[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.02.16"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "201"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O b5 7. a4 Bb7 8. Ne5 a6
9. b3 cxb3 10. Qxb3 Qxd4 11. Bb2 Qb4 12. Qc2 Qc5 13. Qd3 Be7 14. Nd2 Nd5 15.
Rfc1 Qb6 16. Nec4 bxc4 17. Nxc4 Nb4 18. Qb1 Qc5 19. Bxg7 Rg8 20. Qxh7 Rxg7 21.
Qxg7 Nd7 22. Qh8+ Bf8 23. a5 Rb8 24. Rab1 Bc8 25. Rb2 Qg5 26. Rd2 Nd5 27. e4
Qh6 28. Qa1 N5f6 29. Nd6+ Bxd6 30. Rxd6 c5 31. Rb1 Rb4 32. Rxb4 cxb4 33. Rc6
Kd8 34. Qb2 Ng4 35. h3 Qf6 36. Rc2 Qxb2 37. Rxb2 Nge5 38. Rxb4 Nc6 39. Ra4 e5
40. f3 Ke7 41. Bf1 Nc5 42. Ra3 Be6 43. h4 Nd4 44. Kf2 Bb3 45. Ra1 Bc2 46. g4
Kf6 47. Kg3 Kg6 48. Re1 Ncb3 49. Bxa6 Nxa5 50. f4 exf4+ 51. Kxf4 Ne6+ 52. Ke3
Nb3 53. Bc4 Nbd4 54. Rf1 Ba4 55. g5 Bb5 56. Rf6+ Kg7 57. Bxb5 Nxb5 58. h5 Nf8
59. Rc6 Ne6 60. g6 Nbc7 61. gxf7 Kxf7 62. e5 Nd5+ 63. Ke4 Ne7 64. Rd6 Nc8 65.
Rd1 Ne7 66. Rf1+ Kg7 67. h6+ Kg8 68. Rf6 Ng5+ 69. Kf4 Nh7 70. Rd6 Kf7 71. Kg4
Ke8 72. Kh5 Kf7 73. Ra6 Nf8 74. Rb6 Nh7 75. Rd6 Nf8 76. Kg5 Nh7+ 77. Kg4 Nf8
78. Ra6 Nh7 79. Kf4 Nf8 80. Ke4 Ne6 81. Ra7 Ng5+ 82. Kf4 Nh7 83. Ra6 Nf8 84.
Kg5 Nh7+ 85. Kh5 Nf8 86. Rf6+ Kg8 87. Rf1 Nc6 88. Rf5 Nd7 89. e6 Nf8 90. Rc5
Ne7 91. Rc7 Nd5 92. Rg7+ Kh8 93. e7 Nxe7 94. Rxe7 Kg8 95. Kg5 Nh7+ 96. Kf5 Nf8
97. Rg7+ Kh8 98. Rf7 Kg8 99. Kf6 Nh7+ 100. Kg6 Nf8+ 101. Rxf8+ 1-0
[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.02.16"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 (4... g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 O-O
8. Nf3 a6 9. bxa6 (9. O-O axb5 10. Bxb5 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Nd2 Nd7 13. Nc4
Nb6 14. Qe2 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 Qb6 16. Na4 Qb7 17. Bd2 Nb4 18. Nc3 Nc2 19. Rab1 Rfb8
20. h4 Qd7 21. h5 Qg4 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. a3 Nd4 24. Rfd1 Be5 25. Be3 Nf3+ 26.
Kf1 Nh2+ 27. Kg1 Kg7 28. Qe2 Qh4 29. g3 Qh3 30. f4 Qxg3+ {0-1 Cardoso Cardoso,
J (2414)-Abdusattorov,N (2634) Titled Tuesday 8th June chess.com INT blitz
2021 (4)}) 9... Bxa6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. O-O Qb6 12. Nd2 Nd7 13. Nc4 Qb4 14. Qe2
Ne5 15. Ne3 Rfb8 16. a4 c4 17. Nc2 Qb7 18. Nd4 Nb4 19. Be3 Ned3 20. Ndb5 Rc8
21. f4 f5 22. exf5 gxf5 23. Bd4 Bxd4+ 24. Nxd4 Qb6 25. Qe6+ Kh8 26. Ncb5 Nc2
27. Qxe7 Rf8 28. a5 Qc5 29. Qxd6 Qxd6 30. Nxd6 Nxd4 31. Nxc4 Rac8 32. Nb6 Rc2
33. Rfd1 Nxf4 34. Kf1 Nxg2 35. Rxd4 Ne3+ 36. Ke1 Rg8 {0-1 Maiorov,N (2463)
-Abdusattorov,N (2634) Titled Tuesday 8th June chess.com INT blitz 2021 (2)})
5. e3 (5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8. a7 Rxa7 9. Nf3 Qa5 10. Bd2 Qb6 11.
