[Event "GCT St Louis Blitz 2021"] [Site "St. Louis"] [Date "2021.08.17"] [Round "18"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "2782"] [BlackElo "2710"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2021.08.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,53,53,45,37,50,48,46,39,81,74,99,102,107,106,108,91,139,134,168,93, 101,94,102,91,127,127,118,120,119,114,160,161,168,166,270,275,267,276,235,100, 413,419,554,487,1545,1508]} 1. d4 g6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e5 Ne4 5. Nce2 f6 $1 {[%csl Gb2,Gc3,Rc7,Gd4,Ge3,Re7,Gf2,Gg7][%CAl Gd4e5,Gf6g7,Gf6g5,Ge5f4,Ge2f4, Gc1g5,Re5d6,Rd6e7,Rc5d6,Rd6c7,Gd4c5]} 6. f3 {B06: Modern Defence.} (6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Ng5 8. Qd2 Nf7 9. f4 Nh6 (9... c5 10. exf6 Bxf6 11. O-O-O c4 12. h3 b5 13. g4 Nd6 14. Bg2 e6 15. f5 gxf5 16. Ng3 Ne4 17. Bxe4 fxe4 18. g5 Be7 19. Rf1 Nc6 20. Kb1 b4 21. Qd1 b3 22. N1e2 bxc2+ {0-1 (22) Campos Moreno,J (2429) -Romero Holmes,A (2469) San Sebastian 2015}) 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. Neg1 Nf5 12. Bf2 O-O 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 e6 15. Bd3 Nd7 16. O-O c5 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. dxc5 Rc8 19. Rae1 Nxc5 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. Rxe6 Bxb2 22. Qb4 Qc8 23. Bxf5 gxf5 24. Re7 Rxc2 25. Rxb7 a5 26. Qe7 {1-0 (26) Le,Q (2709)-Trent,L (2389) chess24.com INT 2020}) (6. h4 fxe5 7. f3 (7. dxe5 Bg7 8. h5 Bxe5 9. Nf3 Bf6 10. hxg6 hxg6 11. Rxh8+ Bxh8 12. Nf4 c6 13. Nxg6 Qb6 14. Be3 Qb4+ 15. Nd2 Nxd2 16. Bxd2 Qe4+ 17. Be2 Bxb2 18. Kf1 Bxa1 19. Qxa1 Bf5 20. Bd3 Qxd3+ 21. cxd3 Bxd3+ 22. Ke1 Bxg6 23. Qh8+ Kd7 24. Bf4 Be8 25. Qe5 Na6 26. Bg5 e6 27. Qg7+ Kd6 28. Qe7+ Ke5 29. Qg7+ Kd6 30. Bf4+ Kc5 31. Qxb7 Nc7 32. Bxc7 {1-0 (32) Salimaki,J-Aijala,J Finland 1997}) 7... Nd6 (7... Nf6 8. dxe5 Nh5 9. g4 Ng7 10. Nf4 c6 11. h5 g5 12. Nfh3 Qc7 13. Nxg5 Qxe5+ 14. Qe2 Qxe2+ 15. Bxe2 e5 16. Bd3 e4 17. fxe4 h6 18. exd5 hxg5 19. h6 Bxg4 20. Bg6+ Kd7 21. Bxg5 cxd5 22. Bf6 Nc6 23. Rh4 Ne7 24. Rxg4 Rxh6 25. Bxe7 Bxe7 26. O-O-O Ke6 27. Ne2 Rf8 28. c4 Kf6 29. Nf4 dxc4 30. Nd5+ Ke6 31. Re4+ {1-0 (31) Cunha,L (2289)-Policarpo,N (1755) Curitiba 2015 }) 8. dxe5 Nf7 9. f4 Bg4 10. Qd3 Qd7 11. Ng3 e6 12. Nf3 c5 13. Ng5 Nc6 14. c3 O-O-O 15. Bd2 Nh6 16. h5 Nf5 17. Nxf5 Bxf5 18. Qe2 h6 19. hxg6 Bxg6 20. O-O-O Na5 21. Qb5 Nc6 22. Be3 Be7 23. Nf3 b6 24. Bd3 Bxd3 25. Qxd3 Kb7 26. g4 Rhg8 27. f5 Rxg4 28. f6 Bf8 29. Bxh6 d4 30. Bxf8 Rxf8 31. Rh7 Rf7 32. Rdh1 Nd8 33. c4 Kc8 34. Rxf7 Qxf7 35. Qh7 Rf4 36. Ng5 Qxh7 37. Rxh7 Rf5 38. f7 Rf1+ 39. Kd2 Rf2+ 40. Ke1 Rf5 41. Kd2 Rf2+ 42. Kd3 Rf5 43. Ne4 Kb8 44. Rh8 Rxf7 45. Rxd8+ Kc7 46. Rc8+ Kd7 47. Ra8 Kc6 48. Nf6 Rg7 49. Rg8 Rf7 50. Re8 Rg7 51. Rxe6+ Kb7 52. Rd6 Rg3+ 53. Ke4 Re3+ 54. Kf4 Re2 55. e6 Kc7 56. Rd7+ Kc8 57. Ne4 {1-0 (57) Harikrishna,P (2726)-Vakhidov,J (2471) Dubai 2014}) 6... Ng5 7. Be3 $5 { [%mdl 4] A promising side line.} (7. Bxg5 fxg5 8. Qd2 (8. h4 gxh4 9. Rxh4 c5 10. f4 Nc6 11. Nf3 Bf5 12. Ng3 e6 13. Nxf5 exf5 14. Rh3 Qb6 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bd3 Qb4+ 17. Kf1 Qxf4 18. Rh4 Qe3 19. Qe2 Qxe2+ 20. Kxe2 O-O-O 21. Kd2 a6 22. Rah1 h5 23. R4h3 Rde8 24. Re1 Kc7 25. c3 Re6 26. b4 Bb6 27. Re2 f4 28. Kc2 Rhe8 29. a4 g5 30. Nxg5 Rxe5 31. Rxe5 Nxe5 32. Nf3 Ng4 33. Rxh5 Ne3+ 34. Kd2 Nxg2 35. Rxd5 Ne3 36. Rg5 Rd8 37. a5 Ba7 38. Ke2 Nd1 39. Rg7+ Kb8 40. Kd2 Nf2 41. Ne5 Rd5 42. Re7 f3 43. Kc2 Nxd3 44. Nxd3 f2 45. Rf7 Rg5 46. Kd2 Rg1 47. Nxf2 Bxf2 48. Rxf2 Rg4 {1/2-1/2 (48) Borkovec,M (2196)-Hollan,P (2303) Ceske Budejovice 2021}) (8. Nh3 g4 9. fxg4 Bxg4 10. Nf2 Qd7 11. Nxg4 Qxg4 12. Nc3 Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1 e6 14. Nb5 Na6 15. c3 c6 16. Na3 Bxa3 17. bxa3 Nc7 18. a4 b5 19. axb5 Nxb5 20. Bxb5 cxb5 21. Rb1 a6 22. Ke2 Rc8 23. Rb3 Rc4 24. h4 Ke7 25. h5 g5 26. Rf1 Rhc8 27. Kd3 Ra4 28. a3 Rac4 29. Rf6 Rf8 30. Rxf8 Kxf8 31. Rb4 g4 32. Rxc4 dxc4+ 33. Ke4 a5 34. Kf4 Kg7 35. Ke4 Kf7 36. Ke3 Ke7 37. Kf4 Kd7 38. Ke4 Kc6 39. g3 h6 40. Ke3 Kd5 41. Kf4 b4 42. cxb4 axb4 43. axb4 c3 44. Ke3 c2 45. Kd2 Kxd4 46. b5 Kc5 47. Kxc2 Kxb5 48. Kd3 Kc5 49. Ke4 Kc4 50. Kf4 Kd5 51. Kxg4 Kxe5 52. Kf3 Kf5 53. g4+ Kg5 54. Kg3 e5 55. Kf3 Kh4 56. Ke4 Kxg4 57. Kxe5 Kxh5 58. Kf5 Kh4 59. Kf4 h5 60. Kf3 Kh3 61. Kf2 Kh2 62. Kf3 