[Event "11th Sinquefield Cup"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2024.08.20"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2746"] [BlackElo "2745"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "46"] [GameId "2080853940947255"] [EventDate "2024.08.19"] {[%evp 0,46,32,32,14,14,12,24,15,21,10,5,15,28,11,0,-1,-17,-10,-3,4,-5,-2,-5,1,-12,-1,-7,-15,-9,0,-11,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. Re1 (7. a4) (7. Bb3 {used to be *the* main move - practically the only move - to avoid giving up the bishop after ...Na5. But now - as we'll see later - White is often okay with with allowing that swap. Theory, both in the general and in the specific sense, marches on.}) 7... Ba7 (7... Na5 $2 {isn't good here. But stay tuned.} 8. b4 Nxc4 9. bxc5 $16) 8. Nbd2 O-O (8... Na5 {is playable now.}) 9. Nf1 Na5 {And now it's not just playable, but played.} 10. Bb3 Nxb3 11. axb3 {So what did White get in return for the bishop pair? A little extra time, and a little extra pressure against e5 when he plays d4. (Perhaps a little extra kingside safety as well, as there's no ...Nc6-e7-g6-f4 worries down the road.)} Ng4 {One of several reasonable options.} 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 (13. h3 Ne5 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. cxd4 Ng6 16. Ng3 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Qf3 Qf6 19. Qxb7 Bxh3 20. Qd5+ Kh8 21. Ne4 Qf5 22. Qxf5 {½-½ Vidit,S (2721)-Abdusattorov,N (2766) Tashkent UzChess Masters 2024 (8)}) (13. cxd4 f5 14. Bg5 Qd7 15. h3 Nf6 16. Bxf6 Rxf6 17. e5 dxe5 18. Rxe5 b5 19. Ng3 Bb7 20. Qe2 g6 21. Re1 Raf8 22. Rd1 Bd5 23. Rd3 Qd6 24. h4 c6 {½-½ Ter Sahakyan,S (2628)-Van Foreest,L (2505) FRA-chT Top 16 Haute Chartres 2024 (1.11)}) 13... Re8 (13... d5 14. h3 Nf6 15. e5 Ne4 16. f3 Ng5 17. b4 f6 18. Bf4 fxe5 19. Bxe5 Nf7 20. Bg3 Nd6 21. Ne3 c6 22. Kh1 Qf6 23. Qd3 Bf5 24. Qd2 Bd7 25. Re2 Qg6 26. Bh2 h5 27. b3 Rae8 28. Rae1 Kh7 29. Qd1 Nb5 30. Nxb5 axb5 31. Qc2 Qxc2 32. Nxc2 Rxe2 33. Rxe2 Re8 34. Rxe8 Bxe8 35. Nd4 Bxd4 {½-½ Esipenko,A (2677)-Schreiner,P (2393) AUT-chT 2324 Austria 2023 (2.5)}) 14. Bf4 (14. f3 Ne5 15. Be3 d5 16. exd5 Qxd5 17. Nc2 Qxd1 18. Raxd1 Bf5 19. Nb4 c5 20. Nd5 Rac8 21. Rd2 f6 22. Ng3 Bg6 23. Red1 Bb8 24. c4 b5 25. Rc1 Nd3 26. Rcd1 Nb4 27. Bf2 Nxd5 28. Rxd5 Bc2 29. Ra1 Bxb3 30. Rxc5 Rxc5 31. Bxc5 Rc8 32. Be3 bxc4 33. Nf5 Re8 34. Rxa6 Bc2 35. Nd4 Bd3 36. Re6 Rxe6 37. Nxe6 Kf7 38. Nc5 Bc2 39. Bd4 h5 40. g3 g5 41. Kf2 h4 42. Nd7 hxg3+ 43. hxg3 Bd6 44. Nxf6 Bc5 45. Bxc5 Kxf6 46. Bd4+ Kg6 47. Ke3 Bd1 48. Bc3 Bb3 49. Kd4 Kf5 50. Bd2 Kg6 51. Be3 Kf5 52. Bd2 Kg6 53. Kc3 Kf5 54. Be3 Kg6 55. Kd2 Kf5 56. Bb6 Kg6 57. Bd8 Kf5 58. Ke3 Kg6 59. Ke4 Bc2+ 60. Kd4 Bb3 61. Be7 Kf5 62. Bd8 Kg6 63. Kc5 Kf5 64. Kb4 Kg6 65. Bb6 Kf5 66. Be3 Kg6 67. Bd2 Kf5 68. Kc5 Kg6 69. Kd4 Kf5 70. Be3 Kg6 71. Ke5 Bd1 72. Ke4 Bc2+ 73. Kd5 Bb3 74. Ke5 Bd1 75. f4 gxf4 76. gxf4 Kf7 77. f5 Bb3 78. f6 Ba2 79. Bd4 Bb3 80. Bc3 Ba2 81. Kd5 Bb3 82. Kd6 Ba2 83. Ke5 Bb3 84. Kd5 Ba2 85. Kc5 Bb3 86. Kb4 Ke6 87. Be5 Kf7 88. Kc3 Ke6 89. Bd4 Kf7 90. Kb4 Ke6 91. Ka3 Kf7 92. Bc3 Ke6 93. Kb4 Kf7 94. Kc5 Ke6 95. Kc6 Ba4+ 96. Kc7 Bb3 97. Kd8 Kf7 98. Kd7 Ba2 99. Kd6 Bb3 100. Kc5 Ke6 101. Kc6 Kf7 102. Kd6 Ba2 103. Ke5 Bb3 104. Kf5 Ba2 105. Ke5 {½-½ So,W (2769)-Lazavik,D (2560) Julius Baer Rapid Div 1 L Chess.com INT 2023 (2.1)}) 14... Qf6 15. Bg3 $146 {New, but probably not an improvement on the previous effort.