[Event "Superbet Rapid 2022"] [Site "Warsaw POL"] [Date "2022.05.19"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C24"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2786"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2022.05.19"] [EventType "rapid"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.07.21"] {[%evp 0,89,27,19,21,10,10,9,10,4,9,-35,-20,12,11,16,16,2,2,3,-20,-1,7,7,18,0, 0,7,14,22,56,40,40,28,95,103,107,107,107,59,79,79,87,45,59,25,53,-19,63,113,71, 118,175,160,170,106,134,162,156,156,156,156,143,144,211,156,224,409,404,449, 444,473,443,443,465,448,448,470,480,480,509,502,575,574,597,606,727,734,734, 606,668,704]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 {No Petroff.} Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nc3 O-O (4... c6) 5. f4 {This is what White wants, but it's not supposed to be very good.} exf4 6. Bxf4 c6 7. d4 Bb4 8. e5 d5 9. Bd3 Ne4 10. Bxe4 dxe4 (10... Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 dxe4 12. Ne2 Be6 13. O-O (13. Ng3 $143 f6 (13... f5)) 13... Bc4 $15) 11. Nge2 Bg4 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qd5 (13... f6) 14. h3 Bh5 $6 (14... Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Nd7 ) 15. g4 $1 Bg6 16. h4 (16. Be3 $1) 16... e3 $2 {Understandably fighting for the light squares, and for the health of his bishop. Unfortunately, Black doesn't get enough (if anything) for the sacrificed pawn. The right way to fight for counterplay, here and earlier, was with a well-timed ...f6 (or ...f5) .} (16... Qe6 $1 17. Ng3 h6 18. Bxh6 $1 f6 $1 $11) 17. h5 Be4 18. Bxe3 $18 (18. Ng3 $142 $18) 18... Bf3 19. Qe1 Qe4 (19... Bxg4 20. Nf4 Qe4 21. Qg3 Nd7 22. Rae1 Qf5 23. h6 gxh6 24. Ng2 Qg6 25. Nh4 Qg7 26. Bxh6 Qxh6 27. Qxg4+ Kh8 28. Nf5 Qg6 29. Qxg6 hxg6 30. Nd6 Kg7 31. Rf3 $18) 20. Nf4 Nd7 21. Qf2 (21. Kh2 Bxg4 22. Qg3 $18) 21... Bxg4 22. Rae1 $2 (22. Qg3) 22... Be6 $6 (22... Qf5) 23. Qh2 $6 (23. Qg3 $18) 23... Nb6 (23... h6) 24. Bc1 (24. h6 $1 g6 25. Qh4 Nd7 26. d5 $1 cxd5 27. Bd4 Qf5 28. Nxd5 Qh5 29. Qxh5 gxh5 30. Ne7+ Kh8 31. Kh2 $18) 24... Qf5 25. Rf2 $18 Bxa2 26. h6 $1 g6 27. Ba3 Rfe8 28. Nxg6 Qxg6+ 29. Rg2 Re6 30. Rxg6+ Rxg6+ 31. Kf2 {The material situation isn't too bad for Black, but material *and* the dark-squared weaknesses around his king will cost him the game.} Nd5 32. Rg1 Nxc3 33. Rxg6+ hxg6 34. h7+ Kh8 35. Be7 Ne4+ 36. Ke3 Re8 37. Qh6 Rxe7 38. Qf8+ Kxh7 39. Qxe7 Nc3 40. Qxb7 Bd5 41. Kd3 c5 42. Qxa7 cxd4 43. Qxd4 Na2 44. Kd2 Be6 45. Qa4 {The knight will be trapped and collected after c2-c4.