he means Nc4 duh.. the point is white will probably play Qa4+ followed by a3 or something stupid so its best just to play c6 to block the check in the first place or something...

11...Nc3 is quite difficult to play @neutralrobot

I just love Ivanchuk's games.  Nobody else, except perhaps Shirov, plays with such style and actually makes you laugh when you go over his games.  He is such a bright spot in the world of chess, I am always grateful for the games he provides.  I laughed throughout this game, especially at the sheer impotence of the black pieces to make anything out of the advantage they had.  It seemed as though Ivanchuk was simply toying with Kamsky the whole time.  Just brilliant.

Can someone tell me why not 11. ... Nc3 ? I can find positional reasons, but I have a feeling this decision was avoided for tactical reasons. Or am I wrong, and he just wanted to keep the potential of the knight in such a menacing square?

wth?

if you wanted to talk about this game go back to the site you got it from.. 

This looks hard to win because it's opposite colored bishop ending

This is game  wonderful in very deep understanding in chess strategy!!

White's army was probably too active to ever be in serious trouble. Looking at positions like on move 24, it's pretty hard to imagine black ever managing to seriously threaten the white king, or attack any key points with any coordination.

Nevertheless, I certainly don't think white could claim an advantage. Indeed, the question of whether or not Ivanchuck intended to sac his queen is quite a good one, especially if you consider that otherwise white's queen is really badly placed on a3.

Maybe it was part of his opening prep (): take space in the center, and as black tries to win white's queen, grab all of the tempi you can, and combine that with the couple of pieces you'll probably get for the queen.

                      Just too long for me!

              Over a hundred moves is too much.

                           It gets boring.