[Event "44th Olympiad 2022"] [Site "Chennai IND"] [Date "2022.08.09"] [Round "11.2"] [White "Nihal, Sarin"] [Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2651"] [BlackElo "2673"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "2022.07.29"] [WhiteTeam "India 2"] [BlackTeam "Germany"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 e6 5. c3 Bd6 6. Nbd2 Bxf4 7. exf4 Qc7 8. g3 O-O 9. Bd3 cxd4 (9... b6) 10. Nxd4 Nc6 (10... e5) 11. N2f3 $14 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 e5 13. fxe5 Qxe5+ 14. Qe2 Qd6 (14... Qc7 15. O-O Bg4 (15... Re8 16. Qc2 Bd7 17. Rfe1 h6 18. Bf5 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Qb6 20. Qc2 a6 21. Qb3 Qc7 22. a4 Re4 23. f3 Re7 24. Qc2 Rae8 25. Qd2 Re5 26. Rxe5 Qxe5 27. a5 Nd7 28. Nc2 Nb8 29. Re1 {1-0 (29) Le,T (2501)-Eljanov,P (2672) Chess.com INT 2020}) 16. f3 Rfe8 17. Qf2 Bd7 18. Rfe1 Qd6 19. a3 g6 20. Qd2 Kg7 21. Kf2 a5 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Re1 a4 24. Rxe8 Bxe8 25. Qe3 Bd7 26. Nc2 Bc6 27. Qd4 Kg8 28. Ne3 Nd7 29. Bc2 Qc5 30. Qxc5 Nxc5 31. Ng4 Nd7 32. Ke3 Kf8 33. Kd4 Ke7 34. f4 Kd6 35. Ne5 f6 36. Nf3 Nc5 37. h4 Ne6+ 38. Ke3 Be8 39. f5 Nc5 40. Nd4 Ke5 41. Nf3+ Kd6 42. Kf4 Ke7 43. Nd4 Kd6 44. g4 Ke7 45. g5 b6 46. Bb1 Nb7 47. Ba2 Bf7 48. fxg6 hxg6 49. Bb1 Nc5 50. Bc2 Ne6+ 51. Nxe6 Kxe6 52. Bxa4 Ke7 53. Bc2 Ke6 54. b4 Ke7 55. a4 Be8 56. a5 bxa5 57. bxa5 f5 58. a6 Kd6 59. a7 Bc6 60. Bxf5 gxf5 61. Kxf5 Kc7 62. g6 d4 63. cxd4 Kb7 64. Ke5 Be8 65. Kf6 Bc6 66. h5 Kxa7 67. h6 {1-0 (67) Karjakin,S (2752) -Avila Pavas,S (2393) Chess.com INT 2020}) 15. O-O Re8 (15... Bg4 16. Qc2 g6 17. Rfe1 a6 18. Qd2 Kg7 19. Kg2 Rfe8 20. h3 Bd7 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Re1 Rc8 23. Qg5 h6 24. Qe5 Qxe5 25. Rxe5 a5 26. Bb5 Bxb5 27. Nxb5 Kf8 28. f4 Rc5 29. Nd4 Nd7 30. Re2 Nb6 31. Nb3 Rb5 32. Nd4 Rc5 33. Nb3 Rc4 34. Nxa5 Ra4 35. Nxb7 Rxa2 36. Kf2 Ra1 37. Nd6 Rb1 38. Re8+ Kg7 39. Re7 Rxb2+ 40. Kf3 Rb3 41. Rxf7+ Kg8 42. Rc7 Na4 43. Ne8 Nxc3 44. Nf6+ Kf8 45. Kg2 Rb2+ 46. Kf3 Rb3 47. Kg2 d4 48. Rd7 Rb6 49. Ng4 Rb2+ 50. Kf3 Rb3 51. Kg2 Ne2 52. Nf6 Rb6 53. Ng4 h5 54. Ne5 Rb3 55. Nf3 Rb2 56. Ne5 Nxf4+ 57. Kf3 Nxh3 58. Nxg6+ Ke8 59. Rxd4 Kf7 60. Ke4 Kxg6 61. Rd6+ Kg5 62. Rd5+ Kg4 {0-1 (62) Babiy,O (2283)-Martinez Alcantara,J (2608) Chess.com INT 2021}) 16. Qd2 Bd7 17. Rfe1 Ng4 18. Re2 Qf6 19. Rae1 Ne5 20. Re3 g6 21. Bf1 Kg7 22. b3 $16 Nc6 $2 23. Rf3 $18 Qd6 24. Nb5 Qc5 25. b4 Qf8 26. Nc7 Rxe1 27. Qxe1 Rd8 28. Nxd5 Qd6 29. c4 Be6 30. Rd3 Qe5 31. Qd2 Qa1 32. a3 $2 ( 32. f4) (32. Qe2) 32... Ne5 $14 33. Qc3 Qxc3 34. Rxc3 b5 35. f4 Nxc4 {Now White has to win the game all over again. To Sarin's credit, he does.} 36. Nc7 Bf5 $2 (36... Rd1 $1) 37. Nxb5 $18 Rd1 38. Kf2 Nd2 $2 39. Bd3 a6 40. Bxf5 gxf5 41. Ke2 Rh1 42. Kxd2 Rxh2+ 43. Ke3 axb5 44. Kd4 $1 h5 45. Kc5 Rh3 46. Kxb5 h4 47. a4 hxg3 48. Rc1 Rh4 49. Rg1 $1 {The only winning move.