[Event "FIDE Candidates Tournament 2022"] [White "Radjabov,Teimour"] [Black "Firouzja,Alireza"] [Site "Madrid"] [Round "1.4"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2022.06.17"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2804"] [PlyCount "142"] [TimeControl "60"] {[%evp 9,142,7,39,42,37,39,43,30,45,26,36,39,37,49,35,27,20,11,21,31,31,10,14,14,24,13,36,31,26,36,29,0,16,23,10,24,12,13,9,13,13,13,95,86,77,87,91,89,91,75,74,68,54,21,22,26,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,60,60,60,60,60,60,60,60,60,60,60,60,60,60,60,60,60,0,60,60,60,60,60,60,60,60,60,60,60,60,60,60,60,60,60,60,60,0,60,60,60,0,60,0,60,0,60,60,60,60,60,8,8,8,8,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 {[%emt 0:0:4] } Nf6 {[%emt 0:0:8]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:0:6]} e6 {[%emt 0:0:8]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:0:21]} d5 {[%emt 0:0:9]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:0:26]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:0:19] } 5. e4 {[%emt 0:0:22][%cal Ye2e4,Ye4e5]} b5 {[%emt 0:0:0]} (5... Bb4 $5 {[%cal Rf6e4]} )6. e5 {[%emt 0:0:55] D24: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3.} Nd5 {[%emt 0:0:10]} 7. Nxb5 {[%emt 0:0:5]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:0:9] } 8. Be3 {[%emt 0:2:3] White is slightly better.} (8. Nc3 Be7 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Be3 Qd7 12. Rc1 g5 13. Bxg5 Rg8 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Ne1 O-O-O 16. Bf3 Qxd4 17. Bxb7+ Kxb7 18. Qf3+ Nc6 19. Nc2 Qd3 20. Ne3 Nd5 { 0-1 (57) Radjabov,T (2765)-Firouzja,A (2759) Paris 2021} )Nc6 {[%emt 0:0:0][%cal Yb8c6,Yc6a5,Ya5b3,Yb3d2]} 9. Be2 {[%emt 0:4:34]} Be7 {[%emt 0:0:37] } 10. O-O {[%emt 0:3:25]} O-O {[%emt 0:0:32]} 11. Nc3 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:1:3]} 12. a3 {[%emt 0:9:9]} Na5 {[%emt 0:2:26]} 13. Qc2 {[%emt 0:5:24]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:1:14]} 14. Rad1 {[%emt 0:8:13] [#]} Ba6 $146 {[%emt 0:1:15][%cal Yc8a6,Ya6c4,Yc4d5]} ({Predecessor:} 14... Bd7 15. Nd2 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Bg5 17. Rf3 c5 18. Nde4 Be7 19. dxc5 Qc7 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. exf6 {1-0 (42) Gunina,V (2471)-Pichot,A (2625) Chess.com INT 2022} )15. Bd2 {[%emt 0:16:15]} Nb3 {[%emt 0:1:49]} 16. Ne4 {[%emt 0:5:14]} Nxd2 {[%emt 0:1:15] } 17. Rxd2 {[%emt 0:0:5]} (17. Nexd2 {[#]} Rxb2 $3 {} 18. Qxb2 c3 $17 )Nf4 {[%emt 0:0:42]} 18. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:4:8]} Rxb2 $1 {[%emt 0:0:47] } 19. Qxb2 {[%emt 0:0:8]} Bxc4 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 20. Rc1 {[%emt 0:14:54] } Bd5 {[%emt 0:2:17]} 21. Re1 {[%emt 0:2:15]} Qa8 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 22. Qc2 {[%emt 0:1:16]} Bxa3 {[%emt 0:37:3]} 23. Nfg5 {[%emt 0:9:3][%cal Ye4f6] [#] Threatening mate with Nf6+!} Ng6 {[%emt 0:1:31] Strongly threatening ...h6.} 24. h4 $36 {[%emt 0:2:26][%cal Yh2h4,Yh4h5] White has the initiative.} (24. Qxc7 $2 h6 25. Ra1 hxg5 26. Nxg5 Qb8 27. Qxb8 (27. Nxe6 $2 fxe6 28. Qxb8 Rxb8 $19 )Rxb8 $19 )Bb4 {[%emt 0:23:39] This bishop pair is nice.} 25. h5 {[%emt 0:7:43]} Bxd2 {[%emt 0:3:42]} (25... Bxe4 $11 26. Nxe4 Ne7 )26. Qxd2 $16 {[%emt 0:2:10]} h6 {[%emt 0:3:30] Hoping for ...Ne7.} 27. hxg6 {[%emt 0:6:3][%cal Ye4f6] aiming for Nf6+! White is much more active.