[Event "Julius Baer GenCup KO"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2022.09.22"] [Round "1.11"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D27"] [WhiteElo "2861"] [BlackElo "2759"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "2022.09.22"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. Nc3 b5 9. d5 exd5 10. Nxd5 Bb7 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 {This isn't a main line, but as a number of super-GMs (Kramnik, Ding, So, and even Aronian himself - with White - etc.) have been on one side or the other both players should have some ideas about this position.} 12. a4 b4 {Here Carlsen thought for a while before playing a move that had the commentators howling. I'm happy to say that despite all my limitations, my inclination (without looking at an engine) was to play 13.e4, which is, along with 13.Qc2, probably White's best option.} 13. Ra2 $2 Ne5 $2 (13... Rd8 $1 $17) 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. b3 $11 Bd6 16. f4 Qe7 17. Bc4 O-O 18. Qg4 Kh8 19. Re2 f5 20. Qg3 (20. Qg5 $5) 20... Rad8 21. Bb2 (21. Rd2 $142) 21... Bc7 22. h4 $6 (22. Qg5 $142 Qxg5 23. fxg5 Be4 $11) 22... Bd5 $6 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. e4 $1 fxe4 25. Rxe4 Qf7 (25... Qxe4 $4 26. Qxg7#) 26. Rfe1 Bd6 27. Re8 $5 (27. Be5 $11) 27... Kg8 (27... Rxe8 $4 28. Rxe8+ Qxe8 29. Qxg7#) 28. Qf3 Rd2 29. Rxf8+ Bxf8 30. Bc1 $2 {It seems hard to believe, but this is the losing move. Black now gets too much of a free hand on the queenside.} (30. Be5 $11) 30... Rc2 $19 {Already White has grave problems dealing with ideas like .. .Rc3 and ...c4.} 31. f5 c4 32. bxc4 Qxc4 33. Bf4 Rc3 34. Qg4 Qd4+ 35. Kh2 Rc4 36. Rf1 Bd6 37. g3 Bxf4 38. Rxf4 Qd2+ 39. Kh3 Rxf4 40. gxf4 Qd7 $2 (40... h5 $1 41. Qxh5 Qe3+ 42. Kg2 b3 43. f6 Qe4+ 44. Kg3 b2 45. f7+ Kf8 46. Qc5+ Kxf7 47. Qc7+ Qe7 48. Qc4+ Kf8 49. Qc8+ Qe8 50. Qc5+ Kg8 {The checks end, and the b-pawn will promote.}) 41. Qe2 Qxf5+ 42. Kg3 Qg6+ (42... Qc8 $1) 43. Kh2 Qc6 ( 43... a5 $142) 44. Qe5 Qc2+ 45. Kg1 Qc8 $2 46. Qd6 $2 (46. a5 $17) 46... a5 $2 $11 {Now the position is equal according to the engine, but the reality is that White is still at death's door.} (46... Qc4 $1) 47. Qd5+ Kh8 48. Qxa5 Qb8 49. Qf5 $8 b3 50. a5 $8 h6 51. Qb1 b2 52. Kf2 $4 {This loses without a fight, but the path to a draw would have been very difficult in a classical game, and basically impossible in this situation.} (52. a6 $1 {holds the game, though the struggle isn't over yet.} Qb6+ 53. Kg2 Qc6+ 54. Kh2 $1 Qc1 55. a7 $1 Qxb1 56. a8=Q+ Kh7 57. Qg2 $3 $11 {Remarkably, Black cannot make progress. Either he drops the pawn, allows a perpetual, or remains stuck.}) 52... Qxf4+ { Black plays ...Qc1 and promotes the b-pawn, simple as that.} 0-1 [Event "Julius Baer GenCup KO"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2022.09.22"] [Round "1.11"] [White "Keymer, Vincent"] [Black "Praggnanandhaa, R.."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D04"] [WhiteElo "2693"] [BlackElo "2676"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2022.09.22"] [EventType "k.o."] {[%evp 0,85,26,32,31,24,37,10,37,20,2,-18,13,17,25,-8,-2,1,-1,1,7,-4,-4,0,15, -2,13,-1,13,10,11,9,13,6,0,9,13,12,18,24,19,13,18,15,44,5,27,27,28,37,45,35,4, -4,1,13,14,-12,-18,-30,-5,-40,-38,-47,-59,-73,-81,-88,-53,-36,-23,-53,-6,28,0, 40,43,4,4,21,433,437,437,449,916,1047,950,1063]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Be2 Nc6 5. c3 cxd4 6. exd4 Bg4 7. Bf4 e6 8. Nbd2 Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Qc7 12. a4 Rab8 13. h3 Bh5 14. Bd3 a6 15. Qe2 Rfe8 16. Qe3 Bg6 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Ne5 Nd7 19. Nd3 Na5 20. Nf3 Nc4 21. Qg5 a5 22. Rac1 Nd6 23. Qf4 Rec8 24. Ng5 Nf8 25. h4 b5 26. axb5 Rxb5 27. Qg4 Nd7 28. Qh3 Nf6 29. Re2 Rcb8 30. Rcc2 R5b6 31. Ne5 a4 32. g4 a3 33. bxa3 Rb1+ 34. Kg2 Ra1 35. Ra2 Rd1 36. Rab2 {Nothing too special has happened so far, and the position is equal. It's an exciting equality, though: White's queenside is on verge of collapse, while Black's king is anything but safe. With time ticking away, anything can happen, and does.} Ra8 $2 37. Rb3 $2 (37. Nxe6 $3 fxe6 38. g5 $18) 37... Ra1 $2 (37... Rb8 $1 $11) 38. h5 (38. Nxe6 $1 $18 {was also (still) good.}) 38... gxh5 39. gxh5 R1xa3 $2 (39... Nh7 $1 40. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 41. Qxe6+ Nf7 42. h6 $1 Nf8 $1 43. Qxd5 Rd8 44. Qxf7+ Qxf7 45. Nxf7 Kxf7 46. Rb7+ Kf6 47. Rxg7 $16 {Not all of White's pawns are equally healthy and dangerous, but he does have five of them. }) 40. Rxa3 Rxa3 41. h6 Rxc3 {Pragg may have missed White's threat, but even if he saw it there was no way to save the game.} (41... gxh6 42. Qxh6 Qe7 43. Nc6 Qc7 44. Qxf6 Qxc6 45. Re1 $18 {followed by Rh1 and mate on h8.}) 42. h7+ Kh8 (42... Nxh7 43. Qxh7+ Kf8 44. Qh8+ Ke7 45. Qxg7 $18) 43. Ngxf7+ $1 { Winning the queen or forcing mate next move.} ({The flashy} 43. Qxe6 $1 { is also crushing.}) (43. Ngxf7+ $1 Nxf7 44. Ng6#) 1-0 [Event "Julius Baer GenCup KO"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2022.09.22"] [Round "1.11"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Le, Quang Liem"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A37"] [WhiteElo "2688"] [BlackElo "2728"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2022.09.22"] [EventType "k.o."] {[%evp 0,82,31,-11,28,28,13,1,33,19,14,13,26,10,19,3,24,4,0,-27,1,8,35,19,36, 15,18,26,-65,-87,-89,-82,-28,-31,-20,-30,-26,-30,-24,-24,4,-9,-7,-28,-36,-37, -36,-41,1,-1,-6,-23,-12,-24,-12,-17,-29,-28,-36,-38,-15,-26,0,-38,-45,-59,-46, -89,-88,-87,-114,-213,-171,-173,-173,-173,-160,-160,-200,-203,-190,-316,-329, -334,-331]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nh6 6. d3 Nf5 7. O-O d6 8. Qd2 h5 9. h3 Bd7 10. b3 Qc8 11. Bb2 Nfd4 12. Nxd4 $2 (12. h4 $14) 12... cxd4 $19 13. Nd5 Bxh3 14. Nc7+ ({Perhaps Niemann assumed that 13...Bxh3 was impossible because of} 14. Bxh3 Qxh3 15. Nc7+ {, but after} Kd7 16. Nxa8 h4 { is winning. Not immediately, as White can keep the h-file closed with} 17. g4 { , but Black is still winning after} Qxg4+ 18. Kh1 g5 {etc. White has no counterplay, and Black is attacking for free since he can take the knight at any moment.}) 14... Qxc7 15. Bxh3 O-O {Black has an extra pawn and the better position to boot, and went on to win.} 16. b4 a6 17. a4 e6 18. Bg2 a5 19. b5 Nb8 20. Qf4 Nd7 21. Ba3 Be5 22. Qf3 Rab8 23. Rfb1 b6 24. Qc6 Qd8 25. f4 Rc8 26. Qf3 Bf6 27. Bxd6 Be7 28. Bxe7 Qxe7 29. e4 Nc5 30. e5 f5 31. exf6 Qxf6 32. Re1 Rc7 33. Re2 h4 34. Rae1 Qf5 35. gxh4 Qxd3 36. Rxe6 Qxf3 37. Bxf3 Nxe6 38. Rxe6 Rxf4 39. Be2 Kg7 40. Rxb6 Re7 41. Bd3 Re3 0-1 [Event "Julius Baer GenCup KO"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2022.09.22"] [Round "1.11"] [White "Erigaisi, Arjun"] [Black "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E48"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2563"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "145"] [EventDate "2022.09.22"] [EventType "k.o."] {[%evp 0,145,31,31,31,-16,-23,4,4,4,42,30,23,-13,37,44,27,23,61,56,50,50,56,40, 48,59,56,56,50,47,39,19,7,3,29,45,40,1,-8,-8,-8,-9,8,-16,-8,-25,-22,-48,-61, -37,-28,-9,-23,-9,-14,-16,6,2,24,13,12,0,32,0,0,-24,-24,-42,90,38,21,26,39,39, 39,39,56,63,24,15,114,69,66,64,73,62,74,62,53,53,58,48,53,46,42,39,60,68,54,44, 93,24,108,117,115,77,102,95,102,118,131,141,165,182,203,249,253,107,236,236, 463,557,557,567,577,577,577,577,567,577,992,992,992,517,505,505,505,505,505, 505,505,485,485,485,527,527,527,527]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. Re1 b6 12. d5 Na5 13. Ba2 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Be6 16. Qxd8 Raxd8 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. b4 Bf6 19. Ra2 Bc3 20. Rf1 Nb3 21. Be3 Bf6 22. Rb1 e5 23. h4 Rd3 24. g3 e4 25. Ne1 Rc3 26. Rd1 Rfc8 27. Kf1 R3c4 28. Re2 a5 29. b5 Bd4 30. Ng2 a4 31. h5 R8c5 32. g4 Rxb5 33. Nh4 g6 34. hxg6 hxg6 35. Nxg6 Kf7 36. Nh4 Bxe3 37. Rxe3 Rc2 38. Nf5 Nd2+ 39. Kg2 Rbb2 40. Kg3 Rb3 41. Kf4 Rxe3 42. fxe3 Nc4 43. Nd6+ Nxd6 44. Rxd6 b5 45. Rb6 Rb2 46. Kf5 Rb3 47. Rb7+ Kg8 48. Kxe4 Rxa3 49. Rxb5 { All rook endings are drawn...until they aren't. Black should have taken a page out of the ancient wisdom about R + f & h-pawn vs. R: the weak side should draw, *provided that its king isn't stuck on the back rank*. This ending bears important similarities to that one, and the wisdom about the king certainly applies.} Ra1 $2 (49... Kf7 {keeps the position a tablebase draw.}) 50. Kf5 { Now the Black king is in trouble, and Erigaisi flawlessly converts his advantage.} Rf1+ 51. Kg6 Kf8 52. g5 a3 53. Ra5 Ra1 54. Ra7 a2 55. e4 Ke8 56. e5 Kf8 57. e6 Ke8 58. e7 Rb1 59. Rxa2 Rg1 (59... Kxe7 60. Kg7 {and White will soon achieve the Lucena position.