[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"] [Site "Dusseldorf GER"] [Date "2023.02.18"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B76"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2734"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2023.02.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1476"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2023.02.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.02.20"] [SourceQuality "2"] {[%evp 0,61,23,18,52,56,68,58,61,28,28,28,55,66,50,33,35,30,42,21,37,12,30,25,42,37,45,36,41,48,76,83,84,87,99,92,96,72,64,68,124,117,121,94,117,114,163,131,181,190,176,146,148,189,188,202,193,201,188,197,189,226,279,291]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 {Points for guts!} 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. g4 (9. O-O-O) ({and} 9. Bc4 {have always been the top moves, but Aronian's choice has been the long-suffering third option.}) 9... h5 (9... Be6 {is the standard move, arguing that White's f-pawn will be a liability on the open file in case White takes on e6.}) 10. g5 Ne8 {Practically a novelty.} (10... Nd7) 11. O-O-O $146 Qa5 12. Nb3 Bxc3 13. Nxa5 Bxd2+ 14. Bxd2 $14 {The spectators might be unhappy, as the traditional Dragon barn-burner with attacks on opposite wings won't be on display this time. Aronian, however, will not be unhappy, as he stands better with the bishop pair.} f6 $4 $18 {Two questions is a bit harsh, but the game is essentially lost at this moment. Black is hoping to activate his own pieces, but the actual result is that White's bishops and rooks come alive, while Black will end up with several pawn weaknesses and a bad king. The game is lost with this one error.} 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. gxf6 Nxf6 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Bc4+ Kh7 19. Bg5 Kg7 20. Rhg1 {White has benefited from 14...f6 far more than Black has.} a5 21. Rg2 Nd7 (21... Ba6 22. Bb3) 22. Rdg1 Ba6 23. Bb3 Nf8 24. Bd2 Bc8 {So much for 20...a5 and 22...Ba6.} 25. a4 e5 {This seals the d-pawn's fate, but otherwise Bc3+ followed by Bf7 (assuming Black moves his king rather than playing ...e5) will win the g-pawn and let White's rooks run rampant.} 26. Bc3 Be6 27. Rd2 Bxb3 28. cxb3 Re6 29. Rgd1 Rd8 30. f4 g5 31. f5 (31. f5 Rh6 32. Bxe5+ $18) 1-0 [Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"] [Site "Dusseldorf GER"] [Date "2023.02.18"] [Round "3.2"] [White "So, W."] [Black "Gukesh, D."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D20"] [WhiteElo "2766"] [BlackElo "2718"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2023.02.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1476"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2023.02.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.02.20"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 exd4 6. Nxd4 Nd7 7. Bxc4 Ngf6 8. f3 O-O 9. Be2 Ne5 10. Be3 Qe7 11. O-O c5 12. Nc2 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Be6 14. Na3 Rfd8 15. Qc2 a6 16. c4 Nc6 17. Qb2 Nd4 18. Rfd1 Nxe2+ 19. Qxe2 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Nd7 21. Qb2 b5 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Nxb5 Rxa2 24. Qc3 h6 25. Nc7 Kh7 26. Bf2 c4 27. Qd4 Nf8 28. Nd5 Bxd5 29. Qxd5 Qe6 30. Rc1 Qxd5 31. exd5 Rd2 32. h4 Rxd5 33. Rxc4 1/2-1/2 [Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"] [Site "Dusseldorf GER"] [Date "2023.02.18"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, I."] [Black "Giri, A."