[Event "World Rapid 2022"] [Site "Almaty KAZ"] [Date "2022.12.26"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C18"] [WhiteElo "2531"] [BlackElo "2834"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2022.12.26"] [EventType "rapid"] [TimeControl "25+10"] {[%evp 0,84,31,18,50,31,30,36,41,30,31,42,24,24,57,46,49,18,37,21,43,3,20,-2,20,16,31,-5,21,-4,18,35,23,19,31,60,65,79,71,71,31,-21,-21,-21,65,39,63,-94,-117,-354,-372,-428,-428,-472,-104,-97,-71,-71,-120,-129,-150,-107,-71,-145,-154,-145,-154,-130,-89,-96,-49,-90,-95,-84,-4,-9,-11,-22,0,-141,-185,-245,-247,-364,-367,-427,-432]} 1. e4 e6 {There have been times when the French has been completely out of fashion at the top; this is not one of those times.} 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 {Historically far less popular than 6....Ne7, this has become a moderately hot topic thanks to Richard Rapport's patronage.} 7. Qg4 g6 8. h4 Qa5 9. Bd2 h6 10. a4 c4 11. Nf3 Bd7 12. Qf4 Rh7 13. Nh2 O-O-O 14. Ng4 Rf8 15. Be2 Qd8 16. Qg3 f5 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Bxh6 Ne4 19. Qe3 Rfh8 {White has done well so far, but now things start heading south.} 20. Bf3 $2 (20. f3 Ng3 (20... e5 $4 {fails because} 21. fxe4 Bxg4 22. Bxg4+ {comes with check. That's why 20.Bf3 is a mistake.}) 21. Bg5 Qa5 {is equal and very complicated.}) 20... e5 $1 $17 21. dxe5 Qa5 $2 (21... Bxg4 22. Bxg4+ Kb8 {wins, as after} 23. Bf4 Rxh4 24. Rxh4 Rxh4 25. Bh3 {Black has} g5 {followed by ...g4, winning.}) 22. Ra3 $2 (22. Kf1 $1 $14) 22... Bf5 23. O-O $4 (23. g3 $14 {keeps the game near equal and, as before, extremely complicated.}) 23... Kb8 $1 {Threatening to take on g4 and then on h6, as White's recapture on g4 won't come with check.} 24. Bg5 Nxg5 25. Qxg5 Rxh4 26. g3 Rxg4 $2 {This keeps some advantage, but isn't winning.} (26... R4h5 $1 {did the trick.} 27. Qf4 Bxg4 28. Qxg4 (28. Bxg4 $2 Rh1+ 29. Kg2 R8h2+ 30. Kf3 Rxf1 $19) 28... Nxe5 29. Qf4 Rf5 $19) (26... Bxg4 $2 {works nicely against 27.gxh4 and 27.Bxg4, but is refuted by} 27. Bg2 $3 $11) 27. Bxg4 Be4 28. f3 Qc5+ 29. Kg2 Qxa3 30. fxe4 Qxc3 31. exd5 $6 (31. Qxg6 $142 $17) 31... Qxc2+ 32. Rf2 Qb1 33. Rf1 Qe4+ $2 (33... Qb2+ 34. Rf2 Qxe5 $19) 34. Bf3 $15 Qxe5 35. Qxg6 Nd4 36. Qe4 Qxe4 37. Bxe4 $11 Re8 {White has done extremely well to fight his way back to equal. Alas, in time trouble (though he has been in time trouble for a long time now), he chooses a completely mistaken plan and loses quickly.} 38. d6 $5 (38. Bg6 Re2+ 39. Rf2 $11) 38... Kc8 (38... a6) 39. Bd5 $4 (39. Rf4 $1 {would have maintained equality. The threat is 40.Bxb7+.}) 39... c3 $19 40. Rf7 Re2+ 41. Kh3 c2 42. Rc7+ Kd8 {White has no attack, and no (sensible) defense to 43...Re1 followed by queening.