[Event "44th Olympiad 2022"] [Site "Chennai IND"] [Date "2022.08.08"] [Round "10.1"] [White "Gukesh, D."] [Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2684"] [BlackElo "2688"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "144"] [EventDate "2022.07.29"] [WhiteTeam "India 2"] [BlackTeam "Uzbekistan"] [BlackTeamCountry "UZB"] {[%evp 0,144,28,3,27,-1,0,-10,-11,6,33,-34,-8,-24,-5,2,17,12,12,4,13,-3,12,-3, 1,4,18,6,7,7,5,2,12,5,-10,19,16,8,11,-5,-8,12,37,29,64,60,69,61,76,78,62,19,14, 40,40,50,261,120,176,126,145,157,138,155,148,147,178,160,208,179,136,155,179, 209,216,221,215,227,227,228,234,234,233,220,220,159,192,143,134,144,136,112, 111,116,109,37,27,14,47,47,0,19,20,20,20,20,20,20,48,27,26,20,27,0,20,37,37,26, 45,0,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,-84,-2,-52,-20,-46,-80,-80,0,0,0,-52,-52,-95,-103,-82,-71, -103,-64,-460,-493]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 a5 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Ne7 10. Qc2 b6 11. b3 Ba6 12. a4 Ne4 13. Bb2 Nc6 14. Ba3 Nb4 15. Bxb4 axb4 16. Bd3 Nf6 17. O-O c5 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. e4 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Ra7 21. Ne5 Qd6 22. Rfe1 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Rd8 24. Qf3 Qc7 25. Rad1 Raa8 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Rd1 Rc8 28. Qg3 h5 29. h3 Rd8 30. Rxd8+ Qxd8 31. Nd3 h4 32. Qe3 Bb7 33. f3 {White is winning, and with plenty of room for error. It's conceivable that the game could finish in a draw, if White is a little careless. But a loss? Impossible - or should we say, "inconceivable!"} Qd6 34. Kf1 $6 {Bringing the king to the queenside won't spoil anything, but it won't make White's task easier, either.} (34. Nxc5 $18) 34... e5 $1 35. Nxc5 Bc8 36. Ke1 Bf5 37. a5 Qc7 38. a6 Bc8 39. Nd3 Bxa6 40. Qxe5 {It still seems impossible that White could lose this - or frankly, not win this.} Qb6 41. Nc5 (41. Kf1 $142) 41... Qa5 42. Kd1 $6 {Still winning and then some, but another step in the wrong direction.} (42. Kf2) 42... Qd8+ (42... Qa2 $142) 43. Kc2 Bc8 44. Ne4 (44. Nd3 $142) 44... Be6 45. Kb2 $2 {The plan comes to its culmination, and the upshot is that White's king is much worse here than it would have been on the kingside.} Qa8 $1 $16 {White is no longer winning, but he's still in no trouble at all.} 46. Nc5 $16 Qa3+ 47. Kb1 $2 (47. Kc2 $1 Qa2+ 48. Kc1 Qa3+ 49. Kd1 $16) 47... g6 $11 {Now it's equal, and White can keep it that way if he's so inclined. Unfortunately for Gukesh, he keeps trying to make up for his missed opportunities.} 48. Kc2 (48. Qb2 Bf5+ 49. Ne4 Qa7 50. Qd2 {is completely safe, and it's still Black who must play for the draw.}) 48... Qa2+ 49. Qb2 Bf5+ 50. Ne4 Qa7 51. Kd3 Qg1 52. Qc2 Qc5 53. Qd2 Qg1 54. Kc2 Qa1 55. Kd3 Qg1 56. Qe2 Qa7 57. Qe3 $6 {Objectively okay, but since a draw would have won the match, this is insane.