[Event "Superbet Classic 2022"] [Site "Bucharest ROU"] [Date "2022.05.14"] [Round "9.1"] [White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C53"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2776"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2022.05.05"] {[%evp 0,72,20,11,15,34,8,12,61,61,4,-1,15,9,54,-3,-13,-13,7,-23,-3,-23,-17,-1, 35,11,23,17,7,20,26,34,52,41,34,24,41,4,2,16,17,12,30,34,38,38,31,27,27,32,20, 6,2,-9,0,-5,-8,-27,-14,-56,-38,-34,-48,-55,-38,-57,-44,-51,-47,-51,-43,-43,-43, -43,-58]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a5 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 h6 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bb5 Nd7 (10... Qb8 11. Nf1 Qa7 {is the most popular way to handle the position, putting the queen to work.}) 11. Nf1 d5 ( 11... f5 12. exf5 Bxf5) 12. Be3 (12. exd5 Bxd5 13. Ne3 Bxe3 $11) 12... dxe4 $146 13. dxe4 Qf6 14. Qe2 Rfd8 15. Red1 {Threatening 16.Rxd7.} Bf8 $1 16. Ng3 a4 $1 17. Nh2 Qg6 18. Ng4 Bd6 19. Bc4 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 Qe6 21. Qxe6 fxe6 {With no light-squared bishops or queens, and the e-file closed, Black's doubled e-pawns are not a serious liability.} 22. b4 axb3 23. axb3 Na5 24. Rdb1 b5 25. Nf1 b4 26. Ra4 Nc6 27. cxb4 Nxb4 28. Rxa8 Rxa8 29. Bd2 Nc6 30. f3 Nd4 $15 ( 30... Ra2 $15) 31. b4 Ra2 32. Nge3 Nb6 33. Be1 Ne2+ 34. Kh2 Nd4 (34... Nf4 $15) (34... h5 $15) 35. Kg1 Ne2+ 36. Kh2 Nd4 {An easy hold for So.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Superbet Classic 2022"] [Site "Bucharest ROU"] [Date "2022.05.14"] [Round "9.2"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C49"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2759"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2022.05.05"] {[%evp 0,72,20,15,15,34,16,15,10,10,8,3,7,-24,18,16,13,15,16,19,13,12,5,12,11, 11,17,20,50,10,10,5,24,14,22,22,22,16,23,4,0,5,6,0,4,0,13,-6,-10,0,0,0,15,17, 15,29,9,10,7,6,6,6,6,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 {White doesn't win a lot of games with this - but then, where is he winning a lot of games these days in 1.e4 e5 openings?} Bb4 (4... Nd4) 5. O-O O-O 6. Bxc6 (6. d3 {is the traditional main line.}) 6... dxc6 7. Nxe5 {A tacit draw offer. The rest is to make mid-2000s Topalov happy.} (7. d3 {, for better or worse, looks like the only move to put in a real day's work. But it seems clear that this was never White's intention.