[Event "New York International Masters-01"] [White "Reti, Richard"] [Black "Lasker, Emanuel"] [Site "New York,NY"] [Round "16"] [Annotator "Schulz,André"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "1924.04.09"] [ECO "A12"] [PlyCount "90"] [GameId "2117517079896383"] [EventDate "1924.03.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "22"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "100 Jahre Schach"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.19"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 {Retis Erfindung: die nach ihm benannte Reti-Eröffnung. Die Idee ist, daß man auch mit Figuren um das Zentrum kämpfen kann.} d5 2. c4 c6 3. b3 Bf5 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. Bb2 e6 7. O-O Bd6 8. d3 O-O 9. Nbd2 e5 (9... Qe7 $5 {[%CAl Ye6e5,Yd6a3]}) 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 ({In Betracht kam} 11. e4 $1 Bg4 (11... dxe4 12. dxe4 Bxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Nh4 Ndf6 15. Nf5 $16) 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nc4 $36) 11... Qe7 12. Rc2 {mit der Idee Da1, Tfc1 und Druck auf der Diagonalen a1-h8 und der c-Linie.} ({Reti schlug später} 12. Re1 $5 {mit der Idee e2-e4 vor.}) 12... a5 $1 13. a4 ({Ein Schlag ins Wasser ist nun} 13. Qa1 $2 {wegen} a4) 13... h6 14. Qa1 (14. Nh4 $6 Bh7 15. e4 Nc5 $36) 14... Rfe8 15. Rfc1 Bh7 16. Nf1 Nc5 $5 (16... e4 17. dxe4 dxe4 18. Nd4 e3 19. Nxe3 Bxc2 20. Rxc2) 17. Rxc5 $8 (17. Qa2 Na6 $17) 17... Bxc5 18. Nxe5 Rac8 (18... Bd6 $1 $36) 19. Ne3 Qe6 20. h3 Bd6 $2 (20... b6 $142 $15 {?d4}) 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Nf3 $2 (22. N5g4 $1 Nxg4 23. hxg4 $14 {?Bg7,Bd5}) 22... Be7 23. Nd4 Qd7 24. Kh2 $6 {?Qh1} (24. Nb5 $132 {?Bd4,Nc3?d5}) 24... h5 $1 $40 25. Qh1 h4 26. Nxd5 (26. Bxd5 Nxd5 27. Qxd5 Qxd5 28. Nxd5 Bc5 $19) 26... hxg3+ 27. fxg3 Nxd5 28. Bxd5 Bf6 $1 29. Bxb7 Rc5 30. Ba6 $6 {?Qa8} (30. Be4 $142 {?} Bxd4 31. Bxh7+ Kxh7 32. Qe4+ f5 33. Qxd4 Qxd4 34. Bxd4 Rc2 35. Bb6 $1 Rxe2+ 36. Kg1) 30... Bg6 31. Qb7 Qd8 (31... Qd6 32. Ba3 $5 Bxd4 33. Bxc5 Bxc5 34. Bc4 $15) 32. b4 (32. e3 Bxd4 33. Bxd4 Rc2+ 34. Kh1 Qd6 $19) 32... Rc7 33. Qb6 Rd7 $1 $19 34. Qxd8+ Rxd8 35. e3 (35. Nc6 Rd6 36. Bxf6 Rxc6) 35... axb4 36. Kg2 (36. Bc4 $142) 36... Bxd4 37. exd4 (37. Bxd4 Bf5 $1 (37... Rxd4 38. exd4 b3 39. Bc4 b2 40. Ba2 Bxd3 41. a5 b1=Q 42. Bxb1 Bxb1 43. a6 Be4+ 44. Kf2 $10) 38. Bc4 Be6 $19) 37... Bf5 38. Bb7 Be6 39. Kf3 (39. a5 Bd5+) 39... Bb3 40. Bc6 Rd6 41. Bb5 Rf6+ 42. Ke3 Re6+ $1 43. Kf4 (43. Kd2 $142 Rg6 44. g4 Rh6 $19) 43... Re2 44. Bc1 Rc2 45. Be3 Bd5 0-1 [Event "Candidates Tournament-05"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Tal, Mihail"] [Site "Curacao"] [Round "1"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "1962.05.02"] [ECO "A12"] [PlyCount "127"] [GameId "2117518457385443"] [EventDate "1962.05.02"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "28"] [EventCountry "AHO"] [SourceTitle "Candidates"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. b3 Bf5 5. Ba3 (5. Bg2 $140 e6 6. Ba3 {, 7.Bxf8}) 5... g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Nbd2 Qb6 8. Bg2 Ng4 $6 (8... Nbd7 $142 {?} 9. Bb2 O-O) 9. d4 $1 Na6 (9... Bxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. O-O {e.g.} dxc4 (11... Na6 12. Qc1) 12. Nxc4 (12. Qc1 c3 13. Nf3 Qg7 14. Bb4 c2 15. Qd2) 12... Qxd1 13. Rfxd1 {? 