} 0-1 [Event "World Rapid 2022"] [Site "Almaty KAZ"] [Date "2022.12.26"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Hansen, Eric"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A01"] [WhiteElo "2834"] [BlackElo "2579"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2022.12.26"] [EventType "rapid"] {[%evp 0,75,31,-16,-2,-24,36,7,13,44,59,62,66,81,76,63,41,1,1,-23,-19,7,102,44,68,45,31,31,87,73,50,39,61,18,25,0,1,1,-16,-16,12,-24,-26,-20,-28,-18,4,-26,-30,-18,0,-35,6,-29,48,56,137,111,140,110,110,110,169,169,161,92,139,139,175,173,177,169,173,189,215,223,234,229]} 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. f3 Bf5 4. e4 $5 Bg6 (4... dxe4 5. Nc3 $44) 5. h4 h5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Nc3 Qd6 8. Qe2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Nd4 10. Qc4 O-O-O 11. Ne4 Qb6 12. Ne2 Nxe2+ 13. Bxe2 e6 14. Kb1 Ne7 15. a4 Nc6 16. Qb5 Nd4 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Bc4 Be7 19. Rde1 Rd7 20. Bc3 Rhd8 21. Kb2 c6 22. b4 Kc7 23. Ra1 e5 (23... b5 $142 {gives Black the better half of the roughly equal position.}) 24. d3 (24. b5) 24... f6 (24... b5) 25. b5 Bf8 26. Rhf1 {Hansen has held his own thus far, but now things start going wrong.} Nf5 $6 (26... Ra8 $11) 27. a5 cxb5 $2 (27... Ne3) 28. Bxb5 Rd5 29. axb6+ Kxb6 30. Bc4 Ne3 $2 ({The exchange is lost in any case, so Black might as well grab a pawn.} 30... Nxh4) 31. Bxd5 Rxd5 (31... Nxf1 $2 32. Ba5+ {doesn't just win a rook, it mates.}) 32. Rfb1 Rb5+ 33. Kc1 Rxb1+ 34. Rxb1+ Kc6 35. g3 Nd5 36. Bd2 Bf7 37. c4 Nc7 38. Ba5 1-0 [Event "World Rapid 2022"] [Site "Almaty KAZ"] [Date "2022.12.26"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "2628"] [BlackElo "2834"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2022.12.26"] [EventType "rapid"] {[%evp 0,100,31,31,77,77,81,90,74,70,97,83,109,109,169,117,117,101,106,83,77,74,72,27,33,31,63,33,26,5,33,12,22,22,60,28,28,28,-14,-14,-14,6,10,22,30,25,43,10,45,45,71,71,60,60,142,27,49,3,-13,-10,0,0,-27,-19,6,26,28,35,25,-36,-27,-39,9,-9,-9,-11,0,-22,62,62,68,-38,-52,-86,-55,-81,-75,-75,-75,-104,-99,-105,-105,-92,-87,-262,-262,-299,-288,-303,-306,-306,-298]} 1. d4 g6 2. e4 d6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 b6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Ne7 8. Re1 Nd7 9. Bf4 Bb7 10. Qd2 h6 11. Rad1 g5 12. Bg3 Ng6 13. h3 O-O 14. Nh2 Kh7 15. Nf1 Nf6 16. Qe2 Qd7 17. e5 dxe5 18. dxe5 Qc6 19. Ne3 Nd7 20. Bb5 axb5 21. axb5 Qc5 22. Rxd7 Bxe5 23. Qc4 Bc8 24. Qxc5 bxc5 25. Bxe5 Bxd7 26. Bxc7 Nf4 27. Nc4 Nd5 28. Nxd5 exd5 29. Nb6 Rae8 30. Rxe8 Bxe8 31. Bd6 Rg8 32. Nxd5 Rg6 33. Bxc5 Bxb5 34. c3 Ra6 35. b4 f5 36. Nc7 Ra1+ 37. Kh2 Bc4 38. Ne8 Kg6 39. Nd6 Bd3 {Getting a good position against Carlsen is one thing, keeping it another. Tomashevsky had a significant advantage after Carlsen's risk-laden choice of the Hippopotamus, and while he has been getting gradually outplayed he's still fine at the moment. But not for long.} 40. Bd4 $6 (40. b5 $142 $11 {/?}) 40... Rb1 41. Be5 $6 f4 (41... h5 $142) 42. Bd4 h5 43. Be5 $6 (43. f3 $142) 43... Rb2 $17 44. Kg1 $4 (44. Bd4 $8) 44... Re2 $1 45. Bd4 g4 $19 {Suddenly, White's king is in a world of trouble.