} hxg5 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 28. gxf7+ {[%emt 0:0:33]} Kxf7 {[%emt 0:0:18] } 29. Nxg5+ {[%emt 0:0:6]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:0:23]} 30. f3 {[%emt 0:4:17] } ({Much weaker is} 30. Qb4 Rf5 31. Qd2 Qd8 $14 )Kd7 {[%emt 0:2:1] } 31. Ne4 {[%emt 0:1:15]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:1:54]} 32. Rxe4 $11 {[%emt 0:3:5] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qd5 {[%emt 0:0:28]} 33. Qb4 {[%emt 0:0:5] } Rg8 {[%emt 0:2:39]} 34. Qa4+ {[%emt 0:0:52]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 35. Qxa7 {[%emt 0:0:7] Black must now prevent Qa3.} Ra8 $1 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 36. Qc5 {[%emt 0:0:3] Prevents Qc1+.} Qxc5 {[%emt 0:0:26]} 37. dxc5 {[%emt 0:0:1] KR-KR} Kc6 {[%emt 0:0:43]} 38. Rg4 {[%emt 0:0:16]} Kxc5 {[%emt 0:1:35] } 39. Rxg7 {[%emt 0:0:8]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:0:19]} ({Better is} 39... Rc8 $1 $11 )40. Rxc7 $14 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Kxe5 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 41. Rf7 {[%emt 0:1:2] } Kd6 {[%emt 0:8:37]} 42. Kf2 {[%emt 0:8:16]} e5 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 43. g4 {[%emt 0:8:25]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:0:56]} 44. Rf5 {[%emt 0:3:22]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:2:35]} 45. Rf8 {[%emt 0:0:19] Kg3 is the strong threat.} Ke7 {[%emt 0:3:6] } 46. Rb8 {[%emt 0:1:21]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:2:42]} 47. Rc8 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:1:21]} 48. Rc2 {[%emt 0:0:47]} (48. Rc6 $14 )Kf6 {[%emt 0:1:20] } ({Black should play} 48... e4 $1 $11 )49. Re2 {[%emt 0:0:9]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:2:42]} 50. Re3 {[%emt 0:1:0]} Rb2+ {[%emt 0:3:22]} 51. Kg3 {[%emt 0:0:5] } Rc2 {[%emt 0:4:57]} 52. Ra3 {[%emt 0:0:45]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 53. Ra6+ {[%emt 0:8:28]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:0:27]} 54. Rh6 {[%emt 0:1:50]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:1:53]} 55. Kf2 $1 {[%emt 0:0:4]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:0:24]} 56. Rb6 {[%emt 0:0:22] } Ke7 {[%emt 0:0:53]} 57. Ke2 {[%emt 0:0:40]} Rc3 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 58. Kf2 {[%emt 0:4:27]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:0:38]} 59. Rb2 {[%emt 0:0:36]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:0:40]} 60. Re2 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Rb3 $1 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 61. Re3 {[%emt 0:0:58] } Rb2+ {[%emt 0:0:53]} 62. Kg3 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Rc2 $1 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 63. Rb3 {[%emt 0:0:7]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:0:30]} 64. Rb6+ {[%emt 0:0:4]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:0:28]} 65. g5 {[%emt 0:0:4]} ({White should try} 65. Rc6 $14 )Ra4 $1 $11 {[%emt 0:1:54] The position is equal.} 66. Rf6+ {[%emt 0:0:0]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:1:43]} 67. Rh6 {[%emt 0:0:9]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:2:13]} 68. Rh4 {[%emt 0:0:43]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:1:27]} 69. Kg4 {[%emt 0:0:36]} Ra4+ {[%emt 0:0:0]} 70. Kh5 {[%emt 0:0:15]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:0:44]} 71. f4 {[%emt 0:1:9]} exf4 {[%emt 0:0:11] Weighted Error Value: White=0.06 (flawless) /Black=0.07 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2