Tuesday, 25 April 2017

Any sac you can play I can play better

In round 2 of the Gashimov Memorial, Topalov won against Wojtaszek with a stunning rook sacrifice. Two rounds later, Kramnik showed he can do at least as well, beating Harikrishna with a rook sac of his own. I'll leave it up to you dear reader to decide which is the better sacrifice.


Wojtaszek,R (2745) - Topalov,V (2741) [D12]
Vugar Gashimov Mem 2017 Shamkir AZE (2), 22.04.2017

Start positionPrevious MoveNext MoveEnd positionPlay movesStop playing
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Bd3 c5 9. Qb3 Qd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. dxc5 Nc6 12. Bd2 Bxc5 13. Rc1 Rd8 14. Na4 Bd6 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Rxc5 d4 17. Bb5 O-O 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. f3 Qe7 20. Rc2 Nd5 21. Kf2 Rb8 22. Qa3 Rxb2 23. Qxb2 dxe3+ 24. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 25. Kg3 Qf4+ 26. Kf2 Rb8 27. Qc1 Qd4+ 28. Kg3 Ne3 29. Rc5 Rb2 30. Rg1 Rxa2 31. h3 Qd6+ 32. f4 Qd3 33. Kh2 Qe4 34. Rg5 Rc2 0-1


Kramnik,V (2811) - Harikrishna,P (2755) [C84]
Vugar Gashimov Mem 2017 Shamkir AZE (4), 24.04.2017

Start positionPrevious MoveNext MoveEnd positionPlay movesStop playing
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. Nc3 Nb8 10. Ne2 Nbd7 11. c3 Bb7 12. Ng3 c5 13. Re1 Rc8 14. Nf5 c4 15. dxc4 Bxe4 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Bg5 Nc5 19. Ba2 h6 20. Bh4 g5 21. Bg3 Bh7 22. Qe2 Kg7 23. Rad1 Nfe4 24. Rd5 f5 25. Rxe5 dxe5 26. Bxe5+ Nf6 27. Qxb5 Nce4 28. Bd4 Rfd8 29. h3 Rb8 30. Qe2 Bg8 31. Bb1 Qb7 32. b4 Re8 33. c4 Qc6 34. Qb2 Rbd8 35. c5 Qe6 36. b5 Kf8 37. c6 g4 38. hxg4 fxg4 39. Bxe4 gxf3 40. Bxf6 Rd6 41. Bg7+ Kf7 42. Be5 1-0

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