[Event "44th Olympiad 2022"] [Site "Chennai IND"] [Date "2022.08.03"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Gukesh, D.."] [Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2684"] [BlackElo "2698"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2022.07.29"] [WhiteTeam "India 2"] [BlackTeam "Armenia"] [BlackTeamCountry "ARM"] {[%evp 0,81,21,34,29,-11,13,-3,11,-8,33,-44,-44,-61,-23,-12,10,-21,33,6,21,7, 16,-38,-28,-47,-33,-27,-20,-49,48,34,65,-30,106,58,84,57,42,1,35,-1,13,13,13,3, 22,-16,36,9,22,1,-5,145,201,201,415,225,225,240,257,259,259,279,282,216,206, 214,217,215,246,252,261,273,281,288,288,281,286,290,661,668,675,696]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bd6 9. Qc2 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Be2 (11. Nxe5 {is usual, and after} Bxe5 {White almost always chooses to castle in one direction or the other, or play 12.f4.}) 11... Nxf3+ {Sargissian clearly believes in the speed of Black's queenside counterplay.} (11... c6) (11... a6) (11... Qe7) 12. gxf3 $1 a6 13. O-O-O (13. Bd3 b5 14. Ne4 {is an interesting alternative. Black should meet this with} Bb7 $1 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Bc3 (17. Be4 $2 Bxe4 18. fxe4 (18. Qxe4 $2 Qxb2 $19) 18... Qf3 19. Rg1 Bxh2 $17) 17... Be5 (17... Qxf3 $2 18. Rg1 $18 f6 $4 19. Qg6 $18) 18. Bxe5 (18. Be4 Bxe4 19. fxe4 Rad8 $44) 18... Qxe5 19. Rg1 g6 20. Bxg6 Rg8 21. O-O-O Rxg6 22. Rxg6 fxg6 23. Qxg6 Qg7 24. Qh5+ Qh7 (24... Kg8 25. Rd5 $1 Qg1+ $8 26. Rd1 Qg7 27. Rd5 $11) 25. Qe5+ Qg7 26. Qh5+ $11) 13... b5 14. Rhg1 b4 (14... Bb7 15. e4 Qe7 16. Bg5 Bxh2 $1 17. Rg2 Qe5 18. Qd2 $1 (18. Bxf6 $4 Qxf6 (18... Bf4+ $19) 19. Rxh2 $2 Qf4+ $19) 18... b4 $1 19. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 $1 20. exd5 Rfe8 $8 21. Bc4 Qd6 $1 22. Bb3 Nh5 23. Ba4 $14) 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. fxe4 Qe7 17. f4 a5 $2 (17... f6 $142) 18. e5 Bc5 19. Rg5 $16 (19. Qe4 $16) 19... Ba6 $2 (19... g6) 20. Rdg1 (20. Bf3 $1 Rad8 21. Be4 $1 g6 22. e6 $1) 20... g6 21. Bxa6 Rxa6 22. f5 Ba7 $2 (22... Rc6 $1 23. Kb1 $14) 23. e6 $2 (23. Kb1 $1 $18) 23... Kh8 $2 (23... fxe6 24. fxg6 h6 25. g7 Rf5 26. Rxf5 exf5 27. Qxf5 Qc5+ {is why the king should go to b1 first. White is better, but not winning, after} 28. Qxc5 Bxc5 29. Kc2 $16 {/+/=}) 24. Kb1 $1 {Now Black is finished.} gxf5 25. Bxb4 $1 {A very nice clearance sac.} Qxb4 26. Qg2 Qe4+ { This allows White to execute a simple promotion combo, but there was no satisfactory answer in any case.} (26... Qb8 $2 {Stops Rg8#, but there are other mating patterns available to White.} 27. Rg7 $18 {and there's no meaningful answer to the threat of Rxh7+ followed by Qg7#.}) 27. Qxe4 fxe4 28. e7 Re8 29. Rg8+ Rxg8 30. Rxg8+ Kxg8 31. e8=Q+ {The rest is mopping up.} Kg7 32. Qe5+ Rf6 33. Qg5+ Rg6 34. Qxa5 Rg1+ 35. Kc2 Rg2+ 36. Kb3 Bb6 37. Qe5+ Kf8 38. Qh8+ Ke7 39. Qxh7 Re2 40. Qxe4+ Kf8 41. Qb4+ {Will Gukesh be 2800 by the end of the event? I'm exaggerating, of course, as it's not even numerically possible for him to achieve this outcome. But his performance has been outstanding: 6-0 so far, gaining 20 points, putting the (barely) 16-year-old at #26 in the world.