Baku Grand Prix Round 3: Gashimov-Svidler 1-0

In a Sicilian/Kan Variation, Peter Svidler, playing black, chose a rare aggressive line of the variation (8...Bd6!?) in an attempt to put an immediate pressure on enemy king. Vugar Gashimov ignore the threat with a cold reply 9. a5 to stick with his plan of initiating a queen side action of his own. Black's bishop stayed on d5 square for quite sometime but doesn't look that threatening. 15 moves later, white finally saw the lights to knock the bishop out of d5 with tempo. The timing was perfect as white finally able to effectively advance his e and f pawn deep into enemy territory almost stealthily. The end came for black in the 31st move when an imminent pin of white bishop and rook on the black night on g7, loosing the knight in the process.

GM Gashimov - GM Svidler
Baku GP - Round 3

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Be2 Bb7 7. Bf3 Qc7 8. O-OBd6 9. a4 Bxh2+ 10. Kh1 Be5 11. axb5 Nf6 12. Be3 O-O 13. Qd3 d6 14. Rfd1 Nfd715. Qd2 Rc8 16. Be2 Nf6 17. f4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 d5 19. bxa6 Nxa6 20. e5 Ne8 21. f5Nc5 22. Bb5 Qd8 23. Rxa8 Bxa8 24. f6 Nd7 25. fxg7 Qc7 26. Bf4 Qb7 27. Rd3 Nxg728. Bxd7 Rc4 29. Qf2 Qxd7 30. Rg3 Kh8 31. Bg5 1-0

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