[Event "85th Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2023.01.19"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A34"] [WhiteElo "2859"] [BlackElo "2713"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "120"] [EventDate "2023.01.14"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e5 5. Be2 {The second-most popular move, which he has chosen at least twice before.} (5. d4) 5... d5 6. cxd5 (6. d4 {is the top choice.}) 6... Nxd5 7. O-O Be7 (7... Nc7 8. Qc2 Be7 9. Rd1 O-O 10. a3 Be6 11. b3 Rc8 12. Bb2 b6 13. Bc4 Kh8 14. h4 f6 15. h5 Bg4 16. h6 gxh6 17. Qe4 Qd7 18. Nb5 Nxb5 19. Bxb5 Qe6 20. d4 exd4 21. Qxe6 Bxe6 22. exd4 Bxb3 23. Re1 Bd6 24. d5 Ne5 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26. Rxe5 fxe5 27. Bxe5+ Kg8 28. d6 Rcd8 29. Re1 Rf5 30. f4 Rf7 31. Bc6 Kf8 32. Re3 Be6 33. Kh2 Rc8 34. d7 Rxd7 35. Bxd7 Bxd7 36. Bd6+ Kg8 37. Re7 Bf5 38. Be5 c4 39. g4 Bd3 40. Bc3 Kf8 41. Rxa7 Re8 42. f5 Re2+ 43. Kg3 Re3+ 44. Kf2 Re2+ 45. Kf3 Rc2 46. Bb4+ Ke8 47. f6 Bg6 48. f7+ Bxf7 49. Re7+ Kd8 50. Rxf7 c3 51. Rxh7 Rc1 52. Ke2 Rg1 53. Kd3 Rxg4 54. Kxc3 Kc8 55. Kb3 h5 56. Rxh5 Kb7 57. Rh6 Rd4 58. Re6 Rg4 59. Bd2 Rg5 60. Bxg5 {1-0 Carlsen,M (2832)-Grischuk,A (2750) chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017 Chess.com INT blitz (3.4)}) 8. Bb5 Nxc3 9. bxc3 (9. dxc3 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 f6 11. e4 Be6 12. Be3 Kf7 13. Nd2 Na5 14. Kf1 Rhd8 15. Be2 a6 16. h3 Rd7 17. Bg4 Rad8 18. Ke2 g6 19. Bxe6+ Kxe6 20. b3 f5 21. f3 b5 22. Rab1 Rd3 23. Rbc1 R8d7 24. Nf1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rxd1 26. Kxd1 c4 27. Nd2 cxb3 28. axb3 Nb7 29. b4 a5 30. bxa5 Nxa5 31. Kc2 Nc4 32. Nxc4 bxc4 33. g4 f4 34. Bf2 {½-½ Carlsen,M (2837)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2789) Wch Blitz Riadh 2017 (16)}) 9... Qc7 10. d4 cxd4 $146 {A novelty - Black had hitherto taken with the e-pawn, but a transposition is possible.} 11. cxd4 exd4 12. Nxd4 {Returning to one of the three prior games to reach the position after 10.d4.} Bd7 $146 (12... O-O 13. Qc2 Bd6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. h3 Bd7 16. Bb2 Rab8 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Nf3 h6 19. Rxd6 Qxd6 20. Be5 Qa3 21. Bxb8 Rxb8 22. Rd1 Be6 23. Nd4 Bd5 24. Nxc6 Bxc6 25. Qxc6 Qxa2 26. Qc7 Rf8 27. Qe5 a6 28. Ra1 Qc4 29. Qa5 Ra8 30. Kh2 Qc6 31. Qe5 Rd8 32. Qa5 Qd6+ 33. f4 Re8 34. Qxa6 Qxa6 35. Rxa6 {½-½ Vakhidov,J (2525)-Sjugirov,S (2664) Abu Dhabi op 23rd 2015 (4)}) 13. Nf3 {Avoiding exchanges.} Bf6 (13... O-O $11) 14. Ba3 $5 {Considerably raising the risk level of what could have been a sleepy game.} (14. Rb1 {was objectively better.