[Event "Asian Hybrid-ch 2021"]
[Site "Tornelo"]
[Date "2021.05.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Mohammad Fahad, Rahman"]
[Black "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2021.05.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 21,84,23,24,22,29,35,36,26,29,27,56,35,57,63,53,52,63,75,77,47,59,51,70,
70,53,48,53,0,0,0,17,-8,-7,-44,-54,-66,0,-26,-25,-25,-26,-20,-20,-19,0,-22,-18,
-23,-27,-22,-14,-155,-13,-206,-232,-257,-220,-214,-217,-1470,-1629,-1579,-1550,
-1358,-886]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 ({
Another battling ground was the} 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 {line:} {Caruana failed
to make any inroads after the standard} 8. g3 (8. Ng1 {is an original idea,
which has been tested mostly with shorter time controls. White has been
scoring heavily here, but the knight manoeuvre looks too artificial:} b5 9. Nf3
Bb7 10. Ng5 Be7 (10... b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bc4 $1 Nf6 (12... Nf4 13. Nxf7 Qc7
14. Bb3 $44) 13. Bxf7+ (13. Nxf7 Qc7 14. Bb3 Rg8 $13) 13... Ke7 14. O-O Nc6 15.
a3 a5 16. Be3 g6 17. Bxg6 Rg8 18. Bf5 Bc8 19. axb4 Bxf5 20. exf5 axb4 {
Nepomniachtchi,I (2714)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2758) Beijing blitz 2014} 21. Qd3 $5
$36 {[%CAl Yf2f4]}) 11. Qf3 (11. a3 $142 $13 {Bosch}) 11... Nbd7 (11... Nc6 $5
12. Be3 Nd4 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Nb1 {Narayanan,S (2464)-Marek,M (2326) Pardubice
2015} O-O 15. Bd3 Nd7 $17) 12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 O-O 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Bd3 Nc5 16.
O-O d5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Qg3 Nxd3 19. cxd3 Nd7 20. Qh4 f6 21. Ne4 Qf7 22. f3
Bxe4 23. dxe4 Nc5 $15 {Svidler,P (2727)-Sasikiran,K (2639) Berlin rpd 2015})
8... Be6 9. Bg2 b5 (9... Nbd7 10. a4 Be7 11. O-O Rc8 12. Be3 Nb6 13. b3 d5 $5
14. Bxb6 Qxb6 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bd7 17. c4 Qd6 18. a5 f5 19. Qd3 h4 $44 {
Caruana,F (2820)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2757) Wijk aan Zee 2015 This positional
sacrifice brought Black a resounding victory - see the notes by MVL himself in
CBM 165.} 20. Rab1 e4 21. Qd4 Bf6 22. Qe3 hxg3 23. fxg3 Qc5 24. Qxc5 Rxc5 25.
Rbc1 Rxa5 26. c5 {Niegsch,N (2096)-Kramer,J (2254) Willingen 2015} Bb5 $36) 10.
O-O Nbd7 11. Be3 (11. a4 $5 b4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. Bd2 Rb8 15. Qe1
Be7 16. Bxb4 Qb6 17. c3 Nc5 18. a5 Qb5 19. Bxc5 {Saric,I (2680)-Duda,J (2599)
Doha 2014} Qxc5 20. b4 Qa7 $44 {For more details see the notes to this game in
CBM 164 by Havasi.}) 11... Be7 12. Nd5 (12. f4 Rc8 13. b3 Nc5 14. f5 Bd7 15.
Bg5 Qb6 16. Kh1 Bc6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. h4 Qb7 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Bd8 21. Qe1
Kf8 22. Rc1 Nd7 23. Qb4 Qb6 24. a4 bxa4 25. Qxa4 Nf6 26. c4 a5 $15 {Nigmatov,O
(2330)-Lu,S (2614) Tashkent 2016}) 12... Nxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. f4 Qc8 15. Rc1
O-O 16. b3 exf4 17. Bxf4 Qc5+ 18. Nd4 Bf6 19. Be3 Rfe8 $5 20. Nxf5 Rxe3 21. Kh1
Re5 22. c4 b4 23. Qxh5 g6 24. Qg4 Rxf5 25. Rxf5 Ne5 26. Rxe5 Bxe5 27. Rf1 Qd4
$11 {[%csl Ge5,Rg2] ^-, Caruana,F (2805)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2723) Stavanger
2015}) 6... Ng4 7. Bc1 (7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h4 (10. h3 {is far
more popular and principled}) 10... Nc6 11. Nxc6 (11. Nb3 gxh4 12. Rxh4 h5 $13)
11... bxc6 12. Bc4 Qa5 13. Qf3 Ne5 $5 $146 (13... Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Qxg4
Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Qxc3+ 17. Ke2 Qc4+ 18. Kd2 Qd4+ {½, Ivanchuk,V (2731)
-Dominguez Perez,L (2754) Beijing blitz 2013}) 14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15. Bxf7+ Kd8 16.
hxg5 Rb8 17. Bb3 (17. Nd1 Qxg5 18. Qh5 Qxg2 19. Qa5+ Kd7 20. Be6+ Ke8 21. Qh5+
Kd8 $11) 17... Rf8 18. Qe3 Qxg5 19. Qxg5 hxg5 $44 20. f3 $6 (20. Nd1 Be5 21. c3
Rf4 $44) 20... g4 21. Ke2 a5 22. Na4 Ba6+ 23. c4 $2 (23. Ke3 c5 $36) 23... Rb4
24. Rac1 gxf3+ 25. gxf3 Bd4 26. Rc2 c5 27. Rh2 Rg8 28. Rc1 Bc8 29. Nc3 Be6 $17
{Vallejo Pons,F (2684)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2765) EU-chT Reykjavik 2015}) 7...
Nf6 8. f3 e5 9. Nb3 Be6 {[%csl Gb7,Gc2,Gc6,Rc7,Gd3,Gd5,Rd6,Ge4,Re5,Ge6,Gf3,Rf6,
Gf7,Gg2,Rg7][%CAl Ge4d5,Gc6b7,Gc6b5,Gd5c4,Gc3d5,Gc3b5,Gf1b5,Re5d4,Rc3b2,Rc3b4,
Rd4c5,Gd5e4,Gf3g2,Gf3g4,Ge4f5,Ge6g4,Gf6g4,Gb3a2,Gb3a4]} 10. Be3 h5 (10... Be7 {
At this branching point Vachier Lagrave always preferred the text-move.} 11.
