[Event "FIDE World Cup 2021"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2021.07.26"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2021.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 12,76,39,42,68,22,18,27,26,20,35,27,24,0,4,7,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,11,2,0,
0,-74,-60,-172,-164,-158,-157,-175,-158,-164,-152,-186,-178,-137,-36,-216,-173,
-249,-210,-342,-316,-368,-235,-426,-418,-426,-421,-476,-456,-776,-752,-737,
-672,-4802,-1396,-4690,-775,-5400,-900]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4
Nf6 5. O-O b5 (5... Bc5 $6 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 $1 d6 (7... d5 8. d4 dxe4 9. Nxe5
Nxe5 10. dxe5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Ng4 12. Bxe4 Nxf2 13. Bc6+ Ke7 14. Rd5 Bb6 15. Bg5+
$1 f6 16. exf6+ gxf6 17. Bh4 Ng4+ 18. Kh1 $14 {Svidler,P-Grischuk,A/Biel/2001})
8. d4 Bb6 9. a4 Bg4 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Qxa8 12. h3 Bh5 13. d5 Na7 14. Bg5
Nd7 15. Na3 $14 {Hracek,Z-Slobodjan,R/Lippstadt/2000}) 6. Bb3 Bc5 (6... Bb7 {
Stohl but the B can often be effectively used on the /^ c8-h3.}) 7. a4 (7. Nxe5
Nxe5 8. d4 Bxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. f4 Nc6 (10... c5 $5 11. Qd1 Ng6 12. Bd5 Nxd5 13.
Qxd5 Rb8 14. Qh5 Bb7 15. Nc3 b4 16. f5 bxc3 17. fxg6 fxg6 18. Qh3 Qe7 19. e5
Rf8 20. Rxf8+ $11 {1/2,Ivanchuk,V-Anand,V/Riga Tal mem/1995/}) 11. Qc3 Bb7 12.
e5 Ne4 13. Qe3 Na5 14. Nd2 Nxb3 15. cxb3 Nxd2 16. Bxd2 O-O 17. Bc3 Qh4 18. Rae1
Rfe8 19. Qf2 Qxf2+ 20. Rxf2 dxe5 $11 {1/2,Anand,V-Topalov,V/Linares/1997/})
7... Rb8 {[%csl Gc2,Gc7,Gd3,Gd6,Ge4,Ge5,Gf3,Gf6,Gg2,Gg7][%CAl Ge4d5,Gc6b7,
Gc6b5,Gd5c4,Ge5d4,Gc3b2,Gc3b4,Gd4c5,Gc6d4,Gc6b4] [#] C78: Ruy Lopez:
Archangelsk and Möller Defences.} ({Don't blunder} 7... Nxe4 $2 8. axb5 Nxf2
9. Qe2 $18 (9. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 10. Kxf2 Nd4 $16)) (7... Bb7 {Tisdall seems to be
marginally more popular.}) 8. Nxe5 (8. axb5 axb5 9. c3 (9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. d4
Bxd4 11. Qxd4 d6 12. f4 Nc6 13. Qc3 Ne7 14. e5 {A surprise - one presumed that
white would follow Judit's success against Shirov a while longer - but black's
position was not so bad there really, and Johann decides to deviate first.} (
14. Ra7 c5 (14... Bb7 $5 {Tisdall} 15. f5 O-O 16. Bg5 Nxe4 17. Qe3 Nxg5 18.
Qxg5 d5 19. f6 Ng6 20. h4 c5 21. h5 c4 22. Kh1 cxb3 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. cxb3 Re8
25. Nd2 d4 26. Qh4 gxf6 27. Qh6 Re5 28. Kg1 d3 {0-1 Ye Jiangchuan-Tkachiev,V/
Geneva Open 1997}) 15. e5 Nfd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Qg3 O-O 18. Nc3 Ne7 $2 (18...
Nxc3 $11 {Hjartarson,J: '>=' Hjartarson,J: 'Tisdall '}) (18... Nxc3 $142 {
Tisdall}) 19. exd6 Nf5 $2 (19... Nc6 20. Rc7 Qxd6 21. f5 Qxg3 22. hxg3 Nd4 23.
