[Event "10th Norway Chess 2022"] [Site "Stavanger NOR"] [Date "2022.06.05"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2864"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2022.05.31"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "21"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1439"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2022.06.06"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.06.06"] [SourceQuality "2"] {[%evp 0,80,39,24,17,25,7,15,3,7,18,20,19,1,20,3,15,8,31,-2,19,27,22,3,14,27, 24,6,26,-4,4,30,38,15,27,7,5,7,4,-44,-8,-41,-37,-9,-6,-12,23,60,60,52,37,98, 140,129,153,148,167,175,164,186,195,183,186,192,218,107,129,114,64,66,71,46,46, 21,11,8,13,5,28,17,34,-2,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Na5 8. Ba2 c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Na3 h6 11. Nc2 a6 12. Ne3 Be6 13. Nd5 Re8 14. Nd2 $14 {White has emerged from the opening with a pleasant edge.} b5 15. Nf1 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 $16 Nxd5 17. exd5 Na5 18. b4 {This setup with a pawn on b4 restricting a Black knight on (or about to be on) b7 is well-known from the Ruy, and well-known to be very bad for Black.} Nb7 19. Re2 $2 (19. axb5 $142 axb5 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. h3 $16 {/+-}) 19... cxb4 20. cxb4 a5 $1 {This is why White needed to take on b5.} 21. axb5 axb4 22. Rb1 Qd7 $2 ( 22... Nc5 $1 23. Rxb4 Ra1 $44) 23. Reb2 $18 {Anand is back in the driver's seat.} Nc5 24. Rxb4 Qf5 25. Be3 Nxd3 26. Ng3 Qh7 27. R4b3 Nc5 28. Bxc5 dxc5 29. b6 Red8 30. b7 Rab8 31. Rb6 c4 {Excepting the slip on move 19, Anand has played a great game, and is well on the way to victory. His passers are beasts (especially the b-pawn), Black's c-pawn is weak, White's knight is better than Black's bishop, and Black's queen is somewhat comical on h7. A few accurate moves, and the game will be over.} 32. Rc6 $2 (32. Qg4 $1 {Threatening Nf5.} Bc5 (32... c3 33. Nf5 Bg5 34. Rc6 g6 35. Ne3 $18) 33. Ne4 $1 {Threatens both the bishop and Nf6+.} h5 (33... Bxb6 34. Nf6+ Kh8 35. Nxh7 Rxb7 36. Qe4 $18) 34. Nf6+ Kh8 35. Qxc4 Bxf2+ 36. Kxf2 gxf6 37. Kg1 $18) 32... Qd3 33. Qf1 $2 ( 33. Qxd3 cxd3 34. Kf1 Bf8 35. Rc7 Bd6 36. Rc3 Rd7 37. Rcb3 $18 {should still win for White, but not as easily as 32.Qg4.}) 33... Bf8 34. Rxc4 $6 (34. d6 $1 {was the last chance to keep some advantage.}) 34... Qxf1+ 35. Kxf1 Rd7 $11 { And now it's a draw.} 36. Rc8 Rbxb7 37. Rxb7 Rxb7 38. Nf5 Rd7 39. g4 g6 40. Nxh6+ Kh7 1/2-1/2 [Event "10th Norway Armageddon"] [Site "Stavanger NOR"] [Date "2022.06.05"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2864"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2022.05.31"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1439"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2022.06.06"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.06.06"] [SourceQuality "2"] {[%evp 0,99,26,25,7,7,15,3,7,3,28,6,27,20,21,-2,0,-8,18,32,-8,-3,-3,11,-2,-2, 