[Event "28th Sigeman & Co 2023"] [Site "Malmo SWE"] [Date "2023.05.10"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Keymer, Vincent"] [Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A20"] [WhiteElo "2700"] [BlackElo "2701"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2023.05.04"] {[%evp 0,95,25,-25,-12,-49,17,9,20,10,10,18,5,2,13,21,44,49,41,18,31,30,23,7,21,17,21,28,36,28,28,10,5,-8,-14,-54,-23,-27,-1,-32,-20,-63,-47,-19,-41,-60,-56,-92,-82,-106,-59,-83,-29,-38,-35,-17,-18,-18,-26,-16,-14,-19,-19,-13,-9,-5,-5,-9,71,76,76,97,56,56,78,0,0,-22,-10,-20,0,-87,-86,-112,-101,-150,-135,-133,-139,-155,-161,-177,-144,-228,-193,-193,-193,-193]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. b4 Be7 6. d3 O-O 7. Nf3 Qe8 8. O-O a6 9. e3 h6 (9... Nc6 10. Rb1 Kh8 (10... Nd8 11. Nd2 Nf7 12. f4 c6 13. Nf3 Be6 14. c5 Rd8 15. Qc2 Bc8 16. d4 e4 17. cxd6 Nxd6 18. Ne5 Be6 19. a4 Nd5 20. Bd2 Nxc3 21. Bxc3 Bd5 22. Rf2 b5 23. Bf1 Nc8 24. Rg2 Bd6 25. Be1 Ne7 26. Rc1 Rc8 27. g4 fxg4 28. Rxg4 Nf5 29. Bd2 Qe6 30. Bh3 Rc7 31. Rb1 g6 32. a5 Rg7 33. Re1 Qe7 34. Bg2 g5 35. Bxe4 gxf4 36. Bxd5+ cxd5 37. Rxg7+ Qxg7+ 38. Kh1 Bxe5 39. Qd3 {0-1 Xu,Y (2549)-Ding,L (2808) CHN-chT Div-A Fuling 2022 (3.2)}) 11. a4 Qh5 12. b5 Nd8 13. Nd2 Qg6 14. f4 axb5 15. axb5 Ng4 16. Nf3 c6 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. h3 Nh6 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Nxe5 Qxg3 21. d4 Bd6 22. Ne2 Qh4 23. Qe1 Qe7 24. Nxc6 Nxc6 25. Bxc6 Ra2 26. Bg2 Ba6 27. Bd5 Qg5+ 28. Kh1 Qh5 29. Rf3 Bxc4 30. Bxc4 Qxf3+ 31. Kg1 Qxh3 32. Qf2 Rf6 33. Nf4 Qg4+ 34. Ng2 Rxf2 35. Kxf2 Qg3+ {0-1 Sarana,A (2662)-Xiong,J (2690) Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd Aug Late Chess.com INT blitz 2022 (6)}) 10. Nd2 $146 c6 11. f4 Be6 12. Bb2 Nbd7 $11 13. Qe2 Bd8 14. Rae1 Bc7 15. Nf3 Qh5 16. Qc2 Rae8 17. Nd1 e4 18. Nd4 Bf7 19. dxe4 (19. Nf2 $142) 19... fxe4 20. Nf2 (20. Nb3 $11) 20... Nb6 21. c5 (21. Nxe4) 21... dxc5 22. bxc5 Nc4 $15 23. Ba1 Qxc5 24. g4 Bb6 25. Nf5 Nd6 26. Qxc5 Bxc5 27. Nxd6 Bxd6 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Nxe4 $11 Be7 30. Rb1 b5 31. Rfc1 Bxa2 32. Ra1 Bd5 33. Ng3 Bxg2 34. Kxg2 c5 35. Nf5 c4 36. Rxa6 Bc5 37. Ra5 Bxe3 38. Nxe3 Rxe3 39. Rxb5 Rc8 40. g5 c3 41. Rd5 c2 42. Rd2 Rec3 43. gxf6 Kf7 44. Rf2 Kxf6 45. f5 h5 46. h3 h4 47. Kh2 R8c7 48. Kg2 1/2-1/2 [Event "28th Sigeman & Co 2023"] [Site "Malmo SWE"] [Date "2023.05.10"] [Round "7.2"] [White "Grandelius, Nils"] [Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C63"] [WhiteElo "2660"] [BlackElo "2680"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2023.05.04"] {[%evp 0,55,25,28,25,4,26,18,47,39,64,49,33,7,1,13,23,4,19,17,30,50,41,72,66,70,73,8,24,18,12,8,-2,-2,-13,-5,15,-9,4,20,35,49,37,13,20,19,45,29,31,18,29,30,33,29,30,33,31,33]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 {You don't see this every day!