GM Varuzhan Akobian vs GM Eugene Perelshteyn – 2007 US Chess Championship Game and Interview

♕ facebook.com ♕ twitter.com ♕ OnlineChessLessons.net Eugene Perelshteyn is a United States chess grandmaster as well as author of many chess books. We caught up with Eugene and he was kind enough to give us a text interview available here ORIGINAL ARTICLE WITH INTERACTIVE BOARD: www.onlinechesslessons.net This game is brilliant win he playing the black pieces against fellow US grandmaster Varuzhan Akobian at the 2007 US Chess Championships. The Gruenfeld Defense was used. PGN: [Event "US Championships"] [Site "Stillwater USA"] [Date "2007.05.21"] [EventDate "2007.05.15"] [Round "7"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Varuzhan Akobian"] [Black "Eugene Perelshteyn"] [ECO "D94"] [WhiteElo "2574"] [BlackElo "2531"] [PlyCount "48"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 OO 6. b4 c6 7. Bb2 a5 8. b5 a4 9. Ba3 cxb5 10. cxb5 Bg4 11. Bb4 Nbd7 12. Nxa4 e5 13. Be2 Re8 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nc5 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 Bh3 17. Bc3 b6 18. Nb3 Rxe3 19. Bd4 Re8 20. Rg1 Nh5 21. Qd2 Ra4 22. OOO Qc8+ 23. Kb1 Bf5+ 24. Ka1 Qc2 0-1 Interface: chessclub.com