Fighting chess at the Australian open
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I was taking a quick look at some of the games from the 2006-2007 Australian Open when I noticed a particularly interesting one.
Hu is a young australian player who came close to beating GM Antic (he was a piece up at one stage).
The fun begins after 16... Nxe5!, which white answered with 17.Qh4!, creating some nasty threats against the black King (note that 17.Qf4 is met by 17...Qc2!). Then GM Antic played the unexpected (but wrong) 17...Ng4, which was apparently refuted by Hu's 19th move. Unfortunately, Hu kept on trying to checkmate his opponent rather than exploit his material advantage.
Judge for yourself:
Hu,J - Antic,D [D85]
Australian Open Tuggeranong (2.5), 29.12.2006
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1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 g6 7.Bb5+ Nd7 8.0-0 Bg7 9.d4 0-0 10.h3 Qc7 11.Be3 b6 12.e5 e6 13.Ng5 Bb7 14.Qg4 Rfd8 15.Ne4 cxd4 16.cxd4 Nxe5 17.Qh4 Ng4 18.Qxg4 f5 19.Qg3 Qxg3 20.Nxg3 Bxd4 21.Bxd4 Rxd4 22.Rfe1 Kf7 23.Rac1 Bd5 24.Rc7+ Kf6 25.a3 h5 26.Ne2 Re4 27.Bd3 Re5 28.Rec1 Rd8 29.Rh7 Bxg2 30.Rcc7 Bf3 31.h4 Rc5 32.Bc4 Rxc4 33.Rxc4 Bxe2 34.Rc3 Rd4 35.Rxa7 Rxh4 36.Rb7 b5 37.Rb6 Rg4+ 38.Kh2 Bc4 39.f3 Rd4 40.Kg3 h4+ 41.Kf2 Rd2+ 42.Ke3 Ra2 43.f4 h3 44.Kd4 h2 45.Rh3 Bd5 0-1
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