[Event "9th Norway Chess 2021"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2021.09.17"] [Round "9.1"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2855"] [BlackElo "2758"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2021.08.31"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,105,13,15,13,16,13,21,19,17,14,20,14,17,6,21,2,10,0,0,0,0,-10,-4,-20, -18,-12,-4,-18,-16,-31,-14,-18,-24,-33,-30,-41,-39,-39,-37,-46,-47,-61,-51,-59, -26,-20,-18,-41,-34,-49,-15,-45,0,0,0,0,0,0,30,37,129,142,142,95,126,67,63,76, 70,64,58,7,93,89,96,103,103,103,103,103,152,162,149,147,200,192,227,227,227, 227,234,234,297,297,297,288,424,401]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 (5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. Bc4 Qd8 9. b4 Bd6 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Bb2 a6 13. a4 Be6 14. b5 Na5 15. Bxe6 Rxe6 16. c4 Qe7 17. Qc2 Nd7 18. Re2 {1/2-1/2 (66) Carlsen,M (2847)-Karjakin,S (2757) chess24.com INT 2021}) 5... dxc6 6. O-O {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} ({There were a lot of alternatives:} 6. Be3) (6. h3) (6. Qe2) ({ The most fashionable nowadays is} 6. Nbd2) 6... Nd7 ({It also makes sense not to lock in the Bc8:} 6... Bd6 $5 7. Nbd2 Bg4 (7... Be6 8. b3 O-O 9. Nc4 Bxc4 10. bxc4 Nd7 11. Rb1 b6 12. g3 f5 13. exf5 Rxf5 14. Be3 Qe8 15. Nd2 Qg6 16. Ne4 Raf8 17. Kg2 Nf6 $11 {Anand,V (2785)-Aronian,L (2815) Dubai 2014}) 8. Nc4 Nd7 9. h3 Bh5 $11 {Karjakin,S (2756)-Leko,P (2730) Beijing 2013}) 7. c3 $1 { [%csl Rb2,Gc2,Rc3,Gd3,Rd4,Re3,Ge4,Rf2,Gf3,Gg2][%CAl Ge4d5,Gc6b7,Gc6b5,Gd5c4, Gd4e5,Gf6g7,Gf6g5,Ge5f4,Gc1g5,Gf3e5,Gf3g5][%mdl 4] now scores much better than the old 7.Nbd2.} ({The following continuations can hardly bother Black:} 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Nc4 Re8 9. Bd2 Bd6 10. Bc3 f6 11. Nh4 Nf8 12. Kh1 Ng6 13. Qh5 Be6 $11 {Wei Yi (2706)-Balogh,C (2655) Tsaghkadzor ARM 2015}) (7. Be3 Bd6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nc4 Re8 10. d4 exd4 11. Qxd4 Bc5 $11 {Naiditsch,A (2689)-Ivanchuk,V (2739) Moscow 2009}) 7... h6 (7... O-O 8. d4 Bd6 (8... Bb6 9. Bg5 f6 10. Be3 Re8 11. Nbd2 exd4 12. cxd4 Nf8 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. h3 Be6 15. Rfb1 a5 16. b3 Rad8 17. Rd1 Bf7 18. Nh4 Be6 19. Nf1 Qb4 20. Rac1 Bf7 21. Nf5 Ng6 22. Bd2 Qb5 23. Bc3 Ne7 24. g4 Nxf5 25. gxf5 c5 26. d5 Qd7 27. Qd3 Bh5 28. Rd2 Qd6 29. e5 fxe5 30. Qg3 Qf6 31. Ne3 