[Event "GCT Sinquefield Cup 2021"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2021.08.20"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2021.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 13,93,14,12,15,23,26,32,40,28,10,11,0,8,0,0,0,0,-21,-14,-33,-45,-37,0,0,
73,49,90,64,61,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,35,29,289,271,821,748,657,
520,1147,1072,1116,969,700,510,508,506,500,490,493,486,483,450,1077,1066,5329,
5322,5302,5193,29973,29975,29980,29978,29978,29980]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4
Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 ({Even after} 6... h6 {White can try the
analogous} 7. a4 a5 8. Na3 O-O 9. Nc2 Re8 10. Re1 Ba7 11. Be3 Be6 12. Bb5 Bd7
13. Bxa7 Nxa7 14. Bc4 Be6 (14... Nc8 15. Ne3 Nb6 16. Bb3 c6 17. h3 Be6 18. Bc2
Qc7 19. d4 Nc4 20. Nxc4 Bxc4 21. Qd2 Rad8 22. Rad1 Be6 23. Qe3 b6 24. Nd2 c5
25. Bd3 Re7 26. d5 Bd7 27. Ra1 Nh5 28. b4 Nf4 29. bxa5 bxa5 30. Reb1 Rf8 31.
Bb5 Bc8 32. Bf1 f5 33. c4 Ref7 34. Ra3 fxe4 35. Nxe4 Bf5 36. Rab3 $14 {Caruana,
F (2794)-Topalov,V (2780) Moscow 2016}) 15. Bxe6 Rxe6 16. Ne3 Nc8 17. Nf5 Ne7
18. d4 exd4 19. N3xd4 Re5 $2 (19... Rxe4 $1 20. Rxe4 Nxe4 21. Qg4 Ng5 22. h4
Nxf5 23. Nxf5 Ne6 24. Nxh6+ Kf8 25. Nf5 Qf6 $11) 20. Ng3 Ng6 21. Qc2 c6 22.
Rad1 Qc7 23. Ndf5 Rd8 24. Qd2 $16 {Carlsen,M (2844)-Adams,M (2744) Wijk aan
Zee 2016 For more details see the notes to this game by Carlsen in CBM 171.}) (
6... O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 g4 10. Nh4 Nh5 11. a4 a6 12. Na3 Qg5 13.
Nc2 Ba7 (13... Be6 14. b4 Bb6 15. Kh1 Ne7 16. Ne3 Bxe3 17. fxe3 Bxc4 18. dxc4
f5 19. exf5 Nxf5 20. Qd5+ Kh8 21. Nxf5 Rxf5 22. e4 Rf6 23. Qxb7 Raf8 24. Rxf6
Qxf6 25. Qa7 c5 26. Rg1 Qg5 27. Rd1 Qd2 28. Rg1 Qg5 29. Be1 g3 30. h3 Qg7 31.
Qxa6 Qd7 32. bxc5 Rf2 33. Bxf2 gxf2 34. Qxd6 Ng3+ 35. Kh2 fxg1=Q+ 36. Kxg1 Qg7
37. c6 Qg5 38. Qf8+ Kh7 39. Qf7+ {1-0 (39) Navara,D (2727)-Piorun,K (2633)
Brest 2018}) 14. Ne3 Ne7 15. d4 Qg7 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Nef5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Bc5 {
Muzychuk,M (2554)-Hou,Y (2673) WChW Lvov 2016} 19. f6 $1 $36) 7. a4 $1 {
[%csl Rb2,Gb7,Gc2,Rc3,Gd3,Rd4,Rd7,Re3,Ge4,Rf2,Gf3,Rf7,Gg2][%CAl Ge4d5,Gc6b7,
Gc6b5,Gd5c4,Rd5e6,Re6d7,Ge4f5,Rf5e6,Re6f7,Ga4b5,Gc4b5,Gd3c4,Gd4e5,Gf6g7,Gf6g5,
Ge5f4,Gf3g5,Gc1g5][%mdl 4] is now more promising than 7.Bb3.} (7. Nbd2 {and}) (
7. Bb3 {White keeps open various options to develop his Nb1; it doesn't
necessarily have to go via d2...}) 7... h6 (7... Ba7 8. Na3 (8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4
g5 10. Bg3 Ne7 11. d4 Nxe4 12. Nxe5 O-O 13. Nxf7 Rxf7 14. Bxf7+ Kxf7 15. f4 g4
16. f5 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Ng8 18. Qxg4 Qg5 19. Qxg5 hxg5 20. Nd2 Nf6 21. Nf3 Nh7 22.
g4 Bd7 23. Rfe1 Rg8 24. Kf2 Nf6 25. Kg3 c5 26. Re2 cxd4 27. cxd4 Bb6 28. b3 Bc6
29. Rae1 Ba5 30. Re7+ Kf8 31. R1e2 Bd8 32. R7e6 Bd7 33. R6e3 Nd5 34. Re4 Nc3
35. d5 Bf6 36. Nd2 Rg7 37. Re1 Nxe4+ 38. Nxe4 Re7 39. Kf3 Kg7 40. Rh1 Be8 41.
Nxd6 Bf7 42. Nxf7 Kxf7 43. Rc1 Bd4 44. Rc4 Bb6 45. Re4 Rxe4 46. Kxe4 Ke7 47. b4
Bd8 48. a5 Kd6 49. Kd4 Bf6+ 50. Kc4 Bg7 51. b5 Bf6 {0-1 (51) Mamedov,R (2655)
-Caruana,F (2804) Shamkir 2016 CBM 173 [Mokal,P]}) (8. Be3 Bxe3 9. fxe3 O-O 10.
Nbd2 h6 11. d4 Bg4 12. Qc2 Bh5 13. Rae1 Nd7 14. b4 Qe7 15. g3 a5 16. b5 Nd8 17.
Nh4 Ne6 18. Bd5 Ra7 19. Nf5 Qd8 20. h3 Nf6 21. Bc4 c6 22. Bd3 Bg6 23. Nc4 Bxf5
24. Rxf5 g6 25. Rff1 Qe7 26. Kg2 Nd7 27. Qa2 Raa8 28. Qa3 c5 29. d5 Ng7 30. b6
f5 31. Qc1 Nf6 32. Qc2 Rad8 33. Kh2 h5 34. Nxa5 Ra8 35. Nb3 h4 36. gxh4 c4 37.
Bxc4 Nxe4 38. Rg1 Qxh4 39. Ref1 Ng5 40. Qg2 Qxc4 41. Qxg5 Qxb3 42. Qxg6 Rf7 43.
Qxd6 Qxc3 44. Qe6 Qd2+ 45. Kh1 Qxe3 46. Rg6 Qxh3+ 47. Kg1 Qe3+ 48. Kh2 Qe2+ 49.
Kg1 f4 50. Rf2 Qe1+ 51. Rf1 Qe3+ 52. Kh2 Qe2+ 53. Kg1 f3 54. a5 f2+ 55. Kg2
Qf3+ 56. Kh2 Qf4+ 57. Kg2 Raf8 58. d6 Qf3+ 59. Kh2 Qh5+ 60. Kg2 Kh7 61. Qg4
Qxg6 62. Rh1+ Nh5 63. Rxh5+ Kg7 {0-1 (63) Kostenko,P (2466)-Jones,G (2681)
Astana 2019 CBM 189 [Jones,G]}) (8. b4 O-O 9. Re1 h6 10. h3 Ne7 11. d4 exd4 12.
cxd4 d5 13. exd5 Nexd5 14. b5 axb5 15. axb5 Be6 16. Qb3 Bb6 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18.
Bd2 Ba5 19. Nc3 Bxc3 20. Bxc3 Re8 21. Bd2 Qc8 22. Re5 Qd7 23. Ne1 Nb6 24. Bxe6
Rxe6 25. Nd3 Rxe5 26. dxe5 Ne4 27. Be3 Qd5 28. Qc2 Nc4 29. b6 c5 30. e6 Qxe6
31. Bxc5 Nxc5 32. Nxc5 Qe1+ 33. Kh2 Qe5+ {0-1 (33) Sasikiran,K (2678)-McShane,
L (2661) Astana 2019 CBM 189 [McShane,L]}) 8... Ne7 (8... O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4
g5 11. Bg3 (11. Nxg5 $1 hxg5 12. Bxg5 $44 {[%CAl Yd1f3,Yb3c2,Yc2e3] is
probably a good version of the positional sacrifice, White's Na3 can quickly
join the attack.}) 11... Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Qe2 Ne7 14. Nc2 Ng6 15. Ne3 Kh7 16.