} 4. d3 d6 {Comparatively dull, but maybe this is what things have come to in the Schliemann. (But hopefully not.)} (4... fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. O-O Bc5 {is the line Black wants to play.}) 5. exf5 a6 6. Bxc6+ (6. Ba4) 6... bxc6 7. d4 e4 8. Ng5 ({Believe it or not, White can play} 8. Ne5 {. For instance:} Bxf5 $1 (8... dxe5 $6 9. Qh5+ g6 {Sadly best.} 10. fxg6 Bg7 11. gxh7+ Kf8 12. hxg8=Q+ Kxg8 13. Qg5 Qxg5 14. Bxg5 exd4 15. Nd2 $16) 9. Nxc6 Qd7 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nc3 Nxc6 12. dxc6 Qxc6 13. Qd4 $14) 8... Bxf5 9. f3 (9. Nc3 d5 10. f3 $14) 9... e3 $1 10. Bxe3 h6 11. Ne4 Bxe4 12. fxe4 Qh4+ $11 {This time it's Black's turn (see the note to White's 8th move).} 13. Bf2 Qxe4+ 14. Qe2 Nf6 15. Nd2 Qxe2+ 16. Kxe2 Rb8 17. b3 Be7 18. Rhf1 Kd7 19. c4 a5 20. Kd3 a4 21. h3 Rhe8 22. Be3 Rf8 23. Rab1 axb3 24. axb3 Ra8 25. Ra1 Ke6 26. Rae1 Kd7 27. Ra1 Ke6 28. Rae1 1/2-1/2 [Event "28th Sigeman & Co 2023"] [Site "Malmo SWE"] [Date "2023.05.10"] [Round "7.3"] [White "Gukesh, Dommaraju"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E60"] [WhiteElo "2730"] [BlackElo "2683"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2023.05.04"] {[%evp 0,83,25,28,29,-10,51,-7,15,1,-2,-2,5,5,-3,19,26,13,5,-5,18,2,26,17,21,-5,-27,-114,-94,-107,-112,-114,-59,-59,-52,-41,-14,-17,-30,-43,-34,-33,-39,-40,-63,-72,-83,-75,-64,-65,-62,-62,-64,-64,-64,-64,-60,-59,-55,-55,-55,-55,-39,-73,0,0,33,62,79,62,133,0,0,0,12,0,0,41,41,41,43,43,0,8,18,0] Gukesh was half a point behind the leaders (of whom Svidler was one) coming into the last round, so a win would give him a tie for first if Mishra drew, and clear first if - as happened - Mishra lost and Grandelius failed to win.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Nc6 {Svidler has used this before, as have other notables like Carlsen (once) and Artemiev (many times).} (3... Bg7 {is fine if you're a King's Indian player, less so if you're a Gruenfelder.} 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 {etc.}) (3... c5 {is the usual choice of Nepo and Giri, both Gruenfeld players like Svidler.