}) 7... Bxc3 8. dxc3 Nxe4 9. Bf4 Qf6 10. Nd3 Nd6 11. Re1 Bf5 12. Be5 Qh4 13. Qf3 Be4 14. Qg3 Qxg3 15. Bxg3 Bxd3 16. cxd3 Rfe8 17. f3 f6 18. Kf2 Kf7 19. Bxd6 cxd6 20. d4 d5 21. a4 a5 22. h4 h5 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. b4 Ra8 25. Rb1 Kg6 26. b5 Rc8 27. bxc6 Rxc6 28. Rxb7 Rxc3 29. Rb5 Rc4 30. Rxd5 Rxa4 31. Kg3 Rb4 32. Rxa5 Rxd4 33. Kh3 Kh6 34. Kg3 Kg6 35. Kh3 Kh6 36. Kg3 Kg6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Superbet Classic 2022"] [Site "Bucharest ROU"] [Date "2022.05.14"] [Round "9.3"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D78"] [WhiteElo "2804"] [BlackElo "2750"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "148"] [EventDate "2022.05.05"] {[%evp 0,148,15,14,16,16,32,32,32,16,15,15,15,13,12,9,12,12,33,32,22,22,20,19, 22,11,19,5,3,9,0,-7,-24,-10,-10,-8,7,-25,9,9,9,18,28,13,5,36,29,-22,-7,-7,-7, -7,-2,-6,11,18,45,12,34,-18,11,-23,32,-41,-41,-59,-20,-73,-53,-53,-50,-50,-39, -50,-45,-93,-93,-93,-93,-109,-94,-155,-159,-147,-146,-179,-194,-196,-196,-196, -202,-200,-201,-197,-215,-219,-189,-189,-189,-189,-180,-214,-217,-217,-217, -248,-246,-257,-233,-260,-233,-229,-231,-236,-242,-241,-234,-241,-171,-241, -195,-189,-189,-254,-226,-232,-238,-255,-255,-287,-291,-301,-309,-309,-307, -352,-330,-364,-330,-391,-411,-411,-354,-383,-407,-407,-407,-411,-440,-448, -455]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 {A very solid line, but not one that's likely to result in a black win.} 6. O-O O-O 7. Ne5 ({ If Firouzja wanted to turn this into a two-result game,} 7. cxd5 {is the way to do it. But Firouzja is more ambitious - rightly so.}) 7... dxc4 (7... Ng4 { is a solid option.}) 8. Nxc4 Be6 9. b3 (9. Ne5) 9... Bd5 (9... b5 $146 10. Ne5 Ng4 $11 {is a surprising and untested idea that seems worth trying.}) 10. Bb2 Nbd7 (10... Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Na6) 11. Nc3 (11. Nbd2 $142) 11... Bxg2 12. Kxg2 b5 13. Nd2 e5 (13... Qb6 $142) 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nde4 (15. Rc1) (15. Qc2) 15... Neg4 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Qc2 (17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 18. Rfd1 $11 {heads to a draw.}) 17... Qe7 18. Rfe1 Qc5 (18... Rfd8 $142) 19. Rac1 $11 {/+/=} Rfe8 20. Nd1 Qxc2 21. Rxc2 Re6 22. Ne3 Rd8 23. Nf1 (23. Rec1 $142 Nd5 24. Nxd5 Rxd5 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. e3 Rdd6 27. g4 $14) 23... Nd5 $11 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. a3 a5 26. Nd2 b4 27. a4 Re3 $6 {Cute, but not very good.} (27... Nc3 28. Nb1 Nxb1 29. Rxb1 $11) 28. Rxc6 $6 (28. Rb2 Rc3 {Retreating the rook would be pointless, and would increase White's advantage after 29.Nc4.} 29. Ne4 c5 30. Nxc3 Nxc3 $14 { isn't so bad for Black, as his knight does a nice job of dominating White's rooks. Nevertheless, Black is consigned to fighting for a draw here. White's most natural plan is to load up on the c-file and return the exchange, collecting a pawn as interest.}) 28... Rc3 $11 29. Nc4 Rxb3 30. e4 Re8 31. Nd6 (31. Rd1 $142 Nc3 32. Rd7 Nxa4 33. Rcc7 Rf8 34. Ne5 $11) 31... Re6 32. Rd1 (32. e5) 32... Nf6 {Both players have been avoiding lines that would kill the play, and the tension has been ramping up. Up to now, most of the inaccuracies have been of little consequence, but now a position has arisen where missteps can lead to serious trouble.