Queen Sacrifice

2nd round of the Russian team championship has been played. Vassily Ivanchuk delivered beautiful queen sac to beat Levon Aronian. Game and diagram source is Sah-Mat lista


Ivanchuk,V (2731) - Aronian,L (2756) [C88]
XIII TCh-RUS Sochi RUS (2), 21.04.2006

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.a4 b4 9.d4 d6 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 dxe5 12.Qf3 Bb7 13.Nd2 Bc5 14.Nf1 Qc8 15.h3 Kh8 16.Ng3 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 f5



18.Nxc5 Bxf3 19.gxf3 f4 20.Kh2 Qf5 21.Bd2 Rf6 22.Rg1 Rh6 23.Rg4 a5 24.Re1 Rf8 25.Ne4 Qh5 26.h4 Rg6 27.Rxg6 Qxg6 28.c3 c5 29.Nxc5 Rd8 30.Ne4 Qb6 31.Rd1 Rd3 32.Bc4 Rxf3 33.Be1 g5 34.hxg5 Kg7 35.Rd7+ Kf8 36.Rf7+ Ke8 37.Rf6 1-0