[Event "Julius Baer GenCup Prelim"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2022.09.21"] [Round "13.3"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E27"] [WhiteElo "2837"] [BlackElo "2563"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2022.09.18"] {[%evp 0,95,14,25,19,6,6,6,25,-10,-10,-5,-9,-25,43,36,39,29,38,21,64,64,64,43, 42,-11,50,78,71,36,34,14,0,-28,-21,-98,-64,-86,-66,-66,-66,-66,9,-38,-22,-22, -22,-6,-6,-29,64,19,87,110,110,95,117,38,89,124,109,114,117,109,163,148,172, 172,178,160,205,210,212,167,166,150,130,150,159,149,169,162,202,185,204,198, 216,244,285,266,304,186,525,357,605,322,29983,29984]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 O-O 6. f3 Nh5 7. Nh3 f5 8. Bg5 Qe8 9. g4 Nf6 ({ Interestingly, Carlsen played this same variation 13 years ago, beating Morozevich in blitz.} 9... fxg4 10. fxg4 Nf6 11. Qd3 d6 12. Nf2 e5 13. Bg2 Nc6 14. Bxf6 Rxf6 15. O-O Kh8 16. Ne4 Rg6 17. h3 Bd7 18. Rf2 Nd8 19. d5 b6 20. Raf1 Nb7 21. Qe3 Kg8 22. Ng5 Nc5 23. Ne6 Bxe6 24. dxe6 c6 25. e7 Ne6 26. Rf8+ { 1-0 (26) Carlsen,M (2801)-Morozevich,A (2750) Moscow 2009}) 10. gxf5 exf5 11. Rg1 d6 12. Nf4 Nc6 13. Kf2 Nh5 14. c5 dxc5 15. e3 Kh8 16. Bc4 h6 17. Nxh5 Qxh5 18. Bf4 g5 19. Bxc7 f4 20. exf4 Qxh2+ 21. Rg2 Qh4+ 22. Kg1 Bh3 23. Rh2 gxf4 24. Kh1 {Both sides have had the advantage at different points in the game; here the position is objectively equal but Black must be precise to keep it that way.} Rac8 $2 ({Black needed to swap the pawns first, and only then put a rook - either rook - on c8.} 24... cxd4 25. cxd4 Rfc8 26. Be5+ Nxe5 27. Be6 Rd8 28. Rxh3 Qf6 29. d5 Nd3 30. Ra2 Qxe6 31. dxe6 Nf2+ 32. Rxf2 Rxd1+ $11) 25. Bd6 Rf6 26. dxc5 {White is winning, thanks to his monster bishops.} Rg6 27. Qe2 Qg3 28. Re1 Rg5 29. Qf2 Qxf2 30. Rxf2 Bd7 31. Rh2 $2 (31. Bxf4 $1 Rxc5 32. Rh2 $1 { is a nice way to win, with the tactical point that Black gets mated or loses most of his army after} Rxc4 $2 33. Rg1 $1 $18) 31... h5 $2 (31... Re8 $1 { might have saved the game.} 32. Rxh6+ (32. Rg1 Rxg1+ 33. Kxg1 Ne5 34. Bd5 Bc6 $14) 32... Kg7 33. Rxe8 Bxe8 34. Re6 $14) 32. Rg1 $18 {Winning again.} Rxg1+ 33. Kxg1 Be8 34. Rg2 b6 35. Rg8+ Kh7 36. Rg5 Bg6 37. Bb5 Na5 38. Re5 Nc6 39. Re6 bxc5 40. Bxf4 Rg8 41. Kf2 Nd8 42. Rd6 Bf5 43. Bc4 Rh8 44. Bg5 Nb7 45. Rf6 Bc8 46. f4 Kg7 47. f5 h4 48. Rf7+ (48. Rf7+ Kg8 49. Rc7+ {wins two pieces, with mate soon to follow. It was an impressive demonstration by Carlsen of the power of the two bishops.}) 1-0 [Event "Julius Baer GenCup Prelim"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2022.09.21"] [Round "14.3"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"] [Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2678"] [BlackElo "2620"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2022.09.18"] {[%evp 0,68,14,14,14,14,14,2,28,26,13,-11,-17,-6,7,14,5,-1,23,27,59,30,39,11,6, 14,23,-3,0,0,2,1,32,-16,37,19,16,17,9,5,10,11,12,-7,-39,-76,-84,-74,-105,-112, -38,-102,-112,-150,-143,-125,-123,-195,-196,-271,-279,-299,-298,-298,-316,-322, -232,-232,-232,-234,-249]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Nbd2 Re8 7. O-O a6 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Nc4 Nd7 (9... Bg4 {has also been played plenty of times, especially by Nakamura in 2016 and 2017.}) 10. Re1 Bf8 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 {White's center looks beautiful, and Black's pieces don't impress huddled on the back two ranks. Despite this, Black is at least equal here, thanks to the bishop pair. Stay tuned.} Nf6 $11 (12... Nb6 13. Nxb6 cxb6 14. h3 b5 15. Bf4 Be6 16. Re3 f6 17. b3 Qd7 18. Qc2 Rad8 19. Rd1 Qf7 20. Bg3 Qh5 21. Bc7 Rd7 22. Bb6 Bb4 23. Ne1 Bf7 24. Nd3 Bd6 25. Rde1 Bb8 26. f4 f5 27. Ne5 Bxe5 28. dxe5 fxe4 29. Qxe4 Rd2 30. R3e2 Bd5 31. Qe3 Rxe2 32. Rxe2 Qf5 33. g4 Qb1+ 34. Kf2 h5 35. f5 Qh1 36. Kg3 Re7 37. Bc5 Re8 38. e6 Kh7 39. Qg5 { 1-0 (39) Anand,V (2779)-Giri,A (2797) Shamkir 2019}) (12... c5 13. d5 b5 14. Na5 Qf6 15. Nc6 Nb8 16. e5 Qg6 17. Na5 Bg4 18. Bf4 Qf5 19. Bg3 Nd7 20. Nh4 Bxd1 21. Nxf5 Bc2 22. Ne3 Bd3 23. Nc6 c4 24. a4 Bc5 25. d6 cxd6 26. exd6 b4 27. Ne7+ Kf8 28. Red1 Bxe3 29. fxe3 Nc5 30. a5 Rxe7 31. dxe7+ Kxe7 32. Rac1 Rc8 33. Be1 Rb8 34. Rxc4 Bxc4 35. Rc1 Nd3 36. Bh4+ g5 37. Bxg5+ f6 {0-1 (37) Andriasian,Z (2585)-Pashikian,A (2578) Yerevan 2018}) (12... b5 {hasn't been played, but it's the engine's choice, claiming an edge for Black after} 13. Na5 Qf6 14. e5 Qg6 $15) 13. Bg5 (13. Nce5 Be6 14. h3 Nd7 15. Nd3 f6 16. Qc2 Bf7 17. Bd2 a5 18. b3 Ba3 19. Rad1 Nf8 20. Bc1 Bxc1 21. Nxc1 Qd7 22. Ne2 Bh5 23. Nh4 Qe7 24. f3 Bf7 25. Nc3 Rad8 26. Qf2 Qb4 27. Qe3 Be6 28. f4 Rd7 29. f5 Bf7 30. Nf3 g6 31. fxg6 Nxg6 32. Rf1 Qe7 33. h4 b5 34. h5 Nf8 35. Qh6 Qb4 36. Rd3 Ne6 37. d5 Qf8 38. Qxf6 Bxh5 39. Ne5 Qxf6 40. Rxf6 Nc5 41. Nxd7 Nxd3 42. Rxc6 Ne5 43. Nxe5 Rxe5 44. Rxc7 b4 45. d6 {1-0 (45) Alekseev,E (2683)-Godena,M (2526) Eilat 2012} ) 13... h6 14. Bxf6 $6 {Underestimating the bishop pair. White's center is not as useful as he may have hoped.