} 33. e5 $2 {Case in point. This move takes the position from equal to lost.} (33. Rd4 $11) 33... Ng4 $1 {White can't defend the e-pawn with f4 because of the fork on e3.} (33... Rxe5 34. Rc7 {was White's idea, with a small advantage after} Rd5 35. Rxd5 Nxd5 36. Rxf7+ $14) 34. Rc7 {Best.} Nxe5 35. f4 Rd3 $1 36. Rxd3 Nxd3 37. Rxf7+ {White has regained the pawn, but after} Kg8 {he must play} 38. Rd7 {, and now} b3 {makes the pawn a huge factor.} 39. Rd8+ Kg7 40. Rd7+ Kf8 41. Nc4 b2 42. Nxb2 (42. Rb7 $1 { doesn't save the piece, but gives him better chances than he gets in the game.} Re2+ 43. Kf3 Rf2+ 44. Ke3 Nb4 45. Nxb2 Rxb2 46. Rxh7 Ra2 47. Ke4 Rxa4 48. f5 Nc6+ $1 {The only winning move.} 49. Kd5 $1 Ne7+ 50. Ke5 gxf5 51. Kf6 Re4 52. Rh8+ Ng8+ 53. Kxf5 {Now what? The engine claims that only one move is definitely winning here.} Rc4 $3 $19 {Why does this win, but 53...Rb4 give away much of the advantage? I leave that as an exercise for the reader, but confess that it's not at all obvious to me.}) 42... Nxb2 43. Ra7 Nxa4 44. Rxa5 Nb6 45. g4 (45. f5 Re2+ 46. Kh3 Nc4 47. Ra4 Ne5 48. fxg6 hxg6 $19 {This ending is a draw (in general) if White can get rid of Black's remaining pawn in return for even both of his pawns. Unfortunately for Firouzja, he won't be able to achieve that.}) 45... Nd7 $6 (45... Nc4 $142) 46. Kg3 $6 (46. h4) 46... Re3+ 47. Kh4 Nf6 48. Ra8+ Kf7 49. Ra7+ Re7 50. Ra5 Ne4 51. f5 Rd7 52. fxg6+ hxg6 53. Ra4 Re7 54. Ra5 Kf6 {With the sneaky threat of ...Rh7+.} 55. g5+ { Unfortunate (for White), but forced.} Kf7 56. Kg4 Nd6 57. Ra4 Nf5 58. h4 { Just one move away from happiness...} Ng7 {Sorry, no h4-h5-and-pawn-trade for you.} 59. Kf3 Nh5 60. Rb4 Rd7 61. Kg4 Rd6 62. Re4 Rd1 63. Ra4 Ke6 64. Ra6+ Rd6 65. Ra4 Ke5 66. Ra3 Rd4+ 67. Kh3 Kf5 68. Ra5+ Ke4 69. Kg4 Ke3+ 70. Kh3 Re4 71. Ra1 Kf2 72. Ra2+ Kf3 73. Ra3+ Re3 74. Ra4 Nf4+ (74... Nf4+ 75. Kh2 Re2+ 76. Kg1 Rg2+ 77. Kf1 {gives Black the pleasant choice between the simple 77...Rh2 and winning both White pawns, or giving mate:} Rf2+ 78. Ke1 (78. Kg1 Ne2+ 79. Kh1 Ng3+ 80. Kg1 Rg2#) 78... Nd3+ 79. Kd1 Ke3 {White can delay ...Rd2# for a move or two, but cannot stop it.} 80. Re4+ Kxe4 81. h5 Ke3 82. hxg6 Rd2#) 0-1 [Event "Superbet Classic 2022"] [Site "Bucharest ROU"] [Date "2022.05.14"] [Round "9.4"] [White "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D17"] [WhiteElo "2671"] [BlackElo "2786"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "2022.05.05"] {[%evp 0,109,14,14,23,6,26,21,34,24,22,-5,11,15,10,12,10,-9,-9,-9,-7,11,23,8, 29,62,62,62,62,16,16,27,11,11,11,15,19,25,25,33,18,18,39,-3,-4,0,13,16,5,23,4, 0,0,-5,0,0,0,0,15,15,9,0,14,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9,0,0,22,3,31,24,31,24,27,24,19, 19,19,25,21,19,27,12,52,59,61,60,54,53,56,53,58,40,42,40,36,35,35,36,35,35,36, 35,35,35]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8. g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 g5 12. Bxe5 (12. Ne3 { was played in Aronian-Firouzja from round 3.