[Event "Airthings Masters Preliminary"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.12.23"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Shahid"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 18,129,19,0,67,48,58,29,44,27,59,-23,-23,-22,-22,-28,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,16,
24,0,43,6,160,165,216,133,135,83,81,41,73,46,79,68,100,70,72,84,82,70,95,62,64,
72,70,81,98,99,77,40,53,50,54,46,54,58,54,61,59,61,68,20,60,32,34,3,38,28,194,
194,220,198,340,335,329,335,417,381,453,440,493,491,491,479,616,615,791,762,
662,593,743,594,618,476,820,836,881,563,662,909,29976,29977,29976,29978,29978,
29978,29976,29972]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4
e6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qe2 Qc7 9. O-O-O Na5 10. Bd3 e5 {[#] B89: Sicilian:
Velimirovic Attack.} (10... b5 $11) 11. Nb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nf5 Be6
12. Bg5 Nd7 13. Kb1 b5 14. h4 h6 15. Bc1 Nb6 16. h5 Nc6 17. Qf3 Nb4 18. a3 {
1-0 (28) Kupreichik,V (2457)-Senner,P (2195) Bad Woerishofen 1999}) 11... b5
12. Kb1 Be7 {White has an edge.} 13. h3 Be6 14. g4 (14. f4 $14) 14... b4 $11
15. Na4 Nc4 16. g5 Nd7 17. Nd2 $1 $36 {[%CAl Rd2c4][%mdl 2048] White has the
initiative.} Nxe3 18. Qxe3 O-O 19. h4 Rfc8 20. b3 Qa5 21. h5 Rc6 22. g6 {
aiming for h6.} Nf6 $2 (22... fxg6 $6 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Nb2 $16) ({Black
should try} 22... h6 $1 $11) 23. Rdg1 $1 $16 Rac8 (23... h6 {might work better.
}) 24. gxf7+ Kxf7 25. Nf3 (25. Qg3 $142) 25... h6 26. Rg6 Bf8 27. Qe2 Ke8 28.
Nd2 Qc7 {[%CAl Rc6c2]} 29. Bc4 (29. Nf1 {is interesting.} Bf7 30. Rg2 Kd8 31.
Ne3 Qa5 32. Qf3) 29... Bxc4 30. Nxc4 Rxc4 31. bxc4 Qc6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double
Attack} 32. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 33. Nb2 f5 34. f3 fxe4 35. fxe4 Rc7 36. Rf1 (36. Qg4)
36... Rg7 37. c5 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} Qxc5 38. Qxa6 Rc7 39. Qa8+ Rc8 40. Qa4+
Qc6 $1 41. Qb3 Be7 42. Re1 Bg5 43. Nd3 Qc4 44. Qa4+ Kf8 45. Re2 Kg7 $2 {
[#] This costs Black the game.} (45... Rc7) 46. Qd7+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 64] Double
Attack} Kg8 {White must now prevent ...Ra8.} 47. Qxd6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}
Rf8 (47... Rd8 $142 48. Nxe5 (48. Qxe5 Rxd3 49. Qe8+ Kh7 $11) 48... Qxa2+ 49.
Kxa2 Rxd6) 48. Qd5+ ({Weaker is} 48. Qxe5 Kh7 $18) 48... Qxd5 49. exd5 {
[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Bf6 50. Re4 Bg7 51. Nxb4 Kf7 52. c4 Kf6 53. c5 Kf5
54. Re1 Rb8 55. a3 e4 56. Kc2 Rb5 57. c6 Rc5+ 58. Kb3 {And now Rf1+ would win.}
Rc3+ (58... Be5 $142 59. Na6 Rc3+ 60. Kb4 Rc2) 59. Ka4 Be5 60. Re2 e3 {Black
hopes to continue with ...Ke4.} 61. Nc2 Ke4 {[#]} 62. Rxe3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]
White mates.} Rxe3 63. Nxe3 Kxe3 64. Kb5 Kd4 65. Kb6 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.21/Black=0.35} 1-0
[Event "Airthings Masters Preliminary"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.12.23"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2862"]
[Annotator "Shahid"]
[PlyCount "228"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 12,228,12,10,13,14,14,12,14,14,22,16,20,20,21,18,17,11,9,6,20,0,7,0,0,0,
0,-26,-5,-24,9,-5,0,0,16,27,18,7,7,5,13,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,0,-18,-13,-27,-16,-21,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-13,0,-15,-3,-8,0,-32,-32,-68,-68,-68,-68,
-68,-68,-81,-81,-96,-81,-208,-81,-81,-66,-85,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,-819,-819,-812,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,-79,-79,-79,-79,-79,-79,-79,-79,-107,0,-114,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-79,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bh4 O-O {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} 8. e3
Bf5 9. Be2 $1 {[%mdl 4] now scores much better than the old 9.Qb3.} Nbd7 10.
Qb3 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 c6 12. Nd2 Ne4 13. Bxd8 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Rfxd8 15. a4 {[#]} Nf6
$146 ({Predecessor:} 15... c5 16. Nf1 Rac8 17. Ng3 Bh7 18. Kd2 Rc7 19. a5 Kf8
20. h4 Nf6 21. Bf3 Ke7 {1-0 (52) Grischuk,A (2772)-Karjakin,S (2752) Moscow
2019}) 16. Nf1 Ne8 17. Ng3 Bh7 18. Kd2 Nd6 19. Ra2 a5 20. Rha1 Ra7 21. f3 Rda8
(21... f5 {feels hotter.} 22. Rc1 Kf7 23. c4 f4 24. Nf1 dxc4 25. Bxc4+ Nxc4+
26. Rxc4 Rd6) 22. Bd3 Bxd3 23. Kxd3 b5 24. axb5 cxb5 25. e4 Nc4 26. Rb1 dxe4+
27. fxe4 Rb8 28. Nf1 f6 29. Nd2 Nd6 30. Rba1 a4 31. Rb1 Re8 32. Rb4 Rae7 (32...
Rb7 {with more complications.} 33. Ra1 Kh7 34. Re1 Rbe7 35. Kc2 Kg6) 33. c4
bxc4+ 34. Nxc4 Nxc4 35. Kxc4 Rxe4 36. Rbxa4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR}
Kf7 37. Rd2 Rc8+ 38. Kd3 Re7 39. Rc4 Ra8 40. d5 Ra5 41. Rd4 Ra3+ 42. Kc2 Ree3
43. d6 Ke8 44. d7+ Kd8 45. Rg4 Ra2+ 46. Kd1 Rxd2+ 47. Kxd2 $15 {KR-KR} Re7 48.
h4 Kxd7 49. g3 Ke6 50. Ra4 (50. h5 $17) 50... Kf7 (50... Kf5 $1 $19 {is more
deadly.} 51. Kd3 Kg6) 51. h5 $17 Re5 52. g4 f5 ({Better is} 52... Rg5 $17 53.