} Qa2 58. Kd4 Qxg2 59. Ng5 f6 60. Qe8+ Kg7 61. Qe7+ Kh6 {Maybe Gukesh had miscalculated a win and thought he was winning. He's not, but it's still a draw with correct play.} 62. Nf7+ Kh5 63. Kc5 $6 ( 63. Qe3 $1 g5 64. Qe8 Bd7 $1 65. Qh8+ Kg6 66. Qg8+ Kf5 67. Nh6+ Kf4 68. Qb8+ $8 Kxf3 69. Qb7+ $8 Kg3 $8 70. Qc7+ $8 Kxh3 (70... Kf3 71. Qb7+ $8 $11) 71. Qxd7+ g4 72. Kc5 $8 Qg3 $11 {It's completely nuts for White to have go for this to make a draw.}) 63... Qxf3 $17 64. Qxf6 Qe3+ 65. Kxb4 Bxh3 66. Ne5 (66. Qg7 $142 ) 66... Qd2+ $2 (66... Bf5 $17) 67. Kb5 Bd7+ 68. Kc5 $2 Qe3+ $17 (68... Qa5+ $1 $19) 69. Kb4 Bf5 70. Qh8+ Qh6 71. Qd8 Qg7 {White has been struggling to stay afloat for a while now, and after his next move, he sinks.} 72. Nf3 $4 Qb7+ 0-1 [Event "44th Olympiad 2022"] [Site "Chennai IND"] [Date "2022.08.08"] [Round "10.3"] [White "Praggnanandhaa, R."] [Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E94"] [WhiteElo "2648"] [BlackElo "2629"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "153"] [EventDate "2022.07.29"] [WhiteTeam "India 2"] [BlackTeam "Uzbekistan"] [BlackTeamCountry "UZB"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O h6 8. Re1 Nbd7 9. Qc2 Re8 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Be3 c6 {This position has only arisen twice, and both times have happened this summer, in games with Pragg playing White!} 12. Na4 $146 (12. h3 Nh5 13. c5 Nf4 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. Rd6 Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 Nf6 17. b4 Nh5 18. b5 Qc7 19. Qd2 Kh7 20. a4 Be6 21. g4 Nf4 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. e5 Qa5 25. Rxc6 Rac8 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Ne4 Qxd2 28. Nfxd2 Bxe5 29. Ng5+ hxg5 30. Rxe5 Rd8 31. Ne4 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Kg7 33. c6 Rc1 34. Rc5 Rxc5 35. Nxc5 Kf6 36. Ne4+ Ke7 37. Nxg5 Bb3 38. a5 Kd6 39. h4 Kxc6 40. h5 gxh5 41. gxh5 Kb5 42. Ne4 f5 43. h6 fxe4 44. h7 {1-0 (44) Praggnanandhaa,R (2648)-Urazayev,A (2430) Paracin 2022}) 12... Qc7 13. c5 b5 14. cxb6 axb6 15. h3 $14 Qb8 (15... Ba6 $142 ) (15... Bf8 $142) 16. Red1 $16 b5 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. Bxc5 Be6 $6 (18... Qb7 $142 ) 19. Bd6 Qb6 20. Bxe5 Rxa2 $2 (20... c5 $142) 21. Rxa2 Bxa2 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. b3 Qa5 (23... Ra8 24. e5 Bg7 25. e6 $18 {shows why Black's rook needs to stay on the e-file.}) (23... Qa6 24. e5 Bxe5 25. Nxe5 Rxe5 26. Rd8+ {This is why Black's queen had to go to a5.} Kh7 27. Qc3 f6 28. Rd7+ Kg8 29. Qd3 {and it's mate in just a few moves unless Black plays} Bb1 30. Qxb1 f5 $18 {, but this is obviously hopeless.