[Event "Turning Torso Chess Event 2021"]
[Site "Malmoe"]
[Date "2021.08.23"]
[Round "15.3"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "Karthikeyan,M"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2021.08.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 9,86,-8,-14,-12,4,-11,-11,-19,-11,10,59,56,128,102,132,134,142,142,141,
113,139,0,19,34,47,0,0,0,-4,-23,-24,-30,0,-50,-59,-60,-54,-88,-11,-6,0,-18,-9,
-110,-102,-166,-79,-169,-182,-543,-170,-164,0,0,0,0,143,141,231,224,483,466,
468,462,410,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5289,-4715,-29978,-29979,-29978,-29980]} 1. e4 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nc3 {[%CAl Bb1c3,Bc3e2,Be2d4][%mdl 32]}
d5 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg4 (3... Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Ne2 Qb6 6. d4 e6 7. Ng3
c5 8. Bd3 Nc6 $6 $146 {A strange novelty, which should be evaluated as '?' or
at least as "?!'. I think that Fabiano just confused something.} ({Up to the
moment Black is OK after} 8... Nxg3 9. hxg3 (9. fxg3 Nc6 10. O-O Be7 11. a3 Bd7
12. Kh1 cxd4 13. b4 a6 14. Qe2 h6 15. Bb2 Rc8 16. Nd2 Bg5 17. Nb3 Be3 18. Qh5
O-O 19. Rf4 Qc7 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Rxd4 Bxd4 22. Bxd4 Bb5 23. Bc5 Rfd8 24. Bxb5
axb5 25. c3 b6 26. Bd4 Qc4 27. g4 Qd3 28. Qh4 Re8 29. g5 Qe4 30. Qg3 Qg6 31.
Rf1 hxg5 32. Qg4 Ra8 33. Qe2 Rxa3 34. Qxb5 Rea8 35. Kg1 Ra1 36. Bxb6 Rxf1+ 37.
Qxf1 Qe4 38. Bd4 Ra2 39. b5 Rb2 40. b6 Rb1 41. h3 Rxf1+ 42. Kxf1 Qb1+ 43. Kf2
Qb5 44. Kg3 f6 45. exf6 gxf6 46. Bxf6 Qxb6 47. Be5 Qe3+ 48. Kg4 {0-1 (48)
Sammed Jaykumar,S (2412)-Svane,R (2615) Chess.com INT 2021}) 9... cxd4 (9...
Nc6 10. c3 cxd4 (10... Bd7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Qe2 a5 13. Rh4 h6 14. Rb1 Rf8 15.
Kf1 Be7 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Bc1 f5 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. b4 axb4 20. cxb4 Bd6 21. Be3
Qc7 22. b5 Ne5 23. Bd4 Nxd3 24. Bxf6 Nc1 25. Qe3 Ba3 26. Bc3 Nxa2 27. Bxg7 Qc2
28. Re1 Bc1 29. Qb6 Qg6 30. Qxb7 Rd8 31. Qxd5 Qxg7 32. Qxa2 Rc8 33. Rxe6+ Kf8
34. Re1 Bxb5+ 35. Kg1 Bd7 36. Rc4 {1-0 (36) Bacallao Alonso,Y (2573)-Fedoseev,
V (2731) Tbilisi 2017 CBM 181 [Roiz,M]}) 11. cxd4 Bd7 12. Bb1 Be7 13. O-O Rc8
14. Re1 O-O 15. Bg5 Qxb2 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Bd3 Qa3 18. Re3 $44 Rc3 $4 19. Qb1
$4 (19. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 20. Ng5+ Kg6 (20... Kg8 21. Qh5 Re8 22. Qxf7+ Kh8 23.
Qh5+ Kg8 24. Rae1 $18) 21. Qg4 Rxe3 22. Nxe6+ Kh6 23. Qg5+ Kh7 24. Qxg7#) 19...
h6 $15 {Grischuk,A (2785) -Riazantsev,A (2700) Moscow ch Blitz 2013 0-1 (52)})
10. g4 (10. a3 $6 Nc6 11. b4 Bd7 12. Bf4 h6 13. g4 O-O-O 14. O-O (14. g5 $2
hxg5 15. Rxh8 Bxb4+ 16. axb4 Rxh8 17. Bxg5 Rh1+ 18. Bf1 Nxb4 19. Qd2 (19. Nxd4
Qxd4 $19) 19... Qb5 $19) 14... g5 15. Bg3 Be7 16. Qd2 Rdg8 17. Be2 h5 $17 {
Solak,D (2632)-Eljanov,P (2723) Kocaeli 2014 1/2 (57)}) 10... Nc6 11. a3 Bd7
12. Kf1 f6 13. Qe2 O-O-O 14. b4 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 fxe5 16. Qxe5 Bd6 17. Qxg7 Rhg8
18. Qxh7 Rxg4 19. Bd2 e5 $15 {Carlsen,M (2855)-Grischuk, A (2747) ICC INT 2016
1-0 (43)}) (8... cxd4 {Another line is not reliable for Black} 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10.
Bxe4 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 $6 {White could have continued to develop his pieces after
11 Bd2!} (11. Bd2 $1 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Qxb2 13. O-O {White has excellent
compensation for a pawn} Nc6 (13... Qc3 14. Qg5 O-O 15. Qh4 h6 $8 16. g4 Qc5
17. g5 Qe7 18. Qg3 $16) 14. Rab1 Qc3 15. Qxc3 dxc3 16. Rfd1 Ke7 17. Bxc6 bxc6
18. Nd4 $16) 11... Nd7 12. Kg1 f6 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Bd3 O-O 15. Qe2 Bd6 16. Ng5
e5 17. Bc4+ Kh8 18. Nf7+ Rxf7 19. Bxf7 Bg4 $44 {Maximov,D (2492)-Goh,W (2451)
Budapest 2011 1-0 (31)}) 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Bxe4 cxd4 {This is a typical bad
position, which Black can get when playing the French Defence.} ({Black could
have tried to trade the knights:} 10... Nxd4 $5 11. c3 $1 (11. O-O Bd7 $1 (
11... Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Be7 13. Qg3 $16) 12. c3 Bc6 13. Ng5 Bxe4 14. Nxe4 Nc6 15.