} 46. hxg4 hxg4 47. Kh2 {This takes care of the king, but now another problem emerges.} g3+ $1 48. fxg3 f3 49. g4 Rxg2+ 50. Kh3 f2 {This costs White his bishop, and White's pawns haven't advanced far enough to compensate for the rook.} 0-1 [Event "World Rapid 2022"] [Site "Almaty KAZ"] [Date "2022.12.26"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A01"] [WhiteElo "2834"] [BlackElo "2676"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2022.12.26"] [EventType "rapid"] {[%evp 0,69,31,-16,-24,-32,-27,-27,-27,-27,38,-29,5,-25,-24,-23,2,2,5,-9,2,14,14,5,14,-1,-7,7,-2,-22,-12,-53,-39,-24,-12,-27,-8,-3,20,-32,-18,-18,-47,-65,14,-18,-20,-41,-26,-43,-19,-19,-10,-10,6,-21,-21,-12,32,0,7,-2,11,35,41,41,90,135,135,135,259,266]} 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 (3. c4 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. a3 O-O 6. Qc2 Re8) 3... Nf6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 O-O 6. d3 Re8 7. a3 a5 8. Be2 Bf8 9. O-O d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nbd2 f6 12. Qc2 Bf5 (12... Be6 13. Kh1 Qd7 14. Rg1 Rad8 15. Ne4 Qf7 16. g4 g6 17. Rg3 Bg7 18. Rag1 Nb6 19. Nc5 Bc8 20. Nh4 Nd7 21. Ne4 Nf8 22. Nf5 Be6 23. Nc5 Ne7 24. Nxg7 Kxg7 25. g5 Nf5 26. Rf3 b6 27. gxf6+ Kh8 28. Nxe6 Rxe6 29. d4 exd4 30. Bc4 d3 31. Bxd3 Rxd3 32. Qxd3 Rd6 33. Qc4 Ne6 34. Be5 Rd8 35. h4 Nd6 36. Qg4 Nf8 37. h5 Ne8 38. e4 Rd2 39. Rh3 Kg8 40. hxg6 Nxg6 41. f4 Kf8 42. Qg5 Nd6 43. Bxd6+ {1-0 Fischer,R-Andersson,U Siegen exh 1970}) 13. Rfe1 Bg6 14. g4 Qd7 15. Kh1 Rad8 16. Ne4 Kh8 17. Rad1 Bf7 18. Rg1 Nb6 19. Rg3 {Black is still fine, but I want to point out that White's setup is very much reminiscent of one originated by none other than Bobby Fischer, in a famous exhibition game against the then-future super-GM Ulf Andersson. (See above.)} a4 20. bxa4 Na5 21. Rdg1 $2 Bd5 $2 (21... Nxa4 $17) 22. g5 $16 f5 23. Nc3 $6 $14 (23. Nf6 $1 gxf6 24. gxf6 Qc6 $8 25. Qb1 $16 {/+-} f4 26. exf4 Qxf6 27. fxe5 Qe6 28. Bf1 $1 $18) 23... Bc6 (23... Bb3 $142) 24. e4 $5 (24. g6 h6 25. e4) 24... Nxa4 25. Nxa4 Bxa4 26. Qc3 Nc6 27. g6 Nd4 28. Ng5 $1 Nxe2 (28... Re7 $8 $16) 29. Nf7+ $2 (29. Qc4 $1 $18) 29... Qxf7 30. gxf7 Nxc3 31. fxe8=Q Bxe8 32. Bxc3 Bg6 $2 (32... f4 $16) (32... Bc6 $16) 33. exf5 Bxf5 34. Bxe5 Bxd3 $4 (34... Rd7 {should lose in the long run. After the text, the "run" will be very short. More like a walk, or really just a single step.}) 35. Rxg7 $1 {The end. Black must give up his rook to avoid getting mated.} 1-0 [Event "World Rapid 2022"] [Site "Almaty KAZ"] [Date "2022.12.26"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Erigaisi, Arjun"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "2628"] [BlackElo "2834"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2022.12.26"] [EventType "rapid"] {[%evp 0,87,27,27,27,27,14,13,39,33,80,44,80,72,87,87,68,68,36,5,26,5,34,28,27,-1,-2,-3,67,67,68,57,88,76,98,86,136,107,107,88,99,79,75,89,106,106,112,126,139,134,81,77,81,53,90,78,83,89,91,86,93,57,47,50,89,58,58,54,78,54,60,54,79,89,80,80,80,80,66,68,66,66,66,68,66,38,38,38,38,38] No win for the champ this time; if anything, he did well to draw.