Ke3 f5 54. gxf5 (54. Ra7+ $2 Kg8 $19) 54... Rxh5) 53. gxf5 $11 Rxf5 54. Rh4 Re5
55. Rh1 Kf6 56. Kd3 Re7 57. Rg1 Ra7 58. Ke3 Ra4 59. Rf1+ Ke5 60. Rg1 Ra3+ 61.
Kf2 Kf6 (61... Ra2+ {seems wilder.} 62. Ke3 Ra4 63. Rxg7 Kf5 64. Rf7+ Kg5) 62.
Kg2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (62. Rh1 $11) 62... Ra5 $1 $19 63. Rh1 Kg5 $2 (63... Rf5
$1 $19 64. Rh2 Kg5) 64. Kf3 $11 Rf5+ 65. Ke3 Rf4 66. Rg1+ Rg4 67. Rh1 $1 Rh4
68. Rg1+ Kf6 (68... Rg4 {feels hotter.}) 69. Rf1+ $1 Ke5 70. Rg1 Rh3+ 71. Ke2
Kf6 72. Rf1+ $1 Ke7 (72... Ke5 {with more complications.} 73. Rg1) 73. Rg1 Kf7
74. Rf1+ $1 Kg8 75. Rf5 Rg3 76. Rf1 Rg5 77. Rh1 $1 Kf7 78. Ke3 Kf6 79. Kf4 Ra5
80. Kf3 (80. Kg3 {looks sharper.} Rf5 81. Rh4 Kg5 82. Rg4+ Kf6 83. Rh4) 80...
Ra4 81. Ke3 Kg5 82. Rg1+ Rg4 83. Rh1 $1 Rg3+ 84. Ke2 Kg4 85. Kf2 Rf3+ (85...
Rh3 $5 86. Rg1+ $8 Kh4 $11) 86. Ke2 Rf7 (86... Rg3 {keeps more tension.}) 87.
Ke3 Ra7 88. Kf2 Re7 89. Rh2 Rf7+ 90. Ke2 Kg3 91. Rh1 Re7+ 92. Kd3 Kg2 93. Rh4
Kf3 94. Rh3+ Kg2 95. Rh4 Ra7 96. Ke2 Ra2+ 97. Ke3 Ra3+ 98. Ke2 Rg3 99. Kd2 Kf3
100. Rh1 Rg5 101. Rh3+ (101. Kd3 $11 {remains equal.}) 101... Kg4 $17 102. Rh1
Rxh5 103. Rg1+ Kf3 104. Rxg7 Re5 $1 105. Rf7+ Kg2 (105... Kg3 $17 {Strongly
threatening ...h5.} 106. Rg7+ Kh3) 106. Rg7+ {[#]} (106. Rh7 $11) 106... Rg5 (
106... Kh3 $1 $17 {...h5 is the strong threat.} 107. Rd7 h5) 107. Rh7 $11 h5
108. Ke3 Kg3 {Threatens to win with ...h4.} 109. Ke2 $1 h4 ({Black should try}
109... Rf5 $11) 110. Kf1 $17 {[#]} h3 (110... Rb5 $1 $17 {[%CAl Rb5b1] aiming
for ...Rb1+.} 111. Rg7+ Kh3) 111. Kg1 $11 {The position is equal.} Rg4 112. Kh1
h2 113. Rxh2 Rh4 (113... Rc4 $5 114. Rg2+ $8 Kh3 $11) 114. Rxh4 Kxh4 {Weighted
Error Value: White=0.08/Black=0.08} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Airthings Masters Preliminary"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.12.23"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 9,63,23,18,14,16,19,18,7,10,0,17,14,10,16,11,0,0,2,21,0,135,141,129,132,
149,144,441,418,437,438,441,429,513,492,557,527,540,528,980,973,2299,2276,1875,
1874,29963,29964,29971,5294,29976,29972,29968,29972,29976,6211,29984,29985]} 1.
d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c6 6. a4 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3.
} Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a5 8. Qc1 $5 {[%mdl 4] The position is equal. Exploring less
charted territory.} O-O {[#]} 9. Qxc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Bxb4 axb4 10.
Qxc4 Qa5 11. Qc2 b5 12. b3 Bb7 13. Nbd2 Nbd7 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 {1/2-1/2
(39) Cheparinov,I (2688)-Anton Guijarro,D (2675) Los Cancajos 2020}) 9... Bxd2+
10. Nbxd2 {[%CAl Bb1d2,Bd2c4,Bc4d6][%mdl 32]} b6 11. Qb3 Ba6 12. Nc4 Nbd7 13.
Nfe5 Rc8 14. Nd6 Nxe5 $2 (14... Rc7 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 15. dxe5 $16 Rb8
16. Bxc6 Nd7 17. Qe3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Nxe5 $2 {
[%mdl 8192] A mistake that costs the game.} (17... Nc5 $16 18. f4 Bb7 19. Nxb7
Nxb7) 18. Qxe5 $18 Qc7 19. Bf3 Rbd8 20. Rd1 Rd7 {intending ...Rfd8.} 21. O-O
Rfd8 {[%CAl Rd7d6] [#]} 22. Nxf7 Qxe5 23. Rxd7 Qxb2 24. Nxd8 Bxe2 25. Bxe2 Qxe2
26. Rd6 h5 27. Nxe6 h4 28. Ng5 (28. Rc1 $142 Qg4 29. Rc7 hxg3 30. hxg3 Kh8 31.
Rxg7 Qxe6 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} 32. Rxe6 Kxg7 33. Rxb6) 28... g6 29. Rxb6
Kg7 30. Ne6+ Kf7 31. Nf4 (31. Rc1 $142 Qa2 32. gxh4 Kf6 33. Rc5 Ke7 34. Rxa5
Qa3 35. Kg2 Qd3 36. Ra7+ Qd7 37. Rxd7+ Kxd7 38. a5) 31... Qf3 32. Rc1 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0.98} 1-0
[Event "Airthings Masters Preliminary"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.12.23"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 12,75,54,45,49,36,36,45,44,0,19,29,42,21,23,27,20,39,39,7,29,27,35,39,
45,22,20,0,36,40,9,0,0,-61,0,0,0,0,0,0,105,33,148,146,206,206,201,204,203,204,
199,201,204,202,245,258,253,251,382,374,383,366,357,349,29998,29999]} 1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 {[%CAl Bb8c6,Bc6e5,Be5g4]
[%mdl 32]} 7. d5 Ne5 {E73: King's Indian: Averbakh Variation without 6...c5.}
8. f4 Neg4 9. Bd2 Nh6 {White is slightly better.} 10. h3 {Threatening g4.} e6
$1 11. dxe6 {[#]} Bxe6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... fxe6 12. g4 b5 13. cxb5 Bb7
14. Qc2 d5 15. O-O-O d4 16. Be3 dxc3 17. Rxd8 Raxd8 18. Qxc3 Nfxg4 {1/2-1/2
(52) Santos Latasa,J (2575)-Guseinov,G (2665) ICC INT 2020}) 12. g4 Re8 13. Nf3
({Much weaker is} 13. g5 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Nf5 $15) 13... Bd7 $1 14. g5 Nxe4 15.
