[Event "2nd UzChess Cup Masters"] [Site "Tashkent UZB"] [Date "2025.06.24"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Praggnanandhaa, R."] [Black "Rapport, Richard"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [ECO "E81"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2714"] [PlyCount "74"] [GameId "2192382043513179"] [EventDate "2025.06.19"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.05"] {[%evp 0,74,11,27,9,14,39,16,18,-21,23,29,41,21,16,23,30,23,15,-5,19,1,-17,-66,107,31,44,47,9,59,47,96,135,99,111,119,151,139,-37,-1,12,-25,13,-26,-41,-24,-71,-54,-26,-200,-211,-155,-111,-110,-137,-145,-266,-146,-200,-145,-170,-219,-262,-198,-324,-217,-252,-380,-451,-353,-273,-397,-459,-501,-217,-474,-487]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nge2 (6. Be3) 6... a6 (6... c5 {is the top move, but 6...a6 is among Black's standard options.}) 7. Be3 Nbd7 (7... b5 $5 8. cxb5 axb5 9. Nxb5 c6 10. Nbc3 Nbd7 $44 {followed by ...e5 is surprisingly good for Black.}) 8. Qd2 b5 $1 9. h4 (9. cxb5 axb5 10. Nxb5 c6 11. Nbc3 e5 {more or less transposes to the note on Black's 7th move, and does transpose if play there continues 11.Qd2 e5. Black is doing well here according to both the engine and the database.}) 9... h5 10. O-O-O {Good and sharp, but obviously dangerous for White as well as for Black.} e5 11. d5 Nb6 $1 {Initially disliked by the engine, but it comes around.} (11... bxc4 {was played (without much success) in several earlier games. Now White rearranges the knights to deal with the threatened ...Nc5-d3+.} 12. Nb1 Nc5 13. Nec3 {and after} Nd3+ 14. Bxd3 cxd3 15. Qxd3 $14 {1-0 Salvador Marques,C (2430)-Brasier,J (2428) GER M/08-D email ICCF email 2019 White was a little better in the game}) 12. Bxb6 $146 {Engine approved, but White isn't promised safety here, either.} (12. Ng1 b4 13. Nb1 a5 14. Bd3 c6 15. Qf2 Rb8 16. Nd2 Ba6 17. Qe2 Na4 18. Nb3 Nc3 19. bxc3 bxc3 20. c5 a4 21. Bxa6 axb3 22. axb3 Qa5 23. Bc4 cxd5 24. exd5 Rxb3 25. Bxb3 Qa1+ 26. Kc2 Qb2+ 27. Kd3 Qxb3 28. Rc1 e4+ 29. fxe4 c2+ 30. Kd2 Nxe4+ 31. Ke1 Bc3+ {0-1 Debayan,R (2064)-Fedorov,A (2392) Bhubaneswar op 16th 2025 (2)}) 12... cxb6 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Kb1 b4 15. Nb5 Nxd5 $1 16. exd5 (16. Qxd5 $2 Be6 17. Qb7 Bxa2+ 18. Kc1 Qc8+ $1 19. Qxc8 Rfxc8+ 20. Kd2 Bb3 $19 {White is completely lost here.}) 16... Bf5+ 17. Ka1 Ra4 $1 18. Nc1 Qd7 $1 $44 {After a series of precise moves from both sides we arrive at a position where White has several options that are equally good but none offering any advantage.} 19. Bc4 (19. Be2 Rc8 20. Qe3 Bc2 21. Rd2 Raa8 $3 22. g4 $1 Ba4 23. gxh5 Bxb5 24. hxg6 Bxe2 25. Rxe2 fxg6 26. Rg2 Qa7 $1 {Threatening to take on c1 and give mate on a2.