}) 12... Nxe5 13. Qd4 f6 14. O-O-O ({The alternative:} 14. Ne3 Bg6 15. a5 (15. O-O-O)) 14... Be6 (14... Rd8 15. Qe3 Be7 16. Rxd8+ Kxd8 17. Rd1+ Kc8 {is an important alternative.}) 15. f4 gxf4 16. gxf4 Rd8 (16... Nxc4 $6 17. Qxf6 Bf7 (17... Qf7 $146 18. Qxh8 Qxf4+ 19. Kb1 Nd2+ 20. Rxd2 Qxd2 21. Qxh7 $14) 18. Qxh8 Qxf4+ 19. Kb1 Bg6+ 20. Ka1 Ne3 { looks entertaining for Black, but if White knows what to do Black will be in trouble. Case in point:} 21. Rd2 $16 Nc2+ $2 (21... Nxg2 22. Rd4 Qf5 23. Rhd1 Qe6 24. Rd6 Qe7 25. Rd7 $16) 22. Rxc2 Bxc2 23. Rf1 $18 Qd6 24. Be4 Bb3 25. Nb5 cxb5 26. Bxb7 Rb8 27. Bc6+ Kd8 28. Qxf8+ Kc7 29. Qg7+ Kxc6 30. Qc3+ Kb6 31. Qxb3 Ka5 32. Qc3+ Qb4 33. Qc7+ Rb6 34. Qxa7+ Ra6 35. Qc7+ Rb6 36. Rf4 Qb3 37. Qa7+ Ra6 38. Qc5 Rg6 39. axb5 {1-0 (39) Jobava,B (2637)-Carlsen,M (2548) Warsaw 2005}) 17. Qxd8+ Qxd8 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. fxe5 Bxc4 20. exf6 {Still following previous games.} Kc7 (20... Bd6 21. Kc2 Be5 22. b3 Be6 23. Ne4 Rf8 24. Rd1+ Ke8 25. Bf3 Bxf6 26. Nd6+ Kd7 27. Nxb7+ Kc7 28. Nc5 Bf5+ 29. Be4 Be7 30. Bxf5 Bxc5 31. Rd7+ Kb6 32. e4 h6 33. Rh7 Rf6 34. Kc3 Bd6 35. Kc4 Bxh2 36. Bc8 Rf8 37. a5+ Kxa5 38. b4+ Kb6 39. Rb7+ Ka6 40. Rb8+ Rxc8 41. Rxc8 Kb6 42. Rh8 Bf4 43. Rh7 a6 44. Rf7 Bg3 45. Kd4 {1-0 (45) Maletin,P (2584)-Negi,P (2636) New Delhi 2010}) 21. Be4 (21. Rf1 Bd6 22. Bf3 Bf7 23. Rg1 Rg8 24. Rxg8 Bxg8 25. Bh5 Be6 26. Ne4 Bxh2 27. f7 Bf4+ 28. Kc2 Bh6 29. Nf6 Kd6 30. e4 a5 31. Nxh7 Ke7 32. f8=Q+ Bxf8 33. Nxf8 Kxf8 34. Kc3 Ke7 35. Be2 {1/2-1/2 (35) Deforel,J (1915) -Underwood,W (2029) ICCF email 2018}) 21... Bh6+ $146 (21... Bd6 22. Bd3 Bb3 23. Ne4 Be5 24. Rg1 Rg8 25. Rf1 Rf8 26. Rf5 Bxh2 27. e3 Rd8 28. Bc2 Bd5 29. Ng5 h6 30. f7 Bd6 31. Nh7 Bf8 32. Nf6 a5 33. Rf4 b5 34. axb5 cxb5 35. Nxd5+ Rxd5 36. Rf6 Rd7 37. Rf5 a4 38. Bd1 Kd6 39. Rxb5 Rxf7 40. Bxa4 Rf2 41. e4 Re2 42. Rd5+ Ke6 43. Bd7+ Ke7 44. Bf5 Kf6 45. Rd2 {1/2-1/2 (45) Civitillo,A (2389) -Meiners,E (2360) ICCF email 2015}) 22. Kc2 Bg5 23. Rf1 Rf8 24. Bxh7 Rxf6 25. Rxf6 Bxf6 26. Bd3 Be6 27. Ne4 Be7 {White's extra pawn is secure, but he won't be able to do anything with it.} 28. Kc3 a5 29. Bc4 Bd7 {The main thing for Black to avoid, as he did here and back on move 26, is the trade of light-squared bishops. (He'll also avoid swapping the dark-squared bishop for the knight, at least as long as the h-pawn remains.)} 30. b3 b5 31. Bd3 Kb6 32. Kc2 Bh4 33. Kc3 Be7 34. Bc2 Bg4 35. Kd3 Bd8 36. Ke3 Bc7 37. h4 {A bit of progress.