[Event "Chess Super League 2021"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2021.10.13"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Soumya, Swaminathan"] [Black "Muzychuk, Mariya"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2351"] [BlackElo "2536"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2021.10.11"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,68,5,16,2,20,2,40,39,35,32,59,40,43,36,37,10,19,-13,0,-14,-10,-14,0, -22,0,0,0,0,0,-33,0,-19,116,138,112,-191,-191,-457,-456,-451,-437,-570,-553, -637,-629,-629,-630,-622,-621,-615,-608,-770,-711,-658,-483]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. c3 e5 9. a3 {[#] B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6.} Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Re8 10. Nbd2 Bf8 11. b4 a6 12. Nb3 h6 13. h3 Be6 14. Be3 c4 15. dxc4 Bxc4 16. Nfd2 Be6 {1-0 (40) Saric,I (2652)-Meskovs,N (2489) Tallinn 2016}) 10. b4 b6 11. b5 {White is slightly better.} Na5 12. c4 Nb7 13. Nc3 a6 14. Rb1 axb5 15. Rxb5 Na5 16. Qc2 Nc6 17. Qb1 Nd7 18. Nd5 Ra6 19. h3 f5 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Bg5 Qf7 23. Be3 {aiming for Ng5.} Na5 {[#]} (23... Rxa3 $2 24. Ng5 $18) ( 23... Qf6 $11) 24. g4 $1 $16 {[%CAl Rg4f5]} Bg6 25. Nxe5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This costs White the game.} Nxe5 $19 ({Don't go for} 25... dxe5 $2 26. Bd5 $18) 26. Bd5 (26. Rxa5 Bxd3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 27. Qd1 Rxa5 28. Bd5 Qxd5 { [%mdl 64] Remove Defender} 29. cxd5 Nf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 30. Kg2) 26... Qxd5 $1 {Black is clearly winning.} ({Not} 26... Nf3+ 27. Kf1 $11 (27. Kh1 Qxd5 28. cxd5 Nxe1 $15)) 27. cxd5 Bxd3 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 28. Rxb6 Bxb1 29. Rxa6 Nf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 30. Kh1 Nxe1 31. Rxa5 Be4+ 32. Kg1 Bxd5 33. Kf1 Nf3 34. Ke2 Ng1+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.47/ Black=0.17} 0-1 [Event "Chess Super League 2021"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2021.10.13"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"] [Black "Sethuraman, S.P..."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2640"] [BlackElo "2620"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "2021.10.11"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,110,23,18,2,16,22,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9,19,20,33,30,98,93,141,135, 130,136,255,183,171,185,213,187,186,160,314,310,333,227,395,391,567,562,450,0, 0,0,0,-19,0,0,151,142,131,148,140,-195,-147,-176,-166,-176,-166,-204,-203,-203, -209,-235,-224,-282,-262,-271,-231,-218,-223,-229,-218,-360,-300,-286,-267, -344,-352,-510,-511,-442,-391,-375,-369,-500,-462,-439,-429,-708,-708,-985, -554,-29977,-29978,-29978,-29979,-29978,-29979]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} Na5 $5 {[%mdl 4] [#] Leaves trodden paths.