[Event "Black Sea GP Blitz 2021"] [Site "Anapa"] [Date "2021.06.13"] [Round "8.3"] [White "Sarana, Alexey"] [Black "Nesterov, Arseniy"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2640"] [BlackElo "2479"] [Annotator "Lorenzini,Martin"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2021.06.13"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Tiebreak "Sum of Buchholz+Cut2 Buchholz"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,67,11,11,11,11,4,9,17,6,14,7,10,13,22,24,31,29,77,63,72,59,73,66,66, 56,69,95,100,105,393,415,415,414,401,399,414,406,397,395,425,422,424,418,543, 546,583,578,652,616,652,629,675,664,650,554,554,544]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 $1 {[%csl Rb2,Gc2,Rc3,Gd3,Rd4,Re3, Ge4,Rf2,Gf3,Gg2][%CAl Ge4d5,Gc6b7,Gb6b5,Gd5c4,Rd5e6,Re6d7,Re4f5,Rf5e6,Re6f7, Gd4e5,Gf6g7,Gf6g5,Ge5f4,Gc1g5,Gf3g5][%mdl 4] [#] outshines the older 7.Bb3.} a5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} (7... h6 { This move avoids the annoying Bg5 from White. It also allows ideas with ...g5 (if Black has not castled). The inconvenience is that it takes away the h6 square from the knight in the line ...Ng4 (intending ...Kh8/...f5) h3 and now there is no ...Nh6..} 8. Nbd2 a6 {Another modern option is playing a5 directly, looking for space on the queenside, many times followed by Qb8 and Qa7. An expert on this is the great Chinese player Ding Liren.} (8... a5 9. h3 (9. Nf1 Ne7 10. Bb3 Ng6 11. d4 Ba7 12. h3 Bd7 13. Ng3 a4 14. Bc2 Nh7 15. Nf5 Ng5 16. Nxg5 hxg5 17. Qh5 Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. h4 g6 20. Qh6 gxf5 21. exf5 f6 22. Qg6+ Kh8 23. hxg5 Bc6 24. Rad1 Qd7 25. Rd3 Qg7 26. Rh3+ Kg8 27. Re7 Qxg6 28. fxg6 f5 29. Rhh7 Rfe8 30. Reg7+ Kf8 31. Rxc7 Kg8 32. Bxf5 Bb6 33. Rcg7+ Kf8 34. Rf7+ Kg8 35. d5 Bxd5 36. Rfg7+ Kf8 37. Rd7 Kg8 38. g7 Bf7 39. g6 {1-0 (39) Vachier Lagrave,M (2779)-Navara,D (2741) Biel 2018 CBM 186 [Golubev,M]}) 9... Be6 10. Bb5 Qb8 11. Nf1 (11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Bb4 (13... Bb6 14. a4 Qa7 15. Nf1 d5 16. e5 Ne4 17. Ra3 c5 18. N3d2 cxd4 19. Rxe4 dxe4 20. Nxe4 d3 21. Qh5 Qb7 22. Nfg3 Rfd8 23. Bxh6 Bxf2+ 24. Nxf2 gxh6 25. Qxh6 Bxh3 26. Nge4 Ra6 27. Qg5+ Rg6 28. Qxd8+ Kg7 29. Qf6+ Rxf6 30. exf6+ Kg6 31. gxh3 Qxb2 32. Rxd3 Qa1+ 33. Kg2 Qxa4 34. Rg3+ Kh6 