[Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2021.06.11"] [Round "?"] [White "MagnusCarlsen"] [Black "Nepomiatchi"] [Result "*"] [ECO "B06"] [Annotator "thechesscorner,@gmail.com"] [PlyCount "54"] [SourceVersionDate "2021.06.11"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 a6 5. Be3 (5. a4 b6 6. Bc4 e6) 5... b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. a4 b4 8. Ne2 Nf6 9. Ng3 a5 (9... Nbd7 10. c3 (10. Qd2 c5 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. Bh6 O-O 13. O-O Qc7 14. Rfe1 Rad8 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. e5 Ng4 17. e6 Nde5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Qg5 f6 20. Nf5+ Kh8 21. Qh6 Rg8 22. Ng3 Nxd3 23. cxd3 Rxd3 24. Rac1 c4 25. Ne4 c3 26. bxc3 bxc3 27. f3 Bxe4 28. Rxe4 c2 29. Re2 Qc5+ 30. Kf1 Rd1+ 31. Re1 Rxe1+ 32. Rxe1 g5 33. Rc1 Qd5 {0-1 (33) Burke,J (2588) -Shabalov,A (2520) Bethesda 2015}) 10... c5 11. O-O O-O 12. h3 Qa5 13. Bd2 bxc3 14. bxc3 Qc7 15. Re1 e5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Qe2 Rfc8 18. Be3 c4 19. Bc2 a5 20. Red1 Ba6 21. Rab1 Nc5 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Nf1 Rd8 24. Ne3 Bh6 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. exd5 Bg7 27. Ng5 Qe7 28. Ne4 Rac8 29. Rb6 Qa7 30. Rc6 Rb8 31. d6 Rbc8 32. Rxc8 Bxc8 33. Qxc4 Be6 34. Qc5 Qa8 35. Qb6 Bf8 36. Nc5 Bc4 37. Be4 Qc8 38. d7 Qxc5 39. Qxd8 Be2 40. Re1 Bc4 41. Qc8 {1-0 (41) Zhigalko,S (2655)-Petrosian,T (2625) Minsk 2015}) 10. c3 Na6 11. O-O O-O 12. h3 c5 13. Qe2 bxc3 14. bxc3 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nb4 16. Rfc1 Rc8 17. Bd2 Rxc1+ 18. Rxc1 Qa8 19. Bb1 Bc6 20. Bxb4 axb4 21. Qc4 Bxa4 22. Qxb4 Bc6 23. Qb6 Rc8 24. Bd3 Bd7 25. Rxc8+ Qxc8 26. Qb2 h5 { 1-0 (92) Carlsen,M (2863)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2784) chess24.com INT 2020} 27. Qd2 Qa8 {1-0 (92) Carlsen,M (2863)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2784) chess24.com INT 2020} * [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2021.06.11"] [Round "?"] [White "xiong"] [Black "nakamura"] [Result "*"] [ECO "B08"] [Annotator "thechesscorner,@gmail.com"] [PlyCount "66"] [SourceVersionDate "2021.06.11"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bd3 b5 7. Qd2 Nbd7 8. h3 ( 8. e5 Ng4 9. exd6 exd6 10. Bg5 Ngf6 11. Qe2+ Kf8 12. O-O h6 13. Bf4 Nb6 14. a4 b4 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 d5 17. Bd3 Bg4 18. c3 Qf6 {1/2-1/2 (42) Giri,A (2764) -Svidler,P (2723) chess24.com INT 2020}) (8. O-O O-O 9. h3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. a4 b4 12. Ne2 c5 13. c3 Bb7 (13... a5 14. cxb4 cxb4) 14. cxb4 cxb4 15. Qxb4 Rb8 16. Qa3 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxa7 Rb7 19. Be3 Qb8 20. Nc3 Rb3 21. Qe7 Nxc3 22. bxc3 Nb6 23. Rfd1 Nc4 24. Bc5 Rxc3 25. Qd7 Nb6 26. Qb5 Nxa4 27. Qxb8 Rxb8 28. Ba7 Rb4 29. Rd8+ Bf8 30. Nxe5 Rc7 31. Bb8 Rxb8 32. Rxb8 Nc5 33. Rc1 Ne6 34. Rxc7 Nxc7 35. Nd7 Ne6 36. Nxf8 Nxf8 37. Kh2 Kg7 38. Kg3 h5 39. Kf4 Nd7 40. Rd8 Nf6 41. Ke5 Ng8 42. Rxg8+ Kxg8 43. Kf6 Kf8 44. h4 Kg8 45. f4 Kf8 46. f5 gxf5 47. Kxf5 Ke7 48. Kg5 Ke6 49. Kxh5 Kf5 50. g3 f6 51. g4+ {1-0 (51) Akopian,V (2689)-Azmaiparashvili,Z (2666) Bled 2002}) 8... e5 (8... Qc7 9. Ne2 Rb8 10. Ng3 c5 11. c3 O-O 12. O-O e5 13. b4 c4 14. Bc2 d5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Bc5 Qxe5 19. Bd6 Rd8 20. Bxe5 Rxd2 21. Bxb8 Rxc2 22. Rad1 Bf6 23. Bxa7 Be6 24. Bd4 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Rxc3 26. Rxe4 Rc2 27. a3 c3 28. Re3 Kg7 29. g4 Bd5 30. Rfe1 Bc4 31. g5 h6 32. h4 Kh7 33. Kg2 Kg7 34. Kg3 Kh7 35. Rf3 Bd5 36. Rfe3 Bc4 37. f3 Kg7 38. Rh1 Be6 39. Kf4 Bc4 40. gxh6+ Kxh6 41. Ke4 Kh5 42. Kd4 Rd2+ 43. Kxc3 Ra2 44. Kd4 Rd2+ 45. Kc5 Rd5+ 46. Kb6 Rd4 47. Re8 Kh6 48. Rhe1 Kg7 49. R8e4 Rd6+ 50. Kc7 Ra6 51. R1e3 {1-0 (51) Fressinet,L (2713)-Kobo, O (2380) Douglas 2014}) 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. a4 b4 11. Ne2 a5 12. c3 c5 13. O-O O-O 14. Ng3 (14. cxb4 cxb4 15. Ng3 (15. Rfd1 Bb7 16. Bb5 Qb8 17. Ng3 Rc8 18. Rac1 Nf8 