Qc2 d6 12. a4 Ba6 13. Bb5 Ne8 14. O-O Nc7 15. Bxa6 Nbxa6 16. Bg5 Rb8 17. Rfb1
Kf8 18. Nd2 Nb4 19. Qd1 Qa6 20. Ra3 Nd3 21. Nb5 Nxb2 22. Nxc7 Rxc7 23. Qc2 Rcb7
24. h3 c4 25. Be3 c3 26. Rxc3 Bxc3 27. Qxc3 f6 28. a5 Kf7 29. Qc6 Qxa5 30. Nc4
Qa2 31. Rxb2 Rxb2 32. Nxd6+ Kg8 33. Qd7 R2b6 34. Qe6+ Kh8 35. Nf7+ Kg7 36. Bh6+
Kg8 37. Nd6+ Kh8 38. Qxe7 Qa1+ 39. Kh2 Qe5+ 40. Qxe5 fxe5 41. Nf7+ Kg8 42. Nxe5
Re8 43. f4 Rb4 44. d6 Rxe4 {0-1 Cardoso Cardoso,J (2414)-Abdusattorov,N (2634)
Titled Tuesday 22nd June chess.com INT blitz 2021 (9)}) 5... e6 6. Nc3 exd5 7.
Nxd5 Be7 $6 8. Nf3 (8. Nxf6+ Bxf6 9. Qd5 Ra7 10. Qxc5 $18) 8... O-O 9. b3 $5 (
9. bxa6 Nxa6 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Be2 d5 12. O-O Bf5 13. b3 Nb4 14. a3 Bc2 15.
Qd2 Ne4 16. axb4 Nxd2 17. Bxd2 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Bxb3 19. bxc5 Qxc5 20. Nd4 Bc4 21.
Bf3 Rb8 22. h4 h6 {0-1 Ivic,V (2572)-Christiansen,J (2578) World Blitz 2022
Almaty KAZ (15.60)}) 9... Nxd5 10. Qxd5 Qb6 11. Bb2 (11. Qxa8 $2 Bb7) 11... Bb7
12. Qf5 (12. Qh5 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 axb5) 12... axb5 13. Bd3 g6 14. Qe5 f6 15. Qxe7
Rf7 16. Qe8+ Rf8 17. Qe7 Rf7 18. Qe8+ Rf8 19. Qe7 1/2-1/2
[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.02.16"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Gukesh D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nf6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Ne2
e5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. cxd5 Nxe5 11. e4 f5 12. O-O Nxd3 13. Qxd3 fxe4 14. Qxe4 cxd5
15. Qd3 Bf5 16. Qg3 Nc6 17. Be3 Qe8 18. Rad1 Qf7 19. Rd2 Rad8 20. Rfd1 Rd7 21.
Nd4 Bg6 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. c4 Bh5 24. f3 Re8 25. Bf2 Bg6 26. cxd5 cxd5 27. h3 h6
28. Rc1 Kh7 29. Bd4 Bf5 30. Kh2 Re6 31. Rc8 Re8 32. Rxe8 Qxe8 33. Rb2 Qg6 34.
Qe5 Bd3 35. a4 Bc4 36. a5 Qf7 37. Rb8 Re7 38. Qg3 Rb7 39. Rc8 a6 40. Qd6 Qe7
41. Qc6 Qf7 42. Qd6 Qe7 43. Qxe7 Rxe7 44. g4 Rf7 45. Kg3 g5 46. Rh8+ Kg6 47.
Re8 Kh7 48. Re6 Bb5 49. Be5 Rd7 50. Bd4 Rf7 51. Re3 Kg6 52. Re5 Bc4 53. Re6+
Kh7 54. Re3 Kg6 55. h4 gxh4+ 56. Kxh4 Rf4 57. Be5 d4 58. Ra3 Rf7 59. Bxd4 Bd5
60. Kg3 h5 61. Rc3 hxg4 62. fxg4 Rd7 63. Be3 Kf6 64. Rc1 Ke6 65. Bb6 Rf7 66.
Re1+ Kd6 67. Kh4 Be6 68. Kg5 Rf3 69. Rd1+ Kc6 70. Rc1+ Kd5 71. Rc5+ Kd6 72. Rc2
Kd5 73. Rd2+ Kc6 74. Re2 Kd7 75. Rd2+ Kc6 76. Rc2+ Kd5 77. Bc7 Rf8 78. Rd2+ Kc4
79. Rd6 Rg8+ 80. Kf6 Bxg4 81. Rxa6 Rc8 82. Ra7 Kb5 1/2-1/2
[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.02.16"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 (2... c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 Nf6 {1-0 Portisch,L (2630)
-Radulov,I (2490) Olympiad-23 Buenos Aires 1978 (9)}) 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5.