} 1-0 [Event "44th Olympiad 2022"] [Site "Chennai IND"] [Date "2022.08.03"] [Round "6.3"] [White "Adhiban, Baskaran"] [Black "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E48"] [WhiteElo "2598"] [BlackElo "2625"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2022.07.29"] [WhiteTeam "India 2"] [BlackTeam "Armenia"] [BlackTeamCountry "ARM"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 Re8 8. Bd2 Bf8 9. Rc1 b6 10. O-O c5 11. Nf4 Bb7 12. Qf3 a6 13. dxc5 bxc5 (13... Nbd7 $1 14. cxb6 Ne5 15. Qh3 (15. Qe2 $2 g5 $1 16. Nh3 d4 $1 $19) 15... Nxd3 16. Nxd3 d4 17. exd4 Qxd4 18. Rfd1 Qxb6 $44) 14. Rfd1 $2 (14. Bc4 $1 {was best, with complications that work out (slightly) in White's favor.} Re5 15. Rfd1 Qd7 16. Ncxd5 $1 Nxd5 17. e4 Nb6 18. Bc3 Nxc4 19. Rxd7 Nxd7 20. Qd3 Bc6 21. Bxe5 Ncxe5 22. Qc3 $14) 14... Nbd7 $17 15. Qh3 Ne5 16. Bb1 Ng6 17. Nce2 Qb6 (17... a5 $142 $1 18. Bc3 Ra6 $1 $17) 18. Bc3 Rad8 19. Qf5 Bc8 20. Qc2 (20. Qd3 $142) 20... d4 21. exd4 Nxf4 (21... Bg4 $1) 22. Nxf4 cxd4 23. Bd2 (23. Be1 $142) 23... Bg4 $2 (23... Ne4 $17) 24. Re1 Rc8 25. Qd3 $2 {When players of this caliber err, it's usually something subtle. Not this time: White leaves a pawn hanging, and Black takes it.} (25. Qb3 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Qxb3 27. axb3 Bd7 $11 { /=/+}) 25... Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Qxb2 {Maybe White was in time trouble and assumed sort of Nd5 trick was available?} 27. Qc2 ({The immediate} 27. Nd5 $4 {is just a blunder.} Qxc1+ 28. Bxc1 Re1+ 29. Qf1 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Nxd5 $19) (27. h3 Bd7 28. Nd5 $2 {looks more plausible, but it too fails and even makes things worse: } Ne4 {Black wins even more material here, e.g.} 29. Rd1 (29. Bf4 Qxf2+ $19) 29... Ba4 $19) 27... Ba3 (27... Rb8 $142) 28. Qxb2 Bxb2 29. Re1 (29. Rc7 $142) 29... Rxe1+ 30. Bxe1 Bd7 31. Bd3 g5 $1 32. Nh3 $2 (32. Ne2) 32... Bc3 $1 33. Kf1 (33. Bxc3 dxc3 34. Nxg5 Ba4 $19 {followed by ...c2 wins the bishop.}) 33... Bxe1 34. Kxe1 Bxh3 35. gxh3 a5 {White will not win the d-pawn, as Black's knight will take away the d3 square. The resulting ending is a trivially easy win for Black.} 36. Ke2 Nd7 37. Kf3 Nc5 38. Bc2 Kg7 39. Kg4 d3 40. Bd1 Ne4 { The d-pawn will cost White his bishop in the next 3-4 moves, and without giving White a shred of compensation.} 0-1 [Event "44th Olympiad 2022"] [Site "Chennai IND"] [Date "2022.08.03"] [Round "6.4"] [White "Hovhannisyan, Robert"] [Black "Sadhwani, Raunak"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2591"] [BlackElo "2611"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2022.07.29"] [WhiteTeam "Armenia"] [BlackTeam "India 2"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"] {[%evp 0,54,22,10,10,10,13,13,10,14,15,-18,55,66,66,66,71,71,58,58,89,89,89,80, 106,62,75,53,48,53,53,53,53,57,82,68,78,44,44,44,44,35,76,25,22,25,26,11,11, -11,15,12,15,15,26,18,67]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. h3 h6 11. b3 c5 (11... Kc8 {is standard, aiming to fianchetto the king if possible. If Black can quickly connect his rooks, he's often in good-to-great shape in the Berlin ending.