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A28"] [WhiteElo "2793"] [BlackElo "2780"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2023.02.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1476"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2023.02.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.02.20"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Qd6 8. g3 Qg6 9. d3 Be7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Rb8 12. a4 b6 13. Nd2 Na5 14. Bb2 Bb7 15. Bxb7 Rxb7 16. c4 Nc6 17. Nf3 Bd6 18. a5 bxa5 19. c5 Bxc5 20. Bxe5 Bb6 21. Rfc1 Nb4 22. Qc4 c5 23. Bf4 Re8 24. Be3 Rbe7 25. Nd2 Qh5 26. Re1 Nd5 27. Nf1 h6 28. Rac1 Nf6 29. Qa4 Ng4 30. Rc4 f5 31. Qa2 Qf7 32. Ra4 Qxa2 33. Rxa2 c4 34. dxc4 Nxe3 35. Nxe3 Bxe3 36. fxe3 Rxe3 37. Rxa5 1/2-1/2 [Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"] [Site "Dusseldorf GER"] [Date "2023.02.18"] [Round "3.4"] [White "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Black "Duda, J."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "2675"] [BlackElo "2729"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2023.02.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1476"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2023.02.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.02.20"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qxc4 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. e4 Rc8 12. Qe2 Qa5 13. Rd1 Rfd8 14. Bd2 Qb6 15. Be3 Qa5 16. Nd2 Be8 17. Nb3 Qb4 18. f4 Nd7 19. e5 Nb6 20. Bf2 a5 21. Be1 a4 22. Nd5 Qc4 23. Qxc4 Nxc4 24. Nxe7+ Nxe7 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Na5 Nxa5 27. Bxa5 Ra8 28. Bb4 Nd5 29. Bd2 Rc8 30. Rc1 Rxc1+ 31. Bxc1 Bc6 32. Bd2 h5 33. Kf2 Kf8 34. h3 Ke8 35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 Kd7 37. Bf1 Nc7 38. Bd3 Bd5 39. a3 Bb3 40. f5 Bd1 41. Kg3 Nd5 42. Kh4 f6 43. exf6 gxf6 44. fxe6+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"] [Site "Dusseldorf GER"] [Date "2023.02.18"] [Round "3.5"] [White "Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu"] [Black "Keymer, Vincent"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C84"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2690"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2023.02.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1476"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2023.02.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.02.20"] [SourceQuality "2"] {[%evp 0,85,23,18,18,16,16,6,33,3,-3,16,10,1,13,20,40,28,28,27,33,14,28,8,36,28,48,61,52,21,40,37,57,47,77,58,61,67,37,53,38,31,52,48,48,52,52,29,29,28,35,41,56,26,49,17,26,13,27,3,3,9,0,-32,34,49,71,106,174,126,145,145,133,149,174,154,160,180,291,257,561,551,550,572,787,435,546,572]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. Bd2 {Relatively uncommon, though the idea has been bouncing around in similar positions for years. White prevents Black from expanding on the queenside, Chigorin style, with ...Na5 followed by ...c5.