Middlegame Secrets Vol.4 - The Secret Lives of Knights

Knight dominates the Bishop 1: Van Wely vs Karjakin

 

 

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28...Bxg3! Clearing the position from strategic impurities and getting a dream position with a good knight versus a bad bishop. The similarity with the famous 15...Bxg3 from Ahues,C-Alekhine,A/Bad Nauheim 1936/HCL (0-1, 31) is quite obvious to me. 29.hxg3 Nd5 30.Ra7 h6 31.Qa2 Qe8 32.Qc4 Qh5 33.Ra1 Kh7 34.Bb4 Qg6 35.Be1 h5 The signal to an attack against which White cannot do much. 36.Rc1 h4 37.gxh4 f4 38.Qe2 38.Bd2 f3 39.g3 Qf5 38.exf4 Nxf4 39.g3 Rxd4 40.Qf1 Rd7 38...f3 39.Qf1 Qg4 40.g3 g5 41.Kh2 41.hxg5 Kg6 41...gxh4 42.Qh3 Qxh3+ 43.Kxh3 hxg3 44.Kxg3 Rg8+ 45.Kh2 Rg2+ 46.Kh1 46.Kh3 Kg6-+ 46...Rg6 47.Ra1 Rg8 48.Rc1 Kg6 49.Rc6+ Kf7 50.Rh6 Ra8 51.Rh7+ Kg6 52.Rh4 52.Rd7 Nf6 53.Rxc7 Ra1-+ 52...Nf6 52...Ra1 53.Rg4+ Kf5 54.Rg1 Rb1-+ 53.Bb4 53.Kg1 53...Kg5 54.Rf4 Ra1+ 55.Kh2 Ng4+ 56.Kh3 56.Rxg4+ Kxg4 56...Rh1+ 0–1
WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Van Wely2692Karjakin,S27690–12012Tata Steel-A 74th11