h4 63. Kf2 h3 64. Kf1 Kh1 65. Kf2 h2 66. Kf1 {1/2-1/2 (66) Ozdemir,S (2191)-Dragomirescu,R (2337) Chess.com INT 2021}) (8. Nc1 e6 9. Bd3 c5 10. c3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qa5+ 12. Kf1 Nc6 13. Nge2 Bd7 14. Nb3 Qb6 15. Qd2 Be7 16. Rc1 O-O 17. h4 Qb4 18. Qc2 Rac8 19. a3 Qa4 20. Nc5 Qxc2 21. Rxc2 {0-1 (21) Leconte,J (2310)-Sochacki,C (2420) Paris 2015}) (8. Ng3 c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Qd2 e6 11. Bb5 Qb6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. N1e2 Rb8 14. Rb1 cxd4 15. cxd4 Bb4 16. Nc3 Ba6 17. Kf2 c5 18. a3 cxd4 19. axb4 dxc3+ 20. Qe3 d4 21. Qxg5 d3+ 22. Qe3 c2 23. Rbc1 O-O 24. Ne4 Qxb4 25. Qh6 Qxe4 {0-1 (25) Karas,M (2268)-Bakalchuk,J (2324) Chess.com INT 2017}) 8... c5 (8... e6 9. Nh3 Be7 10. f4 (10. Nf2 c5 (10... O-O 11. O-O-O c5 12. Kb1 Nc6 13. h4 gxh4 14. f4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Qb6 16. Nf3 Bb4 17. c3 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Qxf2 19. Rxh4 Bd7 20. Bd3 Qxg2 21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Rg1 Qf2 23. Rxg6+ Kf7 24. Rf6+ Ke8 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Rh8+ Kg7 27. Rxa8 Qf1+ 28. Qe1 Qd3+ 29. Ka1 Kf7 30. Qh1 Nb4 31. Qh5+ {1-0 (31) Chaithanyaa,K (2088)-Sochacki,W (2316) Chennai 2011}) 11. dxc5 Nc6 12. Nd3 b6 ( 12... Qc7 13. Nc3 Nxe5 14. O-O-O Nc4 15. Qf2 O-O 16. Nb1 b6 17. b3 Bf6 18. h4 gxh4 19. bxc4 dxc4 20. Nd2 cxd3 21. Bxd3 Qe5 22. Ne4 Be7 23. c6 Qa1+ 24. Kd2 Qxa2 25. Rxh4 Qa5+ 26. Ke2 Ba6 27. Rh3 Bxd3+ 28. cxd3 Qa2+ 29. Rd2 Qd5 30. c7 Rac8 31. Qg3 Rf5 32. Rh1 Qe5 33. Qf2 Rxc7 34. g4 Rf8 35. Qe3 Qf4 36. Qf2 Bc5 37. Nxc5 Rxc5 38. Rh3 Rc1 39. d4 Rc3 40. Ra2 Rfc8 41. Kf1 Qc1+ 42. Qe1 Qxe1+ 43. Kxe1 R8c7 44. Kd2 Rb3 45. Rc2 Rxc2+ 46. Kxc2 Re3 47. Kd2 Ra3 48. Ke2 a5 49. Rh1 Rc3 50. Rb1 Rc6 51. Kd3 Kg7 52. g5 h5 53. gxh6+ Kxh6 54. Rb5 Kg7 55. f4 Kf7 56. Ke4 Kf6 57. Kd3 Ke7 58. Rg5 Kf7 59. Rb5 Kf6 60. Ke4 Rd6 61. Kd3 a4 62. Ke4 a3 63. Rb3 b5 64. Rxa3 b4 65. Rb3 Rb6 66. Ke3 Ke7 67. Ke4 Kd6 68. d5 exd5+ 69. Kd4 Kc6 70. Rg3 Kb5 71. Kxd5 Ka4 72. Kc5 Rf6 73. Rg4 Ka3 74. Rg1 b3 75. Ra1+ Kb2 76. Rf1 Ka2 {0-1 (76) Schweitzer,V (2097)-Soubirou,O (2105) Metz 2018}) 13. cxb6 Qxb6 14. Nc3 Ba6 15. Na4 Qd4 16. Nc3 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 18. Be2 Bb4 19. Kf2 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Qxe2+ 21. Qxe2 Bxe2 22. Kxe2 Ke7 23. Rab1 Rhb8 24. Kd3 Kd6 25. c4 a5 26. h4 gxh4 27. Rxb8 Rxb8 28. Rxh4 dxc4+ 29. Rxc4 Rb5 30. Rg4 Rd5+ 31. Rd4 Kc5 32. Rxd5+ exd5 33. c3 g5 34. g4 a4 35. a3 h6 36. Kd2 Kc4 37. Kc2 d4 38. cxd4 Kxd4 39. Kd2 Kc4 40. Kc2 Kd4 41. Kd2 Kc4 42. Kc2 Kd4 {1/2-1/2 (42) Nikolovski,N (2454)-Soubirou,O (2116) Europe Echecs INT 2021}) 10... g4 (10... gxf4 11. Nexf4 c5 12. Bb5+ (12. Bd3 cxd4 13. O-O Nc6 14. c4 dxc3 15. bxc3 Bd7 16. c4 Qb6+ 17. Kh1 d4 18. Rab1 Qc7 19. Rfc1 O-O 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. Nxg6 Rf7 22. Rb3 Nxe5 23. Nxe7+ Rxe7 24. Rg3+ Rg7 25. Rxg7+ Kxg7 26. Qf4 Rf8 27. Qg3+ Kf7 28. Re1 d3 29. Rxe5 d2 30. Nf2 Ke8 31. Rxe6+ Bxe6 32. Qxc7 d1=Q+ {0-1 (32) Rindlisbacher,L (2320)-Sochacki,C (2436) Nancy 2014}) 12... Nc6 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nd3 Qh4+ 15. Nhf2 Bb6 16. O-O-O O-O 17. g3 Qh5 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Rde1 Rf3 20. h3 Ba6 21. Nf4 Qg5 22. Ng4 Rxg3 23. Nxe6 Qxd2+ 24. Kxd2 h5 25. Nh6+ Kh7 26. Nf7 Re8 27. Neg5+ Kg7 28. h4 Ba5+ 29. c3 d4 30. Nd6 dxc3+ 31. bxc3 Rd3+ 32. Kc2 Rxc3+ 33. Kb2 Rb8+ 34. Ka1 Rc2 35. Re3 Bd2 36. Ne6+ Kh8 37. Rf3 Bc3+ 38. Rxc3 Rxc3 39. Re1 Bc4 40. Nd4 Bd5 41. e6 Ra3 42. Re2 Rd3 43. Nb3 Bxb3 44. e7 Rxd6 45. e8=Q+ Rxe8 46. Rxe8+ Bg8 {0-1 (46) Nikolovski,N (2454)-Gormally,D (2479) Lichess.org INT 2020}) 11. Nf2 h5 12. h3 g3 13. Nxg3 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Bb5+ Nc6 16. b4 Bb6 17. O-O Bd7 18. c4 Qh4 19. Kh2 O-O-O 20. c5 Bc7 21. Nd3 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Bxb5 23. Nxg6 Qf6 24. Nxh8 e5 25. Nf7 Qxf7 26. fxe5 Bxf1 27. Rxf1 Qg7 28. Nxh5 Qxe5+ 29. Nf4 Qf5 30. g3 Rh8 31. Qg2 d4 32. Rf3 Kb8 33. Nd3 Qe6 34. Kg1 a6 35. g4 Bd8 36. Qf2 Qe4 37. a4 Bg5 38. Qf1 Be3+ 39. Kh2 Qe8 40. c6 Qxc6 41. Rf8+ Rxf8 42. Qxf8+ Kc7 43. Qe7+ Kb8 44. Qf8+ Kc7 45. Qc5 Qxc5 46. bxc5 Kc6 47. Kg3 Kd5 48. Kf3 Bg5 49. Ke2 a5 50. Kf3 Bf6 