[Event "ch-USA 2022"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2022.10.12"] [Round "7"] [White "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Black "Liang, Awonder"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2608"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "2022.10.04"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 cxd4 5. O-O Nc6 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. c4 Be6 9. Qa4 Qd7 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qxd7+ Kxd7 13. Rd1 Bc5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Rxd5+ Ke6 17. Rd2 Rhd8 18. Kf1 Bb6 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. fxe3 Rc8 22. Ke1 f6 23. Rd1 Rc2 24. Rd2 Rc1+ 25. Rd1 Rc2 26. Rd2 Rc1+ 27. Kf2 h5 28. e4 g5 29. Rd5 Rh1 30. Kg2 Re1 31. Kf2 Rh1 32. Ra5 Rxh2+ 33. Kf1 Rh1+ 34. Kg2 Rb1 35. Ra6+ Kf7 36. Rxa7+ Kg6 37. Rb7 Ra1 38. a3 g4 39. Kf2 Kg5 40. Rg7+ Kh6 41. Ra7 Rb1 42. Rb7 Ra1 43. Rd7 Kg5 44. Rd8 Ra2 45. Rg8+ Kh6 46. Rb8 Ra1 47. Rb3 Kg5 48. Rb6 Kg6 49. Ra6 Rb1 50. Rb6 Ra1 51. Ra6 Rb1 52. Rb6 Ra1 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA 2022"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2022.10.12"] [Round "7"] [White "Swiercz, Dariusz"] [Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E00"] [WhiteElo "2652"] [BlackElo "2699"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2022.10.04"] {[%evp 0,55,19,17,27,2,-5,-24,6,20,20,6,4,5,18,3,17,23,23,7,-1,-13,28,18,15,4,19,-2,33,1,11,11,11,8,8,8,31,30,31,24,75,44,67,62,77,79,123,115,161,280,355,305,310,312,319,332,391,392]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O {Niemann has enjoyed a great deal of success this year, but this is almost entirely despite this variation. Looking at the database it seems that this is one of his favorite lines with Black, but his results are atrocious: one win, two draws, and seven losses - now eight, including this game. At a certain point it's worth considering the possibility that a particular opening line just isn't a good fit, no matter what the engine and the database might say.} 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. Rd1 b6 10. b3 a5 11. Bc3 Bb7 12. Nbd2 Qc7 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. Qb1 c5 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. e4 Bb7 17. Bb2 Qb8 {I'm not sure that this is better than the move he played in an earlier game against Nepo, but it's a legitimate alternative to it.} (17... Rfd8 18. h4 h6 19. e5 Nd5 20. Ne4 Qb8 21. Ba3 Nb4 22. Nd6 Bxd6 23. exd6 Nf6 24. dxc5 bxc5 25. Bb2 Be4 26. Qa1 Nc2 27. Rxc2 Bxc2 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Qxf6 Bxd1 30. Ne5 Rd7 31. Nxd7 Qxd6 32. Ne5 Rc7 33. Be4 Qf8 34. Qf4 Rc8 35. Qd2 Rd8 36. Qxa5 Rd4 37. Bg2 Bc2 38. Qc7 Rd1+ 39. Kh2 Rd2 40. Ng4 Qd6 41. Nf6+ Kf8 42. Qc8+ Qd8 43. Qxc5+ Qd6 44. Qe3 Ke7 45. Ng8+ Kf8 46. Nf6 Ke7 47. Ng4 Qd4 48. Qxh6 Bf5 49. Qg5+ Kd7 50. Ne5+ Kc7 51. Nf3 Qxf2 52. Qxd2 {1-0 (52) Nepomniachtchi,I (2792)-Niemann,H (2687) Chess.com INT 2022}) 18. e5 Nd5 19. Nc4 Qa8 $2 $146 {This novelty is a disimprovement over the earlier game.