[Event "Prague Festival Masters 2026"] [White "Yakubboev,Nodirbek"] [Black "Van Foreest,Jorden"] [Site "Prague"] [Round "4.1"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2026.02.28"] [WhiteElo "2691"] [BlackElo "2705"] [PlyCount "118"] [TimeControl "60"] {[%evp 13,117,8,8,4,5,5,2,8,3,4,9,4,8,6,18,6,8,18,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,-2,0,-14,-19,-19,-20,-18,-18,-24,-8,-25,0,-42,-39,-26,0,0,0,0,39,28,27,20,93,-91,-96,-112,-97,-233,-234,-236,-179,-583,-583,-600,-675,-658,-636,-608,-640,-640,-631,-600,-627,-602,-619,-600,-567,-789,-788,-760,-706,-760,-727,-749,-742,-769,-763,-763,-763,-904,-905,-993,-996,-987,-970,-1135,-971,-1730,-1730,-6087,-6087,-5310,-5310,-5077]} 1. d4 {[%emt 0:0:6]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:0:21]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:0:54]} e6 {[%emt 0:0:34]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:0:44]} d5 {[%emt 0:0:24]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:2:5]} Be7 {[%emt 0:5:6]} 5. Bf4 {[%emt 0:0:16]} O-O {[%emt 0:4:53]} 6. e3 {[%emt 0:3:3]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 7. c5 Nh5 {[%emt 0:8:7]} 8. Bd3 {[%emt 0:1:5] D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} b6 {[%emt 0:3:27]} 9. b4 {[%emt 0:0:50]} a5 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 10. a3 {[%emt 0:0:44] The position is equal.} Nxf4 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 11. exf4 {[%emt 0:13:27]} c6 {[%emt 0:6:23]} 12. O-O {[%emt 0:6:53]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:3:53]} 13. Bxa6 {[%emt 0:4:7]} Rxa6 {[%emt 0:1:58]} 14. b5 {[%emt 0:0:57]} cxb5 {[%emt 0:0:30]} 15. c6 {[%emt 0:0:26] White sacrificed a pawn} Nb8 {[%emt 0:4:35][%cal Yd7b8,Yb8c6,Yc6b4][%mdl 32]} 16. Nxb5 {[%emt 0:6:5]} Nxc6 {[%emt 0:4:10]} 17. Qc2 {[%emt 0:3:40]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:0:40]} 18. Rfc1 {[%emt 0:6:59]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:6:36]} 19. Qe2 {[%emt 0:0:22]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:26:10]} 20. Qc2 {[%emt 0:0:35]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 21. Qe2 {[%emt 0:27:13]} Nc6 22. a4 {[%emt 0:14:24]} Raa8 {[%emt 0:2:58]} 23. Ne5 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:0:9]} 24. Rc7 {[%emt 0:12:54]} Nf3+ {[%emt 0:0:12]} 25. Qxf3 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:1:27]} 26. Rac1 {[%emt 0:4:45]} Bb4 $146 {[%emt 0:0:46][%cal Ye7b4,Yb4d2,Yd2f4][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 26... Bd6 27. R7c2 g6 28. g3 Rb8 29. Qe3 Rb7 30. Rc6 Bb4 31. Qe5 Be7 32. h4 h5 33. Kg2 Bf6 34. Qe1 Qe7 35. Qe2 Rd8 36. Qc2 Bg7 37. Re1 Qd7 {½-½ Salonen,J (2170)-Gray,G VW-Cup8 Gr06 email 2015} )27. R1c6 {[%emt 0:1:13]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:2:50]} 28. g4 {[%emt 0:1:33][%cal Yh2h3]} Bd2 {[%emt 0:0:48]} 29. f5 {[%emt 0:7:39]} (29. Rxb6 $2 Bxf4 (29... Qxf4 30. Qxf4 Bxf4 31. Rcc6 $17 )30. Rc3 Rfc8 31. Rxc8+ Rxc8 $19 )Qg5 {[%emt 0:7:53]} (29... h5 {simplifies} 30. Kg2 hxg4 31. Qxg4 Qxf5 32. Qxf5 exf5 33. Rxb6 Rae8 )30. fxe6 {[%emt 0:0:11]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 31. Qe2 {[%emt 0:1:18]} Bf4 {[%emt 0:0:30]} 32. Qxe6+ {[%emt 0:0:11]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:0:8]} 33. Rc8 {[%emt 0:5:50]} Qh4 {[%emt 0:6:28]} (33... Bxh2+ $11 {remains equal.} 34. Kg2 Qf4 35. Rxf8+ Rxf8 )34. Kf1 $2 {[%emt 0:1:17]} (34. Qf5 $16 {[%cal Rf5f8] and life is bright.} Qxh2+ 35. Kf1 Qh1+ 36. Ke2 Qe4+ 37. Qxe4 dxe4 38. Rxf8+ Rxf8 39. d5 (39. Rxb6 g6 $16 ))Bc7 $40 {[%emt 0:0:39][%csl Gf8][%cal Rh4f2][%mdl 128] [#] White is in trouble. Really sharp!} 35. Rxf8+ {[%emt 0:0:0]} Rxf8 {[%emt 0:0:38][%csl Gf8][%cal Rh4f2]} 36. Rc2 {[%emt 0:3:53] White does not recover from this.} (36. Qe3 $17 {keeps fighting.} Bxh2 37. Qf3 )Qh3+ $19 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 37. Ke1 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Qxh2 38. Qxd5 $2 {[%emt 0:11:8]} (38. Nxc7 $2 {loses.} Qg1+ 39. Kd2 Rxf2+ $19 )(38. Kd1 {is a better chance.} Qg1+ (38... Rxf2 39. Qe8+ )39. Qe1 Qxg4+ 40. Qe2 Qg1+ 41. Qe1 Qxe1+ (41... Qg4+ $2 42. Qe2 $19 )42. Kxe1 )Qg1+ {[%emt 0:0:0] Black is clearly winning.} 39. Kd2 {[%emt 0:0:55]} Rxf2+ {[%emt 0:0:0]} 40. Kc3 {[%emt 0:0:7] [#]} Qa1+ {[%emt 0:0:9]} 41. Kd3 {[%emt 0:0:0] Threatening mate with Qa8+.} Qd1+ {[%emt 0:20:16]} 42. Ke3 {[%emt 0:2:43]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:1:13] Prevents Qa8.} 43. Rxc7 {[%emt 0:0:14]} Re8+ {[%emt 0:0:19]} 44. Qe5 {[%emt 0:0:25]} Rxe5+ {[%emt 0:2:2]} 45. dxe5 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Qxg4 {[%emt 0:0:25][%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRN} 46. Nd6 {[%emt 0:0:0]} h5 47. Rc4 {[%emt 0:3:21]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:4:8]} 48. Re4 {[%emt 0:0:40]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:0:13]} 49. Nb5 {[%emt 0:0:0]} g5 50. Nd4 {[%emt 0:0:12]} Qh3+ {[%emt 0:4:7]} 51. Ke2 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Kf7 52. e6+ {[%emt 0:0:42]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:0:10]} 53. Nc6+ {[%emt 0:0:0]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:0:30]} 54. e7 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Qg2+ 55. Kd3 {[%emt 0:0:0]} h4 56. Nd4 {[%emt 0:1:40] Repels Qf3+} h3 {[%emt 0:0:14]} 57. Nb5 {[%emt 0:1:4]} Qg3+ {[%emt 0:0:27]} 58. Re3 {[%emt 0:0:13]} Qf4 {[%emt 0:7:0]} 59. Re4 {[%emt 0:0:15]} h2 {[%emt 0:1:0] Weighted Error Value: White=0.42/Black=0.11 (very precise) Mistake: White=3 Black=1 Inaccurate: White=1 Black=2 OK: White=8 Black=9 Best: White=2 ---} 0-1