[Event "Superbet Classic 2022"] [Site "Bucharest ROU"] [Date "2022.05.13"] [Round "8.1"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E92"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2804"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2022.05.05"] {[%evp 0,75,19,16,23,-1,69,34,47,36,31,32,40,44,57,69,69,50,59,31,41,41,21,30, 47,5,66,57,77,43,36,46,29,-21,-12,-29,-11,-23,-25,-25,-25,-18,-31,-29,-24,-15, -11,-9,0,-6,50,51,47,-7,-9,-1,7,8,7,11,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 { Apparently, the story goes, that So was surprised by the King's Indian and decided to play it safe. This seems like an overreaction to me. It's not a bad line at the amateur level, but for pros it's pretty close to a draw offer.} dxe5 ({Kids, beware of pre-move:} 7... Nbd7 $4 8. exf6 Nxf6 9. O-O Re8 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 c6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Nxe5 Re8 15. Bg3 Bf5 16. Rfe1 Rad8 17. Rad1 Rxd1 18. Bxd1 h5 19. Nf3 Rd8 20. Be2 Ne4 21. Nxe4 Bxe4 22. b3 Bc2 23. Rc1 Be4 24. Rd1 {1-0 (24) Yilmaz,M (2630)-Kovalev,V (2637) Lichess.org INT 2021 }) 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bg5 Re8 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 c6 12. Bc4 b5 (12... cxd5 13. Bxd5 {is also fine for Black, provided he plays 13...Nd7 or 13...Na6. But 13... Nc6 is another story - White is better after that move.}) 13. Bb3 a5 14. a4 bxa4 (14... Bd7 {is also fine. In fact, Black's score here is 17 draws, five wins, and no losses.}) 15. Bxa4 Bd7 16. dxc6 {Played 13 times, drawn 13 times - and 12 of the games were OTB. The rest of the game can be safely skipped.} ( 16. d6 {isn't necessarily better, but it keeps the game interesting.}) 16... Bxc6 17. Ke2 Bxa4 18. Rxa4 Nc6 19. Rc1 $146 Nd4+ 20. Kf1 Rab8 21. Rb1 Rb5 22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Bd2 d3 24. Rxa5 Rxb2 25. Rxb2 Bxb2 26. Rd5 Rxe4 27. Rxd3 Rd4 28. Ke2 Rxd3 29. Kxd3 f5 30. f3 Kf7 31. h3 h5 32. g4 fxg4 33. fxg4 hxg4 34. hxg4 Bf6 35. Be3 Be7 36. Bd2 Bf6 37. Be3 Be7 38. Bd2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Superbet Classic 2022"] [Site "Bucharest ROU"] [Date "2022.05.13"] [Round "8.2"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C53"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2765"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "170"] [EventDate "2022.05.05"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5 {For those of you who find the maneuvering lines in the Giuoco not your taste, this is the line for you. The play is very forcing and tactical in this line.