[Event "54th Biel GMT Rapid 2021"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "2021.07.27"] [Round "5.3"] [White "Kamsky, Gata"] [Black "Pichot, Alan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2658"] [BlackElo "2630"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2021.07.25"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,97,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,-6,92,84,89,77,84,92,79,89,88,95,97,94,107,92, 102,101,93,44,26,25,47,48,41,35,16,0,0,0,41,47,37,55,52,50,89,108,176,138,252, 175,237,214,268,275,281,254,235,172,216,208,206,202,228,225,220,139,142,116, 221,218,222,212,370,386,776,425,445,445,445,445,956,918,932,902,939,901,855, 834] Bok,B: 'This game was played in the 5th round. I had started quite well with 3.5/4 and even though I wouldn't have minded a draw so much, I was hoping for an interesting game in which I would have my chances. '} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Qb6 {[%csl Gb2,Gc3,Rc7,Gd4,Ge3,Re7,Gf2,Gg7] [%CAl Gd4e5,Gf6g7,Gf6g5,Ge5f4,Gf3g5,Gf4g5,Gf4e5,Re5d6,Rd6e7,Gd4c5,Rc5d6,Rd6c7] [#]} 6. dxc5 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} (6. Rb1 cxd4 7. exd4 Nxd4 8. Bd3 Bg4 9. c3 Nxf3+ 10. Nxf3 e6 11. Qa4+ Kd8 12. Ne5 Bc5 13. Nxf7+ Ke7 14. Nxh8 Bxf2+ 15. Kd2 Ne4+ 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Qb4+ Qxb4 18. cxb4 e3+ 19. Bxe3 Rd8+ 20. Kc3 Bxe3 21. h3 Bf5 22. Rbe1 Bd2+ 23. Kc4 Bxe1 24. Rxe1 Rxh8 25. g4 Bg6 26. Re5 Rc8+ 27. Rc5 Rxc5+ 28. bxc5 Bb1 29. a3 g5 30. Kd4 Ba2 31. Ke3 Bc4 32. Kf2 Kd7 33. b4 Kc6 34. Ke3 Bf1 {0-1 (34) Louot,C (1530)-Moucheroud,J (2056) Champagne Ardenne 2009}) 6... Qxb2 {Bok,B: 'In my preparation I had mainly looked at the variations starting from the main move:'} 7. Rb1 (7. c4 {This move, which has been played only a couple of times, caught me by surprise.} g6 {After some thought I finally decided on this move.} ({The alternatives are} 7... e6) ({and} 7... Bf5 {but more high level games are needed to find out what is the best against 7.c4.}) 8. Be2 ({ Perhaps the critical line is} 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. Rb3 Qa5 11. Qa1 $36) 8... Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc1 ({On} 10. Rb1 {I was simply planning} Qxa2 { as the black queen can't ever be really trapped.}) 10... Nh5 ({Perhaps even more accurate would have been} 10... Qxc1 11. Raxc1 Rd8 {followed by developing the light-squared bishop and Rac8.}) 11. Qxb2 Bxb2 12. Bh6 ({ In the event of} 12. Rab1 Nxf4 13. exf4 {it was important that I had} dxc4 $1 14. Rxb2 c3 $15) 12... Bxa1 13. Bxf8 Kxf8 (13... dxc4 14. Rxa1 Kxf8) 14. Rxa1 { I was quite happy to see this move (which was accompanied with a draw offer) as I considered my position to be a bit better now without much risk.