}) 60. Re2 Rg3 61. Kh6 Rh3+ 62. Kg7 Rg3 63. g6 Rg1 64. Re5 Rg2 65. Kh6 Rh2+ 66. Rh5 Rg2 67. g7 Kxe7 68. Kh7 (68. Rg5 $4 Rxg5 69. Kxg5 Kf7 70. Kh6 Kg8 71. Kg6 $11) 68... Kf7 69. Rf5+ Ke6 70. Rf1 Rh2+ 71. Kg8 Ra2 72. Rh1 Kf6 73. Kh8 1-0 [Event "Julius Baer GenCup KO"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2022.09.22"] [Round "1.12"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D41"] [WhiteElo "2759"] [BlackElo "2861"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "2022.09.22"] [EventType "k.o."] {[%evp 0,96,31,29,19,4,4,-3,10,10,37,49,40,21,72,40,14,49,2,12,9,7,-9,-5,-17, -136,-136,-168,-247,-298,-302,-328,-333,-294,-312,-393,-370,-391,-409,-431, -390,-393,-400,-439,-166,-186,-184,-191,-190,-190,-178,-201,-131,-199,-201, -252,-226,-229,-233,-233,-240,-238,-202,-215,-205,-237,-217,-230,-226,-233, -216,-225,-222,-253,-280,-295,-246,-289,-310,-350,-328,-355,-299,-355,-343, -380,-367,-385,-395,-378,-399,-402,-389,-393,-407,-414,-421,-29999,-30000]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Qf4 10. Nxc5 Bxc5 11. dxc5 Nc6 {In this fresh opening position, with seemingly nothing going on, Aronian played a natural move that already loses the game.} 12. Bd3 $4 (12. a3 $11) (12. Be2 $11) 12... O-O-O $19 { It's already over, as White has several major tactical liabilities.} 13. O-O ( 13. Qe2 Bg4 14. Kf1 Rhe8 {wins at least a piece.}) 13... Nb4 14. Qa4 Nxd3 15. Qxa7 {If the queen had a friend or two, it might be interesting. Here, however, there's nothing.} Bd5 16. Ne1 Ne5 17. Rd1 Nc6 18. Qa3 Bc4 19. Nd3 Qd4 20. b4 Bxd3 21. b5 Qb4 22. Rxd3 Qxa3 23. Rxa3 Nd4 24. c6 Nxb5 25. cxb7+ Kb8 26. Rf3 Rd7 27. h4 Nd4 28. Re3 Rhd8 29. g3 Ne6 30. Kg2 Rd1 31. Rxd1 Rxd1 32. f4 Rd2+ 33. Kh3 Rd5 34. Rb3 Ra5 35. a3 h5 36. Kg2 g6 37. Kf2 Nd4 38. Rb6 Rxa3 39. Rf6 Ra2+ 40. Kg1 Ne2+ 41. Kf2 Nxf4+ 42. Kf1 Ra1+ 43. Kf2 Nd3+ 44. Ke3 Ne5 45. Kf4 Re1 46. Rb6 Ng4 47. Rd6 Rf1+ (47... Re7 {would also end the game.}) 48. Kg5 { To Aronian's credit, he found one cheapo before the end. If Black were to take the b-pawn, White would have a draw with a rampaging rook.} Rf5# {Stalemate, no; checkmate, yes.} (48... Kxb7 $4 49. Rd7+ Kc6 50. Rd6+ Kc5 51. Rd5+ Kc4 52. Rd4+ Kc3 53. Rd3+ Kc2 54. Rd2+ Kc1 55. Rc2+ {and the rook will continue giving checks along the second rank until Black takes it (giving stalemate) or until there's a repetition.}) 0-1 [Event "Julius Baer GenCup KO"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2022.09.22"] [Round "1.12"] [White "Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu"] [Black "Keymer, Vincent"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D41"] [WhiteElo "2676"] [BlackElo "2693"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "134"] [EventDate "2022.09.22"] [EventType "k.o."] {[%evp 0,134,29,23,19,4,4,10,6,20,40,46,58,64,68,71,75,71,69,69,49,56,51,45,48, 54,60,48,33,29,27,11,33,18,50,53,64,39,37,37,44,28,62,42,34,47,44,31,39,41,42, -2,32,14,6,24,12,22,21,28,14,30,23,12,16,-9,0,0,18,18,22,22,32,9,23,16,33,10, 35,35,42,35,45,27,113,117,122,107,105,105,110,86,115,101,115,105,109,111,108, 55,52,53,70,67,97,81,85,89,100,98,98,98,98,98,98,89,98,98,98,98,98,79,98,79,98, 86,98,98,89,89,89,89,89,26,89,89,89] Pragg had some chances early on, but no clear win, and soon Keymer managed to equalize and eventually draw.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rac1 Bb7 14. d5 Nc5 15. Rfe1 Qf6 16. Qe3 e5 17. Nd2 Rac8 18. Be2 Qg6 19. Bf3 Ba6 20. Qa3 Qg5 21. Re3 Bb5 22. h3 a6 23. Be2 Bxe2 24. Rxe2 f5 25. Nf3 Qf6 26. Qc3 fxe4 27. Nxe5 Nd3 28. Qxc8 Qxe5 29. d6 Nxc1 30. Qxc1 Qxd6 31. Rxe4 b5 32. Qe3 Qd1+ 33. Kh2 Qd6+ 34. f4 h6 35. a3 Qf6 36. Rd4 Kh8 37. Re4 Kg8 38. a4 bxa4 39. Rxa4 Kh8 40. Qc5 Rd8 41. Qa7 Rd2 42. Qxa6 Qxa6 43. Rxa6 Kg8 44. Kg3 Rb2 45. Ra7 Kh7 46. Ra6 Kg8 47. Kf3 Kf7 48. Ra3 h5 49. g4 hxg4+ 50. hxg4 g6 51. Ra7+ Ke6 52. g5 Rb3+ 53. Kg4 Rb6 54. Rg7 Kd5 55. Rf7 Ra6 56. Rd7+ Ke6 57. Rg7 Kd5 58. Rg8 Rb6 59. Rf8 Ra6 60. Re8 Rb6 61. Re7 Kd6 62. Ra7 Kd5 63. Rd7+ Ke6 64. Rg7 Kd5 65. Rf7 Ra6 66. Kf3 Ra3+ 67. Kg4 Ra6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Julius Baer GenCup KO"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2022.09.22"] [Round "1.12"] [White "Le, Quang Liem"] [Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2728"] [BlackElo "2688"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "2022.09.22"] [EventType "k.o."] {[%evp 0,106,23,31,32,35,27,20,25,7,12,-22,-7,11,11,-5,6,0,11,16,23,24,20,23, 38,43,30,28,41,41,89,98,78,98,116,127,134,106,84,78,70,49,51,54,53,51,8,-33, -38,-67,-57,-71,-36,-72,-12,-18,-49,-84,-24,-48,-37,-65,-69,-119,-43,-98,-107, -195,-187,-223,-296,-323,-223,-253,-307,-341,-364,-405,-349,-400,-419,-883, -921,-942,-320,-635,-370,-353,-321,-575,-525,-596,-619,-29985,-29986,-29987, -29988,-29989,-29990,-29991,-29988,-29989,-500,-499,-730,-1299,-1318,-1398, -1410]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Be7 6. Bg2 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Ne5 Re8 12. Rc1 a6 13. e3 Bd6 14. f4 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qh3 Nf6 18. g4 Bd5 19. f5 Nd7 {At this point Le is clearly winning, and had he converted his advantage he'd have gone up 2-0.