[Event "Sinquefield Cup 2022"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2022.09.03"] [Round "2"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A28"] [WhiteElo "2687"] [BlackElo "2758"] [Annotator "Rafael Leitão"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] [EventType "schev"] [EventRounds "4"] [TimeControl "5400+30"] {[%evp 0,98,19,-12,-12,-15,-18,-24,-24,-32,17,22,32,35,29,41,41,41,22,18,28,30, 34,58,56,55,54,14,32,24,50,-48,32,12,116,-79,-1,7,-28,-30,-18,-26,5,-32,-26, -42,3,-41,69,69,71,63,61,56,82,82,102,102,117,100,115,119,127,109,119,73,76,82, 75,84,86,88,129,101,155,171,176,201,201,223,220,226,236,94,123,138,234,234,234, 234,234,492,367,368,768,640,768,435,540,468,768] Hans Niemann is a very popular figure right now in the chess world. He gave some hilarious interviews during the St. Louis Rapid and Blitz Championship, and those were always a joy to watch. He is young, confident, and plays all his games to win; he is never afraid even when facing the absolute elite of chess. More than all this, what strikes me as particularly interesting about this player is that he seems to work very hard on his chess, and his rise to the top has been meteoric. His opponent in this game is the already legendary Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, a player who is admired all over the world for his fearless style. This clash promised and delivered fireworks.} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 {This is currently a fashionable variation of the English Four Knights Opening. It's curious that I have become a sort of \"specialist\" in this line, although I have never played it in an official over-the-board game. But times have changed, and when searching in an online database, I found no fewer than 16 of my own games, all played in Titled Tuesdays. Of course, the reader can find more qualified players to follow in case they decide to study this variation, but I must say my score is not bad at all. Given my poor Titled Tuesday record, this shows that this line must be really very good for White.} Bc5 (4... Bb4 { is a more reliable move.}) 5. Nxe5 $1 {This is the point; otherwise, Black has very comfortable play.} Nxe5 (5... Bxf2+ $2 {is a typical resource, but here it's just losing.} 6. Kxf2 Nxe5 7. d4 {and White has an overwhelming advantage. I played a few online games in this position, but since they were not played in any official event, they cannot (luckily) be found.}) (5... O-O $5 { Nakamura played this against me in a Titled Tuesday once. I was surprised and reacted poorly with} 6. Nxc6 $2 (6. Nf3 $1 {is better.} Nxe4 7. Nxe4 Re8 8. d3 f5 9. Be2 fxe4 10. dxe4 {with the advantage.}) 6... dxc6 {Black has great compensation for the pawn.}) 6. d4 Bb4 7. dxe5 Nxe4 {Now White has a difficult decision between 8.Qd4 and 8.Qf3. To me, it's not clear which is better, but the latter is more popular these days.} 8. Qf3 (8. Qd4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Be7 10. Qg4 {with a complicated game.}) 8... Nxc3 (8... Qh4 $2 {loses after} 9. g3 Ng5 10. Qe2 Qe4 11. Bxg5 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qxh1 13. f3 {and the h1-queen will soon be captured.}) 9. bxc3 Ba5 (9... Bc5 {This was played against me by German GM Rasmus Svane.} 10. Qg3 g6 $2 (10... Kf8 {is necessary.}) 11. Bd3 {and I had such a good position that even my poor play was unable to spoil it.}) 10. Bf4 O-O 11. O-O-O $5 {It looks crazy for the untrained (or unprepared) eye to direct the king toward such a scattered pawn structure. But if the computers say it's good, we have to study it. More conservative (or lazier) players might consider 11.Rd1 or 11.Be2 and castling short.