c6 32. d6 c4 33. Nxc4 {1-0 (33) Martynov,A (2360)-Wan,T ICCF email 2017}) (8... exd4 9. cxd4 Bd6 10. Bg5 f6 11. Qb3+ Kh8 12. Bh4 Re8 13. Re1 c5 14. e5 Bf8 15. Nbd2 Nb6 16. exf6 Rxe1+ 17. Rxe1 Qd5 18. fxg7+ Kxg7 19. Qc3 Na4 20. Qc2 Bd7 21. Re5 Qf7 22. Rg5+ Kh8 23. Ne5 Qe6 24. Rh5 Qg8 25. Bf6+ {1-0 (25) Loeffler,M (2310)-Yarzagaray,A (2011) Ascona 2021}) 9. Nbd2 (9. Bg5 {Silver,A: 'N'} f6 (9... Qe8 10. Nbd2 b6 (10... c5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. f4 Bd6 14. e5 Be7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qf3 Rd8 17. Ne4 Bf5 18. Ng3 Bd3 19. Rfe1 f6 20. exf6 Qxf6 21. Re5 c4 22. Rae1 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Rd7 24. Qg4 Qd6 25. Re6 Qf8 26. f5 Rf7 27. R6e5 Rd8 28. h3 Qd6 29. Re6 Qd7 30. Qg5 Rdf8 31. Re7 Qc8 32. f6 g6 33. R1e6 a6 34. Qe5 Rd8 35. Re8+ {1-0 (35) Obodchuk,A (2374)-Denisov, D (1944) Volgograd 2017}) 11. Re1 f6 12. Bh4 Qf7 13. Qa4 Bb7 14. Bg3 a5 15. a3 Rfe8 16. Rad1 c5 17. Nc4 exd4 18. Bxd6 Ba6 19. Nfd2 b5 20. Qxa5 bxc4 21. Bxc7 d3 22. Bg3 Qe6 23. Rb1 Ra7 24. Qa4 Nb6 25. Qd1 Qc6 26. f4 Rae7 27. f5 Bb7 28. Qh5 Qd7 29. Qf3 Bc6 30. Qf2 Na4 31. Qf4 Nb6 32. h3 Na4 33. Re3 Kh8 34. Kh2 Kg8 35. Qf3 Kh8 36. Bf4 Bb7 37. h4 Nb6 38. g4 Nc8 39. g5 Nd6 40. Bxd6 Qxd6+ 41. Qg3 Qd7 42. Qf4 Re5 43. gxf6 gxf6 44. Rg1 Qe7 45. Rge1 Qf7 46. a4 Bc6 47. a5 Bb7 48. Rg1 Qe7 49. Rg4 Qf7 50. Qh6 {1-0 (50) Figueredo Company,J (2213)-Ferre Perez,A (2146) ICCF email 2017}) 10. Qb3+ (10. Bh4 Qe8 (10... Re8 11. Nbd2 exd4 12. cxd4 Nb6 13. Re1 Be6 14. Qc2 a5 15. e5 Be7 16. Ne4 f5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nc5 Rab8 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Ng5 Qg6 21. Nf3 Qh5 22. e6 Re7 23. Re5 g6 24. Rae1 Rbe8 25. h3 Qh6 26. Rxa5 Nd5 27. Ra7 Rxe6 28. Rxe6 Rxe6 29. Rxb7 Qf8 30. Ne5 Kg7 31. Qc4 Qa8 32. Qb3 Qa5 33. Kh2 Qd2 34. Qf3 Qxd4 35. Nd3 Re7 36. g3 Ne3 37. Nf4 Nf1+ 38. Kg2 Nd2 39. Qc3 Qxc3 40. bxc3 Ne4 41. a4 Nc5 42. Rb4 g5 43. Rc4 Nxa4 44. Nh5+ Kg6 45. g4 Nb6 46. Rxc6+ Kf7 47. gxf5 Nc8 48. Rf6+ Kg8 49. Re6 Kf7 50. Rh6 Kf8 51. Nf6 Kg7 52. Ng4 Rf7 53. f6+ Kg8 54. Rh5 Rf8 55. Rxg5+ Kh8 56. Rc5 Nd6 57. Rxc7 h5 58. Ne5 Rxf6 59. Rc6 Kg7 60. c4 Ne4 61. Rxf6 Kxf6 62. Nd3 Nd2 63. c5 h4 64. c6 Ke6 65. Ne5 Kd6 66. f4 Nb3 67. Kf3 Nd4+ 68. Kg4 Ne6 69. Kf5 Nd4+ 70. Kg5 Ne6+ 71. Kg4 Kc7 72. f5 Nf8 73. Kxh4 Nh7 74. Kh5 Nf6+ 75. Kg6 Nd5 76. f6 {1-0 (76) Grigoriants,S (2542)-Petrosyan,M (2613) Moscow 