[Event "9th Norway Chess 2021"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2021.09.13"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2021.08.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 9,109,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,22,18,14,0,0,13,0,0,0,4,19,18,
48,40,107,77,265,3,4,5,14,3,11,23,33,0,0,0,33,0,0,-36,247,0,220,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12829,12775,12830,885,
12833,12834,12834,12835,12835,12835,12839,12839,12840,12835,12841,12840]} 1. e4
e5 2. Bc4 {The Bishop Opening is a rare guest on top level tournaments.} Nf6 3.
d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 a5 $5 {...a4 is the strong threat. /\ a4} (5... Bd6 {
Adams-Kramnik, Tilburg Fontys 1998 CBM 68}) (5... Bb4+ $5 6. c3 Bd6 {is
another alternative provoking c3 taking away the square from the N.}) 6. a4 {
[%csl Rb2,Gc2,Rc3,Gd3,Rd4,Re3,Ge4,Rf2,Gf3,Gg2][%CAl Ge4d5,Gc6b7,Gc6b5,Gb3d5,
Gd5c4,Ga4b5,Rd5e6,Re6d7,Gd4e5,Gf6g7,Gf6g5,Ge5f4,Gc1g5,Gf3g5] C24: Bishop's
Opening: 2...Nf6.} (6. Nxe5 $2 a4 $19) (6. a3 {allows Black to gain some space
on the << thus defending >< b4.} a4 7. Ba2 Bd6 8. Nc3 Be6 $5 (8... dxe4 {
opens up the a2-g8 /^ for the B and gives up the strong central P.} 9. Ng5 $1 {
This is the annoying answer.} (9. dxe4 {gives Black good chances for
equalization.} Qe7 {/\ Be6} 10. O-O Be6 11. Nh4 {/\ Nf5} g6 {Now the N is out
of play on h4.} 12. h3 Bxa2 13. Rxa2 Nbd7 14. Ra1 Nc5 15. Re1 O-O 16. Bg5 Kg7
17. Qc1 Rfd8 18. f4 Ne6 $13 {Lane-Sadler, Lloyds Bank 1994}) 9... O-O 10. Ncxe4
Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Be7 (11... Bc7 12. Qh5 $36 {>>}) 12. Qh5 Nd7 13. O-O $14 Qe8 $2
14. f4 Ra5 15. Bd2 Rb5 16. Bc4 $1 Rxb2 17. fxe5 Rxc2 18. Rxf7 $3 $18 {
Lane-Henris, Brussels op 1995}) 9. Ng5 O-O {Surprisingly enough Black gives up
the ^^, and allows the corruption of his P structure. However, his strong
central P on d5 kills the B on a2.} 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. O-O Kh8 12. Ne2 Nbd7 13.
Ng3 Qb6 14. Kh1 Bc5 15. Qe2 Ng8 $1 {/\ Ne7-g6} 16. f3 Ne7 17. c3 Ng6 18. Nh5
Qa6 19. Bd2 Bd6 20. Rae1 Nc5 21. Bb1 Nb3 $15 {Vlasov-Malaniuk, St. Petersburg
op 1994}) (6. Nc3 $5 Bb4 (6... d4 $6 7. Nxe5 $1 {reminds us to the classical
romantic school.} dxc3 8. Nxf7 $16 {Kasparov}) (6... dxe4 $2 7. Ng5 $1) 7. a3
Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 a4 $1 (8... Qc7 $5) (8... Nbd7 9. exd5 Nxd5 $1 10. O-O O-O 11.
Re1 $1 Re8 12. c4 $1 Ne7 13. Ng5 h6 14. Ne4 a4 15. Ba2 c5 {The B is almost
paralyzed on a2.} 16. Nd6 Rf8 17. c3 Ng6 18. Bb1 Nf6 19. Nxc8 Qxc8 20. Qf3 Re8
21. Bc2 Nh4 $1 {and White's ^^ is not that dangerous, (Kasparov-Bareev,
Linares 1993.)} 22. Qe2 Qc6 23. f3 g5 $5 (23... Nh5 $6 24. Qe4 Qf6 25. d4 $1)
24. Rf1 $1 $14 {Kasparov}) 9. Ba2 Nbd7 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Bd2 {Now Nxc3 was a
real threat in comparision to the Kasparov-Bareev game!} O-O 12. O-O Re8 13.
Re1 h6 14. c4 N5f6 15. Bc3 e4 16. Nd2 Nc5 17. dxe4 Bg4 $1 {This combination is
based on the awkward a2B.} 18. Bxf6 (18. f3 Nfxe4 $1) 18... Qxf6 19. Qxg4 Qc3
$1 $17 {Dam-Bosboom, Leluwarden op 1993}) 6... Bb4+ $5 {provoking c3 is a
logical idea again.} (6... Nbd7 7. exd5 (7. O-O Bd6) 7... Nxd5 8. O-O Bd6 {
Black can hold his e P.} 9. Nc3 (9. Re1 O-O 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Nc4 Bc7) 9... Nxc3
10. bxc3 O-O 11. Re1 (11. Ng5 Nf6 $1 (11... Nc5 $4 12. Qh5 $18) (11... h6 12.