} (14. Bh4 $142 g5 15. Nxg5 hxg5 16. Bxg5 Be7 $8 17. Ne5 Be6 18. f4 Nd7 $8 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. Ng4 $44) 14... Qxf6 $15 15. h3 $6 b6 (15... b5 $1 $17) 16. Qb3 $6 (16. b3 $142) 16... Be6 $2 (16... c5 $1 $17 { /-+}) 17. Qc3 c5 18. d5 Qxc3 19. bxc3 Bd7 $15 ({Or} 19... Bc8 $15 {, getting out of the way of any Ne5 jumps.}) 20. a4 (20. Nfe5 $142 Bc8 21. a4) 20... f6 $17 21. Ncd2 $2 b5 $19 {The jump in the evaluation shows how precarious White's situation was. Now that White's knights have been restricted, Black will start to roll White off the board with his queenside majority and the bishop pair.} 22. axb5 axb5 23. c4 $2 {If it weren't for the loose e-pawn (you'll see!), this blockading move would be good.} b4 24. Kf1 ({White wants to play} 24. Nb3 {, but the problem, as mentioned in the last comment and will be seen on the next move of the game, is the loose e-pawn.} Rxa1 25. Rxa1 (25. Nxa1 Ra8 $19 {is also thoroughly lost for White.}) 25... Rxe4 $19) 24... c6 25. Nb3 Rxa1 $1 26. Rxa1 (26. Nxa1 cxd5 27. exd5 Ra8 $19) 26... Rxe4 27. Ra7 Be8 28. Nfd2 (28. dxc6 $142 Bxc6 29. Nfd2 Re8 30. Rc7 Be4 31. Nxe4 (31. Nxc5 $2 Bd6 $1 $19) 31... Rxe4 32. Nd2 Rd4 33. Ke2 {is White's best chance to keep everything under control.}) 28... Re7 29. Ra8 $2 (29. Rxe7 Bxe7 30. d6 Bxd6 31. Ne4 {is a better try, though (again) inadequate.}) 29... cxd5 30. cxd5 Bb5+ 31. Kg1 c4 32. Nd4 Re1+ 33. Kh2 c3 34. N2b3 Re8 $1 {A very nice game by Niemann, demonstrating the power of the bishop pair.} 0-1 [Event "Julius Baer GenCup Prelim"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2022.09.21"] [Round "14.7"] [White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D67"] [WhiteElo "2693"] [BlackElo "2837"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "2022.09.18"] {[%evp 0,104,14,25,26,9,17,14,47,15,15,13,48,45,40,38,53,38,62,67,67,46,79,49, 47,52,69,51,83,57,52,70,72,67,50,64,53,34,45,41,59,41,60,60,71,13,6,1,16,29,16, 29,48,7,29,5,21,21,18,11,3,19,36,10,5,-2,1,0,0,-12,-9,-15,-9,-24,-33,-27,-28, -23,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-35,-69,-90,-92,-114,-126,-132,-140,-137,-138,-178, -195,-235,-248,-247,-247,-701,-715,-706,-732,-772,-806,-925,-958]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Bg5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Rc1 O-O 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Rxc3 b6 13. Bd3 c5 14. Qc2 h6 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Be4 Rb8 17. Rc1 a5 18. h3 Rd8 19. a3 Ba6 20. Bc6 cxd4 21. Nxd4 Rbc8 22. Be4 Rxc3 23. Qxc3 Qf8 24. Rd1 Nf6 25. Bf3 Rc8 26. Qd2 Rd8 27. Qe1 Kg8 28. b4 axb4 29. axb4 Bc4 30. Nc6 Rd6 31. Ne5 Rxd1 32. Qxd1 Bd5 33. Qd4 Bxf3 34. gxf3 ( 34. Nxf3 $11 {keeps the game pretty close to a dead draw.}) 34... Nd5 35. b5 Qa3 36. Kg2 Qb3 37. Qd3 Qxd3 38. Nxd3 Kf8 39. Ne5 Ke7 40. Nc4 Kd7 41. f4 $2 ( 41. e4 $1 {maintains equality. Obviously swapping the b-pawns results in a drawn ending, so Black ought to try} Nf4+ 42. Kg3 Ne2+ 43. Kg4 Kc7 {if he wants to play for more. However, White has} 44. e5 {followed by f4 and Nd6 (in one order or another), and it's still drawn.}) 41... Kc7 $19 42. Kf3 Nc3 43. Na3 Kd6 {Black's king breaks in before White's king can help. And that's that, as White has no counterplay.