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. Rc1 Qb8 21. Qd3 Ne6 22. Ng5 Nxg5 23. Bxg5 h6 24. Be3 h5 25. f3 Ne8 26. Qd7 Nf6 27. Qe7 Ba6 28. Bxa6 Rxa6 29. Nf1 Bf8 30. Qc7 Ra8 31. Qc6 Be7 32. Nd2 Qd8 33. Bb6 Qxd2 34. Qxa8+ Kg7 35. Qc6 Qxb2 36. Qc2 Qa3 37. Rb1 Nd7 38. Bxa5 Qe3+ 39. Kh1 Bc5 40. Qb3 Qf2 41. Bxb4 Bd4 42. Bc3 Be3 43. Qb2 Qg3 44. Be1 {1-0 (44) Naiditsch,A (2664)-Cuijpers,F (2500) Netherlands 2007}) 15... Ba6 16. Rfd1 Qb8 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. Qd3 Rc6 19. Nd2 Rfc8 20. Nb3 Qa8 21. Qb5 Rb8 22. Qd3 Nb6 23. Bxb6 Rcxb6 24. Rac1 Bf8 25. Rc4 Rc6 26. Rdc1 Rbc8 27. Rxc6 Rxc6 28. Rxc6 Qxc6 29. Nxa5 Qc1+ 30. Nf1 Qxb2 31. Nb3 Nxe4 32. Qxe4 Qxb3 33. a5 Qa3 34. Qxe5 b3 35. Qb5 b2 36. a6 Bc5 37. Qb8+ Kg7 38. Qe5+ Kg8 39. Qb8+ Kg7 40. Qe5+ Kf8 41. Qb8+ Ke7 42. Qe5+ Kd8 43. Qd5+ Ke7 44. Qe5+ Kf8 45. Qb8+ Kg7 { 1/2-1/2 (45) Xiong,J (2709)-Petrosian,T (2601) Chess.com INT 2020}) 14... Bb7 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Rac1 (16. Bb5 Rfd8 17. Qd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Bf8 19. Rd2 bxc3 20. bxc3 Nb6 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Bg5 Bg7 23. Rb1 h6 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Ba6 Nxa4 26. Rxb7 Nxc3 27. Bc4 Rf8 28. Ra7 a4 29. Ne1 Bh4 30. Nd3 Bxg3 31. fxg3 Nxe4 32. Nxe5 Nd6 33. Rxa4 Re8 34. Nf3 Re4 35. Ra8+ Kg7 36. Bf1 Re3 37. Rd8 Nf5 38. g4 Ne7 39. Rd7 Kf6 40. Kf2 Rc3 41. Rd6+ Kg7 42. Be2 Ng8 43. Nd2 Ne7 44. Bf3 Rc2 45. Ke3 c4 46. Ne4 Rc1 47. Rd7 Nc6 48. Rc7 Nb4 49. Kd4 Nc2+ 50. Kc3 Ne1+ 51. Kd2 Ra1 52. Rxc4 Nxf3+ 53. gxf3 Ra2+ 54. Ke3 Rh2 55. Nf2 {1-0 (55) Ponomariov, R (2710)-Bachmann,A (2593) Berlin 2015}) (16. Bh6 Rfe8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Bb5 Red8 19. Qg5 Qe6 20. Rd6 h6 21. Qd2 Qe7 22. Rd1 Bd5 23. Rxd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 f5 25. d6 Qf6 26. Qd5 e4 27. Bxd7 exf3 28. Bb5 bxc3 29. bxc3 Qxc3 30. gxf3 Kf6 31. d7 Qe5 32. Qc6+ Ke7 33. Qxg6 Rg8 34. Nxf5+ Qxf5 35. Re1+ {1-0 (35) Movsziszian, K (2445)-Oliva del Amo,A (2133) Seville 2007}) 16... Rfc8 17. cxb4 cxb4 18. Bc4 Nf8 19. Qd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 Rc7 21. Rb6 Re8 22. Ng5 Ba8 23. Ra6 Bb7 24. Rxa5 Ba8 25. Bb3 Rd7 26. Ra6 h6 27. Nxf7 Rxf7 28. Bxf7+ Kxf7 29. Rc7+ Kg8 30. Rca7 Bxe4 31. Rxf6 Bxf6 32. Nxe4 Bd8 33. Ra8 Ne6 {1-0 (33) Xiong,J (2709)-Nakamura,H (2736) Lichess.org INT 2020} * [Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 30th June"] [Site "Chess.com INT"] [Date "2020.06.30"] [Round "5"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Kobo, Ori"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "2835"] [BlackElo "2449"] [Annotator "thechesscorner,@gmail.com"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2020.06.30"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2020.09.30"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,93,16,23,69,51,59,50,60,40,63,25,39,10,37,35,32,47,51,23,77,79,122, 115,129,143,154,156,160,152,159,159,173,106,111,132,131,110,371,377,851,472, 460,465,654,121,119,117,123,123,134,139,151,146,193,201,219,172,183,119,123,92, 108,71,70,86,92,61,70,87,72,79,100,70,56,73,81,99,102,124,140,42,186,166,204, 186,176,135,146,39,695,695,695,695,865,982]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. f4 (5. g4 b5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. h4 h5 8. gxh5 Rxh5 9. Nge2 Nf6 10. Ng3 Rh7 11. h5 b4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Nd7 14. hxg6 Rxh1+ 15. Bxh1 fxg6 16. Be4 Nf6 17. Bxg6+ Kf8 18. Qd2 Nxd5 19. Bh6 Qd7 20. O-O-O Qg4 21. Bxg7+ Kxg7 22. Rg1) 5... b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. Nf3 Nd7 (7... Nf6 8. e5 Nd5 9. Nxd5 Bxd5 10. a4 c6 11. axb5 cxb5 12. O-O Nc6 13. c3 O-O 14. Bc2 e6 15. Ng5 Ne7 16. Ne4 Nf5 17. Bf2 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 d5 19. Bd3 Qd7 20. Qe2 Ne7 21. Ra2 Qc6 22. Rfa1 Rfb8 23. g4 f5 24. exf6 Bxf6 25. h4 Rb6 26. Kh2 Kf7 27. Rf1 a5 28. f5 exf5 29. gxf5 a4 30. Bg3 Re8 31. fxg6+ Nxg6 32. Qf3 Kg7 33. h5 Nf8 34. Rf2 Kh8 35. Ra1 Bg7 36. Qg4 Qe6 37. Bf5 