[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Demidov, M."]
[Black "Erdos, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "TWIC 1318"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2020.02.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.11"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia Wizards"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary Hunters"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O c6 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 a5 8. c4 Bf5
9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Ne5 ({Relevant:} 10. Rc1 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Be4 12. e3 e6 13. Qe2 Nd7
14. Rfd1 f5 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qd7 18. f4 b5 19. Rc2 Rfc8 20.
cxb5 cxb5 21. Rdc1 Bf8 22. Bd4 b4 23. Bb6 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 Qb7 25. Bd4 Kf7 26. g4
fxg4 27. Qxg4 Rc8 28. Rf2 Qd7 29. Qh4 {1/2-1/2 (29) Dubov,D (2700)-Duda,J
(2729) Paris 2019}) 10... Na6 11. cxd5 cxd5 {} 12. Nb5 ({Predecessor:}
12. Rc1 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 Be4 14. Bh3 Bf5 15. Bxf5 gxf5 16. Qd2 e6 17. Rfc1 Qd6 18.
Qf4 Nb4 19. Ba3 f6 20. Nd3 Qxf4 21. Nxf4 Nxa2 22. Bxf8 Bxf8 23. Rc8 Nxc1 24.
Rxa8 Kf7 25. Ra7 Bb4 26. Rxb7+ Kg8 27. Nxe6 Nxb3 28. e3 Nd2 29. Rg7+ Kh8 30.
Rd7 Kg8 31. Rg7+ Kh8 32. Ra7 Kg8 33. Nf4 {1-0 (33) Grischuk,A (2771)-Tari,A
(2620) St Petersburg 2018}) 12... Nb4 13. a3 Nc6 14. Rc1 Qb6 15. a4 Rfd8 16. e3
Rac8 17. Qe2 Nd6 18. Nxd6 Rxd6 19. Ba3 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Rdd8 21. Qb5 Qxb5 22. axb5
Nb4 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Bxb4 axb4 25. Bxd5 Rc5 26. Bc4 Be6 27. Rc1 b6 28. f4 Bd7
29. Rd1 Bxb5 30. Bxb5 Rxb5 {} 31. Rd4 {White has the active rook and
excellent winning chances} e6 (31... h5) 32. Kf2 h5 (32... g5 {Trying to
undermine the kingside pawns this way only helps White} 33. Kf3 gxf4 34. exf4
$16) 33. Rd8+ (33. Kf3 {Improving the king is useful}) (33. Rc4 Kf8 34. Ke2
Ke7 35. h3 {Preparing g3-g4}) 33... Kg7 34. Rb8 {The wrong way to
keep the rook active} (34. Rd4) 34... g5 (34... Ra5 {Activates the
rook at the small cost of a pawn and gains enough counterplay} 35. Rxb6 Ra2+
36. Kf3 Rxh2 37. Rxb4 {Black's rook can always get behind the b-pawn when
needed and in the mean time the White kingside pawns can be harassed} g5 {
Undermining the kingside pawns for counterplay. The b-pawn is not fast enough
to cause problems nor is Rb4 well placed to support the b-pawn} (37... Rb2)
38. fxg5 (38. Rb7 g4+ 39. Ke4 h4 40. gxh4 Rf2) 38... Rb2 39. Rb8
Kg6 40. Kf4 Rf2+ 41. Ke4 Kxg5 (41... Rb2)) ({or} 34... Rc5) 35. h3
g4 36. hxg4 hxg4 37. Ke2 Rc5 38. Rxb6 Rc2+ 39. Kf1 Rc3 40. Rxb4 Rxe3 {The
active rook gives Black enough counterplay} 41. Kf2 Rf3+ 42. Kg2 Kg6 43. Rb7
Rc3 44. b4 {} Rb3 {The rook is optimally placed behind the b-pawn and also
attacks the g-pawn to tie down White's king} 45. b5 Kf5 {The king also
joins in at the cost of the f-pawn} 46. Rxf7+ Ke4 47. Rg7 Rb2+ {The
priority is counterplay not eating pawns} (47... Rxb5 48. Rxg4) 48. Kf1
Kf3 {The king improves and gains time by making a mate threat} 49. Ke1 Kxg3
{Black has enough counterplay play to draw but can hope for more against
imprecise defence} ({or} 49... Rb1+ 50. Kd2 Rxb5) 50. Rg6 Kf3 51. Rxe6 g3
52. Rg6 g2 {A case of one pawn being worth as much as three} 53. f5 Re2+ 54.
Kd1 Rxe5 {} 55. f6 (55. b6 {draws by diverting Black's rook} Rxf5 56. b7
Rb5 57. Rf6+ {Rear checks save the game} Kg3 58. Rg6+ Kf2 59. Rf6+ Kg1 60. Rf7
$11) 55... Rxb5 56. f7 Rd5+ 57. Kc2 Rf5 {Black's rook continues to be a monster
} 58. Rg7 Kf2 59. Kd3 g1=Q 60. Rxg1 Kxg1 61. Ke4 Rxf7 0-1
[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Demidov, M."]