} Qe7 12. Kb2 {This is necessary to avoid a queen invasion.} Rb8 $1 {An excellent move, creating an x-ray with the king and getting ready for counterplay with b7-b5. This is still mainstream opening theory.} 13. Qe3 $1 {A strong prophylactic move. White gets ready to meet 13...b5 with 14.c5. If White manages to stop Black's counterplay on the queenside, then he is ready for a devastating kingside attack. Let's not forget that Black's king is completely abandoned by his pieces. When the bishop gets to d3, checkmate is going to be a real possibility.} (13. Bd3 {This was played by Carlsen against Caruana, when all this was still new to everyone. Black has good counterplay after} b5 $1 14. cxb5 Bb7 {Carlsen - Caruana, Douglas 2019.}) 13... b6 $6 $146 {This is a new and strange move. Black's counterplay is usually connected with b7-b5, so why advance this move only one square $2} (13... b5 {was tried in a few games.} 14. c5 $1 b4 15. c4 b3 16. a3 $1 {and it seems Black still has problems to solve.} (16. axb3 $6 Bb4)) (13... Bb6 {was played in a recent email game and is the first suggestion of the computer. I guess future games will say whether this move is enough to solve Black's problems.}) 14. Bd3 (14. h4 $1 {is a typical plan and also very strong. White prepares 15.Rh3, and the rook is useful both on attack and defense.}) 14... Qe6 (14... f6 {Maybe Black should try this move. With the bishop on d3, 15.exf6 is not so good because the c3-pawn will be hanging after 15...Qxf6.}) 15. Qg3 {Not the most accurate. I think 15.Qe4 or 15.h4 is better.} (15. Qe4 g6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Rhe1 {with the advantage.}) (15. h4 $5 {and the idea of Rh3 is also promising.}) 15... Re8 {The idea of this move is to avoid Bg5.} (15... b5 {is interesting. Play might continue:} 16. c5 (16. cxb5 {This move is not what White usually wants to play.} Bb7 {[%CAl Gb7c6,Ga7a6] With the idea of Bc6 followed by a6 with good compensation.}) 16... Ba6 {with a very complicated position. One of the computer lines goes} 17. Bg5 b4 18. c4 b3 $1 19. axb3 Bxc4 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. Bh6 Qe2+ 22. Ka1 g6 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. Qe3 Qxe3 25. fxe3 Bc3+ 26. Ka2 Ke7 {and the e5-pawn will fall, and Black has good drawing chances.}) 16. Rhe1 {Preparing Bg5 again now that the e5-pawn is protected.} b5 {Mamedyarov starts his counterplay. This is a critical position.} 17. c5 $2 {This is a mistake because the e1-rook will be hanging. I understand Niemann probably saw this and decided to sacrifice the exchange, but the stone- hearted computer is not impressed.} (17. cxb5 $1 { is better with big complications.}) 17... b4 18. c4 b3 $1 {This is the point.} 19. axb3 Bxe1 20. Rxe1 a5 $2 {After this move, the exchange sacrifice is fully justified, and White achieves enormous compensation. Black should open the center with 20...d6 or 20...d5.} (20... d6 $1 {20...d5 is the same.} 21. cxd6 cxd6 {[%CAl Gd6d5] and White has some compensation for the exchange, but objectively Black is better.}) 21. Bd2 $1 {A very good move, preparing to meet 21...a4 with 22.b4.} (21. Qh4 g6 22. Bd2 $1 {is also good with the same idea.}) 21... Ba6 (21... a4 22. b4 {with a winning position for White due to the big space advantage. The rooks have no columns to control, and the king is very insecure.}) 22. Qh4 g6 23. Qd4 $1 {I like this move a lot, centralizing the queen.} (23. Bxa5 $6 {is not so clear after} Qc6 $1) 23... Rb7 {This is the only plan for counterplay. The game flows logically.