[Event "USA Championship 2021"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2021.10.19"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Burke, John M"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2021.10.06"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 14,49,29,10,14,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,22,17,15,14,12,12,40,33,129,122,120,96,156,
165,161,156,133,60,406,399,475,512,715,712,690,681] Stohl,I: 'With a powerful
finish Vladislav Kovalev clearly won the Challengers group without a single
loss and 1,5 point lead. In a few games he showed mature technique, but he was
not against a complex struggle as well.'} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O
({The sharper line} 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 {was the topic of my opening
survey in CBM 158. Since then theory has moved foreward somewhat:} {The more
usual follow-up is} 7. Bb5 (7. Be2 d3 $5 8. exf6 dxe2 9. Qxe2+ Be6 {saw White
testing} 10. b4 {, but after} Bd6 (10... Bf8 $5) 11. b5 Na5 12. fxg7 Rg8 13.
Bg5 Be7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nd4 ({White can deviate on more than one occasion, e.
g.} 15. O-O Rxg7 16. Nbd2 Bh3 17. Qxe7+ Kxe7 18. Rfe1+ {, but I don't think
Black is in serious danger after} Kf8 19. g3 a6 $132) 15... Rxg7 16. g3 Bh3 17.
Nd2 a6 18. a4 c5 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Rb1 c5 21. Qxe7+ Kxe7 22. Ne2 Bf5 23. Rb2
Rgg8 24. Nf4 Kd6 25. O-O Rab8 26. Ra2 Kc6 27. Rd1 Rgd8 28. Nf3 {Aronian,L
(2765)-Harikrishna,P (2729) Kolkata blitz 2018} Nc4 $1 $15) 7... Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 {and now:} {After} Bg6 (12...
Nxc3 13. bxc3 f6 ({Too passive is} 13... Ne7 14. Bd3 Bg6 15. O-O Rc8 16. Bxg6
Nxg6 17. Qb3 c5 18. a4 cxd4 19. cxd4 Ne7 20. Bg5 f6 21. exf6 gxf6 22. Bh6 $16 {
Lagno,K (2541)-Yildiz Kadioglu,B (2350) Heraklio 2017}) {However, critical
seems to be} 14. Bxc6 $142 $1 (14. exf6 Qxf6 15. Be2 Bg6 16. Bd3 (16. Qb3 Qd6
17. O-O Rae8 18. a4 a6 19. Rae1 Kh8 20. Qa2 Qd8 21. Bg5 Qd6 22. Bc1 Qd8 23. Nh2
$6 Be4 24. Ng4 Rf7 25. Ne3 Ne7 26. f3 Bg6 27. Ba3 c6 28. Qd2 Bc7 29. Bd3 Bg3
30. Re2 Bxd3 31. Qxd3 Ng6 $17 {Maghsoodloo,P (2679)-Chigaev,M (2604) Wijk aan
Zee 2019}) 16... Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Rae8 18. O-O Qf5 19. Qxf5 Rxf5 20. Rab1 Na5 21.
Ne5 c6 22. g4 Rff8 23. f4 Bc7 24. Rbe1 g6 25. Bc1 Nc4 $11 {Tauber,H (2431)
-Anderson,B (2456) ICCF email 2010}) 14... bxc6 15. exf6 Qxf6 (15... gxf6 16.
Nh4 $36 {[%csl Rb6,Rg8]}) 16. Ne5 {[%csl Rb6,Ge5] The Bb6 is misplaced, the
Ne5 is powerful and Black is struggling here:} Qd6 17. O-O c5 18. f4 c4 19. Kh1
$16 Bg6 $6 20. f5 Be8 21. Rae1 Rb8 22. Bf4 $40 {Kravtsiv,M (2623)-Petrosyan,T
(2469) Al Ain 2015}) 13. Qb3 (13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qa4 (14. Qd1 c5 $5 $132) 14...
c5 (14... Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bd3 16. Qxc6 Re8 $44) 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Nxe4 Bxe3 17.
Nc3 Bb6 18. Rd1 c6 19. Qxc6 d4 $44) 13... Ne7 {, the new wrinkle is} 14. O-O (
14. Nh4 c5 $1 15. Nxg6 hxg6 $11) 14... c6 15. Bd3 Nd2 (15... Kh8 16. Nh4 c5 17.
Nxg6+ fxg6 18. Bxe4 cxd4 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bd2 $16 {[%csl Gd2,Ge4] Jones,G
(2677)-Aronian,L (2780) Douglas 2018}) 16. Nxd2 (16. Bxd2 Bxd3 17. Rfe1 Bg6 18.
Na4 Be4 19. Nxb6 axb6 20. Bb4 Re8 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 22. Nd2 Bg6 23. Qc3 c5 24. dxc5
Rc8 25. b4 bxc5 26. bxc5 {Aronian,L (2765)-Vidit,S (2702) Kolkata blitz 2018}
Rec7 $132) 16... Bxd3 17. Rfe1 (17. Rfd1 Nf5 18. Nxd5 Be2 19. Re1 Qxd5 20. Qxd5
cxd5 21. Rxe2 Bxd4 22. Nf3 Bxe3 23. fxe3 Rac8 24. Rd1 Ne7 $11 {Inarkiev,E
(2693)-Ding,L (2772) Antalya 2017}) 17... Bg6 18. Na4 Nf5 (18... Ba5 $5 19.
Qxb7 Nf5 $44) 19. Qc3 (19. Nxb6 axb6 20. a4 f6 21. exf6 Qxf6 22. Nf3 Nxe3 23.