} (15. Qd2 Qg6 16. Ng3 Bd7 17. Re2 Ne5 18. Kh1 f6 19. h3 Qf7 20. Qc2 d5 21. exd5 Qxd5 22. Ndf5 Bc6 23. f3 Qf7 24. Bxe5 Rxe5 25. Rxe5 fxe5 26. Re1 Re8 27. Kh2 Kh8 28. b4 g6 29. Ne3 Kg7 30. Nef1 h5 31. Kh1 Qf4 32. Ne4 h4 33. Nh2 Rd8 34. Nf1 Qf5 35. Qb1 Bb5 36. Nh2 Bd3 37. Qc1 Qf4 38. Qd1 Rd7 39. Ng4 Bb5 40. Qb3 Bc6 41. Qe6 Rd8 42. Nxe5 Bxe4 43. Qe7+ Kh6 44. Ng4+ Kh5 45. Qh7+ Kg5 46. Qe7+ Kh5 47. Qxd8 Bxf3 48. Re5+ g5 49. Qe8+ {1-0 Grandelius,N (2651)-Andersen,M (2587) Online Olym Div2 D Chess.com INT rapid 2020 (8.1)}) 15... h5 16. Nf3 $11 {Allowing a forced draw, believe it or not.} (16. h4 $11) 16... h4 {Black doesn't have to play this, but now that he has the game is over.} 17. Bxh4 $8 Qxh4 {The point, of course.} 18. Nxh4 $8 Nxf2 $8 (18... Bxf2+ $2 19. Kh1 Bxh4 20. Qd4 Bxe1 21. Rxe1 $16 {only gives Black losing chances.}) 19. Qf3 Nh3+ $8 20. Kh1 Nf2+ $8 21. Kg1 Nh3+ 22. Kh1 Nf2+ 23. Kg1 Nh3+ {I didn't see the clock times, but this may have been one of those "checking homework" games. Ding passed.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "11th Sinquefield Cup"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2024.08.20"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Gukesh, D."] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "2766"] [BlackElo "2767"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "119"] [GameId "2080853940947256"] [EventDate "2024.08.19"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nd5 8. O-O (8. Bxb4) (8. Qb5) 8... Bxd2 9. Nfxd2 O-O 10. e3 e5 11. Qb5 {A funny move, but a good one, chasing the knight from d5.} Nf6 $146 ({As it turns out, Black can play} 11... Be6 {and keep the knight centralized, albeit at some risk to his queenside structure.} 12. Nc3 (12. Qxb7 $6 Ndb4 $1 13. Qb5 $1 Rb8 (13... Nc2 $4 14. Qxc6 Nxa1 15. Qxa8 $18) 14. Qa4 exd4 15. a3 (15. Bxc6 $2 dxe3 16. fxe3 Qd3 $19 {Despite his material advantage White is in huge trouble.}) 15... dxe3 16. fxe3 Nd3 17. Qxc6 Rxb2 18. Nxc4 Rxg2+ $1 19. Qxg2 (19. Kxg2 $4 Bd5+ $19) 19... Bxc4 20. Nd2 Bd5 21. Qe2 Ne5 $15 {It's complicated, but it's Black who's having most of the fun.}) 12... Ncb4 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Qxb7 exd4 15. exd4 $11) 12. dxe5 a6 $11 13. Qxc4 (13. Qc5 Nd7 14. Qxc4 Ndxe5 15. Qc2 {is also possible.}) 13... Nxe5 14. Qc2 c6 15. Nc3 a5 (15... Re8) (15... Bg4) 16. Rad1 (16. Nde4) 16... Qe7 (16... Bg4 $142 17. f3 Be6) (16... Qd3 $142) 17. h3 (17. f4 {could have been played without the preliminary h3, as} Neg4 $6 (17... Ned7 $142) 18. Rfe1 $1 Nxe3 $1 19. Qc1 Qc5 $8 20. Nb3 Qh5 21. Rxe3 Ng4 22. h4 a4 $1 23. Nd4 Nxe3 24. Qxe3 $14 {/? As usual in the middlegame, two minor pieces are more than a match for a rook and a pawn, even when, as here, the minor pieces are both knights.