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 b5 5. h4 h5 6. Nf3 e6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. Ne2 c5 9. c3 Nbd7 10. Ng5 Qb6 11. a4 c4 12. Bc2 Bd6 13. O-O Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Ng3 Be7 16. Qc2 Qc6 17. Qxe4 Nb6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Qxc6+ Bxc6 20. e4 O-O 21. Nxh5 Bxg5 22. hxg5 Bxe4 23. Be5 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Ra8 25. Rxa8+ Bxa8 26. Bd6 Kh7 27. Nf4 Be4 28. f3 Bc2 29. Kf2 Nd5 30. Nh5 Kg6 31. g4 f5 32. Kg3 fxg4 33. fxg4 Kf7 34. Nf4 Nxf4 35. Kxf4 g6 36. Ke5 Bd1 37. Bc5 Bxg4 38. Kd6 Bd1 39. Kc6 Ba4 40. Bb4 Ke8 41. Kd6 Kf7 42. d5 exd5 43. Kxd5 Bb3 44. Kc6 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Rapid 2022"] [Site "Almaty KAZ"] [Date "2022.12.26"] [Round "1.11"] [White "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"] [Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C02"] [WhiteElo "2513"] [BlackElo "2741"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2022.12.26"] [EventType "rapid"] {Something that caught my attention as I raced through the day 1 games was that there were a lot of Frenches, and Black did extraordinarily well. I've included some of those games in what follows (in addition to the Carlsen game from round 1, already given). No notes, just research fodder for Francophiles.} 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. d4 Qb6 6. Be2 Nh6 7. Bxh6 gxh6 8. Qd2 Bd7 9. dxc5 Qxc5 10. b4 Qe7 11. O-O Bg7 12. Qe3 f6 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. b5 Ne7 15. Nd4 e5 16. Nb3 O-O 17. N1d2 b6 18. c4 Rac8 19. Rac1 h5 20. Qf3 Qd6 21. Qxh5 Ng6 22. Bd3 e4 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Bxe4 Qf6 25. Rcd1 Bf5 26. Bd5+ Kh8 27. Nd4 Bd3 28. Ne6 Bxf1 29. Nxf8 Rxf8 30. Rxf1 Nf4 31. Qf3 Qb2 32. Kh1 Qxa2 33. Be4 Qxc4 34. Rd1 Qxb5 35. Qa3 a5 36. Qe7 Qe2 37. Rc1 Nd3 0-1 [Event "World Rapid 2022"] [Site "Almaty KAZ"] [Date "2022.12.26"] [Round "1.15"] [White "Gurel, Ediz"] [Black "Martirosyan, Haik M."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C07"] [WhiteElo "2345"] [BlackElo "2377"] [PlyCount "114"] [EventDate "2022.12.26"] [EventType "rapid"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nb3 a6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Bb3 Bd6 12. h3 Ne7 13. Re1 O-O 14. Qe2 Ng6 15. c3 b6 16. Bc2 Bb7 17. Be4 Rae8 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Qf3 Qxf3 20. Nxf3 e5 21. Be3 Bc7 22. Rad1 f6 23. Nd2 Re6 24. c4 f5 25. f3 e4 26. fxe4 fxe4 27. Re2 Rfe8 28. b3 Ne7 29. Nf1 Nf5 30. Rd5 g6 31. Rd7 Be5 32. Nd2 Bc3 33. Nf1 Bb4 34. Rb7 Rf8 35. Bd2 Bc5+ 36. Be3 Nxe3 37. Nxe3 Ref6 38. Kh2 