} 24. Bxa5 Reb8 25. b4 Rxb4+ $1 {Otherwise Black can resign.} 26. Bxb4 Rxb4+ 27. Kc3 Rb8 28. Be4 Qe8 ( 28... Bxc4 $5 {is an interesting try to complicate the game. After} 29. Qxc4 Qxe5+ 30. Kd3 Qb2 $1 {White has to find the precise} 31. Bd5 $1 Qxf2 32. Qc3 $1 {Everything is protected, and the position is winning.}) 29. Bd5 (29. Rd1 $1 { is more accurate.}) 29... Bb7 30. Rb1 Ba8 $2 {This move loses.} (30... Bxd5 $1 {is the only chance. After} 31. Rxb8 Qxb8 32. cxd5 (32. Qxd5 Qe8 $14) 32... Qb5 {Black can fight for the draw.}) 31. Rxb8 Qxb8 32. Bxa8 Qxa8 33. Qxd7 Qa1+ 34. Kb4 Qxe5 35. Kb5 {The c7-pawn will fall, and White has an easy winning position. This is a good time to pay respect for the doubled pawns, an often-misunderstood positional element of chess. Doubled pawns are usually not as bad as people think. Here, for instance, this extra pawn on c4 serves as a shelter for the king against the checks.} h5 36. Kc6 Qxh2 37. Qd8+ Kh7 38. Qf6 Qxg2+ 39. Kxc7 {The rest is easy.} Qe4 40. Qxf7+ Kh6 41. Qd5 Qe7+ 42. Kb6 Qf6+ 43. c6 Qxf2+ 44. Kb7 Qb2+ 45. Qb5 Qg2 46. Kb8 h4 47. c7 Qg3 48. Kb7 Qf3+ 49. Qd5 Qb3+ 1-0 [Event "Kvika op"] [Site "Reykjavik"] [Date "2022.09.27"] [Round "5"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Gretarsson, Hjorvar Steinn"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B47"] [WhiteElo "2637"] [BlackElo "2542"] [Annotator "gmail,thechesscorner"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ISL"] {[%evp 0,73,17,11,36,45,70,55,29,45,24,46,84,84,81,79,65,44,35,31,19,10,17,-10, -25,27,27,3,0,0,2,10,16,16,2,26,36,36,30,-2,-22,0,68,61,61,66,66,68,58,80,99, 107,126,116,120,99,107,86,117,102,112,106,113,124,153,108,117,117,187,165,237, 252,252,254,363,366]} {Engine/Game Correlation: White = 100%, Black = 45%.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Qd3 d5 9. Qg3 Qxg3 10. hxg3 Nf6 11. g4 Bb4 12. Bd2 {[%eval 32,0]} O-O {[%eval 51,0] } (12... O-O 13. f3 h6 {[%eval 32,30] Stockfish 10/Clare}) (12... O-O 13. f3 h6 {[%eval 33,27] Stockfish 8}) (12... O-O 13. f3 Nd7 {[%eval 46,32] Stockfish 15} ) 13. e5 {[%eval -7,0]} (13. f3 h6 14. O-O-O {[%eval 51,32] Stockfish 15/ fair1play}) (13. f3 Nd7 14. g5 {[%eval 61,39] Stockfish 14.1}) (13. f3 Nd7 14. O-O-O {[%eval 0,20] Deep Fritz 14 x64}) 13... Nd7 {[%eval 8,0]} (13... Nd7 14. f4 f6 {[%eval -7,29] Houdini 6.03 x64/Pacificrabbit}) (13... Nd7 14. a3 Be7 { [%eval 14,29]}) (13... Nd7 14. f4 f6 {[%eval 7,28] Komodo 9.02 64-bit/Clare}) 14. f4 {[%eval -6,0]} (14. f4 f6 15. exf6 {[%eval 8,35] Komodo 14.1 64-bit/ Pacificrabbit}) (14. a3 Bc5 15. f4 {[%eval -6,33] Komodo 14 64-bit/Hackbert}) ( 14. f4 h6 15. O-O-O {[%eval -10,20] Deep Fritz 14 x64}) 14... f6 {[%eval 0,0]} (14... f6 15. exf6 {[%eval -6,23] Deep Fritz 14 x64/Clare}) (14... f6 15. exf6 Rxf6 {[%eval 0,41] Stockfish 15}) (14... h6 15. O-O-O a5 {[%eval 17,19] Fritz 11 SE}) 15. exf6 {[%eval 0,0]} (15. exf6 Rxf6 16. g5 {[%eval 0,36] Stockfish 15/icewulf}) (15. exf6 Rxf6 16. O-O-O {[%eval -2,26] Houdini 6.03 x64/Clare}) ( 15. exf6 Rxf6 16. Rh4 {[%eval -7,19] Deep Fritz 14 x64}) 15... Nxf6 {[%eval 59, 0]} (15... Rxf6 16. g5 Rf7 {[%eval 0,25] Houdini 6.03 x64/Clare}) (15... Rxf6 16. O-O-O Bd6 {[%eval 0,29] Stockfish 15}) (15... Rxf6 16. O-O-O Bd6 {[%eval 0, 34] Stockfish 14.1}) 16. g5 {[%eval 31,0]} (16. g5 Nd7 17. O-O-O {[%eval 59,37] Stockfish 15}) (16. g5 Nd7 17. O-O-O {[%eval 57,30] New Engine}) (16. O-O-O { [%eval 153,1] Stockfish 15}) 16... Nd7 {[%eval 58,0]} (16... Nd7 17. Rh4 Be7 { [%eval 31,24] Houdini 6.03 x64/Clare}) (16... Nd7 17. O-O-O Rf7 {[%eval 67,34] Stockfish 070222/danievil}) (16... Nd7 17. O-O-O g6 {[%eval 