Qe7 38. Rg1 h6 39. Bh4 Qc7+ 40. Kh1 Nh7 41. Bd7 Rg8 42. Rf7 {1-0 (42) Nakamura,H (2798)-Cacco,C (2337) Civitanova Marche 2015}) (7... b4 8. Ne2 Nf6 9. Ng3 Nbd7 (9... h5 10. Ng5 c5 11. dxc5 Ng4 12. Bd2 Bd4 13. c3 Bxc5 14. Rf1 Qb6 15. Qb3 O-O 16. f5 bxc3 17. bxc3 Nxh2 18. Qxb6 Bxb6 19. Rf4 Nd7 20. Rb1 Ng4 21. fxg6 fxg6 22. Bc4+ d5 {0-1 (68) Sutovsky,E (2623)-Shoker,S (2466) Tsaghkadzor 2015}) 10. Qd2 a5 11. f5 Ng4 12. Bg5 c5 13. Qf4 Ngf6 14. e5 Nd5 15. Qe4 Qb6 16. e6 fxe6 17. fxg6 e5 18. Nh5 Bf6 19. g7 Rg8 20. Bc4 Qc6 21. dxe5 Bxg5 22. Rd1 N7b6 23. Bxd5 Nxd5 24. Nxg5 O-O-O 25. Nf7 Rde8 26. Nh6 dxe5 27. Nxg8 Qe6 28. O-O Qxg8 29. Qxe5 {1-0 (29) Moiseenko,A (2715)-Komljenovic,D (2451) San Sebastian 2011}) 8. e5 e6 (8... Nh6 9. Ne4 Nb6 10. Qe2 Nd5 11. Bd2 b4 12. O-O O-O 13. c4 bxc3 14. bxc3 c5 15. Rab1 Qc7 16. c4 Nb4 17. Bxb4 cxb4 18. Rxb4 a5 19. Rb2 Nf5 20. Rfb1 Ba6 21. c5 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 dxe5 23. dxe5 Rad8 24. Qc4 Ne3 25. Qb3 Nd5 26. g3 Qc6 27. Nd4 Qd7 28. c6 Qh3 29. Nf2 Qh5 30. Rd2 e6 31. Qf3 Qh6 32. Ne4 Nb4 33. Rbd1 Rxd4 34. Rxd4 Nxc6 35. Rd7 Nb4 36. a3 Nd5 37. h4 Kh8 38. Ng5 Kg8 39. R1xd5 exd5 40. Qxd5 Qh5 41. Rxf7 {1-0 (41) Adams,M (2716)-Reichmann,H (2348) Chess.com INT 2021}) (8... c5 9. Be4 Bxe4 10. Nxe4 cxd4 (10... Nh6 11. Qe2 cxd4 12. Bxd4 Nf5 13. O-O-O Nxd4 14. Rxd4 O-O 15. Rhd1 Rc8 16. Kb1 Re8 17. e6 fxe6 18. Neg5 Nf8 19. Nxe6 Qd7 20. Nxg7 Kxg7 21. Re4 Rc5 22. Re1 e6 23. Qf2 Rd5 24. Kc1 Qc7 25. Ng5 e5 26. fxe5 dxe5 27. Rf1 Qe7 28. Qf7+ Qxf7 29. Rxf7+ Kg8 30. Ra7 Nd7 31. Rh4 Rf8 32. b3 h5 33. Rxa6 Rf6 34. Rxf6 Nxf6 35. Rb4 Ng4 36. Ne4 Kg7 37. Nc3 Rc5 38. Kd2 Nxh2 39. Rxb5 Nf1+ 40. Kd3 e4+ 41. Kd4 Rc7 42. Rc5 Rd7+ 43. Kxe4 Rd2 44. a4 Rxg2 45. a5 h4 46. a6 Rf2 47. Rc7+ Kh6 48. Rc8 Rf7 49. Nb5 Ng3+ 50. Kd3 Rd7+ 51. Ke3 {1-0 (51) Morozevich,A (2702) -Chatalbashev,B (2534) Plovdiv 2003}) 11. Bxd4 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nh6 13. e6 Nf6 14. Qe2 Qa5+ 15. c3 O-O 16. Neg5 b4 17. O-O bxc3 18. Bxc3 Qb5 19. exf7+ Nxf7 20. Qe6 Qc5+ 21. Kh1 Qd6 22. Rae1 Ra7 23. Qb3 {1-0 (23) Adams,M (2750)-Bezold,M (2510) Birmingham 2001}) 9. Be4 (9. a4 b4 10. Ne4 Bxe4 11. Bxe4 d5 12. Bd3 Ne7 13. Qe2 a5 14. c3 bxc3 15. bxc3 O-O 16. g4 c5 17. h4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Qb6 19. h5 Rfc8 20. Bb5 Nf8 21. h6 Bh8 22. Qd2 Qc7 23. Kf2 Qc3 24. Rhc1 Qxd2+ 25. Bxd2 f6 26. g5 fxe5 27. dxe5 Nf5 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Rc1 {1-0 (29) Nakamura,H (2862) -Englert,F (2338) Chess.com INT 2016}) 9... Bxe4 10. Nxe4 d5 11. Nf2 h5 12. a4 Nh6 13. Nd3 O-O 14. O-O Qb8 15. h3 Nb6 16. a5 Nd7 17. Re1 Rc8 18. Qd2 Bf8 19. b4 Re8 20. Bf2 Be7 21. f5 Nxf5 22. g4 Ng7 23. Qh6 Nf8 24. Nf4 Qd8 25. Kh2 Nh7 26. Rg1 hxg4 27. hxg4 Bg5 28. Nxg5 Qxg5 29. Qxg5 Nxg5 30. Kg2 Ne4 31. Rh1 g5 32. Nd3 Nxf2 33. Kxf2 f5 34. exf6 Rf8 35. Ke2 Ne8 36. Ne5 Nxf6 37. Rh6 Rae8 38. Rg6+ Kh8 39. Rh1+ Nh7 40. Rgh6 {1-0 (40) Nakamura,H (2781)-Hjartarson,J (2536) Chess.com INT 2018} 1-0 [Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 30th June"] [Site "Chess.com INT"] [Date "2020.06.30"] [Round "5"] [White "Enter New Game"] [Black "?"] [Result "*"] [ECO "B07"] [Annotator "thechesscorner,@gmail.com"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2020.06.30"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceVersionDate "2021.06.11"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. h3 Nc6 8. Be3 exd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. O-O Re8 11. Re1 a6 (11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Rad1 Qf6 16. f4 h5 17. e5 Qf5 18. exd6 cxd6 19. Rxe8 Rxe8 20. Qxd6 Nf6 21. Qd3 Qa5 22. Qd4 Re7 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Kg2 Qf5 25. Qd3 Qc5 26. Qd6 Qe3 27. Qd4 Qe6 28. Rd3 Qf5 29. b4 Kh7 30. Qc5 Nd5 31. Nxd5 Re2+ 32. Kf1 Rh2 33. g4 hxg4 34. hxg4 Qe6 35. Re3 Qxd5 36. Qxd5 cxd5 37. Re7 a5 38. bxa5 Rxc2 39. Rxf7+ Kh6 40. Rf6 Kg7 41. g5 Rxa2 42. a6 d4 43. Ke1 d3 44. Kd1 d2 45. Ke2 { 1-0 (45) Lazic,M (2512)-Medak,B (2373) Osijek 2008}) 12. a4 Rb8 (12... Qc8 