[Event "PNWCC Online blitz JP 8th"] [Site "Chess.com INT"] [Date "2020.05.02"] [Round "1"] [White "Chigaev, Maksim"] [Black "Myers, Dominique"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2588"] [BlackElo "1990"] [Annotator "gmail,thechesscorner"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2020.05.02"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2020.05.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,45,19,38,25,16,14,14,15,10,7,-1,15,-19,33,-37,-17,-8,11,-3,4,-51,-35, -54,-37,-95,-95,-96,-70,-18,2,8,112,118,197,44,136,190,585,751,848,894,29991, 557,29993,29994,29995,29996]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. Nbd2 a6 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. h3 h6 (8... O-O 9. g4 Be6 10. Nf1 d5 11. Qe2 Na5 12. Bc2 dxe4 13. dxe4 Bc4 14. Qd2 Qe8) 9. Nf1 O-O 10. g4 $1 {[#]} d5 11. g5 $1 hxg5 (11... dxe4 12. gxf6 exf3 13. fxg7 Kxg7 (13... Re8 14. Qxf3 Be6 15. Ng3 e4 16. Qf4) 14. Rg1+ Kh7 15. Qxf3 Qh4 16. Ng3) 12. Qe2 $1 dxe4 13. dxe4 g4 (13... Na5 14. Bc2 Be6 15. Nxg5 Bc4 16. Qf3 Bxf1 17. Rxf1 Qd6) 14. hxg4 Bxg4 (14... Nxg4 15. Ne3 Na5 16. Bd5 (16. Bc2 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Bg4 (17... Qf6 18. Qh2 Qh6 19. Qg2 Qg6 20. Qf2 Qf6 21. Qg3) 18. Qh2) 16... c6 (16... Qf6 17. Ng5 Bxe3 18. Bxe3 c6 19. Nh7 Qd6 20. Nxf8 cxd5 21. Nh7) 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Qh5 Nf3+ 19. Kf1) 15. Bg5 $1 Re8 (15... g6 16. Ng3 Kg7 17. Rh4 Re8 18. Rd1 Qe7 (18... Qc8 19. Qd2 Bxf3 20. Nf5+ gxf5 21. Bxf6+ Kxf6 22. Rh6+ Ke7 23. Qg5+) 19. Bxf6+ Qxf6 20. Rxg4) 16. Ne3 Bxe3 (16... Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qd6 18. Qh3 Kf8 19. Nf5 Qc5 20. Qh8+ Ng8 21. Qxg7#) (16... Qd6 17. Rd1) 17. Qxe3 (17. fxe3 g6 18. Qh2 Bh5 19. Qg2 Kg7 20. Rd1 Qe7 21. Rxh5 gxh5 22. Bxf6+) 17... Qe7 18. Rh4 Be6 19. O-O-O Bxb3 20. Rdh1 $1 (20. axb3 Qe6 21. Rg1 Kf8 22. Rhh1 Ke7 23. Bh4 Rg8) 20... g6 21. axb3 Qe6 22. Rh8+ Kg7 23. Bxf6+ 1-0 [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2019.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Salgado Lopez"] [Black "Antipov "] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [Annotator "gmail,thechesscorner"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "2022.11.16"] {[%evp 0,41,34,7,11,21,12,15,15,15,17,3,-9,-5,-8,-32,16,-3,-2,3,15,-41,-37,-49, -31,-24,10,-1,0,5,36,-11,-11,5,-19,-35,87,176,372,496,497,597,1209,1242]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 d6 6. h3 a6 7. c3 Ba7 8. Bb3 h6 9. Nf1 O-O 10. g4 (10. Ng3 $5 Be6 11. Nh2 d5 12. Qf3 dxe4 13. dxe4 Na5 (13... Nd7 14. Ng4 Ne7 15. O-O Bxg4 16. hxg4 Nc5 17. Rd1 Qe8 18. Bc2 Ne6 19. Nf5 Rd8 20. Re1 Ng5 21. Qe2 Ng6 22. g3 Qb5 23. c4 Qc6 24. Kg2 Rfe8 25. Rh1 Nf8 26. Bxg5 hxg5 27. Rad1 Rxd1 28. Qxd1 Qb6 29. Qd2 Ne6 30. b4 Qc6 31. c5 b6 32. Qd1 g6 33. Ne3 Nd4 34. Nd5 a5 {1-0 (34) Kazhgaleyev,M (2500)-Malaniuk,V (2615) Luzern 1997 }) 14. Bc2 Nh7 15. Nf5 (15. Ng4 Ng5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Nf5 {0-1 (34) Liyanage,R (2203)-Pniaczek,M (2199) Chess.com INT 2021}) 15... Nc4 16. Qg3 Bxf5 17. exf5 Kh8 18. O-O Qe7 19. Re1 Rfe8 20. Nf3 Qf6 21. Re4 Qxf5 22. Nh4 Qe6 23. Qd3 Nxb2 24. Bxb2 Ng5 25. Re2 e4 26. Qg3 Rad8 27. Rae1 c6 28. Bc1 Qf6 29. Bf4 Re6 30. Bb3 Re7 31. Bxg5 hxg5 32. Nf3 exf3 33. Rxe7 Rd2 34. Re8+ Kh7 35. Rf1 {1-0 (35) Nevednichy,V (2570)-Moradiabadi,E (2542) Kallithea 2009}) 10... d5 11. Qe2 dxe4 (11... Be6 12. g5 hxg5 13. Bxg5 dxe4 14. dxe4 Bxb3 15. axb3 Qd6 16. Ng3 Ne7 17. Rd1 Qe6 18. Qc4 Nh7 19. h4 Qxc4 20. bxc4 f6 21. Bd2 Rfd8 22. Ke2 Nf8 23. h5 Ne6 24. Nh4 Kf7 25. Nhf5 Nxf5 26. Nxf5 Bc5 27. b4 Bf8 28. Be3 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Rd8 30. Ra1 c6 31. c5 Be7 32. Nh4 Rh8 33. h6 g6 34. Rg1 Nf8 35. Rd1 f5 36. Nf3 Ke6 37. Nxe5 fxe4 38. Nc4 g5 39. Na5 Rxh6 40. Nxb7 Nd7 41. Nd8+ Bxd8 42. Rd6+ Kf5 43. Rxh6 Ne5 44. Rh8 Bf6 45. Ra8 Nf3 46. Bd2 g4 47. Rxa6 e3 48. Bxe3 Bxc3 49. Rxc6 Bxb4) 12. dxe4 Nd7 (12... Na5 13. Ng3 Nxb3 14. axb3 Nd7 15. b4 Nb6 16. Be3 Be6 17. Rd1 Qe8 18. Bc5 Bc4 19. Qe3 Bb3 20. Bxf8 Nc4 21. Qe2 Bxd1 22. Qxd1 Kxf8 23. Qe2 Qe6 24. O-O Rd8 25. Kg2 Nb6 26. Rd1 Rd6 27. Nf5 Rd7 28. Rxd7 Nxd7 29. b5 g6 30. Nxh6 Kg7 31. Ng5 Qf6 32. Nhxf7 Nc5 33. bxa6 Nd3 34. Qf3 Ne1+ 35. Kf1 Nxf3 36. Nxf3 Qxf3 {0-1 (36) Bologan,V (2574)-Ahmadzada,A (2467) Chess.com INT 2021} ) (12... Nh7 13. Ne3 Be6 14. Bc2 f6 15. Bd2 b5 16. O-O-O Na5 17. Nf5 Qe8 18. b3 c5 19. h4 c4 20. b4 Nc6 21. g5 a5 22. Rdg1 Bxf5 23. exf5 axb4 24. g6 bxc3 25. Bxc3 Kh8 26. Rg4 Bc5 27. Kb1 Bb4 28. Bb2 Ba3 29. Bc3 Bb4 30. Ba1 Bc5 31. gxh7 Rf7 32. Rhg1 Rfa7 33. Bb2 Bf8 34. a4 Nb4 35. Be4 Rc8 36. Qe3 Rxa4 37. Nxe5 fxe5 38. f6 g5 39. Rxg5 {1-0 (39) Tiviakov,S (2634)-Balogh,C (2621) Wroclaw 2010}) 13. Ng3 (13. g5 $2 Nc5 14. gxh6 Nd3+ 15. Kd1 Nf4+ 16. Qd2 Qf6 17. Rg1 g6 18. Kc2 Nxh3 19. Rg3 Nxf2 20. Ng5 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Qxf1 22. Qg5 Qe2+ 23. Kb1 Qxe4+ { 0-1 (23) Bologan,V (2600)-Adams,M (2640) New York 1994}) 13... Nc5 14. Bc2 a5 ( 14... Ne6 15. Nf5 Re8 16. Rg1 (16. h4 $5 {Komliakov 1995}) 16... Nf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Rd1 (18. Bd3) 18... Qf6 19. g5 hxg5 20. Rxg5 g6 21. Nh6+ Kg7 22. Nxf7 Qxf7 23. e5 Ne7 24. Bxg6 Nxg6 25. Nh4 Bxh3 26. Nxg6 Qxg6 27. Rxg6+ Kxg6 28. Qe4+ Kg5 29. Rd5 Rad8 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Qh7 Bxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Rd2+ 33. Ke1 Rh2 34. Qg7+ Kh4 35. e6 f3 36. Qh7+ Kg4 37. Qg7+ Kh4 38. Qh7+ Kg4 39. Qg7+ {1/2-1/2 (39) Harikrishna,P (2673)-Timman,J (2630) Pamplona 2005}) 15. g5 hxg5 16. Bxg5 Qd6 17. Rg1 $1 Qg6 18. Nf5 Qh5 19. Nxg7 $1 Kxg7 20. Be7+ Kh8 21. Bf6+ {1-0 (21) Salgado Lopez,I (2605)-Antipov,M (2549) Moscow 2019} 1-0 [Event "Cappelle Online Blitz op"] [Site "Europe Echecs INT"] [Date "2021.03.07"] [Round "7"] [White "Mamedov, Rauf"] [Black "Nasuta, Grzegorz"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2654"] [BlackElo "2512"] [Annotator "thechesscorner,@gmail.com"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2021.03.07"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "CB10_2021"] [SourceDate "2021.03.10"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2021.03.10"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,53,19,22,15,15,20,13,13,13,13,17,32,-1,4,0,-9,-3,-1,-36,-15,-27,-17, -15,-2,0,9,13,74,74,77,63,96,44,50,45,200,209,249,161,1120,1149,29985,29986, 29987,29988,29989,1883,29985,1681,1805,1701,2136,1855,1868,2049]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 a6 6. Bb3 Ba7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. h3 h6 {[%csl Gg4,Gg5,Yg8][%CAl Gg2g4,Gg3g5,Gh1g1,Ye1c1]} 9. g4 $1 {agressive} d6 10. Nf1 Be6 11. g5 {[%csl Rg8][%CAl Rg5f6]} hxg5 12. Bxg5 {White has opened up the g file against the King. Stocfkish13 prefers White +1.7 pawns.} Nb8 (12... Bxb3 13. axb3 Qe7 14. Rg1) 13. Rg1 {[%CAl Gg1g8]} Kh7 14. Nh4 $1 {[%CAl Gh4f5,Gd1f3] making room for the white queen to come to the kingside} Nbd7 15. Qf3 Qe8 16. Ne3 Bxb3 17. axb3 Qe6 18. Nd5 $1 {bringing another pieces into the action} (18. Nhf5 $6 g6) 18... Rac8 (18... Nxd5 19. exd5 Qe8 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21. Bf6 $18) 19. O-O-O $1 $18 {[%csl Rf6,Yh7][%CAl Rd5f6,Rg5f6,Rf3f6] putting the white king to safety and coordinating rooks} c6 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 {[%csl Rg7,Yh7]} 21. Rxg7+ $1 { All white pieces are in active spots. It is time for tactics. This rook sacrifice leads to checkmate} Kxg7 22. Rg1+ {[%csl Rg7][%CAl Gg1g7]} Ng4 23. Rxg4+ Kh8 24. Nf6 (24. Nf5 $1 cxd5 25. Rh4+ Kg8 26. Qh5 {this was a faster checkmate}) 24... Rg8 (24... b5 25. Rg1 $1 {[%CAl Gf3h5]}) 25. Rxg8+ Rxg8 26. Qh5+ Kg7 27. Qg5+ {[%csl Rg8][%CAl Rg5g8] Black resigned as he will lose the rook on g8} 1-0 [Event "PNWCC Online blitz JP 12th"] [Site "Lichess.org INT"] [Date "2020.06.06"] [Round "10"] [White "Chigaev, Maksim"] [Black "Tang, Andrew"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2588"] [BlackElo "2538"] [Annotator "thechesscorner,@gmail.com"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2020.06.06"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2020.07.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,47,16,14,7,7,11,7,7,15,15,-12,6,-9,-10,-24,-9,-3,-3,-34,-32,-62,-32, -50,-44,-56,84,64,143,114,203,107,106,175,137,209,644,655,656,698,718,523,523, 523,529,529,29997,29998,29999,-30000]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 a6 6. c3 O-O 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. h3 h6 9. g4 $5 d5 10. g5 $1 (10. Qe2 Re8 11. Nf1 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. g5 hxg5 14. Bxg5 dxe4 15. dxe4 Qb6 16. Ba4 {1-0 (34) Illingworth,M (2372)-Lane,G (2366) Parramatta 2011}) 10... hxg5 11. Nxg5 Be6 $2 {natural development move but a mistake here} (11... Ne7 12. exd5 Nexd5 13. Nde4 Bf5 14. Qf3 Bg6 15. Rg1 c6 16. Bd2 a5 17. O-O-O {1-0 (47) Mamedov,R (2659) -Warmerdam,M (2498) Wijk aan Zee 2020}) 12. Qf3 (12. Rg1 $1 Na5 13. Bc2 Re8 14. Qf3 Qd6 15. Nf1 {with a strong attack!}) 12... Re8 $2 (12... Qd6 13. Rg1 d4 14. c4) 13. Rg1 Kf8 (13... Qe7 14. exd5 e4 15. Ndxe4) 14. Qg3 (14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nde4 Kg8 16. Nxf7 Bxf7 17. Qg3 g6 18. Bxd5) 14... g6 15. exd5 Bxd5 16. Nde4 $1 {White is winning here} Bxb3 17. Nxf6 $1 $18 Bd5 (17... Qxf6 18. Nh7+) 18. Ngh7+ Ke7 19. Bg5 Ke6 20. Qg4+ Kd6 21. Nxd5 Qc8 22. Ndf6 Rh8 23. Ne4+ Kd5 24. Nhf6# 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz 5th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2010.11.18"] [Round "37"] [White "Mamedov, Rauf"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2660"] [BlackElo "2709"] [Annotator "gmail,thechesscorner"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "2010.11.16"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "38"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2011"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.26"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,43,38,30,18,8,25,-15,38,5,8,1,14,-48,3,-11,-11,-23,3,-24,19,-30,-35, -93,-61,-79,-56,-51,-64,-55,-49,-96,-70,-21,0,-3,122,66,168,160,195,195,217,59, 1361,934]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 a6 6. Bb3 Ba7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Qe2 (8. h3 h6 $6 (8... d5) 9. g4 $1 d6 (9... d5 10. g5 hxg5 11. Nxg5 dxe4 (11... Ne7 12. exd5 Nfxd5 13. Nde4 f6 14. Nf3) 12. Ndxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bf5 14. Bg5 Qd7 15. Rg1 Bg6 16. Bf6 $18) 10. Nf1 Be6 11. g5 hxg5 12. Bxg5 Nb8 ( 12... Bxb3 13. axb3 Qe7 14. Ng3 Qe6 15. Rg1 g6 16. Qe2 Nh7 17. Bh6 Rfe8 18. h4) (12... Qe7 13. Ng3 Bxb3 14. axb3 Qe6 15. Rg1 Qxh3 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nf5+ Kh8 18. N3h4 Rg8 19. Qh5#) 13. Rg1 Kh7 (13... Nbd7 14. Ng3 Qe8 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Qd2 Kh8 17. O-O-O Nh7 18. Ng5 Nf6 19. d4 $18) 14. Nh4 Nbd7 15. Qf3 Qe8 16. Ne3 Bxb3 17. axb3 Qe6 18. Nd5 Rac8 (18... Nxd5 19. exd5 $18 Qe8 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21. Bf6 $1 Nxf6 22. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 23. Nf5+ Kg8 24. Qg5+) 19. O-O-O c6 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Rxg7+ Kxg7 22. Rg1+ Ng4 23. Rxg4+ Kh8 24. Nf6 Rg8 25. Rxg8+ Rxg8 26. Qh5+ Kg7 27. Qg5+ {1-0 (27) Mamedov,R (2654)-Nasuta,G (2512) Europe Echecs INT 2021} ) 8... d5 9. h3 Re8 10. Nf1 h6 $6 (10... Be6 11. Ng5 Bc8) (10... Ne7) (10... dxe4 11. dxe4 Be6 12. Ng3 Bxb3 13. axb3 h6 14. Nh2 Qd7 15. Ng4 Re6 16. Be3) 11. g4 $1 Na5 12. Ng3 Nxb3 13. axb3 dxe4 14. dxe4 Be6 $6 (14... Nd7) (14... Nh7 $1) 15. g5 hxg5 $2 (15... Nh7 16. gxh6 g6) 16. Bxg5 $16 Bxb3 (16... Qd6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Rd1) 17. Rg1 b5 $2 (17... Kf8 18. Nh4) 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Nh5 $1 Qh6 20. Nxg7 $18 Kh8 21. Nf5 Qf6 22. Nd2 $1 {[%csl Rb3,Rh8][%CAl Ge2h5,Gd2b3]} 1-0 [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2021.04.15"] [Round "?"] [White "VariationA-Morozevich-Adams 2"] [Black "Light-11Nh2!"