[Event "Gibraltar Masters 2020"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2020.01.28"]
[Round "8.56"]
[White "Kozak, Adam"]
[Black "De Haan, E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2308"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2020.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "TWIC 1317"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2020.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 c6 7. Qc2 b6 8. Rd1
Bb7 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. e4 c5 12. exd5 exd5 13. Nh4 ({Relevant:} 13. Bf4
Re8 14. dxc5 dxc4 15. b4 bxc5 16. b5 Qb6 17. a4 a5 18. Qf5 g6 19. Qh3 Qe6 20.
Qxe6 fxe6 21. Ne5 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Nb6 23. Nc6 Nfd5 24. Be5 Ra8 25. Nxd5 exd5 26.
Bc7 Bf6 27. Ra2 Nd7 28. Rxd5 Nf8 29. Bxa5 Ne6 30. Bb6 c3 31. a5 Nd4 32. Nxd4
cxd4 33. Bxd4 Bxd4 34. Rxd4 Rec8 35. Rd1 Rc5 36. b6 c2 37. Rc1 Rcxa5 38. Rxa5
Rxa5 39. Rxc2 Rb5 40. Rc8+ Kg7 41. Rc7+ Kf6 42. Rxh7 Rxb6 {Chuchelov,V (2538)
-Rustemov,A (2537) Germany 2012 1-0}) 13... cxd4 14. Rxd4 Bc5 15. Rd1 Ng4 16.
Rf1 {} Qf6 {This novelty loses immediately} ({Predecessor:} 16...
Ndf6 17. Bb2 Nxf2 18. Rxf2 Ng4 19. Nd1 Qe7 20. Qc3 d4 21. Qd3 Nxf2 22. Nxf2
Bxg2 23. Nxg2 Rfe8 24. Re1 Qd7 25. Rd1 Rcd8 26. Ne4 Qg4 27. Nf2 Qc8 28. Bc1 Rd6
29. Ne4 Rc6 30. Nf4 h6 31. Nd5 Rce6 32. Nxc5 bxc5 33. Bd2 Re2 34. Nf4 R2e4 35.
Rf1 Qa6 36. a4 Qc8 37. b4 cxb4 38. a5 Qb7 39. Rb1 Qd7 40. Rxb4 Kh8 41. Rb1 Qf5
42. Rf1 Qg4 43. c5 Qc8 44. Rc1 Qc6 45. Qf1 Kg8 46. Be1 {Ghorbani,M (2316)
-Akbarinia,S (2256) Teheran 2003 1-0}) 17. Bb2 (17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxa1
(18... Qe6 19. Bb2 Rfe8 20. Rad1 {White has massive pressure}) 19. Bb2 Qxa2
20. Ra1 Qxa1+ 21. Bxa1 Rfe8 22. Qf5 (22. Kg2) 22... Nde5 23. Kg2 Re6 24.
Qf4 Rce8 25. Nf5 Bf8 26. Bxe5 Nxe5 27. Nc7) 17... Nde5 {Black loses the
d5-pawn for nothing} (17... Qg5 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 Rfe8 20. Rad1 Ndf6 21.
Kg2 Rcd8 22. Nxf6+ Nxf6 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd1 {Black has nothing for the P
and remains under pressure}) (17... Qh6 18. h3 Ngf6 19. Rae1 Ne4 20. Nf5 Qg6
21. Nxd5 Qxf5 22. Bxe4 Qg5 23. Kg2 {Black has nothing for the pawn}) 18.
Bxd5 ({or} 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5) 18... Bxd5 (18... Nxf2 {Does not help}
19. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 20. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Nd3+ {Forks off the Bb2 but the knight
gets trapped in the process} 22. Ke2 Bxd5 23. Nxd5 Nxb2 24. Ne7+ Kh8 25.
Nxc8 Rxc8 26. Nf5 Rd8 27. Rb1 Nd3 28. Rd1 {Wins the stray knight}) 19.
Nxd5 Qh6 (19... Qd6 20. Rad1) 20. Qf5 {White has many good moves} (20. Rae1
$18) (20. b4 Bd6 21. h3 Nf6 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Ne7+) 20... Rce8 21. Bxe5 {
Wins by a narrow margin} (21. h3 g6 (21... Nxf2 22. Rxf2 Qd2 23. Ba3 Qxf2+
24. Qxf2 Bxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Nd3+ 26. Kf3 Ne1+ 27. Kf4 Nd3+ 28. Kf3 Nc5 29. Nf5
{The BN easily outplay the R}) 22. Qf4 Qxf4 23. gxf4 Nd3 24. hxg4 Nxb2 25.