}) 24. Qxc6 $18 Re6 25. Qc8+ Kg7 26. Qc2 Qa3 27. e5 Bxe5 28. Nxe5 Rxe5 29. Qc3 {This will also win material, but less than he could have, and it will take more ingenuity to finish the task. A case of too much talent, perhaps.} (29. Rd2 $1 Bxb3 30. Qc3 f6 31. Bd1 $18 {wins a piece and the game.}) 29... Qc5 $1 30. Qb2 $1 Bxb3 31. Re1 $1 Be6 32. Bg4 Kf6 $8 33. Kh2 $1 g5 $8 34. g3 Bxg4 35. f4 {The payoff.} Bf5 36. Rxe5 Qc2+ 37. Qxc2 Bxc2 38. Rxb5 {Sometimes winning R + 3 vs. B + 3 is tricky, but this isn't one of those situations.} Kg6 39. Rb4 (39. h4 $142) 39... f6 40. Kg2 Bd3 41. Kf2 Ba6 42. g4 gxf4 43. Rxf4 h5 44. gxh5+ Kxh5 45. Rxf6 {With a theoretical win. The one thing White must do is be careful not to push the h-pawn too quicky.} Bd3 46. Kg3 Bg6 47. Ra6 Bd3 48. Ra5+ Kh6 49. Kh4 Kg6 50. Rg5+ Kh6 51. Rd5 Bc2 52. Rd6+ Kg7 53. Kg5 Bb1 54. Rd7+ Kg8 55. Rc7 Bd3 56. Kh6 Bf5 57. Rg7+ Kf8 (57... Kh8 { makes things too easy:} 58. h4 Be4 59. Re7 Bd5 60. h5 Bc4 61. Rc7 Bd5 62. Rc8+ Bg8 63. Kg5 Kg7 64. h6+ Kh8 65. Rd8 Kh7 66. Rd7+ Kh8 67. Kg6 Bb3 68. h7 Bc2+ 69. Kh6 $18 {and it's done.}) 58. Rg3 Bc2 59. Rg2 Be4 60. Rg1 Kf7 61. Rg4 Bd3 62. Rg3 Bc2 63. Rg2 Bd3 64. Rg7+ Kf8 65. Rg3 Bc2 66. h4 Kf7 67. Rc3 (67. h5 $4 $11) 67... Bb1 68. Rf3+ Kg8 69. Rg3+ Kf7 70. Rg7+ Kf8 71. Rg5 Kf7 72. Kh5 $1 { The need for this escape is why White must be very careful about playing h5.} Kf6 73. Kg4 Bc2 74. h5 {Now it's fine.} Bd1+ 75. Kf4 Bc2 76. h6 Bg6 77. Rg1 { White will continue with Rg7, Ra7, and h7.} (77. Rg1 Bd3 (77... Kf7 78. Ke5 Bd3 79. Rg7+ Kf8 80. Kf6 {followedy by h7.}) 78. Rg7 Bc2 79. Ra7 Bg6 80. h7 $18) 1-0 [Event "44th Olympiad 2022"] [Site "Chennai IND"] [Date "2022.08.08"] [Round "10.1"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2759"] [BlackElo "2698"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "134"] [EventDate "2022.07.29"] [WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"] [BlackTeam "Armenia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"] [BlackTeamCountry "ARM"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. b4 b6 9. h4 {This is unusual, but the following moves have been played many times in lines with 9.h3 and 9.Bd3.} (9. Bd3 a5 10. a3 Ba6 11. Bxa6 (11. O-O) 11... Rxa6 12. b5 cxb5 13. c6 Qc8 14. c7 b4 15. Nb5 a4 {and in this version, White has almost always played 16.Rc1, and should do so.}) 9... a5 10. a3 Ba6 $146 ({ Black has preferred} 10... Ne4 {here, e.g.} 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Qd5 14. Be2 {and now either 14...Ba6 or 14...b5.}) 11. Bxa6 Rxa6 12. b5 cxb5 13. c6 Qc8 14. c7 b4 15. Nb5 a4 16. Qc2 $2 {Very strange. Even though this position is new, it was (a) foreseeable and (b) only a little different from the line covered on move 9, which Mamedyarov must have studied at some point, if not recently. (The position at the end of the 9.Bd3 line has been played multiple times, including in Anand's win over Carlsen in their 2014 World Championship match.) Mamedyarov's move invites Black's reply, creating a protected passed pawn with tempo.