Ne4) 12. Qf3 h6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Kh8 $13 {/\ f5}) 11... Qc7 12. d4 (12.
Ng5 {is again parried by} Nf6 $1 (12... Nc5 {allows the attacking} 13. Qh5 {
although after} (13. Bc4 h6) 13... h6 14. Ne4 Nxb3 15. cxb3 Be7 $1 {Black can
parry the threats.} (15... f5 {however is worse due to} 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Ba3
c5 18. d4 $1 exd4 19. cxd4 Qxd4 20. Rad1 Qg4 21. Qxg4 fxg4 22. Bxc5 Rf5 23.
Re8+ Kh7 24. Be3 {and the pin on the eights rank is lethal for Black.}))) 12...
b6 13. Bb2 (13. Ba3 c5) 13... Bb7 14. c4 Rae8 (14... exd4 $2 {allows the white
Q to join the ->.} 15. Qxd4 Nf6 16. Qh4 Be7 17. c5 $1 bxc5 18. Ng5 h6 19. Ne4
Nxe4 (19... Nd5 20. Qg4) 20. Qxe4 Bd6 21. Qg6 $18) 15. c5 $1 {Taking away the
>< c5 from the black pieces.} bxc5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Rxe5
19. Qd2 Rfe8 20. Rxe5 Qxe5 21. Rb1 c4 $1 {defending >< a5} 22. Bxc4 Bc8 {
1/2-1/2 (22) Adams,M (2715)-Shirov,A (2725) Sarajevo 1999 CBM 071 [Lukacs,P]})
(6... Bd6 7. Nc3 (7. exd5 {giving up the [+] is not frightening for Black.}
Nxd5 8. Na3 (8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nbd2 $146 (10. Ng5 h6 11. Nxf7 Kxf7 12.
c4 Bb4 13. cxd5 Bxe1 14. Qxe1 cxd5 15. Nc3 Nc6 16. Bxd5+ Be6 17. Be4 Nd4 18.
Qd1 Qd7 19. Be3 Rac8 20. Rc1 Kg8 21. h3 Nb3 22. Rb1 Nc5 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. Qh5
Rf8 25. Qg6 Rf6 26. Qg3 Bf5 27. Qe3 b6 28. Re1 Rf8 29. Rd1 Be6 30. d4 exd4 31.
Rxd4 Qc7 32. Bc2 Re5 33. Re4 Rxe4 34. Qxe4 Rf6 35. Nd5 Bxd5 36. Qxd5+ Kf8 37.
Bb3 Qc1+ 38. Kh2 Qc7+ 39. Kg1 Ke7 {Repkova,E (2381)-Yildiz,B (2205) Plovdiv
2008 1/2-1/2}) 10... Bc7 11. Ne4 Nd7 12. h3 Nf8 13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 Ne6 15. Ng3
Nxe3 16. fxe3 g6 17. e4 Bb6+ 18. Kh2 Kg7 19. Bxe6 Bxe6 20. Qe2 Qd6 21. Rf1 Rad8
22. Kh1 Qb4 23. b3 Qe7 24. Nh2 Bd4 25. Rad1 Rf8 26. Qf3 b5 27. axb5 cxb5 {
[%CAl Ga5a4]} 28. Ne2 Bb6 29. Ng4 a4 30. bxa4 bxa4 31. Ra1 a3 32. Rfb1 Bc5 33.
c4 h5 34. Ne3 Rb8 35. Nc3 Rxb1+ 36. Rxb1 Qa7 37. Nc2 Qa5 38. Nb5 a2 39. Ra1 Qa4
40. Qd1 Rd8 41. Qe2 Qb3 42. Ne1 Rb8 43. Nc7 Bd7 44. Rxa2 Qb1 $6 (44... Rb7) (
44... Qc3) 45. Na6 Bb4 46. Nxb8 Bxe1 47. Qb2 Qxd3 48. Qe2 Qb1 49. Rb2 Qa1 50.
Qc2 Ba4 51. Qb1 Qxb1 52. Rxb1 Bf2 53. Rb7+ Kh6 54. Nd7 Bc6 55. Rc7 Bxe4 56.
