[Event "Sochi"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2021.07.23"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[Annotator "Bojkov,Dejan"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
{[%evp 0,68,19,29,44,11,19,24,12,-4,-4,7,-1,3,71,56,2,9,46,27,36,47,55,-21,59,
59,78,41,31,35,36,31,34,15,24,50,31,11,104,-77,-66,-79,-116,-117,-117,-117,-85,
-85,-88,-121,-138,-135,-135,-149,-115,-115,-73,-153,-142,-159,-232,-258,-212,
-235,-154,-360,-174,-1159,-1045,-1315,-1315]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4.
c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5 {This active approach against the Italian has
gained more and more attention lately, mainly thanks to the efforts of the
likes of Aronian, So and Nakamura.
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} 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1 {[%CAl Rf3e5,Re1e5,Gc6e5]} Bg4 {Active defense of the
center.} 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nbd2 {?????,???????} ({
Black is not afraid to sacrifice a pawn a la the Marshall Gambit after
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} 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Rxe5 c6 13. Qf3 Bd6 14. Re1 Kh8 {intending to
push the f-pawn as in McShane,L (2640)-Sethuraman,S (2646) Riadh 2017} 15. Bxd5
cxd5 16. Bf4 d4 17. cxd4 Bb4 18. Nc3 Qxd4 19. h4 f5 20. g5 Bh5 21. Qg3 Rad8 22.
Re3 Bc5 23. Rae1 Qb4 24. Re6 Rd4 25. a3 Qxb2 26. Ne2 Ra4 27. Be5 Qa2 28. Nf4
Bf7 29. Rh6 Kg8 30. g6 hxg6 31. Nxg6 Bxf2+ 32. Kf1 Bxg6 33. Qxg6 Rg4 34. Qh7+
Kf7 35. Qxf5+ Kg8 36. Rh8+ Kxh8 37. Qxf8+ Kh7 38. Qf5+ {1-0 (38) McShane,L
(2640)-Sethuraman,S (2646) Riadh 2017}) 10... Nb6 11. Bb3 {Previously, White
was mainly putting more pressure against the black center with 11.Bb5.} Kh8 $5
{Once again a very concrete, aggressive move by Kosteniuk. She is ready for
the kingside push. This was also the Russian's first long thought, almost a
quarter of an hour spent on her clock. ?????,????f7??}
({Black, however, may also choose to play on the other side:
??,??????????????,??} 11... a5 12. Ne4
a4 13. Bc2 Ra5 14. b4 axb3 15. Bxb3 Be7 16. Ng3 Bg6 17. d4 Bf6 18. Be3 exd4 19.
Nxd4 Nd5 {with unclear consequences in Anand,V (2753)-Mamedyarov,S (2782)
Zagreb 2021}) 12. Ne4 Bd6 13. g4 {The first long deliberation by Muzychuk. She
needs to stop the black f-pawn. In fact, White does want to exploit the
f5-square for her knight, but this is easier said than done.} Bg6 14. Ng3 $146
{???,?????????????} ({Giri managed to
pressure his opponent after} 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Be7 17. Bf4 f5
18. Qxd8 Raxd8 19. Ng5 {Giri,A (2783)-Inarkiev,E (2693) St Petersburg 2018,
and this seems like the right thing to do. In any case, playing without the
queens is far more pleasant for White.} Nd5 20. Bd2 Bxg5 21. Bxg5 Nf6 22. f3 h6
23. Be3 Nd5 24. Bc5 Rf7 25. Rad1 Rfd7 26. Bc2 b6 27. Bd4 Ne7 28. Bxg7+ Kxg7 29.
Rxe7+ Rxe7 30. Rxd8 fxg4 31. Bxg6 Kxg6 32. Rg8+ Kf5 33. Rxg4 Re1+ 34. Kh2 Rb1
35. b4 b5 36. Rh4 Rb2+ 37. Kg3 Rc2 38. Rxh6 Rxc3 39. Rh5+ Kf6 40. Rxb5 Rc2 41.
a3 Rc6 42. Rc5 Ra6 43. Ra5 Rc6 44. Rxa7 Rc3 45. Ra5 Rd3 46. h4 Rc3 47. h5 Rd3
48. Kg4 {1-0 (48) Giri,A (2783)-Inarkiev,E (2693) St Petersburg 2018}) 14...
Nd7 15. Bc2 {[%CAl Rc2f5,Rg3f5,Rg4f5,Gg6f5,Gf7f5,Gf8f5] All eyes on the
f5-square! ????????f5????} a5 {Kosteniuk expands on
the queenside just like Mamedyarov did against Anand.
???????????,????????} ({Instead} 15...
h6 $5 {deserves attention too, intending to meet} 16. h4 {with} ({Black
however might have feared} 16. b4 a6) 16... f5 $1 {
??????????,???????????} {Stockfish
14:} 17. gxf5 ({Stockfish 14:} 17. Nxf5 Bxf5 18. gxf5 Rxf5 19. Ng5 Qf6 20. Qg4
hxg5 21. hxg5 Qg6 22. Re4 Kg8 23. Qh3 Raf8 24. Be3 Kf7 25. d4 Rxg5+ 26. Kh1 Ne7
27. Bxg5 Qxg5 28. Rg1 Qh6 29. Qxh6 gxh6 30. dxe5 Nxe5 31. Rf4+ Ke8 32. Ba4+
N7c6 33. Bxc6+ Nxc6 34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 35. Rg6 Ne5 36. Rxh6 Nd3 37. Rh8+ Ke7 38.
Ra8 a6 39. Kg2 Nxb2 $19 {[%eval -239,33]}) ({Stockfish 14:} 17. g5 e4 18. Nh2
exd3 19. Qxd3 Nde5 20. Qf1 f4 21. Ne4 Qd7 22. b4 Rae8 23. f3 Bh5 24. a4 Ne7 25.
gxh6 gxh6 26. Nxd6 cxd6 27. Kh1 Bg6 28. Be4 d5 29. Bb1 Qd6 30. h5 Bxb1 31. Rxb1
Qf6 32. c4 Nxc4 33. Qd3 Rg8 34. Bd2 Nxd2 35. Qxd2 d4 36. Re4 Nf5 37. Rxe8 Rxe8
38. Qxf4 Rg8 39. Ng4 Qh4+ $19 40. Qh2 {[%eval -260,33]}) ({Stockfish 14:} 17.
h5 fxg4 18. hxg6 gxf3 19. Re4 Nf6 20. Qxf3 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Qf6 22. Be3 Ne7 23. a4
Rae8 24. Kf1 b6 25. b4 Nxg6 26. Ke2 Qf7 27. Kd2 Nf4 28. a5 Rd8 29. axb6 axb6
30. d4 g6 31. Kc1 Rde8 32. Kb2 exd4 33. Bxd4+ Kh7 $19 {[%eval -382,33]}) 17...
Bxf5 18. Ng5 Qf6 19. Nxf5 Qxf5 20. f4 hxg5 21. d4 e4 22. Bxe4 Qf7 23. hxg5 g6
24. Qf3 Rae8 25. Bd2 Nb6 26. b3 Bxf4 27. Bxf4 Qxf4 28. Qxf4 Rxf4 29. Bxc6 Rxe1+
30. Rxe1 bxc6 31. Re6 Nd5 32. Rxc6 Rf7 33. c4 Nb4 34. Rxg6 Nxa2 35. Ra6 Nc1 36.
g6 Rd7 37. b4 Nd3 38. Rxa7 Kg7 39. Kg2 Kxg6 $17 {[%eval -146,33]}) 16. h4 h6 $5
({With the g5-square too soft, Black cannot afford} 16... f5 $6 17. gxf5 Bxf5
18. Nxf5 Rxf5 19. Ng5 $1 $11) {[%tqu "En","~/=?1/2??????_|??>=BQ?","","",
"h4h5","Muzychuk is also immensely aggressive on the kingside.
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"g4g5","when",10]} 17. h5 $1 {Muzychuk is also immensely aggressive on the
kingside.
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Interesting is} 17. g5 $5 {when} hxg5 ({But Black can react instead with} 17...
h5 $11) ({Or perhaps even better} 17... f5 18. gxh6 f4 19. hxg7+ Kxg7 20. Ne4
Rh8 $11 {trying to take over the initiative in similar fashion as in the game
later. ??,??????????} ({Or} 20... Nf6)) 18. h5 $1 $14
{looks good for White.} {Stockfish 14:} Bh7 19. Nxg5 f5 20. Qf3 Qf6 21. d4 {
[%CAl Rc2h7]} Ne7 22. Qg2 Bg8 23. Nf3 f4 24. Ne4 Qh6 25. Ba4 Nc6 26. Nh4 Bf7
27. Ng6+ Bxg6 28. Qxg6 exd4 29. cxd4 Bb4 30. Bd2 Qxg6+ 31. hxg6 Bxd2 32. Nxd2
Rf6 33. Rac1 Rxg6+ 34. Kf1 Rd6 35. Bxc6 bxc6 36. Nf3 Nf6 37. Ng5 Rxd4 38. Rxc6
Rd2 39. Rxc7 $14) 17... Bh7 18. g5 {Obvious, but White is about to face a
nasty surprise.} f5 $1 {The game is opened in Black's favor. ??!} ({
Instead} 18... hxg5 $6 19. Nxg5 {would have led to White's dream position after
} Bg8 ({or after} 19... Nf6 20. Kg2 {[%CAl Ge1h1]}) 20. h6 gxh6 21. Qh5 $18 {
Stockfish 14:} Qf6 {[%tqu "En","","","","e1e4","",10]} 22. Re4 $5 {[%CAl Ge4h4]
} Qg6 23. Qh3 f5 24. Rh4 Rf6 {[%csl Rh6]} 25. d4 {[%CAl Rc2g6]} Bf8 26. Bxf5
Rxf5 27. Nxf5 Be6 {[%tqu "En","","","","f5e7","",10]} 28. Ne7 $1 {[%CAl Re6h3,
Re7g6]} Qxg5+ 29. Bxg5 Bxh3 30. Nxc6 Be6 31. Bxh6 bxc6 32. Bxf8+ Kg8 33. Ba3
Kf7 34. f3 exd4 35. Rf4+ Nf6 36. Bc5 Rg8+ 37. Kf2 dxc3 38. Bd4 Rg6 39. Bxc3 Ke7
40. Rh4 Kf7 41. Bxa5 Bd5 42. Bc3 $18) 19. gxh6 ({Stronger seems} 19. d4 $1 {
Black is fine in all the lines, but the game remains unclear; for example,} f4
({Or} 19... exd4 $2 20. cxd4 f4 21. Ne4 $17) (19... e4 $2 20. Nh4 hxg5 $2 (
20... Ne7 $1) 21. Ng6+ Bxg6 22. hxg6 $18 {Stockfish 14:} Nf6 23. Kg2 Ng8 24.
Qh5+ Nh6 25. Bxg5 Qxg5 26. Qxg5 Be7 27. Qh5 $18) 20. Bxh7 fxg3 21. Bc2 gxf2+
22. Kxf2 exd4 23. Qd3 {It seems as White will soon mate, but the exchange
sacrifice} Rxf3+ $1 24. Qxf3 Nde5 $17 {leaves Black perfectly fine.}) ({
Of course not} 19. gxf6 Qxf6 $19 {which only brings the black pieces in.
???????}) 19... gxh6 20. Bxh6 Rg8 {The white king is too exposed,
and the pin along the g-file is more than nasty.} 21. Bb3 ({After} 21. Kf1 Qf6
22. Bd2 Rg4 {Black's attack unfolds by itself.}) 21... Qf6 $1 {[%CAl Ga8g8]
Kosteniuk wants to keep the queens aboard.
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} ({True,} 21... f4 {??} 22. Bxg8 Qxg8 23. Qb3 fxg3 $19 {would be great
for Back too.}) 22. Bxg8 Rxg8 23. Bg5 {The lesser evil.} ({Or else White drops
a whole piece after} 23. Qd2 f4) ({Or} 23. Bd2 f4) {[%tqu "En","_|?1/
2>>?>>?1/2?>=BQ_|_??ô>}) 14. O-O-O (14. Rg5 $145 Ne5 {Speelman,Jon} {
Stockfish 14:} 15. Rg3 $16 Nbc6 16. O-O-O Bb7 17. Nxc6 Nxc6 18. Rxd6 Rd8 19. e5
Rxd6 20. exd6 Nd4 21. Bg4 Qf6 22. Rg1 h5 23. Rd1 hxg4 24. Rxd4 O-O 25. a4 Rd8
26. axb5 axb5 27. Nxb5 Bc6 28. Nc3 e5 29. Rxg4 Rxd6 30. b3 Rd4 31. Rxd4 exd4 {
[%eval 113,28] [%wdl 404,594,2]}) 14... Qe7 (14... e5 15. Nf3 Qf4 16. Qxf4 exf4
17. Rxd6 $18) (14... O-O 15. Nf3 (15. Rg5 $5) 15... Qe7 16. h4 Bb7 17. h5 $18 {
[%CAl Rh5g6]}) (14... Bb7 $145 15. Nb3 (15. Rg5 $5 Nc6 (15... O-O 16. Nf3) 16.
Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Rxd6 $18 {Stockfish 14:} Rc8 ({Stockfish 14:} 17... Bb7 18. h3
Rc8 19. e5 Qh6 20. f4 Nb8 21. Bg4 O-O 22. f5 Kh8 23. fxg6 fxg6 24. Kb1 Rf1+ 25.
Ka2 b4 26. Bxe6 Rcf8 27. Nd1 Nc6 28. Bd7 bxa3 29. Bxc6 Bxc6 30. Rxc6 Rxd1 31.
Qxa3 Rb8 32. Qe7 Qg7 33. Qc7 Qf8 $18 {[%eval 254,28] [%wdl 973,27,0]}) 18. Nd5
Bb7 19. h3 h5 20. Nc3 Nf6 21. Bd3 O-O 22. e5 Nh7 23. Rg1 Rfd8 24. f4 Rxd6 25.
exd6 Nf8 26. Be4 Bc6 27. Rd1 Bd7 28. Bb7 Rb8 29. Qa7 Qxf4+ 30. Kb1 Re8 $18 {
[%eval 220,28] [%wdl 932,68,0]}) 15... Qe7 16. Na5 {Speelman,Jon}) 15. f4 (15.
e5 $5 d5 (15... dxe5 {[%tqu "En","","","","d4e6","",10]} 16. Nxe6 $1 Qxe6 17.
Bf3 $18 {[%CAl Rf3a8,Re3a7]} {Stockfish 14:} Qb6 (17... Nc6 {Stockfish 14:} 18.