Bf4 Rd8 16. Qe2 $14) 11... Nc6 (11... Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Be7 13. Qg3 g6 14. Bh6 $16
) 12. O-O Bd7 13. Qe2 Be7 14. Rd1 h6 15. Bf4 O-O-O 16. b4 cxb4 17. Be3 Qa5 18.
cxb4 $16 {with a very strong attack.}) 11. O-O Bd7 12. a3 {Black's problem is
that he has no plan. He can't castle because he will be mated; he can't try to
trade light-squared bishops because he will lose the d4-pawn.} h6 13. Re1 Rd8
14. h3 {Nigel doesn't need to hurry. In any case, Black can only wait.} g6 15.
b4 Bg7 16. Bf4 ({Nigel could have played} 16. Rb1 {because the consequences of
...Nxe5 are favourable for White:} Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxg6 Qc7 19. Be4 $16)
16... Ne7 $1 {In order to avoid huge problems, Fabiano decided to sacrifice a
pawn.} ({The consequences of lines such as} 16... O-O 17. Qd2 g5 18. Bg3 Qc7
19. Bd3 Ne7 20. h4 $1 $18) ({or} 16... g5 17. Bg3 Bc8 18. Qd3 a6 19. Rad1 $16 {
aren't cheerful for Black.}) 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 $16 Ba4 19. Nf3 Nd5 (19...
g5 $5 {Black could get some counterplay by attacking the e5-pawn. After 19....
g5} 20. Bc1 b6 21. c4 O-O 22. Bb2 $16) 20. Bd2 Bb5 21. Bxd5 $1 {A very strong
move. Black can play 21...exd5 or 21.... Rxd5. In both cases his position is
lost.} Rxd5 (21... exd5 22. Be3 a6 (22... b6 23. a4 Bc4 24. a5 bxa5 25. Rxa5 a6
26. Bc5 $18) 23. Bc5 Rc8 24. Nd4 Bd7 25. Re3 $16) 22. a4 Bd7 $8 (22... Ba6 $4
23. b5 $18) (22... Bc4 $4 23. Re4 $18) 23. c4 Rd3 24. b5 O-O 25. Re3 $6 (25.
Red1 $1 {White wants to get control over the d-file or to take the second pawn
on a7.} Rc8 (25... Rd8 26. Be3 Be8 27. Rxd3 Rxd3 28. Bxa7 $18) 26. Be3 Rxd1+
27. Rxd1 Be8 28. Bxa7 Rxc4 29. Rd8 Kf8 30. Rb8 $18) 25... Rxe3 26. Bxe3 $16 {
White is still much better but Nigel missed a good possibility to win the game.
} Ra8 27. Rd1 Be8 28. Bc5 f5 $5 {It's not easy to recommend anything to Black.}
(28... Rc8 29. Bxa7 Rxc4 30. Rd8 Kf8 31. Rb8 $18) 29. exf6 Bxf6 30. Bd4 Be7 (
30... Kf7 31. Bxf6 Kxf6 32. Kf1 $16 {White has an extra pawn and a better pawn
structure. He should win the endgame.}) 31. Re1 Bf7 32. Ne5 a6 33. c5 $1 axb5
34. axb5 ({Nigel could have won immediately after} 34. c6 $1 bxc6 (34... bxa4
35. cxb7 Rb8 36. Rb1 a3 37. Nd7 a2 38. Rb6 $18) 35. Nxc6 Bd6 36. axb5 Ra3 37.
Rd1 Bf8 38. Be3 Rb3 39. Rd8 $18) 34... Be8 35. b6 Rd8 36. c6 $5 ({The computer
indicates the following line} 36. Be3 $5 Rd5 (36... g5 37. c6 bxc6 38. b7 Rb8
39. Rb1 c5 40. f3 Bf6 41. Nc4 Bg6 42. Rb3 Bc2 43. Rb6 $18) 37. c6 Rxe5 38. cxb7
Bd6 39. Rc1 $18) 36... bxc6 37. b7 {Short transforms his advantage into a
winning endgame with an extra exchange. It wasn't easy to understand that
Black has no moves after} (37. Bc3 $1 {a very easy move for a computer.} Bf6
38. b7 Rb8 39. Rb1 c5 40. Rb6 $18) 37... Rb8 ({Or} 37... c5 38. Rb1 Rb8 {- game
}) 38. Rb1 c5 {Sumets,A: '- game'} 39. Nd7 (39. Bc3 $1 {Once again Bc3 leads
to an easy victory.} Bd6 40. Nd3 c4 41. Nc5 Bxc5 42. Be5 Ba7 43. Bxb8 Bxb8 44.
Rb4 $18) 39... Bxd7 40. Be5 Re8 41. b8=Q Rxb8 42. Rxb8+ Kf7 43. Rh8 {According
to the computer, Black has chances to draw.} h5 44. Rh7+ Kf8 $2 ({The last
chance was} 44... Ke8 45. Rg7 g5 46. f3 $16 {I think that White should win the
endgame.}) 45. Bd6 $1 Bxd6 46. Rxd7 Be5 47. g3 c4 48. Kf1 {White's king is
heading to d3, then Black will have to choose between losing the c-pawn or
g-pawn. In any case his position is lost.} c3 49. Ke2 Ke8 50. Rd1 Ke7 51. Kd3
Bf6 52. Ra1 Kf7 53. Ra7+ Ke8 54. Ke4 $18 Kd8 55. Ra4 Ke7 56. Rc4 Kd7 57. Kd3
Ke7 58. Rc7+ Ke8 59. g4 $1 hxg4 60. hxg4 {If White pushes g5 then he can even
sacrifice an exchange on g7.} Be5 61. Rc5 Bf6 62. g5 $1 Bg7 (62... Be7 63. Re5
Kd7 64. Kxc3 Kd6 65. Kd4 $18) 63. Rc8+ Kd7 (63... Kf7 64. Rc7+ Kg8 65. Rxg7+
Kxg7 66. Kxc3 Kf8 (66... e5 67. Kc4 Kf7 68. Kd5 e4 69. Kxe4 Ke6 70. f4 Kd6 71.
f5 $18) 67. Kd4 Kf7 68. Ke5 Ke7 69. f4 $18) 64. Rg8 Bd4 65. f3 Be5 66. Rxg6 Kd6
67. Rg8 Ke7 68. Rc8 Bf4 69. Rc5 Bd2 70. Rc7+ Kd6 71. g6 {1-0 (71) Short,N
(2675)-Caruana,F (2827) Caleta 2017 CBM 177 [Sumets,A]}) (3... dxe4 {[%emt 0:
00:10]} 4. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 5. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} (
5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. d4 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Re1 Be6 10. Be3 Nd7 11. c4 Nf8
12. a3 Ng6 13. Qc2 Nf4 14. Bf1 Qd7 15. Qd2 Ng6 16. Qc3 Bg4 17. Nd2 f5 18. f3
Bh5 19. Bf2 Ne7 20. b4 Bg6 21. Nb3 h5 22. d5 Qc7 23. h3 cxd5 24. c5 a6 25. Rad1
Bh2+ 26. Kh1 Bg3 27. Bxg3 Qxg3 28. Nd4 f4 29. Qd2 Qg5 30. b5 axb5 31. Bxb5 Rec8
32. Qb4 Nc6 33. Bxc6 bxc6 34. a4 Rcb8 35. Qd2 Ra6 36. a5 Qf6 37. Ra1 Rba8 38.
Kh2 Bh7 39. Ra4 g5 40. Nb3 Bf5 41. Rb4 Be6 42. Rb6 g4 43. Rb4 Kh8 44. Rxf4 Qg5
45. Rxe6 gxh3 46. Rxf7 {1-0 (46) Tiviakov,S (2583)-Burmakin,V (2490)
Chefchaouen 2018 CBM 186 [Tiviakov,S]}) 5... Bg4 (5... Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 6.
Qxe4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qd5 (6... Be6 7. b3 Bd5 8. Qe3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 e6 10. Bb2
Nd7 11. f4 Qa5 12. a3 O-O-O 13. b4 Qd5 14. Rg1 Nb6 15. Rg5 f5 16. d3 Rg8 17.