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [Annotator "thechesscorner,@gmail.com"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2021.04.15"] [EventType "game"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 d6 6. Bb3 a6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Nf1 Ba7 9. Ng3 h6 (9... Be6 10. h3 h6 (10... d5 11. Bg5 $5) 11. Nh2) 10. h3 Be6 ( 10... d5 $5 11. exd5 (11. Qe2 Be6 12. O-O (12. Bc2 Re8) 12... dxe4 13. dxe4 Bxb3 14. axb3 Qd6 15. b4 Qe6 16. Nh4 {McShane-Gyimesi 2006} Ne7 17. Nhf5 Rfd8 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Nxe3 Ng6 20. Rfd1 b5 $11) 11... Nxd5 12. O-O Re8 13. Re1 Be6 ( 13... Nf6 14. Bc2 Qd6 15. b4 {Bologan-Szabo} (15. Nh4 {Tkachiev-Guyard} Ne7 16. Bb3) 15... Be6) 14. Nh5 $5 Nf6 (14... Qd6) 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Rad8 18. Qe2 (18. Bc2) 18... Bxb3 19. axb3 Qe6 20. b4 Rd5 (20... Qc8) 21. d4 f6 22. Re1 Qd6 23. Nd2 {1-0 (55) Chigaev,M (2616)-Paveto,K (2452) Caleta 2020}) 11. Nh2 {Nh2-g4,Ng3-f5,Qf3 or Qh5 and potentially Bxh6. No castle yet for white, sometimes 0-0-0 is possible} d5 {center reaction} (11... Ne7 12. Ng4 Ng6 13. Nf5 Re8 $2 (13... Nh7 14. h4 $1 Qd7 15. h5 Ne7 16. Ngxh6+ $1 Kh8 17. Qg4 g6 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. Nxe7 Qxe7 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. f3 {1-0 (21) Yemelin,V (2582) -Klimov,S (2521) St Petersburg 2009} Qe8 22. Qh4 Rd8 23. Ng4 Rd7 24. Bh6 Rff7 25. Bg5 Qe6 26. Qh3 Qe8 27. O-O-O Bb6 28. d4 exd4 29. cxd4 c6 30. Bf6+ Kg8 31. e5) (13... d5 14. Qf3 Bxf5 15. Qxf5 Nxg4 16. hxg4 Nh4 17. Qxe5 dxe4 18. d4 Nxg2+ 19. Kf1 Nh4 20. Qh5 Nf3 21. Bxh6 $1 {1-0 (21) Oratovsky,M (2445)-Silva,M (2250) Evora 2019}) 14. Nxg7 $1 (14. Qf3 $18) 14... Bxb3 (14... Kxg7 15. Bxh6+ Kg8 16. Bg5 Bxg4 17. hxg4 Kg7 18. Qf3 Rh8 19. Rxh8 Nxh8 20. Qh3 Kg8 21. Qh6 Nxg4 22. Bxf7+ $1 Nxf7 (22... Kxf7 23. Qh7+) 23. Qg6+ Kf8) 15. Qxb3 (15. Qd2 $5 ) 15... Kxg7 16. Bxh6+ Kg8 17. Bg5 Re6 18. O-O-O $1) (11... Qd7 12. Qf3 Bxb3 13. axb3 Nh7 14. Ng4 Ne7 15. O-O (15. Nf5) 15... c6 16. Ne3 Bxe3 17. fxe3 g6 18. d4 h5 19. Qd1 Rae8 20. c4 Nc8 21. d5 cxd5 22. exd5 f5 23. b4 Nf6 24. b3 { 1/2-1/2 (24) Kasimdzhanov,R (2595)-Piket,J (2609) Wijk aan Zee 1999}) (11... Nh7 12. Qh5 {Kostenko-Moradiabadi}) (11... Bxb3 12. axb3 {Tkachiev-Flear} Nh7 13. Qg4 Kh8 14. Nf3 Nf6 15. Qh4 Ng8) 12. Qf3 $1 {[%csl Gc1,Gf3,Rf5,Rg4,Gh6] [%CAl Rg3f5,Rh2g4,Gc1h6] maintains e4 and prepares attack} Na5 (12... dxe4 13. dxe4 Nd7 14. Ng4 Ne7 15. O-O Bxg4 16. hxg4 Nc5 17. Rd1 Qe8 18. Bc2 Ne6 19. Nf5 $1 Rd8 20. Re1 Ng5 21. Qe2 Ng6 22. g3 Qb5 23. c4 Qc6 24. Kg2 Rfe8 25. Rh1 Nf8 26. Bxg5 hxg5 27. Rad1 Rxd1 28. Qxd1 Qb6 29. Qd2 Ne6 30. b4 Qc6 31. c5 b6 32. Qd1 g6 33. Ne3 Nd4 34. Nd5 a5 {1-0 (34) Kazhgaleyev,M (2500)-Malaniuk,V (2615) Luzern 1997}) 13. Bc2 dxe4 14. dxe4 Nc4 (14... Nh7 15. Nf5 (15. b3) 15... Nc4 16. Qg3 Bxf5 17. exf5 Kh8 18. O-O Qe7 (18... Re8) 19. Re1 Rfe8 20. Nf3 Qf6 21. Re4 Qxf5 22. Nh4 Qe6 23. Qd3 Nxb2 24. Bxb2 Ng5 25. Re2 e4 26. Qg3 Rad8 27. Rae1 c6 28. Bc1 Qf6 29. Bf4 Re6 30. Bb3 Re7 31. Bxg5 hxg5 32. Nf3 exf3 33. Rxe7 Rd2 34. Re8+ Kh7 35. Rf1 {1-0 (35) Nevednichy,V (2570)-Moradiabadi,E (2542) Kallithea 2009}) 15. Ng4 Nd7 (15... Nh7 16. b3 (16. O-O Nd2 17. Bxd2 Qxd2 18. Qe2 Qxe2 19. Nxe2 f6 20. Bb3 Kf7 21. Rfd1 Rfd8 22. Ng3 Nf8 23. Kf1 Bxb3 24. axb3 Ne6 25. b4 Bb6 {1/2-1/2 (47) Chigaev,M (2588)-Quesada Perez,Y (2565) Lichess.org INT 2020})) 16. O-O Qh4 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Nd6 19. f6 Nxf6 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Kh2 f5 22. g3 Qf6 23. Qh5 Kg7 24. g4 f4 25. g5 Qe6 26. Bxf4 Rh8 27. Rae1 hxg5 28. Qxg5+ Kf8 29. Qg2 f6 30. Bb3 Qf5 31. Be3 Qh7 32. Rg1 Bxe3 33. Rxe3 Rd8 34. Qd5 Qf5 35. Rf3 Rxh3+ 36. Rxh3 Qxf2+ 37. Kh1 {1-0 (37) Morozevich, A (2774)-Adams,M (2729) Yerevan 2008} 1-0 [Event "Karen Asrian Mem"] [Site "Yerevan ARM"] [Date "2008.06.12"] [Round "5"] [White "Morozevich, A.."] [Black "Adams, Mi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2774"] [BlackElo "2729"] [Annotator "thechesscorner,@gmail.com"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2008.??.??"] [EventType "team-tourn"] {[%evp 0,73,19,29,40,20,21,24,11,32,14,6,1,-37,2,-6,-1,-13,-7,-7,-6,-22,-15, -67,-71,-69,-67,-64,-39,-41,-15,-49,-7,11,-2,-4,12,-4,35,46,62,-28,-19,1,9,-68, -49,-73,-67,-57,193,172,169,296,357,32,73,81,68,72,55,0,0,68,77,117,104,91,214, 145,333,327,1260,1281,29987,29990]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Bb3 Ba7 7. h3 ({Relevant:} 7. O-O d6 8. h3 h6 9. Re1 (9. Be3 g5 10. Bxa7 Nxa7 11. Nbd2) 9... g5 $1 {Black attacks} 10. Nh2 g4 11. hxg4 Rg8 12. Qf3 Qe7 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Bxg4 15. Nxg4 Nxg4 16. Qh3 Nd8 $1 17. Nd2 Ne6 18. Re2 O-O-O 19. Rf1 Kb8 20. Nf3 h5 21. Qh4 f6 22. Nh2 Rdf8 23. Rf5 Nxh2 24. Qxh2 h4 25. Bxe6 Qxe6 26. c4 Rh8 27. Ref2 Rh6 28. Qh3 Rg8 29. R5f3 Qe7 30. Kf1 Rg5 31. Ke2 Qg7 32. Qh1 Rhg6 33. Kf1 Rg3 34. Qxh4 Rxg2 35. Rh3 Ka7 36. Rh2 Rg1+ { Adams,M (2734)-Shirov,A (2699) Elista 2007 0-1}) 7... h6 8. Nbd2 d6 9. Nf1 Be6 10. Ng3 O-O 11. Nh2 (11. Bc2 d5 12. Nh2 Ne7 13. Nh5 Ng6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Qf3 dxe4 16. dxe4 Qxf3 17. Nxf3 f6 18. Kf1 b5 19. Ke2 Kf7 20. Bb3 {1-0 (90) Tiviakov,S (2631)-Jonkman,H (2428) Neiva 2005}) 11... d5 (11... Ne7 12. Ng4) 12. Qf3 {[#]} Na5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qd7 13. Bxh6 $1 dxe4 14. dxe4 Bxb3 15. axb3 Qe6 16. Nf5 $18 Ne8 17. Qg4 Qg6 18. Bg5 Nd6 19. Nxd6 cxd6 20. Bd2 Qxg4 21. Nxg4 f5 22. exf5 Rxf5 23. Be3 Raf8 24. Bxa7 Nxa7 25. Ke2 e4 26. Rad1 $18 d5 27. Rd2 Nc6 28. Rhd1 d4 29. cxd4 Nb4 30. d5 Nd3 31. Ke3 Re8 32. Kd4 Nf4 33. Ne3 Rg5 34. g3 Nd3 35. Rc2 Rg6 36. Ra1 Rf6 37. Ng4 Rf5 38. Rc7 Nxf2 39. Ne3 Rf6 40. Rxb7 Nxh3 41. Ra7 Ng5 42. R1xa6 {Erenburg,S (2513)-Gustafsson,J (2579) Playchess.com INT 2004 1-0}) (12... Kh8 13. Ng4 dxe4 14. dxe4 Nxe4 $1 15. Nxe4 Bxb3 16. axb3 f5) (12... Qd6 13. Ng4 Nxg4 14. hxg4 dxe4 15. dxe4 (15. Nxe4 $1 Qe7 16. g5 hxg5 17. Nxg5) 15... Bxb3 16. axb3 Ne7 17. g5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 f6 19. Bd2 Rad8 20. O-O-O Qe6 {0-1 (32) Popovic,D (2606)-Sorokin,A (2855) Chess.com INT 2020}) 13. Bc2 dxe4 14. dxe4 Nc4 15. Ng4 $1 Nd7 16. O-O (16. Nf5 $1 Bxf5 17. exf5 h5 18. Ne3 Nxe3 19. Bxe3) 16... Qh4 (16... Nd6 17. Nf5) 17. Nf5 $1 Bxf5 18. exf5 Nd6 (18... h5 $1 19. Ne3) 19. f6 $1 Nxf6 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Kh2 f5 $11 22. g3 Qf6 23. Qh5 Kg7 24. g4 f4 $4 (24... Rh8 25. gxf5 Kf8 26. Bd2 Ke8 27. Rad1) 25. g5 $1 $18 Qe6 (25... hxg5 26. Qh7#) 26. Bxf4 $1 Rh8 (26... exf4 27. Rae1 Be3 28. fxe3 f3 29. Rxf3 Rh8 30. Rg1 Qe5+ 31. Kh1 Kf8 32. Bb3 Ke7 33. Rxf7+ Nxf7 34. Qxf7+ Kd8 35. Rd1+ Kc8 36. g6 Kb8 37. g7 $18) 27. Rae1 hxg5 28. Qxg5+ Kf8 29. Qg2 f6 30. Bb3 Qf5 31. Be3 Qh7 32. Rg1 Bxe3 33. Rxe3 Rd8 $2 ( 33... Re8) 34. Qd5 Qf5 $2 (34... c6 35. Qe6 Qf5 36. Qxf5 Nxf5 37. Rf3 Rh5 38. Rg8+ Ke7 39. Rxd8 Kxd8 40. Be6 Ng7 41. Bg4 Rh6 42. Rd3+ Ke8 43. Rd7) 35. Rf3 $1 Rxh3+ 36. Rxh3 Qxf2+ 37. Kh1 1-0 [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2021.06.14"] [Round "?"] [White "VARIATION B 12Nh2 2021"] [Black "Jakovenko-Zhu"] [Result "*"] [ECO "C54"] [Annotator "thechesscorner,@gmail.com"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2021.06.14"] {[%evp 0,53,29,8,8,8,8,9,11,11,15,4,24,-14,23,-28,-4,-62,9,-47,15,3,8,-11,5, -46,-12,-20,31,31,25,33,42,33,56,15,31,26,41,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,37,40,134,153,153, 146,146,146,937,996]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 d6 6. Nbd2 a6 {[#]} 7. Nf1 (7. O-O O-O 8. Bb3 Ba7 9. Re1 (9. h3 {Main Line} h6 10. Re1 Nh5 11. Nf1 Qf6 12. Be3 {[#]} Nf4 13. d4 Ne7 14. Ng3 Neg6 15. Bc2 Nh4 (15... Be6 16. Nf5) 16. Nxh4 Qxh4 17. Qf3 {Dominguez-Quesada 2008} g6) 9... h6 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Ng3 Re8 12. Bc2 d5 13. exd5 Bxd5 (13... Nxd5 14. h3 Qd6) (13... Qxd5 14. h3 Rad8 15. Qe2) 14. h3 Qd7 (14... Qd6) 15. Nh4 Rad8 16. Nhf5 Ne7 17. Rxe5 $14 { Dominguez-Abdusattorov 2020}) 7... O-O 8. Bb3 Ba7 (8... h6 9. Ng3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. O-O Re8 12. Re1 Nf6 13. h3 Be6 14. Bc2 Bd5 15. b4 (15. Nh4 { Duda-Mamyedayarov 2018}) 15... Bf8 16. a4 {Kramnik-Anand 2016}) 9. h3 {[#]} Re8 (9... d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Ng3 h6 (11... f6) 12. O-O Re8 13. Re1 Nf6 (13... Be6 14. Nh5 {Chigaev-Paveto 2020}) 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Rxe3 Be6 16. Nxe5 Bxb3 17. Nxc6 Bxd1 18. Nxd8 Rxe3 19. fxe3 Bc2 20. Nxb7 Rb8 21. Rc1 {1-0 (40) Chigaev,M (2588) -Vavulin,M (2554) Chess.com INT 2020}) (9... Be6 10. Ng3 h6 11. O-O Qd7 $6 { Carlsen-Nakamura} (11... Re8) (11... d5) 12. Be3) 10. Ng3 h6 (10... Be6 11. Bg5 $1 Qe7 12. Nh5 Kh8 13. Nh4 Bxb3 14. axb3 Qe6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qf3 Rg8 17. Nxf6 Rg5 18. Nd5 Rc8 19. Nf5 Bb6 20. g4 Na5 21. b4 Nc6 22. h4 Rgg8 23. g5 Rce8 24. Nf6 Rd8 25. Qh5 Rg7 26. Nxg7 Kxg7 27. Qh6+ {1-0 (27) Dourerassou,J (2477) -Thorsbro,P (2221) Lund 2019}) 11. O-O (11. Nh2 $5 {like Variation A but ..Re8 instead of ..Be6 first} Be6 12. Ng4 d5 13. Qf3 dxe4 14. dxe4 Nh7 { Lyianage-Yilmaz TT 2021}) 11... Be6 (11... d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Re1 Be6 (13... Nf6 14. Bc2 Qd6 15. Nh4 {Tkachiev} (15. b4 {Bologan})) 14. Nh5 {Chigaev-Paveto} Nf6 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Rad8 18. Qe2 Bxb3 19. axb3) 12. Nh2 $5 {[#] 12Nh2 with Castle - B LINE} (12. Bc2 d5 {Duda-Carlsen} 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Re1 Qd6 15. Nh4 Qe7 16. Nhf5 (16. Qh5 Rad8) 16... Qf6 17. Qf3 g6 18. Nxh6+ Kg7 19. Qxf6+ Nxf6 20. Ne4 Nh7 21. g4 f5 {1/2-1/2 (43) Duda,J (2758)-Carlsen,M (2872) Wijk aan Zee 2020}) 12... Bxb3 (12... Ne7 13. Qf3 Ng6 14. Nf5 (14. Ng4 Nxg4 15. hxg4 Nh4 16. Qe2 d5 17. Nf5 b5 18. g3 Ng6 19. Kg2) 14... Bxf5 15. exf5 Nh4 16. Qxb7 Nxf5 17. Ng4 Nxg4 18. hxg4 Ng3 19. Bxf7+ Kh8 20. g5 Rf8 21. Qf3 Nxf1 22. g6 Qh4 23. Kxf1 Rae8 24. g3 Qh2 25. Bxh6 Re6 26. Ke2 Rxg6 27. Bd2 Rxf7 28. Rh1 Rxf3 29. Rxh2+ Kg8 30. Kxf3 Rf6+ 31. Ke2 Rf8 32. f3 Kf7 33. Rh4 Bb6 34. f4 Ke6 35. Rg4 Rh8 36. Rh4 Rf8 37. Rh7 exf4 38. gxf4 {1-0 (38) Atlas,V (2458) -Renet,O (2552) Switzerland 2006}) 13. axb3 {[#]} Ne7 (13... d5 14. Qf3 Re6 15. Nf5 dxe4 16. dxe4 Ne7 17. Rd1 Qe8 18. Nf1 Qc6 19. Nxe7+ Rxe7 20. Ng3 Ree8 21. Re1 Rad8 22. Nf5 Kh7 23. b4 {1/2-1/2 (47) Tkachiev,V (2645)-Rogic,D (2460) Porec 1998}) (13... Qd7 14. Qf3 Qe6 15. b4 Ne7 16. Ng4 Nh7 17. Nf5 {1-0 (17) Nevednichy,V (2593)-Aleksandrov,A (2659) Budva 2003} Ng6 18. g3) 14. Qf3 Ng6 15. Nf5 Re6 16. Ng4 {[#]} Nxg4 17. hxg4 Nh4 18. Qh3 Nxf5 {[#]} 19. exf5 (19. gxf5 $1 Re8 20. Qf3 f6 21. g3 Qd7 22. Kg2 Qf7 23. Rh1) 19... Re8 20. Bxh6 gxh6 21. Qxh6 f6 22. Qg6+ Kf8 (22... Kh8 $1) 23. g5 fxg5 24. f6 Qd7 25. Ra4 e4 26. Re1 e3 27. Qh6+ {1-0 (27) Jakovenko,D (2698)-Zou,C (2459) China 2019} * [Event "Lukacs_ChessCorner_Analysis"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2004.10.12"] [Round "?"] [White "Tiviakov"] [Black "Sargissian 9..d5 knight on f1"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [Annotator "gmail,thechesscorner"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] {[%evp 0,57,24,26,29,29,29,5,5,6,1,-8,26,-40,-8,-11,3,-13,-11,-11,-15,-15,-16, -10,-16,-16,-15,-27,-21,-36,15,21,22,39,32,25,19,7,36,36,67,41,84,84,84,88,109, 109,109,109,164,132,132,26,337,412,29991,29992,29997,29998]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bb3 a6 7. h3 Ba7 8. Nbd2 O-O {no h7-h6 by black} 9. Nf1 d5 10. Qe2 (10. exd5 {the alternative} Nxd5 11. Ng3 f6 (11... Nf4 ) (11... h6) 12. O-O Be6) 10... dxe4 (10... d4 11. Ng3 (11. g4 $2 { overoptimistic as Black didnt commit to h7-h6} Nd7 12. Ng3 Nc5 13. Bc2 b5 $1 14. Nf5 dxc3 15. bxc3 b4 $1 $17 {Black gained the control of the d4 square. typical counterplay for Black})) (10... Re8 11. Ng3 (11. g4) 11... h6 12. Nh2 $5) (10... h6 $6 11. g4 $1 dxe4 12. dxe4 Be6 13. g5 $1 hxg5 14. Bxg5 Bxb3 15. axb3 Qd6 16. Ng3 Ne7 17. Rd1 Qe6) (10... Be6 11. Ng5 (11. Ng3 Na5 $1 12. Bc2 dxe4 13. dxe4 Bc4 $1 14. Qd2 Qxd2+ 15. Nxd2 Be6) 11... dxe4 (11... Bc8 12. Ng3 h6 13. Nf3 Be6 14. O-O Re8 15. Rd1 Qe7 16. Nh4 Rad8 17. Nhf5 Qf8 18. Qf3 dxe4 19. dxe4 Rxd1+ 20. Bxd1 Rd8 21. Bb3 Nh7 22. Nh5 Bxf5 {Sjugirov-Sanal 2021} 23. exf5 $1 $16) 12. Nxe6 (12. dxe4 Bxb3 13. axb3 Nd7 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 Qf6 $15 ) 12... exd3 13. Nxd8 dxe2 14. Nxc6 exf1=Q+ 15. Rxf1 bxc6 16. Ba4 Rad8 17. Bxc6 Rd6 18. Ba4 Rfd8 19. Bc2 h6 20. Ke2 g5 $11) (10... Qd6 11. Ng3 d4 12. O-O Be6 13. Nh4 Ne7 14. Bg5 Ne8 15. cxd4 Bxd4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nhf5 {Maceija-Sokolov 1998}) 11. dxe4 Qe7 (11... Be6 12. Ng3 Qd7 (12... Bxb3 13. axb3 Ne8 (13... Qd7 14. Nf5) 14. Nd2 Nd6 15. Nc4) 13. Bg5 Ne8 14. Rd1 Nd6) (11... h6 12. g4 $1) ( 11... Nh5 $5 12. g3 Nf6 13. g4 Nd7 14. Ne3 Nc5 15. Bc2 Ne6 16. Nd5 (16. Nf5) 16... Re8 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Nb8 19. Nxe5 c6 (19... Nc5 $6 20. O-O-O $1) 20. Nf4 Nc5) (11... Re8) 12. Ng3 {[#] White has delayed castle} ({Relevant:} 12. N3h2 Be6 13. Ng4 Bxb3 14. axb3 Qe6 15. b4 Ne7 16. Ng3 Ne8 17. Ne3 Nd6 18. Qg4 Qg6 19. Nef5 Rfe8 20. Nxe7+ Rxe7 21. Nf5 Rd7 22. Qxg6 hxg6 23. Nxd6 Rxd6 24. Ke2 c6 25. Bg5 f6 26. Bh4 Rad8 {1/2-1/2 (26) Macieja,B (2615)-Grischuk,A (2702) Bled 2002}) 12... Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Na5 13. Bc2 h6 14. O-O Bd7 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Bb5 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Rad8 19. Qe2 Qe6 {0-1 (33) Noguera, S-Calvo,R France 1996}) 13. Bc2 Rfe8 (13... b5 14. Nh4 Bc4 15. Qf3) (13... Rad8 14. Nh4 {[%CAl Gh4f5]}) 14. Nh4 $1 {[%csl Rf5][%CAl Rh4f5,Rg3f5]} Qf8 (14... Qc5 15. Bg5 $1 (15. Nhf5 $6 Ne7 $1 {simplifying} 16. Bg5 Nxf5 17. Nxf5 (17. exf5 Bc4 $1) 17... Qb6 18. Bxf6 Bxf5) 15... Bc4 16. Qf3 Re6 17. Nhf5) (14... g6 15. Bg5 $1 Rad8 16. Qf3 $1 Kg7 17. Nhf5+ $1 {an important tactical motif} (17. O-O {also possible, keeping Nhf5+ handy}) 17... gxf5 (17... Bxf5 18. exf5 e4 19. Nxe4 Ne5 20. Qe2 $16) 18. Nh5+ $1 {[%csl Rf6,Rg7][%CAl Rh5g7,Rh5f6]}) 15. Nhf5 Ne7 (15... Bxf5 16. Nxf5 Ne7 17. Bg5 Nxf5 18. exf5 Qd6 19. O-O) 16. Bg5 $1 {taking advantage of no h7-h6 by black to use the g5 square} Bxf5 $2 (16... Nxf5 17. exf5 Bd5 18. O-O) 17. exf5 Ned5 18. O-O-O $1 h6 19. Bh4 Qc5 20. Ne4 Qc6 21. Bb3 {all white pieces are well placed} Nf4 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Qg4 Qc6 24. f6 $5 (24. g3 $1 h5 25. Qg5 $1 {knight on f4 is lost} Ne2+ 26. Kb1 { [%csl Ge2,Gf7][%CAl Gg5h5,Gh5e2,Gh5f7]}) 24... Qxg2 $2 (24... g6 25. Rd7 Ne6 26. Rhd1) 25. Bg3 g5 26. Qd7 (26. Bxf4 Qxg4 27. hxg4 exf4 28. Rxh6 Bxf2 29. Rg6+ $1 Kf8 30. Rg7 $18) 26... Rf8 $6 (26... Ne2+ 27. Kb1 Qe4+ 28. Ka1 Qg6) 27. Bxf4 exf4 28. Qf5 $1 Rfd8 29. Qg6+ $1 {exploiting the pin along the a2-g8 diagonal 1-0 (29) Tiviakov,S (2593)-Sargissian,G (2614) Tripoli 2004} 1-0 [Event "Pfalz op 2nd"] [Site "Neustadt an der Weinstrasse"] [Date "2009.02.20"] [Round "7"] [White "Tiviakov, Sergei"] [Black "Buhmann (Addtl 9..d5), Rainer"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2684"] [BlackElo "2565"] [Annotator "gmail,thechesscorner"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2009.02.15"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.03.05"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,65,20,17,17,17,22,17,26,14,11,-4,10,-22,1,-30,-1,-2,-9,-12,-11,-11, -11,-50,-55,-28,-6,-15,2,-46,-4,-17,-6,0,17,-25,-9,-55,-18,-35,9,-88,0,-83,12, -33,29,30,138,244,309,237,197,195,294,301,301,338,369,494,494,355,800,788,918, 800,1408,987]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 a6 6. Bb3 Ba7 7. h3 d6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nf1 (9. O-O h6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bc2 d5 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. Ng3 Qd6 15. Nh4 Ne7 16. Qe2 Rad8 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Nc6 19. Ngf5 Qf8 20. Rad1 Kh8 21. Nf3 Ng8 22. Ng3 Nf6 23. a3 a5 24. Ba4 Re6 25. Bxc6 Bxc6 26. Nxe5 Ba4 27. Rc1 Kg8 28. d4 {1-0 (65) Sarana,A (2640)-Shahade,G (2476) Chess.com INT 2021}) (9. Nh2 {Christian Bauer Games} Kh8 10. Ndf1 d5 11. Qf3 dxe4 12. dxe4 Ng8 13. Be3 f5 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. Bxa7 fxe4 16. Qe3 Nxa7 17. Ng3 Nh6 18. O-O Nf5 19. Nxf5 Bxf5 20. Bd5 Nc6 21. Rfe1 Qh4 22. Nf1 Ne7 23. Ng3 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 Bg6 25. Rxe5 Rae8 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Rd1 Qe7 28. b4 h6 29. a3 b6 30. Rd4 c5 31. Rd5 {1-0 (58) Moussard,J (2579)-Ouakhir,P (2258) Cap d'Agde 2018}) 9... d5 (9... Re8 10. g4 $5 Be6 11. Ng3 Bxb3 12. axb3 Nd7 13. b4 Bb6 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bd2 Rf8 16. h4 Qe8 17. h5 Qe6 18. Nf5 a5 19. bxa5 Nxa5 20. Ra3 Nc6 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. b4 d5 23. O-O dxe4 24. dxe4 Nf8 25. g5 Ne7 26. gxf6 gxf6 27. N3h4 Nxf5 28. Nxf5 Kh8 29. Bh6 Nd7 30. Bg7+ Kg8 31. Qg4 Kf7 32. Rd1 Re8 33. Kg2 Ba7 34. Nh6+ Ke7 35. Nf5+ Kd8 36. Ra1 Bb8 37. Rd1 Kc8 38. h6 c6 39. Qh5 Rg8 40. Kf3 Bc7 41. Ne3 Nb6 42. Qf5 Re8 43. Qxh7 Qh3+ 44. Ke2 Qh5+ 45. Kd3 {1-0 (69) Mamedov,R (2654)-Ivanchuk,V (2678) Europe Echecs INT 2020}) (9... Ne7 10. Ng3 (10. g4 Ng6 11. Ng3 d5 12. g5 Nd7 13. Bxd5 c6 14. Bb3 Nc5 15. Bc2 Qb6 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 Ne6 18. Ne2 f6 19. Bb3 Kh8 20. h4 fxg5 21. Nxg5 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Qxd4 23. Qxd4 Bxd4 24. Nf7+ Rxf7 25. Bxf7 Ne5 26. Bh5 Nd3+ 27. Ke2 Nxf2 28. Rf1 g6 29. Bf3 Ng4 30. Bg5 Kg7 {1-0 (57) Mamedov,R (2624)-Mamedjarova,T (2284) Nakhchivan 2012 }) 10... Ng6 11. O-O c6 12. Re1 (12. d4 Qc7 13. Bg5 Ne8 14. Qd2 Be6 15. Bc2 d5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Bf4 Qf6 19. e5 Qe7 20. Kh1 Nc7 21. Rae1 Qd7 22. Kh2 d4 23. Qd3 g6 24. Ne4 Kh8 25. Nf6 Qe7 26. Qg3 Nd5 27. Bg5 Qc7 28. Qh4 h5 29. Nxh5 {1-0 (29) Bologan,V (2574)-Hamley,R (2089) Chess.com INT 2020}) 12... h6 13. d4 Re8 14. Bc2 Qc7 15. Be3 Be6 16. Qd2 Rad8 (16... Qe7 17. Rad1 b5 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Nf8 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Bxa7 Rxa7 22. Nxe5 Qc7 23. f4 Raa8 24. Qf2 Rad8 25. Qc5 N8d7 26. Qxc6 Qa7+ 27. Kh1 Nc5 28. Qf3 Qb6 29. b4 Na4 30. Bb3 {1-0 (30) Bologan,V (2574)-Estrada Nieto,J (2280) Chess.com INT 2020}) 17. Rad1 d5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Bf4 Nf3+ 21. gxf3 Qd7 22. Bf5 Be6 23. Qc2 Nd5 24. Bc1 Bb8 25. Bxe6 Rxe6 26. Rxe6 Qxe6 27. Kg2 Re8 28. Qe4 Qd7 29. Qg4 Qd6 30. c4 Nf6 31. Qf5 g6 32. Qc5 Qxc5 33. dxc5 Bxg3 34. fxg3 Re2+ 35. Kf1 Rc2 36. b3 Nh5 37. Rd8+ Kg7 38. Bd2 Nxg3+ 39. Ke1 g5 {1-0 (61) Chigaev,M (2640) -Pultinevicius,P (2481) Riga 2019}) (9... Be6 10. Ng3 Bxb3 (10... d5 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. O-O Kh8 14. exd5 exd5 15. Be3 Qd7 16. Bxa7 Rxa7 17. Nh5 Raa8 18. Nxf6 Rxf6 19. Qg4 Qxg4 20. hxg4 Rd8 21. Rfe1 Rf4 22. f3 e4 23. fxe4 dxe4 24. d4 Rxg4 25. Bd1 Rf4 26. g3 Rf7 27. Rxe4 g6 28. Re6 {1-0 (46) Chigaev,M (2588)-Huzman,A (2562) Lichess.org INT 2020}) (10... h6 11. Nh2 d5 12. Qf3 dxe4 13. dxe4 Na5 14. Bc2 Nc4 15. Ng4 Nh7 16. O-O Nd2 17. Bxd2 Qxd2 18. Qe2 Qxe2 19. Nxe2 f6 20. Bb3 Kf7 21. Rfd1 Rfd8 22. Ng3 Nf8 23. Kf1 Bxb3 24. axb3 Ne6 25. b4 Bb6 26. Nh2 g6 27. Nf3 Nf4 28. Ne1 Ke7 29. Ne2 {1/2-1/2 (47) Chigaev,M (2588) -Quesada Perez,Y (2565) Lichess.org INT 2020}) 11. axb3 Ne7 12. Nh4 Kh8 13. O-O d5 14. Qe2 Qd6 15. Bg5 Qe6 16. b4 h6 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Rad8 19. Ngf5 Nxf5 20. Nxf5 Rd7 21. Rfe1 dxe4 22. dxe4 Kh7 23. Ra5 b6 24. Rxa6 Rfd8 25. Qf3 g6 26. Ne3 Kg7 27. Ra7 Qc6 28. Raa1 Rd2 29. Rad1 Rxd1 30. Nxd1 Rd2 31. Qg3 Qe6 32. Qf3 {1/2-1/2 (32) Nepomniachtchi,I (2632)-Aronian,L (2768) Mainz 2009}) 10. Qe2 ( 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Ng3 Nf4 (11... h6 12. O-O Re8 13. Re1 Nf6 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Rxe3 Be6 16. Nxe5 Bxb3 17. Nxc6 Bxd1 18. Nxd8 Rxe3 19. fxe3 Bc2 20. Nxb7 Rb8 21. Rc1 Bxd3 22. Nc5 Bg6 23. b3 Rb6 24. c4 Rd6 25. Kf1 Rd2 26. Nxa6 Rxa2 27. Nxc7 Rb2 28. c5 {1-0 (40) Chigaev,M (2588)-Vavulin,M (2554) Chess.com INT 2020} ) 12. Bxf4 exf4 13. Ne2 Qf6 14. O-O (14. Qd2 Re8 15. d4 Bf5 16. Bc2 Re7 17. Bxf5 Qxf5 18. O-O g5 19. Rae1 Rae8 20. Nc1 h5 21. Qd3 Qf6 22. Rxe7 Rxe7 23. h4 gxh4 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Nxe1 Ne7 26. Qf3 c6 27. Qxh5 Ng6 28. Nf3 {1-0 (43) Oratovsky,M (2587)-Estremera Panos,S (2370) Cutro 2003}) 14... Ne7 15. d4 Ng6 16. Bc2 c6 17. Re1 Be6 18. Qd2 Rad8 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Kh1 Bd5 21. Neg1 c5 22. a3 cxd4 23. cxd4 h5 24. Rad1 g5 25. Ne5 g4 26. f3 gxf3 27. Ngxf3 Bb8 28. Qc2 Bxe5 29. dxe5 Qe7 30. Qc3 Bc6 31. Qc4+ Kh8 32. Rxd8 Qxd8 33. e6 Qe7 34. Ne5 Be8 35. Nf3 Rf6 36. Qd5 g6 37. Kh2 Kg8 38. Qe5 Bc6 39. Nd4 f3 40. gxf3 h4 41. f4 Kh7 42. Rg1 Qf8 43. Rg4 Kg8 44. Rxh4 Qg7 45. Rg4 Rf8 46. e7 Re8 47. Qe6+ Kh7 48. f5 Rxe7 49. Rh4+ Qh6 50. Qxe7+ Kg8 51. Rxh6 gxf5 52. Ne6 {1-0 (52) Chigaev, M (2644)-Abdusattorov,N (2608) chess24.com INT 2020}) 10... Be6 (10... d4 11. g4 Nd7 12. Ng3 Nc5 13. Bc2 b5 14. O-O $146 ({Vorgänger:} 14. Nf5 dxc3 15. bxc3 b4 16. Bb2 Ne6 17. cxb4 Nf4 18. Qd2 Bxf5 19. gxf5 Bd4 20. O-O-O Bxb2+ 21. Kxb2 Nxb4 {0-1 (31) Maiorov,O (2458)-Lastin,A (2625) Krasnodar 2002 CBM 091 [Lukacs, P]}) 14... b4 15. c4 a5 16. Bd2 Re8 17. Ne1 Ne7 18. Ng2 Ng6 19. Nf5 Nf8 20. f4 Ng6 21. Kh2 f6 22. Rae1 c6 23. Nxg7 Kxg7 24. f5 Bd7 25. Qf2 Rf8 26. Qg3 Qe7 27. fxg6 hxg6 28. Nh4 Rh8 29. Rf3 Bb8 30. Ref1 Bd6 31. Rxf6 Qxf6 32. Rxf6 Kxf6 33. Nf3 Rae8 34. Nxd4 Kg7 35. Nf3 Rhf8 36. Be3 Ne6 37. Ba4 Nf4 38. c5 {1-0 (72) Howell,D (2648)-Titichoca Daza,D (2085) Chess.com INT 2021}) (10... dxe4 11. dxe4 Qe7 (11... Nh5 12. g3) 12. Ng3 Be6 13. Bc2 Ne8 14. Ng5 Bd7 15. Nf5 Qf6 16. h4 Nd6 17. Ne3 Ne7 18. Bd2 Bb5 19. Qh5 h6 20. Nf3 Qg6 21. Qxg6 Nxg6 22. Nd5 Rad8 23. h5 Nf4 24. Nxf4 exf4 25. Bxf4 Rfe8 26. Nd2 Nxe4 27. Nxe4 Ba4 28. b3 Bc6 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Kxd1 Bxe4 31. Bxe4 Rxe4 32. Bg3 c6 {1/2-1/2 (32) Howell, D (2593)-Svidler,P (2727) Dresden 2008}) (10... h6 11. Ng3 Be6 12. Bc2 dxe4 13. dxe4 Re8 14. O-O Nh7 15. Nh2 Qe7 16. Ng4 Nf6 17. Ne3 g6 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Bxh6 Qh4 21. Be3 Bc4 22. Bd3 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Rad8 24. Qe2 Bxe3 25. Qxe3 Qf4 26. Qc5 Rd2 27. Rab1 e4 28. Rfe1 e3 29. Nh1 b6 30. fxe3 Rxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Qe4+ 32. Kh2 bxc5 33. Rbd1 Qc2+ 34. Kg1 Rxe3 35. Nf2 Rg3+ 36. Kf1 Rf3 {0-1 (36) Hou, Y (2578)-Karpov,A (2651) Cap d'Agde 2008}) 11. Bc2 (11. Ng3 dxe4 12. dxe4 Bxb3 13. axb3 Ne8 (13... Qd7 14. Nh2 a5 15. O-O Qe6 16. Qb5 Bb6 17. Nf3 Ne8 18. Qd5 Nd6 19. Qxe6 fxe6 20. Re1 Bc5 21. Be3 Bxe3 22. Rxe3 b5 23. Nf1 Nb7 24. Rc1 Rfd8 25. b4 Nd6 26. N1d2 Ra6 27. bxa5 Rxa5 28. Re2 Ra2 29. Rb1 Kf7 30. Kf1 Kf6 31. Nb3 Na5 32. Nc5 Ndb7 33. Na6 c6 34. Nb4 Ra4 35. Rd2 Rxd2 36. Nxd2 c5 37. Nd3 Nc6 38. Ke1 Ra8 39. b3 g5 40. Ke2 Ra2 41. Nc1 Ra8 42. Nd3 Ra2 43. Nc1 {1/2-1/2 (43) Tiviakov,S (2663)-Sargissian,G (2676) Antalya 2013}) (13... Nd7 14. b4 $1 Qe8 15. Nh4) 14. Nf5 Nd6 15. O-O Qf6 16. Bg5 Qe6 $11 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Qc4 Rfe8 19. Rfd1 Qe6 20. Qxe6 Rxe6 21. Rd7 f6 22. Bd2 Re7 23. Rxe7 {1/2-1/2 (23) Tiviakov,S (2669)-Leko,P (2740) Wijk aan Zee 2006}) (11. Ng5 dxe4 (11... Bc8) 12. Nxe6 (12. dxe4 Bxb3 13. axb3 h6 14. Nf3 Qd7 $15 (14... Nh5 $5)) 12... exd3 13. Nxd8 dxe2 14. Nxc6 exf1=Q+ 15. Rxf1 bxc6 16. Ba4 c5 17. Bg5 Rfd8 $11 { Oratovsky}) 11... dxe4 (11... b5 $1 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 dxe4 14. dxe4 Bc4 $1) 12. dxe4 Nh5 13. g3 h6 (13... Qd7 14. Ng5 g6 15. Ne3 Rad8 16. Ng4 Qe7 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bh6 Rf7 19. Rd1 Rd6 20. Rd3 Rxd3 21. Qxd3 Kh8 22. O-O Ng7 23. b4 Qd6 24. Rd1 Ne8 25. Bb3 Qe7 26. Qc4 Rf3 27. Qxe6 Qxe6 28. Bxe6 Nd6 29. Ne3 Nxe4 30. Rd7 {1-0 (30) Howell,D (2616)-Bindrich,F (2507) Khanty-Mansiysk 2010}) 14. Ne3 b5 15. Nh4 Nf6 16. Nhf5 Ne7 17. g4 Ng6 18. Ng2 Nd7 19. h4 Nc5 20. Qf3 Re8 21. Bd2 c6 22. b3 a5 23. O-O-O a4 24. Bxh6 Qb6 25. Nxg7 axb3 26. Nxe8 bxa2 27. Nf6+ Kh8 28. Kd2 Nf4 29. Nxf4 exf4 30. Qxf4 Bc4 31. Ke1 Rd8 32. Ra1 Qa5 33. Nd5 1-0 [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Nihal"] [Black "Tari"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [Annotator "gmail,thechesscorner"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 a6 6. Nbd2 Ba7 7. h3 O-O 8. Bb3 d5 $5 (8... d6 9. Nf1 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Ng3 Nf4 (11... f6) (11... Be6) ( 11... h6 12. O-O Re8 13. Re1 Be6 (13... Nf6 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Rxe3 Be6 16. Nxe5 Bxb3 17. Nxc6 Bxd1 18. Nxd8 Rxe3 19. fxe3 {1-0 (40) Chigaev,M (2588)-Vavulin,M (2554) Chess.com INT 2020}) 14. Nh5 Nf6 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Rad8 18. Qe2 Bxb3 19. axb3 Qe6 20. b4 Rd5 21. d4 f6 22. Re1 {1-0 (55) Chigaev, M (2616)-Paveto,K (2452) Caleta 2020}) 12. Bxf4 exf4 13. Ne2 Qf6 14. O-O Ne7 15. d4 Ng6 16. Bc2 c6 17. Re1 Be6 18. Qd2 {1-0 (52) Chigaev,M (2644) -Abdusattorov,N (2608) chess24.com INT 2020}) 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Ne4 {here the knight jumps from d2 to e4. in previous games, knight was on f1 with Tiviakov games. There are 2 ways to play, Qe2 or exd5 against ..d5} h6 (10... Re8 11. O-O Bf5 12. Ng3 Bg6 13. Re1 f6 14. Ne4 Kh8 15. Nh4 Bf7 16. Nf5 Nce7 17. Neg3 Qd7 18. Nxe7 Rxe7 19. Qf3 Be6 20. d4 exd4 21. Rxe6 Rxe6 22. Bxd5 Re1+ 23. Kh2 Rae8 24. Bxb7 R8e6 25. Bd5 R6e5 26. Bb3 Bb6 27. Bf4 Rxa1 28. Bxe5 Qd8 29. Bxd4 Bxd4 30. cxd4 Re1 31. d5 Qd6 32. Qg4 Re8 33. Qa4 Rd8 34. f4 g6 35. Qd4 Kg8 36. Kh1 {1-0 (55) Chigaev,M (2644)-Abdusattorov,N (2608) chess24.com INT 2020}) 11. O-O (11. Bxh6 $1 Be6 (11... gxh6 12. Bxd5) 12. Bd2) 11... Kh8 (11... Bf5 12. Re1 Re8 13. Ng3 Bh7 14. d4 e4 15. Nh2 Kh8 16. Qh5 Nf6 17. Qh4 Bg6 18. Ng4 Nxg4 19. Qxg4 Kh7 20. h4 h5 21. Nxh5 f5 22. Qe2 Qxh4 23. Nf4 Ne7 24. g3 Qf6 25. Kg2 Bf7 26. Rh1+ Kg8 27. Qh5 Bxb3 28. axb3 g6 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Ne6+ Qxe6 31. Bh6# { 1-0 (31) Chigaev,M (2598)-Garcia Cardenas,P (2422) Chess.com INT 2020}) 12. Re1 f5 13. Ng3 Qd6 14. Qe2 Re8 15. d4 e4 16. Nh4 Nce7 17. Qh5 Rf8 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Nxe4 fxe4 20. Ng6+ Kh7 21. Nxf8+ Kg8 22. Qxd5+ Nxd5 23. Ng6 Bf5 24. Nf4 Nf6 25. Be3 g5 26. Ne2 {1-0 (76) Nihal,S (2576)-Tari,A (2620) St Petersburg 2018} 1-0 [Event "sidelines"] [Site "?"] [Date "2022.11.14"] [Round "?"] [White "ITALIAN"] [Black "different move orders"] [Result "*"] [ECO "C54"] [Annotator "gmail,thechesscorner"] [PlyCount "27"] [EventDate "2022.11.14"] {[%evp 0,27,34,25,24,24,24,5,5,5,17,-2,15,-43,-37,-51,-8,-11,-10,-16,-16,1,-9, -9,-1,-21,3,-15,48,-26]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 (4... h6 5. c3 d6 6. Bb3 Qf6 $5) 5. c3 d6 (5... a6 6. Bb3 O-O 7. Nbd2 Ba7 {[#] no..d6 or .. d5 yet by Black} (7... d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Ne4 Ba7 10. O-O f6 11. Re1 Kh8 12. Ng3 Be6 13. d4 Bg8 14. dxe5 fxe5 15. Bg5 {1-0 (32) Rapport,R (2754)-Mamedyarov, S (2747) chess24.com INT 2022}) 8. h3 d5 (8... d6 9. Nh2 $5 {Bauer, Moussard, Boyer} (9. Nf1 {Chigaev, or transposes to Mamedov-Ivanchuk see 5..d6 and 9 Nf1!?