51. Kf4 Kc4 52. Ke4 Be7 53. Ne5+ Kxc5 54. Nf3 b5 55. axb5 a4 56. Nxd4 a3 57. Nc2 a2 58. Kf5 Kxb5 59. g5 Kc4 60. g6 Bf8 61. Ke4 Kc3 62. Na1 Kb2 63. Kd3 Kxa1 {0-1 (63) Kotronias,V (2581)-Rapport, R (2693) Achaia 2013}) (8... g4 9. O-O-O Bg7 10. Kb1 O-O 11. h3 gxf3 12. Nxf3 Nc6 13. Ng3 Qe8 14. h4 Qf7 15. h5 Qf4 16. Qe1 Bg4 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Be2 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 e6 20. Ne2 Qg5 21. Rh4 Ne7 22. Rg4 Qh6 23. Ng3 Rf4 24. Qb4 Rxg4 25. Bxg4 Nf5 26. Bxf5 gxf5 27. Qxb7 Rf8 28. Qxc7 Qh2 29. Qc3 f4 30. Nf1 Qxg2 31. Qd2 Qh3 32. Qf2 a5 33. a3 Qg4 34. Rd3 Rf5 35. Nh2 Qh5 36. Nf3 Qh1+ 37. Ka2 a4 38. Qd2 Bf8 39. Qa5 Rh5 40. Qxa4 Rh3 41. Qb3 Qc1 42. Qb6 Rh6 43. Rc3 Qf1 44. Qc6 Rg6 45. Qe8 Rg3 46. Qxe6+ Kh7 47. Qxd5 Bg7 48. Qe4+ Kg8 49. Qxf4 Rg6 50. Rc8+ Kh7 51. Ng5+ {1-0 (51) Bellaiche,E (2033)-Noblecourt,N (1918) Noisiel 2020 }) 9. Qxg5 Nc6 10. c3 (10. Qd2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qb6 12. Bb5 Bh6 13. Qc3 Bd7 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Nb3 O-O 16. Nc5 Bc8 17. Ne2 Rb8 18. b3 Bg7 19. f4 g5 20. g3 Bg4 21. Rf1 Rf7 22. Nd4 Bh3 23. Rf2 e6 24. Ndxe6 gxf4 25. Nxg7 Rxg7 26. Rxf4 Re8 27. O-O-O Qc7 28. Re1 Rge7 29. e6 {1-0 (29) Berg,E (2456)-Paulsen,D (2431) Germany 2001}) 10... Qb6 11. Qd2 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bf5 13. g4 Bd7 14. Rd1 O-O-O 15. Nc3 e6 16. Nge2 Kb8 17. f4 Be7 18. h4 Na5 19. b3 Bb4 20. Kf2 Rhf8 21. Rh3 Bb5 22. Qe3 Bxe2 23. Nxe2 Rc8 24. Rc1 Rxc1 25. Qxc1 Nc6 26. Qe3 Nxd4 27. Nxd4 Bc5 28. Kg2 Bxd4 29. Qd2 a5 30. Rf3 Bc5 31. Bd3 Qd8 32. g5 Bb6 33. Kg3 Qe7 34. Rf1 Qc5 35. Rc1 Qd4 36. Rd1 Bc7 37. Re1 a4 38. Qe3 Qb4 39. bxa4 Bb6 40. Qc1 Qd4 41. Qd2 Ba5 42. Qxa5 Qxd3+ 43. Kg4 Qf5+ {0-1 (43) Anand,V (2767)-Carlsen,M (2875) Stavanger 2019}) (7. h4 Nf7 8. f4 (8. exf6 exf6 9. Be3 Nd6 10. Nc3 Nf5 11. Bf2 Bh6 12. g4 Ne3 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Bxe3 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 Re8 16. Ne4 dxe4 17. Bc4+ Kg7 18. O-O-O exf3 19. Qxf3 Qe7 20. Rf1 Qe3+ 21. Qxe3 Rxe3 22. g5 Bf5 23. gxf6+ Kxf6 24. Nf3 Nc6 25. Bd5 Nb4 26. Bb3 a5 