[Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"] [Date "2019.09.27"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Radjabov, T...."] [Black "Vachier Lagrave, M...."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A34"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2774"] [Annotator "Kidambi,Sundararajan"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2019.09.10"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1299"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2019.09.30"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"] [SourceQuality "2"] {[%evp 0,89,30,29,27,-16,19,32,71,82,65,58,64,23,65,69,77,38,44,37,50,50,42,38, 20,-5,44,47,47,53,38,27,98,76,78,49,50,17,56,124,94,115,85,59,115,101,101,118, 118,133,136,124,142,126,147,148,141,153,165,152,152,127,159,159,177,162,162, 135,155,137,159,176,169,157,157,155,157,166,192,194,202,210,216,210,220,228, 228,242,258,258,704,720]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 (5. e4 Nxc3 (5... Nb4) 6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1) 5... Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qc7 7. e4 e6 8. Bd3 Be7 9. Qe2 Bd7 10. O-O O-O $4 {[%mdl 16384] Castling into it!! Though this wasnt even clear to a great player like MVL. A routine move like castle is enough to lose the game here!} (10... Bc6 $1 {[%CAl Yb8d7]}) (10... e5 { [%CAl Yd3c4,Yf3d2,Yd2f1,Yf1e3]}) 11. e5 $1 {[%csl Yc1,Yd3,Ye2,Yf3] The problem with Black's position is that his kingside lacks any sort of defenders. His minor pieces are stuck on the other side and so too the Queen. On the other hand White's Queen,Knight and both the Bishops aim at the undefended Black Kingside.} Bc6 12. Ng5 h6 13. Bh7+ $1 Kh8 14. Bc2 $1 (14. Bb1 Nd7 15. Qc2 g6 16. Nxe6) 14... c4 15. Re1 $1 Qd8 16. Nh3 $1 (16. h4) (16. Rd1 Nd7 17. h4 Qc7 18. Qh5 Kg8 19. Nh7 Rfd8 20. Bxh6 gxh6) 16... Qd5 17. Nf4 Qc5 $1 18. Bb1 $1 ( 18. Nh5 $5) 18... Bg5 19. Nxe6 $1 (19. Qc2 g6 20. Nxg6+ fxg6 21. Qxg6 Qxf2+) 19... fxe6 20. Bxg5 Qd5 21. Qg4 Nd7 (21... Qxg2+ 22. Qxg2 Bxg2 23. Be7 (23. Bxh6 gxh6 24. Kxg2 {But here Black has some freedom of movement, espeically his King and the Rooks can use the g-file.}) 23... Rf7 24. Kxg2 Rxe7 25. Bg6 Nd7 26. h4 $1 $18 {[%CAl Yd7f8,Yh4h5]}) 22. Be4 Nxe5 23. Qh5 $1 Qb5 24. Bxh6 Bxe4 25. Bf4+ Kg8 26. Qxe5 {This is a kind of opposite coloured Bishops position where there are no drawing tendencies at all.Black's B is limited by his own pawns and g7 is a big long term weakness.} Bd5 {Keeping the Queens on only worsens the odds. After f3 White's K is the safeset King ever and Black's K has only one isolated g7 P to protect it.} 27. Re2 Rf5 28. Qe3 Qe8 29. f3 { [%csl Yd5][%CAl Yf4e5]} Qg6 30. h4 Raf8 31. Bg5 a6 32. Rd1 Qe8 33. Rd4 Qc6 34. Rg4 Kh7 35. Bf4 R8f7 36. Be5 b5 37. Qf2 Qd7 38. Qg3 Rh5 39. Bd4 Qc7 40. Re5 Rhf5 41. Rg5 Kg8 42. h5 Rxg5 43. Qxg5 Qe7 44. Qg4 Rf5 45. Qxf5 1-0 [Event "World Championship 05th"] [Site "USA/CAN"] [Date "1894.03.19"] [Round "2"] [White "Steinitz, William"] [Black "Lasker, Emanuel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [Annotator "Kidambi,Sundararajan"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "1894.03.15"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "MainBase"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,83,16,28,38,44,44,-1,23,17,23,-21,-27,-46,24,-19,-26,-34,-30,-37,-11, 3,30,-22,-18,-49,-80,-97,-75,-102,-4,-23,-29,-12,7,-129,-14,-23,-29,-38,0,32,9, -152,-53,-48,-22,14,14,14,14,14,61,61,324,324,324,298,305,331,341,328,345,350, 353,357,350,371,351,366,370,360,374,408,465,429,429,432,437,416,457,457,537, 598,598,618]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 Bd7 {[%CAl Yc6a5]} 6. Ba4 g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Nc4 O-O 9. Ne3 Ne7 10. Bb3 c6 11. h4 $1 {This tactical device- bringing the Rook's Pawn very quickly into contact with opponent's pawn that has moved forward on the Knights file, and thus opening lines for the attack on king- is also one of the modern procedures.Starting with this move, Steinitz goes about implementing the main part of his plan- a direct attack on Black's castled position. - Romanovsky} Qc7 12. Ng5 $1 { [%CAl Yh4h5]} d5 (12... h6 13. g4 (13. Qf3 hxg5 14. hxg5 Nh7) 13... hxg5 14. hxg5 Nh7 15. Nf5 gxf5 16. gxf5 Nxf5 17. Qh5 (17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Qh5) 17... Nh6 18. gxh6 Bf6 19. Bg5 Qd8 $1 20. Rg1 Kh8) 13. f3 $1 {All White's manoeuvres are aimed at strengthening the centre before anything else!