}) 12. Bb2 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 {A very rare line, but it did enjoy a successful (i.e. drawing) outcome in a recent game between two of the U.S.'s top young/youngish players earlier this year.} 14. Ne4 c5 15. c3 dxc3 (15... Bc6 $6 {1/2-1/2 (64) Sevian,S (2693)-Robson,R (2681) Saint Louis 2022} 16. Rfe1 $16) 16. Bxc3 $146 (16. Nxc3 Kc7 17. Rad1 Bc6 18. Nd5+ Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Be7 20. f4 Rhd8 21. Rdd1 a5 22. g4 a4 23. e6 f6 24. Bc1 axb3 25. axb3 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Kc6 27. Kf2 Ra1 28. Rd7 Rxc1 29. Rxe7 Kd6 30. Rxg7 Kxe6 31. Rxb7 Rc3 32. Kg2 Kd5 33. Rb6 Ke4 34. Rxf6 Rxb3 35. Rxh6 Kxf4 36. Rf6+ Ke4 37. g5 c4 38. g6 Rb7 39. h4 c3 40. Rc6 Kf5 41. Rxc3 {1/2-1/2 (41) Romero Rodriguez,J (2276)-Milde,L (2298) ICCF email 2015}) 16... a5 17. Rad1 Kc7 18. f4 a4 19. Nd6 Bxd6 20. exd6+ Kb6 21. b4 (21. f5 f6) (21. Bxg7 Rhg8 22. Bxh6 Bxh3) 21... cxb4 22. Bxb4 Rhe8 $11 23. Rf2 Rac8 24. Rd4 Ka6 25. a3 b5 $6 (25... Rc1+ 26. Kh2 (26. Rf1 Rc2 27. Rf2 Rc1+ $11) 26... g6 $11) (25... g6 $11) 26. Rd5 (26. f5 $1) 26... f6 $6 ( 26... g6 $11) 27. Rd3 $1 Bf5 28. Rg3 g6 29. Rd2 Re4 30. Kh2 Rd8 31. Rc3 Rc4 32. Re3 Rxf4 33. Re7 Re4 $6 (33... Bd7 $14) 34. Rf7 $16 Re6 $4 (34... Rd7 35. Rxf6 h5 $16) 35. Bc5 $18 {Showing one of the dangers of Black's 25th move.} b4 $8 36. Ra7+ Kb5 37. Bxb4 Re5 38. Rb2 Kc6 39. Rc7+ Kd5 40. Rd2+ Ke4 41. Rc4+ Ke3 42. Rc1 Bd3 43. Bc3 Be2 44. Re1 Kf2 45. Rb1 Ke3 46. Rbb2 Bd3 47. Rd1 $1 Bc4 48. Bd4+ Ke4 49. Bxe5 {Finally!} Kxe5 50. Re1+ Kd4 51. Rb4 1-0 [Event "44th Olympiad 2022"] [Site "Chennai IND"] [Date "2022.08.03"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2701"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2022.07.29"] [WhiteTeam "United States of America"] [BlackTeam "Iran"] [BlackTeamCountry "IRI"] {[%evp 0,95,19,21,71,46,68,71,68,36,33,37,67,34,52,50,50,51,26,13,16,17,21,17, 25,12,36,40,40,37,37,15,26,24,22,14,14,33,33,30,44,35,49,9,35,34,63,34,106,58, 50,29,51,39,55,43,43,47,47,22,42,11,61,34,65,69,109,69,173,111,162,157,160,239, 290,236,236,236,243,391,287,500,531,488,487,243,308,301,301,227,226,260,358, 376,380,383,383,383] Caruana had been winless up to this point, but in this round he rescued the U.S. squad, giving it its only win despite having the smallest rating gap of the four games.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. g4 (9. Qd2 {is even more common, but both lines have intimidating quantities of theory (and can transpose into one another, as happens in this game).}) 9... Be7 (9... b5) ( 9... Nb6) 10. Qd2 O-O 11. O-O-O b5 {If you like studying theory, dive in here. There are more than 14000 games in the database from here.} 12. g5 b4 (12... Nh5 {is the second choice, but we're still talking more than 3000 games here. This seems to be Najdorf specialist MVL's preference, though he has played 12.. .b4 as well.}) 13. gxf6 (13. Ne2 {is the (main) main line. You might remember that it was played in a very high-level game just over a month or so in Nepo-Firouzja from the Candidates.}) 13... bxc3 14. Qxc3 {Down to 1278 games.