[Black "Navara, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "TWIC 1318"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2020.02.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.11"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia Wizards"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary Hunters"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 {Everybody's favorite London System} c5 4. dxc5 e6
5. e3 Bxc5 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. c4 Bb7 9. Nc3 dxc4 ({Relevant:} 9... Nbd7
10. Rc1 dxc4 11. Bxc4 a6 12. a4 Qe7 13. Qe2 Nh5 14. Rfd1 Nxf4 15. exf4 Nf6 16.
Ne5 g6 17. Bd3 Rfd8 18. Ne4 Rd4 19. Nxc5 bxc5 20. Rc4 Rad8 21. Rdc1 Qd6 22.
Rxd4 Qxd4 23. Rc4 Qd5 24. f3 Qd6 25. Qe3 Rc8 26. Bf1 Qb6 27. Nd3 Nd7 28. b4 Bd5
29. bxc5 Qb3 30. Rb4 Qc3 31. Rb1 a5 32. Rc1 Qb3 33. Qd4 Bc6 34. Ra1 Bd5 35. h4
h5 36. f5 exf5 37. Nf4 Be6 38. Rc1 Nf8 39. c6 {Demidov,M (2523)-Riazantsev,A
(2666) Sochi 2017 1-0 (61)}) 10. Bxc4 {} Nbd7 ({Predecessor:} 10... a6
11. a3 b5 12. Ba2 Qb6 13. Qe2 Nbd7 14. Rfd1 h6 15. e4 Rfd8 16. b4 Be7 17. e5
Nh7 18. Ne4 Ndf8 19. Nd6 Ng6 20. Be3 Qc7 21. Rac1 Qb8 22. Nxb7 Qxb7 23. Bb1
Ngf8 24. Bf4 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rc8 26. h4 Rd8 27. Rxd8 Bxd8 28. Qe4 Qc8 29. Qc2
Qb7 30. h5 Bb6 31. Qe4 Qc8 32. g3 Qc3 33. Qd3 Qc6 34. Kg2 Ng5 35. Bxg5 hxg5 36.
Qe4 Qc1 37. Qc2 Qxa3 38. Nxg5 Qxb4 39. h6 gxh6 40. Ne4 {Demidov,M (2523)
-Dziuba,M (2584) Katowice 2017 0-1}) 11. Qe2 a6 12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. Na4 {} e5
$2 (13... Rfd8 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. a3 b5 16. Ba2 Rac8 17. Rac1 {Black is
solid and well coordinated so the bishop pair is not really a factor}) 14. Bg5
(14. Nxc5 Qxc5 (14... exf4 15. Nxb7) 15. Bg3 b5 (15... Qe7 {is possibly
better} 16. a4 (16. b4)) 16. Bb3 Rac8 17. Qd2 Qe7 18. Qd6 Qxd6 19.
Rxd6 Rfe8 20. Rad1 {The bishops and d-file allow White to keep pressing in
the ending}) 14... h6 (14... b5 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Bb3 Rad8
) 15. Bh4 (15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Rac1 {The pressure on a6 and the threat of
Nxc5 make it hard for Black to complete development without making a concession
} Rfc8 (16... b5 17. Bxf7+ Rxf7 18. Nxc5) (16... Bc6 17. Nxc5 bxc5 18.
h3) (16... a5 17. Nxc5 bxc5 18. b3) 17. b4 Rab8 18. bxc5 b5 19. Nh4
Be4 20. f3 Bh7 21. Bd3 e4 22. fxe4 bxa4 23. c6) 15... e4 (15... g5 16.
Bg3 b5 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. Bb3 Nxb3 19. axb3 Ne4) 16. Nd2 Bd6 17. Nc3 (17.
Bxf6 Qxf6 (17... Nxf6 18. Nxb6 Bxh2+ 19. Kxh2 Qc7+ 20. Kg1 Qxb6 21. b3
Bc8 {/\..Bg4} (21... a5) 22. Qe1 Bd7) 18. Nc3 Nc5) 17... g5 {
The kingside weakening is worth breaking the pin} 18. Bg3 Bxg3 19. hxg3 b5 20.
Bb3 Rfd8 (20... Rac8) 21. Bc2 Rac8 {Black is fine} 22. a3 Nc5 23. Nb3
Nxb3 24. Bxb3 Kg7 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rd1 Bc8 (26... Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 b4 28. axb4
Qxb4) 27. Nd5 Nxd5 28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. Bxd5 Qe5 (29... Bb7 {The queen
ending should be fine for Black} 30. Bxb7 Qxb7) 30. Qd2 a5 {} (30...
