[Event "EICC 2021"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2021.09.08"]
[Round "11.16"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Steingrimsson, Hedinn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "2021.08.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[Tiebreak "Cut1 Buchholz"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 13,185,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,22,22,
22,22,22,22,22,21,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,21,22,22,22,22,22,6,22,22,22,22,
22,22,22,20,17,18,20,27,35,35,97,41,41,37,176,172,156,168,154,134,120,123,159,
66,66,66,71,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,65,19,17,8,8,8,9,8,33,0,32,33,50,50,52,
60,58,58,99,20,12,20,175,175,1291,62,80,80,135,136,198,159,220,216,229,216,254,
234,230,153,199,189,166,145,143,132,232,146,392,372,435,435,584,576,29965,
12696,29971,29970,29970,392,341,366,2202,1206,6123,5100,5554,4364,4602,2670,
29976,29977,29976,29978,29979,29980,29982,29983,29986,29982]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3
Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 {[%csl Rb2,Gb7,Gc2,Rc3,Gd3,Rd4,
Rd7,Re3,Ge4,Rf2,Gf3,Gg2][%CAl Ge4d5,Gc6b7,Gc6b5,Gd5c4,Gd4b5,Gd4c6,Gd4e6,Gc3d5,
Gc3b5,Rd5e6,Re6d7,Gd4e5,Gf6g7,Gf6g5,Ge5f4,Gc1g5]} 7. Ndb5 $1 {[%mdl 4] is
recently more successful than 7.Nb3.} (7. Nb3 Ne5 8. e4 Bb4 9. Qe2 (9. c5 Qc6
10. f3 b6 11. Bf4 Ng6 12. Bd6 bxc5 13. a3 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 a5 15. e5 Ne4 (15...
Nd5 16. Bd3 f6 17. Bxg6+ hxg6 18. Qd3 Kf7 19. Nd2 c4 20. Qd4 Qb6 21. Qxb6 Nxb6
22. Rb1 Nd5 23. Ne4 g5 24. Kd2 Rh3 25. Nf2 Rh5 26. Rb5 a4 27. h3 Ba6 28. Rc5
Bb7 29. Rb1 Bc6 30. Rxc4 Ne7 31. g4 Rhh8 32. Ke3 Ra5 33. exf6 Nd5+ 34. Kd2 gxf6
35. f4 gxf4 36. Bxf4 Rb5 37. Rxb5 Bxb5 38. Rd4 Bc6 39. Bg3 e5 40. Rc4 Rb8 41.
Nd3 Rb3 42. g5 e4 43. Nf4 Nxf4 44. Bxf4 Rxa3 45. Rc5 fxg5 46. Bxg5 Ra2+ 47. Ke3
a3 48. Bf4 Ra1 49. Rf5+ Ke6 50. Re5+ Kf6 51. Ra5 d5 52. Kd4 a2 53. Bd2 Bb5 54.
Kxd5 Rd1 55. Kxe4 a1=Q {0-1 (55) Morozevich,A (2758)-Topalov,V (2771) Zug 2013
CBM 154 [Stohl,I]}) 16. fxe4 Qxe4+ 17. Qe2 Qxh1 18. Nxc5 Bb7 19. Nxb7 Qxb7 20.
Bg2 Qb3 21. Qd3 Qb2 22. Bxa8 Qxa1+ 23. Ke2 Qb2+ 24. Kf3 f6 25. exf6 gxf6 26.
Be4 Ne5+ 27. Bxe5 fxe5 28. Bxh7 Rf8+ 29. Kg4 Qxh2 30. Qg6+ Ke7 31. Qg7+ Rf7 32.
Qg5+ Kd6 33. Bd3 Qh1 34. Qe3 Rg7+ {0-1 (34) So,W (2765)-Navara,D (2738) Saint
Louis 2019}) 9... d6 10. Bd2 (10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 (11. Bg2 e5 12. Bd2 O-O 13. f5
Bd7 14. Qd3 Nd4 15. Rd1 Bc6 16. Rf1 Nxb3 17. axb3 Nd7 18. Qc2 f6 19. Ke2 Nc5
20. Be3 Bxc3 21. Bxc5 dxc5 22. bxc3 a5 23. Ra1 Rfd8 24. Ke3 Rd6 {1/2-1/2 (24)
Karpov,A (2750)-Gulko,B (2610) Linares 1989}) 11... Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Bg2
e5 (13... O-O 14. c5 dxc5 15. Bxc5 Rd8 16. e5 Na5 17. Bb4 Nxb3 18. axb3 Nd5 19.