} 27. Qb3 Qf7 28. Rhg1 Kh8 29. Qe3 Qa7 $1 30. Kb1 $5 Rxc1+ 31. Kxc1 Qxa2 32. Kd1 $1 e4 33. Rxg6 $1 Qb1+ 34. Qc1 $8 Qd3+ $8 35. Ke1 $8 Ra1 $1 36. Qxa1 Qe3+ 37. Kf1 Qxf3+ 38. Ke1 Qe3+ $11 {Chess is such a boring game...}) 19... Rc8 $1 20. Qe2 e4 $1 21. Bb3 $6 (21. Rhe1 $1 exf3 22. gxf3 b3 $1 23. Bxb3 Rb4 24. Na3 $8 Qa7 $1 25. Nb5 (25. Nc4 $5 b5 26. Nxd6 Rc2 $1 27. Nxf5 $1 (27. Bxc2 $4 Bxb2+ 28. Kb1 Bc3+ 29. Nb3 Rxb3+ 30. axb3 Qa1#) 27... Rxe2 28. Nxe2 gxf5 29. Kb1 $11) 25... Qd7 26. Na3 Qa7 $11) 21... exf3 22. gxf3 Ra5 $1 $17 23. Bc4 $2 (23. Nd4 $8 Rxc1+ 24. Rxc1 Bxd4 $17) 23... Bc2 $1 $19 24. Rd2 (24. Qxc2 $2 Qxb5 $19) 24... Ba4 $1 25. Nd4 Rac5 $1 26. Nc6 (26. b3 b5 $1 27. Kb1 bxc4 28. bxa4 c3 29. Rd3 (29. Rc2 Bxd4 $19) 29... c2+ 30. Nxc2 (30. Kb2 Qxa4 {Black will soon force mate after ...Rc3.}) 30... Rxc2 $19) 26... Bxc6 27. Nb3 (27. dxc6 Qxc6 $19) 27... Rxc4 $1 28. Qxc4 Bb5 29. Qe4 Bc4 (29... Rc4) 30. Rc2 b5 $1 31. Nc1 Re8 32. Qf4 Qa7 33. Rxc4 bxc4 34. Qxc4 b3 (34... Qa3 35. Qb3 Re3 36. Qxa3 bxa3 $19) 35. Rd1 bxa2 36. Qxa2 Qf2 37. Qb3 Re3 {An essentially flawless, brilliant attacking game by Richard Rapport. Even "old" guys (Rapport is 29) can play stunning chess!} 0-1 [Event "2nd UzChess Cup Masters"] [Site "Tashkent UZB"] [Date "2025.06.24"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Erigaisi, Arjun"] [Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [ECO "D52"] [WhiteElo "2782"] [BlackElo "2710"] [PlyCount "114"] [GameId "2192382043513180"] [EventDate "2025.06.19"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.05"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 {Will we see a Botvinnik Variation or at least an Anti-Moscow Gambit?} Nbd7 {Alas, no.} 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Qa5 8. Bd3 Ne4 9. O-O Nxg5 10. Nxg5 Nf6 11. f4 Be7 12. h3 (12. Qc2 {is good for an edge, especially if Black plays the historically usual move here.} h6 $6 13. Nf3 O-O 14. Ne5 $14) 12... O-O 13. g4 $146 g6 14. Nf3 Ne8 (14... Qd8 $142 $11) 15. Qc2 Nd6 16. Qg2 (16. Kh1 Qd8 17. Rg1 Kh8 $1 18. Rg2 {followed by Rag1 looks dangerous for Black, even if the engine shrugs and says it's equal.}) 16... Qd8 17. h4 Kh8 $1 18. Kf2 h5 $1 19. Ne5 $2 (19. g5 $15 {is ugly, but it's what White needs to do out of self-defense.}) 19... Bxg4 $2 (19... Bxh4+ $1 20. Ke2 hxg4 $1 $19 {It might seem that Black is opening lines against his own king, but the simple plan of ...Kg7 followed by ...Rh8 seems to cover everything and leave Black with a won position.}) 20. Nxg4 hxg4 21. Qxg4 Qc8 $2 $11 (21... Bxh4+ $1 22. Ke2 Kg7 $17) 22. Qg2 Qe6 23. Rh1 Rae8 24. Rh3 (24. h5 $4 Bh4+ $1 25. Rxh4 Qxe3+ $19) (24. Rag1 $142 Rg8 25. Qf3 f5 $11) 24... Nf5 (24... Kg7 $142 25. h5 Rh8 $15) 25. Rah1 Kg7 26. Nd1 Nxh4 $2 {A surprising decision, as it's rarely a good idea to swap two minor pieces for a rook and pawn in the middlegame. Obviously Sindarov knows this truism, but it's hard to see what he was either counting on or was afraid of.