Bf5 31. Bb7 a5 32. b4) 31. Bc6 {It turns out that Black has too many
weak pawns} Bf5 32. Qxa5 Qxb2 33. Bxb5 Qa1+ 34. Bf1 Bg4 35. Qa6 Bd1 36. Qc4 Qb1
37. Qc3+ Kg6 38. Qe1 Qb3 39. Qd2 Bc2 40. Qb4 Qa2 41. Bc4 Qa1+ 42. Kh2 Qf6 43.
Qd2 Bb1 44. a4 Kg7 45. a5 Bd3 46. Bxd3 exd3 47. Qxd3 Qxf2 48. a6 Qa2 49. Qd4+
Kg6 50. a7 Kh5 51. Qd1+ Kg6 52. Qd3+ f5 53. Qd6+ Kh5 54. Qd1+ Kg6 55. Qd4 Kh5
56. Qc5 Kg4 57. Qd4+ Kh5 58. Qb6 Kg4 59. Qxh6 1-0
[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponkratov, P."]
[Black "Markus, Rob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "TWIC 1318"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2020.02.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.11"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia Wizards"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary Hunters"]
1. d3 Nf6 2. e4 c5 3. f4 Nc6 4. g4 {} h6 ({Predecessor:} 4... d5 5. g5
Ng8 6. e5 h6 7. Qh5 Bf5 8. c3 e6 9. h4 Rh7 10. Qe2 hxg5 11. fxg5 Qc7 12. Bf4
Nge7 13. h5 Ng6 14. Bh2 Ngxe5 15. Qd1 Bd6 16. Na3 a6 17. Qa4 Nxd3+ 18. Bxd3
Bxd3 19. O-O-O Be4 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Rh4 Qe5 22. Nh3 O-O-O 23. Re1 Qg3 24.
Rexe4 dxe4 25. Qxe4 Rhh8 26. Nc4 Kc7 27. Qf4+ Qxf4+ 28. Nxf4 b5 29. Ne3 Ne5 30.
Kc2 Nf3 31. Rg4 Ne1+ 32. Kb1 e5 33. Nfd5+ Kd6 34. Rg1 {Markov,M (1720)-Voronov,
A Irkutsk 2015 1/2-1/2}) 5. h3 d5 6. e5 Nd7 7. Bg2 Nb6 8. Nc3 h5 9. gxh5 (9. a4
) 9... Bf5 (9... Nd4) 10. Nce2 e6 11. Ng3 Bh7 12. Nf3 Qc7 13. Ng5 (13. O-O
O-O-O 14. c3 f6) 13... Bg8 14. O-O O-O-O (14... f6 15. Nf3 O-O-O) 15.
Qg4 (15. Qe2 Nd4 16. Qf2) 15... Re8 16. Re1 Nd4 (16... Kb8) 17. Qd1 f6 18.
c3 Nc6 19. Nf3 Bf7 20. a4 Nd7 21. d4 c4 {Closing the position gives the
game a clear French Defence character} (21... Kb8 22. Be3 Be7) 22. Nh4 (22.
b3 cxb3 23. Qxb3 Be7 (23... Na5 24. Qb1 Kb8) 24. Qa2 (24. Be3 Bxh5 25.
Nxh5 Rxh5 26. Reb1 fxe5 27. fxe5 Na5 28. Qc2 Rf5) 24... Na5 25. Rb1 fxe5 (25...
Bxh5 26. Nxh5 Rxh5 27. exf6 Bxf6 28. Qe2) 26. dxe5 Nc5) (22. b4 cxb3 {
tr}) 22... Be7 (22... f5 23. Nf3 Bxh5 24. Nxh5 Rxh5 25. Ng5 Rh8 (25... Rh6
$15) 26. a5 Nxa5 27. Qf3 Nb3 28. Rxa7 Nb6 29. Be3 Qd7 30. Ra2 Kb8) 23. Ng6
$2 (23. Qg4 Bd8 24. Ng6 Rh7 25. Kh2 f5 26. Nxf5 exf5 27. Qxf5 Be6 28. Ne7+
Nxe7 29. Qxh7 (29. Qxe6 {Allows the queen to be chased aroud while Black
builds up an attack} Rh6 30. Qf7 Rf8 31. Qxg7 Rxh5 32. Qg4 Rfh8) 29... Rf8
$15) 23... Bxg6 24. hxg6 f5 {Shutting down the position leaves White with
two ineffective bishops} 25. Nxf5 {The wrong sacrifice if any should be made
} (25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Nxf5 Rxh3 27. Re3 Rhh8 28. Qg4 Reg8) 25... exf5 26.
