[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "lichess.org INT"] [Date "2020.09.19"] [Round "10"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B42"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2863"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2020.09.15"] [EventType "blitz"] {[%evp 0,45,19,32,36,47,56,40,29,51,78,39,45,52,68,31,30,25,16,22,22,16,30,10, 17,-45,20,28,26,13,29,59,39,54,62,32,140,160,143,143,159,120,414,441,448,478, 29991,828]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. Be3 d6 9. O-O Nf6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Rad1 b5 $11 12. f4 $4 e5 $4 (12... Bxe3+ 13. Qxe3 Ng4 $19 {followed by ...Qb6+ wins material.} 14. Qg3 Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Ne3 16. f5 Nxf1 17. Rxf1 f6 18. Qxd6 Rd8 19. Qg3 Qb8 20. Qh4 Ne5 21. Nc1 Ra7 22. N3e2 Re7 23. Ng3 exf5 24. exf5 Bb7 25. Nh5 Qc7 26. Nf4 Nxd3 27. cxd3 Qc2 28. b3 Rc8 {0-1 (28) Sawadkuhi,M (2310)-Langrock,H (2402) Hamburg 2005}) 13. Bxa7 Rxa7 14. f5 Rd7 $6 15. Nd5 Bb7 (15... Nd4 $142) 16. c4 bxc4 17. Bxc4 Ne7 $2 {In the Sveshnikov Sicilian there are lines where Black allows Nxf6+ in a position where he must recapture with the pawn, and it's par for the course. Carlsen may have taken this position as analogous, but as we'll see, it's not.} 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Kh1 $18 Kh8 20. Rd3 Bxe4 $2 21. Qxe4 d5 22. Qh4 Ng8 (22... dxc4 23. Rh3 {mates in at most two moves.}) 23. Rg3 {Threatening Qg4, and there's no good reply to this.} 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "lichess.org INT"] [Date "2020.09.19"] [Round "11"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A22"] [WhiteElo "2863"] [BlackElo "2784"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "124"] [EventDate "2020.09.15"] [EventType "blitz"] {[%evp 0,124,19,-11,3,-12,-11,-31,-31,-45,-31,-25,9,-28,-25,-16,31,24,28,50,40, 58,33,35,64,51,76,74,77,69,124,81,81,30,37,35,26,27,19,39,14,41,52,52,7,2,2,-7, -5,0,-20,-21,117,93,95,90,86,107,84,86,80,40,42,34,27,16,0,0,0,14,-49,-39,44, -203,7,2,25,-9,102,145,129,149,175,175,204,153,141,104,124,140,188,206,214,135, 167,165,162,115,104,99,183,183,183,108,133,127,96,107,145,50,72,75,70,47,41,41, 10,0,50,0,0,0,13,0,0,0,24]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. b3 Nc6 7. Bb2 Be6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. d4 exd4 11. Qxd4 f6 12. Qe4 Kf7 13. Qxc6 Qe8 14. Qe4 h5 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. Qxe8+ Rhxe8 17. f3 c5 18. Nc2 Be5 19. Nd1 Bxb2 20. Nxb2 Bb5 21. e4 f5 22. Ne3 fxe4 23. f4 Red8 24. Rd1 Rd4 25. Nf5 Rad8 26. Nxd4 cxd4 27. a4 Ba6 28. a5 Nc8 29. Nc4 Ne7 30. Kf2 Nf5 31. Rhe1 e3+ 32. Kf3 Bb7+ 33. Ke2 Ke6 34. Rg1 Be4 35. Ne5 Rb8 36. Nf3 Bxf3+ $4 ( 36... Kd5 {keeps complete control, and after this the win should be automatic.} ) 37. Kxf3 $11 Rxb3 (37... Kd5) 38. Ke4 e2 $2 {Maybe Nepo had hallucinated that white had to play 39.Re1, after which 39...Re3 is mate.} (38... Rb2 $11) 39. Rd3 $18 Rb5 40. Re1 Rxa5 41. Rxe2 {The rest should have been routine, but Carlsen was very short on time.} g6 42. Kf3+ Kd6 43. h3 Ra4 44. g4 hxg4+ 45. hxg4 Ne7 46. Ke4 Nc6 47. Rh2 Ra1 48. Rh6 Re1+ 49. Kf3 Rf1+ 50. Kg3 Rg1+ 51. Kh4 Rh1+ 52. Kg5 Rxh6 53. Kxh6 Kd5 {White is winning, but there's still a problem to solve.} 54. Kxg6 $2 {Remarkably, it's equal after this.} (54. Rd1 $1 Ke4 55. Rf1 $1 $18 {does the trick. After this, even Nepomniachtchi's exceptional creativity would have been insufficient.}) 54... Ke4 $11 55. Rd1 Kxf4 56. g5 Ne5+ 57. Kh5 Ke4 58. Re1+ Kf5 59. Rf1+ Ke4 60. Re1+ Kf5 61. Kh6 Nf7+ 62. Kh5 Ne5 (62... Nxg5 {also draws:} 63. Rf1+ Ke4 64. Kxg5 d3 $11) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "lichess.org INT"] [Date "2020.09.19"] [Round "11"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2736"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "28"] [EventDate "2020.09.15"] [EventType "blitz"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 {Sigh.} Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 ({If Black feels compelled to play for a win,} 7... d6 {is dangerous but playable.}) 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d5 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14. Qd4 Qd6 {This won't be the last you're going to see of this.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "lichess.org INT"] [Date "2020.09.19"] [Round "12"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2863"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "2020.09.15"] [EventType "blitz"] {[%evp 0,123,19,14,26,-22,0,5,2,-3,13,23,16,18,43,34,31,20,47,45,30,35,50,37, 42,28,25,9,56,51,-8,9,9,17,22,34,44,21,38,0,0,-24,-24,19,0,11,13,0,0,0,0,-11,0, 0,0,-18,23,22,63,55,115,70,67,67,83,83,81,113,106,46,181,174,211,225,219,230, 221,211,229,224,259,224,218,214,219,219,219,218,221,215,219,214,219,231,237, 224,234,242,243,240,272,273,273,326,332,384,363,343,345,342,391,415,442,452, 451,476,502,502,533,509,588,521,784,804,29997,29998]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8. O-O c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bxc4 Qxd1 11. Rfxd1 b6 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. f3 Nh5 (13... Rfd8 14. e4 Kf8 (14... a6 15. Bf1 Rac8 16. Nc4 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 b5 18. Nd6 Bxd6 19. Bxd6 h6 20. Ne2 Ne8 21. Bg3 Kf8 22. b4 Na4 23. Rd7 Bc6 24. Ra7 Ra8 25. Rxa8 Bxa8 26. Kf2 Ke7 27. Ke3 Nd6 28. Bxd6+ Kxd6 29. Kd2 f5 30. exf5 exf5 31. Nd4 Ke5 32. Nc2 Bd5 33. a3 Nb6 34. Ne3 Be6 35. g3 f4 36. Ng2 g5 37. gxf4+ gxf4 38. Ne1 Bc4 39. Bxc4 Nxc4+ 40. Kc3 Nxa3 41. Nd3+ Kf5 42. Nc5 Nc4 43. Nxa6 Ne5 44. Nc7 Nxf3 45. Nxb5 Nxh2 46. Kd3 Nf3 47. Nd6+ Ke6 48. Ne4 Ne5+ 49. Kd4 Nc6+ 50. Kc5 Ke5 51. Nd2 Nxb4 52. Kxb4 Kd4 53. Kb5 Kd3 54. Nf1 h5 55. Kc5 Ke2 56. Nh2 Kf2 57. Kd4 Kg2 58. Ke4 Kxh2 59. Kxf4 h4 60. Kf3 Kg1 61. Kg4 {1/2-1/2 (61) Gelfand,B (2734)-Le,Q (2718) Almaty 2016}) 15. Be2 Ncd7 16. Nc4 Bc6 17. Rac1 Ne8 18. Kf1 h6 19. a3 Bg5 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Nxe3 Nc5 22. b4 Nb3 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Nd4 26. e5 Ke7 27. Kf2 Nc7 28. f4 f6 29. Ne2 fxe5 30. fxe5 Nxe2 31. Bxe2 Nd5 32. g3 Nxe3 33. Kxe3 g5 34. h4 gxh4 35. gxh4 Be8 36. Kd4 Bc6 37. Bd1 Kd7 38. a4 Ke7 39. a5 Kd7 40. axb6 axb6 41. Be2 {1/2-1/2 (41) Wojtaszek,R (2719)-Adams,M (2701) Biel 2020}) 14. b4 Na6 15. a3 Bf6 16. Bxa6 Bxa6 17. Ne4 Rfd8 $2 (17... Rfc8) (17... Nxf4 18. exf4 Rfd8) 18. Rxd8+ $2 (18. Nxf6+ $142 $1 Nxf6 (18... gxf6 $143 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Nc6 Ra8 21. Bh6 $18) 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Nc6 Ra8 21. e4 $18) 18... Rxd8 $2 (18... Bxd8 $142 $14) 19. Rc1 $2 (19. Nxf6+ $142) 19... Bb5 20. g4 Nxf4 21. exf4 {The position is equal, but easier for White to play.} Bh4 (21... Be7 $142 $1 22. Rc7 Bh4 $11) 22. Kg2 f5 23. Ng5 fxg4 24. fxg4 (24. Nxg4 $5) 24... Rd2+ 25. Kh3 Bxg5 26. fxg5 Kf8 27. Rc7 Re2 $6 (27... Rd5 $11) 28. g6 h5 29. Nd7+ Ke7 $2 (29... Bxd7 30. Rxd7 hxg4+ 31. Kg3 Re3+ 32. Kxg4 Rxa3 $11) 30. Nxb6+ $2 (30. gxh5 $1 Bxd7 31. h6 gxh6 32. Rxd7+ Kxd7 33. g7 $18) 30... Kf6 31. Rxa7 Re3+ $2 (31... Kg5 $1 $11) 32. Kh4 $18 hxg4 33. Kxg4 Kxg6 34. a4 $2 (34. Ra5 $18) 34... Re4+ $2 (34... Bd3) 35. Kg3 Rxb4 36. axb5 Rxb5 {If Black could get rid of white's h-pawn, he'd draw, but that's not going to happen.