[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial op"] [Site "Jurmala"] [Date "2013.02.17"] [Round "12"] [White "Fier, Alexandr"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2577"] [BlackElo "2758"] [Annotator "Fier,A"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "2013.02.15"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "LAT"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2014"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.11.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"] [SourceQuality "1"] {It's always really nice to play against one of the best players in the world! This game would be played in the morning, so I had some few hours to prepare during the night. I started to look at my opponent's repertoire and I realized that few hours were not going to be enough...} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 (5. Qc2 {is my usual move, but since I wasn't prepared for this position, I went to something more classic}) 5... Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3 d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O f5 (12... Rc8 13. e4 c5 14. exd5 exd5 15. dxc5 dxc4 16. c6 cxb3 17. Re1 b2 18. Bxb2 Nc5 19. Nc4 Bxc4 20. Qg4 Bg5 21. Qxc4 Nd3 22. Be5 Nxe1 23. Rxe1 Bf6 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. c7 { was fashion in the 2000's, but nowadays nobody goes for it anymore}) 13. a4 Nf6 14. a5 c5 {Winz,M (2325)-Galkowski,L (2386) BdF 60 jub Worldopen SF02 email 2009 1-0} (14... Bd6 {could be another normal move}) 15. e3 Qd7 16. Qc2 { I thought that if I could maintain the tension on the center and put my rooks on the game white should be better because of the pawn on f5} Ne4 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Rfd1 Qc6 19. axb6 (19. Rd2 $1 {it was necessary to double the rooks before opening the position! Here I think white can have a long lasting pressure on the d5 pawn} Rfd8 (19... Rf7 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Rad1 Raf8 (21... Rd8 22. Bxe4 $18) 22. cxd5 exd5 23. Rxd5 Rxf2 24. Qxe4 $18) (19... Bf6 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Rc1 Rc8 23. Bh3 $16) 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Rad1 {and I think black can have some problems here}) 19... axb6 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Qb2 Rf7 22. Bf1 $5 { I was thinking that with two rooks on the board black can defend easily the pawns and try to make some pressure on f-file, so I found a way to exchange one pair of rooks} Bb7 23. Rxa8+ Bxa8 {but the problem is that now I don't have much pressure either. The position looks a bit more pleasant for white, but nothing special at all.} 24. Be5 Bb7 25. Bg2 Bf8 26. h4 {trying some expansion and looking for some Bh3 to go for e6 in some lines} h6 27. Bf1 { trying to trick a 2750 is never easy, even in a rapid game! but the being tricked was interesting for black too} Rd7 (27... d4 {is not good for black now } 28. Bg2 dxe3 (28... d3 29. Rxd3) 29. fxe3 $14) (27... Rf5 $5 {probably I would be happy here} 28. cxd5 exd5 29. Rxd5 Qe8 $1 {and worried here} (29... Qe6 {keeps the queen on the diagonal, giving some new chances for white} 30. Rd8 Rxe5 31. Bc4 Bd5 32. Qxe5 $1 Qxe5 33. Rxd5 Qc3 34. Rf5+ Kh7 35. Rxf8 { and maybe white is a slightly better}) 30. g4 Rxf2 {this is the point} 31. Bc4 $5 Rf1+ (31... Bxd5 32. Bxd5+ Rf7 33. Qf2 Qd7 34. Qxf7+ Qxf7 35. Bxf7+ Kxf7 $11 ) (31... Rxb2 $2 32. Rd8+ Qf7 33. Bxb2 $18) 32. Kg2 {is more funny, but still equal} (32. Kxf1 Qf7+ 33. Qf2 Bxd5 $11) 32... Bxd5 33. Bxd5+ Rf7 $11) 28. Bg2 Rf7 29. Bh3 Ba6 $6 (29... Be7 {with some Bf6 ideas was better}) 30. Qc2 (30. Qe2 $1 {this manouvre I overlooked and it's a better plan than the plans I tried} Bb7 31. Qg4 {giving my 29.Bh3 some sense!} Re7 32. Qg6 d4 33. b4 { gives white reallly good chances}) 30... Bb7 31. Bg2 Qb6 32. Ra1 d4 $1 { opening the position and exchanging the pawns black has no problems anymore} 33. Bxe4 dxe3 34. fxe3 (34. f4 {was an interesting idea to try to take the e3 pawn with the queen, but black has suficient resources to keep the position equal} Bxe4 35. Qxe4 Qxb3 36. Re1 Rb7 37. Rxe3 Qb1+ 38. Kg2 Qxe4+ 39. Rxe4 h5 $11) 34... Bxe4 35. Qxe4 Qxb3 36. Bf4 {trying to play for a win in a position that is not better for me... Soon I will regret it!} (36. Rf1 {is what I was going to play when I analyzed this position. It should lead to a quick draw, since both players are able to defend all the weakenesses} Rxf1+ 37. Kxf1 Qd1+ 38. Kg2 Qe2+ 39. Kh3 Qf1+ 40. Kh2 Qe2+ $11) 36... Rf6 37. Rb1 Qa2 38. Rf1 Qe2 $1 {going to g4 and shaking a bit the position. Since I wasn't expecting this manouvre I started to feel unconfortable in the position} 39. Rf2 Qg4 40. Qe5 $2 {and finally I blunder, letting black win a pawn and almost the game!} Qd1+ $1 41. Kg2 Qd3 42. g4 {time to try to create some kind of desperate counterplay } Qxc4 43. Rd2 Rf7 (43... h5 $5 {to liberate f5 for the rook was possible} 44. gxh5 Rf5 45. Qb8 Qe4+ 46. Kh2 e5 47. Bg5 Qg4 {with pressure}) 44. h5 (44. Rd8) 44... Be7 45. Qb8+ Rf8 46. Qb7 {activating my pieces, but now my king is much more exposed than it should be} Bg5 47. Rd7 Qc2+ (47... Qe2+ $1 {is sufficient for the win} 48. Kh3 (48. Kg3 Bf6 {[%CAl Ge6e5]}) 48... Qf1+ 49. Qg2 (49. Kh2 Bxf4+ 50. exf4 Qxf4+) 49... Qxg2+ 50. Kxg2 Bxf4 51. exf4 Rxf4 52. Kg3 Rf7 { and black's rook can go to the c-file which makes the victory easy} 53. Rd8+ Rf8 54. Rd7 Rc8 55. Kf3 c4 56. Ke2 c3 57. Kd1 Rc4 $19) 48. Kg3 Qc3 49. Kg2 Bxf4 50. exf4 Rxf4 $2 {a big blunder on time trouble} (50... Kh8 {Is still good for black, but ok at least white is not getting mated anymore} 51. Qc7 $17) 51. Rd8+ Rf8 52. Rxf8+ Kxf8 53. Qb8+ {now the king can never escape} Kf7 54. Qc7+ Kg8 (54... Kf6 55. Qf4+ $11) 55. Qb8+ {a game with some errors, normal for rapid game, still a great experience for me!} (55. Qb8+ Kh7 56. Qb1+ $11) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Gibraltar Masters 12th"] [Site "Caleta"] [Date "2014.01.30"] [Round "3"] [White "Fier, Alexandr"] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E20"] [WhiteElo "2572"] [BlackElo "2754"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2014.01.28"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "CBM 159"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.03.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 b5 6. e4 O-O 7. e5 Ne8 8. f4 d6 9. Nf3 exd5 10. cxd5 Nc7 11. Bd3 f5 12. O-O c4 13. Bc2 Bb7 14. Kh1 Nba6 15. a4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 b4 17. Nd4 g6 18. cxb4 dxe5 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20. d6 Ne6 21. fxe5 Qh4 22. Bxf5 Rxf5 23. Rxf5 Kh8 24. d7 Rd8 25. Kg1 Nb8 26. Qd6 Qg4 27. Rg5 Qe4 28. Bd2 Rxd7 29. Qxe6 Qd4+ 30. Kf1 Qd3+ 31. Kg1 Qd4+ 32. Kf1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Fufeng BRICS Masters 1st"] [Site "Fufeng"] [Date "2017.04.24"] [Round "4"] [White "Fier, Alexandr"] [Black "Yu, Yangyi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2562"] [BlackElo "2750"] [PlyCount "112"] [EventDate "2017.04.23"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [EventCategory "14"] [SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.06.