Vachier-Lagrave is player of two openings one of them is Grunfeld defense. His style is to play strongest and sharpoest move of all. Here he faces spanish grandmastr Alonso Rosell, who is using one of top lines of Grunfeld.
Alonso Rosell, Alvar (2548)
Vachier Lagrave, Maxime (2780)
Event: World Rapid 2019
Site: Moscow RUS Date: 12/26/2019
Round: 3.11 Score: 0-1
ECO: D85 Gruenfeld, exchange variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Be3 c5 8.Qd2 O-O 9.Rc1 e5 10.d5 Nd7 11.Bd3 f5 12.Qc2 f4 13.Bd2 Nf6 14.Nf3 Ne8 15.c4 Nd6 16.Bc3 Re8 17.h3 g5 18.Be2 Bd7 19.Nd2 Rf8 20.a4 b6 21.Ra1 Qe8 22.Qd1 Rb8 23.Bg4 a6 24.Bxd7 Qxd7 25.Qg4 Qxg4 26.hxg4 b5 27.axb5 axb5 28.Ra6 Rfd8 29.Ke2 bxc4 30.Rha1 Nb5 31.Ba5 Nd4+ 32.Kf1 Rd7 33.Nxc4 Rdb7 34.Bb6 Bf8 35.f3 Nc2 36.R1a5 Ne3+ 37.Nxe3 fxe3 38.Rb5 c4 39.Ke2 Kf7 40.g3 c3 41.Kd3 Be7 42.Kxc3 Bd8 43.Bxd8 Rxb5 44.Bxg5 Rc5+ 45.Kd3 Rb3+ 46.Ke2 Rc2+ 47.Kd1 Rd2+ 48.Kc1 Rc3+ 49.Kb1 Rd1+ 50.Kb2 e2 51.Ra7+ Kg6 52.Bh4 Rb1+ 53.Ka2 Ra1+ 0-1
The first instance of this opening is in an 1855 game by Moheschunder Bannerjee, an Indian player who had transitioned from Indian chess rules, playing Black against John Cochrane in Calcutta, in May 1855:
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 Bg7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Be2 Nxc3 8.bxc3 c5 9.0-0 cxd4 10.cxd4 Nc6 11.Bb2 Bg4 12.Rc1 Rc8 13.Ba3 Qa5 14.Qb3 Rfe8 15.Rc5 Qb6 16.Rb5 Qd8 17.Ng5 Bxe2 18.Nxf7 Na5
and White mates in three (19.Nh6+ double check Kh8 20.Qg8+ Rxg8 21.Nf7#).[1][2] Cochrane published a book reporting his games with Moheshchunder and other Indians in 1864.
It gained popularity after Ernst Grünfeld introduced it into international play at Vienna 1922, where, in his first game with the defense, he defeated future world champion Alexander Alekhine.[3] Grünfeld usually employed a very classical style. The defence was later adopted by a number of prominent players, including Vasily Smyslov, Viktor Korchnoi, Leonid Stein, and Bobby Fischer. Garry Kasparov often used the defence, including in his World Championship matches against Anatoly Karpov in 1986, 1987 and 1990, and Vladimir Kramnik in 2000. Currently active notable players who employ the opening include Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Loek van Wely, Peter Svidler, Peter Leko, Viswanathan Anand, Luke McShane and Gata Kamsky.[4] Anand employed it twice in the World Chess Championship 2010. In the World Chess Championship 2012 between Anand and Boris Gelfand, each player used the Grünfeld once with both games ending in draws. Anand faced the Grünfeld against Magnus Carlsen during the first game of the World Chess Championship 2014 and drew in a Rook and Queen ending.
The Game of the Century between Donald Byrne and 13-year-old Bobby Fischer on October 17, 1956, featured this opening, although arriving in the Grünfeld via a transposition of moves (using 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.d4 0-0 5.Bf4 d5).
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