2019}) 11. Nbd2 (11. Re1 Nb6 (11... Kh8 12. Nbd2 Qh5 13. Bg3 exd4 14. Bxd6 cxd6 15. Nxd4 Qxd1 16. Raxd1 Nb6 17. b3 a5 18. a4 Kg8 19. c4 Bd7 20. Nf1 Rad8 21. Ne3 g6 22. f3 Bc8 23. Rd2 Rfe8 24. Ndc2 Nd7 25. Kf2 Nc5 26. Rb1 f5 27. exf5 gxf5 28. g3 Kf7 29. Ng2 Be6 30. Nd4 Kf6 31. Nf4 Bf7 32. Nde2 Rd7 33. Nd3 Ne4+ 34. fxe4 fxe4 35. Nc5 e3+ 36. Kf1 exd2 37. Nxd7+ Ke7 38. Nb6 Kd8 39. Rd1 Kc7 40. Rxd2 Kxb6 41. Rxd6 Bg6 42. Kf2 Re7 43. Nf4 Bc2 44. Rd2 Bf5 45. h3 Kc5 46. g4 Bb1 47. Rb2 Be4 48. Re2 Kd4 49. Kg3 Re5 50. h4 Kc3 51. Re3+ Kd2 52. Kf2 Kc1 53. g5 Kd2 54. Re2+ Kc3 55. Re3+ Kd4 56. Ne2+ Kc5 57. Ng3 Kd4 58. Rxe4+ Rxe4 59. Nxe4 Kxe4 60. Kg3 Ke5 61. Kg4 Kd4 62. h5 Kc3 63. g6 hxg6 64. hxg6 {1-0 (64) Robson,R (2667) -Theodorou,N (2551) Chess.com INT 2019}) 12. Bg3 (12. Nbd2 a5 13. Bg3 a4 14. Qc2 c5 15. dxe5 fxe5 16. Nf1 Rxf3 17. gxf3 Qh5 18. Qe2 Be6 19. Ne3 Rf8 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. exf5 Rxf5 22. Kg2 Nd5 23. Qd3 Nf4+ 24. Bxf4 Rxf4 25. Re4 a3 26. Rxf4 exf4 27. bxa3 h6 28. Re1 Qg5+ 29. Kh1 b6 30. a4 Qh5 31. Qe4 Qh3 32. Qe6+ Qxe6 33. Rxe6 Kf7 34. Re4 c6 35. Kg2 g5 36. Kf1 h5 37. h3 Be7 38. Ke2 Ke8 39. Re6 Kd7 40. Rh6 c4 41. Rxh5 Ke6 42. Rh6+ Kd5 43. Rg6 Bd8 44. Kd2 Be7 45. Kc2 Bd8 46. Rg8 Be7 47. Ra8 Ke6 48. a5 bxa5 49. Rxa5 Bd8 50. Ra8 Bb6 51. Ra6 Bxf2 52. Rxc6+ Kd5 53. Rg6 Bh4 54. a4 Kc5 55. a5 Kb5 56. a6 Bf2 57. Rxg5+ Kxa6 58. Rg4 Be3 59. h4 Kb5 60. h5 {1-0 (60) Grischuk,A (2777)-Maghsoodloo,P (2676) chess. com INT 2020}) 12... Bg4 13. Nbd2 Kh8 14. h3 (14. Qc2 a5 15. Nh4 Qf7 16. Ndf3 exd4 17. Nxd4 Bxg3 18. hxg3 c5 19. Ndf5 Rfe8 20. f3 Bxf5 21. Nxf5 Rad8 22. Ne3 Kg8 23. Qe2 Nc8 24. Red1 b6 25. g4 Ne7 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Rd1 Qe8 28. Kf2 Kf8 29. Rxd8 Qxd8 30. e5 fxe5 31. Nc4 Ng6 32. Nxe5 Nxe5 33. Qxe5 Qd2+ 34. Qe2 Qd5 35. b3 Qd7 36. a4 Qd5 37. c4 Qd4+ 38. Kg3 Qc3 39. Qd1 Qe5+ 40. f4 Qe3+ 41. Qf3 Qe1+ 42. Kh2 Qh4+ 43. Qh3 Qf6 44. Qg3 Qh6+ 45. Kg1 Qd6 46. g5 Kf7 47. Qf3 Qd4+ 48. Kh2 g6 49. Kh3 Kg7 50. Kg3 Kf8 51. Qa8+ Kg7 52. Qf3 Kf8 53. Kh2 Kg7 54. Kh3 Qd7+ 55. Kh4 Qd4 56. Kg4 Qd7+ 57. Kh4 Qd4 58. g3 Qd2 59. Kh3 Qd7+ 60. g4 Qd4 61. f5 gxf5 62. gxf5 Qd2 63. Kg4 Qd7 64. Kh4 c6 65. f6+ Kf7 66. Kh5 Qd6 67. Qe4 Qh2+ 68. Kg4 Qg1+ 69. Kh3 Qf1+ 70. Kg4 Qg1+ 71. Kf4 Qf2+ 72. Qf3 Qh4+ 73. Kf5 h6 74. g6+ Kg8 75. Ke6 {1-0 (75) Swiercz,D (2651)-Chandra,A (2513) Columbia 2019}) 14... Bh5 15. Qc2 Rd8 16. Nh4 exd4 