14.Na5;}) 10. O-O Nb4 {? 11...Nc2} 11. Bb2 O-O (11... a5 $142 12. a3 Na6) (11... Nc2 $2 12. Rc1 Nxd4 $2 13. c5 Nxf3+ 14. exf3 $18) 12. a3 Na6 13. Rc1 Rad8 14. b4 Nb8 15. Qb3 Nf6 16. a4 Ne4 17. Rfd1 Nd7 18. cxd5 (18. a5 $1 dxc4 19. Qxc4 $1 (19. axb6 $5 cxb3 20. bxa7) 19... Qc7 20. b5 Qxa5 21. bxc6 {?} Rc8 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. Bc3 {? 24.d5}) 18... cxd5 19. a5 Qd6 20. b5 Nxd2 21. Rxd2 Rc8 22. Nh4 Rxc1+ 23. Bxc1 Qc7 24. Nxf5 gxf5 (24... Qxc1+ $2 25. Rd1 Qg5 26. Nxg7 Kxg7 27. Qxd5) 25. Ba3 Qxa5 26. Qb4 Qb6 (26... Qxb4 27. Bxb4 $16 {(K ?d5,e7)}) 27. Bxd5 e6 28. Bf3 Rc8 29. Qa4 Rc7 30. Kg2 a6 (30... Bf8 $5) 31. bxa6 Qxa6 (31... bxa6 32. Rb2 Qxd4 $2 33. Rb8+ Nf8 34. Rxf8+ $18) 32. Qxa6 bxa6 33. e3 a5 34. Ra2 Ra7 35. Bb4 a4 36. Bc6 Bf8 37. Bxf8 Kxf8 38. Rxa4 Rc7 39. Bxd7 $14 Rxd7 40. Kf3 Kg7 41. Kf4 Kf6 42. h3 h5 $2 $16 43. Ra8 Rb7 44. Rg8 Rb2 45. Kf3 Rd2 46. h4 Ke7 47. Rg5 Kf8 48. Rxh5 $18 Kg7 49. Rg5+ Kh7 50. h5 (50. g4 f6 51. Rh5+ Kg6 52. gxf5+ Kxh5 53. fxe6 $18 {(Fischer)}) 50... Ra2 51. g4 Kh6 52. Rg8 Kh7 53. Re8 fxg4+ 54. Kg3 Kh6 55. Re7 Kg7 56. Rc7 Rb2 57. Rc5 Kf6 58. d5 (58. h6 Kg6 59. d5 exd5 60. Rxd5) 58... Kg5 59. h6 exd5 60. Rxd5+ Kg6 61. Rd6+ Kg5 (61... f6 62. h7 Rb8 63. Rd7 $18) 62. h7 Rb8 63. Rd1 Rh8 64. Rh1 $138 1-0 [Event "2024 FIDE World Championship"] [White "Ding, Liren"] [Black "Gukesh D"] [Site "Singapore"] [Round "4"] [Annotator "Sundararajan Kidambi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2024.11.29"] [ECO "A06"] [WhiteElo "2728"] [BlackElo "2783"] [PlyCount "84"] [GameId "2117245063659531"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] [Source "ChessBase"] 1. Nf3 $5 {Ding changes his opening strategy predictably!} d5 2. e3 $5 {Popularized by Kramnik in the last decade, to create fresh playable positions and use ideas based on reversed openings. Karjakin-Anand from 2016 candidates comes to mind when I think of this idea, or going back ever further from my personal experience, Grandmaster Abhijit Kunte used it quite well 2 decades back in Indian tournaments!} Nf6 3. b3 (3. c4 {has been the more popular choice in the last decade, but Ding decides to take the game into even quieter waters of Nimzo Larsen, or as he put it in the press conference, a reverse of Queen's Indian.}) 3... Bf5 {Black chooses the reverse of a London system, which has always been a popular choice, ever since the Reti-Lasker New York 1924} 4. Be2 $5 h6 {So, logically black creates an escape square for his light squared Bishop} ({intending to meet} 4... e6 {with} 5. Nh4) 5. Ba3 $5 {White tries to exploit the fact that Black has not played e6 yet and develops his Bishop on a3. There are also ideas in Queens Indian (in reversed colours) where the bishop gets developed here even if opponent has played c5 in order to weaken his coordination. This particular idea of not letting opponent play e6 in known from Petrosian- Tal Curacao 1962, though not in the exact position. Apparently as it happens in modern theory the current position has been tried out as well, in a few games.