Rxc5 $14) 20. Qf2 $16 Qb6 21. Rc7 Nd4 22. f5 b4 23. f6 g6 24. Nd5 Qxd6 25. Ne7+
Kh8 26. Bh6 {1-0 Polgar,J-Shirov,A/Fontys 1997}) (14. Qd3 {Tisdall} O-O 15. Nc3
c5 16. Nxb5 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Rxb5 18. Ra7 c4 19. Bxc4 d5 20. Qxe7 dxc4 21. Qxd8
Rxd8 22. Ra8 Rf8 23. Ra4 Be6 24. f5 Bd5 25. Re1 h5 26. h3 Rc8 27. Kh2 h4 28. f6
gxf6 29. b3 f5 30. bxc4 {Tisdall: 1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Topalov,V/Novgorod 1997
was of considerable theoretical importance.}) 14... Ne4 15. Qe1 $146 {Tisdall:
This looks better than Wedberg: In many ways a more natural square for the Q
than e3, as in the previously played game.} (15. Qe3 Nc5 (15... Nc5 16. exd6
Qxd6 17. Re1 Nxb3 18. cxb3 Be6 19. Nc3 O-O $11 {1/2-1/2 Illescas Cordoba,
M-Shirov,A/Torneo Magistral 6th 1997 (35)} (19... O-O {Tisdall} 20. Ne4 Qd5 {
Tisdall: was satisfactory for black in Illescas Cordoba-Shirov, Madrid 1997 (1/
2-1/2, 35). Hjartarson's move allows him to operate quite actively without the
queen coming into annoying contact with the Ne7.} (20... Qd5 {Wedberg} 21. Bd2
Nf5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Illescas Cordoba,M-Shirov,A/Torneo Magistral 6th 1997/CBM 59/
[Fritz5] (35)})))) 15... Nc5 16. Ba2 (16. f5 Nxb3 17. cxb3 dxe5 18. Qxe5 f6 $11
) (16. Nd2 Nxb3 17. Nxb3 O-O $11) 16... O-O (16... b4 17. Bc4 (17. f5 $1 {
Tisdall launches a frightening initiative.}) 17... d5 (17... O-O 18. Be3 $14)
18. Be3 $14) 17. b4 $1 Na4 (17... dxe5 $5 18. Qxe5 (18. Nc3 $5 {Tisdall is a
sharp and intriguing way to try and steer play back towards the game.} Qd4+ $6
(18... Na6 $1 {Tisdall: avoiding the complications may be best, though white's
bishop pair and the misplaced knight on a6 give him definite compensation.})
19. Be3 Qxb4 20. Rb1 $1 (20. Nd5 $2 Nxd5 21. Qxb4 Nxb4 22. Bxc5 Nxa2 (22...
Nxc2 23. Rad1 (23. Rac1 Nd4) 23... Nd4 (23... Re8 24. fxe5 Be6 25. Bxe6 Rxe6
26. Rf2) 24. Bxf8 Kxf8 25. fxe5 Ne6 26. Rc1 $11) 23. Bxf8 Nc3 24. Bb4 Ne2+ 25.
Kh1 Nxf4 26. Bd2 Nd5 27. Ra7 $15) 20... Qa3 21. Nxb5 Qxa2 22. Bxc5 {Tisdall:
and white has tremendous pressure:} Ba6 $5 (22... Qe6 23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. fxe5
Rxb5 25. Rxb5 Ba6 26. Bxe7 Bxb5 27. Rb1 $18) 23. Bxe7 Rfe8 24. Qxe5 Bxb5 25.
Rxb5 Qa7+ 26. Rc5 c6 27. Re1 Rb7 28. Ra1 $1 Qb6 29. Qd6 $18) (18. Bb2 Na4 19.
Bxe5 Ng6 {and}) 18... Na4 19. c3 $14) 18. Nc3 dxe5 19. Nxa4 bxa4 20. fxe5 Nc6
$2 (20... Qd4+ $2 21. Be3 Qxe5 22. Bc5 $18) (20... c5 $1 $11 21. bxc5 $1 (21.
Qf2 cxb4 (21... Ba6 $2 22. Bxf7+ Kh8 23. Re1 Bc4 24. e6 Bxe6 25. Rxe6 Rxf7 26.
Qxf7 Qd4+ 27. Kf1 Qxa1 28. Rxe7 Qxc1+ 29. Re1 $18) 22. Bxf7+ Kh8 23. Bg5 Be6
24. Qc5 Rxf7 $11) (21. e6 fxe6 22. Bxe6+ Kh8 23. Rxf8+ Qxf8 24. Rxa4 Bxe6 25.
Qxe6 cxb4 $11) 21... Qd4+ (21... Nc6 22. e6 fxe6 23. Bxe6+ Kh8 24. Bxc8 Rxf1+
25. Kxf1 Rxc8 26. Rxa4 $16) 22. Be3 Qxe5 23. Qf2 $14) (20... Rb6 {Wedberg} 21.
Be3 Rg6 22. Rd1 Qe8 23. Bc5 Bb7 24. Rf2 $16) 21. c3 $16 {Tisdall: Now white's
bishop pair are rather intimidating.} Qe7 (21... Be6 $5 {Tisdall Tisdall:
hoping to give up a pawn for some white squares is best met by} 22. Bb1 $1 {
Tisdall: threatening Qe4 and the a-pawn.}) 22. Bd5 $2 (22. Qg3 $1 Kh8 (22...