gxh6 (15. Nxe4 {with more complications.} Rxe4 16. gxh6 Bxh6 17. f5 Qf8 18. O-O
) 15... Bxh6 (15... Ng3 {is interesting.} 16. Rh2 Bxh6 17. Rg2 Nf5 18. Qb3 a5)
16. Nxe4 Rxe4 17. f5 Qf8 18. O-O Rae8 (18... Be3+ 19. Bxe3 Rxe3 20. Qd2 (20.
fxg6 hxg6) 20... Rae8) 19. Bd3 Re3 (19... Be3+ 20. Bxe3 Rxe3) 20. Bxe3 Bxe3+
21. Kg2 Bc6 $1 22. Qe1 (22. b4 $11 b6 23. b5) 22... g5 (22... Qg7 $1 $15 23.
fxg6 hxg6) 23. Qg3 $1 $11 Bf4 24. Qg4 {And now Rfe1 would win.} Re3 25. Rad1 {
aiming for b4.} Qg7 (25... Qe8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 26. Rf2 ({White
should try} 26. f6 $16 Qxf6 27. Rf2) 26... Qh8 {[#]} (26... f6 $1 $14) 27. Qh5
$1 $16 Qg7 (27... h6 $16 28. Kf1 b6) 28. Kf1 Bg3 29. f6 $1 {[%CAl Rf6g7]} (29.
Qxg5 $4 Bxf2 30. Qxg7+ Kxg7 $19) 29... Qxf6 30. Qxg5+ Qxg5 31. Nxg5 {[%mdl 64]}
h6 32. Nxf7 Kg7 {[#]} 33. Nd8 $1 Bxf2 34. Kxf2 Rf3+ (34... Rxh3 {was worth a
try.} 35. Rg1+ Kf8) 35. Ke2 $18 Rxh3 {Threatens to win with ...Bf3+.} 36. Rf1
Rh2+ 37. Ke3 {Threatening mate with Ne6+.} Rxb2 $2 (37... Rh3+ $18 38. Kd4 Rf3
39. Rg1+ Kf6 40. Nxc6 bxc6 41. Rg6+ Ke7 42. Rxh6 c5+ 43. Ke4 Rf7) 38. Ne6+ {
[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Weighted Error Value: White=0.10/Black=0.48} 1-0
[Event "Airthings Masters Preliminary"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.12.23"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 12,164,34,18,18,18,18,16,14,19,20,17,25,26,25,19,39,44,33,44,52,49,49,
27,47,47,47,47,59,59,59,59,59,59,59,59,65,62,63,52,54,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,104,
109,109,83,91,98,98,0,94,0,102,93,93,85,82,77,77,64,86,0,50,40,60,40,40,33,40,
40,40,40,40,40,40,8,8,6,7,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,9,0,16,0,0,0,16,16,23,16,23,24,21,14,14,14,14,14,36,14,14,14,14,14,14,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3
a6 6. O-O b5 7. Be2 Bb7 {D26: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 4 e3 e6 5 Bxc5 c5
sidelines.} 8. a4 b4 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Be7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Rc1 c5 13. dxc5
Bxc5 14. Ne5 Rc8 15. Nxd7 {[#]} Qxd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Nxd7 16. Bf3
Qc7 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Qg4 e5 19. Nc4 Rfe8 20. Rfd1 Re6 21. Qf3 e4 {1-0 (38)
Dedebas,E (2319)-Badelka,O (2384) Skopje 2019}) 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nc4 (17. Ne4
$5 Qxd1 18. Nxf6+ Kg7 19. Nh5+ (19. Rcxd1 $2 {loses.} Kxf6 20. Rd7 Bc6 $19)
19... Kh6 20. Rfxd1 $14 (20. Rcxd1 Rfd8 $14)) 17... Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 Bd5 19. Bf3
Bxc4 20. Rxc4 {[#] aiming for Rdc1.} Be7 {Threatening ...Rxc4.} 21. Be2 Rxc4
22. Bxc4 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Ra8 23. g4 Ra7 24. f4 a5 25. Kf2 Rc7
26. f5 exf5 27. gxf5 Kf8 28. Kf3 Kg7 29. e4 Kf8 (29... Bc5 $14) 30. Rd5 $16 Ra7
31. Kg4 Kg7 32. Kh5 Bf8 33. Kg4 Be7 34. Kf3 Kf8 $1 35. Ke2 Kg7 36. Kd3 Kh6 37.
Ke3 Kg5 38. Kf3 Kh6 39. Ke3 Kg5 40. Rd2 Kh6 41. Rg2 Rd7 42. Kf3 Bc5 43. Bd5 Bb6
44. Rg8 Rd8 45. Rxd8 Bxd8 46. Bxf7 $14 {KB-KB} Kg5 47. Bg8 h5 48. Bf7 Bc7 49.
h3 h4 50. Ke3 Bb6+ $1 51. Kd3 Kf4 52. Bh5 Ke5 53. Bf3 Kf4 54. Bh5 Ke5 55. Bf3
Kf4 56. Bg2 Kg3 57. Bf1 Kf4 58. Be2 Ke5 59. Bh5 Bc7 60. Ke3 Bb6+ 61. Kf3 Bd4
62. Bf7 Bc3 63. Bd5 Kd6 64. Kg4 Be1 $1 65. Kh5 Bg3 66. Kg6 Ke7 67. Be6 Be5 68.
Kh5 Bg3 69. e5 fxe5 70. Kg5 e4 71. Bc4 e3 72. f6+ Kf8 {The position is equal.}
73. Kf5 Bc7 74. Ke6 Bd8 75. f7 Bb6 76. Be2 Bd8 77. Kd7 Bg5 78. Ke6 Bd8 79. Bh5
Bg5 80. Kd7 e2 81. Bxe2 Kxf7 82. Bc4+ Kf8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09/
Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Airthings Masters Preliminary"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.12.23"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 11,38,14,19,27,18,21,26,30,26,26,25,18,28,20,18,24,24,20,24,16,16,19,21,
0,24,0,26,0,7]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7
7. a3 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} c5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 {White
has an edge.} exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Bf5 12. Be2 Bf6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qd4
$1 {[%mdl 4] is recently more successful than 14.Nd4.} Qd6 {Threatening ...Nb3.
} 15. Rd1 Rfd8 {With the idea ...Bc2.} 16. Qd2 {[#]} Qf6 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An
interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 16... Nb3 17. Qc3 Qb6 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19.
Qxd4 Qxd4 20. Rxd4 Rac8 21. g4 Rc1+ 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 Be6 24. f4 f5 25.
gxf5 Bxf5 26. Bb3 {1/2-1/2 (66) Nepomniachtchi,I (2784)-Nakamura,H (2736)
chess24.com INT 2020}) 17. Qd4 Qd6 18. Qd2 Qf6 19. Qd4 Qd6 {A rather calm draw.