Bd5 Qf6 19. Ne4 Qf4 20. Qxf4 exf4 21. Bxc6 Ra7 22. Nd6+ Ke7 23. Rge1+ Kf6 {
[%tqu "En","","","","d6c8","",10]} 24. Nxc8 Rxc8 25. Bxd7 $18 Rc5 26. b4 Rc4
27. Rd6+ Kg5 28. Kb2 f3 29. Red1 $18) {[%tqu "En","","","","f3a8","",10]} 18.
Bxa8 $18 Qxe3+ 19. fxe3 Nb6 20. Bg2 f5 21. a4 bxa4 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 Nd7
24. Ra5 e4 25. Rd1 O-O 26. Rd6 Kg7 27. Bh3 h5 28. Bf1 Nf6 29. Rc5 Ng4 30. Rc7+
Kh6 31. Rdc6 Nxh2 32. Be2 Ng4 33. Rxc8 Rxc8 34. Rxc8 Nxe3 35. Rc6 Kg5 36. Kd2
f4 $18 {[%eval 218,34] [%wdl 928,72,0]}) 16. f4 Bb7 {[%tqu "En","","","",
"f4f5","",10]} 17. f5 $1 Nc6 (17... gxf5 18. Bh5 $18 {[%csl Ge6][%CAl Rh5e8]})
18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Nxe6 $1 Qxe6 20. Bg4 $18 {Stockfish 14:} Qxe5 21. Bxd7+ Kd8 (
21... Kxd7 $4 22. Rxd5+ $18) 22. Qb6+ Qc7 23. Qf2 Kxd7 {[%tqu "En","","","",
"c3d5","",10]} 24. Nxd5 Raf8 25. Nxc7+ $18) 15... Bb7 16. Kb1 Nc6 {Diagram [#]}
(16... O-O $145 17. h4 Nc6 18. Nf3 Rfd8 19. h5 $40) (16... Nc5 $142 17. b4 Na4
18. Nxa4 (18. Ndxb5 axb5 19. Bxb5+ Bc6 20. Bxc6+ Nxc6 21. Nxa4 Rxa4 22. Qc3 O-O
$19) 18... bxa4 19. e5 d5 20. f5 gxf5 21. c4 $14 {Speelman,Jon}) 17. Ncxb5 $1
axb5 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 {[%tqu "En","","","","e3c3","",10]} 19. Qc3 {[%CAl Rc3h8,
Rc3c6]} O-O 20. Qxc6 d5 (20... Nf6 21. Qxd6 Qb7 (21... Qxd6 22. Rxd6 Nxe4 {
[%tqu "En","","","","d6d4","",10]} 23. Rd4 $18 {[%CAl Re2b5]}) 22. Qe5 Nxe4 {
[%tqu "En","","","","e2b5","",10]} 23. Bxb5 $18) (20... Nc5 $145 21. Qxd6 Qa7
$1 (21... Qxd6 $2 22. Rxd6 Nxe4 (22... Rfb8 23. Rd4) 23. Rd4 f5 24. Bxb5 $18)
22. Bxb5 Rab8 23. c4 Rfd8 24. Qxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rxd8+ Kg7 {(Speelman,Jon)} 26.
Rgd1 $14) 21. exd5 (21. Bxb5 $145 $6 Nf6 $14 {Speelman,Jon}) 21... Rfc8 (21...
exd5 22. Rge1 $18) {[%tqu "En","","","","d5d6","",10]} 22. d6 $1 Qd8 (22...
Rxc6 23. dxe7 Nf6 24. Rd8+ Rxd8 25. exd8=Q+ $18) 23. Qxb5 $5 $18 (23. Qe4 $5
$18) 23... Rcb8 (23... Rxa3 $145 24. bxa3 Rb8 25. Rg3 $18 {Speelman,Jon}) 24.
Qc4 (24. Qd3 $5 Qb6 25. Qb3) 24... Rxa3 {[%tqu "En","","","","c4c7","",10]} 25.
Qc7 Qe8 (25... Qf6 {[%CAl Rc7b8,Rb2a3]} 26. Qxb8+ $8 Nxb8 27. bxa3) (25... Ra4
26. Qxd8+ (26. Bb5 $5 {[%csl Gb5][%CAl Rb5d7,Rb5a4,Rc7d8]}) 26... Rxd8 27. Bb5
Rxf4 28. Bxd7 Rxd7 29. b3 $18 {[%csl Rb3,Rc2,Rd6][%CAl Rc2c4] /\ c4}) 26. Rg5 {
[%CAl Ge2b5,Gh2h4,Rh4h5]} (26. Rg3 $145 $5 {Speelman,Jon}) 26... Ra4 (26... e5
$145 27. Bg4 f5 28. Bxf5 Qf7 29. Qxb8+ Nxb8 30. bxa3 {Speelman,Jon}) 27. Ra5 (
27. Bb5 $145 $2 Rxb5 $1 28. Rxb5 Qa8 $1 $17 {[%csl Gb2][%CAl Ra4a1,Gb1c1]
Speelman,Jon}) 27... Rab4 28. b3 R4b7 29. Qc3 Qd8 30. Bf3 Rb4 31. Qc7 Qf6 (
31... Rc8 {[%tqu "En","","","","a5a7","",10]} 32. Ra7 $5 Rxc7 33. dxc7 Qc8 34.
Ra8 Qxa8 35. Bxa8 Nb6 36. Rd8+ $18) {[%tqu "En","","","","a5a8","",10,"c7d7",
"",0]} 32. Ra8 (32. Qxd7 $145 $4 {[%tqu "En","","","","b4b3","",10]} Rxb3+ $1
33. cxb3 Rxb3+ 34. Kc2 (34. Ka2 Qb2#) 34... Qc3# {# Speelman,Jon}) 32... Rxa8
33. Bxa8 Qf5 {[%CAl Rf5b1,Rb4b3]} 34. Kb2 Rb5 {[/\ Rc5]} (34... Nf6 $145 35. d7
Nxd7 36. Rxd7 Rxf4 37. Qc3 $18 {Speelman,Jon}) 35. Qxd7 Rc5 36. Rc1 Qxf4 37.
Qe8+ Kg7 {[/\ Qd2]} 38. d7 (38. d7 Qd4+ $145 (38... Rxc2+ 39. Rxc2 Qd4+ 40. Ka2
Qa7+ 41. Kb1 Qg1+ 42. Rc1 Qe3 43. Qb8) 39. c3 Rxc3 40. d8=Q $18 {[%CAl Re8f8]
Speelman,Jon}) 1-0
[Event "Amsterdam"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Douglas Griffin"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "143 Article by Griffin"]
[Source "Chess Informant"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
{[%evp 0,115,40,33,44,66,56,45,35,39,22,8,23,5,-5,2,17,-30,6,8,14,10,5,12,4,
-16,-16,-8,-29,-46,-41,-41,-15,-35,-38,0,0,-1,24,19,41,-7,55,44,74,37,63,27,82,
32,72,76,76,96,148,145,144,145,131,110,132,135,131,122,133,106,111,129,116,118,
114,110,111,126,103,110,112,112,111,91,87,93,130,112,130,143,92,51,102,54,120,
125,118,119,96,107,112,134,124,80,51,0,76,89,150,164,145,149,242,253,356,371,
426,431,470,223,308,301] FROM THE CHESS INFORMANT ARCHIVES Anatoly Karpov
(USSR) v. Fridrik Olafsson (Island), Amsterdam (Euwe Jubilee) 1976 In May
1976, to mark the occasion of the 75th birthday of the 5th World Champion, Max
Euwe, a four-player, double-round-robin grandmaster tournament took place in
Amsterdam. The venue for the event was the Vincent Van Gogh museum in the
city's Museumplein. The participants were World Champion Anatoly Karpov (USSR),
Walter Browne (USA), Fridrik Olafsson (Island) and Jan Timman (Netherlands).
Karpov was in fine form in the event, and going into the final round he needed
only a draw v. Olafsson to secure clear first place. However, as he later
explained in his notes to this encounter (published in his autobiographical
Izbrannye Partii 1969-77), in such situations the draw should be achieved from
a position of strength. As in his game v. Wolfgang Uhlmann from the final
round of the international tournament at Skopje a couple of months previously,
the Soviet grandmaster played strictly according to the situation on the board,
and scored a fine win. The game appears in Volume 21 of "Chess Informant"
with notes by Karpov. Regarding the circumstances of the game v. Olafsson,
Karpov later wrote in his "Selected Games" (Izbrannye Partii): "The tournament
situation obliged me not to lose - in this case I would occupy 1st place. A
task that is seemingly not so difficult, when playing with White. This does
not at all mean that it is necessary "to play for a draw". Not under any
circumstances! Then the chances of losing are very great. This truism is known
to many chessplayers (but not many can follow it!). It is necessary to play as
one always does, but then, at the critical moment to recall that for general
victory a draw is also sufficient." 6th round, Amsterdam (Euwe Jubilee), 21st
May 1976} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3
a6 8. Na3 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O {[%csl Gc4,Gd5,Ge4]} b6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Qb3 {
[%CAl Rb3b6,Re3b6,Gd8b6]} Nd7 ({Eight years later, in the 3rd game of their
first match for the World Championship, Kasparov would try} 12... Na5 $6 {
v. Karpov. However, the idea suffered a decisive reverse Karpov,Anatoly 2700 -
Kasparov,Garry 2710, Moscow (m/3) 1984 see Chess Informant, vol. 38/224.}) 13.
Rfd1 Nc5 $5 {A well-known idea,} 14. Qc2 ({with the tactical point that} 14.
Bxc5 $2 bxc5 15. Qxb7 {fails to Na5.} Na5) 14... Bf6 {[%CAl Rf6a1]} 15. Rac1 {
[%csl Ge4][%mdl 512] Diagram [#]} ({Karpov offers a pawn sacrifice rather than
cede the initiative after} 15. f3 Be5) 15... Be5 ({In his later notes, Karpov
wrote that after} 15... Bxc3 $2 16. Qxc3 ({naturally, not} 16. bxc3 {, which
condemns White to the inferior game}) 16... Nxe4 {White should continue} 17.
Qb3 {Subsequently, this was challenged by the game Nunn - Ljubojevic} (17. Qd3
Nb4 (17... Ne5 {[%tqu "En","","","","d3d4","",10]} 18. Qd4 {[%CAl Rd1d8,Rd4e5]}
Nd7 19. f3 e5 20. Qd3 Ndc5 {[%tqu "En","","","","e3c5","",10]} 21. Bxc5 Nxc5 {
[%tqu "En","","","","d3d6","",10]} 22. Qxd6 $36 {[%CAl Rd1d8,Rd6e5]}) {[%tqu
"En","","","","d3b3","",10]} 18. Qb3 a5 19. Nb5 $5 {(with the threat of 20.f3;
/\ 19...Na6 20.Bf4)} d5 {[%tqu "En","","","","e2f3","",10]} 20. Bf3 {[%CAl
Rf3a8]} {, and} dxc4 21. Rxc4 Bd5 {loses to} {[%tqu "En","","","","f3e4","",10]
} 22. Bxe4 $1 $18 Bxc4 23. Rxd8 Bxb3 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. axb3) {after} 17... Rb8
{the continuation} 18. Bxb6 Qf6 19. Qe3 Ba8 (19... Qxb2 {fails to} 20. Bc7 Rbc8
21. Rb1 Qe5 22. Rxb7 Nc5 23. Qxe5 dxe5 24. Rdb1 {, etc.}) {and now} 20. f3 ({
rather than, as played,} 20. b3 $2 {Nunn,John 2610 - Ljubojevic,Ljubomir 2600,
Beograd 1991 - 53/176}) 20... Nc5 (20... Ng5 21. h4 $18) (20... Qxb2 21. Rb1
Qc3 22. Rd3) 21. Bc7 {left White with a clear advantage (analysis by Nunn in
Chess Informant, vol. 53/176).}) 16. Nab1 {[%CAl Rb1d2] "A very important move.
The rook has had time to slip past to c1 and the knights defend one another ?
now White need not fear any swoops in the centre."} Qh4 {[%CAl Rh4h2]} ({
"The e4-pawn is indirectly defended:} 16... Nb4 $2 17. Qd2 {, and impossible is
} Bxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Qxb4 $18 {." ?Karpov, in Izbrannye Partii.}) 17. g3
Qf6 {Diagram [#]} 18. f4 ({Reaching another critical moment. Karpov later
wrote: "The incautious} 18. Qd2 {could have led to unpleasant consequences:}
Qg6 $1 {, and on} 19. f4 {Black could force a draw with} Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Qxe4 {
Again, this assessment was subsequently challenged; in the game Ivanchuk -
Wang Yue, Beijing 2013, White continued instead} 21. Kf2 $5 $14 {[%csl Rf3,Rg2,
Rh1][%CAl Gf2f3,Gf2g2,Ge2f3,Gd1h1][%mdl 256] , and after the forced
continuation} (21. Bd3 Qf3 (21... Qxe3+ $2 {is a blunder in view of} 22. Qxe3
Bd4 {[%tqu "En","","","","d3h7","",10]} 23. Bxh7+ $3 $18 {[%CAl Rd1d4,Re3d4]}
Kxh7 24. Rxd4 Nxd4 25. Qxd4) 22. Be2 Qe4 $11 {And although a draw suited me, I
did not want to let slip the opening advantage."} ({a very slightly worse
endgame for Black arises after} 22... Nd4 $1 {[%CAl Gd4f3]} 23. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 24.
Kf2 Nxd2 25. Rxd2 Bf6 26. Bxb6 $11)) 21... Qf5 22. g4 Qf6 23. g5 Qf5 24. Ke1
Qe4 25. fxe5 Qh1+ 26. Bf1 Nxe5 27. Qf2 $11 {the complications were ultimately
resolved in his favour, although at this stage matters are far from clear
Ivanchuk,Vassily 2733 - Wang,Yue 2705, Beijing 2013 - 118/53}) 18... Bd4 19.
Qd2 e5 $5 ({"The exchange of bishops,} 19... Bxe3+ 20. Qxe3 {, led to a
complete positional bind. In order to somehow oppose the onslaught, Black must
reinforce and with all his might maintain the outpost at d4." ?Karpov,
Izbrannye Partii.}) 20. Nd5 {[%CAl Rd5f6]} (20. f5 $6 {[%CAl Gf6h6] is well
met by Qh6!.} {Stockfish 14:} Qh6 21. Bxd4 Qxd2 22. Nxd2 exd4 23. Nd5 Ne5 24.
Nxb6 Rab8 25. b3 Nxe4 26. Nxe4 Bxe4 27. Nd5 d3 28. Bf1 Bf3 29. Bxd3 Rfe8 30.