21,19,4,3,38,39,40,6,0,9,6,8,11,11,7,-29,-29,-22,-19,-2,3,-6,-34,-67,-62,-48, -64,-59,-46,-31,-8,-29,-29,-52,0,0,0,0,-8,-7,152,152,18,52,55,0,-12,-56,135,78, 107,133,111,-83,0,0,5,5,32,0,0,0,79,100,212,300,300,307,312,298,306,319,327, 171,744,755]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Nc3 d6 7. a4 O-O 8. a5 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nd4 11. Qd1 c6 12. O-O b5 13. Ba2 Ne6 14. Be3 a6 15. Qf3 Qd7 16. Ne2 d5 17. c3 Bc5 18. exd5 cxd5 19. Bxc5 Nxc5 20. d4 e4 21. Qe3 Nd3 $2 {Who wouldn't want to play ...Nd3, as Black? Nevertheless, it's an error.} (21... Nb7 $11) 22. Qd2 $2 (22. Rab1 $1 {followed by f3 gave White a clear plus.}) 22... Rae8 $15 23. f3 $1 Nf2 $1 24. fxe4 $2 (24. Qe3 exf3 25. Qxf3 $15) 24... N2xe4 $17 {/-+} 25. Qd3 Qd6 26. Rf3 g6 27. Raf1 Nh5 28. g4 Nhf6 29. Nf4 Ng5 $6 (29... Re7 $142 $17) 30. R3f2 Nge4 $6 (30... Qd8 $15) 31. Rg2 $11 h6 (31... g5 $1) 32. h4 g5 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Nh3 (34. Qh3 Kg7 35. Nh5+ Nxh5 36. gxh5 f5 37. Rxf5 Kh6 $44) 34... Kg7 35. Rf5 $2 (35. Qe3 $1 $11) 35... Rh8 $17 36. Nxg5 $6 Rh4 $4 {It was an Armageddon game, and perhaps the players had reached the clock-bashing stage. This natural move is a tactical error that allows Anand to reverse the evaluation from lost to won.} (36... Nxg5 37. Rxg5+ Kf8 $19) 37. Bxd5 $1 {Not only grabbing a valuable pawn, but undermining the knight on e4, the linchpin of Black's position, allows White's attack to crash through.} Nxg5 38. Rxg5+ Kf8 39. Bf3 $2 (39. Qg3 $1 $18) 39... Qf4 $11 40. Re5 $1 Rxe5 (40... Rh3 $1 $11) 41. dxe5 Qxe5 42. Kf2 Rh3 (42... Rh1 $1 $11) 43. g5 $2 (43. Qd4 $1 $18) 43... Nh5 $2 (43... Rh1 $1) 44. g6 $1 fxg6 $2 45. Qd8+ $1 Qe8 46. Qxe8+ Kxe8 47. Rxg6 $18 Nf4 48. Rxa6 Nd3+ 49. Ke3 $6 (49. Ke2 $1) 49... Ne5 $4 (49... Nxb2 {is still winning for White, but there's still some hope here, especially in Armageddon.}) 50. Re6+ 1-0 [Event "10th Norway Chess 2022"] [Site "Stavanger NOR"] [Date "2022.06.06"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D78"] [WhiteElo "2864"] [BlackElo "2759"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "112"] [EventDate "2022.05.31"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "21"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1440"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2022.06.13"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.06.13"] [SourceQuality "2"] {[%evp 0,112,24,18,18,-9,14,10,10,13,32,10,7,-12,14,-6,-6,-6,12,11,13,10,3,-8, -23,-23,-27,-39,-41,-34,-38,-60,-31,-31,-5,-16,-16,-17,-6,-21,0,-22,-13,-13,-6, -2,-1,-18,-11,6,4,6,0,0,0,0,0,-3,0,0,21,9,9,10,10,0,28,25,29,49,49,38,73,74,92, 95,87,81,114,123,126,127,127,131,121,121,146,37,98,98,96,124,123,123,155,159, 167,161,161,164,224,210,224,209,216,216,250,250,286,282,391,387,377,385,385]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 dxc4 8. e4 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 