})) 9. Qe2 (9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Ne4 {Chigaev-Abdusattorov, Nihal-Tari, Oratovsky} Re8 (10... h6 11. Bxh6 $1 (11. O-O Kh8 12. Re1 f5 13. Ng3) 11... gxh6 12. Bxd5) 11. O-O f6) 9... Re8 10. Nf1 Na5 (10... h6 $2 11. g4 $1 { Mamedov-Caruana}) (10... Be6 11. Ng5 {Bologan}) 11. Bc2 Bd7 12. N3h2 $5 { Novelty} c5 13. Ng4 c4 14. Bg5) (5... O-O 6. Nbd2 $5 {instead of Bb3} (6. Bb3 d5 $5 {early d5} 7. Qe2 $5 (7. exd5 Nxd5 8. O-O Bg4 9. Nbd2 Kh8 (9... Nf4 $5 10. Ne4 Nxd3 11. Bc2 Nxc1 12. Nxc5 Qxd1 13. Bxd1 e4 14. Ng5 Bxd1 15. Rxd1 Nd3 16. Ngxe4 Nxc5 17. Nxc5) 10. Ne4 Bb6 11. h3 Bh5 12. Ng3 Bg6) (7. Nbd2 dxe4 8. dxe4 a5 9. a4 Qe7 10. O-O Kh8) 7... a5 8. a4 Be6 9. Nbd2 h6 10. O-O Re8 $15) 6... d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Ne4 Be7 (8... Bb6 $6 9. b4 Be6 10. O-O h6 11. a4 a6 12. Qb3 f5 $2 (12... f6 13. a5 Ba7 14. Re1 Bf7 15. h3) 13. Neg5 $1 hxg5 14. Nxg5) 9. O-O Nb6 10. Bb3 Bf5 11. a4 a5 {Carlsen-Nakamura 2021}) 6. Bb3 (6. a4 $5 { a different idea} a6 7. O-O h6 8. b4 (8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Re1 a5 $5 10. Nf1 { Leko-Anand 2020} Be6 11. Bb5 Na7 12. d4) 8... Ba7 9. Re1 O-O 10. h3 Re8 11. Nbd2 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Qc2 {Leko Anand, Niemann-Nakamura} Qd7 (13... d5 14. Nb3 dxe4 15. dxe4) 14. Rb1 b5 $5 (14... Rd8) (14... Ree8)) (6. Nbd2 h6 7. h3) 6... a6 (6... a5 7. a4 {Tiviakov}) (6... h6 7. h3) 7. Nbd2 Ba7 8. h3 O-O {[#]} (8... Ne7 $5 9. Nf1 Ng6 10. Ng3 O-O 11. Nh2 Be6 12. Ng4 h5) (8... h6 9. Nf1 { Mamedov,Morozevich}) 9. Nf1 $5 (9. O-O {Castling is main line} h6 10. Re1 Nh5 11. Nf1 Qf6 12. Be3 {Main Line} Nf4 {[#]} 13. Ng3 (13. d4 Ne7 14. Ng3 Neg6 15. Bc2 {Dominguez}) 13... g6 14. d4 h5 (14... Ne7 15. a4 a5 16. Nh2 h5 17. Kh1 h4 18. Ngf1 Kg7 19. Bc4 g5 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Bxa7 Rxa7 22. Ne3 Qc6 23. Qf3) 15. a4 a5 16. Nf1 Re8 17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18. Ne3 Qxe4 $2 (18... Qf6 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Qd2 Kg7 21. Ng5 Be6 22. f4 exd4 23. Kh1 dxc3 24. bxc3) 19. Bxf7+) (9. Qe2 {Movsesian} Be6) (9. g4 {fiol-Dzhaprov} Be6) 9... d5 (9... Re8 {[#]} 10. Ng3 (10. N3h2 $5 d5 11. Qf3 Na5 12. Bc2 h6 13. Ng4 Nh7 14. Qg3 Bxg4 15. Qxg4 dxe4 16. dxe4 Qf6) (10. g4 $5 {Mamedov-Ivanchuk} Be6 11. Ng3 Bxb3 12. axb3 Nd7 13. b4 Bb6 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bd2 Rf8 16. h4 Qe8 17. h5 Qe6 18. Nf5 {with attack !}) 10... h6 (10... Be6 11. Bg5 {Dourerassou} (11. Bc2 {Bologan})) 11. O-O (11. Nh2 $5 Be6 12. Ng4) 11... Be6 (11... d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Re1 Nf6 14. Bc2 Qd6 15. b4 {Bologan} (15. Nh4 {idea Qf3})) 12. Nh2 $5 {[#] Variation B with Castle} (12. Bc2 d5 { Duda-Carlsen}) 12... Bxb3 (12... d5 13. Qf3 Na5 14. Bc2 dxe4 15. dxe4 Nc4) 13. axb3 Ne7 14. Qf3 Ng6 15. Nf5 {Jakovenko-Zou}) (9... Be6 10. Ng3 h6 (10... d5 { 11 Qe2 or 11 Ng5!? Chigaev}) 11. Nh2 $5 {[#] Variation A, no castle} (11. O-O Qd7 $6 (11... d5) 12. Be3 Ne7 13. Nh4 Ng6 14. Nhf5 Ne7 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Bxa7 Rxa7 17. f4 {Carlsen-Nakamura 2011}) 11... Ne7 (11... d5 12. Qf3 dxe4 (12... d4 ) 13. dxe4 Na5 (13... Nd7 14. Ng4 Ne7 15. O-O Bxg4 16. hxg4) 14. Bc2 Nc4 (14... Nh7 15. Nf5 {Nevednichy-Moradiabadi}) 15. Ng4 {[#] Morozevich-Adams, Chigaev Quesada Perez} Nd7 16. O-O Qh4 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5) 12. Ng4 Ng6 13. Nf5 $1 { Yemelin, Oratovsky} Nh7 (13... Re8 14. Nxg7 Bxb3 15. Qxb3 Kxg7 16. Bxh6+ Kg8 17. Bg5 Re6 18. O-O-O $1) 14. Nxg7 (14. h4 Kh8 15. Nxg7)) (9... h6 $2 10. g4 $1 {[#]} d5 11. g5 $1 (11. Qe2 Na5 (11... dxe4 12. dxe4 Nd7 13. Ng3 {Salgado Lopez } (13. Bc2 Nc5 14. Rg1 b5 15. g5 h5 16. Nh4 g6 17. Ng3 Be6 18. Nxh5 $1 Bc4 19. Qf3 Nd3+ 20. Bxd3 Qxd3 21. Nf6+ Kg7) 13... Nc5 14. Bc2 b5) 12. Bc2 Be6 13. Nxe5 dxe4 14. dxe4) 11... hxg5 12. Qe2 {[#] Chigaev-Meyers 2020}) (9... Nh5 10. Bg5 Qe8 11. Ne3) (9... Ne7 10. g4 Ng6 11. Ng3 d5 12. g5 {Mamedov,Bachmann}) 10. exd5 (10. Qe2 Be6 (10... dxe4 11. dxe4 Qe7 (11... Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3) (11... Nh5 12. g3 Nf6 13. g4 Nd7 14. Ne3 (14. Bg5 Qe8 15. Bd2)) 12. Ng3 (12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Be6 14. Ng3 Rad8 15. O-O g6 $11) 12... Be6 13. Bc2 Ne8 $1 (13... Rfe8 14. Nh4 Qf8 15. Nhf5 Ne7 16. Bg5 Bxf5 17. exf5 { Tiviakov-Sargissian 2004}) 14. Ng5 Bd7 15. Nf5 Qf6 {Howell-Svidler}) (10... h6 {see Salgado-Antipov}) 11. Ng3 {Tiviakov,Bologan McShane Morozevich old games} (11. Bc2 b5 $1 12. Ng5 d4) 11... dxe4 (11... b5 12. Bg5 $1) 12. dxe4 Bxb3 13. axb3 Re8 (13... h6 14. b4 Qd7 15. Nh2) (13... Qd7 14. Nh2 a5 15. O-O Qe6 16. Qb5 (16. Nf5 Qxb3 17. Ng4 Qe6) 16... Bb6 17. Nf3 Ne8 18. Qd5 {1/2-1/2 (43) Tiviakov,S (2663)-Sargissian,G (2676) Antalya 2013}) 14. Nh2 Nd7 15. b4 Nf8 16. Nf5 Ne7 17. Bg5 {making use of Black skipping h6} f6 18. Rd1 (18. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 19. Qg4+ Neg6 20. Rd1 Qc8 21. h4) 18... Qc8 19. Nxe7+ Rxe7 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 Qe6 22. O-O {1-0 (62) Chigaev,M (2631)-Le Goff,R (2288) Chess.com INT 2022 }) 10... Nxd5 11. Ng3 Be6 (11... f6) (11... h6) 12. O-O h6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Nh5 $5 {[#] Chigaev-Paveto} * [Event "Ne7-g6, c7-c6 plan"] [Site "Riga"] [Date "2021.11.06"] [Round "10"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Howell, David"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2658"] [Annotator "gmail,thechesscorner"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "2021.10.27"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "LAT"] [SourceTitle "Mega2022 Update 02"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2021.11.15"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2021.11.15"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O (4. d3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 (5. c3 d6 (5... a6 6. O-O d6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. h3 Ne7 10. Re1 Ng6 11. Nf1 b5 12. Bb3 Be6 13. d4 Re8 14. Ng3 c6 15. Bxe6 Rxe6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Ra3 c5 19. d5 Ree8 {1-0 (19) Bacrot,E (2692)-Dragnev,V (2438) Germany 2016 trippling on a file}) 6. Bb3 h6 (6... O-O 7. Nbd2 a5 8. Nf1 Bd7 (8... Be6) 9. Ng3 Kh8 10. O-O Ne7 11. d4 $1 exd4 12. cxd4 Bb6 13. Bg5 $1 a4 14. Bc2 Nfg8 15. e5 dxe5 16. Nxe5 f6 17. Qh5 h6 18. Ng6+ Nxg6 19. Qxg6 {Normal 1-0 (19) muisback (2763) -Nozdrachev_Vladislav (2674) lichess.org 2021}) 7. Nbd2 a6 8. h3 Ba7 9. Nf1 Ne7 10. Ng3 Ng6 11. O-O c6 {[#] almost symetrical position} (11... O-O 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Re8 14. Re1 c6 15. Qc2 Bd7 16. Bd2 Nh7 17. e5 dxe5 18. Qxg6 Be6 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Qf5 {Normal 1-0 (20) muisback (3004)-JuleVerne (2709) lichess. org 2021}) 12. d4 {d3-d4 early on} O-O 13. Be3 (13. Re1 {Chigaev-Pultenveacious }) 13... Qc7 14. Qd2 {Be3-Qd2 pressure on h7-h6} Kh7 15. Bc2 {could create danger on b1-h7 with king on h7} Be6 16. Rad1 b5 17. Rfe1 Rad8 18. Nf5 $1 { [%CAl Gf5g7,Gf5h6] adding pressure via nf1-g3-f5 to g7 and h6} Bxf5 19. exf5 Ne7 20. g4 $1 Ned5 21. g5 hxg5 22. Bxg5 $14 {white has created chances on the kingside} Rde8 (22... Rh8 23. Qd3 Rde8 24. Nh2 exd4 25. cxd4 Qd7 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Qg3 Re2 28. Bd3 Rxb2 29. Nf3) 23. Kh1 exd4 $2 (23... Rh8) (23... Nh5) 24. Rg1 (24. Bxf6 $1 Nxf6 (24... gxf6 25. Ng5+ $1 fxg5 26. Qxg5 {winning attack} Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 f6 28. Qg6+ Kh8 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Rg1+ Kf7 31. Bd1 Ke7 32. Rg7+ Rf7 33. Bh5 Rxg7 34. Qxg7+ Kd8 35. Qg8+ Ke7 36. Qe8#) 25. Rg1 {[%CAl Gd2g5]} Re7 26. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 27. Qg5+ Kh7 28. Rg1 {winning attack}) 24... dxc3 25. bxc3 Ne4 $2 (25... Qe7) (25... Rg8) 26. Bxe4 Rxe4 27. Bd8 $2 (27. Bh6 $3 gxh6 ( 27... f6 28. Rxg7+ Qxg7 29. Bxg7) (27... Qe7 28. Rxg7+ Kh8 29. Rg2 Rh4 30. Bg7+ Kh7 31. Bxf8 Qxf8 32. Nxh4) (27... Rg8 28. Ng5+ Kh8 29. Nxe4 Qe7 30. Rg4 $18) 28. Ng5+ hxg5 29. Qxg5) (27. c4 Rxc4 28. Bh6) 27... Qxd8 28. Ng5+ Kh8 29. Nxe4 Qh4 30. Qd3 $2 (30. Rg2 Qxe4 31. Qg5 g6 32. fxg6 fxg6 33. Qh6+ Kg8 $11) 30... Re8 $2 (30... Be3 $3 31. Rg2 Bf4) 31. Rg4 Qh6 32. Ng5 $2 (32. Qg3 $1 {[%CAl Gg4h4] idea Rh4} Bxf2 33. Qxf2 Qxh3+ 34. Qh2 Qxh2+ 35. Kxh2) (32. Qf3) 32... Kg8 33. Qg3 Nf6 34. Rh4 (34. Rxd6) 34... Nh5 (34... Bxf2 $1 35. Qxf2 Qxg5) 35. Qg4 (35. Qg2 $1) 35... Nf6 36. Qg3 (36. Qf4 $1 Nh5 37. Qf3) 36... Nh5 $2 (36... Bxf2 $1 {only move} 37. Qxf2 Qxg5 38. Rg1 Re2 $1 39. Qxe2 Qxh4 40. Qe3 Ne4 $1 { and black is better}) 37. Qf3 $1 Qxg5 38. Rxh5 Qf6 39. Rg1 $18 d5 40. Rhg5 Kf8 41. Rxg7 Re4 42. Qg3 Qe5 43. f6 Ke8 44. Qxe5+ Rxe5 45. f4 Re4 46. R1g5 Rxf4 47. Re5+ Kf8 48. Rh7 Rxf6 49. h4 Bc5 50. Rh8+ Kg7 51. Rhh5 Bd6 52. Rhg5+ Kf8 53. Ref5 Re6 54. h5 Ke7 55. Kg2 Rh6 56. Kh3 Re6 57. Kg4 b4 58. Rg7 d4 59. Rgxf7+ Ke8 60. cxd4 b3 61. Kg5 Be7+ 62. Rxe7+ {1-0 (62) Baku_Boulevard (3030)-Jospem (2995) Chess.com 2022 [gmail,thechesscorner]}) 5... a5 6. c3 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 h6 9. a4 Bb6 10. Nf1 Ne7 11. Ng3 Ng6 12. h3 c6 13. Bb3 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nh5 Re8 16. Qd2 Bf5 17. Nxg7 Kxg7 18. Qxh6+ Kg8 19. Bg5 Qd6 20. Nh4 Qe6 21. c4 Bxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Ndf4 23. Kg1 Nxd3 24. c5 {1-0 (24) Chigaev,M (2588)-Nakamura,H (2736) Chess.com INT 2020}) 4... Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. c3 d6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a5 { wohl besser als 8...a6.