Qd2 O-O (11... Nbd7 12. O-O-O b5 13. g4 {leads to another crossroads:} {After}
b4 (13... O-O {tranposes back into the game.}) (13... Nb6 {is a specialty of
Ian Nepomniachtchi, as mentioned least year in the notes to Carlsen-So:} 14. g5
(14. Qf2 Nfd7 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nc4 17. Kb1 a5 18. Nd2 Qc7 19. h4 a4 20. a3
O-O 21. Bd3 Nf6 22. Be4 b4 23. axb4 Rfb8 24. Nxc4 Qxc4 25. Bd2 Nxe4 26. fxe4
Qxe4 27. Rhf1 Qxd5 $17 {Sevian,S (2573)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2705) Ashdod rpd 2015
}) 14... Nh5 15. Na5 (15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bd7 17. Na5 Qc7 18. Kb1 O-O 19. Rg1
g6 20. c4 f6 21. Rc1 Bf5+ 22. Ka1 Bd8 23. Nc6 fxg5 24. cxb5 $146 (24. Nxd8 Qxd8
25. Bxg5 Qd7 26. h4 Rac8 27. Be2 Nf4 28. Bxf4 exf4 29. h5 Rfe8 30. hxg6 hxg6
31. Bd3 bxc4 32. Bxc4 Re3 $132 {Horvat,M (2423)-Granski,M (2507) email 2012})
24... axb5 25. Bxb5 Nf4 26. Nxd8 Qxd8 27. Rc6 Qe7 28. Bc4 Kh8 29. Qb4 Rfd8 30.
Bb6 Rd7 31. a4 Qf7 32. Qb5 Rb7 33. a5 Bd7 34. Rc1 Rbb8 35. Ba2 Qf5 {Dominguez
Perez,L (2732)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2703) Sochi 2016} 36. Qc4 $13) 15... Qc7 16.
Kb1 O-O 17. Rg1 b4 ({Ian possibly forgot the game} 17... d5 $1 18. exd5 Nxd5
19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Qf2 Nf4 21. Nb3 Qc6 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. Bd3 g6 $11 {/=/+,
Nepomniachtchi,I (2624)-Sjugirov,S (2588) Dagomys 2009}) 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5
Qxa5 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. Bh3 Nf4 22. Bxf4 Rxf4 23. Bxe6+ Kh8 24. Qe2 Raf8 25. Bd5
g6 26. Qe1 Qc5 27. Be4 $14 {Ponomariov,R (2706)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2719) Almaty
blitz 2016}) 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Nb6 16. f4 (16. Na5 Nbxd5 17. Nc4 $5 $44 {
Carlsen,M (2853)-So,W (2779) Saint Louis 2015 We have already mentioned this
game above, for detailed notes see CBM 168.}) 16... Nfxd5 17. Bxb6 Nxb6 18.
Qxb4 {Black also has} d5 $5 ({Last year we analysed only} 18... Qc7 {and} 19.
fxe5 dxe5 20. Qe4 O-O 21. h4 a5 22. Bd3 g6 23. a4 Rfd8 24. h5 Rac8 25. Kb1 Nd5
26. Bb5 Nf6 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Qe2 Bf8 29. c3 Nd5 30. Qc4 Qb6 31. Rf1 Qa7 32.
Qe4 Bg7 33. Bc4 Qb7 34. Re1 Qa8 35. Qf3 Nf4 36. Qxa8 Rxa8 37. h6 Bf6 38. Nc5
Ra7 39. b4 Rc7 40. Rd1 e4 41. Rd7 Rxd7 42. Nxd7 Bd8 43. b5 e3 44. Kc2 e2 45.
Kd2 Bg5 46. b6 Nd5+ 47. Kxe2 Nxb6 48. Nxb6 {1-0 (46) Papenin,N (2576)-Saenko,O
(2553) ICCF email 2010 Myers [Myers]}) (18... O-O 19. fxe5 a5 $5 $44) 19. Qc3 (
19. Qa5 e4 20. c4 O-O 21. c5 Nd7 22. Qxd8 Rfxd8 23. Rxd5 Nxc5 24. Rxd8+ (24.
Rxc5 Bxc5 25. Nxc5 Rac8 26. b4 a5 27. a3 axb4 28. axb4 Rb8 29. Na6 Rbc8+ $11)
24... Rxd8 25. Nxc5 Bxc5 26. Bxa6 Be3+ 27. Kc2 Rd2+ 28. Kc3 Rf2 29. f5 h5 $11 {
Hall,R (2640)-Van der Hoeven,D (2629) email 2012}) 19... Rc8 20. Qxe5 O-O 21.
Qe3 Qc7 22. c3 a5 23. Kb1 (23. Nd4 Bd6 $11) 23... a4 24. Nd4 a3 (24... Bc5 $5
$44) 25. b3 Qxc3 26. Qxc3 Rxc3 27. Bg2 Re8 28. Rhe1 Kf8 29. g5 Bb4 30. Rxe8+
Kxe8 31. Nb5 Re3 $132 {½, Petukhov,V (2150)-Kaan,J (2142) email 2014}) 12.
O-O-O Nbd7 (12... a5 13. a4 Na6 14. g4 Nb4 15. Kb1 Qc7 16. g5 Nh5 17. Bb5 Rac8
18. Rhg1 f5 19. gxf6 Nxf6 20. Qg2 Nh5 21. Nc1 Bf6 22. Nd3 Nxd3 23. Rxd3 Nf4 24.
Bxf4 exf4 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Be5 27. c3 Rf6 28. Qf2 b6 29. Ba6 Rb8 30. Bd3
$14 {Topalov,V (2772)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2768) Saint Louis 2014 See the notes
to this game in CBM 162 by Havasi. Afterwards MVL abandoned the line with 10...
a5.}) 13. g4 b5 {tranposes back into the game.} 14. h4 {Caruana tries a new
approach.} ({Earlier in blitz he went for} 14. a3 Nb6 15. Na5 Rc8 16. g5 (16.