Nf5 Ne7 17. Ne3 Ng6 18. Nf5 {½, Chocenka,D (2403)-Jasinski,M (2393) email 2014
}) (8... h6 9. Nc2 O-O (9... Qe7 10. Be3 Be6 11. Bxe6 Qxe6 12. Bxa7 Rxa7 13. d4
Ne7 14. Nd2 O-O 15. Qe2 Raa8 16. g3 Rfe8 17. a5 Rac8 18. d5 Qd7 19. Ne3 Nh7 20.
Ra3 Rf8 21. Rb3 Rb8 22. Ra1 f5 23. exf5 Nxf5 24. Qg4 h5 25. Qxh5 Nxe3 26. fxe3
Rf5 27. Qh4 Ng5 28. Rb4 e4 29. Kg2 Qf7 30. Nxe4 Qxd5 31. Rd4 Nf3 32. Nf6+ Rxf6
33. Rxd5 Nxh4+ 34. gxh4 Rbf8 35. Rd2 Rg6+ 36. Kh1 Rf3 37. Re1 Re6 38. Rd4 {
1/2-1/2 (38) So,W (2808)-Eljanov,P (2755) Wijk aan Zee 2017 CBM 177
[Yermolinsky,A]}) 10. Ne3 (10. Be3 Re8 11. Bxa7 Rxa7 12. Re1 Ra8 13. b4 Be6 14.
Bxe6 Rxe6 15. Ne3 Ne7 16. Qc2 Ng6 17. a5 d5 18. c4 d4 19. Nf5 Ne7 20. Nd2 g6
21. Ng3 Nc6 22. Reb1 Nd7 23. Ne2 Qf8 24. c5 b6 25. Nc4 bxc5 26. bxc5 Qxc5 27.
Qd2 Kg7 28. f4 Ree8 29. Rf1 {1/2-1/2 (29) Van Foreest,J (2638)-Piorun,K (2633)
Brest 2018}) 10... Ne7 11. a5 (11. Bb3 Ng6 12. Nf5 d5 13. Qc2 Be6 14. Be3 c5
15. Rad1 Qc7 16. N3h4 Nxh4 17. Nxh4 c4 18. dxc4 dxc4 19. Ba2 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Qc5
21. Rde1 Rfd8 $17 {Arakhamia Grant,K (2363)-Kantane,A (2280) Germany 2016})
11... c6 12. Bb3 Be6 (12... Ng6) 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qb3 Qd7 15. Nc4 Ng6 16. Qc2
Nh5 17. Qd1 Ngf4 18. Be3 Qe7 19. Bxa7 Rxa7 20. g3 Ng6 21. d4 exd4 22. Ne1 Nf6
23. Qxd4 Raa8 24. Qxd6 $16 {Siebarth,M (1788)-Ritter,U (1740) GER email 2012})
9. Bg5 $146 {Anand decides to change tack and deviates from his earlier win
against Aronian. The players now enter uncharted territory with a full board
of pieces and an interesting position.} (9. Nc2 Ng6 10. Be3 (10. h3 O-O 11. Re1
c6 12. Ba2 Re8 13. d4 exd4 14. Ncxd4 Nxe4 15. Bxf7+ Kxf7 16. Rxe4 Rxe4 17. Ng5+
Kg8 18. Nxe4 d5 19. Ng3 Qf6 20. Be3 Bd7 21. Qb3 {Pacher,M (2502)-Kantor,G
(2418) Budapest 2016} Rb8 $11) 10... O-O (10... Bxe3 11. Nxe3 O-O 12. Qc2 (12.
a5 Ng4 13. h3 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Qe7 15. Qb3 c6 16. d4 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Rad1
Rae8 19. Qb4 exd4 20. cxd4 e5 21. dxe5 dxe5 22. Qxe7 Rxe7 23. Rd6 Nh8 24. Nd2
Nf7 25. Rd3 Ng5 26. Rf5 h6 27. h4 Nh7 28. Nb3 Nf6 29. Nc5 Rff7 30. h5 Kh7 31.
Rd8 g6 32. hxg6+ Kxg6 33. Rd6 Kg7 34. Ne6+ Kg6 35. Nd8 Rf8 36. g4 c5 37. b3
Ree8 38. Nxb7 {1-0 (38) Carlsen,M (2855)-Anand,V (2770) Leuven 2016 CBM 173
[Nielsen,Peter Heine]}) 12... c6 13. a5 d5 14. Bb3 Be6 15. exd5 cxd5 16. d4 e4
17. Ne5 Qd6 18. f4 exf3 19. Nxf3 Rae8 20. Rfe1 Bd7 21. g3 h6 22. Qg2 Re7 23.
Nc2 Rfe8 24. Nb4 Bb5 25. Rxe7 Rxe7 26. Bd1 h5 27. Qh3 Bd7 28. Qg2 Bb5 29. Qh3
h4 30. Bc2 hxg3 31. Qxg3 Nf4 32. Kh1 Re3 33. Rg1 g6 34. Qf2 Re2 35. Qh4 Ne4 36.
Bxe4 dxe4 37. Ne5 Nd3 38. Qh8+ Kxh8 39. Nxf7+ Kh7 40. Nxd6 Bd7 41. Nxe4 Bf5 42.
Ng5+ Kh6 43. Nxd3 Bxd3 44. Rg3 Re1+ 45. Kg2 Re2+ 46. Kg1 Re1+ 47. Kf2 Re2+ 48.
Kf3 Rxb2 49. Kf4 Bf5 50. Ke5 Rxh2 51. Nf7+ Kg7 52. Nd6 Re2+ 53. Kd5 Kf6 54. c4
Re7 55. Rf3 Rd7 56. c5 Re7 57. Rf2 Rh7 58. Nxf5 gxf5 59. Kd6 Rh8 60. Rd2 f4 61.
Kc7 Rh7+ 62. Kc8 f3 63. d5 {1-0 (63) Anand,V (2779)-Mamedyarov,S (2790)
Shamkir 2019 CBM 190 [Anand,V]}) 11. Bxa7 (11. a5 $5) 11... Rxa7 12. Ne3 (12.
Re1 c6 13. Bb3 Re8 14. d4 Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qb6 17. Ra3 d5 18. exd5 e4
19. Qg3 cxd5 20. Ne3 Qd8 21. c4 Nh5 22. Qg4 Nf6 23. Qg3 Nh5 24. Qh2 dxc4 25.
Nxc4 Nhf4 26. Ne5 Nd5 27. Rxe4 Ra8 28. Qg3 f6 29. Nxg6 Rxe4 30. Nf4 Kh8 31.
Nxd5 Rxd4 32. Ne3 Rc8 33. Nf5 Rd7 34. Be6 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Rc7 36. Rc3 {1-0 (36)
Harikrishna,P (2730)-Balogh,C (2598) Brest 2019}) 12... Ng4 ({Black wants to
simplify the position, but} 12... a5 $142 {[%CAl Yc7c6,Yd6d5] gives him better
chances to gradually neutralise White's pressure.}) 13. Qd2 a5 14. d4 $1 Ra8
15. dxe5 N4xe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bb3 Nd7 18. Bc2 Re8 19. f3 $1 b6 20. Rfd1 Nc5
21. b4 Nd7 22. Bb3 Nf6 23. Qd4 Qe7 $6 (23... Bd7 $142 $14 {/\} 24. Nd5 Be6) 24.
Nd5 Nxd5 25. Bxd5 Ra7 26. b5 Bb7 27. c4 Qe5 28. Rac1 Qxd4+ 29. Rxd4 $16 {
[%csl Ra7] Anand,V (2762)-Aronian,L (2786) Moscow 2016/ Suddenly as if out of
nowhere White has strong pressure - to reanimate the Ra7 Black will sooner or
later have to take on d5.} Kf8 30. Kf2 Ke7 31. f4 f6 32. Rc3 Kd7 33. Rh3 h6 34.
Rg3 Re7 35. Rg6 Bxd5 36. cxd5 Ra8 37. Kf3 Rae8 38. Kg4 Rxe4 39. Rxg7+ Kc8 40.
Rd2 Kb8 41. Rc2 Rc8 42. Ra2 Rd4 43. Kf5 Rxd5+ 44. Kxf6 Rf8+ 45. Rf7 Rxf7+ 46.