35. Rg7 Qb3 36. Ng4+ Kh5 37. Ng3+ Kh4 38. Nf2 Qd5+ 39. Kh2 Qf3 40. Rg4+ Qxg4 41. Nxg4 {1-0 (41) Van Foreest,L (2535) -Ioannidis,E (2401) Paleochora 2020 CBM 197 Extra [Kapnisis,Spyridon]}) 14. a3 Bxd2 15. Nxd2 Re8 16. b3 d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. Qh5 c5 19. Re3 f5 20. exf6 Bf7 21. Qh4 Rxe3 22. fxe3 Qe8 23. Nf3 Nxf6 24. dxc5 Bg6 25. Bb2 Qxe3+ 26. Kh2 Rf8 $11 { Giri, A. - Ding Liren, 1/2-1/2, 3rd Du Te Cup 2019}) 11... Qa7 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Ne7 14. a4 Ng6 15. Bc4 Bxc4 16. Nxc4 Qa6 17. g3 Rfe8 $11 {1/2 -1/2, Carlsen-Ding Showdown G20, 2017}) 9. Nf1 Ba7 10. a4 Ne7 {At this point, Black has three main plans: to play Ne7 and Ng6 as shown in the game; Be6 directly allowing the pawns to be doubled on the e-file, or Re8-Be6 followed by ...d5 at the right time.} (10... Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 a5 14. Ng3 Qe8 15. Qb3 Ra6 16. Rae1 Rb6 17. Qc2 Ne7 18. Nd2 Ng6 19. f3 Ra6 20. Qb3 Rb6 21. Qc2 Ra6 22. Qb3 b6 23. d4 Ra8 24. Nc4 Nd7 25. Na3 Kh8 26. Nb5 Rc8 27. Na7 Ra8 28. Nb5 Rc8 29. Na7 Ra8 30. Nb5 Rc8 {Vocaturo, D. - Mamedyarov, S., 1/2-1/2, 43rd Olympiad 2018}) (10... Re8 11. Qb3 (11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Be3 Qd7 14. b5 Ne7 15. bxa6 bxa6 16. Bxa7 Rxa7 17. Qb3 c6 18. Rab1 Ng6 19. g3 a5 20. Ne3 Re8 21. Nc4 Kh7 22. Qc2 Qe6 23. Ne3 d5 24. Kg2 Kg8 25. h4 Rd7 26. c4 Red8 27. cxd5 cxd5 28. Rb5 $14 {Kramnik, V. - Adams, Mi, 1-0, Vugar Gashimov Mem 2017}) 11... Qe7 12. a5 Rb8 13. Be3 Be6 14. Bxe6 Qxe6 15. Qxe6 Rxe6 16. Bxa7 Nxa7 17. Ne3 Rd8 18. b4 d5 $11 {Carlsen, M. - Mamedyarov, S. , 1/2-1/2, GCT Blitz Paris 2017}) 11. Ng3 Ng6 12. d4 ({Grischuk employs an elite novelty. The normal way for White is to play 12.h3 followed by d4. It is true that in grandmaster level games Black equalizes comfortably with a quick ...d5.} 12. h3 c6 13. Bb3 (13. Ba2 Be6 (13... d5 $5) 14. Bxe6 fxe6 $14 {Giri, A. - Nakamura, Hi, 1/2-1/2, FIDE Candidates 2016}) 13... d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Re8 (16... Bd7 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Be3 f5 19. f4 (19. Ne6 $5 Bxe6 20. Bxa7 Re8 21. Bd4 $13) 19... Kh7 20. Qf3 Qh4 (20... Qc7 $11) 21. Nge2 Rae8 22. Bf2 Qf6 23. Qxd5 Bc6 24. Nxc6 Bxf2+ 25. Kxf2 bxc6 26. Qd4 Qh4+ 27. Kg1 Re4 $11 { 0-1 (81), 18th ch-EUR Indiv 2017}) 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. Be3 Bb8 20. Qd2 Bxg3 (20... Bd7 $11) 21. fxg3 Qe5 (21... Bd7 $11) 22. Bf2 Bd7 23. Nb3 Qg5 24. Qxg5 hxg5 25. Nc5 Bc6 26. b4 Ne5 27. Re1 Nd7 28. Nxd7 {Mareco, S. - Kravtsiv, M., 1/2-1/2, 1st Sharjah Masters 2017}) 12... c6 13. Bd3 (13. h3 d5 14. Bb3 (14. Bd3 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 f5 17. Bd3 e4 18. Bc4+ Kh8 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qe8 $15 {The pawn of e5 is weak.}) 14... Nxe4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qxd1 18. Rxd1 Bf5 $11) 13... Bg4 14. Be2 Re8 {This opening was a success for the Chinese player.} 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 d5 $1 {A thematic move, achieving total equality.} 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 (18... Qb6 $5) 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Qxd5 cxd5 21. Rd1 Rad8 {We find a typical endgame of the French Tarrasch variation, in which Black has control of the d4 square.} 22. Nf5 Nc6 23. Kf1 d4 {Black frees himself of his weakness, with full equality.} 24. cxd4 Bxd4 ({There are two satisfactory alternatives:} 24... Nxd4 25. Be3 Nc6 26. Bxa7 Nxa7 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Ke2 Nc6 29. Rd1 Re8+ (29... Rxd1 30. Kxd1 Kf8 31. Kd2 {It seems that White is better here, but Black has an excellent move:} g6 $1 {It is understandable not wishing to go for this variation in a tournament game.} 32. Nxh6 (32. Nd6 Nd8 33. Kd3 Ke7 34. Ne4 b6 35. Kd4 Ke6 $11) 32... f5 33. g4 Kg7 34. g5 $11) 30. Kf3 Re5 31. Ne3 Re6 $11) (24... Rd5 25. g4 h5 26. Ra3 hxg4 27. hxg4 g6 28. Ng3 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Bxd4 $11) 25. Nxd4 Nxd4 (25... Rxd4 26. Rxd4 Nxd4 $11) 26. Bf4 Nb3 (26... Nc6 27. b3 f6 28. Be3 Kf7 29. Bb6 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 $11) 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Ra3 Nc5 (28... Nc1 $5 {This is a beautiful but unnecessary move} 29. Bxc1 Rd1+ 30. Ke2 Rxc1 31. Kd2 Rg1 32. g3 g6 33. Rb3 Ra1 $11) (28... Na5 29. Ke2 $11) 29. Be3 Rd5 30. Ke2 {When I saw this game for the first time, I was surprised by the easy way White won the ending. I thought it was due to the excellent technique of Grischuk. A detailed analysis shows that Black made various mistakes. Although his game is not easy at all, he can achieve a draw with precise play.