[Event "FIDE World Cup 2021"] [Site "Sochi"] [Date "2021.07.22"] [Round "4.8"] [White "Sindarov, Javokhir"] [Black "Piorun, Kacper"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2558"] [BlackElo "2608"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "2021.07.12"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,96,24,27,11,13,11,25,29,36,30,37,32,31,32,40,22,44,28,22,25,50,29,31, 36,54,22,48,47,52,20,50,21,49,-16,46,47,47,36,51,-11,-7,-2,0,-20,-6,-18,-19, -23,-25,-19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13,12,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,-225,-218,-195,-185,-5377,-5106,-1884,-1867]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} Be6 {Recently 6...Nd7 got a lot of attention.} 7. Nb3 {[%csl Rb2,Gc2,Rc3,Gd3,Rd4,Re3,Ge4,Rf2,Gf3,Gg2][%CAl Rb3c5,Ge4d5,Gc6b7, Gc6b5,Gd5c4,Ge4f5,Gd4e5,Gf6g7,Gf6g5,Ge5f4,Gc1g5,Gf3g5,Gd3c4]} (7. a4 {feels hotter.} Nd7 8. O-O a5 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2) 7... Bxb3 $5 {[%mdl 4] A promising side line.} (7... Bb6 8. O-O (8. Qe2 Nd7 (8... Qe7 9. Bd2 a5 10. Bc3 Nd7 11. d4 a4 12. Nbd2 a3 13. b3 exd4 14. Bxd4 O-O 15. O-O Ba5 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Qe3 Bg4 18. Nc4 Bb4 19. h3 Bh5 20. Qf4 Rfe8 21. c3 Bd6 22. e5 Bc5 23. g4 Bg6 24. Ne3 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 f6 26. exf6 Qxf6 27. Qg3 Nc5 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Qxc7 Rf8 30. Nd4 Bd3 31. Nef5 Bxf1 32. Kxf1 h6 33. h4 Re8 34. Kg2 Kh7 35. b4 Ne4 36. Qd7 Rd8 37. Qxb7 Nxc3 38. Ne6 Rg8 39. Qxc6 Qe5 40. Nc5 Qd5+ 41. Qxd5 Nxd5 42. b5 Rb8 43. Nd4 Nc3 44. Na6 Rb6 45. Nb4 Nxb5 46. Nxb5 Rxb5 47. Nc2 Ra5 48. f4 h5 49. Kf3 hxg4+ 50. Kxg4 Kg6 51. Nd4 Kf6 52. h5 Rc5 53. Kf3 Rc1 54. Nb5 Rc2 {0-1 (54) Caruana,F (2808)-Nakamura,H (2785) Paris 2017}) 9. Be3 (9. Bd2 f6 10. Bc3 c5 11. Nbd2 Nb8 12. a4 a6 13. Nc4 Nc6 14. a5 Ba7 15. b3 Nd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Bb4 c5 18. Bd2 O-O 19. O-O Rf7 20. f4 Bxc4 21. bxc4 exf4 22. Bxf4 Bb8 23. Qh5 Bxf4 24. Rxf4 Rc8 25. Rf5 g6 26. Qg4 Rc6 27. Rd5 Qc7 28. h4 Kg7 29. h5 b6 30. axb6 Rxb6 31. Qh4 g5 32. Qg4 Qe7 33. Qf5 Rc6 34. Kh2 a5 35. Kh3 Qb7 36. Kg4 Kh6 37. Rd8 Rg7 38. Qd5 Qc7 39. g3 Rb6 40. Rf1 Qe7 41. Rf5 a4 42. Ra8 Re6 43. Kf3 g4+ 44. Ke2 Re5 45. Rxe5 Qxe5 46. Ra6 Kxh5 47. Rxf6 Qxd5 48. cxd5 Ra7 49. Rf1 Kg5 50. Kd2 a3 51. c3 a2 52. Ra1 h5 53. Kc2 Kf6 54. cxd4 cxd4 55. Kb3 Ke5 56. Kb4 Rb7+ 57. Kc5 Ra7 58. Kc6 Ra6+ 59. Kc7 Ra7+ 60. Kb6 Ra3 61. Kc6 Rc3+ 62. Kd7 Ra3 63. Kc6 Ra6+ 64. Kc5 Ra5+ 65. Kc6 Ra6+ 66. Kd7 Ra7+ 67. Kc6 Ra6+ 68. Kc7 Ra7+ 69. Kb6 Ra3 70. Kc6 Ra6+ 71. Kc7 Ra7+ 72. Kb6 Ra3 73. Kc6 Ra6+ 74. Kd7 Ra7+ 75. Kc6 Ra6+ 76. Kc5 h4 77. gxh4 g3 78. d6 Rxd6 79. Rxa2 Rd8 80. h5 Rh8 81. Rg2 Rxh5 82. Rxg3 Kf4+ 83. e5 Kxg3 84. Kd6 Kf4 85. e6 {0-1 (85) Li,D (2450)-Chen,Q (2432) Tianjin 2018}) 9... Qe7 10. Nfd2 O-O-O 11. a4 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 Kb8 13. a5 g6 14. O-O f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. f4 Rhg8 17. a6 b6 18. c4 Rg4 19. Rae1 Rdg8 20. Rf2 Qh4 21. Nf3 Qh3 22. Ree2 Rxf4 23. Nxe5 Rxf2 24. Nxc6+ Ka8 25. Qxh3 Rxe2 26. Nbd4 Rgxg2+ 27. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Nc5 29. b4 {1-0 (29) Nakamura,H (2736) -Firouzja,A (2728) Chess.com INT 2020}) (8. Ng5 Bg4 9. Qd2 Nd7 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nf3 Qe7 13. Qe2 O-O-O 14. Be3 f6 15. O-O-O Bf7 16. Kb1 Kb8 17. h4 h6 18. h5 Rhe8 19. Nh4 Be6 20. Nf5 Qf7 21. c4 Bxe3 22. fxe3 c5 23. Qc2 b6 24. Nd2 Kb7 25. Nf3 Nb8 26. a3 Nc6 27. Qc3 a5 28. Ka1 Rd7 29. Rd2 Red8 30. Rhd1 Qe8 31. Qc2 Qf7 32. Qa4 Qe8 33. Kb1 Bxf5 34. gxf5 Qxh5 35. Ne1 Qg5 36. Nc2 Qg4 37. Na1 h5 38. Nb3 Rd6 39. Qb5 Ka7 40. Nc1 Qg3 41. Ka1 Qxe3 42. Ne2 Nd4 43. Nxd4 Qxd4 44. Rg2 R8d7 45. Rg3 Kb7 46. Rdg1 Qf2 47. Rxg7 Rxg7 48. Rxg7 Qf1+ 49. Ka2 Qxd3 50. Qb3 Qxe4 51. Qc3 Qxf5 52. Qe3 Qd3 53. Qe1 Qxc4+ 54. Ka1 Qb3 55. Qh1+ Ka6 56. Rg1 Ka7 57. Rc1 c4 58. Rb1 c3 59. Qc1 cxb2+ 60. Rxb2 Qxa3+ 61. Kb1 Qc5 62. Rc2 Qb5+ 63. Rb2 Qc5 64. Rc2 Qb5+ 65. Rb2 Qd3+ 66. Ka1 c5 67. Rc2 Qd1 68. Kb2 Qxc1+ 69. Rxc1 Kb7 70. Rg1 Kc6 71. Rg8 b5 72. Rc8+ Kd5 73. Rh8 Kc4 74. Rxh5 b4 75. Rh4+ Kb5 76. Rh8 a4 77. Rb8+ Kc4 78. Rh8 a3+ 79. Ka2 Rd2+ 80. Ka1 