} (26... Rh8 27. h5 Bf6 $11) 27. Rxh4 Bxh4+ 28. Rxh4 $16 Rh8 $6 (28... Qf6 $142) 29. Rxh8 $2 (29. f5 $1 {This is probably what Sindarov missed; obviously, Erigaisi missed it as well (or underestimated it, which ultimately comes to the same thing).} Qf6 $8 30. Rf4 $1 g5 31. Ke2 Kf8 32. Rg4 $16 {/+- Black isn't lost, but he's in serious trouble.}) 29... Rxh8 $14 30. Ke2 (30. Ke1 $142) 30... Qh3 31. Qxh3 Rxh3 $11 {Now that it's an ending, the rook can hold its own against the two minor pieces *because* everything is tied down, nice and safe, in Black's position. There's nothing for the bishop and knight to gang up on.} 32. Nf2 Rg3 33. e4 dxe4 34. Bxe4 g5 35. fxg5 Rxg5 {Both sides benefit from the swaps, with increased mobility all around. White is the greater beneficiary, perhaps, but the dwindling material makes a draw the most likely result, and with accurate play Sindarov splits the point.} 36. Nd3 Rh5 37. Ke3 f5 38. Bf3 Rh2 39. a4 a5 40. b3 Kf6 41. Ne5 Ra2 42. Bd1 f4+ 43. Kd3 (43. Kxf4 Rd2 $11) 43... Kg5 44. Ke4 Ra1 45. Be2 Rb1 46. Nf3+ Kf6 47. Nd2 Re1 48. Kf3 Ke7 49. Nc4 b5 50. axb5 cxb5 51. Nxa5 Kd6 52. Bxb5 Kd5 53. Kxf4 Kxd4 54. Nc6+ Kc3 55. Bc4 Rb1 56. Ke5 Rxb3 57. Bxb3 Kxb3 1/2-1/2 [Event "2nd UzChess Cup Masters"] [Site "Tashkent UZB"] [Date "2025.06.24"] [Round "6.3"] [White "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."] [Black "Vokhidov, Shamsiddin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2749"] [BlackElo "2644"] [PlyCount "111"] [GameId "2192382043513181"] [EventDate "2025.06.19"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.05"] {[%evp 0,111,24,22,17,104,17,13,24,15,14,4,8,5,10,-160,6,2,1,-8,-5,-22,8,0,-21,0,-16,1,74,-54,51,1,-30,-13,46,37,17,-31,35,2,12,12,-5,-13,-25,-25,-25,-27,-49,-49,-47,-59,17,-73,-76,-49,-142,-52,-40,-69,-85,-82,-80,-102,-104,-97,-105,-91,-96,-119,-69,-110,-94,-96,-141,-96,-126,-114,-117,-1,-82,-12,-72,-82,-75,-59,-42,-49,-99,-51,-99,-94,-88,-89,-68,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-19,-17,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,1,1,-1]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. O-O d6 8. c3 O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Bb6 (10... g5 11. Bg3 Bb6 {is more common.}) 11. a4 Rb8 12. Na3 g5 13. Bg3 Ne7 14. axb5 $146 {A momentary novelty - play returns to previous games after Black's recapture.