27. Kd2 Rae8 28. Re1 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 Rxe1 30. Nxe1 g5 31. hxg5+ Kxg5 32. c3 Nc6 33. Ke3 Kg4 34. Bd5 Kg3 35. Nf3 h5 36. Ng1 Bg4 37. Ne2+ Bxe2 38. Kxe2 Nd8 39. Ke3 h4 40. c4 b6 {1/2-1/2 (40) Privara, I (2182)-Bronis,M (2125) Slovakia 2016}) 8... Bg4 9. Be3 (9. Nf3 c5 10. c3 Nc6 11. Nh2 Bxe2 12. Bxe2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qb6 14. Nf3 Bh6 15. Bd2 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. e6 Nd6 18. g3 Ne4 19. Bb5+ Kf8 20. Qe2 Nxg3 21. Qg2 Nxh1 22. Qxh1 Qxb2 { 0-1 (22) Tamarozi,I (2001)-Dragomirescu,R (2502) Chess.com INT 2020}) (9. Nh3 h5 10. Nf2 Be6 11. Ng3 f5 12. Be3 c6 13. Be2 Na6 14. O-O Nc7 15. Qd2 Bd7 16. Ngh1 b6 17. b4 Nh6 18. Bd3 Bc8 19. a4 e6 20. g3 Be7 21. Nh3 Ng4 22. c3 c5 23. bxc5 bxc5 24. dxc5 Nxe3 25. Qxe3 Na6 26. Bb5+ Kf8 27. Kh2 Bxc5 28. Qd3 Nc7 29. Rfb1 Ke7 30. Ng5 Bd7 31. Bxd7 Qxd7 32. Rb7 Qc6 33. Qb5 Qxb5 34. axb5 Bb6 35. Ra6 Rhc8 36. Nf2 Rab8 37. Rxb8 Rxb8 38. Ra2 Nxb5 39. Rc2 Bxf2 40. Rxf2 Nxc3 41. Rc2 Rb3 42. Nf3 Nb5 43. Ng5 Kd7 44. Nh7 d4 45. g4 Rc3 46. Rb2 d3 {0-1 (46) Flindt,T (2192)-Andersen,J (2267) Esbjerg 2007}) 9... c5 10. c3 Nc6 11. Qd2 c4 12. Nh3 Bh6 13. Nf2 Qd7 14. Nxg4 Qxg4 15. g3 Qf3 16. Rh2 fxe5 17. Bg2 Qh5 18. Bxd5 exd4 19. Bxc6+ bxc6 20. Nxd4 O-O 21. Qe2 Qd5 22. O-O-O Nd6 23. h5 Bg7 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Qg4 Qe4 26. Qe6+ Rf7 27. Re1 Qxe6 28. Nxe6 Nf5 29. Bf2 Bf6 30. g4 Ng7 31. g5 Nxe6 32. Rxe6 Bg7 33. Be3 Rf5 34. Rxg6 Rd8 35. Bd4 Rf7 36. Re2 Rd7 37. Re4 Kf8 38. Bxg7+ Rxg7 39. Rxg7 Kxg7 40. Rxc4 Kg6 41. Rxc6+ Kf5 42. Rc4 Kg4 43. Kc2 {1-0 (43) Perunovic,M (2766)-Dragomirescu,R (2529) Chess.com INT 2020}) (7. f4 Ne4 8. Ng3 Nxg3 9. hxg3 Bf5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 fxe5 12. fxe5 e6 13. Nf3 Be7 14. Be3 Nc6 15. O-O-O Qd7 16. Ng5 Nb4 17. Qb3 a5 18. Nxh7 a4 19. Qxb4 Bxb4 20. Nf6+ Ke7 21. Nxd7 Kxd7 22. Rdf1 Raf8 23. a3 Be7 24. Kd2 b6 25. Ke2 c5 26. Rxf8 Rxh1 27. Rb8 Kc7 28. Ra8 Rb1 29. Rxa4 Rxb2 30. Ra7+ Kd8 31. Kd2 c4 32. Kc1 c3 33. a4 Ra2 34. Kd1 b5 35. a5 b4 36. Bc1 b3 37. cxb3 Bb4 38. a6 c2+ 39. Ke2 Ra1 40. Ra8+ Kc7 41. a7 Kb7 