} Bd8 38. Ng5 Be7 39. Bg6 Kc5 40. Be8 bxa4 41. bxa4 Kd5 {Black's c-pawn is easily as dangerous as either of White's passers.} 42. Kd3 c5 43. Bb5 Ke5 44. Ke3 c4 {Swapping the c-pawn for White's h-pawn, and putting an end to White's hopes for a full point.} 45. Bxc4 Bc5+ 46. Kd3 Bf2 47. Nf7+ Kf6 48. Nd8 Bxh4 49. Nc6 Bd7 50. Bb5 {Calling off the dogs.} Bxc6 51. Bxc6 Ke5 52. Bf3 Be1 53. Bc6 Bh4 54. Bf3 Be1 55. Bc6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Superbet Classic 2022"] [Site "Bucharest ROU"] [Date "2022.05.14"] [Round "9.5"] [White "Rapport, Richard"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2773"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2022.05.05"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. Qc1 $146 {Rapport strikes again, coming up with a new move in a position with a very, very well established standard move.} (10. Qa4 {is the main line, while}) (10. Qc2 {, supporting the e4 advance, was a significant secondary move.}) 10... Nbd7 11. Nf3 Rc8 12. e4 Bxf1 13. Kxf1 h6 14. Bh4 Qe8 15. Qc6 Nb8 (15... Nh5 $142 $11) (15... g5 $142 16. Bg3 Nb8 $11) 16. Qxe8 Rfxe8 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Rc1 $14 c5 $6 19. dxc5 Nd7 $6 (19... bxc5) ( 19... Kf8) 20. c6 Nb8 21. c7 Na6 22. Nd4 $16 Nc5 $4 23. Nb5 $4 (23. b4 Na6 24. Nb5 Re7 25. Ke2 Nxc7 26. Rhd1 {leaves Black fatally tied down, and White will win material at the moment of his choosing.} f5 27. Rd3 a6 28. Na7 Rce8 29. Nc6 fxe4 30. Nxe7+ Rxe7 31. Rd4 f5 32. g4 $18) 23... Re7 24. Ke2 ({Now it's too late:} 24. b4 Nb3 $1 25. Rd1 (25. Rc3 a6 $1 {and the awkward position of White's king and the rook on h1 saves Black's skin.} 26. Nd6 Rcxc7 27. Rxb3 $4 Rc1+ $19) 25... Kg7 26. h4 a6 27. Nd6 Rcxc7 28. Rh3 Nc1 29. Rg3+ Kh7 30. Rf3 Kg7 31. Rd2 $16 {White is still better, but not winning.}) 24... a6 $8 25. Rhd1 $1 Kh7 $8 26. Nd6 Rcxc7 27. f4 $6 (27. b4 $142 Na4 28. Nc8 Red7 29. f4 Kg8 30. Rxd7 Rxc1 31. Nd6 $16) 27... Nb3 28. Rxc7 Rxc7 $11 29. Kf3 Rd7 $6 (29... Rc2 $11) 30. e5 (30. g4 $142 $14 {/+/-}) 30... fxe5 31. fxe5 Nc5 (31... b5 $142) 32. Rd4 (32. g4 $142) 32... Nb7 $11 33. Ke3 Nxd6 34. Rxd6 Rb7 35. b4 Kg6 36. Ke4 a5 37. b5 h5 38. h4 Kg7 39. Kf4 Kg6 40. Ke4 Kg7 41. Kf4 Kg6 42. Ke4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Superbet Classic TB 2022"] [Site "Bucharest ROU"] [Date "2022.05.14"] [Round "1"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D20"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2765"] [PlyCount "147"] [EventDate "2022.05.14"] {[%evp 0,77,19,31,19,0,14,15,15,-18,52,42,42,34,35,33,8,32,23,44,41,-6,19,5,19, 24,30,29,48,44,45,46,52,52,81,72,73,80,105,104,101,119,146,144,167,151,172,176, 173,183,183,190,225,200,207,195,211,204,202,188,223,188,181,168,216,194,208, 209,229,229,228,229,228,216,228,228,228,215,220,213]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 