} (14. Nc2 Ng6 15. Ne3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Kg7 17. Bc2 c5 18. axb5 axb5 19. b4 cxb4 20. cxb4 Qe7 21. Ra5 Bd7 22. d4 Bc6 23. Qa1 Rfe8 24. Bb3 Ra8 25. Nd2 Rf8 26. Bc2 Nh5 27. Be1 Nf6 28. Rf5 Rxa5 29. bxa5 Re8 30. d5 Bd7 31. Rf2 Bc8 32. Nf1 Qa7 33. Qa3 Rd8 34. Bb4 Ne8 35. Ng3 Ne7 36. Bd1 Ng8 37. Be2 Qb7 38. Bd3 Ngf6 39. Rc2 Bd7 40. Bxd6 Nxd6 41. Qxd6 Qa7 42. Qxe5 Qxe3+ 43. Rf2 {1-0 Gukesh,D (2777)-Mendonca,L (2639) Tata Steel-A 87th Wijk aan Zee 2025 (9)}) 14... axb5 15. Nc2 Ng6 16. Ne3 Bxe3 $146 17. fxe3 Kg7 (17... c5 $15) 18. Ra7 Rb7 19. Ra8 Qe7 $15 20. h3 c5 21. Bc2 Ra7 22. Rxa7 Qxa7 23. Qa1 (23. Qe2 $142) 23... Qc7 (23... Qb7 $142 $17) (23... Qe7 $142 $17) 24. Nd2 (24. b3 $142 $15 {/?}) 24... Be6 $17 25. b3 $6 Qb7 $6 (25... g4 $1 26. h4 (26. hxg4 Nxg4 $19) 26... Nh5 $19) 26. Qb2 (26. d4 $142 $17) 26... Ra8 $6 (26... g4 $1) 27. Ra1 Rxa1+ 28. Qxa1 g4 $15 29. hxg4 Nxg4 {Black has lost most of his advantage. He's still a little better, but there's no easy way in and Aravindh's good defense keeps it that way.} 30. Nf1 (30. Bf2 $142) 30... h5 (30... Qe7 $1) 31. c4 h4 32. Be1 b4 33. Bd1 Qe7 34. Qb2 Qg5 35. Qd2 Ne7 36. Kh1 Ng8 37. Bf3 N8f6 38. Qe2 Nh5 39. Qd2 Kg6 40. Kg1 Ng7 41. Kh1 Kh6 42. Kg1 Nh5 43. Kh1 Kh7 44. Kg1 Kg6 45. Kh1 Kh7 46. Kg1 Nh6 47. Qf2 {White's king needed a breather.} Ng3 (47... h3 $142) 48. Nxg3 hxg3 49. Qxg3 $11 Qxe3+ 50. Bf2 Qxd3 51. Qg5 Qxb3 52. Be3 Ng8 53. Qh5+ Kg7 54. Qg5+ Kh7 55. Qh4+ Kg7 56. Qg5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "2nd UzChess Cup Masters"] [Site "Tashkent UZB"] [Date "2025.06.24"] [Round "6.4"] [White "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"] [Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [ECO "D24"] [WhiteElo "2659"] [BlackElo "2767"] [PlyCount "263"] [GameId "2192382043513182"] [EventDate "2025.06.19"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.05"] {[%evp 0,263,11,-6,8,19,18,9,10,13,21,39,-35,5,-5,19,27,27,27,27,34,16,13,-4,4,-1,1,6,76,37,16,5,2,11,27,10,0,10,20,10,16,52,37,45,60,67,35,66,66,129,209,159,120,113,271,107,103,120,102,115,113,125,160,229,187,111,155,169,179,177,181,173,172,161,35,72,43,155,209,14,218,206,229,237,216,216,216,221,219,221,223,219,205,217,208,208,251,222,253,227,228,228,230,230,230,224,222,206,225,227,231,221,237,233,227,228,294,231,248,239,234,197,232,208,214,241,232,233,237,155,224,190,201,178,158,180,188,140,156,109,124,146,120,124,129,293,127,58,116,89,25,100,110,96,96,93,99,149,97,173,112,103,310,123,231,108,143,188,208,432,473,393,202,418,204,348,463,382,497,197,390,222,474,278,397,301,405,349,537,351,285,402,383,293,293,331,357,514,503,296,513,248,455,272,486,389,344,242,393,226,227,170,497,173,409,197,507,265,221,333,527,359,347,334,538,291,324,283,296,334,351,314,434,352,341,183,420,358,408,236,306,255,314,340,358,212,235,312,340,503,290,425,344,361,308,285,221,274,286,389,567,847,29987,29988,29989,29990] There is much that could be said about this game, but since it's 132 moves long I'll take the easy way out and just point out where Abdusattorov lost the rook vs. rook and bishop ending. (I'll add that Yakubboev was winning much of the way, before Abdusattorov scraped and clawed his way to that rook vs rook and bishop ending.)} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 Nxe4 7. O-O Nf6 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. Ne5 Rb8 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Qxa7 Bd7 13. Qa4 c5 14. Qc2 Bc6 15. a3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qd6 17. Be2 Be4 18. Qd2 Rfd8 19. a4 Qc6 20. f3 Bg6 21. Bb5 Qa8 22. Ba3 cxd4 23. cxd4 e5 24. Qc1 exd4 25. Be7 Qa7 26. Bc5 Qa5 27. Rxd4 c6 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Bxc6 Rc8 30. Bb5 h6 31. Qc4 Bd3 32. Qb4 Qxb4 33. Bxb4 Bxb5 34. axb5 Rb8 35. Ra5 Nd7 36. Kf1 Nb6 37. Bd6 Rb7 38. Bg3 Kh7 39. Bf2 Nc4 40. Ra4 Nd2+ 41. Ke1 Nxf3+ 42. gxf3 Rxb5 43. Kf1 Kg6 44. Rg4+ Kh7 45. h4 f6 46. Rc4 h5 47. Rc7 Kg6 48. Kg2 Rb2 49. Kg3 Rb1 50. Bc5 Rb8 51. Kf4 Re8 52. Rd7 Rc8 53. Bd6 Re8 54. Rb7 Rd8 55. Bc5 Rc8 56. Bb4 Re8 57. Be7 Kf7 58. Bc5+ Kg6 59. Bb4 Rc8 60. Ke4 Re8+ 61. Re7 Rb8 62. Bd6 Rb1 63. Ra7 Re1+ 64. Kd5 Rd1+ 65. Ke6 Re1+ 66. Kd7 Re3 67. Ra3 Re1 68. Kd8 Rh1 69. Ra4 Rh3 70. Rf4 Kf7 71. Kd7 Rh1 72. Re4 Rh3 73. Re7+ Kg8 74. Re8+ Kh7 75. Ke7 Rxf3 76. Kf7 Rd3 77. Be7 Re3 78. Rb8 Re4 79. Bf8 Ra4 80. Rb7 Rxh4 81. Bxg7 Ra4 82. Bxf6 h4 83. Bg5 Ra6 84. Rb4 Ra7+ 85. Be7 Ra6 86. Rxh4+ {Let the torture begin.} Rh6 87. Rg4 Ra6 88. Rg7+ Kh6 89. Rg8 Kh7 90. Rg5 Rb6 91. Rg7+ Kh6 92. Rg8 Kh7 93. Rg5 Ra6 94. Bc5 Rc6 95. Bf8 Rc7+ 96. Be7 Rc6 97. Rg7+ Kh6 98. Rg4 Kh7 99. Bf6 Rc7+ 100. Ke6 Rc1 101. Be5 Rf1 102. Bf4 Ra1 103. Kf6 Ra6+ 104. Kf5 Ra1 105. Rh4+ Kg8 106. Be5 Ra6 107. Bf6 Ra2 108. Rh8+ Kf7 109. Rh7+ Kg8 110. Rg7+ Kf8 111. Rc7 Kg8 112. Rg7+ Kf8 113. Rb7 Kg8 114. Bd4 Ra6 115. Bb6 Ra4 116. Be3 Ra6 117. Bc5 Rc6 118. Bb4 Ra6 119. Bc3 Rc6 120. Bf6 Rc1 121. Be5 Rc6 122. Rd7 Ra6 123. Bd6 Ra1 124. Be7 Ra6 125. Bf6 Ra2 126. Ke6 Ra6+ 127. Ke7 Kh7 128. Kf7 Ra2 129. Bd4 Rc2 $2 {Here it is, the losing moment.} (129... Rg2 {is the most natural move, but}) (129... Ra3) ({and} 129... Ra5 {also draw.}) 130. Kf6+ $1 Kg8 (130... Kh6 131. Kf5 $1 Re2 132. Be5 Rf2+ 133. Bf4+ {leaves Black a couple of moves short of being able to claim the draw. Agony.} Kh5 (133... Rxf4+ 134. Kxf4 $18) 134. Rh7#) 131. Rd8+ Kh7 132. Kf5 $1 {Black must either be mated or surrender his rook on the next move. It's a surprising result: clearly Nodirbek was a favorite to beat Nodirbek, but few expected that Nodirbek would beat Nodirbek!