} 37. Nc4 Rb3+ 38. Kg2 Rc3 39. Ne5+ Kf6 40. Ra5 Kf5 41. Nf3+ Kf4 42. Ra4+ Kf5 43. Ra7 Kf6 44. Ra6 Rc4 45. Kg3 Rb4 46. h4 Rb3 47. Kg4 Rb4+ 48. Kg3 Rb3 49. Ra4 e5 50. Kg4 Rb6 51. Ng5 Rc6 52. h5 Rb6 53. Ne4+ Ke6 54. Ra7 Kd5 55. Ng5 e4 56. Rxg7 e3 57. Re7 Kd4 58. Ne6+ Kc3 59. Nf4 Kd2 60. Kf3 Rb3 61. Rd7+ Ke1 62. Ng2+ 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "lichess.org INT"] [Date "2020.09.19"] [Round "13"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C53"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2863"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "2020.09.15"] [EventType "blitz"] {[%evp 0,37,19,17,16,16,21,28,5,18,17,-15,-19,-17,1,-9,1,1,-3,-1,0,-7,-10,-14, 8,-16,40,26,66,69,224,45,316,224,33,4,224,224,33,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 {This line has become very popular in recent years; in 2019 in particular, it was one of the most popular variations in top-level chess. Black's most common options here are 12...Bg6, 12...Nxc3, and 12...Ba5. Carlsen shows that there's a fourth move that merits consideration, and it's not 12...Bxf3 (that move has been tried and found wanting).} f5 $5 {It's a logical move, but there seems to be an obvious tactical problem.} 13. Nxd5 { Of course.} (13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Ne2 {may also be worth a look.}) 13... Ba5+ ( 13... Qxd5 $4 14. Bc4 $18) 14. Ke2 (14. Kf1 {might seem safer, but Black clearly equalizes here:} Bxf3 15. Bxc6 (15. gxf3 $2 Nxd4 $1 $19 16. Bxd4 $2 Nd2+ 17. Ke2 Qxd5 $19 {wins a piece.}) 15... bxc6 16. Nf4 $8 Nxf2 $1 17. Kxf2 Be4 $11) 14... Nxd4+ $1 15. Bxd4 Nd2 {How would you like to figure this out against Magnus Carlsen, knowing that he has prepared it in advance, and you've only got a blitz time control in which to do it?} 16. Qc5 $1 {Major kudos to Aronian for finding the best move!} Ne4 $1 17. Qc2 {Acceding to a draw.} (17. Qc4 Bf7 18. Qa4 c6 19. Bd3 Qxd5 20. Rac1 {may offer White a small advantage. If so, 12...f5 may not find any top-level followers, but that doesn't mean that we amateurs can't use it.}) 17... Nd2 18. Qc5 Ne4 19. Qc2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "lichess.org INT"] [Date "2020.09.19"] [Round "15"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C02"] [WhiteElo "2863"] [BlackElo "2732"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2020.09.15"] [EventType "blitz"] {[%evp 0,93,19,21,47,28,30,16,1,-3,-10,6,-13,0,-10,-47,-47,-28,-48,-42,-37,-38, -34,-33,-53,-74,-78,-74,-31,-13,68,76,67,64,58,55,54,54,54,54,54,54,161,150, 148,133,149,139,130,141,214,126,161,164,162,136,190,132,137,152,182,189,184, 168,164,178,171,171,174,174,192,184,181,182,186,184,188,172,180,187,214,214, 237,230,242,245,242,253,334,338,361,360,403,411,1078,1516]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. O-O Bd7 {This position has arisen thousands of times. White has tried many moves here, but not the one Carlsen plays next!} 8. Nbd2 $5 {Very surprising. White allows Black to wreck his queenside structure, and the knight isn't even well-placed on d2. In return for the sac, however, White gets rapid development, and if Black opens the b-file it means his king won't be safe on the queenside. While no one has played it, it is Stockfish's co-favorite move. It pays to pay attention to the engine, even early in the opening.} Rc8 ({There was a predecessor, though it arose via a transposition.} 8... dxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. Re1 Bc5 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. Ba3 Nge7 13. Rc1 O-O 14. c4 dxc4 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Ng5+ Kh6 17. Rxc4 Bxf2+ 18. Kxf2 Ng6 19. Bc1 Qb6+ 20. Be3 Qb5 21. Qd3 Ncxe5 22. Rh4+ Nxh4 23. Qh7# { 1-0 (23) Heinechen,J (1948)-Escobar Alderete,J (1266) Asuncion 2020}) 9. Nb3 dxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Re1 Nge7 12. h4 Ng6 13. Qe2 Be7 14. h5 Ngxe5 $2 (14... Nh4 {was better.} 15. Nxh4 Bxh4 16. Qg4 (16. Rb1 $14) 16... Nxe5 17. Rxe5 (17. Qxg7 Bxf2+ $1) 17... Bxf2+ 18. Kxf2 Qxe5 19. Bd2 $14) 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Qxe5 Nxe5 17. Rxe5 Bf6 18. Re3 Rxc3 19. Rb1 $18 {The experiment was a complete success. Black has three pawns for the piece, but they play a minimal role in the proceedings.