56,18] Stockfish 15/Dariusz Swiercz}) 17. O-O-O {[%eval 41,0]} (17. O-O-O g6 18. Rh4 {[%eval 58, 31] Stockfish 15/T2609}) (17. O-O-O Bd6 18. Rh4 {[%eval 18,21] Fritz 13 SE}) ( 17. Rh4 e5 18. O-O-O {[%eval 64,19] Stockfish 15}) 17... e5 {[%eval 56,0]} ( 17... Bd6 18. Rh4 Rf7 {[%eval 41,31] Stockfish 10/Clare}) (17... Rf7 18. Bd3 g6 {[%eval 48,28] Stockfish 14.1}) (17... g6 18. Rhe1 Kf7 {[%eval 32,23] Komodo 12.1.1 64-bit/keithbc6472}) 18. Rh4 {[%eval 30,0]} (18. Rh4 exf4 19. Bd3 { [%eval 56,39] Stockfish 14.1/Clare}) (18. Rh4 Bxc3 19. bxc3 {[%eval 21,25] Deep Hiarcs 15.0/Pacificrabbit}) (18. Rh4 exf4 19. Bd3 {[%eval 66,24] Stockfish 15}) 18... Be7 {[%eval 74,0]} (18... exf4 19. Bd3 g6 {[%eval 30,46] Stockfish 15}) (18... Be7 19. Bf3 Nc5 {[%eval 39,29] Fritz 18/Immel}) (18... Be7 19. Bf3 Nc5 {[%eval 14,22] Komodo 12.1.1 64-bit/keithbc6472}) 19. Bd3 { [%eval 62,0]} (19. Bf3 Nc5 20. Rdh1 {[%eval 74,44] Stockfish 14.1}) (19. Bf3 Nc5 20. Rdh1 {[%eval 93,31] Stockfish 15/T2609}) (19. Bd3 h6 20. Rh2 {[%eval 68,23] Stockfish 8}) 19... h6 {[%eval 53,0]} (19... h6 20. Rh2 e4 {[%eval 62, 33] Stockfish 15/T2609}) (19... h6 20. Rh2 e4 {[%eval 77,27] Stockfish 14.1}) ( 19... h6 20. Rh2 {[%eval 15,20] Deep Fritz 14}) 20. Rh2 {[%eval 58,0]} (20. Rh2 e4 21. Nxe4 {[%eval 53,43] Stockfish 14.1}) (20. Rh2 exf4 21. gxh6 {[%eval 77, 21] Stockfish 15/Dariusz Swiercz}) (20. Re1 Nc5 21. Rxe5 {[%eval 9,18] Fritz 11 SE/dpmahapatra}) (20. Rh5 hxg5 21. Bg6 (21. Bh7+ Kf7 22. f5 Bf6 23. Bg6+ Ke7 $11) 21... Rf6 22. Bh7+ Kf7 23. fxg5 Rf2 24. g3 $4 (24. Be3 Rxg2 25. Rf1+ Ke6 26. Bg8+ Kd6) 24... g6) 20... Nc5 {[%eval 97,0]} (20... e4 21. Nxe4 dxe4 { [%eval 58,49] Stockfish 14.1}) (20... e4 21. Nxe4 dxe4 {[%eval 66,36] Stockfish 15}) (20... e4 21. Nxe4 dxe4 {[%eval 48,38] Stockfish 15}) (20... hxg5 21. Bg6 $1 (21. Bh7+ Kf7) 21... Rf6 22. Bh7+ Kf7 (22... Kf8 23. fxg5) 23. fxg5 Rf2 24. Be3 $1 {captures the rook}) 21. gxh6 {[%eval 58,0]} (21. gxh6 Nxd3+ 22. cxd3 {[%eval 97,42] Stockfish 14.1/Clare}) (21. gxh6 exf4 22. hxg7 { [%eval 93,39] Stockfish 070222/danievil}) (21. gxh6 exf4 22. hxg7 {[%eval 109, 33] Stockfish 12}) 21... Nxd3+ {[%eval 52,0]} (21... Nxd3+ 22. cxd3 exf4 { [%eval 58,34] Stockfish 11/Kaos_00}) (21... exf4 22. hxg7 Nxd3+ {[%eval 87,37] Stockfish 14.1}) (21... exf4 22. hxg7 Nxd3+ {[%eval 85,18] Stockfish 15}) 22. cxd3 {[%eval 73,0]} (22. cxd3 exf4 23. hxg7 {[%eval 52,24] Deep Fritz 13/Clare} ) (22. cxd3 exf4 23. hxg7 {[%eval 76,37]}) (22. cxd3 exf4 23. hxg7 {[%eval 74, 21] Stockfish 7}) 22... exf4 {[%eval 59,0]} (22... exf4 23. hxg7 Kxg7 {[%eval 73,34] Komodo 14.1 64-bit/Pacificrabbit}) (22... exf4 23. hxg7 Kxg7 {[%eval 64, 26]}) (22... exf4 23. hxg7 Kxg7 {[%eval 90,31] Stockfish 14.1}) 23. hxg7 { [%eval 81,0]} (23. hxg7 Kxg7 24. Rf1 {[%eval 59,28] Houdini 6.03 x64/Clare}) ( 23. hxg7 Kxg7 24. Rdh1 {[%eval 33,18] Fritz 11 SE}) (23. hxg7 Kxg7 24. Rdh1 { [%eval 70,22] Stockfish 8}) 23... Kxg7 {[%eval 80,0]} (23... Kxg7 24. Rf1 { [%eval 81,34] Stockfish 10/Clare}) (23... Kxg7 24. Rdh1 Bg5 {[%eval 93,31] Stockfish 070222/danievil}) (23... Kxg7 24. Rdh1 Bf5 {[%eval 72,21]}) 24. Rdh1 {[%eval 63,0]} (24. Rdh1 Bf5 25. Bxf4 {[%eval 80,19]}) (24. Rdh1 Bg5 25. Rh7+ { [%eval 97,30] Stockfish 14.1}) (24. Rdh1 Bf5 25. Bxf4 {[%eval 28,16] Fritz 11 SE}) 24... Bg5 {[%eval 79,0]} (24... Bf5 25. Bxf4 Kf7 {[%eval 63,25] Komodo 9. 