[Event "FIDE Candidates 2022"] [Site "Madrid ESP"] [Date "2022.06.30"] [Round "11.1"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Rapport, Richard"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B33"] [Annotator "Crowther,Mark"] [PlyCount "191"] [EventDate "2022.06.17"] {[%evp 0,30,25,23,41,52,33,21,14,14,49,49,44,48,48,-20,-20,5,10,5,15,-5,4,7,7, 17,14,10,22,16,26,19,29]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Rb8 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. g3 O-O 14. Bg2 a5 15. O-O ({Relevant:} 15. a3 Ne7 16. Nce3 Bxe3 17. Nxe3 Be6 18. O-O Qc7 19. Re1 Rfd8 20. Re2 b4 21. cxb4 axb4 22. Rd2 Nc6 23. Rc1 Qd7 24. Bf1 Nd4 25. Bc4 bxa3 26. bxa3 Bxc4 27. Nxc4 Rdc8 28. Rd3 Qc6 29. Re3 h6 30. Kg2 d5 31. Nxe5 Qxc1 32. Qxd4 Rb1 33. Qxd5 Rf8 34. Ng6 Qf1+ 35. Kf3 Rb2 36. Kg4 h5+ 37. Kh4 Rb5 38. Qa2 Re8 39. e5 Qd1 40. Re4 Rbxe5 41. Rf4 Rf5 42. Kh3 Qd7 43. Kg2 Qc6+ {0-1 (44) Quparadze,G (2477)-Sunilduth Lyna,N (2658) Warsaw 2021}) 15... Ne7 16. Nce3 Be6 {[#]} 17. Nxe7+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Qd3 b4 18. Nxe7+ Bxe7 19. c4 Bg5 20. Nd5 Qd7 21. b3 Qa7 22. h4 Bd8 23. Kh2 Bxd5 24. Qxd5 Bb6 25. f3 Bd4 26. Rad1 h6 27. Bh3 a4 28. Rd2 Rb6 29. Bf5 Ra6 30. Kh3 Rd8 31. h5 axb3 32. axb3 Ra5 33. Qc6 Rc5 34. Qa4 Qxa4 35. bxa4 b3 36. Rd3 Rb8 37. Bd7 Rxc4 38. Bb5 Rb4 39. Rb1 b2 40. Ra3 Ra8 41. Rd3 Rc8 42. Rdd1 g6 43. hxg6 fxg6 44. Bd7 Rc3 45. Kg4 h5+ 46. Kg5 Kg7 {Hoehne,V (1886)-Hatsek,W (2017) LSS email 2015 0-1}) 17... Qxe7 18. Nf5 Qd8 {The position is pretty much equal.} 19. Qxd6 g6 20. Qxd8 Rfxd8 21. h4 Bf6 22. Ne3 Rd2 23. b3 a4 24. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 axb3 26. axb3 Bxb3 27. Rb1 Ba2 28. Rb2 Be6 29. Bf3 Be7 30. Bg4 Bxg4 31. Nxg4 b4 32. cxb4 Rb5 33. h5 Rxb4 34. Rxb4 Bxb4 35. hxg6 hxg6 36. Nxe5 {White has won a pawn but his winning chances are close to zero.} Bc3 37. Nd3 f5 38. f3 Kf7 39. Kg2 Kf6 40. g4 Bd4 41. Kg3 Be3 42. Nb2 Kg5 43. Nd3 Kf6 44. Nb4 Ke5 45. Nc6+ Ke6 46. Na5 Kf6 47. Nc4 Bc1 48. Nb6 Ke6 49. Nc4 Kf6 50. Na5 Kg5 51. Nc6 Bf4+ 52. Kh3 Kf6 53. Kg2 Be3 54. Kf1 Bb6 55. Ke2 Ke6 56. Nb4 Bc7 57. Nd5 Bd6 58. Ne3 fxe4 59. fxe4 Ke5 60. Kf3 Kf6 61. Nd1 Bc7 62. Nf2 Bd6 63. Nh3 Ke5 64. Nf4 Kf6 65. Nd3 Bc7 66. Kg2 Kg5 67. Kf3 Kf6 68. Ne1 Bd6 69. Nc2 Ke5 70. Ne3 Kf6 71. Nd5+ Kg5 72. Ne3 Kf6 73. Nc4 Bc7 74. Nd2 Bd6 75. Nb3 Bc7 76. Nc1 Bd6 77. Ne2 Bc7 78. Ng1 Bd6 79. Nh3 Ke5 80. Nf4 Kf6 81. Nd3 Bc7 82. Kg2 Kg5 83. Kh3 Bd6 84. e5 Bc7 85. Kg3 Bb8 86. Kf3 Bc7 87. Ke4 Kxg4 88. e6 Bd8 89. Nb4 Kg5 90. Nd5 Bf6 91. e7 Bxe7 92. Nxe7 Kh5 93. Nd5 g5 94. Kf5 g4 95. Nf6+ Kh4 96. Nxg4 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2022"] [Site "Madrid ESP"] [Date "2022.06.30"] [Round "11.2"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C42"] [Annotator "Crowther,Mark"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2022.06.17"] {[%evp 0,34,23,12,25,12,14,34,33,33,30,6,-5,-21,-22,-10,10,8,8,-15,7,-7,-3,11, -5,4,6,0,-31,-32,-28,-24,-7,-37,-25,-72,-67]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. c4 Nc6 6. d3 Nf6 7. d4 Be7 ({Relevant:} 7... d5 8. c5 Be7 9. Bb5 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Qa4 Ne4 12. O-O Bf6 13. Qxc6 Qd7 14. Qxa8 Ba6 15. Qxf8+ Kxf8 16. Re1 Qf5 17. Nc3 Bd3 18. Be3 c6 19. Rac1 g5 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Nd2 Qd5 22. b3 Bxd4 23. Bxd4 Qxd4 24. Nc4 Qxc5 25. Ne3 Qa5 26. Red1 c5 27. f3 Qxa2 28. fxe4 Bxe4 29. Re1 Qxb3 30. Rxc5 Qb4 31. Rcc1 a5 32. Nc4 Bg6 33. h3 Kg7 34. Re3 Qc5 35. Kh1 a4 36. Re5 Qc7 37. Ra5 {Vitiugov,N (2724)-Paravyan,D (2617) Chess. com INT 2022 0-1}) 8. d5 Ne5 {[#]} 9. Nd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Be2 Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 h5 11. h3 Bf5 12. Nc3 Qd7 13. Be3 a6 14. a4 c5 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. a5 Rb8 17. O-O O-O 18. Na4 d5 19. Nb6 Qd6 20. Rc1 Qb4 21. Bd4 dxc4 22. Re1 Be6 23. Rxe6 fxe6 24. Qe2 Rf7 25. Nxc4 Nd5 26. Bxh5 Rbf8 27. Qxe6 Nf4 28. Bxf7+ Rxf7 29. Qg4 Bc5 30. Be3 Bxe3 31. fxe3 Qc5 32. b4 Qa7 33. Rf1 Nd3 34. Rd1 Ne5 35. Rd8+ Rf8 36. Rxf8+ Kxf8 37. Qf4+ Nf7 38. Ne5 {1-0 (38) Kosteniuk,A (2472)-Tan, Z (2511) Krasnaya Polyana 2021}) 9... O-O 10. Nc3 Bg4 11. f3 (11. Be2) 11... Bd7 12. Be2 c6 13. O-O cxd5 14. cxd5 Qb6 15. Kh1 Rac8 16. g4 $2 {Just incredibly dubious. Alireza was reported to have played 250 hyperbullet (30 seconds per side) games online late last night. It's really the only explanation for what he does today.} h6 $1 {Already Alireza is quite a bit worse.} 17. h4 $2 {He who says a must say b but this is just very bad.} Rfe8 18. g5 $2 {Now white is flat lost.