Qc4 Qd7 20. Qd4 Nxb4 21. Qxd7 Bxd7 22. cxb4 Bb5 23. Bxb7 Rab8 24. Ba6 {1/2-1/2
(24) Kramnik,V (2790)-Salov,V (2680) Wijk aan Zee 1998 CBM 063 [Ribli,Z]}) 14.
c5 b6 15. cxd6 Qxd6 16. O-O O-O 17. f5 Rd8 18. Rfd1 Qa3 19. Rxd8+ Nxd8 20. Bg5
Ba6 21. Qd2 Qe7 22. Rd1 Nb7 23. Bf3 Rd8 24. Qc1 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Nd6 26. Bxf6
gxf6 27. Qe3 Qc7 28. a4 Qd7 29. a5 Nxe4 30. Bc2 Qb5 31. Qf3 Ng5 32. Qg2 bxa5 {
0-1 (32) Radjabov,T (2793)-Gelfand,B (2740) London 2013 CBM 154 [Marin,M]})
10... O-O (10... a5 11. f4 Nc6 12. Na4 (12. Be3 Qc7 13. Bg2 a4 14. Nd2 Bxc3 15.
bxc3 b6 16. Rb1 Nd7 17. Qf2 Rb8 18. O-O O-O 19. g4 Ba6 20. Qh4 Rfe8 21. Rf3 Nf8
22. Rh3 b5 23. e5 dxe5 24. Be4 h6 25. f5 f6 26. Bxh6 gxh6 27. Qxh6 Qa7+ 28. Kg2
Qg7 29. Bxc6 Qxh6 30. Rxh6 Red8 31. Ne4 Kg7 32. Rxf6 Rdc8 33. cxb5 Rxc6 34.
bxc6 Rxb1 35. fxe6 Bd3 36. e7 Bxe4+ 37. Kg3 Ng6 38. e8=Q Kxf6 39. Qd8+ Kf7 40.
c7 Rb2 41. Qd7+ Kf6 42. g5+ {1-0 (42) Morozevich,A (2748)-Leko,P (2732)
Tashkent 2012 CBM 152 [Ftacnik,L]}) 12... Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 Qa7 14. Nc3 Nd4 15.
Qd3 Ng4 16. Nd1 e5 17. Nf3 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 exf4 19. gxf4 O-O 20. h3 Nf6 21. Nc3
Be6 22. O-O-O Qc5 23. Rh2 Bxc4 24. Bxc4 Qxc4 25. Rxd6 Rad8 26. Rhd2 Rxd6 27.
Rxd6 Rc8 28. Kb1 b5 29. Qd3 Qxd3+ 30. Rxd3 b4 31. Nd5 Rc4 32. Nxf6+ gxf6 33.
Rd5 Rxe4 34. Rxa5 Rxf4 35. Kc2 Kg7 36. Kb3 Kg6 37. Rb5 f5 38. Rxb4 Rxb4+ 39.
Kxb4 Kh5 40. a4 f4 41. a5 f3 42. a6 f2 43. a7 f1=Q 44. a8=Q Qxh3 45. Qd5+ Kg6
46. Ka5 h5 47. b4 Qf5 48. Qxf5+ Kxf5 49. b5 h4 50. b6 h3 51. b7 h2 52. b8=Q
h1=Q 53. Qc8+ Ke5 54. Qe8+ Kf6 55. Qd8+ Kg6 56. Qg8+ Kf6 57. Qd8+ Ke6 58. Qe8+
Kd6 {1/2-1/2 (58) Anand,V (2803)-So,W (2760) Bilbao 2015 CBM 169 [Pavlovic,M]})
11. Bg2 (11. O-O-O a5 12. f4 a4 13. Na1 (13. fxe5 axb3 14. a3 Bxc3 15. Bxc3
dxe5 16. Bxe5 Qc6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qg4+ Kh8 19. Qf3 e5 20. Rd5 f5 21. Rxe5 Be6
22. Rb5 f6 23. Rxb3 fxe4 24. Qe3 Bxc4 25. Bxc4 Qxc4+ 26. Kb1 Qd5 27. Rb4 Rae8
28. Rc1 Rf7 29. Rc5 Qd1+ 30. Ka2 Qd6 31. Rxe4 Rxe4 32. Rc8+ Kg7 33. Qxe4 f5 34.
Qc4 h5 35. Rh8 Qg6 36. Qd4+ Rf6 37. Rd8 Qf7+ 38. b3 Qe6 39. Rd7+ Kg6 40. Rxb7
h4 41. a4 Qc6 42. Rb8 h3 43. Rg8+ Kf7 44. Rh8 Kg7 45. Rh4 Kg6 46. Qe3 Kf7 47.
