[Event "Turning Torso Chess Event 2021"] [Site "Malmoe"] [Date "2021.08.23"] [Round "9.1"] [White "Blomqvist, Erik"] [Black "Grandelius, Nils"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B13"] [WhiteElo "2537"] [BlackElo "2666"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2021.08.20"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "SWE"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,88,27,27,35,35,35,33,44,34,47,40,56,40,57,52,70,41,45,48,47,55,87,59, 67,64,80,70,103,72,75,60,83,86,70,82,89,49,56,62,54,55,66,63,58,0,0,0,0,-121, 35,-29,0,-131,-129,-197,-146,-197,-207,-233,-243,-307,-299,-309,-311,-298,-304, -353,-303,-414,-427,-426,-423,-738,-738,-700,-683,-684,-682]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 {[%csl Gb2,Rc2,Gc3,Rd3,Gd4,Ge3,Re4, Gf2,Rf3,Rg2][%CAl Gd4e5,Gf6g7,Gf6g5,Ge5f4]} g6 (6... Bg4 7. Qb3 Na5 (7... Qc8 8. Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Be7 10. Kf1 (10. O-O Bh5 (10... O-O 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Qc2 g6 14. h3 Bf5 15. Bxf5 gxf5 16. Nf3 Kh8 17. Ng5 Qc4 18. Qd2 Nc5 19. Rad1 Rac8 20. b3 Qa6 21. c4 dxc4 22. Qe2 Bxg5 23. Bxg5 Ne4 24. Qh5 Rg8 25. Bh4 Rg6 26. f3 Qxa2 27. g4 Nc3 28. Rf2 Qxb3 29. Rd7 Rf8 30. Be7 Qb5 31. Rfd2 fxg4 32. Bxf8 gxf3+ 33. Kh2 Qb6 34. R7d4 Ne2 35. Qxf3 Nxd4 36. Qe3 Nf3+ {0-1 (36) Rendle,T (2400)-Howell,D (2611) Hastings 2011 CBM 140 Extra [Friedel,F]}) ( 10... Nd7 11. Rfe1 O-O 12. a4 Bh5 13. a5 a6 14. Qc2 Bg6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Qd3 Re8 17. b4 Bf6 18. Nb3 e5 19. dxe5 Ndxe5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Qxd5 Rd8 22. Qe4 Nd3 23. Red1 Qxc3 24. Nc5 Nxc5 25. bxc5 Qxc5 26. Rac1 Bb2 27. Rb1 Bd4 28. Bg3 Rd7 29. Rbc1 Qd5 30. Qxd5 Rxd5 31. Kf1 Rad8 32. Rb1 Bc3 33. Rxd5 Rxd5 34. Rxb7 Rxa5 35. Rb8+ Kh7 36. Ra8 Ra2 37. h4 a5 38. Ra7 f6 39. Ra6 a4 40. Bd6 Bd4 41. f3 Be3 {0-1 (41) Alavi,S (2445)-Kollars,D (2607) Chess.com INT 2021}) 11. Rae1 (11. Rfe1 a6 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bg6 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. c4 O-O 16. Rac1 Qd7 17. c5 Qc6 18. Qd3 a5 19. Rc3 b6 20. cxb6 Qxb6 21. Qc2 Nd7 22. Rc6 Qb4 23. a3 Qb5 24. Bf4 Nb6 25. Rc1 Rfc8 26. Rc3 Rxc3 27. bxc3 Rc8 28. Rb1 Qc6 29. Nf3 Nc4 30. Qe2 Nxa3 31. Ne5 Qxc3 32. Rb7 Qa1+ 33. Qf1 Qxd4 34. g3 g5 35. Rxe7 gxf4 36. Nxf7 f3 37. h4 Qc4 38. Qh3 Qe2 39. Nh6+ Kh8 40. Nf7+ Kg8 41. Nh6+ Kf8 42. Rf7+ Ke8 43. Rxf3 Rc1+ 44. Kh2 Qxf3 45. Qxe6+ Kd8 46. Nf7+ Kc7 47. Qe5+ Kd7 {0-1 (47) Heberla,B (2516)-Macieja,B (2624) Warsaw 2010 CBM 134 Extra [Macieja,B]}) 11... Bg6 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. h4 a6 14. c4 a5 15. a3 a4 16. Qd3 O-O 17. c5 b6 18. cxb6 Qb7 19. Bc7 Nd7 20. Rc1 Rfc8 21. b4 axb3 22. Qxb3 Bxa3 23. Rc3 Be7 24. Rfc1 Nb4 25. Ne5 Nxe5 26. Bxe5 Rxc3 27. Qxc3 Qxb6 28. Nf3 Qd8 29. Qb3 Rc8 30. Ra1 Rc4 31. g3 Qc8 32. Kg2 Nc6 33. Qb5 Bf8 34. Ra4 Rxa4 35. Qxa4 Nb4 36. Qb5 Qc2 37. Qf1 Qe4 38. Qe1 f6 39. Bc7 Nc2 40. Qxe4 dxe4 41. Nd2 f5 42. Nb3 Ne1+ 43. Kf1 Nf3 44. Ke2 Kf7 45. Bb6 Bb4 46. Ke3 Ke8 47. Bc5 Bc3 48. Ba3 Kf7 49. Bd6 Kf6 50. Bc7 Ke7 51. Bb8 Bb2 52. Bf4 Kd8 53. Bd6 Kd7 54. Bf8 Kc6 55. Bxg7 Kd5 56. Bf6 Bc3 57. Ke2 Kc4 58. Nc5 e5 59. Nd7 exd4 60. Bd8 d3+ 61. Kd1 Bd4 62. Bb6 Bxb6 63. Nxb6+ Kd4 64. Nc8 Ne5 65. Ne7 Ng4 66. Ke1 Kc3 67. Nd5+ Kb3 68. Kd2 Nxf2 69. h5 gxh5 70. Ne3 h4 71. Nxf5 h3 {0-1 (71) Kramnik,V (2803)-Ivanchuk,V (2728) Tbilisi 2017 CBM 181 [Marin,M]}) 10... Bh5 11. Re1 a6 12. Qc2 b5 13. b4 Bg6 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. Qd3 a5 16. a3 axb4 17. axb4 Qb7 18. Nb3 O-O 19. h4 Ne4 20. Nfd2 Ra3 21. Rb1 Rfa8 22. Kg1 Nd8 23. Rh3 Qc6 24. Na5 R8xa5 25. bxa5 Nxc3 26. Rb3 Ra1+ 27. Nb1 b4 28. Bd2 Na2 29. Re3 Nc1 30. Bxc1 Qxc1+ 31. Kh2 Nc6 32. g3 Nxa5 {0-1 (32) Howell,D (2616)-So,W (2674) Biel 2010 CBM 138 [Postny,E]}) (7... Qd7 8. Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Bd6 (9... Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Bd6 (10... a6 11. O-O Be7 12. Ne5 Qc8 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. a4 O-O 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. f4 Rab8 18. Kh1 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qb4 Rb7 21. Ra5 Be7 22. Bxb5 Bxb4 23. Bxc6 Bxa5 24. Bxb7 Rb8 25. Ra1 Rxb7 26. Rxa5 Rxb2 27. Kg1 Rc2 28. Rc5 Kh7 29. f5 exf5 30. Rxd5 Rxc3 31. Rxf5 Rd3 32. Rxf7 Rd1+ 33. Rf1 {1/2-1/2 (33) Joie,S (2387)-Di Nicolantonio,L (2393) Vaujany 2016}) 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. O-O (12. Qxb7 Rb8 13. Qa6 O-O 14. Bb5 ( 14. Rb1 Rb6 15. Qa4 e5 16. Be2 exd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Re8 19. Kf1 Qe7 20. Bd3 Rxb2 21. g3 Rxb1+ 22. Bxb1 Rc8 23. Kg2 Rc4 24. Qd2 Qc5 25. Bc2 Rxc3 26. Bb3 g6 27. Rd1 Kg7 28. Bxd5 Rc2 29. Qd4 Qxd4 