} (16. Rc1 {is the engine's preference here too (see the note with 9.Bd3).}) 16... b3 $19 17. Qe2 Ra8 (17... Qa8 $142 { followed by ...Rc8 was a better way to blockade the pawn. (Followed in due course by ...Ne8, working to collect it.)}) 18. Rc1 Qa6 19. Nd6 b5 20. Nxb5 Rfc8 21. Nd2 Qb6 22. Nb1 Ra5 23. N5c3 Bd6 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25. O-O Qxc7 {White is dead. It's not just the extra pawn, but that it's the monster on b3. Of course Mamedyarov keeps fighting, but Sargissian is too strong to let this slip.} 26. Na2 Qb7 27. Rxc8+ Qxc8 28. Rc1 Qb7 29. Nb4 Ra8 30. f3 Rc8 31. Rc3 h5 32. Kf2 Rc7 33. Qa6 Qxa6 34. Nxa6 Rb7 35. Rc6 Ne8 36. Ke2 Kf8 37. e4 Rb6 38. Rxb6 Nxb6 39. e5 Ke7 40. Kd3 Kd8 41. Nc5 Nc7 42. Nc3 Nc4 43. g4 (43. N5xa4 b2 44. Kc2 Ne3+ 45. Kxb2 Nxg2 $19 {followed by ...Nxh4 only serves to take White from one headache (the b-pawn) to another (the h-pawn).}) 43... g6 (43... b2) 44. gxh5 gxh5 45. f4 Ke7 (45... b2) 46. N3xa4 (46. N5xa4 $142 b2 47. Kc2 Nxa3+ 48. Kxb2 Nc4+ 49. Kc1 Ne3 $19 {followed by ...Nf5 is still winning.}) 46... b2 47. Kc2 Nb5 48. Nxb2 Nbxa3+ 49. Kb3 Nxb2 50. Kxb2 Nc4+ 51. Kc3 Ne3 52. f5 Nxf5 53. Nd3 Kf8 (53... f6 {would speed things up.}) 54. Nf4 Ng3 55. Kd3 Kg7 56. Ke3 Kh6 57. Kd3 Nf5 58. Ng2 Ne7 59. Ke3 Ng6 60. Kf3 Kg7 61. Ke3 f6 62. exf6+ Kxf6 63. Kf2 e5 64. Ke3 Kf5 65. Ne1 e4 66. Ng2 Kg4 67. Kf2 Nf4 0-1 [Event "44th Olympiad 2022"] [Site "Chennai IND"] [Date "2022.08.08"] [Round "10.4"] [White "Hovhannisyan, Robert"] [Black "Abasov, Nijat"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2591"] [BlackElo "2633"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2022.07.29"] [WhiteTeam "Armenia"] [BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"] [BlackTeamCountry "AZE"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. d4 Bxd4 10. Qxd4 d6 11. f4 Nc6 12. Qd3 O-O 13. Nc3 Nb4 14. Qd2 Qe7 15. axb5 axb5 16. e5 (16. Re1 c5 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 Ng4 19. Qg5 Qc7 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 c4 22. Be3 h6 23. Qf4 Nxe3 24. Qxe3 Bb7 25. Ra7 Qc8 26. Rxb7 Rxb7 27. Bxb7 Qxb7 28. e6 fxe6 29. Qxe6+ Kh8 30. h3 Qa7+ 31. Qe3 Qb7 32. b3 cxb3 33. Qxb3 Qb6+ 34. Qe3 Qxe3+ 35. Rxe3 Rc8 36. Re5 Rxc2 37. Rxb5 {1/2-1/2 (37) Svidler,P (2769)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2699) Thessaloniki 2013}) 16... dxe5 17. fxe5 Qxe5 18. Qf4 $146 (18. Qf2 Qh5 19. Bf4 Nbd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Bg3 Be6 22. Rae1 Qg6 23. Qc5 Rbd8 24. Qxb5 Qg4 25. Qc5 h5 26. Qf2 Qb4 27. Re5 Nf6 28. Bxe6 fxe6 29. c3 Qb7 30. Ree1 Ne4 31. Qe3 Nxg3 32. Qxe6+ Kh8 33. hxg3 Rxf1+ 34. Rxf1 Qxb2 35. Qe5 