[Event "Montreal Winter IM 2020"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2020.03.02"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Williams, Justus"]
[Black "Liang, Jason"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2288"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "TWIC 1322"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.09"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
{[%evp 0,59,27,25,13,19,36,30,44,42,49,3,10,-52,-33,-50,-42,-55,3,-52,-10,-19,
-11,-30,-34,-19,-48,-43,34,-75,-58,-63,33,-101,-2,-4,-75,-142,-148,-156,-159,
-210,-208,-190,-153,-221,-108,-92,-104,-104,-63,-68,-75,-74,-30,-65,-35,-68,
-79,-92,-20,-21]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c4 Bg4 ({Relevant:
} 5... cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 {1/2-1/2 (7) Muratovic,E (2383)-Ozen,D (2412)
Valjevo 2018}) 6. dxc5 e5 7. Bg5 e4 8. h3 Bh5 {[#]} 9. cxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:
} 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nfd2 d4 11. exd4 Qxd4 12. Nc3 Bxc5 13. Be3 Qe5 14. f4 exf3 15.
Qxf3 Qxe3+ 16. Qxe3+ Bxe3 17. Nb5 Bxd2+ 18. Kxd2 O-O-O+ 19. Ke2 Rhe8+ 20. Kf2
Rd2+ 21. Kg3 a6 22. Nc3 Rxb2 23. Nd1 Rd2 24. Bg2 Rxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Be4+ 26. Kh2
Bxh1 27. Kxh1 Re1+ 28. Kg2 Ne4 29. Rb1 Re2+ 30. Kf1 Rxa2 31. Rc1 Ne5 32. Ne3
Rf2+ 33. Ke1 Nd3+ 34. Kd1 Rd2# {0-1 (34) Vaiciunas,G (1148)-Golsta,M (1675)
Panevezys 2017}) 9... exf3 10. g4 Qxd5 11. Qxd5 Nxd5 12. gxh5 f6 13. Bh4 O-O-O
14. a3 Bxc5 15. Nd2 Rhe8 16. O-O-O Nxe3 17. fxe3 Bxe3 18. Bb5 Re5 19. Bxc6 bxc6
20. Rh2 Rc5+ 21. Kb1 Rcd5 22. Kc2 f2 23. Rxf2 Rc5+ 24. Kb1 Bxf2 25. Bxf2 Rxh5
26. h4 g5 27. hxg5 fxg5 28. Kc1 Rh2 29. Be3 h6 30. Rf1 Re2 31. Nc4 Rd7 32. Rf6
Rh2 33. Nd6+ Kc7 34. Nf7 Re2 35. Bf2 Rdd2 36. Bg3+ Kb7 37. Be5 Rf2 38. Nd6+ Ka6
39. Nf5 Rde2 40. Rxc6+ Kb7 41. Rc7+ Kb6 0-1
[Event "Montreal Winter IM 2020"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2020.03.03"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Liang, Jason"]
[Black "Talukdar, Rohan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2288"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "TWIC 1322"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.09"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
{[%evp 0,17,15,22,51,56,71,40,46,31,31,30,41,56,33,47,38,31,53,45]} 1. e4 c5 2.
Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 h5 9. Qd2
Nbd7 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 g6 12. Be2 ({Relevant:} 12. O-O-O Nb6 13. c4 Rc8 14.
Na5 Nbxd5 15. Bg5 b6 16. Nb7 Qc7 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Nxd6+ Bxd6 19. Qxd6 Qxd6 20.
Rxd6 Nd7 21. Be2 Ke7 22. Rhd1 Rc7 23. Kb1 a5 24. b3 Rb8 25. R6d5 f6 26. Bd3 Rg8
27. Be4 Nc5 28. Kb2 h4 29. Rd6 Rd7 30. Rxd7+ Nxd7 31. a3 f5 32. Bc6 Nf6 33. b4
axb4 34. axb4 Rd8 35. Rxd8 Kxd8 36. Kc3 Kc7 37. Ba4 Kd6 38. Kd2 g5 39. Bc2 Ke6
40. Bb3 Kd6 41. Bc2 Ke6 {Dominguez Perez,L (2758)-Grischuk,A (2777) chess.com
INT 2020 1/2-1/2}) 12... Bg7 13. O-O a5 14. Rad1 O-O 15. c4 b6 16. Na1 Nc5 17.