30. Rxd4 Nxd5 31. Rxd5 Rxa2 32. Rd7 g5 33. g4 Ra6 34. Kg3 Kg6 35. h4 Ra3+ 36. f3 h6 37. Rd6+ Kg7 38. Rd5 gxh4+ 39. Kxh4 a5 40. Kg3 Ra1 41. Rb5 a4 42. Ra5 a3 43. Kf4 a2 44. Ra6 Kf8 45. Ra7 Ke8 46. Kf5 Rf1 47. Rxa2 Rxf3+ 48. Ke4 Rf1 49. Ra6 Rh1 50. Kf4 Kf8 51. Rb6 Kg7 52. Ra6 Re1 53. Rb6 Re6 54. Rb5 Ra6 55. Rc5 Kg6 56. Rb5 Rf6+ 57. Kg3 Re6 58. Kf4 f6 59. Rb8 Re5 60. Rg8+ Kf7 61. Rh8 Kg7 62. Ra8 h5 63. gxh5 Rxh5 64. Rb8 Ra5 65. Rc8 Kg6 66. Rg8+ Kf7 67. Rb8 Ra1 68. Rb3 Rf1+ 69. Rf3 Rxf3+ 70. Kxf3 Ke6 71. Ke4 f5+ 72. Kf4 Kf6 {1/2-1/2 (72) Keitlinghaus,L (2500)-Hansen,L (2586) Baden-Baden 2002 CBM 088 [Dautov,R]}) 14... Rb6 15. Qa4 Ne7 16. b3 Ne4 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. Bd3 Ng6 19. Ne5 Nc5 20. dxc5 Qxe5+ 21. Kd2 Rxc5 22. g3 Qb8 23. f4 Ne7 24. h4 Rc8 25. h5 h6 26. Rc2 Nc6 27. Kc1 e5 28. Rd1 e4 29. Ba6 Rd8 30. Be2 Qd6 31. Kb1 Qf6 32. Qa3 d4 33. cxd4 Nxd4 34. Rcd2 Rbd6 35. Qb4 Kh7 36. Bg4 e3 37. Rd3 a5 38. Qc5 Rd5 39. Qc4 Nb5 40. Qxb5 Rxb5 41. Rxd8 a4 42. R8d6 Qe7 43. Be2 Rb8 44. Rd7 Qa3 45. Bd3+ Kg8 46. Bc4 axb3 47. Bxf7+ Kf8 48. Bxb3 e2 {0-1 (48) Morozevich,A (2590)-Oll,L (2645) Groningen 1997 CBM 063 [Mueller,Karsten]}) 12... Rb8 (12... O-O 13. Rae1 Nd7 14. Qc2 g6 15. Re3 Qf4 16. Rfe1 Rab8 17. Qe2 Rfc8 18. h3 Rc7 19. Nh2 Ne7 20. Ng4 Kg7 21. Rf3 Qg5 22. Bb5 Nc6 23. Rxf7+ Kxf7 24. Qxe6+ Kg7 25. Qd6 Qd8 26. Bxc6 Rxc6 27. Qe7+ Kh8 28. Qf7 Rc7 29. Re7 Qg8 30. Qf4 Qf8 31. Rf7 Qg8 32. Nh6 Qd8 33. Qe3 Rbc8 34. Re7 Qf8 35. Nf7+ Kg8 36. Qe6 Rc6 37. Nd6+ Kh8 38. Rxd7 {1-0 (38) Yudasin,L (2538)-Benjamin,J (2563) Minneapolis 2005 CBM 107 [Dautov,R]}) 13. Rae1 (13. Rfe1 O-O 14. Qc2 Qc7 15. a3 Ne7 16. Ne5 Nc8 17. Re3 Nd6 18. Rh3 h6 19. Re1 b5 20. Qc1 Nfe4 21. f3 Ng5 22. Rg3 f6 23. Ng6 Rfe8 24. h4 Ngf7 25. Nf4 g5 26. hxg5 fxg5 27. Nxe6 Qc8 28. Nf4 Qc6 29. Ng6 Rxe1+ 30. Qxe1 Re8 31. Ne5 Nxe5 32. dxe5 Qb6+ 33. Kh1 Nf7 34. f4 Kf8 35. Rf3 g4 36. Rf1 h5 37. Qh4 Kg7 38. Re1 a6 39. Bf5 Qh6 40. Bd7 Rf8 41. e6 Qxf4 42. e7 Rh8 43. e8=Q Rxe8 44. Bxe8 Ng5 45. Bxh5 {1-0 (45) Muzychuk,A (2539) -Gunina,V (2506) Kazan 2019 CBM 191 [Muzychuk,A]}) 13... O-O 14. Ne5 Nd7 15. Qc2 Ndxe5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Re3 Ng4 19. Rh3 Nh6 20. Bd3 f5 21. Qd2 Rf6 22. Rd1 b5 23. Rh4 a5 24. a3 Kg8 25. Qe2 Qc6 26. Rd4 Nf7 27. Bb1 Nd6 28. Ba2 Nc4 29. Bxc4 bxc4 30. f4 Qc7 31. g3 Rh6 32. R1d2 Kf7 33. Qd1 Rhh8 