Qxe3 Qf4 24. Ne5 Qxe3 25. Rxe3 Rf4 26. Rb3 b5 27. Rb4 Be8 28. Nd3 {Harsha,B
(2474)-Liang,A (2575) Manavgat 2018} Re4 $132) 19... f6 ({Here Black's game
requires improving and already this doesn't seem ideal, perhaps} 19... Bc7 $5)
20. Nxb6 Qxb6 21. Nf3 Nxe3 $6 (21... Rae8 22. Bf4 $14) 22. Rxe3 Rae8 23. Rae1
$36 {Lobanov,S (2515)-Malakhov,V (2691) Sochi 2018}) 4... Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6
(6... a6 7. a4 ({Playing the Bg5 sortie before Black castles invites a
possible kingside pawn-storm:} 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Ba7 9. Nbd2 Qe7 10. b4 g5 $5
11. Bg3 Nh7 {[%CAl Yh6h5]} 12. d4 $6 (12. a4 h5 13. h4 $13) 12... h5 13. h4 g4
14. Ne1 exd4 15. cxd4 Bxd4 16. Nd3 Bxa1 17. Qxa1 O-O 18. Nf4 Qf6 19. Qc1 Be6
20. Bd5 (20. Nxh5 Qh6 $17) 20... Bxd5 21. Nxd5 Qg7 22. Ne3 Nd4 23. Qc4 b5 24.
Qd3 Rad8 25. Nb3 c5 26. Nxd4 Qxd4 $19 {Kuipers,S (2470)-Chigaev,M (2604) Wijk
aan Zee 2019}) 7... O-O (7... Ba7 8. Nbd2 h6 9. Re1 Nh5 $5 10. Nf1 Qf6 11. Ne3
Bxe3 ({More natural is} 11... Nf4 $13) 12. Bxe3 Nf4 13. Nd2 g5 14. d4 $1 O-O
15. Nf1 Ne7 16. dxe5 ({White is better, but shows too much respect and
simplifies the the position instead.} 16. Ng3 $36) 16... dxe5 17. Bc5 Be6 18.
Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Ne3 Bxc4 20. Nxc4 Rad8 21. Qc2 Qe6 22. Ne3 Rd7 23. Rad1 Rfd8 24.
Rxd7 Rxd7 25. Rd1 Nh5 26. Nf5 Kh7 27. h3 Ng7 28. Ne3 Ne8 29. Nf5 Ng7 $11 {
Praggnanandhaa,R (2539)-Maghsoodloo,P (2679) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 8. Re1 (8. Bg5
h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Ba7 11. Nbd2 Nh7 12. h3 h5 13. d4 h4 (13... exd4 {Topalov,
V (2760)-So,W (2794) London 2016 For details see the notes to this game in CBM
176}) 14. Bh2 g4 15. hxg4 Bxg4 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. b4 h3 $2 (17... Re8 18. Bxf7+
$5 Kxf7 19. b5 Na5 20. Nxe5+ Rxe5 21. Qxg4 Rg5 22. Qh3 Qc8 23. Qxh4 Kg8 $13)
18. b5 (18. gxh3 Bxh3 19. Kh1 $1 Bxf1 20. Qxf1 $16 {[%csl Re5,Rg8]}) 18... Ne7
19. gxh3 Bxh3 20. Nxe5 Kg7 (20... Bxf1 21. Qg4+ Kh8 22. Nxf7+ Rxf7 23. Bxf7 $18
{[%CAl Rh2e5]}) 21. Nxf7 $6 (21. Qh5 $1 Bxf1 22. Nxf1 $40) 21... Rxf7 22. Bxf7
Bxf1 23. Bb3 Bh3 24. Be5+ Nf6 25. Bxf6+ Kxf6 26. Qf3+ {Duda,J (2738)-Kramnik,V
(2777) Wijk aan Zee 2019} Kg7 $1 27. Qf7+ Kh6 (27... Kh8 $2 28. Qf6+ Kh7 29.
Nf3 $18) 28. Qf4+ Kg7 29. Kh1 Ng6 30. Qf7+ Kh8 (30... Kh6 $143 31. Rg1 Bf5 32.
Rg2 $1 $16) 31. Qxg6 Qh4 32. Nf3 Bg2+ $1 33. Kxg2 Qxf2+ 34. Kh3 Qxf3+ $11) 8...
h6 (8... Ba7 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 (10... Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 {was played in
Ding Liren-Giri, for details see the notes to this game in CBM 180:} 12. b4 Qe8
13. Nf1 Nh5 14. Ra2 Qf7 (14... Nf4 15. Kh2 Qf7 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Nxe3 Kh8 18.
Ng1 d5 19. Qc2 d4 20. Nc4 dxc3 21. Qxc3 Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Nxb4 23. Qd2 Nxa2 24.
Nxe5 Qxf2 {Ganguly,S (2621)-Tabatabaei,M (2587) Makati 2018} 25. Ng6+ Kg8 26.
Re2 $16) 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Ne7 17. g3 a5 18. b5 Nf6 19. N1h2 Rad8 20. d4
exd4 21. cxd4 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2779)-Nakamura,H (2777) chess.com blitz 2018}
c6 $5 $132) 11. Qb3 $5 (11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Bb2 (13. Qc2 Qd7 (13... d5
$143 {is the aforementioned game Karjakin-Navara.}) 14. Rb1 Rd8 15. b5 Ne7 16.
Nc4 Ng6 17. b6 {½, Van Foreest,J (2612)-Radjabov,T (2757) Wijk aan Zee 2019} (
17. Be3 $11) (17. b6 Bxb6 18. Nxb6 cxb6 19. Rxb6 d5 $11 {/=/+})) 13... Qd7 (
13... Ne7 14. c4 $5 Ng6 15. Nf1 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Ng3 bxc4 18. dxc4 Re8 19.
Qc2 Qb8 20. Reb1 Qb7 21. c5 dxc5 22. bxc5 $36 {Radjabov,T (2757)-Kramnik,V
(2777) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 14. Nf1 Ree8 15. Ng3 b5 16. Qc2 d5 17. Bc1 Rad8 18.
Bd2 dxe4 19. dxe4 Qe6 20. Rec1 Qc4 21. Be1 Bb6 22. Nd2 Qd3 23. Qxd3 Rxd3 24.