}) 4. d5 Ne5 5. e4 {Sort of a dyslexic Alekhine's Defense.} d6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. f4 Ned7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Be2 Qe8 $146 (9... e6 {was played by Carlsen, who drew against Alekhine. The other six times Black tried it, he lost, so I wouldn't recommend it.}) (9... Nb6 {has been tried a few times, all successfully, but all four games were ratings mismatches - three in particular.}) 10. Nh3 (10. Qc2 $142 $14) 10... e6 11. dxe6 Qxe6 12. Qc2 Re8 (12... b5 $3 13. cxb5 (13. Nxb5 Qxe4 14. Qxe4 Nxe4 $11) 13... Bb7 14. Bf3 a6 15. bxa6 Bxa6 16. Kf2 Ng4+ 17. Bxg4 Qxg4 $11) 13. Nf2 (13. O-O $11 {/?}) 13... Nxe4 $1 14. Ncxe4 (14. Nfxe4 $142 Bxc3+ 15. Nxc3 Qxe3 16. Nd5 Qe4 17. Qxe4 Rxe4 18. Nxc7 Rb8 $11) 14... f5 15. O-O-O Nc5 (15... fxe4 $142 $15) 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. Nc3 Qe3+ 18. Rd2 Qxf2 $11 19. Bf3 (19. Nd5 Bd4 20. Bf3 Be3 21. Nxc7 Be6 $1 22. Nxa8 Rd8 23. Rhd1 Bxd2+ 24. Rxd2 Qf1+ $8 25. Qd1 Qxc4+ 26. Qc2 Qf1+ $11) 19... Qh4 20. Nd5 c6 $1 21. Nc7 Re1+ 22. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 23. Bd1 (23. Rd1 $142 Qe3+ 24. Kb1 Rb8 25. Rd8+ $1 Kf7 26. Ne8 $1 Bf8 {Here White doesn't have g3 (as in the game), but with the bishop on f1 the queen has the d1 square.} 27. Qd1 $8 Qxf4 28. Qe2 $44 (28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Qd7+ Be7 30. Qxc8 Qd4 $11)) 23... Rb8 24. Rd8+ Kf7 25. Ne8 Qe3+ 26. Kb1 Bf8 27. g3 $8 Be7 28. Nd6+ Bxd6 29. Rxd6 Be6 30. b3 b5 31. Be2 b4 {Playing it safe. The players went to the time control and called it a tournament.} 32. Qd1 Re8 33. Bf3 Bc8 34. Rxc6 Qc3 35. Rc7+ Kg8 36. Be2 Qe3 37. Qd5+ Be6 38. Qd3 Qg1+ 39. Bd1 Bf7 40. Qd7 Re7 41. Rc8+ (41. Qxe7 Qxd1+ 42. Kb2 Qd2+ 43. Kb1 Qd1+ $11) 41... Kg7 42. Qxe7 1/2-1/2 [Event "28th Sigeman & Co 2023"] [Site "Malmo SWE"] [Date "2023.05.10"] [Round "7.4"] [White "Mishra, Abhimanyu"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2550"] [BlackElo "2678"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "250"] [EventDate "2023.05.04"] {[%evp 0,250,25,12,45,42,35,39,40,52,37,-10,21,49,100,44,31,36,10,9,17,26,10,-21,34,17,30,0,56,39,53,-10,6,0,22,-9,-7,4,62,-32,-32,-32,-51,-39,-36,-25,-47,-57,-31,-38,-36,-31,-24,-2,-11,-11,-14,-67,-60,-62,-69,-69,-70,-105,-64,-103,-117,-113,-121,-124,-133,-131,-100,-60,-91,-73,-120,-87,-106,-151,-156,-82,-82,-82,-80,-75,-56,-90,-87,-87,11,8,0,0,0,-122,-76,-77,-82,-75,-81,-124,-129,-127,-135,-141,-143,-143,-137,-143,-137,-143,-80,-81,-65,-106,-82,-85,-82,-85,-74,-