} hxg5 19. hxg5 Nh5 20. Kg2 $2 (20. Rg1) 20... Ng6 21. f4 Nhxf4+ 22. Bxf4 Qxb2 23. Ne4 Rc4 (23... Bd8) 24. Be3 Bxg5 25. Rb1 Qxa2 26. Ra1 Rxd4 27. Rxa2 Rxd1 28. Bxd1 Bxe3 29. Nxd6 Re7 30. Bb3 $2 (30. Re2) 30... Bc5 31. Nxb7 Bb6 32. Bc4 Re3 33. Kh1 Bh3 34. Rc1 Bf5 35. Bf1 Be4+ 0-1 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2022"] [Site "Madrid ESP"] [Date "2022.06.30"] [Round "11.3"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A15"] [Annotator "Crowther,Mark"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2022.06.17"] {[%evp 0,38,23,-5,-9,0,-3,-14,-21,-15,-7,-18,0,-15,1,-4,4,14,-12,-10,13,9,9,24, 13,9,-3,11,-1,-10,-6,-2,-9,-9,27,12,24,28,32,32,22]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. d4 Bb7 9. O-O c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nbd2 ({Relevant:} 11. Nc3 Nd7 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. b4 Be7 14. Nd4 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Bf6 16. Nc6 Qe8 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Rc1 Nd5 19. Qd4 Ne7 20. b5 Nxc6 21. Rxc6 Rd8 22. Qc3 Qd7 23. Qc4 Qd5+ 24. Qxd5 Rxd5 25. a4 Rd4 26. Ra1 Rfd8 27. a5 Rb4 28. axb6 axb6 29. Rxb6 h5 30. Rb7 Rd5 31. b6 Rf5 32. Rd1 Rb2 33. Kf1 g5 34. Ke1 g4 35. Kf1 Kg7 36. Rb8 Rfb5 37. b7 Rxb7 38. Rxb7 {1/2-1/2 (38) Artemiev,V (2700)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2782) Warsaw 2021}) 11... Nf6 12. a3 a5 {[#]} 13. Nc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qc2 Nbd7 14. e3 Qe7 15. Nd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Rac8 17. Qd3 Ne5 18. Qe2 Rfd8 19. f3 Nc6 20. Nxc6 Rxc6 21. Nc4 Rc7 22. Rfd1 Rcd7 23. e4 h6 24. a4 Ne8 25. Ne5 Rd6 26. Nc4 R6d7 27. Ne5 {1/2-1/2 (27) Heigermoser,R (2161) -Schindler,S (2165) Bayern 2019}) 13... Nbd7 14. Nfe5 {Mass trades lead to a quick draw.} Bxg2 15. Kxg2 b5 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Qxd7 Nxd7 18. Nxa5 Rxa5 19. b4 Ra6 20. bxc5 Nxc5 21. Rab1 Ne4 22. Rfd1 h6 23. Ba1 Rxa3 24. Rxb5 Nc3 25. Bxc3 Rxc3 26. Rdb1 g6 27. Rb8 h5 28. h4 Rxb8 29. Rxb8+ Kg7 30. e3 Rc2 31. Ra8 Rc3 32. Rb8 Rc2 33. Ra8 Rc3 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2022"] [Site "Madrid ESP"] [Date "2022.06.30"] [Round "11.4"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Ding Liren"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C88"] [Annotator "Crowther,Mark"] [PlyCount "156"] [EventDate "2022.06.17"] {[%evp 0,36,23,14,14,12,10,17,17,7,-1,20,27,10,13,3,4,-11,-10,3,12,4,41,25,43, 44,29,52,52,58,49,9,13,-3,-3,-29,-28,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Bd2 Qd7 11. Nc3 Na5 12. Ba2 b4 ({Relevant:} 12... c5 13. Ne2 Nc6 14. Ng3 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. c3 Rad8 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Bd6 20. Re1 Nf4 21. Bxf4 Bxf4 22. Ne4 Qc7 23. g3 Be5 24. f4 Bd6 25. Qh5 Qc6 26. Qh3 c4 27. d4 Rde8 28. d5 Qxd5 29. Rad1 Rxe4 30. Rxd5 Rxe1+ 31. Kf2 Rfe8 32. Re5 Bxe5 33. Kxe1 Bxc3+ 34. Kf1 Bc8 35. Qg2 Bf5 36. Qd5 Be6 37. Qc5 Bxb2 38. Kg2 Bd7 39. Qd5 Rd8 40. Qc5 Bf6 41. Bb1 g6 42. g4 {Bacrot,E (2678)-Carlsen,M (2847) Krasnaya Polyana 2021 0-1}) 13. Ne2 c5 14. Ng3 Rab8 {[#]} 15. Nh4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Nf5 Bd8 16. h3 b3 17. Bxb3 Nxb3 18. cxb3 Bc6 19. Bc3 Ne8 20. Ne3 Nc7 21. Nc4 Ne6 22. Nxd6 f6 23. Nc4 Nf4 24. Re3 Bc7 25. Ba5 Rfd8 26. Rc1 Ba8 27. Rc3 Bxa5 28. Nxa5 Qc7 29. Nc4 Rd7 30. Qc2 Qd8 31. Ne1 a5 32. Nd2 Ne6 33. Kh2 Bb7 34. Qd1 Ba6 35. Qg4 Rd6 36. g3 Qe7 37. f4 Rbd8 38. fxe5 fxe5 39. Nc4 Bxc4 40. Rxc4 Rb6 41. Rc3 Rdb8 42. Rf3 Nd4 43. Rf2 Nxb3 44. Nf3 Nd4 {Duda,J (2760)-Durarbayli,V (2615) Katowice 2021 1-0}) 15... g6 16. Bh6 Rfe8 17. Nhf5 Bd8 18. Ng7 {The position is about equal but what is the knight achieving on this square.} Rf8 19. h3 b3 20. Bxb3 Nxb3 21. cxb3 {White has a very ugly queenside now.} Bc6 22. Rc1 $6 (22. N7f5 $11) 22... Kh8 23. Ne6 Qxe6 24. Bxf8 Ba5 25. Bh6 Bxe1 26. Qxe1 {White has some practical problems but the position remains roughly equal.} Rxb3 27. Qa5 Ng8 28. Be3 Bb7 29. Qd2 f6 30. f4 exf4 $2 {Ding miscalculates and ends up much worse.} (30... Bc6) 31. Bxf4 g5 (31... Rb4) 32. Be3 Qe5 33. Nf5 Ne7 (33... Rxb2 34. Nxd6 {must have been what Ding missed from afar.}) 34. Nxe7 Qxe7 35. Qc2 Rb6 {Now white is pressing.} 36. Rf1 Kg7 37. a5 Rc6 38. Bd2 Rc8 39. Bc3 Rf8 40. Qf2 h6 41. h4 (41. b4) 41... Bc8 (41... Qe6) 42. b4 Bd7 43. bxc5 dxc5 44. Rb1 ( 44. Qf3 Qe6 45. Rb1 Qg4 46. Rb7) 44... Bb5 45. hxg5 hxg5 46. Qf5 Kg8 47. d4 ( 47. Rd1) 47... Bd3 48. Re1 cxd4 49. Bxd4 Qh7 (49... Qf7) 50. Qf3 {After this Ding fell into deep thought. He missed what follows, fortunately it isn't terrible for him.} Bb5 51. e5 Qd7 52. Bc5 Rc8 53. Qb3+ Qf7 54. e6 Qc7 55. e7+ Kg7 56. Bd4 Qf4 57. Be3 $2 {Now white has to be really careful.