02 64-bit/Clare}) (24... Bg5 25. Rh7+ Kf6 {[%eval 73,29] Stockfish 14.1}) ( 24... Bg5 25. Rh7+ Kg6 {[%eval 91,24] Stockfish 15}) 25. Rh7+ {[%eval 83,0]} ( 25. Rh7+ Kg6 26. Rc7 {[%eval 79,22] Deep Fritz 13}) (25. Rh7+ Kf6 26. Rc7 { [%eval 86,46] Stockfish 14.1}) (25. Rh7+ Kg6 26. Rc7 {[%eval 86,22] Stockfish 15}) 25... Kg6 {[%eval 74,0]} (25... Kf6 26. Rc7 Be6 {[%eval 83,40] Stockfish 110922/deuxchevaux}) (25... Kg6 26. Rc7 Bf5 {[%eval 69,32] Stockfish 050720/ Software_012}) (25... Kf6 26. Rc7 Be6 {[%eval 63,28] Stockfish 15}) 26. Rc7 { [%eval 85,0]} (26. Rc7 Bf5 27. Rxc6+ {[%eval 74,40] Stockfish 15/icewulf}) (26. Rc7 Bf5 27. Rxc6+ {[%eval 110,36] Stockfish 11/Clare}) (26. Rc7 Bf5 27. Rxc6+ { [%eval 90,35] New Engine}) 26... Be6 $2 {[%eval 281,0]} (26... Bf5 27. Rxc6+ Rf6 {[%eval 85,22] Fritz 13}) (26... Bf5 27. Rxc6+ Rf6 {[%eval 101,41] Stockfish 14.1}) (26... Bf5 27. Rxc6+ Rf6 {[%eval 91,20] Stockfish 15}) 27. Rxc6 $18 {[%eval 250,0]} (27. Rxc6 Rf6 28. Rf1 {[%eval 281,36] Stockfish 020622/deuxchevaux}) (27. Rxc6 Rf6 28. Rf1 {[%eval 234,33]}) (27. Rxc6 Rf6 28. Rf1 {[%eval 261,29] New Engine}) 27... Rf6 {[%eval 142,0]} (27... Rf6 28. Rf1 Bf5 {[%eval 250,33] Stockfish 14.1}) (27... Rf6 28. Rf1 Rc8 {[%eval 305,29] New Engine}) (27... Rf6 28. Re1 Bf7 {[%eval 158,18] Stockfish 11}) 28. Re1 { [%eval 114,0]} (28. Rf1 Rc8 29. Rxc8 {[%eval 142,32] Stockfish 11/Clare}) (28. Re1 Bf7 29. Rxf6+ {[%eval 86,18] Fritz 11 SE}) (28. Rf1 Rc8 29. Rxc8 {[%eval 282,27] New Engine}) 28... Bf7 $2 {[%eval 308,0]} (28... Bf5 29. Rc5 Bxd3 { [%eval 114,35] Komodo 14.1 64-bit/Pacificrabbit}) (28... Bf5 29. Rc5 Bxd3 { [%eval 212,40] Stockfish 14.1}) (28... Bf5 29. Rc5 Bxd3 {[%eval 271,29] New Engine}) 29. Rxf6+ $18 {[%eval 110,0]} (29. Rxf6+ Bxf6 30. Ne2 {[%eval 308,38] Stockfish 170922/deuxchevaux}) (29. Rxf6+ Kxf6 30. Rf1 {[%eval 176,25] Houdini 3 x64}) (29. Rxf6+ Kxf6 30. Rf1 {[%eval 320,29] New Engine}) 29... Bxf6 { [%eval 160,0]} (29... Kxf6 30. Rf1 Bg6 {[%eval 110,26] Houdini 6.03 x64/ Pacificrabbit}) (29... Kxf6 30. Rf1 Kf5 {[%eval 126,21] Deep Fritz 14 x64}) ( 29... Bxf6 30. Ne2 d4 {[%eval 242,25] Stockfish 14.1}) 30. Ne2 {[%eval 155,0]} (30. Ne2 d4 31. b3 {[%eval 160,31] Komodo 14.1 64-bit/Pacificrabbit}) (30. Ne2 Rc8+ 31. Kb1 {[%eval 220,35] Stockfish 14.1}) (30. Ne2 d4 31. Nxf4+ {[%eval 305,30] New Engine}) 30... Rc8+ {[%eval 231,0]} (30... Rc8+ 31. Kb1 f3 { [%eval 155,39] Stockfish 10}) (30... Rc8+ 31. Kb1 Kg7 {[%eval 162,32] Stockfish 10}) (30... d4 31. Nxf4+ {[%eval 204,29] Stockfish 13}) 31. Kb1 { [%eval 124,0]} (31. Kb1 f3 32. gxf3 {[%eval 231,35]}) (31. Kb1 f3 32. gxf3 { [%eval 334,31] New Engine}) (31. Kb1 d4 32. Nxf4+ {[%eval 101,16] Fritz 11 SE}) 31... Bh4 {[%eval 201,0]} (31... Kh5 32. Rf1 Bg5 {[%eval 124,20] Fritz 11 SE}) (31... f3 32. gxf3 Be8 {[%eval 245,39] Stockfish 14.1}) (31... Kg7 32. Rf1 Re8 {[%eval 306,29] New Engine}) 32. Nxf4+ {[%eval 456,0]} (32. Rf1 Bg5 33. Nxf4+ { [%eval 201,27]}) (32. Nxf4+ Kf5 33. Rf1 {[%eval 137,17] Fritz 11 SE}) (32. Rf1 Bg5 33. Nxf4+ {[%eval 432,29] New Engine}) 32... Kf5 {[%eval 210,0]} (32... Kg7 33. Re5 Kf6 {[%eval 456,30]}) (32... Kf6 33. Rf1 Ke7 {[%eval 170,31] Stockfish 8}) (32... Kf5 33. Rf1 Ke5 {[%eval 304,18]}) 33. Rf1 {[%eval 458,0]} (33. Rf1 Ke5 34. g4 {[%eval 210,33] Stockfish 050720/Software_012}) (33. Rf1 Ke5 34. Ne2 {[%eval 412,30] New Engine}) (33. Rf1 Ke5 34. g4 {[%eval 185,25] Stockfish 8}) 33... Kg4 {[%eval 213,0]} (33... Ke5 34. g4 d4 {[%eval 458,32] Stockfish 14.1}) (33... Ke5 34. Ne2 Bg6 {[%eval 415,28] New Engine}) (33... Ke5 34. Ne2 Bg6 { [%eval 315,15] Stockfish 15}) 34. Ne2 {[%eval 618,0]} (34. Ne2 Re8 35. Rf4+ { [%eval 213,20] Fritz 11 SE}) (34. Ne2 Bg5 35. Rxf7 {[%eval 229,24]}) (34. Ne2 Be8 35. Rf4+ {[%eval 536,30] New Engine}) 34... Bg8 {[%eval 335,0]} (34... Be8 35. Rf4+ Kh5 {[%eval 618,31] Stockfish 14.1}) (34... Be8 35. Rf4+ Kh5 {[%eval 525,29] New