Be5 Qd7 18. c4 Be7 19. Rb1 Bf6 20. Be2 Bxe5 21. Qxe5 Qd4 22. Qxe6+ Nd7 23. Qe3
Qc3+ 24. Qd2 Qxd2+ 25. Kxd2 g6 26. Rg3 Nf6 27. Kc3 Rd6 28. h4 Rgd8 29. h5 b5
30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Rc1 bxc4 32. Kxc4 Nd5 33. Rf3 Kc7 34. Kb3 Re8 35. Bf1 Rde6
36. d4 Re1 37. Rxe1 Rxe1 38. Bc4 Kd6 39. Bxd5 Kxd5 40. Rg3 Re4 41. Rxg6 Rxf4
42. Rg7 Rf3+ 43. Ka4 Rxf2 44. Rd7+ Ke4 45. Rxa7 f4 46. Ka5 Rc2 47. Rf7 f3 48.
Kb6 f2 49. a4 Kxd4 50. a5 Ke3 51. a6 Rc4 52. a7 Rxb4+ 53. Kxc6 Ra4 54. Kb7 Ke2
55. a8=Q Rxa8 56. Kxa8 f1=Q 57. Rxf1 Kxf1 {1/2-1/2 (57) L'Ami,E (2634)-Girya,O
(2489) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) (6... Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 7. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} (
7. Qe2 Nf6 8. d3 g6 9. g3 Bg7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 e6
14. Kg2 Qb6 15. c3 Nd5 16. Rd1 Rad8 17. d4 Ne7 18. Bg5 Rd7 19. h4 h5 20. Rac1
Nf5 21. a4 a5 22. Ra1 Qc7 23. Bf4 Qd8 24. Rh1 Bf6 25. Rad1 Kg7 26. Be4 Qe7 27.
Rhe1 Nd6 28. Bc2 Nf5 29. Qf3 Qd8 30. Bxf5 exf5 31. Re2 Re8 32. Rde1 Rxe2 33.
Rxe2 Re7 34. Rxe7 Qxe7 35. d5 Qe4 36. Qxe4 fxe4 37. dxc6 bxc6 38. Bc7 Kf8 39.
Bxa5 Ke7 40. Bb6 Kd7 41. a5 Kc8 42. a6 Be7 43. f3 f5 44. fxe4 fxe4 45. Kf2 Bd6
46. c4 Kb8 47. b3 Kc8 48. Be3 Be5 49. Bc5 Bc7 50. b4 Be5 51. b5 cxb5 52. cxb5
Kc7 53. b6+ Kc6 54. b7 Bb8 55. a7 {1-0 (55) Firouzja,A (2759)-Abdusattorov,N
(2627) Lichess.org INT 2021}) (7. d4 Nf6 8. Qf4 Nd5 9. Qd2 Bf5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11.
Qxd3 e6 12. O-O Bd6 13. c4 Ne7 14. b3 O-O 15. Bb2 Qa5 16. a3 Rfd8 17. Qe2 Qh5
18. Rfe1 Nf5 19. Rad1 Re8 20. d5 cxd5 21. cxd5 e5 22. Qe4 Nh6 23. h3 f6 24. Qa4
Qf7 25. Nd2 a6 26. Ne4 Rad8 27. Qc4 Nf5 28. Rd2 Bf8 29. Qd3 Rd7 30. Qf3 Nh4 31.
Qg3 Ng6 32. Red1 Red8 33. d6 f5 34. Ng5 Qf6 35. b4 Re8 36. Qb3+ Kh8 37. Nf3
Rxd6 38. Rxd6 Bxd6 39. Qd5 Bf8 40. Qxb7 h6 41. Re1 Kh7 42. g3 Qd6 43. Qf7 Qe6
44. Qxe6 Rxe6 45. Nxe5 a5 46. b5 a4 47. Kf1 Rb6 48. Nxg6 Kxg6 49. Re5 Rb7 50.
Rd5 Be7 51. h4 h5 52. Ke2 Rb8 53. Kd3 Rc8 54. b6 Rb8 55. Rb5 Kf7 56. b7 Ke6 57.
Be5 Bd6 58. Bxd6 Kxd6 59. Kc4 Kc6 60. Kb4 {1-0 (60) Nakamura,H (2736)-Caruana,
F (2806) Saint Louis 2021}) 7... Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 8. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} (
8. Qe2 Bf5 9. d4 e6 10. Bf4 Be7 11. c3 O-O 12. a4 Nd5 13. Be5 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5
15. O-O a5 16. Rfe1 Re8 17. g4 Bg6 18. Bg3 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Qe5 Qxe5 21.
Nxe5 f6 22. Nxg6 hxg6 23. Bxd5 exd5 {1/2-1/2 (23) Maze,S (2615)-Van Foreest,J
(2638) Brest 2018}) 8... e6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 9. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} b5 {
[%emt 0:00:11]} (9... Be7) 10. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 11. a4
$1 $146 {[%emt 0:00:53]} (11. b3 Bb7 12. Bb2 Bd6 13. O-O O-O 14. Rae1 a6 15. f4
Rae8 16. Rf3 c5 17. Rh3 g6 18. c4 bxc4 19. bxc4 Qe7 20. Qf2 Rd8 21. Qh4 Nh5 22.
Qxh5 f5 23. Nxg6 Qf7 24. Ne7+ {1-0 (24) Hansen,T (2406)-Kumar,N (2274)
Reykjavik 2017}) 11... Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:43]} (11... b4 12. b3 Nd5 13. Bb2 Nf4
