▪️ Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
▪️ French Chess Grandmaster
♦️ Maxime Vachier-Lagrave is a French chess grandmaster. He was World Junior Champion in 2009 and is a three-time French Champion. He is the No. 1 ranked French player as of October 2017.
🔸 Country: France
🔸 Born: 21 October 1990 (age 28)
Nogent-sur-Marne, France
🔸 Title: Grandmaster (2005)
🔸 FIDE rating: 2789 (March 2018)
🔸 Peak rating: 2819 (August 2016)
🔸 Ranking: No. 5 (January 2018)
🔸 Peak ranking: No. 2 (August 2016)
♦️ Maxime Vachier-Lagrave was born in Nogent-sur-Marne, just outside of Paris. A genuine prodigy, he became the then second-youngest grandmaster in the world in 2005, at the age of 14 years 4 months (Magnus Carlsen was the youngest at that time).
♦️ Vachier-Lagrave came =2nd (6th on count back) with 8/11 and a 2750 TPR at the 9th European Individual Championships (2007), half point behind Tiviakov. He came =5th at the European Individual Championship (2008) with 7/9, a point behind winner Jan Werle, and half a point behind 2-4th Viktor Laznicka, Nigel Short and Michael Adams.
♦️ Vachier-Lagrave played first reserve for France at the 37th Chess Olympiad (2006) in Turin, scoring 6/10 (+3 =6 -1). At the 38th Olympiad (2008) in Dresden, he played 2nd board scoring 6.5/11. Playing top board at the 39th Chess Olympiad (2010) in Khantiy-Mansiysk, he scored 5/11. He played top board for France in the Chess Olympiad (2012), scoring 6.5/10 and in the Chess Olympiad (2014), this time scoring 6/10.
♦️ He won the Category 22 Sinquefield Cup (2017) super-tournament ahead of the world champion and eight other elite grandmasters.
💢 A memorable game by Vachier👇🏼
🔸 David Navara vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
🔸 Bundesliga (2017/18), Schwegenheim GER, rd 11, Mar-10
🔸 Gruenfeld Defense: Russian. Byrne (Simagin) Variation (D97)
💢 Review and download PGN file👇🏼
@unitychess
▪️ French Chess Grandmaster
♦️ Maxime Vachier-Lagrave is a French chess grandmaster. He was World Junior Champion in 2009 and is a three-time French Champion. He is the No. 1 ranked French player as of October 2017.
🔸 Country: France
🔸 Born: 21 October 1990 (age 28)
Nogent-sur-Marne, France
🔸 Title: Grandmaster (2005)
🔸 FIDE rating: 2789 (March 2018)
🔸 Peak rating: 2819 (August 2016)
🔸 Ranking: No. 5 (January 2018)
🔸 Peak ranking: No. 2 (August 2016)
♦️ Maxime Vachier-Lagrave was born in Nogent-sur-Marne, just outside of Paris. A genuine prodigy, he became the then second-youngest grandmaster in the world in 2005, at the age of 14 years 4 months (Magnus Carlsen was the youngest at that time).
♦️ Vachier-Lagrave came =2nd (6th on count back) with 8/11 and a 2750 TPR at the 9th European Individual Championships (2007), half point behind Tiviakov. He came =5th at the European Individual Championship (2008) with 7/9, a point behind winner Jan Werle, and half a point behind 2-4th Viktor Laznicka, Nigel Short and Michael Adams.
♦️ Vachier-Lagrave played first reserve for France at the 37th Chess Olympiad (2006) in Turin, scoring 6/10 (+3 =6 -1). At the 38th Olympiad (2008) in Dresden, he played 2nd board scoring 6.5/11. Playing top board at the 39th Chess Olympiad (2010) in Khantiy-Mansiysk, he scored 5/11. He played top board for France in the Chess Olympiad (2012), scoring 6.5/10 and in the Chess Olympiad (2014), this time scoring 6/10.
♦️ He won the Category 22 Sinquefield Cup (2017) super-tournament ahead of the world champion and eight other elite grandmasters.
💢 A memorable game by Vachier👇🏼
🔸 David Navara vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
🔸 Bundesliga (2017/18), Schwegenheim GER, rd 11, Mar-10
🔸 Gruenfeld Defense: Russian. Byrne (Simagin) Variation (D97)
💢 Review and download PGN file👇🏼
@unitychess
📘 30...Bf4??
Black should simply have continued with 30...Nd6. Now, White has a winning intermediate move.
31.R×g8 R×g8 32.Nf6! Rc8
(32...Q×f6 33.Qe4+--->Qb7#)
33.Q×c4 +-
Black should simply have continued with 30...Nd6. Now, White has a winning intermediate move.
31.R×g8 R×g8 32.Nf6! Rc8
(32...Q×f6 33.Qe4+--->Qb7#)
33.Q×c4 +-
📘 34.Ra5
White is completely lost. He tries his last chance, but...
34...Q×a5!
Matlakov has calculated to the end!
35.Re7 Rd1+ 36.Kh2 Qe5+ 37.R×e5 N×e5 -+
White is completely lost. He tries his last chance, but...
34...Q×a5!
Matlakov has calculated to the end!
35.Re7 Rd1+ 36.Kh2 Qe5+ 37.R×e5 N×e5 -+
📘 29.Qe2!
This move wins by force.
29...Qf6
(29...Qe6 30.Q×e6+ K×e6 31.Re2+ +-)
30.B×f5 Q×f5 31.Qe7+ Kg6 32.Q×e8+ Kg7 33.Bf8!+ Kf6 34.Be7+ Kg7 35.Bf8+ Kf6 36.Re2 N×h2 37.Kg2 1-0
This move wins by force.
29...Qf6
(29...Qe6 30.Q×e6+ K×e6 31.Re2+ +-)
30.B×f5 Q×f5 31.Qe7+ Kg6 32.Q×e8+ Kg7 33.Bf8!+ Kf6 34.Be7+ Kg7 35.Bf8+ Kf6 36.Re2 N×h2 37.Kg2 1-0
📘 29.R×f7+!!
An excellent sacrifice by 28-year old Ukrainian GM Kravtsiv.
29...K×f7 30.B×e6+ Ke7
(30...K×e6 31.Q×e4+ With checkmate in a few moves)
31.Rc7+ Ke8 32.Q×e4 Qh2+ 33.Kf1 Q×c7 34.Q×g6+ Ke7 35.Qg7+ 1-0
(if 35...Kd6, then 36.Qe5+ Kc6 37.Qc5+ Kb7 38.Na5 +-)
An excellent sacrifice by 28-year old Ukrainian GM Kravtsiv.
29...K×f7 30.B×e6+ Ke7
(30...K×e6 31.Q×e4+ With checkmate in a few moves)
31.Rc7+ Ke8 32.Q×e4 Qh2+ 33.Kf1 Q×c7 34.Q×g6+ Ke7 35.Qg7+ 1-0
(if 35...Kd6, then 36.Qe5+ Kc6 37.Qc5+ Kb7 38.Na5 +-)
📘 23...Nd8!
Aronian has prepared to swap the bishops with ...Bc6. If White prevents it with Nb4, he can also consider ...c5-counterblow.
24.Nb4 Ra5!=.
Aronian has prepared to swap the bishops with ...Bc6. If White prevents it with Nb4, he can also consider ...c5-counterblow.
24.Nb4 Ra5!=.
📘 13.Nd3!
The congestion on the queenside makes Black's life difficult, while White has many different motifs to improve his position. 13...Qb6 14.Ne4+/-.
The congestion on the queenside makes Black's life difficult, while White has many different motifs to improve his position. 13...Qb6 14.Ne4+/-.