Giri - Ponomariov, 39th Dortmund Round 7

While going through the Dortmund and Biel games last night, I found the above game strangely captivating. The game itself is nothing special, but I find Giri's simple but logical play quite appealing and have chosen to annotate this game here. The game represents a smooth transition from superb opening preparation (my assumption), to skillful manoeuvring in the middlegame and finally to good endgame technique.

Introduction

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