} 1-0 [Event "Superbet Rapid 2022"] [Site "Warsaw POL"] [Date "2022.05.19"] [Round "2.5"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E48"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2751"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2022.05.19"] [EventType "rapid"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.07.21"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. a3 Bd6 8. Qc2 c6 9. Nge2 {This QGDx-style approach has become popular lately. This game may dampen White's enthusiasm somewhat in the future.} Nbd7 10. Bd2 Re8 11. f3 Nf8 ({So had another unhappy ending in this line a few weeks ago in the American Cup:} 11... c5 12. h4 h5 13. O-O-O a6 14. g4 hxg4 15. fxg4 Nxg4 16. h5 Nf8 17. Rdg1 Nf2 18. dxc5 Be5 19. h6 g6 20. h7+ Kh8 21. Rh6 Bg7 22. Rh2 Ng4 23. Rh3 Ne5 24. Rhg3 Ne6 25. Nf4 Nxf4 26. exf4 Nxd3+ 27. Qxd3 d4 28. Ne4 Qd5 29. Ng5 Qxc5+ 30. Kd1 Qd5 31. Qf3 Qa2 32. Nxf7+ Qxf7 33. Rxg6 d3 34. Be3 Qb3+ 35. Ke1 d2+ 36. Kf2 d1=Q {0-1 (36) So,W (2778)-Sevian,S (2693) Saint Louis 2022}) 12. O-O-O $2 $146 {It's hard to know what to think of this move. It's clearly risky, Black's response (both on the next move and in general) is fairly obvious, and the engine dislikes it as well. He must have been surprised by 11...Nf8.} b5 13. e4 b4 14. axb4 Bxb4 $15 {/-/+} 15. e5 N6d7 16. Na4 (16. f4 $142) (16. Kb1 $142) 16... Rb8 $1 {The c-pawn doesn't matter very much; the speed of Black's attack does.} 17. Qxc6 Bxd2+ $6 {But this was inaccurate.} (17... Nb6 $1 18. Bxb4 Bd7 19. Qd6 Nxa4 20. Ba3 Ng6 21. h4 Rb6 22. Qxd5 Ne7 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 { is a line Anand could have worked out in a classical game, but in a (rapid) rapid game one lacks the luxury of spending time in a position like this. As for this position, it would be winning, if White didn't have} 24. Kd2 {, after which Black has a moderate plus.}) 18. Rxd2 Bb7 $6 {A further error, after which So has the advantage. Still, the immediate dangers pose more danger to White than to Black, thanks to the exposed king on c1. When Black errs, White is able to consolidate a bit more; when White errs, Black may end up delivering mate.} (18... Rb4 $44) (18... Nb6 $44) 19. Qd6 Re6 20. Qa3 Ba6 21. Bc2 $2 (21. Nf4 $142) (21. Rc2 $142) 21... Bxe2 22. Rxe2 Ra6 $19 {Black's coordination is terrific, with his rooks on open files, the queen ready to join the action on a5, and the knights ready to enter on b6 and e6. White's position will fall apart very soon.} 23. Qd3 Qa5 24. e6 {White's last two moves put a stop to ...Ne6 ideas for the foreseeable future, but that's not enough to save the game.} fxe6 25. Rhe1 Rc6 $1 26. Nc3 $2 (26. b3 $142) 26... Qa1+ 27. Kd2 Qxb2 28. Rb1 Qa3 29. Rxb8 Nxb8 30. f4 Na6 {The coming ...Nb4 will hurt.