} Nxf6 15. Na5 Rc8 16. Nc6 Qe8 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Qa5 {973 games.} Rc6 19. Rg1 { "Only" 313 games.} (19. Kb1 {has almost 600 games.}) 19... Rfc8 20. Kb1 Nh5 $6 {Finally, we're in relatively rare territory - only 42 games.} (20... d5 { was been the primary option (151 games), though it seems to have fallen into some disuse.}) 21. Rg2 {The engine likes White, but we'll see if Maghsoodloo's prep is deeper than a superficial computer assessment would suggest.} Qf6 22. Rf2 Qh4 $2 $146 {A bad move, according to my engine, which claims that White has at least two moves that give (really, keep) a winning advantage and other moves, including the text, which keep a substantial plus. So my guess is that Maghsoodloo was unprepared for this - maybe he hadn't remembered his prep for the comparatively rare 19.Rg1.} (22... Nf4 {had been the usual move.}) 23. Rfd2 {Not as good as the moves given below, but White retains a big advantage here as well.} (23. b4 $1 {intends Bxa6, when ...Ra8 is handled by b5. Worse (for Black), 23...Ra8 doesn't help because of 24.b5. So Black may have nothing better than to undo his last move, but after} Qd8 24. Qxd8+ Rxd8 25. c4 $1 $18 {followed in most cases by 26.b5 White enjoys a winning ending. Note that} Bxc4 {fails to} 26. Rc2 Rdc8 27. Rdc1 Bb5 28. Rxc6 Rxc6 29. Rxc6 Bxc6 30. Bxa6 $18) (23. Qa4 $18 {isn't as strong or logical, but it too maintains a winning advantage.}) 23... h6 (23... Qf6) 24. b3 $2 (24. Qa4 $18) 24... Qf6 25. Rf2 $16 Qh4 $6 26. Qe1 $6 Nf4 27. c4 f5 $6 ({It was better to sit tight, not creating new targets for White.} 27... Qd8 $16) 28. Bxf4 (28. exf5 $142 Bxf5+ 29. Kb2 $16 {/+-}) 28... Qxf4 29. Bd3 Rf8 30. Kb2 Qh4 31. Rg2 Qf6 $2 (31... Qxe1 $142 32. Rxe1 f4) 32. Qb4 $6 (32. Qa5 $18) 32... Rf7 $2 (32... f4) 33. Bc2 $18 Qd8 $2 (33... Bc8) 34. Rg6 Rf6 35. Rxf6 gxf6 36. exf5 Bxc4 37. Qd2 {Black has too many weaknesses to survive.} (37. bxc4 $4 Rb6) 37... Qb6 38. Qxh6 (38. Be4 $142 ) 38... d5 $2 (38... Kf7) 39. Qg6+ Kf8 40. Rg1 d4 41. Qg7+ Ke8 42. Qh8+ Ke7 43. Rg7+ Bf7 44. Qh5 Rxc2+ 45. Kxc2 d3+ 46. Kd1 Qg1+ 47. Rxg1 Bxh5 48. Kd2 1-0 [Event "44th Olympiad 2022"] [Site "Chennai IND"] [Date "2022.08.03"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Tabatabaei, M. Amin"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A15"] [WhiteElo "2664"] [BlackElo "2775"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2022.07.29"] [WhiteTeam "Iran"] [BlackTeam "United States of America"] [WhiteTeamCountry "IRI"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 g6 7. h4 Bg7 8. h5 Bf5 9. h6 Bf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nh2 Nb6 $146 (11... Nxc3 $2 12. dxc3 $16 { /+-: 1/2-1/2 (58) Anton Guijarro,D (2681)-Grischuk,A (2777) Chess.com INT 2020} ) (11... Nc7 12. d3 Qd7 13. Ne4 (13. Bf4 Rfd8 14. Qa4 Ne6 15. Bd2 g5 16. Rae1 Rac8 17. Kh1 Kh8 18. Qd1 Bg6 19. b3 Bxc3 20. Bxc3+ f6 21. Bh3 Bh5 22. f3 Qd6 23. Kg2 Rb8 24. Bxe6 Qxe6 25. Qd2 Kg8 26. f4 gxf4 27. Qxf4 Rd5 28. g4 Bg6 29. Kg1 Rbd8 30. Nf3 Qd6 31. Qxd6 R8xd6 32. Rc1 b6 33. Kf2 Kf7 34. Rg1 Nd8 35. b4 Ne6 36. Bd2 cxb4 37. Bxb4 Rd7 38. Rc8 Rc7 39. Rxc7 {1/2-1/2 (39) Kruse,H (2548) -Bergmann,M (2409) FICGS email 2020}) 13... Bxe4 14. dxe4 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Rad8 16. Re1 Nb4 17. Rb1 b6 18. Bf4 Ne6 19. e5 Bh8 20. Nf3 f6 21. a3 Nc2 22. Red1 Ncd4 23. Nxd4 Nxd4 24. e3 Ne2+ 25. Kf1 Nxf4 26. exf4 e6 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Re1 Kf7 29. a4 Rd4 30. Bc6 g5 31. fxg5 fxg5 32. Be4 Bxe5 33. Bxh7 Bf6 34. b3 Rd2 35. Re2 Rxe2 36. Kxe2 a6 37. Bd3 b5 38. axb5 axb5 39. Bxb5 Kg6 40. Bc4 Kxh6 41. Bxe6 Bd4 42. f3 Kg6 43. Kd3 Bf2 44. g4 {1/2-1/2 (44) Kruse,H (2627)-Riccio,E (2613) FICGS email 2020}) 12. g4 $6 Be6 13. Ne4 Bd5 (13... Be5 $142 $17) 14. d3 c4 $4 (14... Bh8 $17) 15. dxc4 $2 (15. Nxf6+ exf6 16. dxc4 Bxc4 17. b3 Qxd1 18. Rxd1 Bxe2 19. Rd2 Rfe8 20. Bb2 $16 {/+- is terrible for Black.}) 15... Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxc4 (16... Qc8 $1) 17. g5 Bh8 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. Nf3 Rac8 20. Rb1 Kf8 ( 20... Nd6 $11) 21. a3 Ke8 $6 22. b3 (22. Kg2) 22... Nd6 23. Bd3 a6 24. Be3 Nb5 25. Bxb5 axb5 $11 26. Rfc1 Rd5 27. Kg2 f5 28. gxf6 Bxf6 29. a4 Ra8 30. Rc5 Rxc5 31. Bxc5 bxa4 (31... bxa4 32. bxa4 Rxa4 33. Rxb7 Kf7 $11) 1/2-1/2 [Event "44th Olympiad 2022"] [Site "Chennai IND"] [Date "2022.08.03"] [Round "6.3"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Idani, Pouya"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B13"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2641"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2022.07.29"] [WhiteTeam "United States of America"] [BlackTeam "Iran"] [BlackTeamCountry "IRI"] {[%evp 0,59,18,14,68,73,68,63,77,33,38,36,53,42,41,44,22,6,14,-3,2,3,2,2,4,5, 17,15,13,18,16,6,13,-7,60,58,8,18,25,25,25,11,15,18,18,18,-5,0,35,16,17,16,11, -24,-35,-24,-57,-41,-57,-41,-53,-46]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. c3 Bg4 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Ne2 Bxe2 8. Bxe2 e6 9. Nd2 Bd6 10. Nf3 O-O (10... Nc6 11. g3 h5 12. Be3 O-O-O 13. O-O-O Na5 14. Qc2 Nc4 15. Bg5 Kb8 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. Ne5 Qc7 18. Kb1 Rc8 19. Bf4 Rhd8 20. Rhe1 Ka8 21. Qe2 a6 22. Rc1 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Qe7 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. h4 Qf5+ 26. Qc2 g6 27. Re5 Qxc2+ 28. Kxc2 Kb8 29. Re2 Kc7 30. Kd3 Kd6 31. a4 b6 32. b3 Rc6 33. c4 a5 34. Rec2 Rdc8 35. f3 R6c7 36. Rc3 Rc6 37. R3c2 R6c7 38. Rc3 Rc6 39. R3c2 {1/2-1/2 (39) Carlsen,M (2847)-Ding,L (2799) chess24.com INT 2021}) 11. O-O Nc6 12. g3 Rab8 13. Re1 $146 b5 14. a3 h6 15. Bd3 Rfc8 16. Re2 a5 {Though this particular position is unique, it's a very common sort of position in the Exchange Caro-Kann and, more broadly, in Carlsbad pawn structures. White's bishop pair isn't anything special at the moment, nor does he have any effective play using the e5 square. Meanwhile, Black is ready to execute the minority attack break with ...b4, so White goes for safety with a liquidating idea that surrenders his bishop pair.} 17. Bxb5 Na7 18. a4 Nxb5 19. axb5 Qb6 20. Ne1 Qxb5 21. Qxb5 Rxb5 {Only Black can be better here, but there doesn't seem to be any constructive way of going forward against White's defensive setup after Nd3. At least, there's nothing obvious to do, so Black decides that a draw is a good result, and the game quickly peters out.