} 44. Nc4+ Kc5 45. Ne5 f5 46. Nd7+ Kxb5 47. Nf8 Kc4 48. Nxe6 b5 49. Nxg7 b4 50. Nxf5 b3 51. Nd4 b2 52. Nc2 Nb5 $1 (52... b1=Q $4 53. Na3+ $11) 0-1 [Event "Julius Baer GenCup Prelim"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2022.09.21"] [Round "15"] [White "Erigaisi, Arjun"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2764"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "114"] [EventDate "2022.09.18"] {[%evp 0,114,14,14,47,47,78,47,79,47,42,20,24,-17,28,41,34,-8,2,-4,-11,-14,7, -24,-25,-21,-34,-20,1,-49,-23,-50,-46,-54,-53,-77,-73,-73,-67,-80,-80,-80,-77, -61,-38,-57,-54,-78,-90,-93,-112,-87,-120,-103,-125,-108,-105,-117,-117,-126, -128,-134,-131,-126,-126,-123,-133,-177,-184,-188,-184,-176,-178,-175,-155, -155,-159,-181,-158,-170,-135,-146,-119,-130,-144,-143,-139,-202,-219,-207, -223,-218,-141,-163,-188,-207,-229,-276,-273,-273,-273,-275,-323,-413,-433, -521,-634,-708,-827,-882,-755,-887,-962,-1002,-1012,-1012,-1012] Giri needed a win, and he got it. For Erigaisi, the game had competitive significance only if Keymer defeated Carlsen, in which case he would have leapfrogged into second place. He didn't. (If Le had won his game with Yoo, he would have caught up with Erigaisi, but as the latter had won their head-to-head game he still would finished ahead of him on tiebreaks.) Unfortunately for Giri, both Yoo and Aronian won their games, and in their three-way tie it was Giri who was the odd man out, having lost to both of them in their head-to-head games.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 Qc7 7. a4 b6 8. c4 e6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Bf1 O-O 11. h3 $2 (11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 {produces a typical, complicated Hedgehog.}) 11... Ne5 $1 $15 {Now d4 is bad for White, and Black's pieces are better suited for this closed position.} 12. d3 Nfd7 $1 13. Be3 Bf6 14. Rc1 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Ne5 16. Qg3 Nc6 17. f4 Nd4 $17 {Everything according to the cookbook. White's c-, d- and e-pawns are on light squares, shutting in his pieces while creating holes on the dark squares for Black's pieces.} 18. Qf2 Rb8 19. Kh1 Qd8 20. g3 Bd7 21. Bg2 b5 {Progress.} 22. axb5 axb5 23. cxb5 (23. e5 $1 dxe5 24. Ne4 {was the best try, jettisoning a pawn for activity and breathing room.}) 23... Bxb5 $19 24. Red1 Bc6 25. Kh2 Rb3 26. e5 {Too late.} dxe5 27. Bxc6 Nxc6 28. Bxc5 exf4 29. gxf4 Bd4 30. Bxd4 Qxd4 {Black's pawns constitute one compact island, while White has four sickly isolated pawns. Black's pieces are also more active, so it's no surprise that he rolls to victory.} 31. Rd2 Rfb8 32. Ne4 Qxf2+ 33. Rxf2 Nb4 34. Nc5 Nxd3 35. Nxd3 Rxd3 36. Rc3 Rxc3 37. bxc3 Rc8 38. Rf3 g6 39. Kg3 Kg7 40. Kf2 Kf6 41. Ke2 Kf5 42. Kd3 Rd8+ 43. Kc4 Rd1 44. Kb5 Ke4 45. Rf2 Rc1 46. c4 Ke3 47. Ra2 f5 48. Ra6 Kxf4 49. Rxe6 Kg3 50. Re7 Kxh3 51. Rxh7+ Kg4 52. c5 f4 53. c6 f3 54. Rf7 g5 55. Kb6 Kg3 56. c7 f2 57. Kb7 g4 0-1 [Event "Julius Baer GenCup Prelim"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2022.09.21"] [Round "15"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Keymer, Vincent"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E01"] [WhiteElo "2861"] [BlackElo "2693"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "131"] [EventDate "2022.09.18"] {[%evp 0,131,26,-24,-5,-33,-30,-20,-11,-16,5,-33,-7,1,-11,-13,31,13,24,32,10, 17,19,21,25,45,18,24,28,26,24,21,21,21,6,25,21,22,35,35,9,37,22,-9,8,11,0,-19, -16,-18,-32,-21,-39,-47,-47,-67,-68,-80,-118,-75,-62,-67,-73,-67,-84,-88,-103, -91,-80,-143,-123,-157,-119,-131,-124,-123,-119,-123,-119,-259,-128,-133,-112, -253,-104,-105,-46,-11,0,-42,-34,-30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,128,116,112,153,145,0, 0,91,97,172,150,202,209,279,284,269,269,261,340,468,340,340,569,660,1098,28016, 29973,890,1393,29968,29981,29982]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3 dxc4 7. Qc2 a5 8. a3 Bxd2+ 9. Bxd2 b5 10. a4 Bb7 11. axb5 Qd5 12. O-O Qxb5 13. Rfc1 Bd5 14. Ne5 Nc6 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. f3 Qb6 17. e4 Qxd4+ 18. Kh1 Bb7 19. Bxa5 Qe5 20. Bc3 Qc5 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Qd2 Ne8 23. Rd1 h6 24. Qf4 Nd6 25. h4 Nb5 26. Be5 Rf8 27. Kh2 Bc8 28. Bf1 f6 29. Bc3 Nxc3 30. bxc3 Qf2+ 31. Bg2 e5 32. Qc1 Be6 33. Qa3 Re8 34. Qa4 Rb8 35. Qc6 Qb6 36. Qa4 Qb3 37. Qa7 Qb6 38. Qa3 Kf7 39. h5 {Black has been better-to-winning for quite some time, while Carlsen has been desperately hanging on. Here is where the game starts to shift - right at the moment when Keymer's advantage is at its peak.} Qb3 $2 $17 (39... Qf2 $1 40. Rf1 Qe2 41. Qc5 Rb2 42. Qxc7+ Kg8 43. Rg1 Qxf3 44. Qd8+ Kh7 45. Qe8 Qg4 {Threatening mate on h3.} 46. Kh1 Rc2 $19 {and White's position is utterly hopeless.}) 40. Qa5 Qb6 41. Qa3 $2 {One final chance for Keymer.} (41. Qa2) 41... Qc6 $4 (41... Qf2 $1 42. Rf1 Qe2 {is what we saw on move 39.