Kxf7 Rf5+ 47. Kg6 Rxf4 48. g3 Rc4 49. Kxh6 d5 50. Kh5 d4 51. g4 d3 52. h4 Rd4
53. Rd2 Kc8 54. g5 Kd7 55. Kg6 Rxh4 56. Rxd3+ Ke8 57. Ra3 Rc4 58. Kg7 Kd7 59.
g6 c6 60. Kf6 cxb5 61. g7 Rg4 62. axb5 Rg1 63. Rd3+ Ke8 64. Re3+ Kd7 65. Re5
Rxg7 66. Rd5+ {1-0 (66) Anand,V (2762)-Aronian,L (2786) Moscow 2016 CBM 172
[Marin,M]}) 9... c6 {Giri is not worried about the doubled pawns.} (9... Ng6 {
seems more consistent, when Anand possibly intended} 10. Nh4 c6 (10... Nxh4 11.
Bxh4 h6 12. d4 $5 $13) 11. Nf5 Bxf5 (11... O-O 12. Qf3 Bxf5 13. Qxf5 d5 14.
Bxf6 gxf6 15. Ba2 $14) 12. exf5 Ne7 $13) 10. Nc2 O-O (10... Ng6 11. Nh4 Nf4 $5
12. Bxf4 exf4 $13 {/\} 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Qxf4 $2 Nh5 $19) 11. Nh4 (11. Bxf6 $5
gxf6 12. d4 {is principled, but far from clear and White might miss his dark
squared-bishop further on:} Bg4 (12... d5 13. exd5 cxd5 14. Ba2 Qd6 (14... e4
15. Nh4 f5 16. Qh5 f4 17. f3 (17. Qg5+ $6 Ng6 $15) 17... e3 18. g3 $36) 15. Ne3
Rd8 16. g3 Kh8 $132) 13. Ne3 (13. Re1 d5 14. Ba2 f5 $13) (13. Bb3 Kh8 $13)
13... Bh5 14. Be2 Kh8 15. Nh4 Bg6 $132) (11. Ne3 Ng6 {[%csl Yh7][%CAl Yh7h6]}
12. Nh4 Nf4 $1 $15) 11... d5 $1 12. exd5 (12. Ba2 Qd6 {is comfortable for
Black.}) 12... Nexd5 (12... cxd5 $142 $1 13. Ba2 (13. Bxf6 dxc4 14. Bxe5 Nc6
$17) 13... Bg4 14. Qd2 Qd6 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5] seems stronger, if anyone is better
here it's Black with his centre.}) 13. Nf3 (13. Bxd5 $5 cxd5 14. Qf3 {is
interesting:} h6 ({A cooperative line is} 14... Be6 15. Nf5 e4 16. Qh3 Qd7 (
16... h6 17. Bh4 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Qd7 19. Ne3 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Qxf5 21. Rxf5 Ng4 22.
Re1 exd3 23. Rxd5 $14) 17. Nce3 Ne8 18. dxe4 Nd6 19. Nxd5 Nxe4 (19... Nxf5 $2
20. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 21. Bxf6 h6 22. exf5 $18) 20. Nde7+ Kh8 21. Qg4 Nxg5 22. Qxg5
Bxf5 23. Nxf5 $14) 15. Bxf6 $8 (15. Be3 d4 $36) 15... Qxf6 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. d4
$13 {[%csl Rd5][%CAl Ya1d1,Yc2e3] /+/=}) 13... Qd6 (13... Bg4 $143 14. h3 Bxf3
15. Qxf3 {is pleasant for White.}) ({However,} 13... Qc7 $5 {is at least
equivalent to the text move.}) 14. Re1 Bg4 (14... Re8 15. d4 exd4 (15... e4 16.
Ne5 $14) 16. Rxe8+ Nxe8 17. Ncxd4 $32 {+/=}) 15. Bh4 (15. Ne3 Nxe3 16. Bxe3
Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Nd5 $11 {/=/+}) (15. h3 Bh5 {/\} 16. g4 $2 e4 $1 $36 {[%CAl
Rd6g3]}) 15... Rae8 16. h3 (16. Bg3 Nh5 $15) 16... Bh5 17. Bg3 Nf4 18. Bxf4
exf4 19. d4 c5 {[%csl Ga7,Gh5] Black's active piece play fully compensates for
the doubled pawns - Anand must tread with care.} 20. Be2 ({It's safer to
simplify and seek equality with} 20. Rxe8 $5 Rxe8 21. dxc5 Qxc5 22. Qd4 Ne4 (
22... Bxf3 23. Qxc5 Bxc5 24. gxf3 $11) 23. Qxc5 Bxc5 24. Nfd4 $11) 20... cxd4
21. Ncxd4 (21. Nfxd4 Bg6 $15) 21... Re4 22. Qc2 Rc8 (22... Bxd4 $1 23. Nxd4
Rfe8 (23... Qe5 24. Qd2 Re8 25. Kf1 Bxe2+ 26. Nxe2 $1 (26. Rxe2 f3 $40)) 24.
Red1 Bxe2 25. Nxe2 Qc5 26. Nd4 f3 $1 27. b4 (27. Nxf3 $2 Re2) (27. g3 Qh5 $36)
27... Qc7 (27... Qa7 28. g3 {[%csl Rf3]}) 28. Nxf3 Rxb4 $15) 23. Rad1 Bxf3 (
23... Qc7 24. Ng5 Rxe2 (24... Rxd4 25. Bxh5) 25. Rxe2 (25. Nxe2 $2 Qc5) 25...
Bxe2 26. Qxe2 $11) 24. Nxf3 Bxf2+ $6 {[%mdl 576] This tempting sacrifice is
the point behind Black's two previous moves, but objectively the tactics
should have worked well for White.} (24... Qc5 $142 25. Bd3 Rxe1+ $11) 25. Kxf2
Qb6+ 26. Kf1 (26. Nd4 $2 Rxd4 27. Rxd4 Qxd4+ $17) 26... Nh5 27. g4 $1 ({
White can already fight for more than} 27. Nd4 Ng3+ 28. Kg1 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Qxd4+
30. cxd4 Rxc2 31. Bxa6 g5 32. Bxb7 Rxb2 33. Bd5 $132) 27... fxg3 28. Bd3 {
Anand repays the favour.} (28. Rd4 $142 $1 Rce8 $5 (28... Rxd4 29. Nxd4 Nf4 (
29... Qxd4 30. Bxh5 $18) 30. Qf5 $18) 29. a5 $1 (29. Bd1 Rxe1+ 30. Nxe1 Qe6 31.
Ng2 $14 {/+/- /\} Qxh3 $2 32. Rh4) 29... Qc6 (29... Qc5 30. Qxe4 Rxe4 31. Rd8+
Qf8 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Bd1 $18) 30. Rxe4 Rxe4 31. Qd2 Nf4 (31... h6 32. Bd1
Rxe1+ 33. Qxe1 $16) 32. Bd1 Rxe1+ 33. Qxe1 Qd7 34. Qd2 Qxh3+ 35. Kg1 Ne6 36.
Bb3 $16 ({or} 36. Qd7 $5 $16 {Although Black has 3 pawns for the piece, they
are not too threatening, while White's pieces are very active - he has great
winning chances.})) 28... Rxe1+ (28... Rf4 $6 29. Kg2 {leads nowhere.}) 29.
Rxe1 Nf4 (29... g6 30. Re4 Rd8 31. Bc4 $36) 30. Nd4 (30. Bxh7+ Kh8 31. Nd4 g6
32. Qe4 Qc7 33. Bxg6 fxg6 34. Qe7 Qxe7 35. Rxe7 Rc4 $11) 30... g6 31. Be4 $6
$11 {White has two better tries to keep an edge:} (31. Qd2 Qf6 (31... g2+ 32.
Kg1 Nxd3 33. Qxd3 Qxb2 34. Qf3 $14) 32. Re3 $1 {transposes to 31.Qd2.} Nxd3+ (
32... Qh4 33. Be4 Qxh3+ 34. Bg2 Qd7 35. a5 $14) 33. Rf3 Qh4 34. Rxd3 Qxh3+ 35.
Qg2 Qh6 36. Qxg3 Re8 (36... Qc1+ 37. Qe1 Qxb2 38. Nf5 $1 Qc2 39. Rf3) 37. Kg2
$14) (31. Re3 $5 Qf6 (31... Nxh3 32. Bf5 $1 $16) (31... g2+ 32. Kg1 $16) 32.
