Grischuk - Gareyev | Pawn sacrifice for dark square control | Sicilian defense

2019 King Salman World Rapid & Blitz Championships
Moscow, 2019

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GM Grischuk, Alexander - GM Gareyev, Timur

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 c5 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 b6 5. Bd3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nc6 7. O-O Nxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxd4 9. Bc4 e5 10. Be3 Bb7 11. Bxd4 exd4 12. Qxd4 Qf6 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. Bb3 Ne7 15. Nc3 Bc6 16. Qh6 Ng8 17. Qe3 Ne7 18. Rad1 O-O 19. Qd4 Qf4 20. Rd3 h5 21. Rfd1 h4 22. h3 Qg5 23. Qd6 Nf5 24. Qh2 Ne7 25. Rf3 Kg7 26. Qd6 f5 27. Bd5 Bxd5 28. exd5 Rcd8 29. Re1 Ng8 30. Qc7 Nf6 31. Qxa7 Rfe8 32. Rd1 b5 33. Qd4 Kg8 34. Nxb5 Re4 35. Qd2 Qxd2 36. Rxd2 Re1+ 37. Kh2 Ne4 38. Rc2 Ra8 39. Nc3 Nc5 40. a3 Nb3 41. Re3 Rxe3 42. fxe3 Re8 43. Nb5 Rxe3 44. Rc3 Nd2 45. Rxe3 Nf1+ 46. Kg1 Nxe3 47. a4 Nxd5 48. a5 Nb4 49. Nc7 Kf7 50. a6 Nc6 51. b4 1-0
Alexander Igorevich Grischuk (Russian: Алекса́ндр И́горевич Грищу́к; born October 31, 1983) is a Russian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2000. Grischuk was the Russian champion in 2009. He is also a three-time world blitz chess champion (in 2006, 2012 and 2015).

He has competed in four Candidates' Tournaments: in 2007, 2011 (when he reached the final), 2013, and 2018. He is further qualified to play in the Candidates Tournament 2020. He also reached the semifinals of the 2000 FIDE World Championship.

Timur Gareyev (sometimes spelled Gareev; born March 3, 1988) is an American chess grandmaster. He was born in Tashkent to Tatar parents. Gareyev was a part of the University of Texas at Brownsville's chess team from August 2005 to August 2006 and from August 2009 to December 2011 where he helped the university obtain its first national championship along with other collegiate honors. In 2007, he tied for first with Vladimir Egin and Anton Filippov in the Uzbekistani Chess Championship. Gareyev has participated in two Chess Olympiads: 2004 Calvià, Spain and 2006 Turin, Italy. Gareyev won the 20th Annual Chicago Open and the 11th Metropolitan Chess FIDE Invitational tournament.

Blitz chess (also known as speed or fast chess) is a type of chess in which each player is given less time to consider their moves than normal tournament time controls allow. Openings, tactics and strategy are same.