Kb1 Qc7 (16... d5 $1 17. Nb7 Qd7 18. Bxb6 d4 $40) 17. g5 Nh5 18. h4 {- 14.Kb1}
Ng3 19. Rh2 (19. Rg1 Nxf1 20. Rgxf1 f6 21. gxf6 Rxf6 22. Bg5 Rg6 23. f4 exf4
24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. Rxf4 $14 {Demchenko,A (2589)-Najer,E (2681) Gjakova 2016})
19... Nxf1 20. Rxf1 Rfd8 21. Bxb6 Qxb6 22. Nd5 Qa7 23. h5 $36 Bf8 24. h6 g6 25.
f4 Bxd5 26. exd5 Re8 27. Nc6 Qd7 28. fxe5 dxe5 29. Rhf2 e4 30. Rxf7 e3 31. Qe2
Qxf7 32. Rxf7 Kxf7 {Caruana,F (2795)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2788) chess.com INT
blitz 2016} 33. Qf3+ Kg8 34. d6 e2 35. Qb3+ Kh8 36. Qc3+ Kg8 37. Ne7+ Rxe7 38.
dxe7 Rxc3 39. e8=Q $18) 16... Nh5 17. Kb1 $142 (17. h4 Ng3 18. Rh2 Nxf1 (18...
d5 $5) (18... Na4 $1 {/\} 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Nc3 $17) 19. Rxf1 b4 20. axb4
d5 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 {Caruana,F (2795)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2788) chess.com
INT blitz 2016} Qxd5 23. Qxd5 Bxd5 24. Rd2 Ba8 $11) 17... g6 (17... Qc7 18. h4
{- 14.Kb1}) 18. h4 Ng3 19. Rh2 Nxf1 20. Rxf1 Na4 21. Nxa4 bxa4 22. Rd1 Qc7 23.
h5 d5 24. exd5 Bxd5 25. hxg6 Be6 26. Rdh1 Bf5 27. gxh7+ Kh8 28. Qd5 (28. Qe1
Rfd8 29. Bb6 Bxc2+ 30. Ka1 Qxb6 31. Qxe5+ Bf6 32. gxf6 Qd4 $132 {½, Efremov,A
(2541)-Riccio,E (2606) email 2011}) 28... Be6 29. Qb7 Qxb7 30. Nxb7 Rc7 {
½, Wuerschner,M (2438)-Jensen,E (2501) email 2013} 31. Na5 Rb8 $44) ({Black
holds the balance in the more forcing line} 14. g5 b4 {and now:} {There are no
important new developments after} 15. Ne2 (15. Na4 Nh5 16. Qxb4 d5 17. Qa5 Qxa5
$5 (17... Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5+ 19. Kb1 dxe4 20. Nd4 Qf6 21. Nxe6 Qxe6 22. fxe4
Ndf6 23. b3 (23. Nc3 $5) 23... Nxe4 24. Bc4 Qf5 25. Rhf1 Nf4 26. Bd3 Qg6 27.
Rg1 Qf5 28. Rgf1 Qg6 29. Rg1 Qf5 30. Rgf1 {½, Dominguez Perez,L (2734)
-Vachier Lagrave,M (2754) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015 For more details see the notes
to this game in CBM 167 by Ftacnik.}) 18. Nxa5 d4 19. Bd2 Bxa2 20. Nc6 (20. Bh3
Be6 21. Bg4 g6 22. Bxh5 gxh5 23. Nc6 Bd6 24. Bb4 Bxb4 25. Nxb4 Rfc8 26. Nd3 {
Manole,G-Secrieru,I email 2005} Bc4 $132) 20... Bd6 21. Nc3 Be6 22. Nd5 Bxd5
23. exd5 Nb6 24. f4 e4 25. Ba5 Nxd5 26. Rxd4 Rfc8 27. Ne5 Nhxf4 28. Nc4 Be7 29.
Bd2 Re8 30. Rxe4 Bxg5 $11 {Inarkiev,E (2686)-Wojtaszek,R (2722) Gjakova 2016})
15... Ne8 16. f4 a5 17. f5 a4 18. fxe6 axb3 19. cxb3 (19. exf7+ Rxf7 20. cxb3
Rxa2 21. Ng3 Rxf1 22. Rhxf1 Ra1+ 23. Kc2 Qc8+ 24. Kd3 Qa6+ 25. Kc2 Qc6+ $11 {
Lu Shanglei (2619)-Wen,Y (2614) Xinghua 2016}) 19... fxe6 20. Ng3 $6 ({The
main line} 20. Bh3 $142 Rxa2 21. Bxe6+ Kh8 22. Ng3 Nc7 {is still considered
tenable - see Radjabov-Vachier Lagrave, Tashkent 2014.}) 20... Rf3 21. Kb1 Qa5
22. Bc4 Bxg5 (22... d5 $1 23. exd5 Nb6 $40) 23. a4 Nc5 24. Nf5 {½, Hracek,Z
(2613)-Ragger,M (2695) Germany 2015} {Now the position is not so clear anymore
after} Nxa4 (24... Bxe3 25. Nxe3 Kh8 $5 $15) 25. Bxg5 Nc3+ 26. Kc2 Nxe4 27. Ra1
Nxd2 28. Rxa5 Rxa5 29. Bxe6+ Kh8 30. Bxd2 $13) ({Similar to 12.a3 is} 14. Rg1
Nb6 15. Na5 Rc8 16. g5 Nh5 17. Kb1 g6 (17... Qc7 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Bxd5 20.
Qxd5 Qxa5 21. Bd3 g6 22. c4 (22. Rg4 $5 $44) 22... Nf4 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. cxb5
axb5 25. Qxb5 Qa7 26. Be4 Rc7 27. Bd5 Qf2 28. Qb3 Qxh2 29. a4 Qf2 30. Rc1 Ra7
$132 {Caruana,F (2844)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2757) Tashkent 2014 For details see
the notes to this game in CBM 163 by Ftacnik.} 31. Qb4 Qe3 32. Rcd1 Qe5 33. Qb5
Kg7 34. Bc6 Rc8 35. Rg2 d5 36. Bxd5 Rc5 37. Qb3 Bxg5 38. Bc4 Bf6 39. Re2 Qf5+
40. Re4 Re5 41. Rde1 Rxe4 42. Rxe4 Re7 43. Bd3 Rxe4 44. Bxe4 Qd7 45. Qb5 Qxb5
46. axb5 Bd4 47. Kc2 h5 48. b6 Bxb6 49. Kd1 f5 50. Bc6 g5 51. Bd7 Kf6 52. Ke2
g4 53. Kf1 Kg5 {0-1 (51) Caruana,F (2844)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2757) Tashkent
2014 CBM 163 [Ftacnik,L]}) 18. a3 Qc7 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Bd7 21. h4 (21. Bd3
Bd8 22. Nc6 Bxc6 23. dxc6 d5 24. c3 Qxc6 25. Bc2 d4 26. cxd4 {Dominguez Perez,
L (2726)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2758) Beijing rpd 2014} Bb6 $1 27. Be4 Qd6 $11)
21... Bd8 22. Nc6 Bxc6 23. dxc6 Qxc6 24. Bh3 Rc7 25. Qxd6 Qxc2+ 26. Ka1 Nf4 27.
Bg4 b4 28. Rc1 Qb3 29. Bxf4 exf4 30. Rxc7 bxa3 31. Rg2 Bxc7 32. Qxc7 Rb8 {
Saric,I (2666)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2757) Wijk aan Zee 2015} 33. Qc1 axb2+ 34.