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 bxc6 7. Nd2 d6 8. Nb3 Bb6 9. a4 a5 10. Bd2 Qg6 11. Bd3 Bg4 12. Qg3 Be6 13. Bc3 Nf6 14. Qf3 Qg4 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. h3 Qxf3 17. Nxf3 O-O 18. O-O Nh5 19. Rfe1 Nf4 20. Bf1 f6 21. Nd2 d5 22. Nb3 Rfe8 23. Rad1 Kf7 24. Bd2 Ne6 25. Be3 Re7 26. exd5 cxd5 27. Rxd5 Bxa4 28. Bc4 Bxb3 29. Bxb3 Bxe3 30. Rxe3 Kf8 31. Bc4 Nf4 32. Rxe7 Kxe7 33. Rd4 Ng6 34. f4 c6 35. Bb3 Rb8 36. Kf2 Rb4 37. Rxb4 axb4 38. Ke3 Kd6 39. g3 Ne7 40. c3 bxc3 41. bxc3 Nf5+ 42. Kf3 h6 43. Bc2 Ne7 44. Ke3 Nd5+ 45. Kd4 c5+ 46. Kd3 g5 47. fxg5 fxg5 48. Bb3 Nf6 49. Bd1 h5 50. h4 gxh4 51. gxh4 Ke5 52. Kc4 Kf4 53. Kxc5 Ne4+ 54. Kd4 Nxc3 55. Kxc3 Kg3 56. Bxh5 Kxh4 1/2-1/2 [Event "ESP-chT Honor Gp2"] [Site "Montcada"] [Date "2009.09.17"] [Round "2"] [White "Fier, Alexandr"] [Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B81"] [WhiteElo "2644"] [BlackElo "2741"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2009.09.16"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "CBM 133"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.11.19"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Nc6 8. Rg1 h5 9. gxh5 Nxh5 10. Bg5 Nf6 11. Rg3 a6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qf3 Qa5 14. O-O-O Rb8 15. Bc4 Nd7 16. Qe2 Qb4 17. Bb3 Nc5 18. e5 d5 19. Rg4 Qb7 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 Bd7 22. Rf4 c5 23. c4 d4 24. Rd3 Bc6 25. Rdf3 Be7 26. Rg3 g6 1/2-1/2 [Event "FRA-chT Top 12"] [Site "Drancy"] [Date "2016.05.31"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Fier, Alexandr"] [Black "Navara, David"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E20"] [WhiteElo "2624"] [BlackElo "2735"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2016.05.28"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.06.21"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Montpellier"] [BlackTeam "Mulhouse Philidor"] [WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"] [BlackTeamCountry "FRA"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 b5 6. e4 O-O 7. e5 exd5 8. exf6 d4 9. a3 Ba5 10. b4 dxc3 11. bxa5 Re8+ 12. Kf2 Qxf6 13. Qd5 c2 14. Ra2 Bb7 15. Qd2 bxc4 16. Rxc2 d5 17. Bb2 d4 18. Bxc4 Nd7 19. Bb5 Ne5 20. Rxc5 Ng4+ 21. Kg3 Ne3 22. Nh3 Re5 23. Rxe5 Qxe5+ 24. Kf2 Qxb5 25. Qxd4 Nf5 26. Qb4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Bundesliga 1415"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "2015.02.21"] [Round "10.7"] [White "Fier, Alexandr"] [Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E46"] [WhiteElo "2589"] [BlackElo "2727"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "2014.10.18"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "CBM 165"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.03.11"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Katernberg"] [BlackTeam "Eppingen"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 Re8 6. a3 Bf8 7. Ng3 d5 8. Be2 c5 9. dxc5 dxc4 10. O-O Bxc5 11. Bxc4 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Nbd7 13. Nge4 Be7 14. Be2 Nb6 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Nb5 Rf8 17. Bf3 Bd7 18. Nd6 Ba4 19. Re1 Rab8 20. Nxb7 Nd7 21. Bd2 Ne5 22. Nc5 Rxb2 23. Bb4 Bc6 24. Bxc6 Nxc6 25. Nd7 Nxb4 26. Nxf6+ gxf6 27. axb4 Rc8 28. Rxa7 Rcc2 29. Rf1 Rxb4 30. Raa1 f5 31. Rac1 Rcb2 32. g3 Kg7 33. Kg2 R4b3 34. Kf3 Kg6 35. h3 e5 36. g4 f4 37. Rc6+ Kg7 38. Ke4 Re2 39. Kf3 Ra2 40. g5 Ra4 41. Rf6 h6 42. h4 fxe3 43. fxe3 Rxh4 44. Kg3 Rf4 45. R6xf4 exf4+ 46. Kxf4 h5 47. Ra1 Rb8 48. Ra6 Rh8 49. Kg3 h4+ 50. Kh3 Re8 51. Kxh4 Rxe3 52. Kg4 Rb3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz 8th"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2014.06.19"] [Round "10"] [White "Fier, Alexandr"] [Black "Eljanov, Pavel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E18"] [WhiteElo "2580"] [BlackElo "2723"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2014.06.19"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "UAE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bf6 8. Rc1 c5 9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 d6 12. O-O O-O 13. Nde4 Be7 14. a4 Na6 15. e3 Nb4 16. f4 a6 17. g4 c4 18. Nf2 b5 19. axb5 Qb6 20. Qd4 Qxd4 21. exd4 Rfe8 22. g5 f6 23. h4 Bd8 24. Bh3 Bb6 25. Be6+ Kf8 26. Rfd1 axb5 27. Nfe4 Nd3 28. Nxd6 Nxc1 29. Rxc1 Bxd4+ 30. Kf1 b4 31. Ncb5 Bxb2 32. Rxc4 Ba6 33. Kg2 Reb8 34. Rc7 Bxb5 35. Rf7+ Kg8 36. Rc7+ Kh8 37. Nf7+ Kg8 38. Nd6+ Kh8 39. Nf7+ Kg8 40. Nd6+ Kh8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Gibraltar Masters 9th"] [Site "Caleta"] [Date "2011.01.31"] [Round "7"] [White "Fier, Alexandr"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D87"] [WhiteElo "2571"] [BlackElo "2721"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2011.01.25"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "CBM 141"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.03.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Rc1 b6 12. Qd2 Bb7 13. Bh6 Rad8 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qe3 e5 16. d5 Ne7 17. Ng3 f6 18. h4 Nc8 19. Bd3 Nd6 20. f4 exf4 21. Qxf4 Qe7 22. Rf2 Qe5 23. Qxe5 fxe5 24. Nf1 c4 25. Bc2 Bc8 26. Nh2 h6 27. Rxf8 Rxf8 28. Nf3 Re8 29. Kf2 Bg4 30. Nh2 Bd7 31. Ke3 g5 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Nf3 g4 34. Nh4 Rf8 35. Rh1 Rf4 36. g3 Rf6 37. a4 Rh6 38. Rb1 Rh8 39. Rh1 Ne8 40. Rf1 Nd6 41. Rh1 Rh6 42. Rb1 Kf7 43. Rf1+ Ke7 44. Rh1 a5 45. Rf1 Rf6 46. Rb1 Nf7 47. Nf5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup"] [Site "Tbilisi"] [Date "2017.09.03"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Fier, Alexandr"] [Black "Bacrot, Etienne"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D31"] [WhiteElo "2579"] [BlackElo "2715"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2017.09.03"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "GEO"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2018"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.10.13"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. g4 Be6 8. h4 Nd7 9. h5 Nh6 10. Be2 Nb6 11. Nh3 g5 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. a4 Ng8 14. Qb3 Qd7 15. Nb5 Kf8 16. Nc7 Rd8 17. Nxe6+ fxe6 18. O-O-O Kg7 19. Be5+ Bf6 20. Bg3 Bh4 21. Be5+ Bf6 22. Bg3 Bh4 23. e4 Qe7 24. a5 Bxg3 25. Qxg3 Nd7 26. e5 c5 27. f4 Nh6 28. Ng5 cxd4 29. Qa3 Rde8 30. Qxe7+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup"] [Site "Tbilisi"] [Date "2017.09.05"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Fier, Alexandr"] [Black "Bacrot, Etienne"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D31"] [WhiteElo "2579"] [BlackElo "2715"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2017.09.03"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "GEO"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2018"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.10.13"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. g4 Be6 8. h4 Nd7 9. h5 Nh6 10. Be2 f5 11. gxf5 Bxf5 12. Bd3 Bg5 13. Nge2 O-O 14. Rg1 Bxf4 15. Nxf4 Qe7 16. Qc2 Bxd3 17. Nxd3 Rf5 18. O-O-O Rxh5 19. Ne2 Rg5 20. Rh1 Re8 21. Nef4 Nf6 22. Ne5 Ne4 23. Nf3 Rg4 24. Ne5 Rg5 25. Rdg1 Nf7 26. Rxg5 Qxg5 27. f3 Nf6 28. Ng4 Rxe3 29. Nxe3 Qxf4 30. Qe2 Ng5 31. Kb1 Nxf3 32. Nc2 Qe4 33. Qxe4 dxe4 34. Ne3 h5 35. Nf5 g6 36. Ne3 Ng4 37. Nd1 Kf7 38. Kc2 Kf6 39. b4 Kf5 40. Kc3 Kf4 41. b5 cxb5 42. Nb2 h4 43. a4 a6 44. axb5 axb5 45. Kb4 Nf2 46. Rf1 e3 47. Kxb5 Nxd4+ 48. Kc5 Nf3 49. Kd5 h3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aeroflot Open A 2019"] [Site "Moscow RUS"] [Date "2019.02.20"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Fier, A.."] [Black "Wang Hao"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B18"] [WhiteElo "2561"] [BlackElo "2714"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "2019.02.20"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1268"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2019.02.