[Event "KazChess Masters Almaty 2026"] [White "Nogerbek,Kazybek"] [Black "Sarana,Alexey"] [Site "Almaty"] [Round "9.1"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2026.07.08"] [WhiteElo "2513"] [BlackElo "2668"] [PlyCount "112"] [TimeControl "60"] {[%evp 13,112,18,28,13,27,17,32,12,8,8,33,31,38,0,0,0,10,6,9,16,40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-13,-25,-18,-25,-27,-24,-17,-41,-38,-88,-105,-101,-97,-104,-72,-102,-109,-89,-73,-81,-82,-80,-50,-58,-60,-61,-66,-97,-117,-194,-148,-204,-103,-89,-38,-73,-58,-67,-56,-114,-96,-347,-341,-333,-330,-415,-386,-452,-450,-472,-473,-462,-449,-606,-606,-1006,-1002,-1051,-997,-1098,-1043,-1498,-1414,-5214,-5214]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:0:0]} c5 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:0:8]} d6 {[%emt 0:0:8]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:0:4]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 4. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:0:5]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:4:23]} 5. Bb5 {[%emt 0:0:7]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:0:24]} 6. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:0:9]} Bxc6 {[%emt 0:2:2]} 7. Nc3 {[%emt 0:0:18]} h6 {[%emt 0:3:41]} 8. Qd3 {[%emt 0:0:50] B53: Sicilian: 2...d6: Lines with Qxd4.} Nf6 {[%emt 0:5:23]} 9. Nd4 {[%emt 0:0:17]} g6 {[%emt 0:0:31]} 10. f3 {[%emt 0:9:18] White is slightly better.} Bg7 {[%emt 0:6:50]} 11. Be3 {[%emt 0:0:16]} Qc7 $146 {[%emt 0:1:3]} ({Predecessor:} 11... Qa5 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. Nb3 Qc7 15. Bd4 Ne5 16. Qe2 O-O 17. f4 Nd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 {1-0 Zhigalko,S (2572)-Sarana,A (2635) Titled Tuesday intern op 14th Sept blitz 2021 (10)} )12. O-O-O {[%emt 0:3:58]} a6 {[%emt 0:0:10] Against Ndb5} 13. Qc4 {[%emt 0:7:5]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:1:27]} 14. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:0:15]} Qxc6 {[%emt 0:6:2]} 15. Qxc6+ {[%emt 0:2:11]} Rxc6 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 16. Bd4 {[%emt 0:0:52]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:0:36][%cal Bf6h5,Bh5g7,Bg7e6,Be6c5][%mdl 32]} 17. Bxg7 {[%emt 0:1:18]} Nxg7 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 18. h4 {[%emt 0:0:8]} h5 {[%emt 0:0:30]} 19. Rd4 {[%emt 0:1:12]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:0:50]} 20. Rb4 {[%emt 0:0:6]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:0:21]} 21. Rd1 {[%emt 0:0:5]} e6 {[%emt 0:0:41]} 22. a4 {[%emt 0:2:3]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:0:26]} 23. a5 {[%emt 0:1:58]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:3:9]} 24. Kd2 {[%emt 0:1:10]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:0:12]} 25. Na4 {[%emt 0:0:58]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:0:37]} 26. b3 {[%emt 0:3:40] Dodges Nc4+} Rcc8 {[%emt 0:0:58]} 27. Nb6 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:1:45]} 28. Ra4 $1 {[%emt 0:2:0]} f5 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 29. exf5 {[%emt 0:2:44]} (29. Re1 $15 )gxf5 $17 {[%emt 0:0:15]} 30. Re1 {[%emt 0:0:6]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:2:48]} 31. Re2 {[%emt 0:4:20]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:0:30]} 32. b4 {[%emt 0:7:32]} Re5 {[%emt 0:0:28]} 33. Rf2 {[%emt 0:0:25]} (33. Rxe5 $2 dxe5 34. Ke1 Rxg2 $19 )f4 {[%emt 0:0:59]} 34. c3 {[%emt 0:1:47]} d5 {[%emt 0:3:17] Inhibits Nc4.} 35. Ra1 {[%emt 0:6:47]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:0:10]} 36. Na4 {[%emt 0:0:37]} Rg7 {[%emt 0:12:45]} 37. Nb2 {[%emt 0:0:58]} Re3 {[%emt 0:2:4]} 38. Nd1 {[%emt 0:4:39]} d4 {[%emt 0:0:37] Black is much more active. The white rooks are passive.} 39. Kc2 {[%emt 0:0:18]} (39. Rc1 $17 {might work better.} )Rc7 {[%emt 0:8:55]} ({Black should play} 39... Re1 $19 40. Rb1 Rg1 41. cxd4 Nxd4+ 42. Kd3 Nf5 )40. Rd2 {[%emt 0:2:16]} ({But not} 40. Nxe3 $2 fxe3 (40... Nxb4+ 41. Kd1 $11 )41. Re2 Ne5 $19 (41... Nxb4+ 42. Kb3 $15 ))(40. Rb1 $17 )Ke5 {[%emt 0:8:55]} 41. Nxe3 {[%emt 0:36:1]} dxe3 {[%emt 0:33:54][%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} (41... fxe3 $17 42. Re1 Kf4 (42... Nxb4+ 43. Kb3 $11 ))42. Re1 {[%emt 0:1:16]} Nxb4+ {[%emt 0:0:8]} 43. Kb3 {[%emt 0:0:7]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:0:8]} 44. c4 {[%emt 0:0:58]} (44. Rd3 $15 )Ne7 {[%emt 0:0:46]} 45. g3 $2 {[%emt 0:0:4][%mdl 8192] [#] Loses the game.} Nf5 $19 {[%emt 0:0:15]} 46. gxf4+ {[%emt 0:0:9]} Kxf4 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 47. Rdd1 {[%emt 0:0:34]} Kxf3 {[%emt 0:0:24]} 48. Kc3 {[%emt 0:0:5]} Ng3 {[%emt 0:2:42] Black is clearly winning. Prevents Rf1+.} 49. Rd3 {[%emt 0:0:18]} Ne2+ {[%emt 0:0:29]} 50. Kb4 {[%emt 0:0:8]} e5 {[%emt 0:1:18]} 51. Rf1+ {[%emt 0:0:21]} Ke4 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 52. Rd8 {[%emt 0:0:39]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:0:30]} 53. Kc3 {[%emt 0:0:5]} e2 {[%emt 0:0:14]} 54. Re1 {[%emt 0:0:7]} Ke3 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 55. Re8 {[%emt 0:0:43]} Nf3 {[%emt 0:0:10][%csl LRe1,LRh4]} 56. Rb1 {[%emt 0:0:6]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:0:17] Weighted Error Value: White=0.71/Black=0.09 (flawless) Loses game: White=1 --- Mistake: White=4 Black=3 Inaccurate: White=7 Black=2 OK: White=7 Black=6 Strong: White=1 ---} 0-1