Igor Lysyj - Alexander Morozevich | Navigating into slow & positional game

European Blitz Championships 2019, Tallinn

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Igor Lysyj - Alexander Morozevich
1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.a3 Bb7 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 g6 6.Qd3 d5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.g3 Bg7 9.Bg2 O-O 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Bf4 c5 12.Rfd1 c4 13.Qc2 a6 14.a4 Re8 15.Ne5 Rc8 16.Bh3 h6 17.b3 g5 18.Be3 Qc7 19.bxc4 dxc4 20.Nxd7 Nxd7 21.Qf5 Rcd8 22.Rac1 Nf6 23.Bg2 Bc8 24.Qc2 Bb7 25.d5 Rxe3 26.fxe3 Qc5 27.Rd4 b5 28.axb5 axb5 29.Rb1 Ba6 30.Qb2 Ng4 31.Rxg4 Qxe3+ 32.Kh1 Bxc3 33.Qc2 Qd2 34.Qe4 Bc8 35.Bf3 Bxg4 36.Qxg4 b4 37.Qf5 Qd4 38.Be4 Qf6 39.Qh7+ Kf8 40.Kg2 b3 41.Rf1 Qg7 42.Qf5 b2 43.d6 Bb4 44.d7 Be7 45.Bd5 Qf6 46.Qh7 Rxd7 47.Rxf6 Bxf6 48.Bxc4 Rd1 49.Qxf7# 1-0

Alexander Sergeyevich Morozevich (Russian: Александр Серге́евич Морозе́вич; born July 18, 1977) is a Russian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1994. Morozevich is a two-time World Championship candidate (2005, 2007), two-time Russian champion and has represented Russia in seven Chess Olympiads, winning numerous team and board medals.

He has won both the Melody Amber (alone 2002, shared 2004, 2006, 2008) and Biel (2003, 2004, 2006) tournaments several times.

Morozevich is known for his aggressive and unorthodox playing style. His peak ranking was second in the world in July 2008

In the 19th century and early 20th century, 1.e4 was by far the most common opening move by White (Watson 2006:87), while the different openings starting with 1.d4 were considered somewhat unusual and therefore classed together as "Queen's Pawn Game".

As the merits of 1.d4 started to be explored, it was the Queen's Gambit which was played most often—more popular than all other 1.d4 openings combined. The term "Queen's Pawn Game" was then narrowed down to any opening with 1.d4 which was not a Queen's Gambit. Eventually, through the efforts of the hypermodernists, the various Indian Defences (such as the King's Indian, Nimzo-Indian, and Queen's Indian) became more popular, and as these openings were named, the term "Queen's Pawn Game" narrowed further.

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.