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.02.25"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. Bf4 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Qa5+ 13. c3 Nf6 14. O-O Ng4 15. Rfe1 O-O-O 16. Qf3 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qc7 18. Rad1 Rd5 19. c4 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Qxe5 21. Qxf7 Bd6 22. Qg6 Rd8 23. Ne4 Be7 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. g3 Qxb2 26. Qxe6 Qxa2 27. Kg2 Qb2 28. c5 Qd4 29. Qg8+ Kd7 30. f3 a5 31. Qb8 Qb2+ 32. Kh3 Qb3 33. Nd6 Qe6+ 34. g4 Bxd6 35. cxd6 Qxd6 36. Qxb7+ Qc7 37. Qa8 Qe5 38. h5 Qc3 39. Kg2 Qe5 40. Qa7+ Ke6 41. Qa8 Qb2+ 42. Kg3 Qc3 43. Kg2 Kd5 44. Qg8+ Kc5 45. Qf8+ Kc4 46. Qf7+ Kd3 47. Qf5+ Ke2 48. Qe4+ Kd2 49. f4 c5 50. g5 c4 51. gxh6 gxh6 52. f5 Qg7+ 53. Kf3 c3 54. Qe2+ Kc1 55. Qf1+ Kb2 56. Qb5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial op"] [Site "Jurmala"] [Date "2016.03.05"] [Round "3"] [White "Fier, Alexandr"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E42"] [WhiteElo "2620"] [BlackElo "2710"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2016.03.05"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "LAT"] [SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.04.26"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. a3 Be7 8. Nf4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O Bd6 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Nb5 Qxc4 13. Nxd6 Qa6 14. Nxc8 Rxc8 15. d5 Rd8 16. Qb3 Nxd5 17. Rfd1 Nc6 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Rxd5 Rxd5 20. Qxd5 Rd8 21. Qb3 Rd3 22. Qc2 Qb5 23. h3 Qd5 24. Re1 f6 25. Qe2 h5 26. Bg5 Qe5 27. Be3 Qd5 28. Bg5 Qe5 29. Be3 Qd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Pyramides FFE GP KO"] [Site "Le Port Marly"] [Date "2012.01.08"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Fier, Alexandr"] [Black "Bacrot, Etienne"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A69"] [WhiteElo "2603"] [BlackElo "2704"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2012.01.08"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.02.29"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Be2 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. e5 Nfd7 11. O-O dxe5 12. d6 Nc6 13. Ng5 exf4 14. Nxf7 Bd4+ 15. Qxd4 cxd4 16. Nxd8 Rxd8 17. Nb5 g5 18. h4 h6 19. Nc7 Rb8 20. Bc4+ Kh7 21. Ne6 Nde5 22. Nxd8 Nxc4 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. b3 Nxd6 25. g3 Ba6 26. Re1 Nf5 27. gxf4 g4 28. Re5 Kg6 29. Re6+ Kh5 30. Re5 Kg6 31. Bd2 Rh8 32. Rc1 Bb7 33. Rcc5 Nxh4 34. Rg5+ Kf6 35. Kf2 Nf3 36. Rgf5+ Kg6 37. Bb4 Bc8 38. Rf8 Rxf8 39. Rxc6+ Rf6 40. Rxc8 Kf5 41. Kg3 d3 42. Rd8 Ke4 43. Re8+ Kd4 44. Rd8+ Ke4 45. Re8+ Kf5 46. Rd8 Rb6 47. Bc5 Rc6 48. Bxa7 d2 49. Be3 Rc8 50. Rd7 Rc3 51. Kf2 Rc1 52. Bxd2 Rc2 53. Ke3 Nxd2 54. Rxd2 1/2-1/2 [Event "FRA-chT Top 12"] [Site "Drancy"] [Date "2016.06.05"] [Round "9.1"] [White "Fier, Alexandr"] [Black "Bacrot, Etienne"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2624"] [BlackElo "2702"] [PlyCount "20"] [EventDate "2016.05.28"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.06.21"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Montpellier"] [BlackTeam "Bischwiller"] [WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"] [BlackTeamCountry "FRA"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 c5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz 8th"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2014.06.20"] [Round "20"] [White "Fier, Alexandr"] [Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A02"] [WhiteElo "2580"] [BlackElo "2700"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2014.06.19"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "UAE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 g6 2. f4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 d6 5. c3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. b3 Nd5 10. Qe1 Nxc3 11. Bb2 Nd5 12. Rb1 Nb4 13. Qe2 Nxa2 14. dxc5 dxc5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Be4 Nc3 17. Qc4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Qd5 19. Qc3+ f6 20. Neg5 Nd7 21. e4 Qc6 22. f5 c4 23. Ne6+ Kg8 24. Nxf8 Rxf8 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. bxc4 Qc5+ 27. Kh1 Bxe4 28. Rbe1 Bxf3 29. Qxf3 Ne5 30. Qe4 Kg7 31. h3 Rd8 32. Rd1 Rc8 33. Rf4 Rc7 34. Rd8 Qxc4 35. Rd4 Qc6 36. Qe2 a5 37. Rh4 g5 38. Rhe4 Ng6 39. Rd8 Rd7 40. Rb8 Qc1+ 41. Kh2 Qc7+ 0-1 [Event "Online Olym Top DivD 2021"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2021.09.08"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Fier, A.."] [Black "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2564"] [BlackElo "2700"] [PlyCount "158"] [EventDate "2021.09.08"] [EventType "team"] [SourceVersionDate "2018.05.14"] [WhiteTeam "Brazil"] [BlackTeam "United States of America"] [WhiteTeamCountry "BRA"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 Qb6 4. Nc3 dxe4 5. fxe4 e5 6. Nf3 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. Na4 Qa5+ 9. c3 Bd6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Qd4 f6 12. Nc5 b6 13. Nd3 Nd7 14. Be3 Ne7 15. O-O-O Bb7 16. Nf2 Bc5 17. Qd2 O-O-O 18. Nd4 Ne5 19. Qc2 N7g6 20. g3 Kb8 21. h4 h5 22. Be2 Bc8 23. Kb1 Bd6 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. exf5 Ne7 26. a4 Qc8 27. Ne4 Nxf5 28. Nxd6 Nxe3 29. Nxc8 Nxc2 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Kxc2 Kxc8 32. Bxh5 Nc4 33. Kb3 Nd2+ 34. Kc2 Ne4 35. Bf3 Nxg3 36. Rg1 Nf5 37. Bg4 g6 38. h5 Kc7 39. Bxf5 gxf5 40. h6 a5 41. h7 Rh8 42. Rg7+ Kd6 43. Kd3 Ke5 44. Ke3 f4+ 45. Kf3 b5 46. axb5 cxb5 47. Rb7 b4 48. cxb4 axb4 49. Rb5+ Ke6 50. Rb7 Kf5 51. Rg7 b3 52. Rb7 Kg5 53. Ke4 Re8+ 54. Kf3 Rh8 55. Rb5+ Kg6 56. Kxf4 Rxh7 57. Rxb3 Rh4+ 58. Kg3 Rc4 59. Rb5 Kf7 60. Kf3 Ke6 61. Ke3 f5 62. Ra5 Rb4 63. Ra6+ Ke5 64. Ra5+ Kf6 65. Kf3 Kg5 66. Rc5 Rxb2 67. Rc3 Rh2 68. Kg3 Rh4 69. Kf2 Kg4 70. Rc4+ f4 71. Rc3 Rh2+ 72. Kf1 Rh3 73. Rxh3 Kxh3 74. Kf2 Kg4 75. Kg2 f3+ 76. Kf2 Kf4 77. Kf1 Kg3 78. Kg1 f2+ 79. Kf1 Kf3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Pyramides FFE GP KO"] [Site "Le Port Marly"] [Date "2012.01.08"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Fier, Alexandr"] [Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2603"] [BlackElo "2699"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2012.01.08"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.02.29"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Rxb7 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Bxd4 15. e5 Na6 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. fxe3 Rad8 18. Qa1 Qxa1 19. Rxa1 Nc5 20. Rxe7 Rfe8 21. Raxa7 Rxe7 22. Rxe7 Kf8 23. Rc7 Nd7 24. e6 fxe6 25. Kf2 Nf6 26. g4 g5 27. Kg3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 10th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2011.02.15"] [Round "8"] [White "Fier, Alexandr"] [Black "Bologan, Viktor"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E94"] [WhiteElo "2571"] [BlackElo "2693"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2011.02.08"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.05.03"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Kh1 Nbd7 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. Nb3 a5 13. Qd2 a4 14. Be3 Qd8 15. Nd4 Nc5 16. Rfd1 Nfd7 17. Rab1 Be5 18. f4 Bg7 19. Bf3 Qe7 20. Re1 Qf8 21. b4 axb3 22. axb3 Ra3 23. b4 Nb6 24. bxc5 Nxc4 25. Qd3 Nxe3 26. Qxe3 dxc5 27. Nde2 c4 28. Qc1 g5 29. fxg5 Be5 30. Bh5 Rb3 31. Nd1 Rxb1 32. Qxb1 b5 33. Ne3 Be6 34. Nf5 Ra8 35. Qd1 c5 36. Nh6+ Kh8 37. Rf1 Qe7 38. Qd2 b4 39. Nf4 c3 40. Qc1 { time} c2 41. Nxe6 Ra1 42. Qxa1 Bxa1 43. Rxa1 c1=Q+ 44. Rxc1 fxe6 45. Ra1 Qf8 46. Nf7+ Kg7 47. Ra7 b3 48. Nh6+ Kh8 49. Nf7+ Kg7 50. Nh6+ Kh8 1/2-1/2 [Event "GEO-chT"] [Site "Ureki"] [Date "2015.10.07"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Fier, Alexandr"] [Black "Jobava, Baadur"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B15"] [WhiteElo "2624"] [BlackElo "2683"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2015.10.05"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "GEO"] [SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.29"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Nona"] [BlackTeam "Tbilisi"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"] [BlackTeamCountry "GEO"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 a6 4. Bd3 e6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 b6 8. Bg5 Bb7 9. e5 Nfd7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Ne2 