} (8. a3 Na5 9. Ba2 c5 {is one common variation illustrating the point in the previous note.}) 8... O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Re1 Rb8 (10... Re8 {followed by ...Bf8 is far more common, but it generally amounts to nothing more than a transposition of moves.}) 11. a3 Re8 12. Nc3 Bf8 13. Nd5 (13. Ba2 Ne7 14. Nh4 g5 15. Nf3 Ng6 16. Nh2 c6 17. Ne2 d5 18. Ng3 dxe4 19. dxe4 Rb7 20. Qf3 Nf4 21. Rad1 Rd7 22. Be3 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Qe7 24. Ng4 Nxg4 25. hxg4 Rd8 26. Re1 c5 27. Nf5 Qc7 28. g3 Ne6 29. Qh1 f6 30. Bd5 {1-0 Carlsen,M (2872)-Vitiugov,N (2747) Tata Steel-A 82nd Wijk aan Zee 2020 (8)}) (13. Ne2 Be6 14. Ng3 d5 15. Qe2 dxe4 16. dxe4 Bxb3 17. cxb3 Nd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. b4 Nd7 20. Bf4 Rc8 21. Rad1 c5 22. bxc5 Nxc5 23. Qg4 Kh8 24. e5 Ne6 25. Nf5 Rc2 26. Nd6 Bxd6 27. exd6 Qf6 28. Bg3 Rd8 29. Bh4 g5 30. Bg3 Kh7 31. Qe4+ Qg6 32. Qb7 Rxb2 33. Qe7 Rg8 34. d7 Qh5 35. Rxe6 Qxd1+ 36. Kh2 Rb1 37. Qxf7+ Rg7 38. Qf5+ {1-0 Caruana,F (2828)-Tari,A (2633) Norway Chess Armageddon 8th Stavanger blitz 2020 (10)}) 13... Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Ne7 15. Bb3 (15. Ba2 Ng6 16. d4 c5 17. c3 Bb7 18. d5 Bc8 19. b4 c4 20. Bb1 Be7 21. a4 Rf8 22. Bc2 f5 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ra7 Ra8 26. Rb7 Rb8 27. Rxb8 Qxb8 28. Bxf5 Rxf5 29. Qc2 Rf6 30. Nh2 Qe8 31. Ra1 Rf8 32. Ra7 Bd8 33. Rb7 e4 34. Be3 Nf4 35. Qd1 Nd3 36. Ng4 h5 37. Bd4 Rf7 38. Nh6+ gxh6 39. Qxh5 Ne5 40. Bxe5 dxe5 41. Qg6+ Kf8 42. Qxh6+ Kg8 43. Qg6+ Kf8 44. Rb8 Rf6 45. Qh7 e3 46. fxe3 Rd6 47. Qh8+ Kf7 48. Rb7+ Be7 49. Qxe5 Kf8 50. e4 Qd8 51. Qh8+ Kf7 52. Qh7+ Kf8 53. Kh1 Qe8 54. e5 {1-0 Adams,M (2660)-Wahls,M (2605) Bundesliga 9697 Germany 1996 [1]}) 15... c5 $146 {Varying from a pair of noteable predecessors.} (15... Ng6 16. a4 Be6 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Qe2 (19. Ra7 Ra8 20. Qa1 Re8 21. Qa5 c5 22. Ra1 Rxa7 23. Qxa7 b4 24. Be3 Qc8 25. Nd2 f5 26. Qa2+ Kh7 27. exf5 Qxf5 28. Qd5 Qe6 29. Qxe6 Rxe6 30. Ne4 d5 31. Nxc5 Rc6 32. Ra6 Rc7 33. Ne6 Rxc2 34. h4 Be7 35. h5 Nf8 36. d4 Nxe6 37. Rxe6 exd4 38. Bxd4 Bf6 39. Bxf6 gxf6 40. Rd6 Rxb2 41. Rxd5 b3 42. Rb5 Rb1+ 43. Kh2 b2 44. Rb7+ Kg8 45. g4 Kf8 46. Kg2 Ke8 47. Kf3 Kd8 48. Kf4 Kc8 49. Rb3 Kd7 50. Kf5 Kd6 51. Kxf6 Kd5 52. Rb8 Ke4 53. Kg6 Kf4 54. Rb4+ Kf3 55. Kxh6 Kxf2 56. g5 Ke2 57. g6 Kd3 58. g7 {1-0 Praggnanandhaa,R (2690)-Salem,A (2677) Airthings Masters Play In Chess.com INT rapid 2023 (5)}) 19... d5 20. exd5 Qxd5 21. Qe4 Qxe4 22. dxe4 Rc6 23. c3 f6 24. g3 b4 25. Kg2 bxc3 26. Bxc3 Bd6 27. Nd2 Nf8 28. Nf1 Bb4 29. Rec1 Bxc3 30. Rxc3 Rxc3 31. bxc3 Rb3 32. Rc1 Ne6 33. Nd2 Rb2 34. Nc4 Ra2 35. Rd1 Nc5 36. Rd2 Ra4 37. Ne3 Nxe4 38. Rd7 Ra2 39. Kf3 Nxf2 40. Nf5 Nxh3 41. Rxg7+ Kf8 42. Rxc7 h5 43. Ke3 Ng5 44. Nd6 Rc2 45. Nf5 Ne6 46. Rc6 Kf7 47. Nh6+ Kg6 48. Rxe6 Rxc3+ 49. Kd2 Rc8 50. Ke3 Rh8 {0-1 Caruana,F (2847)-Carlsen,M (2830) Wch Blitz Almaty 2022 (17)}) 16. a4 Bb7 $11 17. Nh4 Qc7 (17... d5 $1 $11) 18. axb5 axb5 19. Qg4 {Hoping to take advantage of Black's light-squared bishop's leaving c8.