[Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime"] [Black "Alekseenko,Kirill"] [Site "Yekaterinburg"] [Round "12.3"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2021.04.24"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2696"] [PlyCount "80"] 1. e4 {} c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 dxe4 4. fxe4 e5 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. c3 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} Nf6 7. Bc4 {[#] Hoping for Bxf7+!} Qc7 $146 ({But not} 7... Nxe4 $2 8. Bxf7+ $1 {} Ke7 9. Qb3 $18 )({Predecessor:} 7... Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nbd7 9. 0-0 Bd6 10. Nd2 0-0 11. Kh1 b5 12. Be2 Qe7 13. Bd3 a6 {1-0 (32) Tadic,S (2267)-Tonic,M (2111) Bajina Basta 2019} )8. dxe5 {White is slightly better.} Bxf3 (8... Nxe4 $14 9. b4 Nd7 )9. Qxf3 $16 ({Much worse is} 9. gxf3 $6 Qxe5 10. Be3 Nbd7 $11 )Qxe5 10. Bf4 Qh5 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. 0-0-0 Nb6 13. Bb3 Be7 14. Rhg1 {Strongly threatening g4.} Qxf3 15. gxf3 g6 16. Nc4 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 b5 18. Bb3 Nd7 {[#]} 19. Bxf7+ $1 { Deflection} Kxf7 20. Rxd7 Ke6 21. Rc7 Rhc8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 { Endgame KRB-KRB} 23. Be3 a5 24. Kd2 a4 25. f4 Rd8+ 26. Ke2 Rf8 27. Kf3 Rd8 28. Rc1 c5 29. c4 b4 30. Ke2 Rd7 {[#]} (30... Bf6 $16 {was necessary.} )31. Rd1 $1 $18 {aiming for f5+!} Rxd1 (31... Rb7 $142 32. Rd5 b3 )32. Kxd1 {KB-KB} Bf8 {[#]} 33. Kc2 {} Be7 34. b3 a3 {This costs Black the game.} (34... axb3+ $16 35. axb3 h6 36. f5+ { Discovered Attack} Kf6 37. Bxh6 gxf5 )35. Kd3 Bf8 36. Bf2 Be7 37. Ke3 Bd8 38. Kf3 Be7 39. Kg4 h5+ 40. Kg3 Bf8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09/Black=0.18} 1-0