} d4 20. Rg3 O-O 21. Bb2 Rfc8 22. Bxc3 dxc3 23. Rd1 Bc6 24. Bc2 Kf8 25. Re3 b6 26. Nd4 Bd5 27. a4 g6 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Nb5 Rc4 30. Nxa7 Rb4 31. Nb5 Rb2 32. Rc1 Bg5 33. Nxc3 Bxe3 34. fxe3 Bc6 35. Be4 Bd7 36. Bd3 Bc6 37. Rc2 Rb4 38. Bb5 Bxb5 39. axb5 Rc4 40. Kf2 Ke7 41. Ke2 f5 42. Kd3 Rb4 43. Ra2 Kf6 44. Ra6 Rb2 45. Rxb6 Rxg2 46. Nd5+ Ke5 47. Nf4 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "lichess.org INT"] [Date "2020.09.19"] [Round "16"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C26"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2020.09.15"] [EventType "blitz"] {[%evp 0,58,19,21,21,21,21,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-25,-25,-34,-50,-21,-52,-51,-31, -34,-33,-23,-28,-18,-30,-17,-68,-46,-56,-40,-42,-35,-35,-23,-25,-8,-23,-49,-54, -80,-115,-15,-105,-106,-118,-108,-106,-106,-100,-119,-123,-165,-187,-187,-199, -199,-249,-193,-189,-199]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd3 Bc5 {White's score here is dreadful, but that's probably because until recently it was generally weak players who stumbled into this rather than strong GMs heading here on purpose.} 6. Bf4 O-O (6... d6 7. O-O-O Bxf2 8. Nf3 Bb6 9. Be2 h6 10. h3 Be6 11. Rhe1 Qd7 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. Qb3 a6 15. g4 O-O-O 16. Bc4 Ng6 17. Bd2 Rde8 18. Bd3 Kb8 19. a4 Ka8 20. a5 Bf2 21. Rf1 Be3 22. Bxg6 Bxd2+ 23. Rxd2 fxg6 24. Nd4 h5 25. g5 Ne4 26. Ne6 Nxd2 27. Kxd2 Re7 28. Rf3 c6 29. Nf8 Qe8 30. Ne6 cxd5 31. Nd4 Re4 32. Qb6 Rf8 {0-1 (32) Dubov,D (2699)-Nakamura,H (2736) chess24.com INT 2020}) 7. O-O-O Re8 8. f3 d6 9. Qd2 Be6 10. Kb1 a6 11. Nge2 b5 12. Nc1 Ne5 13. Bg5 $2 {Aiming to induce Black's next move, hoping to exploit the "hook". It isn't worth the two tempi.} h6 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 b4 (15... c5 $142) 16. N3e2 a5 17. Nf4 a4 18. h4 Qe7 19. g4 $2 (19. Ncd3 $142) 19... a3 $19 20. b3 Bxg4 $1 21. fxg4 $2 Nexg4 {White will not be able to avoid a fork somewhere (generally f2, but also c3 after ...Nxe4) , and between his dire material situation and his terribly weak king, he's completely lost.} 22. Qd4 c5 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 Nxe4 25. Rd7 Ngf2 26. Bc4 Nxh1 27. Bxf7+ Kh7 28. Nce2 Nhg3 29. Bg6+ Kh8 0-1 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "lichess.org INT"] [Date "2020.09.19"] [Round "16"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2773"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "28"] [EventDate "2020.09.15"] [EventType "blitz"] {[%evp 0,28,19,21,21,10,19,17,11,32,32,30,49,8,-11,9,20,20,20,28,25,35,35,24, 25,24,35,24,24,20,30] Here we go again. Nakamura sews up third place with the draw.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8. Nxd4 d6 9. exd6 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14. Qd4 Qd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "lichess.org INT"] [Date "2020.09.19"] [Round "17"] [White "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A01"] [WhiteElo "2709"] [BlackElo "2863"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2020.09.15"] [EventType "blitz"] {[%evp 0,70,19,-34,-13,-37,-36,-10,-22,-16,2,-8,-4,-7,-2,-41,52,54,55,34,24,42, 5,0,3,-39,-40,-49,-9,-9,-11,-50,-31,-37,-37,-43,-57,-49,-43,-72,-88,-88,-92, -82,-94,-82,-18,-65,-17,-46,-62,-62,-13,-41,-48,-131,-103,-127,-127,-196,-226, -222,-240,-219,-235,-296,-393,-324,-319,-340,-376,-368,-430]} 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 d6 5. d4 (5. Be2) 5... e4 6. Nfd2 $6 {After this, Black is already better, and it snowballs from here on out.