[Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"] [White "Ding,Liren"] [Black "Vachier Lagrave,Maxime"] [Site "Yekaterinburg"] [Round "9.4"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2021.04.20"] [WhiteElo "2791"] [BlackElo "2758"] [PlyCount "175"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. h4 Bg7 4. Nc3 c5 5. d5 d6 6. e4 { E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3.} e6 7. Be2 exd5 8. exd5 {White has an edge.} Nbd7 {[#]} 9. Nf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. h5 0-0 10. Bf4 Re8 11. Bxd6 Qb6 12. Nb5 a6 13. Bc7 axb5 14. Bxb6 Nxb6 15. hxg6 hxg6 {0-1 (24) Borsuk,K (2401)-Janaszak,D (2348) chess.com INT 2020} )Ng4 10. h5 Qe7 11. Bg5 (11. 0-0 {keeps more tension.} 0-0 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bf4 )Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 f6 13. Bd2 g5 14. 0-0 $36 { Black should prevent Nxg5. White is more active.} Nge5 15. Nd4 cxd4 16. cxd4 0-0 17. dxe5 $16 fxe5 18. Be3 b6 19. a4 Nc5 20. a5 Rb8 21. Ra3 h6 22. Qd2 Bf5 23. axb6 axb6 24. Rfa1 Rb7 25. Qd1 Kg7 26. R1a2 Ne4 ({ Black should play} 26... Qc7 )27. Bd3 {Black must now prevent Qc2.} Qf7 28. Rb2 Nc5 $2 (28... Bh7 {was worth a try.} 29. Rab3 Nf6 )29. Bxf5 $18 Qxf5 30. Bxc5 dxc5 31. Qe2 (31. Rf3 $142 Qd7 32. Rxf8 Kxf8 33. Qb1 )e4 32. Re3 Re8 33. Rb5 Qe5 34. g3 Qd4 35. Rb1 Rf7 (35... b5 $142 36. Qa2 (36. cxb5 Qxd5 37. Qc2 c4 $16 )(36. Rxb5 Rxb5 37. cxb5 Qxd5 $16 )Rf7 )36. Rd1 Qf6 37. d6 Re6 38. d7 Rd6 39. Rxd6 ({Don't play} 39. Rxe4 $6 Rxd1+ 40. Qxd1 Qxf2+ 41. Kh1 Qxg3 $11 )Qxd6 40. Rxe4 Rxd7 $16 { Endgame [#] KQR-KQR} 41. Kg2 $1 Qc6 42. Kh2 (42. f3 $16 )Qf6 43. Kh3 Qf5+ 44. g4 Qf6 45. Re5 (45. Qe3 { is more complex.} Qc6 46. f3 Rf7 47. Kg2 Rf6 48. Re5 )Qd6 46. Kg2 Qc6+ 47. f3 Qd6 48. Qe4 Ra7 49. Qe2 (49. Kh3 {is interesting.} Rf7 50. Rd5 Qf6 51. Kg2 Re7 52. Qc2 )Rd7 50. Qe4 Ra7 51. Kh3 {Hoping for Re6.} Rf7 52. Re8 (52. Rd5 {looks sharper.} Qf6 53. Kg2 Qb2+ 54. Kg3 Qf6 55. Qf5 )Qf6 53. Kg2 {Strongly threatening Re6.} Qb2+ $1 54. Kh3 Qf6 55. Kg2 (55. Kg3 {feels hotter.} Qf4+ 56. Qxf4 Rxf4 57. Re7+ Kg8 58. Rb7 )Qb2+ $1 56. Kg3 Qf6 57. Qd3 Qf4+ 58. Kg2 { } Qf6 59. Kg3 (59. Kf2 {seems wilder.} Rf8 60. Qd7+ Rf7 61. Qd5 Qb2+ 62. Re2 )Qf4+ 60. Kg2 (60. Kf2 $5 Qh2+ 61. Ke3 Qf4+ 62. Ke2 $16 )Qf6 61. Qe2 (61. Qd5 {looks sharper.} Qb2+ 62. Kg3 Qa1 63. Kf2 Qb2+ 64. Re2 )Rd7 62. Qe4 {And now Re6 would win.} Rd2+ $1 63. Kh3 Qd6 64. Re5 (64. Qe7+ {is more complex.} Qxe7 65. Rxe7+ Kg8 66. Re6 Kh7 67. Rxb6 Rc2 68. Kg3 )Kf6 $1 {The position is equal.} 65. Rf5+ Kg7 66. Re5 { aiming for Qb7+.} Kf6 $1 67. Rf5+ Kg7 68. Qb7+ Kh8 { } 69. Qa8+ Kg7 70. Qa7+ Kh8 { } 71. Qa1+ Kg8 72. Qa8+ Kg7 { } 73. Qa1+ (73. Qb7+ {with more complications.} )Kg8 74. Re5 {Qa8+ is the strong threat.} (74. Qe5 { keeps more tension.} Qxe5 75. Rxe5 Kf7 76. Re3 Rc2 77. Rb3 )Qf8 75. Qa3 Rf2 76. Kg3 Qf4+ 77. Kxf2 {Intending Qa8+ and mate.} Qxe5 $11 { KQ-KQ} 78. Qa8+ Kf7 79. Qb7+ (79. Qe4 {feels hotter.} Qd4+ 80. Ke2 Qxe4+ 81. fxe4 Ke6 82. Kd3 )Kf8 $1 80. Qc8+ Ke7 81. Qb7+ { [#] Double Attack} Kf8 82. Qxb6 Qh2+ 83. Kf1 Qh1+ 84. Ke2 Qg2+ 85. Ke3 Qg1+ 86. Ke2 Qg2+ 87. Ke3 Qg1+ 88. Ke2 {Black escapes into a draw. Weighted Error Value: White=0.15/Black=0.12} 1/2-1/2