} 22. Nd3 Nd7 (22... g5 $5) 23. Bf4 Bf8 24. g4 Nb6 25. h4 a4 26. Rc2 Rb3 27. Nc1 Rb5 28. Nd3 Rb3 29. Nc1 Rb5 30. Nd3 1/2-1/2 [Event "44th Olympiad 2022"] [Site "Chennai IND"] [Date "2022.08.03"] [Round "6.4"] [White "Daneshvar, Bardiya"] [Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2490"] [BlackElo "2754"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2022.07.29"] [WhiteTeam "Iran"] [BlackTeam "United States of America"] [WhiteTeamCountry "IRI"] {[%evp 0,91,20,34,27,-16,-16,3,3,-40,-28,-40,-45,-45,2,7,4,17,30,9,9,21,32,-50, -4,-16,1,-11,-12,-36,-7,-17,-16,-14,-19,-16,-23,-4,-13,-30,-1,0,7,-15,-18,-14, -8,-34,-28,-33,-24,-5,12,9,10,3,29,36,54,36,16,3,13,13,13,20,31,37,43,30,25,28, 28,41,39,10,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-13,0,0,0,0,-9,-4,-4,-4,-18]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6 (7. Bh4) 7... Qxf6 8. Qb3 Qd6 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 Bf5 11. Qb4 $146 Qb6 12. Rc1 c6 13. Nf3 Nd7 14. Nd2 Qc7 15. a4 a5 16. Qa3 Nf6 17. Nb3 h5 18. Be2 h4 19. O-O Ne4 20. Nc5 Qe7 21. Nxe4 Bxe4 22. Qxe7+ Kxe7 $15 {Black is a little better, but White is very solid.} 23. f3 Bf5 24. Rc5 Rhc8 25. e4 Bd7 26. Rfc1 b6 27. R5c3 dxe4 28. fxe4 $11 c5 {Liquidating to a drawn ending. From a theoretical perspective, of course, Black's opening was a complete success. But from the real-world perspective of trying to get something against a much lower-rated player, Dominguez didn't succeed in this game. Dominguez has been the U.S.'s MVP thus far, so it's fine that he let Caruana be the hero of this round.} 29. dxc5 Rxc5 30. Rxc5 bxc5 31. Rxc5 Bxa4 32. Rc7+ Kf8 33. Bc4 Be8 34. Bd5 Ra6 35. b3 a4 36. bxa4 Rxa4 37. Kf2 Ra3 38. Rb7 Rc3 39. Ra7 f6 40. Rb7 Rc2+ 41. Kg1 Rd2 42. Ra7 Rb2 43. g3 h3 44. Be6 Rb1+ 45. Kf2 Rb2+ 46. Kg1 1/2-1/2 [Event "44th Olympiad 2022"] [Site "Chennai IND"] [Date "2022.08.03"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Smirnov, Anton"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B00"] [WhiteElo "2600"] [BlackElo "2864"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2022.07.29"] [WhiteTeam "Australia"] [BlackTeam "Norway"] [WhiteTeamCountry "AUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "NOR"] {[%evp 0,80,27,39,25,13,69,75,79,69,103,65,57,60,50,41,50,63,70,11,24,21,29,34, 51,9,20,29,33,35,7,13,50,35,15,-47,19,-71,3,9,21,-22,-3,-93,-85,-157,-65,-40, -43,-129,-115,-45,-105,-255,-193,-195,-195,-232,-218,-218,-218,-225,-230,-258, -226,-221,-222,-222,-219,-200,-223,-250,-241,-277,-241,-272,-241,-241,-241, -241,-136,-182,-192]} 1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 {Carlsen has done this before, not always with success.