} (6. d5 $11) 6... d5 7. c4 Ne7 8. Be2 h5 9. Ba3 c6 $17 10. Nc3 Nf5 11. Bxf8 Kxf8 12. Qc1 g6 (12... Kg8 $142) 13. Qa3+ Kg7 14. h3 Be6 15. Rc1 a6 16. Qb4 Rb8 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Na4 Nd7 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. dxc5 Qg5 $19 21. g3 Qf6 22. Qc3 a5 23. O-O Ne7 $2 (23... Qxc3 24. Rxc3 d4 $19) 24. Kg2 $2 (24. Qxf6+ Kxf6 25. h4 $15) 24... Qxc3 25. Rxc3 h4 26. g4 f5 $19 27. f3 d4 28. exd4 Nd5 29. Nb1 Nf4+ 30. Kf2 Nxh3+ 31. Ke1 exf3 32. Rfxf3 fxg4 33. Rfe3 Bf5 34. Nd2 Nf4 35. Bc4 Ng2+ 0-1 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "lichess.org INT"] [Date "2020.09.19"] [Round "17"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2773"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2020.09.15"] [EventType "blitz"] {[%evp 0,99,19,15,29,16,13,2,-3,-17,-9,-22,-13,-26,-10,-29,-7,-19,-19,-11,-11, -4,21,11,-20,-43,-1,3,29,-32,30,-24,-23,-37,-9,-32,-9,-5,1,0,0,0,32,-5,9,26,56, -13,188,173,177,161,170,160,221,183,188,181,223,229,204,207,207,203,209,211, 210,216,202,196,196,211,196,174,196,196,207,189,190,203,298,298,298,325,331, 186,194,187,230,212,236,236,236,290,313,350,348,443,454,474,468,483]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc7 11. Nd2 Qd6 12. N4f3 $146 (12. N2f3 Bg4 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qc2 Bd7 (14... Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Ne4 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. Be5 Qe7 18. Bxc7 Rxc7 19. Rac1 Rd8 20. Qb2 c5 21. Qe5 Qxe5 22. Nxe5 g6 23. b4 Rdc8 24. f3 Nf6 25. bxc5 Rxc5 26. Rxc5 Rxc5 27. Rd2 Kf8 28. Rb2 Rc7 29. Kf2 Ke7 30. g4 Nd7 31. Nd3 Nb6 32. Nf4 Rc5 33. Ne2 Ra5 34. Nd4 Kf6 35. h4 h6 36. Rc2 Nc4 37. e4 Ra4 38. Nb5 dxe4 39. Nc3 e3+ 40. Ke2 Na3 41. Rc1 Rc4 42. Kxe3 Ke5 {1/2-1/2 (42) Vachier Lagrave, M (2780)-Ding,L (2801) London 2019}) 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 Ne4 17. Be5 Qe7 18. Rac1 Rfe8 19. Bxc7 Qxc7 20. Qxd5 Qxh2+ 21. Kxh2 cxd5 22. Rc2 g6 23. Rfc1 a5 24. Nd4 Re7 25. Kg1 Kg7 26. f3 Nd6 27. Kf2 a4 28. Rc6 axb3 29. axb3 Ne8 30. R1c2 h5 31. b4 Ra4 32. Rb2 Rb7 33. b5 Nf6 34. b6 Nd7 35. Rd6 Ra8 36. Rb5 Rab8 37. Nc6 Rxb6 38. Rxb6 Rxb6 39. Rxd7 Rxc6 40. Rxd5 Rc2+ 41. Kf1 {1/2-1/2 (41) Lenderman, A (2634)-Karjakin,S (2752) chess.com INT 2020}) (12. g3 Bd7 13. Be2 a6 14. N2f3 Rfe8 15. Rc1 Ne4 16. Nd2 Nf6 17. Re1 Bb6 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Nc4 Qd8 20. Nxb6 Qxb6 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Bd3 Re5 23. Qg4+ Kf8 24. Bxh7 Rae8 25. Rcd1 Qa5 26. Qh4 Kg7 27. Bb1 Rh8 28. Qd4 Qc7 29. h4 Qc8 30. Kg2 Bd7 31. Rc1 Bh3+ 32. Kh2 Qd7 33. f4 Reh5 34. f5 Bxf5 35. Rf1 Bxb1 36. Qxf6+ Kg8 37. Rxb1 R8h6 38. Qf4 Rg6 39. Rbc1 Rg4 40. Rc8+ Qxc8 41. Qxf7+ {1-0 (41) Artemiev,V (2746)-Grischuk,A (2759) chess.com INT 2019}) 12... Bg4 13. Rc1 Rfe8 (13... Rac8) 14. h3 Bh5 15. Re1 ( 15. Qc2 $142) 15... Rac8 (15... Ne4 $11) 16. Nf1 Ba5 17. Re2 Bxf3 $6 {Tempting, but inaccurate.} 18. gxf3 $14 Nh5 $6 19. Rec2 $16 Qg6+ 20. Kh1 Qf5 21. Kg2 (21. Kh2 $142) 21... Re6 (21... Bb6 $142) 22. f4 Rg6+ $2 23. Kh2 $18 Qe4 $2 24. Ng3 Nxg3 {After 25.fxg3 Qxe3 Black is doing fine, but in his prior calculations he probably missed White's next move.} 25. Bd3 $1 {Black is busted, and So shows good technique the rest of the way.} Qe6 26. Bxg6 hxg6 27. Kxg3 Re8 28. Rc5 d4 29. Rxc6 bxc6 30. Qxd4 f6 31. Qxa7 Bd2 32. Rd1 Bb4 33. Qd7 Qxd7 34. Rxd7 Ra8 35. a4 Rb8 36. Rc7 c5 37. Rd7 Ba5 38. Rd5 Rxb3 39. Rxc5 Bb6 40. Rb5 Rxb5 41. axb5 Kf7 42. e4 Ke6 43. Ba3 f5 44. f3 Bd4 45. Bb4 Kd7 46. exf5 gxf5 47. Kh4 Kc7 48. Kg5 Kb6 49. Bd6 Kxb5 50. Be5 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "lichess.org INT"] [Date "2020.09.19"] [Round "18"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2863"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "28"] [EventDate "2020.09.15"] [EventType "blitz"] {[%evp 