17. Bxd6 Rxd6 (17... d3 18. Qxd3 cxd6 19. f4 Bf7 20. Ndf3 Bg8 21. Nd4 c5 22. Ndf5 Qd7 23. b3 d5 24. e5 Be6 25. Ng3 f5 26. Nf3 h6 27. b4 d4 28. bxc5 dxc3 29. Qxc3 Nd5 30. Qd2 Qa4 31. Ne2 Nb4 32. Ned4 Nc6 33. Rad1 Bxa2 34. Qc3 Rd5 35. e6 Re8 36. Rd2 Qc4 37. Qxc4 Bxc4 38. Nxc6 bxc6 39. Rd4 Bb3 40. Re3 Ba2 41. e7 Kg8 42. Ra3 Rxd4 43. Nxd4 Bd5 44. Nxf5 g6 45. Nxh6+ Kg7 46. Ng4 Rxe7 47. Ne3 Be4 48. Kf2 Rd7 49. Nc4 Rb7 50. g4 Bd5 51. Ne3 Rb2+ 52. Kg3 Rb3 53. Rxa7+ Kf6 54. Kf2 Rb2+ 55. Kf1 Be4 56. Rd7 Rh2 57. Rd4 Bf3 58. Rd6+ Kg7 59. f5 gxf5 60. Nxf5+ Kf7 61. g5 Bh5 62. Rf6+ Kg8 63. g6 Rxh3 64. Ne7+ Kh8 65. Rf8+ Kg7 66. Rf7+ Kh6 67. Rh7+ Kg5 68. g7 {1-0 (68) Firouzja,A (2723)-Xiong,J (2712) Wijk aan Zee 2020}) 18. Nf5 Rd8 19. cxd4 Bg6 20. Nb3 Qf7 21. Nc5 Rb8 22. Qb3 Qxb3 23. axb3 a6 24. g4 Bf7 25. e5 fxe5 26. dxe5 g6 27. Ng3 Bd5 28. Nge4 Rf3 29. Ng5 Rf4 30. Nce6 Bxe6 31. Nxe6 Rf7 32. Nc5 Nd5 33. Ra4 g5 34. h4 h6 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. e6 Re7 37. Re5 Nf4 38. Rd4 Rbe8 39. Rd7 b6 40. Ne4 Ng6 41. Rxg5 Rxe6 42. f3 Ne5 43. Rh5+ Kg8 44. Rxe5 Rxe5 45. Nf6+ Kf8 46. Nxe8 Kxe8 47. Rxc7 Rb5 48. Kf2 Rxb3 49. g5 a5 50. g6 Kf8 51. f4 a4 52. f5 Rxb2+ 53. Kg3 Rb1 54. Kg4 Rg1+ 55. Kh5 Rf1 56. Kg5 a3 57. f6 Rg1+ 58. Kf5 Rf1+ 59. Ke5 Re1+ 60. Kd4 a2 61. g7+ {1-0 (61) Aryan,C (2562)-Astaneh Lopez,A (2432) Caleta 2020}) 11... Qf7 (11... Qe6 12. Bg3 b6 13. Re1 Ba6 14. Qc2 Kh8 15. b3 c5 16. d5 Qf7 17. a4 g5 18. Nf1 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 Qg6 20. Nd2 h5 21. h4 Rg8 22. Nf3 Raf8 23. Ra2 a5 24. Qe2 Rf7 25. Qe3 c4 26. bxc4 g4 27. Nd2 Nc5 28. Kg1 Bf8 29. Qe2 Bh6 30. Nf1 Kg7 31. Qc2 Kf8 32. Rb2 Rd7 33. Rb5 Ke7 34. Rxc5 bxc5 35. Qb3 Qe8 36. Qb5 Rd6 37. Qxc5 Qxa4 38. Qxc7+ Rd7 39. Qc5+ Kf7 40. Rb1 Bf8 41. Qb6 Rd6 42. Qb7+ Rd7 43. Qa6 Rd6 44. Rb6 Rxb6 45. Qxb6 Qxc4 46. Qe6+ Kg7 47. Ne3 Qxe4 48. Nf5+ Kh7 49. Qf7+ Rg7 50. Nxg7 Bxg7 51. Qxh5+ Kg8 52. Qe8+ Kh7 53. d6 f5 54. d7 Qe1+ 55. Kh2 f4 56. Qh5+ Bh6 57. d8=Q fxg3+ 58. fxg3 {1-0 (58) Firouzja,A (2723)-Andreikin,D (2724) Moscow 2019}) (11... Nb6 12. Qc2 a5 13. Bg3 a4 14. h3 c5 15. Rfe1 cxd4 16. cxd4 Ra5 17. b4 axb3 18. axb3 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Qe7 20. dxe5 fxe5 21. Ra5 Nd7 22. Nc4 Bc5 23. Ncxe5 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 b6 25. Ra7 Bxf2+ 26. Bxf2 Qxe5 27. Qxc7 Qxc7 28. Rxc7 Be6 29. b4 b5 30. Bc5 Rd8 31. e5 Rd2 32. Re7 Bd5 33. e6 