Nc2 {[#]} Qd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Kh7 18. Na3 Ng8 19. Bf2 Bh6 20. Qc3 f5
21. Nb5 Nf6 22. b3 Ne8 23. Qc2 Nc7 24. Nc3 Bf4 25. g3 Bh6 26. a3 N7a6 27. Rb1
Nd7 28. Kh1 {1-0 (28) Krauss,H (2288)-Odeeva,E (2248) ICCF email 2015}) 18. Na3
Ne8 19. Nb5 f5 20. Rb1 Nf6 21. Nc3 Rae8 22. Bd1 Qc7 23. a3 f4 24. Bf2 e4 25.
Qc2 g5 26. b4 axb4 27. axb4 e3 28. Be1 Ncd7 29. Nb5 Qb8 30. Be2 Ne5 31. c5 dxc5
32. bxc5 bxc5 33. d6 Qc8 34. Bc3 Nd5 35. Qa2 c4 36. Bxe5 Rxe5 37. Bxc4 Qc5 38.
Be2 Kh8 39. Rfc1 Qb6 40. Rd1 Qc6 41. Rbc1 Qb7 42. Qc2 Nf6 43. d7 Nxd7 44. Qg6
Rf6 45. Qxh5+ Rh6 46. Qf7 Nc5 47. Rd8+ Kh7 48. Qg8+ Kg6 49. Rxc5 Rh8 50. Bd3+
Kh6 51. Rd6+ Kh5 52. Bg6+ Kh4 53. g3+ Kh3 54. Qe6+ 1-0
[Event "Montreal Winter IM 2020"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2020.03.03"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Vigorito, D."]
[Black "Liang, Jason"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2288"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "TWIC 1322"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.09"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
{[%evp 0,19,30,30,30,0,6,10,10,-9,9,7,13,3,3,3,3,-1,27,14,14,23]} 1. d4 d5 2.
c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 b6 ({Relevant:} 7...
a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Qc1 a5 12. Nc3 Bxf4 13. Qxf4 Qd6 14.
Rfc1 Na6 15. Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Rad8 17. e3 c5 18. Nb5 Qd5+ 19. Qf3 cxd4 20.
exd4 Qxf3+ 21. Kxf3 Nd5 22. Nc4 b6 23. Ne3 Nab4 24. Rc4 Rd7 25. Ke2 Rfd8 26.
Rac1 Na2 27. Rd1 Nab4 28. Nxd5 Rxd5 29. Rdc1 e5 30. Rc8 exd4 31. Rxd8+ Rxd8 32.
Nxd4 g6 33. Rc4 Kg7 34. h4 h5 35. b3 Na6 36. Nf3 Re8+ 37. Kf1 {Shankland,S
(2683)-Navara,D (2717) Prague 2020 1/2-1/2}) 8. Bg5 Nd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nbd2
b5 11. b3 c3 12. Ne4 b4 13. a3 Nc6 14. axb4 {[#]} Rb8 $146 ({Predecessor:}
14... Ncxb4 15. Qc1 Ba6 16. Re1 c2 17. Qd2 Bb5 18. Nc5 a5 19. Ne5 c6 20. Be4
Rfd8 21. Bxc2 f6 22. Nf3 e5 23. Be4 exd4 24. Qxd4 Nc7 25. Qe3 g6 26. Qc3 f5 27.
Bb1 Bxe2 28. Nd4 Nb5 29. Nxb5 cxb5 30. Bd3 Rd5 31. Bxb5 Qxc5 32. Qxc5 Rxc5 33.
