How did White find a forced win? Cheparinov – Vitiugov 1-0
One of the world’s most popular and strongest chess opens, the traditional Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Open 2014 recently ended in an exciting three-way tie at the top after 10 rounds. A tiebreak was played between Ivan Cheparinov, Nikita Vitiugov (defending champion), and Vassily Ivanchuk (the leader for most of the tournament). Read a full report on
Chess Blog. Here are the tiebreak games that decided the winner.
[…] 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘f3 ♗b4+ 4.♗d2 ♗xd2+ 5.♕xd2 d5 6.♘c3 O-O 7.e3 ♕e7 8.cxd5 exd5 9.h3 c6 10.♕c2 ♘bd7 11.♗d3 ♖e8 12.♘d2 ♘f8 13.O-O ♘g6 14.♖ae1 ♗d7 15.f4 c5 16.dxc5 ♕xc5 17.♘b3 ♕b6 18.♘d4 ♘e7 19.♕b3 ♕d6 20.♘cb5 ♗xb5 21.♘xb5 ♕d7 22.♘d4 ♘c6 23.♕a4 ♕d6 24.♘f5 ♕c5 25.♕b5 ♕xb5 26.♗xb5 ♘e4 27.♖c1 g6 28.♘d4 ♘xd4 29.exd4 ♖e7 30.♖fe1 a6 31.♗a4 ♖d8 32.♗b3 ♔f8 33.♖c2 h5 34.g4 hxg4 35.hxg4 f5 36.g5 ♖h7 37.♖ec1 ♖h4 38.♖c8 ♖xc8 39.♖xc8+ ♔e7 40.♗xd5 ♖xf4 41.♗xb7 ♘xg5 42.♖c7+ ♔d8 43.♖g7 ♖xd4 44.♖xg6 ♘h3+ 45.♔f1 ♖d2 46.♖xa6 ♖xb2 47.♗a8 ♘f4
[…] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.♘f3 ♘f6 4.e3 e6 5.♗xc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.dxc5 ♕xd1 8.♖xd1 ♗xc5 9.♗e2 ♘bd7 10.♘d4 O-O 11.♘b3 ♗e7 12.♘1d2 b6 13.♘c4 a5 14.♗f3 ♖a7 15.♘d4 ♖c7 16.b3 ♗a6 17.♘c6 ♗c5 18.♘6e5 ♘xe5 19.♘xe5 ♗b7 20.♗xb7 ♖xb7 21.♗b2 ♘d5 22.♘d3 ♗e7 23.♖ac1 f6 24.a3 ♔f7 25.e4 ♘c7 26.♔f1 ♘a6 27.a4 ♘c5 28.♘xc5 bxc5 29.♗a3 ♖xb3 30.♗xc5 ♗xc5 31.♖xc5 ♖b4 32.♖xa5 ♖xe4 33.♖a7+ ♔g6 34.♖d3 ♖b8 35.♖g3+ ♔f5 36.♖f3+ ♔g6 37.♖g3+
[…] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.♘f3 ♘f6 4.e3 e6 5.♗xc4 c5 6.O-O ♘c6 7.♕e2 a6 8.♖d1 b5 9.♗b3 c4 10.♗c2 ♘b4 11.e4 ♗b7 12.d5 ♘xc2 13.dxe6 ♘xa1 14.♖xd8+ ♖xd8 15.exf7+ ♔xf7 16.♘g5+ ♔g8 17.e5 ♘e4 18.♘e6 ♖e8 19.♘xf8 ♔xf8 20.f3 ♘c5 21.♗e3 ♘d3 22.♗d4 ♖d8 23.♗b6 ♖d5 24.f4 ♔f7 25.♘c3 h5 26.e6+ ♔e7 27.♘xd5+ ♗xd5 28.f5 ♔d6 29.♗d4 ♖g8 30.♕xh5 ♘c2 31.♗b6 ♔c6 32.♕f7 ♖c8 33.♕d7+ ♔xb6 34.♕xc8 ♘d4 35.h3 ♘xf5 36.e7 ♘xe7 37.♕d8+ ♔c6 38.♕xe7 ♘xb2 39.♕xg7 ♘a4 40.h4 c3 41.h5 c2 42.♕g6+