}) 42. Bh3 $1 $11 {Now White isn't even worse.} Rb3 43. Bxe6+ Qxe6 44. Qc5 Rb2+ 45. Kg1 Qb6 ({After} 45... Qh3 $4 46. Qxc4+ {it is White who will deliver mate first.} Ke8 47. Qg8+ Ke7 48. Qxg7+ Ke8 49. Qg8+ Ke7 50. Qd8+ Kf7 51. Qxc7+ Ke8 52. Rd8#) 46. Rd7+ Kg8 47. Rxc7 Rb1+ 48. Kg2 Qb2+ 49. Kh3 Rh1+ 50. Kg4 Qd2 $4 (50... Qh2 {(or 50...Qg2) would have forced White to sac his rook and make a perpetual, or to go on an adventure (and still make a draw).} 51. Kf5 $5 (51. Rxg7+ Kxg7 52. Qe7+ $11) 51... Qh3+ 52. g4 (52. Kg6 $4 Qxh5#) 52... Qxf3+ 53. Ke6 Qxg4+ 54. Ke7 $11 {seems far more dangerous for White than for Black, but the engine sees 0.00 everywhere.}) 51. Qd5+ $1 $18 {It's not surprising that White wins this, as his active pieces and (in a moment) passed d-pawn are ideally placed.} Qxd5 52. exd5 Rd1 53. Rd7 Rd3 54. d6 Rxc3 55. Kf5 $1 Rxf3+ 56. Ke6 Rd3 57. Rc7 e4 58. d7 e3 59. Rxc4 Kh7 60. Ke7 g5 61. d8=Q Rxd8 62. Kxd8 f5 63. Rc7+ Kg8 64. Re7 f4 65. gxf4 gxf4 66. Ke8 $1 {A nice final touch. Black will be forced to surrender his pawns thanks to zugzwang.} (66. Ke8 $1 Kh8 67. Kf8 f3 68. Rxe3 f2 69. Rf3 Kh7 70. Rxf2 Kh8 71. Rf6 Kh7 72. Rg6 Kh8 73. Rxh6#) 1-0 [Event "Julius Baer GenCup Prelim"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2022.09.21"] [Round "15"] [White "Adhiban, Baskaran"] [Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A01"] [WhiteElo "2603"] [BlackElo "2696"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "26"] [EventDate "2022.09.18"] {[%evp 0,26,38,-36,-12,-18,8,2,4,-29,-29,-7,-2,-27,-8,-22,-30,-94,-175,-68,-73, -45,-31,-45,-45,-45,-45,-49,-49] Both players were out of the running, and made a quick draw. Nevertheless, the game had content!} 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. f3 Bf5 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Qe2 $6 Nc6 (6... exf3 $142 7. Nxf3 c6 8. O-O-O Nbd7 $17 {This looks fun for a blitz game, but White's compensation is sketchy at best.}) 7. Qb5 $2 Qd7 (7... e5 $19 {might be even better.}) 8. Qxb7 $2 (8. O-O-O $142) 8... Rb8 9. Qa6 Rb6 $2 $11 {Now neither side has anything better than the repetition that ensues.} (9... Nb4 $1 10. Qxa7 Nxc2+ 11. Kf2 Rd8 12. Rd1 e5 $19 {White's position is a disaster.}) 10. Qa4 Rb4 11. Qa6 Rb6 12. Qa4 Rb4 13. Qa6 Rb6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Julius Baer GenCup Prelim"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2022.09.21"] [Round "15"] [White "Le, Quang Liem"] [Black "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2728"] [BlackElo "2563"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "120"] [EventDate "2022.09.18"] {[%evp 0,120,8,23,14,18,34,-20,-7,-2,42,1,46,25,30,32,35,49,56,24,21,6,8,-5,50, 54,28,26,22,22,21,28,31,20,30,42,44,30,25,27,24,16,16,10,4,40,-1,-2,104,-10,0, 6,3,-36,-37,-18,1,-61,39,-20,-71,-78,-109,-83,-32,-56,-98,-77,-112,-99,-107, -108,-104,-147,-102,-116,-145,-145,-153,-166,-191,-173,-181,-239,-216,-221, -221,-274,-259,-262,-261,-259,-256,-258,-258,-269,-271,-329,-337,-338,-346, -353,-355,-370,-332,-341,-321,-334,-293,-391,-408,-489,-513,-657,-529,-533, -539,-557,-566,-885,-924,-922,-982]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 g6 8. Bd3 Bg7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. b4 O-O 11. b5 c5 12. Rc1 Qd6 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. O-O Nd7 15. Qb3 Nb6 16. a4 Be6 17. Nd4 Qd6 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Ne2 Be5 20. a5 Nd7 {White has maintained a slight, pleasant edge so far, but now things start to go amiss.} 21. e4 $6 {This would be wonderful if Black's only options were to swap on e4 and allow Qxe6 or else lose a pawn, but there's door #3:} (21. a6 bxa6 22. Rc6 Qe7 23. bxa6 Nf6 24. Qc2 Kg7 25. Nd4 Bxd4 26. exd4 $14) (21. g3 $14) (21. Qb4 $14) 21... Qd6 $1 22. f4 Bd4+ $1 23. Kh1 (23. Nxd4 dxe4 {regains the piece. That said, remember my remark above about "Black's only options"?} 24. Ne6 {is a clever way to induce Black to damage his structure. However, this is a better version for Yoo than what would have resulted from 21...dxe4; further, he can sac the exchange instead.} exd3 ({or} 24... fxe6 $11 {, with the critical point that White cannot take on e4 due to 25...Qd4+, winning the bishop. White's f-pawn is under attack, ... Qd4+ followed by ...Nc5 is on tap, so this isn't anything for White to rejoice in.