Bb7 23. Bh6 Qxe5 24. Bf4 $16) 23. Be3 $16) 22... Bd7 $1 (22... Nxe5 23. Bf4 $1
Ng6 $8 24. Qxe7 Nxe7 25. Bxc7 Nxd5 26. Bxb8 Ba6 27. Rf5 $18 (27. Rf5 {Wedberg}
Nxc3 28. Be5 $16)) (22... Bb7 23. e6 $16) 23. Rxa4 Nxe5 24. Ra5 Kh8 (24... Bb5
$2 25. c4 c6 26. Be4 $1 f5 27. Bxc6 $1 Nxc6 (27... Bxc6 28. Rxe5 Qxb4 29. Qxb4
Rxb4 30. Ba3 $18) 28. Qxe7 Nxe7 29. Rxb5 $16) (24... Rb5 $5 25. Qe4 $1 Rxa5 26.
bxa5 c6 27. Bb3 Qc5+ 28. Qd4 Qxa5 29. Bf4 Ng6 30. Bd6 $16) 25. Qg3 {Tisdall:
Hjartarson exploits the initiative granted by his bishops simply and
energetically.} Rfe8 26. Bf4 f6 27. h3 {Wedberg: White has a pretty clear
advantage, even though Blacks N on e5 gives his position some stability.} Bb5 (
27... Rb5 $5 {Tisdall Tisdall: looks better, to get a pair of rooks off.}) 28.
Rfa1 Qd7 (28... g5 $5 {Wedberg Wedberg: Something's got to be done about the
mounting pressure.} 29. Bxe5 (29. Be3 Nf3+ 30. Qxf3 Qxe3+ 31. Qxe3 Rxe3 32. c4
Be8 33. Ra8 Rxa8 34. Rxa8 Kg7 $14) 29... Qxe5 30. Qxe5 Rxe5 31. c4 Be8 32. Ra7
$14) 29. Bb3 Qc6 {Tisdall: A natural attempt to get a rook to the d-line and
to hinder the possibility of c4, unfortunately for black, c4 is now incredibly
strong if it can just be arranged.} 30. Kh1 {Tisdall: By preventing checks or
pins from the queen, white gains the possibilities of both Rc5 and Rc1 to
support the c4 advance, and now black's position caves in.} Rbd8 $2 (30... Nd3
{Wedberg} 31. Bxc7 Rbc8 32. c4 Qxc7 (32... Bxc4 33. Ba4 Qxc7 34. Qxc7 Rxc7 35.
Bxe8 Nxb4 36. R1a4 Nd3 37. Bb5 $18) 33. Qxc7 Rxc7 34. Rxb5 $16) 31. Bxe5 $1 {
Wedberg: This surprising trade starts favourable tactics against Bb5. The key
move in all variations is c3-c4.} Rd3 (31... Rxe5 32. c4 Bxc4 (32... Rg5 33.
Qf2 $1 Bxc4 (33... Qe6 34. Re1 Qg8 35. h4 Rh5 36. Bd1 $18) 34. Rxg5 Bxb3 35.
Rc5 $16) 33. Rxe5 fxe5 34. Rc1 Rd4 35. Qxe5 (35. Qc3 Rg4 36. hxg4 (36. Rc2 $18
{Tisdall}) 36... Qh6+ 37. Kg1 Qb6+ $11) 35... Rd2 36. Qg3 Rd4 37. Qf2 $18) 32.
Qh4 (32. Qxd3 $1 Bxd3 33. Ba4 $18) 32... Rd2 (32... fxe5 33. Bc2 Qxc3 (33... e4
{Tisdall} 34. Bxd3 Bxd3 (34... exd3 35. Qh5) 35. Qh5 $1 {Tisdall: threatening
Qxe8+ and also seizing the fifth rank wins.}) 34. Bxd3 Qxd3 35. Ra8 h6 36.
Rxe8+ Bxe8 37. Ra8 Qb5 38. Qe4 $18) 33. Rg1 {Tisdall: Now c4 cannot be stopped.