} 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1 Bg4 9. Nbd2 Nb6 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bb3 Qxd3 12. Nxe5 Qf5 13. Nef3 Rad8 14. Qe2 (14. g4 {is possible, for those who don't mind making a draw.} Bxg4 15. hxg4 Qxg4+ 16. Kh1 Qh3+ 17. Nh2 $8 Bd6 18. f4 Bxf4 19. Re2 Ne5 20. Qf1 Qxf1+ 21. Ndxf1 $11 Nd3 22. Bxf4 Nxf4 23. Re7 Nbd5 24. Re5 Rfe8 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Rd1 c6 27. Nf3 Kf8 28. Rd4 Re2 29. N1d2 f5 30. Bc4 Re7 31. Bxd5 {1/2-1/2 (31) Michalik,P (2565)-Shirov,A (2667) Prague 2019}) 14... Nd5 (14... Qc8 {is the alternative.}) 15. Qe4 (15. Ne4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxf3 17. gxf3 Bb6 $11 {/+/=}) 15... Qxe4 16. Nxe4 Be7 $146 (16... Bb6 17. Bg5 f6 18. Rad1 Bf7 19. Bc1 Nde7 20. Bc2 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Re1 Ng6 23. b3 Nge5 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. Bf4 Bg6 26. Bxe5 fxe5 27. Re2 Bxe4 28. Bxe4 c6 29. g3 g6 30. b4 Kf7 31. a4 a6 32. Kg2 Rd7 33. Rb2 Bd8 34. h4 Rc7 35. c4 Ke6 36. b5 cxb5 37. cxb5 Rd7 38. b6 a5 39. Rb5 Rd6 40. Rxa5 Rxb6 41. Ra7 Rb2 42. a5 Kf6 43. Bxb7 Bxa5 44. Bd5 Rxf2+ 45. Kg1 e4 46. Ra6+ {1-0 (46) Vachier Lagrave,M (2774)-Jakovenko,D (2681) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) 17. Rd1 (17. g4 Bg6 18. Ng3) 17... Nf6 (17... Bg6 $142 18. Ng3 Nb6 19. Bf4 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rc8 $11) 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. g4 $6 (19. Rxd8 $142 Rxd8 20. g4 Bg6 21. Bf4 $14) 19... Rxd1+ 20. Bxd1 Bg6 21. Bf4 Nb4 $1 {A good idea, though a dangerous one. It's almost always risky to for rook and pawn vs. two minor pieces - especially when at least one of them is a bishop.} 22. cxb4 Bxb2 23. Rc1 (23. Be5) 23... Bxc1 24. Bxc1 Rd8 25. Be2 Bd3 26. Kf1 Rd5 (26... Rd6 $11) ( 26... Bxe2+ 27. Kxe2 Rd6 $11) 27. Be3 a5 28. a3 axb4 29. axb4 Bxe2+ 30. Kxe2 f6 (30... f5 $142 $11) 31. Nd4 Kf7 32. Kd3 h5 33. Kc4 c6 $2 (33... Re5 $14) 34. b5 $18 hxg4 35. hxg4 Ke8 36. b6 {This is the problem with Black's having allowed b4-b5.} (36. Ne6 {is also strong. Nepo keeps it simple.}) 36... Kd7 37. Nb3 Rd1 38. Nc5+ Kc8 39. Bf4 $6 $14 {/+/-} (39. Ne4 $142) 39... Rg1 $1 40. Bg3 Rc1+ 41. Kd4 Rd1+ 42. Nd3 Ra1 $2 (42... c5+ $1 43. Kc4 Kd7 44. Nxc5+ Kc6 {is likely to end in a draw.