Rxb2 Qa4+ 35. Ra2 Qd4+ 36. Rb2 $11) 14... Nb6 15. Qf2 (15. Bxb6 $6 Qxb6 16. Nd5
Bxd5 17. exd5 a5 18. Kb1 a4 19. Nc1 b4 20. h5 h6 21. Bc4 Nd7 22. Nd3 Rab8 23.
Rhe1 Bg5 24. Qf2 Qa5 25. Nc1 Nb6 26. Re4 Rfc8 $40 {Nosov,M (2169)-Borovikov,V
(2584) Alushta 2009}) (15. g5 Nh5 16. Na5 $5 (16. Qf2 Nc4 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Nc5
Qc7 19. N5a4 Rab8 20. Nb6 Nf4 21. Bxf4 Rxb6 22. Be3 Rb7 23. Kb1 Rfb8 24. Bc1
Qa5 25. Qd2 Rb4 26. Ka1 Qb6 27. Nd5 Bxd5 28. c3 Ra4 29. exd5 Qb3 {0-1 (27)
Rizouk,A (2493)-Iotov,V (2417) Padron 2004}) 16... Rc8 (16... b4 $6 17. Nc6
bxc3 18. Qxc3) 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bd7 19. Rg1 g6 20. Kb1 Qc7 21. c4 Bd8 22.
Nc6 Bxc6 23. dxc6 Qxc6 24. cxb5 axb5 25. Bh3 Rc7 26. Bg4 Be7 27. Rc1 Qb7 28.
Rxc7 Qxc7 29. Rc1 Qb7 30. Qc2 Qd5 31. Rd1 {½, Chacon,P (2537)-Dothan,Y (2589)
email 2007}) ({Too slow is} 15. h5 $6 b4 16. Nb1 a5 17. g5 Nfd7 18. g6 h6 19.
gxf7+ Rxf7 20. Rg1 Kh8 $36 {/\} 21. Bxh6 Bxb3 $17) 15... Rb8 (15... Nc4 16.
Bxc4 bxc4 17. Nc5 Qc7 18. N5a4 Rab8 19. h5 Qc6 20. Nb6 Bd8 21. g5 Ne8 22. Nbd5
f5 $14 {/<=>, Szalanczy,E (2420)-Vaulin,A (2520) Kecskemet 1992}) ({A more
usual reaction is the immediate} 15... Nfd7 16. Kb1 (16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nc4
18. Bd3 Nxe3 (18... Ndb6 19. Kb1 Na4 20. Bc1 e4 21. Bxe4 Bf6 22. c3 b4 23. Rd4
Qb6 24. cxb4 Bxd4 25. Qxd4 Qxb4 26. h5 f6 27. Bd3 Rfc8 28. h6 Rab8 29. Qe4 Na3+
30. bxa3 Qxe4 31. fxe4 Nc5 32. Bc2 a5 33. Bb2 Na4 34. Bd4 Nc3+ 35. Bxc3 Rxc3
36. a4 Rc4 37. hxg7 Rxa4 38. Ka1 Rc8 39. Kb2 Rb4 40. Bd1 a4 41. Ka3 Rxe4 42.
Na5 Rc1 43. Kb2 Rc5 44. Nc6 Kxg7 45. Rh5 Rcc4 46. Rh3 Rf4 47. Ka3 f5 48. gxf5
Rh4 49. Rg3+ Kf6 50. Be2 Rc2 51. Re3 Rd2 52. Bd3 h5 53. Re6+ Kf7 54. Be4 Rg4
55. f6 Kf8 56. Bf5 Rg3+ 57. Kxa4 Rxd5 58. Be4 Rd2 59. a3 h4 60. Nd8 Rg4 61. Kb5
Rb2+ 62. Kc6 Rb8 63. Kc7 Rb5 64. Kxd6 h3 65. Bc6 {1-0 (63) Almasi,Z (2646)
-Naiditsch,A (2657) Wijk aan Zee 2006 CBM 111 [Ftacnik,L]}) 19. Qxe3 Qb6 20.
Qe2 (20. Qxb6 Nxb6 21. Na5 Rac8 22. Be4 g6 23. Nc6 Bd8 24. g5 Nd7 25. c3 Kg7
26. Rhg1 f5 27. gxf6+ Nxf6 $15 {Shabalov,A (2595)-Naiditsch,A (2657) Moscow
2006}) 20... a5 21. Nd2 Nc5 22. Ne4 a4 23. Kb1 a3 24. b3 Rfc8 25. Bxb5 Nxe4 26.
fxe4 Rc3 27. Bc6 Rb8 28. Rd3 Rxd3 29. Qxd3 Bxh4 30. Rf1 Bg5 31. c3 g6 32. Kc2
Kg7 $11 {Perelshteyn,E (2601)-Sevillano,E (2548) Reno 2006}) 16... Qc7 (16...
Nc4 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Nc1 Qc7 19. N1e2 Rfb8 20. Ka1 a5 21. Ng3 a4 22. a3 Qb7
23. Rb1 d5 24. Nf5 Bf8 25. exd5 Bxd5 26. Rhd1 $14 {Santana Penate,G (2590)
-Ajoy,M (2328) email 2007}) 17. Nd5 (17. g5 b4 $1 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Bf5 20.
Bd3 Bxd3 21. cxd3 a5 22. Rc1 Qb7 23. Rc6 a4 24. Nd2 Qb5 25. Qe2 b3 26. a3 Qxd5
$17 {Svidler,P (2713)-Kasparov,G (2812) Wijk aan Zee blitz 1999}) 17... Bxd5
18. exd5 Nc4 19. Bd3 a5 20. Bg5 Ndb6 21. Qe1 Rfb8 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Nd4 Qf6 24.
Nc6 e4 25. Bxc4 Nxc4 26. Rd4 e3 27. g5 Qxf3 28. Nxb8 Rxb8 $44 {Manso Gil,A
(2301)-Benlloch Guirau,A (2382) email 2007}) 16. g5 (16. Kb1 Qc7 17. g5 Nh5 18.
Bh3 b4 19. Ne2 Bxh3 20. Rxh3 {Aroshidze,L (2230)-Gashimov,V (2370) Baku 1999}
Rfc8 21. Rc1 Nc4 22. Nd2 d5 23. exd5 Nxd2+ 24. Bxd2 Qc4 $15) (16. Nc5 b4 17.
N3a4 Nxa4 18. Nxa4 Qc7 19. Kb1 Bd7 20. Nb6 Bxg4 21. Bxa6 Be6 22. b3 {Cherkasov,
N-Pisulinski,J (2345) Polanica Zdroj 1992} Qc6 23. Bd3 d5 $132) 16... Nfd7 $146
{[%mdl 8] Here this move is new.} (16... Nh5 $5 {also deserves attention:} 17.