76,-76,-71,-94,-95,-95,-121,-95,-112,-63,-124,-116,-126,-123,-123,-96,-111,-109,-124,-147,-166,-175,-174,-175,-272,-286,-286,-286,-294,-278,-313,-313,-329,-286,-286,-329,-316,-325,-330,-323,-328,-293,-293,-293,-293,-267,-294,-267,-267,-267,-294,-294,-294,-280,-294,-316,-314,-294,-297,-293,-298,-297,-298,-298,-298,-283,-298,-267,-294,-281,-280,-284,-298,-284,-298,-298,-298,-298,-298,-267,-284,-284,-284,-298,-295,-284,-284,-284,-294,-333,-316,-284,-316,-274,-316,-298,-316,-293,-411,-447,-455,-462,-462,-471,-453,-459,-484,-484,-484,-459,-459,-459,-459,-459,-459,-455,-459,-459,-471,-406,-421,-410,-982,-992,-1032,-1032,-1032,-1032,-1032,-1032,-29983,-29984] Given the other results, a draw for Mishra would have resulted in his tying for first with Svidler, while a win would give him tournament victory by himself. Either would have been a sensational result for the 14-year-old; instead, alas, it was "merely" a great tournament for the youngster.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ng6 7. Be2 Be7 8. c4 O-O 9. Nc3 b6 10. Be3 Bb7 {Gelfand has had some practice from this position. On the one hand, it means he's deeply familiar with the line and knows what to do; on the other, it makes him a stationary target for the opponent's preparation.} 11. Nb3 (11. g3 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bf6 13. Qd3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 f5 15. exf5 Ne5 16. Qd6 Rxf5 17. f4 Nf7 18. Qd2 Qc7 19. Rad1 Ng5 20. Bg4 Qxc4 21. Bxf5 exf5 22. fxg5 Qe4 23. Rf4 Qh1+ 24. Kf2 Qxh2+ 25. Ke1 Qxg3+ 26. Qf2 Qh3 27. Rh4 {1-0 Saric,I (2668)-Gelfand,B (2668) Julius Baer GenCup Prelim chess24.com INT rapid 2022 (4)}) (11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qd2 f5 13. exf5 Nh4 14. f3 Nxf5 15. Bf2 Bg5 16. Qd3 Bf4 17. Ne4 Qc7 18. g3 Be5 19. Rab1 d5 20. Ng5 Qe7 21. f4 dxc4 22. Qxc4 Bd5 23. Qa4 Bf6 24. Ne4 Rac8 25. Ba6 Rc7 26. Rfe1 Nd6 27. Nxf6+ Qxf6 28. Qd4 Qg6 29. Rbc1 Nf5 30. Rxc7 Nxd4 31. Bxd4 Rf7 32. Rc8+ Rf8 33. Rc7 Rf7 34. Rc8+ Rf8 35. Rc7 {½-½ Kobalia,M (2614)-Gelfand,B (2676) Razuvaev Memorial online Chess.com INT blitz 2020 (3)}) 11... Qc8 $146 {The queen is safer here than on c7, but what about the poor rook on a8? That's something Gelfand had obviously considered and worked out beforehand, and as you might suspect everyone's second - Stockfish - recommends the move.