} Rxf4 50. Rxg3+ Rg4 51. Rf3 f4 52. a5 Kf6 53. a6 Ke5 54. a7 Rg8 55. Ra3 1-0 [Event "44th Olympiad 2022"] [Site "Chennai IND"] [Date "2022.08.09"] [Round "11.4"] [White "Sadhwani, Raunak"] [Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2611"] [BlackElo "2642"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2022.07.29"] [WhiteTeam "India 2"] [BlackTeam "Germany"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Nd7 7. O-O Ne7 8. c4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. d5 Ncxe5 {This line has been played before, though not a lot. The problem is ithat it seems clearly better for White.} 12. Be2 $1 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Ne5 $2 $146 14. Bf4 $18 Nd3 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Bxb7 Ra7 17. Bc6+ Kf7 18. Be4 (18. Be3) 18... c4 19. Qf3 $6 (19. Bxf5 exf5 20. Be3 Rd7 21. Na4 $18) 19... Qf6 $16 20. Bxd3 $6 (20. Rad1 $16) 20... Bxd3 $2 (20... cxd3 $11 {/+/= As in the Sarin-Bluebaum game, Black fought back from a losing position, only to err almost the instant he achieved (near-) equality.}) 21. Rfe1 $6 $16 (21. Ne4 $142 $18) 21... Kg8 $8 22. Ne4 $6 (22. Qe3 Rf7 23. g3 $16) 22... Qxb2 23. Ng5 (23. Qe3 $142 $14) 23... h6 24. Nxe6 Rf7 25. Rad1 $11 (25. Nxf8 Rxf8 26. Be5 $11 {/+/=}) 25... Bb4 (25... Qf6 $142 $11) 26. Re3 Be7 27. h3 Qf6 $2 (27... Qb5) (27... Bf6) 28. Qd5 $16 Kh7 29. Bg3 Qf5 $2 30. Re5 $18 Qf6 31. Rde1 Rc8 32. R1e3 Bf5 $2 33. Rf3 g6 34. Bh4 {It's time for White to start collecting.} Bxe6 35. Rxe6 Qxf3 36. gxf3 Bxh4 37. Qe4 Rg7 38. Qxh4 c3 39. Re1 c2 40. Qf4 Rgc7 41. Rc1 {Black's last hope is that White can't make progress with his rook tied down to the c1 square. Radhwani shows that this hope will not come to fruition.} Kg7 42. Kg2 h5 43. Qd6 Rc6 44. Qe7+ Kg8 45. f4 R8c7 46. Qe8+ Kg7 47. f5 {White will win on the kingside, either by means of an attack on the king or by creating a passer. It could take a while, but the procedure won't be difficult at all.} 1-0 [Event "44th Olympiad 2022"] [Site "Chennai IND"] [Date "2022.08.09"] [Round "11.1"] [White "Sargissian, Gabriel"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D11"] [WhiteElo "2698"] [BlackElo "2704"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2022.07.29"] [WhiteTeam "Armenia"] [BlackTeam "Spain"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"] [BlackTeamCountry "ESP"] {[%evp 0,97,38,31,19,-11,25,28,46,-1,-9,-9,21,10,14,0,28,28,28,33,39,33,33,35, 35,27,63,38,29,23,27,21,98,101,129,104,173,225,213,223,223,209,274,287,286,216, 241,176,181,181,185,189,214,203,202,201,197,208,208,208,208,195,206,206,213, 211,232,229,230,216,240,240,240,240,242,242,272,286,279,250,256,256,301,323, 