e5 11. dxe5 Nfd7 12. e6 fxe6 13. Be3 Qe7 14. Bg2 Na6 15. Qe2 Nb4 16. Qxc4 Nc2 17. Nd5 cxd5 18. Qxc2 d4 19. Bd2 Rac8 20. Qb3 Nc5 21. Qa3 Qd7 22. Rac1 b6 23. e5 Bxe5 24. Rfe1 Bg7 25. b4 Na4 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Qb3 Nc3 28. Rxe6 Kh8 29. Kh2 Re8 30. Rxe8+ Qxe8 31. Qc4 h6 32. a3 a5 33. bxa5 bxa5 34. Bf1 Qf8 35. Kg2 Ne4 36. Be1 Qxa3 37. Bd3 Nd6 38. Qa6 Nf5 39. h4 h5 40. Bxa5 Kh7 41. Qb5 Qf8 42. Qd5 Qd6 43. Qf3 Qe5 44. Bd8 Qe6 45. Qb7 Nd6 46. Qc6 { Carlsen has been better for a long time, and Mamedyarov has defended well to keep the game within reach of a draw. It is very difficult to defend indefinitely, when there's no clear cut way to resolve the situation. Sometimes we humans manage it, but more often than not we'll slip up at some point. Here is that point for Mamedyarov.} Qb3 $4 {Simply losing concentration. } (46... Bf6 $11 {/+/=}) (46... Be5) (46... Bf8) (46... Bh8) 47. Bxg6+ Kxg6 48. Qxd6+ $18 Kh7 49. Qd7 Kg6 50. Qc6+ Kf7 51. Qc5 (51. Qf3+ {was simpler. Carlsen may have been fatigued as well.}) 51... Qb7+ 52. f3 Ke8 53. Bc7 Qb2+ 54. Kh3 d3 55. Qxh5+ Kd7 56. Qf7+ Kc6 1-0 [Event "10th Norway Chess 2022"] [Site "Stavanger NOR"] [Date "2022.06.09"] [Round "8.4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2759"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "2022.05.31"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "21"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1440"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2022.06.13"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.06.13"] [SourceQuality "2"] {[%evp 0,43,26,7,7,18,34,2,44,35,30,15,23,17,19,9,1,-10,-3,-2,36,27,8,7,6,2,-6, 7,23,10,27,19,17,1,-4,-7,-7,-19,-21,-2,22,19,26,-12,-12,-804]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. Bf1 d5 9. d4 Re8 10. c4 Bg4 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. h3 Bh5 14. a3 (14. Bd2 $142 $14 {/+/-} ) 14... Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bd6 16. Be3 Qf6 17. Bd3 h6 18. g4 {I have a student who is too fond of playing g2-g4, in my opinion. I may be overly prejudiced against the move myself, but to the degree that I am it's because of games like this. Even when g4 is the right move, it will often end up being wrong, because sooner or later the open windows around White's king will lead to an enemy invasion. It's not that White must lose, it's just that the cost of inaccuracies and mistakes go way up when there's a pawn on g4 relative to positions where the pawn is on g2.} Bg6 19. Kg2 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Ne7 21. Bd2 Ng6 22. Qb5 $4 {The move makes sense. It attacks the b-pawn and, more importantly, Black's rook, and so seemingly forces Black to swap rooks and then play something like ...b6, when White is happy. It's sensible, but there is a slight problem with these delightful generalities.} (22. Qb5 $4 Qxf3+ $1 { Whoops.