[Event "54th Biel GMT Rapid 2021"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "2021.07.25"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Alekseenko, Kirill"] [Black "Keymer, Vincent"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2699"] [BlackElo "2591"] [Annotator "Bologan,V"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2021.07.25"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,55,21,9,22,24,27,16,22,0,0,0,-9,-8,0,-20,14,9,18,30,26,31,31,31,14, -41,-36,-57,-69,-85,15,37,62,58,58,0,52,68,1688,1633,2249,2225,29987,29988, 29988,29989,29990,29991]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Qc7 $5 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} ({As the main stream nowadays is considered to be} 6... c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Nxc5 Nxc5 9. Nd4 Ne7 10. Bb5+ Nd7 11. Bg5 Bg6 12. h4 h6 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Bxd7+ Qxd7 15. Qg4 Qc7 16. O-O Qxe5 17. Rfe1 h5 $1 {Bartel Mat 2658 - Turov M 2645 , 4.1.2012 Hilton Open 2012}) ({ Also possible with similar ideas is the move} 6... a6 7. Be2 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 { usually Black gives his dark-squared bishop for the knight} 9. Nxc5 Nxc5 10. Nd4 (10. O-O Ne7 11. Qd4 Rc8 12. Be3 O-O 13. Rac1 Be4 14. Qb4 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Qc7 16. Rfe1 Ng6 17. Bh5 Rfd8 18. Bxg6 hxg6 $11 {Severiukhina Z 2261 - Gunina V 2511 , 15.4.2012 13th TCh-RUS w 2012}) 10... Ne7 11. O-O Rc8 12. a4 Bg6 13. c3 O-O 14. Be3 Nf5 15. Nxf5 Bxf5 16. Bd4 Qc7 17. a5 $14 {Kurnosov I 2648 - Gorkavij V 2378 , 28.1.2012 Moscow Open 2012 A}) 7. Be2 (7. Bd3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nxc5 Nxc5 12. Bb5+ Nd7 13. O-O Ne7 14. Bg5 Nf5 15. c4 h6 16. cxd5 Nd4 $13 {Rublevsky Sergei (RUS) 2676 - Morozevich Alexander (RUS) 2755 , Sochi 3.5.2007 Ch Russia (club)}) (7. Bf4 Ne7 8. Be2 h6 9. O-O g5 10. Bd2 a5 11. a4 Bg7 12. Ne1 c5 13. c3 O-O 14. f4 c4 15. Nc1 gxf4 16. Bxf4 Ng6 $15 {Fedorov Alexei (BLR) 2620 - Lastin Alexander (RUS) 2597 , Voronezh 18.6. 2007 It (open)}) 7... c5 $1 {One of the most critical ideas in the whole advance variation of the Caro-Kann, if Black can afford without problems to play ...c5 then he is doing fine.} ({Actually the ...Qc7 idea before was linked more with} 7... f6 {but I don't think that Black is doing fine after} 8. O-O fxe5 9. dxe5 O-O-O (9... Nxe5 10. Nfd4 {!