[Event "FIDE Candidates 2024"] [White "Firouzja,Alireza"] [Black "Gukesh D"] [Site "Toronto"] [Round "7.1"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2024.04.11"] [WhiteElo "2760"] [BlackElo "2743"] [PlyCount "79"] [TimeControl "60"] {[%evp 10,79,15,12,13,12,12,13,16,7,14,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-64,-69,-84,-72,-65,-56,-57,-72,-69,-50,-52,-25,-37,-35,-25,-8,-22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,10,200,200,6215,6207,29993,29994,29998,29999]} 1. d4 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:0:8]} 2. Bf4 {[%emt 0:0:6]} d5 {[%emt 0:1:33]} 3. e3 {[%emt 0:0:6]} c5 {[%emt 0:0:49]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:0:19]} e6 {[%emt 0:1:34]} 5. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:0:23]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:1:40]} 6. Rb1 {[%emt 0:0:8] D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} cxd4 {[%emt 0:1:28] 6...Bd7 is the recent fashion.} 7. exd4 {[%emt 0:0:17]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 8. c3 {[%emt 0:2:57]} Bb5 {[%emt 0:0:13]} 9. h4 {[%emt 0:0:40]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:11:12]} 10. Rh3 $146 {[%emt 0:30:0]} ({Predecessor:} 10. Bxb5 Qxb5 11. Qe2 Qxe2+ 12. Kxe2 h5 13. a4 Be7 14. g3 a5 15. Ne1 O-O 16. Nd3 {½-½ Owen,K (2379)-Antal,J (2356) Champion's League 2021/C8 email} )Be7 {[%emt 0:8:21]} 11. h5 {[%emt 0:11:9]} h6 {[%emt 0:0:47]} 12. a4 {[%emt 0:12:40]} Bxf1 {[%emt 0:0:29]} 13. Kxf1 {[%emt 0:0:3]} O-O {[%emt 0:3:47]} 14. Kg1 {[%emt 0:1:32]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:11:14]} 15. Ne5 {[%emt 0:13:44]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:0:34]} 16. dxe5 {[%emt 0:6:40]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:4:12]} 17. Rg3 {[%emt 0:9:5]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:6:17]} 18. a5 {[%emt 0:2:15]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:7:32]} 19. Nf3 {[%emt 0:1:21]} (19. Qg4 Rg8 $15 )Qxa5 {[%emt 0:16:59]} 20. c4 {[%emt 0:2:48]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:15:41]} 21. Ra1 {[%emt 0:8:52]} (21. cxd5 $11 Qxd5 22. Qxd5 exd5 23. Rd1 )Qb4 $15 {[%emt 0:3:26]} 22. b3 {[%emt 0:2:1]} (22. Ra4 $2 Qxb2 23. Be3 Bc5 (23... Nxe5 $2 24. Bd4 $18 )24. cxd5 exd5 $17 )Nc5 {[%emt 0:0:37]} 23. Nd4 {[%emt 0:5:21]} Ne4 $1 {[%emt 0:1:0]} (23... dxc4 $2 24. Bd2 $18 )24. Re3 $1 {[%emt 0:1:18]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:4:9]} 25. Rc1 {[%emt 0:1:32]} Rgd8 {[%emt 0:0:41]} 26. b4 {[%emt 0:0:42]} Qxb4 {[%emt 0:1:56]} 27. cxd5 {[%emt 0:0:55]} Nxf2 {[%emt 0:0:51]} (27... exd5 {simplifies} 28. Rb3 Qa4 29. Rxb7 Qxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Bc5 )28. Kxf2 {[%emt 0:0:8]} Rxd5 {[%emt 0:0:4]} (28... Bc5 29. Rxc5 Qxc5 30. d6 $16 )29. Re4 $1 {[%emt 0:0:10]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:2:28]} 30. Be3 $1 {[%emt 0:0:7]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:1:37]} 31. Qb3 $1 {[%emt 0:0:46]} Qxb3 {[%emt 0:3:38]} (31... Rxd4 {with more complications.} 32. Rxd4 Qxb3 33. Rxd8+ Kh7 )32. Nxb3 {[%emt 0:0:1]} Bxe3+ {[%emt 0:0:6]} 33. Rxe3 {[%emt 0:0:1]} a5 {[%emt 0:2:18]} 34. Rc7 {[%emt 0:0:43]} a4 {[%emt 0:0:21]} 35. Nc5 {[%emt 0:0:1]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:0:48]} 36. Nd7 {[%emt 0:0:31]} Kh7 $2 {[%emt 0:1:1] [#]} (36... a3 37. Rxa3 Rd8 (37... Rxa3 38. Rc8+ Kh7 39. Nf8+ Kg8 40. Ng6+ )38. Nb6 Rxe5 39. g4 $18 (39. Rxb7 Rd2+ 40. Kg3 Rg5+ 41. Kf4 Rdxg2 $11 )(39. Rxf7 Kg8 $16 ))(36... b5 $11 {and Black is okay.} )37. Rf3 $1 $18 {[%emt 0:0:22]} (37. Rxb7 a3 38. Re1 Rd2+ 39. Kg3 a2 $11 )a3 $2 {[%emt 0:0:15]} (37... Kg8 38. Nb6 (38. Rxb7 Rd8 $16 )Rd2+ 39. Kg3 Rf8 )38. Rxf7 $18 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 39. Nf8 {[%emt 0:0:6]} ({Worse is} 39. Rxb7 Rxd7 (39... a2 40. Nf8 Rd2+ 41. Kg3 Kg8 42. Ng6 Ra3+ 43. Kh2 )40. Rfxd7 a2 $11 )a2 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 40. Ng6+ {[%emt 0:0:0]} 1-0