c5 12. c3 Nc6 13. h4 h6 14. h5 O-O 15. Nf4 Rfc8 16. a3 Nf8 17. b4 Na7 18. Qd2 a5 19. Rab1 axb4 20. axb4 c4 21. Bc2 Nb5 22. Ra1 Bc6 23. g4 Be8 24. Ne2 Na3 25. Bd1 Nb5 26. Bc2 Na3 27. Bd1 Ra7 28. Kh2 Rca8 29. Rg1 Nh7 30. g5 hxg5 31. Nxg5 Nxg5 32. Rxg5 f6 33. Rg3 fxe5 34. dxe5 Qh4+ 35. Kg1 Qxh5 36. Nd4 Qxe5 37. Bg4 Bf7 38. Re1 Qf6 39. Rxe6 Bxe6 40. Bxe6+ Rf7 41. Bxd5 Rd8 42. Bxf7+ Qxf7 43. Qh6 Qb7 44. Qc1 Qa8 45. f3 Rd7 46. Rg2 Qe8 47. Re2 Qg6+ 48. Kf2 Nb1 49. Re4 Qh6 50. Qxb1 Qh2+ 51. Ke3 Qh6+ 52. Ke2 Ra7 53. Kd1 1-0 [Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "2015.08.16"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Fier, Alexandr"] [Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2636"] [BlackElo "2667"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2015.08.15"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2016"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.08"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Collado Villalba"] [BlackTeam "Merida Patrimonio Humanidad"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"] [BlackTeamCountry "ESP"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. e5 dxe5 7. dxe5 Ng4 8. a3 Bc5 9. Ne4 Bd4 10. Nf3 Nxe5 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Be3 Qd7 13. Be2 f5 14. f4 Ng6 15. Nc3 Nc6 16. Rd1 Qf7 17. O-O e5 18. fxe5 Ncxe5 19. b3 f4 20. Bc5 Re8 21. Qc1 Bg4 22. Bxg4 Nxg4 23. Nd5 Re4 24. Rd4 Rae8 25. Rxe4 Rxe4 26. h3 b6 27. Bxb6 axb6 28. hxg4 c6 29. Nc3 Re8 30. Re1 Rf8 31. Qd2 f3 32. Qf2 Nh4 33. g3 Ng6 34. Nd1 Qd7 35. Qe3 Qxg4 36. Qe6+ Qxe6 37. Rxe6 Rd8 38. Nf2 Rd2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Barcelona Casino"] [Site "Barcelona"] [Date "2009.11.06"] [Round "5"] [White "Dreev, Alexey"] [Black "Fier, Alexandr"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E36"] [WhiteElo "2655"] [BlackElo "2653"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "2009.11.02"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "14"] [SourceTitle "CBM 133"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.11.19"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qa4 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. g3 Bb7 13. Bg2 c5 14. Rd1 Rd8 15. dxc5 Rxd1+ 16. Qxd1 Na6 17. cxb6 Qxb2 18. bxa7 Qc3+ 19. Qd2 Qa1+ 20. Qd1 Qc3+ 21. Qd2 Qa1+ 22. Qd1 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Cup"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2009.11.23"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Khalifman, Alexander"] [Black "Fier, Alexandr"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E07"] [WhiteElo "2612"] [BlackElo "2653"] [PlyCount "23"] [EventDate "2009.11.21"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 134"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.01.18"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 c6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4 Nbd7 9. Nc3 Nh5 10. Bc1 Nhf6 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Bc1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Baku ol (Men) 42nd"] [Site "Baku"] [Date "2016.09.11"] [Round "9.1"] [White "Grandelius, Nils"] [Black "Fier, Alexandr"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A34"] [WhiteElo "2641"] [BlackElo "2634"] [PlyCount "146"] [EventDate "2016.09.02"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "AZE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 175"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.11.10"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Sweden"] [BlackTeam "Brazil"] [WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"] [BlackTeamCountry "BRA"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. Bb5+ Nd7 8. Ba3 a6 9. Bxd7+ Bxd7 10. Bxc5 Qc7 11. Ba3 Bb5 12. Rc1 Qc4 13. Nd4 Ba4 14. Qf3 Qxa2 15. Qxb7 Rd8 16. O-O Qc4 17. Rb1 Bd7 18. Rb6 e5 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Nc6 Bxc6 21. Rxc6 Qd5 22. d4 exd4 23. cxd4 a5 24. Qa6 Kg7 25. Rc5 Ra8 26. Qd3 Qa2 27. Rc2 Qa4 28. Rfc1 Rhb8 29. h4 Qb5 30. Qe4 a4 31. Rc5 Qe2 32. Rc7 Rf8 33. R7c2 Qa6 34. h5 Qe6 35. Qxe6 fxe6 36. hxg6 hxg6 37. Ra1 Rfb8 38. Ra3 Rb3 39. Rxb3 axb3 40. Rc7+ Kf6 41. Rb7 Ra1+ 42. Kh2 Rb1 43. Kg3 g5 44. Kf3 Rb2 45. g4 Kg6 46. Ke4 Rxf2 47. Rxb3 Kf6 48. Rb1 Ra2 49. Rf1+ Ke7 50. Rc1 Kf6 51. Rc6 Ra4 52. Kd3 Ra3+ 53. Ke4 Ra4 54. Rd6 Rb4 55. Ra6 Ke7 56. Ra7+ Kf6 57. Ra5 Rc4 58. Kd3 Rc1 59. e4 Rg1 60. e5+ Kf7 61. Ra7+ Kf8 62. Kc4 Rxg4 63. Kc5 Re4 64. Ra4 Ke7 65. Ra7+ Kf8 66. Kd6 Rxd4+ 67. Kxe6 Rf4 68. Kd5 g4 69. e6 Ke8 70. Rg7 Rf1 71. Rxg4 Rd1+ 72. Rd4 Rxd4+ 73. Kxd4 Ke7 1/2-1/2 [Event "FRA-chT Top 12"] [Site "Montpellier"] [Date "2015.06.03"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Navara, David"] [Black "Fier, Alexandr"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2632"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2015.05.30"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.06.18"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Mulhouse Philidor"] [BlackTeam "Montpellier"] [WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"] [BlackTeamCountry "FRA"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Kh1 O-O 11. Qe1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Qg3 Bc6 15. Rae1 Qb7 16. Bd3 b4 17. Nd1 bxa3 (17... g6 18. Nf2 Nh5 19. Qe3 a5 20. Ng4 f6 21. Bc4 Ng7 22. f5 gxf5 23. Rxf5 Kh8 24. Rf3 e5 25. Qh6 exd4 26. Rh3 Bxe4 27. Bd3 Bxd3 28. cxd3 Nh5 29. Qxh5 Bd8 30. Re8 Rxe8 31. Qxe8+ Kg7 32. Rg3 f5 33. Ne5+ Bg5 34. Rxg5+ Kf6 35. Qh5 dxe5 36. Qh6+ {1-0 (36) Guliyev,N (2559) -Schlosser,P (2602) Germany 2014}) 18. bxa3 Qc7 19. Ne3 g6 20. e5 Nh5 21. Qh3 Nxf4 $1 22. Rxf4 dxe5 23. Bxg6 $1 $146 {Spectaculaire mais les Blancs n'ont probablement pas plus que la nulle} (23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Bxe5 Qa5 25. Rff1 f5 26. Ba1 Qb6 27. c4 Bb7 28. c5 Bxc5 29. Qg3 Rad8 30. Rb1 f4 31. Qe1 f3 32. Rxf3 Rxf3 33. Rxb6 Re3 34. Qc3 Bd4 35. Qxd4 Rxd4 36. Bxd4 Rxd3 37. Rxb7 Rxd4 38. Kg1 a5 39. Re7 Re4 40. Ra7 Re5 41. Kf2 h5 42. Kf3 Rf5+ 43. Ke3 Kf8 44. h4 Rb5 45. Kf4 Rc5 46. g3 g5+ 47. Ke4 Ke8 48. Rh7 gxh4 49. gxh4 Kd8 50. Kd4 Rd5+ 51. Ke4 Rb5 52. Kd4 Ke8 {Iavarone,P (2320)-Janos,J (2385) ICCF corr 1994 1/2-1/2}) 23... hxg6 24. Bc3 Bg5 25. Rg4 Bf6 26. Nc4 Rad8 27. Qg3 Bb7 28. Rf1 Bg7 29. Bxe5 Bxe5 30. Nxe5 Qxc2 $1 {[%CAl Gc2g6] Un fort coup de défense} 31. Nxg6 $8 fxg6 32. Rxg6+ Kh7 33. Rg7+ Kh8 34. Rg8+ $1 {La pointe!} Rxg8 35. Qh4+ Qh7 36. Qf6+ Qg7 37. Qh4+ Qh7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Iberoamerican-ch 6th"] [Site "Bilbao"] [Date "2015.10.28"] [Round "4"] [White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"] [Black "Fier, Alexandr"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2684"] [BlackElo "2624"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2015.10.26"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.12.18"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. a3 d6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Be2 O-O 9. Qd2 a6 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Qxd4 e5 12. Qd2 b5 13. Bg5 Ne8 14. f4 Bxg5 15. fxg5 Bb7 16. h4 Rc8 17. Rh3 Qb6 18. Kb1 Rd8 19. Bg4 a5 20. h5 b4 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 f5 23. gxf6 Nxf6 24. Be6+ Kh8 25. h6 g6 26. Qe1 Ng8 27. axb4 axb4 28. Rb3 Rb8 29. c3 Qa6 30. cxb4 Qc4 31. Qc3 Qe4+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "BL2-West 1516"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "2015.12.13"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Van Wely, Loek"] [Black "Fier, Alexandr"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D90"] [WhiteElo "2636"] [BlackElo "2607"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2015.09.20"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2017"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.10.