Qa7+ Kg8 48. Qh7+ {1-0 (48) Ivanchuk,V (2740)-Khalifman,A (2660) Elista 1998
CBM 065 [Ribli,Z]}) 13... Nc6 14. Nc2 a3 15. b3 d5 16. Bg2 dxc4 17. Qxc4 Bxc3
18. Qxc3 Ng4 19. Qf3 e5 20. f5 Nf6 21. Bg5 Qc5 22. Kb1 b6 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Rd5
Qe7 25. Rhd1 Ra5 26. Qe3 Nd4 27. Nxd4 exd4 28. R1xd4 Bxf5 29. Rd6 Bg6 30. g4
Rc8 31. h4 h5 32. gxh5 Rxh5 33. Bh3 Re8 34. Qg3 Qe5 35. Qg4 Qh2 36. Qg2 Qxg2
37. Bxg2 Rxh4 38. Kc1 Rc8+ 39. Kd1 Kg7 40. Rd2 Rc3 41. Rxb6 Bh5+ 42. Ke1 Rf4
43. Rd5 Re3+ 44. Kd2 Rg3 45. Rxh5 Rf2+ 46. Ke1 Rgxg2 47. Rd5 Rxa2 48. Kf1 Raf2+
49. Ke1 Rb2 50. Kf1 a2 51. Ra6 Rh2 52. Kg1 Rhd2 {0-1 (52) Morozevich,A (2758)
-Grischuk,A (2764) Loo 2013}) 11... Bd7 12. f4 Ng6 13. Rc1 Bc6 14. a3 Bxc3 15.
Rxc3 a5 16. Qe3 Ra6 17. c5 dxc5 18. Nxc5 Raa8 19. Nb3 Qxe3+ 20. Rxe3 Ng4 21.
Rc3 Rfd8 22. Rc4 Bb5 23. Rc5 Ba4 24. h3 Nf6 25. e5 Nd5 26. Bxd5 exd5 27. Nd4 b6
28. Rc7 Rac8 29. Rb7 Rb8 30. Rxb8 Rxb8 31. Kf2 Rc8 32. b4 axb4 33. Bxb4 h5 34.
Ke3 Rc4 35. h4 Nf8 36. Bxf8 Kxf8 37. Rb1 b5 38. Kd3 g6 39. f5 gxf5 40. Rf1 b4
41. axb4 Rxb4 42. Rxf5 Bd1 43. Rf6 Bg4 44. Ke3 Rb1 45. Nf5 Rb3+ 46. Kd4 Bxf5
47. Rxf5 Rxg3 48. Rxh5 Kg7 49. Kxd5 Rg4 50. Rg5+ Rxg5 51. hxg5 Kg6 52. e6 fxe6+
53. Kxe6 Kxg5 {1/2-1/2 (53) Caruana,F (2806)-So,W (2772) Saint Louis 2021}) (7.
e3 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Na4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Qa5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. b3 Nb6 13. Nb2 Bb7
14. a3 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Qd5 16. Qxd5 cxd5 {1/2-1/2 (16) Grischuk,A (2794)
-Gelfand,B (2747) Tsaghkadzor 2015}) (7. Nf3 Bc5 (7... d5 8. Bg2 (8. cxd5 exd5
9. Bg2 d4 10. Na4 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Qb5 12. b3 O-O 13. O-O Be7 14. Bg5 Bg4 15. Bxf6
Bxf6 16. Rc1 d3 17. Qxd3 Qxd3 18. exd3 Rac8 19. h3 Bf5 20. Nc5 Nb4 21. Nxb7
Bxd3 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Re1 Nxa2 24. Ne5 Bf5 25. Nc6 Be6 26. Nc5 Nb4 27. Nxe6