} Qg3 58. Qb4 Rh8 59. e8=Q Qh2+ 60. Kf2 Rxe8 61. Qg4 Qe5 62. Qd4 Qf5+ 63. Kg1 Kg6 64. Qd2 Bc6 65. Bf2 $2 (65. Bd4 $11) 65... Qg4 66. Qd3+ Be4 67. Qg3 Qxg3 68. Bxg3 f5 69. Bc7 Kh5 70. Kf2 Kg4 71. Rc1 Re7 72. Rc3 $2 Rd7 $6 (72... Bd3 {wins.}) 73. g3 Bd3 74. Bb8 Bb5 75. Bc7 $2 (75. Rc8) 75... Re7 76. Bd8 Re2+ 77. Kg1 Rd2 78. Be7 Bd3 0-1 [Event "FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2022"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2022.06.30"] [Round "11"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A14"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2750"] [Annotator "Rafael Leitao"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] [TimeControl "5400+30"] {Not much to say about this game. With the tournament in its final stages and both players out of contention, Radjabov just goes for a quick draw with White. } 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 b6 7. cxd5 {An important moment since the character of play will change depending on how Duda captures the d-pawn.} Nxd5 {The safest.} (7... exd5 8. O-O Bb7 9. d4 {leads to a typical position from the Queen's Indian Defense.}) 8. d4 Bb7 9. O-O c5 (9... Nd7 {is also possible.}) 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nbd2 Nf6 (11... Nd7 {is the main move.}) 12. a3 (12. Qc2 {creates some tricks with Nf3-g5, but it's possible to defend this easily.} Nbd7 $1 {and Black has no problems.} (12... h6 $4 { A funny position and I will just show this in order to spice up a little what is otherwise a boring game.} 13. Bxf6 $1 (13. Ng5 {This typical move seems winning, but always remember that your opponent has the right to exist $1} Qc7 $1 {and Black wins material due to the threat of /Bxf2+.} (13... Bxg2 $2 14. Bxf6) 14. Bxf6 Bxf2+ $1 {winning the queen.}) 13... Qxf6 14. Ng5 (14. b4 $5 Bxb4 15. Ng5 Qxg5 16. Bxb7 {is more accurate.}) 14... Bxf2+ $1 15. Rxf2 Qxa1+ 16. Nf1 hxg5 17. Bxb7 Na6 (17... Nd7 18. Bxa8 Rxa8 19. Qc6 $1 Rd8 20. Qc7 { winning a piece.}) 18. Bxa6 {with a big advantage for White.}) 13. Rad1 Qe7 { with an equal position in Geller-Averbakh, Leningrad 1963.}) 12... a5 $1 (12... Be7 13. b4 {gives White some pressure: Potkin-Leko, Tallinn 2016.}) 13. Nc4 { A new move. 13. Qc2 had been played before.} Nbd7 (13... Qe7 {is also fine.}) 14. Nfe5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 b5 $1 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 (16... Nxd7 {also leads to a draw after} 17. Nxa5 Rxa5 18. b4 Ra4 19. bxc5 Nxc5) 17. Qxd7 Nxd7 18. Nxa5 Rxa5 19. b4 Ra6 (19... Bxb4 $6 {is not the best way to simplify.} 20. axb4 Rxa1 (20... Ra4 $5) 21. Rxa1 Nb6 22. Bd4 {and White will press in this endgame.}) 20. bxc5 Nxc5 21. Rab1 Ne4 22. Rfd1 h6 23. Ba1 (23. Rd4 $5 Nd6 24. a4 $1 {creates a nice trap.} Rc8 (24... bxa4 $2 {surprisingly loses after} 25. Ba3 Nf5 26. Rd7 $1 Rfa8 27. e4 {and Black's knight is trapped.} (27. Rbb7 {is also good.})) ( 24... h5) 25. axb5 Nxb5 26. Rg4 g6 {and the material is too reduced for any winning attempt.}) 23... Rxa3 24. Rxb5 Nc3 25. Bxc3 Rxc3 26. Rdb1 g6 27. Rb8 h5 28. h4 Rxb8 29. Rxb8+ Kg7 30. e3 Rc2 31. Ra8 Rc3 32. Rb8 Rc2 33. Ra8 Rc3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Chess.com"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2022.06.30"] [Round "11"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Rapport, Richard"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2760"] [BlackElo "2764"] [Annotator "Rafael Leitao"] [PlyCount "191"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] [TimeControl "5400+30"] {$2} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 {This is the first time Richard Rapport plays the Sveshnikov, so it obviously came as a surprise to Nakamura.} 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 { 11.c4 was more popular a few years ago, but now the old main move is back into fashion again.} Rb8 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. g3 {This is only the fourth most popular move in this position and shouldn't be dangerous for Black. I think Nakamura just wanted to play a normal position.} (13. a4 {This is the main move.}) (13. a3 $5 {was tried by some elite players recently.}) 13... O-O 14. Bg2 a5 $5 { A nice move to prevent Ncb4.} (14... Ne7 15. Ncb4 {This is not so much for White either.}) 15. O-O Ne7 16. Nce3 Be6 {A rare move.} (16... Bxe3 {is natural.} 17. Nxe3 Be6 {we have a typical Sveshnikov position. Practice has shown that Black has no problems.}) 17. Nxe7+ (17. Qd3 {It was more accurate to postpone the capture on e7.