}) 17... Be6 18. f4 Nc4 19. Nxc4 Bxc4 20. Rfe1 b5 {Going for counterplay, though it has the drawback of making the c6 pawn a little loose.} ({Black can't prevent White's central majority from advancing, but he can swap off enough material to minimze the danger and nuisance value of their advance.} 20... Rad8 $142 21. e4 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rd8) 21. e4 $14 Rad8 22. b3 Be6 23. Qf2 (23. Rc1 $142 $14) 23... Qb4 (23... Rxd1 24. Rxd1 a4 $11) 24. Qe3 Rxd1 (24... h5 $142 $11) 25. Rxd1 Re8 (25... h5) 26. g4 (26. e5 Nd5 27. Nxd5 Bxd5 28. Bxd5 cxd5 29. Rxd5 {is a real extra pawn - White's not getting mated and Black isn't regaining the pawn by force. White's king is fairly exposed though, and even with the queens off Black is likely to draw the rook ending. For example:} a4 30. Qd2 Qxd2 31. Rxd2 f6 $1 32. bxa4 bxa4 33. exf6 gxf6 34. Rd4 (34. Kf2 Rc8 $11) 34... Re3 $1 35. Kf2 Ra3 $11) 26... h6 27. Qd4 Qxd4+ (27... Qe7 $142) 28. Rxd4 c5 $1 29. Rd2 c4 (29... b4 30. Na4 c4 31. bxc4 Bxc4 {transposes to the game.}) 30. bxc4 Bxc4 31. e5 b4 $1 32. Na4 Bb5 $1 33. Nc5 Rc8 $1 34. Nb7 (34. Nb3 Nd7 35. Rd5 (35. Nxa5 g5 $1 $11) 35... Bc6 36. Rxa5 Bxg2 37. Kxg2 g5 $1 $14) 34... Nd7 35. Kf2 (35. Nd6 Rc1+ $8 36. Kf2 Ba4 37. Bd5 Kf8 $1 38. Nxf7 (38. Bxf7 Rc2 39. Rxc2 Bxc2 40. Ke3 g5 $11) 38... Nb6 39. Nd6 Rc2 $1 40. Rxc2 Bxc2 41. Be6 a4 42. Ke3 b3 43. Kd2 (43. axb3 Bxb3 44. Bxb3 axb3 45. Kd3 Nd5 46. f5 Nf4+ 47. Kc3 Nxh3 48. Ne4 (48. Kxb3 Nf2 $11) 48... Ng1 49. Kxb3 Nf3 50. e6 Ke7 51. Kc3 (51. Kc4 Ne5+ $11) 51... g6 52. Ng3 gxf5 53. gxf5 Nh4 54. Kd4 Nxf5+ 55. Nxf5+ Kxe6 56. Nxh6 $11) 43... bxa2 44. Bxa2 Bb3 45. Bxb3 axb3 46. f5 Nd5 47. Ne4 b2 48. Kc2 Nb4+ 49. Kxb2 Nd3+ 50. Kc3 Nxe5 {White will of course continue playing, but it's a draw.}) 35... Rc3 $1 {Black's defense in this ending has been excellent. Activity is the key, and it's especially effective given that White's pawns are all somewhat loose themselves.} 36. Nd6 (36. Nxa5 g5 $11) 36... Bc6 $5 (36... Bd3 $1 37. Bd5 Kf8 38. Bxf7 Nc5 $11 (38... g5 $11)) 37. Bxc6 Rxc6 38. Nxf7 Nc5 $1 39. Nd6 a4 $1 40. Ke3 b3 $1 41. axb3 axb3 42. Ne4 Na4 43. Rd8+ Kf7 44. Rb8 b2 (44... Rb6 $11 {is also good, slightly surprisingly.}) 45. Rb7+ Kf8 46. Nd2 Rb6 (46... Rc3+ {was also possible.}) 47. Rxb6 Nxb6 48. Kd4 Ke7 49. f5 (49. Kc3 Nd5+ $11) 49... Nd7 50. h4 Ke8 51. g5 hxg5 52. hxg5 g6 53. fxg6 (53. f6 Kf7 $11) 53... Nf8 54. g7 Ne6+ 55. Kc3 {White's three extra pawns are a sorry sight, and they will also disappear forthwith.} Kf7 56. Kxb2 Nxg5 57. Kc3 Kxg7 58. Kd4 Nf7 59. Ne4 Nxe5 60. Kxe5 {Stellar defense by Nepo.