} 20. Nxd7 $2 (20. fxg6 $1 fxg6 21. Bxe4 $1 Bxe4 22. Nf7 $1 Qe7 23. Nh6+ Kg7 24. Rf7+ Qxf7 25. Nxf7 Kxf7 26. Qxh7+ Ke6 27. d5+ $1 Bxd5 28. Qxg6+ Ke7 29. Qg5+ Ke6 30. Qf5+ Ke7 31. Qxd5 $18) 20... Qxd7 $15 21. g5 Qe7 22. Qg4 a5 $1 23. Rc2 $2 a4 $19 24. Rcf2 axb3 25. axb3 Ra5 26. Qh4 $2 Rb5 $1 27. b4 Bxb4 28. Bh3 Bd6 29. f6 Qd8 {Stellar defense and counterattack by Niemann. White's attack has been stymied, and as long as Black remains alert - and he does - he will win in due course.} 30. Ra1 Rb3 31. Bc1 Bf8 32. Rc2 c5 33. Ra7 cxd4 34. Rd7 Qa8 35. Rcc7 Rc3 36. Rxc3 dxc3 37. Qe1 Qc6 38. Ra7 Be6 39. Bxe6 Qxe6 40. Qxc3 Qg4+ 41. Kf2 Qxg5 42. Bb2 Qf5+ 43. Ke1 Qe6 44. Ba3 Rc8 45. Qd4 Qg4 46. Qd5 Bb4+ 47. Kf1 Qf3+ 48. Kg1 Qxe3+ 49. Kf1 Qf3+ 50. Kg1 Qxf6 51. Bb2 Qf4 52. Ra8 Bc5+ 53. Qxc5 Qg4+ 0-1 [Event "Julius Baer GenCup KO"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2022.09.22"] [Round "1.12"] [White "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"] [Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B76"] [WhiteElo "2563"] [BlackElo "2725"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "159"] [EventDate "2022.09.22"] [EventType "k.o."] {[%evp 0,159,23,35,51,51,80,86,67,55,27,23,96,80,55,46,40,38,35,22,74,55,33,41, 57,37,56,47,32,40,32,25,15,15,15,-1,33,24,0,0,0,-37,7,21,74,74,101,129,129,91, 106,102,102,60,103,107,138,72,92,92,97,62,79,73,68,56,67,59,82,79,114,68,85,58, 110,110,83,80,79,88,79,101,112,101,103,104,105,86,94,94,114,66,78,73,66,66,66, 78,78,66,78,78,78,45,43,50,53,21,78,46,78,77,77,122,134,84,84,112,133,111,84, 67,83,91,77,65,65,67,87,67,91,96,125,140,135,159,186,197,290,297,346,213,348, 411,410,346,346,346,382,304,392,301,458,398,560,775,1275,556,863,966,1387,1455] } 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. Qe1 e5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Kb1 Re8 15. Ne4 f5 16. Ng5 Bc8 17. h4 h6 18. Ne4 Be6 19. Nc5 Bf7 20. g4 Rb8 $146 { A novelty, but not a good one.} (20... fxg4 21. fxg4 e4 22. Rf1 Qe7 23. Bb3 Rf8 24. g5 h5 25. Na4 Nxe3 26. Qxe3 Bxb3 27. axb3 Rxf1 28. Rxf1 Re8 29. Re1 Qb4 30. Rd1 Re7 31. Ka2 Kh7 32. Rd8 c5 33. c3 Qb5 34. Rd5 Rb7 35. Nxc5 Qa5+ 36. Kb1 Rxb3 37. Rd7 Qb5 38. Rxg7+ Kxg7 39. Nxb3 Qxb3 40. Qxa7+ Kg8 41. Qa8+ Kh7 42. Qxe4 Qd1+ 43. Ka2 Qg4 44. Qe7+ Kg8 45. Qb4 Qe2 46. Qb3+ Kh7 47. Qf7+ Kh8 48. Qf8+ Kh7 49. Qh6+ {1-0 (49) Van Dael,S (2300)-Pavlidis,A (2337) Arandjelovac 2022}) 21. Bb3 $16 f4 $2 {Giving up the e4 square is positionally disastrous. Erigaisi must have had some sort of tactical idea in mind, but it never appears on the board. What will appear on the board is a spectacular knight on e4. The rest of the game sees seemingly endless suffering for Black. He defended well, and for a while it seemed as if Yoo wouldn't figure out how to break through, but he finally did it.} 22. Bf2 Qe7 23. Ne4 Red8 24. Qa5 Rd7 25. Qc5 Qe6 26. Qa3 Qe8 27. Bc5 Qd8 28. Rd3 Rb5 29. Qa6 Qc7 30. Ba4 Nb4 31. Bxb4 Rxb4 32. Rxd7 Qxd7 33. Bb3 Bxb3 34. axb3 Rd4 35. Qe2 a5 36. Kc1 Kh7 37. c3 Rd5 38. Kc2 Qa7 39. Ra1 Qb6 40. h5 g5 41. Nd2 Kh8 42. Nc4 Qc7 43. Qe4 Qa7 44. Re1 Qc5 45. Kb1 Qb5 46. Ka2 Qc5 47. Qe2 Qb5 48. Qe4 Qc5 49. Rf1 Qb5 50. Rc1 Rd8 51. Re1 Rd5 52. Re2 Qc5 53. Rc2 Qb5 54. Rd2 Qc5 55. Kb1 Qb5 56. Kc2 Qc5 57. Qe2 Qb5 58. Qe4 Qc5 59. Rg2 Qb5 60. Nd2 Qa6 61. Qc4 Qb6 62. Ne4 Qe3 63. Qe2 Qb6 64. Nd2 Qc5 65. Qa6 Rd8 66. Ne4 Qe3 67. Rd2 Rxd2+ 68. Nxd2 Qc5 69. Ne4 Qd5 70. c4 Qd4 71. Qxc6 Qe3 72. Qa8+ Kh7 73. Qd5 Qe1 74. Qd1 Qb4 75. Qd2 Qb6 76. c5 Qa7 77. c6 a4 78. Qd3 axb3+ 79. Qxb3 Qa6 80. c7 1-0 [Event "Julius Baer GenCup KO"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2022.09.22"] [Round "1.13"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D23"] [WhiteElo "2861"] [BlackElo "2759"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2022.09.22"] [EventType "k.o."] {[%evp 0,63,27,27,27,27,27,20,19,7,7,-3,1,-1,2,2,15,15,-2,-24,26,26,31,34,26, 53,13,71,91,96,94,94,94,73,128,48,94,102,205,200,236,187,324,324,399,328,401, 366,374,374,449,461,476,473,496,499,549,422,580,579,591,574,602,678,709,660]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. Qxc4 e5 $5 {An interesting and rare gambit. There may not be anything wrong with it, but it seems as if Aronian forgot whatever he knew about it.