Nf3 bxa4 25. Rxa4 a5 $11 {Giri,A (2772)-Sethuraman,S (2618) WCup Tbilisi 2017})
11... Qe7 12. a5 Nd8 (12... Rb8 13. Nf1 Be6 14. Be3 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Qd7 16. b4
Qe6 17. Qxe6 Rxe6 18. Bxa7 Nxa7 19. Ne3 Rd8 20. c4 c6 21. Nd2 d5 22. exd5 cxd5
23. Nb3 $14 {Fedoseev,V (2703)-Negi,P (2670) Khanty-Mansiysk 2017}) 13. Nf1 Be6
14. Be3 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 Ne6 17. d4 Ng5 18. Nxg5 hxg5 19. dxe5 dxe5
20. Nf5 Qd7 {Chigaev,M (2604)-Esipenko,A (2584) Wijk aan Zee 2019} 21. Red1 $14
) 9. h3 a5 $5 {is the current fashion, Black goes a5 even losing a tempo, once
White has committed himself to a4:} 10. Nbd2 (10. d4 Bb6 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Be3
exd4 $5 13. cxd4 Re8 14. d5 Bxe3 15. Rxe3 Ne5 (15... Nb4 $5 $13) 16. Nxe5 Rxe5
17. Nc3 c6 18. Bc4 cxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Bc6 $11 21. f4 Re7 22. Raa3 Bxd5
23. Qxd5 Qd7 24. Qd4 Rae8 25. Rg3 f6 26. Qxf6 Kh8 27. Qf5 Qxf5 28. exf5 Rf8 $11
{Langeveld,R-Chytilek,R van Oosterom mem email 2018}) 10... Be6 {is more
testing, preparing Bb2 and retaining Bb5 as an option:} 11. b3 $5 (11. Bb5 Na7
12. d4 Nxb5 13. axb5 (13. dxc5 Na7 14. b3 $1 Re8 15. cxd6 Qxd6 16. Ba3 Qa6 17.
b4 axb4 18. cxb4 b5 19. Bb2 Nc6 20. Nxe5 Nxb4 $132 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)
-Grischuk,A (2783) WCup Tbilisi 2017}) 13... exd4 14. Nxd4 Re8 15. Nf1 Bc4 $5
$146 (15... Bd7 16. Ng3 c6 17. bxc6 Bxc6 18. Qf3 d5 19. e5 Ne4 20. Bf4 Qb6 21.
Qg4 g6 22. Re2 Kh7 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Nxc6 Qxc6 25. Bg3 $16 {Leko,P (2690)
-Kasimdzhanov,R (2662) Batumi 2018}) 16. Ng3 d5 17. e5 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19.
Rxe4 Qd5 20. Qf3 (20. Qg4 $1 h5 $1 21. Qf4 Bd3 22. Re3 Bxb5 23. Rg3 Rxe5 24.
Qf6 Re1+ 25. Kh2 Bf8 26. Nf5 Qe5 27. Nh6+ Kh7 28. Qxf7 $1 Qe6 $8 29. Qxh5 gxh6
30. Qxb5 (30. Bxh6 Re5 31. Bg5+ Qh6 $11) 30... Bd6 31. f4 Rg8 32. Qd3+ Rg6 33.
h4 Qf6 34. h5 Qh4+ 35. Rh3 Bxf4+ 36. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 37. Rg3 Qh4+ 38. Rh3 Qf4+ $11 {
is a line, given by D.Howell}) 20... Bxd4 21. cxd4 Re6 22. Rf4 {½, Giri,A
(2783)-Anand,V (2773) Wijk aan Zee 2019} Qxb5 $15 {/\} 23. Rxf7 $2 Rg6 {
[%CAl Rc4d5,Rd5f7]}) 11... d5 (11... Bxc4 12. bxc4 Nd7 {Jumabayev,R (2612)
-Grischuk,A (2772) Riadh blitz 2017} 13. Nf1 $14) 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Ne4 Bb6 14.
Ra2 f5 15. Ng3 Qf6 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Nh5 Qf7 18. Rxe5 Nxc3 19. Rxe6 Nxd1 20.
Re7 Rad8 21. Rae2 Nc3 22. R2e5 c6 23. Rxb7 Nd5 24. Rxf7 Rxf7 25. Re6 {All this
was Ding's preparation...} Kh7 (25... Rc8 $5 26. Bb2 $44) 26. Rxc6 Re7 27. Bxh6
gxh6 28. Bxd5 Rd6 29. Rxd6 $6 (29. Rc2 $142 $14) 29... Re1+ 30. Kh2 Bc7 $11 {
1/2-1/2 (40) Ding,L (2813)-Anand,V (2773) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3
a5 {[%csl Rb2,Gb7,Gc2,Rc3,Gd3,Rd4,Rd7,Re3,Ge4,Rf2,Gf3,Rf7,Gg2,Gg7,Gh7][%CAl
Ge4f5,Gg6h7,Gg6h5,Gf5g4,Gh3g4,Gc4f7,Rf5e6,Re6f7,Ge4d5,Gc6b7,Rd5e6,Re6d7,Gc6b5,
Gd5c4,Gd4e5,Gf6g7,Gf6g5,Ge5f4,Gf3g5,Gc1g5] [#] outshines the older 8... a6.
C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 9. d4 (9. Nbd2 Be6
({A sharper, but interesting idea is} 9... a4 $5 10. Bb5 (10. Nf1 Ra5 11. a3
Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. d4 Bb6 14. Ng3 Qa8 15. Be3 exd4 16. cxd4 d5 17. e5 Ne4
18. Nh5 Qe8 19. Nf4 Rb5 20. Re2 Rb3 21. Kh2 Nxf2 22. Rxf2 Rxe3 23. Qd2 Re4 24.
Ne2 Nxe5 25. dxe5 Bxf2 26. Nc3 Be3 {0-1 (26) Fromm,M (2326)-Krassowizkij,J
(2448) Magdeburg 2021}) 10... Bd7 11. Nf1 (11. Bxa4 Rxa4 12. Qxa4 Nb4 13. Qd1
Nxd3 14. Rf1 Ba7 15. Qc2 Nxc1 16. Raxc1 Nh5 $44 {[%csl Ga7,Gd7] Black has
excellent compensation, in practical games White hasn't been able to come up
with a constructive plan:} 17. Nc4 f5 18. Ne3 fxe4 19. Qxe4 Bc6 20. Qh4 Qe8 21.
Ne1 Rf4 22. g4 Nf6 23. N1g2 Ne4 24. Qh5 Qf8 25. Nxf4 Qxf4 26. Rc2 Ng5 {0-1,
Bilguun,S (2479)-Robson,R (2670) Ulaanbaatar 2018}) (11. Nc4 Nb8 12. Bxd7 Nbxd7
13. d4 Ba7 14. dxe5 dxe5 {Papp,G (2587)-Harikrishna,P (2768) Novi Sad 2016} 15.