} (8... a6 9. Nbd2 Ba7 10. Bb3 Re8 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bc2 d5 {[#]} 13. exd5 Bxd5 (13... Nxd5 14. Ng3 Qd6 15. Nh4 Rad8 16. Nhf5 Bxf5 17. Nxf5 Qf6 18. Qg4 h5 19. Qg5 Qxg5 20. Bxg5 f6 {1-0 (60) So,W (2773)-Nakamura,H (2768) Chess.com INT 2022}) (13... Qxd5 14. Ng3 Rad8 15. Qe2 Bc8 16. Nh4 Ne7 17. Bd2 g5 18. Nf3 Ng6 {1-0 (49) So,W (2772)-Hansen,E (2606) chess24.com INT 2021}) 14. Ng3 Qd7 (14... Qd6 15. Nh4 (15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Rad8 17. Qe2 { So-Grischuk}) 15... Ne7) 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Re7 17. Qd2 Rae8 18. Nh4 g6 19. Rae1 Kg7 20. d4 e4 21. f3 Bxa2 22. fxe4 Ne5 23. b3 c5 24. Ngf5+ gxf5 25. Nxf5+ Kh7 26. R3e2 Nf3+ 27. gxf3 Rg8+ 28. Rg2 {1-0 (28) So,W (2773)-Sjugirov,S (2696) Chess.com INT 2022}) 9. Nbd2 (9. Bb5 Ba7 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. d4 Ng6 12. a4 c6 13. Bd3 Re8 14. Bc2 Be6 15. Nf1 Qc7 16. Ng3 Rad8 17. Be3 d5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Bf4 Nfd7 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. Qe2 Qb6 23. Be3 Qc7 24. Bf4 Qb6 25. Kh1 Ng6 26. Qxe8+ Rxe8 27. Rxe8+ Kh7 28. Re2 Kg8 29. Be3 c5 30. Rd1 Qc6 31. Red2 Bxg2+ 32. Kh2 Bf3 33. Rd8+ Kh7 34. R1d6 Qc7 35. R6d7 Qc6 36. Rxf7 {1-0 (36) Firouzja,A (2754)-Tari,A (2642) Stavanger 2021}) 9... Be6 10. Bb5 {[#]} Ba7 ( 10... Qb8 11. Nf1 Qa7 12. Qd2 Rad8 13. Ng3 Ne7 14. d4 Bb6 15. Qc2 Ng6 16. Be3 c6 17. Bd3 Rfe8 18. Qd2 d5 19. Bxh6 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 Bd5 22. Rg4 e4 23. Nh4 exd3 24. Nf5 Be6 25. Bxg7 Bxf5 26. Qh6 Re6 27. Bh8 {1-0 (27) Anand,V (2767)-Ding,L (2805) Stavanger 2019}) 11. Nf1 Ne7 12. Ng3 c6 13. Ba4 b5 14. Bc2 a4 15. d4 Ng6 16. Be3 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 16. b3) 16... Re8 17. Bd3 Bb6 18. a3 Qc7 19. Rc1 Ba5 20. Re2 Qb7 21. c4 bxc4 22. Bxc4 d5 23. Bd3 exd4 24. Nxd4 Bd7 25. Ndf5 Bc7 26. exd5 cxd5 27. Bd4 Be5 28. Nxh6+ gxh6 29. Bxg6 Bxg3 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Qf3 Qc6 $5 32. Bc2 $1 Bb8 33. Qxf6 Qxf6 34. Bxf6 Rc8 35. Bc3 d4 36. Bd2 Kg7 37. Bd3 Rxc1+ 38. Bxc1 h5 39. h4 Bc6 40. g3 Bd7 41. Kf1 Be5 42. Ke2 Bg4+ 43. Kd2 Bd7 44. Kc2 Be6 45. Bb5 Bb3+ 46. Kd3 Kg6 47. Bd7 Bd1 48. Bd2 f5 49. Bf4 Bg7 50. Bd6 Bf6 51. Be8+ Kh6 52. Bc5 f4 53. Bxd4 Bd8 54. Kd2 Bb3 55. Be5 fxg3 56. fxg3 Ba5+ 57. Kc1 1-0 [Event "Chess.com Rapid Chess Championship 2022"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2022.03.05"] [Round "6"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Bok, Benjamin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2619"] [Annotator "gmail,thechesscorner"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] [EventType "rapid"] [TimeControl "600"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 h6 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 Ba7 10. b4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Qc2 (13. Nf1 d5 14. Qc2 Qd7 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 Rae8 (16... Ne7 17. a5 Ng6 18. g3 Rd8 19. Kg2 Qc6 20. Nf5 Ne7 21. Nxe7+ Rxe7 22. c4 dxe4 23. dxe4 Qe8 24. Rad1 c5 25. bxc5 Rc8 26. Nh4 Rxc5 27. Nf5 Rd7 28. Rxd7 Qxd7 29. Rd1 Qc7 30. Rd6 Rxc4 31. Qd3 Kh7 32. Rxf6 $3 gxf6 33. Qe3 {1-0 (33) Ding,L (2791)-Carlsen,M (2863) chess24.com INT 2020}) 17. b5 Ne7 18. c4 d4 19. Nd5 Ng6 20. Kh2 Qd8 21. Reb1 a5 22. g3 Nd7 23. c5 Ne7 24. Kg2 Nxd5 25. exd5 R6e7 26. d6 cxd6 27. cxd6 Re6 28. Qc7 b6 29. Re1 Qxc7 30. dxc7 Rc8 31. Rac1 Nc5 32. Rxc5 bxc5 33. Rxe5 Rxc7 34. Rxe6 fxe6 35. Ne5 Kf8 36. Kf3 Ke7 37. Ke4 Rc8 38. Nc4 Ra8 39. f4 h5 40. Ke5 g6 41. g4 h4 42. g5 Ra7 43. Ke4 Ra8 44. Ne5 Rg8 45. Nc6+ Kd7 46. Nxa5 e5 47. fxe5 Ke6 48. Nb3 Rc8 49. a5 c4 50. Nxd4+ Kd7 51. dxc4 Rxc4 52. Kd5 Rc3 53. b6 Rxh3 54. e6+ Kc8 55. a6 Rd3 56. b7+ Kc7 57. e7 {1-0 (57) Sevian,S (2703)-Nakamura,H (2766) Chess.com INT 2022}) (13. Bb2 Ne7 14. Nf1 Ng6 15. c4 c6 16. Ng3 d5 17. Bc3 d4 18. Bd2 a5 19. b5 Bc5 20. Rb1 Nd7 21. Nf5 Bf8 22. g3 Nc5 23. Bc1 cxb5 24. Rxb5 Rb6 25. h4 Rxb5 26. cxb5 Ne7 27. Nxe5 Nxf5 28. exf5 Qf6 29. Ba3 Qxf5 30. Bxc5 Bxc5 31. Nc4 f6 32. Re4 h5 33. Qe2 b6 34. Rf4 Qd5 35. Re4 Qf5 36. Re6 Kf7 37. Nd6+ Bxd6 38. Rxd6 Re8 39. Qd1 {1-0 (66) Dominguez Perez,L (2754)-Nakamura,H (2768) Saint Louis 2022}) 13... Qd7 14. Rb1 b5 $1 (14... Rd8 15. b5 Ne7 16. d4 (16. Nc4 Ng6 17. bxa6 (17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Nxe3 axb5 19. axb5 Ree8 20. c4 Ra8 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. cxd5 Rec8 23. d4 Ra3 24. Rb3 Rxb3 25. Qxb3 exd4 26. Nxd4 Re8 27. f3 Qe7 28. Qe3 Ra8 29. Rc1 Ra2 30. Nf5 Qe5 31. Qc3 Qxc3 32. Rxc3 Nf4 33. Rxc7 Rxg2+ 34. Kf1 Rb2 35. Rxb7 Nxh3 36. Nxd6 Ng5 37. f4 Nf3 38. Nxf7 Nd2+ 39. Ke1 Nxe4 40. d6 Nc5 41. Rc7 Nd3+ 42. Kd1 Nf2+ 43. Ke1 Nd3+ 44. Kd1 Nf2+ 45. Ke1 {1/2-1/2 (45) Anand,V (2753)-Giri,A (2776) Zagreb 2021}) 17... bxa6 18. Rb7 Ra8 19. Qb3 Qc8 20. Be3 Bb6 21. Rxb6 cxb6 22. Nxb6 Qb7 23. a5 Rb8 24. Rb1 d5 25. exd5 Nxd5 26. Ne1 Nh4 27. Qc4 Nf5 28. Bd2 Nxb6 29. Qg4 Ne7 30. axb6 Qc6 31. c4 Rxb6 32. Ra1 Qb7 33. Qd1 Nf5 34. Nf3 e4 35. dxe4 Qxe4 36. c5 Rb5 37. Rc1 Rc6 38. Qf1 Qd5 39. Re1 Qd8 40. Re5 Rbxc5 41. Rxc5 Rxc5 42. Qxa6 Nh4 43. Nxh4 Qxd2 44. Qa8+ Kh7 45. Qe4+ g6 46. Nxg6 Qc1+ 47. Kh2 Qc2 48. Nf8+ Kg8 49. Nd7 Qxe4 50. Nf6+ Kg7 51. Nxe4 { 1/2-1/2 (79) Moussard,J (2668)-Nakamura,H (2760) Chess.com INT 2022}) 16... Ng6 17. d5 (17. Nf1 axb5 18. Rxb5 c6) 17... Ree8 18. Nc4 Bc5 19. bxa6 b6 20. a5 b5 21. Na3 Ra8 22. Nxb5 Rxa6 23. c4 Rxa5 24. Bd2 Raa8 25. Be3 Bxe3 26. Rxe3 c6 27. dxc6 Qxc6 28. Rd1 Red8 29. g3 Nf8 30. Red3 Qxe4 31. Qb3 Qb7 32. Rxd6 Rxd6 33. Rxd6 N8d7 34. Rd1 Qc6 35. Nd6 e4 36. Nh4 Qa4 37. Qxa4 Rxa4 38. Nhf5 Ne5 39. c5 Ra2 40. Nd4 e3 41. fxe3 Nd5 42. c6 Nxc6 43. Nxc6 Nxe3 44. Re1 Rg2+ 45. Kh1 Rxg3 46. Kh2 Rg2+ 47. Kh1 Rg3 {1/2-1/2 (47) Nepomniachtchi,I (2773)-Nakamura,H (2750) Chess.com INT 2022}) (14... Ne7 15. Nf1 (15. b5 Ng6 16. Nc4 $6 axb5 17. axb5 d5 $11 {Navara-Nakamura}) 15... Ng6 16. Ng3 c6 17. c4 Ree8 18. Bd2 Rad8 19. Nf5 Ne7 20. Ng3 Ng6 21. Rbd1 d5 22. Bc3 Bb8 23. c5 Bc7 24. Nf5 Nf4 25. Bb2 d4 26. Bc1 Ne6 27. a5 Kh7 28. Nd2 g6 29. Ng3 h5 30. Nc4 h4 31. Nf1 Nh5 32. Nh2 Nef4 33. Kh1 Qe7 34. Rg1 Rg8 35. Rde1 g5 36. Qd1 Nf6 37. Bxf4 gxf4 38. Qf3 Rg6 39. g3 hxg3 40. fxg3 fxg3 41. Rxg3 Rdg8 42. Rxg6 fxg6 43. Rg1 Nh5 44. Rf1 Nf4 45. Qg3 Rf8 46. Rf3 Nh5 47. Qf2 Rxf3 48. Nxf3 Nf4 49. Qf1 Kg7 50. Kh2 Bb8 51. Ne1 Qg5 52. Ng2 Nxg2 53. Qxg2 Qf4+ 54. Qg3 Qf1 55. h4 Bc7 56. Qg2 Qf4+ 57. Kh3 Bd8 58. Qg3 Qf1+ 59. Kh2 Qe2+ 60. Qg2 Qh5 61. Qg3 Qe2+ 62. Kh3 Qf1+ 63. Kg4 Qd1+ 64. Qf3 Qg1+ 65. Kh3 Bxh4 66. Kxh4 Qh2+ 67. Kg4 Qh5+ 68. Kg3 Qg5+ 69. Kh3 {1-0 (69) Leko,P (2663)-Anand,V (2753) chess24.com INT 2020}) 15. Ra1 Rd8 ( 15... Rb8 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nb3 Bb6 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 Ree8 20. Ree1 Qc8 21. Kh2 Nd7 22. Na5 Nxa5 23. Rxa5 c6 24. Qa2 Nf8 25. c4 bxc4 26. Qxc4 Qb7 27. Rc1 Rec8 28. Ra6 Ne6 29. Rxc6 Rxc6 30. Qxc6 Qxb4 31. Qd7 Qb6 32. Rc2 Qd8 33. Qxd8+ Rxd8 34. Rc6 f6 35. Nh4 Nd4 36. Rc7 Kh7 37. g3 d5 38. Kg2 h5 39. Nf3 Ne6 40. Rc6 Nf8 41. Nh4 dxe4 42. dxe4 Rd7 43. Nf5 Ng6 44. h4 Ne7 {1/2-1/2 (44) Niemann, H (2687)-Nakamura,H (2768) Chess.com INT 2022}) (15... Ree8 16. Nf1 d5 17. Bd2 (17. Ng3 Rad8 18. Nf5 Qe6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Nxe3 dxe4 22. dxe4 Ne7 23. Ra5 c6 24. c4 Rb8 25. c5 Rbd8 26. Kh2 Nh7 27. Nf5 Nxf5 28. exf5 Qd5 29. Raa1 Ng5 30. Nxe5 Qd4 31. Ng4 Qxb4 32. Rxe8+ Rxe8 33. f6 Qf4+ 34. g3 Qd4 35. Rd1 Nf3+ 36. Kh1 Re1+ 37. Rxe1 Nxe1 38. Qf5 Qd3 39. Qc8+ Kh7 40. Qxc6 Qf1+ 41. Kh2 h5 42. Qe4+ g6 43. Ne5 Qxf2+ 44. Kh1 b4 45. Nxf7 Qf1+ 46. Kh2 Qf2+ 47. Kh1 Qf1+ 48. Kh2 Qf2+ 49. Kh1 {1/2-1/2 (49) Vachier Lagrave,M (2751)-So,W (2772) chess24.com INT 2021}) 17... Rad8 18. Ng3 Qe6 19. Nf5 Kh8 20. g4 dxe4 21. dxe4 Qc4 22. Qa2 Qxa2 23. Rxa2 Rd3 24. Kg2 h5 25. g5 Ng8 26. axb5 axb5 27. c4 bxc4 28. b5 Nd4 29. N3xd4 Bxd4 30. Rc1 c3 31. Be1 g6 32. Ng3 f6 33. Kf1 Rf3 34. Kg2 Rd3 35. Kf1 h4 36. Ke2 Rd2+ 37. Bxd2 cxd2 38. Rxc7 hxg3 39. fxg3 fxg5 40. Rxd2 Nf6 41. b6 Bxb6 42. Rc6 Nxe4 43. Rxb6 Nxd2 44. Kxd2 Kg7 45. Ke3 Ra8 46. Rb7+ Kh6 47. Re7 Ra3+ 48. Kf2 g4 49. hxg4 Ra5 50. Re6 Kg5 51. Kf3 Rb5 52. Kf2 Rb2+ 53. Kf3 Rb3+ 54. Kf2 Kxg4 55. Rxg6+ Kf5 56. Ra6 Rb2+ 57. Ke3 Rb3+ 58. Kf2 Ke4 59. Ra4+ Kd3 60. Kf3 Kd2+ 61. Ke4 Re3+ 62. Kf5 Rxg3 63. Kxe5 Rc3 64. Rd4+ Rd3 65. Rxd3+ Kxd3 {1/2-1/2 (65) Dominguez Perez,L (2758)-So,W (2772) Saint Louis 2021}) 16. Nb3 Bb6 17. Be3 (17. a5 Ba7 18. Be3) 17... Bxe3 18. Rxe3 {typical giuoco piano position, all bishops exchanged. White will prepare d3-d4 and Black d6-d5} Ne7 (18... Ree8 $1 19. d4) 19. axb5 axb5 20. c4 Rb8 21. c5 Nc6 ( 21... d5) 22. d4 exd4 $2 (22... d5 $3 23. dxe5 Nxe5 24. exd5 Nxf3+ 25. Rxf3 Nxd5 26. Rd1 c6 $11) 23. Nbxd4 Ree8 24. Nxc6 Qxc6 25. Nd4 Qd7 26. Nf5 (26. c6 $1) 26... dxc5 27. Rg3 g6 28. Rd1 Qe6 29. Nxh6+ Kh7 30. Ng4 cxb4 31. Nxf6+ Qxf6 32. Rf3 Qe7 33. e5 $5 {Nepo tries to attack the Black king because Black has dangerous passed pawns in the queenside} Rbd8 34. Re1 c5 35. h4 $5 c4 36. h5 b3 37. Qe4 (37. Qc3 gxh5 38. Rf5) 37... Kg7 $2 (37... b2 38. hxg6+ fxg6 39. Qc2 Rd3 $11) (37... Rd7 38. hxg6+ fxg6 39. Rh3+ (39. Rf6 $4 Qxf6 $19) 39... Kg7 40. Qf4 Kg8 41. e6 Rd5 42. Rg3 Kg7 43. Rh3 Kg8 $11) (37... Rd6 $3 38. hxg6+ (38. g3 Kg7 39. Rf6 Qxe5 40. Qxe5 Rxe5 41. Rxe5 Kxf6 42. Rxb5 gxh5 $19) 38... Rxg6) 38. hxg6 fxg6 39. Rf6 $1 Kh8 40. Rxg6 Qh7 41. e6 Rd5 42. g3 $1 {idea Kg2! followed by Rh1! White is winning !!} b2 43. Kg2 c3 44. Rh1 $1 Qxh1+ 45. Kxh1 Re7 (45... Rd1+ 46. Kg2 b1=Q 47. Qh4#) 46. Kg2 1-0 [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2022.11.14"] [Round "?"] [White "ITALIAN"] [Black "Reduced 2022"] [Result "*"] [ECO "C54"] [Annotator "gmail,thechesscorner"] [PlyCount "29"] [EventDate "2022.11.14"] {[%evp 0,29,27,18,14,15,21,18,15,15,15,6,12,-38,-36,-27,-2,-8,-9,-11,14,0,-4, -2,1,-41,-13,-5,24,15,27,29]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 (4... h6 5. c3 d6 6. Bb3 Qf6 $5) 5. c3 d6 (5... a6 6. Bb3 O-O 7. Nbd2 Ba7 {[#] no..d6 or ..d5 yet by Black} 8. h3 d5 (8... h6 $2 9. g4 $1 {Mamedov-Nasuta, Chigaev-Tang, Mamedov Warmerdam}) (8... d6 9. Nh2 $5 {Bauer, Moussard,Boyer} ( 9. Nf1 {Chigaev, or transposes to Mamedov-Ivanchuk see 5..d6 and 9 Nf1!?})) 9. Qe2 (9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Ne4 {Chigaev-Abdusattorov, Nihal-Tari, Oratovsky} Re8 ( 10... h6 11. Bxh6 $1 (11. O-O Kh8 12. Re1 f5 13. Ng3) 11... gxh6 12. Bxd5) 11. O-O f6) (9. O-O {old line} dxe4 10. dxe4 Qe7 {Bologan Adams}) 9... Re8 10. Nf1 h6 $2 (10... Na5 11. Bc2 Bd7 12. N3h2 $5 c5 13. Ng4 c4 14. Bg5) (10... Be6 11. Ng5 {Bologan}) 11. g4 $1 {Mamedov-Caruana}) (5... O-O 6. Nbd2 (6. Bb3 d5 $5 7. Qe2 (7. exd5 Nxd5 8. O-O (8. h3 Bf5 9. O-O Nb6 10. Bc2 Re8 11. Qe2 Nd5 12. a4 Qd7) 8... Bg4 9. Nbd2 (9. h3 Bh5 10. Re1 (10. Nbd2 Nf4 $2 (10... f5 11. Ne4 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 fxe4 13. Qxe4 Nce7) 11. Ne4 Bb6 12. d4) 10... Kh8 11. Nbd2 f5 $1) 9... Kh8 (9... Nf4 $5 10. Ne4 Nxd3 11. Bc2 Nxc1 12. Nxc5 Qxd1 13. Bxd1 e4 14. Ng5 Bxd1 15. Rxd1 Nd3 16. Ngxe4 Nxc5 17. Nxc5) 10. Ne4 Bb6 11. h3 Bh5 12. Ng3 Bg6) (7. Nbd2 dxe4 8. dxe4 a5 9. a4 Qe7 10. O-O Kh8) 7... a5 8. a4 Be6 9. Nbd2 h6 10. O-O Re8 $15) 6... d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Ne4 Be7 (8... Bb6 $6 9. b4 Be6 10. O-O h6 11. a4 a6 12. Qb3 f5 $2 (12... f6 13. a5 Ba7 14. Re1 Bf7 15. h3 Qd7 16. Bd2 Kh8 17. Ng3 Rad8 18. b5 axb5 19. Qxb5 Nde7 20. Bxf7 Rxf7 21. d4 exd4 22. Qxb7 d3 23. Qb3 Ng6 24. a6) 13. Neg5 $1 hxg5 14. Nxg5) 9. O-O Nb6 10. Bb3 Bf5 11. a4 a5 {Carlsen-Nakamura 2021}) 6. Bb3 (6. a4 $5 a6 7. O-O h6 8. b4 (8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Re1 a5 $5 10. Nf1 {Leko-Anand 2020} Be6 11. Bb5 Na7 12. d4 {Leko Miniature}) 8... Ba7 9. Re1 O-O 10. h3 Re8 11. Nbd2 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Qc2 { Tabiya Leko Anand, Niemann-Nakamura, Nepo-Bok} Qd7 (13... d5 14. Nb3 dxe4 15. dxe4) 14. Rb1 b5 $5 (14... Rd8) (14... Ree8)) (6. Nbd2 h6 7. h3 a6 8. b4 Ba7 9. a4 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Qe8 13. Nf1 Nh5 14. Ra2 Nf4 15. Kh2 Qf7 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Nxe3 Kh8 {1/2-1/2 (93) Firouzja,A (2793)-Radjabov,T (2753) Madrid 2022}) 6... a6 (6... a5 7. a4 {Tiviakov}) (6... h6 7. h3 { Kasparov-Lautier 0-1}) 7. Nbd2 Ba7 8. h3 O-O {[#]} (8... Ne7 $5 9. Nf1 Ng6 10. Ng3 O-O 11. Nh2 Be6 12. Ng4 h5) (8... h6 9. Nf1 {Mamedov,Morozevich}) 9. Nf1 $5 (9. O-O {Castling is main line} h6 10. Re1 Nh5 11. Nf1 Qf6 12. Be3 {Main Line} Nf4 {[#]} 13. Ng3 (13. d4 Ne7 14. Ng3 Neg6 15. Bc2 {Dominguez 2008}) 13... g6 14. d4 h5 (14... Ne7 15. a4 a5 16. Nh2 h5 17. Kh1 h4 18. Ngf1 Kg7 19. Bc4 g5 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Bxa7 Rxa7 22. Ne3 Qc6 23. Qf3) 15. a4 a5 16. Nf1 Re8 17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18. Ne3 Qxe4 $2 (18... Qf6 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Qd2 Kg7 21. Ng5 Be6 22. f4 exd4 23. Kh1 dxc3 24. bxc3) 19. Bxf7+) (9. Qe2 {Movsesian}) (9. g4 {fiol-Dzhaprov}) 9... Re8 {[#]} (9... d5 10. exd5 (10. Qe2 Be6 (10... dxe4 11. dxe4 Qe7 (11... Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3) (11... Nh5 12. g3 Nf6 13. g4 Nd7 14. Ne3 (14. Bg5 Qe8 15. Bd2)) 12. Ng3 (12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Be6 14. Ng3 Rad8 15. O-O g6 $11) 12... Be6 13. Bc2 Ne8 $1 (13... Rfe8 14. Nh4 Qf8 15. Nhf5 Ne7 16. Bg5 Bxf5 17. exf5 {Tiviakov-Sargissian}) 14. Ng5 Bd7 15. Nf5 Qf6 {Howell-Svidler}) (10... h6 {see Salgado-Antipov}) 11. Ng3 {Tiviakov,Bologan McShane Morozevich old games} (11. Bc2 b5 $1 12. Ng5 d4) 11... dxe4 12. dxe4 Bxb3 13. axb3 Re8 $6 (13... h6 14. O-O Qd7 15. b4 Rfd8 $11) 14. Nh2 Nd7 15. b4 Nf8 16. Nf5 Ne7 17. Bg5 {making use of Black skipping h6} f6 18. Rd1 (18. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 19. Qg4+ Neg6 20. Rd1 Qc8 21. h4) 18... Qc8 19. Nxe7+ Rxe7 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 Qe6 22. O-O {1-0 (62) Chigaev,M (2631)-Le Goff,R (2288) Chess.com INT 2022}) 10... Nxd5 11. Ng3 Be6 12. O-O h6 13. Re1 Re8 {another idea 14Bc2 with 15 Nh4 followed by Nhf5 or Qh5} 14. Nh5 $5 {[#] Chigaev-Paveto} Nf6) (9... Be6 10. Ng3 h6 (10... d5 {11 Qe2 or 11 Ng5!? Chigaev}) 11. Nh2 $5 {[#] Variation A, no castle} (11. O-O Qd7 $6 (11... d5) 12. Be3 Ne7 13. Nh4 Ng6 14. Nhf5 Ne7 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Bxa7 Rxa7 17. f4 {Carlsen-Nakamura 2011}) 11... Ne7 (11... d5 12. Qf3 dxe4 ( 12... d4) 13. dxe4 Na5 (13... Nd7 14. Ng4 Ne7 15. O-O Bxg4 16. hxg4) 14. Bc2 Nc4 (14... Nh7 15. Nf5 {Nevednichy-Moradiabadi}) 15. Ng4 {[#] Morozevich-Adams, Chigaev Quesada Perez} Nd7 16. O-O Qh4 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5) (11... Re8 12. Ng4) 12. Ng4 Ng6 13. Nf5 $1 {Yemelin, Oratovsky} Nh7 (13... Re8 14. Nxg7 Bxb3 15. Qxb3 Kxg7 16. Bxh6+ Kg8 17. Bg5 Re6 18. O-O-O $1) 14. Nxg7 (14. h4 Kh8 15. Nxg7)) (9... h6 $2 10. g4 $1 {[#]} d5 11. g5 $1 (11. Qe2 Na5 (11... dxe4 12. dxe4 Nd7 13. Ng3 {Salgado Lopez} (13. Bc2 Nc5 14. Rg1 b5 15. g5 h5 16. Nh4 g6 17. Ng3 Be6 18. Nxh5 Bc4 19. Qf3 Nd3+ 20. Bxd3 Qxd3 21. Nf6+ Kg7) 13... Nc5 14. Bc2 b5) 12. Bc2 Be6 13. Nxe5 dxe4 14. dxe4) 11... hxg5 12. Qe2 {[#] Chigaev-Meyers 2020}) (9... Ne7 10. Ng3 Ng6 (10... c6 11. O-O Ng6 {here 12 Re1 or 12 d4} 12. Re1 (12. d4)) 11. Nh2 Be6 12. Ng4) 10. Ng3 (10. N3h2 $5 d5 11. Qf3 Na5 12. Bc2 h6 13. Ng4 Nh7 14. Qg3 Bxg4 15. Qxg4 dxe4 16. dxe4 Qf6) (10. g4 $5 {Mamedov-Ivanchuk} Be6 11. Ng3 Bxb3 12. axb3 Nd7 13. b4 Bb6 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bd2 Rf8 16. h4 Qe8 17. h5 Qe6 18. Nf5 {with attack !}) 10... h6 (10... Be6 11. Bg5 {Dourerassou} (11. Bc2 {Bologan})) 11. O-O (11. Nh2 $5 Be6 12. Ng4 (12. Qf3 )) 11... Be6 (11... d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Re1 Nf6 14. Bc2 Qd6 15. b4 {Bologan} ( 15. Nh4 {idea Qf3})) 12. Nh2 $5 {[#] Variation B with Castle} (12. Bc2 d5 { Duda-Carlsen} 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Re1 Qd6 15. Nh4 Qe7 16. Nhf5 (16. Qh5 Rad8 17. d4 Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Nf1 Rd5 20. Qf3 Qg5 21. Qe4 f5 22. Qf3 Ne5) 16... Qf6 17. Qf3 g6 18. Nxh6+ Kg7 19. Qxf6+ Nxf6 20. Ne4 Nh7 21. g4 (21. h4)) 12... Bxb3 (12... d5 13. Qf3 Na5 14. Bc2 dxe4 15. dxe4 Nc4) 13. axb3 Ne7 (13... Qd7 14. Qf3 {Nevednichy-Aleksandrov}) 14. Qf3 Ng6 15. Nf5 {Jakovenko-Zou} * [Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2022.11.14"] [Round "?"] [White "Baku Boulevard"] [Black "Repertoire"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [Annotator "gmail,thechesscorner"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] {[%evp 0,49,27,18,15,18,15,16,16,6,2,10,19,-28,28,-26,-9,-3,14,-10,-21,-21,-3, -17,-14,-19,-3,-12,-12,-10,-4,9,22,18,23,12,35,54,70,70,89,56,61,46,92,30,33, 29,37,44,46,46]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 (6. Bb3 h6 7. Nbd2 a6 8. h3 Ba7 9. Nf1 {transposes into 6 Nbd2}) (6. a4 a6 (6... a5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Ba7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. O-O Kh8 11. Kh1 g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Ng1 Nf4 14. Bxf4 exf4 15. d4 f5 16. Qh5 Qf6 17. Rae1 {Baku Roiz}) 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Ba7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. O-O Nh7 12. Re1 h5 13. h4 g4 14. Nh2 Kg7 15. Ndf1 Ne7 16. d4 Ng6 17. Ne3 Qf6 18. Qd2 c6 19. Rad1 Nxh4 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Nf5+ Kh8 22. Bxh4 {Baku Shapkin}) 6... a6 (6... a5 7. Nf1 (7. h3 O-O 8. Nf1 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Ng3 h6 11. O-O Be6 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bb5 f6 14. Nh4 Qd7 15. Qf3 Nde7 16. Nh5 Bf7 17. Bxh6 Bxh5 18. Qxh5 gxh6 19. Bc4+ Nd5 20. Qg6+ Kh8 21. Qxh6+ Kg8 22. Qg6+ Kh8 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. Re4 Kf7 25. Qh7+ Ke6 26. Qxd7+ Kxd7 27. Bxd5 { Baku Lonely Queen}) 7... Bb6 8. Ng3 Be6 9. Bb5 h6 10. d4 Bd7 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 14. Qf3 {Baku Santo Blue}) (6... O-O 7. Bb3 Re8 (7... a6 8. O-O Ba7 9. Re1 Ne7 10. Nf1 Ng6 11. Ng3 Be6 12. h3 h6 13. Bc2 d5 14. exd5 Qxd5 15. Bb3 Qd6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Be3 (17. Qc2 Kf7) 17... Bxe3 18. Rxe3 Nd5 19. Re4 Rad8 20. d4 Nf6 21. Re1 exd4 22. Nxd4 Nf4 23. Qb3) 8. Nf1 Be6 9. Ng3 h6 10. O-O a5 11. h3 Bxb3 12. axb3 d5 13. Qe2 Qd7 14. Nh2 Rad8 15. Be3 d4 16. cxd4 Bxd4 17. Rad1 Qe6 18. Nf5 Kh7 19. Qf3 Bxb2 20. g4 Nd4 {Baku Jospem}) 7. Bb3 Ba7 (7... h6 8. h3 Ba7 9. Nf1 Ne7 10. g4 (10. Ng3 Ng6 11. O-O c6 12. d4 O-O 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Qd2 Kh7 15. Bc2 Be6 16. Rad1 b5 17. Rfe1 Rad8 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Ne7 20. g4 Ned5 21. g5 hxg5 22. Bxg5 Rde8 23. Kh1 exd4 24. Rg1 dxc3 25. bxc3 Ne4 26. Bxe4 Rxe4 27. Bd8 Qxd8 28. Ng5+ Kh8 29. Nxe4 Qh4 30. Qd3 Re8 31. Rg4 Qh6 32. Ng5 Kg8 33. Qg3 Nf6 34. Rh4 Nh5 35. Qf3 Qxg5 36. Rxh5 Qf6 37. Rg1 d5 38. Rhg5 Kf8 39. Rxg7 {Baku Jospem}) 10... Ng6 11. Ng3 d5 12. Qe2 dxe4 13. dxe4 O-O 14. g5 Nf4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Rd1 Qe8 17. gxf6 fxg3 18. fxg3 gxf6 19. Kf1 Qb5 20. Bc4 Qh5 21. Rd5 Qg6 22. Kg2 Be6 23. Nh4 Qg7 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. Rxf5 Rad8 26. Rhf1 Rd6 27. e5 {Baku Sergio chess}) (7... O-O 8. h3 Be6 9. Nf1 d5 10. Qe2 Re8 11. Ng3 a5 (11... h6) 12. Ba4 Qd6 13. Bg5 Nd7 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. Ne4 Qf8 16. O-O f5 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. Bb5 f4 19. Nh4 h6 20. Qh5 hxg5 21. Ng6 Qf6 22. Rfe1 Rad8 23. Rad1 Re6 24. c4 Qxg6 25. Qxg6 Rxg6 26. cxd5 Nd4 27. Bc4 {Baku Hot Shot}) ( 7... Nh5 8. Nf1 Qf6 9. Ng3 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Qxf3 12. gxf3 Nf6 13. Bg5 Ne7 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nh5 f5 16. Rg1 O-O-O 17. Bxf7) 8. Nf1 (8. h3 Be6 (8... O-O 9. Nf1 Re8 (9... d5 10. Qe2 dxe4 (10... Be6) (10... h6 11. g4) 11. dxe4 { key position} Nd7 12. Ng3 Nc5 13. Bc2 a5 14. Be3 Qe7 15. O-O h6 16. Rad1 Ne6 17. Nf5 Qf6 18. Nh2 h5 19. Qxh5 g6 20. Qh6 Qh8 21. Ng4 Qxh6 22. Nf6+ Kh8 23. Bxh6 gxf5 24. Bxf8 Nxf8 25. exf5 {Baku-Shapkin}) 10. g4 Be6 11. Ng3 Nd7 12. Ng5 Nc5 13. Bc2 h6 14. Nf3 d5 15. Qe2 b5 16. Nd2 Ne7 17. Nf5 Ng6 18. Nb3 Nd7 19. Qf3 Nf4 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Qxf4 dxe4 22. dxe4 Bxf5 23. gxf5 Ne5 24. Rd1 Qf6 25. Kf1 Nc4 26. Rd7 Rad8 27. Qxc7 Bb8 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Qb7 Qh4 30. Nd4 Qf4 31. Bb3 Nd6 32. Qb6 Nxe4 33. Bxf7+ Kxf7 34. Qg6+ Kg8 {Baku-Jospem}) 9. Nf1 d5 10. Qe2 dxe4 11. dxe4 Qe7 12. Ng3 h6 {see main line}) 8... Be6 9. Ng3 h6 10. h3 d5 11. Qe2 dxe4 12. dxe4 Qe7 13. O-O (13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Nd7 15. O-O Nb6 16. Rad1 O-O 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Rad8 19. Nd2 Qf6 20. g4 Na5 21. Ne4 Qc6 22. f6 $1 Nac4 23. Qe2 g6 24. Rfe1 {Baku_Boulevard_Murad_IBrahim}) 13... O-O 14. Nh4 Bxb3 15. axb3 Qe6 16. b4 Ne7 17. Nhf5 Nxf5 18. Nxf5 Ne8 19. Qg4 Kh7 20. Rd1 Rg8 21. Ra5 Nf6 22. Qf3 Bb6 23. Ra1 Rad8 24. Be3 {Baku_Boulevard-Murad-Ibrahimli} Bxe3 25. Qxe3 1-0 [Event "quick KO"] [Site "Chess.com INT"] [Date "2022.??.02"] [Round "1"] [White "KO LINES"] [Black "Wins under 25 moves"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [Annotator "gmail,thechesscorner"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2020.05.02"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2020.05.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,45,23,20,20,20,20,8,20,20,17,-10,11,0,18,-7,-13,-13,3,3,14,-25,-30, -54,-53,-81,-81,-40,-20,0,0,40,117,144,255,48,234,141,754,708,868,858,29991, 570,29993,29994,29995,29996]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 (4... d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. O-O Be6 7. Re1 Bc5 8. Nbd2 f6 9. Ne4 Bb6 10. c3 O-O 11. a4 a6 12. Bd2 Qd7 13. b4 Rad8 14. Qb3 Bf7 15. a5 Ba7 16. b5 axb5 17. Qxb5 Qc8 18. Rab1 $14 {Normal 1-0 (18) muisback (2889)-OhanyanEminChess (2633) lichess.org 2021}) 5. c3 (5. Nbd2 a6 6. c3 O-O 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. h3 (8. Qe2 d5 9. h3 Re8 10. Nf1 h6 11. g4 Na5 12. Ng3 Nxb3 13. axb3 dxe4 14. dxe4 Be6 (14... Nh7 $1) 15. g5 $1 hxg5 16. Bxg5 Bxb3 17. Rg1 b5 $2 (17... Kf8 $1) 18. Bxf6 $1 Qxf6 19. Nh5 Qh6 20. Nxg7 Kh8 21. Nf5 $1 Qf6 22. Nd2 $1 {Mamedov-Caruana}) 8... h6 9. g4 d5 10. g5 $1 hxg5 (10... dxe4 11. gxf6 exf3 12. Ne4 Bf5 13. fxg7 Kxg7 14. Qxf3 Bg6 15. h4 $18) 11. Nxg5 Be6 12. Qf3 Re8 13. Rg1 Kf8 14. Qg3 g6 15. exd5 Bxd5 16. Nde4 Bxb3 17. Nxf6 $1 $18 Bd5 (17... Qxf6 18. Nh7+) 18. Ngh7+ Ke7 19. Bg5 Ke6 20. Qg4+ Kd6 21. Nxd5 Qc8 22. Ndf6 Rh8 23. Ne4+ Kd5 24. Nhf6# {1-0 (24) Chigaev,M (2588)-Tang,A (2538) Lichess.org INT 2020}) 5... d6 {[%csl Rh7][%CAl Gh7h6, Gg2g4,Gg4g5]} (5... a6 6. O-O (6. Bb3 Ba7 7. O-O h6 8. Nbd2 d6 9. Re1 g5 $5 10. Nf1 g4 11. N3d2 h5 12. Nc4 h4 13. Be3 h3 14. g3 Bd7 15. Bxa7 Nxa7 16. d4 (16. f4) 16... Qe7 17. Nfe3 O-O-O 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Qe2 Rhg8 20. Rad1 Qc5 21. Nd5 $1 Rg6 (21... Nxd5 22. Rxd5) 22. Nxe5 Rg5 23. Nxf7 {fork} Nxd5 24. Bxd5 {1-0 (24) Praggnanandhaa,R (2608)-Vaishali,R (2393) Chess.com INT 2020 CBM 196 Extra [gmail,thechesscorner]}) 6... d6 7. a4 Ba7 (7... h6 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 a5 (9... Ba7 10. h3 Re8 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Rb1 b5 15. Ra1 Rb8 ( 15... Ree8) (15... Rd8) 16. axb5 (16. Nb3 Bb6) 16... axb5 17. Nb3 Bb6 {1/2-1/2 (44) Niemann,H (2687)-Nakamura,H (2768) Chess.com INT 2022}) 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Bb5 (11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Qb3 Qd7) 11... Na7 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxb5 14. axb5 Re8 15. Ng3 Bd7 16. h3 Re5 17. f4 (17. c4 c6) 17... Bxd4+ (17... Re8) 18. cxd4 Rxb5 19. Ra3 d5 $2 (19... Qe7) 20. e5 Ne4 21. f5 Nxg3 22. Rxg3 Bc8 {1-0 (22) Leko,P (2663)-Anand,V (2753) chess24.com INT 2020 CBM 197 [gmail, thechesscorner]}) 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. h3 Ne7 10. Re1 Ng6 11. Nf1 b5 12. Bb3 Be6 13. d4 Re8 14. Ng3 c6 $6 (14... Bxb3 15. Qxb3 bxa4 16. Rxa4 Bb6 17. Qa2) 15. Bxe6 Rxe6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Ra3 c5 19. d5 Ree8 {White plays Qa1, Qa2 and Ra1 Triple}) (5... O-O 6. O-O d6 7. a4 a6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Ba7 10. Nbd2 g5 11. Nxg5 $5 hxg5 12. Bxg5 Kg7 13. Qf3 Qe7 (13... Rh8 14. b4 Kg6 15. h4 Bg4 16. Qg3 Qd7) 14. Rae1 Nd8 15. Qg3 $1 Rh8 16. Re3 $1 Bxe3 17. Bxf6+ {1-0 (17) Mamedov,R (2703)-Khanin,S (2514) St Petersburg 2018} Kxf6 18. fxe3+ Bf5 19. Rxf5#) 6. Nbd2 {[%csl Rh7][%CAl Rh7h6]} (6. a4 a6 7. Bg5 Ba7 (7... h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Be6 10. Nbd2 Qd7 11. b4 Ba7 12. Qb3 Bxc4 13. Nxc4 Qe6 14. b5 Ne7 15. O-O O-O 16. Rab1 axb5 17. axb5 Ng6 18. b6 cxb6 19. Ne3 Nf4 20. Bxf4 gxf4 21. Nf5 d5 22. Nxh6+ Kg7 23. Nf5+ Kh7 $4 24. Ng5+ {Normal 1-0 (24) muisback (2751) -dr_xQL57-01 (2377) lichess.org 2021}) 8. Nbd2 Ne7 $2 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nh4 Ng6 11. Qh5 Nxh4 (11... c6 $4) 12. Qxf7# {Normal 1-0 (12) muisback (2939) -Lunaticxxx (2791) lichess.org 2021}) (6. Bb3 {the secret is the f5 square} Bg4 $6 (6... O-O 7. Bg5 a6 8. Nbd2 Ba7 9. Qe2 Ne7 10. Nh4 $1 Bg4 11. f3 Be6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. g4 c6 14. Ng2 d5 15. f4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Ng6 17. f5 Bxb3 18. axb3 Nf4 19. Nxf4 exf4 20. d4 c5 21. O-O-O $1 Re8 22. Qg2 cxd4 23. g5 Rxe4 24. gxf6+ Kf8 25. Qxe4 Qc8 26. Qe7+ Kg8 {1-0 (26) Kasparov,G (2812)-Lamorelle,J (2145) Besancon 1999}) 7. h3 Bh5 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Qe2 Qd7 (9... Re8 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nf1 d5 12. Ng3 dxe4 13. dxe4 a6 14. Bg5 Be7 15. Bd2 b5 16. Nh4 $1 Na5 17. Bc2 Nc4 18. Bc1 Bc5 19. g5 Nd7 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. h4 $1 Nf8 22. h5 Nd6 23. Bb3 Qd7 24. Qf3 Bb6 25. h6 Ne6 26. hxg7 Nxg7 27. Bd2 c5 28. O-O-O c4 29. Bc2 Qe7 30. Rh6 Qe6 31. Rdh1 Kf8 32. Qf6 Qxf6 33. gxf6 Nh5 34. Rh8# {1-0 (34) Kasparov,G (2851) -Karmann,A New York 2000}) 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nf1 Rfe8 12. Ng3 Ne7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. O-O-O $1 Red8 16. Nh4 Bh7 17. Nh5 Qc6 18. Nxf6+ Kf8 19. Nxh7+ Kg7 20. g5 Kxh7 21. Qh5 Ng8 22. Qxf7+ Kh8 23. Ng6# {1-0 (23) Kasparov,G (2812) -Guillot,B Besancon 1999 EXT 2000 [gmail,thechesscorner]}) 6... a6 (6... O-O 7. Bb3 h6 (7... a5 8. Nf1 Bd7 {[%csl Gg5][%CAl Rh7h6,Gf1g3,Gd3d4,Ge4e5,Gc1g5]} 9. Ng3 Kh8 10. O-O Ne7 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Bb6 {[%CAl Rh7h6]} 13. Bg5 {[%CAl Ge7g6,Re4e5]} a4 14. Bc2 Nfg8 15. e5 dxe5 (15... Bb5 16. Re1 dxe5 17. Rxe5) 16. Nxe5 f6 {[%CAl Rf6e5,Rf6g5]} 17. Qh5 h6 18. Ng6+ Nxg6 19. Qxg6 {Normal 1-0 (19) muisback (2763)-Nozdrachev_Vladislav (2674) lichess.org 2021}) 8. h3 Qe7 9. Nf1 Be6 10. g4 {because of the hook} Nh7 {to prevent g4-g5} 11. Ng3 Rad8 12. Nf5 Qf6 (12... Bxf5 13. gxf5 Kh8 14. h4 Na5 15. Bc2 d5 16. Qe2 dxe4 17. dxe4 Bb6 18. Kf1 (18. Rg1 Rd7 19. Bd2 Rfd8 20. O-O-O) 18... Rd7 19. b4 Nc6 20. Kg2 Rfd8 21. Rh3) 13. Rg1 Bxf5 (13... d5 14. Qe2) 14. gxf5 Kh8 15. Qe2 Rfe8 16. h4 $1 Ne7 17. Bg5 $3 {1-0 (17) Heberla,B (2539)-Dave,S (1873) Mumbai 2011 CBM 144 Extra [gmail,thechesscorner]}) (6... a5 7. Nf1 O-O (7... h6 8. Ng3 O-O 9. O-O a4 10. Bb5 a3 11. b4 Bb6 12. Bc4 d5 (12... Ne7) 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Qb3 Be6 15. Re1 Qf6 $4 (15... Qd7) 16. Bxd5 {Normal 1-0 (16) muisback (2900)-exhausted10 (2773) lichess.org 2021}) 8. Ng3 a4 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Nxg5 Bxf2+ (11... Ng4 $1) 12. Kxf2 Ng4+ 13. Kg1 hxg5 14. Nf5 $1 Bxf5 15. exf5 Ne3 (15... gxh4 16. Qxg4+ $16) 16. Qh5 gxh4 17. Qg6+ Kh8 18. Qh6+ Kg8 19. f6 Nf5 20. Qg6+ Kh8 21. Qh5+ Kg8 22. Qxf5 {Normal 1-0 (22) muisback (2892)-exhausted10 (2780) lichess. org 2021}) 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. h3 h6 9. Nf1 O-O (9... Be6 10. Ng3 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Nh2 d5 (12... Bxb3 13. axb3 Qd7 14. Qf3 Qe6 15. b4 Ne7 16. Ng4 Nh7 17. Nf5 { 1-0 (17) Nevednichy,V (2593)-Aleksandrov,A (2659) Budva 2003 Why resign here ?