}) 43. Bd6 $6 (43. f3 $1 $18) 43... Ra6 44. Bf8 Ra4+ $8 45. Bb4 Ra6 46. Kc5 Ra1 47. Kd4 Ra6 48. Bf8 Ra4+ 49. Nb4 Kd7 50. f3 g6 51. Bc5 Ke6 52. Kc4 $6 (52. f4 $142 $16) 52... f5 (52... g5 $11) 53. g5 f4 $11 54. Bd4 Kd6 $2 ( 54... Kf5 $142 55. Bf6 Ke6 $11) 55. Bg7 $1 Kd7 (55... Ke6 $142) 56. Be5 $18 c5 $1 57. Kxc5 Ra3 58. Nd5 Rxf3 $2 (58... Rd3 59. Nxf4 Rxf3) 59. Nxf4 {Strangely, it's a sort of zugzwang, though Black would still be losing even with White to move.} Rf1 60. Kd5 $1 Rf3 61. Bc7 (61. Ke4 Rb3 62. Nxg6 Rxb6 63. Nf4 $18) 61... Rg3 62. Ne6 Rg1 63. Nc5+ (63. Be5) 63... Kc8 64. Ne4 $2 (64. Bf4) 64... Rd1+ 65. Ke5 Re1 66. Kf4 Kd7 $2 (66... Rf1+ 67. Kg4 Rg1+ 68. Bg3 Ra1 69. Nd6+ Kd7 70. Nxb7 Kc6 71. Nc5 Kxb6 72. Nd7+ Kb5 73. Ne5 Ra6 {is more difficult to beat, but with} 74. Bf2 $1 {White keeps on the path to an eventual win.}) 67. Nd6 Kc6 68. Nc4 Rf1+ 69. Ke4 Re1+ 70. Kd4 Kb5 71. Nd6+ Kc6 72. Nf7 Kd7 73. Ne5+ Ke6 74. Nxg6 Kf5 75. Ne5 $2 {After this, it's a draw with best play, and that's what Aronian demonstrates.} (75. Nh4+ $1 Kg4 76. Ng2 $1 Rd1+ 77. Ke5 Kxg5 78. Ke6 $1 Rd3 79. Nf4 Rd1 80. Nd5 Rd3 81. Nf6 Re3+ 82. Be5 Re1 83. Nd7 Rc1 84. Bc7 Rc6+ 85. Ke7 Kf5 86. Kd8 $18 {At last, the win is clear.}) 75... Rd1+ $8 76. Kc5 Kxg5 $8 77. Nf7+ Kf6 $8 78. Nd6 Rc1+ $8 79. Kb5 Rb1+ $8 80. Ka4 Ra1+ $8 81. Kb3 Ke6 $1 82. Nxb7 Rc1 $8 83. Kb4 Rxc7 $8 84. Nc5+ Kd6 85. bxc7 Kxc7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Superbet Classic 2022"] [Site "Bucharest ROU"] [Date "2022.05.13"] [Round "8.3"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2750"] [BlackElo "2671"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "112"] [EventDate "2022.05.05"] {[%evp 0,112,20,15,29,28,28,28,42,31,31,-1,22,-28,60,60,60,56,51,41,62,62,82, -20,8,4,13,22,24,-32,-15,-10,-4,-29,-3,-26,40,2,52,34,40,9,42,22,11,21,73,-17, 22,13,23,-9,1,-24,-32,-32,-37,-13,-41,-35,-16,-14,-20,-9,0,0,0,0,12,23,17,26, 29,12,41,10,25,19,51,46,45,46,48,49,44,44,35,29,29,27,24,21,18,13,13,14,13,12, 12,12,10,10,10,14,12,12,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Qb3 Qd7 11. Be3 (11. Nc3 {has been the main move, while}) (11. c5 {had been starring as "the latest try".}) 11... dxc4 (11... Na6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. a3 Nc7 14. Bf1 Rae8 15. Nbd2 a6 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 d4 19. Rad1 Ne6 20. Bxd4 Nxd4 21. Qe3 Bc6 22. Rxd4 Qe7 23. f4 g6 24. Red1 Rd8 25. Rd6 Rxd6 26. Rxd6 Rd8 27. Qd4 Rxd6 28. exd6 Qe6 29. Kf2 Qf5 30. Be2 h5 31. h4 Qe6 32. b4 Qf5 33. a4 Bd7 34. Qe5 Qc2 35. Qe7 Qxa4 36. Kg3 Be6 37. Bc4 Qa3+ 38. Kh2 Qxb4 39. Bxe6 Qxf4+ 40. Kh3 Qe3+ 41. g3 Qf3 42. Bxf7+ Qxf7 43. Qd8+ Qf8 44. Qc7 Qf1+ 45. Kh2 Qf2+ 46. Kh1 Qf1+ 47. Kh2 Qf2+ {1/2-1/2 (47) Aronian,L (2782)-Erigaisi,A (2627) Kolkata 2021}) 12. Bxc4 Na6 $146 (12... b5 $142 $146 {and only next ...Na6 was better.