[Event "GCT Superbet Romania 2021"]
[White "Lupulescu,Constantin"]
[Black "Giri,Anish"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Round "3.5"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2021.06.07"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "77"]
1. c4 {} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. d4 $1 { now scores much better than the old 7.a3. A28: English
Opening: Four Knights Variation.} Ne4 8. Qd3 exd4 9. Nxd4 {The position is
equal.} Nc5 10. Qd1 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 0-0 12. Be2 b6 13. 0-0 Bb7 {[#]} 14. f3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bd2 Ne6 15. Qc3 Nf4 16. exf4 Qxe2 17. Rae1 Qg4 18. f3 Qf5 19. Re5 Qf6 20. Qd3 {1/2-1/2 (27) Jakovenko,D (2704)-Motylev,A (2668) Izhevsk
2019} )a5 15. Bd2 f5 16. Rad1 d6 17. b3 Rae8 18. Rf2 Rf6 19. Bd3 Qf7 20. Re2 (20. Rdf1 $11 {keeps the balance.} )Qh5 $17 21. Be1 Be4 22. Bb1 $11 {
[#] Hoping for g4.} ({Don't blunder} 22. fxe4 $2 fxe4 23. Qd5+ Qxd5 $19 )Rg6 23. Bg3 Bxb1 24. Rxb1 {[#]} Ne4 $1 25. Rbe1 ({But not} 25. Qd5+ Kf8 $17 )Nxg3 26. Qd5+ $1 Kh8 27. hxg3 Rxg3 28. e4 Qxf3 {aiming for ...h6.} 29. Qf7 $40 { Double Attack. White mounts an attack.} Rg8 30. exf5 Qc6 31. Rf2 {And now Re7 would win.} Qc5 $2 {} ({Black should
play} 31... a4 $1 $14 )32. Re7 $1 $18 ({Worse is} 32. Re8 Rxg2+ $3 {} 33. Kh1 Rh2+ 34. Kxh2 Qxf2+ 35. Kh3 Qf3+ 36. Kh4 Qf2+ 37. Kg4 Qg2+ 38. Kh4 g5+ 39. fxg6 Qh2+ 40. Kg4 Qg2+ 41. Kh4 Qh2+ 42. Kg4 Qg2+ 43. Kh4 $11 )Qd4 {
...Rc3 is the strong threat.} 33. Re8 {} Rxg2+ 34. Kxg2 {
} Qg4+ 35. Kh2 {} Qh4+ 36. Kg2 {
} Qg4+ 37. Kf1 (37. Kh1 $142 Qh3+ 38. Kg1 Qg4+ 39. Rg2 Qd4+ 40. Kh1 Qh4+ 41. Rh2 Qe4+ 42. Rxe4 h6 43. Rg4 Kh7 {[#]} 44. Rxh6+ $3 {
} Kxh6 45. Qg6# )Qh3+ 38. Ke1 {} Qc3+ 39. Rd2 { Weighted Error Value: White=0.41/Black=0.69} 1-0