} (11... Qc7 12. Rc1 Rad8 (12... Nf4 13. Bf3 Rad8 14. Qd2 Ng6 15. Be2 Qb8 16. Rfd1 d6 17. Nd4 Rfe8 18. Bf1 h6 19. Ndb5 Nge5 20. f3 Nd7 21. Qf2 Nf6 22. Kh1 Rd7 23. Rd2 Rc8 24. b3 Ne5 25. Nd4 Bf8 26. h3 Rdd8 27. Rdd1 Ng6 28. Bd3 Ne5 29. Bb1 Ned7 30. Nde2 Qa8 31. Nf4 Qb8 32. Bd3 Ne5 33. Bf1 Be7 34. Qg3 Kh8 35. Qf2 Kg8 36. Rc2 Kh8 37. a4 Nc6 38. Rcd2 Nd7 39. Nh5 Nf6 40. Nxf6 Bxf6 41. Nb5 Be7 42. Qg3 Na5 43. Nxd6 Bxd6 44. Rxd6 Rxd6 45. Rxd6 Nxb3 46. Bf4 Re8 47. Be5 f6 48. Rd7 {1-0 Leko,P (2663)-Gelfand,B (2676) Legends of Chess Prelim chess24.com INT rapid 2020 (8.3)}) 13. f4 Qb8 14. g3 (14. Qd2 d6 15. g3 Rfe8 16. Bf3 Bf6 17. Rfd1 Nf8 18. Bf2 Be7 19. Qe2 Nd7 20. Nd2 Bf6 21. a3 Nd4 22. Qe3 Nxf3+ 23. Qxf3 Qa8 24. Qe2 Bxc3 25. Rxc3 Nf6 26. Re1 d5 27. e5 Ne4 28. Nxe4 dxe4 29. Be3 Rd7 30. Kf2 Red8 31. Rec1 Rd3 32. b4 Rxc3 33. Rxc3 Rd3 34. Qc2 h6 35. b5 Qd8 36. Ke2 Rd7 37. a4 f6 38. c5 bxc5 39. Rxc5 Qe8 40. Ke1 Rd3 41. Qe2 Qe7 42. Kf2 fxe5 43. Rxe5 Bd5 44. a5 Qb4 45. g4 Rb3 46. Kg3 Rb2 47. Qd1 Rb3 48. Qc1 Rc3 49. Qd2 Qb3 50. Kf2 Rc2 51. b6 Rxd2+ 52. Bxd2 Qf3+ 53. Ke1 Bc4 {0-1 Leko,P (2663)-Gelfand,B (2676) Legends of Chess Prelim chess24.com INT rapid 2020 (8.5)}) 14... Rfe8 15. Bf3 d6 16. Nd4 (16. Qe2 Bf6 17. Rfd1 Nf8 18. Qd2 Be7 19. Bg2 Nd7 20. Nd4 Nf6 21. Qe2 Bf8 22. Nb3 Qa8 23. g4 Qb8 24. g5 Nd7 25. h4 Nc5 26. h5 g6 27. h6 Be7 28. Qg4 Rf8 29. Qg3 Rfe8 30. Nd4 Nxd4 31. Bxd4 e5 32. Be3 exf4 33. Bxf4 Ne6 34. Be3 Rc8 35. Nd5 Bxd5 36. cxd5 Rxc1 37. Rxc1 Nc5 38. Qf4 Nd3 39. Qf1 Nxc1 40. Qxc1 Qc8 41. Qd1 Bf8 42. Bd4 Qd8 43. Qd2 Be7 44. Be3 f6 45. Bh3 fxg5 46. Be6+ Kh8 47. Bd4+ Bf6 48. Qc3 Rf8 49. e5 dxe5 50. Bxe5 Bxe5 51. Qxe5+ Qf6 52. Qxf6+ Rxf6 53. Kg2 Rxe6 54. dxe6 Kg8 55. Kf3 Kf8 56. Kg4 Ke7 57. Kxg5 Kxe6 {0-1 Esipenko,A (2682)-Gelfand,B (2668) Leon 35th rapid 2022 (1.5)}) 16... Nxd4 17. Qxd4 d5 18. cxd5 Bc5 19. Qd2 Bxe3+ 20. Qxe3 exd5 21. Rfd1 dxe4 22. Nxe4 Kh8 23. f5 Ne5 24. Bg2 f6 25. Rxd8 Qxd8 26. h3 h6 27. Kh2 Qd3 28. Qxd3 Nxd3 29. Rc3 Bxe4 30. Bxe4 Rxe4 31. Rxd3 Re2+ 32. Kg1 Rxb2 33. a3 a5 34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. a4 h5 36. h4 Rb4 37. Rb8 Rxa4 38. Rxb6 Rb4 39. Ra6 Rb5 40. Kg2 Rxf5 41. Ra7 Kh6 42. Ra8 g5 43. hxg5+ fxg5 44. g4 hxg4 45. Kg3 Kh5 46. Rh8+ Kg6 47. Kxg4 Rf4+ 48. Kg3 a4 49. Ra8 Rc4 50. Kf3 g4+ 51. Kg3 Kf5 52. Ra5+ {0-1 Anand,V (2756)-Gelfand,B (2668) Leon 35th rapid 2022 (2.2)}) 12. f4 f5 13. exf5 $6 (13. e5 {is the engine's preference, which makes me wonder if Mishra had investgiated 11...Qc8 in his prep. If not, that was a bit of naive prep. Even though Gelfand and others hadn't played it before, one can't overlook Stockfish's top choice these days.