} Bd6 11. g4 Bg6 12. f4 Nc4 13. Nxe6 $18 {Zinchenko Ya 2547 - Elizarov D 2356 , 14.6.2010 14th Master Open}) 10. Bf4 Ne7 11. Nbd4 Ng6 12. Bg3 $14) 8. c3 $5 {[%csl Ra7,Gb2,Gc3,Rc7,Gd4,Ge3, Re7,Gf2,Gg7][%CAl Gd4e5,Gf6g7,Ge5f4,Gf6g5,Re5d6,Rd6e7,Gd4c5,Gb6a7,Gb6a5,Gc5b4, Rc5d6,Rd6c7][%mdl 4] An interesting side line.} (8. dxc5 $3 {[#]} Bxc5 (8... Bg4 9. O-O a6 10. Be3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Ne7 12. c4 dxc4 13. Nd2 Nf5 14. c6 bxc6 15. Bf4 Nb6 16. Nxc4 Nxc4 17. Qa4 Nd4 18. Bh5 Nb6 19. Qxd4 Be7 20. Rac1 Rd8 21. Qe4 Nd5 22. Bg3 O-O 23. Qa4 Qb7 24. Rxc6 Qxb2 25. Rxa6 Nc3 26. Qc4 Rc8 27. Bxf7+ Kh8 28. Rc6 Rxc6 29. Qxc6 Ne2+ 30. Kh1 Nxg3+ 31. hxg3 Qxe5 32. Bxe6 Bc5 33. f4 Qe3 34. Kh2 g5 35. Re1 Qd4 36. fxg5 Bd6 37. Re4 Qd3 38. Rg4 Be5 39. Bd5 Qe2 40. Rh4 Qd3 41. Rh3 {1-0 (41) Movsesian,S (2670)-Zhigalko,A (2554) St Petersburg 2007}) (8... Nxe5 9. Nfd4 (9. Nxe5 Qxe5 10. O-O a6 11. g4 Be4 12. f3 Bg6 13. f4 Qc7 14. f5 Bxc5+ 15. Nxc5 Qxc5+ 16. Kh1 Nf6 17. fxg6 hxg6 18. Bf3 Qd6 19. Qe2 O-O-O 20. c4 d4 21. Bf4 d3 22. Qg2 Qb4 23. b3 Rd7 24. a3 Qc3 25. Bxb7+ Kd8 26. Qc6 Rh3 27. Bd6 Ke8 28. Qc8+ Rd8 29. Bc6+ Nd7 30. Bxd7# {1-0 (30) Lopatik,N (1956)-Rodgers,P (1735) Al Ain 2013}) 9... Bg6 10. h4 h5 11. Bf4 Nf3+ 12. Bxf3 Qxf4 13. Qe2 a6 14. Bxd5 Bxc5 15. Bxb7 Bxd4 16. Nxd4 Ra7 17. Bc6+ Ke7 18. Rd1 Nf6 19. g3 Qc7 20. Bg2 Qa5+ 21. Qd2 Qe5+ 22. Kf1 Be4 23. Nc6+ Bxc6 24. Bxc6 { 1-0 (24) Tseshkovsky,V (2578)-Sagatelov,A (2256) Krasnodar 2003}) (8... Nxc5 9. Nxc5 (9. Nbd4 Be4 10. c4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 O-O-O 12. Qe2 a6 13. a4 Bd5 14. O-O Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Nd7 16. Qe2 Bc5 17. Bg5 Bxd4 18. Bxd8 Qxd8 19. Nxd4 Ne7 20. b4 Qb6 21. Rfd1 Kb8 22. a5 Qc7 23. b5 axb5 24. Qxb5 Nxe5 25. a6 N5c6 26. axb7 Qxb7 27. Nxc6+ Nxc6 28. Qc5 Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Nxd8 30. Qd6+ Qc7 31. Ra8+ {1-0 (31) Movsesian,J (2341)-Brozova,R (1596) Orlova 2011}) 9... Qxc5 (9... Bxc5 10. Bb5+ Kf8 11. O-O Ne7 12. Bd3 Bg4 13. Re1 Ng6 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Rh5 17. Bf4 Qb6 18. g4 Rh8 19. Rab1 Rc8 20. c3 Be7 21. Be3 {1/2-1/2 (21) Crapulli, G (1647)-Krabbenbos,J (1708) LSS email 2013}) 10. Nd4 Ne7 11. c3 (11. O-O a6 12. Nxf5 Nxf5 13. Bd3 Ne7 14. Be3 Qc7 15. f4 Nc6 16. c4 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Be7 18. Rc1 O-O 19. Qf3 Rad8 20. Bxa6 bxa6 21. Rxc6 Qb7 22. Rb6 Qa8 23. Qxa8 Rxa8 24. Rb7 Bd8 25. Rd1 Ba5 26. b4 Bd8 27. Bc5 Re8 28. Rdd7 a5 29. Rxf7 {1-0 (29) Hirneise,J (2294)-Miller,J (1525) Frankfurt 2010}) 11... a6 12. Qa4+ Nc6 13. Bb5 Rc8 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Qxa6 Kd7 16. Be3 Qe7 17. O-O g5 18. Rfd1 Bg7 19. c4 Bg6 20. Rac1 Bxe5 21. cxd5 exd5 22. Nxc6 Bxh2+ 23. Kxh2 Qd6+ 24. Kg1 Rxc6 25. Qb7+ Rc7 26. Rxc7+ {1-0 (26) Markoja,S (2181)-Winkler,S (1675) Nova Gorica 2015 }) 9. Nxc5 Qxc5 $1 {This is the point: the pawn on e5 is hanging and for White it is not so easy to set up Nd4 and pawn on f4.} 10. c3 ({On} 10. Nd4 {Black can even try to take on e5} Nxe5 $5 (10... Ne7 {is the normal line} 11. Bb5 ( 11. f4 a6 (11... Be4 12. Be3 Qa5+ 13. c3 Bxg2 14. Rg1 Be4 15. Qb3 O-O 16. Qxb7 Qd8 17. O-O-O Rc8 18. Bf2 Qa5 19. Rg3 Rc7 20. Qa6 Qxa6 21. Bxa6 Nb8 22. Be2 Nbc6 23. Nb5 Rd7 24. Nd6 Bg6 25. h4 Nf5 26. Nxf5 Bxf5 27. Bc5 Rc8 28. Bb5 d4 29. Bxc6 Rxc6 30. Rxd4 Rxd4 31. Bxd4 h6 32. b3 a6 33. Kb2 Rc8 34. c4 Kh7 35. Kc3 Bb1 36. Rg2 Be4 37. Rg1 Rd8 38. b4 Rc8 39. a4 Bc6 40. Bc5 Bf3 41. Kd4 Rd8+ 42. Bd6 f6 43. Ke3 Bh5 44. b5 axb5 45. cxb5 {1-0 (45) Mortensen,E (2451) -Pedersen,S (2441) Germany 2007}) (11... g5 12. fxg5 Nxe5 13. c3 Nc4 14. Qa4+ Nc6 15. Nxf5 exf5 16. Qc2 O-O 17. Bf4 Rae8 18. O-O-O Ne3 19. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 20. Rd2 Nd4 21. cxd4 Rc8 22. Kb1 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 Qxd4 24. Rd1 Qf4 25. Rxd5 Re8 26. Rd1 Qxh2 27. Bf3 Qg3 28. Bxb7 Re1 29. Rcc1 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Qxg5 31. Bf3 f4 32. Rd5 Qg6+ 33. Kc1 Qc6+ 34. Kb1 Qg6+ 35. Kc1 Qc6+ 36. Kb1 Qg6+ {1/2-1/2 (36) Colbow, C (2034)-Muradyan,R (1846) Mamaia 2017}) 12. c3 Be4 13. Be3 Qc7 14. O-O O-O 15. a4 Nb6 16. Bf2 Nc4 17. b3 Na5 18. Rc1 Rfd8 19. Qd2 Rac8 {=}) 11... Qc7 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Bg5 Bg6 14. h4 h5 15. O-O Nc6 $11 {Sadykov Ramil (RUS) 2207 - Faizrakhmanov Ramil, Kazan 8.1.2010 Memorial N.Mukhamedzianov (juniors)}) 11. Be3 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. Nb5 Qe7 14. Bc3 f6 15. Qd2 Nc6) 10... Ne7 11. O-O (11. Bg5 Bg4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nd4 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Qg5 15. Nf3 Qxg2 16. Rg1 Qh3 17. Rxg7 O-O-O 18. Qe3 Rhg8 19. Rg3 Qf5 20. O-O-O Qe4 21. Qxe4 dxe4 22. Ng5 Nxe5 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Nxe4 f5 25. Nc5 Rd6 26. Rg8+ Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Kxd8 28. Nxe6+ Ke7 29. Nd4 Kf6 30. Kd2 Nc4+ 31. Kc2 Ke5 32. b3 Nd6 33. Kd3 Kf4 34. f3 b5 35. Ke2 a5 36. Ne6+ Ke5 37. Nc5 Kd5 38. Nd3 Nc8 39. Ke3 Ne7 40. Kf4 h6 41. Ke3 Nc6 42. Nf4+ Ke5 43. Ne2 Ne7 44. Nd4 Nd5+ 45. Kd3 Nc7 46. c4 bxc4+ 47. bxc4 Na6 48. Nc6+ Kf4 49. Ke2 a4 50. a3 Nc5 51. Nb4 Ne6 52. Nd3+ Kg5 53. Ke3 h5 54. c5 Kf6 55. c6 Ke7 56. Nb2 Kd6 57. Nxa4 Kxc6 58. Nc3 Kd6 59. Ne2 Ke5 60. f4+ Kd5 61. Ng3 Nd4 62. Nxh5 Nc2+ 63. Kf3 Nxa3 64. Ng7 Nc4 65. Nxf5 Ke6 66. Ne3 Nd2+ 67. Kg4 Kf6 68. f5 Ke5 69. h4 Ne4 70. Nc4+ Kf6 71. Kf4 Nc3 72. Ne3 Ne2+ 73. Kf3 Nd4+ 74. Ke4 Nc6 75. Ng4+ Kg7 76. Kf4 Nd4 77. h5 Kf7 78. h6 Nb5 79. Ne5+ Kf8 80. f6 Nd4 81. h7 {1-0 (81) Oleksienko,M (2640)-Firat,B (2480) Yerevan 2014}) ( 11. Nd4 Nxe5 12. Qa4+ N5c6 13. Nb5 Qb6 14. Be3 Qd8 15. Nxa7 Qd7 16. Bb5 O-O 17. Qd1 Rfb8 18. b4 d4 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Bc4 c5 21. O-O e5 22. Bd2 Be6 23. Bxe6 Qxe6 24. bxc5 d3 25. Be3 Qc4 26. Qh5 Nc6 27. Qf5 Rd8 28. Rfd1 Rxa2 29. Rab1 Ra7 30. h4 h6 31. Rb6 Rc7 32. Qf3 e4 33. Qg3 Rdc8 34. Bxh6 Qxc3 35. Bf4 Re7 36. Be3 Nd4 37. Qg4 Ne2+ 38. Kh1 Rce8 39. h5 Re6 40. h6 Qf6 41. Rdb1 g6 42. Rxe6 Rxe6 43. h7+ Kg7 44. h8=Q+ {1-0 (44) Lei,T (2488)-Girya,O (2480) Khanty-Mansiysk 2017}) (11. Qa4 Qc7 12. Bb5 Nc6 13. Nd4 Qxe5+ 14. Be3 O-O 15. Nxf5 Qxf5 16. O-O-O Nde5 17. Be2 a6 18. g4 Qg6 19. h4 b5 20. Qf4 Rac8 21. Bc5 Rfd8 22. h5 Qf6 23. Qg3 Nd7 24. Be3 d4 25. Bd2 Nc5 26. Kb1 Ne4 {0-1 (26) Vehi Bach,V (2336) -Sundararajan,K (2427) Montcada 2015}) 11... O-O 12. Bf4 (12. Re1 Qc7 (12... Bg4 13. Nd4 Bxe2 14. Rxe2 Rfc8 15. h4 Nc6 16. Bf4 Qe7 17. Nf3 b5 18. h5 Rab8 19. h6 g6 20. a3 a5 21. b4 Ra8 22. Bg5 Qe8 23. Rc1 Nb6 24. Nh2 Nb8 25. Ng4 N8d7 26. Rcc2 Rc4 27. f3 Na4 28. Qd3 Rac8 29. Bd2 Qd8 30. Be1 Qc7 31. Bf2 axb4 32. axb4 Nxc3 33. Rxc3 Rxc3 34. Qxb5 Kh8 35. Ra2 Rb8 36. Qe2 Rxb4 37. Ra8+ Rb8 38. Ra7 Qc8 39. Qd2 Rc7 40. Ra1 Qd8 41. Qf4 Qe7 42. Bh4 Qxh4 43. Qxf7 Rg8 44. Qxe6 Rgc8 45. Rf1 Rc1 {0-1 (45) Chen,F (2375)-Riazantsev,A (2710) Beijing 2012}) 13. Bf4 Ng6 14. Bg3 Bg4 15. Nd4 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 a6 17. h4 Ne7 18. h5 h6 19. Bf4 Nc6 20. Rad1 Kh8 21. Qe3 Kh7 22. g4 Nxd4 23. Rxd4 Rae8 24. Qd3+ Kh8 25. Qe3 Kh7 26. Kh1 Qc6 27. Qg3 f6 28. Kg1 fxe5 29. Bxe5 Nxe5 30. Rxe5 Rf6 31. g5 hxg5 32. Rxg5 Re7 33. Rdg4 Qc7 34. Qd3+ Kg8 35. Qe3 Ref7 36. Rg6 Rxf2 37. Qxf2 Rxf2 38. Kxf2 Qh2+ 39. Rg2 Qf4+ 40. Kg1 Qc1+ 41. Kh2 Qf4+ 42. Kh3 Qf5+ 43. Kh4 Qe4+ 44. Kh3 Qf5+ 45. Kh4 Qe4+ {1/2-1/2 (45) Gledura,B (2605)-Lupulescu,C (2631) Hungary 2017}) (12. Bd3 Qc7 13. Bxf5 Nxf5 14. Re1 Rac8 15. Bf4 