339,312,350,329,323,302,349,316,358,394,396,397,396,415,473,546]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 (5... Bf5) 6. Nc3 (6. Nbd2) 6... Nbd7 7. Bf4 Bxf3 (7... Nb6) 8. gxf3 Nb6 9. Qd3 Nfd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Bd2 e6 12. e4 Nc7 13. O-O-O Qh4 14. Be3 O-O-O {I don't know if this was prep for Shirov or not - probably not. You know a line is probably bad when it's played in an email game and the player loses, especially a 2500-rated player.} 15. Qd2 $16 { A good novelty, both in its own right and "prophetically": Black sees the threat, but meets it with an outright blunder.} (15. Kb1 Kb8 16. Qd2 Be7 17. Qa5 Rd7 18. Rg1 Rhd8 19. Rxg7 c5 20. Qa4 Qf6 21. Rg3 cxd4 22. Bg5 Qe5 23. Bd2 a6 24. Rc1 Nb5 25. Bd3 Rc7 26. Rxc7 Qxc7 27. Qc2 Qe5 28. Qb3 Nc7 29. a3 Qh5 30. Ka2 h6 31. h3 Bh4 32. Qb6 Na8 33. Bf4+ e5 34. Qa5 Bf6 35. Bd2 Bh4 36. Rg4 Rc8 37. f4 Bxf2 38. Rg7 Qxh3 39. Qxe5+ Ka7 40. Bxa6 Qe6+ 41. Qxe6 fxe6 42. Bxb7 Rc7 43. Rg2 Kxb7 44. Rxf2 Nb6 45. f5 exf5 46. exf5 h5 47. Kb3 Rf7 48. a4 h4 49. Rh2 Rh7 50. Be1 h3 51. Bf2 {1-0 (51) Freeman,M (2513)-Serradimigni,R (2500) ICCF email 2015}) 15... g6 $4 16. Bg5 Qh5 17. Be2 $1 $18 {It's not just the rook on d8 that Black needs to worry about, but his queen, too. In fact he's already completely lost.} (17. Bxd8 $2 Bh6 18. f4 Rxd8 {was the idea, although even this favors White somewhat.}) 17... Bb4 (17... Re8 18. h4 h6 19. f4 $18 { is "gg".}) 18. Qe3 $1 e5 19. Bxd8 Rxd8 20. dxe5 Qxe5 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Rd1+ Ke7 23. f4 {Black has no compensation for the exchange; just the opposite - his position is terrible even beyond his missing material.} Qc5+ 24. Kb1 Qxe3 25. fxe3 {The rest is the proverbial matter of technique, and as we shall see Sargissian is entirely up to the task.} Ne8 26. e5 Bc5 27. Bg4 f5 28. exf6+ Nxf6 29. Bf3 h6 (29... Bxe3 $4 30. Re1) 30. h4 Ke6 31. Kc2 h5 32. Kd3 Be7 33. Rg1 Kf7 34. Ke2 Nd7 35. Be4 Nf8 36. Rh1 Nd7 37. Bc2 Bf6 38. e4 Bd4 39. e5 Nf8 40. Kd3 c5 41. Ke4 b6 42. b4 Ke7 43. Bb3 Bf2 44. b5 Nd7 45. Bc4 Nf8 46. Rh3 Be1 47. f5 gxf5+ 48. Kxf5 Nd7 49. Ra3 1-0 [Event "44th Olympiad 2022"] [Site "Chennai IND"] [Date "2022.08.09"] [Round "11.4"] [White "Warmerdam, Max"] [Black "Vakhidov, Jakhongir"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2564"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "120"] [EventDate "2022.07.29"] [WhiteTeam "Netherlands"] [BlackTeam "Uzbekistan"] [WhiteTeamCountry "NED"] [BlackTeamCountry "UZB"] {[%evp 