Kb3 81. Rh3+ Ka4 82. Rh8 b3 83. Ra8+ Kb4 84. Rb8+ Kc3 {0-1 (84) Tari,A (2880)-Makarian, R (2598) Chess.com INT 2020}) (8. h3 Nd7 (8... Qe7 9. Ng5 Bxb3 10. axb3 O-O-O 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. Nf3 Nf8 13. Be3 a6 14. O-O f6 15. Rfd1 Ne6 16. c3 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Kb8 18. d4 exd4 19. cxd4 Rhe8 20. Rd2 g5 21. Re1 Nf4 22. Rc2 Rd6 23. e5 Re6 24. Qe4 h6 25. g3 Nd5 {1/2-1/2 (25) Bartel,M (2625)-Vallejo Pons,F (2677) Moscow 2016}) 9. Bd2 Qe7 10. Qe2 f6 11. Bc3 a5 12. Nbd2 c5 13. a4 Nb8 14. b3 Nc6 15. Bb2 Nd4 16. Qd1 c6 17. O-O g5 18. Nh2 Bd7 19. Nc4 Bc7 20. Ne3 h5 21. Re1 O-O-O 22. Nhf1 g4 23. c3 Ne6 24. h4 Nf4 25. Qc2 f5 26. Ng3 Qxh4 27. Ngxf5 Qg5 28. Ba3 b6 29. b4 h4 30. bxc5 g3 31. Rf1 Bxf5 32. Nxf5 h3 33. fxg3 hxg2 34. Rxf4 exf4 35. Qxg2 Rxd3 36. Rb1 fxg3 37. Qe2 Rd2 38. Ne7+ Qxe7 39. Qxd2 Qxe4 {0-1 (39) Andriasian,Z (2606)-Pashikian,A (2606) Yerevan 2021}) (8. Nxe5 Bxb3 9. axb3 Qd4 10. Ng4 Nxg4 11. Qxg4 Qxf2+ 12. Kd1 O-O 13. Ra4 f5 14. exf5 Qxf5 15. Bd2 (15. Re1 Qxg4+ (15... Bc5 16. Bh6 Rf7 17. Qxf5 Rxf5 18. Rg4 Bf8 {1/2-1/2 (18) Tkachenko,Y (2331)-Moskalenko,E (2235) ICCF email 2019}) 16. Rxg4 Bc5 17. Bf4 Bd6 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. Re7 Rf7 20. Rxf7 Kxf7 21. Rf4+ Ke7 22. Re4+ Kd7 23. Rf4 Ke7 24. Re4+ Kd7 25. Rf4 Ke7 {1/2-1/2 (25) Hamitevici,V (2472)-Van Foreest,L (2531) Batumi 2019}) 15... Bc5 16. Re1 Qxg4+ 17. Rxg4 Rae8 18. Rge4 Rxe4 19. Rxe4 Rf1+ 20. Re1 Rf2 21. Re2 Rf1+ 22. Re1 Rf2 23. Re2 Rf1+ 24. Re1 {1/2-1/2 (24) Maghsoodloo,P (2664)-Grischuk,A (2759) Douglas 2019}) (8. Bd2 Nd7 (8... Qe7 9. Bc3 Nd7 10. Qe2 O-O-O 11. Nfd2 a6 12. Na5 h5 13. Nac4 Ba7 14. a4 Qg5 15. Nf3 Qg6 16. Ne3 f6 17. b4 h4 18. b5 Nb8 19. Rb1 h3 20. g3 axb5 21. axb5 Qe8 22. bxc6 Nxc6 23. Nd2 Qh5 24. Qxh5 Rxh5 25. O-O g6 26. Rfe1 f5 27. exf5 gxf5 28. Rb5 Bd4 29. Bxd4 exd4 30. Ng2 Bd7 31. Nf4 Rh6 32. Nf3 b6 33. Re2 Nb8 34. Rb1 Ba4 35. Rb4 b5 36. Rxd4 Rf8 37. Rd5 Na6 38. Nd4 c5 39. Nxf5 Rhf6 40. Nd6+ Kb8 41. Ne4 Rc6 42. Nxh3 Rfc8 43. c3 b4 44. Nf4 Rb6 45. Rb2 Ka7 46. c4 Bc6 47. Re5 b3 48. h4 Rb4 49. h5 Rcb8 50. Nc3 Kb6 51. Re6 Rc8 52. Nfd5+ Ka5 53. Re1 { 1-0 (53) Utegaliev,A (2507)-Makarian,R (2458) Cheliabinsk 2021}) 9. Na5 (9. Ng5 Bxb3 10. axb3 Qe7 11. b4 O-O 12. Qh5 Nf6 13. Qh4 Rfe8 14. Nf3 a6 15. O-O c5 16. bxc5 Qxc5 17. Bc3 Qd6 18. Qg3 Nd7 19. Nh4 Rad8 20. Kh1 Nf8 21. Nf5 Qf6 22. f4 Bd4 23. fxe5 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Rxe5 25. Nh6+ Qxh6 26. Qxe5 Qe6 27. Qxc7 Rc8 28. Qxb7 Rxc2 29. Rxa6 Rxb2 30. Qa7 Qb3 31. Rb6 Qa2 32. Qxa2 Rxa2 33. Rb8 Ra3 34. h3 Rxd3 35. Rc1 {1-0 (35) Pap,M (2432)-Pastar,S (2323) Senta 2020}) 9... Bxa5 10. Bxa5 c5 11. Bc3 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qe7 14. Qg3 f6 15. O-O O-O-O 16. f4 Rhe8 17. b3 exf4 18. Rxf4 Nb8 19. Rf5 Nc6 20. Raf1 Rd7 21. Kh1 b6 22. Qh4 h6 23. Qg4 Kb7 24. a4 a5 25. R5f3 Nd4 26. Bxd4 Rxd4 27. Rf5 Rd7 28. Qg6 Qe6 29. R1f3 Ree7 30. Qg4 Qd6 31. Rd5 Qc6 32. Rxd7 Qxd7 {1/2-1/2 (32) Caruana,F (2823) -Anand,V (2779) Saint Louis 2016}) 8... Qe7 (8... Qd6 9. Be3 (9. Bd2 Nd7 10. Ng5 Bxb3 (10... Nf8 11. Na5 Bxa5 12. Bxa5 f6 13. Nxe6 Nxe6 14. Bd2 O-O 15. Qg4 c5 16. b3 a5 17. a4 b6 18. Kh1 Rad8 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 Nxf4 21. Rxf4 Rde8 22. Raf1 Re5 23. Rf5 Rxf5 24. Rxf5 Re8 25. Rf1 Re5 26. h3 Qe6 27. Qf4 Qd6 28. Qg4 Qe6 29. Qg3 Qd6 30. Qf2 Qd4 31. Qf3 Qd6 32. Qf4 Qe6 33. Rf2 Qd6 34. Qg4 Qe6 35. Qf4 Qd6 36. Qg4 Qe6 37. Qf4 Qd6 {1/2-1/2 (37) Ambartsumova,K (2280)-Ovod,E (2362) Sochi 2016}) 11. axb3 f6 12. Nf3 O-O 13. Nh4 Qe6 14. Kh1 Rad8 15. g4 g6 16. Qf3 Bd4 17. Rg1 Bxb2 18. Rxa7 Bd4 19. Rxb7 Bb6 20. Be3 c5 21. Qf5 Kf7 22. Qxe6+ Kxe6 23. b4 cxb4 24. Bxb6 cxb6 25. Ng2 Rb8 26. Ra7 b3 27. cxb3 Nc5 28. Rc1 Rfc8 29. Ne1 Nxb3 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Rb7 Rc6 32. Kg2 h5 33. gxh5 gxh5 34. Rh7 Nd4 35. Rxh5 b5 36. Rh8 Rb6 37. Nf3 b4 38. Rc8 b3 39. Nxd4+ exd4 40. Rc1 b2 41. Rb1 Rb3 42. h4 Kf7 43. Kf1 Kg6 44. Ke2 Kh5 45. Kd2 Kxh4 46. Kc2 Rc3+ 47. Kd2 Rb3 48. Kc2 {1/2-1/2 (48) Wei,Y (2694)-Anand,V (2770) Leon 2016}) 9... Bxe3 (9... Nd7 10. Ng5 O-O 11. Nxe6 Qxe6 12. Bd2 f5 13. exf5 Rxf5 14. Qe2 Raf8 15. Be3 Qg6 16. Bxb6 axb6 17. Nd2 Nc5 18. Ne4 Ne6 19. Ng3 Nd4 20. Qe4 R5f6 21. c3 Nb5 22. Qxg6 Rxg6 23. Rfe1 Re6 24. Re3 Rfe8 25. Ne4 h6 26. Rae1 Kf7 27. Kf1 Nd6 28. Ng3 c5 29. Ke2 g6 30. Kd2 R6e7 31. Kc2 Kf6 32. Rf3+ Kg7 33. a4 Re6 34. Rfe3 R6e7 35. f3 Re6 36. Ra1 Nf5 37. Re4 Nd6 38. Re2 Nf5 39. Ne4 Nd6 40. Nd2 Ra8 41. Ree1 Kf7 42. b3 Kf6 43. Kb2 Ree8 44. Re3 Nf5 45. Re2 Nd6 46. Rae1 Re7 47. Ne4+ Kf7 48. Nf2 Rae8 49. Ng4 h5 50. Nxe5+ Kg7 51. f4 Nf5 52. g3 Nd6 53. Kc2 Nf5 54. Kd2 Nd6 55. Nf3 Rxe2+ 56. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 57. Kxe2 Kf6 58. Ke3 Nf5+ 59. Kf2 Ne7 60. Nd2 Nd5 61. Ne4+ Kf5 62. Kf3 Ke6 63. h3 Kf5 64. g4+ hxg4+ 65. hxg4+ Ke6 66. c4 Nb4 67. Nf2 Nc2 68. Ke4 Nd4 69. b4 Nb3 70. b5 Nd2+ 71. Ke3 Nb3 72. Ne4 Nd4 73. Nd2 Nc2+ 74. Ke4 Nd4 75. Nf3 Ne2 76. Nh4 Kf6 77. g5+ Kf7 78. f5 Nc3+ 79. Ke5 gxf5 80. g6+ Kg7 81. Kxf5 Nxa4 82. Kg5 Nb2 83. Nf5+ Kg8 84. Kf6 Nxd3 85. Ne7+ Kf8 86. g7+ Ke8 87. g8=Q+ Kd7 88. Qd5+ {1-0 (88) Piorun,K (2651)-Georgiev,K (2623) Katowice 2017}) 10. fxe3 c5 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. a4 Ne8 13. Ng5 f6 14. Nxe6 Qxe6 15. Qh5 Nd6 16. b3 b6 17. Nc4 a6 18. Rf3 b5 19. Nxd6 cxd6 20. Rh3 h6 21. Qg6 Qe8 22. Rxh6 Qxg6 23. Rxg6 c4 24. dxc4 bxc4 25. Rd1 Rfd8 26. Kf2 Rab8 27. bxc4 Kf7 28. Rg3 Rbc8 29. Rb1 Rd7 30. Rb6 a5 31. Ra6 Rxc4 32. Rxa5 Rxe4 33. Kf3 f5 34. Rh3 Rc7 35. Rh8 Rc3 36. Ra7+ Kg6 37. Rd7 Rcxe3+ 38. Kf2 Re2+ 39. Kf1 Re1+ 40. Kf2 R1e2+ 41. Kf1 Rxc2 42. Rxd6+ Kg5 43. Rg8 Rc7 44. a5 Ra4 45. Rd2 Rxa5 46. g3 Rca7 47. Kg2 Kg6 48. Rd6+ Kf7 49. Rdd8 Ra2+ 50. Kh3 Rf2 51. g4 f4 52. Rge8 Re7 53. Rf8+ Ke6 54. Ra8 Rc2 55. g5 Kd5 56. Kg4 g6 57. Ra4 Rg2+ 58. Kf3 Rxg5 59. Ra5+ Ke6 60. Ra6+ Kd5 61. Ra5+ Kc6 62. Rf6+ Kb7 63. Raa6 Rh5 64. Rfb6+ Kc8 65. Rxg6 Rxh2 66. Ra8+ Kb7 67. Rga6 Rc7 68. R8a7+ Kc8 69. Ra8+ Kd7 70. Rg6 Rc3+ 71. Ke4 Re2+ 72. Kf5 Kc7 73. Rg7+ Kb6 74. Rb8+ Ka6 75. Rg1 Ka7 76. Rb5 Ra2 77. Rxe5 f3 78. Kf4 f2 79. Rf1 Kb6 80. Re3 Rc7 81. Rb3+ Ka5 82. Rb8 Ra4+ 83. Ke5 Re7+ 84. Kf6 Re2 85. Ra8+ Kb4 86. Rxa4+ Kxa4 87. Kg5 Kb5 88. Kg4 Kc4 89. Kg3 Kd4 90. Rxf2 Rxf2 91. Kxf2 {1/2-1/2 (91) Wang,H (2756)-Navara,D (2707) Jerusalem 2019}) (8... Nd7 9. h3 (9. Ng5 Bxb3 10. axb3 h6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. g3 Re8 13. Bd2 Nf8 14. Bc3 Qd6 15. Nh4 Ng6 16. Nf5 Qf6 17. Kg2 Ne7 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. f4 exf4 20. Rxf4 Qd7 21. Qg4 Qxg4 22. Rxg4 g6 23. Rh4 Be3 24. Ra5 c5 25. Kf3 Bg5 26. Rh3 b6 27. Ra6 f5 28. Ra4 Rf8 29. Ke2 a6 30. Rc4 Rae8 31. e5 h5 32. b4 cxb4 33. Rxb4 b5 34. d4 c5 35. dxc5 Bf6 36. Kf3 Bxe5 37. Rb3 Rf6 38. Ra3 Rc6 39. Bxe5 Rxe5 40. b4 Re1 41. Rh4 Rc1 42. Ra2 Kf7 43. Rd4 Rf1+ 44. Kg2 Rc1 45. h4 Re6 46. Kf2 Ke7 47. Rd3 Rb1 48. Rb3 Rd1 49. Re3 Rxe3 50. Kxe3 Re1+ 51. Kf2 Re4 52. c3 Rc4 53. Rxa6 Rxc3 54. Rb6 Rc4 55. Rxb5 f4 56. Rb6 fxg3+ 57. Kxg3 Rg4+ 58. Kh3 Kd7 59. b5 Rc4 60. Rxg6 Rxc5 61. Rg5 Kd6 62. Kg3 Rc3+ 63. Kf2 Rc5 64. Ke3 {1-0 (64) Torosyan,N (2361)-Hoghmrtsyan,A (1870) Yerevan 2016}) 9... f6 10. d4 O-O 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 fxe5 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. fxe3 b6 16. Nc1 Rfe8 17. Nd3 c5 18. a3 a5 19. Rd2 Bc8 20. Nf2 Bb7 21. Rad1 Bc6 22. Rd3 Kf7 23. c4 a4 24. R1d2 Ke6 25. Nd1 Bxe4 26. Rd7 Re7 27. Rxe7+ Kxe7 28. Nc3 Bc6 29. e4 Rf8 30. g3 Rf6 31. Kg2 Rd6 32. Rxd6 cxd6 33. h4 Kf6 34. Kf3 h5 35. Ke3 g5 36. Kd3 gxh4 37. gxh4 Ke7 38. Kc2 Kd8 39. b3 axb3+ 40. Kxb3 Kc7 41. a4 Bd7 42. Nb5+ Kc6 43. Na7+ Kb7 44. Nb5 Ka6 45. Nxd6 Bc6 46. Kc3 Ka5 47. Kd3 Kxa4 48. Nf7 Kb3 49. Nxe5 Be8 50. Nf3 Kb4 51. Ne5 Kb3 52. Nf3 Bf7 53. Nd2+ Kb4 54. e5 Be6 55. Kc2 Bg4 56. Kd3 Bf5+ 57. Ne4 b5 58. cxb5 Kxb5 59. Ke3 Bxe4 60. Kxe4 Kc6 61. Kf5 Kd7 62. e6+ Ke7 63. Ke5 c4 64. Kd4 Kxe6 65. Kxc4 Kf5 66. Kd4 Kg4 67. Ke3 {1/2-1/2 (67) Malakhov,V (2694)-Kramnik,V (2777) Berlin 2015}) 9. Qe1 (9. Qe2 O-O 10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. b3 Rfe8 12. Nc4 Bxc4 13. bxc4 Bc5 14. Rb1 b6 15. c3 h6 16. d4 Ba3 17. Re1 Bxc1 18. Rbxc1 Rad8 19. Rcd1 c5 20. d5 Nf6 21. a4 a5 22. Nd2 Qd7 23. Ra1 g6 24. Nb1 Rf8 25. Na3 Ne8 26. Nb5 Nd6 27. Rad1 {1/2-1/2 (27) Yanushevsky,N (2313)-Klim,A (2306) ICCF email 2016}) (9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 