Qc4 16. Qd2 Nc5 17. g4 Ne7 18. Nd4 Nc6 19. Bg3 Ne4 20. Qe3 Nxd4 21. cxd4 Nxg3 22. hxg3 Qc2 23. Re2 Qg6 24. f3 Rc2 25. Rxc2 Qxc2 26. Qb3 Qc6 27. Qa3 a6 28. Qc5 Rc8 29. Rc1 Qxc5 30. dxc5 Kf8 31. Kf2 Ke7 32. Ke3 Kd7 33. Rc3 Kc6 34. Kd4 Rh8 35. Rc2 Kb5 36. f4 h5 37. Rh2 g6 38. b4 Rh7 39. Kc3 Rg7 40. Kb3 hxg4 41. Rh8 Kc6 42. Rh4 Rg8 43. a3 Rd8 44. Kc3 Kb5 45. Rh7 d4+ 46. Kd3 Rd7 47. Rh8 a5 48. Rb8 axb4 49. axb4 Kc6 50. Kc4 Kc7 51. Ra8 d3 52. b5 Rd5 53. Ra1 d2 54. Rd1 Kd7 55. Kb4 Kc7 56. Kc4 Kc8 57. Kb4 Kc7 58. Kc4 {1/2-1/2 (58) Zhu,J (2363)-Nurgali,N (2121) Tarvisio 2017}) 12... Bg4 $1 {I don't have any problems with this bishop - it's a nice strong developed piece, but the art of exchange suggests to me that I should swap one of two white pieces from e2 or f3 in order to leave the white dark-squared bishop against my knight.} 13. Re1 Ng6 (13... Rfc8 14. h3 Bh5 15. Qd2 Nb6 16. Nd4 Nc4 17. Qc2 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 a6 19. Rad1 Ng6 20. Bc1 Ncxe5 21. h4 Nc6 22. h5 Nf8 23. h6 Nxd4 24. Rxd4 Ng6 25. Rd3 Qf8 26. hxg7 Qxg7 27. Rg3 Re8 28. Be3 f6 29. f4 Qc7 30. Qf2 Rac8 31. Bd4 Qf7 32. Rf1 f5 33. Qe3 Kf8 34. Rh3 Rc6 35. Rh6 Rec8 36. Rf3 Qc7 37. Rxg6 hxg6 38. Rh3 Qf7 39. Rh6 R6c7 40. Qh3 Ke8 41. Rh8+ {1-0 (41) Pirs,M (2539)-Schwenk,H (2120) ICCF email 2012}) 14. Bg3 b5 {My plan is more or less clear: targeting the pawn on e5 with both knights, meanwhile preparing a pawn minority attack on the queenside.} 15. Rc1 Rac8 16. Qd2 Qb6 17. h3 Bh5 $1 {A small but important nuance - after exchanging on f3 White's main idea will be to push h4-h5, so it is better to have the bishop on h2.} 18. Bh2 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Rc6 $15 {Black has two knights for the bishops and paradoxically that assures him a small advantage thanks to the half open character of the position.} 20. Bg3 Rfc8 21. a3 $1 {It's important after the exchange on b4 to have the possibility to create the passed pawn a4.} (21. h4 b4 22. cxb4 Ngxe5 $1 {using the fact that the rook from e1 is busy with defending both the rook on c1 and the pawn on e5.}) 21... a5 {Typical minority attack.} 22. h4 $1 {The only possibility to attack is to use the h-pawn as a pusher.} Nc5 ({After} 22... b4 23. cxb4 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 25. Qxc1 axb4 26. a4 $1 Ne7 $13 {it's very difficult to asses the position.}) 23. Rcd1 Ne7 24. Qg5 R6c7 25. Bf4 b4 26. axb4 axb4 27. h5 {The critical moment of the game, now I have to decide whether to let him play h6 or not.