0,120,27,19,46,61,61,10,56,38,34,24,20,-7,54,20,15,2,10,-25,79,38,59, -10,-13,35,9,-10,-15,-53,-50,-50,-31,-58,-27,-42,1,-20,-32,-32,-35,-35,-43, -113,-95,-112,-126,-127,-144,-136,-137,-134,-132,-138,-155,-148,-148,-159,-150, -161,-154,-203,-214,-196,-210,-246,-214,-253,-185,-204,-212,-216,-221,-222, -277,-275,-162,-159,-171,-163,-160,-154,-164,-151,-126,-134,-145,-139,-131, -165,-177,-164,-164,-164,-164,-166,-164,-174,-163,-169,-162,-163,-170,-165, -169,-168,-169,-187,-154,-255,-271,-269,-304,-526,-293,-433,-509,-863,-876, -982,-1002,-1549,-1549]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. d4 cxd4 7. e5 Nd5 8. cxd4 Nc7 9. Nc3 a6 $146 (9... O-O) 10. Bc4 (10. Ba4) 10... O-O 11. Bg5 (11. a4 $142) 11... d6 $11 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. d5 (13. Ne4 Qb4 14. Rc1 Bf5 15. a3 (15. Re1 Rad8 16. Nc5 $11) 15... Qxb2 16. Rb1 Qxa3 17. Bc1 Qa5 18. Bd2 Qa3 19. Bc1 $11) 13... Na5 $15 14. Qa4 $2 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 b5 $17 16. Qe4 Re8 17. Rad1 Bf5 18. Qh4 b4 $2 ({The greedy} 18... Bxc3 19. bxc3 Nxd5 $19 { was possible and probably better, not that it's easy to make such a decision - especially in such a situation.}) 19. Ne4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Bxb2 21. Rfe1 $2 (21. Bf4 Qc5 22. Bxc7 Qxc7 23. Qxb4 $15) 21... Bc3 $19 22. Re3 f6 23. Qh4 Nxd5 { Now Black feels comfortable about the capture, and rightly so.} 24. Red3 e6 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 $6 {Good enough, but there was better.} (25... Qf4 $1 26. Bg5 Qxh4 27. Bxh4 a5 28. Bg5 a4 29. Bc1 b3 30. axb3 a3 {and the game is over.}) 26. Qxf6 Qxh2+ 27. Kxh2 Nxf6 {It takes a while, but two extra pawns prove sufficient to win.} 28. Rd6 Ne4 29. Rb6 Nxf2 30. Rd7 Ng4+ 31. Kh3 Nf6 32. Rdd6 a5 33. Ng5 Rad8 34. Rxd8 Rxd8 35. Rxe6 Rd3+ 36. g3 Nh5 37. Kh4 Ng7 38. Ra6 Nf5+ 39. Kg4 Rxg3+ 40. Kf4 Re3 $6 (40... Ra3 $1) 41. Rxa5 Re7 42. Rb5 h6 43. Rb8+ Kg7 44. Nf3 Ne3 45. Kg3 Re4 46. Rb7+ Kf6 47. Rb6+ Kf7 48. Rb7+ Ke8 49. Nd2 Rd4 50. Nb3 Nf5+ 51. Kf3 Rc4 52. Nd2 Rd4 53. Ne4 g5 54. Nc5 $2 g4+ 55. Ke2 g3 56. Kf3 Rc4 57. Ne6 Rc3+ 58. Kf4 g2 59. Ng7+ Kd8 60. Rb8+ Kd7 {Black's technique wasn't awe-inspiring, but it was good enough, and that's what counts. As long as your opponent never escapes from the lost position, you've done your job.} 0-1 [Event "44th Olympiad 2022"] [Site "Chennai IND"] [Date "2022.08.09"] [Round "11.1"] [White "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2720"] [BlackElo "2783"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "36"] [EventDate "2022.07.29"] [WhiteTeam "India"] [BlackTeam "United States of America"] [WhiteTeamCountry "IND"] {[%evp 0,36,25,18,30,0,4,-6,33,-10,8,-21,-3,-1,6,12,19,23,15,14,16,16,11,0,0, 14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nf3 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Nc6 11. e3 (11. Qc3 {is more common.}) 11... e5 12. d5 e4 13. Qxe4 $146 {A new move, but I'm sure it wasn't new to Caruana's computer.