}) 25. Nxf8 Rxf8 $11) 23... Nc5 $2 {Black wobbles as well (but doesn't fall down). White could have won here and given Giri a ticket to the knockout stage, but he missed his chance.} (23... dxe4 24. Bxe4 Nc5 $11) 24. Qc2 $2 (24. Qa3 $1 {(24.Qb4 also works.)} Be3 25. e5 Qe7 26. Rc3 b6 27. Bxg6 d4 28. Rxe3 dxe3 29. Bf5 $18 {is okay for Black materially, even after White takes the e-pawn, but his positional problems and broken kingside should cost him the game.}) 24... Be3 $2 (24... dxe4 25. Bxe4 Nxe4 26. Qxe4 Bg7 {is equal. Perhaps Yoo missed that} 27. Qxb7 {doesn't win a pawn because of} Qd2 {, or maybe he felt that this was too drawish, and given that he was in a must-win situation had to take some risks to generate winning chances.}) 25. Rcd1 Rac8 26. e5 $2 (26. Qb1 $1 d4 27. Bc4 $16) 26... Qe6 27. Qb2 $6 d4 $15 28. Bb1 $2 Qc4 $2 (28... Qb3 $1 $19) 29. Ba2 $6 ({White needs to hurry, before Black's central mass destroys everything in its path.} 29. f5 $1 d3 30. Ng3 $11) 29... Na4 30. Qb1 $2 (30. Qa3 $17) 30... Qc2 $19 31. e6 {Too late.} Qxb1 32. exf7+ Kg7 33. Bxb1 Nb2 $1 34. Rxd4 (34. Rde1 $2 d3 35. Ng3 d2 36. Rxe3 Rc1 $19 {is the end.}) 34... Bxd4 35. Nxd4 Rxf7 {If all the pawns were on the kingside, White would retain excellent drawing chances. Here, no chance: the queenside pawns are overextended, and Yoo shows good technique to reel in the point.} 36. g3 Nc4 37. Rc1 Rd7 38. Nf3 Rdc7 39. Re1 Nxa5 40. Kg2 Rc1 41. Bd3 Rxe1 42. Nxe1 Nb3 43. Kf3 Rc1 44. Ke2 Rc3 45. Be4 Nd4+ 46. Kd2 Rc7 47. b6 axb6 48. g4 Re7 49. Bd3 Nb3+ 50. Kd1 Nc5 51. Bc2 b5 52. Nf3 b4 53. Nh4 Re6 54. f5 Rd6+ 55. Ke2 b3 56. Bb1 g5 57. Nf3 Na4 58. Bd3 Nc3+ 59. Kd2 b2 60. Kxc3 Rxd3+ {With the win, Yoo qualified for the knockout stage, taking the 7th spot on tiebreaks and earning a match with Arjun Erigaisi.} 0-1 [Event "Julius Baer GenCup Prelim"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2022.09.21"] [Round "15"] [White "Navara, David"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2681"] [BlackElo "2668"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2022.09.18"] {[%evp 0,76,36,32,39,38,44,35,45,50,51,41,11,13,8,3,18,-21,-10,-20,36,21,33,33, 31,14,11,-10,14,-1,3,-20,-13,-36,-13,-26,-50,-53,-49,-34,-32,-56,-65,-61,-55, -55,-27,-33,-26,-49,-45,-57,-19,-21,-23,-74,-82,-92,-85,-108,-108,-77,-67,-28, -49,-104,-54,-63,-48,-25,-33,-22,-30,-34,-34,-28,-108,-93,-66] If Navara had won this game, he would have been part of the tie for the last qualifying spot. He lost to Giri, but as he had beaten both Yoo and Aronian I believe he would have qualified on tiebreaks, with Aronian getting bumped out. Getting the white pieces in the last round against the tailender was as good an opportunity as one could hope for, but as it turned out the only player with winning chances in this game was Gelfand.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 d5 7. d3 d4 8. e5 Nd5 9. c4 dxc3 10. bxc3 Rb8 11. c4 Nde7 12. Nc3 Nf5 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Ne4 O-O 16. Qd2 Rd8 17. Qf4 Ncd4 18. Rab1 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Bd7 20. Nd6 Nxd6 21. exd6 Qxd6 22. Rxb7 Rxb7 23. Qxb7 Rb8 24. Qa7 e5 25. g3 Be6 26. Bg2 g6 27. a4 Kg7 28. a5 Rb2 29. Bd5 Bxd5 30. cxd5 Qxd5 31. Qxa6 Ra2 32. Qb6 Qd4 33. Rf1 Qb4 34. Qc7 Qc3 35. Rb1 Qd4 36. Rf1 Qc3 37. Rb1 Qd4 38. Rf1 Qc3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Julius Baer GenCup Prelim"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2022.09.21"] [Round "15"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2688"] [BlackElo "2731"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "2022.09.18"] {As Duda beat both Yoo and Giri while drawing with Aronian, a draw in this game would have put him in the knockout stage. And of course, a win would have been even better, putting him in what would have been a tie for third-fifth. (I'll let others look up where he would have placed on tiebreaks in that case.) But it was not to be, as Niemann won - convincingly. Happily for those who don't want to see the tournament get destroyed by further scandal, the win gave Niemann the third seed in the knockout stage, which means that he and Carlsen will only play (or not play, as the case may be) if they reach the final match.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. a5 { This line has received a lot of attention lately from top players like Carlsen, Nepo, and especially So. White prevents Black's Ruy Lopez-like expansion on the queenside with ...a6 and ...b5.