[Event "Chennai Women's Chess Olympiad"] [Site "chess.com"] [Date "2022.08.06"] [Round "8.1"] [White "Roebers, Eline"] [Black "Cori T., Deysi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2344"] [BlackElo "2371"] [Annotator "Saravanan,V"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Netherlands"] [BlackTeam "Peru"] [WhiteTeamCountry "NED"] [BlackTeamCountry "PER"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. g4 Bd7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 Ne7 7. Be2 h5 8. gxh5 Nf5 9. Qd2 c5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. dxc5 a6 12. O-O-O Nxe3 13. Qxe3 Rxh5 14. Rhg1 g6 15. Kb1 Bh6 16. Qd3 Qe7 17. Rde1 O-O-O 18. Na4 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. Qg3 Qg5 21. Qc3 Qf4 22. Rg4 d4 $2 (22... Qf6 $11) 23. Nb6+ $1 Kb8 24. Qxd4 Qxd4 $4 ( 24... Rxe2 25. Qxf4+ $1 Bxf4 26. Rxe2 $18) 25. Rxd4 Kc7 26. Rxd7+ $1 {The point.} Rxd7 27. Nxd7 {Black cannot recapture the knight on d7.} Rf5 (27... Kxd7 28. Bb5+) 28. Bd3 Rxf2 29. Ne5 $18 Bg7 30. Ng4 Rf4 31. Ne5 Rf2 32. h3 Kd8 33. a4 Ke7 34. c6 bxc6 35. Bxa6 Kd6 36. Nd3 Rh2 37. a5 Rxh3 38. Bc4 Rh4 39. b3 Rh5 40. a6 Bc3 41. Rd1 Kc7 42. Nb2 Ra5 43. Rh1 Kd6 44. Rh3 Be1 45. Rf3 Ke7 46. Na4 g5 47. Kb2 g4 48. Rf1 Bd2 49. Ra1 f5 50. c3 g3 51. b4 Rxa4 52. Rxa4 Bc1+ 53. Kc2 g2 54. a7 g1=Q 55. a8=Q Be3 56. Ra1 Qg2+ 57. Kb3 f4 58. Rd1 1-0 [Event "Chennai Women's Chess Olympiad"] [Site "chess.com"] [Date "2022.08.06"] [Round "8.2"] [White "Mkrtchian, Lilit"] [Black "Batsiashvili, Nino"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2362"] [BlackElo "2466"] [Annotator "Saravanan,V"] [PlyCount "120"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Armenia"] [BlackTeam "Georgia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"] [BlackTeamCountry "GEO"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 d6 8. c3 Na5 9. Bb5 a6 10. Ba4 b5 11. Bc2 Qc7 12. Nbd2 c4 13. d4 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Nf1 exd4 16. cxd4 Nc6 17. Ng3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Rfe8 19. Be3 Bf8 20. Rc1 Rac8 21. Kh2 g6 22. Rg1 Bg7 23. d5 Ne5 24. f4 Ned7 25. Bd4 Kf8 26. f5 Bh6 27. Qf3 Qd8 28. Be3 Bxe3 29. Qxe3 Ng8 30. fxg6 hxg6 31. Ne2 Qf6 32. Nd4 Nc5 33. Rg3 Rc7 34. Rd1 Qh4 35. f3 Nf6 36. Qd2 Re5 37. Nc6 Rh5 38. Rdg1 Nfd7 39. Qe3 Qf6 40. Nd4 Rc8 41. f4 Re8 42. f5 Ne5 43. R1g2 Ned3 $4 (43... g5 $1 $17) 44. Bxd3 cxd3 45. Rg4 $4 (45. fxg6 $1 Rxe4 46. Qf3 Qxf3 47. Rxf3 $18) 45... Rxe4 46. Rxe4 Nxe4 47. Qxd3 (47. Qxe4 Rh4 48. Qxd3 (48. Rg4 d2 $1) 48... Rxd4 $19) 47... Qe5+ 48. Kg1 Ng5 $19 49. Rg3 Nxh3+ 50. Rxh3 Rxh3 51. Qxh3 Qxd4+ 52. Kf1 Qd1+ 53. Kf2 Qd2+ 54. Kf1 Qc1+ 55. Ke2 Qxb2+ 56. Kd1 Qb1+ 57. Kd2 Qxa2+ 58. Kc1 Qc4+ 59. Kb2 Qxd5 60. fxg6 fxg6 {0-} 0-1 [Event "Chennai Chess Olympiad | Open"] [Site "chess.com"] [Date "2022.08.06"] [Round "8.3"] [White "Idani, Pouya"] [Black "Cornette, Matthieu"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2641"] [BlackElo "2551"] [Annotator "Saravanan,V"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Iran"] [BlackTeam "France"] [WhiteTeamCountry "IRI"] [BlackTeamCountry "FRA"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 e6 4. O-O Nf6 5. Re1 Nxe4 6. Rxe4 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qf5 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Rxd4 Be7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Be3 b6 14. Rad1 Re8 15. Rf4 Qg6 16. Rg4 Qf5 17. Bh6 Bf8 18. Ne4 Ba6 19. c4 Red8 20. Ng3 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 Qe5 22. Bxg7 Bxg7 23. Nh5 Kh8 $4 (23... Bxc4 24. Rxg7+ Kf8 25. h4 { with a slight advantage for White.}) 24. Rxg7 Bxc4 25. h4 $2 (25. Rxf7 $18) 25... Qe2 $4 26. Qd4 e5 27. Qd6 $18 Qe1+ 28. Kh2 Qxf2 29. Rg4 Qf5 30. Rxc4 Qxh5 31. Qf6+ Kg8 32. Kh3 $1 Re8 33. Rg4+ Kf8 34. Rg5 1-0 [Event "Chennai Chess Olympiad | Open"] [Site "chess.com"] [Date "2022.08.06"] [Round "8.4"] [White "Kantor, Gergely"] [Black "Warmerdam, Max"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2582"] [BlackElo "2610"] [Annotator "Saravanan,V"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Hungary"] [BlackTeam "Netherlands"] [WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"] [BlackTeamCountry "NED"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. Nge2 O-O 10. Nf4 Rd8 11. Rc1 g5 12. Nd3 Bf8 13. Be2 Ne7 14. O-O c6 15. Ne5 Nf5 16. Bh5 Be6 17. Nd3 Bd6 18. Qd1 Kh8 19. b4 Rg8 20. h3 $4 (20. g3 { should be able to defend the position.}) 20... g4 $3 21. Bxg4 h5 $1 22. Bxh5 Qh4 23. Qf3 Nxd4 $3 24. exd4 Bxh3 25. Ne5 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Rxg2+ 27. Kh1 (27. Qxg2 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Qxh5 $19) 27... Rg1+ $3 {Picteresque.} 28. Kxg1 Rg8+ {0-} 0-1 [Event "Chennai Chess Olympiad | Open"] [Site "chess.com"] [Date "2022.08.06"] [Round "8.4"] [White "Sadhwani, Raunak"] [Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2611"] [BlackElo "2754"] [Annotator "Saravanan,V"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "India"] [BlackTeam "United States"] [WhiteTeamCountry "IND"] [BlackTeamCountry "USA"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Kb1 Rc8 12. Bd3 b5 13. h3 h4 14. Rhe1 O-O 15. Rg1 b4 16. Ne2 d5 17. g3 dxe4 18. fxe4 a5 19. gxh4 Kh8 20. Rg5 a4 21. Nbd4 exd4 22. Bxd4 Rg8 23. Rdg1 Nf8 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Rh5+ Nh7 26. e5 g6 27. Qh6 Rg7 28. exf6 Qxf6 29. Rb5 b3 30. axb3 axb3 31. cxb3 Bd7 32. Rb4 Bf5 33. Qe3 Rgg8 34. Bxf5 Qxf5+ 35. Ka1 Rge8 36. Qd4+ Nf6 37. Nc3 Red8 38. Qe3 Kg7 39. Rf4 Qa5+ $2 ( 39... Ra8+ 40. Ra4 {with a level position.}) 40. Na4 (40. Kb1 $16) 40... Nd5 $4 (40... Rc6 {and White has only a small advantage.}) 41. Qe5+ Kg8 42. Rd4 { The knight on d5 is doomed.} Rc5 43. Rgd1 f6 44. Qe4 Kf8 45. Qxg6 1-0 [Event "44th FIDE Chess Olympiad 2022"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2022.08.06"] [Round "8"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Gukesh, D.."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B31"] [Annotator "Rafael Leitão"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] [TimeControl "5400+30"] {0-} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {The Rossolimo variation is nowadays nearly as important as the Open Sicilian.