3 Bb7 10. d4 d6 11. Nd3 Qc8 12. c5
bxc5 13. dxc5 d5 14. Bf4 Nbd7 15. Bd6 Re8 16. O-O Ba6 17. Rfe1
Qb7 18. Ne5 a4 19. Rad1 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Ng4 21. Bxg7 e5 22. Bf3
f5 23. Bxg4 d4 24. Qc1 fxg4 25. Bf6 Qf7 26. Qg5+ Qg6 27. Qxg6+
hxg6 28. f4 exf4 29. gxf4 Kf7 30. Be5 Rad8 31. Kf2 g5 32. Kg3
gxf4+ 33. Kxf4 Kg6 34. Bd6 Re3 35. Rxd4 Rde8 36. Rc1 Kh5
37. Rc3 Rxe2 38. h3 Bc8 39. hxg4+ Bxg4 40. Kg3 1/2-1/2

Veselin Topalov vs Viswanathan Anand
It (cat.19) 1996
Spanish Game: Open. Bernstein Variation
[Result 1/2-1/2]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3
d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 d4 11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.cxd4 Ncxd4
13.a4 Bc5 14.Ne4 O-O 15.Nxc5 Nxf3+ 16.Qxf3 Nxc5 17.axb5 axb5
18.Bg5 Rxa1 19.Bxd8 Rxf1+ 20.Kxf1 Rxd8 21.g3 Ne6 22.Qb7 g6
23.Qxb5 c5 24.h4 h5 25.b4 cxb4 26.Qxb4 Kg7 27.Kg2 Kg8 28.Qc3
Ra8 29.Qf3 Rb8 30.Qe3 1/2-1/2

Viswanathan Anand vs Praveen Mahadeo Thipsay
Calcutta 1986
Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Archangelsk Variation
[Result 1-0]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.d3
Be7 8.c4 d6 9.Nc3 Na7 10.cxb5 axb5 11.d4 exd4 12.Nxd4 O-O
13.Re1 b4 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.exd5 Bf6 16.Be3 Nc8 17.Rc1 Ra5 18.Nc6
Bxc6 19.Rxc6 Bxb2 20.Bd4 Bxd4 21.Qxd4 Rb5 22.Rec1 Re8 23.g3
Rb7 24.R6c4 Ne7 25.Rxb4 Nf5 26.Qf4 Rxb4 27.Qxb4 Qf6 28.Ba4 Rd8
29.Qf4 g5 30.Qf3 Qe5 31.Rxc7 Rf8 32.Bb3 Nd4 33.Qe3 Qf6 34.Kg2
h6 35.Rc4 Nxb3 36.axb3 Rb8 37.b4 Kg7 38.h4 Rb5 39.hxg5 Qxg5
40.Qc3+ Kh7 41.Rd4 Qe5 42.Qd3+ Kh8 43.Qxb5 Qxd4 44.Qb8+ Kh7
45.Qxd6 Qe4+ 46.Kh2 Qf3 47.Qc5 h5 48.Qd4 1-0

Magnus Carlsen vs The World
Carlsen-The Net 2002
Spanish Game: Morphy Defense
[Result 1/2-1/2]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3
Nxe4 8.Qe2 d5 9.d3 Nf6 10.d4 Bb6 11.dxe5 Ne4 12.Be3 Bxe3
13.Qxe3 O-O 14.Rd1 Be6 15.Nd4 Nxe5 16.f3 Nc4 17.Bxc4 dxc4
18.fxe4 c5 19.Nd2 cxd4 20.cxd4 Qb6 21.Nf1 Rae8 22.d5 Qxe3+
23.Nxe3 Bd7 24.Rd4 Re5 25.a4 f5 26.Nxf5 Bxf5 27.exf5 Re2
28.axb5 axb5 29.Rb1 Rxf5 30.d6 Rff2 31.d7 1/2-1/2