13. Kh2 Rb8 14. f4 Nb4 15. Bf2 b6 16. Re2 h6 17. Qd2 c6 18. a5 b5 19. Nb3 Be6 20. Qxd6 Nxc2 21. Rxc2 Bxb3 22. Re2 Bc4 23. Rc2 Rd8 24. Qb4 Rd3 25. Bf1 Nd7 26. Bxd3 c5 27. Bxc5 Bxd3 28. Nd5 Bxc2 29. Ne7+ Kh7 30. Nxc8 Rxc8 31. Bf2 Rc4 32. Qe7 Nf6 33. e5 Ne4 34. Be3 Bb3 35. Rc1 Ra4 36. Qb7 Bf8 37. Rc8 Bg7 38. Rc1 h5 39. h4 Be6 40. Rc7 Rb4 41. Rc2 Rb3 42. Bf2 Bf5 43. Qxf7 {1-0 (43) Khenkin,I (2555)-Movsziszian,K (2440) Weilburg 1995}) 13. f4 Nb4 14. Bf2 h5 15. Re2 Qc8 16. Kh2 a5 17. Qd2 b6 18. Ncb5 Bh6 19. Qc3 Rb7 20. e5 Nfd5 21. Qc4 Nxf4 22. gxf4 Bxf4+ 23. Bg3 Bxg3+ 24. Kxg3 d5 25. Qb3 Qb8 26. Qe3 c5 27. Nf3 Bxb5 28. axb5 d4 29. Qh6 f6 30. Kf2 fxe5 31. Rae1 Rbe7 32. Rxe5 Rxe5 33. Qxg6+ {1-0 (33) Khenkin,I (2575)-Movsziszian,K (2470) Weilburg 1996} * [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2021.06.11"] [Round "?"] [White "pirc g3"] [Black "?"] [Result "*"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2021.06.11"] [SourceVersionDate "2021.06.11"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 c6 7. a4 e5 8. h3 a5 9. O-O Na6 (9... Nbd7 10. Be3 Re8 (10... Qc7 11. Qd2 Re8 12. g4) 11. Kh2 (11. Re1 Qc7 12. Qd2 b6 13. g4 exd4 14. Bxd4 Nc5 15. Ng3 Ne6 16. Be3 Bb7 17. g5 Nd7 18. Rad1 Ne5 19. b3 Rad8 20. f4 Nd7 21. Nge2 Bf8 22. Bf2 Nec5 23. Bd4 Qb8 24. Bf2 b5 25. axb5 cxb5 26. Ng3 Ba8 27. Nd5 b4 28. Bd4 Bxd5 29. exd5 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Re8 31. f5 Rxe1+ 32. Qxe1 Ne5 33. f6 Qc8 34. Qe2 a4 35. bxa4 Nxa4 36. Kh2 h6 37. h4 Ng4+ 38. Kh1 Nc3 39. Bxc3 bxc3 40. Be4 h5 41. Bf3 Ne3 42. Kh2 Qc5 43. Qd3 Kh8 44. Ne4 Qa7 45. Nxc3 Nf5 46. Nd1 Qa1 47. Qe4 Qe5+ 48. Qxe5 dxe5 49. Be4 Nd6 50. Nf2 Nb7 51. Nd3 Nc5 52. Nxc5 Bxc5 53. Kg3 Kg8 54. Bd3 Kf8 55. Kf3 Ke8 56. Bb5+ Kd8 57. c4 Bb4 58. Ke4 Be1 59. d6 Bxh4 60. c5 {1-0 (60) Bednarski,J (2385)-Fries Nielsen,J (2355) Funen 1980}) 11... Qc7 12. Qd2 exd4 13. Bxd4 Nc5 14. f3 Be6 15. Be3 Rad8 16. Nd4 d5 17. Qf2 Ncd7 18. Nxe6 Rxe6 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. c3 h5 22. Bf4 Qc6 23. Rfe1 Rde8 24. Rxe6 Rxe6 25. h4 Nc5 26. Qc2 {1-0 (111) Bologan,V (2663)-Petrosian,T (2537) Playchess.com INT 2004}) 10. Be3 Nb4 11. Qd2 Be6 12. Rad1 Bc4 (12... Qc7) 13. b3 (13. Rfe1 Re8 14. d5 cxd5 15. exd5 Qc8 16. b3 Ba6 17. Bb6 e4 18. Bd4 Qf5 19. Be3 Rac8 20. g4 Qd7 21. Bd4 h5 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Nxe4 Rxe4 24. Bxe4 Qe7 25. Ng3 Bc3 26. Qh6 Bxe1 27. Rxe1 Nxc2 28. Nxh5 f6 29. Qxg6+ Kf8 30. Qh6+ {1-0 (30) Kasimdzhanov,R (2595)-Troyke,C (2400) Germany 1999}) 13... Ba6 14. Rfe1 Qc7 15. g4 Rad8 16. Ng3 (16. g5 Nd7 17. Qc1 Rfe8 18. Ng3 Nf8 19. Nce2 d5 20. dxe5 Bxe5 21. f4 Na2 22. Qa3 Nc3 23. fxe5 Nxd1 24. Rxd1 Qxe5 25. Bf4 Qg7 26. Bc7 Rd7 27. Bxa5 Qe5 28. h4 d4 29. Be1 Ne6 30. Bf2 d3 31. cxd3 Bxd3 32. b4 Red8 33. Qc3 Qxc3 34. Nxc3 Bc4 35. Rxd7 Rxd7 36. Bf1 Bxf1 37. Kxf1 Rd3 {1-0 (172) Solak,D (2627)-Firman,N (2485) Albena 2014}) 16... Rfe8 (16... Nxg4 {1/2-1/2 (16) Bauer,C (2562)-Nijboer,F (2556) Bled 2002} 17. hxg4 exd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Nxc2) 17. g5 Nd7 18. d5 Rc8 19. Rc1 Nb6 20. h4 cxd5 21. Nxd5 N6xd5 22. exd5 Na2 23. Ra1 Nc3 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 f5 26. gxf6 Bxf6 27. h5 Qd7 28. f3 gxh5 29. c4 Kh8 30. Kh2 Rg8 31. Rg1 b6 32. Bf2 Qe7 33. Qh6 Rg5 34. Bh4 Rcg8 35. Bxh7 Qxh7 36. Qxf6+ R5g7 37. Ra2 Qd3 38. Rag2 Qh7 39. Bf2 Bc8 40. Be3 Qf5 41. Qh6+ Qh7 42. Rxg7 { 1-0 (42) Van der Weide,K (2450)-Nijboer,F (2580) Rotterdam 1998} * [Event "AUT-ch"] [Site "Vienna"] [Date "2018.07.23"] [Round "3"] [White "Balinov, Ilia"] [Black "Morgunov, Daniel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2478"] [BlackElo "2346"] [Annotator "Lc0 v0.22.0_3 (10m)"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2018.07.22"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "AUT"] [SourceTitle "CBM 185 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2018.06.29"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2018.06.