14. Qf3 Nxd3+ 15. Nxd3 Bb7 16. Qg3 Qxg3 17. hxg3 c5 18. f3 f6 19. Nf4 Kf7 20.
d3 Bd6 21. Kf2 h6 22. Rae1 Rhe8 23. Nh5 Rad8 24. g4 Bc7 25. Ng3 c4 26. bxc4 b3
27. Ne4 bxc2 28. Ke2 Bc6 29. Rc1 f5 30. Nc3 fxg4 31. Rxc2 gxf3+ 32. gxf3 Be5
33. Nb5 Bb8 34. Bc3 Rd7 35. Nd4 Ba8 36. Rb2 Red8 37. Rh5 e5 38. Rxb8 Rxb8 39.
Rxe5 Re8 40. f4 g5 41. Rxe8 Kxe8 42. fxg5 hxg5 43. Nf5 Kf7 44. Ke3 Kg6 45. Nd4
Kh5 46. Be1 Re7+ 47. Kd2 Kg4 48. Nb5 Kh3 49. Nd6 g4 50. Kc3 Rxe1 {0-1 (50)
Kovalev,V (2637)-Gunina,V (2436) Chess.com INT 2021}) 12. Nxc6 $1 {[%emt 0:00:
17]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 13. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 14. Nf5 {
[%emt 0:01:07]} Be5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} (14... O-O 15. Nxd6 Qxd6) 15. Nxg7+ {
[%emt 0:00:28]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 16. Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nxh5 {[%emt 0:00:
19]} 17. Qxh5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 18. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:21]}
Bxg2 {[%emt 0:02:05]} 19. Rg1 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 20. d4 {
[%emt 0:00:33]} Bxh2 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 21. Qh6+ {[%emt 0:03:43]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:
00:21]} 22. Qxh7 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 23. Bh5 {[%emt 0:00:26]}
Raf8 {[%emt 0:05:15]} 24. Bxf7 {[%emt 0:03:15]} Rh8 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 25. Bg5+ {
[%emt 0:06:25]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:03:49]} 26. Qxh2+ $1 {[%emt 0:02:36]} Rxh2 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 27. Bf4+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 28. Bxc7 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} Kxc7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 29. Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:03:
37]} 30. b3 {[%emt 0:05:41]} (30. O-O-O) 30... Rfxf2 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 31. O-O-O
{[%emt 0:00:09]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 32. Rdf1 {[%emt 0:08:32]} Rxf1+ {[%emt 0:
08:17]} 33. Rxf1 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Rh1 $5 {[%emt 0:00:06] Le Bg6 n'est pas
très bon et les Noirs espèrent tenir la finale avec un P de moins} 34. Rxh1 {
[%emt 0:01:07]} Bxh1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 35. Kd2 {[%emt 0:02:14]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:
16]} 36. Kd3 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:04:51]} 37. Bf7 {[%emt 0:09:49]} (
37. Be4 Ba6+) 37... Bg2 {[%emt 0:07:14]} 38. Bg6 {[%emt 0:11:38]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:
00:33]} 39. Bh7 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Bg2 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 40. Kc4 {[%emt 0:02:28]}
Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 41. Kd3 {[%emt 0:32:50]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:30:14]} 42. Bg8 {
[%emt 0:00:26]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 43. Bf7 {[%emt 0:03:08]} Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:
16] 1/2-1/2 (43) Ragger,M (2682)-Donchenko,A (2595) Brest 2019}) (6... Qa5 7.
Bd3 Na6 8. Qe5 Qxe5+ 9. Nxe5 Nb4 10. Be4 f6 11. c3 Nd5 12. Nf3 a5 13. d4 a4 14.
Bd2 Be6 15. O-O Kd7 16. c4 Nc7 17. Rac1 Bf7 18. Bf4 e6 19. Rfd1 Be7 20. d5 exd5
21. Bf5+ Kd8 22. Nd4 g6 23. Bg4 f5 24. Bf3 Rc8 25. g4 fxg4 26. Bxg4 Bf6 27.
Bxc8 Kxc8 28. Nb5 Nxb5 29. cxb5 Kd7 30. Rc4 Ra8 31. bxc6+ bxc6 32. Rb4 Kc8 33.
Rb6 Be8 34. Re1 Bd7 35. Rc1 Bd8 36. Rb5 {Adams,M (2703)-Howell,D (2696) London
2018 1/2-1/2}) 7. Qh4 (7. Qf4 Qf5 8. d4 Qxf4 9. Bxf4 Bf5 10. O-O-O e6 11. Nh4
Bg4 12. f3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. c4 Nd7 15. Bg3 Nb6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. h4 O-O-O 18.
Kc2 Be7 19. Be5 Rxh4 20. Rxh4 Bxh4 21. Bxg7 Nd7 22. d5 exd5 23. cxd5 cxd5 24.
Rxd5 Bf6 25. Bh6 Ne5 26. Rc5+ Kd7 27. Be2 Rc8 28. Rxc8 Kxc8 29. Be3 Nc6 30. Bc4
Nd4+ 31. Kd1 Nxf3 32. Bxf7 Ne5 33. Be6+ Kc7 34. g5 Bg7 35. Bd4 Kd6 36. Bb3 b6
37. Ke2 Bf8 38. Bc3 Be7 39. Bb4+ Kd7 40. Bd2 Nc6 41. Kd3 Nd8 42. Ba4+ Kc7 43.
Ke4 Ne6 44. Kd5 Nxg5 45. Bc2 Kd8 46. Bxg6 Nf3 47. Bf4 Ne1 48. Be4 Bh4 49. Kc6
Kc8 50. Bf5+ Kd8 51. Kb7 Ng2 52. Be5 Ne3 53. Be4 Nc4 54. Bc7+ Kd7 55. Bf5+ Ke7
56. Kxa7 Nxb2 57. Kxb6 Nc4+ 58. Kc6 Ne3 59. Bd3 Bg5 60. a4 Ng4 61. a5 Bf6 62.
a6 Ne5+ 63. Bxe5 Bxe5 64. a7 {1-0 (64) Lagno,K (2558)-Kabanov,N (2460) Chess.
com INT 2021}) 7... Qe6+ (7... Bf5 8. Bc4 Qd6 9. O-O Nd7 10. d3 Qg6 11. Qf4 Be6
12. Bxe6 Qxe6 13. Qc7 Nc5 14. Re1 Qd7 15. Qg3 Ne6 16. b3 g6 17. Bb2 Bg7 18.
Bxg7 Nxg7 19. Qe5 Kf8 20. Re4 Re8 21. Rae1 f6 22. Qf4 Nf5 23. g4 Nd6 24. Re6
Kg7 25. h4 Nf7 26. h5 gxh5 27. gxh5 Rhg8 28. Kf1 Kh8 29. R1e3 Ng5 30. Nxg5 Rxg5
31. h6 Rg6 32. Ke1 {1-0 (32) Kovalev,V (2637)-Srihari,L (2414) Chess.com INT
2021}) 8. Be2 Qg4 9. Qg3 Qxg3 10. hxg3 Bf5 11. b3 a5 12. Bb2 h6 13. O-O-O a4
14. Nd4 Bc8 15. Rde1 axb3 16. axb3 Nd7 17. Nf5 Nf6 18. g4 Be6 19. f4 Rg8 20.
Ne3 g6 21. f5 gxf5 22. gxf5 Bd7 23. Bf3 Kd8 24. Bd4 Bg7 25. Kb2 Ne8 26. Bxg7
Nxg7 27. f6 exf6 28. Rxh6 Ne8 29. d4 Kc7 30. d5 Rg5 31. Rd1 Ra6 32. b4 Nd6 33.
Rxf6 cxd5 34. Rxd5 Rxd5 35. Bxd5 Nc4+ 36. Bxc4 {1-0 (36) Vachier Lagrave,M
(2795)-Salem,A (2633) Moscow 2017 CBM 179 [Mekhitarian,K]}) (5... Bf5 6. Nxf6+
gxf6 7. d3 Nd7 8. g3 Ne5 9. Nxe5 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qxe5 11. Qxe5 fxe5 12. Bg2 f6 13.