Qf3 Bh4 27. Rd1 Ne7 28. b3 Rh6 {Black has an excellent position but
misplays the attacking phase} (28... cxb3 29. Ba3 Nb6 30. Rab1 Nc4 31. Bxe7
Rxe7 32. Rxb3 Qc6 {White cannot make any progress on the b-file}) 29. Ba3
Nxg6 (29... cxb3 30. Bxe7 Bxe7 31. Qxd5 Rxg6) 30. Bd6 (30. bxc4
Bd8 31. Bd6 Qxc4) 30... Qc6 31. bxc4 Qxc4 {} (31... Bd8 32.
cxd5 Qc4) 32. Bf1 (32. Rdb1 {Suddenly the Qc4 is short of squares
as White threatens Bf1} Bd8 33. Bf1 Qc6 34. Bb5 Nh4 35. Qd3 Rxd6 36. Bxc6 Rxc6
$18) 32... Qb3 33. Rdb1 (33. Bd3 {Takes away c2 from the queen first}
) 33... Qc2 {The queen escapes} 34. Qxd5 Nb6 (34... Bf2+ {Saves the game}
35. Kh1 {Alternatives lose} (35. Kg2 Nxf4+) (35. Kh2 Be3+ 36. Kh1 Qe4+
37. Qxe4 fxe4 38. f5 Nh4 39. e6 Nf6 {Even without queens, Black has a winning
attack} 40. Ra2 Nxf5 41. Be5 Ng4 42. Rab2 Nf2+ 43. Kg2 Nh4+ 44. Kh2 Nf3+ 45.
Kg2 (45. Kg3 Rg6#) 45... Rg6+ 46. Bg3 Rxg3+ 47. Kxg3 Rxe6 48. Z0 Rg6#) 35...
Qe4+ 36. Qxe4 fxe4 37. f5 Nh4 38. e6 Nf6) (34... Qf2+ 35. Kh1 {
Does not help Black}) 35. Qc5+ {Forces mate} Kd7 36. Qc7+ (36. Bb5+ {Mates
faster} Ke6 37. Bc4+ Nxc4 38. Qxc4+ Kd7 39. Rxb7+ Kd8 40. Qc7#) 36... Ke6 37.
Bc4+ Nd5 38. Bxd5+ Kxd5 39. Qxb7+ Kc4 40. Qc6+ Kd3 41. Qf3+ 1-0
[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Chadaev, N."]
[Black "Markus, Rob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "TWIC 1318"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2020.02.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.11"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia Wizards"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary Hunters"]
{[%evp 0,39,31,31,23,9,50,38,54,49,53,21,24,38,27,19,26,18,14,14,11,20,24,10,5,
1,8,0,39,24,38,30,60,63,76,78,78,79,75,76,66,76]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d6 3. Nf3
Nbd7 4. Nc3 c5 ({Relevant:} 4... c6 5. e4 Qa5 6. e5 Ne4 7. e6 fxe6 8. Bd3 e5 9.
dxe5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 dxe5 12. O-O g6 13. Re1 Bg7 14. Ng5 e4 15.
Nxe4 O-O 16. h4 Kh8 17. Rb1 Rb8 18. Qe2 Qe5 19. Ng5 Qxe2 20. Rxe2 Bf6 21. g3 b6
22. Ne6 Bxe6 23. Rxe6 c5 24. c4 Bd4 25. Rf1 Rf3 26. Rxe7 Rbf8 27. Re2 Rxg3+ 28.
Kh2 Rg4 29. f4 Bf6 30. h5 gxh5 31. Bf5 Rg7 32. Be6 Bd4 33. Kh3 Rf6 34. Bd5 {
Kuzubov,Y (2671)-Ivanchuk,V (2684) Konya 2019 1/2-1/2}) 5. d5 b5 6. Nxb5 Qa5+
7. Nc3 Rb8 8. Bd2 Rxb2 9. e4 g6 10. Bd3 {} Bg7 ({Predecessor:} 10...
Rb8 11. O-O Bg7 12. Rb1 Rxb1 13. Qxb1 O-O 14. Qb3 Ng4 15. Nb5 Qb6 16. Qa3 a6
17. Ba5 Qb8 18. Nc3 Qa7 19. h3 Nge5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Be2 g5 22. Rb1 Ng6 23.
Bb6 Qd7 24. Bg4 Qe8 25. Ne2 f5 26. exf5 Bxf5 27. Rc1 Bxg4 28. hxg4 Qb5 {
0-1 (28) Borovicka,B (2010)-Borosova,Z (2215) Ostrava 2010}) 11. Rb1 Rxb1 12.