Qb6+ 36. Kh2 Qg6 37. Qxc7 Rd3 38. Rf8+ Kh7 39. Qb8 Qe6 40. c4 Qe7 41. Rh8+ Kg6 42. Qb5 Qe2 43. Qc6+ Kf7 44. Qc7+ Kg6 45. Rg8 Qb2 46. Rf8 Kh7 47. Qc5 g6 48. Qc7+ Kh6 49. Qf4+ Kh7 50. Rf7+ Kg8 51. Ra7 Rd8 52. Qf7+ {1-0 (52) Ziaziulkina,N (2363)-Hoare,A (1930) Budva 2013}) 18... Qxf4 (18... Qe7 $11) 19. Bxf4 $14 Na6 (19... Nc6 $142) 20. Ra5 $6 (20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 $16) 20... b4 $2 (20... Nc5 $1 21. Bxc7 Nxb3 22. cxb3 Rb7 23. Be5 b4 24. Bxf6 bxc3 25. Rg5 g6 26. Bxc3 Rxb3 $11) 21. Nd5 $18 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Rb6 23. Rfa1 h6 24. b3 Rf6 25. Be5 Rf5 26. Be4 Rg5 27. h4 Rh5 $2 28. Bf3 $1 Rxh4 29. Rxa6 Bxa6 30. Rxa6 {The situation would be bad enough if it were a "normal" two bishops vs. rook and pawn ending. But here the rook on h4 is trapped and will be lost, leaving Black in a hopeless situation.} Re8 31. g3 Rxe5 32. gxh4 c5 {If Black could swap off the queenside pawns, the ending would be drawn. Unfortunately for him, he can't force that to happen.} 33. h5 Kf8 34. Kf2 Ke7 35. Be2 Rg5 36. Ke3 g6 37. Kf4 Rf5+ 38. Ke4 Rg5 39. Rb6 Rg2 40. Bc4 Rg4+ (40... Rxc2 41. hxg6 fxg6 42. Rxg6 $18) 41. Kf3 Rg5 42. Rb7+ Kd6 43. Rxf7 Rxh5 44. Rf6+ Ke5 45. Rxg6 Kd4 46. Rg3 {Not necessary, but a nice little trick.} Rh2 (46... Kc3 $4 47. Kg4+ $18) 47. Kf4 Rh4+ (47... Rxc2 $4 48. Rd3# {is another nice little trick.}) 48. Kf5 Rh5+ 49. Ke6 Rh2 50. Rd3+ Ke4 51. Kd6 (51. Kd6 Rxc2 (51... Rh5 52. Bd5+ Kf4 53. Kxc5 $18) 52. Kxc5 $18) 1-0 [Event "44th Olympiad 2022"] [Site "Chennai IND"] [Date "2022.08.08"] [Round "10.1"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2634"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2022.07.29"] [WhiteTeam "United States of America"] [BlackTeam "Turkey"] [BlackTeamCountry "TUR"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 Nh5 13. Kb1 Nb6 14. Qf2 (14. Na5 {is far more common.}) (14. Nd5 {is the all-time most popular move, but has been supplanted by 14.Na5.}) 14... Nc4 15. Bxc4 bxc4 16. Na5 (16. Nc5) 16... Rc8 $146 (16... Qc7 $142) (16... Bxg5 $142 17. Bxg5 Qxa5 18. Be7 $11 Rfc8 $11) 17. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Bxg5 $2 (18... Qc7) 19. Bxg5 (19. Nb7 $1 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Qc7 21. Nxd6 $16 {/+-}) 19... Qxg5 20. Rxd6 $16 f5 21. Nc6 Rce8 $2 ({It wasn't easy, but Black could have made White's life more difficult with the nice sacrificial idea} 21... fxe4 $1 22. Rg1 Rxc6 $1 23. Rxc6 (23. Rxg5 Rxd6 24. b4 c3 25. a3 g6 26. Rxe5 Rd1+ 27. Ka2 exf3 $11) 23... Qf5 24. Rxa6 exf3 25. Ra7 Qe4 26. Rc7 h6 $16) 22. Qc5 $18 Kh8 $2 23. Nxe5 Qf4 24. Nd7 Qxf3 25. Rc1 Nf6 26. Nxf8 Nxe4 27. Re6 $1 Rb8 (27... Nxc5 28. Rxe8 Kg8 29. Ng6+ Kf7 30. Ne5+ $18 ) 28. Qe5 (28. Qe5 Rxf8 29. Re8 $18) 1-0 [Event "44th Olympiad 2022"] [Site "Chennai IND"] [Date "2022.08.08"] [Round "10.2"] [White "Can, Emre"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E06"] [WhiteElo "2606"] [BlackElo "2773"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2022.07.29"] [WhiteTeam "Turkey"] [BlackTeam "United States of America"] [WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Rd1 Bc6 10. Bg5 b5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nc3 Qe8 13. d5 exd5 14. Nd4 Qe5 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Ra7 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. axb5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rb7 20. bxa6 Nxa6 $11 21. Ra3 $146 (21. Ra4 c5 22. Qxc4 Rxb2 23. Nf3 Nc7 24. Qxc5 Ne6 25. Qe5 Qxe5 26. Nxe5 Re2 27. Nf3 g6 28. Nd4 Nxd4 29. Raxd4 h5 30. h4 Kg7 31. R1d2 Rxd2 32. Rxd2 Re8 33. Rc2 Re6 34. Rd2 Rf6 35. Rc2 Rf5 36. Rd2 Rf6 37. Rc2 Rf5 38. Rd2 Rc5 39. Rb2 Rd5 40. Ra2 Rd6 {1/2-1/2 (40) Kukhmazov,A (2490)-Lintchevski,D (2556) Moscow 2022}) 21... g6 (21... c5 {would have been just as effective as it was in the preceding game, played three weeks earlier.} 22. Qxc4 cxd4 23. Rxa6 Qe7 24. Qxd4 Rb4 {Hitting the queen and threatening ...Qb7+.} 25. Qc3 Qb7+ 26. Kg1 Rxb2 $11) 22. Rf3 (22. Qxc4 Rxb2 {and the threat to take on f2 keeps the knight on a6 from being captured.}) 22... Qb6 23. Qxc4 c5 24. Ne2 Qb5 25. Qxb5 Rxb5 26. Rd2 Nc7 27. Nf4 Ne6 28. Nxe6 fxe6 29. Ra3 Rf7 30. h4 Rfb7 31. Ra8+ Kg7 32. Rc8 (32. Rc8 Rxb2 33. Rxb2 Rxb2 34. Rxc5 h5 {is a dead draw.}) 1/2-1/2 [Event "44th Olympiad 2022"] [Site "Chennai IND"] [Date "2022.08.08"] [Round "10.3"] [White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Black "Sanal, Vahap"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C89"] [WhiteElo "2754"] [BlackElo "2574"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2022.07.29"] [WhiteTeam "United States of America"] [BlackTeam "Turkey"] [BlackTeamCountry "TUR"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 {Do people still allow the Marshall Gambit these days? I almost expect to see Fred Flinstone appear, riding on his pet dinosaur.} d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Bg6 {A very rare move, though it has been relatively effective in giving Black his traditional draw.} (14... Qh4 {is the main move, with}) (14... Qf6 {a popular alternative.}) 15. g3 { Not common, but it did result in a win for White against super-GM and Marshall specialist Mickey Adams.} Kh8 $2 $146 (15... Re8 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Nd2 Qe1+ 18. Nf1 Re8 19. Bd1 a5 20. Bd2 Qe5 21. a4 b4 22. Bb3 Rb8 23. Re1 Qf5 24. Qxf5 Bxf5 25. c4 Nc7 26. c5 Bxc5 27. Bf4 Re8 28. Rc1 Bb6 29. Rxc6 Na8 30. Ne3 Bxd3 31. h4 h5 32. Bd5 Bd4 33. Rd6 Bxb2 34. Bxa8 Rxa8 35. Rxd3 Rc8 36. Rd5 Rc1+ 37. Kg2 Bc3 38. Nd1 {1-0 (38) Saric,I (2646)-Adams,M (2701) Chess.com INT 2020}) 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Qxd5 f5 {Black's idea looks promising for blitz, but Dominguez shows that it's not suitable for the big time.