Bxe2 Kf8 34. Red1 Ke7 35. Bc4 Re5 36. f4 Re4 37. Rd2 Ra7 38. Bb5 Re3 39. Bc4
Re4 40. Bb5 Re3 41. Bc4 {1/2-1/2 (41) Van Wely,L (2622)-Cheparinov,I (2711)
Germany 2018}) 15. Nxc3 Ndxb4 16. Qc1 a5 17. Rd1 Rd8 18. e4 Qf6 19. d5 exd5 20.
Nxd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Nb4 22. Ng5 Bg4 23. Ne4 Qb6 24. Rd2 Nxd5 25. Nc5 Nf6 26.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Qc3 Rd1+ 28. Rxd1 Bxd1 29. h3 h6 30. Qe3 Bc2 31. Qc3 Bf5 32. Qe5
Bc8 33. Ne4 Bb7 34. Nxf6+ gxf6 35. Qe8+ Kg7 36. Bxb7 Qxb7 37. Qe3 Qb4 38. Kh2
a4 39. bxa4 Qxa4 40. Qc5 c6 41. h4 Qe4 42. Kg1 Qd5 43. Qb4 c5 44. Qg4+ Kh7 45.
Qf4 Qe6 46. Qc1 c4 47. Qc3 Kg7 48. Kf1 Qe4 49. f3 Qe6 50. Kf2 Kg8 51. Qe3 Qd5
52. Qxh6 c3 53. Ke2 Qb5+ 54. Kd1 Qb3+ 55. Ke2 Qc2+ 56. Ke1 Qb1+ 57. Ke2 c2 0-1
[Event "Montreal Winter IM 2020"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2020.03.04"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Rodrigue-Lemieux, Shawn"]
[Black "Liang, Jason"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "2288"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "TWIC 1322"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.09"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
{[%evp 0,24,30,-15,10,10,4,-16,-17,-4,15,9,-7,-23,5,-6,34,-50,-37,-33,-29,-100,
-25,-15,-24,-24,-4]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. d4 c6 5. Qc2 Bd6 6. a3
({Relevant:} 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Bg5 f6 8. Bd2 Na6 9. a3 Nc7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Bg4
12. Qb3 b6 13. Bc4 Ned5 14. O-O Be7 15. h3 Be6 16. Qc2 Qd7 17. Rac1 O-O-O 18.
Rfe1 Kb7 19. b4 Rhe8 20. Qb3 b5 21. Bf1 Nb6 22. Qc2 Bd5 23. Bf4 Ne6 24. Bg3 Na4
25. Rcd1 Qc8 26. Ned2 g6 27. Nb3 Bd6 28. Bxd6 Rxd6 29. Nfd2 f5 30. Nc4 Bxc4 31.
Na5+ Kb8 32. Nxc4 bxc4 33. Qxa4 Nxd4 34. Bxc4 f4 35. b5 c5 {Rapport,R (2735)
-Shankland,S (2731) Saint Louis 2019 1-0}) 6... h6 {[#]} 7. Nf3 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 7. e3 Nf6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Nge2 Re8 10. h3 Nbd7 11. O-O Nf8 12. Bd2
b6 13. f3 Bb7 14. e4 Bc7 15. e5 N6d7 16. b4 a6 17. Rac1 c5 18. bxc5 bxc5 19.
Na4 Rc8 20. Rb1 Bc6 21. Nxc5 Nxc5 22. Qxc5 Bb5 23. Bxb5 Bb6 24. Qxc8 Qxc8 25.
Bxe8 Qc2 26. Rxb6 Qxd2 27. Kf2 Ne6 28. Rxe6 fxe6 29. Bg6 Qg5 30. Bd3 Qh4+ 31.