34. Re2 Qc5 35. Kg2 Rb7 36. Rf2 Qc6 37. Qf3 Rb6 38. Rdd2 Qb7 39. Kh1 Qc6 40. Kg2 Rb3 41. Kg1 Qc5 {1/2-1/2 (41) Ashley,M (2500)-Bareev,E (2675) New York 1998 CBM 064 [Mueller,Karsten]}) 10. Bg3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Bxg3 12. hxg3 a6 13. Kf1 Qc7 14. Re1 Na5 15. Qc2 Nc4 16. Kg1 h6 17. b3 Na5 18. c4 Nc6 19. c5 Rd8 20. a3 Rd7 21. b4 Re7 22. Qb2 Nd7 23. Bc2 O-O 24. Rh4 Rfe8 25. Bb3 Nf6 26. Ne5 Nxe5 27. dxe5 Nd7 28. Ba4 Rf8 29. Bxd7 Qxd7 30. Qd4 f5 31. exf6 Rxf6 32. Rf4 Ref7 33. Rxf6 Rxf6 34. f4 Qc6 35. g4 Qd7 36. Re5 Qf7 37. g3 Kh8 38. Kg2 Qg6 39. Qd1 Qf7 40. Qd3 Qc7 41. Qd4 Qf7 42. a4 Kg8 43. b5 axb5 44. axb5 Qd7 45. Qd3 Kh8 46. Re1 Rf8 47. g5 Rf5 48. gxh6 d4 49. hxg7+ Kxg7 50. Re4 Rd5 51. g4 Kg8 52. Kg3 Qh7 53. c6 bxc6 54. bxc6 Qh1 55. Rxe6 Qg1+ 56. Kh3 Qh1+ 57. Kg3 Qg1+ 58. Kf3 Qh1+ 59. Ke2 Qg2+ 60. Ke1 Qg1+ 61. Kd2 Qf2+ 62. Qe2 Qxf4+ 63. Kd1 Rd8 64. c7 Qxc7 65. Rg6+ Kh8 66. Qe6 {1-0 (66) Short,N (2660)-Ehlvest,J (2610) Tallinn/Parnu 1998 CBM 066 [Mueller,Karsten]}) (7... e5 8. h3 Na5 9. Qc2 exf4 10. hxg4 Nxg4 11. Qe2+ Qe7 12. Nh3 f3 13. Qxe7+ Bxe7 14. g3 Nc4 15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Nd2 Rc8 17. Nxf3 h6 18. a4 Kd7 19. O-O g5 20. Rfe1 b6 21. Kg2 f6 22. Nd2 {1/2-1/2 (22) Bacrot,E (2714)-Istratescu,A (2589) Brest 2018}) 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 e6 { I wouldn't recommend this continuation for Black. It seems to me that Black should try to trade light-squared bishops or to develop his dark-squared bishop on g7. In this case it will not be easy for White to launch an attack on the kingside.} (9... g6 10. Nf3 Bg7 11. O-O (11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. Ne5 (12. h3 O-O 13. O-O {- Kritz,L- Leitao,R FIDE-Wch ko Tripoli 2014, annotated by Dautov, R} Nh5 14. Be3 Nc4 15. Nxc4 dxc4 16. Be2 Nf6 17. Ne5 b5 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. a4 a6 20. axb5 axb5 21. Qd2 Nd5 22. Bh6 e6 23. Ra5 Ra8 24. Rfa1 Bxh6 25. Qxh6 Qb7 26. Qc1 Rxa5 27. Rxa5 Ra8 28. Qa1 Rxa5 29. Qxa5 h5 30. Bf3 Kg7 31. g3 h4 32. Qd8 hxg3 33. fxg3 Qa7 34. Bxd5 Qa1+ 35. Kh2 exd5 36. Qxd5 Qxb2+ 37. Kh1 Qc1+ 38. Kg2 Qd2+ 39. Kf1 Qxc3 40. Qe5+ Kh7 41. Qd5 Kg8 42. Qxb5 Qf3+ 43. Ke1 Qxg3+ 44. Ke2 Qd3+ {0-1 (44) Kritz,L (2534)-Leitao,R (2564) Tripoli 2004 CBM 102 [Dautov, R]}) 12... Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Be5 O-O 15. O-O e6 16. Rfe1 Qd7 17. Nf3 Bb5 18. a4 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Qc6 $11 {Dumont,S (2331)-Leitao, R (2564) Sao Paulo 2004 0-1 (45)}) 11... O-O 12. Qe2 Nh5 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Nbd2 Rfe8 15. Rfe1 Rac8 16. h3 Nf4 17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18. Qe3 $6 (18. Ne5 Rc7 19. Ndf3 Nc6 20. g3 Qf6 21. Nxd7 Rxd7 22. h4 e5 $11) 18... Qxe3 19. Rxe3 f6 20. Rae1 Kf7 21. R3e2 b5 22. g4 Nb7 { 1/2 (22) Megaranto,S (2499)-Khenkin,I (2610) Amsterdam 2005} (22... Nc4 $5 23. Nxc4 bxc4 24. Bc2 Rc7 $15)) (9... a6 10. a4 Bg4 11. Nd2 Bh5 12. Ngf3 Bg6 13. Ne5 e6 (13... Bxd3 14. Qxd3 e6 15. b4 Nc6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. O-O Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Nb3 $14 {Zozulia,A (2328)-Kasparov,S (2500) Differdange 2007 1/2 (48)} ) 14. O-O Bd6 15. Rfe1 O-O 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Be5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Nd7 19. b4 Nc6 $11 {Campora,D (2540)-Tukmakov,V (2590) Biel 1988 0-1 (42)}) 10. Nf3 Qb6 { As far as I know, this line has been considered as difficult for Black since the game Fischer,R-Petrosian,T.} 11. O-O $6 {I think that both players were not well prepared. Alexandr has chosen a risky line and Etienne has allowed him to trade light-squared bishops.} (11. a4 $1 {I think that after this move Black's position is unpleasant.} Rc8 (11... Qb3 12. Qe2 $1 (12. Nbd2 Qxc2 13. Bxc2 Nc6 14. h3 {is slightly better for White.}) 12... Bxa4 $2 (12... Nc4 13. Bc1 a5 14. O-O Rc8 15. Nbd2 Nxd2 16. Bxd2 Bd6 17. Ne5 $16) 13. Rxa4 Qxa4 14. Bb5+ $18 {Robert Fischer}) ({Robert Fischer recommended} 11... Nb3 12. Ra2 Rc8 13. O-O Be7) 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. Qb1 Nh5 (13... g6 {Fischer,R} 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bg7 16. Nf3 O-O 17. O-O $14) 14. Be3 h6 (14... f5 $6 15. g4 fxg4 16. Ng5 $16) 15. Ne5 Nf6 16. h3 Bd6 17. O-O Kf8 $6 (17... O-O 18. f4 Rfd8 19. Re1 $14) 18. f4 Be8 (18... Nxe5 $2 19. fxe5 Bxe5 20. a5 $18) 19. Bf2 $16 {Fischer, R-Petrosian,T Belgrade 1970 1-0 (39)}) 11... Bb5 12. Bxb5+ ({The position which has arisen isn't popular among titled players. Geza Maroczy played} 12. Nbd2 {and didn't get any advantage against the world champion. It was the only game between titled players:} Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Rc8 14. Rab1 Be7 15. h3 O-O 16. Rfe1 Nc4 17. Nxc4 Rxc4 18. Ne5 Rcc8 19. Bg5 Qd8 20. Bxf6 gxf6 $11 {Maroczy, G-Capablanca,J Lake Hopatcong 1926 0-1 (49)}) 12... Qxb5 13. Nbd2 Be7 14. Rae1 $146 {A novelty, which doesn't change the evaluation of this line as harmless for Black.