} Kh8) 13. Qf3 dxe4 14. dxe4 Bxb3 15. axb3 Re6 16. Nf5 Ne7 17. Rd1 Qf8 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Nxe3 Rd8 20. b4 Ng6 21. Nf5 Ree8 $4 (21... h5) 22. Nxh6+ $1 {Normal 1-0 (22) muisback (2972)-DiaryTraining (2745) lichess.org 2021}) (9... Ne7 10. Ng3 Ng6 11. O-O O-O 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Re8 14. Re1 c6 15. Qc2 Bd7 16. Bd2 Nh7 17. e5 dxe5 $4 (17... d5) 18. Qxg6 Be6 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Qf5 {Normal 1-0 (20) muisback (3004)-JuleVerne (2709) lichess.org 2021}) 10. g4 {[%CAl Gd6d5,Gc8e6, Rg4g5]} d5 (10... Be6 11. g5 hxg5 12. Bxg5 Nb8 13. Rg1 Kh7 14. Nh4 Nbd7 15. Qf3 Qe8 16. Ne3 Bxb3 17. axb3 Qe6 18. Nd5 Rac8 19. O-O-O $1 c6 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Rxg7+ Kxg7 22. Rg1+ Ng4 23. Rxg4+ Kh8 24. Nf6 Rg8 25. Rxg8+ Rxg8 26. Qh5+ Kg7 27. Qg5+ {1-0 (27) Mamedov,R (2654)-Nasuta,G (2512) Europe Echecs INT 2021} ( 27. Qg5+ Kf8 28. Nh7+ Ke8 29. Qxg8+)) 11. g5 (11. Qe2) 11... hxg5 12. Qe2 dxe4 13. dxe4 g4 $2 (13... Na5 14. Bc2 Be6 15. Nxg5 Bc4 16. Qf3 Bxf1 17. Rxf1 (17. Kxf1) 17... Qd6 18. h4 g6) 14. hxg4 Bxg4 {Chigaev-Meyers} 15. Bg5 Re8 16. Ne3 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Qe7 18. Rh4 Be6 19. O-O-O Bxb3 20. Rdh1 g6 21. axb3 Qe6 22. Rh8+ Kg7 23. Bxf6+ (23. Bxf6+ Kxf6 (23... Qxf6 24. Qh6#) 24. Qg5+ Kg7 25. R1h7#) 1-0 [Event "PNWCC Online blitz JP 15th"] [Site "Lichess.org INT"] [Date "2020.06.27"] [Round "8"] [White "Chigaev, Maksim"] [Black "Le, Quang Liem"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2588"] [BlackElo "2709"] [Annotator "gmail,thechesscorner"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2020.06.27"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2020.09.30"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,63,38,24,13,13,13,9,9,9,9,-6,-6,-12,-12,-9,0,0,10,-13,5,-12,-19,-36,0, -146,-129,-165,-182,-208,-153,-171,-198,-214,-159,-149,-128,-139,-134,-121, -116,-104,-84,-101,-57,-243,-105,-111,-68,66,171,171,29995,29978,29997,29986, 29987,29988,29989,29990,29991,29992,29993,29994,29995,29996]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. c3 a5 7. a4 h6 8. h3 Re8 9. Qb3 Rf8 10. g4 $1 Nh7 11. h4 (11. Rg1 d6 12. Nf1 Qf6 13. Qd1) 11... d6 12. g5 hxg5 13. hxg5 Nxg5 14. Qd1 Qf6 (14... Bg4) 15. Rg1 Nh3 16. Rg2 Be6 17. Nf1 Bxc4 18. dxc4 Nf4 19. Bxf4 Qxf4 20. Qd3 Ne7 21. Ng3 f5 22. Nd2 Rf7 (22... Bxf2+ $1 23. Rxf2 (23. Ke2 Qg4+) 23... Qxf2+ $3 24. Kxf2 fxe4+) 23. O-O-O Raf8 (23... Bxf2) 24. Rh1 fxe4 $2 (24... Bxf2) 25. Ngxe4 b6 (25... Nf5 26. Rh5) 26. Qh3 (26. Nf6+ $3 Rxf6 27. Rxg7+ Kxg7 28. Qh7#) 26... Rf5 27. Qh7+ (27. Rxg7+ Kxg7 28. Qh7#) 27... Kf7 28. Rxg7+ Ke8 29. Rxe7+ Kd8 30. Rd7+ Kc8 31. Rxc7+ Kb8 32. Rb7+ 1-0 [Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2020.03.24"] [Round "?"] [White "Firouzja2003"] [Black "Hikaru"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "3160"] [BlackElo "3195"] [Annotator "gmail,thechesscorner"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [TimeControl "180"] {[%evp 0,57,4,38,24,8,10,9,9,-10,8,9,26,-5,22,-8,22,-39,-34,-52,-37,-101,-68, -68,-41,-99,-63,-121,-52,-80,-34,-93,-70,-132,-120,-100,25,18,0,41,43,125,158, 168,206,168,170,1,0,0,80,646,877,1163,1163,1295,1295,1324,559,1408]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 h6 (6... a6 7. h3 h6 8. a4 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. b4 Ba7 11. Rb1) 7. h3 Be6 8. Bb5 $5 (8. Bxe6 fxe6 9. b4 Bb6 10. Qb3 (10. Nc4) 10... Qd7 11. Nc4 O-O 12. O-O Nh5 13. Qd1 Nf4 14. a4 a6 15. g3 Nh5 16. Kg2 Ba7 17. b5 Ne7 18. Rb1 axb5 19. axb5 Ng6 20. b6 cxb6 21. Nxb6 Bxb6 22. Rxb6 Qf7 23. Nh2 Ra1 24. Qc2 Rfa8 25. c4) 8... O-O 9. Nf1 a6 10. Ba4 b5 11. Bc2 Bb6 12. g4 Nd7 (12... d5 13. g5 (13. Qe2 $2 dxe4 14. dxe4 Bc4) (13. Ng3 dxe4 14. dxe4 Qxd1+ 15. Bxd1 Nd7 16. g5 Nc5) 13... hxg5 14. Nxg5 dxe4 15. dxe4) 13. g5 h5 14. Nh4 g6 15. Ng3 d5 16. Nxh5 dxe4 (16... gxh5 17. Qxh5 dxe4) 17. dxe4 Nc5 18. Nf6+ Kg7 19. Qf3 Bc4 20. Be3 Nd3+ 21. Bxd3 Qxd3 22. Rd1 Qc2 23. Nh5+ $5 (23. Bxb6 cxb6 24. b3 Be6 25. Rd2 Qc1+ 26. Ke2 Qa3 27. Nf5+ gxf5 28. exf5 e4 29. Qxe4 Rfe8 30. Kf3 $1 (30. Nxe8+ Rxe8 31. Kf3 Bd7) 30... Bd7 31. Qh4 Rh8 32. Qf4 Be8 33. h4 Qc5 34. h5 Ne5+ 35. Kg3 Qxc3+ 36. f3) 23... gxh5 (23... Kg8 24. Nf6+ Kg7 25. Bxb6 cxb6 26. b3 {see earlier} Bf1) 24. Nf5+ Kg8 (24... Kg6 25. Nh4+ Kg7 26. Nf5+ Kg6 27. Rg1 Rad8 28. Nd4 exd4 29. Qf6+ Kh7 30. g6+) 25. Nh6+ Kg7 26. Qf6+ Kh7 27. Qf5+ Kg7 28. Qf6+ Kh7 29. g6+ {Firouzja2003 won by resignation} (29. g6+ fxg6 30. Rd7+ Rf7 31. Rxf7+ Bxf7 32. Qxf7+ Kh8 33. Qxg6 Rf8 34. Nf7+ Rxf7 35. Qh6+ Kg8 36. Rg1+) 1-0 [Event "Corus-B"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2008.01.23"] [Round "10"] [White "Movsesian, Sergei"] [Black "Smeets, Jan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2677"] [BlackElo "2573"] [Annotator "Movsesian,S"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2008.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "15"] [SourceTitle "CBM 122"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.01.30"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,49,17,10,13,13,13,13,16,11,11,12,19,-31,-6,-9,2,-4,18,-2,0,14,62,33, 19,50,37,29,56,49,56,78,111,93,93,150,95,127,127,120,121,107,115,118,118,140, 149,149,165,181,242,248]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 (4. b4 Bb6 5. a4 a6 6. c3 Nf6 7. d3 h6 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 d6 10. h3 Ne7 11. a5 Ba7 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 Ng6 14. Nbd2 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Qe1 f6 18. d4 exd4 19. Nxd4 Bd7 20. Ne4 Rae8 21. Rd1 Bc8 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Rxe8 Nf4 24. Nf3 Nxh3+ 25. gxh3 {1-0 (25) Fedoseev,V (2687)-Sanal,V (2563) Chess.com INT 2021}) 4... Nf6 5. d3 d6 (5... O-O 6. Bg5 (6. Bb3 d5 7. Qe2 h6 8. O-O Re8 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. d4 Bb6 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 c6 13. Na3 Qh4 14. Nc4 Bc5 15. Kh1 Bg4 16. f3 Bf5 17. f4 Rad8 18. Bd2 Rd7 19. Be1 Qd8 20. Bf2 Bf8 21. Qf3 Nb6 22. Ne3 Bd3 23. Rfe1 Kh8 24. Rad1 a5 25. Ng4 Bg6 26. e6 fxe6 27. Ne5 {1-0 (27) Tiviakov,S (2662)-Purnama,T (2393) Jakarta 2015}) (6. O-O d6 7. a4 $5 (7. Re1 h6 8. Nbd2 a6 9. a4 Ba7 10. h3 Ne7 11. Nf1 Ng6 12. Ng3 Nh7 13. d4 Qf6 14. Be3 Ng5 15. Nh2 Nf4 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Ng4 Nfxh3+ 18. gxh3 Nxh3+ 19. Kg2 Qh4 20. Nxe5 Nf4+ 21. Bxf4 Bh3+ 22. Kf3 Rae8 23. Rh1 g5 24. Rxh3 Qxh3 25. Qh1 Qxh1+ 26. Rxh1 { 1-0 (26) Chigaev,M (2616)-Hjartarson,J (2524) Caleta 2020}) 7... a6 8. Bg5 $5 h6 9. Bh4 Ba7 10. Nbd2 g5 11. Nxg5 $5 (11. Bg3 Kg7 12. Re1 Nh7 13. d4 exd4 14. e5 dxc3 15. bxc3 Bf5 16. exd6 cxd6 17. Ne4 d5 18. Bxd5 Nf6 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Nxf6 Kxf6 21. Bd6 Re8 22. Rxe8 Qxe8 23. c4 Rd8 24. Qd2 Kg7 25. Re1 Be6 26. c5 Bb8 27. Nxg5 hxg5 28. Qxg5+ Kh7 29. Re4 {1-0 (29) Fedoseev,V (2678)-Nakamura,H (2736) Chess.com INT 2020}) 11... hxg5 12. Bxg5 Kg7 13. Qf3 Qe7 14. Rae1 Nd8 15. Qg3 Rh8 16. Re3 Bxe3 17. Bxf6+ {1-0 (17) Mamedov,R (2703)-Khanin,S (2514) St Petersburg 2018}) 6... Be7 7. Nbd2 h6 8. Bh4 d6 9. Bb3 (9. a4 a5 10. Bg3 Nd7 11. O-O Bf6 12. Re1 Nc5 13. Nb3 Nxb3 14. Qxb3 h5 15. h3 g5 16. Nd2 g4 17. hxg4 hxg4 18. Nf1 Ne7 19. Ne3 Bg5 20. d4 Bxe3 21. fxe3 Ng6 22. Rf1 Qe7 23. Rf2 Kg7 24. Raf1 f6 25. Bd3 b6 26. Qd1 Bd7 27. Rf5 Rf7 28. Bc4 Be6 29. Bxe6 Qxe6 30. Qxg4 Rh8 31. dxe5 dxe5 32. Bxe5 Rh4 33. Qg3 {1-0 (33) Anand,V (2783)-Levin,F (2474) Germany 2018}) 9... Nh5 10. Bg3 Kh8 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 dxe5 13. Qxh5 Qxd3 14. Qxe5 Bg4 15. Bc4 Qc2 16. Qxe7 Rad8 17. O-O Qxd2 18. Bxf7 Qxb2 19. e5 Be2 20. Rfe1 Qxc3 21. e6 Bg4 22. Rac1 Qd2 23. Qc5 b6 24. Qe3 Qxa2 25. Rxc7 { 1-0 (25) Tiviakov,S (2697)-Narayanan,S (2381) Bhubaneswar 2009}) (5... a6 6. O-O d6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. h3 Ne7 10. Re1 Ng6 11. Nf1 b5 12. Bb3 Be6 13. d4 Re8 14. Ng3 c6 15. Bxe6 Rxe6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Ra3 c5 19. d5 Ree8 {1-0 (19) Bacrot,E (2692)-Dragnev,V (2438) Germany 2016}) 6. Bb3 (6. O-O a5 7. Re1 h6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. b3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Ne4 Ba7 13. Bd2 Re8 14. a3 Nf6 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Bxe6 Rxe6 17. b4 Rd8 18. Qc2 Qg6 19. Be3 Qxd3 20. Qxd3 Rxd3 21. b5 Bxe3 22. bxc6 Ba7 23. cxb7 e4 24. Nd4 Rb6 25. Rab1 Rxc3 26. Rxb6 cxb6 27. Nb5 {1-0 (27) Van Foreest,J (2613)-Van den Doel,E (2615) Amstelveen 2018}) (6. Nbd2 a6 7. Bb3 Be6 8. h3 O-O 9. Nf1 Ba7 10. Ng3 Bxb3 11. axb3 h6 12. O-O d5 13. Qe2 Re8 14. b4 Qd7 {standard plan, Nh2, Qf3 , Nf5 and Bxh6!} 15. Nh2 Rad8 16. Qf3 dxe4 17. dxe4 Qe6 18. Nf5 Bb6 19. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 20. Qg3+ {1-0 (20) Mamedov,R (2654)-Guliyev,N (2529) Europe Echecs INT 2020}) 6... a6 7. O-O (7. h3 h6 8. Nbd2 Ba7 9. Qe2 Be6 10. Bc2 Qd7 11. Nf1 O-O-O 12. b4 d5 13. a4 Qd6 14. Ng3 Ne7 15. O-O Rhe8 16. d4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 exd4 18. Bd3 dxc3 19. Kh1 Qxb4 20. Ba3 Qa5 21. Rfb1 Nc6 22. Qc2 d4 23. Ne4 f5 24. Ng3 g6 25. Ne2 g5 26. Ng3 g4 27. Nh4 gxh3 28. Bxf5 hxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Bxf5 30. Nhxf5 d3 31. Qb3 Qd5+ 32. Qxd5 Rxd5 33. Rc1 {1-0 (33) Praggnanandhaa,R (2536)-Wei,Y (2736) Chess.com INT 2019}) 7... Ba7 8. Re1 Qe7 $5 {Black is trying to castle long quickly and lauch an attack on kingside.} (8... O-O) 9. Nbd2 (9. h3 h6 $5 {preparing the typical g5-g4 break.}) 9... Ng4 10. Re2 f5 11. exf5 ({I didn´t like} 11. d4 { due to} f4 12. Bd5 Bd7 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nc4 O-O-O) 11... Bxf5 12. d4 O-O-O 13. Ne4 Rhf8 $6 {This looks a bit too slow.} (13... h6 14. Ng3 Bh7 15. h3 Nf6 16. Ba4 $14) (13... Nf6 $5 14. Ng3 Bd7 $13) 14. Ng3 Bd7 15. Qc2 $5 {Creating a positional threat: 16.h3 Nf6 17.Nf5 and maybe even grabbing a pawn on h7.} h6 { Leading Black to a difficult position, but it is already not easy to offer any good advice.} 16. h3 Nxf2 {A desperate try to change the course of the game.} ( 16... Nf6 17. Nh4 Be8 18. Be3 $16) (16... Rxf3 17. gxf3 Nf6 18. Be3 $1 { and I don´t think Black has enough compensation here.