Nxc6 28. Bxc6 fxe6 29. Bd7 Rd8 30. Bxe6+ Kf8 31. Re2 Re8 32. Kg2 h5 33. f4 g6
34. Kf3 Kg7 35. g4 hxg4+ 36. hxg4 a5 37. g5 Bc3 38. Rc2 Rxe6 39. Rxc3 Rb6 40.
Ke4 Rb4+ 41. Ke5 a4 42. bxa4 Rxa4 43. Rc7+ Kf8 44. f5 Ra5+ 45. Kf6 Ra6+ {
1/2-1/2 (45) Svidler,P (2760)-Dubov,D (2696) Sochi 2018}) 8... d4 9. Na4 Qa5+
10. Bd2 Qd8 11. O-O e5 12. b4 e4 13. Ng5 Bf5 14. Qb1 d3 15. exd3 exd3 16. Re1+
Be7 17. Nc5 O-O 18. Nxb7 Qd7 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Rxe7 h6 21. b5 Qxc4 22. Re5 Bg6
23. Nf3 Ng4 24. Na5 Nxe5 25. Nxc4 Nxf3+ 26. Kg2 Be4 27. Kh3 Rfd8 28. Qb4 Rac8
29. Be3 Bd5 30. Nd2 Nxd2 31. Qxd2 Rc2 32. Qa5 Rd7 33. g4 Be6 34. Kg3 Rc4 35. h3
Rc2 36. a4 {1-0 (36) So,W (2765)-Nihal,S (2576) Kolkata 2018}) (7... Bb4 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qc5 11. Qa4 Re8 12. Nd4 Ne5 13. Qb5 d6 14. Qxc5 dxc5
15. Nb5 Rd8 16. Na3 a6 17. Bf4 Ned7 18. Rfd1 Re8 19. Rab1 e5 20. Be3 e4 21. h3
h6 22. Nc2 b6 23. a4 Ne5 24. Na3 Be6 25. Rxb6 Bxc4 26. Rb2 Nd5 27. Bf4 Nxc3 28.
Rdd2 Nxe2+ 29. Kh2 Nxf4 30. gxf4 Nd3 31. Nxc4 Nxb2 32. Rxb2 Rab8 33. Rc2 Rb4
34. a5 Ra4 35. Bf1 Re6 36. Rd2 Ra1 37. f5 Re8 38. Be2 g6 39. fxg6 fxg6 40. Kg2
Kg7 41. Rd7+ Kf6 42. Ra7 Ra2 43. Rxa6+ Re6 44. Rxe6+ {1/2-1/2 (44) Harikrishna,
P (2738)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2796) Palma de Mallorca 2017 CBM 182 [Mekhitarian,
K]}) 8. e3 Bb4 (8... O-O 9. Bg2 Qa6 10. Qa4 Qxa4 11. Nxa4 Be7 12. O-O b6 13. b3
Bb7 14. Nc3 Na5 15. Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nc6 17. Nf3 Rfd8 18. Rd1 a6 19. Bb2 Rab8
20. Rac1 b5 21. Ne2 Kf8 22. Ned4 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Rdc8 24. cxb5 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 axb5
26. a3 Ne8 27. e4 f6 28. f4 Nd6 29. Kf3 Nb7 30. Rc2 Kf7 31. Bc1 Nc5 32. b4 e5
33. Nf5 Ne6 34. Bb2 exf4 35. gxf4 Bf8 36. Ne3 Ra8 37. h4 Bd6 38. f5 Nd8 39. Rd2
Ra6 40. Rd5 Rb6 41. Bd4 Ra6 42. Bb2 Rb6 43. h5 h6 44. Ng4 Ke7 45. e5 fxe5 46.
Nxe5 Bxe5 47. Bxe5 Kf8 48. Rxd7 Nf7 49. Bb2 Rd6 50. Rxd6 Nxd6 51. Kf4 Kf7 52.
Bc3 Nc4 53. Ke4 Nxa3 54. Kd5 Nc4 55. Bd4 Na3 56. Kc5 Nc2 57. Bb2 Ne3 58. Kxb5
Nxf5 59. Kc6 Ne7+ 60. Kd6 g6 61. hxg6+ Nxg6 62. b5 Ne7 63. Bc1 h5 64. Bg5 Nf5+
65. Kc7 Ke6 66. b6 Nd6 67. Bf4 Nb5+ 68. Kc8 Kd5 69. b7 Na7+ 70. Kc7 Nc6 71. Bg3
Kc5 72. Bd6+ Kd5 73. Be7 h4 74. Bxh4 Nb4 75. Kb6 Nc6 76. Bg3 {1-0 (76) Aronian,
L (2744)-Carlsen,M (2690) Monte Carlo 2007}) 9. Bd2 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bg2
O-O 12. O-O Bg4 13. Qb3 Ba5 14. Qxb6 Bxb6 15. Na4 Ne4 16. Rfd1 {1/2-1/2 (16)
Svidler,P (2765)-Anand,V (2782) Riadh 2017}) 7... Ne5 (7... d5 8. Bg2 d4 9. Na4
Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Bb4 11. Nc5 O-O 12. Nd3 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Rd8 15. c5
Ne8 16. Na3 f6 17. f4 Bd7 18. Nc4 Rab8 19. b4 Ne7 20. a4 Bc6 21. Bf3 a6 22.