} ({The inferior} 13. Nd2 {had been played in three sub-GM games before this, resulting in an edge for Black after} Ne7 14. Nxe4 Qxb2 15. Qc3 Qb6 $15) 13... Qxb2 14. Rd1 Qc3+ 15. Rd2 Qc1+ 16. Rd1 Qc3+ 17. Rd2 Qc1+ 18. Rd1 Qc3+ {I assume Harikrishna was taken by surprise, and a draw with White wasn't the summit of his ambitions.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "44th Olympiad 2022"] [Site "Chennai IND"] [Date "2022.08.09"] [Round "11.2"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2714"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "132"] [EventDate "2022.07.29"] [WhiteTeam "United States of America"] [BlackTeam "India"] [BlackTeamCountry "IND"] {[%evp 0,132,29,25,25,25,28,28,28,-12,10,23,16,7,59,-6,25,25,10,13,29,16,18,0, 2,6,4,-1,64,63,46,46,49,58,95,93,87,64,95,103,125,103,78,60,96,65,112,94,79,60, 63,69,67,54,46,46,40,38,52,38,43,37,37,34,39,45,40,43,53,32,60,12,45,62,49,15, 13,0,0,0,0,-3,60,55,53,53,38,17,39,42,35,48,49,64,5,21,41,37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,18,11,8,6,0,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a5 7. Re1 Ba7 8. Na3 O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Nb5 Bb6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Rxe3 Re8 13. Qc2 Ne7 14. Qb3 Rf8 15. d4 exd4 $146 ( 15... Ng6 16. Rd1 Bd7 17. a4 Qc8 18. Nd2 Nh5 19. Nf3 Nhf4 20. Bf1 Kh8 21. Qc4 Bc6 22. Nxc7 Qxc7 23. d5 f5 24. dxc6 fxe4 25. Qxe4 d5 26. Qc2 e4 27. Nd4 Rae8 28. c4 bxc6 29. cxd5 Nxd5 30. Rxe4 Nb4 31. Qb1 Qf7 32. Rxe8 Qxe8 33. Bc4 Ne5 34. Re1 Qb8 35. Bf1 Qb6 36. Qe4 Nd7 37. Nf3 Qc5 38. Qg6 Qf5 39. Qd6 Rf6 40. Qd2 Qd5 41. Qc3 Re6 42. Rxe6 Qxe6 43. Bc4 Qe4 44. b3 Nb6 45. Bf7 Qb1+ 46. Kh2 Qf5 47. Be8 Nd7 48. Bxd7 Qxd7 49. Ne5 Qf5 50. Qg3 c5 51. Nc4 Nc6 52. Qg4 Qf6 53. f3 Nd4 54. Qc8+ Kh7 55. Qxc5 Qf4+ 56. Kg1 Qc1+ 57. Kh2 Qf4+ 58. Kg1 Qc1+ 59. Kh2 { 1/2-1/2 (59) Ragger,M (2643)-Jones,G (2665) Chartres 2022}) (15... d5 $1 { is the right way.} 16. exd5 e4 17. Ne5 Nexd5 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Rxe4 Bf5 20. Ree1 c6 21. Na3 Nf4 $44) 16. Nbxd4 $14 d5 17. exd5 Nexd5 18. Re5 c6 19. Rae1 Qd6 $2 20. Nb5 $2 {So is right to notice the vulnerability to attack of Black's queen on d6, but this wasn't the right way to exploit it.} (20. Nh4 $1 $16 {/+-}) 20... Qd8 $14 21. Rd1 Bd7 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Nbd4 {White's position remains very pleasant - this is a two-results position.} Qc7 24. Rde1 Rfe8 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 27. Nf5 {Black is still only slightly worse, but repeated inaccuracies lead him into danger. Fortunately for him, So continues to err in turn.