h6 34. Re8+ Kh7 35. Rd8 Rxg2+ 36. Kf1 Rg6 37. Rxd5 Rxe6 { 1-0 (37) Navara,D (2719)-Asadli,V (2572) Chess.com INT 2020}) 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bg3 a5 14. Qc2 a4 15. Nf1 Nb6 16. Ne3 Nc4 17. Nxc4 Qxc4 18. b3 Qa6 19. Rab1 c5 20. dxe5 fxe5 21. c4 Bg4 22. Nd2 Qa5 23. Nf1 Be6 24. Ne3 b5 25. Qe2 Rab8 26. h3 h6 27. Qh5 bxc4 28. bxc4 Qd2 29. a3 Qd3 30. Rxb8 Rxb8 31. Qg6 Bf7 32. Qg4 h5 33. Qf5 Qxa3 34. Bxe5 g6 35. Qf6 Bxe5 36. Qxe5 Qb2 37. Qe7 a3 38. e5 a2 39. e6 Rf8 40. Nf5 a1=Q 41. exf7+ Kh7 42. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 43. Kh2 Qa8 44. Ng3 Qd8 45. Qxc5 Rxf7 46. Ne4 Rf5 47. Qe3 Qe7 48. f3 Qe5+ 49. Kg1 Kg7 50. Qd2 Rf8 51. Qd7+ Kh6 52. Qd2+ Qf4 53. Qd4 Rb8 54. Qc3 Rd8 55. c5 Rb8 56. Kf2 Rf8 57. Kg1 Re8 58. Qd4 Qe5 59. Qd2+ Kg7 60. Qd7+ Re7 61. Qd2 c6 62. Kf2 Rb7 63. Qd1 Rb2+ 64. Kg1 Rb7 65. Qd3 h4 66. Qd1 Ra7 67. Qd2 Rb7 68. Qd1 Rb8 69. Qd7+ Kh8 70. Qd1 Kg8 71. Qd3 Ra8 72. Qb3+ Kf8 73. Kf2 Qd4+ 74. Ke2 Qg1 75. Qe6 Qxg2+ 76. Kd3 Ra3+ {0-1 (76) Gunina,V (2437)-Pechac,J (2523) Skalica 2021}) 10... Kh8 11. Bh4 b6 (11... Qe8 12. Nbd2 (12. Re1 c5 13. Bg3 exd4 14. Bxd6 cxd6 15. cxd4 Nb6 16. Nc3 Be6 17. d5 Bd7 18. a4 Rb8 19. Nd2 Nc8 20. Nc4 a6 21. a5 Bb5 22. Ne3 Na7 23. Nf5 Qd7 24. Qc2 Rfe8 25. b3 Qc7 26. Ne3 Re7 27. h4 Bd7 28. h5 Rbe8 29. Qd2 h6 30. f3 Nb5 31. Ne2 f5 32. Nxf5 Bxf5 33. exf5 Nd4 34. Nxd4 Rxe1+ 35. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 36. Qxe1 cxd4 37. Qe8+ Kh7 38. Qg6+ Kh8 39. Qe8+ Kh7 40. Qe4 Qc1+ 41. Kh2 Qe3 42. Qxe3 dxe3 43. Kg1 Kg8 44. f4 {1-0 (44) Villanueva,M (2478)-Mendez,E (2299) Buenos Aires 2020}) 12... a5 (12... Nb6 13. Bg3 Be6 14. c4 exd4 15. Bxd6 cxd6 16. Nxd4 Bg8 17. Rfe1 Qe5 18. Qd3 Rfe8 19. N2f3 Qa5 20. b3 Rad8 21. Nf5 Nc8 22. Rad1 Qc7 23. Qc3 Ne7 24. N3h4 Nxf5 25. Nxf5 Be6 26. Ne3 Bc8 27. f3 Re5 28. Rd3 Rde8 29. Red1 f5 30. Rxd6 Qe7 31. Rd8 Rxd8 32. Rxd8+ Qxd8 33. Qxe5 fxe4 34. fxe4 h6 35. h3 Kh7 36. c5 Qd2 37. Nf1 Qd3 38. Ng3 b6 39. Kh2 Qd2 40. Qc7 Bd7 41. Qxa7 bxc5 42. Qxc5 Qxa2 43. Qe7 Qd2 44. e5 c5 45. Qxc5 Be6 46. Qd6 Bd5 47. Ne2 h5 48. e6 Qg5 49. Qg3 Qxg3+ 50. Kxg3 Bxe6 51. b4 g5 52. Nd4 Bd5 53. b5 Kg6 54. Kf2 Kf6 55. g3 Ke5 56. Ke3 Kd6 57. b6 Kc5 58. Ne6+ Kxb6 59. Nxg5 Kc5 60. Ne4+ Kc6 61. Kf4 Be6 62. h4 Bf7 63. Kg5 Kd7 64. Nf6+ Ke7 65. Nxh5 Kf8 66. g4 Be6 67. Nf4 Bd7 68. h5 Kg7 69. Ng6 Bc8 70. Ne5 Be6 71. h6+ Kh7 72. Kh5 Bb3 73. Nd7 Bd1 74. Nf6+ Kh8 75. Kg5 Bc2 