Ke3 Qe7 32. Bxa6 Qxa3+ 33. Bd3 g5 34. Rc1 Qe7 35. Rc8+ Kg7 36. g4 Qa7 {Kahleys,
K (2148)-Wittke,R (2033) Oberhof 2011 1-0}) 7... Bg4 8. Ne5 Bxe5 9. dxe5 Ne7
10. g3 Bf5 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 O-O 13. Bg2 Nd7 14. f4 Qb6 15. Qf2 f6 16. Be3
Qb3 17. exf6 Nd5 18. Bd4 Rfe8 19. f7+ Kxf7 20. Be5 Ne3 21. Nd6+ Kg8 22. Nxf5
Nxe5 23. fxe5 Nc2+ 24. Kf1 Nxa1 25. Bf3 Rxe5 26. Nd4 Qc4+ 27. Kg2 Nb3 28. Rd1
Rf8 0-1
[Event "Montreal Winter IM 2020"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2020.03.04"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Liang, Jason"]
[Black "Kaufman, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2288"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[PlyCount "203"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "TWIC 1322"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.09"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
{[%evp 0,28,30,30,20,-1,36,41,40,8,19,15,33,35,26,47,47,0,-15,-31,-21,-115,
-121,-139,26,26,31,21,24,34,27]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qd2 ({
Relevant:} 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4 h5 6. Nf3 c6 7. Ne5 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Nf8 9. Qd2 Ne6 10.
Bg3 Nd7 11. Nf3 b5 12. Ne2 Nb6 13. O-O O-O 14. b3 Nc4 15. bxc4 bxc4 16. Rfc1
cxd3 17. cxd3 c5 18. Rab1 cxd4 19. Nexd4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bd7 21. Rb7 e5 22. Nc6
Bxc6 23. Rxc6 a5 24. Rcc7 Qf6 25. Rd7 Qc6 26. Rbc7 Qb6 27. Qc2 d4 28. exd4 Rae8
29. Qc4 Re6 30. d5 Ree8 31. d6 {1-0 (31) Carlsen,M (2876)-Mamedov,R (2645)
chess24.com INT 2020}) 4... c5 5. e3 Bg7 {[#]} 6. dxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6.
O-O-O c4 7. e4 e6 8. f3 Qa5 9. Kb1 b5 10. Nxd5 Qxd2 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Rxd2 Nc6
13. c3 Bb7 14. g4 e5 15. Be3 Rd8 16. d5 Ne7 17. g5 Bg7 18. Bxa7 h6 19. Be3 hxg5
20. Bxg5 f6 21. Be3 f5 22. Bg5 Rf8 23. d6 Bf6 24. dxe7 Rxd2 25. exf8=Q+ Kxf8
26. Bxd2 fxe4 27. Bg2 exf3 28. Bxf3 e4 29. Bg2 e3 30. Bxb7 exd2 31. Kc2 {
1-0 (31) Parsons,A (1746)-Marrero Rodriguez,J (1544) Gran Canaria 2019}) 6...
O-O 7. O-O-O Nc6 8. Bb5 Qa5 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Be5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Qxd2+ 12. Nxd2
Bxe5 13. Ngf3 Bg7 14. e4 Rb8 15. c3 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Be6 17. a3 Rb7 18. Nd4 Bd5