Kf2 Bxd1 31. Rxd1 Nxd3+ 32. Rxd3 Re5 33. g4 h5 34. h3 Rbe8 35. Nc7 Re2+ 36. Kf3
R8e5 37. Nxa6 Rxa2 38. Rxd6 Rh2 39. Kg3 Rhe2 40. c5 R2e3+ 41. Kh4 {[%eval -65,
32] [%wdl 4,835,161]}) 20... Qd8 $6 (20... Qh6 21. Nbc3 f5 22. exf5 Rxf5 23.
Bg4 Rf7 24. Bxd4 Nxd4 25. fxe5 $16 {[%csl Gh6,Gh7]}) 21. Nbc3 Kh8 (21... f5 22.
exf5 Rxf5 23. Bg4 Rf8 24. b4 $16) 22. f5 {Diagram [#] Here Karpov writes: "The
first stage of the game is concluded. White, having attentively followed the
movement of the opponent's pieces in the centre, has re-grouped his forces and
repulsed Black's poorly-planned onslaught. The advance 22.f5 fixes White's
large positional advantage... The game could have ended on the following move.
On 22.f5 Olafsson had intended to continue 22...Qg5?, but at the last moment
noticed that it loses after 23.Qd4!."} Nd7 23. Bf3 {[%CAl Gf3g2,Gf3e4]} Bc5 {
[%CAl Gd7c5] "With a manoeuvre of the bishop Black strives to prevent the
advance of the queen-side pawns, but to do this is possible only at the point
of further positional concessions." ?Karpov.} 24. Kg2 f6 25. Ne2 {[%CAl Rb2b4]
} a5 {To prevent 26.b4.} 26. Ndc3 {[%CAl Rc3b5,Rb5d6]} Rf7 27. Nb5 Qb8 ({On}
27... Nf8 {White does not hurry to take the pawn ?} 28. Nxd6 $2 Bxd6 29. Qxd6
Rd7 $17 {, but continues instead 28.Nec3. After the move in the text, the
d6-pawn is lost, and with it the game.}) 28. Nxd6 Re7 29. Nb5 Bxe3 30. Qxe3 Nc5
{Diagram [#]} 31. Nec3 $6 ({"~Olafsson was in serious time trouble, and
moreover in a position that, as is easily seen, is altogether hopeless.
Simplest of all now was to occupy the d-file with the rooks -} 31. Rd2 $18) ({
or the more energetic} 31. Rd6 $1 $40 {[%CAl Gc1d1,Rd1d8] . Unfortunately, I
decided that I could win the game as I pleased, and noticeably complicated my
task." ?Karpov.} {Stockfish 14:} Rd7 ({Stockfish 14:} 31... Qf8 32. Rcd1 Rc8
33. R6d2 Ba6 34. h4 a4 35. Nec3 Rb8 36. Rd6 Bxb5 37. Nxb5 Rc8 38. R6d5 Rb8 39.
Bh5 Reb7 40. R5d2 Ra8 41. g4 Rd8 42. Rxd8 Nxd8 43. Nc3 Nc6 44. g5 Nd4 45. Rd2
Rb8 46. Bd1 g6 47. Rf2 Rd8 48. Nd5 $18 {[%eval 226,32] [%wdl 970,30,0]}) ({
Stockfish 14:} 31... Re8 32. Rcd1 Rd8 33. Rxd8+ Nxd8 34. Nec3 Bc6 35. b3 Nf7
36. h4 Qb7 37. Kh2 Rd8 38. Nd5 Bxd5 39. cxd5 Qd7 40. Be2 g5 41. fxg6 hxg6 42.
Rf1 Kg7 43. Qf3 Qe7 44. Kg2 Ra8 45. Rc1 Qd7 46. a3 Nd6 47. Nxd6 $18 Qxd6 {
[%eval 249,32] [%wdl 985,15,0]}) ({Stockfish 14:} 31... Qg8 32. Rcd1 Qxc4 33.
Nec3 a4 34. Kg1 Rb8 35. Bh5 Qg8 36. Nd5 Qf8 37. Nxe7 Qxe7 38. h4 Qf8 39. R6d2
Ba6 40. Nc3 Nd4 41. g4 Bc4 42. g5 b5 43. Ne2 Nxe2+ 44. Bxe2 Bxa2 45. gxf6 gxf6
46. Rd6 Nxe4 47. Qxe4 Bb3 48. R1d2 $18 b4 {[%eval 269,32] [%wdl 992,8,0]}) 32.
Rxd7 Nxd7 33. Nec3 Ba6 34. Nd5 Bxb5 35. cxb5 Nd4 36. Qc3 Nc5 37. Nxb6 Qxb6 38.
Qxc5 Qxb5 39. Qxb5 Nxb5 40. Bh5 Rd8 41. Rc5 Rd2+ 42. Kh3 g6 43. Rxb5 gxh5 44.
a4 Re2 45. b3 Rxe4 46. Rxa5 Kg7 47. Rd5 Kh6 48. a5 Rb4 49. a6 Rxb3 50. Ra5 Rb8
51. Kh4 Ra8 52. a7 e4 53. Ra6 e3 54. Rxf6+ $18 Kg7 {[%eval 218,32] [%wdl 962,
38,0]}) 31... Ba6 32. Rd2 Bxb5 33. Nxb5 Rd7 34. Rxd7 Nxd7 35. Rd1 Nc5 36. Qd2
Qf8 37. Qd6 (37. Qd5 $5 $16) 37... Qxd6 38. Rxd6 Rc8 {[%tqu "En","","","",
"g3g4","",10,"b5c7","I would destroy Black's position, but then with horror
noted that Black can simply take the knight",0]} 39. g4 $1 ({"Here I had
believed that with the blow} 39. Nc7 $4 {I would destroy Black's position, but
then with horror noted that Black can simply take the knight} Rxc7 {?there is
no mate; the square d8 is defended by the knight." ?Karpov.}) 39... Kg8 {
[%tqu "En","","","","h2h4","",10]} 40. h4 {[%CAl Gh4g5,Rg4g5]} Kf7 41. g5 Ke7 {
Diagram [#]} 42. Kg3 $6 ({Correct was} 42. b3 $1 {, when Black is in virtual
zugzwang; after} a4 {White simply captures the pawn. After the move in the
text Black gains some counter-chances.}) 42... a4 $1 {With the threat of 43...
Na5.} 43. Rd2 Na5 {[%CAl Ra5c4]} 44. Na3 Nc6 {[%CAl Rc6d4,Gd4f3]} ({"Black
forgets that from a3 the knight can go over to e3. In the case of} 44... Rd8
45. Rxd8 Kxd8 {White's king is in time to slip through to the queen's flank ?}
46. Kf2 {, for example:} Nd3+ 47. Ke3 Nxb2 (47... Nc1 48. Bd1 Nxa2 49. Bxa4 {
Stockfish 14:} Nb4 ({Stockfish 14:} 49... fxg5 50. hxg5 Nb4 51. Bd1 Ke7 52. Be2
Nb3 53. Nb5 h6 54. g6 Nc2+ 55. Kd3 Ne1+ 56. Kc3 Nc5 57. Kd2 Ng2 58. Nc3 Nf4 59.
Ke3 Nd7 60. Bf1 Kd6 61. b4 Nf6 62. Kf3 N4h5 63. Na4 Nd7 64. Be2 Kc6 65. Nb2 Nf4
66. Bf1 Kc7 67. Nd1 Nh5 68. Ne3 $16 Ndf6 {[%eval 146,32] [%wdl 736,264,0]}) 50.
g6 h6 51. Kd2 Nb7 52. Kc3 Na2+ 53. Kb3 Nc1+ 54. Kc2 Ne2 55. Kd2 Nf4 56. Nb5 Ng2
57. Nc3 Nd6 58. b3 Nxh4 59. Ke2 Ng2 60. Nd5 Nc8 61. Kf2 Nf4 62. Nxf4 exf4 63.
Kf3 Ke7 64. b4 Nd6 65. Bb3 h5 66. Kxf4 h4 67. Kf3 h3 68. c5 bxc5 69. bxc5 $16 {
[%eval 125,32] [%wdl 585,414,1]}) 48. Be2 {, and the knight is trapped.}) ({
Serious attention is merited by} 44... Ncb7 45. Be2 Nd6 46. Kf3 Naxc4 47. Nxc4
Nxc4 48. Rc2 Nd6 49. Rxc8 Nxc8 50. Bb5 a3 {with chances of a draw." ?Karpov.})
45. Nc2 Rd8 46. Rxd8 Kxd8 47. gxf6 gxf6 48. Ne3 Nb4 49. a3 Nbd3 {Diagram [#]}
50. Kg4 $1 {[%CAl Rg4h5,Rh5h6,Rh6h7]} ({Karpov writes: "This move came to me
in analysis with great difficulty. The move} 50. Nd5 $6 {, attacking both
pawns at b6 and f6, asks to be played. I succeeded in finding a miraculous
path to salvation for Black:} Nxb2 51. Nxb6 Kc7 {(the knight must be driven
away immediately; otherwise White has time to re-group)} 52. Nd5+ Kd6 53. Nxf6
Nxc4 54. Nxh7 Nxa3 55. f6 Nc2 $1 $14 {[%CAl Ra4a3,Gd6e6,Ge6f7]} ({only thus!;
the knight must be 'connected' to d4-e6; of course, losing is the
transposition of moves} 55... Ne6 56. Bd1 {, and the a4-pawn falls}) 56. f7 Ne6
57. Bd1 (57. Bg4 Ncd4 {- the knight at c2 proves to be useful}) 57... a3 58.
Bxc2 a2 59. Bb3 a1=Q 60. Bxe6 Qg1+ 61. Kf3 Qf1+ {, and the king does not
escape from its 'cell'. Despairing of finding a win after 50.Nd5, I turned to
the search for other possible continuations and it soon became clear that the
knight occupies an ideal position at e3, defending the key c4-pawn and the
whole time threatening to break in at d5. The king must enter the attack!"
After the text move, Black is lost. The remaining moves were:}) 50... Ke8 51.
Kh5 Kf7 52. Kh6 Kg8 53. Nd5 Nd7 54. Bh5 Nxb2 55. Be8 Nc5 56. Nxf6+ Kf8 57. Bb5
Nbd3 58. Bc6 {[%csl Gb6,Gh7][%CAl Rh4h5,Gc6b5,Rf6h7] and Black resigned.} 1-0
[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2021.10.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "Bojkov,Dejan"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
{[%evp 0,67,19,29,72,53,85,72,67,44,33,38,57,28,79,27,38,18,29,23,26,1,32,30,
55,19,20,14,28,33,49,32,29,50,11,12,-6,24,-12,-26,47,0,14,6,6,-5,0,-157,-172,
-133,-179,-150,-150,-119,0,27,-80,-129,22,29,62,114,280,248,495,383,705,851,
830,743]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 $6 {
It is extremely hard to guess what will Caruana choose against the Najdorf,
but this modest-looking move seems to suit his style well.
??????“?????”} (6. Bg5) (6. Be2) (6. Be3) (6. Bc4) (
6. f3) (6. f4) 6... e6 ({A recent game of the American GM saw} 6... e5 7. Nb3
Be7 8. g4 h6 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. a4 Nf8 11. Qf3 Ng6 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. a5 O-O 14.
Kb1 {and White later won in Caruana,F (2822) -Saric,I (2655) Chess.com 2020}
Rc8 15. Bb6 Qe8 16. Rg1 Be6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Bd8 19. Be3 Qa4 20. h4 Nxh4
21. Qh3 g5 22. f4 exf4 23. Bf2 Qe4 24. Nd4 Nxd5 25. Bd3 Qe5 26. Bxh4 gxh4 27.
g5 Bxg5 28. Nf3 Qg7 29. Nxh4 Ne3 30. Rd2 Rc5 31. Rf2 Rfc8 32. Rxf4 Rxc2 33.
Bxc2 Rxc2 34. Rb4 Rf2 35. Nf3 Qg6+ 36. Ka2 Nd5 37. Rxb7 Qe4 38. Qc8+ Kg7 39.
Rxg5+ Kf6 40. Qh8+ Ke6 41. Qe8+ Kf6 42. Rxf7# {1-0 (42) Caruana,F (2822)-Saric,
I (2655) Chess.com INT 2020}) 7. g4 h6 ({Grischuk preferred instead to avoid
this move and opted for} 7... Be7 8. g5 Nfd7 9. Be3 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. h4 Nc6
12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qd4 O-O 14. O-O-O Nc5 15. f3 Rb8 16. Rg1 a5 {Duda,J (2757)
-Grischuk,A (2777) Chess.com 2020}) (7... d5) (7... b5) 8. a3 $5 {[%mdl 256] A
crafty little move, which still needs to prove it is useful later. But since
Black's main idea is to attack the center and the queenside with b7-b5-b4
thrust, it certainly makes sense. ??????b????} Be7 9. Be3
Nc6 10. Rg1 Nd7 $146 {A typical maneuver and a novelty.} ({In an email
predecessor Black chose instead} 10... Qc7 11. Qe2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 13. Be3 Be6
14. O-O-O Rc8 15. Kb1 Qc6 16. Bg2 Nd7 {Zolochevsky,V (2365) -Ermolaev,A (2431)
ICCF email 2011} 17. f4 Bd8 18. Nd5 exf4 19. Bxf4 Ne5 20. Bf1 Bh4 21. Rg2 Qc5
22. Bg3 Bxg3 23. Rxg3 Rc6 24. Rc3 Qa5 25. Rxc6 Nxc6 26. Qe3 O-O 27. Qb3 Rb8 28.
Qg3 Re8 29. Qxd6 Rd8 {1/2 (29) Zolochevsky,V (2365)-Ermolaev,A (2431) ICCF
email 2011}) 11. Be2 g5 {\"Probably not really good for Black.\" (Caruana)} ({
Instead} 11... Rb8 $5 {looks more natural, when Black intends to trade on d4
and then start pushing his b-pawn.}) 12. Qd2 Nce5 ({After} 12... Nxd4 {White
would have likely reacted with} 13. Bxd4 Ne5 14. O-O-O {and then h3-h4 as in
the game.}) 13. O-O-O b5 {????????} (13... Ng6 $5 {was an
interesting attempt to slow down the opponent's kingside initiative.
?????????,??????????????}) 14.
h4 $1 {This is the reason why Caruana did not trust the g7-g5 push. White will
be the one to capitalize on the opening of the h-file.