g5 11. Qe1 g4 12. Nh4 Nd7 13. g3 O-O-O 14. Qc3 Rhg8 15. Na5 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Rg5 17. Nc4 Rh5 18. Ng2 {1-0 (18) Gonzalez Sanchez,F (2284)-Clark,R (2206) ICCF email 2017}) 9... Nd7 10. Na5 (10. Qc3 f6 11. Nfd2 a5 12. a4 Nc5 13. Nc4 Nxb3 14. Qxb3 O-O 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Qf7 17. Qc3 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Qxc4 19. dxc4 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 Kf7 21. Kf2 c5 22. Ke2 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Ke7 24. Rd5 b6 25. Kf3 h5 26. Kg3 g5 27. Kf3 Rd8 28. Rxd8 Kxd8 29. g4 h4 30. h3 Kd7 {1/2-1/2 (30) Yu,Y (2736)-Swiercz,D (2646) Doha 2015}) 10... O-O-O 11. Be3 f6 12. b4 h5 13. a4 Kb8 14. b5 Bxa5 15. Qxa5 c5 16. Qc3 g5 17. a5 h4 18. Nd2 g4 19. f4 gxf3 20. Rxf3 Rdg8 21. Nb3 Bxb3 22. Qxb3 Qd6 23. Raf1 Rg7 24. a6 b6 25. R1f2 c6 26. h3 cxb5 27. Qxb5 Kc7 28. Kh2 Rhg8 29. Bd2 Qe6 30. Qb1 Rg6 31. Rf5 Rh8 32. c3 Qd6 33. Be3 Rg3 34. R5f3 Rhg8 35. Kh1 R3g7 36. d4 cxd4 37. cxd4 Kb8 38. dxe5 fxe5 39. Qf1 Qe6 40. Bc1 Rc8 41. Bb2 Nc5 42. Rf6 Qe7 43. R2f5 Nd7 44. Rf7 Rxf7 45. Rxf7 Qd6 46. Qf5 Rd8 47. Kh2 Ka8 48. Qg5 Rc8 49. Qxh4 Nc5 50. Qg5 Qc6 51. Qxe5 Nxa6 52. h4 Nc5 53. Qe7 Nb7 54. h5 Rg8 55. Rg7 Rc8 56. Be5 Qxe4 57. Bg3 Qd5 58. h6 Qh5+ 59. Qh4 Qxh4+ 60. Bxh4 Nd6 61. h7 {1-0 (61) Le,Q (2709)-Caruana,F (2835) chess24.com INT 2020}) (7... Bd6 8. Na5 (8. Ng5 Bxb3 (8... Bg4 9. f3 Bd7 10. f4 exf4 11. O-O Ng4 12. Nf3 g5 13. e5 Be7 14. h3 Nh6 15. h4 gxh4 16. Bxf4 Nf5 17. Nfd2 Be6 18. Ne4 Qd7 19. Kh2 O-O-O 20. Qe1 b6 21. Nbd2 h3 22. g3 h5 23. Nf3 h4 24. g4 Nd4 25. Nxd4 Qxd4 26. Qe2 Qxb2 27. a4 a5 28. Qf2 c5 29. Rab1 Qd4 30. Qxd4 Rxd4 31. Ra1 Bxg4 32. Be3 Rd5 33. Rxf7 Rxe5 34. Bf4 Rf5 35. Rxe7 Rxf4 36. Rg1 Rhf8 37. Re1 Rf1 38. Re8+ Kb7 39. Rxf1 Rxf1 40. Rh8 Rc1 41. Rxh4 Rxc2+ 42. Kg1 Bd7 43. Nf2 Ra2 {0-1 (43) Ambartsumova,K (2307)-Ovod,E (2329) Sochi 2016}) 9. axb3 Nd7 10. O-O f6 11. Nf3 Nc5 12. Nd2 Ne6 13. Nc4 c5 14. Qh5+ g6 15. Qg4 Qd7 16. Be3 Be7 17. g3 O-O 18. f4 exf4 19. gxf4 f5 20. Qg2 Nd4 21. e5 c6 22. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 23. Qf2 Qd5 24. Qf3 Qd4+ 25. Qe3 Qd5 26. Qf3 Qd4+ 27. Qf2 Qd7 28. Rfe1 b5 29. Nd2 a5 30. Nf3 Qd5 31. h4 Kh8 32. Kh2 Rfd8 33. h5 gxh5 34. Rg1 Rg8 35. Nh4 Qe6 36. Rxg8+ Rxg8 37. Rxa5 Rg4 38. Ra8+ Kg7 39. Ng2 h4 40. Qf3 Qg6 41. Ra7 Kf8 42. Ra8+ Kf7 43. Ra7 Rg3 44. e6+ Kf6 45. Qe2 Qg4 46. Qxg4 Rxg4 47. Rc7 Kxe6 48. Rxc6+ Bd6 49. Rb6 b4 50. Kh3 Rg3+ 51. Kh2 Rg4 52. Kh3 Kd7 53. Nxh4 Rxf4 54. Rb7+ Bc7 55. Ra7 Rf2 56. Ng2 f4 57. Ra8 f3 58. Ne3 Rh2+ 59. Kg4 f2 60. Rf8 Bd6 61. Rf7+ Ke6 62. Rf3 Be5 63. c3 bxc3 64. bxc3 Bxc3 65. Nf1 Rg2+ 66. Kh3 Rg1 67. Rxf2 Bd4 68. Re2+ Kd5 69. Ng3 Rb1 70. Nf5 Rxb3 71. Ne7+ Kd6 72. Nf5+ Kc6 73. Re6+ Kb5 74. Kg4 Rxd3 75. Kf4 Rd1 76. Re8 Rf1+ 77. Kg4 h5+ 78. Kg5 Kc4 79. Rd8 Rf2 80. Rd7 Kd3 81. Ra7 Be5 82. Ra3+ Kc4 83. Ne3+ Kb4 84. Rd3 Bf4+ 85. Kxh5 Bxe3 {0-1 (85) Pichot,A (2616)-Quesada Perez,Y (2662) Chess.com INT 2017}) (8. Qe2 Qe7 9. h3 c5 10. Na5 Bc8 11. Bd2 Nd7 12. c3 Nb8 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 exd4 15. e5 Bc5 16. O-O Bb6 17. Nc4 Nc6 18. b4 Nxb4 19. Nd6+ cxd6 20. Bxb4 Bc5 21. Nxd4 Bxb4 22. Qb5+ Kf8 23. Qxb4 dxe5 24. Qxe7+ Kxe7 25. Rfe1 Kf6 26. Nf3 Re8 27. Rab1 b6 28. Rb5 e4 29. Nd4 Bd7 30. Rd5 Rad8 31. f3 e3 32. Nc2 Be6 33. Rxd8 Rxd8 34. Nxe3 Bxa2 35. Ng4+ Kf5 36. h4 h6 37. h5 Kg5 38. Re5+ f5 39. Ne3 Rf8 40. Kf2 g6 41. g4 Kf6 42. f4 fxg4 43. Nxg4+ Kg7 44. Kg3 Bb1 45. hxg6 Bxg6 46. Rd5 a5 47. Rb5 a4 48. Rxb6 Ra8 49. Rb7+ Kf8 50. Nxh6 Be4 51. Rb4 Bd5 52. Rb5 Bb3 53. Nf5 a3 54. Nd4 Bf7 55. Rb1 a2 56. Ra1 Rb8 57. Kf3 Rb1 58. Nc2 Ke7 59. Ke3 Kf6 60. Ke4 Be6 61. Kd4 Kf5 62. Ke3 Bd5 63. Kd4 Bb3 64. Kc3 Kxf4 65. Na3 Ke5 {1/2-1/2 (65) Antipov,M (2573)-Kobalia,M (2632) Moscow 2016}) (8. O-O Qe7 (8... O-O 9. Bg5 c5 10. Na5 Rb8 11. Qe1 h6 12. Bh4 Bg4 13. Qe3 Qe7 14. a4 Qe6 15. h3 Bh5 16. Nc4 Nd7 17. g4 Bg6 18. Bg3 Rbd8 19. Rae1 Rfe8 20. Nh4 Nb6 21. Na5 Rb8 22. b3 Qd7 23. Rd1 Re6 24. Qe2 Qe8 25. Nf5 f6 26. Qd2 Bf7 27. f4 exf4 28. Bxf4 Bg6 29. Be3 Bf8 30. Qh2 Qd7 31. Qf2 Bxf5 32. gxf5 Re5 33. Qg2 Ree8 34. Kh1 Kh8 35. Rg1 Qf7 36. Qe2 c6 37. Rg6 Nc8 38. Qh5 Qd7 39. Bxh6 gxh6 40. Rdg1 {1-0 (40) Bartel,M (2625)-Goryachkina,A (2509) Moscow 2016}) (8... c5 9. Na5 Qc8 10. Ng5 (10. b3 h6 11. Bb2 Bg4 12. Nc4 Qe6 13. Ne3 h5 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 g6 16. a3 a5 17. Nc4 a4 18. Qg3 h4 19. Qh2 axb3 20. f4 Nh5 21. cxb3 Ng3 22. Rf3 O-O-O 23. fxe5 Be7 24. Rxg3 hxg3 25. Qxg3 Rd7 26. a4 g5 27. Rf1 Rg8 28. Rf5 Bd8 29. Qf3 b6 30. Kf1 Qg6 31. Qg4 Rh8 32. Rf3 Rh4 33. Qf5 Qc6 34. Ke2 g4 35. hxg4 Rh2 36. Kf2 Rh1 37. Rh3 Rd1 38. Ke2 Rg1 39. Kf2 Rd1 40. Ke2 Rg1 41. Kf2 Rd1 {1/2-1/2 (41) Zivkovic,V (2358)-Matanovic,L (2178) Bosnjaci 2015}) 10... Bg4 11. f3 Bh5 12. Qe1 h6 13. Nh3 g5 14. f4 gxf4 15. Nxf4 Bg4 16. Ng6 fxg6 17. Rxf6 g5 18. Bd2 Be7 19. Rf1 b5 20. Nc6 Qe6 21. Nxe5 Bh5 22. a4 c4 23. d4 Qb6 24. c3 Rf8 25. axb5 Qxb5 26. Rxf8+ Bxf8 27. Qf1 Qxb2 28. Nxc4 Qb3 29. Ne5 Bg7 30. Rb1 Qe6 31. Qb5+ Kf8 32. Qd7 Qxd7 33. Nxd7+ Ke8 34. Nc5 Bf8 35. Na6 Kd7 36. d5 Be2 37. Nb8+ Kd6 38. c4 Ke5 39. Re1 Bc5+ 40. Kh1 Rxb8 41. Ba5 Bb6 42. Bc3+ Kxe4 43. Bg7 Kd3 44. Rc1 Be3 45. Rc3+ Ke4 46. h3 Bd4 47. Bxd4 Kxd4 48. Ra3 Rb7 49. Ra6 h5 {0-1 (49) Dujava,D (2112)-Sahidi,S (2247) Slovakia 2017}) 9. Na5 O-O-O 10. a3 c5 11. Be3 Nd7 12. b4 Nb6 13. c4 cxb4 14. Qc2 b3 15. Nxb3 c5 16. Nfd2 Kd7 17. Nb1 Rc8 18. Nc3 Rhd8 19. Rab1 Ke8 20. Nd2 Qd7 21. Rfd1 Kf8 22. Qb3 Rb8 23. Nb5 Ra8 24. Nf1 Kg8 25. a4 Bf8 26. Nc3 Rab8 27. Qa3 Qc6 28. Nb5 Ra8 29. Qb3 Rd7 30. Rd2 Nc8 31. Nc3 Ne7 32. Nd5 Qd6 33. Qc3 Nc6 34. Rb5 Nd4 35. Bxd4 cxd4 36. Qb3 Rb8 37. Rb2 f6 38. Ng3 Rf7 39. a5 Bd7 40. Nf5 Qa6 41. Nc7 Qc6 42. Nd5 Qc8 43. c5 Qd8 44. a6 Bc6 45. Qc4 g6 46. Ng3 Bxb5 47. Qxb5 b6 48. cxb6 axb6 49. Qc6 Kg7 50. h4 Qd6 51. Qb5 Qc5 52. Qb3 Qa3 53. Qb5 Qc5 54. Qb3 Qa3 55. Qb5 Ra8 56. Nxb6 Rxa6 57. Nc4 Qa4 58. Qd5 Qd1+ 59. Kh2 Qg4 60. Rb7 Qxh4+ 61. Kg1 Ra1+ 62. Nf1 Rxb7 63. Qxb7+ Kh6 64. Qf7 Bb4 65. Qb7 Be1 66. Qb2 Bc3 67. Qe2 Qh5 68. f3 Qh4 {0-1 (68) Karthik,V (2479)-Aleksandrov,A (2592) New Delhi 2020}) (8. Bd2 Nd7 9. Ng5 Bxb3 10. axb3 Qe7 11. O-O f6 12. Nf3 c5 13. Nh4 g6 14. g3 a6 15. Ng2 O-O-O 16. f4 exf4 17. Nxf4 Bxf4 18. Bxf4 h5 19. Qe1 g5 20. Bd2 h4 21. g4 h3 22. Bc3 Rh4 23. Qe2 Ne5 24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. Rab1 Qd4+ 26. Kh1 Rd6 27. Rf5 b6 28. Qf3 Kb8 29. e5 fxe5 30. Rxg5 Rh8 31. Rf5 Rdd8 32. Qe2 Rdg8 33. g5 Rh4 34. Qxe5 Qd7 35. Rbf1 Rd8 36. Qg3 Rhh8 37. Rf7 Qd5+ 38. Kg1 Qd4+ 39. Kh1 Qd5+ 40. Kg1 Qd4+ 41. Kh1 Qd5+ {1/2-1/2 (41) Bakhmatsky,V (2454)-Oleksienko,M (2636) Lvov 2017}) (8. h3 c5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Na5 b6 12. Nc4 O-O 13. Nfd2 b5 14. Ne3 a5 15. Qh5 a4 16. Nf5 c4 17. g4 cxd3 18. cxd3 Qg5 19. Qxg5 hxg5 20. h4 gxh4 21. Rxh4 g6 22. Ke2 gxf5 23. gxf5 Kg7 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. Rg1+ Kf6 26. Rh6+ Ke7 27. Rgg6 Kd7 28. Rxe6 Rg8 29. Nf3 Rae8 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. Nh4 Bc5 32. Nf5 Rg8 33. Rh7+ Kc6 34. Rg7 Rh8 35. Rg6+ Kd7 36. Rg7+ Kc6 37. Rg6+ Kd7 38. Rh6 Rg8 39. Rh7+ Kc6 40. Re7 Rg1 41. Re6+ Bd6 {1/2-1/2 (41) Matinian,N (2495) -Belyakov,B (2487) Sochi 2016}) (8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 c5 10. Nbd2 Qe7 11. Qe2 g5 12. Bg3 Nd7 13. Nf1 f6 14. Ne3 Nb8 15. Nd2 Nc6 16. c3 O-O-O 17. Ndc4 Qd7 18. O-O Be7 19. Rfd1 h5 20. h4 Rdg8 21. a3 gxh4 22. Bxh4 Rg6 23. b4 Rhg8 24. g3 Nd8 25. Qxh5 Bf7 26. Qf5 Be6 27. Qf3 Rh6 28. Kf1 Bh3+ 29. Ke1 Ne6 30. Nd5 Ng5 31. Bxg5 Rxg5 32. Nde3 Be6 33. Ke2 Rh8 34. Rab1 Qa4 35. b5 Bd7 36. Rh1 Rxh1 37. Qxh1 Bxb5 38. Qh7 Bd8 39. Qf7 b6 40. Rh1 Be8 41. Qf8 Rh5 42. Rxh5 Bxh5+ 43. g4 Qe8 44. Qh6 Bf7 45. Nd5 Qe6 46. Qg7 Be8 47. Kf3 Qd7 48. Qf8 Qe6 49. Kg3 Qf7 50. Qh8 b5 51. Nce3 c6 52. Nf5 Kd7 53. Nde3 a5 54. c4 b4 55. a4 Be7 56. Nf1 Bf8 57. Nd2 Kc7 58. Nb3 Kb6 59. f3 Bd7 60. g5 Bc8 61. Qxf6 Qxf6 62. gxf6 Ba6 63. Kg4 Bb5 64. cxb5 cxb5 65. axb5 a4 66. Nd2 b3 67. Ne3 Kxb5 68. Nec4 Kb4 69. Nb1 b2 70. Nxb2 Kb3 71. Nc4 Kc2 72. Nba3+ Kxd3 73. Nxe5+ {1-0 (73) Brunello,M (2378) -Blagojevic,T (2169) Budva 2019}) 8... Bb4+ (8... Rb8 9. O-O (9. Bd2 O-O (9... c5 10. Qe2 O-O (10... Qe7 11. O-O (11. a3 h6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Rfb1 Qf6 14. b4 Bg4 15. Be3 O-O 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qxf3 18. gxf3 cxb4 19. axb4 a6 