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "11th Sinquefield Cup"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2024.08.20"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2762"] [BlackElo "2751"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "91"] [GameId "2080853940947257"] [EventDate "2024.08.19"] {[%evp 0,91,18,14,27,14,14,15,14,10,13,14,16,-11,-10,-13,-6,-10,-18,-28,-6,-11,30,-33,-41,-41,-22,-35,4,24,31,31,35,35,30,1,38,42,100,35,85,13,-1,66,27,27,25,30,30,2,19,11,9,28,29,0,24,18,29,12,13,12,1,25,16,30,17,17,17,17,23,18,21,21,18,18,18,18,25,25,25,25,25,26,25,26,18,12,11,4,7,11,4,4]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. Ba4 c6 8. c3 Bb6 9. Na3 d6 10. Bb3 a5 11. Qe2 $146 (11. Nc4 $142 {was played in all nine previous games, most of which involved super-GMs like Carlsen, Nakamura, Caruana, Gukesh, Firouzja, So, Karjakin, and Aronian.}) 11... a4 12. Bc2 h6 (12... O-O $142 $15) (12... Bg4 $142 $15) 13. Nc4 $11 Ba7 14. d4 $5 (14. Kh1) (14. Be3) 14... Bg4 (14... Qc7) 15. Qd3 b5 16. Ne3 Be6 17. d5 (17. Nf5 $1 {Black can equalize after this, but not with obvious moves.} Bxf5 $1 18. exf5 e4 $1 (18... exd4 19. Re1+) (18... O-O 19. Qg3 Kh8 20. Qh3 {gives White a bit of an initiative.}) 19. Qg3 d5 $1 20. Qxg7 Rg8 21. Qxh6 Kd7 $3 $11) 17... cxd5 18. Nxd5 Bd7 19. Be3 (19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. a3) 19... a3 $5 (19... Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Bxe3 21. fxe3 O-O 22. Qxd6 Re8 $44) 20. Bb3 $1 axb2 21. Rab1 O-O 22. Rxb2 Bc6 {Structurally it's now akin to a Najdorf or a Sveshnikov Sicilian. White can pressure b5 and d6, Black the pawns on a2 and c3.} 23. Bxa7 Rxa7 24. Qe3 Ra6 25. Nxf6+ Qxf6 26. Rd1 Rc8 27. c4 bxc4 28. Bxc4 Ra4 29. Rc2 Bd7 30. Qc1 Qf4 $5 31. Bxf7+ Qxf7 32. Rxc8+ Bxc8 33. Qxc8+ Kh7 {White cannot keep all his pawns, and with f2 a target Black has all the activity he needs to keep the balance.} 34. f3 Rxa2 35. h3 Qg6 36. Qg4 Qxg4 37. hxg4 Ra6 {The rest is unnecessary only to satisfy the Sofia rules.} 38. Kh2 Kg6 39. Kg3 Kf6 40. Rc1 Ra2 41. Rc7 Rb2 42. Kh3 Ra2 43. Kg3 Rb2 44. Kh3 Ra2 45. Kg3 Rb2 46. Kh3 1/2-1/2 [Event "11th Sinquefield Cup"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2024.08.20"] [Round "2.4"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E51"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2793"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "83"] [GameId "2080853940947258"] [EventDate "2024.08.19"] {[%evp 0,83,18,18,28,-10,-11,0,28,32,37,24,21,11,-2,18,23,60,59,57,59,59,52,53,56,46,40,40,35,12,47,13,30,30,33,26,-2,-2,-3,13,4,19,19,19,31,43,29,23,25,13,63,55,4,-21,-17,-17,-8,-8,-11,0,-1,0,0,-36,-30,-40,-22,-26,-27,-29,0,-30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bd6 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. O-O e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. e4 a6 12. a4 h6 $146 13. h3 Bd7 14. Re1 Rc8 15. Be3 c6 {After White captures the structure is fundamentally symmetrical and the c- and d-files are just itching for exchanges. The game goes on, but it's almost as good as over at this point.