Rhb1 Nc7 23. Nd6 Nf5 24. b5 axb5 25. axb5 Nxd6 26. bxc6 Nc4+ 27. Kc1 bxc6 28.
Rxb8 Rxb8 29. Ra4 Ne3 30. Bxc6 e5 31. fxe5 fxe5 32. Nxe5 Ne6 33. Ra5 Rc8 34.
Kd2 Kf8 35. Kd3 Ke7 36. Ra7+ Kf6 37. Nd7+ Kg5 38. Bf3 Nf5 39. h4+ Kg6 40. Ra6
Kf7 41. Bd5 Re8 42. Ne5+ Kf6 43. Nf3 {1-0 (43) Kasparov,G (2775)-Vaganian,R
(2585) Skelleftea 1989 CBM 014 [Bulletin]}) 8. Bf4 {A33: Symmetrical English:
2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6 5 Nc3 Nc6.} (8. Bg2 a6 9. Na4 (9. Na3 Bxa3 10.
bxa3 Nxc4 11. O-O Qc5 12. Na4 Qb5 13. Nc3 Qc5 14. Na4 Qb5 15. Nc3 {1/2-1/2 (15)
Grischuk,A (2750)-Svidler,P (2755) Moscow 2017}) 9... Qa5+ (9... Qd8 10. Nbc3
Nxc4 11. b3 Ne5 12. Bf4 d6 13. Bxe5 (13. Qd4 Nc6 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Rd1 d5 16.
e4 Be7 17. Nb6 c5 18. Qa4+ Bd7 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Qxd7+ Kxd7 21. exd5 Nxd5 22.
Nxd5 exd5 23. Rxd5+ Kc6 24. Rf5 f6 25. Be3 g6 26. Rf4 Rhb8 27. Ke2 Rb4 28. Rc1
Rxf4 29. Bxf4 a5 30. Rc4 f5 31. Be3 h5 32. h4 Bd6 33. Kd3 Rd8 34. Kc2 Re8 35.
Kb2 Re5 36. Ka3 Kb5 37. Kb2 Rd5 38. Kc2 Kc6 39. Rc3 Re5 40. Rd3 Re4 41. Rc3 Re6
42. Rc4 Re8 43. a3 Re6 44. Bxc5 Bxc5 45. b4 axb4 46. axb4 Kb5 47. Rxc5+ Kxb4
48. Rc7 Re2+ 49. Kd3 Rxf2 50. Ke3 Rg2 51. Kf3 Ra2 52. Rc6 Kb5 53. Rxg6 Ra5 54.
Kf4 Kc4 55. Rf6 Kd3 56. Rxf5 Ra4+ 57. Kf3 {1-0 (57) Navara,D (2738)-So,W (2765)
Saint Louis 2019}) 13... dxe5 14. Qxd8+ Kxd8 15. Nb6 Rb8 16. O-O Bc5 17. Rfd1+
Ke7 18. Nca4 Bxb6 19. Nxb6 Nd7 20. Nc4 b6 21. Rac1 Rd8 22. b4 a5 23. b5 f6 24.
Bc6 Nf8 25. Rxd8 Kxd8 26. Rd1+ Kc7 27. Rd6 h6 28. a4 Ng6 29. Be8 Ne7 30. Bf7
Bd7 31. Bxe6 Be8 32. e4 Nc8 33. Bxc8 Rxc8 34. Rxb6 Rd8 35. Ra6 Rd4 36. Nxa5
Rxa4 37. b6+ Kb8 38. b7 Rxa5 39. Rxa5 Kxb7 40. Rc5 Bc6 41. f3 Kc7 42. Ra5 Kd6
43. Ra7 Bd7 44. h4 h5 45. Kf2 g5 46. Ra8 Ke7 47. Rh8 Be8 48. Ke3 Kf7 49. hxg5 {
1-0 (49) Navara,D (2738)-So,W (2765) Saint Louis 2019}) 10. Nbc3 Nxc4 11. b3
Nb6 12. Nxb6 Qxb6 13. O-O Be7 14. Na4 Qd8 15. Be3 d5 16. Bb6 Qd6 17. Rc1 Bd7
18. Bc7 Qa3 19. Nb6 O-O 20. Nxa8 Rxa8 21. Rc2 Bc6 22. Qc1 Qxc1 23. Rfxc1 Ba3
24. Rb1 a5 25. Be5 Kf8 26. e3 Ke7 27. Bd4 g6 28. Bc5+ Bxc5 29. Rxc5 Nd7 30. Rc2
f5 31. f3 Nf6 32. h4 Kd6 33. Kf2 e5 34. Rd1 e4 35. Rd4 exf3 36. Bxf3 Ke5 37.
