[Event "FIDE Grand Prix-I KO 2022"] [White "Nakamura,Hikaru"] [Black "Aronian,Levon"] [Site "Berlin"] [Round "2.1"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2022.02.17"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2772"] [PlyCount "122"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d5 { is recently more successful than 9...d6. C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems.} 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. a4 Nd4 {The position is equal.} 12. Nbd2 Nxb3 13. Nxb3 Nb4 14. Nxe5 {Black must now prevent Na5.} Qd5 { [#] } 15. f3 Bd6 {A strong pair of Bishops.} 16. d4 Rae8 17. axb5 axb5 18. Bd2 { [#] With the idea Nd7.} Nc6 $146 (18... Bc8 $1 $11 {is superior.} )({ Predecessor:} 18... Bc8 19. Ng4 h5 20. Nf2 Bf5 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Bxb4 Bxb4 { ½-½ (52) Saidashev,A (2397)-Steinkellner,P (2339) ICCF email 2014} )19. Bf4 $1 $14 Kh8 (19... h6 $14 {is more appropriate.} )20. Bh2 (20. Qd2 $16 )Nxe5 21. dxe5 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Rxe5 Qxe5 24. Qd4 Qg5 25. Qc5 Qxc5+ 26. Nxc5 $16 { Endgame KRB-KRN} Bd5 27. Ra7 c6 (27... Rc8 $14 )28. Nd3 { White is more active.} (28. Nd7 $16 Rd8 29. Rc7 )g6 29. Rc7 Ra8 30. Nb4 { To avoid Ra2} Kg7 (30... Ra1+ $14 {feels stronger.} 31. Kh2 Rc1 )31. Nxc6 Bxc6 32. Rxc6 {KR-KR} Rd8 33. g4 (33. b4 $142 )Rd2 34. h4 ({Better is} 34. b4 $16 )h5 $14 35. gxh5 gxh5 36. b4 Rd4 37. c3 Rxh4 38. Kg2 Rf4 $1 39. Kg3 (39. Rc5 $5 )Rf5 40. f4 h4+ 41. Kxh4 { Hoping for Kg4.} Rxf4+ 42. Kg5 Rf3 43. Kg4 Rd3 44. Rc5 Kf6 45. Kf4 Ke6 46. Ke4 Rd8 (46... Rh3 $11 )47. Rxb5 (47. Re5+ $142 Kd7 48. Rd5+ Ke8 49. Rxd8+ Kxd8 50. Kd4 )Rd1 (47... Rc8 $142 48. Rb6+ Ke7 )48. Rb6+ $18 Kd7 49. Rf6 Ke7 50. Rf3 Ke6 {[#]} 51. Rd3 $1 f5+ 52. Kd4 Rb1 53. Re3+ Kf6 54. Re8 f4 55. Rb8 Kf5 56. b5 f3 57. Ke3 ({White has to play} 57. Rf8+ $18 Kg4 58. Ke4 )Rb3 $11 58. Kd3 {Threatens to win with Kc2.} Kg4 59. Kc2 f2 $2 60. Rf8 $18 Rxb5 61. Rxf2 Rc5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.42/Black=0. 11 (very precise)} 1-0