} bxc3 {To be honest I underestimated the possibility of the white attack on the h-file; if I had seen it at this moment I would have preferred my second choice.} (27... h6 { which I was also considering during the game} 28. Qg4 bxc3 29. bxc3 (29. Bxh6 Nf5 $1 30. Bxg7 Kh7 $3) 29... Kf8 30. Be3 Qb3 31. Rb1 Qc2 {with some initiative for Black.}) 28. h6 Ng6 29. bxc3 Na4 30. Be3 Qa5 31. hxg7 Nxc3 32. Ra1 Qb4 33. g3 $1 {Rublevsky is preparing Kg2 and Rh1.} Qb2 (33... Ne7 34. Kg2 Nf5 35. Qh5 Qb2 $11) 34. Kg2 Ne4 {It was better to bring the queen into the defence:} (34... Qc2 35. Rac1 Qf5 36. Qxf5 exf5 37. Bd4 Ne4 $11) 35. Bxe4 dxe4 36. Ra5 ({The best chance for White was} 36. Red1 {on which I was going to react with} Re8 37. Rd8 Rc8 38. Bd4 Qe2 39. Rd7 Qf3+ $11) 36... Rd7 (36... Ne7 37. g4 $18) 37. Qh5 $1 (37. Rh1 Qe2 $11) 37... f5 $3 {It's not so difficult to see this move but when you are in time trouble anything can happen.} (37... f6 38. Rc1 Rcd8 39. exf6 Qxf6 40. Bg5 Qf3+ 41. Qxf3 exf3+ 42. Kxf3 Re8 43. Bh6 Ne7 44. g4 Ng6 45. Rac5 $16) 38. exf6 Qxf6 39. Bg5 Qc3 40. Rc1 Qf3+ 41. Qxf3 exf3+ 42. Kxf3 Rxc1 43. Bxc1 {1/2-1/2 (43) Rublevsky,S (2686)-Bologan,V (2687) Sochi 2012 CBM 148 [Bologan,V]}) 8... h6 {[#] The position is equal.} (8... c4 9. Nbd2 f6 (9... h6 10. b3 cxb3 11. Qxb3 Ne7 12. c4 Nc6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. O-O Nb6 15. a4 a5 16. Bb5 Bd7 17. Nb1 Bb4 18. Nc3 Nxd4 19. Bxd7+ Kxd7 20. Nxd4 Qxc3 21. Qd1 Qxa1 22. Qg4+ Kc7 23. Nb5+ Kc6 24. Nd4+ Kc7 25. Nb5+ Kc6 26. Nd4+ Kc7 { 1/2-1/2 (26) Volokitin,A (2623)-Postny,E (2575) Austria 2018 CBM 184 [Postny,E] }) 10. O-O fxe5 11. dxe5 Bc5 12. b3 Ne7 13. bxc4 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Nb3 Bd6 16. g3 Qxc3 17. Bg5 h6 18. Rc1 Qb2 19. Bxe7 Bxe7 20. Nd4 O-O 21. Nxf5 Rxf5 22. Bd3 Rf6 23. cxd5 Rd8 24. Rb1 Qxa2 25. dxe6 b6 26. Ra1 Qxe6 27. Rxa7 Kh8 28. Qe2 Qxe2 29. Bxe2 Bc5 30. Ra2 Rfd6 31. Rb1 Rd2 32. Rbb2 Rxb2 33. Rxb2 g5 34. Kg2 Kg7 35. Bc4 Rd4 36. Bb5 Rb4 37. Rxb4 Bxb4 38. f4 gxf4 39. gxf4 Bd6 40. Kf3 Kf6 {1/2-1/2 (40) Rublevsky,S (2653)-Demidov,M (2526) Sochi 2020}) (8... Ne7 9. Nxc5 Nxc5 10. dxc5 Nc6 11. Be3 Be7 12. Bb5 Bg6 13. b4 O-O 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 15. Nd4 Qa6 16. Qd2 Qc4 17. Nb3 b6 18. Qd4 a5 19. Qxc4 dxc4 20. Nd4 axb4 21. cxb4 Rfc8 22. cxb6 Bxb4+ 23. Ke2 Rab8 24. Nb5 Bd3+ 25. Kf3 c3 26. Nd6 Rc6 27. a4 f6 28. Rhd1 Ba6 29. Rdb1 Bc5 