} 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. dxe5 Ng4 8. Nc3 $146 (8. Bf4 c6 9. e3 g5 10. Bg3 Qa5+ 11. Nd2 Be6 12. Qc2 O-O-O 13. O-O-O Bb4 14. a3 Bxd2+ 15. Rxd2 Bb3 16. Qf5+ Be6 17. Qc2 Bb3 18. Qc3 Qxc3+ 19. bxc3 Rxd2 20. Kxd2 Rd8+ 21. Ke2 Rd5 22. h4 Bc4+ 23. Kf3 Nxe5+ 24. Bxe5 Bxf1 25. Bd4 Rf5+ 26. Kg3 gxh4+ 27. Rxh4 Rg5+ 28. Rg4 Rxg4+ 29. Kxg4 Bxg2 30. Bxa7 b5 31. Kg5 Kd7 32. Kh6 Be4 33. f3 Bxf3 34. Kxh7 Ke6 35. Kg7 f5 36. Kf8 Kd5 37. Ke7 Kc4 38. Kd6 Kxc3 39. Bb6 Kb3 40. Bc5 Be4 41. Ke5 Kc4 42. Kd6 Kb3 43. Ke5 Kc4 44. Kd6 Kb3 45. Ke5 {1/2-1/2 (45) Rapport,R (2763)-Dominguez Perez,L (2758) Saint Louis 2021}) 8... c6 9. Qe4 Bc5 10. e3 Qe7 11. f4 {Here Black must find 11...h5, which is not completely obvious without the computer. (It's not that the move is senseless, but it's not obvious that that must be played and that other moves like 11...Nh6 or 11...0-0 are wrong.)} O-O $2 (11... h5 $1 $11) 12. Be2 $6 $16 (12. Bd3 $142 $18) 12... Bb6 $2 13. O-O $18 {For the second straight game, Aronian essentially loses the game in one move, in the opening. The rest is entertaining - at least for Carlsen.} f5 14. Qf3 Be6 15. h3 Nh6 16. Bd2 g5 17. Kh2 Kh8 18. Qh5 Rg8 19. Qxh6 Rg6 20. Qh5 Rag8 21. g4 $1 Qg7 22. e4 $1 fxg4 (22... Rh6 23. Qxg5 Rg6 24. exf5 Rxg5 25. fxg5 $18 {would have been amusing.}) 23. f5 Rh6 24. Qxg4 Bc7 25. Be1 $1 Bxe5+ 26. Bg3 Bxg3+ 27. Qxg3 g4 28. Bxg4 Bc4 29. Rg1 b5 30. e5 b4 31. Ne4 Bd5 32. Rae1 1-0 [Event "Julius Baer GenCup KO"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2022.09.22"] [Round "1.13"] [White "Keymer, Vincent"] [Black "Praggnanandhaa, R.."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D04"] [WhiteElo "2693"] [BlackElo "2676"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2022.09.22"] [EventType "k.o."] {[%evp 0,82,27,27,27,23,29,14,48,13,7,-18,14,13,15,-2,5,5,10,10,10,2,6,1,7,4,9, 8,15,15,18,32,40,39,49,26,39,31,39,14,11,11,30,21,29,28,17,13,14,24,20,23,30, 30,30,27,26,26,25,27,35,35,35,34,34,2,-3,-2,0,0,4,10,8,9,3,0,15,10,3,0,8,0,0,0, 0] A clean draw, leaving Pragg in a must-win situation in game 4.} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Be2 Nc6 5. c3 cxd4 6. exd4 Bg4 7. Bf4 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 e6 9. Nd2 Bd6 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O h6 12. g3 Qc7 13. Be2 Rad8 14. Re1 e5 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Nf3 Ng4 17. Bc5 Rfe8 18. Bb5 a6 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Bd4 Bxd4 21. Nxd4 Qd7 22. Qc2 Ne5 23. Kg2 Nc6 24. Qd3 Nxd4 25. Qxd4 Qb5 26. b3 Rc8 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Rd1 Re2 29. Qxd5 Qxd5+ 30. Rxd5 Rxa2 31. Rd8+ Kh7 32. Rb8 b5 33. c4 bxc4 34. bxc4 a5 35. Ra8 Rc2 36. Rxa5 Rxc4 37. h4 g6 38. Ra7 Kg7 39. Ra6 h5 40. Ra5 Rc8 41. Ra7 Rb8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Julius Baer GenCup KO"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2022.09.22"] [Round "1.13"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Le, Quang Liem"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A37"] [WhiteElo "2688"] [BlackElo "2728"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2022.09.22"] [EventType "k.o."] {[%evp 0,89,27,-11,13,5,13,4,11,20,18,4,15,-1,8,3,7,15,28,7,46,42,38,19,26,8, 49,5,-3,-4,24,10,10,26,16,-6,19,18,-16,6,0,10,17,-29,-32,-10,-19,-55,40,31,37, 34,49,39,52,39,52,50,49,44,64,40,72,21,21,36,37,8,52,3,13,28,26,0,6,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0] The game was mostly even throughout before finishing in a draw that left the match tied, 1.5-1.5, going into the finale.