19. f3 Rfb8 20. b4 f5 21. Ng3 a5 22. Nge2 axb4 23. cxb4 Ra8 24. Nc2 e5 25. Nc3
Bb3 26. Kb2 Bxc2 27. Kxc2 Rxa3 28. Rd8+ Kf7 29. Kb2 Ra6 30. Kb3 Bf6 31. Rd3 Be7
32. Kc4 Ke6 33. Re1 Ra8 34. Rde3 Bf6 35. Rd1 Be7 36. Red3 Rab8 37. Na2 Ra7 38.
R3d2 h5 39. Nc1 Ra4 40. Nd3 Bf6 41. Re2 Rd8 42. Nf4+ Kf7 43. Rxd8 Bxd8 44. Nd3
Bc7 45. Kb3 Ra1 46. Nxe5+ Bxe5 47. Rxe5 Rb1+ 48. Ka3 h4 49. h3 Ra1+ 50. Kb2 Ra4
51. Kb3 Ra1 52. Re2 Rb1+ 53. Kc3 Rc1+ 54. Rc2 Rb1 55. Rb2 Rc1+ 56. Kd3 Ke6 57.
Ke3 Rc4 58. b5 cxb5 59. Rxb5 Kd5 60. Rb6 Kxc5 61. Rxg6 Kd5 62. Rg8 Ra4 63. Rh8
Ra2 64. Kf4 Rxg2 65. Rxh4 Ke6 66. Rh6+ Kf7 67. Kxf5 Rg3 68. Kf4 Rg1 69. Rh4 Kf6
70. Rg4 Rh1 71. Kg3 Rg1+ 72. Kf2 Rh1 73. Kg2 Ra1 74. h4 Ra5 75. Kh3 Ra1 76. Rg2
Ra5 77. Rb2 Ra1 78. Kg4 Rg1+ 79. Kf4 Rh1 80. Rb6+ Kf7 81. Kg5 Rg1+ 82. Kf5 Rh1
83. Rb7+ Kg8 84. h5 Rh3 85. Kg4 Rh1 86. f4 Rg1+ 87. Kf5 Rh1 88. Kf6 Rh2 89. f5
Rh1 90. Rb6 Rf1 91. Rb8+ Kh7 92. Ke6 Re1+ 93. Kf7 Re5 94. f6 Ra5 95. Rb7 Rxh5
96. Ke6+ Kg6 97. Rg7+ Kh6 98. Rg8 Kh7 99. f7 Ra5 100. Rd8 Ra6+ 101. Ke7 Ra7+
102. Ke8 1-0
[Event "Montreal Winter IM 2020"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2020.03.05"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Duong, Tha"]
[Black "Liang, Jason"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2182"]
[BlackElo "2288"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "TWIC 1322"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.09"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
{[%evp 0,52,20,-18,10,6,13,13,17,12,42,12,9,1,12,3,41,-16,-22,-20,-20,-34,-35,
-35,-29,-29,-19,-19,-17,-19,-16,-16,-8,-11,-21,-29,-35,-104,-9,-30,-38,-43,-12,
-18,-13,-22,-22,-16,-20,-27,-19,-10,-6,-4,-22]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5
4. d4 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Bf5 7. e3 Qb6 8. Qc1 Nbd7 9. Nh4 ({Relevant:} 9.
Be2 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nh4 Be6 12. Nf3 Qc7 13. Bh4 Ne4 14. Qc2 f5 15. Bg3 Nxg3
16. hxg3 Nf6 17. Ng5 Qe7 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Rab1 Rae8 20. b4 Ng4 21. Bxg4 fxg4
22. e4 dxe4 23. Rfe1 Qc4 24. Rxe4 Bxb4 25. Qa4 a5 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Rc1 Qxd4
28. Qb3+ Kh8 29. Nb1 Rf8 30. Qc2 a4 31. Rd1 Qc5 32. Qe2 Qf5 33. Rf1 b5 34. Qb2
Bc5 35. Nc3 Qd3 36. Qc1 Bd4 37. Nd1 c5 38. Re1 Qxg3 {Ding,L (2654)-Zhou,J
(2636) Hefei 2011 0-1}) 9... Be6 {[#]} 10. Bxf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nf3
Bd6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Qc2 Rfe8 13. O-O Bg4 14. Bh4 Rac8 15. Nd2 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5
17. Rac1 d4 18. exd4 Bxh2+ 19. Kxh2 Qh5 20. f3 Qxh4+ 21. Kg1 Bh5 22. Nde4 Bg6
23. Qf2 Qf4 24. Ne2 Qb8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. N2c3 Qc7 27. Nxf6+ Nxf6 28. Be4 Rd8
29. d5 Bxe4 30. fxe4 Ng4 31. Qf4 Qxf4 32. Rxf4 Ne5 33. Rf1 Kf8 34. Kf2 Rd6 35.