Rf2 39. Rxf2 Rxf2 40. Nd5 e3 41. Rb8+ Kf7 42. Rb7+ Ke6 43. b4 Rf7 44. Rxf7 Kxf7 45. Nc3 Bxb4 46. Ne2 Ke6 47. Kg3 Kd6 48. Kf4 Kc5 49. Kxe3 Kxc4 50. Nf4 Be7 51. Ke4 b5 52. g4 a5 53. Nd5 Bc5 54. Nf4 a4 55. Nd3 Bd6 56. h4 Kc3 57. Ne1 b4 0-1 [Event "World Rapid 2022"] [Site "Almaty KAZ"] [Date "2022.12.26"] [Round "3.4"] [White "Moussard, Jules"] [Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C02"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2741"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2022.12.26"] [EventType "rapid"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O Ng6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. a3 a5 11. Nbd2 a4 12. g3 cxd4 13. cxd4 f6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Nb1 Nge7 16. Nc3 Nf5 17. Bd3 Be8 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. Qd3 Bh5 20. Nd2 f4 21. Bxf4 Bg6 22. Qb5 Nxd4 23. Qxb7 Rf7 24. Qxd5 Nc2 25. Qxd8+ Rxd8 26. Nxa4 Nxa1 27. Rxa1 Bc2 28. Nc3 Bxc3 29. bxc3 Rxf4 30. gxf4 Rxd2 31. a4 Rd6 32. f3 Rc6 33. a5 Bd3 34. Kf2 Ba6 35. Ra3 Kf7 36. Ke3 Ke6 37. Rb3 Kd5 38. f5 Ke5 39. h4 Kxf5 40. Kd4 Rc4+ 41. Ke3 Rxh4 42. Rb6 Rh6 43. Rxh6 gxh6 44. Kf2 Kf4 45. Kg2 Bc8 46. c4 h5 47. c5 h4 48. c6 h3+ 49. Kf2 h5 50. c7 Ba6 51. Kg1 Kg3 0-1 [Event "World Rapid 2022"] [Site "Almaty KAZ"] [Date "2022.12.26"] [Round "3.10"] [White "Sanal, Vahap"] [Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C07"] [WhiteElo "2547"] [BlackElo "2628"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2022.12.26"] [EventType "rapid"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. c3 Qc7 12. Bb3 Bd7 13. Qf3 Bd6 14. h3 O-O-O 15. Bg5 Kb8 16. Rad1 Bc8 17. Rfe1 Rhg8 18. Nc2 h6 19. Bc1 Bh2+ 20. Kh1 b6 21. Qe3 Bd6 22. Qe2 Bb7 23. Qc4 g5 24. Qxc7+ Kxc7 25. Kg1 h5 26. Ne3 b5 27. Nf1 Nd5 28. Bc2 Nf4 29. f3 f5 30. Be3 Rg6 31. Rd2 Rdg8 32. Bxf4 gxf4 33. Kh2 Rf6 34. Red1 Rd8 35. Bb3 h4 36. Kh1 Bc6 37. Nh2 Rg6 38. Kg1 Bc5+ 39. Kf1 Rdg8 40. Re2 Be3 41. a3 R8g7 42. Bc2 Rg3 43. Rde1 Bd5 44. Bd3 Rxh3 45. Rxe3 Rxh2 46. R3e2 h3 0-1 [Event "World Rapid 2022"] [Site "Almaty KAZ"] [Date "2022.12.26"] [Round "5.5"] [White "Urazayev, Arystanbek"] [Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C02"] [WhiteElo "2535"] [BlackElo "2741"] [PlyCount "44"] [EventDate "2022.12.26"] [EventType "rapid"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. O-O Bd7 8. Re1 Nge7 9. h4 a6 10. h5 Rc8 11. a3 g6 12. b4 gxh5 13. Ng5 Ng6 14. Qxh5 Bg7 15. Nf3 dxc3 16. Nxc3 Nd4 17. Bb2 Nf4 18. Qg4 Nxd3 19. Qxg7 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 Qxf2+ 21. Kh1 Qxf3+ 22. Kg1 Rf8 0-1 [Event "World Rapid 2022"] [Site "Almaty KAZ"] [Date "2022.12.26"] [Round "5.17"] [White "Tabatabaei, M. Amin"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C02"] [WhiteElo "2526"] [BlackElo "2759"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2022.12.26"] [EventType "rapid"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 