My Drawn Simultaneous Exhibition Games Against GM Sergey Zagrebelny, GM Viktor Komliakov At 'The Chess Square 2026'

 

My Drawn Simultaneous Exhibition Games Against

GM Sergey Zagrebelny, GM Viktor Komliakov

At 'The Chess Square 2026'

 

(by Yury V. Bukayev)

 

Dear readers, now I'd like to inform you briefly about my two recent Giuoco Piano drawn games against famous Grandmasters in their simultaneous exhibitions in Moscow. The official reports on these events are here: 

https://moscowchess.org/news/19366 

https://moscowchess.org/news/19388

 

Thus, here is the first of these games.

 

GM Sergey N. Zagrebelny  - Yury V. Bukayev

 17-board simultaneous exhibition, Moscow, 2026,

June 27 ('The Chess Square 2026')

 

 

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Nb6 12. Bb3 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Qc2 c6 15. Nf3 Qf6 16. Qc5 Bf5 17. Ne5 Nd7 18. Nxd7 Bxd7 19. Rad1 Bg4 20. Rd4 b6 21. Qd6 Qxd6 22. Rxd6 c5 23. Re7 h5 Draw

 

 

And here is the second of these games.

 

 

GM Viktor I. Komliakov - Yury V. Bukayev

  12-board simultaneous exhibition, Moscow, 2026,

   July 05 ('The Chess Square 2026')

 

 

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nbd2 Nb6 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Bb3 Bg6 13. Bc2 f5

14. Neg5 Qd6 15. Nh4 Be8 16. d4 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 e4 Draw

 

 

We can see interesting gambits in both cases: it were White's pawn sacrifices in the first game (11.Re1, 16.Qc5 etc.), Black's pawn sacrifice in the second game (9...Bh5 etc.), White's "two Knights against Rook+pawn" sacrifice (16.d4) in the second game (16...h6 17.Nxf5 Rxf5 18.Bxf5 hxg5). It isn't wonderful to meet a sacrifice in a Giuoco Piano game. And I think, the role of psychology in maestro Sergey Zagrebelny's and in maestro Viktor Komliakov's sacrifices was little. 

 

 

Finally, let me show you some photos from these simultaneous exhibitions.

 

There is a moment after my move 16...Bf5 against GM Sergey Zagrebelny:

 

There is a moment after his move 19. Rad1:

 

There is our final position:

 

There is a protocol of my game against Grandmaster Viktor Komliakov (Komlyakov) with his signature in it:

 

 

And here are else photos of his simultaneous exhibition (I have finished my game already, and the photographer shows moments after it):

 

 

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