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Koeln Porz"] [BlackTeam "Katernberg"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg5 c5 7. Rc1 Nc6 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Rxc5 Qxa2 10. e3 Qxb2 11. Bd3 h6 12. Bh4 e5 13. O-O exd4 14. Qa4 Qb4 15. Qxb4 Nxb4 16. Bb5+ Kf8 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. exd4 Kg7 19. Re1 b6 20. Rc4 Nd5 21. Bc6 Be6 22. Bxa8 Rxa8 23. Bg3 a5 24. Ra1 Bd7 25. f3 Bb5 26. Rcc1 a4 27. Bd6 Rd8 28. Bc7 Nxc7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Pyramides FFE GP KO"] [Site "Le Port Marly"] [Date "2012.01.08"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Bacrot, Etienne"] [Black "Fier, Alexandr"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D44"] [WhiteElo "2704"] [BlackElo "2603"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2012.01.08"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.02.29"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 c5 14. d5 O-O-O 15. O-O b4 16. Na4 Qb5 17. a3 Nb8 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Qg4 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21. Bf4 Nc6 22. Rfc1 Rd4 23. Qe2 Qd5 24. Be3 Kb7 25. Rd1 Rd3 26. f4 Nd4 27. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 28. Kg2 Qd5+ 29. Kg1 Rxg3+ 30. hxg3 Rh1+ 31. Kf2 Rh2+ 32. Ke3 Bc5+ 33. Nxc5+ Qxc5+ 34. Kf3 Qh5+ 0-1 [Event "Pyramides FFE GP op"] [Site "Le Port Marly"] [Date "2012.01.07"] [Round "7.2"] [White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"] [Black "Fier, Alexandr"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B44"] [WhiteElo "2702"] [BlackElo "2603"] [PlyCount "127"] [EventDate "2012.01.07"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.02.29"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Qb3 Nd7 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Rac1 Nce5 15. Qc2 Rac8 16. Qb1 Ng6 17. Nc2 h6 18. g3 Qb8 19. Nd4 Qa8 20. f4 Nc5 21. Bf3 a5 22. Rf1 Rfe8 23. h4 e5 24. Nf5 exf4 25. Bxf4 Nxf4 26. gxf4 Bf8 27. Nd5 Bxd5 28. cxd5 Qa6 29. Nd4 Qd3 30. Qxd3 Nxd3 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. Nc6 Re8 33. Be2 Nb4 34. Nxb4 Rxe4 35. Nc6 Rxe2 36. Rf2 Re1+ 37. Rf1 Re4 38. Kg2 f5 39. h5 Kf7 40. Nd8+ Kf6 41. Ne6 Be7 42. Kf3 Kf7 43. Rc1 Rb4 44. Rc7 Re4 45. Rb7 a4 46. Rxb6 g6 47. hxg6+ Kxg6 48. Rb7 Kf6 49. b3 h5 50. Ra7 axb3 51. axb3 Rb4 52. Ra3 h4 53. Kg2 Rb5 54. Nc7 Rc5 55. Ra7 Rc2+ 56. Kh1 Kg6 57. Ne6 Kf6 58. Nc7 Re2 59. b4 Bd8 60. b5 Kg6 61. b6 Rb2 62. Ra8 Bf6 63. Rg8+ Kf7 64. Rb8 0-1 [Event "Reykjavik op"] [Site "Reykjavik"] [Date "2015.03.16"] [Round "8"] [White "Navara, David"] [Black "Fier, Alexandr"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2601"] [Annotator "Sagar Shah"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2015.03.10"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ISL"] [SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.04.21"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Kh1 O-O 11. Qe1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Qg3 { This is a very standard Sicilian Scheveningen position that arises out of the opening. You can find nearly a thousand games on this exact position. Black mainly has two plans here. One is to play Rad8-d7, Re8 and the other is Bb7-c6, Qb7. Fier chooses the latter.} Bc6 (14... Nxe4 15. Qxg7# {is, of course, something not worth trying!}) 15. Rae1 Qb7 16. Bd3 b4 17. Nd1 {Though this is the second most popular move in the position. For a positional player like me something doesn't feel right here. Mainly because White completely ruins his queenside pawn structure. But when great attackers like Shirov, Bacrot, Areshchenko have played it, it just means that my understanding of dynamic positions is not upto the mark!} (17. axb4 Qxb4 18. Ne2 {would have been my approach towards this position.}) 17... bxa3 18. bxa3 Rad8 19. Nf2 Qc7 { Fier keeps his position flexible not committing to anything.} 20. Bxa6 { Navara grabs the pawn but did the a-pawn really matter? As the game shows, it only helped Black to gain activity on that file.} (20. Ng4 Nxg4 21. Qxg4 e5 $1 $11 {is just what Black wants.}) (20. e5 {looks like a logical move.} dxe5 21. Bxe5 Qb7 22. Ne4 Nh5 $1 23. Qh3 g6 {And though Black looks pretty solid, I feel this was the right way for White to proceed.}) 20... Ra8 21. Bd3 Ra4 $1 $44 {I already prefer Black.} 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Ng4 Qe7 {Threatening Bh4.} 24. f5 e5 (24... Bh4 {would be a huge mistake due to} 25. f6 $1 $18) 25. Re3 Rxa3 { White's attack doesn't look threatening at all. In fact the bishop on d3 could well be the part of a very strong pawn chain! Black has all the long term trumps.} 26. h4 Kh8 27. Qe1 (27. Nxf6 Qxf6 28. Rb1 $15 {It was already time to forgo the attack and start playing sensibly.}) 27... Bxh4 $1 {Accurately calculated by Fier.} 28. f6 {This was obviously what Navara had under his sleeve.} Bxf6 $1 (28... Bxe1 29. fxe7 $18) 29. Rxf6 (29. Nxf6 gxf6 {doesn't really look threatening because Rg8-g7 comes pretty quickly.} 30. Qh4 Rg8 31. Rh3 ({Better is} 31. Qxf6+ Qxf6 32. Rxf6 Rg7 33. Rxd6 Rg6 $11) 31... Rg7 $17) 29... Bd7 $3 {Not at all an easy move to see even when you have the position in front of you. Just imagine, Fier saw it three moves ago! Brilliant!} (29... gxf6 30. Qh4 $18 {is simply crushing. There are many threats here. One of them is Nxf6 and the other is Rh3. Both cannot be prevented.}) 30. Rf5 Bxf5 31. exf5 Qg5 {White has two pawns and rook for two minors and dominating activity. It is very difficult to play the black position.} 32. Qe2 $2 {Navara immediately goes wrong and now he loses the game.} (32. Be4 Rxe3 33. Nxe3 Rb8 $15 {keeps an advantage for Black but White is very much in the game.}) 32... e4 $1 33. Bc4 (33. Rxe4 Qh4+ 34. Kg1 Ra1+ $19 {is almost a mate!}) (33. Bxe4 Rxe3 34. Nxe3 Qh4+ $19 {drops a piece.}) 33... Qh4+ 34. Rh3 (34. Kg1 Ra1+ $19) 34... Rxh3+ 35. gxh3 Qxh3+ 36. Kg1 Qg3+ 37. Qg2 Qf4 38. Nf2 e3 39. Ne4 Ra8 40. Ng3 Ra1+ 41. Bf1 {White is all tied up. I really like the next few moves made by Fier.} h6 $1 42. c4 Kh7 $1 {White has no moves left now!} 43. f6 (43. Ne2 Qxf5 $19) 43... g6 44. Kh2 Rxf1 (44... Rxf1 45. Qxf1 Qxf1 46. Nxf1 e2 $19 {A beautiful game by Alexander Fier. He is really on Fier in this event.}) 0-1 [Event "WchT 7th"] [Site "Bursa"] [Date "2010.01.05"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"] [Black "Fier, Alexandr"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E84"] [WhiteElo "2705"] [BlackElo "2601"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2010.01.05"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "TUR"] [SourceTitle "CBM 134"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.01.18"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Russia"] [BlackTeam "Brazil"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "BRA"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2 Rb8 9. Rc1 Bd7 10. Nd1 e6 11. Nf2 Ne8 12. g3 f5 13. Bg2 Nf6 14. O-O fxe4 15. fxe4 Qe7 16. b4 e5 17. d5 Nd8 18. c5 Nf7 19. Nc3 Kh8 20. a4 Ng8 21. a5 Bh6 22. Bxh6 Nfxh6 23. Nd3 Kg7 24. Rxf8 Rxf8 25. Rf1 Nf7 26. Qe3 Nf6 27. h3 h5 28. Ne1 Nh7 29. Nf3 Rc8 30. Kh1 Nfg5 31. Nxg5 Nxg5 32. Kh2 Nf7 33. Rf2 Nh6 34. Kg1 h4 35. g4 Bxg4 36. hxg4 Nxg4 37. Qh3 Nxf2 38. Qxc8 Nd3 39. cxd6 Qg5 40. Qd7+ Kh6 41. Qh3 Nf4 42. Qf3 cxd6 43. Kh2 Nxg2 44. Qf8+ Kh5 45. Qf3+ Kh6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Izmir op 12th"] [Site "Izmir"] [Date "2013.09.08"] [Round "9"] [White "Tiviakov, Sergei"] [Black "Fier, Alexandr"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B28"] [WhiteElo "2665"] [BlackElo "2592"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2013.09.01"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "TUR"] [SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.10.