[Event "Wch Blitz 7th"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2013.06.10"] [Round "19"] [White "Le, Quang Liem"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D86"] [WhiteElo "2712"] [BlackElo "2753"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2013.??.??"] [EventType "blitz"] {I prefer playing 3 minute BLITZ than 1 minute Bullet because the quality of the game is better when you have more time. Same with our featured game full of strategy and planning. Let's find out.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 { The Grunfeld Defense} 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 {THE ASSIGNMENT: Always go for a much logical move to defend the d4 which is 9. Be3.} 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 {Not 11. Kf1} Qd8 12. Bc3 O-O 13. O-O { Now, white has central pawn space advantage.} Bd7 14. Rb1 b6 15. Qd2 Rc8 16. Rbc1 e6 ({IF} 16... Ne5 17. dxe5 Rxc4 18. Rfd1 Rxe4 19. Ng3 Rc4 20. Bb2 Rxc1 21. Bxc1) 17. h3 Rc7 18. Bb3 Bc8 19. d5 {Nice...} exd5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. exd5 Ne5 22. d6 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Qf6 24. Rc7 Be6 25. Bxe6 Qxe6 26. Qd4 {There are threats such as f4 and Re7.} Qf6 27. f4 Re8 28. fxe5 Rxe5 29. d7 {What a one sided game for white. Simplicity is Beauty. Super GM Liem Le Quang obviously was well prepared. I am liking now the 8. Ne2 variation, hope you use it also in your future games. Thank you and keep cool always...cheers.} 1-0