Ke1 h6 38. g4 g5 39. gxf5 Kxf5 40. a3 Ke5 41. hxg5 hxg5 42. Kf2 Rf8 43. Kg3 Re8
44. Rc3 Bd7 45. Bg2 g4 46. Rcd3 Be6 47. b4 axb4 48. Rxb4 Re7 49. Rdb3 Bc8 50.
Rc3 Bf5 51. a4 Nh5+ 52. Kf2 g3+ 53. Kg1 Nf6 54. a5 Be4 55. Rc8 Rh7 56. Rb6 Bxg2
57. Kxg2 Ne4 58. Kg1 Nd6 59. Rd8 Ne4 60. Rb8 Nd6 61. Kg2 Rh2+ 62. Kxg3 Ra2 63.
Kf3 Rxa5 64. Rd8 Ne4 65. Re8+ Kf5 66. Rf8+ Ke5 67. Rh8 Kf5 68. Rxb7 Ng5+ 69.
Kg3 Ne4+ 70. Kh4 Ra4 71. Rf8+ Ke5 72. Rb6 Ra3 73. Kg4 Rxe3 {1/2-1/2 (73)
Kramnik,V (2801)-Gelfand,B (2739) Paris/St Petersburg 2013}) 8... Nfg4 {
( -> ...Nf3+!)} 9. e3 (9. Qa4 g5 10. Bxe5 Qxf2+ (10... Nxe5 11. O-O-O a6 12. e3
Rb8 13. Nd4 Qc7 14. Be2 Be7 15. Kb1 Nc6 16. Rc1 Qe5 17. Rhd1 h5 18. Ka1 g4 19.
Bf1 f5 20. Bg2 Kf7 21. h3 Bf6 22. Qc2 Ne7 23. Nce2 b5 24. cxb5 axb5 25. Nf4 d5
26. Qc5 Rb7 27. Qb4 Bd7 28. Nd3 Qb8 29. Nc5 Qd6 30. Qa5 Rc7 31. Nxd7 Rxd7 32.
hxg4 hxg4 33. Bf1 b4 34. Nb5 Qe5 35. Qxb4 Ra8 36. Rd2 Qb8 37. Kb1 Be5 38. Rdc2
Rda7 39. a3 Ra4 40. Qb3 Qb6 41. Rc5 R4a5 42. Be2 Rb8 43. Qb4 Kf6 44. R1c2 Rh8
45. e4 fxe4 46. Bxg4 Rha8 47. Rc1 Ra4 48. Qd2 Rxa3 49. Nxa3 Rxa3 50. Rc6 Nxc6
51. Qh6+ {1/2-1/2 (51) Aronian,L (2739)-Leko,P (2753) Morelia/Linares 2008 CBM
123 [Marin,M]}) 11. Kd1 Nxe5 12. Nc7+ Kd8 13. Nxa8 Qd4+ 14. Kc2 Nxc4 15. e4 (
15. Kb3 Nd2+ 16. Kc2 {1/2-1/2 (18) Carlsen,M (2776)-Dominguez Perez,L (2717)
Linares 2009 CBM 129 [CB]}) 15... Ne3+ 16. Kb3 Qd2 17. a3 Qc2+ 18. Ka2 Qxa4 19.
Nxa4 Nxf1 20. Rhxf1 b5 21. N4b6 axb6 22. Nxb6 Bb7 23. Rxf7 Bc6 24. Rd1 Be7 25.