0,28,19,19,19,10,27,11,32,22,43,30,44,-6,-15,-15,25,25,25,20,30,30,30, 26,26,23,26,20,15,30,20] Here we go again. Was this the right decision? Entering the round, Grischuk was tied with Aronian for fourth (worth $30k) and fifth (worth $25k), a point ahead of Nepomniachtchi (sixth was worth $20k). Aronian had White against Dominguez, who was in last place, while Nepo had White against Firouzja, who was just half a point out of last place. By going for the draw, he guaranteed that he would finish ahead of Nepo (who did end up winning his game), but could have finished behind Aronian. Of course, it's also possible that playing on would have resulted in a win for Carlsen. Those of you who want to play around with probabilities and expected value are encouraged to write in with your conclusions. While we're at it, Carlsen had a decision to make as well. Clear first was $50k, a split $45k, and clear second $40k. I think his decision to play as he did was correct, even if he could have foreseen Grischuk's choice to go for this drawing variation--but I'm open to being persuaded to the contrary.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8. Nxd4 d5 9. exd6 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14. Qd4 Qd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "lichess.org INT"] [Date "2020.09.19"] [Round "18"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A01"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2728"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2020.09.15"] [EventType "blitz"] {[%evp 0,63,19,-13,-13,-23,-30,-17,10,13,33,28,30,27,27,24,30,29,29,24,61,53, 115,121,117,76,95,94,133,140,126,160,155,95,172,161,178,189,164,152,147,61,119, 21,96,52,52,30,56,28,62,35,65,9,42,12,71,-34,32,202,260,346,387,387,456,879] Just to show that 1.b3 isn't all that bad, despite the impression we might have had after the Xiong-Carlsen game.} 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. Nf3 ({Xiong first played} 3. e3 {, and only after} Nf6 {did he play} 4. Nf3 d6 5. d4 { . Recall that after Carlsen's} e4 {, I recommended that Xiong play} 6. d5 { instead of} (6. Nfd2 {.})) 3... d6 ({The immediate} 3... e4 {is more common here:} 4. Nd4 Nxd4 5. Bxd4 d5 6. e3 Bf5 $11 {/=/+ etc., when Black is pushing for an edge. Play 1.b3 at your own risk!}) 4. d4 (4. e3) 4... e4 5. d5 exf3 $2 (5... Nce7 $142 6. Ng5 e3 $1 7. fxe3 Nf5 8. Nf3 Nf6 9. Qd3 Qe7 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. e4 Nh6 $44 12. Nbd2 Bg7 13. c3 f5 (13... O-O 14. Nd4 f5 15. Nxf5 Nxf5 16. exf5 b5 17. Rc1 Re8 18. g4 a5 19. Bg2 Qg5 20. Bf3 Re3 21. Qxb5 Ba6 22. Qc6 Rae8 23. c4 Bb7 24. Qa4 c6 25. Kd1 Rxe2 26. Bxe2 Rxe2 27. Kxe2 Qxg4+ 28. Kf1 Qxf5+ 29. Ke2 Qg4+ {1/2-1/2 (29) Di Joseph,J (1905)-Korogodski,L ICCF email 2014}) 14. Rc1 O-O 15. c4 Re8 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. e4 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 f5 19. Qe3 Ng4 20. Qe2 fxe4 21. Nd2 Qg5 22. g3 Ne5 23. Kd1 Nd3 24. Rb1 Qf6 25. Nf3 Nb2+ 26. Qxb2 Qxf3+ 27. Qe2 Qxh1 28. Qg2 Qxg2 29. Bxg2 Re7 30. Ke2 Bd4 31. Rd1 Bc5 32. h3 Rf8 33. Rf1 Rxf1 34. Bxf1 Rf7 35. Ke1 Bb4+ 36. Ke2 e3 37. Bg2 Rf2+ 38. Kd1 e2+ { 0-1 (38) Michas,J (1793)-Gavrilov,L ICCF email 2014}) 6. dxc6 bxc6 7. gxf3 Nf6 8. Qd4 $16 Be6 9. Rg1 {White has a beautiful position - this is a line that Black should avoid.} c5 10. Qa4+ Nd7 11. Nc3 $18 {White is winning, and while there are some hiccups near the end of the game the final result was the logical one.