b4 a6 14. a4 Kf7 15. O-O Rc8 16. Rfb1 Bg7 17. Rb2 Be6 18. b5 axb5 19. axb5 cxb5
20. Bxb7 Rc7 21. Bf3 Rhc8 22. Rc1 Kg6 23. h4 h5 24. Kg2 Bd7 25. Kf1 Ra7 26. Be3
Bh6 27. Ke2 Bxe3 28. Kxe3 Rc5 29. Kd2 Be6 30. Rcb1 Ra5 31. Rb4 Ra2 32. Bd1 Bd7
33. R1b2 Ra1 34. Rb1 Ra2 35. R1b2 Ra1 36. c3 Rc7 37. Rb1 Ra3 38. R4b3 Ra2+ 39.
R1b2 Ra1 40. Rb1 Ra2+ 41. Bc2 Kg7 42. R1b2 Ra1 43. Bb1 Ra6 44. Bc2 Ra1 45. Bd1
Kg6 46. Rb1 Ra2+ 47. R1b2 Ra1 {1/2-1/2 (47) Solodovnichenko,Y (2531)
-Riazantsev,A (2662) Brest 2018}) 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Nxf6+ gxf6 8. Qxf3 e6 9. b3 Bd6
10. Bb2 Be5 11. c3 Nd7 12. d4 Bd6 13. Bd3 Qe7 14. a4 O-O-O 15. b4 f5 16. O-O
Rhg8 17. Rfe1 Rg6 18. b5 c5 19. a5 Rdg8 20. Bf1 Bb8 21. Kh1 Nf6 22. a6 Ne4 23.
axb7+ Qxb7 24. Ra6 Ng3+ 25. Qxg3 Bxg3 26. fxg3 e5 27. Ba3 cxd4 28. cxd4 Rxa6
29. bxa6 Qb3 30. Bd6 exd4 31. Re7 d3 32. Rxa7 Qb1 33. Rc7+ Kd8 34. a7 Qxf1+ 35.
Kh2 Qa1 36. Be5 Qa6 37. Rxf7 d2 38. Bd4 d1=Q 39. Bb6+ Ke8 {0-1 (39) Sutovsky,E
(2646)-Paichadze,L (2568) Minsk 2017 CBM 179 [Sumets,A]}) (3... g6 4. d4 Bg7 5.
h3 Nf6 6. e5 Ne4 7. Nxe4 dxe4 8. Ng5 c5 9. Bc4 O-O 10. c3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nc6 12.
Be3 Qa5+ 13. Kf1 h6 14. Nxe4 Rd8 15. f4 b5 16. Bb3 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Qb4 18. Qf3
Rxd4 19. a3 Qa5 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. exf6 Qb6 22. f5 Bb7 23. Qg3 g5 24. fxe7 Re8
25. Re1 Rf4+ 26. Ke2 Qd4 {0-1 (26) Xiong,J (2674)-Shabalov,A (2556) Saint
Louis 2017 CBM 178 [Yermolinsky,A]}) 4. h3 Bxf3 5. gxf3 $6 {[#]} (5. Qxf3 $1 {
[#]} e6 6. Be2 (6. d3 Bb4 7. a3 Ba5 8. Qg3 Qf6 9. Bd2 Qg6 10. Qe3 Ne7 11. f4
O-O 12. O-O-O f5 13. g4 fxe4 14. dxe4 dxe4 15. Qc5 Bxc3 16. Qxe7 Bxd2+ 17. Rxd2
Qf7 18. Qxf7+ Kxf7 19. Rd4 Ke7 20. Rxe4 Nd7 21. Bc4 e5 22. fxe5 Nc5 23. Rd4
Rad8 24. Rxd8 Kxd8 25. b4 Nd7 26. e6 Ne5 27. Re1 Rf4 28. e7+ Ke8 29. Be6 {
1-0 (29) Stukopin,A (2600)-Macieja,B (2514) Greensboro 2017 CBM 182 [Stukopin,
A]}) (6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Bd6 (7... Bb4 8. O-O Nbd7 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Nd1 O-O 11.
d4 Bd6 12. Qd3 Qc7 13. Ne3 Rfc8 14. b3 b5 15. Qxb5 Qc3 16. Rb1 Qxd4 17. c4 Rab8
18. Qa6 Qb6 19. Qxb6 Nxb6 20. cxd5 Nfxd5 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Be3 Bc5 23. Bf4 Ra8
24. Rfd1 Rd8 25. Rbc1 Bd6 26. Be3 Rab8 27. Rc6 Be5 28. Rc5 Rd7 29. Rb5 Rbd8 30.
a4 d4 31. Rxe5 dxe3 32. Rxd7 exf2+ 33. Kxf2 Nxd7 34. Ra5 g6 35. b4 Nb6 36. Rxa7
Rd2+ 37. Kg1 Rd1+ 38. Kh2 Rd2 39. Kg1 Rd1+ 40. Bf1 Nd5 41. Rd7 Kf8 42. Kf2 Rd2+
43. Ke1 Rd4 44. Kf2 Rxb4 45. Rxd5 Rxa4 46. Rd7 Kg7 47. Rc7 Ra5 48. Bc4 Rf5+ 49.
Ke3 Re5+ 50. Kd4 Rf5 51. g4 Rf6 52. Bd5 h6 53. Ke5 Rf1 54. Rd7 Re1+ 55. Kd6 Rf1
56. Ke7 Rd1 57. Ke8 Kf6 58. Rxf7+ Kg5 59. Bg2 Kh4 60. Rg7 Rd6 61. Kf7 Kg5 62.
Be4 Rd7+ 63. Kg8 Rxg7+ 64. Kxg7 h5 65. Bf3 Kh4 66. Kxg6 hxg4 67. Bxg4 {1-0 (67)
Nakamura,H (2736)-Mamedyarov,S (2770) chess24.com INT 2021}) (7... Bc5 8. d3
Nbd7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Kh2 Bd4 12. Nd1 b5 13. f4 dxe4 14. dxe4 e5 15.
f5 Ne8 16. g4 f6 17. Nf2 Nd6 18. h4 h6 19. Nh3 Kf7 20. c3 Bb6 21. b3 Ke7 22. a4
a5 23. Rd1 Rfd8 24. Rb1 Bc5 25. Qa2 b4 26. cxb4 axb4 27. Rd3 Bd4 28. Rg3 c5 29.
Qe2 Rh8 30. Bd2 Qb6 31. Be1 {1/2-1/2 (31) Rozentalis,E (2520)-Dragun,K (2557)
Warsaw 2021}) 8. O-O O-O 9. d3 Nbd7 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Kh1 dxe4 12. dxe4 e5 13.
Nd1 Rfe8 14. Ne3 g6 15. Bd2 a5 16. a4 Bb4 17. c3 Bf8 18. b4 Nb6 19. Rfb1 Red8
20. Be1 axb4 21. a5 Nc8 22. cxb4 Nd6 23. Nc4 Nb5 24. Rd1 Rd4 25. Rxd4 Nxd4 26.
Qb2 Bg7 27. Bc3 Nd7 28. Rd1 Nb5 29. h4 Rd8 30. Bh3 Nxc3 31. Qxc3 Nb8 32. Rxd8+
Qxd8 33. Qd2 Qxd2 34. Nxd2 Bf8 35. Bc8 Bxb4 36. Nc4 b5 37. axb6 f6 38. Kg2 Kf7
39. Kh3 Bc5 40. f3 Bf2 41. h5 Bc5 42. Kg4 Bf2 43. f4 gxh5+ 44. Kh3 exf4 45.
gxf4 h4 46. Kg4 Ke7 47. b7 Kd8 48. e5 {1/2-1/2 (48) Kurmann,O (2424)-Bailet,P
(2520) Mulhouse 2021}) (6. d4 Nf6 (6... dxe4 7. Qxe4 Nf6 8. Qd3 Be7 9. g3 Na6
10. a3 Qb6 11. Ne2 Rd8 12. Qf3 e5 13. dxe5 Qa5+ 14. Nc3 Nb4 15. axb4 Qxa1 16.