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%mdl 8256] B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} 1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Ne2 O-O 6. O-O e5 7. h3 Nbd7 8. Nbc3 c6 9. a4 a5 10. Be3 Re8 11. g4 exd4 12. Bxd4 h6 13. Ng3 Nc5 {[%CAl Rc5e4,Re8e4,Rf6e4,Gc3e4,Gg2e4, Gg3e4] Will e4 fall?. last book move} 14. Qd2 {White has a very active position } Qe7 15. Rad1 Kh7 16. Be3 Nfd7 17. Bf4 {White threatens to win material: Bf4xd6} Ne5 18. b3 Qf6 19. Nce2 Ne6 20. Be3 Nf3+ 21. Bxf3 Qxf3 22. Kh2 (22. Qxd6 h5 23. gxh5 gxh5 $16) 22... h5 23. Ng1 Qf6 24. gxh5 gxh5 25. Nxh5 (25. Qxd6 $6 Rd8 26. e5 Qxe5 $16) 25... Qe5+ 26. Ng3 d5 27. exd5 Rd8 28. c4 (28. dxe6 {is clearly weaker} Rxd2 29. Rxd2 Qxe6 $15) 28... cxd5 29. cxd5 Kg8 30. f4 (30. dxe6 Rxd2 (30... Qxe6 31. Qxd8+ Kh7 32. Qh4+ Kg6 33. Qh5+ Kf6 34. Qg5# $18 ) 31. exf7+ Kxf7 32. Rxd2 Qe6 $14) 30... Qf6 31. Qg2 (31. dxe6 {succumbs to} Rxd2+ (31... Qxe6 32. Qxd8+ Qe8 33. Qxe8+ Kh7 34. Qxf7 $18) 32. Rxd2 Bxe6 $17) 31... Nc7 32. Bd4 (32. Nh5 $142 {secures the win} Qh6 33. Bd4 $18) 32... Qh6 33. Nh5 $1 {Clearance: g3} Ne8 (33... Qxh5 34. Qxg7# {Mate attack Clearance}) 34. Rde1 Be6 $2 (34... Bf5 35. Rxe8+ $1 {Remove defender: e8} Rxe8 36. Nxg7 $18 (36. Qxg7+ Qxg7 37. Nxg7 Bd3 38. Nxe8 Bxf1 39. Nf6+ Kf8 $18) (36. Bxg7 $6 Qxh5 37. Be5+ Qg6 $15)) 35. Nxg7 (35. Bxg7 {makes it even easier for White} Nxg7 36. dxe6 Qxh5 $18) 35... Bxd5 36. Rxe8+ Rxe8 37. Qxd5 Rad8 38. Qg2 (38. Qg2 Rxd4 39. Nxe8+ Kf8 40. Nc7 Rxf4 41. Re1 $18) 1-0 [Event "Teplice op 6th replay"] [Site "Teplice"] [Date "2011.06.18"] [Round "8"] [White "Khaetsky, Roman"] [Black "Neuman, Petr"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2394"] [BlackElo "2459"] [Annotator "thechesscorner"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2011.06.11"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "CZE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.06.27"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,53,19,38,75,76,57,83,86,29,28,14,18,3,41,40,47,35,25,27,18,17,37,-10, 20,15,23,8,19,26,5,27,54,53,62,93,95,109,96,101,124,121,122,143,117,70,136,130, 181,106,251,427,637,677,29995,29996]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nge2 c6 5. a4 Nbd7 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Be3 exd4 11. Bxd4 Qe7 12. g4 (12. a5 $6) 12... Nc5 13. Ng3 Ne6 14. Be3 Nd7 15. f4 $1 (15. a5 $6) 15... Nec5 16. Bd4 (16. a5 b6 (16... b5 17. e5 d5) 17. e5) 16... Bxd4+ 17. Qxd4 Ne6 18. Qd2 a5 19. Rad1 Nb6 20. b3 Rd8 21. f5 Nc5 {[#]} 22. e5 $1 (22. f6 $6 Qe5 $1 23. Qh6 Ne6 24. Rd3 Qg5) (22. Nce2 Nbd7) 22... Qxe5 23. Nce4 d5 24. fxg6 (24. Qg5 Bd7 25. Nf6+ Kh8 26. Qh6 Qxf6 27. Nh5 $1 Qb2 28. fxg6 fxg6 29. Rf7 $18 ) 24... hxg6 25. Nf6+ Kg7 26. Rde1 Qd6 27. Ngh5+ $1 (27. Qg5 $18 Qf8 28. Qh4 Qh8 29. Ngh5+ gxh5 30. Nxh5+ Kg6 31. Rf6+ Kh7 32. Rxf7+ Kg8 33. Qxd8+ Kxf7 34. Re7+ Kg6 35. Qxh8) 27... gxh5 28. Qg5+ Kf8 29. Nh7# 1-0 [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2021.06.11"] [Round "?"] [White "Be3"] [Black "Pirc_Modern"] [Result "*"] [ECO "B07"] [Annotator "thechesscorner,@gmail.com"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2021.06.11"] [SourceVersionDate "2021.06.11"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 (4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. h3 h6 10. Be3 Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. c4 Nf5 14. Bc5 Re8 15. Re1 e4 16. Nd4 Nd6 17. b3 {1-0 (67) Vachier Lagrave,M (2784)-Onischuk, V (2633) Chess.com INT 2020}) 4... c6 (4... Bg7 5. Qd2 c6 6. O-O-O b5 7. f3 Nbd7 (7... Qa5 8. Kb1) 8. Bh6 Bxh6 9. Qxh6 Qa5 10. Kb1 Nb6 11. Nce2 Na4 12. Nc1 Rb8 13. Nge2 b4 14. Nb3 Qc7 15. Nf4 Nb6 16. h4 a5 17. Nxa5 Ra8 18. Nb3 Qa7 19. Nc1 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Qxa6 21. h5 Rf8 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. e5 dxe5 24. dxe5 Nfd5 25. e6 Nxf4 26. Qxf4 fxe6 27. Qe4 Nd5 28. Qxe6 Qc4 29. Rhe1 Ra7 30. Re4 Qc5 31. Nb3 { 1-0 (31) Xiong,J (2709)-Valdes Romero,L (2402) Chess.com INT 2021}) 5. Qd2 Nbd7 (5... b5 6. f3 Nbd7 7. g4 (7. Bd3 Bg7 8. Nge2 a6 9. a4 