} ) 13. Ne5 $14 Qc7 14. Nc3 (14. Bf4 $142) 14... Nxc3 15. bxc3 b5 16. Bf1 Nc5 $1 $11 {The chances are level, and Deac plays very well the rest of the way, not giving White any winning opportunities at all.} 17. Qd1 Be6 18. Bf4 Nd7 19. Bd3 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Be7 21. Qf3 Rad8 22. a4 a6 23. h4 Qc8 24. Be4 Bd5 25. h5 Qe6 26. Bxd5 Rxd5 27. axb5 axb5 28. Ra6 h6 29. g3 f6 30. Qe4 fxe5 31. Bxe5 Bc5 32. Bf4 Qxe4 33. Rxe4 Rxh5 34. Rxc6 Rd5 35. Kg2 Rf7 36. f3 Be7 37. Rd4 Rdf5 38. Rd7 Bg5 39. Rc8+ Kh7 40. Rxf7 Rxf7 41. Bxg5 hxg5 42. Rc5 g4 43. f4 Rd7 44. Rh5+ Kg8 45. Rxb5 Rd2+ 46. Kf1 Rd3 47. Kf2 Rf3+ 48. Kg2 Rxc3 49. Rg5 Rc2+ 50. Kf1 Kf7 51. Rxg4 Rc5 52. Kg2 g5 53. Rxg5 Rxg5 54. fxg5 Kg6 55. Kf2 Kxg5 56. g4 Kxg4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Superbet Classic 2022"] [Site "Bucharest ROU"] [Date "2022.05.13"] [Round "8.4"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Rapport, Richard"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "2776"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2022.05.05"] {[%evp 0,102,20,18,46,53,51,37,26,21,21,30,51,12,13,10,10,7,42,44,46,39,23,14, 14,-27,5,-18,36,50,39,12,10,6,20,26,27,27,26,22,73,66,93,74,80,79,124,116,116, 81,84,84,89,80,112,107,98,101,101,98,77,77,59,59,77,73,82,53,68,47,43,47,43,43, 36,34,38,38,38,53,53,15,32,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,12,12,13,12,12,11,8,12,0,0] } 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Bb7 {One of the important secondary variations of this system.} ({ Against Firouzja in round 4, Rapport played the main line starting with} 8... Qc7 9. f4 Qb6) 9. c4 (9. Be2 c5 10. O-O Qc7 {is the principal alternative, and now either 11.Nd6+ or 11.c4.}) 9... Nb4 10. c5 Qb8 11. f4 Ba6 12. Be2 {Only played once before.} ({White usually hasn't bothered about castling, preferring } 12. a3 Bxf1 13. Rxf1 Nd5 14. Qd4 ({Tip: Stockfish suggests} 14. Rf3 $146 { , at least initially.})) 12... Bxe2 $146 (12... Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Bxa6 Nxa6 15. Be3 Qb4 16. Qc2 Nc7 17. a3 Qb7 18. Rad1 Nd5 19. Bd4 Rab8 20. f5 exf5 21. Rxf5 Qb3 22. Qd2 Nc7 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. exf6 g6 25. Rf3 Qa4 26. Be5 d6 27. cxd6 Nd5 28. Qh6 Qxd1+ 29. Rf1 {1-0 (29) Saric,I (2687)-Abasov,N (2630) Terme Catez 2022}) 13. Qxe2 Qb5 $6 (13... Nd5 $142) 14. Qxb5 cxb5 15. Ke2 $14 Nd5 16. Bd2 ( 16. a4 $142) 16... a5 $6 (16... f5) 17. Rhc1 $16 Be7 18. Nc3 (18. Nd6+ $142 Bxd6 19. cxd6 O-O 20. Rc5 b4 21. a3 $16) 18... Nc7 (18... Nxc3+ $142 19. Rxc3 O-O $14) 19. Be3 (19. a4 $1 b4 20. Nb5 Nd5 21. Rc4 $16) 19... Ra6 (19... f6 $142) 20. a3 $6 (20. a4 $142) 20... f5 $6 (20... a4 $14) 21. b4 (21. a4 $142 $16) 21... Kf7 22. Rd1 axb4 23. axb4 Rb8 24. Rxa6 $6 (24. Rab1 $14 {/+/-}) 24... Nxa6 25. Rxd7 Nxb4 $11 {White's opportunities are all in the rearview mirror now.