Whenever players like Vassily Ivanchuk and Garry Kasparov meet over the board, you can be sure of a fight. Both players are kings of the initiative, and thrive in dynamic environments. Ivanchuk and Kasparov played this game in 1994 at the 8th Euwe Memorial tournament. A Sicilian Defense, Najdorf is present with Kasparov striking early at Ivanchuk's pawn duo. Ivanchuk saw this as his opportunity to pounce as early as move 10.

PGN:
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 Qc7 7.Qf3
g6 8.Be3 Bg7 9.h3 e5 10.fxe5 dxe5 11.Bh6 Bxh6 12.Qxf6 O-O
13.Nd5 Qa5+ 14.b4 Qd8 15.Ne7+ Qxe7 16.Qxe7 exd4 17.Bc4 Nc6
18.Qc5 Be3 19.Rf1 Nd8 20.Rf3 Be6 21.Rxe3 dxe3 22.Bxe6 Nxe6
23.Qxe3 a5 24.b5 Rac8 25.O-O-O Rc5 26.Rd5 b6 27.Qg3 Rc7 28.Qd6
Rfc8 29.Rd2 Rb7 30.g4 Nc5 31.Qf6 h6 32.e5 Re8 33.h4 Kh7 34.h5
g5 35.Rd6 Re6 36.Qd8 Kg7 37.a3 a4 38.Kb2 Rbe7 39.Rxb6

Vassily Ivanchuk picture by Lennart Ootes
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