[…] 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘f3 ♗b4+ 4.♗d2 ♗xd2+ 5.♕xd2 d5 6.♘c3 O-O 7.e3 ♕e7 8.cxd5 exd5 9.♗d3 c6 10.O-O ♘bd7 11.♕c2 ♖e8 12.♘d2 ♘f8 13.♖ae1 ♗d7 14.b4 ♕d6 15.♕b2 ♘g6 16.a3 ♘g4 17.g3 h5 18.♘b3 b6 19.♕d2 ♘f6 20.f3 ♗h3 21.♖f2 ♖e7 22.e4 dxe4 23.fxe4 ♘g4 24.e5 ♕d8 25.♖fe2 a5 26.bxa5 bxa5 27.♗c4 ♔h8 28.♕g5 ♘h6 29.♖d2 ♖d7 30.♕xd8+ ♖axd8 31.♘a4 ♘f5 32.♘ac5 ♖a7 33.a4 h4 34.♔f2 ♘h6 35.♗d3 ♘e7 36.♗e4 ♗f5 37.♗f3 h3 38.♖c1 ♔g8 39.♔g1 ♗g4 40.♗h1 ♘hf5 41.♔f2 ♖b8 42.♖c4 ♘h6 43.♗e4 ♗f5 44.♔f3 ♗g4+ 45.♔f4 ♗c8 46.♖dc2 ♘g4 47.♗f3 ♘h6 48.♔e3 ♘ef5+ 49.♔f2 ♘e7 50.♖2c3 ♗f5 51.♖c1 ♗g4 52.♖e1 ♗f5 53.♔e3 ♗e6 54.♖c3 ♗d5 55.♗e2 ♖b4 56.♖ec1
[…] 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘f3 d5 4.♘c3 ♘bd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.♗g5 c6 7.e3 ♗e7 8.♗d3 ♘h5 9.♗xe7 ♕xe7 10.O-O O-O 11.♕b1 ♘hf6 12.b4 a6 13.a4 ♖e8 14.♘d2 ♕d6 15.♖e1 ♘f8 16.b5 axb5 17.axb5 ♖xa1 18.♕xa1 ♘e6 19.♘f3 c5 20.dxc5 ♘xc5 21.♗f1 ♗g4 22.♘d4 ♘e6 23.h3 ♘xd4 24.exd4 ♖xe1 25.♕xe1 ♗e6 26.♕a1 ♕d8 27.♕a7 b6 28.♘a4 ♘d7 29.♕b7 h5 30.♗e2 h4 31.♕c6 ♕b8 32.♗g4 ♗xg4 33.hxg4 ♕a7 34.♘c3 ♘f6 35.♕c8+ ♔h7 36.g5 ♘e4 37.♘xe4 dxe4 38.♕f5+ ♔g8 39.♕xe4 ♕d7 40.♕e5 h3 41.gxh3 ♕xh3 42.♕b8+ ♔h7 43.♕h2 ♕xh2+ 44.♔xh2 ♔g6 45.f4 f6 46.gxf6 ♔xf6 47.♔g3 ♔e6 48.♔f3 ♔d5 49.♔e3 ♔c4 50.♔e4 ♔xb5 51.♔d5 ♔a4 52.♔e6 b5 53.d5 b4 54.d6 b3 55.d7 b2 56.d8=♕ b1=♕ 57.♕a8+ ♔b3 58.♕b7+
[…] 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 g6 3.♘c3 ♗g7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.♘ge2 c5 7.d5 e6 8.♘g3 exd5 9.cxd5 a6 10.a4 h5 11.♗g5 ♕e8 12.♗d3 ♘h7 13.♗f4 ♕e7 14.♘ge2 ♘d7 15.O-O h4 16.h3 ♘e5 17.♗c2 ♗d7 18.a5 ♖ae8 19.♗a4 f5 20.♗xd7 ♕xd7 21.exf5 gxf5 22.♖a4 ♘g6 23.♗c1 ♘f6 24.♗g5 ♘h7 25.♗xh4 f4 26.♗f2 ♘g5 27.♔h2 ♖f5 28.♘g1 ♗e5 29.♕c2 ♔g7 30.♘e4 ♖h8 31.♘xg5 ♖xg5 32.♖e4 ♕b5 33.♖b1 ♕xa5 34.b4 cxb4 35.♖exb4 b5 36.♖e4 ♘h4 37.♗xh4 ♖xh4 38.♘e2 ♕b6 39.♖f1 b4 40.♘c1 ♖h6 41.♕c4 ♖hg6 42.♖e2 ♕b5 43.♕xb5 axb5 44.♘d3 b3 45.♖b1 b2 46.♘xe5 ♖xe5 47.♖xe5 dxe5 48.♖xb2 ♖b6 49.g4 fxg3+ 50.♔xg3 b4 51.♔g4 ♔f6 52.h4 b3 53.h5 ♖b4+ 54.♔g3 ♔g5 55.♔f2 ♔xh5 56.♔e3 ♔g6 57.d6 ♔f6
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