[Event "Candidates 2020-21"] [Site "Yekaterinburg, Russia"] [Date "2021.04.20"] [Round "9"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Wang, Hao"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E05"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 {This is the Open Catalan Opening, in the Catalan white fianchetoes his light squared Bishop(ie places it on the second rank on the longest diagonal), but in the Open Catalan Black is allowed to grab the c4 pawn atleast for a short while-in return White gets an open diagonalfor his bishop and often Black cant hold the extra pawn because it is so weak.} 7. Qc2 a6 (7... b5 8. a4 b4 9. Nfd2 Nd5 10. Nxc4 c5 11. dxc5 Ba6 12. Nbd2 Nd7 13. c6 Nc5 14. Nb3 Rc8 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Ne5 Bd4 17. Nd3 Qd6 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Bf4 Qe7 20. Rfe1 Bc4 21. b3 $2 $15 (21. Qd2 $11) 21... Ba6 22. Bd2 Bxa1 23. Bxb4 Bxd3 24. Bxe7 Bxc2 25. Rxa1 Rfe8 26. Bc5) 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 {this method of regaining the c4 pawn is well known and has been played over 3000 times at high level chess tournaments.} Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Nc3 Bxf4 12. gxf4 a5 13. e3 Na6 14. Ne5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 c6 $146 {a novelty to take control of the d5 square} (15... Nb4 $11 {this has been played before a few times...}) 16. h3 Qb6 17. Qe2 c5 (17... Rfd8 $11 {this is more consistant with the control of d5 plan}) 18. Rfd1 $1 (18. dxc5 Nxc5 $11 { there is nothing wrong with taking the pawn on c5 with the d pawn on d4 but it is better for black to get his Knight into the game...}) 18... cxd4 19. Rxd4 Rad8 $2 $14 {a rare error by wang overestimating his position slightly...} ( 19... Nc5 $11) 20. Rxd8 $6 $11 (20. Qb5 $1 $14) 20... Qxd8 $1 (20... Rxd8 21. Qb5 Qxb5 $2 22. axb5 Nc5 23. Rxa5 $16) 21. Rd1 Qa8 $6 $14 {too passive} 22. Kg1 $5 (22. Qd2 b5+ 23. Kg1 bxa4 24. Nxa4 Qd5 $5 $11) 22... Nb4 $6 $14 23. Qb5 Nbd5 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Rc1 $2 $11 (25. Nc4 $5 $14) 25... h6 26. Qd7 Nf6 27. Qd6 g6 28. b3 h5 $2 $16 29. Kh2 $1 Kg7 30. Qd4 Rd8 31. Qb2 Qb8 32. b4 $3 axb4 33. Rc4 $4 {according to the computer there is a draw here for Black quite remarkeably. ..} b3 $4 $16 {cant blame Wang for missing the draw.} (33... Rd1 34. Rxb4 Qd6 35. Rxb7 Qd5 36. Rxf7+ Kh6 37. Rxf6 Rh1+ 38. Kg3 Rxh3+ 39. Kxh3 Qh1+ 40. Kg3 h4+ (40... Qg1+ $4 41. Kf3 Qh1+ 42. Ke2 $18) 41. Kg4 Qg2+ 42. Kxh4 Qh2+ 43. Kg4 Qg2+ $11) 34. Rb4 $1 Qa7 $4 $18 {creating pressure Anish forces the losing mistake, 34...b6 was difficult but defendable...} 35. Rxb3 Qxa4 36. Rxb7 Qe8 37. Ra7 Rd5 38. Qb7 Ne4 $6 (38... Kg8 $2 39. Ra8 Rd8 40. Rxd8 Qxd8 41. Qxf7+ Kh8 42. Nxg6#) (38... Rxe5 39. fxe5 Nh7 40. Ra8 {and the Black Queen is trapped } Qxa8 41. Qxa8 $18) 39. Nxf7 $5 (39. Nxf7 Nf6 (39... Kf6 40. Qb2+ e5 41. Qb6+ Rd6 42. Nxd6 Nxd6 43. Qxd6+ Kf5 44. Ra4 exf4 45. Rxf4+ Kg5 46. Rf8 Qb5 47. Qf4# ) 40. Ne5+ Rd7 41. Nxd7 Nxd7 42. Qxd7+ Qxd7 43. Rxd7+ $18) 1-0