Qxb1 O-O 13. h3 Qc7 14. Nb5 Qb6 15. c4 e6 16. O-O exd5 17. exd5 a6 18. Nc3 Qc7
19. Re1 Re8 20. Bf4 Bf8 21. Rxe8 Nxe8 {The position looks quite harmless}
22. Qe1 (22. g4) 22... Nef6 23. Ne4 (23. g4) 23... Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Nf6
25. Qe2 Qd8 (25... Bg7 26. Qe3) 26. g4 {} (26. Qb2) 26... h5
27. g5 Ne8 28. h4 Ng7 {White has problems making progress} 29. Nd2 Bf5 30. Ne4
Bxe4 31. Bxe4 {} Ne8 (31... Qd7 {The queen targets both wings to hold
the position} 32. Qe3 (32. Qf3 Qa4) 32... Qg4+ {White's open kingside
is expoited} 33. Bg3 Nf5 34. Bxf5 gxf5) 32. Kg2 Bg7 33. Bg3 Bd4 34. Qc2 Ng7
35. Qa4 (35. Bd3) 35... Nf5 {Gives the game away} (35... Qe7 36. Bc2 Be5
37. Kf3 Bxg3 38. fxg3 Qe5) 36. Bxf5 {Chops off the menacing knight for an
easy win} (36. Qxa6 Nxg3 37. fxg3 Qe7 38. Kf3 Qd7 (38... Be5) 39. Kg2
Qe8 40. Kf3 Qd7) 36... gxf5 {Black has no real kingside threats without
the knight} 37. Qxa6 Qe8 (37... f4 {Opening light square lanes fails to save
the game} 38. Bxf4 Qd7 39. Qxd6 Qg4+ 40. Bg3 Qe4+ 41. Kh2 {Black cannot do
more damage}) 38. Qxd6 Qe4+ 39. Kh2 Qc2 40. Qf4 Qxc4 41. Qxf5 1-0
[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Navara, D."]
[Black "Chadaev, N."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "TWIC 1318"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2020.02.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.11"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary Hunters"]
[BlackTeam "Russia Wizards"]
{[%evp 0,21,31,25,26,13,26,11,18,3,8,6,17,2,10,1,3,2,2,0,0,-10,0,-4]} 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 b4 9. d3
d6 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Nc4 h6 12. a5 Rb8 13. h3 Re8 ({Relevant:} 13... Qc8 14. Be3
Rd8 15. Qe2 Bf8 16. Nfd2 Re8 17. Ba4 Bd7 18. Qf3 Kh7 19. Nf1 Ne7 20. Bxd7 Qxd7
21. Ng3 Ng6 22. d4 Qc6 23. b3 Nh4 24. Qe2 Nxe4 25. dxe5 Nc3 26. Qf1 d5 27. Nd2
Rxe5 28. Qd3+ Kg8 29. Qd4 Qf6 30. Qg4 Rbe8 31. Ndf1 Nf5 32. Nxf5 Qxf5 33. Qxf5
Rxf5 34. Bd4 Re6 35. Ne3 Rh5 36. g4 Rxh3 37. Kg2 Rh4 38. Bxc3 bxc3 39. Kg3 g5
40. Ng2 Bd6+ 41. f4 Rf6 42. Rf1 d4 43. Rad1 {Wei,Y (2728)-Sasikiran,K (2669)
Khanty-Mansiysk 2017 1/2-1/2}) 14. Be3 Bf8 {} 15. d4 ({Predecessor:}
15. Ba4 Bd7 16. c3 bxc3 17. bxc3 g6 18. Nh2 Bg7 19. Qf3 Qe7 20. Nf1 Nd8 21. Bc2
Ne6 22. Bd2 Nh7 {1/2-1/2 (22) Erenburg,S (2587)-Gonzalez Vidal,Y (2555) San
Salvador 2016}) 15... exd4 16. Nxd4 Bd7 17. Qf3 Rxe4 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Nd2 Rc4
20. Qg3 Ne4 21. Qf4 g5 22. Qg4 Bd7 23. Qf3 Nxd2 24. Bxd2 Bc6 25. Qf5 Rb5 26.
Qd3 Rcc5 27. Qg6+ Kh8 28. Qxf7 Bg7 29. Re7 Qf8 30. Qxf8+ Bxf8 31. Rxc7 Be4 32.
Rxc5 dxc5 33. Bc4 Rb8 34. Bxa6 Bxc2 35. Bc4 Ra8 36. a6 Ra7 37. Ra5 b3 38. Be3
Bg7 39. Bxc5 Ra8 40. Bd5 Rd8 41. a7 Bxb2 42. a8=Q 1-0
[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Banusz, T."]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "TWIC 1318"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2020.02.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.11"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary Hunters"]
[BlackTeam "Russia Wizards"]
{[%evp 0,18,31,31,26,13,13,13,28,20,29,14,17,23,33,33,25,14,43,32,33]} 1. d4
Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Rc1 Bb7
9. Bd3 a6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Ne5 ({Relevant:} 11. Ne2 Nbd7 12. Ng3 Re8 13. a3 Ne4
14. Bb4 c5 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Qxd6 exf3 18. Rfd1 cxb4 19. Qxd7 Qb6
20. Rc7 Qf6 21. Rxb7 Rad8 22. Qa4 Qxb2 23. Rxb4 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Qxa3 25. Ra4 Qb2
26. gxf3 h6 27. Rxa6 Rc8 28. Kg2 Rc2 29. Qd8+ Kh7 30. Qd3+ g6 31. Ne4 Qb1 32.
