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Amazing Chess Game: Wesley So vs Boris Gelfand - Tata Steel 2014 - Sicilian Defence

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â–ºPlaylists: http://goo.gl/FxpqEH â–ºKingscrusher's Greatest Hit Videos! : http://goo.gl/447QLb â–ºFREE online chess at http://osk03.chesshorsey.com/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 or realtime at ht... (Show Full Description)
â–ºPlaylists: http://goo.gl/FxpqEH â–ºKingscrusher's Greatest Hit Videos! : http://goo.gl/447QLb â–ºFREE online chess at http://osk03.chesshorsey.com/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 or realtime at http://www.chessclub.com/from/kingscrusher [Event "Tata Steel"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2014.01.17"] [Round "5"] [White "W So"] [Black "B Gelfand"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2719"] [BlackElo "2777"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2014.01.11"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 (4... Nf6 5. Ng5) 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nd2 d6 7. Nf1 Bg4 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. Nd5 O-O 10. c3 Be6 11. Qc2 Nb6 12. Nxb6 (12. b3 Nxc4 13. bxc4) 12... axb6 (12... Qxb6 13. Ne3) 13. a4 Kh8 (13... Bxc4 14. dxc4) 14. Bd2 Qd7 15. Rd1 d5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Ne3 (17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Ne3 Qa2) 17... Be6 (17... Bxc4 18. dxc4 Na5 19. b3) 18. Qb3 Qxd3 (18... Na5 19. Qxb6 Nxc4 20. dxc4 Rxa4 21. O-O Rfa8) 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Qxb6 Qe4 (20... e4 21. Bc1 Qa6 22. Qxa6 Rxa6 23. Rd7 Rb8 24. O-O Rxa4 25. Ng4 h5 26. Ne5 Nxe5 27. Rxe7) (20... Rxa4 21. Qxb7 Qe4 (21... Qa6 22. Qxa6 Rxa6 23. Ke2 Ra4 24. Ra1) 22. O-O {White better}) (20... Qa6 21. Qxa6 Rxa6) 21. b3 Rab8 22. O-O Qg6 23. a5 (23. Bc1) 23... Rfc8 ( 23... e4 24. Nc4) 24. Nc4 Qc2 25. Rc1 Qd3 26. Be3 h6 27. Rfd1 (27. Bxc5 Bxc5 28. Qxc5 Nd4) 27... Qf5 28. Rd7 Rf8 29. Rf1 (29. Bxc5 Bxc5 30. Qxc5 Nxa5 31. Nxa5 b6 32. Qe3 bxa5) (29. Rxb7 Rxb7 30. Qxb7 Bg5 31. h3 Bxe3 32. fxe3 Qf2+ 33. Kh2) (29. a6 Nd4 30. cxd4 bxa6 31. Qxa6) 1-0 â–ºSupport the channel by donating via PayPal: http://goo.gl/7HJcDq Thumbnail Wesley So By Euku (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

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