[Event "EICC 2021"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2021.09.01"]
[Round "7.15"]
[White "Paichadze, Luka"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2021.08.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[Tiebreak "Cut1 Buchholz"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 9,80,0,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,30,102,96,99,70,85,56,54,40,259,248,229,146,
127,0,0,-11,-9,-18,-14,-5,-17,-8,-8,-22,-4,-71,-55,-128,-117,-117,-90,-98,-95,
-162,-178,-197,-191,-191,-163,-185,-174,-205,-205,-199,-211,-212,-189,-244,
-270,-321,-308,-301,-310,-1569,-1230,-29969,-29964,-29994,-29995,-29995,-29996]
} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 4. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:
00:00] Les deux adversaires s'étaient affrontés sur cette variante à Brest
en 2018} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:41] L'allemand change le premier} (4... a6 5. b3 Nc6
6. Qd2 Nf6 7. Bb2 e6 8. O-O-O Be7 9. f3 b5 10. Kb1 Bb7 11. g4 h6 12. Qe3 Nd7
13. f4 Qb6 14. Qe1 Rg8 15. Nf3 g5 16. Nd5 exd5 17. exd5 gxf4 18. dxc6 Qxc6 19.
Be2 Rxg4 20. Rf1 Rg2 21. Bd3 Nc5 22. Bf5 Ne6 23. Nd4 Nxd4 24. Rxd4 f3 25. Be4
Qc7 26. Rxf3 Bxe4 27. Qxe4 Rc8 28. Bc3 Qd7 29. Rxf7 Rg1+ 30. Kb2 Rxc3 31. Rh7
Rc5 32. Qa8+ Qc8 33. Rh8+ Bf8 34. Qe4+ {Lagarde,M (2604)-Donchenko,A (2587)
Brest 2018 1/2-1/2}) 5. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:50]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:56]} (5... Nf6 6.
b3 e6 7. Bb2 d5 8. exd5 exd5 9. O-O-O Be6 10. Kb1 Qa5 11. Nb5 Qxd2 12. Rxd2 Ne4
13. Re2 O-O-O 14. f3 a6 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. Rd2 Rhe8
19. Ne2 Bf5 20. Kb2 Ne6 21. g4 Bg6 22. h4 h6 23. Bg2 d4 24. Rhd1 d3 25. cxd3
Nd4 26. Nxd4 Rxd4 27. Kc3 Red8 28. h5 Bh7 29. Bf1 Rf4 30. Be2 f5 31. Rg1 Rd7
32. g5 Rh4 33. gxh6 gxh6 34. d4 Rxh5 35. Bc4 {Nakamura,H (2761)-Vachier
Lagrave,M (2780) Abidjan 2019 1-0}) 6. b3 {[%emt 0:00:09][%csl Gc2,Gd3,Ge4,Gf3,
Gg2][%CAl Ge4d5,Gc6b7,Gc6b5,Gd5c4,Gb3c4,Gc3d5,Gc3b5,Gf1b5,Rd5e6,Re6d7] B23:
Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3.} Bh6 {[%emt 0:00:23] '!?'} (6... Bg7 7. Bb2
Nf6 8. O-O-O O-O (8... Qa5 9. Kb1 Be6 10. f3 O-O-O 11. Nge2 d5 12. Qc1 dxe4 13.
Nxe4 Rxd1 14. Qxd1 Rd8 15. Qc1 Nxe4 16. fxe4 Bxb2 17. Kxb2 Qd2 18. Nc3 Qxc1+
19. Kxc1 Kc7 20. Bd3 Ne5 21. Kd2 a6 22. Ke3 Bd7 23. h3 e6 24. Ne2 Bc6 25. Rf1
Kd7 26. Nd4 Ke7 27. Nf3 Nxf3 28. gxf3 f5 29. f4 fxe4 30. Bxe4 Bxe4 31. Kxe4 Rd2
32. c4 Rxa2 33. Kd4 Rd2+ 34. Kc5 Rd6 35. Re1 b6+ 36. Kb4 Rd4 37. Ra1 a5+ 38.
Kb5 Rxf4 39. Kxb6 Rf3 40. Rb1 Rxh3 41. Kxa5 g5 42. b4 Rc3 43. c5 g4 44. Kb6 h5
45. Rh1 Rc4 46. b5 g3 47. Rxh5 Kf6 48. Rh1 Kf5 49. Rg1 Kf4 50. c6 e5 51. c7 Kf3
52. Kb7 Kf2 53. Ra1 g2 54. c8=Q e4 55. Qxc4 {1-0 (55) Sadhwani,R (2555)
-Artemiev,V (2709) Chess.com INT 2021}) 9. Kb1 Qa5 10. Nge2 e5 11. f3 Rd8 12.