Qd5 Rc7 33. Nf6+ Kg7 34. Ne8+ {1-0 (34) Tomashevsky,E (2705)-Ganguly,S (2633)
Moscow 2019}) 11... c5 12. f4 Nc6 13. Ng4 Nxg4 14. Qxg4 {} Ne7 ({
Predecessor:} 14... Nb4 15. Bb1 cxd4 16. exd4 Be7 17. Rf3 Bf6 18. Ne2 Nc6 19.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21. Rh3 Bh4 22. Rxh4 f6 23. f5 Qe8 24. Qh7+ Kf7 25. Rg4
Rg8 26. Nf4 {1-0 (26) Rakhmanov,A (2606)-Djordjevic,V (2368) Subotica 2019})
15. f5 f6 16. Rf3 Qe8 17. Rh3 Qf7 18. Be1 Rac8 19. Qh4 h6 20. Bg3 Rfd8 21. Bxd6
Rxd6 22. Qg3 Rcc6 23. Rxh6 Bc8 24. Rf1 Kf8 25. Rh8+ Ng8 26. Ne2 Rd8 27. Nf4 Qc7
28. Qh4 Qf7 29. Ng6+ Ke8 30. e4 dxe4 31. Rxg8+ Kd7 32. Rxd8+ Kxd8 33. Ne5 Qd5
1-0
[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Markus, Rob"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "TWIC 1318"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2020.02.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.11"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary Hunters"]
[BlackTeam "Russia Wizards"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. Nc3 ({Relevant:} 6. c4 c6
7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Be6 10. b3 f6 11. Nc3 Kf7 12. Ne1 Na6 13. Nd3
Rhd8 14. Be3 Rd7 15. Rd2 Rad8 16. Rad1 h5 17. h3 b6 18. f4 Bh6 19. Kf1 h4 20.
gxh4 exf4 21. Nxf4 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 Rxd2 23. Bxd2 Bd7 24. Ke2 Bg7 25. Nd3 c5 26.
Nd5 Nc6 27. Bc3 Nab8 28. Kf2 Bc8 29. Kg3 Nd4 30. Bxd4 cxd4 31. h5 gxh5 32. Bf3
f5 33. Bxh5+ Kf8 34. Bg6 fxe4 35. Bxe4 Nd7 {Rapport,R (2752)-Hammer,J (2625)
Budva 2019 1-0}) 6... Nbc6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 h6 {} 9. Bd2 ({
Predecessor:} 9. Re1 g5 10. Nfd2 O-O 11. a4 f5 12. Nc5 b6 13. Ncb3 Be6 14. a5
Bd5 15. Bxd5+ Qxd5 16. Qf3 Qxf3 17. Nxf3 Ng6 18. Kg2 Nb4 19. Re2 c5 20. Ne1 g4
21. Bd2 Nc6 22. h3 h5 23. hxg4 hxg4 24. c3 Bf6 25. Nc2 Kf7 26. Ne3 Nce7 27. Nc4
Nd5 28. Nd6+ Ke6 29. Nb5 Kd7 30. Rh1 Rh8 31. Rxh8 Rxh8 32. c4 Nb4 33. Bxb4 cxb4
34. Nxa7 bxa5 35. Nxa5 Ra8 36. N5c6 Be7 37. Nxe7 Nxe7 38. Nb5 Nc6 {Shocron,
R-Eliskases,E Mar del Plata 1953 1/2-1/2}) 9... a5 10. Qc1 g5 11. h4 g4 12. Nh2
f5 13. Nc3 Nd4 14. Re1 Ra6 {A nice rook lift} (14... Qd6) 15. Ne2 {
Challenging the strong Nd4} Ne6 (15... Nxe2+ {Is more forceful} 16. Rxe2
O-O {The attack continues with ..f4}) 16. Nf1 (16. d4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Qxd4
18. Bc3 Qc5 19. Qe3 Qxe3 20. Rxe3 Re6 21. Rae1 Kf7 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Rxe5
Rxe5 24. Rxe5 b6) 16... O-O {White gets rolled with the ..f4 push} (16... f4)
17. d4 f4 18. gxf4 Nf5 (18... exf4 {Is crushing} 19. Bxf4 (19. Nxf4 Nf5)
19... Nf5 20. Bg3 Nxh4 21. Bxh4) 19. dxe5 Nxh4 {The kingside collapses}
20. Neg3 Nd4 21. Nh2 Nxg2 22. Kxg2 Nf3 23. Nxf3 gxf3+ 24. Kxf3 Qd5+ 25. Re4 h5
26. Bc3 h4 27. Qd1 Qe6 28. Ke3 hxg3 29. fxg3 b5 30. Qh5 b4 31. Bd4 Bb7 32. Rh1
Bxe4 33. Kxe4 Qc6+ 34. Ke3 Qxc2 35. Qe2 Qg6 36. Qc4+ Rf7 37. Kf3 Rc6 38. Qb3
Rc2 39. g4 Qc6+ 0-1
[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Erdos, V."]