} 23. Kxf3 {Not forced by the rules of chess, but there's no reason to consider the position after 23.Kg1.} Nh4#) (22. Qf5 $1 {had to be played, with something close enough to equality after} Qxf5 23. gxf5 Ne7 24. f6 $1 gxf6 25. Bxh6 {. But why is 23.Qf5 (more or less) forced? It's because even with White's queen on d3, Black *still* threatens to take on f3!}) ({For example:} 22. a4 $4 Qxf3+ $3 23. Qxf3 (23. Kxf3 Nh4#) 23... Nh4+ $19 {wins a piece.}) 0-1 [Event "10th Norway Chess 2022"] [Site "Stavanger NOR"] [Date "2022.06.09"] [Round "8.1"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2864"] [BlackElo "2750"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "157"] [EventDate "2022.05.31"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "21"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1440"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2022.06.13"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.06.13"] [SourceQuality "2"] {[%evp 0,157,26,24,24,5,38,38,66,58,51,51,51,51,51,37,40,25,41,25,30,25,25,18, 18,18,85,57,81,52,60,60,60,27,27,26,26,-47,-31,-31,-31,-31,-38,-38,-38,-55,-54, -38,-40,-43,-43,-58,-45,-53,-52,-51,-57,-52,-50,-47,-51,-51,-51,-51,-41,-42, -50,-65,-65,-65,-68,-90,-90,-102,-98,-94,-78,-112,-104,-112,-94,-109,-116,-97, -109,-132,-132,-106,-112,-112,-112,-178,-174,-186,-185,-192,-180,-192,-205, -216,-121,-117,-129,-185,-185,-185,-30,-15,-22,-21,-22,-27,-42,-41,-13,-19,-19, -40,-40,-40,-37,-40,-20,-19,-20,-21,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-35,-17,-39,-39, -39,-39,-40,-40,-39,-40,-34,-40,-39,-39,-40,-40,-40,-40,-40,-40,-40,-40,-40, -41,-42,-42,-42,-40]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 a5 10. Nf3 O-O 11. O-O a4 12. Bc2 c5 13. Rb1 Bg4 14. e5 Nc6 15. Be4 Rc8 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qd7 18. Bd3 cxd4 19. Bxb5 dxc3 20. Qxc3 Qd5 21. Bxa4 Qxa2 22. Ra1 Nxe5 23. Rxa2 Rxc3 24. Bd2 Rcc8 25. Bb5 Rc5 26. Be2 Nc6 27. Rc1 Rxc1+ 28. Bxc1 {This ending should be drawn, though Black will rightly play until he has run out of winning attempts.} Rb8 29. Be3 Bd4 30. Bh6 Bg7 31. Be3 h5 32. g3 e6 33. Kg2 Nb4 34. Rd2 Nd5 35. Rd3 Nxe3+ 36. Rxe3 Bd4 37. Rd3 e5 38. Rd2 Kg7 39. h4 Kh6 40. f4 $6 {Weakening the structure. Carlsen is doing this for tactical reasons, and while it's not too bad, it is dangerous - as we'll see.} Be3 41. Rd7 exf4 42. gxf4 f5 43. Kf3 Bc1 44. Bc4 $6 (44. Rd4 $142) 44... Rc8 45. Bf7 $6 (45. Bb5 {was better, but White didn't play 44.Bc4 to follow up in this way; he's going for counterplay involving the g6, g8, and h7 squares.}) 45... Rc3+ 46. Kg2 $2 ({It's subtle, but White had to play} 46. Ke2 $1 {. The key point shows up on move 53 - compare this line with the 48.hxg5+ line, below.} Bxf4 47. Bg8 g5 48. hxg5+ Kxg5 49. Rg7+ Kf6 50. Rf7+ Kg6 51. Rb7 h4 $2 (51... Rc6 $17 {/-+}) 52. Bh7+ Kg5 53. Rb5 h3 {No check! } 54. Bxf5 h2 55. Bc8+ Kh4 56. Bb7 $11) 46... Bxf4 $19 47. Bg8 g5 48. Be6 (48. hxg5+ Kxg5 49. Rg7+ Kf6 50. Rf7+ Kg6 51. Rb7 h4 52. Bh7+ Kg5 53. Rb5 h3+ { The payoff. With the king on e2, it's not check, and the tempo makes a crucial difference.