Nxf6 Bd3 57. g4 Kg5 58. gxh5 gxh5 59. Kg2 Bb6 60. Nh7+ Kf4 61. Rf7+ Ke3 62. Rf6
Bd4 63. Ng5 Bxc4 64. Rf3+ Ke2 65. Kg3 Bd5 66. Rf8 e4 67. Rd8 Bf2+ 68. Kf4 Be3+
69. Kf5 Bb3 70. Nxe4 Bc2 71. Ke5 Kf3 72. Rf8+ Kg2 73. Rh8 Bd1 74. Rg8+ Kh2 75.
Rg3 Ba7 76. Rd3 Bb8+ 77. Kf5 Ba4 78. Kg5 Bc6 79. Nd2 Ba7 80. Kxh5 Bg2 81. h4
Bc5 82. Kg4 {1-0 (82) Bluhm,S (2229)-Mihok,L (2096) Vaujany 2016}) 8... O-O 9.
Nc4 Bc7) 7... Be6 (7... d4 8. Ne2 Na6 {opens up the /^ for the B on a2, but
gains a lot of space in the [+].}) (7... dxe4 8. Ng5 O-O 9. Ncxe4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4
Bf5 11. Qf3 Bxe4 12. dxe4 Nd7 13. c3 Nc5 14. Bc2 Qe7 15. O-O Rfd8 16. g3 Qe6
17. Be3 Be7 18. h4 g6 19. h5 Qh3 20. h6 Rd7 21. Rfd1 Rad8 22. b4 axb4 23. cxb4
Ne6 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. b5 cxb5 26. axb5 Ng5 27. Ra8+ Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Bxd8 29. Qd1
Be7 30. Bb3 Qxh6 31. Qd7 Qf8 32. Qxb7 h5 33. b6 Nf3+ 34. Kg2 Nd4 35. Bxd4 exd4
36. e5 Kg7 37. Qc6 Qb8 38. Qd5 Qxb6 39. Qxf7+ Kh6 40. Bd5 Ba3 41. Be4 {1-0 (41)
Bologan,V (2671)-Muzychuk,A (2528) Aix les Bains 2011}) 8. exd5 cxd5 9. Bg5 d4
$1 10. Bxe6 (10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nb5 Bxb3 12. cxb3 Bb4+ 13. Nd2 Nc6 14. f4 Qe7
15. O-O Bxd2 16. Qxd2 O-O-O 17. Rae1 Kb8 18. Na3 Qb4 19. Qd1 Rhe8 20. fxe5 Rxe5
21. Nc4 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Ka7 23. h3 Rd7 24. Rf1 Re7 25. Kh2 Re6 26. Rf5 Ne5 27.
Na3 Kb6 28. Nb5 Nc6 29. Qc2 Qe7 30. Qf2 Re3 31. Qf4 Rxd3 32. Rxf6 Rxb3 33.
Qxd4+ {1-0 (33) Kasimdzhanov,R (2657)-Bareev,E (2643) Khanty Mansiysk 2019 CBM
192 [Kasimdzhanov,R]}) 10... dxc3 11. Bc4 cxb2 12. Rb1 Bb4+ 13. Nd2 Nbd7 14.
O-O O-O 15. Rxb2 h6 16. Be3 Rc8 $13 {Torre-Ye Rongguang, Kuala Lumpur 1994}) 7.
c3 Bd6 8. exd5 {The position is equal.} (8. Bg5 dxe4 (8... Be6 9. d4 dxe4 10.
Nxe5 Bxe5 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. dxe5 Qxd1+ 13. Kxd1 Ng4 14. Ke2 O-O 15. Be3 Nd7 16.
Nd2 Nxe3 17. Kxe3 Nxe5 18. Nxe4 Rad8 19. Rhd1 Rd5 20. Ke2 Ng4 21. f3 Re5 22.
Rd4 Nf6 23. Rad1 b5 24. axb5 Nxe4 25. Rxe4 Rxb5 26. b4 axb4 27. cxb4 e5 28. Rc1
Rfb8 29. Rxc6 Rxb4 30. Rxe5 Rb2+ 31. Kf1 Rb1+ 32. Kf2 R8b2+ 33. Re2 Rxe2+ 34.
Kxe2 Rb2+ 35. Kf1 Kf7 36. Kg1 {Van Kampen,R (2603)-Li,C (2700) Reykjavik 2014
1/2-1/2}) 9. dxe4 Na6) (8. O-O O-O 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Na3 Nbd7 11. Re1 h6 12. Nb5
Bb8 13. d4 e4 14. Nd2 Nb6 15. f3 Re8 16. Bc2 Bd7 17. Rb1 exf3 18. Nxf3 Ne4 19.