[Black "Ponkratov, P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "TWIC 1318"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2020.02.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.11"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary Hunters"]
[BlackTeam "Russia Wizards"]
1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 g5 ({Relevant:} 4... Nf6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5
exd5 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. O-O d4 11. Na4 O-O 12. Bf4 Re8 13.
Nxb6 axb6 14. Qd3 Bg4 15. Rfe1 h6 16. a3 Qd7 17. Qb5 Rad8 18. Rac1 Nd5 19. Bd2
Re5 20. Qc4 Nde7 21. Bf4 Re6 22. h3 Bf5 23. e4 dxe3 24. Bxe3 Nd5 25. Qxd5 Qxd5
26. Bxd5 Rxd5 27. g4 Bg6 28. f4 f5 29. Kf2 Rb5 30. Rc3 Bf7 31. Re2 fxg4 32.
hxg4 Rg6 33. Nd4 Nxd4 34. Bxd4 {Korobov,A (2679)-Harikrishna,P (2748) Czech
Republic 2020 1/2-1/2}) 5. h3 Bg7 6. Bg2 h6 {} 7. e3 ({Predecessor:} 7.
d3 Nge7 8. Bd2 d5 9. O-O b6 10. a3 O-O 11. Rb1 a5 12. Na4 Bd7 13. Nc3 Bc8 14.
Nb5 Bb7 15. Qc1 Ng6 16. cxd5 exd5 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Nxb4 19. Bxb4 cxb4 20.
Rxb4 Qe7 21. Qd2 Rfc8 22. Nbd4 Ra2 23. Qxa2 Qxb4 24. Rb1 Qc5 25. Qa7 Bxd4 26.
Nxd4 Qxd4 27. Qxb7 Re8 28. Rxb6 Re6 29. Qc8+ Kg7 30. Rxe6 fxe6 31. Qxe6 Qa1+
32. Kh2 Qe1 33. Qe3 {1-0 (33) Dvirnyy,D (2541)-Shytaj,L (2456) Gallipoli 2017})
7... Nge7 8. d4 d6 9. O-O Nf5 10. d5 exd5 11. Nxd5 O-O 12. Rb1 Nfe7 13. b3 Bf5
14. Rb2 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Ne7 16. Nh2 Ng6 17. e4 Bd7 18. Qh5 Qe8 (18... Bxb2
{Is more challenging} 19. Bxb2 Kh7 20. h4 gxh4 21. Nf3 Qe7 22. Bc1 Rh8
23. Bb2 (23. Qxh6+ Kg8 24. Qe3 f6) 23... Rag8 24. Bxh8 Rxh8 25. Nxh4 Nxh4
26. Qxh4 Qxh4 27. gxh4 f5 (27... Kg7 28. f4 Kf6 29. e5+ (29. Re1) 29... Ke7
$11)) 19. Ng4 Bxg4 20. Qxg4 Kh7 (20... Bxb2 21. Bxb2 f6) 21. f4 {Offering
an exchange for the attack but this was unnecesary} (21. Re2 {There is not
much Black can do about f4 with a big attack coming} Qe7 22. f4) 21... gxf4
22. gxf4 Rg8 {Asking for trouble} (22... Bxb2 23. Bxb2 f6 24. h4 Qf7
25. h5 Ne7 26. Qe6 Rae8 27. Kf2) 23. Kh1 (23. e5 Ne7 (23... dxe5 {
Is too cooperative} 24. Re2 Qc8 {Trying to buy White off with an ending} 25.
Qh5 exf4 (25... f5 26. fxe5) 26. Bxf4 Nxf4 27. Rxf4 {Black collapses
on the light squares}) (23... Rd8 24. Re2 {Black has no good defence now.
The Bg2 has Be4 to join the attack and the pawn centre kills any hope for
reasonable counterplay}) 24. Be4+ Kh8 25. Kh2 f5 (25... Bf8 26. Qh4) 26.
exf6 Bxf6 27. Qe6 Qf8 28. Qxd6 Rd8 29. Qxc5) 23... Qe7 (23... Bxb2 24.
