Vassily Ivanchuk played a fantastic game in round 7 of the Chess Olympiad 2010 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.
Ivanchuk was white against Baadur Jobava:
Game comments from the Chess Olympiad website:
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3 Qb6
A rare move. The main continuation is 3...e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bf4.
4.a3
Novelty.
4...e5
Chances are equal.
5.exd5 Nf6
Not the best continuation. Stronger is 5...cxd5.
6.dxe5 Bc5
Not the best continuation. Preferable is 6...Nxd5 7.Nd2 Qe3+ 8.Qe2 Qxe2+ 9.Kxe2 Nd7.
7.exf6 Bf2+ 8.Ke2 O-O 9.Qd2 Re8+ 10.Kd1 Re1+
Not the best continuation. More promising is 10...Bxg1 11.fxg7 Bf5 12.g4 Bg6 13.h4 h5.
11.Qxe1 Bxe1 12.Kxe1 Bf5 13.Be2 Nd7
An interesting alternative is 13...Bxc2 14.Nc3 Nd7.
14.dxc6 bxc6 15.Bd1 Re8+ 16.Ne2 Nxf6 17.Nc3 Bc8
An interesting alternative is 17...Nd5 18.Nxd5 cxd5.
18.a4 a5 19.Rf1
An interesting alternative is 19.Ra3.
19...Ba6 20.Rf2 h5 21.Ra3 h4 22.g3 h3 23.g4 Rd8
Worth attention is 23...Bc4 24.g5 Nd5 25.Nxd5 cxd5.
24.Nf4 Nd7 25.Rb3
An interesting alternative is 25.Nxh3.
25...Qd4 26.Nfe2 Re8 27.Ne4 Qxa4 28.Bd2
White is winning.
28...Qa1 29.Bc3 Ne5 30.Ra3 Qb1 31.Nd2 Qc1 32.Rxa5 Ng6 33.Rxa6 Nf4 34.Ra8 1-0
(34...Ng2+ 35.Rxg2 Rxa8 36.Nxc1 hxg2 37.Kf2 Ra1 38.Ndb3 Ra8 39.Kxg2 Rd8 40. Nd3 Rc8 41.Nbc5 Kf8 42.Ne4 Rc7 43.Bb4+ Kg8 44.Be2 Rc8 45.Kg3 f6 46.Bc5 White has a decisive advantage.)