} Bxe3 18. Nxe3 Qb6 {and we more or less transpose to what would happen if Black played 16...Bxe3.}) 17... Qxe7 18. Nf5 (18. Nd5 $2 {is a mistake and illustrates why it's important for White to have the queen on d3.} Qb7 {Now Black will capture on d5, changing the pawn structure. In the resulting position, his bishop is much better and he has a clear positional advantage. If White had the queen on d3 and could play Rad1 here, then his position would be fine.}) 18... Qd8 $5 {This is a clever move that equalizes immediately.} (18... Bxf5 $6 19. exf5 {and White has a comfortable advantage.}) 19. Qxd6 (19. Nxd6 $2 {is bad since the knight is trapped after a few smart moves.} g6 $1 20. f4 (20. Qd3 Qb6 {followed by Rfd8 wins.}) 20... Be7 21. fxe5 (21. f5 Bd7 22. Rf3 Qc7 23. Rd3 Rb6 24. Nc4 $1 bxc4 25. Rxd7 Qc5+ 26. Kh1 Rxb2 {with a big advantage.}) 21... f6 $1 {and the knight will finally be captured.}) (19. h4 Bf6 20. Ne3 $11) 19... g6 $1 { Now we see why Rapport wanted his queen on d8. White will be forced to capture it and Black's rook will become active.} (19... Qxd6 $5 20. Nxd6 Be7 21. Rfd1 Rfd8 22. Nf5 Bc5 {with good compensation.}) 20. Qxd8 Rfxd8 {Now White has to choose between 21.h4 or 21.f4.} 21. h4 (21. Ne3 $2 Bxe3 22. fxe3 Rd2 23. Rf2 Rbd8 {with a big advantage for Black.}) (21. f4 $5 exf4 22. gxf4 Bf6 23. e5 $1 {The only way.} (23. Ne3 $2 Rd2) (23. Ng3 $2 b4) (23. Nd4 Rxd4 $1 24. cxd4 Bxd4+ 25. Kh1 a4 {and Black's bishops are too strong.}) 23... Bxf5 24. exf6 Rd2 25. Rf2 Rd6 {with equality.}) 21... Bf6 (21... gxf5 22. hxg5 f4 $1 {and Black gets the draw without any problems.} 23. gxf4 exf4 24. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 b4 $11) 22. Ne3 Rd2 23. b3 a4 24. Rfd1 {Nakamura decides to give the pawn back.} ( 24. Nd5 {is very natural.} Bd8 $1 (24... Bxd5 25. exd5 e4 26. Rfd1 {is not so clear.} (26. Bxe4 $6 b4 $1)) 25. Rfd1 Rc2 $1 26. Rdc1 Rd2 {with a draw.}) 24... Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 axb3 26. axb3 Bxb3 27. Rb1 {I expected a quick draw here and was very surprised that the game lasted 70 more moves $1} Ba2 28. Rb2 Be6 29. Bf3 Be7 30. Bg4 Bxg4 $6 {This gives Rapport some headaches.} (30... Ba3 $5 31. Rb1 Bc5 32. Bxe6 Bxe3 33. Bc4 Bd2 {draws immediately.}) (30... Bc5 31. Bxe6 Bxe3 32. Bc4 (32. Bxf7+ Kxf7 33. fxe3 Ke6 {Black is very active in this rook endgame and White's extra pawn is not felt.}) 32... Bc1 33. Rxb5 (33. Rb1 Bd2) 33... Rxb5 34. Bxb5 {with a drawn ending.}) 31. Nxg4 {Nakamura now wants to bring the knight back to d5 and apply some pressure.} b4 (31... Kg7 32. Ne3 { And it should be a draw, but White can play many moves.}) (31... f6 32. Ne3) 32. cxb4 Rb5 33. h5 $1 {A clever move, avoiding h7-h5.} Rxb4 {Rapport decides to go for a pawn-down ending that is not difficult to hold. This is a wise decision.} (33... gxh5 34. Nh6+ Kf8 35. Rc2 $1 {and the position is much trickier to defend, especially against Nakamura.}) 34. Rxb4 Bxb4 35. hxg6 hxg6 36. Nxe5 Bc3 37. Nd3 f5 $1 38. f3 (38. e5 g5 39. f4 gxf4 40. gxf4 Bd4+ 41. Kg2 Kf7 42. Kf3 Ke6 {draws.}) 38... Kf7 {Black has no trouble defending this endgame. Nakamura tried for many moves, but nothing really happened.} 39. Kg2 Kf6 40. g4 Bd4 41. Kg3 Be3 42. Nb2 Kg5 43. Nd3 Kf6 44. Nb4 Ke5 45. Nc6+ Ke6 46. Na5 Kf6 47. Nc4 Bc1 48. Nb6 Ke6 49. Nc4 Kf6 50. Na5 Kg5 51. Nc6 Bf4+ 52. Kh3 Kf6 53. Kg2 Be3 54. Kf1 Bb6 55. Ke2 Ke6 56. Nb4 Bc7 57. Nd5 Bd6 58. Ne3 fxe4 59. fxe4 Ke5 60. Kf3 Kf6 61. Nd1 Bc7 62. Nf2 Bd6 63. Nh3 Ke5 64. Nf4 Kf6 65. Nd3 Bc7 66. Kg2 Kg5 67. Kf3 Kf6 68. Ne1 Bd6 69. Nc2 Ke5 70. Ne3 Kf6 71. Nd5+ Kg5 72. Ne3 Kf6 73. Nc4 Bc7 74. Nd2 Bd6 75. Nb3 Bc7 76. Nc1 Bd6 77. Ne2 Bc7 78. Ng1 Bd6 79. Nh3 Ke5 80. Nf4 Kf6 81. Nd3 Bc7 82. Kg2 Kg5 83. Kh3 Bd6 84. e5 Bc7 85. Kg3 Bb8 86. Kf3 Bc7 87. Ke4 Kxg4 88. e6 Bd8 89. Nb4 Kg5 90. Nd5 Bf6 91. e7 Bxe7 92. Nxe7 Kh5 93. Nd5 g5 94. Kf5 g4 95. Nf6+ Kh4 96. Nxg4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Chess.com"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2022.06.30"] [Round "11"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2806"] [Annotator "Rafael Leitao"] [PlyCount "156"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] [TimeControl "5400+30"] {This game is a drama in many stages. First, long opening preparation by both players leads to a balanced position. Then it seems Ding Liren will be the one pressing. The game suddenly turns around and Caruana gets a strong position and this evaluation remains for a long time. He misses several chances to blow through his opponent's defense, until Ding Liren, playing like a machine, but finally reaches equality. And then tiredness and frustration is felt in Caruana's play. He makes many inaccuracies until he is finally beaten. I always thought that stubbornness, the ability to defend and to pose problems for the opponent in lost positions, is what separates a great player from an average one.