[Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2022.11.14"] [Round "?"] [White "ITALIAN"] [Black "Reduced 2022"] [Result "*"] [ECO "C54"] [Annotator "gmail,thechesscorner"] [PlyCount "23"] [EventDate "2022.11.14"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 d6 (5... a6 6. Bb3 O-O 7. Nbd2 Ba7 {[#] no..d6 or ..d5 yet by Black} 8. h3 d5 (8... h6 $2 9. g4 $1 { Mamedov-Nasuta, Chigaev-Tang, Mamedov Warmerdam}) (8... d6 9. Nh2 $5 {Bauer, Moussard,Boyer} (9. Nf1 {Chigaev, or transposes to Mamedov-Ivanchuk see 5..d6 and 9 Nf1!?})) 9. Qe2 (9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Ne4 {Chigaev-Abdusattorov, Nihal-Tari, Oratovsky} Re8 (10... h6 11. Bxh6 $1 (11. O-O Kh8 12. Re1 f5 13. Ng3) 11... gxh6 12. Bxd5) 11. O-O f6) (9. O-O {old line} dxe4 10. dxe4 Qe7 {Bologan Adams} ) 9... Re8 10. Nf1 h6 $2 (10... Na5 11. Bc2 Bd7 12. N3h2 $5 c5 13. Ng4 c4 14. Bg5) (10... Be6 11. Ng5 {Bologan}) 11. g4 $1 {Mamedov-Caruana}) 6. Bb3 (6. a4 $5 a6 7. O-O h6 8. b4 (8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Re1 a5 10. Nf1 {Leko-Anand 2020} Be6 11. Bb5 Na7 12. d4) 8... Ba7 9. Re1 O-O 10. h3 Re8 11. Nbd2 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Qc2 {Leko Anand, Niemann-Nakamura} Qd7 (13... d5 14. Nb3 dxe4 15. dxe4) 14. Rb1 b5 $5 (14... Rd8) (14... Ree8)) 6... a6 (6... a5 7. a4) 7. Nbd2 Ba7 8. h3 O-O { [#]} 9. Nf1 $5 (9. O-O {Castling is main line} h6 10. Re1 Nh5 11. Nf1 Qf6 12. Be3 {Main Line} Nf4 {[#]} 13. Ng3 (13. d4 Ne7 14. Ng3 Neg6 15. Bc2 {Dominguez}) 13... g6 14. d4 h5 (14... Ne7 15. a4 a5 16. Nh2 h5 17. Kh1 h4 18. Ngf1 Kg7 19. Bc4 g5 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Bxa7 Rxa7 22. Ne3 Qc6 23. Qf3) 15. a4 a5 16. Nf1 Re8 17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18. Ne3 Qxe4 $2 (18... Qf6 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Qd2 Kg7 21. Ng5 Be6 22. f4 exd4 23. Kh1 dxc3 24. bxc3) 19. Bxf7+) (9. Qe2 {Movsesian}) 9... h6 $2 ( 9... d5 10. exd5 (10. Qe2 $6 Be6 11. Ng3 {Tiviakov,Bologan McShane Morozevich old games} (11. Bc2 b5 $1 12. Ng5 d4) 11... dxe4 12. dxe4 Bxb3 13. axb3 Re8 14. Nh2 Nd7 15. b4 Nf8 16. Nf5 Ne7 17. Bg5 {making use of Black skipping h6} f6 18. Rd1 (18. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 19. Qg4+ Neg6 20. Rd1 Qc8 21. h4) 18... Qc8 19. Nxe7+ Rxe7 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 Qe6 22. O-O {1-0 (62) Chigaev,M (2631)-Le Goff,R (2288) Chess.com INT 2022}) 10... Nxd5 11. Ng3 Be6 12. O-O h6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Nh5 $5 {[#] Chigaev-Paveto}) (9... Re8 {[#]} 10. g4 $5 {Mamedov-Ivanchuk} (10. N3h2 $5 d5 11. Qf3 Na5 12. Bc2 h6 13. Ng4 Nh7 14. Qg3 Bxg4 15. Qxg4 dxe4 16. dxe4 Qf6) (10. Ng3 h6 (10... Be6 11. Bg5 {Dourerassou} (11. Bc2 {Bologan})) 11. O-O Be6 (11... d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Re1 Nf6 14. Bc2 Qd6 15. b4 {Bologan} (15. Nh4 {idea Qf3})) 12. Nh2 $5 {[#] Variation B with Castle} (12. Bc2 d5 { Duda-Carlsen}) 12... Bxb3 (12... d5 13. Qf3 Na5 14. Bc2 dxe4 15. dxe4 Nc4) 13. axb3 Ne7 (13... Qd7 14. Qf3 {Nevednichy-Aleksandrov}) 14. Qf3 Ng6 15. Nf5 { Jakovenko-Zou}) 10... Be6 11. Ng3) (9... Be6 10. Ng3 h6 (10... d5 {11 Qe2 or 11 Ng5!? Chigaev}) 11. Nh2 $5 {[#] Variation A, no castle} (11. O-O Qd7 $6 ( 11... d5) 12. Be3 Ne7 13. Nh4 Ng6 14. Nhf5 Ne7 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Bxa7 Rxa7 17. f4 {Carlsen-Nakamura 2011}) 11... Ne7 (11... d5 12. Qf3 dxe4 13. dxe4 Na5 14. Bc2 Nc4 (14... Nh7 15. Nf5 {Nevednichy-Moradiabadi}) 15. Ng4 {[#] Morozevich-Adams, Chigaev Quesada Perez} Nd7 16. O-O Qh4 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5) 12. Ng4 Ng6 13. Nf5 $1 {Yemelin, Oratovsky} Nh7 (13... Re8 14. Nxg7 Bxb3 15. Qxb3 Kxg7 16. Bxh6+ Kg8 17. Bg5 Re6 18. O-O-O $1) 14. Nxg7 (14. h4 Kh8 15. Nxg7 )) 10. g4 $1 {[#]} d5 11. g5 $1 (11. Qe2 Na5 (11... dxe4 12. dxe4 Nd7 13. Ng3 { Salgado Lopez} (13. Bc2 Nc5 14. Rg1 b5 15. g5 h5 16. Nh4 g6 17. Ng3 Be6 18. Nxh5 Bc4 19. Qf3 Nd3+ 20. Bxd3 Qxd3 21. Nf6+ Kg7) 13... Nc5 14. Bc2 b5) 12. Bc2 Be6 13. Nxe5 dxe4 14. dxe4) 11... hxg5 12. Qe2 {[#] Chigaev-Meyers 2020} *