} 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Qb3 Ng6 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Bb4 21. Rf1 Bc5 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Rfe1 b5 24. Bxc6 Rxc6 25. Rd5 Qc2 26. Qxc2 Rxc2 27. axb5 Nf4 28. Rd7 axb5 29. b4 Rb2 30. Nxe5 Rxb4 31. Nd3 Nxd3 32. Rxd3 Rb8 33. Rd7 Rc4 34. e5 b4 35. e6 fxe6 36. Rxe6 b3 37. Ree7 b2 38. Rxg7+ Kh8 39. Rh7+ Kg8 40. Rhg7+ Kh8 41. Rh7+ Kg8 42. Rhg7+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "11th Sinquefield Cup"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2024.08.20"] [Round "2.5"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Praggnanandhaa, R."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2721"] [BlackElo "2749"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "64"] [GameId "2080853940947259"] [EventDate "2024.08.19"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 {Angels and ministers of grace, defend us! Is chess so boring that every second game must be a Giuoco flippin' Piano, and only because there's nothing left in the dessicated husks of the 4.d3 and 5.Re1 Berlin? Maybe tournaments should start experimenting with the TCEC format, where the openings are pre-selected for two game mini-matches. Maybe the players could have half an hour or an hour for prep, with no prep break in between the games. That might give the players a nice hybrid between Chess960 and regular chess: their general chess knowledge and prep would still matter, but even the most diligent opening specialists won't have something super-deep prepared for every single opening line. This would also be great for fans whose opening repertoire includes more than one opening - especially if that one opening isn't the Giuoco. For those who want more Giuocos, my database reveals more than 170,000 games from here. If you start now, you might be able to finish them before meeting your maker, except that by that time you finish there will probably be a few hundred thousand more games. Good luck!} 4. c3 ({While transpositional possibilities abound, the following moves are also important and won't necessarily find their way back to 4.c3 theory.} 4. d3) (4. O-O) 4... Nf6 5. d3 {Down to 50,600 games in the database, but if that seems too meager you can take heart: various moves will transpose into even more games.} a6 ({Here and until theory is left behind, I'll list all the *major* alternatives to the moves chosen. There are other moves in just about every case that have also been played a significant number of times, but even the principal alternative possibilities are enough to make one's head spin - especially given all of the transpositional options and the nuances that go into the different move orders.} 5... d6) (5... O-O) (5... h6) (5... a5 {is a bit of a second-tier move here ("only" 600-700 games or so, though those numbers will elevate with the right transpositional tricks), but it's a sufficiently significant option here and elsewhere that it needs to be mentioned.} 6. O-O d6 {Now it's over 1700 games, and probably over 2500 with the transpositions.}) 6. O-O (6. Bb3) (6. Nbd2) (6. a4) 6... Ba7 (6... d6) 7. Nbd2 (7. Bb3) 7... d6 (7... O-O) 8. a4 {One of the traditional moves (as mentioned in my comments to the earlier game), gaining space and preserving the c4-bishop from exchange after ...Na5. There are still 600 games or so in the database from here, but with transpositional possibilities lurking around every corner the real number is considerably higher.