20. c4 b6 21. Nc6 Ra8 22. Rc1 Rfe8 23. c5 Bf8 24. Kf1 g6 25. f4 bxc5 26. bxc5 exf4 27. Bd4 Bg7 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Nb4 a5 30. Nd5 Ra7 31. Nxf4 Ne5 32. Ke2 Rd8 33. Rc3 g5 34. Nd5 f5 35. f3 Rb8 36. Ra2 Nc6 37. Rc4 Rb1 38. exf5 Rh1 39. Ke3 Re1+ 40. Kf2 Rh1 41. Ke3 Re1+ 42. Kd2 Rf1 43. Ke2 Rh1 44. Ra3 Rb7 45. Ke3 Re1+ 46. Kd2 Rbb1 47. Nc3 Rbc1 48. Re4 Rh1 49. Rb3 Nb4 50. Rbxb4 axb4 51. Rxb4 Rcf1 52. Rb7 Rxf3 53. Rxc7+ Kf8 54. Ne4 Rh2+ 55. Kc3 Rhxh3 56. Rd7 Rh1 57. Kd4 Rd1 58. Ke5 Rfxd3 59. Nd6 Rc3 60. Kf6 Rxd6+ 61. Rxd6 Ke8 62. c6 g4 63. Kg7 Rc5 64. f6 Rg5+ 65. Kxh6 Rc5 66. Kg6 g3 67. f7+ Ke7 68. Rd7+ {1-0 (68) Hou,Y (2661)-Zhu,C (2461) Sharjah 2014}) 11... Nd7 12. a3 O-O 13. Ng5 f6 14. Nxe6 Qxe6 15. b4 b6 16. Nc4 a6 17. Ne3 Rfe8 18. Rfb1 b5 19. Qg4 Qxg4 20. Nxg4 Nb6 21. Ne3 Red8 22. Kf1 Kf7 23. Ke2 Ke6 24. Rb3 g6 25. g4 c6 26. h4 Na4 27. Rh1 Rdc8 28. h5 g5 29. Rc1 Bc7 30. c4 Bd6 31. Rbb1 cxb4 32. axb4 c5 33. bxc5 Nxc5 34. cxb5 axb5 35. Rc2 Rc7 36. Nd5 Rd7 37. Bb4 Nb7 38. Rc6 Rbd8 39. Bxd6 Rxd6 40. Rc7 R6d7 41. Rxb5 Nd6 42. Rc6 Rc8 43. Rxc8 Nxc8 44. Rb8 Nd6 45. Ke3 Kf7 46. Rh8 Ke6 47. Rf8 Rf7 48. Ra8 Rd7 49. f3 Kf7 50. Rh8 Ke6 51. Rf8 Rf7 52. Ra8 Rd7 53. Ra6 Kf7 54. Kd2 Ne8 55. Kc3 Nd6 56. Kb4 Ne8 57. Kc5 h6 58. Ra8 Ng7 59. Kc6 Ke6 60. Rf8 { 1-0 (60) Stevic,H (2606)-Georgiev,K (2626) Palic 2014}) (10... h6 11. Nc4 (11. a3 Nd7 12. h3 Qf6 13. g4 Nf8 14. O-O-O Ng6 15. Kb1 Nf4 16. Bxf4 Qxf4 17. Nh4 h5 18. Nf5 Bf8 19. gxh5 a6 20. Qg4 Rh7 21. Rde1 Kd7 22. Nc4 Rd8 23. Nce3 Kc8 24. Qe2 Qg5 25. Ng3 Bd6 26. h4 Qf6 27. Nd5 Qh6 28. Reg1 Rdh8 29. Qf3 Bf8 30. Qe2 Bd6 31. Ne3 Qf6 32. c4 Bf8 33. Nd5 Qd8 34. f4 c6 35. f5 Bd7 36. Ne3 f6 37. Nef1 Be8 38. Nd2 Bf7 39. Nf3 Be7 40. Rg2 Qd7 41. Kc2 Rd8 42. Qe3 Qc7 43. Nd2 a5 44. Nb3 a4 45. Nd2 b5 46. Rc1 Qd7 47. Rgg1 Qd4 48. Qxd4 {1/2-1/2 (48) Durarbayli,V (2621)-Belyakov,B (2456) Doha 2014}) 11... Bxc4 12. dxc4 Qe7 13. O-O-O Qe6 14. Kb1 a6 15. Nh4 Qg4 16. Qxg4 Nxg4 17. Rdf1 g6 18. g3 Nf6 19. f3 b5 20. Ng2 Kd7 21. Ne3 Ke6 22. Bc3 Rhd8 23. Rf2 Be7 24. Nd5 Bd6 25. Rhf1 Nxd5 26. cxd5+ Kd7 27. f4 exf4 28. e5 b4 29. exd6 bxc3 30. b3 Kxd6 31. Rxf4 f5 32. g4 Rb4 33. gxf5 Rxf4 34. Rxf4 Re8 35. a3 gxf5 36. Rxf5 Re1+ 37. Ka2 Re2 38. b4 c4 39. Rh5 Rxc2+ 40. Kb1 Rb2+ 41. Kc1 Ra2 42. Rxh6+ Kxd5 43. Rh5+ Kd4 44. Rh4+ Kd3 45. Rh3+ Kd4 46. Rh4+ Kd5 47. Rh5+ Kc6 48. h4 Rxa3 49. Kc2 Kb6 50. Rc5 c6 51. h5 Rb3 52. Rxc4 Rb2+ 53. Kxc3 Rh2 {1/2-1/2 (53) Kokarev,D (2635)-Belyakov,B (2478) Sochi 2015}) (10... Nd7 11. h4 Bg4 12. Nc4 Nf8 13. Ne3 h5 14. O-O-O Qd7 15. Nxg4 Qxg4 16. Rh3 Qd7 17. Kb1 a5 18. c3 Ne6 19. Be3 Qb5 20. Ng5 Nd8 21. f4 a4 22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. Qc2 c4 24. d4 Bf6 25. Qe2 c6 26. Bf4 Ra8 27. a3 Be7 28. Ka1 b6 29. d5 Nb7 30. d6 Bd8 31. d7+ Kf8 32. Rf3 Be7 33. Ne6+ fxe6 34. Bd6+ Kg8 35. Bxe7 Kh7 36. Rg3 g6 37. Rg5 Qb3 38. Rf1 Nd8 39. Rxh5+ gxh5 40. Qxh5+ Kg7 41. Bf6+ { 1-0 (41) Todorovic,G (2406)-Blagojevic,T (2193) Belgrade 2021}) 11. Nc4 (11. h3 Qe8 12. Nc4 Nd7 13. O-O b5 14. Ne3 Nb6 15. Ng5 Bd7 16. c4 f6 17. Nf3 bxc4 18. dxc4 Nc8 19. b3 Ne7 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 e4 22. Nh2 f5 23. Rae1 Qg6 24. f4 exf3 25. Nxf3 Rbe8 26. Qd3 Re4 27. Bc3 Qg3 28. Qd2 Rfe8 29. Qg5 h6 30. Qxg3 Bxg3 31. Rd1 Re2 32. Be1 Bd6 33. Rf2 g5 34. Rxe2 Rxe2 35. Rd2 Re4 36. Bf2 g4 37. hxg4 fxg4 38. Ne1 g3 {0-1 (38) Anton Guijarro,D (2627)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2703) Almaty 2016}) 11... Bxc4 12. dxc4 Nd7 13. h4 Re8 (13... a6 14. h5 b5 15. Nh4 Qe8 16. Nf5 Kh8 17. Ba5 Nb6 18. Bxb6 Rxb6 19. O-O-O Qe6 20. Rh3 bxc4 21. Ne3 c3 22. b3 Rbb8 23. Nc4 f5 24. Rxc3 fxe4 25. Re3 Rf5 26. Rxe4 Rbf8 27. f3 Rxh5 28. Ne3 Qc8 29. Kb1 Rg5 30. Rh1 Rf4 31. Qd3 h6 32. Rd1 Qb7 33. Rd2 Rxe4 34. fxe4 Rg3 35. Re2 Kh7 36. Qd2 Qb4 37. Qd1 Rg6 38. Nc4 Qb8 39. Rf2 Qe8 40. Qe2 Qe6 41. Ne3 Be7 42. Nd5 Bg5 43. Nxc7 Qc6 44. Nd5 c4 45. Qxc4 Qxc4 46. bxc4 Rc6 47. Rf5 Rxc4 48. Rxe5 Rd4 49. Re6 Rd2 50. g4 Rg2 51. Rxa6 Rxg4 52. e5 h5 53. e6 h4 54. e7 Re4 55. Kb2 Bxe7 56. Rc6 Bb4 57. c3 Be7 58. Kc2 h3 59. Rb6 Re1 {0-1 (59) Caruana,F (2791)-Aronian,L (2815) Dubai 2014}) 14. h5 Nf8 15. Nh4 Ne6 16. O-O-O a6 17. Nf5 Nd4 18. Qg4 Nxf5 19. exf5 