Engine}) (34... Be8 35. Rf4+ Kh5 {[%eval 240,25] Stockfish 8}) 35. Rf4+ {[%eval 340,0]} (35. Rf4+ Kh5 36. Ra4 {[%eval 335,30] Fritz 18}) (35. Rf4+ Kh5 36. Ra4 {[%eval 578,29] New Engine}) (35. Rf4+ Kh5 36. Ra4 {[%eval 636,19] Stockfish 15}) 35... Kh5 {[%eval 280,0]} (35... Kh5 36. Ra4 d4 {[%eval 340,30] Stockfish 8}) (35... Kh5 36. Ra4 Rc6 {[%eval 538,34] New Engine}) (35... Kh5 36. g4+ Kg6 {[%eval 630,27] Stockfish 14.1}) 36. Ra4 {[%eval 608,0]} (36. Ra4 Rc6 37. Nf4+ {[%eval 280,21] Fritz 11 SE}) (36. g4+ Kg6 37. g5 {[%eval 560,31]} ) (36. Ra4 Rc6 37. Nf4+ {[%eval 570,28] New Engine}) 36... Bh7 (36... Bh7 37. Nf4+ Kg4 {[%eval 608,31] Stockfish 14.1}) (36... Rc6 37. Nf4+ Kg4 {[%eval 548, 26]}) (36... Bh7 37. Nf4+ Kg4 {[%eval 629,18] Stockfish 15}) 37. Nf4+ (37. Nf4+ Kg4 38. Nxd5+ Kg3 {[%eval 523,25] Deep Fritz 14 x64}) (37. Nf4+ Kg4 38. Nxd5+ Kg3 {[%eval 567,31] Stockfish 11}) (37. Nf4+ Kg4 38. Nxd5+ Kg3 {[%eval 678,26] Stockfish 15}) 1-0 [Event "World op 49th"] [Site "Philadelphia"] [Date "2022.09.26"] [Round "7"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Gledura, Benjamin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D70"] [WhiteElo "2571"] [BlackElo "2629"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "USA"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O f5 10. e5 f4 11. Bxf4 Be6 12. Be3 Nb4 13. a3 Na2+ 14. Nxa2 Bxa2 15. Bd3 c5 16. dxc5 Bxe5 17. cxb6 Rc8+ 18. Bc2 Bb3 19. Ne2 Qd6 20. Nc3 Rxc3 21. Qxc3 1-0 [Event "Marshall Spring GM"] [Site "New York"] [Date "2022.09.27"] [Round "7"] [White "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"] [Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C79"] [WhiteElo "2430"] [BlackElo "2459"] [PlyCount "44"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "USA"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O a6 6. Ba4 d6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. Qf3 c5 10. Nf5 h6 11. Re1 Bc6 12. Qc3 Qd7 13. f3 O-O-O 14. Bxh6 d5 15. Bxg7 Bxg7 16. Nxg7 dxe4 17. Qxf6 exf3 18. Nf5 Rdg8 19. Ng3 Kb7 20. a4 Rxh2 21. Ra3 Rxg3 22. Rb3+ Ka7 0-1 [Event "Charlotte Fall Invitational GM 2020"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2022.09.12"] [Round "5"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Gauri, Shankar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2688"] [BlackElo "2376"] [Annotator "gmail,thechesscorner"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "3"] {[%evp 0,99,29,29,16,-16,1,1,28,4,47,-31,13,18,29,35,8,16,19,3,32,17,19,13,35, 39,31,24,22,-2,38,30,35,26,30,5,20,24,24,15,39,46,36,56,73,31,35,60,60,93,96, 95,90,90,94,107,103,112,159,147,208,214,199,202,202,205,236,203,208,168,208, 211,224,221,220,200,226,211,219,200,209,222,235,238,254,181,261,287,287,287, 287,267,358,266,345,357,371,401,412,413,442,444]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Ne5 a6 13. Bf4 Nbd7 14. Na4 c5 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Nc3 Nf6 17. Bg5 Rc8 18. dxc5 Rxc5 19. Be3 Rc8 20. Na4 Rxc1 21. Qxc1 d4 22. Bxb7 dxe3 23. Qxe3 b5 24. Nc3 Bb4 25. Qf3 Qd2 26. Nd5 Nxd5 27. Bxd5 Re7 28. e4 Qc3 29. Qf4 Qe5 30. Bxf7+ Kf8 31. Qxe5 Rxe5 32. Bd5 Bc3 33. Rc1 b4 34. a3 a5 35. axb4 axb4 36. Rc2 Re7 37. Ra2 Rc7 38. Ra4 Ke7 39. Kf1 Kd6 40. Ke2 g5 41. Ra6+ Kc5 42. Bc4 Bg7 43. Ra5+ Kd4 44. Rd5+ Kc3 45. Rxg5 Ra7 46. Rf5 Bd4 47. Rf3+ Kc2 48. Rd3 Bc3 49. f4 Ra1 50. Rd7 1-0 [Event "Charlotte Fall Invitational GM 2020"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2022.09.12"] [Round "1"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Daggupati, Balaji"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A09"] [WhiteElo "2688"] [BlackElo "2492"] [Annotator "gmail,thechesscorner"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "3"] {[%evp 0,53,17,15,15,-11,12,23,39,12,32,3,109,69,87,51,47,69,46,58,49,51,44,82, 43,52,108,71,180,192,141,141,140,140,213,221,252,265,238,373,322,318,385,409, 347,442,625,438,699,720,816,942,29997,29998,29999,-30000]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 Bg4 4. Qb3 c6 5. g3 d3 6. h3 Bh5 7. Bg2 dxe2 8. Nc3 Nd7 9. d4 e5 10. g4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Bg6 12. Ncxe2 h5 13. g5 c5 14. Nb5 a6 15. Qe3+ Be7 16. Nd6+ Kf8 17. Nxb7 Qc7 18. O-O Re8 19. Nf4 Bf5 20. Re1 cxb4 21. Bb2 Rh7 22. Rad1 Qb8 23. Rd5 g6 24. Rxf5 gxf5 25. g6 fxg6 26. Nxg6+ Kf7 27. Qe6# 1-0 [Event "Charlotte Fall Invitational GM 2020"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2022.09.12"] [Round "3"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Stremavicius, Titas"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B08"] [WhiteElo "2688"] [BlackElo "2526"] [Annotator "gmail,thechesscorner"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "3"] {[%evp 0,61,17,15,77,74,78,70,70,73,80,75,89,53,58,49,71,36,64,61,74,76,88,62, 49,35,77,29,16,46,46,52,51,39,68,52,68,62,89,103,186,126,203,104,102,200,257, 268,298,331,319,318,308,329,329,310,324,292,362,302,321,241,244,251]} 1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 g6 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. h3 c6 6. a4 O-O 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. a5 Qc7 9. Be2 Rb8 10. O-O b5 11. axb6 axb6 12. d5 Nc5 13. Nd4 Nfxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Nxc6 Bxb2 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Bf3 Nc3 18. Qd2 Bb7 19. Ra3 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Bxa3 21. Qc3 e5 22. Qf3 Re6 23. Nxb8 e4 24. Qxa3 Bxd5 25. Na6 Qc8 26. Nb4 Bb7 27. Qb2 f6 28. Be3 b5 29. Qd4 Qc4 30. Qxc4 bxc4 31. Rd1 1-0 [Event "FIDE Grand Swiss"] [Site "Riga"] [Date "2022.09.26"] [Round "7"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B36"] [WhiteElo "2638"] [BlackElo "2587"] [Annotator "gmail,thechesscorner"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "LAT"] {[%evp 0,79,17,15,27,-5,35,17,30,6,20,19,19,22,29,21,5,15,9,-2,8,9,17,2,12,14, 30,52,29,37,32,29,35,40,65,55,74,74,82,41,48,51,28,64,59,58,53,66,69,69,63,59, 77,70,120,85,98,83,79,118,157,190,304,271,343,211,290,352,442,368,391,385,460, 471,458,452,1935,1980,1943,29984,29985,29986]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e4 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd3 $5 (10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 a5 12. O-O a4 13. f3 Nd7 14. Nb5 Qa5 15. Qxa5 Rxa5 16. Nd4 Rc8 17. Rfd1 Nc5 18. Nxe6 Nxe6 19. Rd5 Nc5 20. Rc2 Ra6 21. g3 Rb6 22. Rdd2 Rb4 23. Kf2 Rc6 24. Bd4 Bxd4+ 25. Rxd4 e5 26. Rd1 Kf8 27. Ke3 Ne6 28. Rcd2 g5 29. Bf1 Ke7 30. Rb1 Nc5 31. Rc2 Ne6 32. Rf2 Nc7 33. Kd2 Rbb6 34. Bd3 Na6 35. Kc3 Nb4 36. b3 axb3 37. Rxb3 Na6 38. Rfb2 Nc5 39. Rxb6 Na4+ 40. Kd2 Rxb6 41. Rb5 Kf6 42. Bc2 Ra6 43. Rxb7 Nc5 44. Rb2 Ra3 {1/2-1/2 (44) Firouzja,A (2759)-Sindarov, J (2558) Krasnaya Polyana 2021}) 10... Be6 (10... a5 11. O-O a4 12. Bd4 Qa5 13. Rad1 (13. f4 Be6 14. Rad1 Rfc8 15. b3 axb3 16. axb3 Qa3 17. Rb1 Qb4 18. Qe3) 13... Re8 14. f4 e5 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Be3 Be6 17. Nd5 Nd7 18. Kh1 Kh8 19. b4 axb3 20. axb3 Rec8 21. b4 Qa3 22. Qd2 Qa2 23. c5 Qxd2 24. Bxd2 Ra2 25. Bc4 Rc2 26. Bd3 Ra2 27. Bc4 Rc2 28. Bb3 Rb2 29. Ba4 Nb8 30. Bc3 Ra2 31. Nb6 Rg8 32. Ra1 Re2 33. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 34. Bxe1 f5 35. exf5 gxf5 36. Rd1 e4 37. b5 f4 38. Rd6 Bg4 39. h3 Be2 40. c6 bxc6 41. bxc6 Na6 42. Bc2 e3 43. Nd5 f3 44. Nxe3 fxg2+ 45. Kxg2 Be5+ 46. Kf2 Bb5 47. Nf5 Nc7 48. Ba5 Re8 49. Rh6 Bg7 50. Nxg7 Re2+ 51. Kg3 Rxc2 52. Nf5 Nd5 53. Rd6 {1-0 (53) Wei,Y (2725)-Zvjaginsev,V (2627) China 2019} ) 11. O-O Qa5 12. Bd4 Rfc8 13. b3 Nd7 (13... a6 14. a4 Nd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rab1 Qc5 17. Kh1 a5 18. f4 f6 (18... Re8 19. f5 Ne5 20. Qg3) 19. Nb5 Rf8 20. Nd4 Bf7 21. Bg4) 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. f4 f6 16. Kh1 Qb6 (16... Nc5 17. Qg3) 17. Rae1 a5 18. Qg3 $1 {white has the edge} Nc5 (18... Rg8 19. Nd5) 19. Bg4 (19. f5 ) (19. e5) 19... Bxg4 20. Nd5 Qd8 21. Qxg4 e6 22. Nc3 Qe7 23. Qd1 a4 24. Nb5 axb3 25. axb3 Ra6 26. b4 Nd7 27. Qd3 e5 28. f5 $1 Nb8 29. Rd1 Rb6 30. Nc3 Rbc6 31. Nd5 Qe8 32. fxg6 Nd7 33. gxh7 Rxc4 34. Ne3 Rc3 35. Nf5+ Kxh7 36. Qxd6 R8c7 37. Rf3 Rc1 38. Rh3+ Kg6 39. Qd2 Rxd1+ 40. Qxd1 1-0 [Event "Kvika op"] [Site "Reykjavik"] [Date "2022.04.07"] [Round "3"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Beerdsen, Thomas"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2637"] [BlackElo "2496"] [Annotator "gmail,thechesscorner"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ISL"] [SourceTitle "Mega2022 Update 25"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2022.04.21"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.04.21"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,59,19,38,40,41,66,55,79,69,55,25,32,-22,34,21,35,5,-4,-24,7,4,13,19,9, 7,3,-3,34,7,29,18,15,35,35,33,33,11,18,-8,19,19,18,3,50,72,-1,74,54,71,76,95, 97,76,109,109,126,134,160,218,327,458]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 (5. Be2) 5... Ngf6 6. Re1 (6. c3) 6... e5 7. a4 (7. c3) 7... Be7 8. c3 O-O 9. Bf1 (9. Bc2) 9... Re8 10. d4 (10. d3) 10... exd4 11. cxd4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 d5 (12... Bf8) 13. exd5 (13. Nf5 $2 Bc5 $1) (13. e5 $2 Bb4 $1 14. Nc3 Nxe5 ) (13. Nc3) 13... Nb6 14. Nc3 Nbxd5 15. Qb3 (15. Bc4) (15. Nxd5) 15... Bc5 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Nxd5 Bxd4 18. Nxf6+ (18. Nc7 $2 Bxf2+ $1 19. Kxf2 Ng4+ (19... Qe5 20. Nxa8 Ng4+ 21. Kf3 Nxh2+ $11 22. Kf2 Ng4+) 20. Kg1 Qe5 $11) (18. Bf4) 18... Bxf6 19. Be3 (19. Bd2) 19... Bd7 20. Qxb7 Bc6 21. Qb4 (21. Qb6 Bxa4) 21... Rb8 22. Bb6 (22. Qc4 Bxb2) 22... a5 $4 (22... Bxa4 $1 23. Rxa4 Be7 24. Qe4 Rxb6 $11) 23. Qxa5 Qe4 24. Rc1 $1 (24. f3) 24... Bxb2 25. Rc4 $1 Qe6 26. Qc5 $1 Bd5 27. Rc2 $1 Be5 28. a5 Qf5 29. Bc7 $1 Rc8 30. Qxd5 $1 (30. Bxe5 Rxc5 31. Rxc5 Ba8 32. h3 h6 33. a6) (30. Qb6 $2 Bxh2+ 31. Bxh2 Qxc2) (30. Qxd5 $1 Bxh2+ 31. Bxh2 Qxc2 32. a6) 1-0 [Event "World Rapid 2022"] [Site "Almaty KAZ"] [Date "2022.12.27"] [Round "9.10"] [White "Yu, Yangyi"] [Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2728"] [BlackElo "2698"] [Annotator "gmail,thechesscorner"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2022.12.26"] [EventType "rapid"] {[%evp 0,67,21,35,36,14,18,25,13,23,13,-22,13,-44,21,-8,-7,-35,-14,-16,-18,-18, 2,-1,7,5,5,0,2,0,12,10,16,4,19,18,34,45,98,129,105,122,156,142,142,172,205,196, 203,197,188,191,191,191,224,204,208,208,214,212,212,179,202,171,194,182,247, 250,261,274]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. Nbd2 d6 8. Nf1 a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bb3 Na5 11. Ne3 Nxb3 12. axb3 Be6 13. O-O O-O 14. b4 g5 15. Bg3 Kh8 16. c3 Rg8 17. d4 Nxe4 18. dxe5 g4 19. exd6 Nxg3 20. fxg3 Bxd6 21. Nd4 Qg5 22. Nef5 Be5 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Qe1 exf5 25. Qxe5+ Qg7 26. Qxf5 Rgf8 27. Rxa6 Rxa6 28. Qxf8+ Qxf8 29. Rxf8+ Kg7 30. Rf4 h5 31. h3 Ra1+ 32. Rf1 Ra2 33. Rf5 Kg6 34. Rxb5 1-0