Ne5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Bxb5 21. axb5 Rxe5 22. Be3 Re6 23. Bd4 Nc4 24. Bd3 Qg5 25. b3
Ncd6 26. Rb2 Rae8 27. Rbe2 Nf5 28. Bc2 Nh4 29. Qd3 Ng6 30. Be3 Qh5 31. c4 Ne5
32. Qd4 Rg6 33. Bxe4 dxe4 34. Kf1 Nf3 35. Qd7 Nxh2+ {0-1 (35) Tan,Z (2522)-Ju,
W (2571) Chongqing/Shanghai 2018 CBM 185 [Mekhitarian,K]}) 8... cxd5 9. Bg5 Be6
10. Na3 Nbd7 (10... Nc6 11. Nb5 Bb8 12. O-O h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Nh5 15. d4
Nxg3 16. fxg3 e4 17. Ne1 O-O 18. g4 Na7 19. Nxa7 Rxa7 20. Nc2 Qd6 21. g3 h5 22.
Ne3 h4 23. Nf5 Qc7 24. Qd2 Qd8 25. Kg2 Ra6 26. Ba2 Rb6 27. Rab1 Kh7 28. Rbe1
Rg8 29. Rh1 Rg6 30. Ref1 Qd7 31. Qc2 Qc7 32. Ne3 Qd7 33. Nf5 Rc6 34. Qd1 Rb6
35. Rf2 Bc7 36. Ne3 Bd6 37. Rhf1 Kg8 38. Bxd5 hxg3 39. hxg3 {1-0 (39)
Grabinsky,A (2688)-Grigoriants,S (2822) Chess.com INT 2020}) 11. Nb5 Bb8 12.
O-O O-O 13. Bh4 $5 {[%mdl 4] Leaves trodden paths.} h6 14. Re1 Re8 15. d4 {
[%CAl Rd4e5]} e4 16. Nd2 Ra6 17. c4 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Bxc4 19. Nxc4 {[#]} Qe7 $146
({Predecessor:} 19... Nb6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Ne3 Bf4 22. Qb3 Qd8 23. Rac1 Ra8
24. Rc5 Bxe3 25. fxe3 Rc8 26. Rf1 Qd7 27. Rcf5 Nc4 28. Rxf7 Qe6 29. Nc7 {
1-0 (29) Yu,Y (2725)-Wang,Y (2737) Shenzhen 2016}) 20. d5 Qb4 (20... Qc5 $14
21. Ne3 Qf8) 21. b3 $1 $16 Ne5 $2 (21... Nc5 $16) 22. d6 $2 (22. Bxf6 $18 Rxf6
23. Rxe4) 22... Nxc4 $11 23. bxc4 {Strongly threatening Bxf6.} Bxd6 24. Bxf6
gxf6 25. Qg4+ Kf8 $1 26. Rxe4 Rxe4 27. Qxe4 Bc5 28. Nc7 Bxf2+ 29. Kf1 {[#]} Qd2
$2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (29... Rc6 $1 $15 {stays ahead.} 30. Nd5 Qb2) 30. Qf3 $2 (
{Stronger than} 30. Nxa6 Bd4 $11) (30. Qh7 $1 $18 {[%CAl Rh7h8]} Be3 31. Qh8+
Ke7 32. Qe8+ Kd6 33. Qd8+ Kc5 34. Qxd2 (34. Nxa6+ bxa6 35. Qxd2 Bxd2 $18) 34...
Bxd2 35. Nxa6+ bxa6 36. Ke2) 30... Rd6 $2 31. Nb5 $2 (31. Qxf2 $18 Qc3 32. Qa2)
31... Qb2 32. Nxd6 Qxa1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 33. Kxf2 Qd4+ {[%mdl 64]
Double Attack} 34. Ke2 Qxd6 35. Qxb7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} Qe5+ (35...
Qxh2 {feels hotter.} 36. Qc8+ Kg7 37. Qg4+ Kf8 38. Qc8+) 36. Kd3 Qf5+ 37. Qe4
Qf1+ 38. Kd4 Qd1+ 39. Kc5 {aiming for Kb5.} Qxa4 40. Qb1 Qa3+ 41. Kb5 Kg7 42.
c5 {[%CAl Bc4c5,Bc5c6,Bc6c7][%mdl 32]} a4 {White must now prevent ...Qb3+.} 43.
Qb4 Qb3 44. c6 Qd5+ 45. Kb6 {Hoping for c7.} Qb3 $1 {[%CAl Rb3b4]} 46. Kc5 Qe3+
47. Kb5 {And now Qg4+ would win.} Qb3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (47... a3 $11 48. c7
Qe8+ 49. Kb6 Qe6+ 50. Kb7 a2) 48. c7 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Qd5+ 49.
Qc5 (49. Kb6 $142 Qd7 50. Qb5) 49... Qd7+ 50. Qc6 Qc8 51. Kxa4 h5 52. Kb5 h4
53. Kb6 h3 54. g3 f5 55. Ka7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.35/Black=0.31} 1-0