Qe3 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Rxd5 18. Bd3 Bxb4+ 19. Ke2 Qa5 20. f4 Bc5 21. Qe4 Qb4 22. Qf3
O-O 23. Rd1 Rfd8 24. h4 Qa4 25. Kf1 Bb6 26. h5 h6 27. Qe2 Qb4 28. Kg2 a5 29. e6
Qe7 30. exf7+ Kxf7 31. Qg4 Kf8 32. Bd2 Rxd3 {1/2-1/2 (32) Vlachos,A (2439)
-David,A (2527) Paris 2021}) 7. exd5 (7. Bd3 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Qxd4 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6
10. Qg3 Nd7 11. O-O Be7 12. Qc7 Nc5 13. Be3 Bd8 14. Qd6 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 O-O 16.
Bd4 Qg6 17. Qb3 b6 18. Rad1 Bf6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Rd6 Rac8 21. Rfd1 Rc7 22. c3
g6 23. Qa4 Rfc8 24. Rd7 Kg7 25. Qb4 c5 26. Qe4 Qf5 27. Qe2 h6 28. a3 g5 29.
R1d2 Qf6 30. Qe4 Rxd7 31. Rxd7 Rd8 32. Qd3 Rxd7 33. Qxd7 Qf4 34. Qd1 c4 35. g3
Qe4 36. Qd2 b5 37. Kh2 Kg6 38. Kg1 h5 39. Kh2 h4 40. gxh4 Qxh4 41. Qd4 Qxd4 42.
cxd4 a5 43. Kg3 b4 44. axb4 axb4 45. Kf3 c3 46. bxc3 b3 {0-1 (46) Tejedor
Fuente,E (2434)-Harsha,B (2509) Chess.com INT 2021}) 7... cxd5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9.
Ne2 Bd6 10. c3 Qc7 11. Bg5 Nd7 12. O-O h6 13. Bd2 Nf6 14. Rfe1 O-O-O 15. c4
dxc4 16. Bxc4 Kb8 17. Rac1 Qb6 18. Be3 Qa5 19. Nc3 a6 20. a3 Ne7 21. Red1 Rc8
22. Bd3 Ned5 23. Bd2 Nxc3 24. bxc3 Qh5 25. Qxh5 Nxh5 26. Be2 Nf4 27. Bf3 Rc4
28. a4 Rhc8 29. Rb1 Nd5 30. Be2 Nxc3 31. Bxc3 Rxc3 {1/2-1/2 (31) Lagno,K (2546)
-Muzychuk,M (2544) Caleta 2021}) 6... g6 $5 (6... Nf6 7. O-O {is the main
continuation.} Bc5 8. Rd1 Bd4 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 Bb6 11. c4 a6 12. Nc3 Nc6
13. cxd5 Nd4 14. Qg3 O-O 15. d3 Nxd5 16. Bf3 Bc7 17. Qg4 Nf6 18. Bg5 Nxg4 19.
Bxd8 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 Bh2+ {0-1 (20) Bailet,P (2501)-Eljanov,P (2702) Brest 2018}
) (6... Bc5 7. O-O Ne7 8. Na4 Bd6 9. d4 dxe4 10. Qxe4 Nd7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Qf3
Qa5 13. Nc3 Nf6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Rad8 16. a4 Rd7 17. c3 Rfd8 18. Bc4 Qh5
19. Re1 a5 20. Be2 Qg6 21. Qxg6 Nxg6 22. g3 h6 23. h4 Ne7 24. h5 Nd5 25. Kg2
Nf6 26. Bf3 Kf8 27. Re2 Nd5 28. Bd2 Nb6 29. b3 Nd5 30. Rh1 Be7 31. Be1 b6 32.
Be4 c5 33. dxc5 bxc5 34. c4 Nb4 35. Bc3 Rb8 36. Rd2 Rxd2 37. Bxd2 Bf6 38. Kf3
Bd4 39. g4 f6 40. Bf4 e5 41. Bd2 Rd8 42. Ke2 Ke7 43. Rd1 Kd6 44. f4 Kc7 45. g5
hxg5 46. fxg5 fxg5 47. Rf1 g4 48. Rf5 Kc8 49. Rf7 Rh8 50. Bf5+ Kb8 51. Bxg4 e4
52. Bf4+ Ka8 53. Bf5 Re8 54. Bg6 Re6 55. Bf5 Re8 56. Bd6 Nd3 57. Bd7 {1-0 (57)
Vachier Lagrave,M (2783)-Mamedyarov,S (2784) Paris 2017 CBM 179 [Yermolinsky,A]
}) (6... Nd7 7. d4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Ngf6 9. Nxf6+ Nxf6 10. c3 Bd6 11. h4 Qa5 12.
Bg5 Qd5 13. O-O h6 14. Be3 O-O 15. Rfd1 Rad8 16. g3 Rd7 17. c4 Qxf3 18. Bxf3
Rfd8 19. g4 Bc7 20. Rab1 Bb6 21. g5 hxg5 22. hxg5 Nh7 23. c5 Bc7 24. b4 a6 25.
a4 Rc8 26. Bg2 Nf8 27. b5 axb5 28. axb5 Ng6 29. bxc6 bxc6 30. Bxc6 Bh2+ 31.
Kxh2 Rxc6 32. Rb8+ Kh7 33. Rdb1 Ne7 34. Kg2 Kg6 35. Kf3 Kf5 36. Rh1 Ng6 37. Rh7
e5 38. d5 Rxd5 39. Rxg7 Rd7 40. Rb6 e4+ 41. Kg3 Rxb6 42. cxb6 Ne5 43. Rg8 Rd1
44. Rc8 Rg1+ 45. Kh3 Rh1+ 46. Kg2 Rb1 47. Rc1 Rb4 48. Rc7 Ke6 49. Kg3 Nc4 50.
Rc6+ Kd5 51. Rf6 Nd6 52. Kg4 Rb1 53. Bf4 Nc4 54. Rxf7 Rxb6 55. Kf5 Rb2 56. Rd7+
Kc6 57. Rc7+ Kd5 58. g6 Nd6+ 59. Kg5 Rxf2 60. Rd7 Ke6 61. Rxd6+ Ke7 62. Rd4 Kf8
63. Rxe4 {1-0 (63) Bacrot,E (2696)-Prohaszka,P (2596) Minsk 2017 CBM 179
[Prasanna,V]}) 7. d4 (7. d3 Bg7 8. O-O Nd7 $11) (7. O-O Bg7 8. Rd1 d4 9. Nb1
Ne7 10. d3 c5 11. a4 Nbc6 12. Na3 O-O 13. Qg3 a6 14. Bf4 e5 15. Bd2 Rb8 16. Rf1
b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. f4 Bh6 19. Qh4 Bxf4 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Rxf4 Ne5 22. Raf1
N7c6 23. Qf2 b4 24. Nb1 b3 25. c4 Nb4 26. Qg3 f6 27. Kh2 Qd6 28. Na3 Nc2 29.
