It was an exciting round for chess fans, as Kramnik shrugged off his first round loss with a convincing win over Timofeev in round two. Artyom's queen found itself desperately seeking shelter, a situation that led to his demise. Morozevich played a heart-thumping do-or-die attack which almost went bad, but in the end his courage was rewarded as he caught Grischuk's queen
Morozevich, A.2694–Grischuk, A.27461–0D3164th ch-RUS209.08.2011
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.c3 e7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.f4 c6 6.e3f5 7.h3 Leave it to Morozevich to play something completely offbeat. d7 8.f3 b6 9.e2!? You didn't actually think he was going to develop his bishop on the f1-a6 diagnoal did you? Of course not! g4-Bg2 is the only logical way to develop here... when your name is Morozevich that is. gf6 10.g4 g6 11.h4 a512.g2 e4 13.xg6 xc3 14.d2 hxg6!You might wonder why Black could not play 14...b4!?threatening to win the queen with a nasty discovered attack. But it doesn't quite achieve its purpose. 15.a3! is enough to maintain the balance. 15.bxc3 b6 16.0-0 c4 17.e2 0-0 18.e4 d6 19.e5! The move is not the objective best, but Morozevich deserves the marks for ambition since the intentions could not be clearer. a320.ab1 xc3 21.fd1 b5 22.b3 a5 23.g5 fe8 24.h4f8 25.h5? This is a mistake since White had no need to give up the a2 pawn (and Black counterplay) just yet.Instead 25.h3! preparing the very same h5 was better since after a take on h5, Black will not have time to capture as he will be facing a mate on the h-file. In fact, it is not clear Black can defend this position. d6 26.h5 f5 and now White can simply line up his battering ram and assault the king. 27.f3c7 28.g4! d728...-- Threatening 29.hxg6 fxg6 30.xf5 gxf5 31.g6 cutting off the monarch's escape. 29.g2! with the idea Rdh1 if allowed. 25...gxh5 26.xh5?! Another imprecision which will allow Grischuk to get a slight upper hand though the attack is still full underway.26.g6! fxg6 27.g3 e6 28.c2 ae828...a4 29.xa4 bxa4 30.h3 29.h3 would lead to equality. 26...g6 27.h4 Now it will be much harder to break through.xa2 28.h3 g7 29.h7+ f8 30.f3 The players were already quite short of time by now, and it really is a make or break situation. Unless some kind of wild perpetual takes place (a distinct possibility), either White's attack goes through, or he will lose the game. It is that simple. Poker chess at its best! e231.dd3 e6 32.g3? A blunder! a5?? Grischuk returns the favor and misses the point of White's move: to capture the queen!After 32...d2! 33.fe3 d1+ 34.h2 Black has seized control and with two pawns should be able to win. 33.f1! e4There is nothing to be done. If 33...e1 for example, then34.xf7+ xf7 35.f3+ e8 36.xg7+- 34.f4 There is no escape. xf4 35.xf4 a4 36.d1 a337.xc4 dxc4 38.d2 a4 39.e3 e7 40.d5 a2 41.d6 The time control is made and it is over. d7 42.d4 b4 Finishing with style, Morozevich plays the crowd-pleasing 43.xg7+‼43.xg7+ xg7 44.e6+ f8 45.exd7 a8 46.f6 b3 How does White finish Black off? 47.g2‼ and if b2 48.h1! a149.h8# 1–0[Event "64th ch-RUS"][Site "Moscow RUS"][Date "2011.08.09"][Round "2"][White "Morozevich, A."][Black "Grischuk, A."][Result "1-0"][ECO "D31"][WhiteElo "2694"][BlackElo "2746"][PlyCount "85"][EventDate "2011.08.08"]1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. h3 Nd7 8. Nf3 Qb6 9. Qe2 Ngf6 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nh4 Qa5 12. Bg2 Ne4 13. Nxg6 Nxc3 14. Qd2 hxg6 15. bxc3 Nb6 16. O-O Nc4 17. Qe2 O-O 18. e4 Bd6 19. e5 Ba3 20. Rab1 Qxc3 21. Rfd1 b5 22. Rb3 Qa5 23. g5 Rfe8 24. h4 Bf8 25. h5 gxh5 26. Qxh5 g6 27. Qh4 Qxa2 28. Rh3 Bg7 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Rf3 Qe2 31. Rdd3 Re6 32. Bg3 a5 33. Bf1 Qe4 34. Rf4 Qxf4 35. Bxf4 a4 36. Rd1 a3 37. Bxc4 dxc4 38. Bd2 Ra4 39. Be3 Re7 40. d5 a2 41. d6 Rd7 42. Bd4 b4 43. Qxg7+ 1-0
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