30. Bxc5 Rxc5 31. exf6 gxf6 32. a5 f5 33. Ra4 Rd5 34. Nc4 Rd4 35. Ke3 Rxc4 36. Rxc4 Bxc4 37. Rc1 Bd5 38. Rxc3 Kf7 39. Rc7+ Kf6 40. g3 Ke5 41. Rxh7 Kd6 42. Kd4 Ra8 43. b7 Bxb7 44. Rxb7 Rxa5 45. h4 e5+ 46. Ke3 Ra3+ 47. Ke2 f4 48. gxf4 exf4 49. Rb5 Rh3 50. h5 Ke7 51. f3 Kf6 52. Rd5 Kg7 53. Rf5 Kh6 54. Rxf4 Rxh5 55. Rg4 Rg5 56. Rh4+ Kg6 57. Ra4 Re5+ 58. Kf2 Kf5 59. Kg3 Rb5 60. Rh4 Kg6 61. Rh8 Kg7 62. Ra8 Rb1 63. Kg4 Rb5 64. f4 Kg6 65. Ra6+ Kf7 66. Rh6 Kg7 67. Re6 Kf7 68. Re2 Kf6 69. Ra2 Kg6 70. Ra6+ Kf7 {1/2-1/2 (70) Swati,G (2257) -Chandreyee,H (1894) Bhopal 2017}) 9. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. O-O c4 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. b3 cxb3 12. Qxb3 Nc6 13. c4 Na5 14. Qa4 dxc4 15. Nxc4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 {1/2-1/2 (40) Chigaev,M (2565)-Rozum,I (2581) Sochi 2018} Rc8 17. Bb3 Bd3 18. Rd1 b5 19. Qa6 Nb8 20. Qxc8+ Qxc8 21. Rxd3 Nd7 22. d5 exd5 23. Be3 Ba3 24. Bxd5 Bb2 25. Rad1 Nxe5 26. Nxe5 Bxe5 27. Rc1 Qb8 28. Bc6+ Ke7 29. f4 Bd6 30. Re1 Kf8 31. Bf2 Bb4 32. Re4 Qc8 33. Re8+ Qxe8 34. Bxe8 Kxe8 35. Bxa7 Ke7 36. Rd5 Ra8 37. Rxb5 Rxa7 38. Rxb4 Rxa2 39. Rb6 h5 40. g3 g6 {1/2-1/2 (40) Chigaev, M (2565)-Rozum,I (2581) Sochi 2018}) (9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nxc5 Nxc5 11. Nd4 Ne7 12. Nxf5 Nxf5 13. g4 Nh4 14. Qd4 h5 15. gxh5 Nf5 16. Qb4 a6 17. Kf1 O-O-O 18. Bg5 Ne4 19. Bxd8 Rxd8 20. Bd3 Qxe5 21. Re1 Nfd6 22. Re2 Qxh5 23. Bxe4 Nxe4 24. Qd4 Qh3+ 25. Ke1 Qg2 26. Rf1 Ng5 27. Qc5+ Kb8 28. f4 Nf3+ 29. Rxf3 Qxf3 30. Qe7 Rh8 31. Qxf7 Qh1+ 32. Kd2 Qb1 33. Qxe6 Qxb2+ 34. Kd3 Qb1+ 35. Kd4 Qb5 36. Qe5+ Ka8 37. Rg2 Rh3 38. Qe2 Qb6+ 39. Kxd5 Re3 40. Qb2 Qc6+ 41. Kd4 Qe4+ 42. Kc5 Rd3 43. Rg5 Rd8 44. Re5 Rc8+ 45. Kb6 Qxf4 46. Qe2 Rc6+ 47. Ka5 b6+ 48. Kxa6 Qa4+ { 0-1 (48) Soumya,S (2377)-Esipenko,A (2625) Abu Dhabi 2019}) 9... c4 10. Nbd2 b5 11. O-O Bh7 12. g3 Ne7 13. Nh4 Nf5 14. Nxf5 Bxf5 15. g4 Bh7 16. f4 Nb6 17. b3 ( 17. Rf2 $11) 17... Ba3 $1 $15 18. bxc4 bxc4 19. f5 Bb2 (19... Qd7 $17 {[%CAl Re6f5]} 20. Qc2 Qa4) 20. Rb1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Bxc3 21. Qc1 $1 {[%CAl Rc1c3]} Bxd2 22. Bxd2 Qd7 (22... O-O $1 $11) 23. Qa3 $14 { [%mdl 1024] [#] Hoping for Rxb6! White has compensation.} Nc8 {[%mdl 8192] This move loses the game for Black.} (23... Qa4 $14 24. Qxa4+ Nxa4) 24. Bd1 $18 Qe7 25. Ba4+ Kd8 26. Bb4 {White mates.} Qc7 27. Bd6 Nxd6 28. exd6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.08/Black=0.48} 1-0