Nc5 (17. Be2 {Waardenburg,L (1580)-Chang,H (1757) Borne 2013} Qc7 $5 $15 {
[%CAl Yb6c4] /\Nc4}) 17... b4 18. Nb1 $5 (18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Ne2 Nc4 20. Bh3 Qd7
21. Bg4 g6 $13 {looks dangerous, but Black isn't without counterplay.}) 18...
Bxa2 (18... d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Bh3 Qd6 22. Bg4 (22. Bc5 Qxc5
23. Qxc5 Bxc5 24. Bxe6+ Kh8 25. Bxd5 Be3+ 26. Nd2 Rfd8 $36) 22... Nhf4 23. Bxf4
Rxf4 24. Rhe1 Rc8 $14 {/<=>}) 19. Nxa6 (19. b3 a5 20. Kb2 $44) 19... Nc4 $5 (
19... Rb7 20. Nxb4 $16) 20. Nxb8 Qxb8 21. b3 Nxe3 22. Qxe3 Nf4 23. Bc4 Qc7 $44
{[%CAl Yd6d5,Ye7c5]}) 17. f4 (17. Na5 Rc8 {is now useless -} 18. Nd5 $2 {
runs into} Nxd5 19. exd5 Qxa5 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. Kb1 d5 22. Bh3 Rc6 $17) (17.
Kb1 Rc8 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Bf5 $13) 17... exf4 {Black naturally doesn't
want to allow f5.} (17... f5 18. Bh3 $1 $36 (18. gxf6 Nxf6 $15)) (17... Na4 18.
Nd5 (18. f5 $5 Nxc3 19. bxc3 $40) 18... Bxd5 19. exd5 $36) 18. Bxf4 Rc8 {
[%CAl Yc8c3]} 19. Nd5 (19. Bxd6 Bxd6 20. Rxd6 Qc7 (20... Rxc3 21. bxc3 Qc7 22.
Qd4 $16) 21. Rd4 f6 $132) ({Caruana changes the character of the positon, but
the restrained} 19. Qg3 $5 Re8 20. Kb1 $14 {was perhaps more promising.}) 19...
Nxd5 (19... Bxd5 $6 20. exd5 {[%csl Gf1] is a positional concession, the Bf1
is potentially very strong and also the tactics don't work:} f6 21. Qh2 {/\} (
21. g6 $5 hxg6 22. Qg2 $36) 21... fxg5 22. hxg5 Rxf4 $2 23. Qxh7+ Kf7 24. Qh5+
g6 (24... Kf8 25. Qh8+ Kf7 26. g6+ Kxg6 27. Qh5+ Kf6 28. Rg1 $18) 25. Qh7+ Ke8
26. Qxg6+ Rf7 27. Rh8+ Nf8 28. Kb1 $5 $18 {[%CAl Rf1e2,Re2h5]}) 20. exd5 Bg4
21. Be2 (21. Re1 f6 $132) 21... Bxe2 22. Qxe2 Re8 23. Qf3 Qc7 24. Nd4 Nb6 25.
Rhe1 (25. Nc6 $6 Nxd5 $15) ({White can try to play on the f-file with} 25. Kb1
Qc4 26. Bc1 {[%CAl Gf1f7] , but Black gets counterplay after} Qxd5 (26... Bf8
$5) 27. Qxd5 Nxd5 28. Nxb5 axb5 29. Rxd5 Rc5 30. Rhd1 f6 $132) 25... Bf8 26.
Rxe8 Rxe8 {Black's pieces seem passive, but he has play on the open files and
against the Pd5.} 27. Nf5 (27. Nc6 $6 Rc8 {[%CAl Rb6d5]}) (27. Rf1 Qc4 28. Bxd6
Qxd5 29. Bxf8 Qxf3 30. Rxf3 Kxf8 $11) 27... Qc4 {Possibly not ideal.} (27... g6
$5 28. Nh6+ Bxh6 29. gxh6 Nd7 30. h5 Nf6 31. hxg6 (31. Bxd6 Qxd6 32. Rf1 gxh5
33. Qxf6 Qxf6 34. Rxf6 Re5 35. Rxa6 Kf8 $132) 31... fxg6 $13 {[%CAl Yf6e4]
might be tenable for Black, but one can understand MVL is reluctant to weaken
his >>.}) (27... Nc4 28. h5 Ne5 $132) 28. b3 (28. Kb1 $143 Nxd5 29. Bxd6 Nb4
$11 (29... g6 $5 30. Bxf8 gxf5 31. Bh6 f4 32. c3 Ne3 33. Rd4 Qe6 $11 {[%CAl
Re6g6]})) 28... Qb4 29. c3 Rc8 30. Rd3 {[%mdl 512] An interesting
pawn-sacrifice.} ({White can also fight for an advantage with} 30. Kc2 Qc5 31.
Ng3 $5 (31. Kb2 a5 32. Ng3 a4 33. Ne4 Qc7 $13) 31... Qa3 (31... b4 32. Ne4 Qa5
33. a4 bxc3 (33... bxa3 34. Nxd6 Bxd6 35. Bxd6 Re8 36. Rf1 $14) 34. Bxd6 Nc4
35. Bxf8 Kxf8 36. Rd3 $36 Rb8 (36... Ne5 $2 37. Qf5) (36... Na3+ 37. Kc1 c2 38.
Rc3 $16) 37. Rxc3 Ne5 38. Qd1 $16) 32. Kb1 $5 Na4 33. bxa4 Rxc3 34. Qf2 g6 $5 (
34... Qb4+ 35. Qb2 Qxa4 36. Qxc3 Qxd1+ 37. Kb2 Qxd5 38. Qe3 $14) 35. Bc1 Rxc1+
36. Rxc1 Qd3+ 37. Qc2 (37. Rc2 Qd1+ 38. Kb2 Bg7+ 39. Ka3 Qg4 40. axb5 axb5 41.
Ne4 Qxe4 42. Rc8+ Bf8 $132) 37... Qxg3 38. axb5 axb5 39. Qe4 h6 $14) 30... Nxd5
31. Bd2 (31. Bxd6 $2 Rxc3+ 32. Rxc3 Qxc3+ 33. Qxc3 Nxc3 $15) 31... Nb6 $8 (
31... Qa3+ $2 32. Kb1 {[%csl Ra3]} Nb6 33. Be3 (33. Nh6+ $5 gxh6 34. gxh6 $40)
33... Nc4 (33... Nd7 34. Qb7) 34. Bc1 $18) 32. Kb1 Qc5 33. Be3 Qc7 (33... Qc6
34. Qxc6 Rxc6 35. Nd4 Rc7 36. Nxb5 axb5 37. Bxb6 $14) 34. Qf4 {[%mdl 256] Now
Black consolidates his defensive ranks. White had more testing continuations,
but Fabiano was running short of time.} (34. Bf4 $5 Rd8 (34... Qc6 $5) 35. h5
$44) (34. Nh6+ $5 gxh6 35. gxh6 {[%CAl Re3b6,Rf3g4]} Nd7 36. Qf5 (36. Qg4+ Kh8
37. Qg5 f6 38. Bd4 Qd8 39. Rg3 Bxh6 40. Qxh6 Qe7 $11 {[%CAl Yd7e5]}) 36... Ne5
(36... f6 37. Bd2 Kh8 38. Rg3 $18 {[%CAl Rf5d5,Rf5e6]}) 37. Bd4 Bxh6 $1 (37...