Qc2 $11) 11... Ne7 12. Bxd7 Nxd7 $5 (12... Qxd7 13. Ng3 Ng6 14. d4 Bb6 15. Be3
Rfe8 16. Qc2 exd4 17. Bxd4 Ne5 (17... Bxd4 18. cxd4 Qc6 19. Qd3 Qa6 $132) 18.
Nxe5 (18. Nh4 $5 $14) 18... dxe5 19. Bxb6 cxb6 20. Rad1 Qe6 21. a3 b5 22. Qe2
Qc4 23. Rd3 Rad8 24. Red1 Rxd3 25. Rxd3 g6 26. f3 Kg7 27. Qd2 Re7 28. Nf1 Qc5+
29. Ne3 Rd7 $11 {Anand,V (2773)-Harikrishna,P (2729) Kolkata rpd 2018}) 13. d4
Bb6 14. Ng3 f5 15. exf5 Nxf5 16. Nxf5 Rxf5 17. Be3 e4 (17... exd4 18. Bxd4 Qf8
19. Qc2 Qf7 20. Nh4 Rg5 21. Rad1 Bxd4 22. cxd4 Nf6 23. Rd3 Rh5 24. g3 Qd7 $132
{Noble,M (2482)-Holroyd,K (2510) email 2015}) 18. Nd2 d5 19. Qg4 Qf6 20. Bxh6
Rf8 21. Be3 c5 22. Rad1 cxd4 23. cxd4 Ba5 24. Rf1 Nb8 25. Nb1 Nc6 $44 {Anand,V
(2760)-Caruana,F (2822) Stavanger blitz 2018}) (9... Re8 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Bb5
Bd7 12. Ng3 Ne7 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. d4 Bb6 15. a4 Ng6 16. Be3 exd4 17. cxd4 d5
18. e5 f6 19. Qc2 Ngf8 20. Nf5 fxe5 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Rxe5 23. Bxb6 Rxe1+
24. Rxe1 cxb6 25. Re7 {1-0 (25) Mareco,S (2629)-Moradiabadi,E (2555) Tornelo
INT 2021}) 10. Bb5 (10. a4 Ba7 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nc4 Qe8 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3
b6 15. Nd2 Ne7 16. g3 Ng6 17. Kg2 Rf7 18. d4 Qc6 19. Qc2 Raf8 20. Rf1 Nh5 21.
d5 Qd7 22. Qd1 Nf6 23. c4 Ne7 24. Qe2 exd5 25. cxd5 Qd8 26. f3 Nd7 27. h4 Nc5
28. h5 c6 29. dxc6 Nxc6 30. Qc4 Nd4 31. Rf2 Kh8 32. g4 Qg5 33. Re1 Rf4 34. Kg3
Nd7 35. Ng2 Nf6 36. Nxf4 Qxf4+ 37. Kh3 Nxg4 38. Rg2 Nxf3 39. Nxf3 Qxf3+ 40. Rg3
Nf2+ 41. Kh2 Qxh5+ 42. Kg2 Ng4 43. Re2 Qh2# {0-1 (43) Hong,A (2453)-Alekseenko,
K (2699) Chess.com INT 2021}) (10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Nf1 Qd7 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3
Ne7 14. g3 Ng6 15. Kg2 Rf7 16. Nh2 Raf8 17. Rf1 d5 18. Qc2 Qc6 19. Nhg4 Nh5 20.
Rae1 Kh8 21. Kh2 Qd7 22. Rd1 c6 23. d4 exd4 24. cxd4 Rf3 25. e5 Ne7 26. Kg2
R3f7 27. Nh2 Nf5 28. Nxf5 Rxf5 29. Qe2 Qf7 30. Rd3 Qg6 31. Kh1 Rxf2 32. Rxf2
Rxf2 33. Qxf2 Qxd3 34. Kg2 Qe4+ 35. Nf3 Kg8 36. Qe1 Qc2+ 37. Qf2 Qd3 38. Qd2
Qb1 39. g4 Nf4+ 40. Qxf4 Qxb2+ 41. Qd2 Qb1 42. Kg3 a4 43. a3 b5 44. Qc3 Qa2 45.
Qxc6 Qxa3 46. Qxe6+ Kh7 47. Qf5+ Kg8 48. e6 Qd6+ 49. Ne5 a3 50. Qf7+ Kh7 51. e7
a2 52. Qf5+ g6 53. Qf7+ {1-0 (53) Hou,Y (2658)-Lei,T (2505) Chess.com INT 2021}
) 10... Qb8 {[%CAl Yb8a7];Janowski,D-Rubinstein,A Karlsbad-01 International
Masters 1907 (5) 0-1 Black uses the fact that he hasn't played Ba7 yet to
activate his Q on the /^g1-a7 - shadows of} (10... Bb6 11. Nf1 Nh7 12. Be3 Bxe3
13. Nxe3 Ne7 14. d4 Ng5 15. dxe5 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 dxe5 17. Rad1 Qc8 18. Bc4 Bxc4
19. Nxc4 Qe6 20. Ne3 Rfd8 21. a3 c6 22. h4 Rd6 23. Rxd6 Qxd6 24. Rd1 Qc7 25. h5
Rd8 26. Ng4 f6 27. Ne3 b5 28. a4 bxa4 29. Qe2 Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 Qb6 31. Nc4 Qb3
32. Qd8+ Kh7 33. Ne3 a3 34. bxa3 Qxa3 35. Kh2 Qc5 36. Qf8 Qa7 37. Qf7 Qc5 38.
Qf8 Qa7 39. Qf7 Qc5 40. Qb3 Nc8 41. Nf5 Ne7 42. Ne3 Nc8 43. Nf5 Ne7 44. Ne3 {
1/2-1/2 (44) Alekseenko,K (2699)-Jacobson,B (2491) Chess.com INT 2021}) 11.
Bxc6 {Radically changing the character of the position.} (11. Nf1 Qa7 {After
the more sedate} 12. Be3 (12. Re2 a4 13. Ng3 (13. d4 exd4 14. Bxc6 d3 15. Qxd3
bxc6 16. Ng3 Qa6 17. Qd1 Bc4 18. Re1 Qb6 19. Nd4 Rfe8 $132 {½, Svidler,P
(2763)-Eljanov,P (2707) Palma de Mallorca 2017}) 13... Qa5 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15.