}) 14... Bxa1 15. Qxa1 O-O-O 16. Rc1 Kb8 17. Qxg7 Rhg8 {Who has "the" compensation? Maybe both players do.} 18. Qb2 $2 (18. Qxh7 $142 Ka8 {is a mess. Note that White can't take on f7 due to ...Rxg2+.} 19. Qxf7 $4 Rxg2+ $19 20. Kxg2 Bh3+ {[%CAl Bc7f7] and wins.}) 18... Bg4 $1 19. Ne1 Rd1 $17 {This exchange more or less eliminates any possible danger to Black's king. Now it's just going to be about whether Black can convert his material advantage.} 20. Rxd1 Bxd1 21. Bf1 Ne5 22. h3 Bf3 (22... Bh5 $142) 23. Qd4 (23. Qb1 $142 $1) 23... Rd8 24. Qh4 Bd5 25. Qxh7 Bc4 26. Bb2 Bxf1 27. Kxf1 Qc4+ 28. Kg1 Nc6 29. Nf3 Qxa2 30. Bf6 Rd1+ 31. Kh2 a5 {Taking care of back rank problems, but above all getting the passers going in what's going to be a race.} 32. Nd4 Qd5 33. Qc2 (33. Qg7 $142) (33. f4 $142) 33... Qd6+ 34. f4 Rxd4 $1 35. Bxd4 Nxd4 36. exd4 Qxf4+ 37. g3 Qxd4 38. h4 a4 39. Qa2 f5 40. h5 Qh8 41. Qxa4 Qxh5+ {For now, the ending is still a draw.} 42. Kg1 (42. Qh4 $5 {Black can't trade because White's h-pawn promotes.}) 42... Qf3 43. Kh2 $2 {Now the ending is lost, and to Abdusattorov's credit he never gives Carlsen another shot to save it.} (43. Qe8+ {was the only drawing move, according to the tablebase.}) 43... Qe2+ 44. Kg1 (44. Kh3 {may have been a better try, hoping to go after the f5-pawn or - in case the kingside pawns are traded - to put the king in the safer zone of the h8 corner. (There are fewer cross-check possibilities with the king there.)}) 44... Qe5 $1 {Nice centralization. The diagonal to b8 is covered, e8 remains covered, a5 is covered (so there's no Qd8-a5-d8-a5 perpetual possibility), and the queen supports the ...b5 advance.} 45. Kf2 b5 $1 {Desirable in any case, but it's also the only move that keeps the win.} 46. Qb4 Kb7 47. g4 fxg4 48. Qxg4 Kb6 49. Qg8 b4 50. Kf3 Kb5 51. Kg2 Qe2+ 52. Kg3 Qe3+ 53. Kg2 ({Trying to run up the board with} 53. Kh4 {fails as Black can force a trade of queens starting with} Qe1+ {, e.g.} 54. Kh5 Qh1+ 55. Kg6 Qg2+ {etc.}) 53... b3 54. Qb8+ Kc4 55. Qg8+ Kc3 56. Qc8+ Kd2 57. Qh8 Kc2 58. Qc8+ Kd1 59. Qh8 Qd2+ 60. Kg3 b2 {An impressive game by Abdusattorov, who is in clear first with a gaudy +3 score. Carlsen is at -1, having lost two consecutive classical games for the first time since 2015.} (60... b2 61. Qh7 Qc3+ {wins quickly: if the king goes to the second rank then 62...Qc2+ trades queens, and if the king goes to the 4th rank then Black checks on b4 and promotes.}) 0-1 [Event "85th Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2023.01.19"] [Round "5.2"] [White "Praggnanandhaa, R."] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2684"] [BlackElo "2764"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2023.01.14"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 a6 6. O-O d6 7. a4 h6 8. Be3 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Qd7 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Qd3 O-O 14. Bxc5 Qxc5 15. Rad1 Rf7 16. Qd4 Qxd4 17. Rxd4 Nd7 18. a5 Ne5 19. Ne2 g5 20. Nc1 Nc6 21. Ra4 Ne5 22. Nd3 Nxd3 23. cxd3 Raf8 24. Rb4 c6 25. d4 d5 26. exd5 cxd5 27. Rb6 Re7 28. Re1 Kf7 29. Rc1 Kg6 30. g3 Rf3 31. Rd1 Kf6 32. Kg2 g4 33. h3 h5 34. hxg4 hxg4 35. Rh1 Rd3 36. Rh6+ Kg5 37. Rhxe6 Rxe6 38. Rxe6 Rxd4 39. Rb6 Ra4 40. b4 d4 41. Rxb7 Kf5 42. Rb6 d3 43. Rxa6 Rxb4 44. Rd6 Ke4 45. a6 Ra4 46. Kf1 Ra1+ 47. Kg2 1/2-1/2 [Event "85th Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2023.01.19"] [Round "5.3"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2766"] [BlackElo "2760"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2023.01.14"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. b3 g6 10. Ba3 Nb4 11. Bb2 Bg7 12. a3 Nd5 13. Nd2 O-O 14. O-O-O Rfe8 15. Re1 Nb6 16. h4 d5 17. h5 dxc4 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Qf3 Rab8 20. Re4 Bc8 21. Nxc4 Bf5 22. Reh4 Nxc4 23. Bxc4 Qg5+ 24. Qe3 Qxe3+ 25. fxe3 Be6 26. Bxe6 Rxe6 27. Kc2 Rb5 28. Bd4 a6 29. b4 Rd5 30. g4 Kf8 31. Bc5+ Kg8 32. Bd4 Kf8 33. Bc5+ Ke8 34. Rh7 Bxe5 35. e4 Rd8 36. Rf1 Rd7 37. g5 Bd6 38. Bd4 Be5 39. Bc5 Bd6 40. Bd4 Be5 41. Bc5 Bd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "85th Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2023.01.19"] [Round "5.4"] [White "Erigaisi, Arjun"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2722"] [BlackElo "2811"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2023.01.14"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 a5 10. Re1 Ba7 11. Nbd2 Nh7 12. d4 g4 13. Nh4 exd4 14. Rb1 Ne5 15. Bb3 dxc3 16. bxc3 h5 17. Nf5 Ng6 18. h3 a4 19. Bc4 d5 20. Bxd5 Bxf5 21. exf5 Qxd5 22. fxg6 fxg6 23. hxg4 Nf6 24. Qc2 Qf7 25. Rxb7 Nxg4 26. Nf3 Bb6 27. c4 Ra5 28. Rb1 Qf6 29. Bxc7 Bxf2+ 30. Kh1 Rf5 31. Qe4 Rxf3 32. Qd5+ Rf7 33. Bd8 Qf4 34. Bc7 Qf6 35. Bd8 Qf4 36. Bc7 Qf6 37. Bd8 Rf5 1/2-1/2 [Event "85th Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2023.01.19"] [Round "5.5"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Keymer, Vincent"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C84"] [WhiteElo "2735"] [BlackElo "2696"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "157"] [EventDate "2023.01.14"] {[%evp 