} (14. Ne5 O-O 15. Nb3 Nc4 16. Nxc4 Qxc4 17. Nd2 Qc6 18. Nf3 Nd7 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Rfc8 $11 {De Andrade,W (2178)-Molina, R (2100) Brasilia 2003 1/2 (46)}) 14... Rc8 15. Ne5 Nc6 16. Qb1 (16. Ndf3 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 (17. Nxe5 O-O 18. Bg5 Bd6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Ng4 f5 $11) 17... O-O 18. Ng5 g6 $11) 16... Nxe5 17. Bxe5 O-O $11 {Black hasn't any problems after the opening.} 18. Re3 { This is a typical plan for the Carlsbad structure.} g6 19. Bf4 Rfe8 20. Rfe1 Bf8 {Alexandr has found a solid setup.} 21. h4 Nh5 22. Bg5 Bg7 ({Of course Black shouldn't play} 22... h6 $2 {due to} 23. g4 hxg5 24. gxh5 $16) 23. g4 Nf6 24. Bxf6 $8 Bxf6 25. g5 (25. h5 $2 Bg5 26. R3e2 gxh5 27. Nf3 Bf4 28. gxh5 Kh8 $17) ({Probably Etienne could have tried} 25. Nf3 Bg7 26. h5 Qd7 27. Ne5 Bxe5 28. Rxe5 f6 29. R5e3 gxh5 30. gxh5 Kh8 $11) 25... Bg7 26. f4 Qd7 {Now everything is ready for the minority attack.} 27. Nf3 b5 28. b4 $2 {Now Black has got an advantage. White cannot play Nd3, Nc5 so I think that Etienne should have played 28.h5 or 28.Ne5 with an equal position.} (28. Ne5 Qe7 29. h5 b4 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Rh3 bxc3 32. bxc3 Rc7 $11) (28. h5 b4 29. h6 Bf8 30. Ne5 Qb7 $11) 28... a5 $1 29. bxa5 $6 (29. a3 Rc4 30. Ne5 (30. h5 $2 Qc7 {[%CAl Rc7f4,Rc4c3] White cannot protect both c3 and f4.} 31. h6 Bf8 $19) 30... Bxe5 31. fxe5 Qc7 32. Rc1 Rc8 33. Rd3 $15) 29... Qc7 30. Ne5 Qxa5 31. Qb3 $2 Rc7 $2 (31... Bxe5 $1 32. fxe5 Rc4 {It would be difficult to advise something good for White:} 33. Rf1 Rec8 34. Rff3 b4 $19) 32. Rf1 $6 {White still wants to get counterplay on the kingside.} (32. Rb1 Rec8 33. Qxb5 Qxa2 34. Rb2 Qa3 35. Qb4 $15) 32... Rec8 33. Rff3 Qa4 $2 ({Once again Black could have got a winning position after} 33... Bxe5 $1 34. fxe5 Rc4 35. Rd3 Ra4 36. Rf2 Ra3 37. Qb2 Raxc3 38. Qd2 b4 $19) 34. Qxa4 bxa4 {Without queens White has good chances to save the game.