[Event "Samarkand Olympiad"] [Site "Samarkand UZB"] [Date "2026.09.21"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Michael Adams"] [Black "Etienne Bacrot"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B50"] [WhiteElo "2598"] [BlackElo "2620"] [Annotator "Mosaico Ajedrecístico"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "2026.09.16"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [WhiteTeam "England"] [BlackTeam "France"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"] [BlackTeamCountry "FRA"] {[%evp 9,109,0,16,9,16,7,8,4,18,7,15,7,31,14,29,20,31,15,39,20,43,21,35,24,50,26,39,10,33,7,12,9,24,12,40,-8,102,76,100,71,100,83,91,47,197,146,226,186,252,230,266,240,412,358,304,278,320,260,292,273,329,284,319,256,276,253,271,235,280,236,270,229,285,241,300,268,276,247,410,355,610,587,672,644,751,702,730,673,689,650,850,800,939,897,1485,1407,1317,1219,1239,1152,1161,944]} {B50: Defensa Siciliana} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. O-O e6 (5... g6 6. c3 Bg7 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 b5 9. Re1 e5 10. d4 (10. Be3 $11) 10... exd4 $17 11. cxd4 c4 (11... Nxd4 $17 12. Nxd4 cxd4) 12. Bc2 $14 Nb4 13. a4 $1 bxa4 (13... Nxc2 $11 14. Qxc2 d5) 14. Nc3 $1 $14 Bb7 15. Rxa4 a5 16. Bf4 Re8 17. Bb1 Qb6 18. Qd2 Qa6 19. Ra3 (19. Bh6 $16) 19... Nd3 $1 $14 20. Bxd3 {Jaracz,P (2459)-Shevchenko,K (2652) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (40)}) 6. Nbd2 $146 {[%CAl Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3]} (6. Nc3 Be7 7. a4 O-O 8. h3 a6 9. Bf4 e5 (9... b6) 10. Bg5 $11 Rb8 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd5 b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Nxf6+ (14. Bb3) 14... Qxf6 $11 15. Bd5 (15. Bb3 $11) 15... Nb4 (15... Ne7 $15) 16. Bb3 $11 Be6 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. c3 Nc6 19. Ra6 Qd7 (19... Qc8 $11 20. Ra3 Rd8) 20. Qe2 (20. Qb3 $14) 20... Qb7 {Celaya Tapiz,J (2191)-Aguirre Lorenzo,L (1801) Altea 2021 1-0 (35)}) (6. c3 Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. Bb3 e5 (8... b5 9. Nbd2 a5 10. Nf1 Ba6 (10... a4 $142 11. Bc2 Nd7) 11. Bc2 (11. d4) 11... Qc7 12. Ng3 Rad8 (12... Ne5 $142) 13. a3 a4 (13... Ne5 $142) 14. Bg5 (14. d4 $142) 14... Na5 15. Qe2 Rfe8 16. d4 Nc4 17. e5 dxe5 18. dxe5 Nd7 $1 {[%CAl Oa6b7]} 19. Rad1 (19. Bxe7 $1 $14 Rxe7 20. b3 axb3 21. Bxb3) 19... Nf8 (19... Ndxe5 $11 20. Nxe5 Bxg5 21. Nxc4 bxc4) 20. Bc1 (20. Bxe7 $14 Qxe7 21. Bd3) 20... Rxd1 $15 21. Bxd1 Ng6 (21... Rd8 $15) 22. Bc2 (22. h4 $1 $11) 22... Bb7 $17 23. Bxa4 {Lazov,T (2388)-Averin,N (2060) Arandjelovac 2022 1-0 (49)}) 9. Nbd2 b5 10. Nf1 a5 11. a4 b4 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ne3 g6 15. Bc4 Ne7 (15... Bd7 $11) 16. Nd2 (16. Bxe6 $14 fxe6 17. Rf1) 16... Bg5 $2 (16... Bd7 $11) 17. Bxe6 $16 fxe6 18. Qg4 Bf6 (18... Nc8 $16) 19. Qxe6+ $18 Kh8 20. Ndc4 Nc8 {Pichot,A (2625)-Padmini,R (2345) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (35)}) 6... Be7 7. a4 O-O 8. Re1 b6 9. c3 Qc7 (9... Bb7 10. Bb3 Rc8 11. Nf1 Ne5 12. Bc2 Qd7 13. h3 Rfd8 14. Ne3 Ne8 (14... Ng6 $11) 15. Qe2 (15. d4 $14 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3) 15... Bf6 (15... Nf6 $11) 16. Nxe5 $14 dxe5 17. Ng4 Ba6 {[%CAl Ra6d3]} 18. Rd1 Qc6 (18... Qc7 $14) 19. Qf3 $1 $16 c4 20. d4 exd4 21. Nxf6+ Nxf6 22. cxd4 e5 (22... c3 $16 23. b3 Ne8) 23. d5 $18 Qe8 (23... Qd6 $142 24. Bg5 Rd7) 24. a5 {Kosakowski,J (2549)-Obrycki,T (2236) Warsaw POL 2026 1-0 (56)}) (9... d5 10. Ba2 Ba6 11. e5 Nd7 12. Bb1 d4 13. Nf1 Qc7 {[%CAl Rd7e5]} 14. Bf4 Rfd8 $1 15. h4 Nf8 16. h5 dxc3 (16... Qd7 $11) 17. bxc3 $14 Bxd3 (17... h6 $11) 18. Bxd3 $16 c4 19. Bxh7+ $1 Nxh7 20. Qe2 Na5 (20... Rd3 $14) 21. Ng3 (21. h6 $16) 21... Rd3 (21... Nb3 $14) 22. Nd4 $16 Rd8 23. Qg4 $1 Kh8 (23... Bf8 $16) 24. Nb5 {Grischuk,A (2628)-Ter Sahakyan,S (2613) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (81)} (24. Ngf5 $1 $18 exf5 25. Nxf5)) 10. Ba2 Ba6 11. Nf1 Ne5 12. Bb1 Rac8 13. h3 Rfd8 14. Ng3 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Nd7 {[%CAl Bf6d7,Bd7e5,Be5g6]} 16. Qd1 Re8 17. Bf4 Bf8 18. Bc2 Ne5 19. Rc1 {[%CAl Ba1c1,Bc1d1,Bd1d3]} Qd8 20. Nf1 Ng6 21. Bg3 d5 22. Qg4 (22. h4 $14 {era preferible...}) 22... c4 {[%csl Yc4,Gd4][%CAl Yc5c4,Gd5d4]} (22... d4 $1 $11) 23. Rcd1 $16 cxd3 24. Bxd3 Bxd3 25. Rxd3 Rc5 {[#]} 26. Ne3 $1 {[%csl Ge3][%CAl Gf1e3]} Qc8 $2 {[%csl Rc8,Gd6][%CAl Rd8c8,Gf8d6]} (26... Bd6 $14) 27. exd5 $18 {[%CAl Be4d5,Bd5d6]} f5 (27... exd5 $16 28. Qxc8 Rcxc8 29. Rxd5 Re4) 28. Qf3 f4 (28... Qd7 $142 29. Kh2 f4) 29. Bxf4 {[%csl Gf4][%CAl Rd5d6]} e5 {[%CAl Be6e5,Be5e4] [#]} 30. d6 $1 {[%csl Gd6][%CAl Gd5d6]} Qd7 $2 {[%csl Rd7,Ge4][%CAl Rc8d7,Ge5e4]} (30... Nxf4 $2 31. d7 Nxd3 32. dxc8=Q (32. dxc8=R Nxe1 33. Rxe8 Nxf3+ 34. gxf3 Kf7 $18) 32... Rexc8 33. Rd1 $18) (30... e4 31. d7 exf3 32. dxc8=R (32. dxc8=B Nxf4 33. Ba6 Nxd3 $17) (32. dxc8=Q Rcxc8 33. Bg3 fxg2 $16) 32... Rexc8) 31. Bg3 e4 32. Qg4 Qxg4 33. Nxg4 exd3 34. Rxe8 d2 35. Ne3 Rd5 36. Nd1 $1 {[%csl Gd1][%CAl Ge3d1]} (36. Nxd5 $2 d1=Q+ (36... d1=R+ 37. Kh2 $11) 37. Kh2 Qxd5 $19) 36... Kf7 37. Re4 Bxd6 38. Bxd6 Rxd6 39. Kf1 Nf8 40. Ke2 Ne6 41. b4 a5 42. Ne3 axb4 43. cxb4 g5 $2 {[%csl Gd8,Rg5][%CAl Rg7g5,Gd6d8]} (43... Rd8 44. Kd1 Ra8) 44. g3 h5 $2 {[%csl Gd7,Rh5][%CAl Rh7h5,Gd6d7]} (44... Rd7 45. Kd1 Ra7) 45. Kd1 Rd3 46. Nc4 Kf6 47. Re3 Rd4 48. Nxb6 ({Es más débil si:} 48. Nxd2 Rxb4 49. Re4 Rb2 $14 (49... Nd4 50. Nb3 $11)) 48... Kf5 49. Rb3 g4 50. h4 Ke4 51. a5 Rd3 52. Rxd3 Kxd3 53. Nd7 Nc7 54. Nc5+ Kc3 55. Ne4+ (55. Ne4+ Kd4 56. Nxd2 $18) 1-0