} 54. Kf2 Rc2+ 55. Kf3 h2 56. Rxf5+ Kh6 $19) 48... Kg6 $2 (48... gxh4 $1 {wins. Black's structure is ugly, but what matters is that he can quickly play ...h3+, which will soon cost White his bishop.} 49. Bxf5 h3+ $1 50. Kf2 (50. Bxh3 Rg3+ 51. Kh2 {Here we must notice two things. First, White has everything protected. Second, that fortunate state of affairs won't hold if it's his move - he's almost in zugzwang. If it's his turn, he will be saved by attacking Black's bishop. Therefore, Black puts the bishop on a better square, and then it really is a zugzwang.} Bb8 $1 $19 {Black wins at least a bishop now, as you can verify for yourselves.}) 50... h2 51. Rd1 Rg3 52. Rh1 Rg1 $1 53. Be4 (53. Rxg1 Be3+ $1 {is the point.}) 53... Bg3+ 54. Ke2 Kg5 $19 { It will take a while to force resignation, but it's inevitable.} 55. Bf3 Kh4 56. Bd5 Bc7 57. Bc6 Kg3 58. Bd5 h4 59. Bc6 h3 60. Bd5 Rg2+ 61. Kd3 Kf2 { and then ...Rg1, trade on h1, ...Kg1, ...h1Q, etc.}) 49. Rd5 $1 {Now it's a draw, as White takes control over h3 before Black does.} g4 (49... gxh4 50. Bxf5+ Kh6 51. Rd3 $11) 50. Bxf5+ Kf6 51. Bh7 Be5 52. Bg6 $1 {White may draw even without this, but this makes his life easier.} g3 53. Ra5 Rc4 54. Ra6+ Kg7 55. Bxh5 Rxh4 56. Rg6+ (56. Be8 {is less awkward, and has the idea of Rg6+ followed by Rxg3.}) 56... Kh7 57. Rg5 Rh2+ 58. Kf3 $2 {Not surprising for a blitz game, but this was classical chess!} (58. Kf1 $11) (58. Kg1 $11) 58... Rf2+ 59. Kg4 Bf4 60. Rg6 Rf1 $2 (60... Bc7 $1 61. Rg5 Rf1 $1 62. Kh3 Kh6 63. Rc5 Rh1+ 64. Kg2 Rh2+ 65. Kf3 Rf2+ 66. Kg4 g2 67. Rc6+ Kh7 68. Rxc7+ Kg8 69. Rc8+ Rf8 70. Rc1 Rf1 $19) 61. Kf5 $1 Bg5+ 62. Ke4 Rf4+ 63. Kd3 Rf5 64. Ke4 $1 Rf4+ 65. Kd3 Bh4 66. Re6 g2 67. Rg6 Rf5 68. Rxg2 Rxh5 69. Ke4 Bf6 70. Kf4 Bg7 71. Ke4 Kg8 72. Rg6 Kf7 73. Ra6 Bf6 74. Ra8 Rh4+ 75. Kf5 Rh5+ 76. Ke4 Rb5 77. Kf4 Be5+ 78. Ke4 Bd6 79. Rh8 {MVL has faith in Carlsen's ability to defend this theoretical ending. The rest of us should play it to the finish - even top GMs (e.g. Leinier Dominguez, against Judit Polgar) can mess this up.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "10th Norway Armageddon"] [Site "Stavanger NOR"] [Date "2022.06.09"] [Round "8.1"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2864"] [BlackElo "2750"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2022.05.31"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1440"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2022.06.13"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.06.13"] [SourceQuality "2"] {[%evp 0,107,26,24,34,0,38,36,58,51,42,42,42,42,42,25,25,30,38,25,18,18,27,18, 21,14,57,57,89,34,47,55,57,50,51,43,55,29,49,54,62,83,72,16,42,55,50,47,17,28, 26,19,48,28,35,-40,0,-18,-136,0,0,0,-17,-31,-31,-3,-8,-152,-112,-116,-66,-113, -49,-108,-121,-94,-87,-111,-98,-98,-49,-28,-23,-167,-166,-125,-130,-130,27,7,1, 