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. c4 e6 6. dxe6 Bxe6 7. b3 Nc6 8. Be2 Qc7 9. Bb2 O-O-O 10. Na3 Nd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. c5 Nd5 13. c6 Nc3 14. cxb7+ Kb8 15. Qc2 Qe5 16. Qd3 Nxe2 17. Qxe2 Qxe2+ 18. Kxe2 d3+ 19. Kd1 Bc5 20. f3 Rd5 21. Re1 Rg5 22. g3 Kxb7 23. Nc4 Rh5 24. Ne5 Rd8 25. Rc1 Bf2 26. Rf1 Rxh2 27. Ng4 Bxg4 28. fxg4 Bxg3 29. Rc5 f6 30. Bc3 h6 31. Rc4 Rd5 32. Kc1 Be5 0-1 [Event "WMSG Blitz 1st"] [Site "Beijing"] [Date "2008.10.04"] [Round "1"] [White "Bu, Xiangzhi"] [Black "Fier, Alexandr"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D76"] [WhiteElo "2714"] [BlackElo "2581"] [PlyCount "122"] [EventDate "2008.10.04"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.11.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nc3 Nb6 9. d5 Na5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bf4 c6 12. e4 cxd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nc4 15. Qc1 g5 16. Bxg5 hxg5 17. Qxc4 e6 18. Nd4 exd5 19. Bxd5 Bh3 20. Rfd1 Rc8 21. Qb3 Rc5 22. Nf5 Qf6 23. Nxg7 Kxg7 24. Rac1 Rfc8 25. Rxc5 Rxc5 26. Qf3 Qxf3 27. Bxf3 Rc2 28. Bxb7 Rxb2 29. Bd5 Bg4 30. Re1 Kf6 31. Kg2 Rd2 32. Bb3 Bd7 33. Rc1 Rd6 34. Kf3 Rd3+ 35. Ke2 Bb5 36. Rc6+ Kg7 37. Rc2 Kf6 38. h3 Kf5 39. Kf1 Ke4 40. Ke2 Kf5 41. Rb2 f6 42. f3 Ke5 43. Rd2 a6 44. Kf2 Kf5 45. Re2 Kg6 46. g4 Re3 47. Bf7+ Kxf7 48. Rd2 Kg6 49. Rc2 Ra3 50. Kg3 Ra4 51. Rd2 Ra3 52. Rc2 Be2 53. Rxe2 f5 54. Rf2 Re3 55. Rd2 Re1 56. f4 Re6 57. Rd5 Rc6 58. Rd3 Rc1 59. Kf3 Rc3 60. Ke2 Rc7 61. Ke3 gxf4+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "WMSG Rapid 1st"] [Site "Beijing"] [Date "2008.10.05"] [Round "1"] [White "Bu, Xiangzhi"] [Black "Fier, Alexandr"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A17"] [WhiteElo "2714"] [BlackElo "2581"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2008.10.05"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.11.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 b6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. d4 c6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. Bg5 Qxg5 15. Qxd7 Qxe5 16. Rfe1 Qb8 17. Rad1 Qc8 18. Qxc8 Raxc8 19. Rd7 Rb8 20. Red1 a5 21. Rc7 Bc8 22. Rd6 Be6 23. Rcxc6 Bxa2 24. Rxb6 g6 25. h4 Rfd8 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. b3 Rd4 28. Bc6 Kg7 29. Rb7 Bb1 30. f3 Bf5 31. Kf2 Rd6 32. Ba4 Rd3 33. Rb5 Be6 34. Ke2 Rc3 35. g4 h6 36. Rxa5 Bxb3 37. Bxb3 1/2-1/2 [Event "WMSG Rapid 1st"] [Site "Beijing"] [Date "2008.10.06"] [Round "7"] [White "Gurevich, Mikhail"] [Black "Fier, Alexandr"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2634"] [BlackElo "2581"] [PlyCount "141"] [EventDate "2008.10.05"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.11.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Rac1 Rac8 12. Qb1 Rfd8 13. Rfd1 h6 14. Bf1 Bb8 15. cxd5 exd5 16. g3 Ne4 17. Bh3 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 Re8 19. Qd3 Rcd8 20. Rdc1 Nf6 21. R3c2 Ne4 22. Bg2 Qe6 23. Nd2 f5 24. Nf3 g5 25. Ne5 Bxe5 26. dxe5 g4 27. b4 h5 28. f3 Ng5 29. Rf1 gxf3 30. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 31. Rxf3 Rf8 32. Rcf2 Bc8 33. Qd4 Qg6 34. e6 Bxe6 35. Rf4 Rd7 36. h3 Rh7 37. Kf1 Rff7 38. Qd3 Qh6 39. Kg1 Qf8 40. Kh2 Qd6 41. a3 Kf8 42. a4 Ke8 43. a5 h4 44. axb6 hxg3+ 45. Kxg3 axb6 46. Qd4 Qd8 47. Kh2 Qg5 48. h4 Qd8 49. Rg2 Kd7 50. Kg1 Kc7 51. Rg6 Re7 52. Qd2 Qe8 53. Rg5 Kb7 54. Bf6 Ref7 55. Qd4 Bd7 56. Kf2 Qa8 57. Kg3 Qe8 58. Kf2 Rh6 59. Bg7 Re6 60. b5 Re4 61. Rxe4 fxe4+ 62. Kg2 Qe6 63. bxc6+ Kxc6 64. Kg1 Kb7 65. h5 Qc6 66. h6 Qc1+ 67. Kh2 Qf1 68. Qxd5+ Bc6 69. Qxf7+ Qxf7 70. h7 Qf2+ 71. Kh3 0-1 [Event "Wch Blitz 8th"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2014.06.19"] [Round "3"] [White "Vitiugov, Nikita"] [Black "Fier, Alexandr"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E94"] [WhiteElo "2742"] [BlackElo "2580"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2014.06.19"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "UAE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Qd2 Ne5 13. Rad1 a6 14. Nb3 Be6 15. Qxd6 Nxc4 16. Qc5 Nxe3 17. Rxd8 Raxd8 18. Qxe3 Bxb3 19. Kh1 Bd4 20. Qg5 f6 21. Qc1 Bf7 22. b3 g5 23. g3 Ng7 24. Bc4 Bxc4 25. bxc4 Ne6 26. Ne2 Bc5 27. Qc3 Nd4 28. Nxd4 Rxd4 29. Qb3 b6 30. Rd1 Red8 31. Rxd4 Rxd4 32. Qa4 Rd6 33. Qxa6 Kg7 34. Qb7+ Kg6 35. Qc8 Kg7 36. Qc7+ Kg6 37. Qc8 Kg7 38. Kg2 h5 39. h4 Rd2+ 40. Kh1 Rd1+ 41. Kg2 Rd2+ 42. Kh1 Rd1+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2014.06.16"] [Round "1"] [White "Cheparinov, Ivan"] [Black "Fier, Alexandr"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E97"] [WhiteElo "2682"] [BlackElo "2580"] [PlyCount "242"] [EventDate "2014.06.16"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "UAE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. c5 Nf4 11. Bxf4 exf4 12. Qd2 h6 13. Rac1 g5 14. cxd6 cxd6 15. Nb5 Ng6 16. Nfd4 Qf6 17. Rfd1 Ne5 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 a6 20. Nd4 Rac8 21. h3 Nd7 22. Nb3 Ne5 23. Nd4 Nd7 24. Nb3 Qb2 25. Qxb2 Bxb2 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Na5 Rc7 28. Nc4 Be5 29. a4 Kf8 30. Rb1 Nf6 31. Rd1 Ne4 32. Nxe5 dxe5 33. d6 Rd7 34. Bf3 Rxd6 35. Re1 Nd2 36. Rxe5 Nxf3+ 37. gxf3 Rd4 38. Re4 Rd5 39. Rc4 Rxf5 40. Rc7 b5 41. Ra7 Rf6 42. axb5 axb5 43. Rb7 Rf5 44. h4 gxh4 45. Kg2 Kg7 46. Kh3 Rh5 47. Rb6 f6 48. Rb7+ Kg6 49. Rb6 Rg5 50. Rb7 h5 51. Rb6 Rd5 52. Kg2 Rd2 53. Rxb5 h3+ 54. Kxh3 Rxf2 55. Rb8 Rxf3+ 56. Kg2 Rg3+ 57. Kf2 Rb3 58. b5 Kf5 59. b6 f3 60. Rf8 Rxb6 61. Kxf3 Rb3+ 62. Kg2 Kg5 63. Rg8+ Kf4 64. Rh8 Rg3+ 65. Kf2 Rg5 66. Ra8 Kg4 67. Ra4+ Kf5 68. Kf3 Rg1 69. Kf2 Rb1 70. Ra5+ Kg6 71. Kg3 Rb3+ 72. Kh4 Rb4+ 73. Kg3 Re4 74. Rb5 Re5 75. Rb8 Kg5 76. Rg8+ Kf5 77. Rh8 Re3+ 78. Kf2 Rh3 79. Kg2 Rh4 80. Ra8 Kf4 81. Ra4+ Kg5 82. Ra8 f5 83. Kg3 Rg4+ 84. Kf3 Rf4+ 85. Kg2 Rd4 86. Rg8+ Kf4 87. Rh8 Rd2+ 88. Kh3 Rd3+ 89. Kg2 Rg3+ 90. Kf2 Rh3 91. Kg2 Rh4 92. Rh7 Ke3 93. Re7+ Re4 94. Ra7 Kf4 95. Rh7 Re2+ 96. Kh3 Re3+ 97. Kg2 Rg3+ 98. Kf2 Rh3 99. Kg2 Rh4 100. Rh8 Ke3 101. Re8+ Re4 102. Ra8 Rg4+ 103. Kf1 Rg3 104. Ra3+ Kf4 105. Ra4+ Kg5 106. Kf2 h4 107. Ra8 Rb3 108. Rh8 Kg4 109. Rg8+ Kf4 110. Rh8 Rb2+ 111. Kg1 Kg4 112. Rg8+ Kf3 113. Ra8 Re2 114. Ra3+ Re3 115. Ra8 f4 116. Kh2 Kf2 117. Ra2+ Re2 118. Ra3 f3 119. Kh3 Re3 120. Ra1 Re1 121. Ra2+ Kg1 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup"] [Site "Tbilisi"] [Date "2017.09.04"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Bacrot, Etienne"] [Black "Fier, Alexandr"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B18"] [WhiteElo "2715"] [BlackElo "2579"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "2017.09.03"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "GEO"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2018"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.10.13"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Qf3 Qd5 6. Bd3 Bxe4 7. Qxe4 Nf6 8. Qxd5 cxd5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. a3 e6 11. b3 Be7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. c4 Na5 14. Nd2 dxc4 15. bxc4 Rac8 16. Ke2 Nd7 17. Bc3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial op"] [Site "Jurmala"] [Date "2013.02.16"] [Round "11"] [White "Dreev, Alexey"] [Black "Fier, Alexandr"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E83"] [WhiteElo "2654"] [BlackElo "2577"] [Annotator "Fier,A"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2013.02.15"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "LAT"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2014"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.11.