[chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: MTel Masters, Round 4: Ivanchuk Wins Again

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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos:
MTel Masters, Round 4: Ivanchuk Wins Again
http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1210527792.shtml


   It's a good thing he did, too, as the other two games were quick, dull
   draws. Ivanchuk and Cheparinov went at it hammer and tongs in a
   Classical King's Indian with 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.Bd2. It's a
   slightly old-fashioned line with tons of theory, but it's still lots
   of fun seeing if White's queenside breakthrough will come before Black
   delivers checkmate. Ivanchuk played a novelty on move 25, though it
   was his opponent's reply that probably constituted the more
   significant new idea. In any case, the position remained in a
   complicated balance for a long time, but starting at move 32
   Cheparinov - possibly in time trouble, despite the 24 "free" moves -
   lost the thread (maybe the whole spool) and resigned on move 40 about
   to be a rook down.
   There's plenty of time left, but things look good for Ivanchuk at this
   point:
   Standings after Round 4:
   1. Ivanchuk 4
   2. Topalov 2.5
   3-5. Radjabov, Aronian, Cheparinov 1.5
   6. Bu Xiangzhi 1
   Round 5 Pairings:
   Topalov - Bu Xiangzhi
   Aronian - Ivanchuk
   Cheparinov - Radjabov
   Tournament site [1]here, the games with my comments [2]here.

References

   1. http://www.mtelmasters.com/
   2. http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/files/mtel2008_rd4.htm