} (33. Qg4 $18) 33... fxe5 (33... Bf1 34. Qg3 $18) (33... Rxe5 {Wedberg} 34. c4
Bxc4 35. Rxe5 fxe5 36. Qxc4 $18) 34. c4 Rd4 35. cxb5 Qd6 (35... Qxg2+ 36. Kxg2
Rxh4 37. Rga1 $18) 36. Qh5 g6 37. Qg5 {1-0 (37) Hjartarson,J (2605)-Stefansson,
H (2545) Reykjavik 1997 CBM 062 [Hjartarson,J]}) 9... d6 10. d4 Bb6 11. Na3 {
Stohl: 'Nowadays the main continuation, which causes Black most problems.'} ({
An earlier attempt was} 11. h3 {Stohl} O-O 12. Re1 Bb7 ({Food for thought is
also} 12... Re8 $5 {Stohl} 13. Na3 b4 14. Nc4 bxc3 15. bxc3 exd4 16. Nxb6 Rxb6
17. cxd4 Nxe4 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Rxe4 Rxe4 20. Ng5+ Kg8 21. Nxe4 Bf5 22. Ng5
Ne7 23. g4 Bg6 24. Ne6 {Anand,V-Topalov,V/Wijk aan Zee/1998/} Qb8 $1 $132 {/\}
(24... Qc8 25. d5 Bf7 26. Nxg7 Kxg7 27. Qd4+ Kf8 28. Bh6+ Ke8 29. Re1 {1-0 (29)
Anand,V (2770)-Topalov,V (2740) Wijk aan Zee 1998 CBM 063 [Anand,V]}) 25. d5
Bf7 26. Nxg7 $2 Kxg7 27. Qd4+ Kf8 28. Bh6+ Ke8 29. Re1 Rb1 $19) (12... h6 13.
Na3 exd4 14. cxd4 Na5 15. Bc2 b4 16. Nb5 Ba6 17. Na7 Bb7 18. d5 Ra8 19. Nb5 Nc4
20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. Nbd4 Qa7 22. b3 Ne5 23. Bb2 Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 Qa2 25. Qc1 Bxd4
26. Bxd4 Nd7 27. Kh1 f6 28. Rg1 Rf7 29. Qd2 Qa8 30. Qxh6 Ne5 31. Bd1 Qe8 32.
Qe3 c5 33. Bb2 Re7 34. f4 Nd7 35. Qg3 Qf7 36. Bf3 Ba6 37. Bg4 Nf8 38. Bf5 c4
39. bxc4 Bxc4 40. Qh4 Bxd5 41. f3 Be6 42. Bxf6 Bxf5 43. exf5 Rc7 44. Rxg7+ Qxg7
45. Bxg7 Rxg7 46. f6 Rd7 47. Qe1 d5 48. Qxb4 d4 49. Qc4+ Kh7 50. Qd3+ Kg8 51.
f5 Kf7 52. Kg2 Kxf6 53. Kg3 Kg7 54. h4 Nh7 55. Kf2 Nf6 56. Qd2 Nh7 57. Ke1 d3
58. Qg2+ Kh8 59. Kd2 Nf8 60. Qg5 Kh7 61. h5 Kh8 62. f6 Kh7 63. f4 Kh8 64. h6
Kh7 65. f5 {1-0 (65) Carlsen,M (2826)-Shirov,A (2749) Bilbao 2010 CBM 139
[Ftacnik,L]}) 13. Na3 exd4 14. cxd4 Na5 15. Bc2 b4 16. Nb1 c5 17. Bg5 h6 18.
Bh4 {when later games showed} cxd4 $1 {is playable:} (18... b3 $6 {Stohl} 19.
Bxb3 g5 $2 20. Nxg5 $1 hxg5 21. Bxg5 cxd4 22. Ra3 $1 $40 Nc6 23. Ba2 Ne5 24.
Rg3 Kh7 25. f4 Ned7 26. e5 $18 {Hracek,Z-Shirov,A/Bundesliga 9798/1997/}) 19.
Qd3 Re8 20. Nbd2 Nc6 21. Nc4 Bc7 $5 22. Nxd4 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 d5 $132) (11. Qd3
O-O 12. Bg5 exd4 13. cxd4 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. e5 gxh4 16. Qg6+ Kh8 17. Qxh6+ Nh7
18. Bc2 f5 19. exf6 Rf7 20. Ng5 Qxf6 21. Nxf7+ Qxf7 22. Bxh7 Qxh7 23. Qf8+ Qg8
24. Qh6+ Qh7 25. Qf8+ Qg8 26. Qh6+ {1/2-1/2 (26) Adams,M (2734)-Shirov,A (2699)
Elista 2007 CBM 119 [Marin,M]}) 11... O-O {Stohl: 'Black is practically forced
to sacrifice a P.'} (11... b4 $6 {Stohl} 12. Nc4 O-O 13. Ba4 $16) (11... Ba6 {
Stohl} 12. Re1 h6 (12... O-O $6 {Stohl} 13. Bg5 $40) 13. Nc2 Bb7 14. Ne3 $36)
12. Nxb5 Bg4 (12... exd4 13. cxd4 Bg4 {Stohl: 'Black has strong pressure
against White's [+] and the exposed minor pieces on the b-file give him
various tactical chances, for example:'} 14. Ra4 {Bologans move} (14. Re1 {
Wedberg can be met by} Nxd4 (14... d5 $5 $44 {Wedberg Stohl} 15. exd5 Nxd5 16.
h3 Bh5 17. g4 Bg6 18. Nc3 {was the start of the facinating game 1-0 Anand,
V-Oll,L/Belgrade 1999/CBM 69/[Tyomkin,D] (39)} Ndb4 19. Bg5 Qd7 20. d5 Qd6 21.
