[Event "GCT Superbet Romania 2023"] [White "Giri,Anish"] [Black "Ding,Liren"] [Site "Bucharest"] [Round "7.4"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2023.05.13"] [WhiteElo "2768"] [BlackElo "2789"] [PlyCount "71"] [TimeControl "60"] {[%evp 12,71,13,9,33,33,23,19,25,17,126,116,124,113,112,106,103,90,97,103,100,13,112,102,150,84,80,71,85,43,46,57,53,47,204,216,228,231,314,197,189,193,165,137,373,365,309,279,737,733,720,700,1749,1390,29971,29972,29977,29978,29980,29981,29977,897]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:0:3]} e5 {[%emt 0:0:16]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:0:5]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 3. Bc4 {[%emt 0:0:5]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:1:8]} 4. d3 {[%emt 0:0:6]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 5. Bg5 {[%emt 0:1:5]} h6 {[%emt 0:1:33]} 6. Bh4 {[%emt 0:4:0]} d6 {[%emt 0:5:33]} 7. c3 {[%emt 0:0:0] Nowadays more popular than 7.h3.} a5 {[%emt 0:5:8] C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 8. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Ba7 {[%emt 0:1:48]} 9. a4 {[%emt 0:0:0] [#]} O-O $146 {[%emt 0:4:23] The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 9... Qe7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Be6 12. Bb5 Rad8 13. Qc2 Nb8 14. d4 c6 15. Bf1 Nbd7 {1-0 Prabhu,N (2099)-Pang,B (1818) Dulles Cherry Blossom op 2022 (8.10)} )10. h3 {[%emt 0:0:0]} g5 {[%emt 0:9:39] [#]} (10... Be6 $11 )11. Nxg5 $1 $16 {[%emt 0:1:59][%mdl 512]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 12. Bxg5 {[%emt 0:0:4]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 13. Qf3 $1 {[%emt 0:1:17][%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Be6 {[%emt 0:9:44]} 14. Nf1 {[%emt 0:26:12]} Rh8 {[%emt 0:11:32]} (14... Bxc4 $2 15. Ng3 Rh8 16. dxc4 $18 )15. Ne3 {[%emt 0:12:2]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:12:58]} (15... Bxe3 $2 16. fxe3 Nb8 17. O-O $18 )16. O-O-O {[%emt 0:12:53]} (16. Rf1 $1 $16 )Rag8 {[%emt 0:1:35]} (16... Bxe3+ $11 {remains equal.} 17. fxe3 Nb8 )17. Rhf1 {[%emt 0:5:57]} Nb8 {[%emt 0:7:32]} (17... Rh6 $142 )18. d4 {[%emt 0:2:52]} (18. Nf5+ $142 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 )exd4 {[%emt 0:0:43]} 19. cxd4 {[%emt 0:0:25][%cal Yc3d4,Yd4d5][%mdl 32]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:6:13] [#] Threatens to win with ...Kf8.} 20. e5 $1 {[%emt 0:5:44][%mdl 64] Discovered Attack. White is more active.} dxe5 {[%emt 0:0:22]} 21. d5 {[%emt 0:0:10] Dancing on a razor blade.} Qb4 $1 {[%emt 0:0:34] White must now prevent ...Bxe3+.} 22. Qe2 $36 {[%emt 0:6:19][%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Bxh3 {[%emt 0:11:0]} 23. gxh3 $18 {[%emt 0:0:15][%cal Yg2h3,Yh3h4,Yh4g5][%mdl 32]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:0:9]} 24. h4 {[%emt 0:4:54]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:0:14] [#]} 25. Rxd4 $1 {[%emt 0:3:21][%mdl 512]} exd4 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 26. Nf5 {[%emt 0:0:6]} Rxg5 {[%emt 0:8:23]} (26... Qxa4 $2 27. Qe7# )27. hxg5 {[%emt 0:0:32]} Ne5 $2 {[%emt 0:0:2] [#] Black cannot hold the game after this.} (27... Ne4 $16 )28. Bb5 $1 {[%emt 0:2:44]} Nfg4 {[%emt 0:0:12] [#]} 29. Kb1 $1 {[%emt 0:1:20][%cal Yd5d6] And now d6! would win.} ({Worse is} 29. Qc2 d3 30. Bxd3 (30. Qxc7 $2 Qf4+ 31. Ne3 Kg7 $17 )Rh2 $11 )Kg8 $2 {[%emt 0:2:35] [#]} (29... Rh2 30. d6 cxd6 )30. Nh6+ $1 {[%emt 0:2:10][%mdl 576] Deflection} Nxh6 {[%emt 0:0:32]} 31. Qxe5 {[%emt 0:1:18]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 32. Qxc7 {[%emt 0:2:41] Rg1 is the strong threat.} Kg7 {[%emt 0:1:8]} 33. g6 {[%emt 0:0:14] White mates.} Rf8 {[%emt 0:0:35]} 34. gxf7 {[%emt 0:1:12]} d3 {[%emt 0:0:27]} 35. Rg1 {[%emt 0:2:29]} Rxf7 {[%emt 0:0:51]} 36. Qc3+ {[%emt 0:0:33] Excellently played by Giri! Weighted Error Value: White=0.15 (very precise) /Black=0.56} (36. Qe5+ $142 Kf8 37. Qh8+ Ke7 38. Qe8+ Kf6 39. Qe6+ Kg7 40. Rxg4+ Qxg4 41. Qxg4+ Kf8 42. d6 )1-0