The Wolf Grischuk leading the pack in Petrosian Memorial 2014

In this amazing fighting chess game in the third round of Petrosian Memorial GM Grischuk demolishes GM Morozevich. Alexander Grischuk, who is famed for his attacking chess, found a sharp variant of the Slav QGD for the game vs Morezevich. Both parties are walking on thin ice right out of the opening. Morezevich should have taken with the rook instead of the bishop in move 19. to equalize. On move 24. Morezevich was obliged to play Qf6 but he apparently fell through the thin ice with the wrong steep e5?! Grischuk missed a great opportunity to punish this weak move immediately when and he played 25.Bd2!? Morezevich would have drowned much faster with 25.Qh4! The last chance for Morozevich to hold on to an ice floe was 25..Rf8 but he missed it with 25..Rf6?! Then only ice cold water… 🙂

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[Event “Petrosian Memorial 2014”]
[Site “Moscow RUS”]
[Date “2014.11.06”]
[Round “3.3”]
[White “Grischuk, Alexander”]
[Black “Morozevich, Alexander”]
[Result “1-0”]
[BlackElo “2724”]
[BlackFideId “4116992”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[ECO “D15”]
[EventDate “2014.11.04”]
[Opening “QGD Slav”]
[Variation “4.Nc3”]
[WhiteElo “2795”]
[WhiteFideId “4126025”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Qc2 g6 6.e4 dxe4 7.Nxe4 Bg7 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O Bf5 10.Nxf6+ Bxf6 11.Qb3 Qc7 12.h3 c5 13.d5 a5 14.Bh6 Re8 15.g4 Bc8 16.Rad1 Nd7 17.Rfe1 Ra6 18.Bf1 Rb6 19.Qe3 Bxb2 20.Bf4 Qd8 21.Ng5 Bd4 22.Qg3 e5 23.dxe6 fxe6 24.Bg2 e5 25.Bd2 Rf6 26.Nf3 Nb6 27.Nxd4 exd4 28.Bg5 Ref8 29.Qe5 Nd7 30.Bxf6 Qxf6 31.Qxf6 Nxf6 32.Rb1 Rf7 33.g5 Nd7 34.Re8+ Rf8 35.Bd5+ Kh8 36.Rbe1 1-0

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