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I thought it would be fun for everyone to list their favourite GM games of 2016 and also favourite personal games of 2016

My personal game is where I beat a lichess 2579 player in a simul where I played the black side of the yugoslav attack which I hate.

Although I beat loads of titled players as white in rated online games, Im really pleased with this as I was useless with black for ages. I wont give my username away, but I guarantee you I played black here.


1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 { B50 Sicilian Defense } 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. f3 Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Kb1 Qc7 11. g4 b5 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. g5 Nd7 14. h4 Rb8 15. h5 Ne5 16. Be2? { (0.74 → -0.85) Mistake. Best move was Qg2. } (16. Qg2 f5 17. exf5 Qxf3 18. f6 Qxe3 19. fxe7 Re8 20. Rxd6 Bb7 21. Qg1 Qf4 22. Bg2 b4) 16... Nc4? { (-0.85 → 1.02) Mistake. Best move was b4. } (16... b4 17. Na4 Qxa4 18. h6 g6 19. Qd4 f6 20. gxf6 Bxf6 21. Qxd6 Rb7 22. Bd4 Nf7 23. Qxa6) 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. g6?! { (1.42 → 0.90) Inaccuracy. Best move was f4. } (18. f4 Qb7 19. b3 Qb4 20. Bd4 Bb7 21. Rhg1 cxb3 22. axb3 Bc6 23. Qg2 e5 24. fxe5 Qa3) 18... Qb7 19. b3 cxb3 20. cxb3 Bd7 21. h6 fxg6 22. hxg7 Rxf3 23. Qh2? { (0.93 → -1.08) Mistake. Best move was Bd4. } (23. Bd4) 23... h5 24. Bd4? { (-0.66 → -2.03) Mistake. Best move was Qe2. } (24. Qe2) 24... e5 25. Qg2?? { (-2.16 → -6.10) Blunder. Best move was Nd5. } (25. Nd5) 25... exd4?! { (-6.10 → -5.31) Inaccuracy. Best move was Bg4. } (25... Bg4) 26. Qxf3 dxc3 27. Qxc3?? { (-4.96 → -8.13) Blunder. Best move was Rdf1. } (27. Rdf1 Be6) 27... Qxe4+ 28. Ka1? { (-7.64 → -13.45) Mistake. Best move was Kb2. } (28. Kb2 Rc8 29. Rhe1 Qg2+ 30. Qd2 Qxd2+ 31. Rxd2 Bf6+ 32. Ka3 Bc3 33. Rxd6 Bxe1 34. Rxd7 h4) 28... Rc8 29. Qd3?! { (-11.91 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Rhe1. } (29. Rhe1 Qf5 30. Qd3 Rc1+ 31. Kb2 Qxd3 32. Rxd3 Rxe1 33. Kc2 Bf5 34. Kd2 Ra1 35. Rc3 Rxa2+) 29... Rc1+?! { (Mate in 4 → -16.19) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Best move was Bf6+. } (29... Bf6+ 30. Kb1 Bf5 31. Rh3 Qd4 32. Rh4 Qa1#) 30. Kb2 Qxd3 { White resigns } 0-1


This was one of my favourite OTB GM games

[Event "Norway Chess"] [Site "Stavanger NOR"] [Date "2016.04.20"] [EventDate "2016.04.18"] [Round "2"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Anish Giri"] [Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"] [ECO "B96"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "56"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 h6 8.Bh4 Qb6 9.a3 Be7 10.Bf2 Qc7 11.Qf3 Nbd7 12.O-O-O b5 13.g4 g5 14.h4 gxf4 15.Be2 Rg8 16.Rdg1 d5 17.exd5 Ne5 18.Qh3 exd5 19.Re1 Kf8 20.Nf5 Bxf5 21.gxf5 Bc5 22.Qf1 d4 23.Nb1 Ne4 24.Bf3 Nxf2 25.Bxa8 Ned3+ 26.Kd2 Nxe1 27.Qxf2 d3 28.Qxe1 Be3+ 0-1