[Event "10th Norway Chess 2022"] [White "Anand,Viswanathan"] [Black "Vachier Lagrave,Maxime"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Round "1.1"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2022.05.31"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2750"] [PlyCount "79"] [TimeControl "60"] {[%evp 21,79,21,27,20,14,0,23,3,21,15,18,0,25,22,69,67,66,58,64,75,76,74,79,75,79,81,74,74,61,61,85,68,131,136,137,140,141,138,164,156,147,166,164,163,148,152,145,152,183,180,185,176,290,216,221,221,224,203,194,196]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:0:0]} c5 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:0:9]} d6 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 3. Bb5+ {[%emt 0:0:11]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 4. Bxd7+ {[%emt 0:0:10]} Qxd7 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 5. c4 {[%emt 0:0:11]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:0:47]} 6. Nc3 {[%emt 0:0:13]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 7. d4 {[%emt 0:0:21]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 8. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:0:0]} g6 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 9. f3 {[%emt 0:0:38]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 10. Be3 {[%emt 0:0:8]} O-O {[%emt 0:0:7]} 11. O-O {[%emt 0:0:13]} a6 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 12. Nb3 $5 {[%emt 0:2:33] [#] Exploring less charted territory. B52: Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3...Bd7.} e6 $146 {[%emt 0:12:15]} ({ Predecessor:} 12... Rac8 13. Na4 Qe8 14. Nb6 Rd8 15. Qe2 Nd7 16. Na4 Nce5 17. Rac1 Nd3 18. Qxd3 Ne5 19. Qb1 Qxa4 20. Nd4 Rc8 21. b3 Qa5 22. Rf2 Nc6 23. Nxc6 Rxc6 24. Qd3 {½-½ (24) Wilhelmi,D (2473)-Tleptsok,R (2448) ICCF email 2013} )13. Qe2 {[%emt 0:7:32]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:1:13]} 14. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:4:36] White has an edge.} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:3:21]} 15. Rac1 {[%emt 0:6:16]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 16. Nd4 {[%emt 0:6:52]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:19:47]} 17. b3 {[%emt 0:3:22]} b5 {[%emt 0:5:35] } (17... Bxd4 $11 18. Bxd4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Ne5 )18. cxb5 $14 {[%emt 0:8:29] } Nxd4 {[%emt 0:0:8]} 19. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:0:10]} Bxd4+ {[%emt 0:0:0]} 20. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:1:58]} axb5 {[%emt 0:0:27][%cal Yb5b4] Strongly threatening ...b4!} 21. Qd2 {[%emt 0:7:8]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:11:0]} 22. Rxd6 {[%emt 0:4:51] } b4 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 23. Ne2 $36 {[%emt 0:3:4] White is in control. White is more active.} Ne5 {[%emt 0:1:15]} 24. Rd1 {[%emt 0:7:2][%cal Rd6d8] } Nc6 {[%emt 0:2:31] White must now prevent ...Rxd6. } 25. e5 {[%emt 0:0:19][%cal Ye4e5,Ye5d6]} (25. Rxc6 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 $17 )Qa7+ {[%emt 0:1:51] White stays focused until the end.} 26. Kh1 {[%emt 0:5:40]} Qf2 {[%emt 0:9:47]} ({Black should try} 26... Qa5 $14 )27. Rc1 $16 {[%emt 0:1:41]} Rxd6 {[%emt 0:0:30]} 28. exd6 {[%emt 0:0:8] } (28. Qxd6 Rd8 29. Qxc6 Qxe2 $15 )Ne5 {[%emt 0:0:9]} 29. h3 {[%emt 0:1:6]} Rb5 {[%emt 0:8:54] [#]} 30. f4 $1 {[%emt 0:13:23]} ({ Inferior is} 30. d7 Nxd7 31. Qxd7 Qxe2 $11 )(30. Rc8+ Kg7 31. Qb2 (31. d7 Nxd7 32. Qxd7 Qxe2 $11 )Kh6 $11 )Nd7 {[%emt 0:0:47] [#]} 31. Qd4 {[%emt 0:1:9] } Qxd4 {[%emt 0:0:18]} (31... Qxe2 $2 {gets mated.} 32. Rc8+ Nf8 {[#]} 33. Rxf8+ $1 {} Kxf8 34. Qh8# )32. Nxd4 $18 {[%emt 0:0:11] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rd5 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 33. Nc6 {[%emt 0:2:27] aiming for Ne7+.} Rxd6 {[%emt 0:0:24]} 34. Nxb4 {[%emt 0:0:14]} e5 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 35. fxe5 {[%emt 0:0:54]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:0:16]} 36. Rc5 {[%emt 0:0:10] } Rd1+ {[%emt 0:0:25]} 37. Kh2 {[%emt 0:0:7]} f6 {[%emt 0:1:10] White is clearly better.} 38. a4 {[%emt 0:5:52]} Rb1 {[%emt 0:0:54]} 39. Rc3 {[%emt 0:0:0] Threatens to win with Nc2.} Ra1 {[%emt 0:1:20]} 40. Rc7 {[%emt 0:0:42] Weighted Error Value: White=0.04 (flawless) /Black=0.12 (very precise)} 1-0