Nh4 (15. d4 Bb6 16. Be3 Rfe8 17. Qd2 exd4 18. Bxh6 dxc3 19. bxc3 Nh5 $1 $17 {
Bogner,S (2588)-Anton Guijarro,D (2647) Batumi 2018}) 15... Rfe8 16. Re1 Kh7
17. Qf3 d5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Qf5+ g6 20. Nxg6 fxg6 21. Qxf6 Rf8 22. Qh4 g5 23.
Bxg5 Rxf2 24. Qxh6+ Kg8 25. Qg6+ Kh8 {½, Mamedyarov,S (2808)-Karjakin,S (2782)
Stavanger 2018 Obviously deep preparation by both players!}) (12. d4 exd4 13.
Bxc6 bxc6 14. cxd4 Bb6 15. Ng3 Rfe8 16. Be3 d5 17. e5 Ne4 18. Nh5 c5 19. Qc1
Kf8 20. Nxg7 Kxg7 21. Bxh6+ Kh7 22. Rxe4 dxe4 23. Qg5 Rg8 24. Qh5 Rg6 25. Ng5+
Kg8 26. Nxe4 Bf5 27. Nf6+ Rxf6 28. exf6 Bg6 29. Qh4 cxd4 30. Bg7 Bh7 31. Qg5
Bc5 32. Bh8+ Kf8 33. Re1 {1-0 (33) Ragger,M (2684)-Nyback,T (2565) Batumi 2019
CBM 193 [Meyer,CD]}) 12... Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Ne7 {Black should equalize without
too much trouble:} 14. a4 Ng6 15. Bc4 Bxc4 16. Nxc4 Qa6 (16... Rfe8 17. Qb3 Qc5
18. Ne3 Qc6 19. Qb5 Qxb5 20. axb5 Nf4 21. Red1 b6 22. Kh2 Rad8 23. g3 Ne6 $11 {
Karjakin,S (2753)-Svidler,P (2737) St Petersburg blitz 2018}) 17. g3 Rfe8 18.
Qb3 Nf8 19. Qb5 Ne6 20. d4 exd4 21. cxd4 Qxb5 22. axb5 b6 23. Ncd2 a4 24. Nb1
d5 25. exd5 Ng5 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Nbd2 Nxf3+ 28. Nxf3 Re2 $11 {Carlsen,M
(2837)-Ding,L (2774) Saint Louis rpd 2017}) 11... bxc6 12. d4 {Consistent.} (
12. Nh2 a4 13. Ndf1 Qb6 14. Qf3 Nh7 15. Ng3 Ng5 16. Qe2 f6 17. Rf1 d5 18. h4
Nf7 19. Qf3 Nd6 20. Nh5 Kh7 21. g4 Rf7 22. Ng3 g6 23. h5 g5 $15 {Andriasian,Z
(2604)-Menezes,C (2415) Montebelluna 2018 After safeguarding his kingside,
Black can proceed to develop active play on the other flank.}) 12... exd4 13.
cxd4 Bb4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] Kovalev would prefer swapping his B to getting it
sidelined.} ({Until now Black has played only} 13... Bb6 14. Nf1 (14. b3 d5 15.
e5 Nd7 16. Nf1 c5 17. Ng3 Kh8 $6 (17... cxd4 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Qd2 Kh7 20. Qc2+
{is a only a draw - was Black trying to avoid this?}) 18. Nh4 Qe8 19. f4 cxd4
20. f5 d3+ 21. Kh2 Bf2 22. Rf1 Bxg3+ 23. Kxg3 Nc5 24. fxe6 Qxe6 25. Kh2 Qxe5+
26. Bf4 Qe6 27. Nf3 $16 {Stevic,H (2579)-Deac,B (2594) Batumi 2018}) (14. a4
Qa7 (14... Re8 15. Ra3 Qb7 16. Rae3 Rab8 17. b3 Ba7 18. Bb2 d5 19. e5 Nd7 20.
Nh4 c5 21. Rg3 Qa6 22. Qh5 Kh8 23. Bc1 Rg8 24. Ndf3 Nf8 25. Bxh6 g6 26. Nxg6+
fxg6 27. Qh4 Nh7 28. Ng5 {1-0 (28) Giri,A (2780)-Anton Guijarro,D (2674)
Batumi 2019 CBM 193 [Giri,A]}) 15. Nf1 d5 16. e5 Ne4 17. Ra3 c5 18. N3d2 cxd4
19. Rxe4 dxe4 20. Nxe4 d3 21. Qh5 Qb7 22. Nfg3 Rfd8 23. Bxh6 Bxf2+ 24. Nxf2
gxh6 25. Qxh6 Bxh3 26. Nge4 Ra6 27. Qg5+ Rg6 28. Qxd8+ Kg7 29. Qf6+ Rxf6 30.
exf6+ Kg6 31. gxh3 Qxb2 32. Rxd3 Qa1+ 33. Kg2 Qxa4 34. Rg3+ Kh6 35. Rg7 Qb3 36.
Ng4+ Kh5 37. Ng3+ Kh4 38. Nf2 Qd5+ 39. Kh2 Qf3 40. Rg4+ Qxg4 41. Nxg4 {1-0 (41)
Van Foreest,L (2535)-Ioannidis,E (2401) Paleochora 2020 CBM 197 Extra
[Kapnisis,Spyridon]}) 14... d5 (14... a4 15. Ng3 Ba5 16. Re3 Qb5 17. Nh4 Rfe8
18. Rf3 Nh7 19. Nhf5 Kh8 20. Nh5 Bxf5 21. Rxf5 Qc4 22. Ng3 f6 23. Be3 Bb6 24.
h4 Re7 25. a3 Qe6 26. d5 cxd5 27. Bxb6 cxb6 28. Rxd5 $16 {[%csl Ra4,Rb6,Rd6]
Anand,V (2773)-Vidit,S (2702) Kolkata blitz 2018}) 15. e5 Ne4 16. Be3 a4 17.
Qc1 (17. Qc2 Ba5 18. Rec1 Bf5 $1 $13) 17... Qe8 18. Ng3 Nxg3 19. fxg3 {½,
Baklan,V (2608)-Kravtsiv,M (2644) Kiev 2018} Bf5 $132) 14. Re2 {I don't see a
way for White to get a clear-cut advantage, but the text move is rather
passive.} (14. a3 Bxd2 15. Qxd2 Qb6 $11) (14. Re3 a4 15. a3 Ba5 16. b4 axb3 17.