b3 Ke7 36. Ke3 Rg6 37. Kd4 f6 38. Rf2 Rg3 39. Rd2 h5 {Varga,P (2415)-Georgiev,
V (2440) Val Thorens 1995 0-1}) 10... Nxf6 11. Bd3 g6 12. O-O Be7 13. Nf3 O-O
14. a3 Qc7 15. Qc2 Bd6 16. h3 Rae8 17. Rac1 Qc8 18. Ne5 Nh5 19. f4 f6 20. Nf3
Bd7 21. Qf2 Qd8 22. Rce1 Ng7 23. g4 Re7 24. Qh4 Qe8 25. Kf2 Ne6 26. Qh6 Nd8 27.
Qh4 Qf7 28. Kg2 Rfe8 29. Qf2 Qg7 30. Re2 Nf7 31. Rfe1 Bc7 32. b4 Nd6 33. Nd2
Qf7 34. Nb3 f5 35. g5 Ne4 36. Nxe4 fxe4 37. Bc2 Qf5 38. Rh1 h6 39. h4 Rh7 40.
Qg3 Kg7 41. Kg1 Qg4 42. Rg2 Qxg3 43. Rxg3 Reh8 44. Nc5 Bc8 45. b5 hxg5 46. Rxg5
Bd8 47. Rg2 Bxh4 48. Kf1 Be7 49. Rxh7+ Rxh7 50. Kg1 cxb5 51. Bb3 b6 52. f5 Bxf5
53. Na6 Rh3 54. Kf2 Rf3+ 55. Ke2 Bxa3 56. Nc7 Bc1 57. Nxd5 Be6 58. Rg1 Bxd5 59.
Bxd5 Rxe3+ 60. Kd1 Bb2 61. Rg4 Kh6 62. Bxe4 Kh5 63. Rf4 Kg5 64. Rf2 Rxe4 65.
Rxb2 Rxd4+ 0-1
[Event "Montreal Winter IM 2020"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2020.03.06"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Liang, Jason"]
[Black "Ragnarsson, Dagur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2288"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "238"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "TWIC 1322"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.09"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O f5 ({Relevant:} 10... cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Nb8 13.
Bf2 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Nxa6 15. f5 exf5 16. Nxd5 Nb4 17. c4 Rc8 18. a3 Nc6 19. Rfe1
Bc5 20. b4 Bxf2+ 21. Qxf2 Qd7 22. Qh4 Qd8 23. Nf6+ gxf6 24. Rad1 Nxe5 25. Rxd8
Rfxd8 26. Qxf6 Ng6 27. h4 h5 28. Rf1 f4 29. g4 Rd3 30. gxh5 Rg3+ 31. Kf2 Nxh4
32. Qxh4 Rxc4 33. Re1 {1-0 (33) Praggnanandhaa,R (2602)-Topalov,V (2738)
Caleta 2020}) 11. Rad1 Bb7 12. dxc5 Nxc5 {[#]} 13. Nb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13.
Nd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Rc8 15. Qe3 Qc7 16. Rd2 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Nxa6 18. g4 Bb4 19. Rg2
Bxc3 20. Bxc3 Nc5 21. Bb4 Rf7 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Qxc5 Rxc5 24. g5 Rfc7 25. c3
Ra5 26. a3 Ra4 27. Rf3 Re4 28. Kf2 a5 29. Rg1 Rcc4 30. b3 Rc7 31. h4 a4 32. Rb1
Rc6 33. h5 Kf8 34. Kg3 Ke8 35. Rd3 Kd7 36. c4 d4 37. bxa4 Kc7 38. Rb4 Rc5 39.
Kf3 Ra5 40. Rdb3 Ra6 41. a5 Rxa5 42. Rxb6 Re3+ {Goessling,G (2144)-Kern,G
(2308) Germany 2012 1/2-1/2}) 13... Ne4 14. Qc1 a6 15. Nbd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 b5
17. a3 Qd7 18. b4 a5 19. c3 Rfc8 20. Qb2 Qc6 21. Rc1 Qa6 22. Ra1 Qc6 23. Rfc1
h6 24. Bd3 g5 25. Rab1 g4 26. Ne1 a4 27. Qe2 Ba6 28. Qe3 Kf7 29. Be2 Rh8 30.