} 35. Kf1 Rb8 $15 (35... Bxe5 $5 36. fxe5 Rb8 37. Kg2 Rc4 $15 { I believe that White should make a draw.}) 36. Ng4 $5 {White wants to keep some tension on the kingside, the knight can also kick the opponent's rook from b2.} Rb1+ 37. Re1 Rb2 38. Re2 a3 39. Rd3 Rcb7 (39... h5 $1 40. Ne5 (40. gxh6 $6 Bh8 41. Rh3 Kh7 $17) 40... Bf8 41. Kf2 Rb1 42. Re1 Rcb7 43. Rd2 Bd6 44. Nd3 $15) 40. Rd1 Kf8 $6 41. Ke1 Ke7 42. Nf2 $11 Rxe2+ (42... Kd7 43. Rxb2 Rxb2 44. Rd2 $11) 43. Kxe2 Rb2+ 44. Rd2 Rb1 45. Rd1 Rb2+ 46. Rd2 h6 {Alexandr still hopes to win the game.} 47. Nd3 Rb8 48. Rd1 f6 49. Rg1 Kf7 50. Kd2 {Black still has slightly better chances, but the a3-pawn is not only an asset, it might be a weakness soon.} hxg5 51. hxg5 Rh8 52. Kc2 Rh3 53. gxf6 Kxf6 (53... Bxf6 54. Ne5+ Bxe5 55. fxe5 Rh8 56. Kb3 Rb8+ 57. Kxa3 Kg7 $44) 54. Ne5 Kf5 55. Nxg6 {White has won a pawn and now he has the upper hand.} Bf6 56. Rg2 Bd8 57. Ne5 Kxf4 58. Rf2+ Ke4 59. Re2+ Kf5 60. Nc6 Bg5 61. Re5+ Kf6 62. Nd8 Re3 $6 { The endgame is drawish but Black can make a draw after} (62... Rh2+ 63. Kb3 Rb2+ 64. Kxa3 Rb6 65. Rxe6+ Rxe6 66. Nxe6 Kxe6 67. Kb4 $11) 63. Rxe3 Bxe3 64. Nc6 Kf5 65. Kb3 Bc1 66. Nb4 Ke4 67. Na6 Kf5 $2 (67... Bd2 68. Nc5+ Kf5 69. Na4 Bc1 70. Nb6 Ke4 71. Nd7 Bd2 72. Nc5+ Kf5 $11) 68. Nc5 $2 ({White could have won the a3-pawn after} 68. Nc7 Bg5 69. Kxa3 e5 70. dxe5 Kxe5 71. Nb5 {The position is still drawish but White has some practical chances.}) 68... Bd2 { Sumets,A: '='} 69. Nd3 Ke4 70. Kc2 Bh6 71. Nc5+ Kf5 72. Nd7 Bf4 73. Kb3 Bd2 74. Ne5 Ke4 75. Nc6 Kd3 76. Nb4+ Ke4 77. Nc2 Kd3 78. Nb4+ Ke4 79. Kc2 Bh6 80. Nc6 Bf4 81. Kb3 Bd2 82. Na7 e5 $6 (82... Kd3 83. Nb5 Be1 $11) 83. dxe5 Kxe5 84. Nb5 Ke4 $6 {Now Black is in trouble.} (84... Ke6 85. Kxa3 Kd7 86. Kb4 Kc6 87. a4 Bf4 88. Nd4+ Kb6 89. Nf3 Bd6+ 90. Kb3 {The position is drawish.}) 85. Kxa3 Bg5 86. Kb3 Ke5 $6 {After this move Black needs to play very precisely} (86... Kd3 87. Nd4 Bf6 88. Nb5 Bd8 89. a4 Ba5 $11) 87. a4 Ke6 88. Kb4 Be7+ 89. Ka5 Bd8+ 90. Ka6 Kd7 91. a5 Kc8 92. Nd4 Bh4 93. Kb6 Bd8+ $2 {The decisive mistake.} ( 93... Be1 $1 94. Nb5 Kb8 95. a6 (95. Kc6 d4 $1 $11) 95... Bf2+ 96. Kc6 Be1 97. Kxd5 Bxc3 $11) 94. Kb5 Kb7 95. a6+ Ka8 96. Ne6 $18 {Game is over now.