} Bg7 7. O-O a6 8. Be2 O-O 9. d3 Nb8 $5 { This costs some tempi, of course, but the knight will be better on c6, fighting for control of d4 while threatening White's a-pawn.} (9... b5 { has been the most popular move here.} 10. axb6 {Here there is no consensus as to Black's best move, with the options being 10...a5, 10...Nxb6, 10...Qxb6 and even 10...Bb7.}) 10. e5 {Here Black's most popular choice is the move played, but most of the time Black moves the attacked knight...somewhere. The engine recommends going to e8, on its way to d6 when White captures the d-pawn.} dxe5 11. Nxe5 $16 {The comp thinks White is doing brilliantly, and White's results in the few games to get here seem to confirm this. Duda was probably unprepared for this line.} Be6 12. Bf3 Nd5 $146 (12... Nbd7 13. Bf4 ({White lost this game, despite his huge rating advantage, but not because of the opening.} 13. Re1 Nxe5 14. Rxe5 Qc7 15. Bf4 Nh5 16. Rxe6 $1 Nxf4 17. Rb6 Rab8 18. g3 (18. Qe1 $2 Rfd8 19. Qe4 $6 Rd4 $6 20. Rxb7 Rxb7 21. Qxb7 Qxb7 22. Bxb7 Rb4 23. Bxa6 Rxb2 24. Bc4 $4 (24. Ne4 Rxc2 25. Rb1 Ra2 26. Bc4 Rxa5 27. g3 Ne2+ 28. Kf1 Nd4 29. Rb8+ Bf8 30. Ng5 e6 31. Rb7 $14) 24... Bxc3 25. a6 Rb8 26. a7 Ra8 27. Ra6 e6 28. Bb5 {If 24.Bc4 wasn't some sort of mental blackout, Molnar must have been counting on this to regain his material. Unluckily for him, Black had} Ne2+ 29. Kf1 Nd4 {, covering the c6 square, and now Black needs only to go through the motions, step by step, to collect the full point.} 30. Bd7 Kf8 31. Bc8 Nb5 32. Bd7 Nxa7 33. Ke2 (33. Bc6) 33... c4 34. dxc4 Bd4 35. c3 Bc5 36. Ra5 Ke7 37. Bxe6 Kxe6 38. Rxc5 Rc8 39. Ra5 Nc6 40. Ra6 Kd7 41. f4 Nd8 42. Ra4 Ne6 43. Ke3 Rc7 44. g4 Nc5 45. Ra8 Kd6 46. Rh8 Re7+ 47. Kf3 f6 48. h4 Na4 49. Rf8 Ke6 50. g5 fxg5 51. hxg5 Nxc3 52. Rf6+ Kd7 53. Ra6 Nb1 54. c5 Nd2+ 55. Kg4 Ne4 56. c6+ Kd6 57. f5 Nc5 58. c7+ Kxc7 59. Rf6 Nd7 60. fxg6 hxg6 61. Ra6 (61. Rxg6 Ne5+) 61... Nf8 62. Rf6 Re8 63. Kg3 Kd7 64. Kf4 Ke7 65. Ra6 Ne6+ 66. Kg4 Kf7 67. Ra7+ Re7 68. Ra5 Rc7 {0-1 (68) Molner,M (2448)-Johnson,D (1881) Charlotte 2021}) 18... Ne6 19. Nd5 Qd7 20. c3 $18) 13... Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Nd5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qd2 Rc8 17. Rfe1 Rc7 18. Ra4 Nf6 19. Rh4 h5 20. Qg5 Rh8 21. Rxe6 fxe6 22. Ne2 e5 23. Qxe5 Qd6 24. Qg5 Nh7 25. Qe3 Nf6 26. Qg5 Nh7 27. Qe3 Nf6 28. Rc4 Rf8 29. h4 e5 30. Nc3 Qe7 31. Na4 Nd7 32. b4 Rf6 33. bxc5 Qf8 34. Be4 Nb8 35. Nc3 Rcf7 36. Bd5 Rd7 37. Qxe5 Kh7 38. Be4 Nc6 39. Qxh5+ Kg8 40. Qg5 Rxf2 41. Qxg6+ Rg7 42. Qe6+ Rgf7 43. Bd5 Rf1+ 44. Kh2 Qb8+ 45. Qd6 Kh7 46. Qxb8 Nxb8 47. Bxf7 Rxf7 48. Ne4 Nc6 49. Ng5+ {1-0 (49) So,W (2778)-Sarana,A (2685) Chess.com INT 2022}) (12... Qc8 13. Bf4 Nfd7 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. Re1 Kh8 16. Qd2 Ra7 17. Na4 Bd4 18. c3 Bg7 19. d4 cxd4 20. cxd4 Nf6 21. d5 Bg4 22. Nb6 Qd8 23. Bxg4 Nxg4 24. Qe2 f5 25. h3 Nf6 26. Qxe7 Qxe7 27. Rxe7 Ne4 28. Rc1 Bf6 29. Be5 Bxe5 30. Rxe5 Kg7 31. Rc7+ {1-0 (31) Mishra,A (2505)-Bodek,M (2418) Charlotte 2022}) 13. Re1 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nc6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Bf4 Qc8 (16... c4 {was the best try, trying to saddle White with as many weaknesses as possible while giving his bishops potential targets and outposts down the road.}) 17. c4 $18 g5 18. Bd2 f6 19. Nf3 g4 20. Nh4 Re8 21. Qe2 Bf7 22. f3 h5 23. fxg4 hxg4 24. Qf2 e6 25. Bc3 e5 26. Nf5 {White's advantage grows and grows, as Black's bishops grow sadder and sadder.} Qe6 27. Rab1 Bg6 28. Nxg7 Kxg7 29. Qxc5 { First fruits. Now White gains access to b6, to the dismay of the pawns on a6 and c6.} Bf5 30. Rb6 Qe7 31. Qf2 (31. Qxc6 {was playable.}) 31... Qd7 32. Rf1 Kg6 33. d4 $6 {White is still winning after this move, which aims to bring the bishop on d4 into the attack, but it has several obvious drawbacks. Black's bishop gains more scope, the d- and e-files open up for Black's heavy pieces, and White's c-pawns become weak. Most players wouldn't do this unless they thought they had to, as it creates the possibilities of an accident in what had been a very safe position.} (33. h4 $1 {was the fastest way through.} Rh8 34. Bxe5 $1 fxe5 35. Qxf5+ $1 Qxf5 36. Rxc6+ {would have been very nice, though it would also raise the rumor level several notches.