Bb7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd1 e5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Nf2 Qc7 14. c3 Nb6 15. b3 Rxa1 16. Rxa1 Rb8 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. c4 bxc4 19. bxc4 Bc8 20. Qa5 {1/2-1/2 (70) Tiviakov,S (2668)-Nijboer,F (2598) Amsterdam 2006}) 7... Nb6 8. a4 (8. h4 h5 9. g5 Nfd7 10. f4 (10. d5 cxd5 11. Bd4 Rg8 12. Bxb5 Bb7 13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Qxd5 Rc8 16. c4 Bg7 17. Ne2 a6 18. Bxd7+ Kxd7 19. Rb1 e6 20. Qd3 Qb4+ 21. Kf2 Qxc4 22. Rhd1 Qxd3 23. Rxd3 Rc2 24. Rbd1 Be5 25. Ke3 Rb8 {0-1 (40) Volokitin,A (2640)-Onischuk,V (2614) Lvov 2016}) (10. b3 Bb7 11. Bh3 Bg7 12. Rd1 e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qd6 Qe7 15. Qc7 Nb8 16. Bxb6 axb6 17. Bd7+ Nxd7 18. Qxb7 Rd8 19. Qxc6 O-O 20. Qxb5 Nc5 21. Nd5 Qe6 22. b4 Nb7 23. Ne2 Rc8 24. c4 Nd6 25. Qxb6 Rxc4 26. Nf6+ Bxf6 27. Rxd6 Qc8 28. gxf6 Rc2 29. Qe3 Kh7 30. Rd2 Rc1+ 31. Rd1 Rxd1+ 32. Kxd1 Rd8+ 33. Ke1 Qc2 34. Kf2 Qxa2 35. Rc1 Rb8 36. Qc5 Rd8 37. Rc2 Qb3 38. Qc4 {1-0 (38) Bortnyk,O (2568)-Onischuk,V (2614) Lvov 2016}) 10... b4 11. Nd1 c5 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Nf3 Bg7 14. c4 Bb7 15. Bd3 Qc7 16. O-O Rd8 17. Qe2 O-O 18. Nf2 Nb8 19. Rad1 Nc6 20. b3 Nd4 21. Nxd4 Bxd4 22. Bc2 e5 23. f5 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Rd4 25. Qg3 Rfd8 26. Rde1 Rd2 27. Bb1 Qd6 28. Re3 Qd4 29. Rf3 Nc8 30. Qh3 Ne7 31. fxg6 Nxg6 32. Rxf7 Bc8 33. Qf3 Nf4 34. Rf5 Qb2 35. Rxf4 exf4 36. e5 Rxf2 37. Qxf2 Rd2 38. Qxf4 Rg2+ 39. Kh1 Rh2+ 40. Qxh2 Bb7+ 41. Kg1 Qd4+ 42. Qf2 Qd8 {1-0 (42) Anand, V (2788)-Zude,E (2424) Venaco 2005}) 8... b4 9. Nd1 a5 10. Nf2 h5 (10... Qc7 11. b3 h5 12. gxh5 Nxh5 13. O-O-O Bg7 14. Kb1 Bb7 15. Ne2 Nd7 16. Bh3 Nhf6 17. Bf1 c5 18. Ng3 cxd4 19. Bxd4 e5 20. Bb2 d5 21. Bb5 O-O-O 22. Qe2 Nc5 23. Nd3 { 1-0 (81) Antonio,R (2547)-Wong,M (2507) Istanbul 2000}) 11. h3 hxg4 12. hxg4 Rxh1 13. Nxh1 Be6 14. b3 Bg7 15. Ng3 Qc7 16. Nh3 c5 17. Bb5+ Nfd7 18. Ng5 O-O-O {0-1 (59) Trent,L (2621)-Sevian,S (3007) Chess.com INT 2020}) 6. f3 h6 (6... b5 7. g4 Nb6 8. h4 h5 9. g5 Nfd7 10. d5 (10. f4 Bg7 11. f5 b4 12. Nd1 c5)) (6... Qa5) 7. O-O-O b5 8. h4 b4 9. Nce2 Qa5 10. Kb1 Nb6 11. Nc1 Be6 12. a3 Rb8 13. axb4 Qa4 14. b3 Qa3 15. d5 Bg7 16. Bd4 cxd5 17. e5 Nc4 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Bxf6 exf6 21. Qxd6 Rc8 22. b5 Qxd6 23. Rxd6 Ke7 24. Ra6 Rhd8 25. Nge2 Rd2 26. Re1 Kf8 27. Rc6 Re8 28. Nf4 cxb3 29. Nxe6+ {1-0 (29) Xiong,J (2709) -Onischuk,V (2622) Chess.com INT 2021} * [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2021.06.11"] [Round "?"] [White "Enter New Game"] [Black "?"] [Result "*"] [ECO "B07"] [Annotator "thechesscorner,@gmail.com"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2021.06.11"] [SourceVersionDate "2021.06.11"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 (2... g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 (4. f4) 4... Bg4 5. Be3 Nd7 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 c6 8. O-O-O Qa5 9. Kb1 b5 10. e5 d5 11. Bxb5 cxb5 12. Nxd5 Rc8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 b4 {0-1 (34) Carlsen,M (2863)-Naroditsky,D (2621) Lichess.org INT 2020}) 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. h3 a6 (5... O-O 6. f4 (6. g4 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bc4 c6 10. a4 h5 {1-0 (58) Kudrin,S (2609)-Fang,J (2299) Lowell 2002}) 6... c6 7. Nf3 b5 8. e5 Nd5 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. Qd2 Bf5 (10... a6 11. Bd3) 11. Bxb5 Qb6 12. Ba4 Qxb2 13. O-O Qa3 14. Bb3 {1/2-1/2 (30) Kozul,Z (2580)-Cebalo,M (2495) Pula 1996}) (5... c6 6. f4 b5 7. e5) 6. f4 b5 (6... O-O 7. Bd3 (7. Nf3 b5 8. e5 Nfd7 9. Bd3 Nb6 10. Qe2 N8d7 11. O-O-O e6 12. h4 Bb7 13. h5 b4 14. Ne4 Bxe4 15. Bxe4 d5 16. Bd3 c5 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. g4 Re8 19. Qh2 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Qc7 21. f5 exf5 22. gxf5 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Rxe5 24. fxg6 f6 25. Rdf1 Nd7 26. Bf5 Nf8 27. Bxe5 Qxe5 28. Qh3 