Nd5 Qxd2 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Rxd2 Bg5 15. Rd1 Be6 16. Nc3 Nd4 17. Bd3 Rac8 18.
Rhf1 Nc6 19. a3 Ne7 20. Ne2 Be3 21. h3 g5 22. a4 f6 23. c4 Ng6 24. Bc1 Bxc1 25.
Nxc1 h5 26. Rf2 h4 27. Rfd2 Kf7 28. Ne2 Ke7 29. Kb2 Nf4 30. Nc3 a5 31. Bf1 b6
32. Bd3 Rc5 33. Bc2 Rc7 34. Re1 Rc5 35. Nd1 Rc6 36. Ne3 Rc7 37. Red1 Rc6 38.
Bd3 Rc7 39. Bc2 Rc6 40. Bd3 Rc7 41. Bc2 Rc6 {1/2-1/2 (41) Nakamura,H (2769)
-Vachier Lagrave,M (2789) Stavanger 2018}) 7. f4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nf6 (7... f5
$5 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 8. Bd3 $146 {[%emt 0:12:59] Le français avait
probablement préparé uniquement 7. Nf6 et il commence à réfléchir} (8. Bb2
Nf6 9. Bd3 (9. exf5 Bxf5 10. Nf3 Qa5 11. O-O-O O-O-O 12. g3 Rhe8 13. Bd3 Kb8
14. Bxf5 gxf5 15. Rhe1 e5 16. Kb1 d5 17. Nh4 d4 18. Na4 Qxd2 19. Rxd2 exf4 20.
Rdd1 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Bg5 22. Nxf5 f3 23. Nc5 f2 24. Rf1 Be3 25. Bc1 Re8 26. Nd3
Ng4 27. h3 Nh2 28. Rxf2 Bxf2 29. Bf4+ Ka8 30. Nxf2 Nf3 31. Nd3 Ne1 32. Nc5 b6
33. Na6 Kb7 34. Nd6+ {1-0 (34) Gabrielian,A (2688)-Chigaev,M (2905) Chess.com
INT 2020}) (9. O-O-O O-O 10. Kb1 Bg7 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. Nf3 Qa5 13. Bc4+ Kh8 14.
Rhe1 Rac8 15. a3 Bg4 16. Re3 e5 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Qe1 Rce8 19. b4 Qb6 20. Rd6
Qc7 21. Nb5 Qc8 22. Rd2 Re7 23. Nd6 Qc7 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 h6
27. Re7 Qb8 28. Rxb7 Qa8 29. Qe7 Nh5 30. h3 Bc8 31. Rc7 Bf5 32. Bd5 Qb8 33. Rb7
Qa8 34. g4 Bc8 35. Rc7 Qb8 36. Nf7+ Kh7 37. gxh5 Bf5 {1-0 (37) Caruana,F (2819)
-Vachier Lagrave,M (2779) Stavanger 2019}) 9... Qa5 10. exf5 (10. Nge2 Rf8 11.
g3 fxe4 12. Nxe4 Qxd2+ 13. Nxd2 Nb4 14. Nc3 Nxd3+ 15. cxd3 b6 16. Nde4 Bb7 17.
O-O-O Kd7 18. Rhe1 Rac8 19. Kb1 Nd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. h4 b5 22. Rd2 a5 23. Ng5
Bxg5 24. hxg5 a4 25. Rde2 Rf7 26. bxa4 bxa4 27. a3 Rb8 28. Ka1 Rb3 29. Re3 e6
30. Rc1 Rf8 31. Rc3 Rfb8 32. Rxb3 Rxb3 33. Kb1 Bc6 34. Kc1 Bb5 35. Kc2 Kc6 36.
Rxe6 Bxd3+ 37. Kc1 Bf5 38. Re7 Rxg3 39. Rxh7 Rg1+ 40. Kd2 Rg2+ 41. Kc1 Rc2+ 42.
Kb1 Rh2+ {0-1 (42) Gabrielian,A (2463)-Le,Q (2709) Lichess.org INT 2020}) 10...
