Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Game From the Grandmaster Simultaneous Exhibition

 

Last summer, I shared that chessfriend and blog contributor Yury V. Bukayev had played against - and drawn - the grandmaster and coach GM Sergey N. Arkhipov in his15-board simultaneous exhibition in Moscow. See "Grandmaster Simultaneous Exhibition"

Here is the game, with a few diagrams.


Arkhipov, Sergey - Bukayev, Yury V. 

Simultaneous Exhibition, Moscow 2024

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Be7 5.d3 c5 6.Nbd2 Nc6 7.e4 

The King's Indian Attack, played by Bobby Fischer - and Mikhail Botvinnik, Tigran Petrosian, Vasily Smyslov and Leonid Stein, to name a few others.

7...d4 8.e5 Nd7 9.Re1 Qc7 10.Qe2 O-O 11.Nf1 Nb6 12.h4 

12...Nd5 13.h5 f6 14.h6 g6 15.exf6 Bd6 16.Ng5 Rxf6 17.Ne4 Rf7 18.Nxd6 Qxd6 19.Nh2 Bd7 20.Ng4 Raf8 21.f4 

21...Rf5 22.Bd2 Nf6 23.Bh3 Nxg4 24.Bxg4 R5f6 25.Qe4 g5 26.Re2 gxf4 27.Bxf4 e5 28.Bxd7 exf4 Draw


(The computer shows a possible continuation that confirms the draw - 29.Bxc6 Qxc6 30.gxf4 Rg6+ 31.Kf2 Qf6 32.Rh1 Qxf4+ 33.Qxf4 Rxf4+ 34.Ke1 Kf7

Well done, Yury!


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