Kf1 Na5 22. Be7 Qf4 23. Rxa5 Bxa5 24. Re3 Bb6 25. Ne2 Qh6 26. Kg2 Bxe3 27. g5
Qxh3+ 28. Kxh3 Nd3 29. Qa1 Nxf2+ 30. Kg2 Rfe8 31. Qa3 Nd3 32. Nc3 Bc1 33. Nd1
Be4 34. Ba4 Ne5 35. Bxe8 Rxe8 36. Kg3 Bxf3 37. Qc3 Bxd1 38. Qxe5 Ba4 39. b4 {
1-0 (39) Anand,V (2795)-Oll,L (2650) Belgrade 1999 EXT 2020 [Tyomkin,D]}) (
14... d5 $5 $44 {Stohl}) 15. Nbxd4 Bxd4 16. h3 (16. Bxf7+ {Stohl} Rxf7 17. Qxd4
Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qd7 $44) 16... Bxf3 17. Qxf3 {which looks OK for Black.}) ({
The most problems are however caused by Anand's recent idea} 14. Ra3 $5 {Stohl}
Re8 (14... d5 $5 {Stohl} 15. e5 Ne4 16. Qd3 $14 (16. Be3 $2 {Stohl} Nxe5 $1 $15
)) 15. Re1 d5 16. e5 Ne4 17. Be3 Ba5 (17... Nxe5 {Stohl} 18. dxe5 Bxe3 19. Rxe3
Rxb5 20. Ba4 $16) 18. Na7 Bxf3 19. gxf3 $1 (19. Qxf3 {Stohl} Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Bxe1
21. Nc6 Qd7 22. Nxb8 Rxb8 23. Ra7 Bb4 24. Ba4 Qe7 25. Qe3 h6 26. Bc6 Bc5 $14 {
Galkin,A-Prokopchuk,E/Moscow Aeroflot/2002/}) 19... Bxe1 20. fxe4 Nxa7 21. Rxa7
dxe4 22. Ba4 Bxf2+ $5 23. Bxf2 Qg5+ 24. Bg3 Red8 25. Rxc7 Qe3+ 26. Kh1 Rxd4 27.
Qb3 $1 Qf3+ 28. Kg1 Rdd8 29. Qxf3 exf3 30. b3 $16 {Anand,V-Tkachiev,V/FIDE WCh
Moscow/2001/} (30. Rc2 $5 $16 {Stohl})) 14... Re8 15. Re1 h6 (15... Ba5 $5 {
(Wedberg) Bologan,V} 16. Nc3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Rxe4 $13) (15... Qd7 16. Bc2 d5 17.
e5 Ne4 18. Nc3 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Bxf2+ 21. Kh1 Nxc3 22. Rg4 Bxe1 23.
Bh6 Qxg4 24. Qxg4 g6 25. Qf3 Bh4 26. Qxc3 d4 27. Qxd4 Bf6 28. Bf4 Re6 29. h3
Bg7 30. Bb3 Reb6 31. Bc4 Rxb2 32. Qd7 Rf8 33. Qxc7 h6 34. Qc6 g5 35. Be3 Rb1+
36. Bg1 Rd8 37. Be2 Re1 38. Qb5 Rd2 39. e6 fxe6 {1-0 (39) Bologan,V (2608)
-Tkachiev,V (2634) Enghien les Bains 1999 CBM 070 [Wedberg,T]}) 16. Bc2 d5 17.
e5 Ne4 18. Nc3 Rxe5 $2 19. Nxe4 $1 $16 {1-0 Anand,V-Piket,J/Dortmund 2000/CBM
78/[Wedberg] (28)}) 13. Bc2 $5 (13. Re1 {1-0 Svidler,P-Shirov,A/Linares 1998/
CBM 64/[Svidler] (37) Wedberg}) (13. Be3 {1-0 Anand,V-Shirov,A/Groningen 1997/
CBM 63/[Anand] (42) Wedberg} exd4 14. cxd4 Qe8 15. h3 Bd7 16. Nc3 Nxe4 17. Re1
Nxc3 18. bxc3 Qc8 19. c4 Bf5 20. Re2 Na5 21. Ba2 c5 22. d5 Bd8 23. Bd2 Qa6 24.