} 26. Rc7 Ke8 27. c6 Bd8 $1 28. Rxg7 Nxc6 29. Rxh7 b4 30. Na4 b3 31. Nb2 Nb4 32. Bd2 Nd5 33. Kd3 Be7 34. Kc4 Rb6 35. Ba5 Rb7 36. Bd2 Kf8 37. Rh3 Nxf4 38. Bxf4 Rb4+ 39. Kc3 Rxf4 40. Kxb3 Rg4 41. Nd3 Rxg2 42. Nf4 Rg4 43. Nxe6+ Kf7 44. Nc7 Bd8 45. e6+ Kf6 46. Re3 Bxc7 47. e7 Rg8 48. e8=N+ Rxe8 (48... Kg5 { is equally playable.}) 49. Rxe8 Bxh2 50. Rf8+ Ke6 51. Rxf5 Kxf5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Superbet Classic 2022"] [Site "Bucharest ROU"] [Date "2022.05.13"] [Round "8.5"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D27"] [WhiteElo "2759"] [BlackElo "2753"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2022.05.05"] {[%evp 0,86,20,20,23,-10,41,18,41,21,56,38,42,36,50,24,42,51,42,44,44,42,37,37, 35,35,32,31,34,22,23,23,21,28,28,-23,21,26,23,14,37,12,12,6,18,-3,0,-14,-10,0, -1,0,0,-30,23,0,-3,-21,-2,-2,15,21,0,-21,52,74,44,99,45,40,27,6,0,0,0,-32,0,0, 0,0,0,-100,-79,-108,-117,-116,-138,-141,-143]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. b3 {This is the fourth time this line has been tried in the tournament, the first time with Mamedyarov having the white pieces.} b5 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. a4 b4 12. Rc1 Rc8 (12... O-O 13. dxc5 (13. Nc4 Qc7 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Nfe5 Rfd8 16. Qe1 Rac8 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. f3 Bd5 19. Kh1 Ba8 20. e4 Qf4 21. Qg3 Qh6 22. Rfd1 Be7 23. Nd6 Rxc1 24. Bxc1 Qf6 25. Nc4 Nf8 26. Rxd8 Bxd8 27. Bb2 Qh6 28. h3 Bh4 29. Qb8 Qg5 30. Bf1 Qc5 31. Qe5 Qxe5 32. Nxe5 Bb7 33. Bd4 Bf6 34. f4 Ng6 35. Nxg6 Bxd4 36. Ne5 Bxe5 37. fxe5 a5 38. Bd3 Kf8 39. Kg1 Ke7 40. Kf2 Kd7 41. Ke3 Kc6 42. Kd4 Kb6 43. Bb5 Bc8 44. Be8 f6 45. g4 h6 46. h4 fxe5+ 47. Kxe5 Kc5 48. g5 hxg5 49. hxg5 Bb7 50. Bf7 Bc8 51. Bxe6 Bxe6 52. Kxe6 Kd4 53. Kf7 Kc3 54. e5 Kxb3 55. e6 Ka2 56. e7 b3 57. e8=Q b2 58. Qe6+ Ka1 59. Qe5 Ka2 60. Qd5+ Ka1 61. Qd4 Ka2 62. Qd2 Ka1 63. Qc3 Ka2 64. Qc2 Ka1 65. Kxg7 b1=Q 66. Qxb1+ Kxb1 67. g6 Kb2 68. Kf6 Kb3 69. g7 Kxa4 70. g8=Q Ka3 71. Ke5 a4 72. Kd4 Kb2 73. Qb8+ Ka2 74. Kc3 Ka3 75. Kc2 Ka2 76. Qb2# {1-0 (76) Mamedyarov,S (2764)-Maly,A (2371) Chess.com INT 2020 }) 13... Nxc5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nd4 Kh8 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nd3 18. Rc2 Ne5 19. Qb7 Rg8 20. g3 a5 21. Nc4 Nxc4 22. Rxc4 Rb8 23. Qf3 Qd7 24. Rfc1 Rbc8 25. Nc6 Rg6 26. Nxe7 {1-0 (26) Mamedyarov,S (2770)-Maly,A (2371) Chess.com INT 2020 }) 13. Ne5 (13. Nc4 {is usual here, and only then Nfe5.