} 1-0 [Event "2nd UzChess Cup Masters"] [Site "Tashkent UZB"] [Date "2025.06.24"] [Round "6.5"] [White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [ECO "E48"] [WhiteElo "2691"] [BlackElo "2757"] [PlyCount "77"] [GameId "2192382043513183"] [EventDate "2025.06.19"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.05"] {[%evp 0,77,18,17,43,26,20,16,9,10,15,-36,14,29,-5,-2,-5,-152,-1,-5,11,-23,-39,-64,-26,-61,-91,-49,-70,-49,-107,-50,-4,-5,-48,-12,23,18,23,2,-18,10,18,0,20,29,14,0,0,12,64,42,106,23,49,66,47,51,50,52,59,56,22,42,-1,2,41,12,-24,12,15,19,24,20,-26,26,21,16,-67,21]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. a3 Bd6 8. Qc2 Na6 (8... c6 {is the most common move, setting up a standard Carlsbad structure. Black also pushes ...c5, either directly or after ...b6.}) 9. Nge2 c5 {Or after ...Na6.} 10. f3 (10. Bxa6 bxa6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 {has been tried in some high-level games.} 12. O-O (12. b4 Bd6 13. Bb2 a5 14. b5 a6 15. h3 Bd7 16. bxa6 Rxa6 17. Rd1 Rb6 18. Rd2 Qc8 19. f3 Re8 20. Kf2 Qb8 21. Qc1 Rxe3 22. Nd1 Re8 23. Ne3 Rb3 24. Ng4 Bxg4 25. hxg4 Rc8 26. Qa1 Bf4 {0-1 Ding,L (2806)-Radjabov,T (2753) Candidates Tournament Madrid 2022 (12)}) 12... Bb7 13. Rd1 Rc8 14. h3 Qe7 15. b4 Bd6 16. Qd3 Qe5 17. f4 Qe7 18. Nd4 g6 19. Bb2 Rfe8 20. Re1 Rc7 21. Nf3 Rec8 22. Qd4 Rc4 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Qxf6 Qxf6 25. Bxf6 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Bf8 27. Kf2 Bg7 28. Be5 a5 29. bxa5 R4c5 30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31. Rab1 Rxa5 32. Rb3 Rh5 33. Kg3 Rhc5 34. e4 R8c7 35. e5 Rc2 36. f5 gxf5 37. Kf4 f6 38. e6 R2c4+ 39. Kg3 Re7 40. Rd3 Rc6 41. Rd7 Rxd7 42. exd7 Rd6 43. Re7+ Kg6 44. h4 a5 45. h5+ Kxh5 46. Rxh7+ Kg6 47. Re7 Rd2 48. a4 {½-½ Firouzja,A (2777)-Gukesh,D (2744) Zagreb SuperUnited Rapid 2023 (3)}) 10... Re8 $146 11. O-O Nc7 12. Bd2 c4 $146 (12... b6 $142 13. Rad1 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Nxa6 15. Kh1 Qc8 16. Qd3 Nc7 17. e4 dxe4 18. fxe4 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Qg4 20. Rxf6 gxf6 21. Nf5 Bf8 22. h3 Qg6 23. Nh4 Rad8 24. Qf3 Qg7 25. Nf5 Qg6 26. Nh4 Qg7 27. Nf5 Qg6 28. Nh4 Qg7 {½-½ Harikrishna,P (2701)-Le,Q (2709) Prague Masters 4th 2022 (7)}) 13. Bf5 Bxf5 14. Qxf5 b5 15. e4 Qd7 $11 16. Qxd7 Nxd7 17. Bf4 Bxf4 18. Nxf4 Nb6 19. exd5 Red8 20. Rfe1 a6 21. Re5 f6 22. Rf5 Rd7 23. d6 Rxd6 24. Rc5 Ne8 25. a4 b4 (25... Rxd4 26. Nfe2 Rd7 27. axb5 axb5 28. Rxa8 Nxa8 29. Nxb5 (29. Rxb5 Nac7 $11) 29... Nb6 $11) 26. Ne4 (26. Ncd5 $142 Nxd5 27. Nxd5 c3 $1 28. bxc3 bxc3 $11) 26... Rxd4 27. Ne6 Rd5 28. Rc6 Nd7 (28... Rb8 29. a5 Nd7 30. Rxa6 f5 31. Nf4 Rdb5 32. Nd6 Nxd6 33. Rxd6 Nc5 34. a6 c3 35. bxc3 bxc3 $11 {The battle of the passed pawns will most likely end in their joint liquidation.}) 29. Rxc4 a5 30. Nf4 {White is the one pressing - a little - but it's hard to find a way to make genuine progress.} Rf5 31. Nd3 Rd5 32. Nf4 Rf5 33. Rd4 Nb6 34. Ng3 Rc5 35. b3 Rac8 36. Ne4 Rf5 37. Ng3 Rfc5 38. Ne4 Rf5 39. Ng3 1/2-1/2