}) (33. Rxc6 { is also very good, and frankly very human as well.} Qxc6 34. Qxf5+ Kg7 35. Qxg4+ $18) 33... exd4 34. Bxd4 Re4 35. c3 Rf8 36. Rb7 {This is similar to 33. Rxc6, except that Black can't accept this offer as he'd lose both the bishop on f5 and the rook on e4.} Qe6 {The drawbacks in Black's position are obvious, but look at how much activity his well-centralized pieces have acquired. He's still dead lost in engine terms, but in a quick game with humans he has chances White had no reason to allow.} 37. Qh4 $6 (37. Re7 $1 {was another version on the same theme.} Qxe7 38. Qxf5+ Kg7 39. Bc5 $18) 37... Rf7 38. Rb8 Rh7 39. Qg3 Re2 40. Qf4 $4 {If you're just looking at the engine evals, you might scream "blunder!" and think Niemann turned into an idiot for one move. It is a big mistake, objectively, but (a) its badness is far from obvious, and (b) the real culprit, IMHO, was 33.d4. In a game with a very short time control and a winning advantage, accident-proofing is essential. That move was exactly the opposite, creating the preconditions for errors like this.} (40. h3 ) (40. c5) 40... Be4 $4 (40... Re1 $11 {Without the rook on f1, White's heavy pressure down the f-file instantly disappears, while his king becomes much more susceptible to Black's counterplay. White's extra pawn is more or less meaningless, so this brings about a very drawish position.}) 41. Qxf6+ Qxf6 42. Rxf6+ Kh5 43. Re8 $1 {Almost certainly the move Duda missed. Black must choose between giving up his bishop for White's kingside pawns or swapping rooks at the cost of his c-pawn. Either way, he's lost.} Rxg2+ 44. Kf1 Bf3 45. Re5+ Kh4 46. Bf2+ Kh3 47. Rff5 {Threatening mate in two.} g3 48. Rxf3 Kxh2 49. Be3 Kh1 50. Rg5 Rb7 51. Rh5+ Rh2 52. Rxh2+ gxh2 53. Bf4 c5 54. Rh3 Rb1+ 55. Ke2 Rb2+ 56. Kd3 {White takes on h2 next, heading for a trivially won king and pawn ending.} 1-0 [Event "Julius Baer GenCup Prelim"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2022.09.21"] [Round "15"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "2759"] [BlackElo "2678"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2022.09.18"] {[%evp 0,105,23,34,32,14,20,17,47,46,69,-6,49,40,28,16,13,9,29,27,27,13,18,3, 21,11,20,14,25,26,29,28,-7,17,32,47,25,26,62,53,55,63,74,74,114,114,118,104, 104,66,70,60,85,66,53,59,45,43,59,35,38,59,83,80,77,86,81,24,4,15,58,48,54,28, 5,0,0,0,7,-66,-18,-380,-380,-381,-54,-55,-44,-53,-30,-33,-18,-92,-45,-46,-31, -26,-17,-15,0,0,0,0,0,0,388,626,651,698] There were some miracle scenarios where Ivanchuk could still qualify for the knockout stage with a win in this game, but he neither won the game nor received the help he needed. As for Aronian, he needed a win in this game and some help to qualify - and he got it - barely, in both cases - and achieved the eighth and final spot.} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. a3 Bd6 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. c4 Nf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Bb5 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. O-O Rfd8 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qc2 Rac8 17. Qc5 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Qxc5 19. Rxc5 Ne4 20. Ra5 Rc7 21. b4 Nd6 22. Nd4 Rdc8 23. Rc1 Kf8 24. Ra6 Nc4 25. e4 g6 26. f4 c5 27. bxc5 Rxc5 28. e5 Nd2 29. Rxc5 Rxc5 30. Rxa7 Rc4 31. Ne2 d4 32. Rd7 Nb3 33. Ng3 Nc5 34. Rd5 d3 35. Nf1 Rc3 36. g3 Ne4 37. a4 d2 38. Kg2 Ra3 {Earlier in the game, Aronian had a big, probably winning advantage, but the current position is equal. Now he commits an oversight, and Ivanchuk's fans started to get excited.} 39. Rd4 { Not exactly defending the a-pawn.} Rxa4 $1 {Oops. Despite the gaffe, White maintains equality with 40.Rd5 or 40.Rd7. Instead, Aronian goes on an adventure.} 40. Rxa4 $4 {A blunder, though the refutation isn't obvious and neither player found it during the game.} d1=Q 41. Rxe4 Qd5 $2 {Missing his chance, but at least this position cannot possibly be lost, right?} (41... Qc2+ $1 42. Kf3 Qb1 $3 {wins (at least) the knight.} 43. Ne3 (43. Nh2 Qh1+ $19) 43... Qh1+ 44. Ng2 Qf1+ $19 {is the point.}) 42. Kf3 h5 $6 (42... Qd3+ 43. Ne3 Qb1 $1 {The same trick. Here it only wins a pawn, but at least Black keeps some winning chances here.}) 43. Ne3 Qc6 44. f5 g5 {Trying to keep White bottled up.} (44... gxf5 $11 {was safer.}) 45. e6 f6 {Part of the same policy.