Kh8 20. Rh3 h6 21. Qe4 b5 22. g4 f6 23. Ra3 Rb6 24. Ba5 Rb8 25. Bd2 Rb6 26. Be3 Qe7 27. cxb5 axb5 28. Ra7 Rbb8 29. Qc6 Qf8 30. Kb1 Red8 31. a4 Rb6 32. Qe4 bxa4 33. Rxa4 Rdb8 34. Ra2 Rb4 35. c4 Kh7 36. Bd2 Rb3 37. Kc2 R3b6 38. Bc3 Rd8 39. Ra7 Rdb8 40. Rda1 Qc8 41. Qd5 Qg8 42. Qe4 Qc8 43. R1a2 Qd8 44. R2a6 Rxa6 45. Rxa6 Qd7 46. f3 Qc8 47. Qc6 Qg8 48. b3 Qd8 49. Qd5 Qg8 50. Ra7 Qxd5 51. cxd5 Kg8 52. Ba5 Rc8 53. Kd3 Kf8 54. Kc4 Ke8 55. Bd2 Kd7 56. Be3 Rb8 57. Ra4 Be7 58. f4 exf4 59. Bxf4 Bd6 60. Bxd6 Kxd6 61. Ra6+ Kd7 62. d6 Rb4+ 63. Kxc5 Rxb3 64. dxc7 Rc3+ 65. Kd5 Rxc7 66. g5 hxg5 67. h6 gxh6 68. Rxf6 Ke7 69. Rxh6 Rc1 70. Rg6 {1/2-1/2 (70) Lagarde,M (2657)-Korneev,O (2514) Trieste 2020}) 10. Qe2 (10. h3 Qe8 11. b4 b6 12. Nb3 Nd7 13. O-O h6 14. a4 f5 15. exf5 Rxf5 16. Bc3 Qf8 17. b5 c5 18. Nbd2 Rf4 19. Qe2 Bd5 20. Ne4 Re8 21. Nfd2 Nf6 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. f3 Qf7 24. Ne4 f5 25. Nxd6 cxd6 26. g3 Rd4 27. Bxd4 cxd4 28. Qd2 Qg7 29. Kh2 Rc8 30. a5 Kh7 31. axb6 axb6 32. Ra6 Qc7 33. Rf2 Qc5 34. Ra7+ Kg6 35. f4 e4 36. dxe4 Bxe4 37. Qe2 Qxc2 38. Qxc2 Bxc2 39. Rd7 d3 40. Rxd6+ Kg7 41. Rxb6 Rd8 42. Rd2 h5 43. Kg2 Rd4 44. Kf3 Rb4 45. Ke3 Re4+ 46. Kf3 Rb4 47. Rb8 Kf7 48. b6 Ke7 49. b7 Kd7 50. Rh8 Rxb7 51. Rh7+ Kc6 52. Rxb7 Kxb7 53. Ke3 Kc6 54. Kd4 Kd6 55. Rf2 Ke6 56. Kc5 Bd1 57. Rd2 Bc2 58. Kc6 Ke7 59. Kd5 Kf6 60. Kd6 Bb1 61. Kd5 Bc2 62. Rf2 Bd1 63. Kd4 Bc2 64. Ke3 Kg6 65. Rf1 Kh6 66. Ra1 Kg6 67. Ra6+ Kg7 68. Rd6 Kf7 69. Rh6 {1-0 (69) Malakhov,V (2694)-Hansen,E (2573) Berlin 2015}) 10... Re8 11. h3 Nd7 12. Ng5 Nf8 13. Nxe6 Nxe6 14. Qg4 Bc5 15. O-O Qe7 16. Nc4 f6 17. Kh1 Rbd8 18. Ne3 Bxe3 19. fxe3 c5 20. Bc3 Ng5 21. b3 Qe6 22. Qh5 b5 23. Qe2 Rd7 24. Ba5 Red8 25. Rfd1 Qa6 26. Be1 c4 27. Bh4 Nf7 28. Rd2 cxd3 29. cxd3 b4 30. Rad1 Nd6 31. Qg4 Nb5 32. Rf2 Rd6 33. Rdf1 Qc8 34. Rf5 c5 35. Qg3 Kh8 36. Rxf6 gxf6 37. Rxf6 R8d7 38. Qxe5 Kg8 39. Re6 Rxe6 40. Qxe6+ Kf8 41. Bg5 Qc7 42. Bh6+ Rg7 43. e5 Nc3 44. d4 cxd4 45. exd4 Qf7 46. Qc8+ Ke7 47. Qb7+ Ke6 48. Qc6+ Ke7 49. Bxg7 Qxg7 50. Qb7+ Kf8 51. Qxb4+ {1-0 (51) Caruana,F (2804)-Topalov,V (2761) Leuven 2016}) (9. Qe2 Qe7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Rfe8 13. Kh1 g5 14. Bg3 Nd7 15. Nc4 Qf6 16. Nfd2 Nf8 17. Qh5 Qg7 18. Ne3 Ng6 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. exf5 Ne7 21. Qh3 g4 22. Qh5 Qg5 23. Qxg5+ hxg5 24. Ne4 Nxf5 25. Nf6+ Kg7 26. Nxe8+ Rxe8 27. Rae1 Kg6 28. Kg1 f6 29. c3 Rd8 30. Re2 Bc5 31. Rd1 Bb6 32. Ree1 Rd7 33. Kf1 a5 34. Kg1 Rd5 35. Kf1 Rb5 36. Rd2 Rd5 37. Rdd1 Rb5 38. Rd2 Rd5 {1/2-1/2 (38) Kokarev,D (2638) -Khismatullin,D (2650) Sochi 2015}) 9... O-O 10. Be3 (10. b3 Qe7 11. a4 Bb4 12. Nc4 Bxc4 13. bxc4 Nd7 14. Bg5 f6 15. Be3 Bc5 16. Nh4 Bxe3 17. fxe3 g6 18. Qg4 Rbe8 19. Rf3 Qe6 20. Qg3 Kf7 21. a5 b5 22. axb6 axb6 23. Ra7 Qd6 24. Qh3 Ke7 25. Rf1 Ra8 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. Nf3 h5 28. Qg3 g5 29. Qf2 Qe6 30. d4 c5 31. d5 Qg8 32. h4 gxh4 33. Nxh4 Ra2 34. Nf5+ Kd8 35. Qd2 Ra3 36. Rf3 h4 37. Rh3 Ra4 38. Rxh4 Rxc4 39. d6 cxd6 40. Nxd6 Ra4 41. Rh8 {1-0 (41) Ding,L (2778)-Ma,Q (2645) China 2018}) 10... c5 11. h3 Qd7 12. Nd2 b6 13. Nac4 Qe7 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Bxf4 16. Rxf4 Nd7 17. Qh5 f6 18. Raf1 b5 19. Ne3 Ne5 20. Rh4 g5 21. Rg4 Bf7 22. Qh6 Bg6 23. Rg3 Nf7 24. Nd5 Qd6 25. Rxf6 Nxh6 26. Rxd6 cxd6 27. Rxg5 Nf7 28. Rg3 b4 29. Nc4 Kh8 30. Nf4 Ne5 31. Nxg6+ hxg6 32. Nxd6 Rfd8 33. Rg5 Rxd6 34. Rxe5 c4 35. dxc4 Rd2 36. b3 Rxc2 37. Rg5 Kh7 38. h4 Rd8 39. e5 Rxa2 40. e6 Re2 41. Ra5 Rdd2 42. Rg5 Rxe6 43. c5 a5 44. Rg4 a4 45. bxa4 b3 46. a5 b2 47. Rb4 Re1+ 48. Kh2 b1=Q 49. Rxb1 Rxb1 50. a6 Ra1 51. c6 Rc2 52. c7 Rxc7 53. a7 Raxa7 54. h5 gxh5 55. Kh3 Rc4 56. g3 Ra3 57. Kh2 Rcc3 58. Kh3 Rxg3+ 59. Kh4 Rg1 {0-1 (59) Nakamura,H (2736)-Martirosyan,H (2622) Chess.com INT 2020}) (8... Qc8 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Bc3 Re8 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. O-O Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Nc4 f6 16. Nh4 Nf8 17. Nf5 Qd7 18. Nce3 Ne6 19. Ng2 c5 20. Qf3 Bf8 21. Qg3 b5 22. h4 b4 23. Bd2 c4 24. Be3 b3 25. axb3 cxb3 26. cxb3 Qxd3 27. h5 Bf7 28. Rfd1 Qxe4 29. Rd7 Rad8 30. Rad1 Rxd7 31. Rxd7 Rd8 