[Event "chess.com SpeedChess 2022"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2022.11.27"] [Round "1.17"] [White "Ding Liren"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A05"] [WhiteElo "2811"] [BlackElo "2745"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2022.11.23"] [EventType "k.o. (blitz)"] [EventRounds "4"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1464"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2022.11.28"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.12.01"] [SourceQuality "2"] {[%evp 0,45,9,13,34,-10,-5,-10,5,-2,26,22,37,16,21,24,6,-3,20,10,39,34,31,23,16,38,17,18,19,31,9,16,36,49,82,90,66,86,82,139,148,123,228,209,313,338,386,386]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Nb3 O-O 8. Nc3 e6 9. e4 Nc6 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. c3 d4 13. cxd4 Nxd4 14. Be3 {Despite the open center and fairly high level of symmetry, White has a slight, nagging plus.} Nc6 (14... Nf5) 15. Nc5 Qe7 (15... Qxd1 $142 16. Raxd1 Bg4) 16. Re1 (16. Qa4 $1) 16... Rd8 $2 (16... Ne5 $142) 17. Qb3 $16 Qc7 18. Rac1 {It's a funny position (though not a fun one, for Black): White has no real threat, but it's hard to find a sensible move for Black that doesn't drop something.} Qb6 $2 {This makes a lot of sense; unfortunately, it's a bit of a blunder. Black is hoping White will take on b6 and then on b7, which will lead to the disappearance of both players' queensides and a draw. It's a good idea, but Ding finds the refutation.} 19. Nxb7 $1 Qxb3 {Looking forward to lots of exchanges and a draw, but he has missed a detail.} 20. Nxd8 $3 {It's easy to work out the details once you spot the move, but it's easy to miss this in a blitz game, especially one which is so "positional".} Qxb2 21. Nxc6 Bb7 22. Rb1 Qc3 23. Rec1 {After the queen moves and White takes on b7, Ding will have a rook, bishop, and knight - and a humongous positional advantage - for the queen.} 1-0 [Event "chess.com SpeedChess 2022"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2022.11.27"] [Round "1.19"] [White "Ding Liren"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A05"] [WhiteElo "2811"] [BlackElo "2745"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2022.11.23"] [EventType "k.o. (blitz)"] [EventRounds "4"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1464"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2022.11.28"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.12.01"] [SourceQuality "2"] {[%evp 0,81,34,34,12,-10,8,-2,15,11,17,17,21,26,18,39,34,63,73,70,73,68,95,89,105,78,78,51,59,33,36,38,11,24,24,22,22,22,22,-5,1,0,-4,34,34,34,34,72,69,65,85,53,98,97,239,221,221,263,263,218,314,314,314,305,317,230,231,233,258,199,218,220,396,187,224,259,289,314,300,263,241,247,617,666]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. c4 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 g6 7. Qb3 Nb6 8. Qb5 Bg7 9. Qxc5 O-O 10. O-O e5 11. d3 Re8 12. Bg5 f6 13. Be3 Be6 14. Qb5 Nd4 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Ne4 f5 17. Nc5 Bd5 18. Rfe1 Rc8 19. Rac1 Re7 20. a4 a6 21. Qb4 Bc6 22. Qb3+ Bd5 23. Qb4 Bc6 24. a5 Nd5 25. Qb3 Kh8 26. Ng5 Qd6 {Ding has been winning for quite some time now, and here, surprisingly, he wins his second straight White game with the same move that decided that first win.