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Vassily Ivanchuk vs Bogdan-Daniel Deac

Kings Rapid, Medias, 2017

The Ukranian genius Vassily Ivanchuk won a strong rapid tournament in Medias, Romania, ahead of Sergey Karjakin (the 2016 World Championship challenger) and Wei Yi (the world’s top junior). In this game he crushed a strong local GM.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.Qa4+ c6 6.Qxc4

This position can be reached via several move orders, including the Vienna (as in the ...