} Qc8 (19... Ra8 $142) 20. Qg3 $14 c4 21. dxc4 bxc4 22. Ba4 Bc6 23. Bxh6 (23. Bxc6 Qxc6 24. Bc3 $14) 23... Rxb2 24. Bc1 $1 Rb7 (24... Bxa4 $1 25. Bxb2 Bxc2 $44 {/=/?}) 25. Bg5 $14 Bxa4 (25... d5 $14) 26. Rxa4 Qc6 (26... d5 $142 $14) 27. Ra5 $16 {Now ...d5 loses a pawn, and so Black remains cramped.} Qc7 28. Ra6 Nc6 $2 (28... Reb8 $142) 29. c3 $18 Rb3 30. Nf5 Nd4 {Keymer may have been counting on this. It's a good try, but Black's position is lost if Pragg makes the right move here - and he does.} 31. Bf6 $1 Ne6 (31... Nxf5 $2 32. exf5 $18 {White is threatening to take on g7 followed by f6, and Black is without a good reply.}) 32. Rxd6 (32. Re3 $1 {may be best, cutting out any ...Rxc3 ideas.}) 32... Rxc3 $1 {The best defensive chance.} 33. Qxc3 Bxd6 34. Qg3 Bf8 35. Bxe5 {Despite White's inaccuracy on move 32, his position remains won.} Qd7 36. Kh2 (36. Qg4 $1 {was best, threatening Nxg7 (exploiting the pin on the Ne6) while clearing g3 for a rook lift.}) 36... Qb7 (36... Rc8) 37. Qg4 Rd8 (37... c3 38. Bxc3 Qc7+ 39. Qg3 $18) 38. Rc1 Qa7 39. Rc2 Qc5 40. Nh6+ Kh7 41. Nxf7 Re8 42. f4 Kg8 43. Qg6 {Black's position is a disaster. He's down two pawns, and White threatens to win Black's rook (Nh6+ followed by Qxe8) as well as the banal Nh6+ followed by Nf5. Black's resignation came right on time.} 1-0 [Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"] [Site "Dusseldorf GER"] [Date "2023.02.19"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Duda, J."] [Black "Aronian, L."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D39"] [WhiteElo "2729"] [BlackElo "2736"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2023.02.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1476"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2023.02.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.02.20"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. e5 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. exf6 Qxg5 11. fxg7 Qxg7 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Bxc4 Rd8 14. Qe3 Bd7 15. O-O-O Nc6 16. Bb3 Rac8 17. Kb2 a5 18. h4 Kh8 19. h5 Qe5 20. Qf3 Nxd4 21. cxd4 Qg5 22. Qxf7 a4 23. Bxe6 Bxe6 24. Qxe6 Re8 25. Qd6 Re2+ 26. Ka1 Rcc2 27. Qf8+ Qg8 28. Qf6+ Qg7 29. Qd8+ Qg8 30. Qf6+ Qg7 31. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"] [Site "Dusseldorf GER"] [Date "2023.02.19"] [Round "4.2"] [White "So, W."] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, I."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E10"] [WhiteElo "2766"] [BlackElo "2793"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2023.02.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1476"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2023.02.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.02.20"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Bf4 b6 10. Rd1 Ba6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. e4 Rc8 15. Nc3 d4 16. Rxd4 Qc7 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. h4 h6 19. h5 Bc5 20. R4d2 Bf8 21. Rd4 Bc5 22. R4d2 Bf8 23. a4 Nb8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rxd8 Qxd8 26. Nb5 Bxb5 27. axb5 Bc5 28. Qd2 Qxd2 29. Bxd2 Bd4 30. Bc3 Bxc3 31. bxc3 Nd7 32. f4 Nc5 33. Kf2 Na4 34. c4 Nc5 35. Ke3 Nd7 36. Bf1 Kf8 37. Bd3 Ke7 38. Bc2 Kf8 39. Kd4 Ke7 40. Ke3 Kf8 41. Kf3 Ke7 42. Ke3 1/2-1/2 [Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"] [Site "Dusseldorf GER"] [Date "2023.02.19"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Gukesh, D."] [Black "Keymer, Vincent"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2718"] [BlackElo "2690"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2023.02.