[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk ol (Men) 39th"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2010.09.24"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2726"] [Annotator "Sundararajan Kidambi"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2010.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nc3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 c6 14. Qb3 Qc7 15. Rfd1 a5 16. Rac1 Bg5 17. e3 Qe7 18. Be2 Qb4 19. Qxb4 axb4 20. Ne4 Be7 21. Ra1 Nd7 22. a5 Ra7 23. a6 bxa6 24. Rxa6 Rxa6 25. Bxa6 Rb8 26. Rc1 Rb6 27. Be2 Bf8 28. Kf1 g6 29. Ke1 Kg7 30. Kd1 Be7 31. f4 Kf8 32. Bf3 Ra6 {[#] Starting from here, White keeps improving his piece positioning and at the same time keeps in mind what his opponent wants to do.} 33. Nf2 c5 34. Nd3 Ra5 35. Ke2 { By regrouping his pieces in such a way, White has made it more difficult for Black to find useful moves.} Kg7 {[#]} 36. Rc2 $1 {A brilliant waiting move. Knowing that Black is uncomfortable with the placing of his pieces on the second rank, as it doesnt allow him the freeing move cxd4, white just waits for Black to seemingly improve his position.} Bf8 $2 {This was what Aronian was probably expecting! Now the f8 square is no longer available for the King, and hence White pounces on the given oppurtunity to direct his might against the weak f7 pawn!} (36... Kf8) 37. Bc6 $1 Nb8 38. Be8 $1 {White had to wait for Black to place his Bishop on f8 so that there wouldnt be a possibility of Kf8 in reply to this move.} Na6 39. Ne5 cxd4 40. exd4 g5 41. Bxf7 Rxe5+ 42. fxe5 Kxf7 43. Rc6 Nb8 44. Rc7+ Be7 45. b3 Na6 46. Rb7 1-0 [Event "Moscow (Russia)"] [Site "Moscow (Russia)"] [Date "2020.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Stockfish"] [Black "Leela Chess Zero"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Sundararajan Kidambi"] [PlyCount "172"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Bd3 Ngf6 8. Bxg6 hxg6 9. O-O e6 10. Re1 Be7 11. c4 O-O 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Bd2 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. b4 Ncd7 16. Nd4 {[#]} Nb8 $5 {Intending to exchange White's only active piece.} (16... Nb6) (16... Rac8) (16... a6) 17. Rab1 Nc6 18. Nf3 {White decided to retain his Ns on the board.} Rac8 19. Rec1 b6 20. Bc3 Rfe8 21. a3 Bf8 {[#]} 22. Nf1 (22. Ne4) 22... Rcd8 23. Rd1 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 a5 25. b5 Nb8 $1 { [#] For the second time, the N retreats. Now White's Queenside is completely blocked and his majority will be taken care of by Black's 2 pawns and a firm blockade on c5-square by a piece. This leaves Black with a free hand on the kingside with a fluid majority. Leela Chess Zero slowly, but surely improves and moves forward. In a sense, strategically the game is already decided.} 26. Be5 Qc8 27. Bb2 e5 28. Qc2 Nbd7 29. N3d2 Nc5 30. Ne3 e4 31. Bd4 Qe6 32. Nb1 Nfd7 33. Nc3 f5 34. Ned5 Bd6 35. h3 g5 36. Na4 Nxa4 37. Qxa4 f4 38. Qc2 g4 39. Qd2 Qf5 40. Bc3 g3 41. fxg3 Bc5+ 42. Kh1 e3 43. g4 Qe4 44. Qe2 Rf8 45. Qf3 Qxc4 46. Ba1 e2 47. Re1 Re8 48. Nxf4 Re3 49. Qd5+ Qxd5 50. Nxd5 Rxa3 51. Bc3 Ra2 52. Nf4 Rc2 53. Nxe2 Nf6 54. Bxf6 gxf6 55. Nf4 a4 56. Nd5 a3 57. Ra1 a2 58. Nxf6+ Kf7 59. Nd5 Ke6 60. Nc3 Rxc3 61. Rxa2 Rb3 62. Re2+ Kf6 63. Re1 Rxb5 64. Rd1 Ke6 65. g5 Bd6 66. g6 Rg5 67. Re1+ Kd5 68. Rb1 Kc6 69. Rc1+ Bc5 70. g4 Rxg6 71. Kg2 b5 72. Kf3 Rh6 73. Kg3 Kd5 74. g5 Rb6 75. h4 b4 76. h5 b3 77. Rb1 b2 78. Kf4 Bd4 79. g6 Bg7 80. Kg4 Bh6 81. Kh4 Kd4 82. Kg4 Kc3 83. Kg3 Kc2 84. g7 Bxg7 85. Rf1 Rh6 86. Rf2+ Kd3 0-1 [Event "Vugar Gashimov Mem 2019"] [Site "Shamkir AZE"] [Date "2019.04.04"] [Round "5.4"] [White "Anand, V....."] [Black "Giri, A....."] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2797"] [Annotator "Sundararajan Kidambi"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Nbd2 Re8 7. O-O a6 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. Re1 Bf8 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Nb6 13. Nxb6 cxb6 14. h3 b5 15. Bf4 Be6 16. Re3 f6 17. b3 Qd7 18. Qc2 Rad8 19. Rd1 Qf7 {[#] An interesting position. White has the better structure, while Black has the Bishop pair. So, it seems that the position should more or less be balanced.} 20. Bg3 $5 {Here White comes up with what looks like a purposeless waiting move. He has is happy with his current piece configuration and lets Black worry about doing the same. However a slightly veiled feature of this position is Black's Pawn structure on the Queenside namely a6-b5-c6-b7 cluster.White's B would be eager to occupy the b6 square from where it will completely stifle up Black's majority and also defend the d4 pawn which in turn would free up his N on f3 from defending the central pawn.} Qh5 $2 {And White pounces on the given opportunity with} (20... Rd7 $5 {would be fine for Black.}) 21. Bc7 $1 Rd7 22. Bb6 Bb4 23. Ne1 Bf7 24. Nd3 Bd6 25. Rde1 Bb8 26. f4 $1 {Having Blocked Black's majority on the Queenside, White is preparing to push his central majority.His pieces are excellently placed to support this.} f5 27. Ne5 Bxe5 28. dxe5 fxe4 29. Qxe4 Rd2 30. R3e2 Bd5 31. Qe3 Rxe2 32. Rxe2 Qf5 33. g4 Qb1+ 34. Kf2 h5 35. f5 Qh1 36. Kg3 Re7 37. Bc5 Re8 38. e6 Kh7 39. Qg5 {Fludity and mobility of pawns decided the game in White's favour!} 1-0