Weighted Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0.00} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Airthings Masters Preliminary"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.12.23"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 9,119,36,33,37,41,35,40,33,50,35,52,43,45,46,63,48,71,-19,-12,-29,0,-35,
-25,-36,-44,-89,17,24,11,27,8,-64,-46,-62,-27,-27,-27,-37,-22,-85,-85,-82,-81,
-81,-84,-180,-170,-143,-142,-192,-121,-104,-114,-468,-468,-505,-191,-664,-460,
-399,-64,-239,-64,-68,-45,-67,-64,-138,-134,-130,0,-97,0,-121,-92,-74,-98,-107,
-68,-308,-302,-299,-287,-306,-302,-283,-248,-543,-536,-606,-572,-572,-572,-572,
-572,-572,-501,-572,-116,-116,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
Bb5 e6 4. b3 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. e5 Ne7 7. exd6 Ng6 8. Na3 {White is slightly
better.} Bxd6 9. d3 O-O 10. O-O f6 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. Ba3 Qd5 13. d4 (13. Ne3 $16
Qh5 14. g3) 13... Rd8 $11 {[%CAl Rc5d4]} 14. Bxc5 e5 15. Re1 Nf4 16. Ne3 Qf7
17. Nh4 Be6 (17... f5 $1 $17) 18. Qf3 exd4 19. Nef5 Be5 20. Ne7+ ({Reject} 20.
Qxc6 d3 $17) (20. Rad1 $11) 20... Kh8 $15 21. Nxc6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}
Bd5 (21... Qc7 $5 {[%CAl Re6d5]} 22. c4 (22. Nxd8 Rxd8 23. Bxd4 Bxd4 $19) 22...
dxc3 23. Nxe5 fxe5 24. Qxc3 Nd3 $17 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 22. Nxd8 Rxd8
23. Qg4 h5 24. Qxf4 (24. Qd1) 24... Bxf4 $17 25. Re7 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double
Attack} Bxh2+ $1 26. Kxh2 Qg8 27. Rae1 (27. Bxd4 $17 Bc6 28. c3) 27... Qh7 $1
$19 28. Bxd4 Qxc2 29. R1e2 Qd3 ({Black should try} 29... Qc8 $19 {Strongly
threatening ...Qg4.} 30. f3 Qb8+ 31. Kg1 Bg8) 30. Bxa7 $17 Bc6 31. R2e3 $2 {
[%mdl 8192]} (31. R2e6 $17 {nothing else works.} Bd7 32. Re4 Qd6+ 33. Kg1)
31... Qd6+ $19 32. Rg3 Rg8 (32... g5 33. Nf5 Qf4) 33. Be3 $2 (33. Ng6+ Kh7 34.
Ree3) 33... g6 34. Ra7 Be4 $2 (34... g5 $1 $19 {[%CAl Rg5h4]} 35. Nf5 Qe5) 35.
f4 $2 (35. Ra4 $1 $15 Bb1 36. f4) 35... Rg7 $2 ({Black should play} 35... g5 $1
$19 {[%CAl Rg5h4]} 36. Ra4 gxf4 37. Rxg8+ Kxg8) 36. Ra4 $15 Qe6 {[%mdl 1024]
Black has compensation.} 37. Bd4 Kh7 38. Ra5 (38. Nf3 $15) 38... Qd6 $1 $17 {
[%CAl Rd6f4]} 39. Be3 {[#]} Qe6 (39... Qb8 $1 $17 40. Ra4 Bb1) 40. Rc5 (40. Bd4
$1 $11) 40... Qd6 (40... Bd3 $17 41. Ra5 Qd6) 41. b4 (41. Ra5 $1 $11 {keeps
the balance.}) 41... Rd7 42. a4 Qd1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] aiming for ...Qb1. Black
is in control.} 43. Rc4 Qb1 44. Bc1 $2 ({Better is} 44. Rd4 $1 $15 Rxd4 45.
Bxd4) 44... Bc2 45. Rgc3 Bxa4 ({Weaker is} 45... Qxc1 46. Rxc2 Qa1 47. a5 $15)
46. Rc8 Qxb4 47. R3c4 Qb5 48. f5 $2 (48. R4c5 Qd3 49. Nf3) 48... g5 $19 49. Ng6
{intending Nf8+.} Qxf5 50. Nf8+ Kg7 51. Nxd7 Bxd7 52. R8c5 Qe6 53. Rd4 Kg6 $2 (
53... Bc6 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 54. Bb2 g4 55. Rxh5 Qe2 56.
Rg5+ Kf7 57. Rgxg4 Qxb2) 54. Bxg5 $17 {[#]} fxg5 (54... Qe7 $1 $17 {[%CAl
Re7c5]} 55. Bh4 Qxc5 56. Rxd7 Qe5+ 57. Bg3 Qe4) 55. Rcd5 $11 {The position is
equal.} Qe1 56. Rxd7 Qe5+ 57. Kh1 {R4d6+ is the strong threat.} Qe1+ 58. Kh2 {
Hoping for R4d6+.} Qe5+ 59. Kh1 {And now R4d6+ would win.} Qe1+ 60. Kh2 {
And White is the lucky defender. Weighted Error Value: White=0.63/Black=0.55}
1/2-1/2
[Event "Airthings Masters Preliminary"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.12.23"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D50"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 14,88,22,15,19,11,22,22,23,13,0,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,-15,0,-10,-10,
-10,-8,-14,-13,-11,0,0,0,0,0,-12,-5,-9,0,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5.
cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3 O-O {D50: Queen's Gambit Declined:
Dutch-Peruvian Gambit.} 9. Be2 Nc6 10. Qd3 h6 {[#]} 11. Bxf6 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 11. Bh4 Nb4 12. Qd1 Bf5 13. Nd4 Bh7 14. O-O Ne4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16.
a3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 {1/2-1/2 (44) Delavari,A (2222)-Mousavi,S (2422) Hamedan 2016}
) 11... Bxf6 {The position is equal.} 12. Rd1 Ne7 13. e4 Bxc3+ 14. Qxc3 Be6 15.
O-O Qb6 16. e5 Rac8 17. Qd2 Nc6 18. h3 d4 19. Bd3 ({Don't blunder} 19. Nxd4 $2
Rcd8 $19) 19... Bd5 20. Rfe1 Rfe8 {...Bxf3 is the strong threat.} 21. Be4 Rcd8
22. b3 a5 23. Qf4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Qc5 25. Rde1 Re6 26. h4 d3 27. Rd1 Rd5 (27...
b5 {is more complex.} 28. Rd2 Qc3 29. Kh2 Re7 30. g3 Rd5) 28. Qe3 Nxe5 (28...
Qc2 {looks sharper.} 29. Rd2 Qc3 30. g3 b5 31. Rd1 g6) 29. Nxe5 {[#] Strongly
threatening Qxc5.} Qxe3 30. Rxe3 Rdxe5 31. Rxe5 Rxe5 32. Rxd3 $11 {[%mdl 4096]
Endgame KR-KR} Re1+ 33. Kh2 Re2 34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. Rd7 Rxf2 36. Rxb7 Rxa2 37.