}) 17. Kxf2 Rxf3+ 18. gxf3 Qh4 19. Be3 Nxd4 (19... exd4 20. cxd4 Nxd4 21. Qe4 Qxe4 22. Nxe4 Nxe2 23. Kxe2 Bxe3 24. Kxe3 $16) 20. Qe4 Qxe4 21. Nxe4 Nxe2 22. Kxe2 Bxe3 23. Kxe3 Bxh3 24. Rg1 Rd7 $2 (24... g5 25. Rh1 Bd7 26. Rxh6 g4 27. f4 $18) 25. Rh1 1-0 [Event "Norway Masters blitz 3rd"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2015.06.15"] [Round "3"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2804"] [Annotator "gmail,thechesscorner"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2015.06.15"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "22"] [SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.06.18"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,51,28,14,14,11,4,4,4,10,17,13,9,5,41,-7,-9,-26,-19,-24,-27,-21,-7,-33, -13,-18,0,-13,-19,-19,-19,-35,-6,-35,-9,-23,0,-26,-11,-102,-84,-224,-66,-54, -59,-70,-43,-182,-146,-142,499,503,29987,781]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nbd2 Be6 9. Bc2 Ba7 10. h3 Re8 ( 10... h6 11. Re1 d5 12. exd5 Qxd5 13. Nf1 Rad8 14. Ng3 Qd6 15. Nh4) 11. Ng5 Bd7 12. Ngf3 Be6 13. Re1 h6 {to avoid Ng5 or Bg5} (13... Qd7 14. Nf1 d5 15. exd5 Bxd5) 14. Nf1 d5 15. exd5 Bxd5 16. Ng3 Qd7 17. Nh4 {[%csl Gf5,Gg3,Gh4][%CAl Gh4f5,Gg3f5] Nh4-g3 to target f5. now Black cannot play g6 because h6 would be lose. so White can play Nf5} Rad8 (17... g6 {[%CAl Gh4f5]} 18. Bxh6) 18. Nhf5 ( 18. b4) 18... Kh8 {[%csl Gf5,Gg3,Yg7,Yh6,Yh8]} 19. d4 {play in the center} exd4 20. Nxg7 $5 Rxe1+ (20... d3 21. Nxe8 dxc2 22. Qxc2) 21. Qxe1 Kxg7 (21... d3 22. Bxd3 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qxd3) 22. Bxh6+ Kh8 (22... Kxh6 23. Qc1+ {[%csl Yf6,Yg5,Yg7] [%CAl Yc1h6,Yh6g7]} Kg7 24. Nf5+ Kf8 25. Qh6+ {[%CAl Gf8g8,Gh6g7]} Ke8 26. Qh8+ Ng8 27. Qxg8#) 23. Qd2 Rg8 (23... Nh7 24. Qf4 f5 25. Bxf5 Qf7) 24. Qf4 Qd6 $4 ( 24... Nh5 $1 25. Bg7+ Kxg7 26. Nxh5+ Kf8 $11 27. Qh6+ Ke7 28. Re1+ Kd8 29. Nf6 Rxg2+ 30. Kf1) (24... Nh7) 25. Qh4 $1 {[%csl Ya7,Yc6,Yd5][%CAl Rh6f8] discovery } Qxg3 (25... Nh7 26. Bf4 d3 27. Bxd3) 26. fxg3 1-0 [Event "Mumbai Mayors Cup 4th"] [Site "Mumbai"] [Date "2011.09.16"] [Round "1"] [White "Heberla, Bartlomiej"] [Black "Dave, Shiv Shankar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2539"] [BlackElo "1873"] [Annotator "gmail,thechesscorner"] [PlyCount "35"] [EventDate "2011.09.16"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "IND"] [SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.10.28"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,33,28,33,36,25,35,17,7,50,39,0,3,-25,23,-28,-26,-30,-16,-18,-18,-98, -20,-12,-3,-36,-13,-56,50,43,48,35,46,29,53,673]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Bb3 h6 8. h3 Qe7 9. Nf1 Be6 {[%CAl Gh7h6] } 10. g4 {[%CAl Gg4g5] because of the hook} Nh7 {[%CAl Ge7g5,Gh7g5] to prevent g4-g5} 11. Ng3 Rad8 12. Nf5 Qf6 (12... Bxf5 13. gxf5 Kh8 14. h4 {[%CAl Gb3c2, Gh1g1]} Na5 15. Bc2 d5 16. Qe2 dxe4 17. dxe4 Bb6 18. Kf1 (18. Rg1 Rd7 19. Bd2 Rfd8 20. O-O-O) 18... Rd7 19. b4 Nc6 20. Kg2 Rfd8 21. Rh3) 13. Rg1 Bxf5 (13... d5 14. Qe2 dxe4 15. dxe4 Bxb3 16. axb3 Qe6 17. g5 Qxb3 18. N3h4) 14. gxf5 Kh8 15. Qe2 Rfe8 (15... Na5 16. Bc2) 16. h4 $1 Ne7 (16... d5 17. Bg5 hxg5 18. hxg5 Qd6 19. Bxd5 Ne7 20. Bxf7) 17. Bg5 {the queen is lost} hxg5 18. hxg5 {[%csl Yf6]} (18. hxg5 Nxg5 19. Nxg5 d5 (19... Nxf5 20. Nxf7+ Kg8 21. Nxd6+ Kf8 22. Nxf5) 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Qh8+ Ng8 23. Nh7+ Ke7 24. Nxf6 Nxf6 25. Qh2 ) 1-0 [Event "more games g4 italian"] [Site "Porto"] [Date "2013.08.20"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Tiviakov, Sergei"] [Black "Luch, Michal"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2656"] [BlackElo "2432"] [Annotator "gmail,thechesscorner"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "2013.08.18"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "POR"] [SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.10.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Gaia"] [BlackTeam "Coimbra"] [WhiteTeamCountry "POR"] [BlackTeamCountry "POR"] {[%evp 0,43,33,22,22,12,11,11,22,22,4,-14,26,-22,-8,-27,-12,-49,-27,-39,-20, -48,-22,-83,-43,-49,-57,-43,-35,-80,-19,-15,5,-43,46,46,46,38,135,135,134,136, 207,241,260,-16]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bc5 (4... h6 5. c3 d6 6. Nbd2 g5 7. h3 Bg7 8. Bb3 O-O 9. Nf1 Ne7 10. Ng3 Ng6 11. Nf5 d5 12. Qc2 Re8 13. g4 Nf4 14. Bxf4 exf4 15. e5 h5 16. O-O-O hxg4 17. hxg4 Nxg4 18. d4 Be6 19. Rh5 Qd7 20. Rxg5 Bxf5 21. Rxf5 Nxf2 22. Rg1 Kf8 23. Ng5 f6 24. Nh7+ {1-0 (24) Andriasian,Z (2581)-Katz,A (2405) Philadelphia 2021}) 5. c3 d6 (5... a6 6. Bb3 Ba7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. h3 Re8 9. Nf1 d5 10. Qe2 h6 11. g4 Na5 12. Bc2 Nh7 13. Ng3 Nf8 14. g5 hxg5 15. Bxg5 f6 16. Bd2 dxe4 17. dxe4 Be6 18. Rg1 Bc4 19. Bb3 b5 20. Bxc4+ Nxc4 21. O-O-O g6 22. Nh4 Kf7 23. Bh6 Qe7 24. Ngf5 Qc5 25. Bxf8 Qxf2 26. Rd7+ Ke6 27. Rgd1 Nd6 28. Rxc7 Qxe2 29. Rxd6# {1-0 (29) Murariu,A (2504) -Rosen,E (2355) Cap Aurora 2018}) (5... O-O 6. Nbd2 a6 (6... a5 7. a4 h6 8. h3 Re8 9. Qb3 Rf8 10. g4 Nh7 11. h4 d6 12. g5 hxg5 13. hxg5 Nxg5 14. Qd1 Qf6 15. Rg1 Nh3 16. Rg2 Be6 17. Nf1 Bxc4 18. dxc4 Nf4 19. Bxf4 Qxf4 20. Qd3 Ne7 21. Ng3 f5 22. Nd2 Rf7 23. O-O-O Raf8 24. Rh1 fxe4 25. Ngxe4 b6 26. Qh3 Rf5 27. Qh7+ Kf7 28. Rxg7+ Ke8 29. Rxe7+ Kd8 30. Rd7+ Kc8 31. Rxc7+ Kb8 32. Rb7+ {1-0 (32) Chigaev,M (2588)-Le,Q (2709) Lichess.org INT 2020}) 7. Bb3 h6 8. h3 Ba7 9. g4 d5 10. g5 hxg5 11. Nxg5 Ng4 12. hxg4 Qxg5 13. Qf3 Qxg4 14. Bxd5 Ne7 15. Qxg4 Bxg4 16. Bxb7 Rad8 17. Bxa6 Ng6 18. Nb3 Rfe8 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. fxe3 f5 21. Bc4+ Kf8 22. exf5 Bxf5 23. Rf1 {1-0 (23) Chigaev,M (2588)-Pulpan,J (2407) Chess.com INT 2020}) 6. Bb3 (6. a4 a5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Nh5 11. h3 Qf6 12. Qe2 Kh8 13. Bh2 Nf4 14. Bxf4 gxf4 15. g4 Bd7 16. O-O-O Rg8 17. Rdg1 Rg7 18. Rg2 Rag8 19. Rhg1 Ba7 20. Nh2 Nd8 21. h4 Qxh4 22. Ndf3 Qe7 23. g5 Ne6 24. Ng4 hxg5 25. Nh6 Rh7 26. Nxg8 Kxg8 27. Nxg5 f3 28. Qxf3 {1-0 (28) Harikrishna, P (2719)-Grischuk,A (2777) chess24.com INT 2020}) 6... a6 7. Qe2 Be6 8. Bc2 h6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 Re8 11. g4 Nh7 12. Nf1 d5 13. Ng3 b5 14. Bd2 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Bb6 16. Rg1 g5 17. h4 f6 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Rh1 Re7 20. O-O-O Rg7 21. Rh6 Qe7 22. Nfxg5 {1-0 (22) Tiviakov,S (2656)-Luch,M (2432) Porto 2013} 1-0 [Event "recent italian games"] [Site "Chess.com INT"] [Date "2022.05.03"] [Round "7"] [White "Sjugirov, Sanan"] [Black "Vignesh, NR."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2696"] [BlackElo "2427"] [Annotator "gmail,thechesscorner"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2022.05.03"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "Mega2022 Update 28"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2022.05.15"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.05.15"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 (4... Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 h6 8. h3 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. c3 Qe8 11. b4 Qg6 12. Be3 Rf7 13. Nbd2 Raf8 14. b5 Na5 15. Kh2 Qh7 16. Rg1 g5 $11 17. Ne1 Qg6 18. g4 d5 $17 19. f3 Bd6 20. Kg2 c5 21. c4 d4 22. Bf2 h5 23. Bg3 Rh7 24. Ra2 Nd7 25. Nb3 Nxb3 26. Qxb3 Rff7 27. a5 Qf6 28. Rf2 Nf8 29. Kf1 Ng6 30. Ke2 hxg4 31. fxg4 Qg7 32. Rh2 Qf8 $11 33. Qa3 Rf6 34. Rgg2 Rhf7 35. Qc1 Be7 36. Kd1 Rf1 37. Qd2 R7f3 38. Kc2 Re3 39. Bf2 Rexe1 $2 (39... Qf4 $1) 40. Bxe1 Rf7 41. Bg3 Rf4 42. Rf2 Kg7 43. Kb3 Qd8 44. Bxf4 exf4 45. e5 Nxe5 46. Qe2 Bf6 47. Ka4 a6 48. b6 Qd7+ 49. Ka3 Nc6 50. h4 gxh4 51. g5 Be7 52. Rxh4 Nb4 53. Qe5+ {1-0 (53) Vachier Lagrave,M (2766) -Caruana,F (2791) Chess.com INT 2021 Mega2022 Update 11 [gmail,thechesscorner]} ) 5. c3 (5. a4 d6 6. a5 a6 7. c3 Bg4 $6 8. h3 Bh5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nf1 Bg6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Nb8 13. g4 $1 c6 14. Ng3 d5 15. Bb3 Nbd7 16. g5 dxe4 17. gxf6 exf3 18. fxg7 Qxh4 19. gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 20. Qxf3 e4 21. Qg4 Qf6 22. d4 Ne5 23. Nxe4 Nd3+ 24. Kd2 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 Nxf2 26. Qe5 Qxe5 27. dxe5 Nxh1 28. Rxh1 Rd8+ 29. Kc2 Ke7 30. Rf1 Rf8 31. Rf6 {1-0 (58) Matlakov,M (2674)-Shirov,A (2704) Warsaw 2021 Mega2022 Update 09 [gmail,thechesscorner]}) 5... d6 (5... O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Re1 a6 8. a4 h6 9. h3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bxe6 Rxe6 12. b4 Ba7 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Rb1 b5 15. Ra1 Ree8 16. Nf1 d5 17. Bd2 Rad8 18. Ng3 Qe6 19. Nf5 Kh8 20. g4 dxe4 21. dxe4 Qc4 22. Qa2 Qxa2 23. Rxa2 Rd3 24. Kg2 h5 25. g5 Ng8 26. axb5 axb5 27. c4 bxc4 28. b5 Nd4 29. N3xd4 Bxd4 30. Rc1 c3 31. Be1 g6 32. Ng3 f6 33. Kf1 Rf3 34. Kg2 Rd3 35. Kf1 h4 36. Ke2 Rd2+ 37. Bxd2 cxd2 38. Rxc7 hxg3 39. fxg3 fxg5 40. Rxd2 Nf6 41. b6 Bxb6 42. Rc6 Nxe4 43. Rxb6 Nxd2 44. Kxd2 Kg7 {1/2-1/2 (65) Dominguez Perez,L (2758)-So,W (2772) Saint Louis 2021 CBM 203 Extra [gmail, thechesscorner]}) 6. Nbd2 (6. Bb3 O-O 7. h3 a6 8. Nbd2 Be6 9. Bc2 d5 10. Qe2 h6 11. g4 Nh7 12. Rg1 (12. exd5 Bxd5 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Bd2 (14. Be3 Qd7 15. Rg1 Rad8 16. h4 f5 17. gxf5 Qxf5 18. Nfd2 Kh8 19. O-O-O Bxa2 20. Rdf1 Bd5 21. f4) 14... Qd7 15. Rg1 Rad8 16. O-O-O Qe6 17. g5 h5) 12... d4 $1 13. Nb3 Be7 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxd4 c5 16. Nf5 Kh8 (16... c4 $1) 17. f4 Nc6 18. Be3 Rc8 19. Nxe7 Qxe7 20. Qf2 b6 21. h4 f6 22. f5 Bg8 23. O-O-O Ne5 24. Rg3 Rfd8 25. g5 fxg5 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. Rxg5 Qf7 28. Qg3 Nc6 29. Bb3 Qe7 30. Rh5 c4 31. Bxc4 Ne5 32. Bg5 Qd6 33. Bf4 Rc5 34. Bd5 Bxd5 35. Bxe5 {1-0 (35) Duda,J (2678)-Eljanov,P (2741) Germany 2017 CBM 181 [gmail,thechesscorner]}) (6. h3 O-O 7. O-O (7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. Bh2 Qf6 11. Nbd2 a5 12. Qe2 Nf4 13. Bxf4 gxf4 14. O-O-O $5 Kh8 15. g4 Rb8 (15... fxg3 16. fxg3 Ne7 17. d4 exd4 18. e5 Qg7 19. cxd4 Bb6) 16. Rdg1 Rg8 17. g5 hxg5 18. Rh2 Rg7 19. Rhg2 g4 20. hxg4 Rh7 21. g5 Qg6 22. Bxf7 Rxf7 23. Nh4 Qg7 24. g6 Rf6 25. Rg5 f3 26. Rh5+ Kg8 27. Ndxf3 Rf4 28. d4 exd4 29. Qc4+ Kf8 30. Nf5 Bxf5 31. exf5 Nd8 32. Rh7 Rxf5 33. Rxg7 Kxg7 34. Qe2 Nc6 35. Qe6 Rxf3 36. Qd7+ Kf8 37. Rh1 Rf7 38. Qxf7# {1-0 (38) Wei,Y (2737) -Zeng,C (2551) Changsha 2019 CBM 191 Extra [gmail,thechesscorner]}) 7... a5 8. Re1 h6 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bb3 Bxb3 11. axb3 Re8 12. Nf1 d5 13. Qe2 Bf8 14. g4 $5 ( 14. Ng3 Qd6 15. Nf5 Qe6) 14... Qd7 15. Ng3 Rad8 16. g5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 Re6 18. Kg2 Be7 19. Nf5 Nh7 20. Be3 Bf8 21. Kh2 g6 $11 22. Rg1 dxe4 23. dxe4 Qd3 24. Qxd3 Rxd3 25. Ng3 Nf6 26. Kg2 Re8 $2 (26... Red6) 27. Kf1 Rdd8 28. Ke2 b5 29. h4 $1 Ng4 30. h5 (30. Nf5 Nxe3 31. Nxe3 Re6 32. h5) 30... Nxe3 31. Kxe3 (31. fxe3 $1) 31... Bh6+ 32. Ke2 Bf4 33. Nf5 Re6 34. N5h4 (34. hxg6 fxg6 35. Rg4) 34... Kg7 35. hxg6 fxg6 36. Ng2 Bh6 37. Ngh4 Bf4 38. Ng2 Bh6 39. Rh1 b4 40. Rh3 Red6 41. Rah1 Bc1 42. Rxc1 {1-0 (42) Nakamura,H (2736)-Ding,L (2799) Chess.com INT 2021 Mega2022 Update 11 [gmail,thechesscorner]}) 6... a6 {6...a5 ist aktuell in Mode.} 7. h3 (7. Bb3 Ba7 8. h3 O-O 9. Nf1 Re8 10. g4 $5 Be6 11. Ng3 Bxb3 12. axb3 Nd7 13. b4 Bb6 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bd2 Rf8 (15... Kh8 16. h4 Nf8 17. Nf5 $14) 16. h4 Qe8 17. h5 Qe6 18. Nf5 a5 19. bxa5 (19. g5 $1 $16) 19... Nxa5 20. Ra3 Nc6 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. b4 d5 23. O-O dxe4 24. dxe4 Nf8 25. g5 Ne7 26. gxf6 gxf6 27. N3h4 Nxf5 28. Nxf5 Kh8 29. Bh6 Nd7 30. Bg7+ Kg8 31. Qg4 Kf7 32. Rd1 Re8 33. Kg2 Ba7 34. Nh6+ Ke7 35. Nf5+ Kd8 36. Ra1 Bb8 37. Rd1 Kc8 38. h6 c6 39. Qh5 Rg8 40. Kf3 Bc7 41. Ne3 Nb6 42. Qf5 Re8 43. Qxh7 Qh3+ 44. Ke2 Qh5+ 45. Kd3 Rd8+ 46. Kc2 Qe2+ 47. Kc1 Rxd1+ 48. Nxd1 Nc4 49. Qg8+ Bd8 50. Qxc4 Qxc4 51. h7 Qxe4 52. h8=Q Kd7 53. Qh3+ f5 {1-0 (69) Mamedov,R (2654)-Ivanchuk,V (2678) Europe Echecs INT 2020 CBM 196 Extra [gmail,thechesscorner]}) 7... h6 8. Bb3 O-O 9. Nf1 (9. g4 Be6 10. g5 hxg5 11. Nxg5 Bxb3 12. Nxb3 Bb6 13. Rg1 g6 14. Nd2 Kg7 15. Nf1 Rh8 16. Qf3 Qe7 17. Be3 Nd7 $11 18. Bxb6 Nxb6 19. Ne3 Qf6 20. Qg4 Nd8 21. O-O-O Ne6 22. Nxe6+ Qxe6 23. Qxe6 fxe6 24. Rg3 Raf8 25. Rdg1 Rf6 26. d4 exd4 27. cxd4 Nd7 28. f3 Rh5 29. Kd2 Nf8 30. Ke2 Ra5 31. Ra1 Rb5 32. b3 Rf4 33. Rc1 Rf7 34. d5 exd5 35. Nxd5 c6 36. Ne3 Ra5 37. a4 d5 38. Rcg1 dxe4 39. fxe4 Re5 40. Rg4 {1/2-1/2 (99) Mamedov,R (2654)-Hamitevici,V (2456) Chalons en Champagne 2021 CBM 203 Extra [gmail,thechesscorner]}) 9... d5 10. Qe2 Be6 11. g4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Bxb3 13. axb3 Qd6 14. Ng3 Rad8 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 14... Ne7 15. b4 Bb6 16. Nh4 Ng6 17. Nhf5 Qe6 18. h4 (18. Qf3) 18... Nf4 19. Qf3 Rad8 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Qxf4 {0-1 (37) Lubbe,M (2319)-Simantsev,M (2456) Lueneburg 2016}) 15. g5 $1 hxg5 16. Bxg5 {the king is in the center but engine prefers White} a5 17. Rg1 Ne7 18. Nh4 Ng6 19. Ngf5 Qc6 20. Bxf6 (20. Kf1 Nxe4 21. Bxd8 Rxd8) 20... Qxf6 21. Rg4 Nf4 22. Qc4 g6 $2 (22... b5 23. Qxb5 g6 24. Qxc5 $4 Nd3+) ( 22... Nd3+ 23. Ke2 b5 $1) 23. Nxg6 $1 (23. Qxc5 $4 Nd3+) 23... Nxg6 24. Qxc5 Rd7 25. Qe3 Rfd8 26. h4 Rd3 27. Qh6 Rh3 28. Ke2 Rd6 29. Rag1 a4 30. bxa4 Rb6 31. b4 Rc6 32. Rxg6+ fxg6 33. Rxg6+ Qxg6 34. Ne7+ Kf7 35. Nxg6 Rxg6 36. Qh7+ Kf6 37. Qh8+ Kf7 38. Qh7+ Kf6 39. Qxc7 Rxh4 40. Qd8+ 1-0