} (19... h6 $11 20. Re1 cxd4 21. Bxd4 Nb4 22. Nd6 Bxd6 23. exd6 Qxd6 24. Rcd1 Bd5 25. Bb2 Rfd8 26. Rd2 Nc5 27. Ne5 Qc7 28. Bxd5 Rxd5 29. Rxd5 Nxd5 30. Qd1 Nb4 31. Qg4 f6 32. Ng6 Qf7 33. Rd1 Ncd3 34. Bd4 f5 35. Qh5 e5 36. Bxb6 Rc6 37. Qxf5 Rxg6 38. Qxf7+ Kxf7 39. Bxa5 Ra6 40. Bxb4 Nxb4 41. Rd7+ Kf6 42. a4 Nc2 43. Rb7 Nd4 44. Kg2 g5 45. Rb8 Kf5 46. Rb7 Ke4 47. Rb8 Kd3 48. Rb7 Ke2 49. Re7 Nf3 50. Rf7 g4 51. Rg7 h5 52. h3 Ne1+ {0-1 (52) Hera,I (2614)-Volokitin,A (2633) Hungary 2019}) 20. dxc5 (20. Nd6 {probably improves, with a similar idea to what we'll see in the game.} Bxd6 21. Ng5 g6 22. exd6 cxd4 23. Rxd4 $16) 20... Nxc5 $6 (20... bxc5 $14 {is better, despite its obvious aesthetic flaws.}) 21. Nd6 $1 $16 Bxd6 $2 (21... Rcd8 $142) 22. Ng5 $1 $18 g6 (22... f5 {may be better, but it's not much better.} 23. exd6 Rce8 24. Re1 Qc8 25. Rxc5 $1 bxc5 26. Qd1 Qd7 27. Nxe6 $1 Rxe6 28. Bxd5 Bxd5 29. Qxd5 Rfe8 30. Rxe6 Rxe6 31. Be5 $18 {wins easily for White, who will begin by ransacking the queenside pawns.}) 23. exd6 Qb8 $2 24. Rc4 $1 ({The immediate} 24. Nxh7 $3 {is even stronger. Here Black has less motivation to let the knight live, as White hasn't started with an exchange sac. Still, horrors will ensue:} Kxh7 25. Rc4 f5 (25... f6 26. Rh4+ $1 Kg7 27. Rg4 $18) (25... Kg8 26. Rh4 f5 27. Qc1 $1 $18) 26. Rh4+ Kg8 27. Qc1 $1 f4 (27... Qxd6 28. Qg5 e5 29. Rh6 Rf6 30. Bxd5+ Bxd5 31. Rxd5 $18) 28. Bxd5 Bxd5 29. Qc3 {forces a speedy mate, e.g.} Kf7 30. Qg7+ Ke8 31. Qe7#) 24... h6 25. Nxe6 (25. Rh4 $1 $18) 25... Nxe6 26. Bxd5 Bxd5 27. Rxd5 Qb7 (27... Rcd8 28. Qc1 Kh7 29. Qxh6+ $1 Kxh6 30. Rh4#) 28. d7 $1 (28. d7 $1 Rcd8 29. Qd3 {will pay huge dividends soon, with threats like Re4xe6 and Qc3-h8#.}) 1-0 [Event "ch-USA 2022"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2022.10.12"] [Round "7"] [White "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C44"] [WhiteElo "2563"] [BlackElo "2755"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "2022.10.04"] {[%evp 0,39,19,18,14,14,14,21,6,11,-28,6,20,20,-5,-15,-13,-15,-7,-30,-13,-1,0,0,10,10,49,-24,-24,-24,-41,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Ne4 6. Qe2 Nc5 7. O-O Ne6 8. c3 d5 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Rd1 Nf4 13. Qd2 Qf6 14. cxd4 O-O 15. Nc3 Bg4 16. Ne4 Qf5 17. Ng3 Qf6 18. Ne4 Qf5 19. Ng3 Qf6 20. Ne4 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA 2022"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2022.10.12"] [Round "7"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Lenderman, Aleks"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D11"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2535"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2022.10.04"] 1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. e4 (5. Qxc4 {is usual.} Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O {has been played loads of times, and now Black chooses between 8...0-0 and 8...Nbd7. The moves can transpose, but don't have to.}) 5... b5 6. b3 cxb3 7. axb3 e6 8. Bd3 (8. Bd2 {is far more common.}) 8... a6 (8... a5 $142) 9. O-O Be7 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Rd1 h6 12. Qe2 Nbd7 13. e5 Nd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Ne1 {With Black stuck on the queenside and a closed center, White has a free hand to build his attack on the kingside.} Qb6 16. Qg4 g6 17. Bd2 (17. Be3 $142) 17... b4 18. Be3 (18. Rdc1 $142) 18... a5 $11 {Thanks to White's stutter-stepping bishop, Black is objectively okay, though the position remains more dangerous for him than for White thanks to his unsafe king.} 19. Qe2 Kf8 (19... Ba6 $11) 20. g3 Ba6 21. h4 h5 {Risky, but it's also risky to allow h4-h5. It's one of those decisions that always feels wrong, no matter which way one chooses.} (21... Kg7 $142) 22. Nf3 Kg7 23. Bg5 Rhe8 (23... Bxd3 $142 24. Qxd3 Rhe8) 24. Rdc1 (24. Bxe7 $142 Rxe7 25. Ng5 $14) 24... Bxd3 25. Qxd3 Bxg5 (25... Nf8 $142) 26. Nxg5 Rac8 $2 {A tactical oversight.} (26... Qb7 $14) 27. Kg2 $2 {Threatening 28.Qf3, as Black cannot play ...Rxc1 with check.} (27. Rxc8 $1 Rxc8 28. Qf3 Rf8 (28... f6 $2 29. exf6+ Nxf6 30. Re1 Re8 31. Qf4 $18) 29. Qf4 $18 {leaves Black almost completely tied down. White will continue with some improving moves like Rc1 and Kg2 before deciding how to break through.}) 27... f6 28. exf6+ Nxf6 $14 29. Qe2 Kg8 $4 (29... Ne4 $1 30. Nxe4 dxe4 31. Qxe4 Rc3 $1 $11 {Returning the pawn for activity was the way to survive. White can even win a pawn, but after} 32. Qe5+ Kh7 33. Rxc3 bxc3 34. Qxa5 Qxa5 35. Rxa5 Rb8 36. Ra6 Rxb3 37. Rxe6 Rb4 38. Rc6 Rxd4 39. Rxc3 $11 {is a dead drawn ending.}) 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Rxa5 $1 {Obviously missed by Lenderman, who may have been in time trouble. Material equality has been reestablished, and White is breaking through. With lots of juicy targets - above all, the e6-pawn, the win is almost guaranteed.} Re8 (31... Qxa5 $2 32. Qxe6+ Kg7 33. Qe7+ $1 ({The straightforward} 33. Qxc8 {is also winning, naturally.}) 33... Kh6 34. Nf7+ Kg7 35. Nd6+ Kh6 36. Nxc8 $18) 32. Ra6 Qxd4 33. Rxe6 Rf8 (33... Rxe6 34. Qxe6+ Kh8 35. Qf7 $18) 34. Qc2 Ne4 35. Rxg6+ Kh8 36. Rh6+ Kg8 37. Nxe4 dxe4 38. Rxh5 Qf6 39. Rg5+ Kh8 40. Qe2 Qf3+ 41. Qxf3 exf3+ 42. Kh3 Rc8 43. Rg4 Rc2 44. Rxb4 Rxf2 45. Kg4 Rf1 46. Rb7 Kg8 47. b4 Kh8 48. b5 Kg8 49. b6 Kh8 50. Rb8+ Kg7 51. b7 (51. b7 Rb1 {Otherwise White moves the rook and promotes.} 52. Kxf3 {and White can win from here without the help of his king, e.g.} Kh7 53. g4 Kg7 54. g5 Rb4 55. h5 Rb1 56. h6+ Kh7 57. g6+ {followed by a rook check and 59.b8Q.