Rxf7 Rb2 38. Ra7 Rxb3 {White must now prevent ...Ra3.} 39. Rxa5 Rb4 40. g3 Rb2+
41. Kh3 Rb3 42. Kh2 Rb2+ 43. Kh3 Rb3 44. Kh2 Rb2+ {A rather calm draw.
Weighted Error Value: White=0.02/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Airthings Masters Preliminary"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.12.23"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 16,83,0,0,19,19,22,10,29,40,44,45,38,39,53,31,63,34,86,28,19,6,18,3,20,
21,16,6,12,14,132,21,20,20,17,7,57,10,20,10,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7
6. Bg2 c6 7. Qc2 b6 8. O-O O-O 9. Bf4 Ba6 {E06: Closed Catalan: Early
deviations.} 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 Nbd7 12. Nc3 Bb4 13. Bf1 Rc8 14. Qb3 Qe7 {
[#]} 15. Qa4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Nd2 Nh5 16. Be3 Nb8 17. a3 Bxc3 18. Rxc3
Rxc3 19. Qxc3 Rc8 {1/2-1/2 (19) Enescu,C (2345)-Bendana Aragon,J (2325) ICCF
email 2012}) 15... Bc4 16. Nb5 Ne4 (16... Bxb5 $14 17. Qxb5 Nb8) 17. a3 (17.
Nxa7 $16 Ra8 18. b3) 17... Bxb5 $11 18. Qxb5 Bd6 19. Be3 f5 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21.
Rc1 Rxc1 22. Bxc1 g5 {[#]} (22... Kf7 $11) 23. Qc6 (23. Bxg5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]
} Nxg5 24. Nxg5 Qxg5 25. Qxd7) 23... g4 24. Ne1 Nf8 25. Nd3 Ng6 26. Bh6 Kf7 27.
h3 Nf6 28. Bg5 h5 {The position is equal.} 29. hxg4 hxg4 30. e3 (30. Bxf6 {
looks sharper.} Kxf6 31. Qc1 Qg7 32. e3 Qd7 33. Be2) 30... Qc7 31. Qxc7+ Bxc7
32. Bxf6 Kxf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 33. Be2 Bd6 34. Kf1 Nh8 35. Nc1 Nf7
36. Na2 a5 37. Nc3 Ke7 38. Ke1 Bc7 39. Nb5 Bb8 40. Kd2 Nd6 41. Nxd6 Kxd6 42.
Bb5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.11/Black=0.15} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Airthings Masters Preliminary"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.12.23"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Shahid"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 9,78,12,4,14,9,11,22,24,61,52,73,35,35,40,67,54,57,51,66,48,54,60,45,50,
72,61,63,55,71,66,54,61,160,157,149,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,0,6,11,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,4,0,10,0,8,0,0,0,11,0,0,0,9]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6
5. Bg5 Nc6 6. Bb5 {B53: Sicilian: 2...d6: Lines with Qxd4.} Bd7 7. Qd3 Nb4 8.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. Qb3 {[#]} Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Na6 10. e5 Ne4 11. exd6
Nac5 12. Qe3 f6 13. O-O fxg5 14. b4 exd6 15. Nc3 O-O-O 16. bxc5 Nxc3 17. Qxc3
dxc5 {1-0 (38) Drus,M-Souply,Y (1895) ICCF email 2011}) 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nc3
Rc8 12. Nd5 Bg7 13. O-O O-O 14. Ne3 e6 15. Rad1 Rfd8 16. c3 Ne7 17. Rd2 Qc6 18.
Qc2 Bh6 19. Nd4 Qc5 20. Qd1 d5 $2 ({Better is} 20... Ng6 $14) 21. Qg4+ $16 Ng6
{[#]} (21... Kh8 22. Qh5) (21... Kf8 22. Qh5) 22. exd5 (22. Qh3 $1 $16 {
[%CAl Rh3h6]} Bxe3 (22... Bg7 23. exd5) 23. fxe3 dxe4 $2 (23... Rf8 24. Nb3)
24. Nxe6 $18) 22... Bxe3 $11 {The position is equal.} 23. fxe3 f5 $1 {[%CAl
Rf5g4]} 24. Qf3 (24. Qd1 {looks sharper.} Rxd5 25. Qf3 Ne5 26. Qf2 Rcd8 27. Re2
) 24... Qxd5 25. Rfd1 {Strongly threatening Nb3.} Qxf3 26. Nxf3 Rxd2 27. Rxd2 {
[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rc7 28. Kf2 Kg7 29. Rd4 Kf6 30. g4 fxg4 31. Rxg4
Ke7 32. Ke2 f5 33. Ra4 a6 34. Rb4 Nf8 35. a4 Kf6 36. Rh4 Ng6 37. Rb4 Nf8 38.
Rh4 Ng6 39. Rb4 Nf8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10/Black=0.07} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Airthings Masters Preliminary"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.12.23"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2862"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "Shahid"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 16,107,5,23,17,7,7,6,6,0,0,0,0,-6,2,5,11,0,0,0,10,12,11,11,11,12,8,15,
12,16,12,12,18,18,36,18,18,18,33,27,27,25,48,27,32,11,14,14,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,
8,12,13,15,23,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,11,11,11,11,11,56,52,54,20,17,41,75,75,
695,682,752,749,752,750,5331,787]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4
5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Ne8 {C67: Ruy Lopez:
Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} 10. Re1 d5 11. Bf4 Bd6 {[#] The position is equal.
} 12. Qf3 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] A top novelty.} (12. Be5 c6 13. c3 Bxe5 14. Rxe5
Nd6 15. Bd3 g6 16. Nd2 f6 17. Re3 Bf5 18. Nb3 b6 19. Bxf5 Nxf5 20. Re2 Qd7 {
1/2-1/2 (20) Carlsen,M (2870)-Nakamura,H (2741) Kolkata 2019}) ({Predecessor:}
12. Bxd6 Nxd6 13. Bd3 Bf5 14. Bxf5 Nxf5 15. c3 Re8 16. Nd2 c6 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8
18. Nf3 {1/2-1/2 (33) Aronian,L (2781)-Nakamura,H (2736) chess24.com INT 2020})
12... Bxf4 13. Qxf4 Qd6 14. Qf3 Nf6 15. Nd2 Bg4 16. Qg3 Qxg3 17. hxg3 Rfe8 18.
f3 Bd7 19. g4 h6 20. Kf2 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Re8 22. Rc1 c6 23. a4 {[%CAl Ba2a4,
Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Re7 24. a5 Ne8 25. Nb3 Nd6 26. Nc5 Bc8 27. b3 g6 28. c4 dxc4
29. bxc4 Kg7 30. Bd3 f5 31. gxf5 Bxf5 32. Be2 h5 33. Nd3 Bc8 34. Nb4 Nf5 35. d5
c5 36. Nd3 Rc7 37. Nf4 h4 38. Bd3 g5 39. Ne2 Nd6 40. Nc3 Kf6 41. Re1 Bd7 (41...