} 1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. O-O Bf5 7. b3 Qd7 8. Bb2 Bh3 9. Qc1 Nh6 10. Nd5 O-O 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Qb2+ f6 13. d4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Rad8 15. Rad1 b6 16. Qc2 Nf5 17. e3 e6 18. Nf4 cxd4 19. exd4 e5 20. dxe5 fxe5 21. Nd5 Nfd4 22. Nxd4 Nxd4 23. Qe4 Qf5 24. Qxf5 Rxf5 25. f4 h5 26. Rfe1 Rd7 27. Re4 Nc6 28. b4 Rff7 29. a3 Kf8 30. h4 Rd8 31. Rde1 Rc8 32. R1e3 Nd4 33. fxe5 dxe5 34. Rxe5 Rxc4 35. Nf4 Nf5 36. Rd3 Kg7 37. Re6 Kh7 38. Nxg6 Rc2+ 39. Kg1 Rc1+ 40. Kg2 Rc2+ 41. Kg1 Ng7 42. Red6 Rc1+ 43. Kg2 Rc2+ 44. Kg1 Nf5 45. Re6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Julius Baer GenCup KO"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2022.09.22"] [Round "1.13"] [White "Erigaisi, Arjun"] [Black "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D31"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2563"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2022.09.22"] [EventType "k.o."] {[%evp 0,103,27,27,27,4,7,7,18,50,49,49,41,34,25,37,25,30,37,20,20,11,-2,-2,-2, 16,26,22,20,13,14,19,87,60,59,74,111,111,90,27,55,21,31,42,47,-21,-26,-15,3, -14,3,3,79,3,135,131,131,130,142,139,139,197,206,199,202,198,204,205,227,231, 233,239,241,261,300,322,327,308,334,333,317,328,359,390,390,390,390,413,434, 325,331,340,383,377,377,377,377,360,407,464,467,468,478,516,527,550]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 e5 7. Be3 exd4 8. Qxd4 Qxd4 9. Bxd4 Nf6 10. O-O-O Be6 11. Nf3 Nbd7 12. Ng5 c5 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Nb5 Ke7 15. Be2 a6 16. Nd6 Rab8 17. Bf3 {Black is under pressure, but it's not so bad in case of 17...b6. Yoo went for more, but this was overly ambitious.} b5 $2 ( 17... b6 $14) 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Nb7 $6 $16 (19. a3 $1 Ba5 20. Nb7 $1 {was the right way.} Bb6 (20... Rxb7 21. Bxb7 bxc4 22. Bxa6 $18) 21. Rhe1 $18) 19... e5 20. Nd6 $6 (20. a3 e4 21. Nd6 Bxa3 22. bxa3 exf3 23. Rhe1+ Kf8 24. gxf3 $16) 20... Rhd8 $6 (20... g6 $14) 21. Nf5+ $16 Kf7 $2 (21... Kf8) 22. Be2 $2 (22. Rxd8 $1 Rxd8 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Kxd1 $18 {White is going to win a pawn on the queenside, thanks in part to the almost-trapped bishop on b4 (...a5 at any point will lose the bishop to a3).}) 22... g6 23. Ne3 Ne4 24. Nd5 Kg7 $2 (24... Ba5 $14) 25. Nc7 $1 $18 {Threatening both Ne6+ and Nxa6.} Rd4 $1 26. Nxa6 $6 Bd2+ $2 (26... Re8) 27. Kc2 $18 {Black is properly lost now, and gets no further chances to save the game or put up meaningful resistance.} Rbd8 28. Nc7 R4d6 29. Nxb5 R6d7 30. Bg4 Rf7 31. Rhf1 Bg5 32. Rxd8 Bxd8 33. Bf3 Ng5 34. Bd5 Rf4 35. g3 Rf6 36. Nc3 h5 37. h4 Nf3 38. Bxf3 Rxf3 39. Ne4 Be7 40. a4 Kf7 41. a5 Ke6 42. a6 Rf8 43. Ra1 Ra8 44. Ra5 Kf5 45. f3 Ra7 46. Nc3 Bd8 47. Nb5 Ra8 48. Ra3 g5 49. hxg5 Kxg5 50. a7 h4 51. gxh4+ Kxh4 52. Kd3 1-0 [Event "Julius Baer GenCup KO"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2022.09.22"] [Round "1.14"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2759"] [BlackElo "2861"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "112"] [EventDate "2022.09.22"] [EventType "k.o."] {[%evp 0,112,27,18,51,65,47,37,71,77,65,47,71,46,54,26,22,31,32,1,2,8,28,12,15, 10,-5,11,24,35,41,32,37,44,40,44,44,9,9,-48,-45,-26,10,8,14,14,2,14,10,7,0,21, 67,16,32,32,28,0,0,0,0,-24,-4,-4,27,25,45,15,59,50,40,39,35,42,40,35,40,24,40, 40,40,40,40,0,60,40,40,35,40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-66,0,0,0,0,0, -103,-103,-277,-301]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e5 4. O-O Bd6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Bg5 a6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Bc4 O-O 9. Nbd2 Bc7 10. Re1 b5 11. Bb3 Ne7 12. Nf1 Bb7 13. Ne3 g6 14. a4 Bc6 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Bxa8 17. Ng4 Qg7 18. Qd2 Kh8 19. Ng5 f6 20. Nxh7 Qxh7 21. Re3 f5 22. Rh3 fxg4 23. Rxh7+ Kxh7 24. Qg5 Bd6 25. Qxg4 Bc6 26. Bd5 c4 27. Bxc6 dxc6 28. Kf1 cxd3 29. cxd3 Kg7 30. h4 Bc5 31. f3 Bd4 32. Qe6 Ng8 33. Qxc6 Bxb2 34. Qxb5 Bd4 35. Ke2 Nf6 36. g4 Rf7 37. Qc6 Nh7 38. Qc1 Nf8 39. Qc6 Rf6 40. Qb7+ Rf7 41. Qc8 Rf6 42. Qd8 Rf7 43. Qe8 Rf6 44. g5 Rf7 45. Qc8 Kg8 46. Qc6 Rf4 47. h5 gxh5 48. Qh6 h4 49. Qh5 Kg7 50. Kf1 Kg8 51. Kg2 Rf7 {Aronian has done his best to make something happen, but Carlsen has risen to the challenge. The game should end in a draw, but as that's as good as a loss Aronian keeps rolling the dice.