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. f3 d6 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 Bd7 {a slightly unusual order, aimed against the idea of Rc1 and Nd1} (8... Rb8 9. Rc1 {is the normal move order and was played by me in several occasions} Re8 (9... Bd7 10. Nd1 Re8 {Sachdev,T (2419)-Fier,A (2583) Rome Barclays op-A 1st 2011 (3) 0-1}) 10. Nd1 e6 11. Nf2 d5 {Enchev,I (2430)-Fier,A (2603) Basel Hilton op 14th 2012 (3) 0-1}) 9. b3 (9. Rc1 e6 10. Nd1 b5 {the point is that now I can play b5 without moving the rook}) 9... e6 {this move is always useful since the knight in c6 has no good squares. With this move black can wait to prepare e5 or d5 in better conditions. Looks a bit slow, but the normal plan for white with g3 and Bg2 is also not so fast} 10. g3 Rb8 11. Bg2 b5 12. cxb5 {when white has played Rc1 and Nd1 he can play c5 in order to keep the position closed, but now cxb5 is better to use the c file. b3 makes sense, avoiding any Nc4 in the future} axb5 13. O-O b4 14. Nd1 Na5 {looks that the knight has no future in a5 and it's kind of true, but the idea is to open space for the other pieces. Since black has not much space, Na5 open the position to the bishop and makes c5 possible in some variations} 15. Nf2 Bb5 { [%csl Re2] I think the knight on e2 is the main problem for white. All the pieces have good places to go, with the rooks on c and d, the bishops looking to the queenside when f4 comes and the f2 knight holding the center and going to d3 someday. All looks harmonic, expect for this knight, who defends d4 but has no interesting places to go} 16. Rfd1 Nd7 {now I'm getting ready to combat in the center} 17. Rac1 c5 $5 {a double edged decision. Black is ready to sacrifice a pawn to open the position and activate all the pieces!} 18. Bf4 { trying to worsen black's structure and make the g7 bishop less efective} (18. dxc5 {could be crictical and after} dxc5 19. f4 (19. Bxc5 {looks dubious, the bishop is more important than the hanging pawn} Nxc5 20. Rxc5 Qb6 21. Rdc1 Nc6 {[%csl Gd4][%CAl Gf8d8,Gb6g1] with full compensation for the pawn}) 19... Qb6 20. e5) 18... e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 (19... dxe5 {was also possible, to rearrange the knight to d4. The c5 pawn is weak but still I think black's position is a bit more confortable} 20. Be3 Nc6 21. Nd3 Nd4 {and white cannot take on c5 because the knight on e2 is hanging. (It won't be the last time I'm going to say it!)}) 20. Bg5 $5 Qe8 {[%csl Re2] Right now I don't need to worry about d6, since the knight on e2 is still hanging and it has no squares to go} (20... Qb6 {would be more harmonic, but in this line the knight can come to d5 with tempo, which makes white's position much better} 21. Nf4 h6 22. Nd5) 21. f4 (21. Nf4 { now the difference is that Nd5 threatens nothing, so black is winning after} h6 ) 21... Nec6 22. Ng4 {trying to reach f6 or h6, but a risky decision since the knight on h6 has not much future} (22. e5 {give chances for both sides, but leave white's bishop a bit out of play} h6 23. Bh4 Nb7 $13 (23... dxe5 24. Rxc5 )) 22... f5 {Nf6 should be avoided at all costs} 23. Nh6+ Kh8 24. Re1 { defendind the knight and finally threatening d6} Qd7 (24... fxe4 25. Qxd6 Nb7 26. Qd2 Nd4 27. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 28. Kh1 e3 29. Qd1 e2) 25. e5 Bxe2 {unpinning the pawn and leaving the black's knight on d4 without opposition} 26. Qxe2 (26. Rxe2 $5 {I think this was a better way to keep the position double edged, black is in danger too after} Nd4 27. e6 (27. Ree1 Rbe8 28. exd6 Naxb3 $1 ( 28... Qxd6 $2 29. Nf7+ $1 $18) 29. axb3 Nxb3 30. Qd5 Nxc1 31. Re7 $1 (31. Rxc1 Bd4+ 32. Kh1 Re6 {is fine for black}) 31... Rxe7 32. dxe7 Qxd5 33. exf8=Q+ Bxf8 34. Bxd5 b3 35. Nf7+ Kg8 36. Nd6+ Kh8 37. Bf6+ Bg7 38. Nf7+ Kg8 39. Ne5+ Kh8 40. Bxg7+ Kxg7 41. Nc4 Nd3 42. Na3 b2 43. Bc4 Nb4 44. Kf2 Kh6 45. Ke2 g5 46. Kd2 gxf4 47. gxf4 Kh5 48. Kc3 Kg4 49. Kxb2 Kxf4 {would be a possible continuation with some advantage for white. Obviously 157 deviations were possible during the variation}) 27... Nxe6 28. Rxe6 Qxe6 29. Re1 Qc8 (29... Qd7 $2 30. Re7 $18) (29... Nxb3 30. Qd1 $1 Qc4 31. axb3 Qd4+ $14) (29... Nc4 $5 30. bxc4 Qxc4 {trying to follow by Qd4+ gives an interesting position}) 30. Qxd6 c4 31. Qd5 Rb7 {avoiding Qg8+!} 32. Be7 Bxh6 33. Qxa5 Rd7 34. Bxf8 Bxf8 35. Qe5+ $1 Rg7 36. bxc4 Qxc4 37. Bd5 Qc7 $11 {probably here is draw, but hard for both players to play these moves}) 26... dxe5 27. fxe5 Nxe5 {now black pieces are active and white finally exchange the knight on e2 but got the other one stucked in h6} 28. Kh1 $2 (28. Rxc5 {can look dangerous, but is the best way to continue} Nac6 (28... Qa7 29. Qe3 Nec6 {is tempting but somehow is not so good for black to take the queen!} (29... Nac6 30. Rxe5 Bxe5 31. Qxa7) 30. Bxc6 Nxc6 31. Rxc6 Bd4 32. Rc4 Bb6 (32... Bxe3+ 33. Bxe3 Rb6 34. Bd4+ Rff6 35. g4) 33. Kf1 Bxe3 34. Bxe3 Qa6 35. Bd4+ Rf6 36. Re7 Rbf8 37. Kg2 {is winning for white}) (28... Rbe8 29. Rd1 Qa7 30. Qf2 $14) 29. Rd5 Qa7+ 30. Be3 Qc7 31. Bf4 Rfe8 {with dangerous bishops}) 28... Nd3 29. Rcd1 Rbe8 30. Be3 (30. Nf7+ { was an interesting idea that made me worry a bit during the game, but looks like black is doing fine after} Kg8 $1 31. Be3 Rxf7 32. Rxd3 Bd4 {with an unpleasant pressure in the e file} 33. Qf3 (33. Qf2 Rfe7) (33. Qd1 Rfe7) 33... Rfe7 (33... Re4 34. Qd1) 34. Qd5+ Qxd5 35. Bxd5+ Kg7 36. Bxd4+ cxd4 37. Rxe7+ Rxe7 38. Rxd4 Rd7) 30... Rd8 31. Rf1 Rfe8 32. Qf3 (32. Nf7+ {again was possible } Qxf7 33. Rxd3 Rxd3 34. Qxd3 c4 35. bxc4 Qxc4 36. Rd1 Qxd3 37. Rxd3 Nc4 38. Bg1 (38. Bc5 {not easy move to play during a rapid game} Re1+ 39. Bf1 Bh6 ( 39... Bc3) 40. Kg2 Ne3+ 41. Bxe3 Bxe3 42. a3 $15) 38... Bc3 {was more natural, where black has some advantage}) 32... c4 {and after 18 moves the knight is coming back to the game!} 33. Bg5 Bxh6 $1 {looks a bad idea to weaken the king giving one of my best pieces for this knight on h6, but after all Nf7 was a annoying idea. After the exchange I'm able to centralize my queen} 34. Bxh6 Qd4 {[%CAl Gd3f2]} 35. Rd2 c3 36. Re2 {after a quite good and long flight I finally blundered in time trouble...} Ne5 $2 {giving chances for white to keep alive and even with good chances for advantage!} 37. Qf4 $2 {overlooking the chance on his last seconds on the clock} (37. Rfe1 $1 {was what both players overlooked, using the pin and making black's life much harder} Re7 $1 { threatening the queen and leaving the rook defended afterwards} 38. Qf4 Qxf4 39. Bxf4 Nec6 40. Rxe7 Nxe7 {and the c3 pawn give black some counterplay} 41. Bg5 (41. Rxe7 $2 Rd1+ $19) 41... c2 $1 42. Bf3 Nac6 {and everything is more or less hanging but the pawn saves the day} 43. Rc1 (43. Bxe7 Nxe7) (43. Bxc6 Rd1) 43... h6 44. Bxh6 Nd4 45. Kg2 Kh7 46. Be3 Nxf3 47. Kxf3 Rc8 48. Ke2 Nd5 $14) 37... Qxf4 {now black is just winning} 38. Bxf4 Nd3 39. Rxe8+ Rxe8 40. Bg5 Kg7 41. Kg1 h6 42. Bc1 Re2 43. Rd1 Nxc1 44. Rxc1 Rxa2 45. Bd5 Rd2 46. Be6 c2 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2011.08.29"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Wang, Yue"] [Black "Fier, Alexandr"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "2709"] [BlackElo "2566"] [Annotator "Fier,A"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2011.08.28"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 145"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.11.11"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. g3 {A big surprise for me... I was prepared just for the Catalan or Nf3 and Nc3, not both together! After some thought my plan was to take the pawn and try to hold it.} dxc4 (5... Nbd7 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O {is the most solid option, but looks like a slightly improved version of the Catalan.}) 6. Bg2 b5 (6... Nbd7 {avoids Ne5 but gives White time to play with e4-e5.} 7. O-O b5 8. e4 Bb7 9. e5 Nd5 10. Ng5 {is a bit dangerous for Black since after} h6 11. Nxe6 $5 {is possible.}) 7. Ne5 Nd5 (7... a6 $5 {is an interesting idea, trying to give back the pawn to open the diagonal for the black bishop:} 8. Nxc6 Qb6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. e4 Bb4 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2721)-Smeets,J (2669) Bundesliga 1011 2010 (3) 0-1 was}) (7... Qb6 { was a move I had played before, but I didn't remember about it at all!