Na5 8. Be2 Bd7 9. O-O Ne7 10. Qc2 Nc8 11. a4 Be7 12. Re1 a6 13. h4 h6 14. h5 Na7 15. Bf1 N7c6 16. Qb1 Qc7 17. b4 cxb3 18. Ba3 Bxa3 19. Rxa3 O-O 20. Nxb3 Nxb3 21. Qxb3 f6 22. c4 Na5 23. Qb4 Nxc4 24. Bxc4 a5 25. Qd2 dxc4 26. exf6 Rxf6 27. Ne5 Raf8 28. Rg3 Bc6 29. Ng4 Rxf2 30. Qe3 R2f4 31. Qxe6+ Kh7 32. d5 Be8 33. Ne5 Bxh5 34. Ng6 R8f6 35. Qe7 Qb6+ 36. Ree3 Bxg6 37. d6 Qxd6 0-1 [Event "World Rapid 2022"] [Site "Almaty KAZ"] [Date "2022.12.26"] [Round "5.43"] [White "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"] [Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C02"] [WhiteElo "2513"] [BlackElo "2617"] [PlyCount "150"] [EventDate "2022.12.26"] [EventType "rapid"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. d4 Nge7 6. Na3 Bd7 7. Be2 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Nc2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bd3 f6 12. Bxf5 exf5 13. Re1 a5 14. a3 Be8 15. Qd3 Bh5 16. e6 Bd6 17. Nh4 f4 18. g3 g5 19. Nf5 Bg6 20. gxf4 gxf4 21. Qh3 Ne7 22. Nh6+ Kh8 23. Re2 Qb6 24. Qf3 Rac8 25. Nf7+ Bxf7 26. exf7 Rxf7 27. Bxf4 Bxf4 28. Qxf4 Qxb2 29. Rae1 Ng8 30. Ne3 Qxa3 31. Nf5 a4 32. Re8 Rxe8 33. Rxe8 Qh3 34. Re3 Qh5 35. Rg3 Rf8 36. Kg2 a3 37. Qd6 Qe8 38. Qxa3 Qe4+ 39. Rf3 Rd8 40. Qc5 Qg4+ 41. Ng3 Qc8 42. Qb6 Rf8 43. Nf5 Qd7 44. Qb4 Re8 45. Ng3 b5 46. h3 Rc8 47. Nf5 Re8 48. Nd6 Re6 49. Nf5 Ne7 50. Nxe7 Rxe7 51. Rxf6 Rg7+ 52. Kh2 Qc7+ 53. Qd6 Qxd6+ 54. Rxd6 Rb7 55. Rxd5 b4 56. Rg5 b3 57. Rg1 b2 58. Rb1 Rb3 59. Kg2 Kg7 60. f4 Kf6 61. d5 Kf5 62. Kh2 h5 63. h4 Rb8 64. Kh3 Ke4 65. d6 Kd3 66. f5 Kc2 67. Rxb2+ Kxb2 68. Kg3 Kc3 69. Kf4 Kd4 70. d7 Rd8 71. f6 Rxd7 72. Kf5 Kd5 73. Kg6 Ke6 74. Kxh5 Kxf6 75. Kh6 Rd5 0-1 [Event "World Rapid 2022"] [Site "Almaty KAZ"] [Date "2022.12.26"] [Round "1.32"] [White "Petrosyan, Manuel"] [Black "Abdilkhair, Abilmansur"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D25"] [WhiteElo "2539"] [BlackElo "2171"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "289"] [EventDate "2022.12.26"] [EventType "rapid"] {[%evp 0,289,31,23,23,23,23,0,32,32,81,34,68,56,56,37,37,8,22,4,8,-9,24,24,34,26,26,26,86,95,80,80,80,81,108,108,108,143,134,134,134,134,155,120,162,134,169,152,299,233,172,172,168,163,170,165,455,105,105,99,124,114,147,148,148,147,161,167,167,121,121,121,148,100,131,125,161,143,168,169,169,150,123,104,151,151,158,152,151,142,142,143,150,140,132,119,105,124,124,124,124,115,140,19,19,19,12,23,33,27,33,33,33,39,76,67,67,61,61,61,61,61,66,31,44,25,29,25,31,25,94,48,40,29,44,23,98,21,108,22,100,91,110,100,100,100,92,87,96,41,87,0,0,24,21,21,21,12,12,12,12,12,19,19,19,12,12,1,15,9,12,1,9,12,12,12,12,12,12,10,27,25,28,23,42,40,40,40,40,41,43,42,43,42,46,43,43,43,42,40,44,40,40,40,44,40,44,42,42,42,42,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,40,40,40,40,40,40,41,41,41,46,40,43,42,40,40,42,42,40,41,42,42,41,41,44,42,41,2,46,44,41,41,45,44,44,42,42,42,43,42,44,44,45,45,56,42,47,45,40,2,38,44,44,42,42,0,1,43,45,45,47,44,51,49,55,55,567,577,577,29820,29997,29998] Finally, a couple of endgame horror stories. Here's the first.} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Nc3 a6 8. Be2 Nc6 9. Qb3 Bd6 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nh4 O-O 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Bd2 b5 14. g5 Nd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Qxd5 Nb4 17. Qb3 a5 18. a3 a4 19. Qd1 Nd5 20. h4 Qd7 21. Bf3 c6 22. h5 Rae8 23. Qc2 b4 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. Bxd5+ cxd5 26. Qxg6 bxa3 27. bxa3 Rb8 28. Rc1 Qf5 29. Qxf5 Rxf5 30. Ke2 Rxg5 31. Rc6 Bxa3 32. Ra1 Be7 33. Rxa4 Rg2 34. Kf3 Rh2 35. Kg3 Rh1 36. Ra7 Bh4+ 37. Kg2 Rd1 38. Ra2 Rf8 39. Bb4 Rf5 40. Rg6 Kh7 41. Rg4 Bf6 42. Bd6 Kg8 43. Bg3 Rb1 44. Ra8+ Kh7 45. Ra7 Rb2 46. Rf4 Kg6 47. Rg4+ Kh5 48. Rf4 Rxf4 49. Bxf4 Kg4 50. Rd7 Rb5 51. Rc7 Bxd4 52. Bd6 Bf6 53. Bf8 g6 54. Rf7 Rb6 55. Bc5 Rc6 56. Ba7 Be5 57. f3+ Kh5 58. Rh7+ Kg5 59. f4+ Bxf4 60. exf4+ Kxf4 61. Rh4+ Kf5 62. Rd4 Rc2+ 63. Kf3 Rc3+ 64. Ke2 Ke5 65. Rg4 Kf5 66. Rg1 Rb3 67. Be3 Kf6 68. Rg4 Rc3 69. Kf3 Rc4 70. Bd4+ Kf5 71. Rf4+ Kg5 72. Ke3 Kh5 73. Rf8 g5 74. Rf5 Kg4 75. Rxd5 Rc6 76. Ke4 Re6+ 77. Be5 Ra6 78. Rd1 Ra4+ 79. Bd4 Ra3 80. Rb1 Ra5 81. Rg1+ Kh5 82. Be5 Ra2 83. Bf6 Ra5 84. Bd8 Rb5 85. Bc7 Kg6 86. Be5 Ra5 87. Rb1 Ra4+ 88. Bd4 Kh5 89. Ke5 Ra5+ 90. Kf6 Kg4 91. Rg1+ Kf4 92. Be5+ Ke4 93. Rg4+ Kf3 94. Rxg5 {The last pawn is gone, and we can start the 50-move count.} Ke4 95. Rg4+ Kf3 96. Rb4 Ke3 97. Kf5 Ra3 98. Rh4 Rd3 99. Rg4 Kf3 100. Bd4 Ra3 101. Rf4+ Kg3 102. Bf2+ Kg2 103. Kg4 Ra2 104. Be3 Rb2 105. Rf3 Rb4+ 106. Bf4 Re4 107. Rd3 Kf2 108. Rd8 Re7 109. Bg5 Re4+ 110. Kf5 Ra4 111. Re8 Kf3 112. Re3+ Kf2 113. Bf4 Ra8 114. Rb3 Ke2 115. Bd6 Ra4 116. Bb4 Ra8 117. Rh3 Rb8 118. Bd6 Ra8 119. Rb3 Ra4 120. Ke5 Rh4 121. Be7 Ra4 122. Bc5 Rh4 123. Bd6 Ra4 124. Kd5 Ra8 125. Ke4 Ra4+ 126. Bb4 Kf2 127. Rb2+ Kg3 128. Rb1 Kf2 129. Rb3 Ra2 130. Kf4 Ke2 131. Ke4 Kd1 132. Rh3 Re2+ 133. Kd4 Kc2 134. Bc3 Re8 135. Rh2+ Kb3 136. Rb2+ Ka4 137. Bb4 Rg8 138. Bc5 Rg4+ 139. Kd5 Ka5 140. Be7 Rg1 141. Kc6 Rg6+ 142. Bd6 Ka4 143. Rb4+ Ka5 144. Rh4 {Black has messed up the draw, but it doesn't matter: he has made 50 moves, or will have after his next move.} Rg1 $2 {Not brilliantly allowing mate in two. Still, the biggest mistake comes on the next turn - or rather, the next non-turn.} 145. Bc7+ {It's mate next move, but there shouldn't be a next move. Black should simply declare a draw. Even if 50 moves haven't been made he should make the declaration. If it's false, the arbiter will point it out, and he can resign (or get mated) then. But if 50 moves have been made, then that's the end of the game: it's an automatic draw. An unbelievable error by Black.