Hier noch einmal kommentiert von Großmeister Arkadij Naiditsch:

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.12"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "Naiditsch,Arkadij"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[Source "DeepChess"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.01"]

{Ivanchuk's games are usually fun to watch, with a lot of interesting ideas
and original play, but Van Wely is also a very fighting player who stands by
his Sicilian already for many years. Ivanchuk seems to celebrate his comeback
in Wijk aan Zee with a fantastic start of 4/5 and we are going to see one of
this excellent victories. In the current game the position quickly becoming
extremely sharp and complicated, where White clearly has a better overview and
with a perfect domination of his pieces he makes Black's play look almost
funny. A great game to watch and learn from.} 1. e4 c5 {As expected, a
Sicilian...} 2. Nf3 e6 {Van Wely used to play the Najdorf more often, but he
also often goes for a lot of different versions of the Paulsen or Sheveningen.}
3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 {A rare move order in the recent games,
usually Black goes for 5...Qc7 or 5...a6.} 6. Be3 Nf6 {In case of 7.f3 we
would be back to the main lines, but Ivanchuk tries an interesting idea.
DIAGRAM} 7. Qe2 $5 {Lately in the Najdorf it becomes more and more fashionable
to put the queen on e2 instead of the usual f4-Qf3. The queen on e2 has the
advantage that White has the possibility of playing g4 and Bg2 and at the same
time sometimes Nd5 or Nf5 are possible as well.} a6 {Van Wely conti nues with
the standard set up. Maybe an interesting try for Black could be to play 7...
Bd7 and a quick Qa5 and Rc8, trying to save a tempo on the a6 move.} 8. O-O-O
Bd7 9. f4 Rc8 10. Kb1 {This is a typical prophylactical move which we see in
many different Sicilians.} Qc7 $6 {Of course Black could have played 10...Be7
followed by short castle, but usually the queen is nicely placed on c7. On the
other hand the Qc7 move is a bit slow, so in the current situation I don't
think it was really needed.} 11. Nb3 {A preparation for the main idea of Qe2:
to play g4.} ({White could have tried to play g4 immediately:} 11. g4 $5 Nxd4
12. Rxd4 {and} e5 $1 {Now we can see why Ivanchuk decided to go back with 11.
Nb3.} 13. Rd2 Bxg4 {Black is winning a pawn, but things are far from clear.}
14. Qg2 {and I think Whites has excellent compensation for the pawn.}) 11... b5
{Once again Black plays a very standard move.} 12. g4 {Things are getting more
direct now. White wants to play g5 next, so Black needs to act quickly. DIAGRAM
} b4 $6 {just doesn't look right...} (12... h5 {doesn't help since after} 13.
g5 Ng4 {White has the cool} 14. Bg1 {with the deadly threat of playing h3 next.
}) ({But maybe the calm} 12... h6 {was the best way to go on.}) 13. Na4 {Not
only is the pawn on a6 hanging, but White also has another idea of playing Nb6
next.} e5 $2 {This was of course the idea of Van Wely when he played 12...b4?!,
but it just doesn't seems to work out and in general pushing e5 is a wrong
approach for Black.} 14. g5 $1 {Great play by Ivanchuk. The sicilian is a very
sharp opening and needs to be played energetically! I guess Black had clearly
underestimated thecomplications we are entering now.} Bg4 15. Qg2 {Now we can
see Ivanchuk's plan.} Bxd1 {This move is also forced. DIAGRAM} 16. Bxa6 $1 {
This is the key move behind 14. g5, which you must see before playing 14.g5!
The bishop on d1 is hanging, the knight on f6 as well and the rook on c8, so
it is clear that White is getting some material back- but for the moment
Ivanchuk is just a full rook down.} ({Black is doing fine after} 16. gxf6 $2
Nd4 $1 {with a big pressure on the c2 pawn, with a very unclear position.})
16... Nd7 (16... Ng4 {doesn't help because of} 17. Bb6 $1 {It is very rare
that in a Sicilian White is dominating on the queenside so much.} Qd7 18. Rxd1
{with a winning position for White.}) 17. Rxd1 {White is only an exchange down
and he has a pawn and a great initiative, so it is clear that he is much
better.} Ra8 {A logical move, but probably already almost losing the game.} ({
Probably the best way to fight would have been to play} 17... Rb8 {but anyhow
White has a great position after} 18. Qe2 $1 {followed by Qc4. We can see a
great domination by the white pieces.}) 18. Bb5 Be7 (18... exf4 {didn't help
much, because after} 19. Bxf4 Be7 {White has a winning punch with} 20. e5 $1 {
and Black's position is falling apart.}) 19. f5 $1 {Another very good
strategic decision. There is no need for White to rush things, Black has
almost no play at all and the idea of playing f6 in the right moment could be
deadly.} Qb7 {Hoping to get rid of the b5 bishop. DIAGRAM} 20. c4 $1 {Ivanchuk
is playing great chess, using the fact that Black is not in good shape to play
20...bxc3, so White is securing a great position for the bishop on b5.} O-O (
20... bxc3 {didn't help either.} 21. Nxc3 {The white knight is taking the
perfect d5 square under control.} O-O 22. f6 {and the game is basically over.}
Bd8 23. Rxd6 {with a totally winning position for White.}) 21. f6 {White is
starting the assault!} Bd8 22. Rxd6 {and the second black pawn is gone... What
an amazing domination by the white pieces! But already in a few moves it will
get even worse...} Ncb8 23. Qg4 {Not the most precise way to end the game, but
a very practical move. White is attacking the d7 knight, which has no squares.}
g6 {DIAGRAM} 24. h4 {Ivanchuk starts to joke...} ({Why not take a piece with}
24. Bxd7 Nxd7 25. Rxd7 Qa6 26. Nbc5 {White doesn't only have a winning
position, but even a material advantage.} Qxc4 27. Qh3 {and I guess the best
Black can do is to resign.}) 24... h5 {Black is sort of fighting.} 25. Qf3 {
and we now have a funny position where Black has no move which would not lead
to a direct loss of some material. Amazing!} Bc7 {Van Wely is still hoping for
something...} 26. Rxd7 Nxd7 {DIAGRAM} 27. Bxd7 {White has 3 pieces and 2 pawns
for Black's both rooks-which is already a material advantage- but the real bad
thing is that the white pieces are totally dominating the game.} Rad8 28. Nbc5
{It was slowly time to resign, but Black keeps on making moves...} Qa8 29. Qd1
{The white queen is going to take a great position on d5.} Qa7 30. Qd5 Ra8 {
Black can practically not move...} 31. Bd2 {And again Ivanchuk does not hurry,
he is going for the b4 pawn! } Rfd8 32. Bxb4 Ba5 33. a3 Qc7 34. Nc3 {The
second white knight wants to take a nice position on b5.} Bxb4 35. axb4 Qa7 36.
Kc2 {and of course the white king is perfectly protected by the armada of
white pawns and pieces.} Rac8 37. Nb5 {What a position!} Qa1 {DIAGRAM} 38. Nd6
{What we can learn from this game is this really nice touch which Ivanchuk
showed us with his domination play, and that usually a move like e5 is very
wrong in a Sicilian for Black- don't try it in your own games!} 1-0

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