} Bh4 97. Nc7+ Ka7 98. Nxd5 Bf2 99. c4 Bg1 100. Nb4 Bf2 101. Nc6+ Ka8 102. Ne7 Ka7 103. Nc8+ Kb8 104. Nd6 Ka7 105. Ne4 Be3 106. c5 Bd4 107. c6 Be5 108. Nc5 Bg3 109. Ne4 Bh2 110. Nc3 Bg3 111. Nd5 Kb8 112. Kc5 Kc8 113. a7 Bf2+ 114. Kd6 {1-0 (114) Bacrot,E (2715)-Fier,A (2579) Tbilisi 2017 CBM 181 [Sumets,A]}) (6... e6 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. Bg3 O-O 9. Nbd2 Qc7 10. O-O h6 11. Re1 Bxg3 12. hxg3 a6 13. Qe2 b5 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Qxe5 Qxe5 16. Rxe5 Bd7 17. Nb3 a5 18. Ree1 Bc6 19. Nc5 Nd7 20. Nxd7 Bxd7 21. Kf1 Rab8 22. Rab1 Rfc8 23. Ke2 b4 24. Kd2 Kf8 25. Rec1 Ke7 26. f3 {1/2-1/2 (26) Hutois,M (2265)-Bouget,A (2268) Sautron 2018}) 7. Nf3 Nh5 { B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack.} (7... Bf5 8. Bxf5 gxf5 9. Ne5 e6 10. Nd2 Nd7 11. Nd3 Ne7 12. O-O Ng6 13. Re1 Bg7 14. Bd6 Bf8 15. Bf4 Bg7 {1/2-1/2 (15) Cornette,M (2600)-Gharamian,T (2614) Brest 2018}) 8. Be3 Qc7 $5 {[%mdl 4] Exploring less charted territory.} 9. O-O Bg7 {White is slightly better.} 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nbd2 Nf4 12. Bf1 Bf5 13. Nb3 Rfe8 14. Qd2 Nh5 15. h3 {Threatens to win with g4.} Nf6 16. Bf4 {[#]} Qc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Qb6 17. Ne5 Ne4 18. Qe3 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Qxe3 21. Rxe3 Rac8 22. Rd1 Nc5 23. Rxd5 Nxb3 24. axb3 {1-0 (68) Aronian,L (2782)-Artemiev,V (2704) chess24.com INT 2021}) 17. Rad1 Ne4 18. Qc1 f6 19. c4 g5 20. Bh2 e6 21. Nfd2 Bg6 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. d5 Nb4 24. d6 {Strongly threatening d7.} Nd3 25. Bxd3 exd3 26. c5 e5 27. Qc4+ Kh8 28. Rxd3 (28. Qd5 $14 Qd7 29. Nd2) 28... Bxd3 $11 29. Qxd3 {And now d7 would win.} Qc6 30. h4 (30. Rd1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 30... g4 $2 ({Better is} 30... gxh4 $17 31. Qe4 a5) 31. Qf5 (31. Rc1 $14) 31... b6 32. Qxg4 (32. Nd2 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 32... bxc5 $17 33. d7 (33. Rd1 $17) 33... Re7 ({Black should play} 33... Red8 $19 34. Rd1 a5) 34. Rc1 (34. Bf4 $17 {is a better defense.}) 34... Qxd7 $19 35. Qxd7 Rxd7 36. Nxc5 {[#]} Rc8 $1 {[%mdl 512] aiming for ...Rxc5!} 37. b4 {[#]} Bf8 $1 { [%mdl 512]} 38. f4 {[#]} e4 {[%mdl 512]} 39. f5 (39. Kh1 e3) 39... Rd5 40. Re1 Bxc5+ 41. bxc5 {Black is clearly winning.} Rcxc5 42. Rxe4 (42. Bb8 $142 Rc4 43. Bxa7) 42... Rd1+ 43. Kf2 Rc2+ 44. Kf3 Rd3+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.37/ Black=0.15} 0-1
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