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} Bb7 ({Certainly not} 14... gxh4 $2 {[%tqu "En","","","","f2f4","",10]} 15. f4
Ng6 16. f5 {[%CAl Gg4g5][%mdl 128] when Black's position collapses at once.})
15. hxg5 hxg5 16. Rh1 Rg8 $1 {Chigaev knows that this rook is a most important
defender.} 17. Rh5 {[%CAl Rd1h1] Very logical and straightforward play by
White. ???????,??h???} (17. Nb3 $5 {[%CAl Gb3a5]
looked interesting as well, gaining some extra control in the center. Then the
maneuver Nd7-b6-(c4) can be always met with Nb3-a5.
?????????,???????a5??}) 17... Rc8 18.
Rdh1 Bf6 {[%csl Rh8][%CAl Gf6h8,Gg8h8] The exchange sacrifice is in the air
and White prevents it with...} ({Here} 18... Nb6 $5 {was already interesting.
Chigaev might have disliked} 19. Rh8 {but the black king feels surprising well
in the center after} Kd7 20. Rxg8 Qxg8 21. b3 $18 {[%CAl Gb3c4,Gb3a4]}) 19. f3
{...to which Chigaev keeps maneuvering} {[%tqu "En","","","","d8e7","",0,
"d7b6","",10]} Qe7 ({This, however, misses a good moment for a central strike
with} 19... Nb6 $1 {[%CAl Rb6c4,Re5c4,Gb5c4]} 20. b3 {[%CAl Gb3a4,Gb3c4]} d5 $1
$14 {Black solves all his problems , although the position gets extremely
messy. ?????????,???????????}) 20.
Kb1 {A useful move.} ({The machine likes} 20. Nb3 {[%CAl Gb3a5] but a human
would not like to allow anything like
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} Rxc3 21. Qxc3 Nxf3 {[%CAl Rf6c3]} 22. Qb4 $16) 20... Nc4 ({Here} 20... Nb6 {
does not seem as effective after} 21. b3 d5 22. f4 $1 gxf4 23. Bxf4 Ng6 24. e5
$1 Bg7 25. Bxb5+ $1 axb5 26. Ncxb5 $16 {[%csl Rd6][%CAl Gb5d6,Rd6c8,Rd6b7,
Rd6e8] with large attack for White. ????????}) 21. Bxc4 Rxc4 {
\"When I played\"} 22. b3 {\"I pretty much decided on the sacrifice.\"
(Caruana)} Rc8 23. Nd5 $1 {[%CAl Rh1e1,Re1e8][%mdl 1728] Caruana called it an
extremely risky sacrifice. \"It's not even like I have a very direct attack. I
have some initiative, which could last you know, for a move.\"} ({Caruana had
a lot of other reasonable alternatives, like} 23. Rh6) ({Or} 23. Rh7) ({Or} 23.
Nde2) 23... exd5 24. Nf5 Qe6 25. Bxg5 {For the piece White got open files and
diagonals. And a 100-million-Pegasus.} Bc3 $1 {A good move $1 It was however
played after quite a significant amount of time spent on the clock. Chigaev
was likely trying to put himself together. ??????!} ({Instead}
25... Bxg5 $2 {would have left Black without enough defenders and losing due
to ???} 26. Rxg5 Rxg5 27. Qxg5 $18 {[%CAl Rg5g8]}) ({However, the other
capture} 25... Rxg5 $5 {might have attracted Black. The dark-squared bishop is
far more valuable than Rg8 as it covers more important squares and is good for
both the defence and the counter-attack. The game is unclear after} 26. Rxg5
Ne5 (26... Bxg5 {??,??} {Stockfish 14:} 27. Qxg5 ({Stockfish 14:} 27.
Ng7+ $2 Ke7 28. Qxg5+ Qf6 29. Nf5+ Kd8 30. Qxf6+ Nxf6 31. Nxd6 dxe4 32. g5 Nd7
33. Nxc8 Bxc8 34. fxe4 Bb7 35. Rh6 a5 36. Rh4 Ne5 37. Kb2 Kd7 38. Rf4 Kd6 39.
Kc3 Bc8 40. Rh4 Kc5 41. Rh8 Be6 42. Ra8 b4+ 43. Kd2 Nc6 44. axb4+ axb4 45. Ke3
Nd4 46. Kd3 Bd7 47. Rf8 Be6 $14 {[%eval 44,32] [%wdl 94,899,7]}) ({Stockfish
14:} 27. Rh8+ $2 Nf8 28. Qxg5 Kd7 29. Qg7 dxe4 30. Rh6 (30. Rxf8 Rxf8 31. Qxf8
exf3 $19) 30... Ng6 31. Nd4 Qe8 32. Rxg6 exf3 33. Rf6 Bd5 34. Qg5 Qe5 35. Qf5+
Qxf5 36. Rxf5 Be6 37. Rxf3 Rg8 38. Nxe6 fxe6 39. Rf7+ Kc6 40. Ra7 Kb6 41. Rd7
Kc5 42. Ra7 e5 43. Rxa6 e4 44. c3 Rxg4 45. a4 Rg2 46. Kc1 e3 47. Kd1 Rd2+ 48.
Ke1 bxa4 49. Ra5+ Kc6 50. Ra6+ Kd5 51. Rxa4 Ke5 $11 {[%eval -29,32] [%wdl 11,
927,62]}) 27... Nf8 (27... Qf6 28. Rh8+ Nf8 (28... Qxh8 29. Qe7#) 29. Qxf6 Kd7
30. Qxd6+ Ke8 31. Qe7#) 28. Ng7+ Kd7 29. Nxe6 fxe6 30. Qg7+ Kc6 31. exd5+ exd5
32. Rh6 Kb6 33. Qd4+ Kc7 34. g5 Kb8 35. f4 a5 36. Qb6 Rc6 37. Qxc6 Bxc6 38. Rh8
Kc7 39. Rxf8 d4 40. g6 Bd5 41. f5 d3 42. cxd3 Bxb3 43. g7 Bd5 44. f6 b4 45. a4
Kd7 46. Kb2 Be6 47. f7 Ke7 48. Re8+ Kxf7 49. g8=Q+ Kf6 50. Qxe6+ Kg5 51. Qxd6
$18 {[%eval 984,32] [%wdl 1000,0,0]}) 27. Rg8+ Kd7 28. Rxc8 Kxc8 $11) 26. Qh2 {
Aiming at the other significant black weakness.} Ne5 {The best defence again.}
({Not} 26... Be5 27. f4) 27. Rh6 Rg6 {This time Chigaev errs, and this is all
that it takes for any of the sides to lose instantly in this super-sharp
position. ?????????} ({Strong was} 27... Ng6 $1 28. Nxd6+ Kd7
29. Nxb7 Kc6 {[%csl Ra5,Rc5,Rd6,Rd8] regaining the knight in an original way.
White then has enough for the piece, but Black can also be happy with his
improved king safety. ??????,?????????!} {
Stockfish 14:} 30. Nc5 ({Stockfish 14:} 30. Nd8+ Rcxd8 31. Bxd8 Rxd8 32. f4 Qe7
33. exd5+ Kb7 34. b4 Bg7 35. g5 Qe3 36. Rh7 Qxa3 37. Rxg7 Qxb4+ 38. Kc1 Qa3+
39. Kb1 $11 {[%eval 0,31] [%wdl 25,949,26]}) ({Stockfish 14:} 30. f4 Kxb7 31.
f5 Qxe4 32. fxg6 Rxg6 33. Rxg6 fxg6 34. Rd1 d4 35. Bf4 a5 36. Rd3 a4 37. b4 Rf8
38. Qh7+ Ka6 39. Qd7 Qxf4 40. Qc6+ Ka7 41. Qc5+ Kb7 42. Qxb5+ Ka7 43. Qc5+ Kb7
$11 {[%eval 0,31] [%wdl 25,949,26]}) ({Stockfish 14:} 30. exd5+ Qxd5 31. Nd8+
Rgxd8 32. Bxd8 Rxd8 33. Qe2 Bf6 34. f4 Qd4 35. c3 Qd5 36. Qc2 Bg7 37. f5 Bxh6
38. Rxh6 Rh8 39. c4 bxc4 40. Rxh8 Nxh8 41. bxc4 Qd4 42. Qa4+ Kd6 43. Qe8 Qxc4
44. Qxh8 Qb3+ 45. Qb2 Qxb2+ 46. Kxb2 Ke5 47. Kb3 Kf4 48. Kb4 Kxg4 49. Ka5 Kxf5
50. Kxa6 Ke5 51. Kb6 f5 $11 {[%eval -6,31] [%wdl 21,948,31]}) ({Stockfish 14:}
30. Na5+ Bxa5 31. f4 Qd6 32. f5 Qxh2 33. R1xh2 dxe4 34. fxg6 fxg6 35. Re2 Rce8
36. c3 Re6 37. Rh1 Rf8 38. Rhe1 Rf3 39. Rxe4 Rxe4 40. Rxe4 Kd5 41. Rd4+ Ke5 42.
Rd7 Bxc3 43. Kc2 Ke4 44. Rd6 Be5 45. Rxg6 Rf2+ 46. Kb1 a5 47. Bc1 Rf3 48. Re6
Kd5 49. Rb6 Kc5 50. Ra6 Rxb3+ 51. Kc2 $11 {[%eval -19,31] [%wdl 14,940,46]})
30... Kxc5 31. f4 Kc6 32. f5 Qxe4 33. fxg6 Rxg6 34. Rf1 Be5 35. Qf2 Rxh6 36.
Bxh6 Kb7 37. Re1 Qd4 38. Qxd4 Bxd4 39. Rd1 Bc3 40. Rd3 Rh8 41. Rxc3 Rxh6 42.
Rf3 f6 43. Kb2 Rh4 44. Rf4 f5 45. Rxf5 Rxg4 46. Rxd5 Kc6 47. Re5 a5 48. Re6+
Kb7 49. Kc3 Rg2 50. Re5 Kb6 51. Rd5 Rg3+ 52. Kd2 Kc6 $11 {[%eval 14,31] [%wdl
40,944,16]}) 28. Rxg6 $1 {\"I think he missed this.\" (Caruana) White trades a
key defender and then quickly infiltrates into the enemy camp.} ({Black
apparently expected} 28. Ng7+ Rxg7 29. Rxe6+ fxe6 30. Bf6 $13 {with a messy
position.
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28... Qxg6 29. Qf4 $1 {All the white pieces gain coordination and Caruana
converts in style.} Nxf3 $6 ({Perhaps Chigaev should have tried} 29... f6 30.
Nxd6+ Kd7 31. Bxf6 ({Stockfish 14:} 31. Nxc8 Qxg5 32. Nb6+ Kc7 33. Nxd5+ Bxd5
34. Qxg5 fxg5 35. exd5 Kd6 36. Rh6+ Kxd5 37. Rxa6 Nxf3 38. a4 bxa4 39. bxa4
Nd2+ 40. Ka2 Nc4 41. Ra8 Bd2 42. Rd8+ Ke4 43. Kb3 Na5+ 44. Kb2 Nc4+ 45. Ka2 Ba5
46. Rg8 Kf4 47. Rc8 Nd6 48. Rc5 Bd2 49. a5 Kxg4 $14 {[%eval 43,30] [%wdl 92,
901,7]}) ({Stockfish 14:} 31. Bh4 Nxf3 32. Nxc8 Nd2+ 33. Kc1 Qxe4 34. Qd6+ Kxc8
35. Rh3 Be5 36. Qc5+ Kd7 37. Bf2 Bf4 38. Kb2 Be5+ $11 {[%eval 0,30] [%wdl 25,
949,26]}) ({Stockfish 14:} 31. Qxf6 $4 Qxf6 32. Bxf6 Kxd6 33. exd5 Bxd5 34. Rh3
Ke6 35. Bg7 Bd2 36. Rh8 Rxh8 37. Bxh8 Bxf3 38. Kb2 Bg5 39. Kc3 Nf7 40. Bd4 Kd5
41. Bf2 Be4 42. a4 bxa4 43. bxa4 Nd6 44. Bb6 Nc4 45. Bf2 Bd2+ 46. Kb3 Na5+ $19)
31... Rf8 {although here too, White is significantly better.} {Stockfish 14:}
32. Rh6 ({Stockfish 14:} 32. g5 $2 Rxf6 33. gxf6 Kxd6 34. exd5 Qf7 35. Rd1 Qh5
36. Qe3 Qxf3 37. Qb6+ Nc6 38. Kc1 Bd4 39. Qxb7 Be3+ 40. Kb2 Qxd1 41. Qxc6+ Ke5
42. f7 Bd4+ 43. c3 Qe2+ 44. Ka1 Qf1+ 45. Ka2 Qg2+ 46. Kb1 Qe4+ 47. Ka1 Qe1+ $11
{[%eval 0,31] [%wdl 25,949,26]}) 32... Rxf6 33. Qxf6 Qxf6 34. Rxf6 Bc6 35. exd5
Bxd5 36. Ne4 Bxe4 37. fxe4 Nxg4 38. Rxa6 Kc7 39. a4 bxa4 40. Rxa4 Kd6 41. Rc4
Be1 42. Kb2 Ke5 43. b4 Nf6 44. Rc5+ Kd4 45. c3+ Kxe4 46. Rc8 Kd3 47. Rd8+ Kc4
48. Rd4+ Kb5 49. Kb3 Kc6 50. c4 Bg3 51. Rd2 Bc7 52. Re2 Ng4 53. Kc3 Bd6 54. Re6
Ne5 $16 {[%eval 150,31] [%wdl 752,248,0]}) (29... Kd7 30. Rh6 $1 {loses on the
spot.} {Stockfish 14:} Re8 (30... Qg8 {Stockfish 14:} 31. Rxd6+ Kc7 32. exd5
Kb8 33. Ne7 Qh8 34. Rh6 Qf8 35. Bf6 Re8 36. d6 Rd8 37. Rh7 Ng6 38. Nxg6 fxg6
39. Rxb7+ Kxb7 40. Qe4+ Kb8 41. Bxc3 Rxd6 42. Be5 Ka7 43. Bxd6 Qxd6 44. g5 a5
45. f4 Qxa3 46. Qd4+ Kb7 47. Qg7+ Kc6 48. Qxg6+ Qd6 49. f5 Kc7 50. Qxd6+ Kxd6
51. g6 $18) 31. Rxg6 fxg6 32. Nxd6 Kxd6 33. exd5 Ba5 34. Qf6+ Kxd5 35. f4 Bd8
36. Qg7 Bxg5 37. Qxb7+ Kd6 38. fxe5+ Rxe5 39. Qxa6+ Ke7 40. Ka2 Kf7 41. Qb7+
Kf6 42. Qc6+ Kf7 43. b4 Be7 44. Qd7 Kf6 45. Qd4 Ke6 46. Kb3 g5 47. Qb6+ Bd6 48.