Qd2 {transposes to 31.Qd2.} (32. Rf3 Qh4 33. Qd2 Qxh3+ 34. Kg1 Nxd3 35. Rxd3
Rc5 $132)) 31... Qf6 32. Bf3 (32. Kg1 {gives Black at least a draw with} Nxh3+
({, but he can even play for more with} 32... Re8 $1 $36) 33. Kg2 Nf4+ 34. Kxg3
Qg5+ 35. Kf3 Qh5+ $11) ({Maybe the safest is} 32. Nf3 $5 Qb6 (32... Qe6 33. Qd2
$5) 33. Nd4 $11) 32... g2+ {Wins the exchange and leads to a roughly equal
endgame.} (32... Qxd4 $2 33. Re8+ Kg7 34. Rxc8 Qe3 35. Bg2 Nd3 36. Re8 $1 Qxe8
37. Qxd3 $16) (32... Rc5 33. Qe4 $1 {with the computer-like idea} g2+ 34. Kg1
Rg5 (34... Nxh3+ 35. Kxg2 $16) 35. Bg4 h5 36. Bf5 $1 Qd6 37. h4 Rxf5 38. Nxf5
gxf5 39. Qd4 $16) 33. Bxg2 (33. Kg1 $2 Qxd4+ $19) 33... Nd3+ 34. Nf3 (34. Ke2
$2 Nxe1 35. Kxe1 Qxd4 $19) 34... Nxe1 35. Kxe1 $132 b5 (35... Re8+ 36. Kf2 Qf4
$5 {seems more testing, Black keeps the a-pawn on the board as a possible
target.} 37. a5 Qc7) 36. axb5 axb5 37. Qe4 Rb8 (37... Qa6 38. Kf2 Qa2 39. Qb4 {
[%CAl Yf3d4]}) (37... Rd8 38. Bf1 $11) 38. Qd4 Qe6+ 39. Kf2 Qb3 40. Ne5 {
A plausible pawn sacrifice, but White had other ways to hold the balance:} (40.
Qd2 b4 41. Nd4 Qc4 42. Qe2 $11) (40. Qb4 Qc2+ (40... Qxb4 41. cxb4 Rc8 42. Nd4
{/\} Rc4 43. Ke3 Rxb4 $2 44. b3 $18 {[%csl Rb4]}) 41. Kg3 Qe2 42. Qf4 Re8 43.
Ng5 Re7 (43... Qe1+ 44. Kh2 Qe5 45. Kg3 Qxf4+ 46. Kxf4 Re2 47. Bd5 $11) 44. Bf3
$11 {/\} Qxb2 $2 45. Qb8+ Kg7 46. Qd6 Re1 47. Qd4+ $40) 40... Qxb2+ 41. Kg1 (
41. Kg3 $2 b4 $19) 41... Rc8 (41... b4 42. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 (42... bxc3 $2 43. Nh6+
Kf8 44. Qf6+ Ke8 45. Bc6#) 43. Qa7+ Kf6 44. Qxb8 Qc1+ 45. Kh2 bxc3 $11) 42. Qf4
(42. Qd7 $2 Qc1+ 43. Bf1 (43. Kh2 Qf4+ {[%CAl Rc8c3]}) 43... Qg5+ 44. Kh1 Qf5
$17) (42. Nc6 $5 Re8 $5 (42... Qb1+ 43. Kh2 (43. Kf2 Qf5+ 44. Kg1 Qe6 $15)
43... Qe1 44. c4 bxc4 45. Ne5 $11 {[%CAl Yg2d5,Ye5g4]}) 43. Ne7+ Rxe7 44. Qd8+
Kg7 45. Qxe7 Qxc3 $11 {/=/+}) 42... Qa2 43. c4 Qa7+ 44. Kh2 bxc4 45. Bd5 Rf8 $6
{Throws away any winning chances. A trickier line was} (45... Rc5 $5 46. Qd4 $1
(46. Bxf7+ Kg7 47. Bxc4 Qc7 48. Nxg6 Qxf4+ 49. Nxf4 Rxc4 $19) 46... Rc7 47.
Qxa7 Rxa7 48. Bxc4 Kg7 49. Nxf7 (49. Bxf7 $2 Kf6) 49... Rc7 (49... Rxf7 50.
Bxf7 Kxf7 51. Kg3 Kf6 52. Kg4 $8 (52. Kf4 $2 g5+ 53. Kg4 Kg6 54. Kg3 Kf5 55.
Kf3 h5 56. Ke3 Ke5 57. Kf3 Kd4 $19) 52... h6 53. Kf4 Ke6 54. Ke4 $11 {is a TB
draw}) 50. Nd6 $1 (50. Bd5 $2 Rc5 51. Bb3 Rc3 52. Bd5 Rd3 53. Bc4 Rd4 54. Bb3
Rd2+ 55. Kg1 Rd3 56. Be6 Kf6 57. Bc4 Rxh3 $19) 50... Rc6 51. Ne8+ Kf8 52. Bb5
Rc2+ 53. Kg3 Ke7 54. Kf3 $15 {/= looks dangerous, but Black has no obvious way
to exploit the position of White's minor pieces.}) (45... Kg7 46. Nxf7 Qa2+ 47.
Bg2 $1 (47. Kg3 Qa3+ 48. Kg2 Qb2+ 49. Kg3 Qc3+ 50. Bf3 (50. Kh2 Qc2+ 51. Bg2
Qf5 $19) 50... Qf6 $19) 47... Rf8 48. Qe5+ Kxf7 49. Kg3 Qb3+ (49... Qa3+ 50.
Kh2 Qe7 51. Bd5+ Ke8 52. Bc6+ $11) 50. Kh4 $1 g5+ (50... Rd8 51. Qc7+) 51. Kh5
Qd1+ 52. Kh6 Rd8 $8 53. Qf5+ Ke7 54. Qxg5+ Ke6 55. Qe3+ Kd6 56. Qb6+ Ke7 57.
Qe3+ $11) 46. Qf6 {[%CAl Ye5g6,Ye5g4] This guarantees a draw, Black can only
get into trouble, if he wants more.} ({Also sufficient is} 46. Bxc4 Kg7 47.
Nxf7 Rxf7 48. Bxf7 Qxf7 49. Qxf7+ Kxf7 50. Kg3 $11) 46... Qa2+ (46... c3 47.
Nxg6 Qc7+ (47... Qb8+ $2 48. Kg2 hxg6 49. Qxg6+ Kh8 50. Qh6+ Kg8 51. Be4 $19) (
47... hxg6 48. Qxg6+ $11) 48. Ne5 (48. Kg2 hxg6 49. Qxg6+ $11) 48... c2 49.
Qg5+ $11) 47. Kg3 Qa7 $8 (47... Qa3+ $4 48. Kh4 Qa7 49. Ng4 $18) 48. Kg2 (48.
Kf3 Qa3+ 49. Ke4 Qa7 50. Bxc4 Qa4 51. Kf4 {already forces Black to find} Qb4 $1
$11 {[]}) (48. Ng4 Qg1+ 49. Bg2 h5 50. Nh6+ Kh7 51. Nf5 gxf5 52. Qxf5+ Kh6 53.
Qf6+ $11) 48... Qa2+ 49. Kf3 Qa3+ 50. Kg4 Qa7 51. Kf3 Qa3+ 52. Kg4 {1/2-1/2
(52) Anand,V (2762)-Giri,A (2793) Moscow 2016 CBM 172 [Stohl,I]}) (7... O-O 8.
Re1 ({After} 8. Na3 {White has to reckon with} Na5 $5 $132) (8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4
g5 10. Bg3 Ba7 11. Nbd2 Kg7 12. Re1 Nh7 13. Nf1 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. d4 exd4
16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Qd7 18. Rc1 Rae8 19. Ne3 Be4 20. Bb3 Nf6 21. a5 Re7 22.
Ba4 c6 23. Nc4 Bb8 24. Nb6 Qd8 25. f3 Bg6 26. d5 c5 27. Rxe7+ Qxe7 28. Qd2 Bc7
29. Qc3 Kh7 30. Re1 Qf7 31. Bb3 Bf5 32. Bc4 Re8 33. Rxe8 Nxe8 34. Qe3 Nf6 35.
h4 g4 36. fxg4 Nxg4 37. Qf3 Qg6 38. Na8 Bd8 39. Bxd6 Bf6 40. Bxc5 Ne5 41. Qf4
Nxc4 42. Qxc4 Be4 43. Qe2 Bxd5 44. Nb6 Bc6 45. h5 Qb1+ 46. Kh2 Qf5 47. Bd6 Qxa5
48. Nc4 Qf5 49. Bg3 Bg7 50. Nd6 Qd5 51. Ne8 Bd4 52. Nd6 a5 53. Qd3+ Kh8 {
1/2-1/2 (53) Drori,S (2318)-Roiz,M (2608) Tiberias 2016 CBM 176 [Roiz,M]}) 8...