Nxb3 Bb6 18. a4 Re8 $13) (14. Qc2 $142 a4 $5 (14... Qb5 15. a3 Bxd2 16. Bxd2
Bb3 $132 (16... Rab8 17. b4 $14)) 15. a3 (15. Qxc6 $2 Bc5 $1 16. dxc5 Bd7 17.
Qxa8 Qxa8 $17) 15... Ba5 $5 (15... Bxd2 $11) 16. Qxc6 Re8 $32 {~~}) 14... a4 {
Natural. Black had reasonable alternatives in} (14... Qb5 {and}) (14... Re8 {
, but now he can preserve his dark-squared B, which exerts pressure on the
enemy position.}) 15. a3 (15. Nf1 Qb5 $15 (15... Bc4 16. Re3 Bxf1 17. Qxf1 d5
$15)) (15. e5 Nd5 (15... Nd7 16. Ne4 dxe5 17. dxe5 Rd8 18. Qc2 $13) 16. Ne4 a3
$5 $15) 15... Ba5 16. e5 {Weakens the light squares, but White has no other
active possibility.} Nd5 {Very natural, but maybe not ideal.} (16... Nd7 $5 {
might be better, retaining d5 for the B:} 17. Ne4 f5 (17... Bc4 18. Re3 f5 19.
exf6 Bb3 20. Qe2 Nxf6 21. Nxf6+ Rxf6 22. Bd2 $11) 18. exf6 Bb3 19. Qd3 Nxf6 20.
Nxf6+ Rxf6 21. Bd2 Bd5 $15) ({Interesting is also} 16... Nh5 17. Re4 f5 18. Rh4
Qe8 $13 {, but this is a typical engine idea. Human GMs hardly consider such
moves...}) 17. Ne4 f5 (17... Ne7 {already gives White the option} 18. Bxh6 (18.
exd6 cxd6 19. Bf4 Bc7 $11) 18... gxh6 19. Nf6+ $11) 18. Ng3 (18. exf6 Nxf6 19.
Qxa4 (19. Nxf6+ Rxf6 20. Qxa4 Qb5 21. Qxb5 cxb5 $44) 19... Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Qb3 $5
(20... Bd5 21. Rg4 Bxf3 22. gxf3 $14) 21. Qxb3 Bxb3 $44) 18... Nb6 (18... Qc8
$5 $13) 19. d5 $5 {[%mdl 576] Although maybe objectively not the best, this
sacrifice leads to murky tactical complications.} (19. Nh4 f4 20. Nh5 Bb3 21.
Qd3 Qe8 22. Qf3 Bd1 23. Bxf4 Bxe2 24. Qxe2 Qe6 25. Qc2 $44) (19. Bf4 {/\} Bc4
20. Nh4 $44) ({Gledura wants to spice it up,} 19. Bd2 $11 {would have kept it
simple instead.}) 19... Bxd5 (19... Nxd5 $5 20. exd6 (20. Nd4 Qc8 21. exd6 Bd7
$15) 20... Qc8 21. Ne5 f4 22. Nh5 cxd6 23. Nxc6 Bb6 $5 24. Rxe6 Qxe6 25. Qxd5
Rae8 $32 26. Qxe6+ Rxe6 27. Bd2 Re2 28. Bc3 Rxf2 $44) 20. Nd4 (20. Nh4 {
gives Black an extra option} Bb3 (20... Qc8 21. exd6 {[%CAl Re2e7]}) (20... f4
21. Ngf5 {leads to the game}) 21. Qd4 c5 (21... dxe5 22. Qxe5 Re8 $132) 22. Qf4
Bc4 23. Nhxf5 Bxe2 24. Ne7+ Kh8 25. Ng6+ Kg8 $11) 20... f4 $2 {Black needs his
forces on the kingside as soon as possible.} ({The right move was} 20... Qe8
$142 $1 21. exd6 (21. Ndxf5 dxe5 22. Bf4 Nc4 $15) 21... Qg6 22. Qc2 cxd6 23.
Bf4 $5 (23. Ndxf5 Kh8 24. Ne3 $11) 23... Kh7 24. Ndxf5 Bb3 25. Qb1 Rae8 $132)
21. Ngf5 {[%CAl Rf5e7,Rc1f4,Re5d6]} Rxf5 $1 {With all the threats looming and
his Ra8+Qb8 offside, Black has hardly any choice.} (21... f3 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23.
Nxf3 $1 Bxf3 (23... Rxf3 24. Nxd5 $16) 24. Ng6+ Kg8 25. gxf3 {/\} Rxf3 26. Ne7+
Kh8 27. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 28. exd6 $18 {->}) 22. Nxf5 Qf8 23. Nd4 $2 {Gledura
returns the favour, the strong attacking piece should have been kept in place.}
({The engine mercilessly proves White is on top after} 23. Qc2 $1 f3 (23... Bb3
24. Qb1 $16) 24. gxf3 Re8 (24... Bxf3 25. Re3 $18) 25. Kh2 $16 {[%CAl Rf5h6]})
23... c5 24. Nf3 $8 (24. Nb5 Bb3 25. Qf1 Bc4 26. Nxc7 Rc8 $19) 24... Bb3 25.
Qd3 (25. Qf1 Bc4 26. exd6 cxd6 $17 {and Black has a healthy extra pawn.}) 25...
Bc4 26. Qc2 d5 $5 {The rook has no escape, so Black can improve his position.}
(26... Bxe2 27. Qxe2 Qf5 $17) 27. e6 Bxe2 28. Qxe2 {Stohl,I: 'only repeats'}
Nc4 (28... Qd6 $2 29. e7 {/\} Re8 30. Qb5) 29. Ne5 $2 {Loses almost by force.}
({More resilient was} 29. Qd1 c6 (29... Nb6 30. Qe2 {only repeats}) 30. Qxa4
Qe8 31. Qc2 Qxe6 32. b3 (32. Bxf4 Qf6 $17) 32... Nd6 (32... Ne5 33. Nxe5 Qxe5
34. Bb2 Qd6 35. b4 $15) 33. Bxf4 Ne4 $17 {and although Black has strong
pressure, at least the material is equal.}) 29... Nxe5 30. Qxe5 Qd6 $1 31. Bxf4
(31. Qxd6 cxd6 32. Bxf4 Ra6 $5 {[%CAl Rd5d4,Rc5c4,Rg8f8,Rf8e7]} (32... Bc7 33.