a5 29. Re1 Qd6 30. Rhf1 a4 31. Be6+ Nxe6 32. Qh7+ Kf8 33. Rxf6+ {1-0 (33) Adams,M (2724)-Zhukova,N (2426) Caleta 2012}) 7... b5 8. e5 dxe5 9. dxe5 Nd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Nf3 c5 12. O-O Bb7 13. c3 Nd7 14. a4 Qc6 15. Qe2 {1/2-1/2 (65) Topalov,V (2740)-Dominguez Perez,L (2739) Saint Louis 2019}) 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Nf3 (8. Qf3 Nb6 9. O-O-O b4 10. Ne4 Be6 11. d5 Nxd5 12. Ng5 c6 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. h4 Qa5 15. Kb1 Nd7 16. Nh3 dxe5 17. Bc4 exf4 18. Nxf4 Ne5 19. Qe4 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Nxc4 21. Qxe6 Ne5 22. h5 Rf8 23. g3 g5 24. h6 Bh8 25. Nh5 Rf7 26. Ng7+ Bxg7 27. hxg7 Rxg7 28. Rhe1 Ng6 29. Qxc6+ Kf7 30. Rf1+ {1-0 (30) Grischuk,A (2810)-Ponomariov,R (2714) Beijing 2014}) 8... Nb6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O e6 11. Be4 Bxe4 12. Nxe4 Nc6 13. Qe2 Qd7 14. Rad1 Nd5 15. c3 f5 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. d5 Ne7 19. f5 exf5 20. Bh6 O-O-O 21. a4 Kb7 22. axb5 axb5 23. Bg5 Bxg5 24. Nxg5 Ra8 25. Ne6 Nc8 26. b3 Nb6 27. c4 Rhe8 28. c5 Nxd5 29. Rxd5 Qxe6 30. Qxb5+ Kc8 31. cxd6 cxd6 32. Qc6+ {1-0 (32) Carlsen,M (2840)-Onischuk,V (2601) Doha 2016} * [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2021.06.11"] [Round "?"] [White "PIRC"] [Black "4f4"] [Result "*"] [ECO "B09"] [Annotator "thechesscorner,@gmail.com"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2021.06.11"] [SourceVersionDate "2021.06.11"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 (3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Qe2 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg7 (5... Bg4 6. Bb5 Nd7 7. c3 Bg7 8. Nbd2 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 O-O 12. Bd3 h6 13. g4 c6 14. c4 cxd5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 e4 17. Bxe4 Re8 18. Nd2 f5 19. gxf5 gxf5 20. Qh5 fxe4 21. Nc4 Qf6 22. Rg1 Ne5 23. Nxe5 Rxe5 24. Qxh6 Kf7 25. Qe3 Qf3 26. Rg4 Qh1+ 27. Ke2 Rf5 28. Rxg7+ Kf8 29. Rg4 {1-0 (29) Edouard,R (2648)-Kuzubov,Y (2635) Grosseto Prugna 2016}) 6. O-O Bg4 7. c3 O-O 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e5 10. Rd1 Qe8 (10... Nd7 11. Qe3 Kh8 12. dxe5 Ncxe5 13. Bf1 f5 14. f4 Nf7 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Qf3 c6 17. Bd3 d5 18. Bxf5 Nd6 19. Bc2 Qb6+ 20. Qf2 Rae8 21. Qxb6 Nxb6 22. a4 Nbc4 23. Na3 Nxa3 24. Rxa3 Nc4 25. Ra1 Ne3 26. Bxe3 Rxe3 27. Re1 { 1-0 (60) Bacrot,E (2677)-Adhiban,B (2682) Zagreb 2018}) 11. d5 Ne7 12. Qe2 Nh5 13. Bb5 Qc8 14. Na3 a6 15. Ba4 f5 16. Bc2 f4 17. Qg4 Qxg4 18. hxg4 Nf6 19. g5 Nd7 20. Nc4 b6 21. b4 h6 22. gxh6 Bxh6 23. g4 Nf6 24. f3 Bg5 25. Kg2 Kg7 26. a4 Bh4 27. Bd2 g5 28. Rh1 Ng6 29. Kf1 Rh8 30. Ke2 Bg3 31. a5 b5 32. Na3 Ne7 33. c4 c6 34. dxc6 Nxc6 35. Bc3 Rxh1 36. Rxh1 bxc4 37. Nxc4 Rb8 38. Nxd6 Kg6 39. Nf5 { 1-0 (39) Carlsen,M (2827)-Balogun,O (2255) Tbilisi 2017}) (3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Be2 e6 (4... Nc6 5. O-O e5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Qxd8+ Nxd8 8. Nc3 Ne6 9. Bc4 c6 10. Ng5 Nd8 11. Rd1 Nh6 12. a4 {1/2-1/2 (36) Carlsen,M (2863)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2784) chess24.com INT 2020} f6 13. Nf3 Nhf7 14. a5 Be6 15. Be2 Bf8 16. Be3 Nd6 17. Nd2 N8f7 18. f3 Bh6 19. Bf2 Rd8 20. Nb3 {1/2-1/2 (36) Carlsen,M (2863) -Nepomniachtchi,I (2784) chess24.com INT 2020}) 5. O-O h6 6. c4 g5 7. Nc3 Ne7 8. h4 g4 9. Ne1 h5 10. Bg5 f6 11. Be3 O-O 12. d5 f5 13. Bg5 Qe8 14. c5 fxe4 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. Nxe4 Nf5 18. Nd3 Nc6 19. Nf4 Ncd4 20. Bd3 Be5 21. Re1 Qf7 22. Nxd6 Bxd6 23. Bxf5 Nxf5 24. Nxe6 Rfe8 25. Qb3 g3 26. fxg3 Nxg3 27. Re3 Rac8 28. Rae1 Rc6 29. Rf3 Qg6 30. Nc7+ {1-0 (30) Carlsen,M (2863)-Nakamura, H (2736) chess24.com INT 2020}) 3... Bg7 4. f4 Nf6 (4... a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. e5 (7. O-O c5 8. Be3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bb7 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Ngf6 12. Qf3 O-O 13. Nxb4 Nc5 14. Nd5 e6 