Ba7 (8... h6 $5 9. h3 Be6 (9... a5 10. d4 (10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bb5 Na7 12. d4 Nxb5
(12... exd4 13. cxd4 Bb4 14. Bd3 d5 15. e5 Nd7 16. Re2 c5 17. Nf1 cxd4 18. Bc2
Nc5 19. Nxd4 Nc6 20. Ng3 Nxd4 21. Qxd4 f5 22. exf6 Qxf6 23. Be3 Qxd4 24. Bxd4
Bd7 25. Rd1 Rae8 26. Rxe8 Bxe8 27. b3 b5 28. axb5 Bxb5 29. Be3 Bc6 30. Nf5 Ne4
31. Nd4 Bd7 32. Bd3 Rb8 33. f3 Nc3 34. Rc1 a4 35. bxa4 Bxa4 36. Kh2 Bd6+ 37. f4
Nd1 38. Bd2 Nf2 39. Bf5 Ne4 40. Be6+ Kh7 41. Be3 Nf6 42. Nf5 Re8 43. Bf7 Rxe3
44. Nxd6 Re7 45. f5 Be8 46. Be6 g6 47. Nxe8 Nxe8 48. fxg6+ Kxg6 49. Bxd5 Nf6
50. Bf3 Re5 51. Kg3 Rg5+ 52. Kf2 Ra5 53. Rc4 Kg5 54. h4+ Kg6 55. g4 Ra7 56. Kg3
Kg7 57. Rc6 Re7 58. Bd1 Rd7 59. Bc2 Re7 60. Bf5 Re3+ 61. Kf2 Re7 62. Kf3 Ra7
63. Be6 Ra3+ 64. Kf4 Ra4+ 65. Bc4 Ra7 66. h5 Ra5 67. Rc7+ Kh8 68. Kf3 Re5 69.
Rf7 Nxg4 70. Rf8+ Kh7 71. Rf7+ Kh8 72. Kxg4 Re4+ 73. Rf4 Rxf4+ 74. Kxf4 Kg7 75.
Kf5 Kh8 76. Kg6 {1/2-1/2 (76) Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-Svidler,P (2751)
Tbilisi 2017 CBM 181 [Sagar Shah]}) 13. axb5 exd4 14. Nxd4 Re8 15. Nf1 Bc4 16.
Ng3 d5 17. e5 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Rxe4 Qd5 20. Qf3 Bxd4 21. cxd4 Re6 22. Rf4
{1/2-1/2 (22) Giri,A (2783)-Anand,V (2773) Wijk aan Zee 2019 CBM 188 [Howell,
David]}) (10. b3 Be6 11. Ra2 Bb6 12. Rae2 Nh5 13. d4 Bxc4 14. bxc4 Re8 15. Na3
Qf6 16. c5 dxc5 17. d5 Nb8 18. Nc4 Nd7 19. Rb2 Nf4 20. g3 Ng6 21. Nh2 Qd8 22.
Qh5 Ra6 23. Ng4 Nf6 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 25. Bd2 Nf8 26. Reb1 Nd7 27. Qg4 Rd8 28. h4
Qg6 29. Qxg6 fxg6 30. Kg2 Kf7 31. f4 Re8 32. Kf3 h5 33. fxe5 Nxe5+ 34. Nxe5+
Rxe5 35. c4 Ra8 36. Bf4 Re7 37. e5 {1-0 (37) Antipov,M (2609)-Brkic,A (2592)
Tornelo INT 2021}) 10... Ba7 11. Bb3 Re8 12. Bc2 Bd7 13. Na3 Qc8 14. Nb5 Bb6
15. Bb1 exd4 16. cxd4 Nb4 17. Ra3 Re7 18. e5 dxe5 19. dxe5 Nfd5 20. Nh4 Qe8 21.
Qe2 Nc6 22. Nf3 Rd8 23. Kh2 f5 24. g4 fxg4 25. Qd3 g6 26. Qxd5+ Be6 27. Qe4
gxf3 28. Rg1 Bf7 29. Ba2 Bxa2 30. Rxg6+ Qxg6 31. Qxg6+ Rg7 32. Qxg7+ Kxg7 33.
Rxa2 Rd1 34. Ra1 Kf7 {0-1 (34) Giri,A (2797)-Karjakin,S (2753) Shamkir 2019
CBM 190 [Krasenkow,M]}) 10. Bxe6 (10. Nbd2 Bxc4 11. Nxc4 Re8 12. Ne3 Bxe3 13.
Bxe3 d5 14. Qc2 Qd7 15. a5 Rad8 16. Ra4 dxe4 17. dxe4 Re6 18. Nd2 Rd6 19. Nb3
Rd1 20. Ra1 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Qe6 22. Nc5 Qa2 23. Nxb7 Rb8 24. Qe2 Rxb7 25. Qxa6
Rxb2 26. Qxc6 Qxa5 27. Rd1 Kh7 28. Qc4 Kg6 29. Kh2 Qa8 30. Qxc7 Qxe4 31. Ra1
Rb7 32. Qc8 Qd5 33. Ra6 Rd7 34. Rb6 Rd6 35. Rxd6 Qxd6 36. c4 Qd7 37. Qa8 Qc7
38. c5 Kf5 39. Qa6 h5 40. Qc4 e4+ 41. Kg1 Qe7 42. c6 Ne8 43. Qd5+ Kg6 44. Bf4
f6 45. g4 {1-0 (45) Abdumalik,Z (2472)-Saduakassova,D (2500) Caleta 2021})
10... fxe6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Rxe3 Qd7 13. Nbd2 Qf7 14. g3 Nd7 15. Kg2 a5 16. Qc2
Nc5 17. Rf1 Qd7 18. b3 Ne7 19. Nc4 b5 20. axb5 Qxb5 21. Rb1 Nc6 $132 {Giri,A
(2798)-Anand,V (2784) Zuerich rpd 2016} 22. Ncd2 Rab8 23. d4 exd4 24. Nxd4 Nxd4
25. cxd4 Na6 26. Qc3 Qb6 27. Nf3 Nb4 28. Qc4 Rbe8 29. Rc1 Rf7 30. Nd2 Ref8 31.
f4 e5 32. Nf3 exf4 33. gxf4 d5 34. exd5 Qd6 35. Ne5 Rxf4 36. Kg1 Kh7 37. Rg3
R8f5 38. Rg4 Qf6 39. Rxf4 Rxf4 40. Rf1 Qg5+ 41. Kh2 Re4 42. Nf3 Qf4+ 43. Kg2
Re3 44. Qc1 Re2+ 45. Kh1 Qg3 {0-1 (45) Giri,A (2798)-Anand,V (2784) Zuerich
2016 CBM 171 [Marin,M]}) 9. h3 (9. Na3 h6 10. Nc2 Re8 11. Be3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6
13. Bxa7 Rxa7 14. d4 exd4 15. Nfxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Ra8 17. f3 a5 18. Ne3 Qd7 19.
Red1 b6 20. Qc4 Rae8 21. Qb5 Qc8 22. b4 Qa8 $11 {So,W (2773)-Mamedyarov,S
(2747) Wijk aan Zee 2016}) (9. Nbd2 Ng4 $1 10. Re2 Kh8 {[%CAl Yf7f5]} 11. h3
Nh6 (11... f5 12. exf5 Nxf2 13. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2 d5 15. Bb3 Bxf5 16. Kg1
Bxd3 17. Ne1 Bg6 18. Ndf3 e4 19. Nh2 Ne7 20. Be3 Qd6 21. Nc2 Rad8 22. Qd2 c5
23. Rd1 h6 24. Ng4 Bh5 25. Ba2 a5 26. Qe1 Be8 27. b3 b6 28. Bf2 Bh5 29. Bh4 Rd7
30. b4 axb4 31. cxb4 d4 32. Nce3 Bxg4 33. hxg4 Ng6 34. Bg3 Qf6 35. Nf5 e3 36.
bxc5 bxc5 37. Qe2 Ne5 38. Bb1 Rfd8 39. Bxe5 Qxe5 40. Nh4 Qg5 41. Ng6+ Kg8 42.
Qc4+ Rd5 43. Be4 Qxg4 44. Bxd5+ Kh7 45. Qd3 {1-0 (45) Topalov,V (2761)
-Nakamura,H (2787) Leuven 2016 CBM 173 [Besenthal,K]}) 12. Nf1 f5 13. Bxh6 gxh6
14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Bd5 Bg6 16. Qd2 Qf6 17. Ng3 Qf4 18. Qxf4 Rxf4 19. Be4 Bf7 20.