} 8. cxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. c5 b6 9. Bd2 bxc5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Nc6 12. dxc5 Ne4 13. Be2 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 a5 {1-0 (61) Santos Ruiz,M (2560)-Bluebaum,M (2643) chess24. com INT 2019}) 8... exd5 9. a3 {The position is equal.} Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 Nc6 11. Bd3 Ne4 12. Qc2 Re8 13. b4 Bg4 14. Bb2 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Ng5 (15... Nf6 $11 { remains equal.}) 16. O-O-O $16 Nxf3 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 {Black wants to play ...g6.} 18. h4 $1 Qf6 (18... Re6 $16) 19. Bf5 g6 20. Bd3 Nxh4 21. Kb1 Kg7 22. e4 Nf3 $2 (22... Rh8 $16 23. b5 (23. exd5 Ne7 $14) 23... Ne7) 23. exd5 $18 Ne7 24. Be4 ({ Less strong is} 24. Qxc7 Nxd5 25. Qg3 (25. Qxb7 Nd2+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 26. Rxd2 Qf3 $11) 25... Rad8 $14) 24... Nc8 $2 (24... Qf4 25. Bc1 Qg4) 25. d6 Nxd6 {[#]} (25... Rxe4 $142 26. Qxe4 Nxd6) 26. d5 $1 Ne5 27. Bg2 $2 (27. Bd3 $18) 27... Ndc4 $11 28. f4 Qxf4 29. Bc1 Qg4 30. Bf1 Qf5 $2 {[#]} ({Black should play} 30... b5 $11) 31. Qxf5 $1 $16 gxf5 {[#]} 32. Rg1+ $1 Kf8 33. Rd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Loses the game.} (33. Re1 $16 f4 34. Bxf4) 33... Nd6 {White must now prevent ...Nf3.} 34. Rf4 Ng6 35. Rf2 Re1 36. Kb2 Rae8 37. Bh6+ Ke7 38. Bg5+ Kd7 39. Rgg2 Rd1 40. Bd2 {If White can now play Kc2 this consolidates a bit.} Ne4 41. Bb5+ c6 42. dxc6+ bxc6 43. Ba4 (43. Bd3 $142 Nxf2 44. Bxf5+ Kc7 45. Rxf2) 43... Nxf2 $19 ({Weaker is} 43... Rxd2+ 44. Rxd2+ Nxd2 45. Rxd2+ Kc7 46. Bc2 $17) 44. Rxf2 Rg1 45. Bc3 f4 46. Bd4 (46. b5 {was necessary.}) 46... Rge1 47. Rc2 R8e2 {Hoping for ...Ne5.} 48. Bxc6+ Kc7 {Threatens to win with ... Rxc2+.} 49. b5 Ne5 50. Bxe5+ Rxe5 {KRR-KRB} 51. Kb3 (51. Rc4 $142) 51... Kb6 52. a4 f3 {...R5e2 is the strong threat.} 53. Kb4 Rb1+ {Black mates.} 54. Ka3 Re3+ 55. Ka2 Rbe1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.61/Black=0.37} 0-1 [Event "Chess Super League 2021"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2021.10.13"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Mrudul Dehankar"] [Black "Arpita, Mukherjee"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2256"] [BlackElo "2229"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2021.10.11"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,90,12,13,12,26,0,24,18,24,23,24,29,30,29,27,22,38,33,25,14,19,-85,0,0, 0,0,-1,-145,0,0,0,-10,0,0,43,33,31,33,47,-53,-54,-70,-64,-162,-151,-157,-162, -310,-206,-204,-111,-100,-101,-112,-61,-443,-437,-447,-441,-418,-448,-415,-427, -618,-611,-792,-340,-960,-936,-12834,-12834,-12831,-12832,-12831,-12832,-29972, -29973,-2325,-2252,-29973,-12839,-12838,-12839]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. exd4 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2... Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} Bf5 7. c3 e6 8. Qb3 {White has an edge.} Qc8 9. Nh4 Be4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. g3 Be7 12. Ng2 O-O {12...0-0 has lost popularity.} 13. Be2 Nd5 {[#]} 14. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bd2 Qd7 15. f3 exf3 16. Bxf3 Na5 17. Qc2 Nc4 18. O-O {1/2-1/2 (18) Sedlak,N (2581)-Perunovic,M (2618) Hungary 2014}) 14... Rd8 15. c4 (15. Rd1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 15... Nxe3 ( 15... Nb6 $17 16. c5 Nd5) 16. fxe3 $11 Bb4+ 17. Kf2 a5 18. Rhf1 {[#]} (18. a3 $11 Be7 19. Rad1) 18... e5 (18... Rxd4 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512] ...Rd2 is the strong threat.} 19. exd4 Nxd4) 19. d5 Ne7 20. Kg1 Bc5 21. Qc3 Ng6 22. Qc2 f5 23. Kh1 Rf8 24. Qd1 (24. g4 $14) 24... Qd8 $15 25. Qe1 Qg5 26. Bd1 ({White should try} 26. Rd1 $15) 26... f4 $1 $19 27. exf4 exf4 28. Qxe4 (28. gxf4 $142 Nxf4 29. Nxf4 Rxf4 30. Rxf4 Qxf4 31. Be2) 28... fxg3 {[%CAl Rf8f1]} 29. Bg4 {[#]} Bf2 ( 29... Qh6 $1 $19 {[%csl Gg3][%CAl Rh6h2]} 30. h3 Kh8) 30. Be6+ $17 Kh8 31. Qg4 Qh6 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is up to no good.} (31... Qxg4 $17 32. Bxg4 Ne5) 32. h3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This move loses the game for White.} (32. Qh3 $15) 32... Nf4 $19 33. Rad1 Nxg2 34. Kxg2 {[#]} Qe3 $1 35. Bf5 {Threatening Qh5!} g6 36. Bb1 ( 36. Qe4 $142 gxf5 37. Qxe3 Bxe3 38. Kxg3) 36... Rf4 37. Rde1 Qd4 ({Not} 37... Rxg4 38. Rxe3 Rxc4 39. Re4 $15) (37... Bxe1 $142 38. Rxf4 Qd2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 39. Kf1 Qc1) 38. Qe6 $2 (38. Qd1 Bxe1 39. Qxd4+ Rxd4 40. Rxe1) 38... Bxe1 39. Qxe1 Qxb2+ 40. Kxg3 Rxf1 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} 41. Qxf1 { KQR-KQB} Re8 42. Qd3 Qe5+ 43. Kg2 Qg5+ 44. Kh2 Qf4+ 45. Kg2 Re3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.89/Black=0.27} 0-1 [Event "Chess Super League 2021"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2021.10.13"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Gukesh D"] [Black "Aryan Chopra"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E94"] [WhiteElo "2640"] [BlackElo "2585"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "219"] [EventDate "2021.10.11"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 