} Kf8 $2 (30... a5 {This move places a pawn in the enemy bishop's range, but fixes the weakness a4. White is almost obliged to switch the bishop for the knight to free his rook from a3.} 31. Bxc5 (31. Ra1 Re5 32. Ra3 Rd5 33. g3 $11) 31... Rxc5 32. Rc3 {This is the only try to get some advantage.} Rxc3 33. bxc3 Kf8 34. Kd3 Ke7 35. Kc4 Kd6 36. Kb5 Kd5 37. Kxa5 Kc5 38. f4 g6 39. g4 f5 40. gxf5 gxf5 41. c4 h5 42. h4 b6+ 43. Ka6 Kc6 44. Ka7 Kc7 45. Ka8 Kc8 $11) 31. b4 Ne6 (31... Ne4) 32. Rd3 Rxd3 33. Kxd3 { We see an endgame in which White has an advantage. With pawns on both sides and an open center, the bishop could be a bit superior to the knight. Also, the white king is superior to the black one. The question is if this is enough to win.} Ke7 34. Kc4 Kd6 35. g4 Ke5 $6 (35... g6 $5 36. Bxh6 {Otherwise, Black places all pawns on light squares.} g5 {Sacrificing a pawn, Black has trapped the white bishop on the square h6.} 37. b5 (37. f4 gxf4 38. h4 b5+ 39. axb5 axb5+ 40. Kxb5 Ke5 41. Kc4 Ke4 42. Kc3 Kf3 43. b5 Nc7 44. Kc4 Kxg4 45. b6 Na6 46. b7 f3 47. Be3 $11) 37... f6 38. a5 axb5+ 39. Kxb5 Kc7 40. f4 gxf4 41. h4 Kd7 42. Kb6 Kc8 43. h5 Kb8 44. Kb5 Kc7 45. Kc4 Kd6 46. Kd3 Ke5 47. Bg7 Nc5+ 48. Ke2 Ne6 49. h6 Ng5 $11) (35... Ng5 $5) 36. b5 Kd6 37. f4 (37. h4 $1 {would have been a better move, with the idea of h5 blocking the black pawn on h6. Also, after 37.f4, in many variations the bishop on e3 is undefended.} g5 ( 37... axb5+ 38. Kxb5 Kd7 39. h5 Nf8 40. f4 Nh7 41. g5 hxg5 42. fxg5 $16) 38. h5 axb5+ 39. Kxb5 Nc7+ 40. Kc4 (40. Kb6 $2 Nd5+ 41. Kxb7 Nxe3 42. fxe3 f5 $11) 40... Ne6 41. a5 Kc6 42. Bc1 Nc5 43. f4 gxf4 44. Bxf4 $18) 37... axb5+ 38. axb5 (38. Kxb5 $6 Nc7+ 39. Kc4 (39. Kb6 Nd5+ 40. Kxb7 Nxe3 41. a5 Nc4 42. a6 Na5+ 43. Kb6 Nc6 44. f5 g6 45. fxg6 fxg6 46. h4 g5 47. h5 Kd7 48. Kb7 $11 {White keeps the king on b7 and b6.}) 39... Nd5 40. Bd2 Nb6+ 41. Kb5 Nd7 $11 {The white king cannot enter the queenside.