42. Rb8+ Kxa7 43. Rxb4 Rxc1 44. Kd2 Rg1 45. Kxc2 Rxg2+ 46. Kc1 Rxg3 47. Kb2 Rd3 48. Kc2 Rg3 49. Rb5 g5 50. Rc5 Kb6 51. Rc8 Rg4 52. Kc3 Rg3+ 53. Kb4 Rd3 54. Re8 Rxd4+ 55. Kc3 Re4 56. Rxe6+ Kc5 57. Kd3 Rd4+ 58. Kc3 Re4 59. Kd3 g4 60. Rg6 Rxe5 61. Rxg4 Rh5 62. Rg3 Rh4 63. Kc3 d4+ 64. Kb2 Kb4 65. Rg2 Rh3 66. Rd2 Rxb3+ 67. Kc2 Rc3+ 68. Kb2 Kc4 69. Rd1 d3 70. Rd2 Kd4 71. Rh2 Rc8 72. Rh4+ Ke3 73. Rh3+ Ke4 74. Rh4+ Kf5 75. Rh5+ Kf4 76. Rh4+ Ke3 77. Rh3+ Ke2 78. Rh2+ Kf1 79. Rh1+ Kg2 80. Rd1 Rd8 81. Kc3 d2 82. Rxd2+ Rxd2 83. Kxd2 {1/2-1/2 (83) Pavlov,D (2713)-Dragomirescu,R (2500) Chess. com INT 2020}) (7. exf6 exf6 8. Nf4 c6 (8... Bg7 9. Bd3 Qe7+ 10. Kf2 c6 11. c3 O-O 12. h4 Nf7 13. Qc2 f5 14. Bd2 Na6 15. g3 Nc7 16. Ngh3 Qf6 17. Rae1 Bd7 18. Ng5 Rae8 19. Nfh3 Ne6 20. Nxe6 Rxe6 21. Rxe6 Bxe6 22. Qc1 Bd7 23. h5 Re8 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Nf4 b6 26. Qg1 g5 27. Nh5 Qe6 28. Nxg7 Kxg7 29. Qd1 Rh8 30. Rxh8 Kxh8 31. Qa4 Qh6 32. Kg1 Qh3 33. Be1 f4 34. Qxa7 Qe6 35. Bf2 fxg3 36. Qb8+ Kg7 37. Qxg3 Kf6 38. b4 Nd6 39. a4 Nc4 40. Qh2 Qh3 41. Qxh3 Bxh3 42. Bg3 Bc8 43. Kf2 b5 44. a5 Nb2 45. Be5+ Ke7 46. Bc2 Na4 47. Bc7 Nxc3 48. Bb6 Na4 49. Ba7 Nb2 50. Kg3 Nc4 51. Bd3 Kf6 {1-0 (51) Tran,Q (2126)-Vo,M Can Tho 2003}) 9. Bd3 Na6 10. a3 Nc7 11. Nge2 Bd6 12. Be3 O-O 13. Qd2 Qe7 14. O-O-O Re8 15. Bf2 b5 16. Rhe1 a5 17. h4 Nf7 18. g4 Qf8 19. Kb1 Bd7 20. Bg3 a4 21. c3 Rab8 22. Rh1 Ne6 23. Nxe6 Bxe6 24. Nf4 Bd7 25. Qc2 Qh6 26. Qh2 Rbd8 27. Rde1 Bb8 28. Bc2 Ba7 29. Ng2 Qd2 30. h5 g5 31. Rd1 Qe2 32. Rhf1 c5 33. Bd3 Qe6 34. Rfe1 Qc6 35. Ne3 cxd4 36. cxd4 Kh8 37. h6 b4 38. axb4 a3 39. Nc2 axb2 40. Kxb2 Rc8 41. Qd2 Nd6 42. Rxe8+ Bxe8 43. Bxd6 Qxd6 44. Ra1 Bb6 45. b5 Bd7 46. Kb3 Qc7 47. Qb4 Be6 48. Ne3 Qd8 49. Ra2 Rb8 50. Ra4 Kg8 51. Nf5 Bxf5 52. Bxf5 Qe8 53. Bd3 Qe6 54. Qd2 Qd7 55. Qc1 Rc8 56. Qa3 Qe6 57. Ra8 Bxd4 58. Qa4 Bc5 59. Rxc8+ Qxc8 60. Qa6 Qxa6 61. bxa6 {1-0 (61) Ritter,K-WindPower (2413) Playchess.com INT 2006}) 7... Nf7 8. f4 {White is slightly better.