Ng6 38. h5 $1 $18 {[%CAl Rh5g6,Rf5f6]}) 38. Bxe5 dxe5 39. Rd7 Qxd7 40. Qxd7
Rxc3 41. Qe8+ (41. Qd6 Bf8 42. Qxa6 b4 $132) 41... Bf8 42. Qxe5 Rc6 $11) 34...
Re8 $1 35. h5 (35. Nxd6 $142 $1 Rxe3 (35... Bxd6 $2 36. Qxd6 Qxd6 37. Rxd6 $16)
36. Qxe3 (36. Rxe3 $2 Nd5 $19) 36... Bxd6 37. Qe8+ Bf8 38. Rd8 Qc5 39. b4 Qf5+
40. Kc1 Qf1+ 41. Kc2 Qf5+ $11) 35... Re6 (35... Re5 36. Bd4 Re1+ 37. Kc2 (37.
Kb2 $2 Nc4+ 38. bxc4 bxc4 $19) 37... Nd5 38. Nh6+ $1 gxh6 39. Qg3 Nb4+ (39...
Bg7 40. gxh6 f6 41. Rd2 Qe7 $11) 40. Kd2 Be7 41. gxh6+ Kf8 42. Kxe1 Nxd3+ 43.
Qxd3 Qc6 $132) 36. Kc2 Qc6 (36... Nd7 $5 $15) 37. Bxb6 $2 $138 {Now the
advantage unequivocally passes to Black.} (37. Nd4 Qg2+ 38. Qf2 $5 (38. Rd2
Qe4+ $15) 38... Qxf2+ 39. Bxf2 Re5 40. Nc6 Re2+ 41. Rd2 Rxd2+ 42. Kxd2 $44 Nd5
43. a4 $1 bxa4 44. bxa4 Be7 45. Bh4 {[%CAl Rc3c4]} Bf8 $11) (37. Qg4 {[%CAl
Rf5d4,Rf5h6]} Re4 (37... Nd5 38. Nd4 (38. Nh6+ gxh6 39. gxh6+ Kh8 40. Bd4+ Re5
41. Kb2 f6 42. Qf3 Re6 43. Qf5 Re2+ 44. Ka1 Bxh6 (44... Re1+ $11) 45. Qxd5 Qxd5
46. Bxf6+ $11) 38... Qc5 39. Nxe6 Nxe3+ 40. Rxe3 Qxe3 41. Nxf8 Kxf8 42. Qc8+
Ke7 43. Qc7+ Ke6 44. Qc8+ $11) 38. Qg2 Qe8 39. Qh3 $44) 37... Qxb6 38. Rf3 (38.
Nd4 Re7 39. Rf3 d5 $15) 38... Qb7 $17 39. Ne3 $6 (39. Rf2 $142) 39... Re4 40.
Qg3 Re5 41. Qf4 (41. g6 fxg6 42. hxg6 Qe4+) (41. Rf4 Be7 42. Nf5 Qh1 $40) 41...
Rxg5 $1 $19 42. h6 gxh6 43. Rf2 Qd7 44. Nf5 Qe6 {0-1 (42) Caruana,F (2810)
-Vachier Lagrave,M (2798) Dortmund 2016 CBM 174 [Stohl,I] White has no
compensation at all and after the time-control it makes little sense to plod
on 3 pawns down.}) (10... Nbd7 11. g4 (11. Qd2 b5 12. O-O-O Nb6 13. Qf2 Nc4 14.
Bxc4 bxc4 15. Na5 Qd7 16. Rd2 Be7 17. Rhd1 Rb8 18. Bc5 Qc7 19. Rxd6 Qxa5 20.
Rxe6 fxe6 21. Bxe7 Rb7 22. Bd6 Nd7 23. Qh4 Qd8 24. Qh5+ g6 25. Qh6 Qf6 26. Ne2
Kf7 27. h4 g5 28. hxg5 Qxh6 29. gxh6 Rg8 30. g4 Rg6 31. Rh1 Rb6 32. Ba3 Rf6 33.
Rh3 Kg6 34. Kd2 Rf7 35. Ke3 Nf6 36. Nc3 Rd7 37. Rh1 Rc6 38. Na4 Rb7 39. Nc3 Rb8
40. Nd1 Ng8 41. Rh5 Nxh6 42. Rxe5 Nf7 43. Rh5 Rb5 44. Rh1 e5 45. Nc3 Rb7 46.
Nd5 Re6 47. Bb4 Kg7 48. Rh2 Ng5 49. Bc3 Kg8 50. Rf2 Rf7 51. Rf1 Re8 52. Ke2
Ref8 53. Bxe5 Nxe4 54. Ke3 Nc5 55. f4 Re8 56. Kd4 Nd7 57. Re1 Re6 58. Re2 Nxe5
59. fxe5 Rg7 60. Nf6+ Kf7 61. Kxc4 Rg5 62. Kd4 Rb6 63. c4 Ke6 64. b3 Rb8 65.
Re4 h6 66. Nd5 Rbg8 67. Nf4+ Ke7 68. e6 {1-0 (66) Anand,V (2792)-Gelfand,B
(2723) Wijk aan Zee 2006 CBM 111 [Ftacnik,L]}) 11... Nb6 12. g5 Nh5 13. Qd2 Be7
14. O-O-O O-O 15. Kb1 Rc8 16. Rg1 g6 17. Qf2 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20.
Rxd5 b5 21. h4 f6 22. Qd2 fxg5 23. Bxg5 Rxf3 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. Rxd6 Rf7 26.