Bxc6 bxc6 $132 {/=/+, Movsesian,S (2624)-Morozevich,A (2718) Prague rpd 2002})
9... h6 (9... Ne7 10. Nbd2 (10. d4 Ng6 11. Nbd2 h6 (11... Re8 12. Bb3 Be6 13.
Bc2 h6 14. Nf1 exd4 15. cxd4 d5 16. e5 Ne4 17. N1d2 Bf5 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4
Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Qd5 21. Re1 Rad8 22. Be3 c5 23. dxc5 Bxc5 24. Bxc5 Qxc5 25. Qb3
Qd5 26. Qe3 f6 27. Rad1 Qxd1 28. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 29. Kh2 Rd7 30. Qb3+ Kh7 31. exf6
gxf6 32. Nd4 Re5 33. Ne6 b5 34. axb5 Rxb5 35. Qc2 f5 36. Qc6 Rf7 37. Nd8 Re7
38. Qf6 a5 39. h4 f4 40. Ne6 Reb7 41. Nd4 R5b6 42. Qf5 Kg8 43. Ne6 Nxh4 44.
Qg4+ Kh7 45. Nf8+ Kh8 46. Qxh4 Kg7 47. Nd7 {1-0 (47) Vachier Lagrave,M (2796)
-Nakamura,H (2785) Paris 2017 CBM 179 [Yermolinsky,A]}) 12. Bb3 (12. Bf1 Re8
13. Qc2 Nh7 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Nc4 Qf6 16. Ne3 Ne7 17. Ng4 Bxg4 18. hxg4 Ng6 19.
Bc4 Rad8 20. a5 Nf4 21. Nh2 Rd7 22. Be3 Bxe3 23. fxe3 Ne6 24. Rf1 Qe7 25. b4
Nhg5 26. Nf3 Nxf3+ 27. gxf3 Qg5 28. Rae1 Red8 29. Qh2 Rd2 30. Re2 Rd1 31. Bd5
Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 c6 33. Bxe6 Rd1+ 34. Kf2 fxe6 35. Qh5 Qxh5 36. gxh5 Kf7 37. Rb2
Rc1 38. Rd2 Ke7 39. Rd3 Rh1 40. Kg2 Rxh5 41. c4 Rg5+ 42. Kh2 Rh5+ 43. Kg2 Rg5+
44. Kh2 h5 45. b5 h4 46. Kh3 Rg3+ 47. Kxh4 Rxf3 48. bxa6 bxa6 49. c5 Rf1 50.
Rd6 Ra1 51. Rxc6 Rxa5 52. Kg5 Kd7 53. Rd6+ Ke7 54. Rc6 Kd7 55. Rd6+ Ke7 56. Rc6
{1/2-1/2 (56) Nepomniachtchi,I (2742)-Radjabov,T (2724) Geneva 2017 CBM 180
[Lenderman,A]}) 12... Re8 13. Bc2 b5 14. b4 Bb7 15. Bb2 Qd7 16. c4 exd4 17.
cxb5 d3 18. Bxd3 Nf4 19. Bf1 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. bxa6 Qf5 22. Ra3 c5 23. Nh4
Qe6 24. b5 c4 25. Bd4 Bxd4 26. Qxd4 d5 27. Rg3 g5 28. f3 Nh5 29. Rg4 Nf6 30.
Rgxe4 Nxe4 31. fxe4 gxh4 32. Rd1 Qxe4 33. Qxe4 Rxe4 34. Rxd5 c3 35. Rc5 Rxa4
36. b6 Kg7 37. b7 Re8 38. Rxc3 Ra1 39. a7 {1-0 (39) Karjakin,S (2773)-Svidler,
P (2749) Saint Louis 2017 CBM 180 [Szabo,Kr]}) 10... Ng6 11. Nf1 c6 12. Bb3 d5
13. Ng3 Be6 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Qc7 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Ndf5 Rad8
19. Qg4 Be6 20. Be3 Bb8 21. Bc5 Bxf5 22. Nxf5 Qh2+ 23. Kf1 Rd2 24. f4 h5 25.
Qf3 Qh1+ 26. Bg1 Ba7 27. Re3 Bxe3 28. Nxe3 Re8 29. Nc4 Rc2 {0-1 (29)
Harikrishna,P (2737)-Bacrot,E (2715) Biel 2017 CBM 180 [Szabo,Kr]}) (9... b5
10. Ba2 b4 11. Bg5 Rb8 12. Nbd2 h6 13. Bh4 Be6 14. Bc4 g5 15. Bg3 Na5 16. Bxe6
fxe6 17. d4 bxc3 18. bxc3 Nh5 19. Bh2 exd4 20. cxd4 Nc6 21. Rc1 Qd7 22. Re3 Rb7
23. Nb3 e5 24. Nxe5 dxe5 25. Qxh5 Kh7 26. Rec3 Nxd4 27. Bxe5 Rxf2 28. Kh2 Ne6
29. Rd1 Qe7 30. Qg4 Qf7 31. Rc6 h5 32. Qg3 Rf1 33. Qd3 Rxd1 34. Qxd1 {1/2-1/2
(34) Harikrishna,P (2737)-Mamedyarov,S (2800) Geneva 2017 CBM 180 [Silver,A]})
10. Nbd2 Ne7 ({The immediate} 10... Be6 {seems stronger than the knight
manoeuvre:} 11. b4 (11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nf1 (12. b4 Nh5 (12... Ne7 13. Nf1 Ng6
14. Ra2 Nh5 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Nhf4 17. d4 Qf6 18. Kh2 exd4 19. cxd4 e5 20.
d5 c6 21. g3 cxd5 22. gxf4 d4 23. Rea3 Nxf4 24. Ne1 d5 25. Ng3 Rac8 26. Ng2 Kh8
27. Qg4 d3 28. Nxf4 exf4 29. Nh5 Qg5 30. Rxd3 dxe4 31. Rd6 Qxg4 32. hxg4 Rf7
33. Re6 Rcf8 34. Rd2 Kh7 35. Rdd6 e3 36. fxe3 f3 37. Nf4 {1-0 (37) Carlsen,M
(2832)-Bacrot,E (2708) Paris 2017 CBM 179 [Yermolinsky,A]}) 13. Ra2 Qf6 14. Nc4
b5 15. Ne3 Bb6 16. Ng4 Qe7 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Rab8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra6 Nd8
21. d4 exd4 22. cxd4 Nf7 23. Qc2 Nf6 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 25. Rc6 Ng5 26. Nxg5 Qxg5
27. Rxc7 Qg3 28. Qe2 Ra8 29. Rcc1 Ra3 30. Ra1 Rb3 31. Rab1 Ra3 32. Ra1 Rb3 33.
Rab1 Ra3 34. Ra1 {1/2-1/2 (34) Anand,V (2786)-Carlsen,M (2832) Stavanger 2017
CBM 179 [Yermolinsky,A]}) 12... Qe7 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 Nh5 15. d4 exd4 16.
Nxd4 Nf4 $15 {Gundogan,S (1795)-Unlu,A (1575) Kemer 2014}) (11. Bb3 Re8 12. Nf1
d5 13. Bc2 dxe4 14. dxe4 Qxd1 {½, Wang,Y (2445)-Maiorov,N (2558) Moscow 2016})
11... Qd7 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Nf1 Nh5 14. Be3 Nf4 15. b5 Ne7 16. bxa6 bxa6 17. d4
exd4 18. cxd4 Neg6 19. N1h2 a5 20. h4 Qf7 21. g3 Nh5 22. Rc1 Nf6 23. Qc2 Bb6
24. Nd2 d5 25. e5 Nd7 26. Nb3 Ne7 27. f3 Nf5 $132 {½, Karthikeyan,M (2435)
-Vaibhav,S (2535) Mumbai 2013}) ({Another solid option is} 10... Re8 11. Nf1 (
11. b4 Ne7 12. Qb3 Rf8 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 d5 15. exd5 Nexd5 16. b5 Be6 17.
bxa6 bxa6 18. Ba3 Re8 19. Ne5 Nf4 20. Ndf3 Bxc4 21. Qxc4 Qd5 22. Qxd5 N6xd5 23.
Nc6 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 a5 25. g3 Ng6 26. Nxa7 Rxa7 27. Re8+ Kh7 28. h4 Rb7 29. Nd2
Nc3 30. h5 Nh8 31. Nc4 Nxa4 32. Ne5 Nb6 33. Bc5 a4 34. d5 f6 35. Nc6 Nd7 36.