Bxf5 11. Nge2 Bxd3 (11... O-O-O 12. O-O-O Rhe8 13. h3 e5 14. Bxf5+ gxf5 15. Kb1
d5 16. Qd3 e4 17. Qe3 Bf8 18. Na4 Re6 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Ra6 21. Qc3+ Qxc3
22. Nxc3 Nh5 23. Ne2 Bh6 24. Be3 Bg7 25. g4 fxg4 26. hxg4 Nf6 27. Bd4 h6 28.
Be5 Rg8 29. g5 hxg5 30. fxg5 Ng4 31. Bxg7 Rxg7 32. Rxd5 Rag6 33. Rh5 e3 34. Nf4
Rc6 35. Rh8+ Kc7 36. Re8 Rf7 37. Re4 Nf2 38. Ne6+ Kb6 39. Rb4+ Ka6 40. Nc5+
Rxc5 41. Rxc5 Re7 42. Rcc4 b6 43. Ra4+ Kb7 44. Rf4 e2 {0-1 (44) Ibarra Jerez,J
(2558)-Sarana,A (2640) Chess.com INT 2021}) 12. Qxd3 Nb4 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. a3 Nc6
15. O-O-O O-O 16. Kb1 Bg7 17. h3 b5 18. Rhe1 b4 19. axb4 Nxb4 20. Nd4 Nfd5 21.
Na4 e5 22. fxe5 dxe5 23. c3 exd4 24. cxb4 Nxb4 25. Qe2 Nc2 26. Qe6+ Kh8 27. Rf1
Rfe8 28. Qd7 Rcd8 29. Qb7 Rb8 30. Qd7 Red8 31. Qe7 Ne3 32. Rf7 Nf5 33. Qxa7 Qd5
34. Rxg7 Nxg7 35. Rxd4 Qg8 36. Rxd8 Rxd8 37. Nc5 Re8 {Nakamura,H (2769)
-Grischuk,A (2766) Leuven 2018 1-0} 38. Qd7 Re1+ 39. Kc2 Qf8 40. Bd4 h5 41. Ne6
Qf5+ 42. Kd2 Rd1+ {1-0 (42) Nakamura,H (2769)-Grischuk,A (2766) Leuven 2018})
8... fxe4 {[%emt 0:11:03]} 9. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:01:19]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 10.
Bxc6+ {[%emt 0:04:03]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 11. Bb2 {[%emt 0:01:17]} O-O {
[%emt 0:08:18]} 12. Nge2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} e5 {[%emt 0:13:34]} 13. O-O-O {
[%emt 0:00:47]} d5 $132 {[%emt 0:00:55][%csl Gd5,Ge5]} 14. Kb1 {[%emt 0:00:20]}
Ng4 {[%emt 0:11:01]} 15. Na4 {[%emt 0:05:11]} d4 {[%emt 0:06:34]} (15... Nf2
16. Bxe5 $13) 16. Qb4 {[%emt 0:11:21]} Ba6 $1 {[%emt 0:02:50] Les pièces
Noires sont plus actives} 17. Nxd4 $5 {[%emt 0:11:00] Les Blancs sentent
qu'ils ont raté l'ouverture et ils tentent de pêcher en eaux troubles.} exd4
{[%emt 0:00:23]} 18. Rxd4 $44 {[%emt 0:00:34][%csl Gb2,Rg8]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:06:
32]} 19. Nc5 {[%emt 0:03:49]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 20. Re1 {[%emt 0:11:22]} (
20. Qc4+ Qf7 (20... Rf7 $2 21. Re1)) 20... Nf6 {[%emt 0:04:56]} 21. g3 {
[%emt 0:15:35]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:03:48]} 22. Qc4+ {[%emt 0:07:18]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:03:
40]} (22... Qf7 $15) 23. Ne6 {[%emt 0:07:09]} Bxe6 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 24. Rxe6 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Rae8 {[%emt 0:03:06]} 25. Rdd6 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Rxe6 {[%emt 0:
01:06]} 26. Rxe6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} c5 {[%emt 0:05:34]} 27. a4 {[%emt 0:02:13]}
Qf7 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 28. a5 {[%emt 0:01:53]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:03:16]} 29. Ra6 {
[%emt 0:03:19] Les Blancs n'ont plus qu'une mn pour passer le contrôle de
temps} Nd5 $6 {[%emt 0:07:14]} (29... Qxc4 30. bxc4 Rd7 $17 31. Rc6) 30. Qxc5 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Bxb2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 31. Kxb2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qg7+ {[%emt 0:
00:06]} 32. c3 $2 {[%emt 0:00:03] Joué à tempo alors que les Blancs avaient
1m30 à la pendule} (32. Ka2) 32... Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 33. Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:
05]} Qxe5 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 34. fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nb5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 35.