}) 1-0 [Event "ch-USA 2022"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2022.10.12"] [Round "7"] [White "Robson, Ray"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E50"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2774"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2022.10.04"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. Bd3 e5 {This is an interesting line - a sort of Huebner Variation without ...c5.} 8. e4 ({The greedy} 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 {is playable but nothing special. Black has full compensation (and maybe a little more) after} Qe7 ({or} 9... Re8)) ({The cautious} 8. Nd2 {is another option, but Robson's aggressive approach seems best.}) 8... Re8 9. O-O $1 {A strong pawn sac, whose most notable exponent had been none other than Wesley So himself.} (9. d5 $2 $15 {is not what White wants. His bishops become useless, and Black go for long-term pressure down the c-file with (an eventual) ...c6 and ...cxd5.}) 9... exd4 10. cxd4 Nxe4 11. Re1 Nf6 12. Rxe8+ {This was chosen in all the other games with this pawn sac.} (12. Bg5 {was So's distinctive contribution with White, but it doesn't seem to be as good as the text.} Rxe1+ 13. Qxe1 Nbd7 14. Nd2 h6 15. Bh4 Nf8 16. Ne4 g5 17. Nxg5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Ne6 19. Bh4 Kg7 20. Qe3 Qh8 21. Bxf6+ Kxf6 22. d5 Qh5 23. dxe6 Bxe6 24. Re1 Rg8 25. g3 b6 26. Be4 Qg5 27. Qa3 Qd2 28. Qf3+ Ke7 29. Rd1 Qxa2 30. Bd5 Qc2 31. Re1 Rg5 32. Re2 Qd1+ 33. Kg2 Re5 34. Bxe6 fxe6 35. Rxe5 Qxf3+ 36. Kxf3 dxe5 37. h4 a5 38. Ke3 a4 39. Kd2 e4 40. g4 Kf6 41. Kc3 c6 42. Kb4 b5 43. cxb5 cxb5 44. Ka3 Kg6 45. Kb4 Kf6 {½-½ (45) So,W (2773)-Sarana,A (2668) Chess.com INT 2022}) 12... Qxe8 (12... Nxe8 $6 {Only played once, and it didn't go well for the world's #2 player. (Probably #3 at that time.)} 13. Bg5 f6 $2 (13... Nf6 {is unpleasant, chucking a couple of tempi and self-pinning. The text is even worse, though.}) 14. Bd2 $18 Nd7 15. Qc2 Nf8 16. Re1 {All this for a pawn. Sign me up!} c6 17. a4 (17. d5 $142) 17... Nc7 18. d5 c5 $2 (18... Na6 $142 $16) 19. Nh4 $18 Na6 20. Bf5 Nb4 21. Qe4 Bd7 22. Re3 Bxa4 {It's tempting to make fun of this move as a case of Nero fiddling while Rome burns, or rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. Black's idea, though, was not so much to be greedy but perhaps to defend from behind with ...Bc2. Whatever the motivation, it loses straight away, as Ivanchuk forces mate.} 23. Bxh7+ $1 Kf7 (23... Nxh7 24. Qe6+ Kh8 (24... Kf8 25. Ng6#) 25. Ng6#) 24. Nf5 $1 {Threatening mate in two with 25.Qe7+ and 26.Rxe7#.} Nxh7 25. Nh6+ $1 {1-0 (25) Ivanchuk,V (2678)-Ding,L (2791) chess24.com INT 2020} (25. Nh6+ $1 gxh6 26. Qxh7+ Kf8 27. Rg3 {and there's no stopping 28.Rg8#. A powerful game by Chuky.})) 13. h3 Nbd7 14. Qc2 $146 b6 {The bishop is likely to be misplaced on b7 when White plays d5, which also opens the long dark-squared diagonal for White's bishop. Black's argument is that d4-d5 gives Black's knights access to c5 and e5, and the ...c6 and ...b5 pawn breaks, so it's a reasonable exchange of benefits.