} g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Bxc6 bxc6 {This is not the main move, but in general you are fine if you capture toward the center.} 6. Re1 Qc7 {A subtle idea and only the seventh most popular move. Black plays a useful move before developing the knight or playing d7-d6. The queen is always useful on c7.} (6... Nh6 {is played more often.}) 7. h3 {A smart idea. This move is useful in many ways: to give the king some air and to take the g4-square from the opponent's knight or bishop.} (7. Na3 {was played in a recent and important game, featuring another young star and hero of this Olympiad.} d6 8. Nc4 e5 9. c3 Be6 10. Qa4 Ne7 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 exd4 13. Bf4 Bxc4 14. Qxc4 c5 15. Rac1 O-O {and here White could achieve an advantage with 16.Nxd4 $1 instead of} 16. e5 $6 {that was played in Naiditsch-Abdusattorov, Biel 2022.}) (7. c3 {is the most popular.}) 7... d6 8. e5 $5 {A typical positional sacrifice to disrupt Black's pawn structure.} dxe5 9. d3 c4 $1 { Gukesh gives the pawn back before Caruana can play Nbd2. Either the c5- or the e5-pawn will be lost in the long run. It's better to sacrifice one of them immediately to improve the pawn structure.} 10. Nc3 (10. dxc4 $2 {is a horrible move. After} f5 {the pawns start moving.}) 10... cxd3 (10... Be6 { was played in a recent email game:} 11. Qe2 cxd3 12. cxd3 Nf6 13. Nxe5 O-O 14. b3 Rac8 15. Bb2 c5 16. Rac1 Rfd8 {with a balanced position in Dmitriev-Borstnik,ICCF email 2020.}) 11. cxd3 Nh6 {This is a novelty, but not a successful one.} (11... Be6 {had been played before.}) 12. Nxe5 Nf5 13. Bf4 { Material equality is now restored. White has the better development and the initiative.} Qb7 14. Na4 f6 15. Nf3 O-O 16. d4 (16. Nc5 {This seems the most unpleasant move to face. Capturing on b2 is very dangerous.} Qb6 (16... Qxb2 17. Qa4 $1 Qb6 (17... Qb5 18. Qa3 Qb6 19. g4 {and White is much better.}) 18. d4 $16) 17. d4 {with a clear advantage.}) 16... g5 $5 {Gukesh plays very resourcefully in a difficult position. He advances the kingside pawns so that he can have the option of playing g5-g4. Of course, this is very dangerous; after all, these pawn moves weaken the king, but drastic measures are sometimes necessary.} 17. Bh2 h5 18. Re4 $6 {From now on, Caruana's play is marked by indecision. Little by little, Black starts improving the position.} ( 18. Nc5 $1 {is more accurate, since now the queen needs an extra move to reach d5.} Qb5 19. Re4 Qc4 20. Rc1 Qd5 21. Qe1 {with advantage for White.}) 18... Qd7 19. Qc2 Rf7 20. Rae1 Bf8 21. Qe2 {Those queen moves don't make a good impression.} Qd5 22. Nc3 Qd7 {The famous \"tacit draw offer.\" Black is not against move-repetition.} 23. Qc4 {Caruana decides to play on, but his plan is not very convincing.} (23. Nxg5 $5 {is a radical way of changing the character of the game. White has good compensation in a double-edged position after} fxg5 24. Qxh5 Ng7 25. Qxg5 Qf5 26. Qd2) 23... Qb7 24. b4 e6 25. Rb1 Qd7 26. Rbe1 Qb7 27. Rb1 Qd7 {Another silent draw offer.