b4 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 36. e6 {[%emt 0:01:55]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:
00:36]} 37. Kb3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 38. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:17]}
Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 39. Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 40. Kd5 {
[%emt 0:00:45]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 41. h4 {[%emt 0:30:31]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:03:48]
} 42. Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rd8+ {[%emt 0:01:42]} 43. Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rd6 {
[%emt 0:00:19]} 44. g4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rxe6+ {[%emt 0:00:45]} 45. Kd5 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:02:28]} 46. gxh5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} gxh5 {[%emt 0:
00:15]} 47. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rg6 {[%emt 0:07:15]} 48. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Nd6 {[%emt 0:01:41]} 49. Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rh6 {[%emt 0:07:16]} 50. Rf1 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Rh7 {[%emt 0:01:32]} 51. Rf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} 52. Rf5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc7+ {[%emt 0:00:45]} 53. Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Ne6+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 54. Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 55. Rf6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Re7 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 56. Rf5 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Rg7 {[%emt 0:00:
03]} 57. Ke5 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Rh7 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 58. Kd5 {[%emt 0:02:43]}
Nc7+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 59. Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Rh6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 60. Rf7+ {
[%emt 0:00:29]} Kc8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 61. Rf8+ {[%emt 0:00:31]} Kb7 {[%emt 0:00:
02]} 62. Rf5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rh8 {[%emt 0:01:32]} 63. Re5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Rh7
{[%emt 0:02:38]} 64. Rf5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nb5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 65. Rg5 {
[%emt 0:01:56]} Rh6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 66. Rf5 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Rc6+ {[%emt 0:02:
15]} 67. Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rd6+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} 68. Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:30]}
Rh6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 69. Rf7+ {[%emt 0:00:55]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 70. Rf5 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Rc6+ {[%emt 0:03:28]} 71. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rd6+ {[%emt 0:
00:03]} 72. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Rh6 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 73. Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:03]}
Rg6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 74. Rxh5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Ne6+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 75. Kc4 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 76. Kb3 {[%emt 0:01:41]} Rg3+ {[%emt 0:00:
54]} 77. Kc4 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Rg4+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 78. Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:32]}
Nc7 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 79. Rh6+ {[%emt 0:00:22]} Kb5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 80. h5 {
[%emt 0:01:05]} Nd5+ {[%emt 0:00:22]} 81. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Nxb4 {[%emt 0:
01:47]} 82. Rh8 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Kxa5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 83. h6 {[%emt 0:00:23]}
Rh4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 84. h7 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Rh3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 85. Ke1 {
[%emt 0:00:48]} Ka4 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 86. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:
12]} 87. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rh6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 88. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Nd5
{[%emt 0:00:58]} 89. Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rh3+ {[%emt 0:00:19]} 90. Kf2 {
[%emt 0:00:27]} Rxh7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 91. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Re7 {[%emt 0:
00:09]} 92. Rd4+ {[%emt 0:02:26]} Kb3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 93. Rd3+ {[%emt 0:00:30]
} Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 94. Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:07] 0-1 (94)
Lagarde,M (2600)-Donchenko,A (2595) Brest 2019}) (7... e5 8. Nb5 Bxf4 9. Qxd6
Qxd6 10. Nxd6+ Kf8 11. Ba3 Nge7 12. Nf3 Kg7 13. g3 Be3 14. Nc4 Bh6 15. Ncxe5
Re8 16. Bb2 f6 17. Nc4 Nf5 18. Bd3 b5 19. Ncd2 Nd6 20. O-O a6 21. Rfe1 Nf7 22.
a4 Rb8 23. axb5 axb5 24. Nf1 Nfe5 25. Nxe5 Nxe5 26. Bxe5 Rxe5 27. Kf2 Rb7 28.
Ne3 Rbe7 29. Nd5 Rf7 30. Ne3 Bb7 31. Ng4 Rh5 32. Nxh6 Rxh2+ 33. Kg1 Rxh6 34.
Bxb5 Rh5 35. Bd3 f5 36. exf5 gxf5 37. Bc4 Rd7 38. Bd3 Kf6 39. Ra5 Rg7 40. Kf2
Rh2+ 41. Ke3 Re7+ 42. Kd4 Rxe1 43. Rxf5+ Kg7 44. Rg5+ Kf6 45. Rf5+ Ke7 46. Ra5
Kd6 47. Ra7 Re7 48. b4 Rg2 49. c4 Rxg3 50. c5+ Kc7 51. Bb5 Rg4+ 52. Kc3 Kb8 53.