Qa4 Ra8 25. Bc3 Nb7 26. Qd1 Ba5 27. Bb2 Bb4 28. Nh4 Bg6 29. f4 Qa4 30. Qxa4
Rxa4 31. f5 Rfa8 32. Re7 Bh5 33. g4 f6 34. gxh5 Rxa2 35. Rxa2 Rxa2 36. h6 Rxb2
37. Rxg7+ Kh8 38. Rxb7 Bc3 39. Rd7 Kg8 40. Rd8+ Kf7 41. Rh8 Bd4+ 42. Kf1 {
1-0 (42) Anand,V (2765)-Shirov,A (2700) Groningen 1997 CBM 063 [Anand,V]}) (13.
Ra4 $5 Re8 14. d5 Ne7 15. Bc2 Ng6 16. h3 Bd7 17. c4 $14 {Iordachescu,
V-Sofronie,I/Bucharest 2000}) (13. d5 $5 Ne7 (13... Nxe4 14. dxc6 Nxf2 15. Rxf2
Bxf2+ 16. Kxf2 Rxb5 17. Bd5 Bxf3 18. gxf3 $1 Qh4+ 19. Kg2 $16 {Acs,P-Blehm,P/
Budapest zt/2000/}) 14. Bc2 Ng6 15. h3 Bh5 16. Qd3 $1 Nf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18.
Nbd4 Bxd4 19. Nxd4 Rxb2 20. Nc6 Qd7 21. f3 $16 {[%csl Rh5] ?h5,Acs,P-Estrada
Nieto,J/HUN-chT/2000/}) 13... exd4 (13... d5 $5 14. Bg5 (14. exd5 Qxd5 15. dxe5
Qxb5 16. Ba4 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nxe5 18. Bxb5 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Bxf2+ 20. Rxf2 Rxb5 21.
Bf4 $14 {Sulskis,S-Ganguly,S/Bled 2002}) (14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 exd4 16. exd5
Qxd5 17. Qxd5 Nxd5 18. Be4 Nde7 19. Bf4 dxc3 20. bxc3 Rfc8 21. c4 Ng6 22. Bg3
Nce7 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Rfd1 Nf5 25. Bf4 Re8 26. Bxc7 Bxc7 27. Nxc7 Rec8 28. Ra7
Rb4 29. c5 Rc4 30. Rd5 Ne7 31. Rd7 Nc6 32. Rb7 Rxc5 33. Nd5 Ne5 34. Ne7+ Kf8
35. Nxc8 Nxd7 36. Nd6 Ke7 37. Nxf7 g5 38. h4 gxh4 39. f4 Kxf7 {1/2-1/2 (39)
Dominguez Perez,L (2639)-Rodriguez Vila,A (2523) Buenos Aires 2005 CBM 109
[Erenburg,S]}) 14... exd4 15. cxd4 Bxf3 (15... dxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nxd4
18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Bxf6 {1/2-1/2 Hansen,C-Gausel,E/Reykjavik 1997}) 16. Qxf3
Bxd4 (16... dxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Bc2 h6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Qxf6
gxf6 22. Rfd1 Rfd8 23. Rxd8+ {1/2-1/2 Harikrishna,P-Ganguly,S/Goa 2002}) 17.
exd5 Qxd5 18. Qxd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Be4 Nf6 $11 {Topalov,V-Shirov,A/Wijk