Nb5 Qe7 30. R4f2 Ra8 31. Rb1 Ne3 32. Na3 Rf7 33. Re1 Kh8 34. Bf1 Re8 35. Nb1 f5
36. Nd2 Qc7 37. Kg1 f4 38. Qh4 Ref8 39. Be2 Qa5 40. Qg5 Qxd2 41. Qxe5+ Kg8 42.
Rb1 Qc2 43. Rbf1 Nxf1 44. Bxf1 Qc1 45. Qxc5 f3 46. g3 Qe3 47. Qd5 h5 48. h4 Kh7
49. Qg5 Ra7 50. Qc5 Ra1 51. Qe7+ Kg8 52. Qe6+ Kg7 53. Qe7+ Rf7 {0-1 (53) Perez
Ponsa,F (2553)-Nakamura,H (2781) Caleta 2018 CBM 183 [Roiz,M]}) 7... Bg7 8. Be3
Nf6 9. e5 (9. O-O-O Nxe4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Qxe4 Qd5 {Black has to exchange
queens otherwise White will get a very good attack on the kingside.} (11... Nd7
12. Kb1 Nf6 13. Qd3 Nd5 14. Bc1 $14) 12. Qxd5 cxd5 $14 {is a slow ending to
play with double bishops. In most of the cases, Black should manage in this
type of structure} (12... exd5 {doesn't help because of} 13. g4 $1 $16 {
[%CAl Gh3h4,Gh4h5] and White is clearly on top}) 13. g4 {is more or less the
same as exd5 but here Black might get some activity on the queenside:} Nc6 14.
c3 Kd7 $14 {[%CAl Gb7b5,Ga8b8]}) 9... Nfd7 10. h4 {The whole point.} (10. Qg3
c5 11. f4 cxd4 12. Bxd4 Nc6 13. O-O-O $11) 10... a6 (10... h5 11. O-O-O (11.
Bg5 Qa5 12. O-O-O c5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Qxd5 O-O 15. Kb1 $14 {White has
enormous activity}) 11... c5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Qxd5 $16 {due to the lack of
pieces on the kingside, White has a very good attack.}) (10... c5 11. Nb5 O-O
12. Bg5 (12. h5 cxd4 13. Nxd4 {Black has to be accurate to defend this.} g5 14.
Qg3 (14. Qg4 h6 15. f4 gxf4 16. Bxf4 Kh8 $11) 14... Bxe5 15. f4 Bxd4 16. Bxd4
h6 $13) 12... f6 (12... Qb6 13. h5 f6 14. hxg6 fxg5 15. Qh3 Rf5 16. Nd6 $40 {
and White has a very strong attack}) 13. Qh3 (13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Qg4 $14 {
is an alternative}) 13... fxg5 14. hxg5 Rf7 15. Qxh7+ Kf8 16. Qxg6 Nc6 $11 {
Black seems to hold this.}) 11. Bg5 (11. h5 c5 12. dxc5 (12. hxg6 hxg6 13.
Rxh8+ Bxh8 14. Qh3 Bg7 15. O-O-O (15. f4 Nc6 $11) 15... cxd4 16. Bxd4 Qg5+ $17)
12... g5 $11) 11... Qb6 (11... Qc7 $5 12. b4 (12. h5 c5 13. hxg6 (13. dxc5 Nc6
$15) 13... hxg6 14. Rxh8+ Bxh8 15. Nxd5 (15. Qh3 Bg7 16. Qh7 Bf8 17. Nxd5 exd5
18. e6) 15... exd5 16. e6 Nf8 17. exf7+ Qxf7 $17) 12... Qb6 (12... a5 13. b5 c5
14. b6 Qxb6 15. Rb1 $18 {[%CAl Gc3b5,Gh4h5]}) (12... h6 13. Be3 a5 14. b5 c5
15. b6 Qd8 {now Black has the option of ...g5 when White plays h5.} 16. Nb5 O-O
17. c3 $14 {still White is on top}) 13. Qd3 Qxb4 14. Rb1 Qa5 15. Rxb7 c5 $13)
12. O-O-O c5 {The only counterplay for Black.} 13. h5 (13. Na4 Qc6 14. Nxc5
Nxc5 15. dxc5 Nd7 $11) 13... cxd4 14. hxg6 hxg6 (14... Nxe5 15. gxf7+ Nxf7 (
15... Kf8 16. Nxd5 Qd6 (16... Nxf3 17. Nxb6 Nxg5 18. Nxa8 $18) 17. Qb3 $18) 16.
Nxd5 exd5 17. Rde1 Nxg5 (17... Kf8 18. Qf5 $18 {[%CAl Ge2h5]}) (17... O-O 18.
Bd3 h6 19. Be7 $16) 18. Bb5+ Kd8 19. Qxd5+ {and the position remains unclear}
Kc8 20. Qf5+ Kd8 21. Qxg5+ Bf6 22. Qd5+ Kc7 23. Qf7+ Kc8 24. Bd3 $13) (14...
fxg6 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Qxd5 $16 {with an exposed black king and backward
knights, White has a very good attack.}) 15. Rxh8+ Bxh8 16. Rh1 Bxe5 $2 (16...
Bg7 $5 17. Rh7 Nxe5 18. Qg3 (18. Nxd5 $5 Nxf3 19. Nxb6 Nxg5 20. Rxg7 Kf8 21.
Rxg6 fxg6 22. Nxa8 e5 {and Black should hold this ending with precise play})
18... dxc3 19. Rxg7 Qxb2+ 20. Kd1 $13) 17. Rh7 f6 (17... f5 18. Nxd5) 18. Nxd5
exd5 19. Qxd5 Qc5 (19... Kd8 20. Bd2 a5 (20... Qc6 21. Ba5+ b6 22. Rxd7+ Qxd7
23. Bxb6+ Kc8 24. Qxa8 $18) 21. Bb5 $18) 20. Qg8+ (20. Qxb7 Ra7 $19) 20... Qf8
21. Qxg6+ Kd8 22. Bd2 $16 {[%CAl Ge2g4,Gd2a5] a quiet move which threatens
multiple ideas} Qd6 (22... b6 $5 23. f4 Bd6 24. Qh5 Kc7 25. Qd5 Ra7 26. Bg4 {
and White has a very good attack for the sacrificed piece.}) 23. Bg4 Kc7 24.
Qg8 Ra7 $2 (24... Qc6 25. Bxd7 (25. g3 Ra7 $14) 25... Nxd7 26. Qxa8 d3 27. Ba5+
Kd6 28. Rxd7+ Kxd7 29. Qd8+ Ke6 30. Qxd3 Qxg2 31. Qc4+ $16 {This variation
will be more than enough for any human playing on the White side.}) 25. Rh8 Kb6
(25... Nc6 26. Qc8+ Kb6 27. Qxd7 Qxd7 28. Bxd7 $18) 26. f4 (26. Qb3+ {finishes
the game on the board} Kc7 27. Ba5+ b6 28. Bb4 Qc6 (28... Bf4+ 29. Kb1 Qe5 30.
Qg8 Kc6 31. Bf3+ Kb5 32. Qb3 $18) 29. Qg8 {and there is no escape from mate.})
26... Bxf4 (26... Ra8 27. fxe5 Nxe5 28. Bf5 $18) 27. Qd8+ Kc5 (27... Qc7 28.