Ra1 Re3+ 54. Kd2 Rxb4 55. Kxe3 Rxb5 56. Rc1 Kc7 57. Rc2 Bc8 58. Kf4 Bd7 59. Rh2
Rb4+ 60. Ke5 Rc4 61. Rxh7 Rxc5+ 62. Kf4 Kd6 63. Rh6+ Be6 64. Rh8 Rc4+ 65. Kg3
Ke5 66. Rf8 Rb4 67. Rf1 Bf5 68. Re1+ Be4 69. Re3 Kf5 70. Rc3 Ke5 71. Re3 Ra4
72. Rc3 Kd4 73. Rb3 Bd5 74. Rb2 Ra3+ 75. Kf4 Rf3+ 76. Kg4 Be4 77. Rb4+ Ke5 78.
Rb5+ Kd6 79. Rb6+ Kc5 80. Rb8 Rf7 81. Rd8 Bd5 82. Kg5 Kd4 83. Kg4 Ke5 84. Re8+
Be6+ 85. Kg3 Rf6 86. Rb8 Rg6+ 87. Kf2 Bd5 88. Rb4 Be4 89. Rb8 Rg2+ 90. Ke3 Rg3+
91. Kf2 Ra3 92. Rb2 Kf4 93. Rd2 Bd3 94. Ke1 Kf3 95. Rf2+ Ke4 96. Rb2 Kd4 97.
Kd2 Bc4 98. Rc2 Rh3 99. Rb2 Bb3 100. Kc1 Rh1+ 101. Kd2 Kc4 102. Ke3 Kc3 103.
Rg2 Bc2 104. Rg7 Re1+ 105. Kf4 Bd3 106. Rc7+ Bc4 107. Rd7 {1/2-1/2 (107)