Re1 Kf8 34. g4 Rb8 $19) 33. Rd1 d4 34. Bd2 Bxd2 35. Rxd2 g5 36. g3 Kg7 37. f4
gxf4 38. gxf4 Kf6 39. Re2 Ra8 $19) 31... Qxe5 32. Bxe5 Re8 33. Rd1 Rxe6 $1 $19
34. Bc3 (34. Rxd5 c6 35. Rxc5 Bb6 $19 {[%csl Re5]}) 34... Bxc3 35. bxc3 c6 36.
c4 dxc4 (36... d4 $19) 37. f3 (37. Kf1 Kf7 38. Rd7+ Kf6 39. Ra7 Re4 40. Rxa4 (
40. f3 c3 $19) 40... Ke5 41. f3 Rd4 42. Ke2 c3 43. Rxd4 cxd4 44. a4 Kd5 $19)
37... Re3 38. Rc1 Rxa3 39. Rxc4 Ra1+ 40. Kf2 a3 41. Rxc5 a2 42. Rc2 (42. Ra5 c5
$19 {[%CAl Rc5c1]}) 42... Rf1+ {0-1 (42) Gledura,B (2615)-Kovalev,V (2687)
Wijk aan Zee 2019 CBM 188 [Stohl,I]}) (9. Bb3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Ba4 (11. Bc2
d5 12. Nf1 Qd7 13. Be3 Bf8 14. Ng3 dxe4 15. dxe4 Qxd1 16. Rexd1 a4 17. a3 g6
18. Ne1 Nd7 19. Nd3 b5 20. Nb4 Na5 21. Nd5 Rec8 22. Nf1 c6 23. Nb4 Nc4 24. Bc1
h5 25. Ne3 Na5 26. f3 Nc5 27. Nf1 Be7 28. Be3 Nc4 29. Rab1 Nb3 30. Bxb3 axb3
31. Bf2 Bg5 32. h4 Bh6 33. Nd3 Na5 34. Nc5 Bc4 35. Ne3 Rd8 36. Nd7 Bg7 37. Nf1
Be2 38. Rd2 Bxf1 39. Kxf1 Nc4 40. Rdd1 Bh6 41. Ke2 Nd2 42. Nxe5 Nxb1 43. Rxb1
Rd2+ 44. Kf1 Rad8 45. Nxc6 Rd1+ 46. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 47. Ke2 Rd2+ 48. Ke1 Rxb2 49.
Bd4 Re2+ 50. Kxe2 b2 51. Ne7+ Kh7 52. Nd5 b1=Q 53. Nf6+ Kh8 54. Ng4+ Bg7 {
0-1 (54) De Silva,L (2085)-Esipenko,A (2701) Chess.com INT 2021}) 11... Ba7 (
11... Qb8 12. Nf1 b5 13. Bc2 Qa7 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Nxe3 a4 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4
Nb4 18. Bb1 a3 19. b3 c5 20. Qd2 d5 21. exd5 Nbxd5 22. dxc5 Qxc5 23. Bd3 b4 24.
Nxd5 Bxd5 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Rc1 Qb6 27. Nd4 g6 28. Qf4 Be4 29. Bxe4 Rxe4 30.
Qxh6 Qxd4 31. Rc8+ Re8 {0-1 (31) Hou,Y (2658)-Assaubayeva,B (2389) Chess.com
INT 2021}) 12. Nf1 Rb8 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. Ng3 Ne7 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. d4 Ng6 17. Be3
exd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. cxd4 a4 20. Rc1 d5 21. e5 Nh7 22. Nh2 Ng5 23. Nh5 a3 24.
b4 Ne6 25. Qd2 Ng5 26. Ng4 Qf5 27. Nhf6+ Kh8 28. Nxe8 Rxe8 29. Rxc7 Nf4 30. Qe3
Nge6 31. Rc3 Qg6 32. Qg3 Ra8 33. Kh2 h5 34. Ne3 Qh7 35. Rec1 Qe4 36. Rc8+ Rxc8
37. Rxc8+ Kh7 38. Qf3 Qxf3 39. gxf3 Nxd4 40. Rc7 b5 41. Rxf7 Nde6 42. Rd7 d4
43. Nc2 d3 44. Ne1 {1-0 (44) Harikrishna,P (2752)-Karjakin,S (2769) Baku 2016
CBM 175 [Mekhitarian,K]}) (9. b3 Bb6 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Nf1 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13.
Qc2 Qf6 14. Ng3 Qg6 15. Kh2 Rad8 16. Ba3 Rfe8 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 c6 19.
Bxd5 Rxd5 20. Rxd5 Bxd5 21. c4 Be6 22. Re1 Rd8 23. Ne4 Bc7+ 24. Kh1 Qh5 25. Re3
Qe5 26. Ng3 Qa1+ 27. Kh2 Qf6 28. Bb2 Qg6 29. Kh1 Bb6 30. Rf3 Bc7 31. Bc3 b5 32.
Qe2 bxc4 33. bxc4 a4 34. Qe3 Qg5 35. Qe1 Qg6 36. Qe3 Qg5 37. Qe1 Qg6 38. Qe2 a3
39. Bb4 Rb8 40. Qe1 Rd8 41. Qc3 h5 42. Bxa3 h4 43. Ne2 Bf5 44. Nd4 Be4 45. dxe4
Qxe4 46. Rd3 Be5 47. Bc5 Rb8 48. Bb4 Rxb4 49. Qxb4 Qxd3 50. Nf3 Qf1+ 51. Ng1
Bd4 52. Qb8+ Kh7 53. Qf4 Bxf2 54. Qf5+ Kh6 55. Qf4+ Kg6 56. Qg4+ Kf6 57. Qf4+
Ke6 58. Qe4+ Kd6 59. Qf4+ Kc5 60. Qe5+ Kxc4 61. Qe4+ Kb5 {0-1 (61) Alekseenko,
K (2698)-Ding,L (2805) Ekaterinburg 2021}) (9. a4 Ne7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Nf1 Be6