Nf6+ Kg7 26. Nxe8+ Rxe8 27. Kg2 (27. Rfe1)) (21. b4 {Also good})
21... Nxe5 22. Rae1 f6 (22... Nc6 23. Qd7 Rd8 24. Qg4 Kh8 25. Kg2 {
Black can struggle on but White has excellent winning chances}) 23. Ne3
{This retreat loses most of the advantage} (23. b4 {Is one way to win} g6
24. Qe4 f5 25. Qg2) (23. Nc7 Rc8 24. Ne6 g6 25. Qe4 Rf7) 23... g6 24.
Qe4 Kh8 (24... f5 25. Qd5+ Nf7 26. Qd3) 25. Nf3 (25. Kg2) (25. Kh1
$14) (25. Ng4 Nxg4 26. Qxg4 Qd2 27. Rxe8 Rxe8 28. Ng2 (28. a3 Re2)
28... Re2) 25... Nf7 {Misses the save} (25... f5 {This thrust
gives enough counterplay for Black to survive} 26. Qd5 f4 27. Nc2 Nxf3+ 28.
Qxf3 fxg3 29. Qc3+ Kg8 30. hxg3 Rxe1 31. Qxe1 Qh3 32. Qe5 Rf5 33. Qe6+
Kg7 34. Ne3 Bxe3 35. Qxe3 Rh5 36. Qe7+ {White must force a perpetual}) 26.
Qd3 Qh3 (26... Bxe3 27. Rxe3 Rxe3 28. Qxe3 Qxe3 29. fxe3 {White should
win the ending}) 27. Nd5 Rd8 (27... Rxe1 28. Nxe1 Ne5 29. Qe4 a5) 28. Qc3 {
Black has no chance now} Nh6 29. b4 1-0
[Event "Gibraltar Masters 2020"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2020.01.29"]
[Round "9.40"]
[White "Rishi, S."]
[Black "Kozak, Adam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2020.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "TWIC 1317"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2020.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
{[%evp 0,14,26,19,51,13,21,19,21,36,17,12,30,30,34,34,34]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6
3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 f5 5. d4 e4 6. d5 exf3 7. dxc6 dxc6 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. gxf3 Nf6
10. b3 Bd6 ({Relevant:} 10... g6 11. Bb2 Bg7 12. O-O-O+ Ke7 13. h4 Be6 14. Be2
Rad8 15. Rdg1 Bf7 16. f4 h5 17. Na4 b6 18. Be5 Rhg8 19. f3 Nd7 20. Bxg7 Rxg7
21. Rd1 Rgg8 22. Rhe1 Nf6 23. Nb2 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Nd3 Nd7 26. Ne5 Nxe5
27. fxe5 Rxd1+ 28. Kxd1 Ke6 29. f4 Kd7 30. Kd2 Be6 31. Bd3 Kc7 32. Kc3 a5 33.
e4 fxe4 34. Bxe4 Bf5 35. Kd3 Kd7 36. Ke3 Kc7 37. Bxf5 gxf5 38. Kd3 Kd7 {
1/2-1/2 (38) Petrov,N (2595)-Istratescu,A (2561) Abu Dhabi 2019}) 11. Bb2 Ke7
12. O-O-O Be6 {} 13. f4 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bd3 Rhd8 14. Kc2 Rd7 15.
Ne2 g6 16. h3 Rad8 17. f4 Bc7 18. Ba3 b6 19. Ng3 Kf7 20. Bb2 a6 21. Be5 b5 22.
Bxf5 gxf5 23. Bxc7 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rxd1 25. Kxd1 bxc4 26. bxc4 Ne4 27. Nxe4 fxe4
28. h4 Bxc4 29. a3 Ke6 30. f5+ Kxf5 {1/2-1/2 (30) Giri,A (2793)-So,W (2779)
Saint Louis 2015}) 13... Rad8 14. Bg2 Bf7 15. Bf3 Rhg8 16. Rhg1 g6 17. Ba3 Rc8
18. Rd2 b6 19. Rgd1 Bb8 20. Na4 Be6 21. h4 h5 22. Nc3 Ng4 23. Bb2 Rgd8 24. a4
Rxd2 25. Rxd2 a5 26. Nd1 Bd6 27. Kc2 Bd7 28. Bh1 Ke6 29. f3 Nh6 30. Rg2 Rg8 31.