Dominguez Perez,L (2739)-Topalov,V (2740) Saint Louis 2019}) 8. Bb2 {The
position is equal.} (8. g3 a5 9. Bb2 a4 10. Nxa4 Nxe4 11. Qe3 Qa5+ 12. Nc3 Nf6
13. Bg2 O-O 14. Nge2 Bf5 15. Qd2 Rad8 16. Rc1 e5 17. Nd5 Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 Nxd5
19. Bxd5 Rfe8 20. Rhe1 Bg4 21. Rb1 Bxe2 22. Rxe2 exf4 23. gxf4 Bxf4+ 24. Kd1
Rxe2 25. Kxe2 Re8+ 26. Kf3 Bxh2 27. Rd1 h5 28. a3 Re7 29. Kg2 Be5 30. Bc1 Kg7
31. c4 Nd4 32. b4 Nf5 33. a4 Bc3 34. b5 Ba5 35. Bf4 b6 36. Bf3 Bb4 37. a5 Bxa5
38. Rd5 Bb4 39. Bxh5 Bc5 40. Bg4 Ne3+ 41. Bxe3 Rxe3 42. Bd7 f5 43. Rd1 Kf6 44.
Bc6 g5 45. Rg1 g4 46. Rh1 Kg5 47. Rh7 Re2+ 48. Kf1 Rf2+ 49. Ke1 Kf4 50. Bd7 Kg3
51. Rg7 Bb4+ 52. Kd1 Rf4 53. Rg5 Rxc4 54. Bxf5 Rd4+ 55. Kc2 Bc5 56. Bd7 Kh4 57.
Rg6 Rf4 58. Kd3 Kg3 59. Rg5 Kh4 60. Rg6 d5 61. Rg5 d4 62. Kc4 Kg3 63. Rg6 Kh4
64. Rg7 Kg3 65. Rg6 Kf3 66. Bc6+ Kf2 67. Bd7 g3 68. Bc6 d3+ 69. Kxd3 Rd4+ 70.
Kc3 Rd6 71. Rg4 Rf6 72. Kc4 Bd6 73. Rg8 Bc5 74. Bb7 Rf4+ 75. Kd3 Rf7 76. Bc6
Rf6 77. Kc4 Bd6 78. Kd4 Ke2 79. Rg5 Kd2 80. Ke4 Kc3 81. Rg4 Kb4 82. Ke3+ Ka5
83. Ke2 Rf5 84. Rg8 Re5+ 85. Kf3 Re6 86. Rg7 Rf6+ 87. Kg2 Kb4 88. Rg4+ Kc3 89.
Bf3 Bc7 90. Rg7 Bd6 91. Rb7 Rh6 92. Rxb6 Rh2+ 93. Kf1 Rf2+ 94. Kg1 Bc5 95. Rc6
Kb4 96. Rxc5 Kxc5 97. Be4 Kxb5 98. Bb7 Kc5 99. Ba8 Kd4 100. Bb7 Ke3 101. Ba8
Kf4 102. Bb7 Rc2 103. Bd5 Kg4 104. Be6+ Kh4 105. Bd7 Rd2 106. Bf5 Kg5 107. Bc8
Kf4 108. Bb7 g2 109. Kh2 Kg4 110. Bxg2 Kf4 111. Kh3 Rd3+ 112. Kh2 Rd2 {0-1
(112) Manea,A (2527)-Jumabayev,R (2748) Chess.com INT 2020}) 8... e5 (8... O-O
9. O-O-O a5 10. a4 Nb4 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Bc4 Bg4 13. Nge2 Rac8 14. h3 Bd7 15. g4
Rxc4 16. bxc4 Bg7 17. e5 Ne8 18. Qd4 Qa6 19. c5 Bc6 20. Rhe1 dxe5 21. fxe5 Nc7
22. Nf4 Rc8 23. Nd3 Nbd5 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Rf1 e6 26. Rf2 b6 27. cxb6 Nxb6 28.
Nc5 Qa8 29. Rdf1 Bg2 30. Rxf7 Bxf1 31. Rxf1 Qc6 32. Ba3 Rb8 33. Nb3 Nxa4 34.
Qd6 Qc4 35. Qxb8+ {1-0 (35) Jones,G (2753)-Bok,B (2877) Chess.com INT 2020}) (
8... a5 9. O-O-O (9. a4 e5 10. g3 O-O 11. O-O-O Nb4 12. Kb1 Be6 13. Nf3 Rc8 14.
Ng5 Bg4 15. Re1 d5 16. h3 Bd7 17. exd5 Bf5 18. Rc1 exf4 19. gxf4 Nfxd5 20. Bc4
Nxf4 21. Qxf4 Bxg5 22. Qe5 Re8 23. Qg3 Bxc1 24. Rxc1 Qd2 25. Ka1 Nxc2+ 26. Rxc2
Bxc2 27. Nd5 Qe1+ 28. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 29. Ka2 Rxc4 30. bxc4 Bxa4 31. Bc3 Re2+ 32.
Ka3 Bc6 33. Nf6+ Kf8 34. Nxh7+ Ke7 35. Ng5 Re3 36. Kb2 f6 37. Nh7 Rxc3 38. Kxc3
Kf7 39. h4 Kg7 {0-1 (39) Gabrielian,A (2458)-Xiong,J (2709) chess.com INT 2020}
) 9... a4 10. Nxa4 e5 11. g3 Nxe4 12. Qe3 Rxa4 13. bxa4 Nc5 14. Bb5 O-O 15.
Bxc6 bxc6 16. Bxe5 Nxa4 17. Rxd6 Qa5 18. Nf3 Re8 19. Rhd1 Bf8 20. R6d4 Nb6 21.
R4d3 Nc4 22. Qd4 Ba3+ 23. Rxa3 Qxa3+ 24. Kb1 Be6 25. Qc3 Rb8+ 26. Ka1 Ne3 27.
Rd8+ Rxd8 28. Qxa3 Nxc2+ 29. Kb2 Nxa3 30. Kxa3 Ra8+ 31. Kb4 Rxa2 32. Kc5 Bd5
33. Ng5 Rxh2 {0-1 (33) Nasuta,G (2486)-Sarana,A (2858) Chess.com INT 2018}) 9.
g3 (9. Nge2 {'!?' Leaves trodden paths.} O-O 10. O-O-O Be6 {'N'} ({Predecessor:
} 10... Nd4 11. Kb1 Bg4 12. g3 d5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Qxd5 15. Bxd4 exd4 16.
Rg1 Rfe8 {0-1 (26) Gevorgyan,M (2228)-Shevchenko,K (2592) Chess.com INT 2020})
11. Kb1 a5 12. a4 Qb6 13. h4 Rac8 14. h5 Nxh5 15. g3 Nb4 16. Bh3 Bxh3 17. Rxh3
Bg7 18. g4 Nf6 19. g5 Nh5 20. f5 Rfd8 21. f6 Bf8 22. Ng3 d5 23. exd5 Nxg3 24.
Rxg3 h5 25. Qe2 Rc5 26. Rh3 Nxd5 27. Nxd5 Rcxd5 28. Rdh1 Qd6 29. Ka2 Rd1 30.