}) 13... Nh4 $1 14. fxe6 dxe6 15. Ne4 $2 {This makes sense in light of the nasty ...Nxg2 possibilities, but shows that Mishra hadn't prepared for ...Qc8. (Or had forgotten something - always a possibility given the soul-crushing quantities of theory top players need to remember.)} (15. Bg4 $142 $1 Nxg2 $1 16. Kxg2 $1 Ne5+ 17. Bf3 $1 (17. Kg1 Nxg4 18. Qxg4 Rf6 $19)) 15... Nb4 $17 16. Nbd2 Rd8 $2 {As natural as can be, but a mistake that lets Mishra recover.} (16... Qe8 $1 $17 {was best, looking for ...Qg6 while allowing the other rook to reach d8.}) 17. Qb1 $8 Qc6 18. a3 $11 Rxd2 {More tactics.} 19. Bxd2 Bc5+ 20. Rf2 $8 (20. Kh1 $4 Qxe4 21. Qxe4 Bxe4 22. axb4 Bxg2#) 20... Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Na6 22. Bf3 Nxf3 23. gxf3 Qxc4 {The dust has (mostly) settled, and the result is an equal but somewhat imbalanced semi-ending.} 24. Qa2 {Now it's time for another forcing sequence.} Qxa2 25. Rxa2 Bd5 26. Ra1 Bxe4 27. fxe4 Nc5 28. Ke3 (28. Kf3 $1 {is a little better, to meet} Rd8 (28... Nb3 29. Rd1 Rd8 30. Ke2 $1 $11 (30. Ke3 $4 e5 31. f5 Rd4 $19)) {with} 29. Be3 $11) 28... Rd8 $1 29. Bb4 Rd3+ 30. Ke2 Rb3 31. Bxc5 bxc5 {Now an instructive series of moves by Mishra:} 32. Rc1 $1 {Activity is more important than the pawn.} Rxb2+ 33. Ke3 Rxh2 34. Rxc5 Rh3+ 35. Kd4 Rxa3 36. Ke5 $1 {Activity!} Ra6 37. Rc8+ $1 Kf7 38. Rc7+ Kg6 {Otherwise Black isn't making any progress.} 39. Re7 $1 h5 40. Rxe6+ Rxe6+ 41. Kxe6 {Very well-calculated by Mishra, who probably worked this out at least as far back as move 32. Both sides queen.} h4 42. f5+ Kh7 43. e5 h3 44. f6 h2 45. f7 h1=Q 46. f8=Q Qh3+ 47. Qf5+ $1 {Not necessary, but sensible. Now the players do it all over again.} Qxf5+ 48. Kxf5 a5 49. Ke6 a4 50. Kd6 a3 51. e6 a2 52. e7 a1=Q 53. e8=Q {It's a tablebase draw, but there's no reason for Gelfand not to try...and try, and try, and try....} Qd4+ 54. Kc7 {Standard operating procedure. If the king can park itself in front of the pawn, that's often (by not always ) a good idea, but otherwise the king wants to go to the diagonally opposite corner from the one the pawn is heading for. The reason for this is that it helps minimize the likelihood of cross-checks or blocked checks pinning the opponent's queen.} Qa7+ 55. Kd6 Qb6+ 56. Kd5 {The only move that avoids a queen trade.} Qg6 57. Qe3 Qf5+ 58. Kd4 {Perhaps Mishra was getting optimistic about the idea of getting the king in front of the pawn.} (58. Kc6) 58... Qd7+ 59. Kc3 Qd5 60. Qh3+ Kg6 61. Qg3+ Kf6 62. Qf4+ Qf5 63. Qh4+ Qg5 64. Qh8 Kf5 65. Kd3 Kf4 66. Kc4 $1 {Along with 66.Kd4, the only move that doesn't lose.