} Nbd7 6. O-O ({Vidit's game continued with} 6. c4 c6 7. O-O e5 8. Bxf8 Kxf8 9. Nc3 Qe7 10. d4 e4 11. Nd2 h5 $1 {and was a nice example of play in Advanced French structures (here in reverse)} 12. Re1 g6 13. a4 Kg7 14. Qc1 a6 15. Qa3 Qe6 16. Bf1 h4 17. h3 g5 18. f3 Rae8 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. fxe4 Bxe4 21. Ndxe4 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Qxe4 23. Qb4 Rb8 24. Rac1 Nf6 25. Rc7 g4 26. Re2 g3 27. Rxb7 a5 28. Qb6 Rxb7 29. Qxb7 Qf5 30. Qc7 Rc8 31. Qe5 Qxe5 32. dxe5 Ne4 33. Rb2 Rc1 34. b4 axb4 35. a5 b3 36. a6 Ra1 37. a7 Nc5 {0-1 Niemann,H (2699)-Vidit,S (2724) WchT Pool-B 13th Jerusalem rapid 2022 (5.1)}) 6... e6 {Black goes for the solid exchange of dark squared bishops.} 7. Bxf8 Nxf8 {and not losing the right to castle :-)} 8. c4 N8d7 9. Nc3 (9. cxd5 Nxd5 {was something that Ding was thinking about. He wanted to force Black to recapture with a pawn.}) 9... O-O 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 $5 {This was Ding's idea, securing the central d4-square for the ?.} c6 12. Nd4 ({This was suggested by Carlsen. A moment that was easy, not even to look for alternatives when White's move looked so natural in the game.} 12. Qb3 $5 {Carlsen's point was not to allow the active move ?e5 which Gukesh later got in the game.} Bg4 {Black would go for trading this Bishop off for White's knight in a Carslbad structure, but nevertheless White would retain the slightly more pleasant position.}) 12... Bh7 13. Qb3 Ne5 $1 {[#] Quite an important moment in this game. This move was criticised by Kramnik, and I was not expecting Black to go ?e5 so soon while watching the game. The point being this gives White a chance to play f4 with a tempo. The idea of ? getting to d4 followed up by a later f4 was known from Nimzowitch's games and there I have not seen this early ? sortie by Black. Thinking about it, with the exchange of the dark squared bishops , Black's ?e5 makes more sense. And also in this case Gukesh even provokes White's favour considering it to be a weakness! This is the alternative perception to losing a tempo.} ({either} 13... Qe7 $5) ({or} 13... Re8 $5 {are natural moves in this position, without commiting much, and developing the pieces in a reasonable way.}) 14. a4 (14. f4 Ned7 $5) 14... Rc8 $1 15. a5 b6 $1 {Both Judit and Magnus liked Gukesh's approach here. He came with direct and straightfoward approach to destabilize White's ? on d4.} 16. Nf3 {Ding was in a cautious mood for this game, perhaps trying to recover from the loss in the third game. He made it a point not to weaken or give any chances to the opponent. This also meant that the game is moving towards a very easy equality.} (16. f4 {runs into} Nc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Qxc4 c5 $1) (16. Ba6 Rc7 17. f4 Nc4 $6 ({But after} 17... Ng6 $5 {the game remains complex}) 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. Qxc4 c5 20. Ncb5 {was an idea pointed out by Robert Hess in his commentary.}) 16... Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 d4 $1 18. Ne2 dxe3 19. dxe3 Be4 $11 {Black equalised easily and there was no more drama in the rest of the game.Pieces were exchanged at regular intervals without doing anything to even try to upset the equilibrium.} 20. Rfd1 Qe7 21. Bxe4 Nxe4 22. axb6 axb6 23. Nc3 Rfd8 24. Nxe4 Qxe4 25. h3 c5 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. bxc5 bxc5 28. Rc1 Qe5 29. Qc2 Rd5 30. g3 f5 31. Kg2 Kh7 32. Qc4 Qd6 33. e4 Re5 34. exf5 Rxf5 35. Qe4 Qd5 36. Qxd5 Rxd5 37. Kf3 Kg6 38. Ke4 Rd4+ 39. Ke3 Rd5 40. Ke4 Rd4+ 41. Ke3 Rd5 42. Ke4 Rd4+ 1/2-1/2