Rxh5 gxh5 31. Rxh5 Rd4 32. Rh1 Rxa4+ 33. Kb1 Qd5 34. Qh5 Qxh1+ 35. Qxh1 Rg4 36.
Bxe5 Rxg5 37. Qxb7 Rd2 38. Bc3 Re2 39. Qc8 Rg1+ 40. Kb2 Rgg2 41. Bxa5 Rxc2+ 42.
Qxc2 Rxc2+ 43. Kxc2 Kh7 44. Kd3 Kg6 45. Bc3 Kf5 46. Kc4 Ke6 47. b4 Bd6 48. b5 {
1-0 (48) Grischuk,A (2777)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2767) Ekaterinburg 2021}) 9...
O-O 10. O-O-O Nh5 $5 {[%mdl 4] A promising side line.} (10... exf4 $11 11. gxf4
Re8 (11... Nh5 12. Nge2 (12. Nd5 Be6 13. Kb1 Bxd5 14. exd5 Ne5 15. Ne2 Qh4 16.
Qb4 Ng4 17. h3 Ngf6 18. Qxb7 Ne4 19. Rg1 Bg7 20. Bxg7 Nxg7 21. Bg2 Nc5 22. Qb4
Rfe8 23. Nc3 a5 24. Qb6 Nf5 25. Nb5 Reb8 26. Qc6 Qd8 27. Nc7 Rc8 28. Nxa8 Rxc6
29. dxc6 Qxa8 30. Rge1 Kf8 31. Rd2 Qb8 32. Rde2 Ne6 33. Re4 Ne7 34. Rd1 d5 35.
Ra4 Nxf4 {0-1 (35) Kovalev,V (2637)-Fedoseev,V (2696) Krasnaya Polyana 2021})
12... Qh4 13. Nd5 Be6 14. Kb1 Bxd5 15. exd5 Ne7 16. Bg2 Bg7 17. Bxg7 Nxg7 18.
Ng3 Rfe8 19. Be4 Qf6 20. Qb4 a5 21. Qxb7 Reb8 22. Qc7 a4 23. Ne2 Rc8 24. Qb6
Ngf5 25. Qb4 axb3 26. cxb3 Rxa2 27. Kxa2 Ra8+ 28. Kb1 Ra1+ 29. Kc2 Ne3+ 30. Kd2
Nxd1 31. Rxd1 Ra2+ 32. Ke3 Qh4 33. Rd2 Ra1 34. Qxd6 Re1 35. Qb8+ Kg7 36. Qe5+
Kg8 37. Qg5 Qh3+ 38. Qg3 Qc8 39. Qxe1 {1-0 (39) Firouzja,A (2726)-Dominguez
Perez,L (2758) Chess.com INT 2020}) 12. Bd3 Bg4 13. Nge2 Qa5 14. Kb1 Bxe2 15.
Qxe2 Bxf4 16. Bc4 Be5 17. Qf3 Nd4 18. Qh3 b5 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. Nd5 Nxc2 21.
Bxe5 Rxe5 22. Rhf1 Rxd5 23. Qd7+ Kg8 24. Qe6+ Kg7 25. Qxf6+ Kh6 26. Rxd5 Nb4
27. Rd2 Qd8 28. Rxd6 Qxf6 29. Rfxf6 Rc8 30. a4 bxa4 31. bxa4 Rc4 32. e5 Re4 33.
e6 Re5 34. Rf7 Nd5 35. Rxa7 Nc3+ 36. Kc2 Ne4 37. Rc6 Nc5 38. e7 Nxa4 39. Rxa4
Rxe7 40. Rd4 Kh5 41. Rc5+ g5 42. h4 h6 43. hxg5 hxg5 44. Kd3 Re6 45. Re4 Rd6+
46. Ke3 Ra6 47. Kf3 Rf6+ 48. Kg3 Ra6 49. Re3 Rf6 50. Kh3 Ra6 51. Rg3 Rg6 52.
Rg2 Rg7 53. Kg3 Rd7 54. Rh2+ Kg6 55. Rc6+ Kf5 56. Rf2+ Ke4 57. Re6+ Kd5 58. Rg6
Ra7 59. Rxg5+ Ke4 60. Rf4+ Kd3 61. Re5 Rg7+ 62. Kf3 Rg1 63. Re3+ Kc2 64. Ke4
Kb2 65. Rf2+ Kb1 66. Kd3 Rd1+ 67. Kc3 Ka1 68. Rfe2 Rc1+ 69. Kd4 Rd1+ 70. Ke4
Rd8 71. Rd3 Re8+ 72. Kf3 Rf8+ 73. Ke3 Re8+ 74. Kf2 Rf8+ 75. Ke1 {1-0 (75)
Andriasian,Z (2887)-Firouzja,A (3053) Chess.com INT 2019}) (10... Re8 11. Kb1
Nd4 12. Nge2 Bg4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Qxd4 Bg7 15. Nd5 Bxd1 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17.