} 5. h3 (5. d5 Nb8 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. a4 (8. Re1 c6 9. Bf1 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nbd7 12. Qd1 Rc8 13. Be3 a6 14. a4 Qa5 15. Qd2 Rfe8 16. b4 Qc7 17. Ra3 cxd5 18. exd5 Ne5 19. Rb3 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. Bd4 Bh6 22. Be3 Bxe3 23. Rxe3 Qf4 24. Qd3 Rc7 25. b5 a5 26. b6 Rc5 27. Rb5 Nd7 28. Rxc5 Nxc5 29. Qb5 Ra8 30. Rxe7 Qc1+ 31. Kh2 Qxc2 32. Ne2 Qf5 33. Qc4 Qxf2 34. Nc3 Qf6 35. Re2 Nd7 36. Ne4 Qf4+ 37. g3 Qe5 38. Qb5 Rd8 39. Qxa5 Nc5 40. Nc3 Qd4 41. Nb5 Qxd5 42. Qb4 Qf3 43. Qd2 Nxa4 44. Rf2 Qc6 45. Qf4 Rf8 46. Qxa4 Qxb6 47. Rd2 d5 48. Nc3 Qe3 49. Qd4 Qxd4 50. Rxd4 Kg7 51. Rxd5 Rc8 52. Nb5 Rc2+ 53. Kg1 Rc1+ 54. Kf2 Rb1 55. h4 Rb2+ 56. Ke3 Rb3+ 57. Kf4 Rb4+ 58. Kf3 Rb3+ 59. Kf4 Rb4+ 60. Nd4 Kf6 61. Rd7 h6 62. g4 Kg7 63. g5 hxg5+ 64. hxg5 Ra4 65. Ke4 Rb4 66. Ke5 Rb6 67. Rc7 Kg8 68. Re7 Kg7 69. Rd7 Kg8 70. Rd6 Rb2 71. Rd8+ Kg7 72. Rd7 Rb6 73. Rc7 Kf8 74. Kd5 Kg8 75. Rd7 Rb1 76. Ke4 Re1+ 77. Kf4 Rb1 78. Nf3 Kg7 79. Ne5 Rf1+ 80. Kg4 Rg1+ 81. Kh4 Rh1+ 82. Kg3 Rg1+ 83. Kf4 Rf1+ 84. Nf3 Rb1 85. Rc7 Rb4+ 86. Ke3 Rb3+ 87. Ke4 Rb5 88. Nd4 Rb6 89. Kd5 Kg8 90. Nf3 Rb5+ 91. Ke4 Rb4+ 92. Nd4 Rb1 93. Nf3 Rb4+ 94. Ke5 Rb5+ 95. Ke4 Rb4+ 96. Nd4 Rb1 97. Ke5 Re1+ 98. Kf4 Rf1+ 99. Nf3 Rb1 100. Ne5 Rf1+ 101. Ke4 Rf5 102. Nf3 b5 103. Re7 Kg7 104. Rb7 Kg8 105. Rc7 Kg7 106. Nd4 Rf1 107. Rb7 Kg8 108. Rxb5 f6 109. Rb8+ Kf7 110. Rb7+ Kg8 111. gxf6 Rxf6 112. Ke5 Rf7 113. Rb6 Kh7 114. Ne6 Rf5+ 115. Ke4 Kh6 116. Nf4 Rg5 117. Ra6 Rg1 118. Ra8 Re1+ 119. Kf3 Rf1+ 120. Kg3 Rg1+ 121. Kf2 Rg4 122. Kf3 Rg1 123. Ne6 g5 124. Nd4 Kg6 125. Kf2 {1/2-1/2 (125) Bortnyk,O (2610)-Carlsen,M (2837) Riadh 2017}) 8... e6 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Nd4 Bd7 11. Re1 Re8 12. Bf1 Nc6 13. Nb3 a5 14. Bf4 Nb4 15. Qd2 Bc6 16. Bg5 d5 17. e5 d4 18. exf6 dxc3 19. Qxd8 Raxd8 20. fxg7 cxb2 21. Bxd8 Rxd8 22. Rab1 b6 23. Rxb2 Bxa4 24. c3 Nd5 25. Rd1 Rd7 26. c4 Nc3 27. Rxd7 Bxd7 28. Rc2 Ne4 29. f3 Nf6 30. c5 Kxg7 31. cxb6 cxb6 32. Rc7 Be6 33. Bc4 Bxc4 34. Rxc4 Nd5 35. Rd4 Nb4 36. Rd6 {1-0 (36) Pichot,A (2590)-Carlsen,M (2876) chess24.com INT 2019}) 5... Bg7 6. Be3 O-O 7. Qd2 a6 8. Bd3 e5 9. dxe5 (9. d5 Ne7 10. g4 c6 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. O-O-O d5 13. Nxe5 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bxe5 15. Bg2 Rb8 16. Rhe1 Be6 17. Na4 Qd6 18. c3 Rb5 19. f4 Bg7 20. Bf1 Ra5 21. Qc2 c5 22. c4 Rb8 23. Bd2 Rxa4 24. Qxa4 Bxb2+ 25. Kc2 Bd7 26. Qb3 Rxb3 27. axb3 Bd4 { 0-1 (27) Movsesian,S (2647)-Carlsen,M (2837) Riadh 2017}) 9... Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. O-O-O (11. Bh6 Be6 12. O-O-O Qe7 (12... Nh5 13. g3 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Qf6 15. Qe3 Rad8 16. Be2 Ng7 17. f4 c6 18. Rdf1 exf4 19. gxf4 Qd4 20. Qg3 b5 21. f5 Bc4 22. Rd1 Qc5 23. Bxc4 Qxc4 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Qc7 Rf8 26. a3 Qc5 27. Kb1 gxf5 28. exf5 Nxf5 29. Ne4 Qd4 30. Qf4 Re8 31. Qg5+ Kf8 32. Nf6 Re5 33. Nxh7+ Ke8 34. Nf6+ Kf8 35. Rf1 c5 36. h4 Ne3 37. Nh7+ Ke8 38. Qg8+ Kd7 39. Rxf7+ Re7 40. Nf6+ Ke6 41. Rg7+ Kf5 42. Rxe7 Kxf6 43. Qg7+ {1-0 (43) Nepomniachtchi,I (2717) -Grischuk,A (2779) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 13. g4 Rfd8 14. f3 c5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qg5 Qc7 17. h4 c4 18. Be2 Qc5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Qxe5 Qe3+ 21. Kb1 Re8 22. Qh2 Be6 23. h5 g5 24. h6+ Kg8 25. Qe5 Qf4 26. Qxf4 gxf4 27. g5 Nd7 28. Rh4 