d4 e6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Qxc4 cxd4 (8... b5 9. Qd3 c4 10. Qd1 Rc8 11. a3
Na5 12. Nc3 Bc6 13. Bg5 Be7 14. e3 Nb3 15. Rb1 O-O 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nd5 {
0-1 Duda,J (2731)-So,W (2760) Meltwater Tour Final 2022 chess24.com INT rapid
(6.1)}) 9. Nxd4 Rc8 10. Nc3 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc5 12. Qh4 Bc6 13. Rd1 Qb6 14. Bxc6+
Rxc6 $2 15. Bh6 $1 Bf8 (15... gxh6 16. Qxf6 O-O 17. Ne4 Qb4 18. Qe5 Be7 19. a3
Qb6 20. Rd7 Bg5 21. b3 Qxb3 22. Nxg5 hxg5 23. Qxg5+ Kh8 24. Rad1 Qc2 25. Qf6+
Kg8 26. R1d4 Qg6 27. Qf3 h5 28. Rxb7 e5 29. Rh4 Rd8 30. Qxh5 Qxh5 31. Rxh5 f6
32. Rxa7 Rd2 33. e3 Rc1+ 34. Kg2 Rdd1 35. Rf5 {1-0 Portisch,L (2630)-Radulov,I
(2490) Olympiad-23 Buenos Aires 1978 (9)}) 16. Rd3 Nd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Be3
Qxb2 (18... Bc5 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. Re3+ Kd7 21. Qg4+ Kc7 22. Qxg7 Rf8 23. Rd1 a6
24. Red3 {1-0 Izzat,K (2496)-Sukandar,I (2393) Adelaide Lidums GM 2018 (4)})
19. Bd4 Qb4 20. Rb3 Qe7 21. Qxe7+ Kxe7 22. Rxb7+ Ke6 23. Rb8 h5 24. Rab1 h4 25.
Kg2 Kf5 26. Kf3 hxg3 27. hxg3 Rc4 28. e3 Rc2 29. R1b5 Kg6 30. Rxd5 Rxa2 31.
Rdd8 Rh2 32. Rxf8 Raxf2+ 33. Ke4 f6 34. Rb7 a6 35. Ra8 Ra2 36. Raa7 Rh7 37. Kf3
Ra5 38. Rb6 Rg5 39. Kg2 a5 40. e4 Rg4 41. Kf3 Rg5 42. Be3 Re5 43. Bf4 Rc5 44.
e5 Rh8 45. Rba6 Rd8 46. exf6 gxf6 47. Rxa5 Rc3+ 48. Kg4 1-0
[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.02.16"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. d4 e4 4. d5 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Qe7 6. Nh3 Nf6 7. Nc3 cxd5 8. Nf4
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 dxc4 10. e3 Nc6 11. g4 h6 12. Bxc4 d6 13. Rg1 Bd7 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15.
Qxd5 O-O-O 16. Qxf7 Qxf7 17. Bxf7 Ne5 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Bd5 Bc6 20. Bxc6 bxc6
21. Rc1 Rd6 22. Ke2 Rhd8 23. Rc2 g5 24. Rgc1 Kb7 25. b3 Rd5 26. Ke1 R8d6 27.
Rc4 Rd3 28. R1c2 Rd1+ 29. Ke2 Rh1 30. Rxe4 Rd5 31. Rec4 Rd6 32. Rb4+ Kc7 33.
Rb5 Re6 34. Ra5 Rxh2 35. Rxa7+ Kb6 36. Rf7 e4 37. a4 Rh1 38. b4 Ra1 39. a5+ Kb5
40. Rb7+ Ka4 41. Rb6 Rd6 42. Rd2 Rxd2+ 43. Kxd2 c5 44. bxc5 Kxa5 45. Kc3 Ra2
46. Rf6 Ra4 47. Rb6 Ra2 48. Rb2 Rxb2 49. Kxb2 Kb5 50. Kb3 1-0
[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.02.17"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. f4 Bd6 7. Nf3 Bc7 8. d3
e5 9. fxe5 Ng4 10. Bf4 Qe7 11. Qd2 O-O 12. Rf1 b6 13. e6 $5 Bxe6 14. h3 Nf6 15.
Ng5 h6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Bxc7 Qxc7 18. Qe3 Nh5 19. Rg1 Rae8 20. O-O-O Qd6 21.