Rxa6 Rxe4 27. Qd5 Rxh4 28. Qxb5 Nf4 29. a4 e4 30. Ra8+ Kg7 31. Re8 Qa7 32. Qe5+
Kh6 33. Qg5+ Kg7 34. Rxe4 Rh5 35. Qg3 Rh3 36. Qe1 Nd5 37. Nd4 Qb6 38. a5 Qb7
39. Ne6+ Kg8 40. Nd8 Qb5 41. Re8+ Kg7 42. Qe5+ {1-0 (42) Ding,L (2783)
-Ponomariov,R (2712) Khanty-Mansiysk 2017 CBM 179 [Stohl,I]}) 11. Qd2 (11. Nd5
Bxd5 12. exd5 Nbd7 13. c4 ({Less committal is} 13. Qd2 $142 g6 {, transposing
to the main line.}) 13... a5 $1 14. Be2 a4 15. Nd2 g6 16. Nb1 Bh6 17. Bxh6 Rxh6
18. Nc3 Qb6 19. Qd2 Rh8 20. O-O-O Kf8 21. g4 hxg4 22. fxg4 a3 23. b3 Rh3 24. g5
Rxc3+ 25. Qxc3 Ne4 $15 {Shirov,A (2684)-Giri,A (2798) Zuerich blitz 2016})
11... Nbd7 12. Nd5 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4
and 6 Be3 e5.} (12. a4 Be7 13. Be2 Nb6 14. O-O Rc8 15. Rfd1 O-O 16. a5 Nc4 17.
Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Nc1 Qc8 19. N1e2 Rd8 20. Bg5 Qc7 21. Kh1 b5 22. axb6 Qxb6 23. b3
Rc6 24. Qd3 Rdc8 $132 {Salgado Lopez,I (2618)-Ponomariov,R (2715) Gjakova 2016}
) (12. O-O-O Rc8 13. Kb1 Be7 14. h3 Qc7 15. Bd3 b5 16. g4 Nb6 17. Bxb6 Qxb6 18.
g5 Nd7 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 g6 21. Rhe1 Qc7 22. h4 Nb6 23. f4 exf4 24. Qxf4
O-O 25. Nd4 Rfe8 26. Nf5 Bf8 27. Nh6+ Bxh6 28. gxh6 Kh7 29. Qf6 Kxh6 30. Re6 {
1-0 (28) Morozevich,A (2749)-Sadvakasov,D (2585) Astana 2001 CBM 084 [Ftacnik,
L]}) 12... Bxd5 {Less committal is} 13. exd5 $142 g6 {, transposing to the
main line.} 14. O-O-O {White is slightly better.} (14. Be2 Bg7 (14... Qc7 15.
Rc1 (15. c4 a5 16. Rd1 a4 17. Na1 Qa5 18. Qxa5 Rxa5 19. Nc2 Bh6 20. Bf2 Ke7 21.
g3 Ne8 22. O-O f5 23. Rfe1 Nef6 24. Bf1 Kf7 25. Na3 e4 26. f4 g5 27. fxg5 Bxg5
28. Bd4 Ne5 29. Be2 h4 30. Rf1 Kg6 31. Nb5 Rxb5 32. cxb5 hxg3 33. hxg3 Rc8 34.
Rf2 Nfg4 35. Bxg4 Nxg4 36. Re2 Rc4 37. a3 Bf6 38. Ba7 Be5 39. Kg2 Nf6 40. Rdd2
Rc8 41. Bd4 Re8 42. Re1 Kg5 43. Bxe5 Rxe5 44. Rd4 f4 45. gxf4+ Kxf4 46. Rxa4
Rxd5 47. Re2 Rxb5 48. b4 Rg5+ 49. Kf1 Ng4 50. Ke1 Ne3 51. Rf2+ Ke5 52. Ra7 Rg7
53. a4 d5 54. a5 d4 55. a6 Rg1+ 56. Ke2 bxa6 57. Re7+ Kd5 58. Rd7+ Kc4 59. Rc7+
Kb3 60. Rh2 Rg3 61. Rd7 d3+ 62. Ke1 Rf3 63. Rh1 Nc4 64. Rd4 Re3+ 65. Kf2 Re2+
66. Kg3 Kc3 67. Rd8 d2 {0-1 (65) Caruana,F (2774)-Dominguez Perez,L (2723)
Thessaloniki 2013 CBM 155 [Ftacnik,L]}) 15... Bg7 16. O-O O-O 17. c4 b6 18. Na1
Kh7 19. h3 Ng8 20. g4 Qd8 21. gxh5 Qh4 22. hxg6+ fxg6 23. Bd3 Bh6 24. Rf2 Bxe3
25. Qxe3 Ne7 26. Rg2 Nf5 27. Bxf5 Rxf5 28. Nb3 Kg7 29. Nd2 Qxh3 30. Kf2 Raf8
31. Rcg1 R8f6 32. Ke2 e4 33. Nxe4 Rxf3 34. Rxg6+ Rxg6 35. Rxg6+ Kxg6 36. Qxf3
Qxf3+ 37. Kxf3 Ne5+ 38. Kf4 Nxc4 39. b3 Ne5 40. Nxd6 Nd3+ 41. Ke4 Nc1 42. Ke5
Nd3+ 43. Kd4 Nc1 44. Nc8 Kf7 45. Ke5 Ke8 46. Ke6 Kd8 47. d6 Nd3 48. Nxb6 Nf4+
49. Kf5 Ne2 50. Ke6 Nf4+ 51. Kf6 Ne2 52. d7 Nc3 53. Ke6 Nb5 54. Na4 Nc7+ 55.
Kd6 Nb5+ 56. Kc6 Nd4+ 57. Kd5 Nb5 58. Nc5 Kc7 59. Ke6 Nd4+ 60. Ke7 Nf5+ 61. Ke6
Nd4+ 62. Kf7 Nf5 63. Kf6 Ne3 64. Ke6 {1-0 (64) So,W (2731)-Dominguez Perez,L
(2768) Havana 2014 CBM 161 [Stohl,I]}) 15. O-O b6 16. c4 (16. a4 O-O 17. c3 Nh7
18. a5 b5 19. Nc1 Bf6 20. Nd3 Bg5 21. Nb4 f5 22. Nc6 Qf6 23. b4 Bxe3+ 24. Qxe3
h4 25. c4 bxc4 26. Bxc4 h3 27. g3 f4 28. Qe2 Ng5 29. Kh1 Rae8 $132 {[%CAl
Re5e4] Caruana,F (2804)-Giri,A (2782) Paris blitz 2016}) 16... O-O 17. Rae1 (
17. Rac1 Re8 18. Rc2 h4 19. Bg5 h3 20. g3 a5 21. Be3 Nc5 22. Qd1 Nxb3 23. axb3
Nd7 24. Re1 Nc5 $11 {Inarkiev,E (2660)-Areshchenko,A (2661) Germany 2016})
17... Re8 (17... Rc8 18. Kh1 a5 19. Bg5 Qc7 20. Na1 e4 21. Nc2 exf3 22. gxf3
Ne5 23. b3 Qd7 24. Nd4 Rfe8 25. Nb5 Nh7 26. Be3 Rb8 27. Bd1 Nf6 28. Bc2 $36 {
Ponomariov,R (2712)-Wojtaszek,R (2727) Huaian rpd 2016}) 18. h3 a5 19. Na1 b5
20. c5 (20. cxb5 Nb6 21. Bg5 $5 Nbxd5 $13) 20... Qb8 $1 21. cxd6 Rd8 (21... e4
$5 $132) 22. Rc1 Nb6 23. Bxb5 (23. Bc5 $142 Nbxd5 24. a4 bxa4 25. Bc4 Rxd6 26.