Rf3 Kc7 26. Nxd7 Rd8 27. Rc3 {1-0 (27) Nakamura,H (2776)-Karjakin,S (2760)
Zuerich 2015 CBM 165 [RR]}) 9... a6 10. h3 {The position is equal.} (10. Qa4
Ra7 11. h3 axb5 12. Qxb5 Qc6 13. hxg4 Qxh1 14. Bxe5 Qc6 15. Bd4 Ra8 16. a3 Be7
17. Qh5 Kf8 18. O-O-O b6 19. Kb1 Ba6 20. Nb5 Rd8 21. Bc3 Bxb5 22. cxb5 Qf3 23.
Rd2 Bf6 24. Bb4+ Kg8 25. Bd6 Rc8 26. Qh3 Qe4+ 27. Bd3 Qd5 28. Bb4 Qf3 29. Bf1
h5 30. Bg2 Qxg4 31. Qxg4 hxg4 32. Bd6 Rc4 33. Ka2 Rh2 34. Bf1 Rc1 35. Bd3 Bg5
36. Bf4 Be7 37. e4 Bc5 38. e5 Re1 39. Rc2 g5 40. Bxg5 Rxe5 41. Bf6 Rd5 {
1/2-1/2 (41) Topalov,V (2780)-Caruana,F (2794) Moscow 2016 CBM 172
[Mekhitarian,K]}) 10... axb5 11. hxg4 Nxc4 12. Qb3 (12. Rc1 d5 13. b3 Nd6 (
13... Bb4 14. bxc4 Ra3 15. Be5 f6 16. Bd4 Qa5 17. Be2 Bxc3+ 18. Rxc3 Rxc3 19.
Kf1 b4 20. g5 e5 21. Bxc3 bxc3 22. gxf6 gxf6 23. Qb1 Qc7 24. Qd3 b5 25. Qxc3
bxc4 26. e4 dxe4 27. Rh4 Be6 28. Rxe4 O-O 29. Bxc4 Kg7 30. Qb3 Rb8 31. Bxe6
Rxb3 32. Rg4+ Kf8 33. Bxb3 Qc1+ 34. Kg2 Qc6+ 35. Kg1 h5 36. Rg8+ Ke7 37. Rg7+
Kd6 38. Rh7 Qf3 39. Rh8 e4 40. Rd8+ Ke7 41. Bd1 Qc3 42. Rd5 h4 43. gxh4 f5 44.
Rxf5 Qe1+ 45. Kg2 Qxd1 46. Rg5 Qa1 47. Rg4 Qb1 48. Rg3 Qxa2 49. Rh3 Qd5 50. Kf1
Qd1+ 51. Kg2 Qg4+ 52. Rg3 Qh5 53. Ra3 Qd5 54. Kg1 Kf6 55. Rg3 Qd1+ 56. Kg2 Kf5
57. Rg5+ Kf4 58. Rg3 Qd5 59. Kf1 Qd2 60. Kg2 Qd1 61. Re3 Kf5 62. Rg3 Kf6 63.
Rh3 Kg6 64. Rg3+ Kh5 65. Rh3 Qb1 66. Re3 Kxh4 67. Rg3 Kh5 68. Rh3+ Kg4 69. Rg3+
Kf4 70. Re3 Qd1 71. Ra3 Ke5 72. Rg3 Kd4 73. Re3 Qd3 {0-1 (73) Giri,A (2763)
-Nepomniachtchi,I (2774) Ekaterinburg 2020 CBM 195 [Edouard,R]}) 14. g5 Bd7 15.
Bd3 Rc8 16. Kf1 b4 17. Ne2 Rxc1 18. Qxc1 Be7 19. Qb2 f6 20. gxf6 gxf6 21. Rxh7
Rxh7 22. Bxh7 e5 23. Bh6 Bf5 24. Bg8 Nf7 25. Bg7 Qc6 26. Qd2 d4 27. Ng1 d3 28.
f3 Qc3 29. Ke1 Bc5 30. Bxf7+ Kxf7 31. Bh6 e4 32. fxe4 Bxe4 33. Nh3 Qa1+ 34. Kf2
Qh1 35. Nf4 Qh2+ {0-1 (35) Giri,A (2764)-Svidler,P (2723) chess24.com INT 2020}
) 12... d5 $1 {...Bd7 is the strong threat.} 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Qxb5+ Qxb5 15.