}) 13... cxd4 14. Rxc8 $146 Qxc8 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Bxd4 O-O 17. Qa1 Bf6 $11 {The position is equal and somewhat drawish. There are some imbalances, however, that could matter at some point. The c4 square is an asset for White, but he must be careful about the c3 square and his potentially weak b-pawn.} 18. Nc4 Qc7 (18... Qa8 $142) 19. Rd1 (19. a5 $142 $14 {looks sensible, artificially isolating Black's queenside pawns.}) 19... Bd5 (19... a5 $142) 20. Bxf6 (20. a5 $142) 20... Nxf6 21. f3 Nd7 22. e4 {Of course it's still a draw, but I'm not a fan of this move. } Bxc4 23. Bxc4 a5 {White's bishop looks ineffective, while Black can park his squares actively on the dark squares in and around the center.} 24. Qd4 Ne5 25. Be2 h6 26. g3 g5 27. Qe3 Rc8 $15 28. f4 gxf4 29. gxf4 Ng6 30. f5 exf5 (30... Nf4 $142 $15) 31. exf5 $11 Nf4 32. Bc4 Kh7 33. Qf3 (33. Bxf7 Qxf7 34. Qxf4 Rg8+ 35. Kf2 Qxb3 36. Rd7+ Rg7 37. Rxg7+ Kxg7 38. Qe5+ $11) 33... Rg8+ 34. Kh1 h5 35. h3 Rg5 36. Rf1 Ng2 {Forced, and despite its awkward appearance, the knight is safe.} 37. Qe4 Rg3 (37... Nh4 $1 {forces White to find a lot of only-moves to maintain the balance.} 38. Rf4 $8 Qc5 39. Qd4 $8 Qxd4 40. Rxd4 Nf3 (40... Nxf5 41. Rf4 Kg6 (41... Kg7 $4 42. h4 $18) 42. Bd3 h4 43. Rxh4 $11) 41. Rd1 f6 42. Be2 $8 Ne5 43. h4 Rg3 44. Rd6 $8 Kg7 45. Bd1 Rh3+ 46. Kg2 Rxh4 47. Ra6 $11) 38. Rf3 Rxf3 39. Qxf3 Nf4 40. Qe4 $2 {As often happens, a serious error is made on the final move of a time control.} (40. Bxf7 $11) (40. Qg3 $11) 40... Kg7 $19 {This doesn't spoil the win, but the only move that (should) get there is} (40... Nxh3 $1 $19) 41. Qd4+ f6 $2 (41... Kh7 $1 42. Qe4 Nxh3 $1 {It's not that the win is simple, but this is the way there:} 43. f6+ Kh6 44. Qe7 Qc6+ $1 {The only winning move.} 45. Kh2 Nf4 $1 {Likewise.} 46. Kg3 Ng6 $1 {Ditto.} 47. Qxf7 Kg5 $1 $19 {The f-pawn drops, and White must decide between a weak king and a hopeless knight vs. bishop ending.}) 42. Qg1+ $11 Kh6 43. Qg8 $2 (43. Qg3 $8 $11 {was correct, as on move 40.}) 43... Qe5 {White's f- and h-pawns are weak, his king is in danger, and he has no counterplay. (Note the near-uselessness of his bishop.) His resignation is at most slightly premature - at most.} 0-1