Qb7 Re3+ 49. c3 Re5 50. Qc8+ Ke7 51. Qc6 Ke6 52. Qe8+ $18) 30. Qxf3 dxe4 ({Or}
30... Qxg5 31. Nxd6+ Kd7 32. Nxc8 $18 {and White wins material.}) 31. Qe3 $1 {
The decisive infiltration.} (31. Qf4) 31... Bg7 32. Qa7 $1 Qxg5 33. Qxb7 Rd8
34. Rh7 (34. Rh7 {Stockfish 14:} Kf8 ({Stockfish 14:} 34... Rd7 35. Qxe4+ Kf8
36. Rxg7 Re7 37. Qa8+ Re8 38. Qxe8+ Kxe8 39. Rxg5 $18) 35. Rxg7 Qxf5 36. gxf5
Kxg7 37. Qe7 Rh8 38. Qg5+ Kf8 39. f6 Ke8 40. Qg7 Rf8 41. Qg4 Kd8 42. Qxe4 Re8
43. Qb7 a5 44. Qb8+ Kd7 45. Qxb5+ Kd8 46. Qxa5+ Kc8 47. Qa6+ Kd7 48. Qb5+ Kd8
49. Qb7 Re6 50. Qxf7 Re3 51. Kb2 Re1 52. Qg8+ Kc7 53. Qc4+ Kd8 54. f7 $18 {
[%eval 5486,38] [%wdl 1000,0,0]}) 1-0
[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2021.10.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Black "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "Bojkov,Dejan"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 $6 (5. Nf3) (5. f3) (5. Be2) (5.
f4) 5... O-O 6. Bg5 {One of those smothering systems that the KID players need
to face.} Nc6 {After a lengthy think Yakubboev opts for an aggressive line
that aims to benefit on the relevant weakness of the d4-pawn.} ({Black can
also go for the direct} 6... h6 7. Be3 e5 8. d5 Na6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. a3 Nac5 11.
Bc2 f5 12. b4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Bxe4 {as in Vallejo Pons,F (2701)-Jones,G
(2657) Online 2021} Nb6 15. Qd3 Bf5 16. Ne2 Qd7 17. Nc3 Na4 18. Nxa4 Qxa4 19.
O-O Qd7 20. c5 a5 21. f3 Rf6 22. Rfd1 Bf8 23. c6 Qc8 24. cxb7 Qxb7 25. b5 a4
26. Rab1 Qc8 27. Rdc1 Qd8 28. Rc4 Rf7 29. Qc2 Be7 30. Bxh6 Bg5 31. Bxf5 gxf5
32. Bxg5 Qxg5 33. Rxc7 Rxc7 34. Qxc7 e4 35. f4 Qxf4 36. b6 Qe3+ 37. Kh2 Kh8 38.
Qxd6 Rg8 39. Qe5+ Kh7 40. Qxf5+ Rg6 41. Kh1 Qd3 42. Re1 Qxa3 43. Qxe4 Qg3 44.
Re3 Qb8 45. Qh4+ Kg8 46. Qxa4 Qxb6 47. Qe8+ Kg7 48. Re7+ Kh6 49. Qxg6+ {
1-0 (49) Vallejo Pons,F (2701)-Jones,G (2657) Toledo 2021}) 7. Nf3 h6 {It is
important to break the pin before the next move.} 8. Be3 e5 9. d5 Nd4 $5 {
[%CAl Rg7b2][%mdl 736] That's the point behind Black's play. The central black
pawn has been sacrificed earlier too, and as a rule White avoids to capture it.
} ({Instead} 9... Ne7 $2 {looks too passive when White can opt for} 10. Qd2 ({
Or the immediate} 10. g4 $5) 10... Kh7 11. g4 {when White's main idea is to
lock the kingside first with aggressive play and they play a one-sided game on
the opposite wing. Knowing this, Black often risks and may fall into a proper
kingside attack, as in this game} c5 12. Bd3 a6 13. Ne2 b5 14. Ng3 bxc4 15.
Bxc4 Bd7 16. g5 hxg5 17. Nxg5+ Kg8 18. Be2 Bb5 19. h4 Rb8 20. Kf1 Bxe2+ 21.
Qxe2 Qb6 22. Kg2 Qb5 23. Qf3 Qd7 24. h5 {Pultinevicius,P (2501)-Mamedov,R
(2654) Online 2021} Qg4 25. h6 Qxf3+ 26. Kxf3 Bh8 27. h7+ Kg7 28. b3 Rfc8 29.
Rag1 c4 30. bxc4 Rxc4 31. Rc1 Rbb4 32. Rxc4 Rxc4 33. Rb1 Rc7 34. Rb6 Rd7 35.
Rxa6 Ne8 36. Ra8 Nc7 37. Ra7 Kf8 38. a4 Ke8 39. a5 Kd8 40. Bb6 Kc8 41. Bxc7
Nxd5 42. exd5 {1-0 (42) Pultinevicius,P (2501)-Mamedov,R (2654) Lichess.org
INT 2021}) 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Qxd4 $16 {Well, that is interesting. But how to
react to} {[%tqu "En","","","","f6g4","",10]} Ng4 $3 {[%CAl Rg7d4][%mdl 1088]}
{[%tqu "En","","","","h3g4","Aha, here it is $1 This novelty will likely take
away Blacks desire to try and take over the initiative that early.",10,"d4d2",
"",0,"h3g4","",0,"d4d3","",0]} 12. hxg4 $3 $146 {Aha, here it is $1 This
novelty will likely take away Blacks desire to try and take over the
initiative that early.} ({Instead, an earlier game offered Black a pleasant
play on the dark-squares after} 12. Qd2 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 f5 14. O-O-O a6 15. Bd3
b5 {and this is all that the KID players dream about $1} 16. exf5 bxc4 17. Bxc4
Bxf5 18. g4 {[%tqu "En","","","","f8e8","",10]} Re8 19. Qg3 Be4 20. Rhe1 Qf6 {
[%CAl Rc3e4,Re1e4,Ge8e4,Rf6b2]} 21. f4 Rab8 22. Rd2 Qxc3+ $3 {[%CAl Rc3c1,
Gg7c3,Rb8b1][%mdl 576] 0-1 (22) Potapov,A (2399)-Goluch,P (2231) Pardubice 2014
} (22... Qxc3+ {Stockfish 14: 1)} 23. Qxc3 ({Stockfish 14: 2)} 23. Kd1 Qxg3 24.
Bb3 Bf3+ 25. Ree2 Bxe2+ 26. Kc1 (26. Rxe2 Qd3+ 27. Rd2 Qb1#) 26... Qe1+ 27. Rd1
Bxd1 28. Bxd1 Rxb2 29. a3 Qd2# {[%eval -32753,36] [%wdl 0,0,1000]}) ({
Stockfish 14: 3)} 23. bxc3 Rb1# {[%eval -32765,36] [%wdl 0,0,1000]}) ({
Stockfish 14: 4)} 23. Rc2 Qxc2# {[%eval -32765,36] [%wdl 0,0,1000]}) 23... Bxc3
24. b3 a5 25. Red1 Bxd2+ 26. Rxd2 Rf8 27. Rf2 Rf7 $19)) ({Stockfish 14:} 12.
hxg4 Bxd4 13. Bxd4 f6 14. Rxh6 Kf7 15. g5 Rh8 16. Bxf6 {[%CAl Rf6d8,Rf6h8]}
Qxf6 17. gxf6 Rxh6 18. a4 Kxf6 19. a5 Ke5 20. Kd2 Bd7 21. Ke3 g5 22. Ne2 Rah8
23. f3 Rh1 24. Ng3 R1h2 25. b4 $16) ({Stockfish 14:} 12. Qd3 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 f5
14. O-O-O Bxc3 15. Qxc3 fxe4 16. Qd2 Qg5 17. Qxg5 hxg5 18. Re1 Bd7 19. Rxe4
Rxf2 20. Bd3 Re8 21. Rxe8+ Bxe8 22. Re1 Kf8 23. Be4 Bd7 24. g4 Kf7 25. Re3 a5
26. Bc2 Kf6 27. b3 Rf1+ 28. Kb2 Rf4 29. a3 Rf2 30. Kc3 Rh2 31. Rf3+ Kg7 $11 {
[%eval -5,32] [%wdl 29,933,38]}) 12... Bxd4 13. Bxd4 {Now instead of attacking,
Yakubboev will have to think about the defence. Fun fact: it is Black who
usually sacrifices his queen for a couple of light pieces and a pawn. And
there too, one of the pieces must be the dark-squared bishop.} Kh7 {Most
likely not the best defence.} ({The machine suggests to evacuate his Majesty
at once with} 13... f6 $1 14. Rxh6 Kf7 {with the point to meet} 15. g5 {with}
Rh8 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 $1 17. gxf6 Rxh6 {True, even here White is better.}) 14. Be2
{Intending f2-f4 and then g4-g5 with inevitable mate along the h-file.} f5 {
Sooner or later Black will have to physically try and block the enemy pawns.} (
{If a normal development like} 14... Bd7 15. f4 $1 {threatens as we know g4-g5
and then} f6 16. O-O-O {once again creates the same threat, for example after
a neutral move like} a5 $2 ({Therefore Black would still need to push the pawn
} 16... h5 {when White has a pleasant choice between} 17. gxh5 ({And} 17. f5 $1
) 17... g5 18. fxg5 fxg5 19. Bd3 $14 {[%CAl Rd3h7] with a growing attack.}) 17.
g5 $1 {Leads to mate after} fxg5 {[%tqu "En","","","","h1h6","",10]} 18. Rxh6+
$1 Kxh6 (18... Kg8 19. Rxg6+ Kf7 20. Rg7+ Ke8 21. Bh5+ Rf7 22. Rg8+ $18) 19.
Rh1+ Bh3 20. Rxh3#) 15. exf5 $1 {Predke opens the diagonal for the
light-squared bishop and crashes through.} gxf5 16. Rh5 {Not just doubling the
rooks, but also controlling the f5-spot.} Kg6 (16... fxg4 17. Bd3+ {loses on
the spot.}) ({And in case of} 16... Rg8 {White would have brought more
attackers with either} 17. O-O-O ({Or} 17. Kd2 {[%CAl Ga1h1]})) {[%tqu "En","",
"","","e1d2","White's attack grows by itself.",10]} 17. Kd2 $1 {[%CAl Ra1e1,
Ra1h1] White's attack grows by itself.} fxg4 {[%tqu "En","","","","a1h1","",10]
} 18. Rah1 $5 {[%CAl Rh5h6,Rh1h6]} Bf5 {At last bringing a defender out.} ({
The assault cannot be slowed down with} 18... Rh8 19. Bd3+ Kf7 20. Bxh8 Qxh8 {
[%tqu "En","","","","h5h6","",10]} 21. Rxh6 $18) 19. Rxh6+ Kf7 20. R1h5 {
So far Predke was impeccable, but this last move somewhat slows down his win.
As we shall see, the Russian GM clearly understood that the black bishop
needed to be removed, but he was trying to trap it.} ({The defender should
have been swapped instead:} 20. Bd3 $3 Bxd3 21. Kxd3 {when the black king
would have been mated without a chance} Ke7 (21... Ke8 22. Rh7 $1 {[%CAl Rh7a7]
}) (21... Qg5 22. Ne4) {[%tqu "En","","","","h6h7","",10]} 22. Rh7+ Rf7 {
[%tqu "En","","","","h1e1","",10]} 23. Re1+ Kd7 (23... Kf8 24. Rh8#) 24. Rxf7+
Kc8) 20... Ke7 21. Nd1 $1 {[%CAl Gd4c3,Rd1e3] A nice maneuver. Predke is
sticking to his plan of harassing the black bishop.} ({It was not too late for
} 21. Bd3 $3 Bxd3 22. Kxd3 {Abd this time the winning idea is different. After}
Kd7 {The black king escapes the mate, but nevertheless loses the game after}
23. Rh7+ Kc8 {[%tqu "En","","","","h7h8","Yes, it is more comfortable on c8
and his Majesty will not be mated, but the Ra8 cannot come to the rescue.",10]}
24. Rh8 $1 {[%CAl Rh8c8] Yes, it is more comfortable on c8 and his Majesty
will not be mated, but the Ra8 cannot come to the rescue.}) 21... c5 22. Bc3 {
The most controlled continuation.} Kd7 ({After} 22... Qb6 23. Ne3 Bd7 24. Rh7+
Kd8 25. Rg5 {[%CAl Rg5g7,Rg7d7,Rh7d7] the white rooks make it to the seventh
rank.}) 23. Ne3 Bb1 {[%CAl Rf8f2]} 24. Bxg4+ ({Even easier was to hunt the
bishop at once:} 24. Kc1 $1 {with the idea to clear the seventh rank again:}
Bxa2 (24... Be4 {[%tqu "En","","","","h6e6","traps the bishop in the middle of
the board $1",10]} 25. Re6 $1 {traps the bishop in the middle of the board $1})
25. Rh7+ Kc8 26. Bxg4+ Kb8 {[%tqu "En","","","","h7d7","",10]} 27. Rd7 Qe8 28.
Rhh7 {when Black is helpless.}) 24... Kc7 25. f3 Qe8 $1 {The best defence by
Black $1 Yakubboev wants to keep the bishop on the b1-h7 diagonal.} ({Or else
his key pawn would suffer after} 25... Bxa2 26. Nf5 $1) 26. Rh1 $1 {Another
nice maneuver.} ({Or} 26. Re6 Qf7 27. Rh1 Bh7 {Black's position is ugly, but
perhaps still playable.}) 26... Bg6 27. Re1 {A second open file is seized with
an ambush $1} Rg8 28. Be6 Qf8 {This is not the most resilient defence.} ({
Instead} 28... Rf8 29. Ng4 {lets the white knight to f6.}) ({However, a better
idea was} 28... Qa4 $1 29. Bxg8 Rxg8 {in order to try and find counter-chances
on the light squares.}) 29. Reh1 Re8 {This loses at once.} (29... Qe7 {was
Black's last chance although there too} 30. f4 {would have likely led to
White's slow win.}) 30. R1h4 $1 {[%CAl Rh4a4] Back to the fourth rank,
everything is set for more pins $1} Rxe6 {That means resignation, but there
was nothing better than that.} ({Or} 30... Kb8 31. Bxg8 Qxg8 32. Rg4 {and
Black drops material.}) 31. dxe6 Qe8 32. Nd5+ Kc6 33. Nf6 Qe7 34. Rg4 1-0
[Event "Vejstrup"]
[Site "Vejstrup"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Mortensen, Erling"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Kapnisis, Spyros"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1989.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 0,27,18,29,36,49,8,11,15,9,37,-5,55,57,75,57,70,32,25,36,69,49,41,61,43,
18,109,44,51,18]} {13-year-old Judith Polgar shows in this game her desire to
play relentlessly aggressive chess from the very beginning. In the first part
of the game she played very actively building a strong initiative against the
black king, showing good calculation and no fear against her much experienced
opponent. While her technique was not great (age is a good excuse!), she
managed to stay tactically alert and take advantage of her opponent's blunder
just when she had lost most of her advantage.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 (
3... a6) 4. O-O Nxe4 (4... Be7) (4... Bc5) 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Ne4
$6 {A move which has virtually disappeared from practice because of 7...Nf5.} (
7... Nf5) 8. Qe2 (8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Re1 Nc5 {is a comfortable version of the
Berlin Wall.}) 8... Bf5 {[%tqu "En","","","","f1d1","",10,"c1e3","",0]} 9. Rd1
$1 {[%CAl Rd1d8]} (9. Be3 $5 Bc5 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Nc3 Ne6 12. Rad1 Qe7 $13 {
1/2 (43) Jakovenko,D (2691)-Korneev,O (2606) Chalons en Champagne FRA 2007} 13.