1,36,40,40,-17,-8,49,10,0,125,120,105,38,34,56,50,96,104,161]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 a5 10. Nf3 O-O 11. O-O a4 12. Bc2 c5 13. Rb1 Nc6 14. e5 Rb8 15. Be4 Bf5 16. Bxf5 gxf5 17. Qd3 Qd7 18. Rd1 Rfd8 19. Bf4 cxd4 20. cxd4 e6 21. Bg5 Rdc8 22. Qe3 Ne7 23. Bf6 h6 24. Qf4 Ng6 25. Qg3 Kh7 26. d5 exd5 27. Rb4 Rc4 28. Rxc4 bxc4 29. e6 Qxe6 30. Qxb8 Bxf6 31. Re1 Qd7 32. Qb6 Kg7 {Black's advantage is nearly winning, and after White's next move, it's over the top.} 33. g3 $2 f4 $2 { Black is still winning, but this attempt to have his cake and eat it too lessens his advantage.} (33... d4 {Passed pawns must be pushed!}) 34. Qc5 $1 { Now the passers are stuck.} fxg3 35. hxg3 Nf4 {Trying to force an immediate draw, but he doesn't succeed. When you have a winning position in a situation where a draw is enough to achieve your desired goal, keep playing for the win unless you see a 100% draw!} 36. Qe3 {Objectively inferior to 36.gxf4, but it's Armageddon, so White must keep the game going.} (36. gxf4 Qg4+ 37. Kf1 Qxf3 $11) 36... Nd3 37. Rb1 Qe6 $4 {An awful decision, but MVL was short of time.} (37... d4 {Passed pawns must be pushed!}) 38. Rb7 Qxe3 39. fxe3 $11 c3 40. Rc7 Nb4 41. Ne1 $2 (41. Nd4 $142 Bxd4 42. exd4 Nxa2 43. Kf2 $11) 41... Be5 $1 42. Rc8 Bxg3 43. Kf1 {I was watching the game live, without looking at an engine evaluation, and my thought was that MVL would find 43...Bxe1 followed by 44...Nxa2 very tempting, but I suspected that it was wrong and dangerous for him. It was a good day for my intuition, as I was right on both counts.} Bxe1 $6 (43... Nxa2 $142 44. Nc2 Bd6 {was both safer and better.}) 44. Kxe1 Nxa2 45. Kd1 a3 $6 {Really asking for trouble, but MVL was down to something around 10-15 seconds, if the transmission I saw was roughly accurate.} (45... Nb4 $11) 46. Rb8 $1 {Now the knight will be lost. Black has a lot of pawns, but the queenside passers will be collected and the f- and d-pawns aren't passed. Black therefore starts pushing the h-pawn, but it's a long way from queening and his king isn't much help.} h5 47. Kc2 h4 48. Rb1 Kf6 49. Kb3 Nb4 $2 (49... Ke5 50. Kxa2 Ke4 51. Kxa3 Kxe3 52. Rh1 d4 53. Rxh4 d3 54. Kb3 c2 55. Rh1 Kd2 56. Kb2 f5 {Thanks to the f-pawn, Black holds. You might even wonder if White can save this, and the answer is that he can (though it doesn't matter from the standpoint of Armageddon scoring).} 57. Rh2+ Kd1 58. Rh1+ Ke2 59. Rh2+ Ke3 60. Rh3+ $11) 50. Kxb4 $18 a2 51. Ra1 $2 $11 {Obvious, but mistaken.} (51. Rf1+ {followed by 52.Kxc3 wins.}) 51... c2 52. Kc3 h3 53. Kxc2 Kg5 $2 (53... Kf5 $1 {is the only move, and it draws.} 54. Rxa2 (54. Kd3 h2 $11 ) 54... h2 55. Ra1 Kg4 56. Kd3 Kg3 57. Kd4 Kg2 58. Kxd5 h1=Q 59. Rxh1 Kxh1 60. Ke5 Kg2 61. Kf6 Kf3 62. Kxf7 Kxe3 $11) 54. Kd3 $18 (54. Kd3 h2 55. Ke2 Kg4 56. Kf2 Kh3 57. Kf3 {White runs Black out of moves, and when ...Kh4 finally happens White plays Kg2, takes the a- and h-pawns, and wins.}) 1-0