Bd4 Rb5 37. Nd8 Rb8 38. Bb2 Rxb2 39. Ne6 a3 40. Re7 Nf7 41. Rxf7 a2 42. Rxg7+
Kh8 43. Rxd7 a1=Q+ 44. Kg2 Qe1 {0-1 (44) Vachier Lagrave,M (2796)-Jakovenko,D
(2721) Palma de Mallorca 2017 CBM 182 [Roiz,M]}) 11... Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13.
Be3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 d5 15. Qc2 Qd7 16. Rad1 Rd8 17. Nf5 Qe8 18. b4 b5 19. axb5
axb5 20. Nd2 Ne7 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Nb3 dxe4 23. dxe4 Red6 $11 {Muzychuk,M
(2554)-Hou,Y (2673) WChW Lvov 2016}) 11. Nf1 Ng6 12. Ng3 c6 13. Ba2 Be6 14.
Bxe6 fxe6 15. d4 $1 exd4 16. cxd4 d5 ({Playing for the better B has concrete
drawbacks, but the engine move} 16... c5 17. Be3 $14 {is also pleasant for
White.} (17. Qb3 $5)) 17. exd5 $1 exd5 18. Qd3 Ne7 19. Bd2 Bb8 20. Bb4 Bd6 21.
Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Re3 Rae8 23. Ne5 $36 {Giri,A (2793)-Nakamura,H (2790) Moscow 2016
} Qc7 24. b4 Nc8 25. Rc1 Qd8 26. b5 axb5 27. axb5 cxb5 28. Qxb5 Nd6 29. Qb3 b5
30. Rce1 Qa5 31. Qb1 Qb6 32. Qg6 Qc7 33. Qd3 Re6 34. Ne2 Rfe8 35. Nf4 R6e7 36.
Nfg6 Re6 37. Qb1 Qb7 38. Qb4 Nf5 39. Rf3 Ne7 40. Nf4 Nc6 41. Qb2 R6e7 42. Rfe3
Na7 43. Qb3 Nc8 44. Qb4 Nd7 45. h4 Nxe5 46. dxe5 Rf7 47. Nh5 Qe7 48. Qd4 Ref8
49. e6 Rf5 50. Nxg7 Qxg7 51. Rg3 Rg5 52. Rxg5 hxg5 53. Qxd5 {1/2-1/2 (53) Giri,
A (2793)-Nakamura,H (2790) Moscow 2016 CBM 172 [Mekhitarian,K]}) 8. Re1 {
C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} (8. Nbd2 O-O 9. h3
(9. Re1 Re8 (9... Ne7 10. Nf1 Ng6 11. Ng3 c6 12. Bb3 Bg4 13. h3 Qb6 14. Be3
Bxf3 15. gxf3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 a5 17. Nf5 d5 18. Kh2 Rad8 19. Rg1 Kh8 20. Qc2 Rd7
21. Rg2 Ne7 22. Nxe7 Rxe7 23. Re1 Nh5 24. Ba2 f5 25. Qf2 fxe4 26. Qh4 Nf6 27.
fxe4 dxe4 28. dxe4 Qd8 29. Reg1 Rd7 30. Be6 Rd2 31. Bf5 Rxg2+ 32. Rxg2 Qe7 33.
Qg3 Rd8 34. Qg6 Rd3 35. Qg3 Rd6 36. Qg6 Rd3 37. Qg3 Qc7 38. Be6 Nxe4 39. Qg6
Nf6 40. e4 Qe7 41. Bf5 Rd8 42. Qg3 Rd6 43. Qg6 Rd3 44. Kh1 Rd6 45. Kh2 Kg8 46.
Kh1 Kf8 47. Rf2 Rd3 48. Bg4 Kg8 49. Be2 Rxh3+ 50. Kg2 Rh4 51. Bc4+ Kf8 52. Qh7
Ke8 53. Qf5 Kd8 54. Re2 Rg4+ 55. Kh2 Rf4 56. Qg6 Rh4+ {0-1 (56) Movsesian,S
(2645)-Wagner,D (2578) Brest 2019 CBM 190 Extra [Dhananjay Khadilkar]}) 10. Nf1
Ba7 11. Ng3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. b4 d5 14. Qb3 (14. Qc2 b5 15. Be3 Bxe3 16.
Rxe3 d4 17. Ree1 dxc3 18. Qxc3 Qf8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. Nf5 Qf8 22.
Rb1 g6 23. Ne3 Qd6 24. Nc2 Qd8 25. h3 Kh7 26. Na3 Nd4 27. Nxd4 exd4 28. Qc5 c6
29. Nc2 Rd6 30. Ra1 Nh5 31. Ra7 Kg8 32. Ra8 Qxa8 33. Qxd6 Qa2 34. Nxd4 Qb1+ 35.
Kh2 Qxd3 36. f3 Qd2 37. Nxb5 Qg5 38. Na7 Nf4 39. Qd2 Kh7 40. Nxc6 Qf6 41. e5
Qf5 42. b5 Ne6 43. b6 Nc5 44. Qb4 Nb7 45. Qe4 Qe6 46. f4 Nc5 47. Nd8 Qxb6 48.
Qd5 Ne6 49. Nxe6 fxe6 50. Qd7+ {1-0 (50) Anand,V (2770)-Wei,Y (2694) Leon 2016
CBM 173 [Schulz,Andre]}) 14... Qd7 15. h3 Rd8 16. Bb2 dxe4 17. dxe4 Rd6 18. Qc2
Qe6 19. Red1 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 Qc4 22. Qb1 a5 23. Nd2 Qe6 24. Ba3
axb4 25. cxb4 Nd4 26. b5 Qb6 27. Kh2 Ne6 28. Nh1 Qd4 29. Qc2 Qa1 30. Bb2 Qa2
31. Qb3 Qxb3 32. Nxb3 Nxe4 33. Bxe5 f6 34. f3 N4c5 35. Nxc5 Bxc5 36. Bg3 b6 37.
Nf2 Kf7 38. Nd3 Ke7 39. Kh1 Bd6 40. Bf2 Nd8 41. Be3 Nb7 42. Kg1 Ke6 43. Kf2 Kd5
44. Nf4+ Bxf4 45. Bxf4 Nd6 46. g4 Kc4 47. Bd2 Kb3 48. a5 bxa5 49. Bxa5 Nxb5 50.
Ke3 Kc4 51. Kf4 Nd4 52. Ke4 c5 53. f4 Kb5 54. Bc3 Ne2 55. Ba1 Kc4 56. g5 Ng3+
57. Kf3 Nf5 58. gxf6 gxf6 59. Kg4 Ne3+ 60. Kh5 Nd5 61. Kxh6 Kb3 62. Kg6 Ka2 63.
Bxf6 Nxf6 64. Kxf6 c4 65. f5 c3 66. Kg7 c2 67. f6 c1=Q 68. f7 Qg5+ 69. Kh7 Qf6
70. Kg8 Qg6+ 71. Kf8 Kb3 72. h4 Kc4 73. h5 Qh7 74. Ke8 Kd5 75. h6 Qe4+ 76. Kd8
Ke6 {0-1 (76) Yu,Y (2751)-Harikrishna,P (2723) Shenzhen 2019 CBM 190 [Sagar
Shah]}) 9... Re8 10. Re1 Be6 11. Bxe6 Rxe6 12. b4 Ba7 13. Qc2 d5 (13... Ne7 14.
Nf1 Ng6 15. c4 a5 16. bxa5 Ne7 17. Rb1 Rb8 18. Bd2 Nc6 19. Ng3 Nd7 20. Rb5 Nc5
21. Reb1 Qc8 22. Be3 Re8 23. Nf5 Ne6 24. Qd2 h5 25. d4 exd4 26. N3xd4 Nexd4 27.
Nxd4 Bxd4 28. Bxd4 Rxe4 29. Bc3 Rxc4 30. Rxh5 Qe6 31. Re1 Qg6 32. Rg5 Qxg5 33.