} 27. Nxb7 $1 {Black has problems all over the place: c8, d5, b7, and f7 for starters.} Bxb7 (27... Rxb7 28. Qxb7 $1 Bxb7 29. Nf7+ Kg8 30. Nxd6 $18 {[%CAl Bd6c8,Bd6b7,Bc1c8,Bg2d5] is a disaster for Grischuk.}) 28. Rxc8+ Bxc8 29. Bxd5 {and the rest was easy.} Qc5 30. Nf7+ Kg8 31. Nd6+ Kh8 32. Nxc8 Qxc8 33. Qb6 f4 34. Kg2 Re5 35. Bf3 Rb5 36. Qd6 Rxb2 37. Qxf4 Rb5 38. Rc1 Qd8 39. Rc6 Rxa5 40. Bg4 Re5 41. Rc8 1-0 [Event "chess.com SpeedChess 2022"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2022.11.27"] [Round "1.35"] [White "Ding Liren"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E10"] [WhiteElo "2811"] [BlackElo "2745"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "2022.11.23"] [EventType "k.o. (blitz)"] [EventRounds "4"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1464"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2022.11.28"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.12.01"] [SourceQuality "2"] {[%evp 0,121,12,12,12,-14,-16,-20,-9,-22,6,8,13,7,7,-7,19,20,35,2,56,16,18,18,63,25,20,17,32,7,24,21,-4,3,4,4,3,3,-10,-2,-26,-26,-23,-23,1,-4,25,24,21,18,24,5,10,15,24,12,27,45,68,65,83,84,87,102,87,64,66,104,138,100,108,120,134,134,129,128,126,127,160,127,160,139,196,147,168,171,176,176,184,168,184,124,184,184,182,182,184,182,182,182,182,130,130,106,106,51,58,58,216,357,597,0,391,419,509,518,527,173,340,513,29989,29990,29991,29992]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 a5 10. Rd1 b5 11. c5 Nh5 12. Bd6 {A nice (implicit) pawn sac that has been used before.} Bxd6 13. cxd6 Bb7 14. Nbd2 Nb6 $146 (14... Nhf6 $142 15. e4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qxe4 Qb8 18. Ne5 Nf6 19. Qd3 Qxd6 20. a4 $44 {White has sufficient compensation here; in the game, it's more than sufficient.}) 15. e4 $1 Qxd6 16. e5 Qe7 17. Nb3 $16 Nd7 18. Rac1 (18. Qd2 $142 $1) 18... a4 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. Qxc5 Qxc5 21. Rxc5 $14 {Queens are gone and Black is still a pawn up. Nevertheless, White's space advantage and Black's awful bishop mean that Ding is still better.} a3 $6 22. b3 f5 $2 23. Ng5 $18 Rae8 24. Bf3 g6 25. Bxh5 gxh5 26. Nh3 $1 h4 27. Nf4 $1 hxg3 28. hxg3 {This is a clear textbook case of a good knight vs. a bad bishop. Black's extra pawn is meaningless, and will fall sooner or later.} Re7 29. Kg2 Kf7 30. Rh1 Ke8 31. Rh6 Kd7 32. b4 Ra8 33. Rc1 Bc8 34. Nd3 Kc7 35. Rch1 Bd7 36. Rxh7 {There it goes.} Rae8 37. Nc5 Bc8 38. Kf3 Kb6 39. Kf4 Kc7 40. f3 Kd8 41. R1h6 Rg8 42. Rxe7 Kxe7 43. Rh7+ Kd8 44. Rh6 Ke7 45. Rh5 Kd8 46. Rh7 Rf8 47. Kg5 Rg8+ 48. Kh4 (48. Kf6 {can be played, but this was a bullet (1'+1") game, and Ding is going to avoid any unnecessary risks and calculations.} Rxg3 49. Nxe6+ Bxe6 50. Kxe6 Rxf3 51. Kd6 Kc8 52. e6 $18) 48... Rf8 49. Kh5 Rg8 50. g4 fxg4 51. fxg4 Rf8 52. g5 Rf2 53. g6 Rxa2 54. g7 Rh2+ 55. Kg6 Rg2+ 56. Kf7 Rf2+ 57. Kg8 a2 58. Rh1 Ke7 59. Kh8 $1 Rh2+ {Did White get tricked?} 60. Rxh2 a1=Q 61. g8=Q {Nope. Black has no checks, White is a rook up, and Black's king will be mated very soon. An excellent game by Ding, especially for bullet!} 1-0