} (8. exf6 exf6 9. Qd2 Nd6 (9... Nc6 10. O-O-O Nd6 11. Nc3 Be6 12. h4 Qd7 13. Nh3 O-O-O 14. Nf4 Nf5 15. Bf2 Bh6 16. g4 Qd6 17. Nce2 Nfe7 18. g5 fxg5 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. hxg5 Bg7 21. Bh3 Nf5 22. Nf4 Qf7 23. Rde1 Rd6 24. Re2 Kb8 25. c3 h6 26. Bxf5 Qxf5 27. Rhe1 hxg5 28. Ne6 Bf6 29. Bg3 Rd7 30. b4 b6 31. Kb2 Rc8 32. Bh2 Be7 33. Rg2 Qxf3 34. Nxg5 Qf8 35. Re6 Bd6 36. Rxg6 a5 37. b5 Na7 38. a4 Kb7 {1/2-1/2 (38) Afraoui,A (2056)-Soubirou,O (2105) Metz 2018}) 10. Ng3 Nc6 11. O-O-O Ne7 12. h4 h5 13. Bd3 Be6 14. N1e2 Qd7 15. Kb1 O-O-O 16. b3 Kb8 17. Nf4 Bf7 18. Qf2 Rg8 19. Bc1 a5 20. Nge2 a4 21. Nc3 axb3 22. cxb3 Ndf5 23. Bb5 Qc8 24. Be2 Nc6 25. Nb5 Nd6 26. Nxd6 Bxd6 27. g4 hxg4 28. fxg4 g5 29. Nd3 gxh4 30. Rxh4 Bg6 31. Bf4 Nb4 32. Kb2 Nxd3+ 33. Bxd3 Bxd3 34. Rxd3 Rxg4 35. Rxg4 Qxg4 36. Bxd6 Rxd6 37. Rd2 Re6 {0-1 (37) Radovanovic,D (2322)-Ostojic,N (2422) Mosko 2015}) 8... Nh6 {[#]} 9. Nf3 $146 ( {Predecessor:} 9. h3 Nf5 10. Bf2 h5 11. Nf3 h4 12. c4 c6 13. Nc3 Be6 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. Bd3 {1-0 (49) Ehlvest,J (2547)-Rapport,R (2709) Jurmala 2015} e6 16. O-O Bxf3 17. Qxf3 fxe5 18. dxe5 Nd7 19. Rad1 Qe7 20. Ne4 Bg7 21. Bc4 O-O 22. Qg4 Rf7 23. Rxd7 Qxd7 24. Qxg6 Ne7 25. Qxe6 Nd5 26. Qg6 Qf5 27. Qxf5 Rxf5 28. Bxh4 Kh8 29. Bxd5 cxd5 30. Nd6 Rff8 31. Be7 Rg8 32. Rd1 Bf8 33. Bf6+ Bg7 34. Bxg7+ Rxg7 35. Rxd5 Rf8 36. f5 Rg3 37. e6 Re3 38. Rd2 Kg7 39. g4 Rxh3 40. Kg2 Re3 41. g5 Re5 42. f6+ Kg6 43. e7 Rxg5+ 44. Kh1 Rh8+ 45. Rh2 Rgh5 46. Rxh5 Rxh5+ 47. Kg2 Rg5+ 48. Kf3 Re5 49. e8=Q+ {1-0 (49) Ehlvest,J (2547)-Rapport,R (2709) Jurmala 2015}) 9... Nc6 10. h3 Nf5 11. Bf2 h5 12. g3 b6 13. Rg1 Ba6 {[#] } 14. c3 (14. g4 $1 $18 {[%CAl Rg4f5]} hxg4 15. hxg4) 14... Qd7 $16 15. Qc2 O-O-O 16. O-O-O Bh6 17. Kb1 {And now g4 would win.} fxe5 18. dxe5 {Hoping for g4.} e6 19. g4 hxg4 20. hxg4 Nfe7 {[#]} 21. Bh4 $1 Bxe2 (21... Rdf8 {was called for.} 22. Bf6 Rh7) 22. Bxe2 $18 Bxf4 23. Bf6 Rh3 24. Qa4 (24. Rgf1 $18 { and White stays clearly on top.}) 24... Be3 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (24... Rxf3 $16 25. Bxf3 Bxe5) 25. Bb5 $1 a5 (25... Rxf3 26. Bxe7) 26. Nd4 {[%CAl Rd4c6]} Bxg1 (26... Kb7 $142 27. Rh1 Rxh1) 27. Nxc6 {[%CAl Rb5a6] Weighted Error Value: White=0.16/Black=0.44} 1-0