0,157,35,28,26,37,16,8,25,-4,-4,-4,20,0,21,27,28,-19,-13,-51,-17,-61,-34,-48,10,-32,19,15,24,14,7,9,11,-32,-2,-6,6,7,7,-4,-2,-2,13,-10,12,3,6,7,22,-7,-10,-19,7,7,28,28,56,10,30,32,44,36,29,44,63,59,63,70,59,33,82,84,77,85,82,58,100,97,97,86,127,171,159,93,85,100,100,100,115,122,109,98,91,104,111,112,113,110,107,108,104,109,138,127,123,132,138,132,132,128,122,122,122,58,122,92,122,99,123,99,99,99,99,99,99,99,99,74,86,77,99,80,96,96,104,96,96,107,132,150,139,176,165,192,200,200,211,223,246,249,249,271,307,307,296,296,302,296,330,292]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. Bc2 Re8 10. Re1 h6 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d4 Bb7 13. d5 Nb8 14. b3 Nbd7 15. c4 c6 16. Nf1 a5 17. Be3 a4 18. h3 axb3 19. axb3 Rxa1 20. Qxa1 Qc7 21. Rc1 Ra8 22. Qb2 Qa5 23. Ng3 b4 24. Ne1 Nc5 25. Rd1 Nfd7 26. Nf5 cxd5 27. exd5 Bc8 28. Bd2 Nf6 29. Ng3 Be7 30. Nd3 Nxd3 31. Bxd3 Bd7 32. Bf5 Be8 33. Bb1 Bd7 34. f4 Re8 35. Rf1 Bd8 36. fxe5 Qc5+ 37. Kh2 Rxe5 38. Bf4 Re8 39. Qd2 (39. Qc2 $142 $18) 39... h5 40. Bg5 h4 $1 41. Bxh4 Qe3 42. Qxe3 Rxe3 43. Rf3 Rxf3 44. gxf3 Be7 45. Bf5 Be8 46. Bxf6 $2 {This should have given away the win.} (46. Ne4 $142 Nxd5 (46... Nxe4 47. Bxe7 Nc5 48. Bxd6 Nxb3 49. Bxb4 $18) 47. Bxe7 Nxe7 48. Nxd6 $18) 46... Bxf6 47. f4 g6 48. Ne4 Be7 49. Bc8 f5 50. Nf2 Bd8 51. Nd3 Ba5 52. Kg3 Kg7 53. Kf3 Kf6 54. Be6 Ke7 55. Ke2 Kf6 56. Bc8 Ke7 57. Ba6 Bf7 58. Bb5 Kf6 59. h4 Ke7 60. Kf3 Kf6 61. Nf2 Bb6 62. Nh3 Bd4 63. Ng5 Ke7 64. Ba6 Bb6 65. Bc8 {Earlier, there had been plans with c4-c5, but now the only obvious idea for White is to play h5, swapping the h-pawn for Black's f-pawn. Why allow it?} Be8 $4 (65... Kf6 {still holds, apparently comfortably, though Aronian would surely have continued for another 20+ moves as a matter of principle.}) 66. h5 $18 gxh5 67. Bxf5 Bd4 68. Ne4 Bf7 69. Bh7 Be8 70. Kg3 Bf7 71. Kh3 Be8 72. f5 {With Bg6 coming, White's king will move up the board to collect the h-pawn.} Bb2 73. Bg6 Bd7 74. Kh4 Bd4 75. Kxh5 Bc8 76. Kg5 Be3+ 77. Kg4 Bd4 78. Bh7 Bf6 79. Bg8 {The bishop goes to e6, and then White's king goes to g6 to get the f-pawn going. White doesn't have to fear ...Ba6xc4, as after bxc4 b3 the knight will reach d2 in time.} (79. Bg8 Bd7 (79... Bb7 80. Be6 Ba6 81. Kh5 Be5 82. Kg6 Kf8 83. f6 Bxf6 84. Kxf6 ({Just to make the point that Black has no counterplay,} 84. Nxf6 {is also good enough:} Bxc4 85. bxc4 b3 {and in addition to Bf5 White can still play Ne4-d2 (or Nc3).} 86. Bf5 $18)) 80. Be6 Ba4 81. bxa4 b3 82. Kh5 b2 83. Nd2 $18) 1-0 [Event "85th Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2023.01.19"] [Round "5.6"] [White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"] [Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D20"] [WhiteElo "2719"] [BlackElo "2681"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2023.01.14"] {[%evp 