} 0-1 [Event "Superbet Rapid 2022"] [Site "Warsaw POL"] [Date "2022.05.19"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Korobov, Anton"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C02"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2671"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2022.05.19"] [EventType "rapid"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.07.21"] {[%evp 0,56,28,19,40,28,37,19,38,0,0,6,6,7,-10,11,23,23,46,-2,-2,2,2,0,13,10, 10,10,10,15,15,9,6,9,16,13,13,0,23,29,28,16,82,77,77,64,71,70,102,52,109,76,76, 83,100,60,381,424,853]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 (5... Qb6) (5... Nge7) 6. Be2 Rc8 (6... Nge7) 7. O-O h6 8. Be3 ({Korobov faced} 8. a3 {in a couple of games in 2021.} cxd4 (8... a5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b4 Ba7 11. b5 Nce7 12. a4 Ng6 13. Bd3 N8e7 14. Re1 O-O 15. Nd4 Rxc3 16. Be3 Rc8 17. Qh5 Qc7 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Qg4 Qxe5 20. Nd2 h5 21. Qh4 g5 22. N2f3 Rxf3 23. Nxf3 Qxe3 24. Nxg5 Qd4 25. Qxh5 Qxf2+ 26. Kh1 Qf5 27. Qh4 Bf2 28. Qh5 Bxe1 29. Rxe1 Rf8 30. h3 d4 31. Re5 Qg6 32. Qd1 Nf5 33. Nf3 Qg3 34. Re4 Ne3 35. Rxe3 dxe3 36. Qxd7 Rxf3 37. gxf3 Qxf3+ 38. Kh2 Qf4+ 39. Kg1 Qe5 40. Kf1 Qf5+ 41. Kg1 e2 42. Qd8+ Kh7 43. Qh4+ Kg6 44. Qg3+ Qg5 45. Qxg5+ Kxg5 46. Kf2 Kh4 47. Kxe2 Kxh3 48. b6 g5 {0-1 (48) Shevchenko,K (2599)-Korobov,A (2683) Lichess.org INT 2021}) 9. cxd4 Nge7 10. Nc3 Nf5 11. Kh1 Be7 12. g4 Nh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14. f4 O-O 15. Be3 f5 16. gxf5 Rxf5 17. Bd3 Qf8 18. Qg4 Be7 19. Rg1 Qf7 20. Bxf5 exf5 21. Qg6 Qxg6 22. Rxg6 Be8 23. Rg2 Rd8 24. Rag1 Bf8 25. Rc2 Bh5 26. Kg2 Kf7 27. Na4 Be7 28. b4 g5 29. Rd2 Rg8 30. Kf2 Nd8 31. Nc3 Ke6 32. Ke1 Bf3 33. Rf2 Be4 34. Kd2 g4 35. Nxe4 dxe4 36. Rc1 Nc6 37. b5 Na5 38. Rc7 h5 39. d5+ Kxd5 40. Rxe7 h4 41. Rf1 g3 42. hxg3 Nc4+ 43. Ke2 Nxe3 44. Kxe3 Rxg3+ 45. Ke2 h3 46. Rxb7 Rxa3 47. Rd7+ {1-0 (47) Grischuk,A (2778)-Korobov,A (2683) Zagreb 2021}) 8... Qb6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Qxc5 11. Nbd2 (11. Bd3 $14) 11... Nge7 (11... Qb6) 12. Nb3 $14 Qb6 13. Bd3 Na5 (13... a5 $142) 14. Nxa5 Qxa5 15. a4 $16 {Grabbing space and preventing any ...Bb5 ideas. White's simple-looking approach has given him a significant advantage. Black has no queenside counterplay, while White has several ways of building an initiative on the kingside.} O-O 16. Re1 Qb6 17. Qd2 a6 18. h4 Rc7 19. a5 Qc5 20. Re3 Nf5 21. Bxf5 exf5 22. Nd4 Qe7 23. g3 h5 $6 24. Qe2 $1 $18 {A double attack of sorts. White hits the h-pawn and supports e5-e6.} g6 25. e6 $1 f4 26. gxf4 fxe6 27. Rg3 (27. Nxe6 {was playable.}) 27... Qxh4 $2 28. Qe5 $1 {Another double attack in the extended sense: the queen hits the rook on c7 while ganging up with the rook that's headed to g6 against the g7 square.} Rc4 {Black either resigned here or lost on time. If the latter, he wasn't missing out on any real chances, as he is dead lost.} (28... Rc4 29. Rxg6+ Kf7 (29... Kh7 30. Qg7#) 30. Nxe6 $1 (30. Rg7+ Ke8 31. Qd6 {also wins.}) 30... Bxe6 (30... Rg8 31. Rxg8 Kxg8 32. Qg7#) 31. Qxe6#) 1-0