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. b4 Nxd3 17. cxd3 Rc8 18. Rac1 Qd7 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 Bg7 21. h3 e5 22. Nc6 Bxc6 23. bxc6 Rxc6 24. Rxc6 Qxc6 25. f5 f6 26. Qg4 g5 27. h4 h6 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. Rc1 Qb5 {1-0 (88) Firouzja,A (2759)-Nakamura,H (2736) Chess.com INT 2021}) 7... Bb7 (7... Nh6 8. O-O c5 9. Be4 Rb8 10. a4 b4 11. Ne2 cxd4 12. Nexd4 Qb6 13. a5 Qc5 14. Kh1 Bb7 15. Bxb7 Rxb7 16. e6 Nf6 17. exf7+ Nxf7 18. Ne6 {1-0 (18) Nakamura,H (3268)-Xiong,J (2904) Chess.com INT 2020}) (7... c5 8. Be3 Bb7 9. Be4 Qc8 10. Bxb7 Qxb7 11. dxc5 dxe5 12. Qd5 Qxd5 13. Nxd5 Rc8 14. Nb6 Rc7 15. Nxd7 exf4 16. Bxf4 Rxd7 17. c3 e5 18. Bg3 f6 19. a4 Ne7 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ra5 Rb7 22. O-O O-O 23. Rd1 { 1/2-1/2 (64) Nakamura,H (3050)-Petrosian,T (2835) Chess.com INT 2019}) 8. Be3 e6 9. a4 b4 10. Ne4 Bxe4 11. Bxe4 d5 12. Bd3 Ne7 13. Qe2 a5 14. c3 bxc3 15. bxc3 O-O 16. g4 c5 17. h4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Qb6 19. h5 Rfc8 20. Bb5 Nf8 21. h6 Bh8 22. Qd2 Qc7 23. Kf2 Qc3 24. Rhc1 Qxd2+ 25. Bxd2 f6 26. g5 fxe5 27. dxe5 Nf5 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Rc1 {1-0 (29) Nakamura,H (2862)-Englert,F (2338) Chess.com INT 2016}) (4... c6 5. Nf3 b5 6. e5 d5 7. h3 h5 8. Bd3 Nh6 9. Nh4 Nf5 10. Nxf5 Bxf5 11. Bxf5 gxf5 12. h4 e6 13. a4 b4 14. Ne2 Bf8 15. Be3 Be7 16. g3 {1-0 (52) Nakamura,H (2876)-Manolache,M (2373) Chess.com INT 2016}) 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. e6 Bxb5 (8... fxe6 9. Ng5 Bxb5 10. Nxe6 Bxd4 11. Nxd8 Bf2+ 12. Kd2 Be3+ 13. Ke1 Bf2+ 14. Kd2 Be3+ 15. Ke1 Bf2+ {1/2-1/2 (15) Mamedov,N (2609) -Safarli,E (2598) Nakhchivan 2021}) 9. exf7+ Kf8 10. Nxb5 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Kxf7 13. Qxg4 Bxd4 14. Bd2 Qf5 15. Qxf5+ gxf5 16. Nb5 Bb6 17. O-O-O Nd7 18. Rhe1 a6 19. Nc3 Nf6 20. Be3 Bxe3+ 21. Rxe3 Rad8 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 e6 24. Rd2 h5 25. Rde2 Rh6 26. Rc3 Rd7 27. a4 h4 28. b4 Kf6 29. b5 axb5 30. axb5 Rh8 31. Kb2 Ra8 32. Rh3 Rh7 33. Rhe3 Re8 34. Rd3 Rd8 35. Rde3 Re8 36. Rd3 Rd8 37. Rde3 Re8 38. Rd3 {1/2-1/2 (38) Nakamura,H (2769)-Carlsen,M (2843) Stavanger 2018} * [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2021.06.11"] [Round "?"] [White "main line Modern"] [Black "h4-h5 Be3"] [Result "*"] [ECO "B06"] [Annotator "thechesscorner,@gmail.com"] [PlyCount "131"] [EventDate "2021.06.11"] [SourceVersionDate "2021.06.11"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 b5 6. f3 Nd7 7. h4 h5 8. Nh3 Bb7 9. Ng5 Ngf6 10. O-O-O e6 11. Kb1 Qe7 12. Qf2 (12. Ne2 Rd8 13. g3 c6 14. Bh3 e5 15. Qa5 exd4 16. Bxd4 c5 17. Qc7 Ne5 18. Qxd8+ Qxd8 19. Bxe5 O-O 20. Bxd6 Re8 21. Bxc5 Qc7 22. Bd6 Qb6 23. Nf4 Nh7 24. Nxh7 Kxh7 25. a3 a5 26. Rd3 b4 27. e5 Bxe5 28. Rhd1 Bg7 29. a4 Ba6 30. R3d2 b3 {0-1 (30) Brkic,A (2590)-Sjugirov,S (2652) Batumi 2018}) (12. Be2 Nb6 13. a3 Nfd7 14. g4 hxg4 15. fxg4 O-O-O 16. Rdf1 f6 17. Nf3 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. h5 g5 21. Rh3 Nb6 22. Qe1 Qd7 23. Bd3 Kb8 24. Rh2 Bf8 25. Bc1 b4 26. b3 bxa3 27. Qa5 Bxf3 28. Rxf3 Qxd4 29. Qxa6 Bc5 30. Bb5 Qe4 31. Rd3 Rxd3 32. Bxd3 Qxg4 33. h6 Nd5 {0-1 (33) Ter Sahakyan,S (2645)-Xiong,J (2709) Chess.com INT 2021}) 12... Nb6 13. Bd3 Nfd7 14. Qg3 b4 15. Ne2 c5 16. e5 dxe5 17. dxc5 Nd5 18. Bf2 O-O 19. Ne4 Bc6 20. Qg5 Rfd8 21. Qxe7 Nxe7 22. Nd6 Bf8 23. Ng3 Nc8 24. Be4 Nb8 25. Nc4 Bd5 26. Nxe5 Ne7 27. Nc4 Nd7 28. Nd6 f5 29. Bxd5 Nxd5 30. Nb7 Rdc8 31. Rhe1 Nxc5 32. Nxc5 Bxc5 33. Bxc5 Rxc5 34. Rxe6 Nf4 35. Red6 Kg7 36. b3 Re8 37. Rxa6 Nxg2 38. Nxh5+ Kh6 39. Rg1 Re1+ 40. Rxe1 Nxe1 41. Nf4 Nxc2 42. Rxg6+ Kh7 43. Rg2 Nd4 44. Nd3 Rc3 45. Nxb4 Rxf3 46. Nd5 f4 47. h5 Kh6 48. Rg4 Ne2 49. Nf6 Rg3 50. Kc2 Rxg4 51. Nxg4+ Kxh5 52. Ne5 Kg5 53. Kd2 Nd4 54. Kd3 Ne6 55. b4 Kf5 56. Nf3 Kg4 57. Ke4 Kg3 58. a4 Nc7 59. Nd4 Na6 60. Ne2+ Kg4 61. Nxf4 Nxb4 62. Nd3 Na6 63. a5 Kg5 64. Ke5 Kg6 65. Kd6 Kf6 66. Kc6 {1-0 (66) Harikrishna,P (2732)-Xiong,J (2709) Lichess.org INT 2020} *