Bxd6 Qxd6 $44) 23... Nbxd5 24. Bc6 Nxe3 25. Qxe3 Ra6 26. d7 Nxd7 27. Bxd7 Rxd7
28. Nb3 Rad6 $15 {Bacrot,E (2695)-Areshchenko,A (2654) Ajaccio 2016}) 14... Nb6
15. Kb1 (15. Qa5 Bh6 16. Bxh6 Rxh6 17. g3 Kf8 18. Kb1 Kg7 19. Be2 Rh8 20. c4
Rc8 21. Rc1 Nfd7 ({Contrary to previous examples White didn't play Qb4 and
left his queen on a5. A possible improvement might be} 21... Nbd7 $5 $11) 22.
Rhd1 Rc7 (22... Nc5 23. Nd2 $5) 23. Qa3 Nc8 24. Nd2 Nf6 (24... Qe7 $142 $5) 25.
h3 Re7 26. g4 $1 hxg4 27. fxg4 e4 28. g5 Nd7 29. Bg4 e3 30. Qc3+ {Topalov,V
(2813)-Wojtaszek,R (2734) Skopje 2015} Kh7 $1 31. Nf3 Rhe8 32. h4 $14) (15. c4
$146 Rc8 16. Na5 Nbxd5 17. Bg5 b6 18. Nb7 Qc7 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 (19... Bh6 $5 20.
Bg5 Bxg5 21. Qxg5 Qxb7 22. Kb1 Qe7 23. Qxe7+ Nxe7 24. Rxd6 Rc6 $11) 20. Nxd6+
Bxd6 21. Qxd6 Nd7 22. Be2 a5 23. b3 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 Ke7 25. Rhd1 Rc7 26. Kb2 Rb8
27. R6d5 Ke6 28. Rd6+ Ke7 29. R6d5 Ke6 30. a3 Nf6 31. Rd6+ Ke7 32. R6d2 {
Dominguez Perez,L (2713)-Ponomariov,R (2706) Dortmund 2016} Rd7 $11 (32... h4
33. Bd3 Nh5 34. Re1 Kf6 35. Bc2 Nf4 36. g3 hxg3 37. hxg3 Ne6 38. Rd5 a4 39.
Rexe5 axb3 40. Bxb3 Nc5 41. f4 Rd7 42. Bc2 Rh8 43. Rxd7 Nxd7 44. Re3 Nc5 45.
Kc3 Rh2 46. a4 Rg2 47. Bb3 Rg1 48. Kb4 Rb1 49. Ka3 Ra1+ 50. Kb2 Rg1 51. Bc2 Rg2
52. Kc3 Rf2 53. Bb3 Rf1 54. Bc2 Rf2 55. Bd1 Rf1 56. Bb3 Rg1 57. Kb4 Rb1 58. a5
Nxb3 59. Rxb3 bxa5+ 60. Ka4 Rc1 61. Kb5 g5 62. fxg5+ Kxg5 63. c5 a4 64. Ra3 Kg4
65. c6 f5 66. Rd3 f4 67. gxf4 Kxf4 68. Kb6 Ke4 69. Rd2 Rb1+ 70. Kc5 Ke3 71. Ra2
Rc1+ 72. Kd6 Rd1+ 73. Ke5 Rc1 74. Ra3+ Ke2 75. Kd5 Rd1+ 76. Kc5 Rc1+ 77. Kb5 {
1-0 (75) Dominguez Perez,L (2713)-Ponomariov,R (2706) Dortmund 2016 CBM 174
[Ftacnik,L]})) 15... Rc8 $5 {[%mdl 4] 15...Qc7 is setting a new trend. A
promising side line.} 16. Qa5 Nfd7 17. Qb4 Qc7 18. c4 Bh6 19. Bxh6 Rxh6 {[#]}
20. Be2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20. Qd2 Rh8 21. Rc1 Kf8 22. Qe3 Kg7 23. g3 f5 24.
Bd3 Qd8 25. g4 hxg4 26. fxg4 f4 27. Qe4 Qe8 28. h4 {0-1 (41) Andrade,M (2120)
-Javina,D (2376) Grosseto 2010}) 20... h4 21. Rc1 Kf8 22. Qd2 Rh7 23. f4 exf4
$1 24. c5 ({White should try} 24. Qxf4 $14 Kg8 25. Rhe1) 24... dxc5 $11 {
Threatens to win with ...Qd6.} 25. d6 Qc6 26. Bf3 Qa4 27. Bxb7 Rb8 28. Bf3 Nc4
(28... h3 $15 29. gxh3 (29. Nxc5 Nxc5 30. Rxc5 Nc4 $17) 29... c4) 29. Qd5 (29.
Qc3 $5 {[%CAl Rc3c4]} Nxd6 30. Rhd1 $14) 29... Ne3 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is up
to no good.} 30. Nxc5 Nxd5 ({Reject} 30... Nxc5 $6 31. Qxc5 Kg8 32. Rhe1 $16)
31. Nxa4 Ne3 32. h3 g5 33. Rc7 Rd8 34. Rhc1 $1 Rh6 35. Rc8 Rxc8 36. Rxc8+ Kg7 {
With the idea ...Ne5.} 37. Rd8 $2 {Loses the game.} (37. Nc5 $1 $11 {and White
stays safe.} Nxc5 38. Rxc5) 37... Ne5 $19 ({Stronger than} 37... Rxd6 38. Nc5
$1 $11) 38. Nc5 {[#]} g4 $1 {[%CAl Rg4f3]} 39. Bxg4 N5xg4 40. hxg4 {[#]} (40.
b4 Nxg2 41. Ne4) 40... f3 $1 {[%mdl 64] Deflection, Promotion. Black is
clearly winning.} 41. gxf3 h3 42. g5 Rh4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.37/
Black=0.04} 0-1