Nf2 Be7 32. Rh2 Nf7 33. Nd3 Kd6 34. Bc3 Be6 35. Be1 Bf6 36. Rg2 Ke7 37. Rh2 Kf8
38. Bc3 Ke7 39. Ne5 Nxe5 40. fxe5 Bg7 41. f4 Rc8 42. Rd2 Kf7 43. Rd6 Bf8 44.
Rxc6 Rxc6 45. Bxc6 Be7 46. Be1 Bd8 47. Kd3 Ke7 48. Bd5 Kf7 49. Ke2 Ke7 50. Kf3
Kf7 51. Kg3 Ke7 52. Bd2 Kf7 53. Bc1 Ke7 54. e4 Kf7 55. exf5 gxf5 56. Be3 Be7
57. Bf2 Bf8 58. Kf3 Be7 59. Ke2 Bf8 60. Kd3 Be7 61. Kc2 Bf8 62. Bf3 Kg6 63. Bc6
Kf7 64. Bd5 Be7 65. Bc6 Bf8 66. Bf3 Kg6 67. Kb2 1/2-1/2
[Event "Gibraltar Masters 2020"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2020.01.30"]
[Round "10.42"]
[White "Kozak, Adam"]
[Black "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "TWIC 1317"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2020.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
{[%evp 0,15,19,19,19,-18,-1,-7,30,25,17,9,35,19,24,8,43,10]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3
Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Nd7 5. h3 Bh5 ({Relevant:} 5... Bxf3 6. Bxf3 e6 7. d3 Bd6
8. e4 Ngf6 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Nc3 O-O-O 11. a4 Rdg8 12. Rb1 g5 13. Bg2 a5 14. exd5
exd5 15. d4 Kb8 16. Qd3 h6 17. Re1 Nf8 18. Na2 Ne4 19. b4 f5 20. bxa5 Qxa5 21.
Ba3 Bxa3 22. Qxa3 Nd7 23. Nb4 Kc7 24. c4 dxc4 25. Bxe4 fxe4 26. Rxe4 Re8 27.
Rxe8 Rxe8 28. Qc3 Nb6 29. d5 Nxd5 30. Nxd5+ Qxd5 31. Qg7+ Kd6 32. Qxb7 Qd2 33.
Kg2 Qd5+ 34. Kh2 Qd4 35. Qf7 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2780)-Topalov,V (2740)
Abidjan 2019 1-0}) 6. d4 e6 7. c4 Be7 8. Nc3 dxc4 9. a4 a5 10. e4 Ngf6 11. Qe2
Bxf3 12. Bxf3 {} Nb6 ({Predecessor:} 12... e5 13. Be3 exd4 14. Bxd4 Bc5
15. e5 Bxd4 16. exf6+ Kf8 17. fxg7+ Kxg7 18. Rad1 Ne5 19. Be4 Qb6 20. Qh5 Ng6
21. Ne2 Bf6 22. Rd7 Rad8 23. Rfd1 Rxd7 24. Rxd7 Ne5 25. Rd1 Ng6 26. Rd7 Ne5 27.
Rd6 Qc5 28. Nd4 Be7 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Nf5 Bf8 31. Rd8 {1-0 (31) Ganguly,S (2615)
-So,W (2765) Kolkata 2018}) 13. Be3 O-O 14. Bg2 Bb4 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Qc2 Nfd7
17. Na2 Bd6 18. Nc3 e5 19. dxe5 Bc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. Kh2 Nxe5 22. f4 Nd3 23.
e5 Rad8 24. Ne4 Qd4 25. b3 Nd5 26. Qxc4 Ne3 27. Qxd4 Rxd4 28. Rd2 Nxg2 29. Kxg2
f5 30. exf6 Nxf4+ 31. Kf3 Rxd2 32. Nxd2 Nd5 33. Nc4 Rxf6+ 34. Kg2 b6 35. Re1
Kf8 36. Re2 g6 1/2-1/2
