Things are escalating really quickly in the jungle of endless variations of this Sicilian Dragon game!
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Vasyl Ivanchuk vs Magnus Carlsen
Grand Slam Chess Final (2008), Bilbao ESP, rd 2, Sep-03
Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation. Yugoslav Attack Old Line (B78)
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3
Nc6 8.Qd2 O-O 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.O-O-O Rc8 11.Bb3 Ne5 12.Kb1 a6
13.Rhe1 b5 14.Bh6 Bxh6 15.Qxh6 Rxc3 16.bxc3 a5 17.f4 Neg4
18.Qh4 a4 19.Bxf7+ Rxf7 20.e5 Nd5 21.e6 Nxc3+ 22.Kc1 Bxe6
23.Nxe6 Qa5 24.Qxg4 Nxa2+ 25.Kb2 Qc3+ 26.Kxa2 Qxc2+ 27.Ka1
Qc3+ 28.Kb1 Qb3+ 29.Ka1 Qc3+
1/2-1/2
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