} ({ A better move was} 14. cxd5 Bf6 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Rb1 $11 {Black may have been gained the advantage of the bishop pair here but due to the less than ideal coordination of his pieces the position should be equal.}) 14... Nf6 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. Bf3 Nxd4 17. exd4 Bc6 18. Nb3 dxc4 $1 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Na5 {White will also get a far advanced passer now, but I saw the piece configuration with the pawn on c3, knight on d5 and the rook coming in via the b-file and knew I should have a large advantage.} c3 21. Rc1 Rb8 22. Kf1 Nd5 23. Nxc6 Rb2 24. a3 Nf4 $1 ({After} 24... Ke8 $6 {White escapes with} 25. g3 Rb3 26. Nb4 Nxb4 27. axb4 Rxb4 28. Rxc3 Rxd4 29. Ra3 Rc4 30. Rxa7 Rxc5 {Even though I would have tried to win this position for a while, an experienced player should draw this position without too much difficulty as White.}) 25. Ne5 Ke8 ( {Fortunately I saw that} 25... Ne2 $4 {is not possible due to} 26. c6 $18 { and suddenly the tables are turned, the white c-pawn is unstoppable!}) 26. Nc4 (26. c6 {will simply be met with} Kd8 27. c7+ Kc8) 26... Ra2 27. Ne3 {Taking a pawn is never a bad idea.} Rxa3 28. Nd1 Nd5 29. Ke2 Kd7 30. Kd3 Kc6 {White is completely paralysed here and all pawn endgames are winning for me due to the advantage of the outside passed pawn.} 31. g3 a5 32. Ne3 c2+ 33. Kxc2 {This makes the win very easy} ({A more tenacious try would have been} 33. Kd2 Nb4 34. Nxc2 Ra2 35. f4 f6 36. g4 e6 (36... e5 $2 37. g5) 37. h4 (37. Kc3 Rxc2+ 38. Rxc2 Nxc2 39. Kxc2 g5 40. fxg5 fxg5 $19 {followed by 41...e5}) 37... h5 38. gxh5 gxh5 39. Kc3 Rxc2+ 40. Rxc2 Nxc2 41. Kxc2 e5 42. fxe5 fxe5 43. dxe5 Kxc5 { and Black wins by 1 tempo!} 44. Kb3 Kd5 45. Ka4 Kxe5 46. Kxa5 Kf4 47. Kb4 Kg4 48. Kc3 Kxh4 49. Kd2 Kg3 50. Ke1 Kg2 $19) 33... Rc3+ {The rest is quite simple now: I will trade off everything, follow up with ..e5xd4 and create a second passed pawn on the kingside.} 34. Kd2 Rxc1 35. Kxc1 Nxe3 36. fxe3 e5 37. Kc2 exd4 38. exd4 f5 39. Kb3 Kb5 {0-1 (39) Skoberne,J (2563)-Bok,B (2622) Batumi 2018 CBM 184 [Bok,B] A very important win which put me temporarily in the joint lead!}) 7... Qc3 (7... Qa3 8. Bb5 e6 9. Ne5 Bd7 10. O-O Bxc5 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. c4 O-O 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Ne4 dxe4 15. Qxd7 Na5 16. Qd5 Rad8 17. Qxe4 a6 18. Ba4 b5 19. Bc2 g6 20. Be5 Rfe8 21. Qf4 Bd6 22. Bxd6 Rxd6 23. Bb3 Nxb3 24. axb3 Rd3 25. b4 Rb3 26. Rxb3 Qxb3 27. Qd6 Qc4 28. Rd1 Re6 29. Qd2 Rc6 30. h3 Kg7 31. Qd7 {1/2-1/2 (31) L'Ami,E (2605)-Lu,S (2612) Wijk aan Zee 2017}) 8. Bb5 {The position is equal.