[Event "FIDE Chesscom Grand Swiss 2021"] [White "Firouzja,Alireza"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime"] [Site "Riga"] [Round "5.1"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2021.10.31"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2763"] [PlyCount "61"] 1. e4 {} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 $1 {7...Be7 scores better than 7...Qc7.} 8. Bg5 Be6 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nd5 Nd7 11. Bc4 Rc8 12. b3 Nb6 (12... Qa5+ {keeps more tension.} 13. b4 Qd8 14. Qd3 Nb6 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. 0-0 0-0 )13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Bxe6 Qxe6 15. 0-0 0-0 16. c4 Nd7 { [#]} 17. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. a5 Nc5 18. Re1 f5 19. exf5 Qxf5 20. Qd5+ Kh8 21. Re3 Qf6 22. Rf1 Rc6 23. Nd2 {1-0 (40) Saltaev,M (2480)-Runte,M (2133) Dortmund 2021} )Nc5 18. Re1 f5 19. exf5 Qxf5 20. f3 Nd3 21. Rf1 Rfd8 22. Ne4 Nf4 23. Ra2 d5 24. cxd5 Rxd5 {The position is equal.} 25. Rd2 Rcd8 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Rxd2.} 26. Rxd5 Rxd5 27. Qc2 Qd7 28. Rc1 h6 29. Qc8+ Kh7 {[#] Hoping for ...Rd1+.} 30. Qxd7 Rxd7 31. Kf1 {Not much happened in this game. Weighted Error Value: White=0. 03/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2