} 52. Kh3 $2 (52. Qxh4 $11) 52... Rf4 $2 $11 (52... Be3 $1 $19) 53. Kg2 Kg7 54. Qh6+ Kg8 55. Kh3 $2 Rxf3+ 56. Kxh4 $2 Bf2+ (56... Bf2+ 57. Kg4 Rf4+ 58. Kh3 Rh4+ 59. Qxh4 Bxh4 60. Kxh4 Kg7 $19) 0-1 [Event "Julius Baer GenCup KO"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2022.09.22"] [Round "1.14"] [White "Praggnanandhaa, R.."] [Black "Keymer, Vincent"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A08"] [WhiteElo "2676"] [BlackElo "2693"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2022.09.22"] [EventType "k.o."] {[%evp 0,84,35,27,23,-5,1,-10,3,-2,15,19,35,-20,-12,-16,-29,-11,34,-13,16,17, 30,26,22,9,53,3,4,-8,10,-3,-4,0,11,0,-3,-17,-9,5,-9,-20,-15,-39,-21,-21,-21,12, 8,-30,-19,-22,-23,-24,-22,-20,-25,-59,-37,-48,-6,0,13,25,-2,-44,72,72,66,24,25, -39,-11,0,-3,-3,0,-219,-277,-492,-726,-734,-751,-751,-751,-923,-1132]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O e6 5. c4 d4 6. e3 Nc6 7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3 Bc5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Na3 O-O 12. Rb1 Kg7 13. Qd2 Qd6 14. Nc2 a5 15. a3 a4 16. Qe2 f5 17. Nd2 Bd7 18. b4 axb3 19. Nxb3 b6 20. Nxc5 bxc5 21. Rb5 e5 22. Rfb1 Rab8 23. Ne1 Rfe8 24. Qc2 Na7 25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26. Rxb8 Qxb8 27. Nf3 Nc8 28. h3 f6 29. Nh4 Nd6 30. Bd5 Qb6 31. Qd1 Qb2 32. a4 e4 33. Qh5 {Pragg is winning, and if he had managed to cash in his advantage the match would have gone to tiebreaks. It was not to be.} Qc1+ 34. Kg2 $2 (34. Kh2 $1 Qg5 35. Qe2 {and here - compare it to the game situation with the king on g2 - the move} f4 { has no threat, so White can run the a-pawn.} 36. a5 $18) 34... Qg5 35. Qd1 $1 ( 35. Qe2 $2 f4 {is a little messy, though White retains good winning chances after} 36. Bxe4) 35... f4 36. dxe4 (36. a5 {was better.}) 36... fxg3 37. fxg3 Qe3 (37... f5 $142) 38. Qc2 $4 (38. Qh5 $1 {retained good winning chances.} Qd2+ $8 39. Kh1 Qc1+ 40. Kh2 Qc2+ 41. Ng2 Be8 $8 42. Qg4+ Bg6 $8 43. e5 $1 fxe5 44. a5 Qa2 45. a6 $1 Qxa6 46. Qe6 Bf7 47. Qxe5+ $18) 38... d3 $19 {Now everything is upside down, and Black wins with the d-pawn.} 39. Qf2 Bxh3+ $1 40. Kg1 Qc1+ 41. Kh2 Qc2 42. Kg1 d2 0-1 [Event "Julius Baer GenCup KO"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2022.09.22"] [Round "1.14"] [White "Le, Quang Liem"] [Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D40"] [WhiteElo "2728"] [BlackElo "2688"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2022.09.22"] [EventType "k.o."] {[%evp 0,87,34,27,27,18,29,19,6,6,40,14,21,11,39,20,21,19,14,1,0,-35,26,-22,33, 21,52,56,49,25,31,46,30,37,74,30,30,24,14,-2,128,41,65,51,24,73,224,230,233, 214,221,222,219,228,228,221,228,218,198,185,185,114,101,101,99,96,111,100,96, 106,132,139,167,104,111,128,143,106,139,139,191,166,174,174,207,199,214,213, 247,236]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6 8. O-O b5 9. Ba2 Bb7 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Rd1 Rd8 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Be7 15. e4 O-O 16. g3 Na5 17. Bf4 Qb6 18. Ne5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Qb7 $2 { Attacking d5 while avoiding Nd7 is correct - just not this way.} (19... Qe6 $14 ) 20. Rad1 $18 Rxd5 21. exd5 Bf6 22. d6 Nc6 $2 23. Nxc6 Qxc6 24. d7 Qe6 25. Qxe6 fxe6 26. Bd6 Ra8 27. Bxc5 Kf7 28. b4 Bd8 29. Rd3 e5 30. Kg2 Bc7 ({If Black could grab the e-pawn he'd be alright, but it's not going to happen. For example,} 30... Ke6 {, hoping for ...Rb8-b7xd7, White immediately rebuffs the attempt with} 31. Rd6+ {, shooing the king away. Since Black cannot round up the pawn, White's win is just a matter of time.}) 31. Bd6 Bxd6 32. Rxd6 Ke7 33. Rd5 e4 34. Kf1 Kd8 35. Ke2 Ra7 36. Ke3 Rc7 37. Kxe4 Rc2 38. Ke3 Ra2 39. Rd3 Ra1 40. h4 Re1+ 41. Kf4 Re2 42. f3 Ra2 43. Ke5 Rc2 44. Ke6 1-0 [Event "Julius Baer GenCup KO"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2022.09.22"] [Round "1.14"] [White "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"] [Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2563"] [BlackElo "2725"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "2022.09.22"] [EventType "k.o."] {[%evp 0,119,27,34,12,13,10,-4,28,13,33,11,0,-2,-1,7,-6,-33,31,28,30,49,42,27, 23,9,-4,-9,13,16,-14,-13,19,2,-28,-8,-15,-6,-7,-37,-35,-35,-16,-17,-1,6,24,0,3, -10,0,5,2,10,-1,0,0,-9,0,-23,-42,-45,-33,-69,-79,-53,-50,-55,0,-19,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,-132,-155,-135,-30,-59,-13,0,0,0,98,96,71,104,93,61,49,66,66,0,0,0,264, 298,391,372,369,369,369,369,369,369,369,369,369,369,369,334,758,806,961,1227, 1262,1269] It's a must-win situation for Yoo, and he delivers.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. a4 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. d4 e4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Rxe4 d5 11. Re3 Bd6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. h3 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Rc3 Bb4 16. Rd3 c6 17. Bf4 Re8 18. c3 Bf8 19. b4 Bf5 20. Re3 Rxe3 21. Bxe3 Bd6 22. Nd4 Bd7 23. Qf3 Qc7 24. Nb3 Re8 25. Bc5 Be5 26. a5 Bc8 27. Qd3 h6 28. Bd4 Bd6 29. Qd2 Bh2+ 30. Kh1 Bf4 31. Re1 Bxd2 32. Rxe8+ Kh7 33. Nxd2 Be6 34. Nb3 Qd7 35. Ra8 Bxh3 36. f3 Bf5 37. Rxa7 Qe6 38. Kh2 Qe1 {Threatening a perpetual with ... Qh4+ and ...Qe1+.