24,219,20,21,47,56,60,-74,12,7,17,6,11,-23,2,0,0,-8,0,-16,-22,-54,-53, -33,-30,-20,-21,-17,-19,-17,-24,-19,-18,-18,-19,-17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, -55,-55,-51,-49,-97,-100,-345,-15,-128,-110,-133,-43,-80,-81,-81,-81,-80,-80, -80,-80,-89,-77,-74,-54,-54,-56,-56,-56,-63,-63,-63,-63,-63,-63,-63,-63,-63, -63,-63,-63,-63,-63,-64,-64,-128,-64,-63,-64,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-64, -71,-64,-64,-64,-71,-54,-54,-9,-9,-9,-9,-9,-9,-9,-9,-9,-9,-9,-9,-9,-9,-8,-8,-7, -7,-7,-7,-7,-16,-7,-9,-9,-19,-9,-9,-8,-9,0,-16,-16,-16,-16,-18,-19,-20,-20,-40, -14,-40,-16,-16,-14,-16,-16,-27,-9,-32,-8,-16,-16,-80,-80,-80,-80,-29982,-80, -80,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Re1 c6 9. Bf1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Ng4 11. h3 Qb6 12. hxg4 Qxd4 13. Qe2 Nc5 {E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves.} 14. Bf4 Qf6 15. Be3 (15. Qe3 $1 $14 { keeps the upper hand.}) 15... Qe5 (15... Qh4 $1 $17) 16. f3 $11 {[#]} h5 $146 ( {Predecessor:} 16... Qe7 17. Bf2 b6 18. Qd2 Bb7 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. b4 Ne6 21. b5 Qf6 22. Rc1 Qg5 23. Be3 Qh4 24. bxc6 Bxc6 {1/2-1/2 (80) Morley,P (2368)-Zoll,D (2248) ICCF email 2017}) 17. f4 Qe6 18. e5 Qxg4 19. Qd2 Bf5 20. Be2 Qh4 21. Bf2 Qd8 22. exd6 Bxc3 23. Qxc3 Ne4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} ({Much worse is} 23... Qxd6 24. Rad1 $14) 24. Qd4 Qxd6 25. Qxd6 Nxd6 26. Bc5 Rfd8 27. Rad1 Ne4 28. Rxd8+ $1 Rxd8 29. Bxa7 Ra8 30. Bd4 c5 31. Be5 f6 32. Bc7 Rc8 33. Ba5 Ra8 34. Bc7 Rc8 35. Ba5 Ra8 36. b4 (36. Bc7 $11) 36... cxb4 $15 37. Bxb4 Rxa2 38. Bf3 { [#]} Ra4 $1 39. Rb1 {[#]} (39. Be7 $17 Rxc4 40. Rb1) 39... g5 $2 (39... Nc5 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] Strongly threatening ...Na6.} 40. Bxc5 Bxb1) 40. Bd1 (40. fxg5 $1 $11 {remains equal.} Nxg5 41. Bd5+ Kg7 42. Rb2) 40... Ra6 $1 $17 41. fxg5 { [#]} fxg5 ({Better is} 41... Nc5 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 42. Bxc5 (42. gxf6 Bxb1) 42... Bxb1 43. gxf6 Rxf6) 42. Be1 {[#]} Nc3 $1 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 43. Rc1 Nxd1 44. Rxd1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Be4 45. Rd4 Bc6 46. Bd2 Ra2 47. g3 Kf7 48. Bxg5 Rg2+ 49. Kf1 Rxg3 50. Bh4 Rf3+ 51. Ke2 Ke6 52. Bf2 Ra3 53. Be3 Ra2+ 54. Bd2 Kf5 55. Rf4+ Ke5 56. Rh4 Be8 57. Rh3 Bf7 58. Ke1 ({White should play} 58. Rh4 $15) 58... Ra1+ (58... Kd4 $1 $17 59. Rb3 Ra7 60. Be3+ Kxc4 61. Bxa7 Kxb3) 59. Kf2 $1 $15 {Bc3+ is the strong threat.} Rb1 60. Bc3+ Kd6 61. Bd4 Rb4 62. c5+ Kd5 63. Be3 Re4 64. Rg3 Kc4 65. Rg7 Bd5 66. Rg5 h4 67. Rh5 Be6 68. c6 $1 {[%CAl Rc6b7]} bxc6 {Black wants to play ...Kd3.} 69. Rc5+ $1 Kd3 70. Rxc6 h3 {aiming for ...h2.