} 1-0 [Event "World Rapid 2022"] [Site "Almaty KAZ"] [Date "2022.12.26"] [Round "2.13"] [White "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Black "Tsydypov, Zhamsaran"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2693"] [BlackElo "2550"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "219"] [EventDate "2022.12.26"] [EventType "rapid"] {[%evp 0,219,23,23,23,0,0,-3,6,6,18,5,6,8,18,22,25,-10,-18,-13,-9,-14,-4,10,18,9,28,29,29,14,12,33,29,37,39,49,22,38,38,38,46,38,61,52,60,50,68,34,41,41,18,17,15,8,38,20,23,15,38,48,41,44,65,59,50,84,81,94,99,53,73,72,72,72,89,100,77,59,63,59,63,65,77,77,73,66,87,87,87,78,78,87,87,50,68,58,86,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,50,7,66,46,39,6,0,51,41,40,41,38,5,1,38,22,63,50,93,40,77,91,107,80,80,80,161,164,179,156,284,159,202,238,284,246,254,209,261,206,206,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,2,2,2,2,525,525,525,525,525,525,525,525,535,545,545,545,545,555,555,982,1012,1012,1012,1012,1022,1022,1022,28921,29979,29980,29983,29984,29985,29986,29989,29990,29991,29992] Now for the second.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. e4 dxe4 12. Qh5 f5 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Qe2 Qd3 15. Re1 Bd7 16. Nxe4 Qxe2 17. Rxe2 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bb5 19. Re1 Bb4 20. Rd1 Bc5 21. Be3 Bxe3 22. fxe3 Rac8 23. Rac1 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 b6 25. b3 g6 26. g4 Rf7 27. g5 Rd7 28. a4 Ba6 29. Kf2 Kf7 30. Kf3 e5 31. h4 Kg7 32. b4 Rf7+ 33. Kg3 Be2 34. a5 bxa5 35. bxa5 Re7 36. Rc8 Bb5 37. Bd5 h6 38. Rb8 Bd3 39. Rg8+ Kh7 40. Rd8 hxg5 41. hxg5 Kg7 42. Rd6 Bb5 43. Be4 Be8 44. a6 Bf7 45. Rd8 Bc4 46. Bb7 Re6 47. Kf3 Bxa6 48. Bd5 Re7 49. Ke4 Bf1 50. Kf3 Bb5 51. Rb8 Be8 52. Ra8 Bf7 53. Ke4 Be8 54. Kf3 Ba4 55. Rg8+ Kh7 56. Ra8 Bd1+ 57. Kg3 Be2 58. Rd8 Kg7 59. Rg8+ Kh7 60. Rc8 Bb5 61. Rb8 a6 62. Ra8 Rc7 63. Kf3 Bd3 64. Bg8+ Kg7 65. Bd5 Rd7 66. Be6 Rd6 67. Ba2 Bb5 68. Ra7+ Kf8 69. Ke4 Rd2 70. Bd5 Rg2 71. Kxe5 Rxg5+ 72. Kd6 Rf5 73. e4 Rf6+ 74. Ke5 Rf2 75. Ke6 g5 76. e5 g4 77. Kd6 g3 78. Ra8+ Be8 79. e6 Re2 80. Bc6 g2 81. Rxe8+ Kg7 82. Bxg2 Rxg2 83. Ra8 Rd2+ 84. Ke7 Rb2 85. Kd8 Rd2+ 86. Ke8 Rh2 87. Ra7+ Kf6 88. e7 $4 (88. Rxa6 $18) 88... Rh8+ 89. Kd7 Kf7 $11 90. Rxa6 Rb8 $1 91. Rb6 Ra8 $1 92. Rb7 Re8 $1 93. Kd6 Kf6 $4 (93... Ra8 {draws immediately. If White doesn't prevent Black from playing ...Ke8, then that will draw on the spot. And how is he to prevent it, except by bringing his king back to d7, in which case Black repeats with 94...Re8.}) 94. Rb1 {A simple, standard trick. It's not quite over, but White is winning.} Ra8 95. Rf1+ Kg7 96. Ra1 $1 {White needs this trick to win.} Rxa1 {The best practical try, but Van Foreest's technique is up to the challenge.} (96... Rb8 97. Kc7 Rh8 98. Kd7 Kf7 99. Rf1+ Kg7 100. e8=Q $18) 97. e8=Q Ra6+ 98. Ke5 Ra5+ 99. Kf4 Ra6 100. Qd8 Rf6+ 101. Kg5 Rf7 102. Qd4+ Kh7 103. Qe4+ Kg7 104. Qe5+ Kh7 105. Qd4 Re7 106. Kf6 Rg7 107. Qh4+ Kg8 108. Qh5 Ra7 109. Qd5+ Kh8 110. Qh1+ {Black either loses the rook after 110...Kg8 111.Qg1+ or gets mated after 110...Rh7 111.Qa8#.} 1-0