} b5 (27... Qf4 $142) 28. a3 (28. N3d4 $142) 28... Qc5 (28... Qf4 $142) 29. Qd1 (29. N3d4 $142) (29. Ne3 $142) 29... b4 30. axb4 axb4 31. Qd4 Qxd4 32. cxd4 Kf8 (32... Nh5 $142) 33. Ne5 (33. Ne3 $142) 33... Ne4 34. Ne3 ( 34. f3) 34... Nd6 35. b3 {Probably the last chance for White to enjoy serious prospects for a win have now passed.} (35. Nxd5 $142 Nb5 36. Nxb4 Nxd4 37. Nd5 $16) 35... Nb7 36. Nd3 Na5 37. Nc5 Nc6 38. Nc2 Ke7 39. Nd3 Na5 40. Ndxb4 Nxb3 41. Nxd5+ Kd6 42. Nde3 {White has won a pawn, but this is not enough. The pawn is close enough to the kingside that Black can cope without abandoning his pawns.} g6 43. f3 f5 44. g3 Ke6 45. Kf2 g5 46. f4 Bc6 47. Nc4 Be4 48. N4a3 gxf4 49. gxf4 Kd5 50. Ke3 Bxc2 51. Nxc2 Kc4 52. Na3+ Kb4 53. Nc2+ Kc4 54. h4 h5 55. Na3+ Kb4 56. Nb1 Kc4 57. d5 Kxd5 58. Nc3+ Ke6 59. Ne2 Kf6 60. Ng3 Kg6 61. Kd3 Nc5+ 62. Kd4 Ne6+ 63. Ke5 Nc5 64. Ne2 Nd3+ 65. Kd4 Ne1 66. Ke3 Kf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "44th Olympiad 2022"] [Site "Chennai IND"] [Date "2022.08.09"] [Round "11.3"] [White "Erigaisi, Arjun"] [Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E20"] [WhiteElo "2689"] [BlackElo "2754"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2022.07.29"] [WhiteTeam "India"] [BlackTeam "United States of America"] [WhiteTeamCountry "IND"] {[%evp 0,97,29,29,29,-6,0,-6,33,-58,-77,-80,53,35,-5,-4,86,57,93,59,53,48,92, 71,72,64,73,60,60,35,48,31,55,25,70,65,63,61,74,93,89,83,127,111,104,118,111, 99,105,80,93,82,106,107,94,99,111,87,96,66,86,87,87,89,91,65,88,95,126,160,160, 152,173,173,161,162,157,158,167,160,136,88,86,218,244,161,154,153,169,156,130, 57,303,321,428,498,563,607,724,767]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 ( 4... c5 {has become the strongly preferred line against 4.f3.}) 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 dxe4 7. fxe4 c5 8. d5 exd5 9. exd5 O-O 10. Be2 a6 {While rarer than 10...Re8 and 10...Bd6, it's a good option as well, intending ...Bd6 without having to worry about Nb5.} 11. Nf3 Bd6 12. O-O $146 (12. Bg5) 12... h6 13. h3 Re8 $11 14. Bd3 Nbd7 (14... b5 $5 15. cxb5 c4 $1 16. Bxc4 Bxh3 $1 {is a line one finds with the space bar, but seldom if ever at the board.} 17. gxh3 Qc8 18. Kg2 (18. Be2 Qxh3 19. Rf2 $8 Bc5 20. Nd4 $8 Qg3+ 21. Rg2 Qh4 22. Rh2 $8 Qxd4+ 23. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 24. Kf1 axb5 25. Bxb5 Re5 $11) 18... Qxc4 19. Qd4 axb5 20. Bxh6 Qxd4 21. Nxd4 gxh6 22. Rxf6 Be5 23. Re1 Nd7 24. Rxe5 Rxe5 25. Rxh6 $11) 15. a4 Nf8 $6 ( 15... b6 $11 {followed by ...Ra7 is best.}) 16. b3 $6 (16. Qc2 $14 {/+/-}) 16... Bc7 $6 (16... Ng6) 17. Re1 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 $16 Qd6 19. Ne2 Qe7 20. Bf4 ( 20. Qf2) 20... Bxf4 21. Nxf4 Qxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Bd7 $2 (22... a5) 23. a5 $18 Re8 24. Rd1 $2 (24. Ne2 $1 Re3 (24... Ng6 25. Bxg6 fxg6 26. Nc3 Kf8 27. Rxe8+ Kxe8 28. g4 $1 $18 {Preventing counterplay from ...Bf5-c2. White is winning because his queenside majority is useful (and c5 is a target), while Black's kingside majority is nearly useless.