76. Kf4 Bg6 77. g5 Bc2 78. Ke5 Bb1 79. Ng4 Kh7 80. Kf6 Bc2 81. Ne3 Bg6 82. Nf5 Bh5 83. Ng7 Bg6 84. Ne6 Bd3 85. Nf8+ Kg8 86. g6 {1-0 (86) Kuipers,S (2388)-Vrolijk,L (2419) Leiden 2017}) 13. Bg3 Nb6 14. Rfe1 Bg4 15. Rac1 c5 16. Qc2 cxd4 17. cxd4 Qb5 18. Re3 a4 19. a3 Rad8 20. Rc3 c6 21. dxe5 fxe5 22. b4 axb3 23. Rxb3 Qa5 24. Rcb1 Bc5 25. Rc3 Bd6 26. Rcb3 Bc5 27. Rc3 Bd6 28. h3 Bh5 29. Bxe5 Bxe5 30. Rc5 Qxa3 31. Rxe5 Bxf3 32. Nxf3 Nd7 33. Rh5 g6 34. Rg5 Qe7 35. Ra5 Nf6 36. Ra7 Rb8 37. e5 Nd5 38. Rb3 Nb4 39. Qe4 c5 40. e6 Kg8 41. h4 Qd6 42. Re3 Nc6 43. Ra1 Rf4 {1/2-1/2 (43) Gonzalez Vidal,Y (2518) -Moradiabadi,E (2555) Tornelo INT 2021}) 12. Nbd2 Ba6 13. Rfe1 Qe7 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Bg3 Qe7 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Rad1 Bc8 19. Qa4 b5 20. Qa5 Bg4 21. f3 Be6 22. Nf1 d5 23. exd5 Qc5+ 24. Ne3 Bxd5 25. a3 Rfe8 26. Qb4 Qb6 27. Qd4 Qxd4 28. Rxd4 Re7 29. Kf2 Rae8 30. Rdd1 Bb3 31. Nf5 Rxe1 32. Rxe1 Rxe1 33. Kxe1 Be6 34. Nd4 Bd5 {Silver,A: '?' Silver,A: 'This is a serious mistake which compromises Black's position almost irreversibly. The reason is twofold: Black's king is still a long way away on h8, so what he needs is to keep White at bay while he puts his king on the Express Train. The problem is that now White has Kd2-c3 and b3-c4 at his disposal, which will gain a vital tempo attacking the bishop, and each tempo Black cannot use to bring his king into play is near fatal.'} (34... Bd7 $1 {was the right move.}) 35. Kd2 {Silver,A: '+/-!'} a6 {Silver,A: '?' Silver,A: 'They say a mistake rarely comes alone, and we see it here. Not only should Black be rushing his king and therefore playing ...Kg8, but the last thing he should be doing is placing his pawns on the same color as his bishop unless absolutely unavoidable.'} 36. Ke3 Kg8 37. Nf5 {Silver,A: '!' Silver,A: 'The threat is clear: Kd4-c5-b6. White is now winning.'} Kf7 38. Kd4 {Silver,A: '!'} Be6 39. Ne3 Ke7 40. Kc5 Kd7 41. Kb6 f5 42. f4 {Silver,A: 'There is no rush to take on a6 since a6 cannot be defended anyhow. Now White has placed his pawn on a dark square, out of the bishop's reach, blocking the f5-pawn where it hampers the bishop.'