Nd3 Bc8 31. Rc2 h5 32. Qc1 Rb8 33. Qf1 Bd7 34. Nc1 h4 35. Bd3 h3 36. g3 Rbc8
37. Ne2 Bd8 38. Rbc1 Bb6 39. Kh1 Rc7 40. Qg1 Rb8 41. Qe3 Qb7 42. Kg1 Rc4 43.
Bxb6 Qxb6 44. Qxb6 Rxb6 45. Bxc4 bxc4 46. Nd4 {[#]The strong Ne4 is good
compensation for the exchange but one might wonder how Black will find a way
to win this game} Bb5 47. Kf1 Ke7 48. Ke2 Kd7 49. Rb1 Kc7 50. Ke3 Kd7 51. Rd1
Rb8 52. Rcc1 Rb6 53. Re1 Ke7 54. Ne2 Kd7 55. Rcd1 Rb8 56. Rf1 Kc7 57. Rc1 Bd7
58. Nd4 Kb6 59. Rc2 Rh8 60. Re1 Rf8 61. Ne2 Rh8 62. Rf1 Bc6 63. Kd4 Kb5 64. Nc1
Rd8 65. Ne2 Kb6 66. Rb2 Kb5 67. Ke3 Bd7 68. Rd1 Kb6 69. Rd4 Bc6 70. Rb1 Rd7 71.
Rbd1 Bb5 72. Rxe4 $5 {Avoiding the draw and trying to do something} dxe4 73.
Rd6+ Rxd6 74. exd6 Bc6 75. Kd4 Bd5 76. Ke5 Kc6 77. Nd4+ Kd7 $11 {[#]} 78. Nc2
Bc6 79. Ne3 Bb5 80. Nd1 Ba6 81. Ne3 Bb5 82. Nc2 Ba6 83. Nd4 e3 84. Ne2 Bb7 85.
b5 Bd5 86. b6 Bf3 87. Nc1 Bb7 88. Kd4 Kxd6 89. Kxe3 Kc5 90. Ne2 Bc8 91. Nc1 Bb7
92. Na2 Bc8 93. Nb4 Bb7 94. Nc2 Bc8 95. Kd2 Kxb6 $11 {Black has won a pawn but
the position remains equal} 96. Ne3 Kc5 97. Nd1 Bb7 98. Ke3 Be4 99. Kf2 $2 (99.
Nf2 Bc6 $11) 99... Bc2 100. Ne3 Bd3 101. Nd1 Kd5 $11 (101... Bc2 102. Ne3 Bb3
103. Ke2 Kd6 104. Kf2 $17 {I still do not see how Black will win this but
Stockfish11 likes Black}) 102. Ke3 Bc2 103. Nf2 Bb3 104. Kd2 Ba2 105. Ke3 Bb1
106. Kd2 e5 107. Ke3 Bc2 108. Kd2 $4 {I assume time had something to do with
this} (108. fxe5 Kxe5 109. Nh1 Bb3 110. Nf2 $11) 108... exf4 $1 109. Kxc2 ({or
} 109. gxf4 Be4 110. Ke2 g3 111. Nxh3 gxh2 112. Nf2 h1=Q 113. Nxh1 Bxh1 $19)
109... fxg3 110. hxg3 f4 $1 {Continuing on the theme of pawn sacrifice for a
breakthrough} 111. gxf4 h2 112. Nh1 Ke4 113. Kd2 Kxf4 114. Ke2 g3 115. Kf1 Kf3
{[#]} 116. Nf2 g2+ 117. Ke1 g1=Q+ 118. Kd2 Qxf2+ 119. Kc1 h1=R# 0-1