Ne4 Qb4 14. Ng3 Bg4 15. Qd2 Qxd2 16. Rxd2 h5 17. h4 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Rd8 19. Rxd8+
Kxd8 20. Rd1+ Ke7 21. Nf5+ Ke8 22. Kg2 g6 23. Ne3 Ke7 24. Kg3 Rf8 25. f4 f5 26.
Kf3 Rd8 27. Rxd8 Kxd8 28. c3 Kd7 29. Ng2 b5 30. Ne1 c5 31. Ke3 c4 32. Nf3 c5
33. a4 a6 34. axb5 axb5 35. Ne1 Nc7 36. Ng2 Nd5+ 37. Kd2 Kc6 38. Kc2 Nc7 39.
Ne3 Ne6 40. Ng2 Kd5 41. f3 Kc6 42. Kd2 Nc7 43. Ne3 Ne6 {1/2 (43) Jakovenko,D
(2691)-Korneev,O (2606) France 2007}) 9... Qc8 {[#]} {[%tqu "En","","","",
"g2g4","Polgar, typical of her style, is not afraid to go for the most direct
line. Objectively speaking this is a risky approach by white which worked fine
in this game.",10,"e5e6","",0,"f3d4","By today's standards this is the most
critical move. I am not confident that black can find a way to fully equalize.
",0,"c1e3","",0,"d1d4","",0]} 10. g4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 704] Polgar, typical of
her style, is not afraid to go for the most direct line. Objectively speaking
this is a risky approach by white which worked fine in this game.} (10. e6 $5 {
[%mdl 704]} fxe6 $1 (10... Qxe6 $2 11. Nd4 Qg6 12. Nxf5 Qxf5 13. f3 $18 {
[%csl Ge4][%CAl Re2e8]}) 11. g4 Bg6 12. Ne5 {[%csl Ge4][%CAl Re5g6,Re2e4]} Nf6
(12... Bc5 13. Nxg6 {[%tqu "En","","","","e4f2","",10]} Nxf2 $1 14. Rd8+ $1 {
[%csl Gc8][%CAl Re2e6]} Qxd8 (14... Kxd8 15. Nxh8 $18) 15. Qxe6+ Be7 16. Nxe7
Nh3+ (16... Qxe7 17. Qxe7+ Kxe7 18. Bg5+ Kf7 19. Kxf2 $16) 17. Kg2 Qxe7 18.
Qxe7+ Kxe7 19. Kxh3 $16) 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Bxd6 cxd6 16. Rxd6 Qc7
$1 $13 (16... Qc7 17. Qxe6+ $11 (17. Qe5 $11))) (10. Nd4 {By today's standards
this is the most critical move. I am not confident that black can find a way
to fully equalize.} Nc5 (10... Bc5 $6 {[%tqu "En","","","","b2b4","",10]} 11.
b4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bb6 (11... Bxb4 {[%tqu "En","","","","e5e6","",10]} 12. e6
$1 $40) 12. f3 Qd7 13. Be3 O-O-O 14. a4 $16 {1-0 (48) Solodovnichenko,Y (2587)
-Mirzoev,A (2541) Konya TUR 2017} a6 (14... Ng5) 15. a5 Ba7 16. fxe4 Bg4 17. e6
Qxe6 18. Qf2 Qxe4 19. Rd3 Rhe8 20. Nd2 Qg6 21. N2b3 Rd6 22. Re1 Bd7 23. Qd2 f5
24. Kh1 Qg4 25. h3 Qh5 26. Bf4 Rf6 27. Rxe8+ Qxe8 28. Nf3 h6 29. Be5 Rf7 30.
Bg3 g5 31. Ne5 Re7 32. Nxd7 Rxd7 33. Rxd7 Qxd7 34. Qxd7+ Kxd7 35. Be5 b6 36.
Bd4 Kd6 37. c4 c5 38. bxc5+ bxc5 39. Bg7 h5 40. Bf8+ Ke5 41. Bxc5 Bb8 42. Bf2
c6 43. Nc5 Bc7 44. Be1 Bd8 45. Nxa6 Kd4 46. Nb8 Kxc4 47. Nxc6 Bc7 48. a6 {
1-0 (48) Solodovnichenko,Y (2587)-Mirzoev,A (2541) Konya 2017}) (10... Bg6 $6
11. e6 $1 {[%mdl 704]} fxe6 12. Nd2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Kf7 {[%tqu "En","","","",
"d1e1","White has a very strong attack against the black king.",10]} 14. Re1
$40 {White has a very strong attack against the black king.}) 11. Be3 Bg6 $14 {
[%CAl Yc5e6]}) (10. Be3 $5 Be7 11. Nd4 (11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Nd4 Nxd2 13. Rxd2 $13
{1-0 (33) Zhigalko,S (2677)-Sulskis,S (2541) Bilbao ESP 2014} c5 14. Nxf5 Qxf5
15. f4 f6 16. Qc4+ Kh8 17. e6 c6 18. a4 Rfe8 19. Bf2 Rad8 20. Rad1 Rxd2 21.
Rxd2 h5 22. Rd7 b6 23. Rxa7 Bd6 24. Qd3 Qxd3 25. cxd3 Bxf4 26. Rb7 Rxe6 27.
Rxb6 Rd6 28. Bxc5 Rxd3 29. b4 Rd1+ 30. Kf2 Bxh2 31. Rxc6 Rd2+ 32. Kf1 Kh7 33.
a5 {1-0 (33) Zhigalko,S (2677)-Sulskis,S (2541) Bilbao 2014}) 11... O-O 12. f3
Nc5 13. Qf2 Na4 $1 14. b3 Nb6 15. c4 Bg6 $13 {[%CAl Yf7f6] 1/2 (58) Lagarde,M
(2588)-Mirzoev,A (2527) Marseille FRA 2016} 16. Nc3 f6 17. e6 c5 18. Nde2 Qxe6
19. Bxc5 Bxc5 20. Qxc5 c6 21. Nf4 Qf7 22. Qd4 Rae8 23. c5 Nc8 24. Rd2 Re5 25.
Nxg6 hxg6 26. f4 Re6 27. Rad1 Ne7 28. Qc4 Re3 29. Rd3 Qxc4 30. bxc4 Nf5 31. g4
Rxd3 32. Rxd3 Nh6 33. h3 Nf7 34. Rd7 Rd8 35. Rxb7 Rd4 36. Ne2 Rxc4 37. Rxa7
Rxc5 38. Ra8+ Kh7 39. a4 Rc4 40. a5 Nd6 41. a6 Ra4 42. Nc3 Ra3 43. a7 Nb5 44.
Nxb5 cxb5 45. Kf2 b4 46. Ke2 g5 47. f5 b3 48. Kd2 b2 49. Kc2 b1=B+ 50. Kxb1 Ra5
51. Kb2 Ra6 52. Kc3 Ra3+ 53. Kb4 Ra1 54. Kc5 Rc1+ 55. Kd5 Rd1+ 56. Ke6 Re1+ 57.
Kf7 Ra1 58. Kf8 {1/2 (58) Lagarde,M (2588)-Mirzoev,A (2527) Marseille 2016}) (
10. Rd4 Nc5 11. Be3 Be7 12. Nc3 Ne6 $13 {[%csl Gd4]} (12... Qe6 {1-0 (41)
Zhigalko,S (2583)-Melkumyan,H (2507) Martuni ARM 2008} 13. Rc4 Nd7 14. Nd4 Qg6
15. Nxf5 Qxf5 16. f4 h5 17. Rd1 h4 18. Ne4 Rh6 19. Qd3 Rh5 20. Qe2 Qg6 21. Bc5
Nxc5 22. Nxc5 Bxc5+ 23. Rxc5 Kf8 24. Rc4 Kg8 25. Rd7 Rc8 26. Qe4 Rf5 27. Rcd4
c5 28. Qxb7 Rf8 29. Rc4 h3 30. g3 Qg4 31. Qd5 Rb8 32. b3 Rb6 33. Rd8+ Kh7 34.
Qd1 Qg6 35. Qf3 Rb4 36. Qd3 Rxc4 37. bxc4 Qg4 38. Kf2 Qh5 39. Qf3 Qg6 40. g4
Qh6 41. Kg3 {1-0 (41) Zhigalko,S (2583)-Melkumyan,H (2507) Martuni 2008}))
10... Bg6 (10... Bxg4 $2 {Stockfish 14:} 11. Qxe4 Be7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Re1 a5
14. Nd4 a4 15. f3 Bh5 16. Nf5 Bd8 17. Ng3 Bg6 18. Qf4 h5 19. Be3 a3 20. b3 Re8
21. Nge4 Ra5 {[%CAl Ra5e5,Re8e5]} 22. Bc5 {[%csl Rc5]} b6 23. b4 Rb5 24. Nxb5
bxc5 25. Nbc3 cxb4 26. Ne2 $18) 11. Nh4 {[#]} Nc5 $6 (11... Qe6 $1 {Black
should have kept his knight on e4} 12. Nxg6 (12. Rd4 $6 Nxf2 $1 13. Kxf2 (13.
Qxf2 Bc5 $15 {[%CAl Ye8g8,Rc5g1] White's exposed king and his lack of
development gives black the better chances.}) 13... Bc5 14. Be3 Bxd4 15. Bxd4
O-O-O 16. Bc3 h5 17. g5 Qh3 $15 {[%csl Rf2]}) (12. f3 Nf6 $5 {One important
idea connected with the move 11...Qe6. Black stops f4-f5 for the moment and
gets some time to organize his defense.} (12... Nc5 13. f4 {[%CAl Gf4f5]} f5 $1
14. b4 Nd7 15. Qd3 {[%CAl Rd3f5,Rh4f5,Rg4f5,Gg6f5,Ge6f5]} O-O-O $1 16. gxf5 Qe7
17. e6 Be8 {[%csl Gh4][%CAl Gh4f3,Gh4g2,Gd7f6] Black should be fine in this
strange position}) 13. Nc3 Nd5 $13) (12. f4 $2 Bc5+ 13. Kg2 Nf2 14. f5 Qe7 $19
{[%CAl Rf2d1,Re7h4] 0-1 (27) Savic,M (2522)-Blagojevic,D (2505) Paracin SRB
2014} 15. Nf3 Nxd1 16. Qxd1 h5 17. h3 Bh7 18. Nc3 Qd7 19. Qe2 hxg4 20. hxg4
Bxf5 21. gxf5 Qxf5 22. Ng5 Rh4 23. Nce4 Rg4+ 24. Ng3 Rxg5 25. Bxg5 Qxg5 26. Rd1
Rd8 27. e6 Rxd1 {0-1 (27) Savic,M (2522)-Blagojevic,D (2505) Paracin 2014})
12... Qxg6 13. f3 Nc5 14. Nc3 h5 15. g5 Qf5 $13 {Black has managed to block
white's kingside majority and he can be quite optimistic about his chances.} (
15... Qf5 16. f4 $11 (16. Kh1 $11))) 12. b4 $6 {Perfectly logical but somewhat
inaccurate. With the e6 square not available to the black knight (because of
f4) it makes a lot of sense to drive the black knight to the a file, away from
the center.} (12. f4 $1 Be7 13. Ng2 h5 (13... Be4 14. Nc3 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 h5 16.
h3 $16) 14. f5 Bh7 {[#]} 15. Be3 $1 (15. h3 $2 hxg4 16. hxg4 Bxf5 $1 17. gxf5
Qxf5 {[%csl Rg1] Black's attack is worth more than the sacrificed piece.})
15... O-O (15... hxg4 16. f6 $1 $18 {Black will be forced to give a piece
under unfavourble circumstances.}) 16. Nd2 (16. h3 $5 $16) 16... Nd7 (16...
hxg4 17. Rf1 $1 Bxf5 18. Qf2 $18 {[%CAl Rf2c5,Rf2f5]}) 17. Bd4 $16) (12. Bg5 $6
Ne6) 12... Na6 $2 (12... Na4 $1 {Was the best and far from obvious square for
the black knight} 13. f4 Be7 $1 (13... Bxb4 $2 14. f5 Bc3 15. Ba3 $5 {White
gets a huge attack against the black king} ({Stockfish 14:} 15. e6 $1 O-O ({
Stockfish 14:} 15... fxe6 $4 16. Nxc3 Nxc3 17. Qe5 O-O 18. fxg6 Nxd1 19. gxh7+
Kxh7 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21. Ng6 Qd8 22. Bb2 Nxb2 23. Qh8+ Kf7 24. Rf1+ Qf6 25. Rxf6+
Kxf6 26. Nxf8 Kf7 27. Qh5+ Kxf8 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Qxa8 $18) 16. fxg6 hxg6 17.
exf7+ Rxf7 18. Nxg6 Bxa1 19. Rd3 {[%CAl Rd3h3,Rh3h8,Gd3c3,Gb1c3]} Qe8 {[%tqu
"En","","","","d3h3","",10]} 20. Rh3 $1 {[%CAl Rh3h8]} Rf6 21. Rh8+ Kf7 22.
Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Nh8+ Kf8 24. Qd3 Kg8 25. Ng6 b5 26. c3 {[%csl Rc3]} Nc5 27. Qc2
Re1+ 28. Kg2 Re4 29. Nf4 Rexf4 30. Bxf4 Rxf4 31. Qg6 {[%CAl Rg6e8,Gg6g4]} Ne4
32. Qe8+ Kh7 33. Qh5+ Kg8 34. g5 b4 35. Qe8+ Kh7 36. Qe5 Rf2+ 37. Kg1 Re2 38.
Qf5+ $18) 15... Bxa1 16. e6 {[%CAl Rd1d7]} Bf6 (16... fxe6 17. fxg6 $18) 17.
exf7+ Kxf7 18. fxg6+ hxg6 19. Qc4+ Ke8 20. Nxg6 $18) 14. Ng2 Bxb4 15. f5 Bc3
16. e6 {[#]} (16. Nxc3 $5 {[%csl Gd1,Ge2]} Nxc3 17. Qd3 Nxd1 18. Ba3 Nc3 $1 19.
Qxc3 Qd7 $13 {[%CAl Ye8c8,Rf5g6]}) (16. Ba3 $6 Bxa1 17. e6 fxe6) 16... O-O $1 (
16... fxe6 $2 17. Nxc3 Nxc3 18. Qe5 Nxd1 19. Qxg7 Rf8 20. Bh6 $18) (16... Bxa1
17. exf7+ Kxf7 18. fxg6+ hxg6 19. Qc4+ Kf8 20. Ba3+ c5 21. c3 $1 $18 {[%csl
Rf8][%CAl Yd1f1]}) 17. fxg6 hxg6 18. Ba3 c5 $1 (18... Bxa1 $2 19. Bxf8 Qxe6 (
19... Qxf8 20. Rd7 $18) 20. Qxe6 fxe6 21. Be7 $18) 19. e7 Re8 20. Nxc3 Nxc3 21.
Qe5 Nxd1 22. Rxd1 Qxg4 23. Rd3 Qf5 $13) (12... Ne6 $2 13. f4 $16) 13. Bg5 $1 {
[%CAl Yd1d8] Now the black knight doesn't cannot come to e6, white's bishop is
developed to g5 with tempo.} (13. f4 $6 Be7 (13... Bxc2 14. Qxc2 Qxg4+ 15. Ng2
Nxb4 16. Qb3 Bc5+ 17. Kh1 $16) 14. Ng2 Nxb4 15. f5 Bxf5 16. gxf5 Qxf5 17. Na3 {
is probably better for white but a lot less clear than the game's continuation.
}) 13... Qe6 (13... Be7 14. Bxe7 Kxe7 15. f4 $18) 14. f4 f5 {[#]} 15. a3 $1 {
Securing the pawn on b4 and more importantly securing that the black knight
will remain passive to a6 for a long time.} (15. Nxf5) (15. gxf5) (15. c3)
15... h6 {[#]} (15... Be7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nxf5 Bxf5 18. gxf5 O-O 19. Qc4+ Kh8
20. Qe4 Qf7 21. Nc3 Qxf5 22. Qxf5 Rxf5 23. Ne2 $18 {[%csl Ra6][%CAl Yd1d7]}) (
15... fxg4 16. Nc3 Be7 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qxg4 $18) 16. Bf6 $1 {Polgar finds
the most accurate move to gain the maximum she can from her position.} (16.
Nxg6 Qxg6 17. Bh4 Be7 (17... Qxg4+ 18. Qxg4 fxg4 19. f5 $16 {[%CAl Re5d6,Rf5e6,
Re5f6,Rf5g6]}) 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. Nc3 $16) (16. gxf5 $2 Bxf5 17. Nxf5 Qxf5 18.
Bh4 Qxf4 {is not so clear} 19. Bg3 $14) 16... gxf6 (16... Bh5 17. gxh5 gxf6 18.
Ng6 Rg8 19. Kh1 $18) (16... Bh7 17. Nc3 $1 gxf6 18. gxf5 Rg8+ 19. Kh1 Bxf5 20.
Qh5+ $18 {[%CAl Rh5e8,Rh4f5,Rh5f5]}) 17. gxf5 Bxf5 18. Qh5+ {[%CAl Rh5f5,Rh5e8,
Rh4f5,Ge6f5]} Qf7 19. Qxf5 Rg8+ 20. Kh1 fxe5 21. Qxe5+ Qe7 22. Qf5 $1 Qf7 {
[%tqu "En","","","","d1e1","",10]} 23. Re1+ Be7 24. Nd2 $18 Kf8 {[#]} 25. Qxf7+
(25. Qh3 $1 {Keeping the queens on the board was probbly more accurate but
there is nothing wrong with simplifying in a clearly better ending. Probably
Polgar wanted to avoid unnecessary counterplay against her, not so safe, king.}
Bxh4 (25... Bf6 26. Rad1 Re8 27. Rxe8+ Qxe8 28. Ndf3 $18 {[%csl Rf8][%CAl
Yf3e5]}) 26. Qxh4 {[%CAl Ye1e5]} Qd5+ 27. Ne4 Re8 {[%tqu "En","","","","c2c4",
"",10]} 28. c4 $1 {[%csl Rd5][%CAl Rd5h1,Gd5c4,Gd5f7,Gd5h5,Gd5a5,Gd5d8,Gd5d1]}
Qxc4 (28... Qf5 29. Ng3 $18) 29. Qxh6+ Rg7 30. Nf6 $18) 25... Kxf7 26. Nf5 Bf8
{[#]} 27. Ne4 $6 {It makes more sense to place the knight on f3 or c4 with the
idea of placing him Furthermore the black rook is denied access to e8 for
tactical reasons.} (27. Nf3 Kf6 (27... Re8 $2 28. Ne5+ Kf6 {[%CAl Re1e8]} 29.
Ng4+ {[%CAl Re1e8,Rf5h6,Rg4h6,Gf8h6]} Kf7 (29... Kxf5 30. Rxe8 $18) 30. Nfxh6+
$18) 28. Re5 $18 {[%CAl Ya1e1]}) (27. Nc4 Rd8 28. Ne5+ Kf6 29. Ng3 $18 {
[%CAl Ye1e3,Ya1e1]}) 27... Re8 {[#]} 28. Neg3 $2 {Polgar allows the exchange
of rooks which will ease black's defensive task.} (28. Re3 $1 {[%CAl Ra1e1]
Doubling the rooks on the e file would force the black rook out of e8.} Rd8 (
28... Nb8 29. Rae1 {[%CAl Ye4g5]} Rd8 30. Nc5 $1 $18 {Black's position remains
extremely difficult.}) 29. Rae1 Rg4 30. Rf3 $16 {[%CAl Yf5e3,Ye3c4]}) 28...
Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 {[#]} Nb8 $2 (29... b5 $1 {[%CAl Yc6c5] With the white knights
misplaced black gets the chance to generate counterplay on the queenside
forcing the exchange of many pawns.} 30. c4 $5 (30. Rd1 c5 $13) (30. Ne4 c5 31.
c3 (31. c4 cxb4 $5 32. cxb5 bxa3 33. bxa6 Rg6 $1 $13 {[%csl Ga3][%CAl Yg6a6]})
31... Rg4 32. Rf1 Rg6 $1 $11) 30... bxc4 31. Rc1 c5 32. b5 Nb8 33. Rxc4 c6 {
With good drawing chances.}) 30. Rd1 $1 {[%csl Gd7][%CAl Rd1d8]} Ke8 {[#]} (
30... c5 31. b5 $16 {[%csl Rb8]}) 31. Ne4 (31. Kg2 $1 {Centralizing the king
was probably the right plan for white.} Nd7 32. Kf3 Nf6 (32... Rg6 33. Ne4 $16)
33. h4 h5 34. Re1+ Kd7 35. Re5 $16 {is unplesant for black}) 31... Rg6 $6 (
31... Nd7 32. Nfg3 Rg7 $1 {[%CAl Yg7f7] With a defendable position}) 32. Nfg3
$6 (32. Nh4 $1 Rg7 (32... Re6 33. Re1 Kd8 (33... Kf7 34. Nf3 $1 {[%CAl Yf3g5]}
Kg8 35. Rg1+ $16) 34. Kg2 $16 {[%CAl Yg2f3]}) 33. Nf6+ $1 Kf7 34. Nh5 Rg8 35.
Nf5 Ke6 36. Nhg3 $16 {[%CAl Yh1g2,Yg2f3]}) 32... Nd7 33. f5 Rg7 34. c4 Re7 (
34... c5 $5 35. b5 Re7 $13) 35. Kg2 Kf7 $4 {[#] Black blunders just when he
has managed to equalize.} 36. f6 $1 {Polgar is tactically alert and takes
advantage of black's mistake securing the victory.} Nxf6 37. Nxf6 Kxf6 38. Rf1+
Kg6 (38... Kg7 39. Nf5+ Kg6 40. Nxe7+ Bxe7 41. Kf3 $18) 39. Rxf8 Re3 40. Rf3
1-0
[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1991.05.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Hera, Imre"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r3k2r/2pqbppp/p1n5/1p1pP3/6b1/2P2N2/PPBQ1PPP/R1B2RK1 w kq - 0 13"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1991.05.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 0,129,58,32,56,31,42,19,8,-17,-38,-63,7,-66,-52,-39,-26,-34,2,-86,-37,
-65,23,11,33,23,26,17,27,-10,18,-48,41,29,87,60,34,41,41,14,10,22,16,-46,2,1,
60,35,36,35,121,110,109,55,100,49,73,29,-24,-2,117,109,52,15,175,173,199,161,
197,148,176,163,152,149,149,145,137,134,82,82,94,66,77,31,44,44,55,9,0,0,41,50,
78,79,79,98,104,106,106,105,103,94,133,127,149,111,146,146,142,174,150,142,163,
175,174,174,168,174,174,174,174,168,174,180,198,180,180,82,266,221,270,259] [#]
} 13. Qf4 Bxf3 (13... O-O 14. Re1 $1 {The precise continuation, overprotecting
e5 first.} (14. Ng5 $6 {[%CAl Rg5h7,Rc2h7] is premature due to} Bxg5 15. Qxg5
f6 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. Qh4 Bf5 $13) 14... Rad8 15. h3 Bh5 16. Bf5 Qe8 17. g4 Bg6
18. Nd4 $16) {[%tqu "En","","","","c2f5","",10]} 14. Bf5 $1 {[%CAl Rf5d7]} Qd8
15. Qxf3 $1 {[%csl Ge5][%CAl Rc6e5] White is ready to give his central pawn,
since it would instantly open up the position.} (15. gxf3 {came into
consideration as well.} O-O {[%tqu "En","","","","f1d1","",10]} 16. Rd1 {
[%csl Gd5][%CAl Rd1d8,Rf5c8]} Bc5 17. Qg3 Ne7 18. Bc2 $16) 15... Nxe5 16. Qe2
Qd6 {[%CAl Gd6e5]} (16... Ng6 $6 17. Re1 Kf8 18. a4 $16 {[%CAl Gb5a4,Ra1a4]}) (
16... Nc6 $4 17. Rd1 O-O 18. Be4 $18 {[%csl Gd5][%CAl Rd1d8,Rd1d5,Re4d5]}) (
16... f6 $5 {[%CAl Gf6e5]} 17. f4 Nf7 18. a4 (18. Be3 $5 g6 19. Be6 O-O 20.
Rae1 Kg7 $16) 18... g6 19. Be6 $1 $44 {with an excellent compensation.}) 17.
Re1 {[%CAl Re2e5,Re1e5]} (17. Bf4 $5 f6 18. Qh5+ Kf8 19. Rfe1 $44 {seems very
tempting too.}) 17... Nc6 (17... Ng6 18. a4 $5 {[%CAl Ra1a3]} b4 19. cxb4 Qxb4
20. Ra3 $18 {[%csl Re1,Re2,Re3][%CAl Ga3e3,Re3e8,Re2e8,Re1e8]}) 18. Bg5 Kf8 $8
(18... f6 {does not look appealing due to} 19. Qh5+ Kf8 {[%tqu "En","","","",
"e1e6","",10]} 20. Re6 $18) (18... g6 {is strongly met by} {[%tqu "En","","",
"","a1d1","",10]} 19. Rad1 $1 {[%csl Gd5][%CAl Rd1d6,Re2e7,Re1e8]} gxf5 20.
Bxe7 Nxe7 {[%tqu "En","","","","d1d5","",10]} 21. Rxd5 $1 Qf6 22. Rxf5 $1 Qd6
23. Re5 $18 {as it was given by Judit.}) 19. Be3 g6 (19... Bf6 20. Rad1 {
[%csl Gd5]} Rd8 {was considered as not that clear in the original analysis,
but after} 21. Be4 $1 d4 {[%CAl Gc6d4,Gf6d4,Gd6d4,Gd8d4]} (21... Ne7 $2 22. b4
$1 Bxc3 23. Bc5 Qe6 24. Bxd5 Qxe2 25. Rxe2 Bf6 {[%csl Ge7][%CAl Rc5f8]} 26.
Rdd2 g6 27. g3 Kg7 {[%tqu "En","","","","d5b7","",10]} 28. Bb7 $18 {[%csl Ga6,
Gb5][%CAl Rb7a6,Ra6b5]}) {[%tqu "En","","","","e4c6","",10]} 22. Bxc6 $1 Qxc6 {
[%csl Gd8,Gf6][%CAl Gd8d4,Gf6d4,Rc3d4,Re3d4,Rd1d4]} 23. cxd4 h5 24. Rc1 $16 {
White has the upper hand.}) 20. Bh6+ Kg8 21. Qg4 $1 {Elegantly strengthening
the attack.} (21. Bd3 Bf8 $13) 21... Qf6 $2 (21... Bf8 {[%tqu "En","","","",
"h6f4","",10,"e1e6","",0]} 22. Bf4 $1 (22. Re6 $2 Ne5 $1) 22... Qf6 23. Bd7 h5
24. Qg3 $18 {[%csl Gc6][%CAl Rd7c6,Rf4e5]}) ({Anand should have chosen} 21...
Ne5 22. Qg3 Nc4 23. Bf4 Qf6 {Here} 24. Bd3 $1 {retreat is the best.} Nxb2 (
24... Bd6 25. Bg5 Qg7 26. Qf3 $18) 25. Be5 Qh4 26. Bxh8 Qxg3 (26... Kxh8 27.
Qe5+ Bf6 28. Qxd5 Rf8 29. g3 $16) 27. hxg3 Bd6 28. Bf6 Nxd3 29. Red1 Nc5 30.
Rxd5 Re8 31. Bg5 {and White keeps good winning chances.}) 22. Bc2 (22. Re6 $4
Ne5 $1 $19) (22. Bd7 $1 {would have been demolishing.} Ne5 23. Qd4 Bd6 (23...