Bxf4 Qxd8 29. Rxd8 $18) 28. b4+ Kc4 (28... Kd5 29. Bf3+ Kc4 30. Qg8+ Kb5 31.
a4+ Kb6 32. a5+ Kb5 33. Be2+ Kc6 34. Qc8+ Qc7 35. Bxf4 $18 {also wins}) 29.
Qg8+ Kb5 30. a4+ Kb6 (30... Kxa4 31. Qa2+ Kb5 32. Qa5+ Kc4 33. Be2+ d3 34.
Bxd3+ Kd4 35. Qa1+ Kd5 36. Qa2+ Kc6 37. Rc8+ Qc7 38. Bxf4 $18) 31. Qd8+ {
1-0 (31) Karthikeyan,M (2578)-Lalith,B (2525) Patna 2017 CBM 182 [Karthikeyan,
M] The human move.} (31. a5+ Kb5 32. Be2+ Kc6 33. Qc8+ Qc7 34. Bxf4 {also wins}
) (31. Qd8+ Qc7 (31... Kc6 32. Bf3+ {at least wins the queen}) 32. Bxf4 Qxd8
33. Rxd8 {wins a piece.})) 5... d4 (5... e6) 6. Ne2 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two
Knights Variation.} e6 $5 {[%mdl 4] Exploring less charted territory.} 7. d3 {
[#]} (7. f4 Ne7 8. Ng3 Nd7 9. h4 Qc7 10. Qf3 e5 11. d3 Ng6 12. fxe5 Ngxe5 13.
Qe2 Bb4+ 14. Kd1 c5 15. f4 Nc6 16. e5 O-O-O 17. Ne4 Kb8 18. Rg1 g6 19. Bh3 Nb6
20. a3 Ba5 21. Nxc5 Nd5 22. Ne4 Rhe8 23. Qf3 f5 24. Nd6 Rxd6 25. exd6 Qxd6 26.
Bg2 Ne3+ 27. Bxe3 dxe3 28. b4 Bxb4 29. axb4 Qxb4 30. Qe2 Nd4 31. Qe1 Qb2 32.
Rc1 e2+ 33. Kd2 {0-1 (33) Gazik,V (2502)-Berkes,F (2661) Skalica 2020}) (7. c3
c5 8. Qb3 Qd7 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. d3 cxd4 11. Bd2 Nge7 12. Ng3 h5 13. h4 Ng6 14. f4
Be7 15. Be2 Nxh4 16. O-O-O O-O-O 17. Bxh5 g6 18. Be2 Qc7 19. Kb1 Bd6 20. e5 Be7
21. Rc1 Kb8 22. Rc4 Qb6 23. Qc2 Rd5 24. Rc1 a6 25. Ne4 Rhd8 26. Ka1 a5 27. a3
Qa6 28. Nc5 Bxc5 29. Rxc5 Rxc5 30. Qxc5 Qa7 31. Qc4 Qb6 32. Rh1 Nf5 33. Bf3
Nfe7 34. Rh7 Rf8 35. Be4 Ka7 36. Kb1 Kb8 37. Ka1 Ka7 38. Kb1 Nf5 39. b4 axb4
40. axb4 Kb8 41. Kc2 Rc8 42. Kd1 Nxe5 43. Qb3 Ng4 44. Bf3 Ngh6 45. Be4 Ng4 46.
Bf3 Ngh6 47. Be4 Qb5 48. Bxf5 Nxf5 49. Rxf7 Qc6 50. b5 Qf3+ 51. Ke1 Rh8 {
0-1 (51) Polosin,E (2206)-Bryakin,M (2448) Cheliabinsk 2021}) 7... Ne7 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 7... c5 8. Ng3 Nc6 9. Bg2 Nge7 10. O-O g6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. a3 Bg7
13. f4 h5 {1-0 (35) Lubbe,M (2066) -Dimitriadi,A (2015) Ermioni Argolidas 2005}
) (7... e5 8. f4 Nd7 9. f5 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qb6 11. Rb1 O-O-O 12. c4 f6 13. b4 Ne7
14. a4 Kb8 15. a5 Qc7 16. b5 cxb5 17. cxb5 Qd6 18. b6 a6 19. Bb4 Nc5 20. Ng3
Nc6 21. Bd2 g6 22. Be2 gxf5 23. Nxf5 Qe6 24. Rg1 Qa2 {1-0 (24) Hilton,S (1835)
-Gomes,J (2000) SEMI email 2002}) 8. f4 {The position is equal.} Ng6 9. h4 $1
Nxh4 {[%CAl Rh4f3] [#]} 10. Nxd4 Ng6 {[#]} (10... Qxd4 $14 11. Rxh4 Qa4) 11. f5
$1 Ne7 (11... Qxd4 12. fxg6) 12. Be3 c5 13. Nb3 {Strongly threatening fxe6.}
exf5 14. Bxc5 Nd7 {[%CAl Bb8d7,Bd7e5,Be5d3][%mdl 32]} 15. Ba3 (15. Be3 $16)
15... Nc6 $11 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 17. Qd2 fxe4 $1 18. O-O-O exd3 19. Bxd3 Nde5 20.
Qe3 Qf6 21. f4 Nxd3+ 22. Rxd3 Re8 23. Qd2 h5 (23... Rd8 $1 $17 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8)
24. Nc5 $1 {[%CAl Rc5d7]} Qe7 25. Qc3 Rh6 26. Rg1 (26. Rg3 $11 Rg6 27. Rgh3)
26... Rg6 $17 27. Rh1 (27. Rxg6 $17 fxg6 28. b4) 27... h4 (27... b6 $19 28.
Nd7+ Kg8) 28. b3 (28. Rdh3 $17 {was worth a try.}) 28... Rg4 $1 $19 29. f5 $2 (
29. Rd7 {is more resistant.} Qe3+ 30. Qxe3 Rxe3 31. Rxb7) 29... Qg5+ $2 (29...
Nb4 30. Kb2 Nxd3+ 31. Nxd3 Qe3) 30. Kb1 Qxf5 $2 ({Black should try} 30... Nb4
$1 $19 {[%CAl Rb4d3]} 31. Rdd1 Qxf5 32. Nxb7 Qe5) 31. Nxb7 $11 {Hoping for Nd6.
} Ne5 32. Re3 Qf6 (32... Qd7 $1 $11 33. Rxe5 Rxe5 34. Qxe5 Qxb7 35. Qc5+ Kg8)
33. Rhe1 Rg5 (33... g6 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 34. Nc5 $1 $18 {[%CAl Rc5d7]} Qe7
{[#]} (34... Qc6) 35. Rxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxe5 36. Rxe5 Qd6 37. b4 $2 Rxe5 $11
38. Qxe5 Qxe5 39. Nd7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke7 40. Nxe5 {aiming for Kc1.}
h3 41. Nf3 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (41. Ng4 $11) 41... g5 $1 $19 {[%CAl Rg5g4]} 42.
Nh2 f5 43. Kc1 g4 {What a bad dream for White. Weighted Error Value: White=0.
67/Black=0.40} 0-1