}) 38... g5 $2 (38... Kd7 39. Kd5 Nc7+ 40. Kc5 g6 41. b6 (41. Bd2 h5 42. Kb6 hxg4 43. hxg4 Kc8 $11) 41... Ne8 42. Kd5 h5 43. g5 $11) 39. f5 $18 Nf4 (39... Nc7 40. Bf2 Kd7 41. Bd4 Ne8 42. Kd5 Nc7+ 43. Kc5 Ne8 44. Be5 $18) 40. Bxf4+ gxf4 41. Kd4 f6 42. h4 {1-0 (42) Grischuk,A (2764)-Wen,Y (2586) China 2019 CBM 195 Extra [Lorenzini,Martin]}) (7... a6 8. Bb3 (8. a4 h6 9. h3 Ba7 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. b4 Nh5 13. Ra2 Qf6 14. Nc4 Nf4 15. Kh2 Ne7 16. Ne3 g5 17. Rf1 Qg6 18. Ng1 Rf7 19. g3 Nh5 20. Nc4 Raf8 21. Be3 Bxe3 22. Nxe3 Kh7 23. b5 axb5 24. axb5 Nf6 25. b6 cxb6 26. Nc4 Nc8 27. Qb1 Nd7 28. f3 h5 29. Raf2 d5 30. Ne3 Nc5 31. Kg2 Ne7 32. Rb2 Nc6 33. Rxb6 d4 34. cxd4 Nxd4 35. Rc1 Rc7 36. Nc4 Qf6 37. Ne3 Qf7 38. Nc4 Qf6 39. Ne3 Qf7 40. Nc4 Qg7 41. Nd6 g4 42. Rf1 gxf3+ 43. Nxf3 Rg8 {0-1 (43) Zhukenov,A (2241)-Tin, J (2482) Tornelo INT 2021}) 8... Ba7 (8... Re8 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Nf1 ( 11. Bc2 d5 12. exd5 Bxd5 13. b4 Ba7 14. Bb2 Qd6 15. a3 Rad8 16. Qe2 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Nd5 18. Qe4 Nf6 19. Qh4 Re6 20. Bb3 Re7 21. Rad1 Rde8 22. a4 Qd7 23. Ba3 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Bc1 Qf5 26. Bc2 Nd5 27. Bd2 Nf4 28. Be3 Bxe3 29. fxe3 Ng6 30. Qg3 Qf6 31. Nd2 Qh4 32. Qxh4 Nxh4 33. Ne4 Ng6 34. Nc5 Ra8 35. Ra1 Rxa1 36. Rxa1 Kh7 37. Ra8 e4 38. d4 f5 39. Bb3 Nh4 40. Bd5 f4 41. Bxc6 fxe3 42. Bxe4+ g6 43. Ra1 Nf5 44. Re1 Nd6 45. Rxe3 Kg7 46. Re2 Nc4 47. Bd3 Rf7 48. Bxc4 bxc4 49. Re6 {1-0 (49) Sarana,A (2649)-Ismayil,M (1997) Chess.com INT 2021}) 11... Bxb3 12. Qxb3 d5 13. Be3 Bf8 14. Rad1 Na5 15. Qc2 c5 16. exd5 Qxd5 17. Bd2 Nc6 18. Ne3 Qd7 19. Nc4 Qc7 20. a4 b5 21. axb5 axb5 22. Na3 Qb7 23. c4 b4 24. Nb5 Rad8 25. Ra1 Qd7 26. Ra6 Re6 27. Qa4 Qxd3 28. Bxh6 gxh6 29. Nc7 Nd4 30. Nxd4 Rxa6 31. Qxa6 Rd6 32. Nc6 Qf5 33. Nd5 Qe6 34. Qa8 Rxc6 35. Re3 Ne8 36. Rg3+ Kh7 37. Rf3 e4 38. Rf4 Ra6 39. Rxf7+ Qxf7 40. Qxa6 Bg7 41. Qc6 Bd4 42. Kh2 Ng7 43. Ne3 Qf4+ {0-1 (43) So,W (2812)-Carlsen,M (2832) Paris 2017 CBM 179 [Yermolinsky,A]} ) 9. h3 (9. Nbd2 Ng4 10. Re2 Kh8 11. h3 Nh6 12. Nf1 f5 13. Bxh6 gxh6 14. Ng3 f4 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 Rxf5 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 Qf8 19. Qd3 Rf6 20. Rae1 Qg7 21. a3 Raf8 22. Bd5 Rg6 23. Nh4 Rgf6 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Re7 R6f7 26. Rxf7 Qxf7 27. Re4 Qd5 28. Re7 Rf7 29. Rxf7 Qxf7 30. Nf3 Qd5 31. Qxa6 Bxd4 32. Qc8+ Kg7 33. Qxc7+ Kf6 34. Qxh7 Bb6 35. Qxh6+ Kf5 36. Qg5+ Ke4 37. Qg6+ Qf5 38. Nd2+ { 1-0 (38) Abergel,T (2497)-Duhayon,Y (2227) Malakoff 2009 EXT 2010 [Malakoff/ Primel,D]}) 9... h6 10. Nbd2 Be6 (10... Nh5 11. Nf1 Qf6 12. Be3 Nf4 13. Bxa7 Rxa7 14. Kh2 Ne7 15. Ne3 Ra8 16. a4 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Ng1 Rad8 19. g3 Nfg6 20. Rf1 d5 21. Qe2 Nc6 22. Ng2 Rf7 23. h4 Rdf8 24. Rad1 Nge7 25. h5 g6 26. Nh3 Qf3 27. Qxf3 Rxf3 28. hxg6 Nxg6 29. Ne3 d4 30. Nc2 R3f7 31. cxd4 Nxd4 32. Nxd4 exd4 33. f4 c5 34. a5 b6 35. axb6 Rb7 36. Rc1 Rxb6 37. Rxc5 Rxb2+ 38. Rf2 Rxf2+ 39. Nxf2 Ra8 40. Ra5 Ne7 41. Ng4 Nc6 42. Rc5 Ne7 43. Rc7 Kf8 44. Ne5 a5 45. g4 a4 46. f5 exf5 47. gxf5 Nxf5 48. exf5 Ra5 49. Rc5 Rxc5 50. Nd7+ Ke7 51. Nxc5 a3 52. Kg3 Kd6 53. Nb3 Ke5 54. Kg4 h5+ 55. Kg5 h4 56. f6 Ke6 57. Kg6 h3 58. f7 h2 59. f8=Q h1=Q 60. Nc5+ Ke5 61. Qb8+ {1-0 (61) Karpov,A (2700)-Jussupow,A (2645) Bugojno 1986 MCL [ChessBase]}) 11. Bc2 Re8 12. Nf1 d5 13. Qe2 Qd7 (13... b5 14. Rd1 d4 15. Ng3 a5 16. Bb3 a4 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18. Nf5 a3 19. Qc2 axb2 20. Bxb2 dxc3 21. Bxc3 Qe8 22. Qb2 Rb8 23. Rac1 Kh7 24. a3 g6 25. Ne3 Bxe3 26. fxe3 Nd7 27. Be1 Rb6 28. Bg3 b4 29. a4 Ra6 30. Qb3 Rb6 31. d4 exd4 32. exd4 Na5 33. Qd5 c5 34. dxc5 Nf6 35. Qd8 Ra6 36. Qxe8 Rxe8 37. Rd6 Rc6 38. Ne5 Rxd6 39. cxd6 Nxe4 40. d7 Rd8 41. Be1 f6 42. Rc8 Nb7 43. Rxd8 Nxd8 44. Bxb4 fxe5 45. a5 Nf6 46. a6 Nxd7 47. a7 Nb6 48. Ba5 Na8 49. Bxd8 Kg7 50. Kf2 Kf7 51. Ke3 {1-0 (51) Naroditsky,D (2633)-Jakovenko,D (2744) Tsaghkadzor 2015 CBM 166 [Roiz,M]}) 14. N3h2 Ne7 15. Qf3 Nh7 16. Ng4 Ng6 17. Nfe3 c6 18. Nf5 f6 19. d4 exd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. cxd4 dxe4 22. Qg3 Bf7 23. Qc3 Rad8 24. Be3 h5 25. Nh2 f5 26. Rad1 f4 27. Bc1 Nf6 28. Nf1 Re7 29. Nd2 Rde8 30. Nc4 Bxc4 31. Qxc4+ Nd5 32. f3 exf3 33. Rxe7 Qxe7 34. Qd3 Ne3 35. Qxg6 f2+ 36. Kxf2 Nxd1+ 37. Kg1 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 Qg3+ 39. Qxg3 fxg3+ 40. Kxg3 Ne3 41. Bg6 Re6 42. Bxh5 Nf5+ 43. Kf4 Nxd4 44. Bg4 Re7 45. Be3 {0-1 (45) Areshchenko,A (2638)-Movsesian,S (2670) Kemer 2007 CBM 121 [Movsesian,S]}) (7... Ne7 8. Nbd2 Bb6 9. Bb3 c6 10. Nf1 Ng6 11. Ng3 h6 12. h3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Be6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Rxe6 Rxf2 18. Kh1 Nh4 19. Qg4 Qf8 20. Qxh4 {1/2-1/2 (20) Hou,Y (2652)-Aronian,L (2799) Tbilisi 