[Event "Candidates 2020"] [Site "Yekaterinburg, Russia"] [Date "2020.03.22"] [Round "5"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2805"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] {[%evp 0,107,16,18,38,37,12,8,8,1,-16,-16,20,-11,5,0,-10,4,6,3,27,6,8,-11,59, 27,38,31,32,42,18,22,31,-16,45,-16,-11,-16,-6,-22,-22,-22,0,0,24,23,23,-4,23, 30,33,33,52,24,35,42,53,53,53,48,57,50,61,49,49,45,49,37,49,49,62,54,69,57,69, 63,57,52,47,39,53,44,49,49,49,49,106,54,53,47,47,26,29,31,32,26,25,25,25,28,28, 28,31,32,22,22,22,22,22,22]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 (8. Bd5 Nxd5 9. exd5 Nb4 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Nxe5 Nxd5 12. Qf3 c6 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. c4 $2 {[%emt 0:00:15] intending after 14... bxc4? Nxc4} d6 $1 $17) 8... Bb7 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nbd2 Qd7 12. a4 f6 13. Ne4 Na5 14. Ba2 c5 15. Be3 (15. Bd2 b4 16. c3 Kh8 17. Rc1 bxc3 18. bxc3 c4 19. d4 Nf4 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Ned2 Bd5 22. Bb1 Ba3 23. Rc2 Rab8 24. Ra2 Bd6 { 0-1 (46) Wallace,J (2413)-Wagner,D (2564) Douglas 2017}) 15... Rfc8 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nxc5 Rxc5 (17... Bxc5 18. Bxc5 Rxc5 19. b4 Rcc8 20. bxa5 Kh8 $11 { [%emt 0:00:22] there is still c4 threatened if not Kh8 (the double pin of maybe a uncover pawn from d3 to c4 pinning the knight to the queen) and if Ding is half asleep then 20...Rxa5?? gets punished with 21 Bxd5+ Qxd5 Rxa5}) 18. b4 Rcc8 19. bxa5 Kh8 20. Bd2 Nb4 21. Bb3 Bd5 (21... Bxf3 $2 22. Qxf3 $5 Nxc2 $4 23. Bxc2 Rxc2 24. Qxa8+ Qc8 25. Qxc8+ Rxc8 $18) 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Rc1 Nc6 (23... Na2 24. Ra1 Nb4 25. Rc1 Na2 26. Ra1 {draw(repeated position)}) ( 23... Rxa5 24. Nxe5 fxe5 25. Qg4 $16 {with the threat against the Knight on b4 and rook on c8} Rc4 $4 26. dxc4 Qxd2 27. Rcd1 Qg5 28. Qc8+ Bd8 29. Qxd8+ Qxd8 30. Rxd8#) 24. c4 $3 bxc4 (24... Qxd3 $4 25. Rc3 Qd7 26. cxb5 Na7 27. Rxc8+ Qxc8 (27... Nxc8 $18) 28. b6 Nb5 29. Nxe5 fxe5 30. Rxe5 Bc5 31. Qc1 Rxa5 32. Rxc5 Ra1 33. Rxc8#) 25. Rxc4 Nxa5 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8 27. d4 $1 Nc6 28. dxe5 Nxe5 29. Nxe5 fxe5 {we are well and trully in the endgame now and blacks king is easier to attack than whites and black also has a weak pawn on e5.} 30. Qg4 Rd8 31. Be3 Bf6 32. Rc1 Qd7 33. Qh5 Qe8 34. Qf3 Rc8 (34... h6 $2 35. Bxh6 gxh6 36. Qxf6+ Kh7 37. Qf5+ Qg6 38. Rc7+ Kh8 39. Qxg6 Rf8 40. Qxh6+ Kg8 41. Qg7#) (34... Qe6 35. Rc6 Qd7 36. Rxf6 gxf6 37. Qxf6+ Kg8 38. Qxe5 Qd1+ 39. Kh2 Qd6 40. Qxd6 Rxd6 $11) (34... Rd3 35. Rc6 $4 e4 36. Rc8 Qxc8 37. Qxe4 Qd7 $19) 35. Rd1 Rd8 36. Rc1 Rc8 37. Rb1 Rb8 38. Re1 (38. Rb7 e4 $2 39. Qxe4 $3 {spectacular line now if 39...Qxe4?? 40 Rxb8+ leads to checkmate and if 39... Rxb7 40 Qxe8+ leads to checkmate.} h6 40. Rxb8 Qxb8 41. Bf4 Qb2 42. Bg3 $16) 38... Qg6 39. Ba7 Rc8 40. Qb7 Qc2 41. Be3 Qc6 42. Qb4 h5 43. Bc1 Qc2 44. Be3 Rd8 45. Qb1 Qxb1 46. Rxb1 Kh7 47. g4 hxg4 48. hxg4 Rd6 49. Kg2 Kg6 50. Kf3 Bg5 51. Ke4 Bxe3 52. fxe3 Re6 53. Rb7 Re8 54. Ra7 1/2-1/2