} g5 43. g3 gxf4 44. gxf4 Kd6 45. Kxa6 Kc7 46. Ka5 {1-0 (46) Eljanov,P (2751)-Radjabov,T (2710) Shamkir 2017 CBM 178 [Silver,A]}) 9... Re8 $146 ({In 1 preceding game Black didn't manage to solve all the problems:} 9... Qe7 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nc4 f6 12. Nh4 Nf8 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Nf3 Qe7 16. Bf4 $14 {Ginsburg,G (2481) -Naumann,A (2538) Germany 2005}) ({Giving up the centre with} 9... exd4 $5 10. cxd4 {wasn't a bad idea at all, since after} Nb6 $1 11. h3 f5 $132 {Black would get full control over the light squares.}) 10. Re1 b6 $6 {This way of handling the position is too passive.} ({Once again,} 10... exd4 $5 11. cxd4 Nb6 12. h3 (12. Nb3 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 $132) 12... f5 13. e5 Bf8 $132 {was a better approach.}) 11. Nc4 {From now, White can eliminate my dark-squared bishop at any moment.} Bb7 (11... Qf6 {would yield White a small, but long-lasting advantage after} 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Ncxe5 Bxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Qf3 Bf5 16. Bf4 Qe7 17. Qg3 Bg6 18. f3 $14) 12. dxe5 ({The more aggressive} 12. Bg5 $5 f6 13. Qb3 Kh8 14. Bh4 c5 15. d5 Nf8 16. h3 Ng6 17. Bg3 $14 {looks promising for White, but Ante rejected it after long meditation.}) 12... Nxe5 13. Ncxe5 Bxe5 14. Nxe5 Rxe5 {Silver,A: '1/2-1/2 (31) Brkic,A (2584)-Roiz,M (2605) Baku 2016'} 15. Bf4 Re7 {White's superiority is based on a better pawn structure, but creating a passer on the kingside is always a tough task.} 16. Qxd8+ {It looks like GM Brkic wasn't in an aggressive mood , so he is satisifed with a symbolic advantage in the resulting endgame.} ({A much more unpleasant move to meet would be} 16. Qg4 $1 Qe8 17. f3 f6 18. Qg3 Qf7 19. a4 $14 {- with queens on the board Black's king is in some danger.}) 16... Rxd8 17. f3 c5 18. Rad1 {Exchanging one pair of rook also suits me.} ({A more ambitious try was} 18. b4 $5 cxb4 19. cxb4 f6 20. Rec1 Rdd7 21. Rc3 {with some pressure.}) 18... Red7 19. Rxd7 Rxd7 20. g4 f6 21. h4 Kf7 22. Kf2 {White's position is still somewhat better, but now it's really hard to make any progress.} Ba6 23. e5 ({It was also worth considering} 23. g5 $5 {, though after} Bc4 24. b3 Be6 25. gxf6 gxf6 26. h5 f5 27. Rg1 fxe4 28. fxe4 Ke8 { Black should be able to make a draw quite easily.}) 23... Rd3 {I was happy to get some activity for my pieces.} 24. exf6 gxf6 25. g5 ({Nothing is likely to be achieved by} 25. Bxc7 Rd2+ 26. Kg3 Rxb2 27. Bd6 Be2 $11) 25... Bb7 26. Be3 Bd5 $11 27. a3 (27. Ke2 c4 28. Rg1 fxg5 29. hxg5 Be6 30. Rh1 Bf5 31. Rh6 Rd6 $11) 27... a5 28. Kg3 a4 {It makes sense to secure the b3-spot for the bishop.