} 18. Nd2 $18 Qc7 19. Nf3 f4 20. Nh4 Bf7 21. Qg5 h6 22. Ng6+ (22. Qg4 $142) 22... Kh7 23. Nxf8+ Rxf8 24. Qg4 (24. Qf5+ $1 Bg6 25. Qg4 {takes away Black's idea in the game of putting the light-squared bishop on the a8-h1 diagonal.}) 24... Bd5 25. Bd2 ({ The naive} 25. Bxf4 {is even stronger. Black's army suffers from a severe personnel shortage.}) 25... Rf6 26. Re4 $2 {Panicking, or overestimating his remaining material advantage.} (26. Re8 Bb7 27. Rae1 Qc6 (27... fxg3 28. fxg3 Qc6 29. Qe4+ $18) 28. R1e4 b4 29. cxb4 Qc2 30. Qe2 $18) 26... Bxe4 27. dxe4 Qc4 $2 (27... Qa7 $11) 28. Re1 $18 {Back in business.} f3 29. Be3 Be5 30. a3 Qd3 31. Qh5 Qd6 32. Qh3 Qd3 33. Qf1 Qc2 34. Bd4 Re6 35. Qh3 Bxd4 36. cxd4 Rf6 37. e5 Rf8 38. Qf1 Qd2 39. Rd1 Qxb2 40. Qd3+ Kh8 41. e6 {If White had been in time trouble, he's not any more. Of course, he doesn't need much time to play d5 and shove his passers down the board, so Black gave up.} 1-0 [Event "44th Olympiad 2022"] [Site "Chennai IND"] [Date "2022.08.08"] [Round "10.4"] [White "Solak, Dragan"] [Black "Shankland, Sam"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C69"] [WhiteElo "2594"] [BlackElo "2720"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2022.07.29"] [WhiteTeam "Turkey"] [BlackTeam "United States of America"] [WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Qd6 $5 (7... c5 {is the standard move (and has been for decades).}) 8. Be3 Bd7 9. Qe2 (9. Nd2 $142 $14) 9... Nh6 10. h3 O-O-O 11. Nc3 Nf7 12. Nb3 (12. f4 $142) (12. Rad1 $142) 12... Qe5 $2 (12... Qe6 $142) (12... g5 $142) 13. f4 $16 Qe8 14. Nc5 (14. Rae1 $142) 14... Bxc5 (14... g5 $142) 15. Bxc5 Rg8 16. Rae1 Kb8 17. a4 g5 18. e5 $1 $18 {White has done great so far, but fortunately for Shankland's sanity he saves the game.} gxf4 $2 (18... Bxh3 $1 19. gxh3 gxf4+ 20. Kh2 fxe5 { is a better try, but White is still probably winning after} 21. Ne4 $18) 19. exf6 Qxe2 20. Rxe2 $2 (20. Nxe2 Bxh3 21. Nxf4 Bg4 22. Re7 $18) 20... Bxh3 21. Rxf4 Bg4 (21... a5 $142 $16 {/+-}) 22. Re7 Bh5 23. Rd4 $2 (23. Ne2 $18) 23... b6 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 $14 25. Be3 (25. Bf2 $142 Kc8 $1 26. a5 $1 bxa5 27. Bg3 Rd7 $14) 25... Kc8 $11 26. a5 bxa5 (26... Rd7 $1 $11) 27. Ne4 $14 (27. Bf4 $14) 27... Rd7 28. Nc5 (28. Re8+ $142 Rd8 29. Re6 $14) 28... Rxe7 29. fxe7 Nd6 $11 { Even though Black's king is cut off, White cannot take advantage of that fact or of his e-pawn.