32. Rxd8 Nxd8 33. Bxa7 Qb1+ 34. Kh2 Qxb2 35. g5 Qxb3 36. Nge3 Kh8 37. h6 g6 38. Ng7 Qa2 39. Bb8 f5 40. Bxc7 f4 41. Qf3 fxe3 42. Bxe5 Kg8 43. Qxe3 Qc4 44. Kg3 Qb3 45. Qxb3 Bxb3 46. Ne8 Be7 47. Bf6 Nc6 48. Bxe7 Nxe7 49. Nf6+ Kh8 50. f3 Bd1 51. Kf4 Nc6 52. Ke3 Ne5 53. Kf4 Nxf3 54. Nd7 Nd4 55. Ke5 Bg4 56. Nf6 Nc6+ 57. Kd6 Bf3 58. Nd7 Nd4 59. Ke5 Nf5 60. Kf6 Kg8 61. Ke6 Nd4+ 62. Ke5 Nc6+ 63. Kf6 Bg4 64. Nc5 Nb4 65. Ne4 Nd3 66. Nd6 Nc5 67. Ke5 Nd7+ 68. Kf4 Be6 69. Ne4 Kf8 70. Nd6 Ke7 71. Ne4 {1/2-1/2 (71) Caruana,F (2823)-Nakamura,H (2779) Saint Louis 2016}) 9. Bd2 Bxa5 10. Bxa5 Nd7 11. d4 exd4 12. Qxd4 f6 13. O-O-O b6 14. Bc3 Qe7 15. Qa4 c5 16. Qc6 O-O-O 17. Rxd7 {1-0 (17) Vitiugov,N (2720)-Malakhov,V (2665) Lichess.org INT 2020}) ( 7... Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Bd6 9. Na5 (9. O-O c5 10. Na5 Bc8 11. a3 O-O 12. b4 Nd7 13. Nc4 Re8 14. h3 b6 15. Nh2 Nf8 16. Nxd6 cxd6 17. c4 Ng6 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Nxf4 20. Rxf4 Qg5 21. Rf3 f5 22. exf5 Bxf5 23. Ra2 Re6 24. Raf2 Bg6 {1/2-1/2 (24) Vaibhav,S (2502)-Klein,D (2447) Haarlem 2012}) 9... Rb8 10. b3 O-O 11. Nc4 Nd7 12. Ng5 Bxc4 13. bxc4 Qe7 14. O-O Bb4 15. Bxb4 Qxb4 16. Qg4 Qe7 17. Rae1 h6 18. Nh3 b5 19. cxb5 cxb5 20. f4 Rb6 21. fxe5 Nxe5 22. Qd1 Ng6 23. Rf5 a6 24. Ref1 c5 25. Qe1 Re6 26. a4 b4 27. Nf2 Nh4 28. Rf4 g5 29. Rxh4 gxh4 30. Nh3 c4 31. Nf4 Qc5+ 32. Kh1 cxd3 33. cxd3 Rf6 34. h3 Qg5 35. Nd5 Rxf1+ 36. Qxf1 Rc8 { 0-1 (36) Lu,S (2607)-Ma,Q (2608) Zaozhuang 2015}) 8. axb3 {White has an edge.} O-O 9. O-O (9. Qe2 Qd6 10. Nh4 Qe6 11. Bd2 Bd4 12. Ra2 Ne8 13. Qh5 a6 14. O-O Nf6 15. Qg5 h6 16. Qg3 Qg4 17. Qxg4 Nxg4 18. h3 Nf6 19. Bb4 Rfe8 20. Rfa1 Nh5 21. Kf1 Nf4 22. Nf3 Ne6 23. g4 Rad8 24. Bd2 f6 25. h4 Rd7 26. Kg2 Red8 27. Ng1 Bb6 28. Ne2 Kf7 29. h5 Bc5 30. Rf1 Bb6 31. Kg3 c5 32. Be3 c6 33. b4 Nd4 34. Nxd4 cxd4 35. Bd2 Rc8 36. b3 Rdc7 37. Kh4 c5 38. b5 axb5 39. f4 exf4 40. Rxf4 Rc6 41. Rf5 b4 42. Ra1 Ke6 43. Rff1 Bc7 44. Ra7 Ra6 {1/2-1/2 (44) Baer,W (1315) -Lauer,R (1363) DESC email 1999}) 9... Re8 {[#]} 10. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Be3 Qe7 11. Kh1 Bb6 12. Nh4 g6 13. Bg5 Qe6 14. Qf3 Kg7 15. h3 h6 16. Bd2 { 1-0 (72) Chen,Q (2412)-Jiang,Q (1903) Jiangmen 2018} Kh7 17. Qd1 Nh5 18. Qc1 Qf6 19. g3 g5 20. Nf5 Ng7 21. Nxg7 Qf3+ 22. Kh2 Kxg7 23. Be3 Re6 24. Bxb6 cxb6 25. Qd2 a6 26. Rae1 Rf6 27. Re3 Qh5 28. Kg2 Re8 29. Qc3 c5 30. b4 Rc6 31. bxc5 bxc5 32. Rf3 f6 33. Rf5 Qg6 34. Kh2 b6 35. f4 Rce6 36. Qc4 a5 37. Qd5 R8e7 38. Rf2 Qe8 39. Qb3 a4 40. Qc3 Qd8 41. Qd2 Qd4 42. c3 Qd8 43. h4 gxf4 44. gxf4 Rd7 45. Qe2 Qe8 46. Qf3 Kh7 47. fxe5 fxe5 48. h5 Qe7 49. Qh3 Red6 50. R5f3 Qe6 51. Qf1 Rg7 52. Rf7 Rd7 53. Rxd7 Qxd7 54. Rf5 Qd8 55. Rf6 Rg5 56. Rf7+ Kg8 57. Qf3 Qe8 58. Rf5 Rxf5 59. exf5 Kg7 60. f6+ Kf7 61. Qf5 Qg8 62. Qxe5 Qe8 63. Qc7+ Kxf6 64. Qxb6+ Kg5 65. Qxc5+ Kg4 66. Qd4+ Kxh5 67. Qd5+ Kh4 68. Qe4+ Qxe4 69. dxe4 Kg4 70. c4 Kf4 71. c5 Ke5 72. Kg3 {1-0 (72) Chen,Q (2412)-Jiang,Q (1903) Jiangmen 2018}) 10... Nd7 11. Nc4 Nf8 12. Kh1 f6 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Ne6 15. Bd2 Qd7 16. Qg4 Rad8 17. Na5 Nd4 18. Qd1 Rb8 19. b4 Bf8 20. Be3 Nb5 21. Nb3 ( 21. Qe1 $14) 21... Rbd8 ({Black should try} 21... Bxb4 $11 22. Bxa7 Nxa7 23. Rxa7 Bd6) 22. Bc5 (22. Qe1 {with more complications.} a6 23. Bc5 Nd6 24. Kg1 Qc8 25. Qg3) 22... b6 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. c4 (24. Qd2 $14) 24... Nd6 $11 25. Qc2 ({Much weaker is} 25. Rxa7 Nxc4 $1 26. Nc1 Rf7 $1 $17) 25... Rfe8 26. h3 ({ Don't play} 26. Rxa7 Nc8 $17) 26... h6 27. Rfe1 Nf7 28. Rad1 f5 29. c5 fxe4 30. dxe4 Qe7 31. Nd4 Ne5 32. Nf5 Qe6 33. Qc3 Kh7 34. Rf1 Rxd1 35. Rxd1 Qg6 36. Ra1 bxc5 37. bxc5 Nd7 38. Rxa7 Rxe4 39. g4 Re5 $1 40. Rxc7 Rxc5 41. Qd4 Rd5 { [%CAl Rd5d4]} 42. Qe4 Nc5 43. Qf3 Rd3 44. Qg2 Nd7 {...Rd1+ is the strong threat.} 45. Qe4 $2 (45. Qe2 $11 {and White is okay.} Rxh3+ 46. Kg2) 45... Rxh3+ $19 46. Kg2 {[#]} Rh4 $3 {[%CAl Rh4g4][%mdl 576] Pin} 47. Rxc6 $2 (47. Ng3 Qxe4+ 48. Nxe4 Rxg4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 49. Kf3 Ne5+ 50. Ke3) 47... Rxg4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 48. Kf3 {[#]} Qxc6 $1 {[%mdl 512] Weighted Error Value: White=0.39/Black=0.07} 0-1