Game Of the Week: Bruzon vs. Donchenko - Gibraltar Masters 2016

Bruzon vs. Donchenko - Gibraltar Masters 2016

Opening: A05: English Opening

Player(s): Bruzon, donchenko

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I want to return to the Gibraltar Masters for a game that was largely overlooked but quite interesting and entertaining. Lazaro Bruzon, one of the leading Cuban grandmasters for quite some time, tried a fairly rare move in the opening that led to a new position by move 6! On move 10, his opponent, Alexander Donchenko made a bold decision that plunged the game into complications. As is typical of such situations, some of the roads not taken were particularly unusual and enthralling.