exd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O-O Nbc6 10. Ndb5 Be6 11. Qxd8 Raxd8 12. Rxd8 Rxd8 13. Nxc7 Na5 14. Be2 a6 15. Rd1 Rxd1+ 16. Kxd1 Kf8 17. Kd2 Bc8 18. Na4 b5 19. Nb6 Nac6 20. Kc3 f6 21. a4 Na7 22. f3 g5 23. Nxc8 Nexc8 24. Nxa6 bxa4 25. Kxc4 Nc6 26. Kc5 Ne5 27. Kb5 Ke7 28. Kxa4 Kd6 29. Nb4 Nb6+ 30. Kb3 Kc5 31. g3 Kd4 32. Nc2+ Kc5 33. Ne3 Kd4 34. Nf5+ Kc5 35. Kc3 Na4+ 36. Kc2 Nb6 37. b3 Kb4 38. h4 gxh4 39. Nxh4 Nbd7 40. Nf5 Nc6 41. Bd1 Nc5 42. Kb2 Nd3+ 43. Kc2 Nc5 44. Ne3 Nd4+ 45. Kd2 Ncxb3+ 46. Kd3 Kc5 47. Ng4 f5 48. exf5 Na5 49. Ne3 Ndc6 50. f4 Kd6 51. Ba4 Nb4+ 52. Ke4 Nb7 53. Kf3 Ke7 54. Bb3 Nd6 55. g4 Nc6 56. Kg3 Nd4 57. Bc2 Ne2+ 58. Kf3 Nd4+ 59. Kg3 Ne2+ 60. Kf3 Nd4+ 61. Kf2 Nxc2 62. Nxc2 h5 63. gxh5 Nxf5 64. Kf3 Kf7 65. Ne3 Nh6 66. f5 Kg7 67. Kf4 Nf7 68. Ng4 Kh7 69. f6 Kg8 70. Kf5 Kh7 71. Ke6 Kg8 72. Ke7 Ng5 73. Ne5 Nh7 74. h6 1-0 [Event "Superbet Classic TB 2022"] [Site "Bucharest ROU"] [Date "2022.05.14"] [Round "2"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "2750"] [BlackElo "2776"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "2022.05.14"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 h6 9. Bd2 Nf6 10. Rc1 Re8 11. a3 a5 12. Na4 Bd6 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. Rxc5 e4 15. dxe4 Nxe4 16. Rc2 Bf5 17. Qc1 Nd6 18. Rc5 Rxe2 19. Be3 Be4 20. Rd1 Qf6 21. Nd4 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Nxd4 23. Bxd4 Qg6 24. Rxc7 Nf5 25. Rc8+ Rxc8 26. Qxc8+ Kh7 27. Qxb7 Qg4 28. h3 Qg6 29. Kf1 Re4 30. Qd5 Re6 31. Bc5 Qh5 32. h4 Qg4 33. b4 axb4 34. axb4 Rf6 35. Ke1 Re6+ 36. Kd2 Qg6 37. Re1 Ra6 38. Re5 Nd6 39. h5 Qf6 40. f4 Nf5 41. g4 Nh4 42. Qe4+ g6 43. b5 Ra5 44. b6 Qd8+ 45. Kc3 Qd1 46. Qc2 Qa1+ 47. Kb4 Nf3 48. Qb3 Nxe5 49. fxe5 Qe1+ 50. Kc4 Qe2+ 51. Kd5 Qxg4 52. Kd6 Qc8 1-0 [Event "Superbet Classic TB 2022"] [Site "Bucharest ROU"] [Date "2022.05.14"] [Round "3"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B50"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2750"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "2022.05.14"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. O-O h6 6. a4 a6 7. Re1 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nh2 e6 11. f4 Be7 12. f5 exf5 13. exf5 Bh7 14. Nc3 d5 15. Ba2 O-O 16. Nf3 Qc7 17. Kg2 Rad8 18. Bd2 Nb4 19. Bb1 Bd6 20. Ne2 Rfe8 21. Bxb4 cxb4 22. Ba2 g6 23. fxg6 Bxg6 24. Qd2 h5 25. g5 Ne4 26. Qd1 Bg3 27. Rf1 h4 28. dxe4 dxe4 29. Nfd4 Re5 30. Rf6 Rxg5 31. Kh1 Be5 32. Rxg6+ Rxg6 33. c3 Rdd6 34. Qd2 Rdf6 35. Rg1 Qd7 36. Rxg6+ Rxg6 37. Ng1 bxc3 38. bxc3 Qxa4 39. Bd5 Bxd4 40. cxd4 Qe8 41. Qc2 Kg7 42. Bxe4 Rg3 43. Bg2 b5 44. Nf3 Qd8 45. Qe4 Qf6 46. Nxh4 Rg5 47. Nf3 Rf5 48. d5 Rf4 49. Qd3 Qd6 50. Nd4 Qe5 51. Ne2 Rf2 52. Ng3 Qe1+ 53. Kh2 Qd2 54. Qe4 Kf8 55. h4 b4 56. Kh3 b3 57. Nf5 Re2 58. Qc4 b2 59. Qc5+ Kg8 60. Qc8+ Kh7 61. Qc4 0-1