Rg7 {with more complications.} 42. Ne4+ Nxe4+ 43. Rxe4 Bd7 44. Re1 Rg8) 42.
Ne4+ (42. Ke3 {seems wilder.} Bc8 43. Ne4+ Nxe4 44. fxe4 Ke5 45. Rf1) 42...
Nxe4+ 43. Bxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} b5 44. d6 Rc8 45. cxb5 Bxb5
46. Rb1 Bc4 (46... a6 {is more complex.} 47. Rxb5 axb5 48. a6 Ke6 49. Ke3 Kxd6
50. a7 c4 51. a8=Q Rxa8 52. Bxa8 Kc5 53. Be4 b4 $11) 47. Rb7 Rd8 48. Rxa7 {
And now Rc7 would win.} (48. d7 {feels hotter.} a6 49. Rb6+ Ke5 50. Ke3 Rxd7
51. Rg6) 48... Rxd6 49. Rc7 Rd2+ 50. Kg1 Bd5 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#] This costs
Black the game.} (50... g4 $16 51. fxg4 (51. Rxc5 {gets mated.} g3 52. Rc6+ Ke7
53. Bc2 Rxc2 54. Rc7+ Kf6 55. Rxc4 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} Rxc4 56. Kf1
Rc1+ 57. Ke2 h3 58. Kd2 hxg2 59. Kxc1 g1=Q+ 60. Kc2 Qc5+ 61. Kd2 g2 62. f4 g1=Q
63. a6 Qge3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 64. Kd1 Qcc1#) 51... Be2) 51. Rd7 $1 $18
{White is clearly winning.} Ke6 52. Rd8 c4 53. a6 c3 54. Rxd5 {Weighted Error
Value: White=0.04/Black=0.22} (54. Rxd5 Rxd5 55. Bxd5+ $18) 1-0
[Event "Airthings Masters Preliminary"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.12.23"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 21,101,12,10,0,0,8,7,8,12,13,8,16,10,15,22,12,33,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,-4,-14,-8,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,19,1,0,0,0,0,0,3,10,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
3,3,0,18,3,3,0,0,0,9,4,14,8,14,3,8,0,10,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4.
c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 {[%CAl Bb1d2,
Bd2f1,Bf1g3,Bg3f5][%mdl 32]} Re8 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bc2 {12.Be3 is a critical
line. C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} d5 13. Qe2
d4 14. Bd2 b5 15. Ng3 {[#]} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Nd7 16. a4 Qe7 17.
Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Qd6 19. Qe4 Nf6 20. Qh4 b4 21. cxb4 Nxb4 22. Bxb4 Qxb4 {
1/2-1/2 (28) Manso Gil,A (2579)-Zidu,J (2590) ICCF email 2016}) 16. Bb3 a4 17.
Bxe6 Rxe6 18. Red1 a3 19. bxa3 (19. Rab1 {seems wilder.} Bc5 20. cxd4 Bxd4 21.
bxa3 Rxa3 22. Rxb5 Rxa2 23. Nf5) 19... Bb6 {The position is equal.} 20. Nf5 (
20. Rab1 {feels hotter.} Rxa3 21. cxd4 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Bxd4 23. Bc1) 20... Rxa3
21. cxd4 Nxd4 22. N3xd4 Bxd4 23. Nxd4 Qxd4 24. Be3 Qd7 25. Rac1 c6 26. Rc2 Qb7
27. Bc5 Ra4 28. a3 Nd7 29. Bb4 Qb6 {White should prevent ...c5.} 30. Rdc1 Ra8
31. Rc3 Rc8 32. Qe3 Qd4 33. Kf1 Rg6 34. R3c2 Kh7 35. g4 Qxe3 36. fxe3 Re6 37.
Kg2 Kg8 38. Kf3 Rf6+ 39. Ke2 Re6 40. Rc3 Kh7 41. Kf3 Rf6+ 42. Kg2 Re6 43. R3c2
Kg8 44. Kf2 Rf6+ 45. Ke2 Re6 46. Rc3 Kh7 47. R1c2 Kg8 48. Kf2 Rf6+ 49. Kg2 Re6
50. Rc1 Kh7 51. R3c2 {An uneventful encounter. Weighted Error Value: White=0.
03/Black=0.01} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Airthings Masters Preliminary"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.12.23"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Shahid"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 9,109,0,14,4,15,0,31,0,8,16,15,0,0,0,8,10,8,9,5,15,9,8,10,10,10,6,27,29,
54,19,110,10,12,7,7,7,7,7,8,0,0,-21,-20,-29,-30,-22,-26,-112,-112,-116,-99,
-166,-186,-198,-100,-101,-141,-180,-105,-173,-64,-173,-173,-268,-253,-238,-173,
-253,-253,-253,-253,-253,-261,-281,-119,-269,-47,-15,-59,-375,-375,-383,0,0,0,
-2078,-7081,-12839,-4617,-29946,-12850,-29949,-29949,-29945,0,-29953,-29949,
-12792,-12706,-4708,-4618,-29991]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5.
Qxd4 a6 6. Be2 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7.} Ngf6
7. O-O g6 {now supersedes 7...e5.} (7... e5 $5 {[%CAl Re5d4]} 8. Qe3 Be7 $11)
8. e5 {White is slightly better.} dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bg7 {[#]} 10. Bf4 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Rd1 e5 12. Qh4 Qc7 13. Nc3 b6 14. Be3 Bb7 15. Nd2
Rae8 16. Qc4 {1/2-1/2 (63) Alekseev,E (2626)-Savchenko,B (2551)
Khanty-Mansiysk 2020}) 10... O-O 11. Rd1 Qb6 12. Qxb6 Nxb6 13. Nc3 Bf5 14. Bf3
Nh5 15. Be3 {[%CAl Re3b6]} Bxe5 16. Bxb6 Nf6 17. Re1 ({Don't go for} 17. Bxb7
$2 Rab8 $19) 17... Nd7 {Threatens to win with ...Bxc3.} 18. Ba5 Rab8 19. Rad1
Rfe8 (19... Bf6 $11 {remains equal.}) 20. Be4 (20. g4 $16 Be6 21. Rxd7 $1 {
[%mdl 512]} Bxc3 22. Rxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxa5 23. Rexe7 Rxe7 24. Rxe7) 20...
Be6 21. Bd5 Bxc3 22. Bxc3 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Nb6 24. Rd4 (24. Rd3 {is more complex.}
Na4 25. Bd4 b5 26. Kf1 e6 27. Re2) 24... Rbc8 25. Rb4 (25. f3 {feels hotter.}
e6 26. a4 Rc5 27. a5 Nd5 28. Bd2) 25... Nd5 26. Rxb7 Nxc3 27. bxc3 Rxc3 28.