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 Bb7 {Ding has a narrow but well-studied repertoire.} 9. d3 d6 10. Bd2 Qd7 11. Nc3 Na5 12. Ba2 b4 13. Ne2 c5 14. Ng3 Rab8 15. Nh4 $5 {If you play against Caruana you can always count on an opening novelty. Here it comes. This move has never been played in a tournament game, but I found some analysis with it in my computer's opening book. This usually indicates it was played in computer games.} g6 16. Bh6 Rfe8 17. Nhf5 $1 Bd8 (17... gxf5 $2 18. Nxf5 {and White will bring the queen in with a decisive attack.}) 18. Ng7 Rf8 { It's not every day that a white knight is placed on g7 $1 Actually, I have very fond memories of this pattern. In 1998 I won a crazy game against GM Julian Hogdson and there my opponent also landed a furious knight on g7, similar to this one. All very pretty, but my book analysis continues, and so Ding Liren surely knew all this.} 19. h3 {Playing for a win, of course.} (19. N7f5 Re8) 19... b3 $1 {It's always a relief to neutralize the a2-bishop.} 20. Bxb3 Nxb3 21. cxb3 Bc6 22. Rc1 $6 {Finally out of the book $1 A draw is the result after:} (22. N7f5 Re8 (22... gxf5 $2 23. Nxf5 {with a decisive attack.}) 23. Qf3 Rxb3 24. Ng7 Rf8 25. N7f5) 22... Kh8 $1 {A strong move. Ding prepares / Ng8.} 23. Ne6 (23. N7f5 $2 Re8 24. Bg7+ Kg8 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 {with an advantage for Black.}) (23. N7h5 $2 Nxh5 $1 24. Nxh5 (24. Bxf8 Nxg3 25. fxg3 Bg5) 24... gxh5 25. Bxf8 Bg5 {and White's bishop is trapped.}) 23... Qxe6 $1 24. Bxf8 Ba5 25. Bh6 Bxe1 26. Qxe1 Rxb3 $6 {This is inaccurate.} (26... Qxb3 $1 {This would pose more serious problems for Caruana.} 27. Qa5 (27. Nf1 $5) 27... Qb6 { with an advantage.}) 27. Qa5 $1 Ng8 28. Be3 Bb7 29. Qd2 {White manages to defend all his queenside pawns, quite an achievement $1} f6 30. f4 exf4 $6 { Now Ding is in trouble.} (30... Rb4 {is better.}) 31. Bxf4 g5 $6 (31... Rb4) 32. Be3 {The position is horrible for Black now. His king is weak and White can break through with a timely d4, b4, or even h4. I will say it again: in opposite-colored bishop positions, always be the one attacking $1} Qe5 { I suspect this was Ding/^s idea, but it meets a tactical refutation.} 33. Nf5 $1 Ne7 (33... Rxb2 34. Nxd6 $1 {The point $1} Rxd2 35. Nf7+ Kg7 36. Nxe5 Ra2 37. Nd7 Rxa4 38. Rxc5 {followed by Rc7, with a winning position for White.}) 34. Nxe7 Qxe7 35. Qc2 Rb6 {From now on, Caruana misses several opportunities to win the game.} 36. Rf1 (36. b4 $5 Rxb4 37. Bd2 Rb6 38. a5 Rb5 (38... Rc6 39. Qb2) 39. Re1 $3 {Preventing /d6-d5 and preparing Bc3-Rf1. The computer sees no defense for Black.}) 36... Kg7 37. a5 Rc6 38. Bd2 (38. b4 $5) 38... Rc8 39. Bc3 Rf8 40. Qf2 h6 41. h4 Bc8 (41... Qe6 $1 42. b4 cxb4 43. Bxb4 Rf7 {is a better chance.}) 42. b4 $1 Bd7 43. bxc5 dxc5 44. Rb1 (44. Qf3 $1 {White prepares hxg5 followed by Qh5. If Black avoids this with} Kg6 {then} 45. Rb1 Bb5 46. Qf5+ { wins.}) 44... Bb5 45. hxg5 $6 {This capture helps Black since he will be the one benefiting from the h-file.} (45. Re1 $1) 45... hxg5 46. Qf5 Kg8 47. d4 Bd3 48. Re1 cxd4 49. Bxd4 Qh7 50. Qf3 Bb5 51. e5 Qd7 $1 (51... fxe5 52. Qd5+ {wins. }) 52. Bc5 Rc8 53. Qb3+ Qf7 54. e6 Qc7 55. e7+ Kg7 56. Bd4 Qf4 {Ding/^s brilliant defense is rewarded. He finally escapes with equality. It gets even better as Caruana makes a blunder now.} 57. Be3 $2 (57. Bb2 Re8 $11) 57... Qg3 $1 {Now Black is close to victory.} 58. Qb4 (58. Rd1 Bc6 {wins.}) 58... Rh8 59. e8=Q (59. e8=N+ $5 {forces Black to take.} Bxe8 (59... Rxe8 60. Bf2) 60. Bd4 Qh2+ 61. Kf2 Qh4+ 62. Kg1 {with drawing chances.}) 59... Qh2+ (59... Rxe8) 60. Kf2 Rxe8 61. Qg4 $6 (61. Bxg5 {This looked like a good practical chance, but my computer claims Black is winning after:} Rxe1 62. Qxe1 fxg5 63. Qe7+ Kg8 64. Qxg5+ Kf7) (61. Bd2 $1 {is better.}) 61... Qe5 62. Qd4 Qf5+ 63. Kg1 Kg6 64. Qd2 Bc6 65. Bf2 (65. Bd4 {is a better chance.}) 65... Qg4 66. Qd3+ Be4 67. Qg3 Qxg3 68. Bxg3 f5 {I don't think White can make a draw in this endgame. Black's play is too easy and it's no surprise that it all ends quickly.} 69. Bc7 Kh5 70. Kf2 Kg4 71. Rc1 Re7 72. Rc3 $2 (72. Rc5 $1 Bd3 73. Be5) 72... Rd7 $2 (72... Bd3 $1 73. Rxd3 Rxc7 {with an easy win.}) 73. g3 Bd3 74. Bb8 Bb5 75. Bc7 $2 {The final mistake.} (75. Rc8 Rd2+ 76. Ke3 Rd3+ 77. Kf2) 75... Re7 $1 {Now the rook comes to play and Black wins.