Grischuk, Alexander (2702) - Brynell, Stellan (2508)
Bundesliga 0203 (Germany), 12/15/2002

[Finkel,A]


1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4!? Grischuk is fantastic attacking player so this variation used by Alekhine perfectly suits his agressive style.
6...Bxg5 7.hxg5 Qxg5 8.Qd3 g6 9.Nf3 Qe7 10.O-O-O More populat in the following position is 1o.Qe3
[10.Qe3 Nc6 11.O-O-O Nb6 12.Rh6
(12.Ng5 h5 (12...Bd7?! 13.Nxh7 O-O-O 14.Be2 Be8 15.a3+ / = Hector,J-Fries Nielsen,J/Stavanger 1991) 13.Rh3 (13.g4?! Bd7 14.gxh5 gxh5 15.a3 O-O-O 16.Nf3 f6 17.Re1 Rdf8- / + Martorelli,A-Coratella,G/Porto San Giorgio 2001) 13...Na5 14.b3 Bd7 15.Rf3 Rf8 16.Nh7 Rh8 17.Nf6+ Kd8 18.Qf4Compensation Velimirovic,D-Jeremic,V/Budva 2002)
12...Bd7 13.Qg5 Qxg5+ 14.Nxg5 Ke7 15.Nxh7 Rac8 16.f4 Nb8 17.Bd3+ / = Hector,J-Brynell,S/Malmo 1993]
10...a6
[10...Nb6 11.Qe3 Bd7 12.Qh6 Nc6 13.Qg7 O-O-O 14.Rxh7 Rxh7 15.Qxh7 Na5 16.Qh4 Qb4 17.a3 Qf8 18.Nd2+ / = Duraku,E-Jordan,T/Augsburg 2001]
11.Qe3 c5 12.dxc5 Qxc5
[12...Nxc5? 13.Rxd5! exd5 14.Nxd5 Qf8 15.Nc7+ Kd8 16.Nxa8+ -]
13.Qf4 Keeping an eye on f7.
13...Nc6 14.Bd3 Qb4
[14...b5!? 15.Rde1
(15.Rh6?! b4 16.Ne2 Qxf2 17.Rdh1 Bb7 18.Qg5 Nc5- / +)
15...b4 16.Ng5 Rf8 17.Na4 Qa5 18.b3Compensation]
15.Be4!Attack Very strong move posing black serious problems.
15...dxe4 It seems that black is forced to accept a gift since R:d5 was threatend.
[15...b5 16.Rxd5! exd5 17.Nxd5 Qa5 18.e6 fxe6 19.Bxg6+ Kd8 20.Qg5++ -]
16.Nxe4 Rf8?!
[More stubborn was
16...Kd8!? 17.Qxf7 Qe7 18.Nfg5 Kc7 19.Qxe7 Nxe7 20.Nf7 Rg8 21.Rxh7 Nf8 22.Rh3Initiative even though white keeps extremly strong initiative even with the queens off the board.]
17.a3 Qe7
[17...Qa5 18.Qh4 Ne7 19.Nd6+ Kd8 20.Ng5 Kc7 21.Nxh7+ -]
18.Qe3! Not letting black king to escape to c7.
18...Rh8
[18...f5 19.exf6 Rxf6 20.Nfg5! h5 21.g4Attack]
[18...Kd8? 19.Qb6+ Ke8 20.Rxd7+ -]
19.Nfg5 Ndxe5 Nothing changed a capture with another knight:
[19...Ncxe5 20.Nxh7 Rg8 21.Qc3 f5 22.Rxd7 Nxd7 23.Nhf6+ Nxf6 24.Nxf6+ Kf7 25.Nxg8+ - and black is helpless.]
20.Nxh7+ - Rxh7 21.Rxh7 Qf8 22.Nf6+
[22.Nf6+ Ke7 23.Qg5+ -]


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