} Rg8 12. Ne4 f6 13. e3 Kf7 14. O-O-O Nb6 15. Qa5 Qe7 16. Bb5 h6 17. Bc6 Rd8 18. Qxa7 d5 19. Nc3 Qd6 20. Bb7 Be7 21. Qa6 c4 22. Nb5 Qxh2 23. Nd4 Qxf2 24. e4 Bc8 25. Bxc8 Rxc8 26. exd5 Ra8 27. Qb7 Bd6 28. Nf5 Bf4+ 29. Kb1 Rxa2 30. Qc6 Rxb2+ 31. Kxb2 Be5+ 32. Kb1 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "lichess.org INT"] [Date "2020.09.19"] [Round "18"] [White "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B50"] [WhiteElo "2732"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2020.09.15"] [EventType "blitz"] {[%evp 0,86,19,19,53,48,103,27,18,2,19,18,32,-21,-2,-31,-31,-27,-38,-28,-9,-30, -15,4,16,-17,-22,-60,-25,-35,-20,-61,-66,-54,-59,-100,-95,-92,-102,-136,-143, -143,-115,-135,-140,-150,-171,-191,-191,-273,-215,-297,-299,-284,-229,-240, -232,-305,-308,-316,-310,-321,-298,-340,-348,-381,-320,-332,-265,-281,-275, -285,-244,-251,-233,-245,-280,-297,-316,-501,-487,-494,-459,-499,-499,-648, -648,-680,-680]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Nbd7 7. Re1 a6 8. Bf1 b5 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bb7 11. Bd3 $146 (11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Nd5 (12... Ne4 13. a4 (13. Bf4 Ndc5 14. Nd4 Qb6 15. f3 Rd8 16. Be3 Bxe5 17. fxe4 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 e5 19. Bf2 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Qc6 21. Rc1 O-O 22. Rxc5 Qxe4 23. Nc3 Qc2 24. Nd1 Qf5 25. Ne3 Qe6 26. a4 bxa4 27. Nc4 Rc8 28. Rxe5 Qf6 29. Rd1 h5 30. Rd6 Qf4 31. Rd4 Qc1 32. Nd6 Rc2 33. Re8+ Kg7 34. Re1 Qxb2 35. Rf4 f6 36. Re7+ Kh6 37. Rxb7 Qc1 38. Nf7+ Kg7 39. Ng5+ Kh6 40. Nf7+ Kg7 41. Ne5+ Rc7 42. Rxc7+ Qxc7 43. Nd3 Qc6 44. Bd4 a3 45. Rxf6 {1-0 (45) Ansell,S (2390)-McShane,L (2455) England 1997}) 13... O-O 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8 Bxa8 16. Bf4 b4 17. Qd4 Nec5 18. Nbd2 Qb6 19. Bg5 Re8 20. Qh4 Bxf3 21. Nxf3 e6 22. Bh6 b3 23. Re3 Qd8 24. Qf4 Qe7 25. Bg5 Qf8 26. h4 Ra8 27. Bb5 Nb6 28. Bc6 Rc8 29. Nd4 Nc4 30. Re2 Nxe5 31. Bb5 f6 32. Qg3 fxg5 33. hxg5 Rd8 34. Nxb3 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Nxb3 36. Qxb3 Qf4+ {0-1 (36) Gochelashvili,D (2427)-Khismatullin,D (2681) St Petersburg 2014} ) 13. a4 (13. e6 fxe6 14. Ng5 Nc5 15. Qf3 Rf8 16. Qh3 h6 17. Nxe6 Nxe6 18. Qxe6 Qb6 19. Qxb6 Nxb6 20. Nc3 b4 21. Ne4 O-O-O 22. Nc5 Bd4 23. Be3 Bxb2 24. Ne6 Bxa1 25. Rxa1 Nd5 26. Bxh6 Rf6 27. Rc1+ Nc3 28. Nxd8 Kxd8 29. a3 a5 30. axb4 axb4 31. Bd2 Rc6 32. h4 Bc8 33. f3 e5 34. g4 e4 35. h5 gxh5 36. gxh5 exf3 37. Bd3 Ne2+ 38. Bxe2 Rxc1+ 39. Bxc1 fxe2 40. Kf2 {1/2-1/2 (40) Navara,D (2737) -Nepomniachtchi,I (2751) Saint Louis 2017}) 13... b4 (13... bxa4 14. Qxa4 N5b6 15. Qg4 O-O 16. e6 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 fxe6 18. Qc6 Bd4 19. Qxe6+ Rf7 20. Be3 Nc5 21. Qg4 Bxe3 22. Rxe3 Nd5 23. Rf3 Qc8 24. Qxc8+ Rxc8 25. Nd2 e6 26. Rc1 Rxf3 27. Nxf3 Rc7 28. g3 Na4 29. Ra1 Nc5 30. Bh3 Kg7 31. Bf1 Kf6 32. h4 h6 33. Nh2 h5 34. Nf3 Nb4 35. Rc1 Rc6 36. Rc4 a5 37. Ng5 Ke7 38. Bg2 Nd5 39. Ne4 {1-0 (39) Belov,V (2561)-Khismatullin,D (2613) Zvenigorod 2008}) 14. Nbd2 O-O 15. Nb3 e6 16. Bg5 Qb6 17. a5 Qc7 18. Rc1 Qb8 19. Qd4 h6 20. Bd2 Rd8 21. Nc5 Nxc5 22. Qxc5 Bf8 23. Qc4 Ne7 24. Nd4 Qa7 25. Be3 Nd5 26. Nxe6 Nxe3 27. Rxe3 Bd5 28. Nxd8 Bxc4 29. Nc6 Qd7 30. Rxc4 Re8 31. Nxb4 Bxb4 32. Rxb4 Rc8 33. Rc4 Rxc4 34. Bxc4 Qc7 35. Bxa6 Qxa5 36. Bf1 Kg7 37. b3 Qa3 38. h4 g5 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. g3 Qb2 41. Kg2 Qd4 42. Be2 Qd5+ 43. Bf3 Qb5 44. Kg1 Qb4 45. Bd5 Qd4 46. Bc4 Qa1+ 47. Kg2 Qd4 48. e6 fxe6 49. Rxe6 Qc5 50. Kg1 Qd4 51. Re7+ Kf6 52. Rb7 Qd6 53. Rb5 Qd2 54. Bf1 Ke7 55. b4 Kd8 56. Kg2 g4 57. Kg1 Qd4 58. Rb7 Kc8 59. Rf7 Qxb4 60. Rf4 Qb1 61. Rxg4 Kd7 62. Kg2 Ke7 63. Rf4 Qb7+ 64. Kh2 Qb2 65. Bh3 Qd2 66. Bg4 Qb2 67. Kh3 Qh8+ 68. Kg2 Qb2 69. Bf3 Qd2 70. Be4 Ke6 71. Kh3 Qb2 72. Kh4 Ke7 73. Kg5 Qe5+ 74. Kh6 Qa1 75. Bg6 Qh1+ 76. Bh5 Qc1 77. Bg4 Qh1+ 78. Kg6 Qc6+ 79. Kg7 Qc3+ 80. Kh7 Qa1 81. Kg6 Qa6+ 82. Kg5 Qa8 83. f3 Qg8+ 84. Kh4 Qa2 85. Rf5 Qh2+ 86. Bh3 Qb2 87. g4 Qh2 88. g5 Qf2+ 89. Kg4 Qg1+ 90. Kh5 Qh2 {1/2-1/2 (90) Kovalev,V (2655)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2757) Dortmund 2018}) 11... O-O 12. Bg5 $6 ( 12. Nc3 $142) 12... h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Nh5 15. Nc3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 e6 17. Qe2 $2 {A big mistake, after which both white knights are restricted and his d-pawn is in trouble.