} g6 (8... e6 9. O-O (9. Ne5 Qxc5 10. O-O Be7 11. c4 O-O 12. Nb3 Qa3 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bxc6 Ba6 15. Bxa8 Rxa8 16. Re1 dxc4 17. Nd4 Rc8 18. Be5 c3 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Qc2 Qa5 21. a3 Bxa3 22. Ra1 Bc4 23. Reb1 Qa6 24. Qxc3 Bd3 25. Rb3 Rxc3 26. Rxc3 e5 27. Rcxa3 Qc4 28. Nf3 a6 29. Ne1 Be2 30. R3a2 Qc3 31. h3 Bc4 32. Ra3 Qb2 33. Nf3 h6 34. Ra4 Kh7 35. Nh2 Bb5 36. R4a2 Qc3 37. Nf1 Bc4 38. Ra3 Qb2 39. e4 Bd3 40. Ng3 Kg6 41. Kh2 Qd2 42. R1a2 Qd1 43. Rb2 h5 44. h4 a5 45. Rb6 Qc2 46. f3 a4 47. Rb4 Qd2 48. Raxa4 Bc2 49. Rb2 Qc1 50. Rab4 Qf4 51. Kh3 Bd3 52. Ra4 Qc1 53. Rb8 Bc4 54. Rg8+ Kh7 55. Raa8 Be6+ 56. Kh2 f5 57. Nxh5 {1-0 (57) Van Foreest,J (2584)-Brunner,N (2443) Vaujany 2016}) 9... Be7 10. Nd4 Bd7 11. N2b3 O-O 12. Bd3 a6 13. a3 Ne4 14. Ne2 Qf6 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qxd7 Rfd8 17. Qxb7 e5 18. Bg5 {1-0 (18) Guichard,P (2303)-Duquesne,A (2188) Brest 2018}) 9. O-O Bg7 $1 10. Nd4 $5 {[%mdl 4] [#] Exploring less charted territory.} Qxc5 $146 (10... Bg4 $11 11. Be2 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 (12. Nxe2 Qxc5 13. Rxb7 O-O $15) 12... O-O) ({Predecessor:} 10... Bd7 11. N2b3 O-O 12. Ne2 Qb4 13. a4 Ne4 14. f3 Nc3 15. Nxc3 Bxc3 16. Qxd5 Be6 {0-1 (50) Kamsky,G (2665)-Deac,B (2625) Chess.com INT 2021}) 11. N2b3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Qb6 {[#]} 12. Na5 $1 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} Qxa5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bxc6+ { [%mdl 64] Double Attack} Bd7 15. Bxa8 {aiming for Rb8+.} O-O 16. Bb7 Bb5 {[#]} 17. Qe1 {[%CAl Re1a5]} Qa4 18. Rb4 Qa5 19. Bc7 Qxc7 20. Rxb5 e6 $1 21. Qa5 Qxc2 22. Rc5 {[%CAl Bb5c5,Bc5c6,Bc6b6][%mdl 32]} Qb2 {[%CAl Rb2b7]} 23. Qxa7 Ne4 24. Rc6 Bc3 {White must now prevent ...Be1.} 25. Rb6 Qc2 {Threatens to win with ... Be1.} 26. Qa3 Be5 27. Rc6 Qe2 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Bxh2+!} 28. Ba6 $1 { [%CAl Ra6e2]} Qh5 (28... Qd2 $16) 29. h3 Bb8 (29... Ng5 $16) 30. Qb2 Be5 (30... Ng5 $142 31. Qe2 Nxh3+ 32. gxh3 Qxh3) 31. Qc2 $18 Bb8 32. Bd3 Nf6 33. Qb2 Be5 34. Qe2 Qh4 35. Rfc1 Qa4 36. Rc8 Rxc8 37. Rxc8+ Kg7 38. Rc1 Qa3 39. Rb1 Bc7 ( 39... Nd7 $16 {is a better defense.} 40. Qc2 Nc5) 40. g3 Be5 41. Rb7 h5 $2 ( 41... Qa8) 42. Qc2 Qa5 $2 (42... Qa8) 43. Kg2 {White is clearly winning.} d4 { Hoping for ...Qd5+.} 44. e4 h4 45. Rb5 Qe1 (45... Qc7 $142 46. Qxc7 Bxc7) 46. Rxe5 hxg3 47. fxg3 Nd5 48. Rxd5 exd5 49. exd5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0. 19/Black=0.27} 1-0
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