} 28. a3 $2 {Another refusal, but now Black gets the initiative and never looks back.} a5 $1 {Now the bishop’s pair shows its colors. The c8-bishop, in particular, has an important role from now on.} 29. Na4 (29. bxa5 Rxa5 30. a4 Ba6 $1 31. Qxe6 Bd3 {wins the exchange.}) (29. b5 cxb5 30. Nxb5 Bb7 {and the monster bishop decides the game. }) 29... Qd8 30. bxa5 Rxa5 31. Nc5 (31. Qc2 {is necessary, although Black is much better.}) 31... Qd5 $1 32. Qe2 (32. Qxd5 cxd5 33. Ree1 g4 {And White's position falls apart.}) 32... Rxa3 {The complete success of Gukesh's play. A pawn up, bishop pair, better pawn structure. He finishes the game without mercy.} 33. Rd1 Rfa7 34. g4 hxg4 35. hxg4 Nh6 36. Bg3 e5 $1 37. Nxe5 {A desperate sacrifice.} fxe5 38. Rxe5 Bxg4 $1 39. Qd2 Qf3 40. Rxg5+ Rg7 41. Re1 Bh3 42. Bd6 Bxd6 43. Rxg7+ Kxg7 44. Qg5+ Kh7 45. Ne4 Qxe4 $1 {The coup de grace, and White resigns. Another impressive display by the Indian prodigy.} ( 45... Qxe4 46. Rxe4 Ra1+ 47. Re1 Rxe1#) 0-1 [Event "Chennai Chess Olympiad | Open"] [Site "chess.com"] [Date "2022.08.06"] [Round "8.1"] [White "Sargissian, Gabriel"] [Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D12"] [WhiteElo "2698"] [BlackElo "2720"] [Annotator "Saravanan,V"] [PlyCount "203"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Armenia"] [BlackTeam "India"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"] [BlackTeamCountry "IND"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Qxb3 12. axb3 Bb4 13. Be2 O-O-O 14. Kb1 a6 15. Be1 Bd6 16. h4 g5 17. Rh3 gxh4 18. Bxh4 Rh6 19. Rdh1 Rdh8 20. Bf1 Nf8 21. g4 Ng6 22. Bf2 Rxh3 23. Rxh3 Rxh3 24. Bxh3 Kd8 25. Kc2 c5 26. Ne2 cxd4 27. Nxd4 dxc4 28. bxc4 Ne5 29. g5 Nfd7 30. Bf1 Nc6 31. Nxc6+ bxc6 32. Be1 c5 33. f4 g6 34. Bg2 Nb8 35. Kd3 Kd7 36. Bf3 Nc6 37. Bd1 Kc7 38. Ba4 Kb6 39. Ke4 Kc7 40. Bc3 Kb6 41. Kf3 Kc7 42. Bf6 Kb6 43. Bg7 Kc7 44. Kg4 e5 45. Bf6 exf4 46. exf4 Bf8 47. Kf3 Bd6 48. Ke4 Bf8 49. Bc3 Kd6 50. Bf6 Kc7 51. f5 gxf5+ 52. Kxf5 Kd6 53. Ke4 Na5 54. Be5+ Ke6 55. Bd1 Nc6 56. Bg4+ Ke7 57. Bc3 Nb4 58. Bf6+ Ke8 59. Bd1 Kd7 60. Kf5 Nc6 61. Bh5 Ke8 62. Ke4 Nb4 63. Bg4 Nc6 64. Bc8 Nb4 65. Kf5 Be7 66. Bc3 Kd8 67. Bb7 Kc7 68. Bf3 Kd7 69. Bh5 Ke8 70. Bd1 Kf8 71. Ba4 Bd6 72. Bf6 Kg8 73. Bd1 Kf8 74. Ba4 Kg8 75. g6 fxg6+ 76. Kxg6 Kf8 77. Kf5 Nd3 78. Ke6 Bg3 79. Be7+ Kg7 80. Bc2 Nb4 81. Be4 Bf2 82. b3 Bd4 83. Bd6 Be3 84. Be5+ Kf8 85. Kd7 Kf7 86. Bf5 Bf2 87. Kd6 Be3 88. Be4 Bf2 89. Kd7 Be3 90. Bd6 Kf6 91. Kc7 Ke6 92. Bh7 Na2 93. Be4 Bd4 94. Bf8 Nc3 95. Bc2 Na2 96. Kb6 Nb4 $4 ({The paradoxical way to draw the game was} 96... a5 $1 97. Kxa5 Kf7 98. Bd6 Nb4 99. Bb1 Ke6 100. Bf8 Kf7 {posting the black knight on b4 and getting the white bishop off the a3-f8 diagonal.} 101. Bh6 Ke6 102. Kb6 Ke7 {will still end in a draw, as White's dark bishop will not find it easy to attack the c5-pawn anymore.}) 97. Bb1 a5 98. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 99. Kxc5 Kd7 100. Kb6 Kc8 101. Kxa5 Nc6+ 102. Kb6 1-0