} 76. Bd8 (76. Rc2 Bd3 $1) 76... Re2+ 77. Kg1 Rd2 78. Be7 Bd3 {0-} 0-1 [Event "Chess.com"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2022.06.30"] [Round "11"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2793"] [BlackElo "2766"] [Annotator "samsh"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. c4 {This move is not known to be wildly dangerous, and while Firouzja was playing very quickly to a point, I have to believe there was a better choice available against the Petroff.} Nc6 6. d3 Nf6 7. d4 Be7 8. d5 Ne5 9. Nd4 O-O 10. Nc3 Bg4 11. f3 {Firouzja played this move very quickly, suggesting he was still in preparation, but I'm not quite sure what he had in mind. Black's position already looks very comfortable to me and f2-f3 makes some weaknesses. “After f3 White shouldn't fight for something because of this weakness.” (Nepomniachtchi)} (11. Be2 { My computer is pretty insistent that this is the best move, so it's a little surprising Firouzja played something else so fast—if he was still in preparation, I'd expect him to play Be2. And if he was out of preparation and played something that's not best, you'd think he would have spent a bit more time doing it.} Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Re8 {I suppose White is somewhat for choice due to having a little extra space, but it looks very marginal to me. The main thing that a space advantage gives you is more squares for your pieces, and having less space means your pieces can often end up with a shortage of good squares and competing for the same ones. Here, despite Black having a little less space, his pieces are fine. Nfd7 and Bf6 or Bg5 could come next, and he looks more or less fine to me.}) 11... Bd7 12. Be2 c6 $1 {I like it $1 Black opens the center and hits back at the space advantage at the source.} 13. O-O cxd5 14. cxd5 Qb6 {“After Qb6 I didn't check Qb6, so I think I am a little better there, but I couldn't find a way to be better.” (Firouzja)} 15. Kh1 { “I thought he had to play something like Rb1.” (Nepomniachtchi)} Rac8 { This was the first move Firouzja spent any substantial amount of time on, and he burned his bridges right away. I don't really blame him. It's very easy to go nuts when you are having a rough tournament and he is an aggressive player in his nature, but it really looked like tilt to me. It's hard to imagine that White can launch a direct kingside attack when the center is open and Black's pieces are all active and on good squares.} 16. g4 $2 {Brazen, but this can't be right.} (16. f4 $1 {Simple strategic chess was best. After} Nc4 17. b3 Ne3 18. Bxe3 Rxc3 19. Bg1 {White can still pretend to have a little pull thanks to his extra space, though again I think it's really not much. I suspect Firouzja saw this option, thought Black will draw easily, and decided to be more aggressive almost by default.}) 16... h6 $1 {A very strong response. Black wants to make sure that if White launches an attack, he has to throw all of his kingside pawns, leaving his own king unsafe. White will not be able to make use of the open h-file.} 17. h4 {Not best, but I can't imagine any other move. Nobody plays g4 and then after h6 says: \"Well, that didn't work. Let's make a more normal move and ignore the fact that I just compromised my kingside.\"} Rfe8 $1 {Black had other moves, but I really like this one. It is bold but very strong—Black allows g5 and f4 to come but just doesn't care.} ( 17... Nh7 $5 {Black could borrow a theme from the Scheveningen as well. When Nepo played h6, I thought this was what he had in mind—White's h-pawn is harassed, and he is more or less forced to sacrifice a kingside pawn.}) 18. g5 (18. a4 {Apparently this was best, but again, nobody would ever go g4 and h4 and then just stop when Black ignores their \"threat.” Still, Black is much better here as well.}) 18... hxg5 19. hxg5 Nh5 $1 {Now the point of including h6 and h4 for Black is on full display. Since White lacks his h2-pawn, he is not in time to play f4.} 20. Kg2 {I was thinking about the position without a computer for Black, and I saw it to here. At the moment, Nepo was thinking about Rfe8. It looked unclear—f4 is coming after all, and Rh1 could be on the way too. This is why I sort of gravitated towards Nh7. Of course, that was not a bad move, but Nepo showed excellent nerves and calculation to see it a step further and know exactly what to do.} (20. f4 $2 Ng3+ $1) 20... Ng6 $1 { Absolutely devastating. Black is ready to slam into f4 next, more or less forcing f4 from White right now. But, then the position collapses.} 21. f4 Nhxf4+ $1 {The right knight.