Tuesday, September 28, 2010

The people's champion

That's the title New in Chess bestowed upon Ukraine's #1 player, Vassily Ivanchuk. I have absolutely no idea what's going on in the following game: enjoy!


Coffeehouse tactics question: why didn't Ivanchuk take the "free" queen offered by Baadur Jobava (who's having an amazing tournament despite this loss) with 31...Qc1? What's wrong with 32.Nxc1??

2 comments:

Ch1cag0Rob said...

32. Nxc1?? falls to 32...Nxf3+, 33.Kf1 Re1++

Bill Brock said...

There's a bishop on a6, so 32.Nxc1?? Nf3 is mate