A Must Know Attack in The Italian Game -Veselin Topalov vs Wesley So Italian Game, Giuoco Pianissimo
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Here is my new video from my "Best chess games of all time" series. In this series I will show you the best chess games that have been played in chess history. Today's game will we’re going to look at one of the most common attacking ideas in the Italian Opening.
PGN:
[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2016.12.15"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 { C53 Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo } a6 6. a4 d6 7. Bg5 Ba7 8. Nbd2 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 O-O 11. O-O Nh7 12. h3 h5 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 g4? { (-0.21 → 0.93) Mistake. Nxd4 was best. } (14... Nxd4) 15. hxg4?! { (0.93 → 0.10) Inaccuracy. Nxc6 was best. } (15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. h4 Re8 17. Qc2 Nf8 18. e5 dxe5 19. Rae1 Qf6 20. Ne4 Qg6 21. Qc1 Bf5) 15... hxg4?! { (0.10 → 0.69) Inaccuracy. Nxd4 was best. } (15... Nxd4 16. cxd4 Bxg4 17. Be2 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Bxd4 19. Rac1 h4 20. Bf4 Bxb2 21. Rc4 Bg7 22. Qg4) 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. e5?! { (0.78 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. Nb3 was best. } (17. Nb3 Qg5 18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 c5 20. Qd3 Nf6 21. e5 dxe5 22. Qe3 Qxe3 23. fxe3 Be6) 17... d5 18. Be2? { (0.29 → -0.93) Mistake. Bd3 was best. } (18. Bd3 Qg5) 18... Qg5 19. a5?? { (-0.81 → -2.54) Blunder. Nb3 was best. } (19. Nb3 f5 20. exf6 Rxf6 21. Qd2 Rb8 22. Qxg5+ Nxg5 23. Bh4 g3 24. Nd4 gxf2+ 25. Rxf2 Rxf2) 19... f5 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. Ra4?! { (-1.57 → -2.51) Inaccuracy. Qe1 was best. } (21. Qe1 Qh6 22. Bd3 Re8 23. Qc1 Nh5 24. Bxc7 Re7 25. Nc4 Qxc1 26. Rfxc1 Rxc7 27. Nb6 Rb8) 21... Rf7 22. Re1?? { (-2.24 → -6.27) Blunder. Rf4 was best. } (22. Rf4 Re7 23. Rxf6 Qxf6 24. Nb3 Rh7 25. Bd3 Bf5 26. Bxf5 Qxf5 27. Qe2 Rh6 28. Qe5 Qxe5) 22... Nh5 23. Bxg4?! { (-6.06 → -9.12) Inaccuracy. Bd3 was best. } (23. Bd3 Nxg3 24. Re8+ Kg7 25. Rd4 Bxd4 26. cxd4 Re7 27. Rxe7+ Qxe7 28. Qc1 Bf5 29. Nf1 Bxd3) 23... Nxg3 24. Re8+ Kg7 25. Rxc8? { (-8.06 → Mate in 9) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qe1 was best. } (25. Qe1 Bxf2+) 25... Bxf2+ 26. Kh2 Qe5 27. Kh3 Ne2 { White resigns. } 0-1