} 71. Rd6+ Kc4 72. Rc6+ $1 Kb4 73. Rb6+ Ka5 74. Rb1 Rg4 {Threatens to win with ...Rg2+.} 75. Rg1 Rc4 76. Ra1+ Kb5 77. Rb1+ Ka4 78. Rc1 Rb4 79. Ra1+ Kb5 80. Kg3 Rb3 81. Re1 Kc4 82. Kf4 Rb2 83. Bg1 Kd5 84. Rd1+ Kc6 85. Re1 Kd7 86. Rd1+ Ke7 87. Bd4 Rc2 88. Rh1 Rc4 89. Ke3 Ra4 90. Rh2 Kd6 91. Bc3 Bf5 92. Kf3 Ke6 93. Re2+ Kf7 {And now ...Bg4+ would win.} 94. Kg3 (94. Rd2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 94... Ra3 $17 95. Re3 Ra2 $1 {[%CAl Ra2g2]} 96. Rf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (96. Re1 $17) 96... Kg6 $2 (96... Rg2+ {mates} 97. Kh4 h2 $1 98. Rxf5+ Kg6 99. Rf6+ Kh7 100. Rf7+ Kg8 101. Rf1 Rg1 102. Rxg1+ hxg1=Q 103. Be5 Qg6 104. Bg3 Kf7 105. Kh3 Kf6 106. Kg2 Qd3 107. Bc7 Kf5 108. Ba5 Kf4 109. Be1 Qg6+ 110. Kf2 Qc2+ 111. Kf1 Kf3 112. Bh4 Qe2+ 113. Kg1 Qg2#) 97. Rf2 {[#]} Ra3 ({Black should try} 97... h2 $1 $17 {[%CAl Rh2h1]} 98. Rxh2 Ra3) 98. Rf3 $11 {The position is equal.} Rb3 99. Kh2 Rb1 100. Bd4 Rd1 101. Rg3+ Kh5 102. Be3 Bg4 103. Rg1 Rd3 104. Re1 Rc3 105. Bf2 Kg5 106. Re5+ Kf4 { ( -> ...Rc2!)} 107. Rc5 Ra3 108. Rc2 Bf5 109. Rd2 Ra1 110. Bg1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.25/Black=0.22} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Chess Super League 2021"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2021.10.13"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Gomes, Mary Ann"] [Black "Dzagnidze, Nana"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A11"] [WhiteElo "2354"] [BlackElo "2524"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "174"] [EventDate "2021.10.11"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,174,14,15,0,0,0,0,-12,13,0,22,25,25,20,29,27,23,-4,10,12,10,-15,8,8, 12,13,30,30,25,23,29,23,39,27,26,25,30,29,28,0,50,48,50,4,10,7,8,-114,-125, -222,-212,-212,-205,-209,-209,-214,-201,-191,-153,-172,-168,-164,-155,-158, -157,-162,-121,-209,-192,-170,0,-180,-75,-111,-89,-115,-64,-69,-82,-287,-281, -272,-270,-358,-351,-443,-434,-461,-270,-265,-212,-253,-253,-477,-477,-410, -376,-477,-477,-628,-477,-1009,-550,-464,-212,-187,-187,-453,-451,-1960,-725, -29969,-29970,-29968,-29967,-29939,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8, -8,-165,-8,-12,-16,-15,-8,-8,-8,-15,-24,-41,-41,-29972,-56,-56,-8,-29976, -29978,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29979,-29985,-29986, -29986,-29987,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29989,-29989,-29990]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qb3 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6.} Qb6 7. Qc2 Nf6 8. O-O {The position is equal.} Nbd7 9. d3 Bd6 {is the legacy move (9... Be7).} 10. Nc3 O-O 11. e4 Rfe8 12. Be3 Qa6 {[#]} 13. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nd4 dxe4 14. dxe4 Rad8 15. h3 Be6 16. Nxe6 Rxe6 17. Rad1 Rde8 18. f4 Bc5 19. Bxc5 Nxc5 {1-0 (28) Shimanov,A (2587)-Tenikashvili,G (2337) Sochi 2019}) 13... Bxf3 14. Bxf3 {[%CAl Re4d5]} Rac8 15. Be2 Qa5 16. f4 dxe4 17. dxe4 Bc5 18. Bf2 Bxf2+ 19. Rxf2 Nc5 {[%CAl Rc5e4]} 20. Bf3 Ne6 21. Rd1 Red8 22. Rfd2 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Rd8 24. e5 Nd5 25. Nxd5 cxd5 26. f5 Qb6+ 27. Kg2 Nd4 28. Qd1 (28. Qd3 $11 {remains equal.} Nxf3 29. Qxf3) 28... Nxf5 $17 {Threatens to win with . ..Ne3+.} 29. Kh2 (29. Qb3 $17 {is the only way for White.}) 29... Qe3 30. Rxd5 {[%CAl Rd5d8]} Qf2+ 31. Bg2 {[%CAl Rd5d8]} Qxg3+ 32. Kh1 {[%CAl Rd5d8]} Rxd5 33. Qxd5 {[%CAl Rd5d8]} g6 34. e6 Qe1+ 35. Kh2 fxe6 36. Qxb7 Qe5+ 37. Kg1 a5 38. a3 (38. Qc8+ $17 Kf7 39. Qb7+ Kg8 40. Qc8+ Kg7 41. Qd7+ Kh6 42. Qd2+ g5 43. a3) 38... Qd4+ 39. Kh2 Qe5+ 40. Kg1 Nd4 (40... Qe1+ $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 41. Kh2 Qg3+ 42. Kg1 Qe3+ 43. Kh2 Qg3+ 44. Kg1 Qe3+ 45. Kh2 Qf4+ 46. Kg1 Qd4+ 47. Kh2 Qf4+ 48. Kg1 Nd4) 41. Qe4 Qc5 {Hoping for ...Ne2+.} ( {Of course not} 41... Ne2+ $6 42. Kf2 $11) 42. Kh2 Kg7 (42... Qb6 $17 {And now ...Qb8+ would win.} 43. Qa8+ Kg7 44. Qb7+ Qxb7 45. Bxb7 Kf6) 43. b4 $1 $15 { [%CAl Rb4c5]} axb4 44. axb4 (44. Qb7+ $17 {was forced.} Kh6 45. Qxb4 Qc7+ 46. Kh1 Qc1+ 47. Kh2 Qf4+ 48. Kh1) 44... Qxb4 $19 45. Qe5+ Kg8 46. h4 Qd2 47. Qf6 Qe3 48. h5 Nf5 (48... g5 $142 49. Bh3 Nf5) 49. hxg6 {Threatening mate with Qf7+.} Qg3+ 50. Kg1 {White threatens Qf7+ and mate.} Qxg6 51. Qd8+ (51. Qxg6+ hxg6 52. Kf2) 51... Kg7 52. Qc7+ Kh6 53. Qh2+ Kg5 54. Be4 h5 55. Qd2+ (55. Kh1 $142 Kh6 56. Bf3) 55... Kf6+ 56. Bg2 Qg4 (56... Qg8 $142 57. Qb2+ e5 58. Qb6+ Kg5) 57. Qd8+ Kf7 58. Qc7+ $2 (58. Qd7+ Ne7 59. Kh1) 58... Kg6 59. Qc2 (59. Qd8 $142 Qe2 60. Qg8+ Kh6 61. Kh1) 59... h4 60. Qd3 Qd4+ 61. Qxd4 Nxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} 62. Kf2 Nf5 $2 (62... e5 63. Ke3 Ne6 64. Ke4 Kf6 65. Kf3 Nf4 66. Bh1 Kf5 67. Kf2 Nh3+ 68. Kg2 Kg4 69. Kf1 Kg3 70. Ke2 Nf2 71. Bb7 h3 72. Ke3 h2 73. Bc6 e4 74. Bd5 h1=Q 75. Kd4 Qd1+ 76. Ke5 e3 77. Bc4 Nd3+ 78. Kf5 e2 79. Kf6 e1=Q 80. Be6 Qf3+ 81. Bf5 Qe8 82. Kg7 Qxf5 83. Kh6 Qh8#) 63. Kf3 $11 Kg5 { White must now prevent ...e5.} 64. Bh3 Kf6 {aiming for ...Nh6.} (64... e5 $5 65. Ke4 $8 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Nh6 $11) 65. Ke4 Ne7 {next ...e5 is good for Black.} 66. Kf4 e5+ 67. Ke4 Ng6 {Strongly threatening ...Nf4.} 68. Kf3 Nf4 69. Bc8 h3 {( -> ...h2)} (69... Ne6 $5 70. Kg4 $8 e4 $11) 70. Kg3 $2 {[#]} (70. Bb7 $1 $11 {and White is okay.}) 70... Ke7 $2 (70... e4 $1 $19 {...Ke5 is the strong threat.} 71. Bd7 Ke5) 71. Bb7 Kd6 {White should prevent ...Kc5.} 72. Kf3 Ke6 73. Be4 Kd7 {With the idea ...Kd6.