} Kg3 67. Qe8 Kf2 68. Qf7+ Kg2 69. Qe6 Qf4+ 70. Kb5 g5 {The pawn finally advances.} 71. Qd5+ Kh2 72. Ka6 g4 73. Qh5+ Kg1 74. Kb7 Qe4+ 75. Kb8 Qb4+ 76. Ka8 Qf8+ 77. Kb7 Qf3+ 78. Kb8 Qf4+ 79. Ka8 g3 80. Qd1+ Qf1 81. Qd4+ Qf2 82. Qa1+ Kg2 83. Qe5 Qf8+ 84. Kb7 Qf7+ 85. Kb8 Kf3 {Threatening ...Qf4.} 86. Qc3+ $8 Kg4 87. Qc8+ Qf5 88. Qg8+ Kf4 89. Qc4+ Qe4 90. Qf7+ Kg4 91. Qg7+ Kf3 92. Qc3+ Qe3 93. Qc6+ $8 Ke2 94. Qc2+ Ke1 95. Qb1+ Kf2 96. Qc2+ Kg1 97. Qb1+ Kh2 98. Qh7+ $8 Kg2 99. Qc2+ Qf2 100. Qe4+ Kg1 101. Qb1+ Qf1 102. Qb6+ Kh2 103. Qh6+ Qh3 104. Qf4 Qh8+ 105. Ka7 Qh7+ 106. Kb8 Kh3 107. Qe3 Qg6 108. Ka7 Qd6 109. Ka8 $2 {Part of the "pleasure" of playing queen endings is finding oneself in a position where a move that is generally fine is a mistake because of some almost indetectable finesse.} (109. Qf3) (109. Qc3) (109. Qb3) ({and} 109. Qg5 {maintained tablebase equality.}) 109... Kh2 $2 $11 ({Only} 109... Qd5+ $1 {maintained a winning position.} 110. Kb8 Kg4 $1 {Again the only winner} 111. Qe2+ Kf4 112. Qf1+ Kg5 113. Qc1+ Kh5 {No checks, so Black will make further progress. Here are a couple of winning lines, so you have some sense of Black's possible winning methods.} 114. Kc7 g2 115. Qg1 (115. Qe3 Qf7+ 116. Kb6 Qg6+ 117. Kc7 g1=Q $19) 115... Qg5 116. Kb8 Kg6 117. Kc7 Kf7 118. Kb8 Qg7 119. Kc7 Kg8+ 120. Kb8 Qf8+ 121. Kc7 Qf1 $19) 110. Qe2+ g2 111. Qh5+ $8 Kg1 112. Qf5 Qh6 113. Qc5+ Kh1 114. Qd5 $8 {Pinning the pawn is a standard trick.} Qh4 115. Kb7 Qe7+ 116. Ka8 Qa3+ 117. Kb7 Qb4+ 118. Ka7 Qe7+ 119. Ka8 Qf6 120. Qh5+ (120. Qe4) (120. Ka7) ({and} 120. Kb7 {were also drawing. I point this out so you don't conclude, based on Mishra's coming error, that there's something intrisically wrong with White's queen being in the center.}) 120... Kg1 121. Qd5 $2 {Centralizing the queen is often exactly right, but this time it was an error.} (121. Qc5+ $8) 121... Kh2 $1 122. Qd2 (122. Qh5+ Kg3 {There are no more (safe) checks, and} 123. Qd1 Qf3+ $19 {is no help.}) (122. Qa2 Qf3+ 123. Ka7 (123. Kb8 Kh1 $19) 123... Kh1 $19) 122... Qc6+ 123. Kb8 Kh1 {Black cannot prevent the pawn's promotion (ignoring 124.Qxg2+), and there are no stalemate tricks, either. The new queen on g1 would stalemate White's king, but there's no way for White to sac the queen that would force the stalemate.} 124. Qd1+ g1=Q 125. Qh5+ Qh2+ {Impressive tenacity by Gelfand, and a pity for Mishra. But he'll be back!} 0-1