Qxf6 Qxf6 18. Bxf6 Bf3 19. Rg1 Bxe4 20. Bh3 Bf5 21. Bxf5 gxf5 22. g4 Rac8 23.
gxf5+ Kf8 24. c4 Re2 25. Rd1 Rxh2 26. Rxd6 Ke8 27. c5 h5 28. Bg5 h4 29. b4 h3
30. Rh6 Kd7 31. a4 a6 32. b5 axb5 33. axb5 Rxc5 34. Rh7 Rxb5+ 35. Kc1 Rxf5 {
0-1 (35) Gabrielian,A (2463)-Giri,A (2764) Chess.com INT 2020}) 11. Kb1 $16 (
11. Qxd6 Qxd6 12. Rxd6 exf4 $15) 11... exf4 {[#]} 12. Nd5 $146 ({Predecessor:}
12. Be2 fxg3 13. Qxh6 g2 14. Nf3 gxh1=Q 15. Rxh1 f6 16. Rg1 Ng7 17. Nd5 Ne5 18.
h4 {1-0 (39) Gabrielian,A (2458)-Korobov,A (2687) Chess.com INT 2020} Be6 19.
h5 Bxd5 20. hxg6 Nxg6 21. Ng5 Rf7 22. Qxh7+ Kf8 23. Nxf7 Bxf7 24. Bc4 Qe7 25.
Bxf7 Qxf7 26. Rxg6 Ne8 27. Qh6+ Ke7 28. Bxf6+ Kd7 29. Bc3 Rc8 30. Kb2 Kc7 31.
Rg3 Kb8 32. Rd3 Qe7 33. Qe3 a6 34. a4 Rc6 35. e5 dxe5 36. Bxe5+ Nc7 37. Qd4 Qc5
38. Qd8+ Ka7 39. Bd4 {1-0 (39) Gabrielian,A (2458)-Korobov,A (2687) Chess.com
INT 2020}) 12... Ne5 13. Nxf4 {Bxe5 is the strong threat.} Bg4 14. Be2 ({Not}
14. Qxd6 $2 Bxd1 15. Bxe5 (15. Qxe5 $2 Bg7 $19) 15... Re8 $19) 14... Nxf4 $2 (
14... Re8 $14) 15. gxf4 $18 Qh4 16. Qxd6 Bg7 17. Bxe5 (17. Bxg4 $16 Qxg4 18.
Bxe5 (18. fxe5 Qg2 $16) 18... Bxe5 19. fxe5) 17... Rad8 $11 18. Qb4 Rxd1+ 19.
Bxd1 Bxe5 20. Bxg4 (20. fxe5 Bxd1 21. Qc4 Qe1 $19) 20... Qxg4 {[%CAl Rg4d1]}
21. Ne2 $1 Bf6 22. Qe1 Re8 23. Rg1 {[#]} (23. h3 $11 Qe6 24. e5 Bxe5 25. fxe5
Qxe5 26. Qb4 Qxe2 27. Qxb7) 23... Qf3 $1 $17 24. Ng3 ({White should try} 24. e5
$15) 24... Qxf4 {White must now prevent ...Qe5!} 25. Nh5 Qe5 {[%csl Gf6][%CAl
Re5b2]} 26. Nxf6+ Qxf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 27. Rg4 (27. Qe2 $17)
27... Qf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is in control.} 28. Qh4 Qd1+ 29. Kb2 Qe2 {
And now ...Rc8 would win.} 30. Qh3 Rxe4 31. Rg5 Qe3 32. Qc8+ Re8 33. Qg4 Rd8
34. Rb5 (34. Ra5 $142) 34... b6 35. a4 Rd2 36. h4 Kg7 {Threatens to win with ..
.a6.} 37. a5 $2 (37. Qc8) 37... a6 38. Rxb6 Qe5+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack.
Black mates.} 39. Kc1 Rf2 {[%CAl Re5a1]} 40. Qa4 Qc3 {[%csl Gf2][%CAl Rc3c2]
What a bad dream for White. Weighted Error Value: White=0.62/ Black=0.17} 0-1