} 29. Kf4 Bb3 30. Rg1 Rd5 31. Kg3 {1/2-1/2 (31) Brkic,A (2584)-Roiz,M (2605) Baku 2016 CBM 175 [Roiz,M]}) (7... a5 8. d4 Bd6 9. Re1 a4 10. Nbd2 exd4 11. cxd4 Nb6 12. Nf1 O-O 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bh4 Bg4 15. h3 Bh5 16. Qd3 Qd7 17. g4 Bg6 18. Ne3 Nd5 19. Nf5 Nf4 20. Qf1 Bxf5 21. gxf5 g6 22. Bg3 Nh5 23. fxg6 hxg6 24. Qg2 Kh7 25. Rad1 Rae8 26. a3 Bxg3 27. fxg3 Qd6 28. Kh2 Re7 29. Rd2 Kg7 30. e5 Qd7 31. Re4 Qd5 32. exf6+ Kxf6 33. Re5 Qd7 34. Rg5 Qd6 35. Rf2 Kg7 36. Nh4 Re6 37. Nf5+ Rxf5 38. Rfxf5 Qxd4 39. Rg4 Qd6 40. Rf2 Re3 41. Re2 Rd3 42. Qf2 c5 43. Rg5 c4 44. Rge5 Nxg3 45. Re7+ Kh6 46. Qf8+ Kg5 47. Rg2 Re3 48. Rf7 Qd1 49. Rf1 Qd3 50. Rf4 {1-0 (50) Giri,A (2776)-So,W (2770) chess24.com INT 2021}) 8. Nbd2 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. Nc4 Re8 10. b4 Bd6 11. Be3 Nf8 {[#]} (11... Nb6 {seems wilder.} 12. Na5 Qe7 13. Nd2 c5 14. a3 Rb8) 12. Nfd2 $146 (12. Qe2 { with more complications.} Ng6 13. a4 b6 14. a5 Be6 15. Rfd1) ({Predecessor:} 12. h3 Ng6 13. a4 Bf8 14. Qc2 Qf6 15. Qe2 b6 16. Nfd2 Be6 17. a5 b5 18. Nb2 { 1/2-1/2 (35) Anton Guijarro,D (2703)-Salgado Lopez,I (2584) chess24.com INT 2020}) 12... Ng6 13. Nxd6 cxd6 14. a4 d5 15. Nb3 b6 16. a5 {[#] aiming for axb6.} Rb8 17. Qc2 Be6 18. Rfb1 Re7 19. c4 d4 20. Bd2 f5 21. axb6 axb6 22. f3 Rf7 23. Rf1 Kh7 24. exf5 Bxf5 25. Be1 Qg5 {...Qe3+ is the strong threat.} 26. Rd1 h5 27. Bd2 Qh4 28. Rde1 Ra8 29. Ra1 Raf8 30. Ra6 e4 31. Nxd4 exf3 32. Nxf3 Bh3 {Strongly threatening ...Rxf3!} 33. Rf2 {Hoping for Ng5+.} Rxf3 {[%mdl 64] [#] Remove Defender} 34. gxf3 {And now Ra7 would win.} (34. Rxf3 $2 {loses.} Rxf3 35. Bc3 Qg5 $19) 34... Rf5 (34... Bg4 $14 35. f4 Bc8) 35. d4 $16 Qxd4 { ( -> ...Rxf3)} 36. Ra3 {Black must now prevent f4.} Rf7 37. Re3 (37. Qd3 $16 Qxd3 38. Rxd3) 37... Bf5 $14 38. Qc3 Qd8 39. Re1 Rd7 40. Qe3 (40. Be3 $14) 40... Rd4 (40... Re7 $11 {remains equal.} 41. Qc3 Rd7) 41. Qg5 Qxg5+ 42. Bxg5 Rxc4 43. Rb2 b5 44. Kf2 c5 45. bxc5 Rxc5 {...Ne5 would now be nice for Black.} 46. Rc1 Rd5 (46... Re5 $16 47. Rc7 Bg4) 47. Rd2 $18 Rxd2+ 48. Bxd2 {KRB-KBN} Ne5 49. Rc7 b4 {Now ...b3 and Black clings on.} 50. Rb7 Be6 51. Re7 Nd3+ 52. Ke3 Bc4 (52... Bf5 $142 53. Rb7 Bg6) 53. Kd4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10/ Black=0.19} 1-0
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