} 30. Kf2 a4 31. Nxa4 Kd7 32. Nc5+ Kxe7 33. Nxa6 Bg6 34. Nxc7 1/2-1/2 [Event "44th Olympiad 2022"] [Site "Chennai IND"] [Date "2022.08.08"] [Round "10.1"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Schitco, Ivan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A05"] [WhiteElo "2864"] [BlackElo "2490"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2022.07.29"] [WhiteTeam "Norway"] [BlackTeam "Moldova"] [WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"] [BlackTeamCountry "MDA"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. a4 {Rare, but as the engine likes it its days of obscurity may be a thing of the past.} c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Bf4 $5 h6 $146 (8... dxe4 9. dxe4 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Nxe4 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Nd6 (12... Bf6 13. Bc7 Bxb2 14. Ra2 Nc3 15. Nxc3 Bxc3 16. a5 a6 17. Ra3 Bf6 18. Bb6 Be7 19. Rc3 e5 20. Re3 f6 21. f4 Bg4 22. Rd2 Rab8 23. fxe5 f5 24. Rc3 f4 25. Bd5+ Kh8 26. Rc4 g5 27. Bc7 Rbc8 28. Bd6 Bxd6 29. exd6 Bd7 30. gxf4 gxf4 31. Re4 Rf6 32. Bc4 Rd8 33. Re7 Rg6+ 34. Kf2 Bc6 35. Re6 Rxe6 36. Bxe6 Kg7 37. c4 Kf6 38. Bg4 Ke5 39. d7 h5 40. Bf3 Bxf3 41. Kxf3 Ke6 42. Rd5 Rxd7 43. Rxc5 Rd3+ 44. Kxf4 Rh3 45. Rc7 Rxh2 46. Rxb7 Rh4+ 47. Kg5 Rxc4 48. Rb6+ Kd7 49. Rxa6 Rc5+ 50. Kh4 Kc7 51. Rh6 Rxa5 52. Rxh5 Rxh5+ 53. Kxh5 {1/2-1/2 (53) Carlsen,M (2864)-Ding,L (2806) chess24.com INT 2022}) 13. Na3 Nf5 14. Nc4 f6 15. Bc7 e5 16. Bd5+ Kh8 17. a5 Nd4 18. a6 bxa6 19. Bxa8 Be6 20. Be4 Bxc4 21. c3 Nb5 22. Rd7 Re8 23. Rad1 Kg8 24. Bd8 Kf8 25. Bxh7 Be6 26. Bxe7+ Rxe7 27. Rxe7 Kxe7 28. Bd3 Bb3 29. Ra1 c4 30. Be4 Nc7 31. Bb7 Kd6 32. Bxa6 Kc6 33. Bc8 Kb6 34. Kf1 a5 35. Ke2 Nb5 36. Bf5 Nd6 37. Bg6 Nb7 38. Kd2 Nc5 39. Re1 Na4 40. Kc1 Kc5 41. f4 Kd6 42. fxe5+ fxe5 43. Rf1 Nc5 44. Rf8 e4 45. Kd2 a4 46. Ra8 Nd3 47. Bxe4 Nxb2 48. Bc2 Ke5 49. Ra5+ Kf6 50. h4 Ke6 51. h5 Kd6 52. g4 Kc6 53. g5 Kb6 54. Ra8 Kb7 55. Be4+ {1-0 (55) Niemann,H (2688)-Andreikin,D (2729) Chess.com INT 2022}) 9. Qe2 b6 (9... Nd7 $142) 10. Re1 (10. Na3 $142 $14) 10... Bb7 11. e5 Nh7 12. h4 Rc8 (12... a6 $142) 13. c3 $14 d4 14. c4 (14. Na3 $142) 14... Kh8 $11 15. Bc1 Nb4 16. Na3 Qd7 17. Bd2 Nc6 18. Nh2 Rce8 19. Nc2 a5 $2 (19... Qc7 $15 { followed (in most cases) by ...f6 is slightly better for Black.}) 20. Ng4 $2 ( 20. Na3 $16) 20... Bd8 $1 $15 21. Rf1 Ne7 $2 (21... Bc7 {threatens to win the e-pawn after ...h5, so} 22. f4 {is forced. Once again, Black's best is} f6 $15 {, with an edge.}) 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Ne1 $14 Nc6 $6 (23... Nf5 $142) 24. Ng2 $16 h5 25. Nh2 Bc7 26. Nf3 (26. f4 $142) 26... Bb8 (26... f6 $142 27. Nf4 Kg8 28. Ng6 Rf7 29. exf6 Rxf6 30. Qe4 $14) 27. Nf4 $16 g6 28. Kh2 (28. Nh3) 28... Kg7 29. Rae1 (29. Nh3 $142 $16) 29... f6 $1 30. exf6+ Nxf6 $14 31. Ng5 Bxf4 32. Bxf4 e5 33. Bd2 Qd7 $11 34. f3 Nd8 35. b3 Nb7 36. Ne4 Nxe4 37. Qxe4 Nd6 38. Qd5 Rf5 39. g4 hxg4 40. fxg4 Rxf1 41. Rxf1 Qxg4 $1 42. Bg5 $8 Qe2+ 43. Kg1 Qg4+ 44. Kh2 Qe2+ 45. Kg1 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2