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Your support makes all the difference.The Investbanka tournament has begun in Belgrade with a powerful line-up including three of the best young pretenders to the world title, Vladimir Kramnik, Viswanathan Anand and Vassily Ivanchuk. In the first round, Anand was surprisingly beaten by Joel Lautier, but recovered by beating Kramnik in round two. After three rounds, Ivanchuk leads with 21/2 points.
Here is the quickest win of the event so far:
White: Ljubomir Ljubojevic
Black: Alexander Belyavsky
1 Nf3 g6 17 Bf4 bxc4
2 e4 Bg7 18 Qd2 Bxd5
3 d4 d6 19 Bg3 Qxe4
4 Be2 Nd7 20 Rxe4 Bxe4
5 0-0 e5 21 Re1 Bd3
6 c4 Ne7 22 b3 c3
7 Nc3 0-0 23 Qe3 c4
8 Re1 a6 24 Bxe5 dxe5
9 Bf1 Rb8 25 Bxd3 cxd3
10 Rb1 exd4 26 Qxd3 Rbc8
11 Nxd4 Ne5 27 Qc2 Rfd8
12 Nd5 c5 28 Re2 Bh6
13 Nxe7+ Qxe7 29 g3 Kg7
14 Nc2 b5 30 Qe4 Rd2
15 Ne3 Be6 31 Qxe5+ Kg8
16 Nd5 Qh4 White resigned
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