aan Zee 1996}) (13... Bxf3 14. Qxf3 (14. gxf3 Nh5 15. Kh1 (15. f4 Nxf4 16. Bxf4
exf4 17. Qg4 Qf6 18. Ra6 Ne7 19. Na3 c6 20. Nc4 Bc7 21. Ra7 Rbc8 22. e5 dxe5
23. dxe5 Qh6 24. Rd1 Nd5 25. Be4 Rfd8 26. Rd3 g6 27. Bxd5 cxd5 28. Rxd5 Rxd5
29. Qxc8+ Kg7 30. Qg4 Bxe5 31. h4 Bb8 32. Rb7 Rd8 33. Kg2 Kg8 34. Qg5 Qf8 35.
Qf6 Re8 36. b4 Re6 37. Qd4 Qc8 38. Rd7 Qc6+ 39. Qd5 Qxd5+ 40. Rxd5 Rc6 41. Nd2
f3+ 42. Nxf3 Kg7 43. Rd8 Bc7 44. Rd7 Rxc3 45. Ng5 Kg8 46. Ne4 Rc4 47. Nf6+ Kf8
48. Nxh7+ Ke8 49. Nf6+ Kf8 50. Nd5 Be5 51. b5 Rxh4 52. b6 Rd4 53. Kf3 Kg7 54.
Ke3 Ra4 55. b7 Ra3+ 56. Ke4 Bh2 57. Nc7 Rb3 58. Ne6+ Kf6 59. Nd8 g5 60. Rxf7+
Kg6 61. Rd7 g4 62. Ne6 g3 63. fxg3 Bxg3 64. Kd5 Rb1 65. Kc6 Rc1+ 66. Nc5 Bb8
67. Rd5 Ba7 68. Kd7 Bb8 69. Ne6 Kf6 70. Rc5 Rb1 71. Nd8 Bh2 72. Rc6+ Ke5 73.
Rc1 Rb3 74. Rc2 Bf4 75. Kc6 Kf5 76. Rc5+ Kf6 77. Kd7 Rb1 78. Kc8 Bh2 79. Rc6+
Ke5 80. b8=Q+ {1-0 (80) Carlsen,M (2733)-Shirov,A (2755) Morelia/Linares 2008
CBM 123 [Marin,M]}) 15... Qf6 16. Ra4 Nf4 17. Rg1 Ne7 18. Be3 Neg6 19. Rg3 Nh5
20. Rg4 h6 $44 {Leko,P-Karjakin,S/Dortmund 2004}) 14... exd4 15. Bg5 (15. cxd4
Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Rb1 c5 18. Rd1 d5 19. Bg5 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Re8 21. Bd3 h6
22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Qxf6 Bxf6 24. b3 Bd4 25. Re1 {1/2-1/2 Joachim,S-Bacrot,E/
Rethymnon 2003}) 15... h6 16. Bh4 dxc3 17. bxc3 Ne5 18. Qe2 Ng6 19. Bg3 Re8 20.
Rad1 Qd7 21. Nd4 Qg4 22. f3 Qg5 23. f4 Qh5 24. Rf3 Nh4 25. Bxh4 $11 {1/2-1/2
Polgar,J-Shirov,A/Linares 1997}) (13... h6 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nbd4 d5 16. exd5
Qxd5 17. h3 Bh5 18. g4 Nfxg4 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Qxh5 Bxd4 21. Qf5 Nf3+ 22. Kh1
Qxf5 23. Bxf5 Bf6 24. Ra7 c5 25. Be4 Ne5 26. Rd1 Nc4 27. Bb7 Bg5 28. Bxg5 hxg5
29. b3 Ne5 30. Rd5 Rfe8 31. Rxc5 Re7 32. Rb5 Nd3 33. Be4 {1-0 (33) Topalov,V
(2739)-Morozevich,A (2742) Cannes 2002 CBM 088 [Stohl,I]}) 14. Nbxd4 $5 {
This move is a novelty, even though a capture with the knight isn't a new idea.
} (14. cxd4 Re8 (14... d5 15. e5 Ne4 16. Be3 f6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Morozevich,
A-Georgiev,K/Germany 1998/GER-chT (63)}) 15. Ra4 Qd7 16. Qd3 Rxe4 17. Bg5 Bf5
18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nc3 Rf4 20. Qd2 Bxc2 21. Qxf4 Bxa4 22. Nd5 $40 {Kunte,
A-Ganguly,S/Calcutta 2001}) 14... Nxd4 15. cxd4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nh5 17. Kh1 Qf6
18. Be3 Nf4 (18... c5 $5 19. e5 $1 dxe5 20. dxc5 Rfd8 21. Qe2 Bc7 22. Be4 $16)
19. Ra4 $1 {[%csl Gd4]} (19. Qd2 $2 Ne6 $15 {[%csl Rd4,Rf3]}) 19... Ra8 20. Rb4
Ne6 $6 (20... Ra1 $5 21. Qxa1 Nd3 22. Bd1 (22. Bxd3 Qxf3+ $11) 22... Nxb4 23.
Qa4 c5 24. Rg1 $14) 21. Rg1 Rfb8 22. f4 $1 $16 c5 (22... Nxf4 $2 23. e5 Qh6 24.
Rxb6 Rxb6 25. Qf3 $18) 23. e5 Qd8 (23... Qh4 24. dxc5 Bxc5 25. Rxb8+ Rxb8 26.
Rg4 Qh3 27. f5 Bxe3 28. fxe6 Bc5 29. b4 $1 $18) 24. dxc5 Bxc5 25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26.
f5 $18 Bxe3 27. fxe6 Bh6 (27... Bxf2 28. Qh5 $1 Bxg1 (28... g6 29. exf7+ Kg7
30. Rxg6+ hxg6 31. Qxg6+ Kf8 32. exd6 $1 $18 {[%CAl Gg6g8]}) 29. Bxh7+ Kh8 30.
Bf5+ Kg8 31. Qxf7+ Kh8 32. Qh5+ Kg8 33. Qh7+ Kf8 34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Qxg7+ Ke8 36.
