[Event "MrDodgy Online Inv"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2020.06.13"] [Round "2.6"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Korobov, Anton"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E97"] [WhiteElo "2764"] [BlackElo "2688"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] {Super GM Anish Giri starts with a decent English Opening 1. c4, this opening is very flexible; it can be transposed to a variety of chess openings such as the Larsen opening, reversed Sicilian, and 1. d4 openings depend on black place pieces at an early stage that does not reach the 5th rank.} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 {Standard position of the King's Indian defense.} 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 {The Classical variation against the KID (King's Indian Defense). } e5 7. O-O Nc6 ({IF} 7... exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nd7 11. Qd2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Bd1 Bb7 15. Ba4) 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 {The Fantastic "Bayone Attack".} Nh5 {Lots of games played with this line...aim is to place the knight at f4 or push f7-f5 pawn.} 10. Re1 {A sideline move awaiting f7-f5 or Nf4 move.} f5 11. a4 ({IF} 11. h3 Nf4 12. Bf1 a5 13. b5 fxe4 14. Nxe4 b6 15. Rb1 h6 16. Bd2 Bf5 17. Rb3 Bxe4 18. Rxe4 Qd7 19. Qc1 g5 20. Qc2) 11... Nf6 { Pressuring the e4 pawn but the pawn fight would be the c5 square for the white to execute queenside expansion, since white's kingside has a solid position.} 12. a5 h6 ({IF} 12... fxe4 13. Ng5 e3 14. Bxe3 Nf5 15. Bd2 Nd4 16. Bd3 Bh6 17. h4) 13. Ra3 {The idea of this move is to avoid the indirect threat of the black bishop at g7, and a possibility of switching to g3 or h3 later depending on black's plans.} f4 {Black opted to close the position obviously to pawn attack white's kingside, but does it work?} 14. h4 {Of course, it is a common sense move.} Rf7 {A pivotal move to switch to g7 or h7 later also to protect the c7 square.} 15. c5 {Yes, this the real aim of white's queenside expansion to weaken the connected c7 and d6 pawns and follows piece maneuvering to penetrate the c-file.} Bf8 {Here, where the bishop will protect the d6 pawn at the same time, the rook moves to g7 to support the g-pawn to push forward.} 16. c6 {PLEASE ANALYZE THIS MOVE: WHAT IS THE PLAN OF GM GIRI? THINK 5 MOVES AHEAD. } Rg7 ({IF} 16... bxc6 17. dxc6 Be6 18. b5 Qe8 19. Qa4 a6 20. Bb2 axb5 21. Bxb5 ) 17. b5 {White is fast expanding at the queenside, yet, still not worried about its kingside.} g5 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Nh2 bxc6 20. dxc6 {True, white must open the a2-g8 diagonal for the bishop to attempt to pressure black king.} g4 21. g3 {Do not ignore black's next move g3, must block it with a g3 move instead. Totally, you must not become just an attacker player, you must also develop your defensive skills.} Be6 {Not allowing white to take the diagonal line.} ({IF} 21... fxg3 22. fxg3 Rg6 23. Rf1 d5 24. Bc4) 22. gxf4 exf4 23. Bxf4 Nh5 24. Bg3 Nxg3 25. fxg3 d5 26. exd5 Nxd5 27. Bc4 {Timing is the reason why white now is winning here.} Bf7 28. Bxd5 Bxa3 29. Nxg4 Qg5 {WOW!!!} 30. Ne4 Bc5+ 31. Kg2 Bxd5 32. Ngf6+ Qxf6 33. Qxd5+ Qf7 34. Nf6+ {FANTASTIC GAME BY SUPER GM ANISH GIRI, I enjoyed this game. Every move has its purpose and a bit of tactics brought down black's position. I hope you have enjoyed this game. We will focus on Bayonet Attack for a week, have fun and keep safe always. God Bless...} 1-0