2017 CBM 181 [Quintiliano,R]}) 8. h3 (8. Nbd2 Be6 9. Bb5 Ba7 (9... Qb8 10. Nf1 Qa7 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Nxe3 Ne7 13. a4 Ng6 14. Bc4 Bxc4 15. Nxc4 Qa6 16. g3 Rfe8 17. Qb3 Nf8 18. Qb5 Qxb5 19. axb5 b6 20. Ra3 Ne6 21. Ne3 Nc5 22. c4 a4 23. Rea1 Nb3 24. Rd1 Rec8 25. Nd2 Nxd2 26. Rxd2 Nd7 27. Rd1 Nc5 28. Nd5 Kf8 29. f4 Ra5 30. Nb4 Raa8 31. Kf2 Ke8 32. Ke3 f6 33. f5 Kd7 34. g4 Rh8 35. h4 h6 36. Nd5 Ra5 37. Rg1 Kc8 38. g5 hxg5 39. hxg5 Rh3+ 40. Kd2 Nb3+ 41. Kc3 Nd4 42. gxf6 Rh2 43. Nxb6+ cxb6 44. fxg7 Rc2+ 45. Kb4 Rxb2+ 46. Kc3 Rc2+ 47. Kb4 Rb2+ {1/2-1/2 (47) So,W (2810)-Ding,L (2777) Tbilisi 2017 CBM 181 [Sagar Shah]}) 10. Nf1 Ne7 11. Ng3 c6 12. Ba4 Ng6 13. h3 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Bc2 Qc7 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Rae8 18. Bg5 Ndf4 19. Qd2 Bd5 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Re1 Re5 22. Bxf4 Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Qxf4 24. Qe8+ Nf8 25. Bb3 Bxd4 26. cxd4 Bxb3 27. axb3 Qf6 28. Qe4 g6 29. Ne2 Ne6 30. h4 h5 31. g3 Qd8 32. Qe5 Qb6 33. d5 cxd5 34. Qxd5 Kf8 35. Nc3 Qc7 36. Ne4 Qc1+ 37. Kg2 Qxb2 38. Qd7 b6 39. Nd6 Qf6 40. Qe8+ Kg7 41. Qd7 Kg8 42. Qe8+ Nf8 43. Qc6 Qd8 44. Nc4 Ne6 45. Nxb6 Nd4 46. Qc5 Nxb3 47. Qb5 Nd2 48. Qxa5 Qd3 49. Qa1 Qe4+ 50. Kg1 Nf3+ 51. Kf1 Nxh4 52. Qa8+ Qxa8 53. Nxa8 Nf3 54. Kg2 Ne5 55. f4 Ng4 56. Nb6 Kf8 57. Nd5 Ke8 58. Nc3 Ke7 59. Ne4 Ne3+ 60. Kf3 Nc4 61. Ng5 Kf6 62. Ne4+ Kf5 63. Nf2 Nd2+ 64. Ke3 Nf1+ 65. Kf3 Nh2+ 66. Kg2 Ng4 67. Nh3 f6 68. Kf3 Ke6 69. Ke4 Kd6 70. Ng1 Kc5 71. Kd3 Nh6 72. Ke3 Nf5+ 73. Kf3 Kc4 74. Nh3 Nd4+ 75. Ke3 Nf5+ 76. Kf3 Kd4 77. Nf2 Nd6 78. Nh3 Ne4 79. Ng1 Kd3 80. Kg2 Nd2 81. Kf2 Ke4 82. Ne2 Nb1 83. Ng1 h4 84. Nh3 Kf5 85. gxh4 Kg4 86. f5 gxf5 87. Ke3 Nc3 88. Nf2+ Kg3 89. Nd3 Nd5+ 90. Kd4 Nf4 91. Nc5 Kxh4 92. Ke3 Kg3 93. Nb3 Ne6 94. Nd2 f4+ 95. Ke2 Ng5 96. Kf1 f3 97. Kg1 f2+ 98. Kf1 f5 {0-1 (98) Alekseenko,K (2698)-Giri,A (2763) Ekaterinburg 2020 CBM 195 [Giri,A]}) (8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Ba7 (10... Nh7 11. d4 Bb6 (11... Ba7 12. h3 h5 13. Nbd2 h4 14. Bh2 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Bxd4 17. Nf3 Bxb2 18. Rb1 Bg7 19. e5 d5 20. Bxd5 c6 21. Bxf7+ Kxf7 22. e6+ Bxe6 23. Qc2 Kg8 24. Rxe6 Qd5 25. Rd6 Qf5 26. Qxf5 Rxf5 27. Rxb7 Rb5 