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1476"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2023.02.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.02.20"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. Qd3 Nc5 11. Nxc5 dxc5 12. Qe2 Be7 13. Bg2 O-O 14. O-O Qb6 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bd7 17. b4 Qxb4 18. d6 Bg5 19. Bxg5 Bb5 20. c3 Qa4 21. Qxe5 Bxf1 22. Bxh6 gxh6 23. Rxf1 Rae8 24. Qxc5 Re6 25. Bd5 Rg6 26. Rb1 h5 27. d7 Qxd7 28. Be4 hxg4 29. Bxg6 fxg6 30. Qc4+ Qf7 31. Qxf7+ Rxf7 32. hxg4 b5 33. Kg2 Rc7 34. Rd1 Rxc3 35. Rd6 Kf7 36. Rxa6 b4 37. g5 b3 38. axb3 Rxb3 39. Rf6+ Kg7 40. f3 1/2-1/2 [Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"] [Site "Dusseldorf GER"] [Date "2023.02.19"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Black "Praggnanandhaa, R."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2734"] [BlackElo "2690"] [PlyCount "116"] [EventDate "2023.02.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1476"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2023.02.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.02.20"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd4 Be7 9. Nc3 Qd6 10. Nb5 Qd8 11. Bf4 Nd5 12. Bg3 O-O 13. Rc1 Bd7 14. Nd6 Bxd6 15. Bxd6 Nce7 16. Ba3 Re8 17. Ne5 Ng6 18. Qd2 Ngf4 19. Bf3 Bb5 20. Rfd1 Qf6 21. Bd6 Rad8 22. Ng4 Qf5 23. Bxf4 Qxf4 24. Ne3 Bc6 25. Nxd5 Qxd2 26. Rxd2 Bxd5 27. Rc7 Kf8 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. g4 Re7 30. Rdc2 Ke8 31. Kg2 Rxc7 32. Rxc7 Rd7 33. Rc8+ Rd8 34. Rc3 Rd6 35. h4 Kd7 36. Ra3 Rb6 37. Rxa7 Rxb2 38. Kf3 Ke6 39. Ra8 h6 40. Ke3 Rc2 41. Re8+ Kd6 42. h5 Rc3+ 43. Kf4 Rd3 44. Rg8 Rxd4+ 45. Kf5 Rd2 46. f4 d4 47. Rxg7 Ke7 48. Ke4 Rxa2 49. Rg8 Rd2 50. Rb8 Kf6 51. Rxb7 Re2+ 52. Kxd4 Rg2 53. Rb6+ Kg7 54. g5 hxg5 55. h6+ Kh7 56. fxg5 Rxg5 57. Rf6 Rg6 58. Rxf7+ Kxh6 1/2-1/2 [Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"] [Site "Dusseldorf GER"] [Date "2023.02.19"] [Round "4.5"] [White "Giri, A."] [Black "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2675"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2023.02.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1476"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2023.02.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.02.20"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. b4 a5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. Qb3 Nh5 9. Ne2 Nxf4 10. Nxf4 g6 11. a4 Bg7 12. Ra2 O-O 13. O-O Ne5 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15. Rd1 Qc6 16. Nd3 Nxd3 17. Rxd3 Rfc8 18. Nd2 axb4 19. cxb4 b6 20. cxb6 Qxb6 21. b5 Rc1+ 22. Nf1 Qa5 23. Rd1 Rc3 24. Qb1 Rc4 25. Rd3 Rb8 26. Rb3 Rxa4 27. Rxa4 Qxa4 28. g3 Rb6 29. h4 h5 30. Kg2 Bf6 31. Nd2 Kg7 32. Qd3 Bxh4 33. gxh4 1/2-1/2