Qxg5 Rxc3 34. Re4 Rc5 35. Qg3 Rxa5 36. Rg4 g6 37. Qb3 Kf8 38. Rh4 Ke7 39. Rf4
Nd8 40. Re4+ Kd7 41. Qe3 Nc6 42. Qf3 Rf8 43. Qf6 Re5 44. Rxe5 Nxe5 45. f4 Nc6
46. g4 Nd8 47. h4 Re8 48. h5 gxh5 49. gxh5 Re6 50. Qg7 d5 51. h6 Rg6+ 52. Kf2
Ke7 53. f5 Rf6 54. h7 Rxf5+ 55. Ke1 Ne6 56. Qh6 Re5+ 57. Kd1 Re4 58. h8=Q Rxa4
59. Qh2 Kd7 60. Qf6 Kc6 61. Qc2+ Rc4 62. Qxf7 Nc5 63. Qxc4 dxc4 64. Qxc4 b5 65.
Qh4 Nb7 66. Qe4+ Kb6 67. Qg6+ Nd6 68. Kc2 Kc5 69. Kb3 Nc4 70. Qg1+ Kc6 71. Kb4
Nd6 72. Qc5+ Kd7 73. Qd5 c6 74. Qg8 Kc7 75. Qg7+ Kb6 76. Qd4+ Kc7 77. Ka5 Nb7+
78. Ka6 Nd6 79. Qa7+ Kd8 80. Qh7 Nc8 81. Kb7 Ne7 82. Kb6 Kd7 83. Kc5 Ke6 84.
Qh6+ Kd7 85. Qd6+ Ke8 86. Qe6 {1-0 (86) Karjakin,S (2776)-Carlsen,M (2851)
Paris 2017 CBM 179 [Yermolinsky,A]}) (13... Qd7 14. Rb1 Rd8 15. b5 Ne7 16. Nc4
Ng6 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Nxe3 axb5 19. axb5 Ree8 20. c4 Ra8 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. cxd5
Rec8 23. d4 Ra3 24. Rb3 Rxb3 25. Qxb3 exd4 26. Nxd4 Re8 27. f3 Qe7 28. Qe3 Ra8
29. Rc1 Ra2 30. Nf5 Qe5 31. Qc3 Qxc3 32. Rxc3 Nf4 33. Rxc7 Rxg2+ 34. Kf1 Rb2
35. Rxb7 Nxh3 36. Nxd6 Ng5 37. f4 Nf3 38. Nxf7 Nd2+ 39. Ke1 Nxe4 40. d6 Nc5 41.
Rc7 Nd3+ 42. Kd1 Nf2+ 43. Ke1 Nd3+ 44. Kd1 Nf2+ 45. Ke1 {1/2-1/2 (45) Anand,V
(2753)-Giri,A (2776) Zagreb 2021}) 14. Nb3 b5 (14... dxe4 15. dxe4 Nh5 16. b5
Ne7 17. c4 Rf6 18. Qc3 Ng6 19. c5 Qe8 20. Ra3 Qe6 21. Kh2 Nhf4 22. Bxf4 Nxf4
23. Nxe5 Re8 24. Ng4 Rg6 25. Nd4 Qe7 26. bxa6 h5 27. Nf5 Qg5 28. Nge3 Nxg2 29.
Rg1 Qf4+ 30. Kh1 Nxe3 31. Qxe3 Qxe3 32. Rxe3 Rxg1+ 33. Kxg1 bxa6 34. Kg2 g6 35.
Ng3 Bxc5 36. Rc3 Bb6 37. Rc4 Rd8 38. Ne2 Rd2 39. Kf1 Ra2 40. f3 Kg7 41. Ke1 Ra3
{0-1 (41) Solozhenkin,E (2433)-Xiang,Z (2400) Cappelle la Grande 2018}) 15. Be3
Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Rd6 17. Nc5 Qc8 18. Ree1 Nh5 19. exd5 Rxd5 20. Qa2 Nf4 21. axb5
Rd6 22. bxc6 Rg6 23. Nd7 Nxg2 24. Nfxe5 {1-0 (24) Karjakin,S (2769)-Navara,D
(2742) Baku 2016 CBM 175 [Stohl,I]}) (8. a5 O-O 9. h3 Ba7 (9... Be6 10. Bxe6
fxe6 11. b4 Ba7 12. Re1 Qe8 13. Be3 Nh5 14. g3 Rf6 15. Ra2 Qf7 16. Nbd2 Rf8 17.
Kg2 Qg6 18. Kh2 Qf7 19. Kg2 g5 20. Qe2 Qg6 21. Rf1 Kh7 22. Bxa7 Nxa7 23. Nh2
R6f7 24. Nc4 Nf6 25. Ne3 h5 26. Rb2 Nb5 27. Rc2 Kg8 28. Qd2 g4 29. hxg4 Nxg4
30. Nexg4 hxg4 31. Qe2 Rf3 32. Qd1 d5 33. Re1 d4 34. c4 Nc3 35. Qd2 Kg7 36. Rh1
R3f6 37. Qe1 b6 38. axb6 cxb6 39. Qc1 a5 40. c5 a4 41. cxb6 Qh5 42. Nf1 Qf7 43.
Qg5+ Qg6 44. Qxe5 Kg8 45. Qxd4 Nd1 46. Rd2 Nxf2 47. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 48. Qxf2 Rxf2+
49. Kxf2 Qf6+ 50. Ke1 Qc3+ 51. Nd2 Qxb4 52. Ke2 Qxb6 53. Rb1 Qa7 54. Nc4 a3 55.
Ra1 a2 56. Ne3 Qa3 57. Nc4 Qb3 58. Rf1 Qc3 {0-1 (58) Alekseenko,K (2699)-Zubov,
A (2598) Chess.com INT 2021}) 10. Be3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Bxa7 Rxa7 13. Re1
Nf4 14. Nxe5 Qg5 15. Ng4 h5 16. Ne3 Bxh3 17. Qf3 Ne5 18. Qg3 Bg4 19. Nd5 Nxc4
20. Qxf4 Qxf4 21. Nxf4 Nxb2 22. Ra2 g5 23. Rxb2 gxf4 24. Re5 Rd8 25. d4 Rd6 26.
f3 Bd7 27. Nd2 b6 28. Ne4 Rg6 29. Re7 Bb5 30. d5 f5 31. axb6 Rxb6 32. Nc5 Kf8
33. Rh7 Kg8 34. Rxh5 Bc4 35. Rd2 Rd6 36. Rxf5 c6 37. Ne4 Rxd5 38. Nf6+ Kg7 39.
Nxd5 cxd5 40. Rd4 a5 41. Rdxf4 Kg6 42. Rf8 Kg7 43. Rb8 a4 44. Rff8 d4 45. cxd4
Bd5 46. Rfd8 a3 47. Rxd5 {1-0 (47) Svidler,P (2719)-Harikrishna,P (2731)
Hamburg 2019 CBM 193 [Krasenkow,M]}) 8... Ba7 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bxe6 {White is
slightly better.} fxe6 11. Nf1 {[#]} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... O-O 12. Ng3
Qd7 13. h3 Rf7 14. b4 Raf8 15. b5 Ne7 16. bxa6 bxa6 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 {
1/2-1/2 (60) Paravyan,D (2627)-Krejci,J (2570) Prague 2019}) 12. Ng3 Qd7 13.
Be3 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 g5 15. d4 O-O-O 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Ne7 18. c4 Ng4 (18...
Nf5 $11 {remains equal.} 19. Nxf5 Qxf5) 19. Rb3 Rdf8 20. Qe1 b6 21. Rb5 (21.
Rba3 $14) 21... Nxf2 $1 $11 22. Qxf2 ({Wrong is} 22. Kxf2 $2 g4 $19) 22... g4
23. Nxe5 Qxb5 24. axb5 Rxf2 25. Kxf2 dxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 26. Ke3
Rf8 $1 27. Rf1 Rxf1 28. Nxf1 {KN-KN} Nf5+ 29. Kd3 Kd7 30. Nd2 Nd6 31. Ne4 Ke7
$2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] This costs Black the game.} (31... Ne8 $1 $11 {and Black
stays safe.}) 32. Nxd6 $1 $18 cxd6 {KP-KP} (32... Kxd6 33. b3 Kc5) 33. Ke4 Kf6
34. b3 Kg6 (34... h5 $142 35. g3 Kf7) 35. c5 $1 {[%CAl Rc5b6]} dxc5 36. d6 Kf7
37. Kd5 {Hoping for Kc6.} e4 {[#]} 38. Kc6 $1 {Black must now prevent d7.} e3
39. d7 e2 ({Don't go for} 39... Ke7 $2 40. Kc7) 40. d8=Q e1=Q 41. Kxb6 {KQ-KQ}
Qe6+ (41... Qb4 $142 42. Qd5+ Kg6 43. Qd6+ Kg7) 42. Ka7 c4 43. bxc4 a4 44. b6 {
[%CAl Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} a3 45. b7 {White mates.} a2 46. Qc7+ Kg6 47. Qa5 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.11/Black=0.39} 1-0