Rexe7 (28. Re2 $11) 28... Rxe7 $17 29. Rxe7 Rxc2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame ( ->
...Rc1+). KR-KR} 30. g3 (30. g4 $17) 30... Rxa2 31. h4 h5 (31... a5 32. Kf1 Kg7
) 32. Ra7 a5 33. Kg2 a4 (33... Ra3 $1 34. Kf1 Kg7) 34. Kf3 Kg7 ({Black should
try} 34... a3 $1 $19 35. Ke4 Kf8) 35. Ra6 (35. Ke4 $15) 35... a3 36. Kg2 (36.
Ke4 {might work better.}) 36... Ra1 37. Kf3 Kf8 38. Ra7 (38. Kf4 $142) 38...
Ke8 39. Kg2 f6 40. Ra6 Kf7 41. Kf3 Ra2 (41... a2 $19 {and Black stays clearly
on top.} 42. Ke2 Ke7) 42. Ke3 (42. Ke4 $17 {is a better defense.}) 42... g5 (
42... Ke7 $19 {White must now prevent ...Ra1.} 43. Kd4 g5) 43. hxg5 $2 (43. Kf3
) 43... fxg5 {...Ra1 is the strong threat.} 44. Ra5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (44. Kf3
$1 $15) 44... Ra1 45. Kf3 g4+ (45... a2 $19 46. Ra6 Ke7) 46. Kf4 $11 a2 {
aiming for ...Ke7.} 47. Kg5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (47. Kf5 $11 Ke8 48. Kg6) 47...
Ke6 $19 48. Ra8 Ke5 (48... Kd5 $142 49. Ra3 Kc4) 49. Re8+ Kd4 50. Re2 Kd3 51.
Rb2 Ke4 $1 {[%CAl Re4d3] Hoping for ...Kd3.} 52. Re2+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (52. Rc2
$11 Kf3 53. Kg6) 52... Kf3 $1 53. Rb2 {[#]} Kg2 $1 54. Rc2 {[#]} Rf1 $1 55. Rb2
{Weighted Error Value: White=0.83/Black=0.37} 0-1
[Event "Airthings Masters Preliminary"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.12.23"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 14,109,-4,-12,-12,-15,0,6,25,31,12,29,58,73,68,79,80,80,79,85,59,0,0,0,
10,0,46,39,115,112,110,102,102,111,164,161,188,200,183,195,179,188,196,181,189,
133,129,140,142,136,133,140,135,130,242,242,242,242,242,242,242,208,232,231,
385,148,163,163,163,163,163,162,145,141,141,141,218,166,166,166,210,208,208,
208,370,307,514,520,506,499,499,498,725,725,698,629,29968,8947]} 1. e4 c5 2.
Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 h6 {C00:
French: Unusual White 2nd moves.} 9. c3 b5 10. exd5 Nxd5 {The position is
equal.} 11. a4 b4 12. c4 {[#]} Nc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nf6 13. Nd4 Qxd4
14. Bxc6 Rb8 15. Nb3 Qd8 16. d4 cxd4 17. Bf4 Bd6 18. Qxd4 Bxf4 19. Qxf4 {
1/2-1/2 (50) In 'T Veld,H (2223)-Webbink,A (2233) ICCF email 2019}) 13. Nb3 Bb7
14. Be3 Na6 15. d4 cxd4 16. Nfxd4 Qc8 17. Qe2 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 {Strongly
threatening Bxb7.} Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rd8 20. Qf3 Qxc4 $2 (20... Nc5 $14 21. Bxc5
Bxc5) 21. Rac1 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is out for blood.} Qd5 22. Qxd5 Rxd5 23.
Rc6 Nb8 (23... Rd6 $16 24. Rec1 Rad8) 24. Rc8+ $18 Rd8 25. Rec1 Nd7 26. Rxa8
Rxa8 27. Rc7 $1 {[%csl Ba7,Bd7][%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rd8 28. Rxa7 Bf6 29. a5
(29. Bxf6 $18 Nxf6 30. a5) 29... Bxd4 $16 30. Nxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN
} Ne5 {[#]} 31. a6 $1 Rxd4 {KRN-KR} 32. Ra8+ Kh7 {And now ...Rd7 would win.}
33. a7 Nc6 {[#]} (33... Rd5 $16 34. Rb8 Ra5) 34. Rh8+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 576] Decoy}
Kxh8 35. a8=Q+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. KQ-KRN} Nd8 36. Qa7 Rd5 37. Qb6 Kg8
38. Qxb4 Nc6 $2 {[#]} (38... g6 39. Qc4 h5) 39. Qb7 $2 (39. Qa4 $1 $18 {
[%CAl Ra4c6]} Nd4 40. Qe8+ Kh7 41. Qxf7) 39... Nd4 $16 40. Qb8+ Kh7 41. Qf8 Kg6
42. g4 h5 43. h3 hxg4 44. hxg4 e5 (44... Ne2 $16 {might work better.} 45. b4
Nf4+ 46. Kf3 Nd3) 45. Qa8 Ne6 46. b4 Rd4 47. b5 {b6 is the strong threat.}
Rxg4+ 48. Kf1 {Hoping for b6.} Rb4 $2 (48... Rd4 49. b6 Nd8) 49. Qc6 $18 Kg5 $2
(49... Kh7 50. b6 Rb2 51. Qe4+ g6) 50. b6 Nf4 {( -> ...Rb1+)} 51. Kg1 Rb1+ 52.
Kh2 Ne6 (52... Rb2 $142 53. b7 Rxf2+ 54. Kg3 Rb2) 53. Qe4 Rb5 54. b7 Nd8 55.
b8=R {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09/Black=0.47} (55. b8=Q $142 Rxb8 56.
Qxe5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} f5 57. Qxb8 Nf7 58. Qb6 f4 59. Qc7 Kg6 60. Qxf4
) 1-0
[Event "Airthings Masters Preliminary"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.12.23"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2862"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 23,48,8,12,0,22,24,20,12,18,20,22,21,35,20,28,25,29,27,34,31,58,0,25,0,
47,0,47]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7.
Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 a5 13. g3 {B33:
Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations.} h5 14. h4 g6 15. Bh3 Bb7 16. Qd3
Bg7 {[#]} 17. Rd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. a3 O-O 18. O-O bxa3 19. Rxa3 Rb8 20.