} Rad8 14. g4 $1 dxe4 $6 (14... d4 15. cxd4 exd4 16. Ng2) (14... h6 15. Qe2 hxg5 16. hxg5 Ne8 (16... Nh7 17. Nf5 gxf5 18. Qh2 Rfe8 19. Qxh7+ Kf8 20. gxf5 $40) 17. Qh2 f6 18. exd5 cxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5+ Rf7 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Qxg6 Bc6 23. Qxf7+ Qxf7 24. Bxf7 Kxf7 25. Ke2) 15. fxe4 {[%csl Yd5][%CAl Yb3f7,Yf7f5,Yd1f3]} h6 (15... Qc8 16. h5 $1 (16. Rg1 h6 17. Qf3 hxg5 18. hxg5 Nh7 19. Nf5 $1 gxf5 20. gxf5)) 16. Qf3 $1 {With a fortified centre, flank attack is very much a possibility.} Be8 ( 16... hxg5 17. hxg5 Nh7 18. Nf5) 17. Bc2 Nd7 18. Nh3 Nc5 19. Nf2 b5 20. g5 h5 21. Nf5 $1 {Crowining the piece concentration on the Kingside with a posiitonal sacrifice! With a well defended centre, these moves flow,} gxf5 22. exf5 f6 23. g6 (23. Ne4 $5 fxg5 24. Nxc5) 23... Nxg6 24. fxg6 Bxg6 25. Rg1 e4 26. dxe4 Kh7 27. Rxg6 Kxg6 28. Qf5+ Kf7 29. Qxh5+ Kg8 30. Qxc5 Qe5 31. Be3 a6 32. a4 Rfe8 33. axb5 axb5 34. Qxe5 Rxe5 35. Ra6 Rc8 36. Ng4 Re7 37. Bc5 Ree8 38. Ne3 Bf8 39. Bd4 Kf7 40. h5 Be7 41. Bb3+ Kf8 42. Nf5 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.5"] [White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"] [Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D15"] [WhiteElo "2658"] [BlackElo "2664"] [Annotator "Sundararajan Kidambi"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2019.09.10"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2020"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2019.10.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,68,16,-12,37,52,25,24,43,42,75,55,55,12,12,12,12,14,14,14,2,-47,18,34, 18,42,41,5,40,0,18,-12,-10,5,17,-2,4,-29,-5,-24,-45,-98,-86,-112,-123,-119, -202,-217,-221,-275,-205,-247,-284,-284,-295,-408,-462,-457,-432,-501,-494, -560,-557,-559,-684,-702,-563,-626,-626,-740,-779]} 1. c4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. d4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. cxd5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nxd5 10. Bc4 e6 11. e4 Nxc3 12. exf5 Nd5 13. Bxd5 cxd5 14. O-O Bc5 15. Bf4 Qb6 16. Qg3 g6 17. f6 $6 (17. b4 $5 Bxb4 18. Rab1) (17. Rac1 $5) 17... Rc8 18. Rfd1 h5 19. h4 Kd7 20. a3 Bd4 21. Rd2 Bxb2 22. Rad1 Rc3 23. Be3 Qb3 24. Qh3 Kc6 25. Rd4 Bxa3 26. Kh2 Bc5 27. Qf3 Bxd4 28. Rxd4 Rc4 29. Qf4 a5 30. Bc1 a4 31. Qd2 Rxd4 32. Qxd4 Qc4 33. Qa1 b5 34. Be3 Ra8 0-1 [Event "World-ch34-KK5 Kasparov-Karpov +4-3=17"] [Site "Lyon/New York"] [Date "1990.10.10"] [Round "2"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C92"] [WhiteElo "2800"] [BlackElo "2730"] [Annotator "Schussler,H"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "1990.10.08"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "24"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 021"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1991.04.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,87,16,28,38,44,44,-1,8,-27,-27,-37,-27,-53,-15,-15,-4,-30,-33,-15,-29, -27,-16,-8,9,26,29,-18,-7,3,-2,-33,2,3,13,10,29,-14,-7,-35,-16,-31,-10,-10,36, 21,56,96,96,78,168,98,94,94,101,86,138,119,117,117,117,103,114,115,115,119,119, 112,126,53,53,53,53,114,216,222,427,416,463,528,477,498,520,497,460,515,532, 530,530,531]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 bxa4 16. Rxa4 a5 17. Ra3 Ra6 18. Nh2 g6 19. f3 $1 {A very strong novelty once and for all protecting the attacked e-pawn. Earlier - and weaker - moves are 19.f4 (Ivantjuk-Karpov) and 19.Sg4 (Hjartarson- Karpov).} Qd7 {Seirawan suggests 19. - c6. The idea is to be able to counter 20.Sc4 with 20. - d5. Even so White looks clearly better.} 20. Nc4 Qb5 21. Rc3 Bc8 22. Be3 Kh7 23. Qc1 c6 24. Ng4 Ng8 25. Bxh6 $1 $18 Bxh6 26. Nxh6 Nxh6 27. Nxd6 Qb6 28. Nxe8 Qxd4+ 29. Kh1 Qd8 30. Rd1 Qxe8 31. Qg5 Ra7 32. Rd8 Qe6 33. f4 Ba6 34. f5 Qe7 35. Qd2 Qe5 36. Qf2 Qe7 37. Qd4 Ng8 38. e5 Nd5 39. fxg6+ fxg6 40. Rxc6 Qxd8 41. Qxa7+ Nde7 42. Rxa6 Qd1+ 43. Qg1 Qd2 44. Qf1 1-0