} (17. a4) 17... g4 18. Nh2 b4 19. Nd1 h5 $19 20. d5 Qf6 21. Rc1 Nc5 22. e5 Qg5 $1 23. Ne3 Qxe5 24. Bb1 Qxb2 {Black has two extra pawns and two fine bishops. As long as he doesn't fall asleep and allow White to whip something up on the kingside, he'll win in a walk.} 25. Qc4 a5 26. Nhf1 Ba6 27. Qf4 Qe5 $1 {No queens, no problems.} 28. Nf5 Qxf4 29. Ne7+ Kh8 30. gxf4 Bb2 31. Rxc5 {The start of a nice idea, albeit one which goes unrewarded.} dxc5 32. dxe6 Bc3 33. Rd1 Rad8 34. Ng6+ fxg6 35. e7 Rde8 36. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 37. Bxg6 Rxf4 {White's tactical flurry is over, and it's the same situation: Black is up two pawns with two beautiful bishops and no problems.} 38. Ng3 ({White cannot successfully reduce the material deficit with} 38. Bxh5 {because after} Bd4 39. Rd2 (39. Ne3 $2 g3) 39... Kg7 {Black will chase the bishop to e8, and then ...Re4-e1 wins the knight.} 40. Be8 Re4 41. Bd7 Re1 $19) 38... Bd4 39. Nxh5 Rxf2 40. Kh2 (40. Rxd4 Rf1+ 41. Kh2 cxd4) 40... Be5+ {Gaining time on the clock.} (40... a4) 41. Kg1 Bd4 42. Rxd4 (42. Kh2 a4) 42... Rf1+ 43. Kh2 cxd4 0-1 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "lichess.org INT"] [Date "2020.09.19"] [Round "18"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C20"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2709"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2020.09.15"] [EventType "blitz"] {[%evp 0,103,19,22,22,-94,-125,-144,-113,-149,-143,-142,-86,-114,-117,-132,-91, -94,-79,-88,-79,-99,-96,-99,-55,-118,-121,-121,-78,-103,-69,-76,-147,-124,-103, -152,-107,-161,-244,-275,-299,-380,-346,-548,-612,-612,-612,-612,-617,-547, -290,-408,-11,-11,21,22,52,23,0,51,20,0,36,35,47,50,53,45,32,28,67,9,49,53,178, 135,130,130,142,166,200,164,180,164,214,175,176,184,217,213,232,200,200,228, 369,375,470,470,470,509,659,674,810,865,1030,1231]} 1. e4 e5 2. Ke2 $2 { The so-called Bongcloud opening. As Nakamura was guaranteed third place irrespective of the result, he decided to have some fun. Black was soon winning, but Nakamura is a tough customer and turned the tables. I'll leave further analysis to the reader, but will offer one final comment.} Nf6 (2... Ke7 {is the most common move in the database, which, it must be noted, ignores the zillions of casual online games in which the Bongcloud is essayed. For the sake of fully embracing the absurdity, here all four games from this position in my database:} 3. Ke1 (3. Ke3 Ke6 4. Kf3 Kf6 5. Kg3 Kg6 6. Kh3 Kh6 7. Qg4 Qg5 8. Qxg5+ Kxg5 9. Kg3 Kf6 10. Kf3 Ke7 11. Ke2 Kd8 12. Kd1 Ke8 13. Ke1 Nc6 { 1/2-1/2 (13) Buchicchio,A (1813)-Massironi,M (2121) Porto San Giorgio 2004}) ( 3. Kd3 Kf6 4. Ke2 Kg5 5. Kd3 Kh4 6. Kc4 {1/2-1/2 (6) Zimmermann,W (1711) -Zimmermann,D (1602) Hengelo 2005}) 3... Ke8 {½-½ (3) Kuhn,A (1522)-Rafiee,M (1647), Kassel 2003} 4. d3 d6 5. a4 h5 6. a5 h4 {1/2-1/2 (10) Rodchenkov,S (2361)-Isajevsky,A (2351) Samara 2004}) 3. d3 d5 4. Nd2 Nc6 5. c3 b6 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Ngf3 Qd7 8. b4 O-O-O 9. a3 Kb8 10. Bb2 g6 11. Ke1 Bh6 12. Rd1 Rhe8 13. Be2 Nh5 14. b5 Na5 15. c4 Nf4 16. Bf1 dxc4 17. dxc4 f5 18. c5 fxe4 19. c6 Nxc6 20. bxc6 Bxc6 21. Nxe5 Nd3+ 22. Bxd3 exd3 23. Qc4 Bxg2 24. Rg1 Bb7 25. Qh4 Qf5 26. Qxh6 Rxe5+ 27. Bxe5 Qxe5+ 28. Qe3 Qxh2 29. Kf1 Qh5 30. f3 Bc6 31. Qg5 Qh3+ 32. Kf2 Qh2+ 33. Rg2 Qd6 34. Re1 Rf8 35. Kg1 Rf5 36. Qe7 Qf4 37. Qd8+ Kb7 38. Qxd3 Rd5 39. Qe3 Qh4 40. Qf2 Qa4 41. Re3 Qd1+ 42. Qe1 Qa4 43. Rc3 Rh5 44. Rg4 Qa5 45. Qc1 Qe5 46. Nf1 Qe6 47. Rgc4 Bb5 48. Rxc7+ Ka6 49. a4 Be2 50. Re3 Rg5+ 51. Kf2 Qh3 52. Kxe2 1-0