} (8. Re1 O-O {transposes to Giri-Ding from this very round, covered four games ago. Please contain your enthusiasm.}) (8. Bb3 {is THE move, however, and if Black castles in reply we're back over 4500 games.}) 8... O-O 9. h3 (9. Re1) 9... h6 (9... Ne7) 10. Re1 {Good news - back up to more than 1400 games.} Qe7 {This move does some serious paring. Now it's down to 20-30 games.} (10... Re8) (10... Be6) (10... Ne7) 11. Nf1 {One of the two most common moves in this relatively untested sideline, and a new one for the GM level.} (11. b4) 11... Be6 12. b3 $146 Rfe8 (12... Rad8 {can also be played. Most likely, both rook moves will be played as Black prepares ...d5.}) 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 Qd7 $11 {Smartly leaving the e-file, avoiding possible tactical mishaps involving the rook on e1 once ...d5 is played.} 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 (15... Rxe6 {was also possible and good, but it allows} 16. Nd5 {.}) 16. b4 {In case you've been enjoying this breath of fresh air, well, I'm sorry to report that the game has transposed to three predecessors, one involving a GM.} d5 17. Qb3 $146 {Varying from two earlier games, both in blitz.} (17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Na5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Qxd5 21. c4 Qd6 22. Qc2 b6 23. Qc3 f6 24. d4 exd4 25. Nxd4 Qc5 26. Ne6 Qxc4 27. Qf3 Rac8 28. Re4 Qxb5 29. Rae1 Re7 30. Rg4 Rce8 31. Qxf6 Kh8 32. Rxg7 Rxe6 33. Rxe6 Rxe6 34. Qf8# {1-0 Amonatov,F (2624)-Koksal,E (2363) Titled Tuesday intern op 4th June Chess.com INT blitz 2019 (3)}) (17. Qc2 d4 18. Nc4 dxc3 19. Qxc3 Rad8 20. b5 Nd4 21. Nfxe5 axb5 22. axb5 Nxb5 23. Qb3 c6 24. Nf3 Nh5 25. Ncd2 Qg6 26. Nh4 Qf6 27. Nf5 Nf4 28. Re3 Qg5 29. Ng3 Qf6 30. Rd1 Nd4 31. Qxb7 Rb8 32. Qa7 Rb2 33. e5 Qd8 34. Nc4 Rb4 35. Re4 Nfe6 36. Qa1 Re7 37. Ne3 Qb8 38. Nef5 Ra7 39. Qc1 Nb3 40. Qc3 Rxe4 41. Nxe4 Rd7 42. Rb1 Rb7 43. Nfd6 Rb6 44. Nc4 Rb5 45. Ned6 Rb4 46. Nf5 g6 47. Nfe3 Ned4 48. Re1 Nc5 49. Qxd4 Ne6 50. Qh4 Kh7 51. Ng4 Qf8 52. Nf6+ Kg7 53. Re4 Rb1+ 54. Kh2 Ng5 55. Ng4 Qh8 56. Rf4 Rb7 57. Qg3 Ne6 58. Rf3 h5 59. Nf6 h4 60. Qg4 Rb4 61. Ne4 Qb8 62. Ncd6 Nd8 63. Qg5 Rxe4 64. Nxe4 Ne6 65. Qf6+ {1-0 Nilsen,T (2207)-Deveci,H (2250) Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Jan Late Chess.com INT blitz 2024 (2)}) 17... dxe4 18. Qxe6 fxe6 (18... Rxe6 19. dxe4 Nxe4 {allows} 20. Nd5 {, but even this is nothing special:} Rd6 21. Nxc7 Rc8 22. Rxe4 (22. Nxa6 Nxc3 23. Nc5 Nxb4 24. Rxe5 b6 $11) 22... Rxc7 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Rxe5 Rxc3 25. Re8+ Kh7 26. Re7 $11) 19. dxe4 Nxe4 20. Nd1 Nf6 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Rxe5 Rad8 $11 {Black's control of the d-file fully compensates for the very slight weakness on e6.} 23. Ne3 Nd5 24. Rc1 Nxe3 25. Rxe3 Rd5 26. Rce1 Kf7 27. Rf3+ Kg8 28. Re4 Re7 29. Rfe3 Kf7 30. Rf3+ Kg8 31. Rfe3 Kf7 32. Rf3+ Kg8 1/2-1/2