0,89,25,14,26,5,20,13,24,21,40,24,24,41,41,60,63,53,55,-1,116,85,239,85,80,95,95,103,103,103,103,103,93,92,87,67,68,60,38,63,61,38,82,38,38,27,23,-75,85,106,107,93,93,95,95,95,102,117,117,86,120,115,145,161,158,158,158,158,180,181,212,213,213,213,221,182,182,220,226,226,229,229,259,243,265,262,301,294,326,340,344,344]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nxe5 b5 7. f3 O-O 8. a3 $146 Ba5 9. a4 c5 $2 ({Black had to play} 9... a6) ({or} 9... c6) 10. dxc5 $16 {/+-} Qe8 11. axb5 $1 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qxe5 13. Qd4 {White's tidal wave of pawns more than compensates for the piece.} Qc7 14. c6 (14. Bxc4 $142 Nbd7 {(Else White may return to the c6 idea.)} 15. Be3 $18 {was even better, though Maghsoodloo's choice is very appealing, incarcerating Black's knight.}) 14... Be6 15. Be2 Nxc6 16. bxc6 Rfd8 17. Qf2 (17. Qc5 $142 Nd7 18. Qa5 $16) 17... a5 $1 18. Be3 Qxc6 19. O-O $14 {Van Foreest has done well to avoid a complete disaster, though his position remains uncomfortable.} a4 (19... Rdb8 $142) 20. Bd4 Ne8 21. f4 $1 Qxe4 22. f5 (22. Bf3 $142 Qxf4 23. Bb6 $1 Rd5 24. Bxd5 Qxf2+ 25. Rxf2 Bxd5 26. Rf5 $14 {/?}) 22... Bd5 $11 23. Rae1 a3 $2 {Either a blunder or a misevaluation of the strength of his a-pawn.} (23... Qe7 $8 24. Bxc4 (24. f6 Nxf6 25. Bxc4 Qd6 26. Bxd5 Qxd5 $11 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Qxf6 Rd6 $11) 24... Qd7 25. Bxd5 Qxd5 26. f6 Nxf6 27. Re5 Qc6 28. Rc5 Qe6 $11 (28... Qa6 $11)) 24. Bh5 $18 {Black's queen is trapped. Does the a-pawn suffice to make up for it?} a2 (24... Qd3 25. Rd1 Qe4 26. Rfe1 {and goodbye, Black queen.}) 25. Rxe4 Bxe4 26. Ra1 Rdb8 27. Bb6 $5 (27. Bxf7+ Kxf7 28. Qe2 $3 Rb1+ 29. Kf2 Bxf5 (29... Rxa1 30. Qxc4+ Ke7 31. Qe6+ Kd8 32. Bb6+ Nc7 33. Qd6+ Ke8 34. Bc5 $1 Rf1+ 35. Kg3 Nd5 36. Qc6+ Kd8 37. Qxa8+ Kc7 38. Qxa2 Rxf5 39. Qa7+ Kc6 40. c4 $18) 30. Rxa2 Rxa2 31. Qxa2 Bd3 32. g4 $16 {/+-}) 27... Ra6 28. Rxa2 Raxb6 29. h3 $16 Nf6 (29... h6 $142 $1 30. Be2 Bd3 $16) 30. Be2 Rb5 ({Now} 30... Bd3 $4 {fails to} 31. Qxb6 $18) 31. Bxc4 Rxf5 32. Qa7 $18 {Now that White has a passed c-pawn, Black's defenses will be stretched too thin.} Rf8 33. Rb2 h5 34. Rb8 Rxb8 35. Qxb8+ Kh7 36. Bxf7 Rg5 37. g3 Ra5 38. Be6 Ra1+ 39. Kf2 Bg6 40. g4 Rb1 41. Qe5 Ne4+ 42. Kg2 Rb2+ 43. Kf3 h4 44. Bd5 Nf6 45. Qg5 (45. Qg5 Nxd5 46. Qxh4+ Kg8 47. Qd8+ Kh7 48. Qxd5 $18) 1-0 [Event "85th Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2023.01.19"] [Round "5.7"] [White "Gukesh, D."] [Black "Rapport, Richard"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D80"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2740"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2023.01.14"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. e3 O-O 