Rd1 Ba6 21. b4 Bc8 22. Bxc8 axb4 23. Ra6 Rxc8 24. Ndxb4 {1-0 (36) Poetsch,H
(2474)-Goldsworthy,P (2088) Schwaebisch Gmuend 2014}) 17... O-O 18. O-O Rb8 19.
b3 Re8 20. Rfe1 Ba8 21. Nde3 Bf8 22. Nd5 Bg7 23. Nde3 Bf8 24. Nd5 Bg7 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.12/Black=0.07} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Airthings Masters Preliminary"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.12.23"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Shahid"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 14,120,14,16,20,25,37,45,42,44,54,32,41,41,46,11,3,10,9,13,31,0,7,0,10,
-10,-12,-8,-8,-8,-10,-14,-10,-19,-19,-19,-19,-20,-20,-20,-20,-19,-19,-19,-33,
-35,-32,-29,-19,-23,54,-36,0,-35,-38,-50,-54,-54,-54,-54,-26,-58,-58,-58,-58,
-85,-61,-83,-75,-92,-94,-204,-180,-193,-196,-181,-195,-179,-186,-179,-165,-273,
-273,-273,-253,-255,-261,-288,-285,-522,-459,-945,-945,-839,-854,-702,-737,
-29973,-29975,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29986,
-29984]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Be2 d5 7. exd5
Nxd5 8. d4 Be7 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6.} 9. dxc5
Bxc5 10. c4 Nf6 {White is slightly better.} 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 {[#]} 12. a3 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 12. Rd1+ Ke7 13. Nc3 Ba7 14. b3 Rd8 15. Ba3+ Ke8 16. Rxd8+ Nxd8
17. Rd1 Bd7 18. Ne5 {1-0 (41) Magem Badals,J (2534)-Bauer,C (2602) San
Sebastian 2009}) 12... Ke7 13. b4 Nd4 14. Ra2 Nxe2+ 15. Rxe2 Bd6 16. Nc3 Rd8
17. Be3 Bd7 18. Rd1 Bc7 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. Bc5+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Ke8
21. Rxe5 {[#]} Ba4 $1 22. Rc1 Bb3 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 Rd3 25. Bb6 Rc8 26. c5
Bd5 27. Re3 Rxe3 28. fxe3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} f5 29. Kf2 Kd7 30.
Rd1 Kc6 31. a4 g5 (31... h5 $11) 32. Rb1 (32. g4 $1 $14 Rf8 (32... fxg4 $4 33.
e4 $18) 33. Kg1) 32... Ra8 33. Rd1 (33. g4 $5) 33... h5 34. e4 fxe4 35. Ke3 Rf8
36. h3 Rf7 37. Bd8 g4 38. hxg4 hxg4 39. Rb1 {Black converts the advantage
convincingly.} g3 40. Rb2 Rf1 41. Bh4 Ra1 42. Bxg3 (42. Kf4 $17) (42. b5+ axb5
43. axb5+ Kxc5 44. Be7+ Kc4 45. Rb4+ Kc3 46. Bf6+ Kxb4 47. Bxa1 Kxb5 $19) 42...
Ra3+ $1 $19 (42... Rxa4 43. Kf4 $15) 43. Kf4 e5+ $1 (43... Rxa4 44. Be1 $15)
44. Kg4 Be6+ ({Resist} 44... Rxa4 45. Kf5 $15) 45. Kh4 e3 46. Bxe5 Bc4 ({
Don't play} 46... Rxa4 47. Kg3 $17) 47. g4 (47. Rb1 $142) 47... e2 ({But not}
47... Rxa4 48. Kg3 $17) 48. Rb1 Rxa4 49. Bg3 Kb5 50. Be1 Ra3 $1 51. Bg3 $2 (51.
Rc1) 51... Rd3 52. Re1 (52. Rh1 $142 Kxb4 53. g5) 52... Rd1 53. g5 Kxb4 54. g6
Kxc5 55. g7 {[#]} Rxe1 $1 {Black mates.} 56. Bxe1 Kd4 57. Kg3 Kd3 58. Kf2 {[#]}
b6 $1 59. Kf3 a5 60. Kf2 Bd5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.39/Black=0.04} 0-1
[Event "Airthings Masters Preliminary"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.12.23"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 23,69,45,54,18,0,0,13,4,33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,33,0,17,0,0,0,10,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29969,29941,29969,29970,29993,29992,29992,29993,29993,29994]}
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Re1 {C78: Ruy Lopez:
Archangelsk and Möller Defences.} Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5 15. Kh1 {The position is
equal.} Qf6 {[%CAl Re5d4] 15...exd4 is not played anymore.} 16. Be3 exd4 17.
cxd4 Ba5 $1 {[%CAl Ra5e1]} 18. Rg1 Rxb5 19. Ba4 Rxb2 {...Bc3 is the strong
threat.} ({Avoid the trap} 19... Rfb8 $2 20. Bxb5 Rxb5 21. Qe2 $16) 20. Bxc6 {
[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Bb6 21. Rg4 {[#]} g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 21...
Rb4 22. e5 dxe5 23. dxe5 Qe7 24. Qd5 Bxe3 25. fxe3 g6 26. Rxb4 Qxb4 27. e6 Qc3
{1/2-1/2 (45) Ivanchuk,V (2725)-Shirov,A (2700) Belgrade 1997}) 22. f4 Rb4 {
[%CAl Rb6d4]} 23. Ra4 Rxa4 24. Qxa4 Ng7 25. Bd5 Kh8 26. h3 Qe7 27. f5 gxf5 28.
exf5 Nxf5 29. Bg5 f6 ({But not} 29... Qe1+ $2 30. Kg2 $18) 30. Re4 $36 {
[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Qg7 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (30... Qd8 $11 31.
Bd2 Ng7) 31. Re8 $1 $18 {White mates.} Ba7 {[#]} 32. Qd7 $3 {[%mdl 512]} h6 (
32... Bxd4 33. Qc8) 33. Qc8 Rxe8 34. Qxe8+ Kh7 {[#]} 35. Bxf6 $1 {[%mdl 512]
Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.35} 1-0
[Event "Airthings Masters Preliminary"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.12.23"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6
{[%emt 0:00:11]} 5. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 6. a4 {[%emt 0:
00:23]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 7. axb5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} cxb5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 8.
Nxb5 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 9. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qxb2 {
[%emt 0:00:29]} 10. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 11. Nxd5 {
[%emt 0:01:23]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 12. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qa2 {[%emt 0:01:
46]} 13. e4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 14. Be2 {[%emt 0:02:22]} O-O
{[%emt 0:01:30]} 15. O-O {[%emt 0:00:14]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:02:10]} 16. Ng5 {
[%emt 0:00:49]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 17. Rc1 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Qb3 {[%emt 0:02:
42]} 18. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Qxd1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 19. Rfxd1 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 20. Bd5 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Rae8 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 21. Rc6 {
[%emt 0:00:16]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 22. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Nb8 {[%emt 0:01:
56]} 23. Rc2 {[%emt 0:02:13]} Bxg5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 24. Bxf5 {[%emt 0:00:02]}
Bxd2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 25. Rcxd2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 26. Bg4 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 27. Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:00:
19]} 28. h3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 29. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Rd6 {
[%emt 0:00:52]} 30. Rda1 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Rxd4 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 31. Bxa6 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Nxa6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 32. Rxa6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rde4 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} 33. Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxa8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 34. Rxa8+ {[%emt 0:00:
04]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 35. Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 36. g3 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 37. h4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:
03]} 38. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 39. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:03]}
Rc1+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 40. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 41. Kg1 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} Rc1+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 42. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 1/2-1/2