} (21... Ngxf4+ 22. Bxf4 {The hanging knight on h5 forces Black to take on f4, transposing to the not-as-ideal line on move 22.}) 22. Bxf4 {Now, it feels so natural for Black to grab f4 and g5, winning a second pawn, getting a monster dark-squared bishop, and watching the pieces spring to life. This was not bad, but Nepo's choice was stronger.} Qxb2 $1 { All of White's pieces are hanging and something will fall.} (22... Nxf4+ 23. Rxf4 Bxg5 24. Rf3 {Black is better here but the fight continues.}) 23. Ne4 { The best move in a bad position. Now, I really like Nepo's next move as well. The computer sees something stronger, but the human move is quite sufficient.} (23. Bd2 Rxc3 $1 24. Rb1 Rg3+ $1 25. Kxg3 Qxd4 {White is done for.}) 23... Rc4 $1 (23... Bd8 {The machine offers this one, which is completely ridiculous. You will be strip-searched if you play it. Nepo's choice is so human and so natural, and certainly enough to win the game.}) 24. Be3 {Otherwise White loses a piece on the spot. Now, basic calculation—always examine all checks and captures, and the details here are actually pretty straightforward.} Bxg5 $1 25. Rb1 (25. Nxg5 Rxe3 $19 {White loses the house.}) (25. Bxg5 Rxd4 { Again, White loses the house.}) 25... Qxa2 $1 {Before anything else, Black grabs another pawn. He now has four pawns for the piece, and White's pieces in the center are hanging.} 26. Ra1 Rxd4 $1 {The simplest.} (26... Bxe3 27. Rxa2 Rxd4 {This would have been fun and interesting, but when you are winning, you don't want fun and interesting. You want clean, crisp, and convincing.}) 27. Rxa2 Rxd1 {For the moment, Black is up four pawns. The most material White can take back here is an exchange, and that clearly will not cut it.} 28. Bxd1 { The best try.} (28. Nxg5 Rxf1 29. Kxf1 Rxe3 {A head count will not be fun for White.}) 28... Bxe3 29. Nxd6 Re7 {A final, accurate move, but a very easy one. Black defends his f7-pawn and is totally winning due to his material advantage, piece activity, and the looseness of White's position, particularly around his king.} 30. Bb3 (30. Nxb7 {I would have tried just grabbing a pawn and clearing way for the d-pawn and hoping for the best, but against best play it certainly would not change the result.} Bb5 $1 31. Re1 Bc4 $1 {Black wins material.}) 30... Bc5 $1 31. Nxb7 Bb6 {Black need not fear d5-d6 due to the check on c6, and his pieces will shortly throttle white's king.} 32. Bc4 Re3 33. Kh1 Bh3 34. Rc1 Bf5 35. Bf1 (35. Nd6 {This would have forced Black to find one more idea, but it is very easy.} Rh3+ 36. Rh2 Rxh2+ 37. Kxh2 Bc7 $1 {Black wins the knight, and the game.}) 35... Be4+ {With d5 falling next and b7 after that, Firouzja gave up. After the last game of the 2021 match with Carlsen, I wrote that, in my opinion, Nepo A is the second-best player in the world. Well, he has brought Nepo A all throughout this event, and I would revise my statement and instead say that Nepo A is far and away the second-best player in the world, well ahead of Ding, Caruana, and Firouzja, all of whom are higher rated. I suspect he will clear 2800 and beyond in no time if he can keep bringing Nepo A to the board, as he has done here. But you can't ever draw such sweeping conclusions from one event, and if Nepo B starts showing up again at some point, leaving the board constantly and blundering every other game, then I think the aforementioned trio will remain higher rated. The last few rounds feel like a formality at this point, but there is still some excitement in the fight for second since Magnus has said he is not certain he will play the next match.} 0-1 [Event "Madrid"] [Site "Madrid"] [Date "2022.06.30"] [Round "11.2"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2793"] [BlackElo "2766"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2022.06.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,21,27,14,32,32,19,14,23,34,33,-4,-4,-21,-21,-3,4,0,0,-19,10,6,-2,-11] } 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. c4 Nc6 6. d3 Nf6 7. d4 Be7 ( 7... d5 8. c5 g6 9. Bb5 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qa4 a5 {0-1 (41) Lagarde,M (2648)-Studer,N (2581) Biel SUI 2021}) 8. d5 Ne5 9. Nd4 (9. Be2 Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 h5 11. h3 Bf5 12. Nc3 Qd7 13. Be3 a6 {1-0 (38) Kosteniuk,A (2472)-Tan Zhongyi (2511) Krasnaya Polyana RUS 2021}) 9... O-O 10. Nc3 Bg4 11. f3 Bd7 12. Be2 c6 13. O-O cxd5 14. cxd5 Qb6 15. Kh1 Rac8 16. g4 $5 h6 17. h4 $6 Rfe8 18. g5 $6 hxg5 19. hxg5 Nh5 20. Kg2 Ng6 $1 21. f4 Nhxf4+ 22. Bxf4 Qxb2 23. Ne4 Rc4 (23... Bd8 $1) 24. Be3 Bxg5 25. Rb1 Qxa2 26. Ra1 Rxd4 (26... Qb2 27. Rb1 Qa2 28. Ra1) 27. Rxa2 Rxd1 28. Bxd1 Bxe3 29. Nxd6 Re7 30. Bb3 $6 Bc5 $1 31. Nxb7 Bb6 32. Bc4 Re3 33. Kh1 Bh3 34. Rc1 Bf5 $1 35. Bf1 Be4+ 0-1 [Event "FIDE Candidates Tournament 2022"] [Site "Madrid"] [Date "2022.06.30"] [Round "11.4"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2806"] [PlyCount "156"] [EventDate "2022.06.