Nxb5 Ra5 {was the old line (15... Bb4+).} (15... Bb4+ 16. Ke2 Ke7 17. a3 Bc5
18. Rhd1 Bd7 19. Bd6+ Bxd6 20. Nxd6 b5 21. Nxf7 Rhc8 22. Ne5 Be8 23. Kd2 Rc5
24. f4 c3+ 25. bxc3 Rac8 26. Rdc1 h6 27. e4 Rd8+ 28. Ke3 Rdc8 29. Kd4 R5c7 30.
c4 Rd8+ 31. Ke3 Rdc8 32. Rc3 bxc4 33. Rb1 Ba4 34. Rb6 Bb3 35. f5 exf5 36. gxf5
Kf8 37. Kf4 Kg8 38. g4 Rc5 39. Ng6 R5c7 40. g5 hxg5+ 41. Kxg5 Bd1 42. e5 {
1-0 (42) Giri,A (2776)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2749) Zagreb 2021}) 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17.
Bxd6 f6 {[#]} 18. e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. f3 Kf7 19. Bb4 Rd5 20. Rd1 Rxd1+
21. Kxd1 Bd7 22. Ke2 Ba4 23. Rc1 Kg6 24. Kf2 {1/2-1/2 (35) Kanmazalp,O (2445)
-Kantans,T (2531) Benasque 2017}) 18... e5 19. f3 Kf7 20. Bb4 Ra6 21. a3 h6 22.
Rd1 Be6 23. Rh2 Rc6 24. Bc3 Rhc8 25. Rhd2 Ke8 26. Ke2 R6c7 27. Ba5 Rd7 28. Rd6
Rxd6 29. Rxd6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bd7 30. Ke3 Rc6 31. Rd5 b6 32.
Bb4 Re6 33. Rd2 Bc6 34. Rc2 b5 35. Kd2 Kf7 36. Kc3 Re8 37. Rd2 Re6 38. Bc5 Re8
39. Kb4 Ra8 40. Rd6 Ra4+ 41. Kc3 Be8 42. Rd8 Bc6 (42... Ra5 $14) 43. Rf8+ $1
$18 Ke6 44. Rc8 {[%CAl Rc8c6]} Bd7 45. Rg8 Kf7 46. Rf8+ Ke6 47. f4 (47. Rd8 $16
Ra6 48. f4 exf4 49. gxf4) 47... exf4 $1 $14 48. gxf4 {Threatens to win with
Rd8.} Bc6 49. Rd8 {Strongly threatening Rd6+.} Bxe4 50. f5+ Ke5 51. Bd6+ Kd5
52. Bf8+ Ke5 53. Bxg7 Bf3 54. Rd4 h5 55. g5 Kxf5 56. gxf6 {aiming for f7.} Ra7
57. Kb4 Rb7 58. Kc5 Kg5 59. Bf8 {Black must now prevent Be7.} Rf7 60. Be7 h4
61. Kxb5 h3 62. Rd2 Bg2 63. Kxc4 (63. Rf2 $1 $16) 63... Kg4 $11 64. b4 Kf5 $2 (
64... Kf3 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.} 65. Bd6 Rxf6) 65. Bd6 $1 $18 Rxf6 $2 (
65... Ke6) 66. Bh2 $2 (66. Rf2+ $18 Kg5 67. Be7 {[%mdl 64] Pin}) 66... Rc6+ 67.
Kb5 Rc1 (67... Rc8 $142) 68. a4 $16 Rb1 {[#]} (68... Ke4 $16) 69. Ka5 $1 $18
Ke4 (69... Rh1 $16 70. Bb8 Re1) 70. b5 Ke3 71. Rd8 Rb2 72. Be5 Ra2 73. Rh8 Ke4
74. Bc7 Kf5 75. Kb4 Kg4 76. Rg8+ Kf3 (76... Kf5 $16) 77. Rg3+ Kf2 $2 (77... Ke4
$16 {might work better.}) 78. Rb3 Ra1 79. a5 {[%CAl Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Kg1
{Now ...h2 and Black clings on.} 80. a6 h2 {[#]} 81. Bxh2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxh2
{KRB-KR} (81... Kf2 82. Be5) 82. Rb2 Kg3 {[#]} 83. Kc5 $2 (83. Rxg2+ $1 {
[%mdl 512] mates} Kxg2 84. Kc5 Kf2 85. Kb6 Rh1 86. a7 Rh8 87. Kb7 Rh6 88. a8=Q)
83... Be4 84. Kb6 Ra4 $2 (84... Ra3 85. Re2 Bh1) 85. Ka7 Kf4 86. Rd2 Ke3 87.
Rd6 Bg2 88. b6 Kf4 89. b7 {White mates.} Bxb7 90. Kxb7 Ke5 91. Rb6 Kd5 92. a7
Kc5 93. Rb1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.05/ Black=0.09} 1-0