} 39. g4 $5 {Objectively bad, but since a draw and a loss come to the same thing, he was right to try it.} Qe2+ (39... Bg6 $1 {followed by ...h5 opens the kingside to Black's bishop, which will pay off soon. Black is winning here.}) 40. Kg3 Qe1+ $2 (40... Bg6 $19 {was still right, intending . ..h5.}) 41. Bf2 Qxc3 42. gxf5 {Now it's a mess again. The computer calls it equal, but for humans the position is completely random.} Qxb3 43. Rxf7 Qxb4 ( 43... h5 $142) 44. a6 Qa4 $2 {What could be more obvious? Unfortunately for Black, it loses.} (44... h5 $1 45. a7 h4+ 46. Kg2 Qf4 $1 47. a8=Q h3+ 48. Kxh3 Qxf3+ $11 {and Black secures a perpetual, just in the nick of time.}) 45. a7 d4 46. f6 (46. Re7 $142) 46... Kg6 47. Rd7 $1 gxf6 48. Rxd4 Qa5 49. Rc4 Qa6 (49... Kf7 $142) 50. Rb4 Qa5 51. Rb8 Qg5+ 52. Kh3 Qh5+ 53. Kg2 Qg5+ 54. Kh1 Qh5+ 55. Kg1 Qg5+ 56. Kf1 Qc1+ 57. Be1 Qe3 (57... Qc4+ 58. Kg2 Qa2+ 59. Bf2 $18) 58. Rg8+ $1 Kf7 59. a8=Q Qxf3+ 60. Kg1 {The checks run out almost immediately, and then White gives mate.} 1-0 [Event "Julius Baer GenCup KO"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2022.09.22"] [Round "1.21"] [White "Erigaisi, Arjun"] [Black "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E47"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2563"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2022.09.22"] [EventType "k.o."] {[%evp 0,71,34,18,18,6,6,4,31,32,20,28,31,13,33,34,34,26,18,30,27,24,21,21,29, 0,39,39,42,20,21,19,41,18,43,-27,38,22,42,26,46,42,34,27,27,19,7,7,0,-2,2,3,7, -43,62,103,193,239,536,546,829,842,974,1402,1286,1605,1751,1177,1190,1190, 29987,977,1135,1092]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4 Nc6 8. O-O d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Re1 h6 12. Bh4 Bg4 13. f3 Be6 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Bb1 Qd7 16. a3 Rfe8 17. Kh1 Nh5 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Qd2 Na5 20. Qd3 Nf6 21. Nf4 Kf8 22. h4 Nc4 23. Re2 g5 24. Nxe6+ Rxe6 25. hxg5 hxg5 $15 26. Rce1 $2 (26. Ba2) 26... Nxb2 $4 {This move takes Black from nearly winning to losing. That's blitz.} (26... Rxe2 27. Qxe2 Qd6 28. Qf2 Kg7 $17 { White may not be losing, but it's close. His king is a little weak, the dark squares around his king are weak, and after} 29. g3 {- else ...Rh8+ followed by ...Qh2+ is a real worry -} Nxb2 $1 {picks up a valuable pawn. The knight cannot be taken:} 30. Qxb2 $4 Qxg3 {(threatening both ...Qxe1+ and ...Rh8+)} 31. Re2 Qxf3+ 32. Kg1 Qg3+ 33. Kf1 Rxc3 $19) 27. Qd2 $18 Rxe2 (27... Nc4 28. Qxg5 $18) 28. Rxe2 Nh5 29. Qxg5 Ng3+ 30. Qxg3 Rxc3 31. Qh4 $1 {Threatening mate on h8.} Rc1+ 32. Kh2 Qd6+ 33. f4 f5 34. Bxf5 Nc4 35. Re6 Qxe6 36. Bxe6 1-0 [Event "Julius Baer GenCup KO"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2022.09.22"] [Round "1.22"] [White "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"] [Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E60"] [WhiteElo "2563"] [BlackElo "2725"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "134"] [EventDate "2022.09.22"] [EventType "k.o."] {[%evp 0,34,27,18,18,26,47,44,25,45,33,1,-9,-9,-9,3,8,7,4,2,12,5,1,-10,-4,-4, -10,1,4,-23,34,28,17,-23,-39,-52,-33] Yoo twice managed to come back from a point down in this match, but the third time wouldn't be the charm. Erigaisi was always fine and more than once enjoyed a winning advantage. Congrats to Erigaisi on match victory, and big kudos to Yoo on a great tournament.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. g3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. O-O Nb6 9. e3 Re8 10. Re1 a5 11. b3 e5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Bxe5 15. Bb2 c6 16. Rab1 Bf5 17. Rbc1 a4 18. b4 a3 19. Ba1 Be6 20. b5 Rec8 21. bxc6 bxc6 22. Ne4 Bb2 23. Rc2 Bxa2 24. Bxb2 Bb3 25. Nf6+ Kh8 26. Nd5+ axb2 27. Rxb2 Bxd1 28. Nxb6 Rcb8 29. Nxa8 Rxb2 30. Bxc6 Kg8 31. Bd5 Bb3 32. Bf3 Bc4 33. Kg2 Kf8 34. Nc7 Ke7 35. Nd5+ Bxd5 36. Bxd5 Rd2 37. e4 h5 38. Kf3 Rd3+ 39. Kf4 Rd2 40. Ke3 Rb2 41. h4 Rb1 42. Kf4 Rf1 43. Kf3 Re1 44. Kf4 Rf1 45. f3 Rg1 46. Bc4 Kf6 47. Bd5 Ke7 48. Bb3 Kf6 49. Bc4 Kg7 50. Bb3 Kf6 51. Ba4 Kg7 52. Bd7 Kf6 53. Be8 Ke7 54. Bb5 Kf6 55. Ba6 Kg7 56. e5 Ra1 57. Bb7 Ra4+ 58. Be4 f5 59. exf6+ Kxf6 60. g4 hxg4 61. fxg4 Rb4 62. g5+ Ke6 63. Kf3 Ke5 64. Bxg6 Rxh4 65. Kg3 Rh1 66. Kg2 Kf4 67. Kxh1 Kxg5 1/2-1/2