12. Bb3 Qd7 13. Ng3 Bb6 14. d4 Bxh3 15. gxh3 Qxh3 16. Qe2 Nh4 17. Nxh4 Qxh4 18.
Qf1 exd4 19. cxd4 Bxd4 20. Qg2 Ng4 21. Be3 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 Qxg3+
24. Qg2 Qh4 25. Rac1 Rae8 26. Rf1 Rxe4 27. Rf4 Rxf4 28. exf4 Qxf4 29. Rxc7 Qe3+
30. Kh2 Qxb3 31. Rxb7 Qxa4 32. Ra7 Qf4+ 33. Kh1 Qc1+ 34. Kh2 Qc5 35. Ra8 Qe5+
36. Kh1 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 Qh4+ 38. Kg1 Qd4+ 39. Kh2 Qe5+ 40. Kh1 Rxa8 41. Qxa8+ Kh7
42. Kg2 g6 43. Qb7 Kg7 44. Kf3 h5 45. Kg2 a4 46. Qa7 Qe4+ 47. Kh3 Qf3+ 48. Kh2
Qf4+ 49. Kh3 h4 50. Kg2 Qg3+ 51. Kh1 a3 52. Qxf7+ Kh6 53. Qf8+ Kh5 54. Qh6+ Kg4
55. Qxg6+ Kf3 56. Qe4+ Kf2 57. Qe2+ Kxe2 {1/2-1/2 (57) Dwilewicz,K (2130)
-Tologontegin,S (2368) Chess.com INT 2021}) (9. Be3 Bxe3 10. Rxe3 Re8 11. Nbd2
Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. d4 d5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Rxe5 16. f4 Re8 17. e5 Nd7
18. Rg3 Nf8 19. Qh5 Ra6 20. Nf3 c5 21. f5 d4 22. cxd4 cxd4 23. Rd1 d3 24. f6
Ng6 25. Rxg6 fxg6 26. Qxg6 Qd7 27. Rxd3 Qf7 28. Qxf7+ Kxf7 29. Rd7+ {1-0 (29)
Hou,Y (2658)-Assaubayeva,B (2389) Chess.com INT 2021}) (9. Bb5 Bd7 10. Nbd2 Re8
11. Nf1 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Ng3 Bd6 14. Bd2 Na7 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. Qb3 Nb6 17.
a4 Qe6 18. Qxe6 Rxe6 19. d4 Nc6 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Nd4 Ree8 22. b3 c6 23. c4
Nbd7 24. Rad1 Bc7 25. Bc3 Nc5 26. Ndf5 Re6 27. Nh5 g6 28. Nhg7 Nf3+ 29. gxf3
Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 gxf5 31. Nxf5 Kh7 32. Re7 Rg8+ 33. Kf1 Bd8 34. Rxf7+ Kg6 35. Nd6
b6 36. f4 Nxb3 37. f5+ Kh5 38. f6 Nc5 39. Bd4 Ne6 40. Be3 Rf8 41. Rxf8 Nxf8 42.
Nf7 Bxf6 43. Bxb6 Nd7 44. Bxa5 Nc5 45. Bd8 Bxd8 46. Nxd8 Nxa4 47. Nxc6 Kg5 48.
Ne5 Kf5 49. Ng4 h5 50. Ne3+ Ke4 51. Kg2 Nc5 52. Kg3 Nd3 53. Ng2 Kd4 54. h4 Ke4
55. f3+ Ke5 56. Ne3 Nf4 57. Nd5 Ne2+ 58. Kf2 Nd4 59. Ne3 Ne6 60. Nf1 Nf4 61.
Ng3 Ng6 62. Ke3 Nf4 63. Kf2 Ng6 64. Ke3 Nf4 65. Ne2 Ng2+ 66. Kd3 Ne1+ 67. Ke3
Ng2+ 68. Kd2 Nxh4 69. f4+ Ke4 70. Ng3+ Kxf4 71. Nxh5+ Ke5 72. Kc3 {1/2-1/2 (72)
Kryvoruchko,Y (2689)-Bosiocic,M (2603) Mali Losinj 2021}) 9... Ba7 (9... Bb6
10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. Nc3 Nexd5 14. Qd2 c6 15. Bxh6 gxh6
16. Qxh6 Bf5 17. Re5 Bg6 18. Rg5 Nh7 19. Rg4 Re8 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. Bd3 Nf8 22.
Ne5 Re6 23. Bf5 Rd6 24. Nxg6 fxg6 25. Bxg6 Rxg6 26. Rxg6+ Nxg6 27. Qxg6+ Kh8
28. Qh5+ Kg8 29. Qg4+ Kh7 30. Re1 Rc8 31. Re6 {1-0 (31) Carlsen,M (2847)
-Nakamura,H (2736) chess24.com INT 2021}) 10. Bb3 Re8 {The position is equal.}
11. Bc2 Bd7 12. a4 {[#]} Qc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... exd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. e5
Ne4 15. Nc3 Bf5 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Rxe4 {1/2-1/2 (34)
Praggnanandhaa,R (2567)-Buckels,V (2442) Mumbai 2019}) 13. Be3 exd4 14. Bxd4
Nxd4 15. cxd4 c5 16. e5 $1 {[%CAl Re5f6]} Nd5 {[#]} (16... Nh5 $14) 17. Qd3 $1
$16 {[%CAl Rd3h7]} g6 18. Bb3 Nf4 ({Better is} 18... Be6) 19. Qe4 Ne6 20. Qh4 (
20. exd6 c4 $17) 20... c4 {[#]} (20... cxd4 $2 21. Qxh6 dxe5 22. Ng5 $18) 21.
Nc3 dxe5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Loses the game.} ({Don't go for} 21... cxb3 $2 22.
Qxh6 Bxd4 23. Nd5 $18) (21... Ng5 $14 22. Ba2 (22. Nxg5 hxg5 23. Qxg5 Bxd4 $11)
22... Qc6) 22. Qxh6 $18 Bc6 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Bxf3.} ({Inferior is}
22... cxb3 23. Ne4 $18) 23. d5 $1 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. White is clearly
winning.} cxb3 (23... Bxf2+ 24. Kxf2) 24. Ne4 {[%CAl Re4f6]} ({Not} 24. dxc6
Nf8 $18) 24... Qd8 25. dxe6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/Black=0.63} 1-0
