The Russian Club Championship is being held in the village of Olginka (Krasnodar Territory), Russia, from April 11 to 23.It's one of strongest Premiere league in the world with Ivanchuk, Ponomariov, Gelfand, Svidler, Nepomniachtchi, Wang Hao, Eljanov, Vitiugov, Jakovenko, Caruana, Movsesian, Malakhov, Efimenko, Tomashevsky, Dreev and Giri etc.
Ivanchuk playing for St. Petersburg and start with a very nice victory:
[Event "TCh-RUS Premier"]
[Site "Olginka RUS"]
[Date "2011.4.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteELO "2779"]
[BlackELO "2616"]
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. e3 O-O 8.
a3 a6 9. b4 Ba7?! {(9... Be7 was normal move)} 10. Bb2 Bd7 11. Be2 Nc6 12.
O-O Rc8 13. c5 Bb8 14. e4 Ng4? {start of a wrong plan14... Re8?! 15. Bd3
A.15. Rfe1 Ne7 (15... dxe4 16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 +/- or 15... e5 16. exd5
Nxd5 17. Bd3 +/-) 16. Bd3 Ng6 17. e5Ng4B.15.e5? Ng4 16.Bd3 Ngxe5 17.Bxh7+
Kh8 18.Rfe1 Nxf3+ 19.Nxf3 e5 an unclear positionC.15.Bd3 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4
17. Bxe4 f5 18. Bd3 +/-Accurate answer was:14... Qe7!? 15. exd5 (15.Rfe1
Nxe4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qxe4 e5) 15... Nxd5 16. Rfe1 e5 (16... Rcd8 17. Bd3f5)
17. Bd3 g6 18. Rad1 f6} 15. Rfe1 Nce5? {15... Re8 was best answer and now
fighting for black squar be continue} 16. Rad1 Bc6 17. h3 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3? {a
natural but wrong answer correct way was 18. Nxf3 !Nf6 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Bc4
h6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Rxd5 with anextra pown and very strong
intiative for white} 18... Nf6?? {18... Qc7 !! and game come to equal because
white obligate to loss tempo for defenseagainst black threat in h2 square
19. e5 (19. Bxg4 ?? Qh2+ 20. Kf1 Bb5+ 21.Nc4 Bxc4+ 22. Rd3 f5 -/+) 19... Nh6
oo} 19. Nc4 Qc7 {19... Re8 ? 20. exd5Nxd5 21. Nb6 Rc7 22. Qd2} 20. Be5 Qd8
21. Nb6 Bxe5 22. Nxc8 d4 23. Nb6 g5? {23... Qb8 24. Nc4 Rd8} 24. Nc4 Nd7 25.
a4 Qf6 26. Qb3 {26. Rb1 !? with idea b5 d3 27. Qd1 ! Bd4 28. b5 axb5 29.
axb5 Bxe4 30. Rxe4 Nxc5 31. Nd6 ! Nxe4 32.Nxe4 (32. Bxe4 ?? Qxf2+ 33. Kh1 Qf4
-/+)} 26... Bc7 27. b5 Nxc5 28. Qb4 Bxe4 29. Qxc5 Bxf3 30. Qxc7 {30. gxf3 Bf4
31. Rxd4 h5 32. Ne5} 30... Bxd1 31. Rxd1 d3 32. Qxb7 Qd4 33. Ne3 a5 34. b6
Rd8 35. Qc7 Qd7 36. Qxd7 1-0
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