An incredibly precise game by Anatoli Ivanishin

[AdminX]

I found this game to be impressive! The move 7. Nxe5 appears to be an novelty according to my database, but maybe it can be found in an correspondence database somewhere.

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[pgn]
[Event "Match Space-Earth 2020"]
[Site "ISS-Moscow"]
[Date "2020.06.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanishin, Anatoli"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Be6 6. b3 {-0.05/17 C68: Ruy
Lopez: Exchange Variation, sidelines.} ({Better is} 6. Nxe5 $14 {0.50/16} Qd4
7. Nf3 Qxe4 8. d3) 6... c5 $11 {[#]} 7. Nxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. d3 f6 8.
Be3 Qd7 9. a4 a5 10. Na3 b6 11. Nc4 Ne7 12. Qe2 Nc6 13. c3 {1/2-1/2 (22)
Kadric,D (2407)-Brkic,A (2569) Sarajevo 2012}) 7... Qd4 {[#] Double Attack} 8.
Nc4 $1 Bxc4 {0.53/15} ({Of course not} 8... Qxa1 $6 9. Bb2 $16) (8... Qxe4 $11
{-0.06/15} 9. d3 Qg6) 9. bxc4 $14 Qxa1 {Double Attack} 10. Nc3 b5 $1 11. Qh5 {
-0.04/19} (11. Qf3 $14 {0.58/21} b4 12. Ba3 $1 Qxf1+ 13. Kxf1 bxc3 14. e5)
11... Nf6 $11 {The position is equal.} 12. Qf3 b4 $1 13. e5 O-O-O $1 14. Ba3
Qxf1+ $1 15. Kxf1 {Hoping for Na4.} bxc3 16. exf6 cxd2 17. Qa8+ {[#] Double
Attack} Kd7 18. Qd5+ Kc8 19. Qa8+ {Double Attack} Kd7 20. Qd5+ Ke8 (20... Kc8
$5 21. Qa8+ $8 $11 {Double Attack}) 21. Qe4+ Kd7 {Accuracy: White = 92%, Black
= 78%.} 1/2-1/2
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Full Video:
Game Commentary Starts Here:
Chessbase Article: https://en.chessbase.com/post/anniversa ... ith-a-draw

[Alayan]

This smells like a pre-arranged game.

[AdminX]

This smells like a pre-arranged game.

Possibly, that thought had crossed my mind, I decided to give them the benefit of the doubt anyway. For all I know he may have been another 'Russian School Boy Champion' back in his youth.