}) 25. Bc2 Bxh3 26. Kf2 Ng4+ 27. Kg3 $18) 24... Bc8 $2 (24... g5) 25. Ne2 $18 N8d7 26. Nc3 Kf8 27. Kf2 Ke7 28. Re1+ Kd8 29. Na4 Rxe1 30. Nxe1 g6 $2 31. Ke3 Ke7 32. Bc2 Kd6 33. Nd3 Ng8 34. b4 cxb4 35. Kd4 Ngf6 36. Nxb4 Nh5 37. c5+ Kc7 38. Bb3 f6 39. d6+ Kd8 40. c6 $1 bxc6 41. Nxc6+ Ke8 42. Nb6 Nxb6 43. axb6 Kd7 44. Ne7 Bb7 45. Kc5 Nf4 46. Ba4+ Kd8 47. Bc6 Ne6+ 48. Kd5 Nf4+ 49. Kc4 {A very smooth win by Erigaisi in the endgame.} 1-0 [Event "44th Olympiad 2022"] [Site "Chennai IND"] [Date "2022.08.09"] [Round "11.4"] [White "Shankland, Sam"] [Black "Narayanan, S.L..."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E36"] [WhiteElo "2720"] [BlackElo "2659"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "147"] [EventDate "2022.07.29"] [WhiteTeam "United States of America"] [BlackTeam "India"] [BlackTeamCountry "IND"] {[%evp 0,147,29,29,29,0,5,-6,10,-23,-10,-22,-12,-18,-2,-11,4,-14,3,-26,-15,-3, 24,4,21,2,34,36,42,39,67,51,51,69,67,67,78,75,49,49,45,37,37,25,37,20,25,37,23, 26,28,16,28,6,10,3,14,3,14,4,9,12,8,-16,2,-3,38,52,48,67,65,67,65,58,58,64,63, 83,83,48,37,82,66,99,103,92,110,108,107,78,114,78,78,78,78,78,78,101,125,135, 147,107,167,152,147,147,154,177,178,180,199,172,199,180,180,180,180,201,180, 183,224,221,227,223,236,235,244,246,249,248,255,182,175,161,161,177,161,156, 154,167,239,244,243,271,992,276,537,537,547,547] If only we'd had this Shankland all event! He wins a nice technical game to save a drawn match for the U.S.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 Ba6 9. Qa4+ Qd7 10. Qc2 Qc6 11. Qxc6+ Nxc6 12. Bf4 Nd5 13. Bg3 Nce7 14. Rc1 Nf5 15. e3 Bxf1 16. Kxf1 Rc8 17. Ke2 f6 18. e4 Nxg3+ 19. hxg3 Ne7 20. g4 O-O 21. Rc2 h6 22. Rhc1 c6 23. b4 Ra8 24. Rb1 Rfc8 25. Nd2 Rd8 26. Nb3 Kf7 27. Rbc1 Rd7 28. g3 Rad8 29. Rc3 e5 30. dxe5 fxe5 31. R1c2 Rd6 32. Nd2 Re6 33. Nc4 Rd4 34. f3 Kf6 35. Rd3 Ng6 36. Ne3 Rxd3 37. Kxd3 Rd6+ 38. Ke2 Ne7 39. Nc4 Rd4 40. Nb2 g6 41. Ke3 Rd8 42. Rh2 Ng8 43. Nd3 g5 44. Rc2 Rd6 45. Ke2 Ne7 46. Nb2 Rd8 47. Nc4 c5 48. bxc5 Nc6 49. Ke3 bxc5 50. Nd2 Na5 51. Rxc5 Rxd2 52. Rxa5 Rb2 53. Ra6+ Ke7 54. Rxa7+ Kd6 55. Ra6+ Ke7 56. a4 Rb3+ 57. Ke2 Rb2+ 58. Kd3 Rb3+ 59. Kc4 Rxf3 60. a5 Rxg3 61. Rxh6 Kd7 62. Kd5 Kc7 63. Rh7+ Kb8 64. Kxe5 Rxg4 65. Rg7 Rg1 66. Kf5 Ra1 67. e5 Kc8 68. Kxg5 Rxa5 69. Kf6 Ra1 70. e6 Rf1+ 71. Ke7 Rh1 72. Rg2 Rh7+ 73. Kd6 Rh8 74. Rc2+ 1-0 [Event "44th Olympiad 2022"] [Site "Chennai IND"] [Date "2022.08.09"] [Round "11.2"] [White "McShane, Luke J"] [Black "Hamitevici, Vladimir"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2649"] [BlackElo "2473"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "118"] [EventDate "2022.07.29"] [WhiteTeam "England"] [BlackTeam "Moldova"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"] [BlackTeamCountry "MDA"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Qd2 b5 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O (8. Bh6) 8... O-O 9. h3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. a4 b4 12. Ne2 c5 13. Ng3 a5 14. Rad1 $2 {The sad tale of the wrong rook. It probably made the difference between winning and losing this game, and with it, the match.} (14. Rfd1 $18 Qc7 15. Bb5 Ba6 16. Qd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Bxb5 18. axb5 a4 19. Nd2 $18) 14... Qc7 $11 15. Bb5 Ba6 16. Bxa6 (16. Qd6 $2 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Bxb5 18. axb5 {Move White's rook from f1 to a1, and the position is winning; here, Black is much better.} Rfb8 19. Rfd1 a4 $17) 16... Rxa6 17. Bh6 $2 (17. c4 $1 $11) 17... Re8 $15 ( 17... c4 $142 $17) 18. Qg5 (18. Bxg7 $142 Kxg7 19. c4) 18... Nf8 $2 (18... Bxh6 19. Qxh6 c4 $17) 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rd2 $2 $11 (20. Nd2 $1 c4 21. b3 $1 $16) 20... Ng8 $2 21. Nf5+ Kh8 22. Ne3 $16 f6 23. Qh4 Qc6 24. Nd5 Ra7 25. b3 $2 (25. Nh2 $16) 25... Rf7 $2 (25... c4 $11) 26. Ne3 $18 Ne6 27. Nc4 Nd4 $6 (27... Ra7) 28. Nxa5 $18 Qc7 29. Nc4 f5 $2 30. Nxd4 cxd4 {Despite the "wrong rook" issue above, White is winning all the same.} 31. exf5 $6 (31. f4 $1) 31... Rxf5 32. Re1 (32. Qg3) 32... Nf6 33. f3 (33. Qg3 $142) 33... Qc5 34. Kh1 $2 (34. a5 e4 35. fxe4 g5 36. Qg3 Nxe4 37. Qd3 $18) 34... g5 $2 (34... e4 $1 35. fxe4 g5 $11 36. Qg3 $2 Nxe4 {and here there's no point to 37.Qd3 because of ...Nf2+. White is losing even after the better} 37. Rxe4 Rxe4 $19) 35. Qg3 $18 h5 36. h4 $6 ( 36. a5 $18) 36... g4 37. Rde2 $2 (37. Rf2) 37... gxf3 $11 38. gxf3 (38. Qg6 e4 39. gxf3 Rxf3 40. Rg1 $11) 38... Rg8 39. Qh3 e4 40. fxe4 Rf4 {White's advantage is gone, but at least he has made the time control and can figure out what's going on here. Time for the higher-rated player to reassert control, right?} 41. Rf1 $2 {Wrong.} (41. Qh2 $8 Rgg4 (41... Qc7 42. Rf2 Rgg4 43. Rf3 $1 Rxh4 44. Rh3 Ng4 45. Rxh4 Nxh2 46. Rxh5+ Kg7 47. Rxh2 $11) 42. Rf2 Rxh4 43. Rxf4 Rxh2+ 44. Kxh2 Ng4+ 45. Kh3 d3 46. cxd3 Nf2+ 47. Rxf2 Qxf2 48. Re3 $11) 41... d3 $1 $19 42. Re3 (42. cxd3 Rg3 $1 43. Qxg3 Rxf1+ 44. Kg2 (44. Kh2 Ng4+ $19) 44... Rg1+ $19) 42... dxc2 43. Rxf4 c1=Q+ 44. Rf1 Qc2 45. Rxf6 Qxe4+ $1 46. Rff3 (46. Rxe4 Qg1#) 46... Qcd4 {Queens are useful!} 47. Qf1 Qc2 $2 (47... Qxh4+ 48. Rh3 Qd5+ 49. Kh2 Qf4+ $1 50. Qxf4 Qg2#) 48. Ne5 $2 (48. Rg3 $1) 48... Qdb2 49. Nf7+ Kh7 50. Ng5+ Rxg5 51. Rf7+ Rg7 52. Re2 $1 {A nice try.} Qc6+ $1 53. Kh2 Qd6+ 54. Kh1 Qd5+ 55. Rf3 Qf6 56. Ref2 Qxh4+ 57. Rh2 Qxf3+ 58. Qxf3 Qe1+ 59. Qf1 Qxf1# 0-1