[Event "Fujairah Global"] [Site "?"] [Date "2025.08.??"] [Round "5"] [Board "18"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"] [Black "Movahed, Sina"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2623"] [BlackElo "2558"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "101"] [GameId "2217112438960549"] [EventDate "2025.08.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.05"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 Bd6 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 a6 9. h3 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O e5 12. Nxb5 axb5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qe7 15. Nf3 b4 16. Nd2 Rfd8 17. Qc2 Ra5 18. Rfd1 Rc5 19. Nc4 Rg5 20. g4 $2 {This isn't a move one plays with a light heart, but it's not obviously bad, either. The refutation is beautiful.} (20. Bf1 $1 Bf3 $1 21. Nxd6 Bxd1 22. Rxd1 Rxd6 23. a4 $1 Rxd1 24. Qxd1 $44 {White's passed a-pawn and the bishop pair are enough for the exchange.}) 20... h5 $2 {Black remains a touch better, but it's a big missed opportunity.} (20... Nxg4 $1 21. hxg4 (21. Bxg4 {loses conventionally:} h5 {regains the piece with what will obviously be a crushing attack.}) 21... Rh5 $3 {A fantastic move. Rather than both with the g-file, Black switches to the h-file with decisive effect.} 22. gxh5 Qh4 23. f3 ({White's only way to avoid a quick mate is} 23. Qxh7+ Kxh7 24. Bd3+ {to give his king a path out of the death zone. Since Black had sacrificed a lot of material first one might think for a moment that White will be okay - but no.} Kg8 25. Kf1 Bf3 26. Ke1 {and now Black can take on d1 and win in the long run, but it's much nicer to resume the spectacular tactics:} Bg3 $1 27. fxg3 Qxg3+ 28. Kd2 Qf2+ 29. Kc1 Bxd1 30. Bd4 Rxd4 31. exd4 Qe1 $19 {and White will suffer massive material losses.}) 23... Qg3+ 24. Kf1 Qh3+ 25. Kf2 Bg3+ 26. Kg1 Qh2+ 27. Kf1 Qf2# (27... Qh1#)) 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Nxd6 cxd6 23. Qc7 Be4 24. Rac1 hxg4 25. hxg4 $11 Rg6 26. Rd4 Re8 27. Qd7 Re7 28. Qc8+ Kh7 29. Rxe4 Rxe4 30. Bd3 d5 $2 (30... Qf3 $1 31. Bxe4 Qxe4 32. Rc4 Qf3 $11) 31. Kg2 $1 $18 Rh6 32. Bxe4+ dxe4 33. Qf5+ Qxf5 34. gxf5 Ra6 35. Rh1+ Rh6 36. Rd1 Ra6 37. Rd4 Rxa2 38. Rxe4 Ra5 39. Rh4+ Kg8 40. f6 g5 41. Rh5 Rc5 42. Kg3 Rc3 43. Rxg5+ Kh8 {The coverage of the game on the video ends here. Here are the remaining moves.} 44. Kg2 Kh7 45. Rg7+ Kh6 46. Rxf7 Kg6 47. Rb7 Rxb3 48. f7 Kg7 49. e4 Rb1 50. e5 Re1 51. f4 1-0