This is an instructive chess game between Ido Gorshtein and Vasyl Ivanchuk from round 4 of the 2025 Fujairah Global. Ivanchuk, playing against the English Opening with the Hungarian Attack, initially aims for a light-squared bishop exchange with Bh3, but quickly changes course after sensing a queenside weakness following 15. c5. By retreating his bishop to e6, Ivanchuk creates coordination problems for White, due to the queen being tied to the defense of the bishop on a3. Once the center opens after 20…d5, White underestimates Ivanchuk’s strong idea, leading to a dominant pawn chain that restricts White’s light-squared bishop while giving Black’s bishops full control.
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1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Rb1 a5 6. a3 Nf6 7. b4 axb4 8. axb4 O-O 9. d3 Ne7 10. Qb3 d6 11. Nf3 h6 12. O-O Be6 13. b5 Qd7 14. Ba3 Bh3 15. c5 Be6 16. Qb2 b6 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Rfc1 Rfc8 19. e4 Ne8 20. Rc2 d5 21. Bxe7 dxe4 22. Bb4 exd3 23. Rcc1 e4 24. Nd2 f5 25. Ra1 Nd6 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. Qb1 Nxb5 28. Nxb5 Qxb5 29. Bd6 Qxb1 30. Rxb1 Bd4 31. h4 Ra2 32. Bf4 h5 33. Kf1 Bc3 34. Ke1 b5 35. Kd1 b4 36. Be3 Bd7