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,38,34,19,19,19,19,5,8,3,10,-8,35,5,5,5,9,-5,12,2,14,4,45,49,35,33,36, 36,36,28,43,0,10,-3,14,-4,20,9,9,-67,-57]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Bd2 Qd7 11. Nc3 Na5 12. Ba2 b4 13. Ne2 c5 14. Ng3 Rab8 15. Nh4 (15. Nf5 Bc8 16. N3h4 Bd8 17. Re3 g6 18. Rh3 c4 {0-1 (66) Motylev,A (2642)-Ponkratov,P (2650) Moscow RUS 2021}) 15... g6 16. Bh6 Rfe8 17. Nhf5 Bd8 (17... gxf5 18. Nxf5 c4 19. Qf3 Qe6 20. Qg3+ $18) 18. Ng7 Rf8 19. h3 b3 20. Bxb3 Nxb3 21. cxb3 Bc6 22. Rc1 Kh8 $1 23. Ne6 $5 (23. N7f5 Re8) 23... Qxe6 24. Bxf8 Ba5 25. Bh6 Bxe1 26. Qxe1 Rxb3 27. Qa5 Ng8 28. Be3 Bb7 29. Qd2 f6 30. f4 exf4 31. Bxf4 g5 32. Be3 Qe5 33. Nf5 Ne7 34. Nxe7 Qxe7 35. Qc2 Rb6 36. Rf1 Kg7 37. a5 Rc6 38. Bd2 Rc8 39. Bc3 Rf8 40. Qf2 h6 41. h4 Bc8 42. b4 Bd7 43. bxc5 dxc5 44. Rb1 Bb5 45. hxg5 hxg5 46. Qf5 Kg8 47. d4 Bd3 48. Re1 cxd4 49. Bxd4 Qh7 50. Qf3 Bb5 51. e5 Qd7 52. Bc5 Rc8 53. Qb3+ Qf7 54. e6 Qc7 55. e7+ Kg7 56. Bd4 Qf4 $11 57. Be3 $6 (57. Qe3 $11) 57... Qg3 $1 $15 58. Qb4 Rh8 59. e8=Q Qh2+ 60. Kf2 Rxe8 61. Qg4 $6 (61. Bxg5 $1 fxg5 62. Rxe8 Bxe8 63. Qe7+ Bf7 64. Qxg5+ $11) 61... Qe5 $1 62. Qd4 Qf5+ 63. Kg1 Kg6 64. Qd2 Bc6 65. Bf2 Qg4 66. Qd3+ Be4 67. Qg3 Qxg3 68. Bxg3 f5 69. Bc7 Kh5 70. Kf2 Kg4 71. Rc1 Re7 72. Rc3 $2 (72. Rc5 $5) 72... Rd7 $2 (72... Bd3 $1 $19) 73. g3 $1 Bd3 74. Bb8 Bb5 75. Bc7 $4 Re7 $1 76. Bd8 Re2+ 77. Kg1 Rd2 $1 78. Be7 Bd3 ( 78... Bd3 79. Bd6 Kh3 80. Be5 Rg2+ 81. Kh1 Be4) 0-1 [Event "FIDE Candidates Tournament 2022"] [Site "Madrid"] [Date "2022.06.30"] [Round "11.1"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Rapport, Richard"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2760"] [BlackElo "2764"] [PlyCount "191"] [EventDate "2022.06.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Rb8 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. g3 O-O 14. Bg2 a5 15. O-O Ne7 16. Nce3 Be6 (16... Bxe3 17. Nxe3 Be6 18. Qd2 Qb6 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. b3 b4 {1/2-1/2 (49) Malakhov,V (2605)-Kharlov,A (2627) Saint Vincent 2000}) 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Nf5 Qd8 19. Qxd6 g6 20. Qxd8 Rfxd8 21. h4 Bf6 22. Ne3 Rd2 23. b3 a4 24. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 axb3 26. axb3 Bxb3 27. Rb1 Ba2 28. Rb2 Be6 29. Bf3 Be7 30. Bg4 Bxg4 31. Nxg4 b4 32. cxb4 Rb5 33. h5 Rxb4 34. Rxb4 Bxb4 35. hxg6 hxg6 36. Nxe5 Bc3 37. Nd3 f5 38. f3 Kf7 39. Kg2 Kf6 40. g4 Bd4 41. Kg3 Be3 42. Nb2 Kg5 43. Nd3 Kf6 44. Nb4 Ke5 45. Nc6+ Ke6 46. Na5 Kf6 47. Nc4 Bc1 48. Nb6 Ke6 49. Nc4 Kf6 50. Na5 Kg5 51. Nc6 Bf4+ 52. Kh3 Kf6 53. Kg2 Be3 54. Kf1 Bb6 55. Ke2 Ke6 56. Nb4 Bc7 57. Nd5 Bd6 58. Ne3 fxe4 59. fxe4 Ke5 60. Kf3 Kf6 61. Nd1 Bc7 62. Nf2 Bd6 63. Nh3 Ke5 64. Nf4 Kf6 65. Nd3 Bc7 66. Kg2 Kg5 67. Kf3 Kf6 68. Ne1 Bd6 69. Nc2 Ke5 70. Ne3 Kf6 71. Nd5+ Kg5 72. Ne3 Kf6 73. Nc4 Bc7 74. Nd2 Bd6 75. Nb3 Bc7 76. Nc1 Bd6 77. Ne2 Bc7 78. Ng1 Bd6 79. Nh3 Ke5 80. Nf4 Kf6 81. Nd3 Bc7 82. Kg2 Kg5 83. Kh3 Bd6 84. e5 Bc7 85. Kg3 Bb8 86. Kf3 Bc7 87. Ke4 $5 Kxg4 88. e6 Bd8 89. Nb4 Kg5 90. Nd5 Bf6 91. e7 Bxe7 92. Nxe7 Kh5 93. Nd5 g5 94. Kf5 g4 95. Nf6+ Kh4 96. Nxg4 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Candidates Tournament 2022"] [Site "Madrid"] [Date "2022.06.30"] [Round "11.3"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2750"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2022.06.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,23,44,-17,-14,-9,4,-17,-20,-16,1,-31,-31,-22,0,-11,11,5,10,18,23,27, 15,15,19,-8]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. d4 Bb7 9. O-O c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nbd2 Nf6 12. a3 a5 $5 (12... Be7 13. b4 a6 14. Nc4 Nbd7 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. Qd4 b5 17. Na5 Bd5 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Qxe5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Qa8+ 22. Nc6 Re8 23. f3 Bf8 24. Nd4 Rc8 25. Rxc8 Qxc8 26. Qg5 Nd5 27. Qc1 Qxc1 28. Bxc1 Nb6 29. e4 Bd6 {1/2-1/2 (29) Potkin,V (2597)-Leko,P (2693) Tallinn 2016}) 13. Nc4 Nbd7 14. Nfe5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 b5 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Qxd7 Nxd7 18. Nxa5 Rxa5 19. b4 Ra6 20. bxc5 Nxc5 21. Rab1 Ne4 22. Rfd1 h6 23. Ba1 Rxa3 24. Rxb5 Nc3 25. Bxc3 Rxc3 26. Rdb1 g6 27. Rb8 h5 28. h4 Rxb8 29. Rxb8+ Kg7 30. e3 Rc2 31. Ra8 Rc3 32. Rb8 Rc2 33. Ra8 Rc3 1/2-1/2