Wesley So Crushes Navara With Simple Tactics!

March 17, 2017 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Wesley So vs David Navara
Tata Steel Group B (2011) Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Delayed Exchange Variation (D76)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cd5 Nd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 a5 11. Qe2 a4 12. Rd1 Be6 13. d5 Nd5 14. Nb5 Qc8 15. Ng5 Rd8 16. Ne6 fe6 17. Rb1 Kh8 18. Bh3 Nf6 19. Bd2 Ra6 20. Bc3 Rd5 21. Rd5 Nd5 22. Bg7 Kg7 23. Qc4 Nf6 24. Rd1 Kf7 25. Qf4 Rb6 26. Qa4 Ne5 27. Nd4 c5 28. Qc2 Rd6 29. f4 Neg4 30. Re1 b6 31. Nf3 Qd7 32. Bg4 Ng4 33. h3 Ne3 34. Re3
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