} (14... h6) (14... Nf8) 15. Bb2 Bb7 16. d5 Qf8 17. g4 {No messing around! Robson goes straight for the throat.} ({That said, it may have been best to play} 17. a4 $1 {, stopping any ...b5 ideas while possibly intending a4-a5, looking for the initiative across the board.}) 17... h6 18. Kh2 {Very unsubtly clearing g1 for the rook. Black is running out of time, and had better generate meaningful counterplay ASAP.} c6 $2 {Trying to break through White's center is right, but this is the wrong way to do it.} (18... b5 $1 {had to be played. It doesn't look like it should be in time, but it is.} 19. g5 bxc4 20. Bf5 (20. gxf6 cxd3 21. Qxd3 Ne5 (21... g6 $2 22. Rg1 Kh7 23. Nh4 Nc5 24. Qb1 Qg8 $16 {holds for the moment, but I don't think it's tenable in the long run.}) 22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. Rg1 g5 24. Bc1 ({Black survives after} 24. h4 {by the hair of his chinny-chin-chin.} Qb4 25. hxg5 Qh4+ 26. Qh3 Qxf2+ 27. Rg2 Qf4+ 28. Kg1 Bxd5 29. Qxh6 Qe3+ 30. Kh2 Qf4+ 31. Kg1 Qe3+ $11) 24... Qd6 25. Bxg5 hxg5 26. Qf5 Kf8 27. Qxg5 Ke8 28. Qf5 Kf8 29. Qg5 Ke8 $11) 20... hxg5 21. Bxd7 Nxd7 22. Nxg5 g6 23. Qxc4 (23. Qc3 $2 Qh6 $19) 23... Qe7 $1 24. Qh4 f6 25. Ne6 Qh7 $11 {Black is hanging on.}) 19. g5 $1 $18 {The attack is already unstoppable.} hxg5 20. Nxg5 cxd5 21. Bh7+ $1 Kh8 22. Bf5 Ne5 23. f4 Ng6 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Nxf7+ {This trick is the fundamental reason White needed the preliminary check on h7.} Qxf7 26. Bxg6 Qe7 27. Qf2 {From here it's just a matter of time. Black's king cannot be sufficiently clothed, so the end will come as White's pieces move in for the kill.} f5 28. Rg1 Rg8 29. Rg5 Rg7 30. Qh4+ Kg8 31. Qh5 {Forced, to cover the e2 square.} Bc8 32. cxd5 a5 33. Qh6 b5 (33... Qe2+ 34. Rg2) 34. Bh7+ Kf8 35. Rg2 {Again covering the e2 square. White now intends to play 36.Bxf5 (...Bxf5 37.Qh8+ wins everything), and Black has no adequate reply. A very impressive attacking game by Robson, but from a theoretical point of view Black should have played 18...b5 while White should have deviated earlier with 17.a4.} (35. Rg2 Qf7 36. Re2 Bd7 (36... Qd7 37. Qf6+ Qf7 (37... Rf7 38. Qh8#) 38. Qd8+ Qe8 39. Qxe8#) 37. Qxd6+ $18) 1-0 [Event "ch-USA 2022"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2022.10.12"] [Round "7"] [White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Black "Moradiabadi, Elshan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2747"] [BlackElo "2534"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "19"] [EventDate "2022.10.04"] {[%evp 0,19,19,18,14,14,63,20,40,23,23,10,38,40,39,39,42,4,100,99,282,276]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 (6... Bd6 {is the hot option at the moment.}) 7. O-O Bf5 {This has become an important line over the past few years, thanks in part to Wei Yi's adoption of it around 2018. Its principal advocates at the moment seem to be Duda and Xiong.