Nxd7 24. Rxe7 $18) 24. Bc6 $1 Rd8 25. h4 $1 $18 {[%CAl Gh6g5]}) 22... Bf8 (
22... Qh4 23. Qd7 $16) (22... b4 23. Re3 $40) 23. Bg5 Qd6 24. Bf4 ({Certainly
there was nothing wrong with} 24. Rad1 {either.}) 24... Qd8 (24... h5 {would
have been preferable.} 25. Qf3 (25. Bxd6 $2 hxg4 26. Bxc7 d4 27. cxd4 Nxd4 28.
Bd1 Bg7 $11) 25... Qf6 26. Rad1 Bd6 (26... Rd8 27. Qg3 (27. Qe3 Qe7 28. Qxe7 $2
Bxe7 29. Bxc7 Rd7 30. Bb6 Kg7 31. Bb3 Rb8 32. Be3 Rbd8 $11) 27... Bh6 28. Bxc7
Rd7 29. Bb6 Kg7 30. Bb3 Qf5 31. Qd3 Qxd3 32. Rxd3 Rb8 33. Bc5 Rbd8 34. Red1 $16
) (26... Ne7 27. Qe3 Qc6 28. Be5 Rh7 29. Qf4 $16) 27. Bxd6 Qxf3 28. gxf3 cxd6
29. Rxd5 Ne5 30. Kg2 Kg7 31. f4 Nc4 32. b3 Na3 33. Bd3 Rac8 34. Rxd6 Rhd8 35.
Rxd8 Rxd8 36. Re3 $16) 25. Rad1 Na5 {Black is simply unable to untangle his
pieces.} 26. h4 $1 c6 (26... Nc4 27. h5 Nxb2 28. hxg6 hxg6 {[%tqu "En","","",
"","c2g6","",10]} 29. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 (29... Nxd1 30. Bxf7+ Kxf7 31. Qe6+ Kg7 32.
Be5+ Kh7 33. Qf7+ Kh6 34. Bf4+ $18 {[%csl Gg5][%CAl Gd8g5,Re1e6]}) 30. Qe6+ Kg7
31. Be5+ Kh6 (31... Kh7 32. Qf7+ Kh6 33. Re3 $18 {[%CAl Re3h3]}) 32. Qh3+ Kg5
33. f4#) 27. h5 Nc4 28. hxg6 hxg6 {[%tqu "En","","","","b2b3","Surprisingly
missing a tactical opportunity.",0,"c2g6","offered itself.",10]} 29. b3 $2 {
Surprisingly missing a tactical opportunity.} (29. Bxg6 $3 {offered itself.}
fxg6 30. Qxg6+ Bg7 31. Qe6+ Kf8 32. Qxc6 (32. Rd3 {is also winning.} Qf6 33.
Bd6+ Nxd6 34. Rf3 Ne8 35. Rxf6+ Nxf6 36. Qxc6 Kf7 37. g4 Rae8 38. Rxe8 Rxe8 39.
g5 Re6 40. Qc7+ Re7 41. Qf4 $18) 32... Rh5 33. Rd3 $1 Rf5 34. Bh6 Ra7 35. Rg3
$18) 29... Nd6 $2 {Returning the favour at once.} (29... Rh4 $1 {could have
turned the tables.} 30. Qg3 Bd6 31. Bxd6 Nxd6 {and now it is White, who has to
find the way for the draw:} 32. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 33. Qxg6+ Kh8 34. Re6 Ne4 35. f3
Nc5 (35... Ng5 36. Re5 Nh7 37. Qxc6 $44) 36. Rxc6 Qe7 37. Qf6+ Qxf6 38. Rxf6
$44) 30. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 31. Re6 $1 {[%CAl Re6d6,Re6g6] Supporting the attack
instead of hunting for the material.} ({Less convincing is} 31. Qxg6+ Bg7 32.
Qxd6 Qxd6 33. Bxd6 Bxc3 34. Re6 $36) 31... Rh7 (31... Ra7 32. Bxd6 Bxd6 33.
Qxg6+ Rg7 34. Re8+ $18) (31... Ne8 32. Rxg6+ Bg7 (32... Ng7 $2 33. Qe6+ Kh7 34.
Rh6#) 33. Qe6+ Kf8 34. Rd3 $18) 32. Bxd6 (32. Rxg6+ Rg7 33. Be5 Raa7 34. Qe6+
Nf7 35. Bxg7 Bxg7 36. Qxc6 $18) 32... Bg7 (32... Bxd6 33. Rxg6+ Kh8 34. Qd4+
$18) 33. Rde1 (33. Rxg6 {was even more simple.}) 33... Rh6 34. g3 (34. Rxg6
Rxg6 35. Qxg6 Qf6 36. Re8+ Rxe8 37. Qxe8+ Kh7 38. Qxc6 $18) 34... Qd7 35. Bf4
g5 36. Bxg5 Rg6 (36... Rxe6 37. Rxe6 Re8 38. Rxe8+ Qxe8 39. Bf6 $18) 37. Qf5 $6
{Allowing some comeback.} (37. Rxg6 $1 {The queen sacrifice would have been a
really stunning finish.} Qxg4 38. Re7 Qf3 39. Rgxg7+ Kf8 40. Rh7 Qxc3 41. Bh6+
Kg8 42. Reg7+ $18) (37. f4 $18) 37... Rxe6 38. Qxe6+ $2 {This simplification
causes technical difficulties.} (38. Rxe6 Re8 39. Rxe8+ Qxe8 40. Bf6 $18 {
and the queen ending should be still easily winning due to the connected
passers.}) 38... Qxe6 39. Rxe6 Rc8 (39... Bxc3 40. Rxc6 d4 41. Bf6 $18) 40. Bd2
Kf7 41. Re1 {White has to play a little passively, still her kingside pawns
provide big potential.} c5 42. Kf1 c4 (42... d4 43. cxd4 cxd4 (43... Bxd4 $1
44. Be3 $16) 44. Rc1 $18) 43. bxc4 Rxc4 (43... bxc4 $2 44. Rb1 d4 45. Rb7+ Kg6
46. cxd4 Bxd4 47. Bf4 $16) 44. Rc1 Ke6 (44... Ra4 45. Rc2 Rc4 {leads nowhere
due to} 46. Ke2 d4 47. Kd3) 45. Ke2 d4 $2 {A decisive error.} ({Black should
have kept the tension with} 45... Ra4 46. Rc2 a5 47. Kd3 (47. f4 Rc4 48. Kd3
Kf5) 47... Kf5 48. f3 Be5 49. g4+ Ke6 50. Be3 Rc4 {and it is quite hard to
make progress with White. In case of} 51. Bd4 (51. Bb6 Ra4) {the pawn ending
would be just drawish.} 51... Bxd4 $1 52. cxd4 Rxc2 53. Kxc2 Kf6 54. f4 Kg6 55.
Kd3 Kf6 56. Ke3 b4 57. f5 a4 $11) 46. cxd4 Bxd4 47. Be3 Bb2 48. Rxc4 bxc4 49.
Kd2 Bg7 50. Kc2 Kd5 51. f3 Bf6 52. Bh6 Be5 53. g4 Bd4 54. Bd2 Bb6 55. Bc1 (55.
Bc3 Be3 56. Bf6 Ke6 57. g5 $18 {is the same winning way that happened in the
game.}) 55... Ba5 56. a4 Ke5 57. Bg5 Kd5 58. Bd2 Bc7 59. Bc3 Bf4 (59... Ke6 60.
Bh8 $1 Bf4 61. Kc3 Kd5 62. Bf6 Bc7 63. g5 Ba5+ 64. Kc2 Ke6 65. Bc3 Bd8 66. g6
$18) 60. Bf6 Bg3 61. g5 Bh4 62. Bd8 {Threatening with g5-g6.} Bf2 63. g6 Bd4
64. Ba5 Ke6 65. Bc3 1-0
[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2021.10.31"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Batsiashvili, Nino"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "Bojkov,Dejan"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]
{[%evp 0,65,19,29,23,27,34,-23,-11,12,16,-60,-14,-34,-30,-34,-9,-11,5,19,21,10,
16,19,33,48,51,31,53,26,93,29,40,43,53,-62,-66,-13,-13,11,303,283,436,348,382,
275,279,320,293,277,325,291,291,319,337,354,308,421,472,413,992,1582,1582,1468,
29985,1536,1536,1889]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 {Kosteniuk has
played the Ragozin Defense four times in the last two years, and its
occurrence might have been a mild surprise for Batsiashvili.} 5. Qa4+ {A
relative side-move. Kosteniuk had never faced it before. And Batsiashvili had
never opted for it either $1} ({Instead} 5. Bg5) ({And} 5. cxd5 {are far more
popular continuations for White.}) 5... Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 h6 ({White got
full compensation for his pawn after} 7... Ne4 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 Nxc3 10. Qc2
Ne4 11. O-O Na5 12. Ne5 Nf6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Bd2 c6 15. Rab1 Be6 16. a4 {
Giri,A (2776)-Van Foreest,J (2698) Online 2021} Rb8 17. Rb2 Nc4 18. Nxc4 dxc4
19. Bxc4 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 Qd5 21. Rc1 Qf5 22. f3 Rfd8 23. a5 h6 24. e4 Qd7 25. Bf4
Rbc8 26. Be5 Ne8 27. Rcb1 b5 28. axb6 axb6 29. Rxb6 Nd6 30. Qc5 Qe6 31. Bxd6
Rxd6 32. d5 Qd7 33. Rc1 f5 34. Rb7 Qxb7 35. Qxd6 fxe4 36. Qe6+ Kh8 37. dxc6
Qb6+ 38. Kh1 Rd8 39. Qxe4 Qc7 40. f4 Ra8 41. Qe5 Qxc6 42. Rxc6 {1-0 (42) Giri,
A (2776)-Van Foreest,J (2698) Chess24.com INT 2021}) 8. e3 Bd7 9. Qc2 {White
is ready to bring her center in motion, thus opening room for her bishop pair.
That is not a scenario her opponent can allow, and Kosteniuk is looking for a
blockade with the next move, a novelty:} Na5 $146 ({Black did well in after}
9... O-O 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Na5 12. Be2 c5 13. a4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Rc8 15. Qb2
Nc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 {Miton,K (2596)-Bartel,M (2601) Prievidza 2009} 17. O-O Qc7
18. Ne5 Rc2 19. Qb3 Rc8 20. Bb2 Ne4 21. Qa3 Bxa4 22. Qxa4 Rxb2 23. Qxa7 Nd2 24.
Qa3 Qc2 25. Qe7 Nxf1 26. Qxf7+ Kh7 27. Rxf1 Rb1 28. g4 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Qe4 30.
g5 Rc1+ 31. Ke2 Qc2+ 32. Kf3 Qf5+ 33. Qxf5+ exf5 34. g6+ Kg8 35. Kf4 b5 36. Nd3
Rc3 37. Nb4 Rc4 38. Nd3 b4 39. Kxf5 b3 40. d5 Rc3 41. Nb2 Rc2 42. Na4 Ra2 43.
Nc3 Kf8 44. Ke6 Ke8 45. d6 Rxf2 46. e4 Rf6+ 47. Kd5 b2 48. e5 Rf3 49. Nb1 Rf1
50. Nc3 Rc1 {0-1 (50) Miton,K (2596)-Bartel,M (2601) Prievidza 2009}) 10. cxd5
exd5 11. a4 Ne4 {The first in-depth thought by the former world champion, and
it seems she mixed up the ideas.} ({Stronger seems} 11... O-O 12. Bd3 {and then
} c5 $1 13. dxc5 ({White should not allow the Nimzo-Indian blockade} 13. O-O $2
c4 $1) 13... Ne4 {Then, in return for the two pawns, Black will develop strong
play along the light squares after} 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Qxe4 Bc6) 12. Bd3 ({
Even better might have been} 12. c4 $5 {spoiling the opponent's blockade. Then
White need not to worry about} Bf5 {due to the strong reply} 13. cxd5 $1 Ng3
14. Qc3 Nxh1 15. Qxa5 {and the knight on the rim will be spooked on Halloween.}
) 12... Nd6 {The queenside is put in order, but what about the opposite side $2
} 13. O-O O-O 14. Ne5 {White's plan is clear: open the center, mate the king.}
Be8 {Taking under control the g6-point.} ({Of course not} 14... f6 $2 15. Bh7+
Kh8 16. Ng6+ Kxh7 17. Nxf8+) 15. f3 f6 16. Ng4 ({White also avoids a small
trap:} 16. Ng6 $2 Bxg6 17. Bxg6 f5) 16... Qc8 {Dark clouds are gathering
around the black king, and Black simply cannot afford to wait an extra move $1}
({A better try would have been} 16... Ndc4 17. e4 c5 $1 {in order to challenge
the center.}) 17. e4 $1 {Now that the center in open, the next phase you
already know...} dxe4 {And like a thunder...} (17... c5 {no longer helps due to
} 18. e5 fxe5 19. dxe5 Ndc4 20. Nxh6+ $1 {Same idea as in the game.} gxh6 21.
Bxh6 Rf7 22. Qf2 {With unstoppable mating attack.}) 18. Nxh6+ $3 {Without any
further preparation or delay $1} gxh6 19. fxe4 Kg7 ({Or} 19... Rf7 20. Bxh6 {
when White practically attacks for free, and the rook lift along the third
rank would be decisive.}) 20. e5 $1 {Another energetic blow.} Nac4 {The last
slim hope to organize a defense, but Batsiashvili is on fire.} ({Since} 20...
fxe5 21. Bxh6+ $1 Kxh6 22. Qd2+ $1 {leads to mate at once.}) 21. Qf2 $1 {
Not even paying attention to the knight.} ({Although there is nothing wrong
with the obvious} 21. exd6 Nxd6 {when practically any sensible move wins for
White} 22. c4 (22. Qf2) (22. Qd2)) 21... f5 ({Not that the knight is going
anywhere} 21... Nf7 22. Qxf6+ Kg8 23. Qg6+ Kh8 24. Qh7#) 22. exd6 Nxd6 23. Bf4
{White is dominating, and the rest is a perfect execution of dark-squares
attacking strategy.} Bg6 24. Qh4 Nf7 25. Rae1 Re8 26. Rxe8 {Simply adding more
resources to the attack.} Qxe8 27. Re1 Qxa4 28. Re7 {When the rook occupies
the seventh rank, mate becomes inevitable.} Qa1+ 29. Bf1 h5 ({Or} 29... Rh8 30.
Be5+) 30. Be5+ Kf8 31. Rxc7 Qc1 32. Qe7+ Kg8 33. Qf6 1-0
