[Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.16"] [Round "4"] [White "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B53"] [WhiteElo "2732"] [BlackElo "2784"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2020.09.15"] [EventType "rapid"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,90,13,9,9,8,0,24,0,33,16,31,37,41,17,45,0,6,0,22,8,0,0,12,0,16,6,17, 12,32,23,29,22,58,30,52,49,47,37,56,6,17,0,0,0,0,0,57,-47,-57,-51,-46,-52,-17, -14,-6,-42,-41,-116,-112,-119,-119,-118,-110,-164,-60,-87,-85,-444,-441,-434, -439,-437,-435,-452,-449,-457,-437,-456,-432,-510,-433,-628,-611]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Qe3 {B53: Sicilian: 2...d6: Lines with Qxd4.} g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. h3 {White has an edge.} d5 $5 {[%mdl 4] Exploring less charted territory.} 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Qb3 Nb6 11. Rd1 Qc7 $1 {[#]} 12. Nc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Na3 O-O 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. c4 Be6 15. Nbd4 Bd7 16. Be3 Nxd4 17. Rxd4 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 {1-0 (30) Bosiocic,M (2614)-Shevchenko,K (2535) Skopje 2019}) 12... Be6 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. Qa3 O-O 15. Nbd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Bd5 16. Be3 e6 17. Rac1 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Nd5 19. Bc5 Rd8 20. c4 Nf4 21. Bf1 e5 22. Bd6 Qc8 23. c5 Qf5 24. Re1 e4 25. Nd2 Nd3 26. Bxd3 $1 exd3 27. Ne4 Ne5 (27... Qd5 $11 28. Rcd1 Re8 29. Rxd3 Nd4) 28. Bxe5 ({White should play} 28. Rcd1 $14) 28... Bxe5 $15 29. Rcd1 Rd4 $1 {[%CAl Rd4e4]} 30. Nd2 Bf6 31. Nf3 Rd7 32. b4 Rad8 33. Rd2 (33. Nd2 $15) 33... Bg7 $1 $17 34. Qb3 Bh6 35. Rdd1 d2 36. Re5 (36. Re2 $17) 36... Qf6 ({Black should try} 36... Qd3 $1 $19 37. Qxd3 Rxd3) 37. Qc4 $15 Rd3 {Threatens to win with ...Rxf3.} 38. Qe4 $2 { [%mdl 8192] This move loses the game for White.} (38. Re8+ $17 Kg7 39. Rxd8 Rxd8 40. a4) 38... Rc3 $1 $19 {[%CAl Rc3c1] White must now prevent ...Rc1. Black is clearly winning.} 39. Re8+ {[#]} Rxe8 $1 40. Qxe8+ Kg7 41. Qe2 {[#]} Rc1 $1 42. Nxd2 Rxd1+ 43. Qxd1 {Ne4 is the strong threat.} Qd4 $1 {[%csl Bb4, Bd2][%mdl 64] Double Attack} 44. Qf3 {White wants to play Ne4.} Qxd2 45. a3 ( 45. Qe4 $142) 45... Qc1+ {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 86%.} 0-1 [Event "Saint Louis Rapid 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.16"] [Round "5"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2732"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "116"] [EventDate "2020.09.15"] [EventType "rapid"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,116,29,16,32,19,22,0,0,0,2,0,23,19,102,58,50,48,62,45,63,78,55,59, 112,37,23,33,27,35,22,28,91,26,29,24,53,52,70,68,50,60,70,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8, 8,8,8,9,9,12,11,25,17,161,159,229,211,229,229,387,372,372,358,358,315,643,643, 609,609,627,372,372,0,468,0,358,357,315,0,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,6,1,8,0,8,0, 8]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. Qxd3 e6 6. Ne2 Qa5+ 7. c3 Qa6 { B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} 8. Qd1 c5 9. Be3 Nd7 10. O-O Ne7 11. Ng3 { [#]} cxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nc6 12. Nd2 Rc8 13. f4 g6 14. Nb3 b6 15. Rf2 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Bc5 17. Qf3 Bxd4 18. cxd4 {1-0 (28) Gavric,P-Fuchs,A Zuerich 2003}) 12. cxd4 f6 (12... Rc8 $11) 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Bg5 Ng6 $1 15. Nc3 Be7 16. f4 O-O 17. f5 Nd7 (17... exf5 $14 18. Nxf5 Qc4) 18. Re1 ({Reject} 18. fxg6 $6 Bxg5 19. gxh7+ Kh8 $11) (18. Qg4 $16 exf5 19. Nxf5 (19. Rxf5 Bxg5 20. Qxg5 Qc4 $14) 19... Bxg5 20. Qxg5) 18... Bxg5 $14 19. Rxe6 Qc4 20. fxg6 hxg6 21. Rxg6 Be3+ 22. Kh1 Rf7 $1 23. Nh5 Qxd4 24. Nxd5 Qxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Bd4 26. b3 Raf8 { [#] ( -> ...Rf1+)} 27. g3 (27. Ndf4 $14 Ne5 28. Rg5) 27... Rf1+ $11 28. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 29. Kg2 Rf2+ 30. Kh3 Rxa2 31. Rd6 Ne5 $1 32. Ne7+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Discovered Attack} Kf7 {Hoping for ...Bg1.} 33. Rxd4 {Black must now prevent Nf5.} Rxh2+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 34. Kxh2 Nf3+ 35. Kg2 Nxd4 36. Nc8 Nxb3 (36... a5 $1 $11) 37. Nxa7 $18 g6 (37... Nd4 $16 {was called for.} 38. Nf4 g5) 38. Nf4 g5 39. Ne2 g4 $2 (39... Ke6 40. Nb5 Kd5) 40. Nb5 Nd2 {If only Black now had time for ...Ne4....} 41. Nec3 Ke6 42. Kf2 Kd7 $2 (42... Nc4 43. Ke2 Kd7) 43. Ke2 Nf3 44. Ke3 Nh2 45. Kf2 Nf3 46. Ke3 Nh2 $1 {If Black can now play ...Nf1+ this consolidates a bit.} 47. Ke2 $2 (47. Nd4 $18) 47... Kc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (47... Nf3 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 48. Nd4+ Kc5 49. Ndb5 $2 ({Better is} 49. Kd3 $18) 49... Kc4 {The position is equal.} 50. Ke3 b6 51. Kf4 Kb4 $1 52. Ke3 Kc4 53. Ke4 Nf1 54. Kf4 Nh2 $1 55. Kf5 Kb4 $1 56. Ke4 Kc4 57. Kf4 Kb4 $1 58. Ke3 Kc4 {Blacks defense is rewarded with a draw. Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 77%.} 1/2-1/2