Bxb2 Ne7 25. Qh4 f5) 24. Re2 (24. e5 {Is still crushing}) 24... Qh4 25. Qf5
Kh8 26. e5 Rae8 27. e6 Ne7 28. Qg4 Qxg4 29. hxg4 f5 30. Bh3 fxg4 31. Bxg4 Bd4
32. Bh3 Nxd5 33. f5 Rg3 34. Kh2 Rg7 35. Bb2 Bxb2 36. Rxb2 Nf6 37. b4 c4 38. Rd2
d5 39. Bg2 Reg8 40. Bf3 Rg5 41. Bd1 Kh7 42. Rd4 Rg3 43. Bf3 R3g5 44. Kh3 R8g7
45. Rf4 Rc7 46. Re1 Kg7 0-1
[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Erdos, V."]
[Black "Chadaev, N."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "TWIC 1318"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2020.02.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.02.11"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary Hunters"]
[BlackTeam "Russia Wizards"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4
Bb7 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O a6 11. Rc1 ({Relevant:} 11. Ne2 Bd6 12. Ng3 g6 13. Ne5
Qe7 14. f4 Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. d5 Be7 18. f5 f6 19. fxg6 hxg6
20. Nxe4 Qxd5 21. Qxd5+ Bxd5 22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. Bxf6 Rae8 24. Rad1 c6 25. Rd4
Re4 26. Rxe4 Bxe4 27. Rf4 Bf5 28. Bc3 Bd3 29. h3 Rxf4 30. exf4 a5 31. Be5 b5
32. Bc7 b4 33. Bxa5 Bb1 34. Bxb4 Bxa2 35. Kf2 Bxb3 36. g4 Bc4 37. Kg3 Bf1 38.
h4 Bd3 39. Kf3 Kf7 40. Bc3 Bc2 {Shankland,S (2713)-Vidit,S (2703) Biel 2019 1/
2-1/2}) 11... Bd6 12. Ne2 Re8 13. Ng3 g6 14. Qc2 Ne4 15. Ne5 Nxg3 16. hxg3 {
} Rc8 ({Predecessor:} 16... Qe7 17. b4 Rac8 18. Nc6 Qe6 19. b5 axb5 20.
Bxb5 Rf8 21. a4 Nb8 22. Na7 Rcd8 23. Be2 Ba6 24. Bxa6 Nxa6 25. Nb5 Rc8 26. Qd3
Nb4 27. Qb3 c5 28. Nxd6 Qxd6 29. Ba3 Na6 30. a5 bxa5 31. dxc5 Qc6 32. Rfd1 Nc7
33. Rb1 Ne6 34. Rxd5 Rb8 35. Qxb8 Qxd5 36. Qb3 Qc6 37. Qb5 Qxb5 38. Rxb5 a4 39.
Ra5 Rb8 40. Rxa4 Rb1+ 41. Kh2 h5 42. Rc4 Ra1 43. Bb2 Ra2 44. Bd4 Kf8 45. c6 Ra8
46. Bf6 {Khalifman,A (2678)-Kiriakov,P (2553) Krasnoyarsk 2003 1-0}) 17. f4 Qe7
18. Rf3 c5 19. Qe2 {} cxd4 {Stabilizing the centre misses a tactical
shot that would have taken over the game} (19... c4 {Exploits the xray on
the Rf3} 20. Bb1 (20. bxc4 dxc4 {The double attack wins material} 21. Bxc4 Bxf3
22. Qxf3 Bxe5 23. fxe5) 20... b5 21. g4 f6 22. Nxg6 hxg6 23. Bxg6 Kg7
24. Bxe8 Rxe8) 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 (20... Bxc8 21. exd4 Nf6 22. Re3 Qf8) 21.
exd4 (21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Bxd4) 21... f6 (21... b5) 22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. Re3
$11 b5 24. Re6 Rf8 25. a4 (25. f5 g5 26. Bc3) 25... bxa4 (25... Bc8 26. f5
Kg7) 26. bxa4 Bc8 27. f5 Qc7 28. Re8 Bd7 29. Rxf8+ Bxf8 30. fxg6 hxg6
31. Qf3 Qd6 (31... Kg7) (31... Be8 32. Qxd5+ Bf7 33. Qf3 Qd6 34. Bc2 Qb6
35. Qc3 a5) 32. Bxg6 Bxa4 {} 33. Qh5 {White gets a free attack} Bg7
$2 (33... Qe7 34. Ba3 Qg7 35. Qxd5+ Kh8 36. Qh5+ Kg8 37. Bc1) 34. Bf7+
{The most human way is to win the d-pawn to start with} (34. Kh2 {Avoids
checks and keeps the attack} Bc6 {Secures the d-pawn and frees the queen} 35.
Bh7+ Kf8 36. Qf3 Ke8 {Running does not save Black} 37. Ba3 Qd7 38. Bf5 {
Regrouping with tempo} Qc7 39. Qe2+ Kd8 40. Bc5 a5 41. Qe6 {White has a mating
attack while Bg7 does nothing much} a4 42. Be7+ Qxe7 43. Qc8#) (34. Bc1)
34... Kf8 35. Bxd5 Be8 36. Qf3 1-0