28. Rxg7+ Kxg7 29. Be5+ Kf8 30. Rd7 Re8 31. Bd4 Re7 32. Rd6 Rc7 33. Be5 Re7 34. Bd4 Rc7 35. Be5 Re7 36. Bd4 {1/2-1/2 (36) Carlsen,M (2847)-Aronian,L (2781) chess24.com INT 2021}) 12. dxe5 h5 13. h4 Bg4 14. Nbd2 Nxe5 15. Be2 Nxf3+ 16. Nxf3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 gxh4 18. Bh2 h3 19. e5 Qh4 20. Qd2 dxe5 21. Rxe5 Rad8 22. Qe2 Ng5 23. Bxb7 f6 24. Re7 Rf7 25. Rxf7 Kxf7 26. Re1 Kg6 27. Qc2+ f5 28. Qe2 hxg2 29. Bxg2 Qg4 30. Kf1 h4 31. b3 Qxe2+ 32. Kxe2 Re8+ 33. Kf1 Rxe1+ 34. Kxe1 h3 35. Bd5 Ne4 36. Bxe4 fxe4 37. Ke2 Kf5 38. f3 c6 39. b4 a4 40. c4 Bd4 41. fxe4+ Kxe4 42. Kf1 Kd3 43. b5 cxb5 44. cxb5 Kc4 45. Ke2 Kxb5 46. Kf3 Kb4 47. Kg4 Ka3 48. Kxh3 Kxa2 49. Bd6 Kb3 50. Kg2 Bc3 {0-1 (50) Van Foreest,J (2612)-Ding,L (2813) Wijk aan Zee 2019 CBM 188 [Huebner,R]}) 11. Na3 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Nc2 Bg6 14. Bh2 Nh5 15. d4 Nf6 16. dxe5 Nxe4 17. Ne3 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Ng4 h5 20. Rxe4 Bxe4 21. Qxd8 Rfxd8 22. Nf6+ Kg7 23. Nxe4 f6 24. g4 h4 25. a4 c6 26. Kf1 Kg6 27. Ke2 Rab8 28. Be6 Kg7 29. f3 Re8 30. Bc4 Red8 31. Bd3 Kf7 32. Nd2 Ke7 33. Nc4 Rd5 34. Be4 Rc5 35. Nd2 b5 36. Bg1 { 1-0 (36) Giri,A (2790)-Eljanov,P (2765) Stavanger 2016 CBM 172 [Pavlovic,M]}) 8... h6 9. Nbd2 {[%CAl Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3,Bg3f5][%mdl 32]} a4 {The position is equal.} 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Nf1 Ne7 12. Bxd7 Nxd7 13. d4 {[#]} Ba7 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 13... Bb6 14. Ng3 Re8 15. Be3 exd4 16. cxd4 d5 17. e5 Nf8 18. Rc1 Qd7 19. Re2 Nf5 {1-0 (65) Antipov,M (2584)-Fedoseev,V (2678) Lichess.org INT 2020}) 14. Ng3 b5 15. Be3 Ng6 16. Qd3 Rb8 17. Nf5 Re8 18. Rad1 Qf6 19. Nh2 exd4 20. cxd4 Qe6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] This move loses the game for Black.} (20... Qd8 $16 {was called for.}) 21. d5 $18 Qxe4 22. Qxe4 ({Weaker is} 22. Bxa7 Qxd3 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 $18) 22... Rxe4 23. Bxa7 Rbe8 24. Rxe4 Rxe4 25. Nf3 Nf6 26. Bd4 Nxd5 27. Bxg7 Nb4 28. a3 {White is clearly winning.} Nc6 29. Bxh6 Na5 30. Bd2 Nc4 31. Bc3 Nf4 32. Kf1 Ne2 33. Nd2 Nxc3 34. bxc3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/ Black=0.40} 1-0
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