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Reggio Emilia: Morozevich Blows Up Giri’с Center & Takes Sole Lead

The second round of the Reggio Emilia tournament was marked with Morozevich'с victory over Anish Giri. This тайм his win can't be called just luck. 

GIRI — MOROZEVICH
Slav Defence
1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bh5 6.Nc3 e6 7.g4 Bg6 8.Ne5 Nbd7 9.h4 dxc4 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.g5 Nd5 12.Bxc4 Bb4 13.Bd2 Qe7

14.a3
Leads to an unclear structure for White.
14…Nxc3N 15.bxc3 Ba5 16.f4 O-O-O 17.Qb3 Nb6 18.Bd3 Kb8 19.Ke2 Qd7 20.Be4

20…f6
White start to blow up the center. 
21.gxf6 gxf6 22.Rag1 e5 23.fxe5 fxe5 24.Rg5

24…exd4! 25.Rxa5?
Perhaps, White shouldn't have accepted a piece sacrifice, however, its position is worse in any case. 
25…Rhe8
Good is 25…Qg4+ 26.Bf3 d3+ 27.Kf2 Rdf8 28.Qd1 Rxh4! 29.Rxh4 Qxh4+ 30.Kg2 Rh8!, where the knight joins the attack from c4. 
26.Bg2?!
Lesser of two evils — 26.cxd4 Rxe4, where White attacks and dominates on the white squares in a materially equal position. 
26…dxe3
White wins easily.
27.Bc1 Qd3+ 28.Ke1 e2 29.Bf4+ Ка8 30.Kf2 Rf8 31.Qb4 Nc4 32.Qa4 Nxa5 33.Bf3 b5 0-1

An interesting struggle took place in Ivanchuk — Vitiugov encounter. The game ended in a draw. 

17…Qa8!!
Due to this tactical trick Vitiugov saved some approximately equal chances.

A draw was recorded in Nakamura — Caruana duel. After two rounds Morozevich takes sole lead.

[Event «54th Reggio Emilia»] [Site «Reggio Emilia ITA»] [Date «2011.12.28»] [Round «2»] [White «Ivanchuk, V.»] [Black «Vitiugov, N.»] [Result «1/2-1/2»] [ECO «A46»] [WhiteElo «2775»] [BlackElo «2729»] [PlyCount «57»] [EventDate «2011.12.27»] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg5 Bb7 5. Nbd2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. e3 cxd4 8. cxd4 a6 9. Bg2 Be7 10. O-O d6 11. a4 O-O 12. axb5 axb5 13. Qb3 Ra5 14. Rfc1 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne4 Be7 17. d5 Qa8 18. Rab1 exd5 19. Nc3 d4 20. Nd5 dxe3 21. Rxc6 exf2+ 22. Kxf2 Bxc6 23. Nxe7+ Kh8 24. Re1 Be4 25. Nh4 Qa7+ 26. Re3 Ra4 27. Nhf5 Qc5 28. Bxe4 Rxe4 29. Qc3 1/2-1/2 [Event «54th Reggio Emilia»] [Site «Reggio Emilia ITA»] [Date «2011.12.28»] [Round «2»] [White «Nakamura, Hikaru»] [Black «Caruana, Fabiano»] [Result «1/2-1/2»] [ECO «A22»] [PlyCount «85»] [EventDate «2011.12.27»] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Qe7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. e4 d6 8. d3 a6 9. Qb3 Bc5 10. Na4 Ba7 11. Nb6 Bxb6 12. Qxb6 c5 13. Ne1 Bg4 14. f3 Be6 15. Bg5 Nbd7 16. Qa5 h6 17. Bd2 Nb8 18. Nc2 Nc6 19. Qc3 b5 20. Ne3 Nd4 21. Rae1 Rab8 22. Qc1 bxc4 23. dxc4 Qd7 24. Rf2 Rfe8 25. Bc3 a5 26. Qd1 a4 27. Bf1 Ra8 28. Bd3 Kh8 29. Kh1 Qb7 30. h4 Rf8 31. Kh2 Qd7 32. Ref1 Rae8 33. a3 Ra8 34. Qd2 Nb3 35. Qd1 Nd4 36. Rg1 Rae8 37. Qf1 Qd8 38. Qd1 Qd7 39. Nd5 Bxd5 40. cxd5 Rc8 41. Re1 Ra8 42. Bf1 Qe7 43. Bd3 1/2-1/2 [Event «54th Reggio Emilia»] [Site «Reggio Emilia ITA»] [Date «2011.12.28»] [Round «2»] [White «Giri, A.»] [Black «Morozevich, A.»] [Result «0-1»] [ECO «D11»] [WhiteElo «2714»] [BlackElo «2762»] [PlyCount «66»] [EventDate «2011.12.27»] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nc3 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. h4 dxc4 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. g5 Nd5 12. Bxc4 Bb4 13. Bd2 Qe7 14. a3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Ba5 16. f4 O-O-O 17. Qb3 Nb6 18. Bd3 Kb8 19. Ke2 Qd7 20. Be4 f6 21. gxf6 gxf6 22. Rag1 e5 23. fxe5 fxe5 24. Rg5 exd4 25. Rxa5 Rhe8 26. Bg2 dxe3 27. Bc1 Qd3+ 28. Ke1 e2 29. Bf4+ Ка8 30. Kf2 Rf8 31. Qb4 Nc4 32. Qa4 Nxa5 33. Bf3 b5 0-1your web browser and/or your host do not support iframes as required to display the chessboard

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