9. cxd5 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qxd5 11. Be2 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Nc6 13. Qxa5 Nxa5 14. O-O Be6 15. Rfc1 Rfc8 16. Nd2 Bd5 17. a4 e6 18. Bf3 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Bf8 20. Rab1 Ba3 21. Rd1 b6 22. Ne4 Nc4 23. h4 Kg7 24. Rb3 Be7 25. Rc3 a6 26. h5 b5 27. h6+ Kf8 28. axb5 axb5 29. Rb3 b4 30. Nc5 Nb6 31. e4 Rd8 32. Rbb1 Rac8 33. Nb7 Rd7 34. Nc5 Rdd8 35. Nb7 Rd7 36. Nc5 Rdd8 37. Kf1 g5 38. Be3 e5 39. Nb7 Rd7 40. Nc5 Bxc5 41. dxc5 Rxd1+ 42. Rxd1 Nc4 43. Rb1 Nxe3+ 44. fxe3 Rxc5 45. Rxb4 Rc6 46. Rb5 Rxh6 47. Rxe5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tata Steel Challengers"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2023.01.18"] [Round "5.6"] [White "Beerdsen, Thomas"] [Black "Roebers, Eline"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C15"] [WhiteElo "2515"] [BlackElo "2361"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2023.01.14"] {[%evp 0,65,30,30,33,32,43,43,21,-25,-39,-43,-77,-37,-68,-79,-7,-87,-34,-65,-65,-61,-38,-190,-174,-274,-231,-205,-209,-209,-209,-225,-188,-218,-238,-265,-251,-251,-313,-328,-300,-259,-259,-291,-270,-281,-218,-224,-72,-78,-116,-67,-11,-223,-192,-207,-204,-208,305,305,305,307,344,352,1339,1431,1610,1691]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 dxe4 5. Qg4 Nf6 6. Qxg7 Rg8 7. Qh6 Qxd4 8. O-O-O Bf8 9. Qh4 (9. Qf4 $11 {is rarer but better.}) 9... Rg4 10. Qh3 Qxf2 $15 11. g3 $2 (11. Be3 Qh4 12. Be2 Qxh3 13. Nxh3 $15) 11... Qc5 $19 (11... Bd7 $19) 12. Bg2 $2 e3 13. Be1 Nc6 14. Nge2 Rc4 (14... e5) 15. g4 e5 16. Qf3 Be7 17. g5 Bg4 $1 18. Qf1 Nd4 $1 {So far, it has been a great and completely one-sided game for Roebers. Still, there's that last line of defense that needs to be overcome.} 19. Kb1 Nxe2 (19... Rxc3 {is even better.}) 20. Nxe2 Rxc2 21. Bf3 Bf5 $1 22. Bc6+ $1 bxc6 $2 (22... Qxc6 23. Qxf5 Rxe2 24. gxf6 Qxf6 25. Qd7+ Kf8 {keeps it simple. Black is four pawns up, and while White can regain one with} 26. Qxc7 {it comes at the cost of a queen trade that will render further resistance pointless:} Qc6 $19 {The swap can't be avoided, e.g.} 27. Qxe5 Qc2+ ({Not} 27... Qxh1 $4 28. Qh8#) 28. Ka1 Qxd1#) 23. Qxf5 Rxe2 24. gxf6 Bxf6 25. Rg1 Kf8 26. Bc3 Rb8 $1 27. Ka1 Rf2 $1 28. Qxh7 {The critical moment.} e2 $4 (28... Ke7 $1 {Only this wins.} 29. Qh3 Rd2 30. Rc1 Qb6 31. Rb1 Rbd8 $19) 29. Qg8+ Ke7 30. Qxb8 exd1=Q+ 31. Rxd1 Qd6 (31... Qd5 32. Bb4+ $1 (32. Rxd5 $4 Rf1+ 33. Rd1 Rxd1#) 32... Kd7 (32... Ke6 33. Qc8+ Qd7 34. Qxd7#) 33. Rxd5+ $18) (31... Qb5 32. Qd8+ Ke6 33. Qd7#) 32. Bb4 $1 (32. Rxd6 $4 Rf1+ 33. Rd1 Rxd1#) 32... c5 33. Bxc5 $1 (33. Bxc5 $1 Qxc5 34. Qd8+ Ke6 35. Qd7#) 1-0