} 46. e7+ Ke8 47. Nc4 Qd5 48. Ke3 {Now Black has to worry a bit, as White needs only to play Re6 and Nd6+ to win the game. For the moment that's impossible, but as the seconds run short anything is possible.} Qc5+ 49. Kd3 Qd5+ { Perpetual?} 50. Kc3 $1 {No.} Qc5 (50... Qxe4 $4 51. Nd6+ $18) 51. Re6 {There's half of the winning plan. Now Black has only one move to draw.} Qc7 $2 { The right idea, but the wrong move.} (51... h4 $1 {had to be played, so that after} 52. g4 Qc7 $1 53. Kd4 {Black's queen would have access to the f4 square; otherwise, he's lost.} Qf4+ $1 {and Black barely stays alive, e.g.} 54. Kd5 Qf3+ 55. Kc5 Qc3 {etc.}) 52. Kd4 $1 Qa7+ 53. Kd3 {And that's it: Black's only safe check, 53...Qd7+, is met by the culmination of White's plan: 54.Nd6+. Aronian qualifies, and his reward is a match with Carlsen.} 1-0 [Event "Julius Baer GenCup Prelim"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2022.09.21"] [Round "15"] [White "Praggnanandhaa, Ramesh"] [Black "Saric, Ivan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E98"] [WhiteElo "2676"] [BlackElo "2668"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "125"] [EventDate "2022.09.18"] {[%evp 0,125,24,24,24,-10,51,38,38,38,33,33,33,42,44,26,65,65,58,59,57,51,51, 51,37,36,93,93,95,57,103,89,89,56,71,97,67,67,67,100,82,82,62,48,48,62,159,141, 179,178,181,152,149,156,175,183,184,190,229,212,225,235,293,299,311,288,284, 174,165,158,166,166,210,231,226,229,226,118,168,150,164,176,173,143,139,126, 157,157,157,157,157,150,150,158,159,159,166,167,172,159,166,172,173,185,173, 172,187,172,186,143,129,172,180,180,185,244,382,423,423,526,584,584,676,714, 723,855,855,983] A nice win by Pragg, who would have been eliminated with a loss and would have been part of the big tie (which, as we've seen, could have been a colossal tie) for the final spots if he had drawn. Happily for the youngster, he avoided all of those tiebreak nightmares with the win and finished in a tie for 4th-5th with Keymer, taking 4th on tiebreaks. (I was about to say that his better tiebreak score was completely meaningless, but there is one scenario in which it could matter. I am not certain about this, but I think that if there is an Armageddon game, the higher seed gets to choose his color. If that's right, then there is one slight benefit to coming out ahead, provided Pragg makes the right decision in that situation.)} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. b4 g5 13. c5 Nf6 14. a4 h5 15. a5 g4 {This very direct approach is surprisingly rare.} ({Black generally engages in further prep with} 15... Ng6 16. Nf2 Rf7 {often followed by ...Bf8 and ...Rg7.} ) 16. fxg4 hxg4 17. Nf2 Qd7 18. a6 bxa6 19. c6 Qe8 20. Nxg4 Qg6 21. Nf2 Rb8 22. Bxa6 $146 (22. b5 Bh6 23. bxa6 Rf7 24. Bf3 Rh7 25. Bd2 Bg5 26. Be1 Rb6 27. Na4 Rb8 28. Ba5 Qh6 29. h3 Ng6 30. Ng4 Bxg4 31. Bxg4 Nxe4 32. Rb1 Rf8 33. Rb3 Nh4 34. Be1 Nf6 35. Be6+ Kh8 36. Qb1 e4 37. Bc3 Rg7 38. Rb8 Rxb8 39. Qxb8+ Kh7 40. Qc8 f3 41. g3 Be3+ 42. Kh1 Rxg3 43. Qxc7+ Rg7 44. Qxd6 Qg5 45. Bg4 Nxg4 46. Bxg7 Nf6 {0-1 (46) Sadhwani,R (2507)-Amin,B (2683) Moscow 2019}) 22... f3 $2 { This doesn't have the effect Saric hoped for. Rather than opening lines for Black's pieces to attack, it allowed White more access to his own kingside, followed by helpful exchanges.} (22... Rxb4) 23. Qxf3 Bxa6 24. Rxa6 Rxb4 25. Qg3 $1 {No more attack.} Qxg3 26. hxg3 Rc4 27. Bd2 Nc8 28. g4 Rd4 29. Rd1 Rc4 30. Rb1 Rd4 31. Be3 Rc4 32. Rb3 Kh7 33. Ra4 $1 {Getting rid of Black's only active piece, the annoying rook.} Rxa4 34. Nxa4 Nb6 35. Nc3 Nc4 36. Bxa7 Bh6 37. Nb5 Ra8 38. Rb4 Na3 39. Nxa3 Rxa7 40. Rb3 Kg6 41. Nb5 Ra1+ 42. Kh2 Ra2 43. Kg3 Bd2 44. Kf3 Nh7 45. Nh3 $1 {Eliminating Black's bid for counterplay with 45...Ng5+.} Ba5 46. Ra3 $1 {Again, White swaps off Black's only active piece.} Rxa3+ 47. Nxa3 Bb6 48. Nc4 Bc5 49. Nd2 Bb6 50. Nf1 Bc5 51. Ng3 Kf6 52. Nf5 Bb6 53. Kg3 Kg6 54. g5 $1 {Very nice. If Black doesn't take the pawn, then White goes forward: Kg4, Nh4+, Kh5, etc. And if he does take, the knight swap makes the remainder trivial.} Nxg5 55. Nxg5 Kxg5 {Now a final touch.} 56. Ng7 $1 Kg6 57. Ne6 Kh5 58. Kh3 Ba5 59. g4+ Kg6 {Black's king is now shut out on the kingside by the knight on e6 and the g-pawn. This frees White's queen to go to b7, which cannot be stopped, and then Nxc7 will finish things off.} 60. Kg2 Bb6 61. Kf3 Ba5 62. Ke2 Bb6 63. Kd3 1-0