Bg6#) 28. Qh5 Kh8 29. Qxf7 (29. Rxg7 $1 Kxg7 30. Qxf7+ Kh8 31. Qxh7#) 29...
dxe5 30. e7 Qe8 31. Qxe8+ Rxe8 32. Rd1 Bg5 33. Ba4 $1 {1-0 (33) Adams,M (2737)
-Leko,P (2763) Miskolc 2005 CBM 108 [Finkel,A]}) (8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7
11. h3 O-O 12. Be3 Ra8 13. Nbd2 Bb7 14. Re1 Re8 15. Ng5 Re7 16. d5 Nb8 17. Bxa7
Rxa7 18. Nf1 c6 19. Ne3 cxd5 20. exd5 h6 21. Nf3 Rc7 22. Nd2 Nbd7 23. c4 Nc5
24. Bc2 b4 25. Ndf1 Bc8 26. Ng3 g6 27. b3 Nh7 28. Ne4 f5 29. Nxc5 Rxc5 30. Qd2
Rb7 31. Bd3 f4 32. Nc2 Qg5 33. Ra4 Bxh3 34. Bf1 Nf6 35. f3 e4 36. fxe4 Re7 37.
Nd4 Nxe4 38. Qd3 Bf5 39. Ne6 Rxe6 40. dxe6 Re5 41. Rxb4 Qd8 42. Qd4 f3 43. gxf3
Ng5 44. Rxe5 Nxf3+ 45. Kf2 Nxe5 46. Rb6 Bxe6 47. Be2 Qf6+ 48. Ke3 Qg5+ 49. Qf4
Qg1+ 50. Kd2 Qa1 51. Rxd6 Qxa5+ 52. Kd1 g5 53. Qd4 Kf7 54. Rd5 Bxd5 55. Qxe5 {
1-0 (55) Anand,V (2790)-Shirov,A (2723) Wijk aan Zee 2010 CBM 135 [Marin,M]})
8... Nxe5 9. d4 Bxd4 {White has an edge.} 10. Qxd4 d6 11. Bf4 c5 12. Qe3 {
Black should prevent Bxe5.} c4 13. Ba2 {[#]} Nh5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An
interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 13... O-O 14. Nc3 b4 15. Ne2 Qc7 16. Rad1
Re8 17. Qd4 Rb6 18. f3 Be6 19. Be3 Rc6 {0-1 (42) Svidler,P (2714) -Aronian,L
(2781) Paris 2021}) 14. Nc3 {[#] Hoping for Bxe5.} Nxf4 15. Qxf4 O-O 16. axb5
axb5 {[%CAl Ba6b5,Bb5b4,Bb4c3][%mdl 32]} 17. Rad1 Be6 18. Bb1 b4 19. Ne2 Qb6
20. h3 {[#]} (20. Qd2 $11 {remains equal.}) 20... c3 $1 $17 {[%CAl Rc3b2]} 21.
bxc3 (21. b3 $1 $15) 21... Bc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has strong initiative.}
22. Rfe1 Bxe2 23. Rxe2 bxc3 24. Ree1 Ra8 25. Qg3 Rfc8 26. Kh2 Ra3 (26... Qb4
$17 {Strongly threatening ...Nc4.} 27. Re3 Ra3) 27. Re3 $2 {White does not
recover from this.} ({White should try} 27. f4 $1 $15 Nc4 28. e5) 27... Qb4 28.
f4 (28. Qh4 {was necessary.}) 28... Nc4 29. Qg4 (29. Red3 {was the only
defense.}) 29... Rb8 30. Rg3 {[%csl Gg3][%CAl Rg4g7]} g6 {aiming for ...Nd2.}
31. f5 $2 (31. e5 {was the only chance.} dxe5 32. fxe5) 31... Nd2 32. Qf4 Qd4 {
Black is clearly winning.} (32... Nxb1 33. Qh6 $18) 33. fxg6 hxg6 34. Rg5 (34.
Rd3 $142 Qe5 35. Qxe5 dxe5 36. Rd5) 34... Ra1 35. Rd5 Qxe4 36. Qxd6 Raxb1 (
36... Rbxb1 $142 37. Rxb1 Rxb1 38. Rxd2 cxd2 39. Qd8+ Kg7 40. Qxd2 Qe5+ 41. g3
Re1 42. Qg2 Re2 43. h4 Qe4 44. Qxe2 Qxe2+ 45. Kh3 f5 46. c3 Qf2 47. h5 gxh5 48.
c4 Qg1 49. g4 f4 50. gxh5 Qg3#) 37. Rd4 Qe6 38. Qc7 Qb6 {Weighted Error Value:
White=1.17/Black=0.54} 0-1