} 74. Kg3 Kd6 75. Kf3 Kc5 76. Ke3 $2 { [%mdl 8192]} (76. Ba8 $15) 76... Kc4 $2 (76... Ne6 {mates} 77. Bd3 Ng5 78. Bf1 Kd5 79. Ba6 e4 80. Kf2 Kd4 81. Bf1 e3+ 82. Kg3 Kc3 83. Bb5 Kd2 84. Kf4 e2 $1 85. Bxe2 Kxe2 86. Kg3 Ke3 87. Kh2 Kf3 88. Kh1 Ne4 89. Kg1 Nf2 90. Kh2 Kf4 91. Kg1 Kg3 92. Kf1 h2 93. Ke2 h1=Q 94. Kd2 Qc6 95. Ke3 Qc3+ 96. Ke2 Qd3+ 97. Ke1 Qd1#) 77. Bf3 $15 Kc3 78. Ke4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (78. Bg4 $11) 78... Kd2 $1 { Black mates.} 79. Kxe5 Ke3 80. Bh1 {[#]} Ng2 $1 81. Kf5 {[#]} Kf3 $1 82. Kg5 Kg3 83. Kh5 h2 ({Stronger than} 83... Kh2 84. Kg4 $11) 84. Kg5 Kf2 85. Kg4 Kg1 86. Kg3 Kxh1 87. Kf2 {[#]} Ne3 $1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.60/Black=0.30} 0-1 [Event "Chess Super League 2021"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2021.10.13"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2774"] [BlackElo "2736"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2021.10.11"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,90,0,-1,3,2,2,0,12,25,73,68,67,59,82,111,95,93,169,177,214,216,215, 203,210,208,208,209,217,211,216,207,212,198,188,149,158,154,254,251,233,236, 253,90,112,40,118,43,43,43,43,43,43,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Bd7 10. Nc3 Kc8 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} 11. g4 Ne7 12. Ng5 Be8 13. f4 {[#]} f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... h5 14. Kg2 c5 15. Be3 Nc6 16. Rad1 b6 17. e6 f6 18. Nge4 f5 19. gxf5 Ne7 {1-0 (45) Vachier Lagrave,M (2634)-Nisipeanu,L (2668) Germany 2008}) 14. exf6 $1 gxf6 15. Ne6 h5 16. f5 hxg4 17. hxg4 $40 {[%mdl 128] Strongly threatening Bf4. White is out for blood.} Rg8 (17... Nd5 $16 {was called for.}) 18. Kf2 $1 $18 Bf7 19. Nxf8 Rxf8 20. Rh1 Nd5 21. Rh7 {Threatens to win with Bh6.} Bg8 {[#]} 22. Rg7 Nxc3 23. bxc3 b6 24. Bf4 Kb7 25. Rxc7+ Ka6 26. Re1 ({Don't take} 26. Rxc6 Rac8 $16) 26... Bd5 27. Ree7 Rh8 (27... Rfe8 $16) 28. c4 $1 {[%CAl Rc4d5][%mdl 64] Deflection} Bxc4 29. Rxc6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Bxa2 30. Rc3 $2 (30. Rxf6 $18 {has better winning chances. aiming for g5.} Rac8 31. Rd6) 30... Kb5 $16 { [#]} 31. Ra3 ({White should try} 31. Be3 $1 $16) 31... Bd5 (31... Bc4 $1 $14) 32. Raxa7 ({But not} 32. Rexa7 $6 Rxa7 33. Rxa7 Rg8 $14) (32. Rd3 $16 Bg8 33. Rd6) 32... Rxa7 $14 33. Rxa7 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rg8 34. Kg3 { And now Bc1 would win.} Be4 35. Rd7 {Black must now prevent Rd6.} Ka6 {The position is equal.} 36. Rd6 Bxf5 $1 37. Rxf6 Bxg4 38. Be3 Be6+ 39. Kf4 Re8 40. Bxb6 Kxb6 $11 {KRB-KR} 41. Ke5 Kc5 42. Rxe6 Rxe6+ 43. Kxe6 Kc4 44. Ke5 Kc3 45. Ke6 Kxc2 {Blacks defense is rewarded with a draw. Weighted Error Value: White=0.14/Black=0.12} 1/2-1/2