} 8. a4 Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. b3 cxb3 11. Qxb3 Qxd4 12. axb5 $1 axb5 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 14. Bf4 {Tregubov,P (2642)-Fier,A (2653) Barcelona Casino 2009 (7) 1-0 and I entered a not very nice position...}) 8. e4 Nxc3 (8... Nb4 {is ambitious and after} 9. a3 Qxd4 10. axb4 Qxe5 11. Bf4 Qf6 {White's development clearly compensates for the two pawns in my opinion.}) 9. bxc3 Be7 {Trying to castle before doing anything else... I was worried about Qg4 ideas, but at least it forces him to attack.} (9... Bb7 10. O-O Nd7 11. f4 Be7 {is possible}) ({but} 9... Nd7 10. Nxc6 Qc7 11. d5 Bb7 12. Nd4 {is better for White.}) 10. a4 b4 {Black's normal plan is to play with ...Bb7 in this positions, but now it's not possible.} ( 10... Bb7 11. Rb1 a6 12. Nxc4 {is the point.}) (10... a6 {is a bit unpleasant} 11. Qg4 O-O 12. O-O {and now} Bb7 {is not possible again due to} 13. Bh6 Bf6 14. Nxc4 $1 bxc4 15. e5 $16) 11. O-O (11. Nxc4 {gives Black time to finish the development in a reasonable way} Ba6 (11... bxc3 12. Qb3 a5 13. Ba3 O-O 14. O-O Bxa3 15. Rxa3 Qxd4 16. Rd1 Qc5 17. Qxc3 $14) 12. Qb3 Nd7 13. O-O Nb6 14. Nxb6 Qxb6 15. Rd1 O-O $14) 11... a5 12. Nxc4 bxc3 13. Qb3 Bb4 14. Rd1 O-O 15. Bf4 Na6 $6 {An human move... d5 is a real threat and ...Na6 is a way to avoid it. The biggest problem is that now White has a really strong idea which I really under-estimated... Some strange moves were necessary in this position.} (15... Ba6 {allowing d5 was stronger} 16. d5 Qe8 $1 17. Ne5 cxd5 18. exd5 exd5 19. Bxd5 Ra7 {is ok for Black.}) 16. Rac1 Ra7 {Still not believing in White's plan. } 17. Rxc3 $1 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 {[%csl Ra6,Ra7,Gc3,Gc4,Rc8,Rd8,Rf8][%CAl Gf4d6] And now I started to look the position with different eyes... after some minutes I saw that Black is totally cramped... White has all the black squares and none of my pieces can do anything... of course, my pawns are hanging too.} Nb4 19. Bd6 Re8 (19... Ba6 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 21. Ne5 {is just better for White.}) 20. Bc5 Rd7 (20... Ra8 21. Bb6 Qe7 22. Bxa5 c5 23. dxc5 Nc6 24. e5 Bb7 25. Bb6 Rxa4 26. Nd6) 21. Bb6 Qg5 22. h4 $1 {Not giving any chance.} (22. Bxa5 c5 { is ok for Black.}) (22. Nxa5 c5 23. Bxc5 Na6 {is survivable.}) 22... Qe7 23. Nxa5 Na6 24. Nxc6 Qf8 {A depressing position, but my opponent was going into time trouble so I had a glimmer of hope...} 25. Bf1 $1 {The most precise, looking for Bxa6 and Bc5.} f6 26. Na5 (26. Na7 $1 {[%csl Rd7,Re8][%CAl Gf1b5] was more than enough, clearing the a4-e8 diagonal and trying to take on c8} Bb7 27. Bb5 Qd6 28. Bxd7 Qxd7 29. Qc4 {and it would be a good time to think about tiebreaks...}) 26... Qd6 27. Qc6 $2 {This is just the wrong idea... the white pieces are much better than the black ones, and it's logical to try to keep them on the board... In an endgame it is easier for Black to use the king and hold the game.} (27. Rb1 {was better, but now without a mathematical win...} Rf7 28. Rb2 $18) 27... Qxc6 28. Nxc6 Rd6 29. Bb5 (29. d5 exd5 30. exd5 Kf7 $16) 29... Bd7 30. Rc1 $2 {Allowing one more exchange!} (30. d5 exd5 31. exd5 Bxc6 32. Bxc6 Rc8) 30... Bxc6 31. Rxc6 (31. Bxc6 {is not possible since Black can exchange one bishop:} Rc8 32. d5 Nb8 33. Bc5 Rdd8 34. Be3 Nxc6 35. dxc6 { is just a draw.}) 31... Rxc6 32. Bxc6 Rc8 {It's totally necessary to try to activate the rook... from the first rank I can attack and defend quite well.} ( 32... Rb8 33. a5) 33. Bb5 $6 (33. d5 exd5 34. exd5 Nb4 (34... Kf7 35. d6 Rxc6 36. d7 Rd6 37. d8=Q Rxd8 38. Bxd8 Nb4 {is probably winning}) 35. Bd7 Rc1+ 36. Kg2 Rd1 37. Bg4 Rd2 38. Be6+ (38. d6 f5 $1 39. Bxf5 Rxd6 40. Bc5 Rf6) 38... Kh8 {was still good for White.}) 33... Rc1+ {... and with an active rook I'm finally alive again!} 34. Kg2 Nc7 35. Bd7 (35. Bf1 Kf7 36. a5 g6 37. g4 (37. a6 Nxa6) 37... Ke7 38. a6 Kd6 39. a7 Ra1 $11) 35... Kf7 36. Kf3 (36. a5 {was probably better, as pointed out by the editor, defending the bishop against the trick seen in the game... and after} g6 $1 {a useful waiting move} (36... e5 $6 37. dxe5 fxe5 38. Bc8 Na8 39. Bb7 $1 (39. Ba6 Nxb6 40. axb6 Rb1 41. b7 Ke7 {and the bishop is in the wrong place}) 39... Nxb6 40. axb6 Ke6 41. Bd5+ Kd7 42. b7 Kc7 43. f4 exf4 44. gxf4 Rd1 45. h5 $1 h6 (45... Rd3 46. h6 g6 47. Bg8 Rd7 48. Bd5 $18) 46. Kf3 {[%CAl Gf3g4,Gg4f5]}) 37. Kf3 e5 38. dxe5 (38. d5 Ke7 39. Bc6 Kd6 {is ok for Black}) 38... fxe5 39. Bc8 Rc3+ $1 40. Ke2 (40. Kg4 h5+ 41. Kg5 Ne8 42. Bb7 Kg7 43. g4 Nf6 44. gxh5 Nh7+ 45. Kg4 Nf6+ {is a nice perpetual!}) 40... Na8 41. Bb7 Nxb6 42. axb6 Ke7 43. Bd5 Kd6 44. b7 Kc7 { and Black holds.}) 36... Ke7 37. Bc8 e5 $1 {It's now White who needs to be careful, the bishops are unstable.} 38. a5 (38. dxe5 Na8 $1 {this was the trick.}) (38. d5 Na8) (38. Ke3 Rc3+ 39. Ke2 exd4) 38... exd4 39. Bb7 Kd6 { Improving the knight to c5 is sufficient for a draw, enough to go to the next round!} (39... Rc4 40. Ke2 Kd6 41. f4 Rc2+ 42. Kd3 Rc3+ 43. Kd2 Rb3 (43... Rxg3 44. a6 Ra3 45. e5+ Kd7 46. a7 {is quite dangerous for Black.}) 44. e5+ fxe5 45. fxe5+ Kd7 46. Kc2 Rxg3 47. e6+ Kd6 48. e7 Re3 49. a6 Nb5 50. e8=Q Rxe8 51. Kd3 Re1 52. Kc4 Rb1 53. Bc5+ Ke5 54. Bg2 g6 55. a7 Nxa7 56. Bxa7 {should be a draw. }) 40. Bxd4 Ne6 41. Bb6 Nc5 42. Ba8 (42. Bd5 f5 $1 {is more than enough} 43. Kf4 fxe4 44. Bxe4 Rc4 45. f3 Nxe4 46. fxe4 Rb4 47. g4 Rb5 $11) 42... Nd7 43. Bd5 Ra1 {Trying Ne5-c6.} (43... Nxb6 44. axb6 Rb1 45. b7 Kc7 46. Kf4 {should the draw too, but White can try for a thousand moves...}) 44. Kg4 Ne5+ 45. Kf5 Ra3 $1 (45... Nc6 46. Bxc6 Kxc6 47. Ke6 Rd1 48. f4) 46. f4 Nd7 47. Bg8 (47. Kg4 $2 f5+ $1 48. Kh3 Nf6 $19) 47... g6+ (47... Rxg3 48. Bxh7 Ke7 49. h5 $11) 48. Kg4 f5+ {Going directly for the draw.} 49. Kh3 fxe4 50. Bxh7 Nxb6 51. axb6 e3 52. Kg2 e2 53. Kf2 {And here my opponent offered a draw and I accepted, thus going through to the second round of the World Cup!} (53. Kf2 Rxg3 54. Kxe2 Rg4 55. Kf3 Rxh4 56. Bxg6 Rxf4+ 57. Kxf4 Kc6 $11 {would be a possible continuation. ..}) 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-FRA Blitz 2019"] [Site "Le Blanc-Mesnil FRA"] [Date "2019.06.01"] [Round "8.2"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Fier, A.."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A33"] [WhiteElo "2682"] [BlackElo "2543"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2019.06.01"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "23"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1282"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2019.06.03"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Be2 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. O-O a5 14. Be3 Bf6 15. Bd4 Rb8 16. Rc1 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Qb6 18. Qxb6 Rxb6 19. Rc2 Be6 20. Rd1 Rfb8 21. Rdd2 g6 22. h3 Kg7 23. Bf3 d4 24. Rxd4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Sao Paulo Paulista-ch"] [Site "Sao Paulo"] [Date "2007.06.28"] [Round "1"] [White "Fier, Alexandr"] [Black "Abdalla, Jose Lucas Aurelli"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B78"] [WhiteElo "2499"] [BlackElo "1950"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2007.06.28"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "BRA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.09.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Rc8 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. h4 a6 13. h5 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. Nde2 Rf7 17. g4 b5 18. Kb1 Qc8 19. e5 b4 20. exf6 bxc3 21. Nxc3 Bxf6 22. Nd5 Qb7 23. Nxf6+ Rxf6 24. Bd4 Rf7 25. Qd3 Rc8 26. Qxg6+ Kf8 27. Rxh7 Rxh7 28. Qxh7 e5 29. Bxe5 Bc6 30. Bxd6+ Ke8 31. Qg8+ Kd7 32. Qf7+ 1-0