Saturday, August 30, 2008

Grischuk vs Kramnik blitz game

The Tal Memorial Blitz Tournament is in progress. A game between Alexander Grischuk vs Vladimir Kramnik went: 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Nd2 Nxg3 9. hxg3 Bg7 10. e3 a6 11. Bd3 b5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Rc1 Nd7 14. f4 Bb7 15. Nf3 Rc8 16. O-O g4 17. Ne5 h5 18. Ne2 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 f5 20. Qc2 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Qc8 22. Qd2 Kf7 23. Rc1 Qd7 24. Nd4 Qe7

Position after Black's 24th move


Here Grishuk played the sacrifice 25. Bxf5! and proceeded to win: 25. ... exf5 26. Nxf5 Qd7 27. Nd6+ Kg8 28. Qa5 h4 29. Rc7 Qe6 30. Rxb7 hxg3 31. Qd8+ Kh7 32. Qh4+ Kg8 33. Rb8+ 1-0











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