Ne5 29. Rxf4 Rad8 30. Kc1 c3 31. bxc3 Rxd1+ 32. Bxd1 Bxa2 33. Rf5 Nd7 34. Ra5 Bc4 35. Ra4 Bb5 36. Rd4 Bc6 37. Rd2 Kf8 38. Rg2 Re5 39. Be2 Rc5 40. Kd2 Ne5 41. Ke3 Ng6 42. f4 Rxc3+ 43. Bd3 b5 44. Rf2 b4 45. Kd4 a5 46. f5 Ne7 47. e5 Bb7 48. g6 Nc6+ 49. Kd5 Ne7+ 50. Kd4 Nc6+ 51. Ke4 Kg8 52. Kf4 Ne7 53. gxf7+ Kxf7 54. Kg5 Rc5 55. e6+ Kf8 56. Rd2 Bc8 57. Be4 Bxe6 58. Kf6 Bd5 59. c4 bxc3 60. Rd4 c2 61. Bxc2 Rxc2 62. Rd3 Rf2 63. Ke5 Rxf5+ 64. Kd6 Kf7 {0-1 (64) Nepomniachtchi,I (2721)-Dominguez Perez,L (2754) Beijing 2013}) 11... b5 12. g4 $146 {At least it's going to be exciting!} (12. Bc5 Be6 13. Qe3 Nd7 14. Bxf8 Qxf8 15. g4 Nc5 16. Kb1 Rb8 17. Ne2 Na4 18. Qa7 Qc8 19. Qe3 Qf8 20. Nc1 c5 21. c3 c4 22. Bc2 Nc5 23. Rd2 Qe7 24. f4 exf4 25. Qxf4 Rc8 26. e5 a5 27. Bf5 b4 28. Bxe6 Nxe6 29. Qg3 Qb7 30. Re1 Bh6 31. Rf2 Rd8 32. Qf3 Qd7 33. h4 Bd2 34. Ref1 bxc3 35. Qxf7+ Qxf7 36. Rxf7 cxb2 37. Ne2 c3 38. R7f6 Nc5 39. Rc6 Ne4 40. Rc4 Be1 41. Rxe1 Nd2+ 42. Kc2 Nxc4 43. Nxc3 Kf7 44. Ne4 Rb8 45. Nd6+ Nxd6 46. exd6 b1=Q+ 47. Rxb1 Rxb1 48. Kxb1 Ke6 49. Kc2 Kxd6 50. Kb3 Kc5 51. Ka4 Kb6 52. g5 Ka6 53. Ka3 Kb5 54. Kb3 Kc5 55. Kc3 Kd5 56. Kd3 Kc5 57. Kc3 {1/2-1/2 (57) Smeets,J (2617) -Loxine,J (2411) Germany 2016}) 12... c6 13. f3 Be6 14. h4 Qa5 15. a3 Rfb8 ( 15... h5 $11) 16. Bc5 $6 (16. h5 {is playable, not fearing ...b4.} b4 17. Nb1 c5 18. hxg6 c4 19. gxh7+ Kh8 20. axb4 Rxb4 21. Be2 Rab8 22. Qc3 Ne8 23. Kd2 Qc7 24. Ke1 Rxb2 25. Kf2 Bf8 {is a very complicated position where (obviously) all three results are possible.}) 16... h5 (16... Nd7 {may be even better.}) 17. Bd6 $2 (17. Kb1 $11) 17... Rb7 (17... b4 $5) 18. Kb1 Rd8 (18... hxg4 $17) ( 18... Qb6 $1 $17 {/-+}) 19. Bb4 (19. Bc5 $142) 19... Qc7 (19... Qb6 $142) 20. Ne2 Rd7 21. Bc5 (21. g5) 21... hxg4 22. Ng3 (22. h5 $1 Nxh5 23. Rxh5 gxh5 24. Qg5 b4 25. axb4 Rb5 26. Qxh5 a5 27. Nc3 Rxc5 28. bxc5 Qb8 $15) 22... gxf3 ( 22... b4 $1 23. axb4 a5 $1 24. bxa5 Rb5 $1 25. Bb6 Rxb6 26. axb6 Qxb6 27. h5 Ra7 28. c4 $8 gxf3 29. hxg6 fxg6 30. Rdf1 Bg4 31. Bc2 $15) 23. h5 Qd8 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. Qg5 Kf7 (25... Bf7) 26. Nf5 $4 {Dreaming of flattening Carlsen like a pancake. We'd all love to blow away the world's #1 like this, but this optimistic leap takes White into the abyss, not glory.} (26. Qe3 $1 Kg8 27. Qg5 Bf7 28. Qe3 $11 {/=/+}) 26... Nxe4 {Not as good as the greedier 26...gxf5, but good enough.} (26... gxf5 $1 27. exf5 Bd5 28. Qg6+ Kg8 $19 {won't work for White unless this turns into a game of bughouse.}) 27. Nh6+ Bxh6 28. Qxh6 Bf5 $19 29. Ka2 (29. Rc1 $142) 29... Qg8 (29... Nf6 $142) 30. Bxe4 Bxe4 31. Rde1 $2 (31. Qg5) 31... Kf6+ $1 {An unusual case where a king move serves as a double clearance, opening the diagonal for the queen and the rank for the rook(s).} 32. b3 Rh7 33. Qe3 Rxh1 (33... Qd5) 34. Rxh1 Qd5 {White has no attack to speak of, but Black has three extra, connected passed pawns. It's over.} 35. Kb2 Rd7 36. Rh8 Bf5 37. Rf8+ Rf7 38. Re8 Qe4 39. Qd2 Kg7 40. Bf2 Qe2 (40... Qe2 41. Qc3 Qxf2 42. Qxe5+ Rf6 43. Re7+ Kh6 {ends the checks, and if} 44. Qxf6 Qxc2+ 45. Ka1 Qb1# {ends White's king's life. One way or another, it's 0-1.}) 0-1