} (7... Nc6 {used to be the absolute main line of the Petroff (though Black generally played his last two moves in the reverse order). The line is still alive and kicking, but it's not as popular as 6...Bd6.}) 8. c4 (8. Re1 {is the main move, when play often continues} O-O 9. Nbd2 Nd6 10. Nf1 {. White is a little better, but the symmetrical pawn structure means Black will always have good drawing chances. (It's not as bad as the Exchange French or 5.Re1 Berlin, thank goodness, but if you're looking for excitement over the chess board you're not going to be happy here.)}) 8... O-O $2 {Played 37 times(!), but in only 12 of those games did White find the right follow-up.} (8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O {is usual and best.}) 9. cxd5 $1 Qxd5 $4 {This happened in eight previous games, including a 2018 game between Grischuk and Duda! To be fair, it was an online bullet game (1'+1") in the early days of the 7...Bf5 craze, so Duda's culpability was less than Moradiabadi's. What happens is that a player doesn't suspect that there are any tactical problems, and so he just makes "normal" moves that lose. Case in point.} ({Black should play} 9... Nd6 $16 {/+- and hope that White's extra, doubled pawn won't make much of a difference.}) 10. Bxe4 {Duda resigned here as well, while five other victims kept going. (Somehow, one of them even won.) Black loses a piece, full stop.} (10. Bxe4 Bxe4 (10... Qxe4 11. Re1 $18 {wins the bishop on e7, unless Black would like to throw away his queen.}) 11. Nc3 Bxf3 (11... Qf5 12. Nxe4 Qxe4 13. Re1 $18 {is essentially the same as 10...Qxe4 11.Re1.}) 12. Nxd5 Bxd1 (12... Bxd5 {may be "best", but as nice as the bishop on d5 is it's not enough to make up for the material.}) 13. Nxe7+ Kh8 14. Rxd1 $18) 1-0 [Event "ch-USA 2022"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2022.10.12"] [Round "7"] [White "Shankland, Sam"] [Black "Sevian, Samuel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C80"] [WhiteElo "2712"] [BlackElo "2684"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2022.10.04"] {[%evp 0,103,19,18,14,27,21,17,16,-6,5,-4,14,17,17,3,-1,-1,-1,-14,11,19,15,15,53,57,57,62,46,68,63,64,61,61,61,41,58,36,80,55,99,6,70,37,30,5,5,0,86,82,80,77,92,27,55,48,63,50,52,40,68,73,64,75,44,21,14,14,21,18,0,-7,-16,-48,-21,-83,-83,-55,-51,-60,-51,-45,-51,-51,-51,-70,-59,-59,-59,-59,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nb3 Qd7 13. Nfd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. f3 Ng5 17. Bf4 Rad8 18. Kh1 Kh8 19. Qd2 h6 20. h4 Nh7 21. Bg3 d4 22. cxd4 Rxd4 23. Qe1 h5 24. Bf2 Rd5 25. f4 c4 26. Qe2 g6 27. Rfd1 Rfd8 28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. a4 Nf8 30. axb5 axb5 31. Kh2 Rd7 32. Rd1 Qc6 33. Rxd7 Qxd7 34. g3 Ne6 35. Be3 Kg7 36. b3 c3 37. Bd3 Nd4 38. Bxd4 Qxd4 39. Bc2 Bc5 40. Kh3 Qd5 41. Qg2 Qd7 42. Qf3 b4 43. Bd3 Be7 44. Bc2 Qd2 45. Bd3 c2 46. Qb7 c1=Q 47. Qxe7+ Kh6 48. Qf8+ Kh7 49. Qe7+ Kh6 50. Qf8+ Kh7 51. Qe7+ Kh6 52. Qf8+ 1/2-1/2