Qe4 Nf6 22. Qg6 e5 23. g4 Re6 24. Rgf1 e4 25. g5 Nh7 26. Rxf8+ Nxf8 27. Qf5
exd3 28. Rxd3 Qe7 29. gxh6 Rxh6 30. Rf3 Rf6 1/2-1/2
[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.02.17"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Qb3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxf5 Qxf5 13. bxc3 b6 14. Nh4 Qd7 (
14... Qh5 15. g3 Nd7 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Ng2 Rfe8 18. Bf4 Bf8 19. Ne3 Nf6 20. Kg2
Rac8 21. h4 h6 22. a4 Re6 23. a5 Rec6 24. axb6 Rxb6 25. Qa2 Rxc3 26. Qxa7 Rb2
27. Ra2 Rxa2 28. Qxa2 Ra3 29. Qc2 Ne4 30. Qe2 Qxe2 31. Rxe2 Rd3 32. Nxd5 {
½-½ Adams,M (2701)-Papp,G (2603) Gibraltar Masters 17th Caleta 2019 (5)}) 15.
cxd5 cxd5 16. g3 Be7 17. Rxe7 Qxe7 18. Ba3 Qd7 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Re1 Nc6 21.
Qa3+ Kg8 22. Ng2 {1h54-1h14} h6 23. h4 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Qd6 Qe6 26. Qc7
b5 27. h5 b4 28. Nf4 Qe8 29. cxb4 Nxd4 30. Kf1 Ne6 31. Qxa7 Nxf4 32. gxf4 Qb5+
33. Kg2 Qxb4 34. Qa8+ Kh7 35. Qxd5 Qxf4 36. Qd3+ Kg8 37. Qd8+ Kh7 38. Qd3+ Kg8
39. Qd8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2
[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.02.17"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. a3 Nxc3 8.
Nxc3 Ba5 9. dxc5 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 Nd7 12. c6 Ne5 (12... bxc6 {
[%eval 2960,0] ½-½ (12) Krogius,Nikolai V - Roizman,Abram Yakovlevich, URS
Republics Team-ch Final A Moscow,} 13. Kc2 Nc5 14. f3 e5 15. e4 Be6 16. Rb1 O-O
17. Be3 Nd7 18. Ba6 c5 19. Rhd1 Rab8 20. Rb7 Rfd8 21. Rdb1 Ba2 22. R1b2 Rxb7
23. Rxb7 c4 24. Rxa7 Nc5 25. Bxc4 Bxc4 26. Bxc5 Bf1 27. g3 Bg2 28. Bb6 Rc8 29.
Bc7 Bxf3 30. Kd3 f6 31. c4 Bg2 32. c5 Bf1+ 33. Kc3 Bg2 34. Kd3 Bf1+ 35. Ke3 Bb5
36. Bd6 Bc6 37. Ra6 Bb5 38. Ra7 Bc6 39. a4 Ra8 40. Rxa8+ Bxa8 41. a5 Kf7 42. a6
Ke6 43. a7 h5 44. Kd3 g6 {½-½ Krogius,N-Lutikov,A RSFSR-ch19 Voronezh /
Russia) 1959}) 13. a4 $5 (13. c7 Kd7 14. e4 Kxc7 15. Bf4 f6 16. h4 Bd7 17. Rh3
Bc6 18. Rg3 Rhg8 19. f3 Kd6 20. Rb1 Rac8 21. Kc2 Ke7 22. Bb5 b6 23. a4 Nd7 {
1-0 Aleksandrov,A (2612)-Vaibhav,S (2448) Chennai op 4th 2012 (7)}) 13... Nxc6
14. a5 e5 15. e4 Be6 16. Be3 O-O 17. Kc2 Rac8 18. Kb2 Rfd8 19. Be2 f6 20. Rhd1
Rxd1 21. Bxd1 Kf7 22. Be2 Ke7 23. h4 a6 24. Bc5+ Ke8 25. g3 Nd8 26. Bb4 Nc6 27.
Bc5 Nd8 28. Bb4 Nc6 29. Bc5 1/2-1/2
[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.02.17"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 b6 6. Bd3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nf3
Re8 9. Rc1 Bf8 10. O-O Bb7 11. Ne5 c5 12. f4 Nc6 13. Ne2 Ne4 14. Ng3 Nxd2 $2 (
14... Nxg3 15. hxg3 g6 16. Qg4 Qe7 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. f5 Qd7 19. Qf4 Bd6 20. Qh4
Bb5 21. Bxb5 Qxb5 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. dxc5 Bxc5 24. Rxc5 Qxc5 25. Bc3 Qxe3+ 26.
Rf2 Re5 27. Qf6 Qc1+ 28. Rf1 Qe3+ 29. Rf2 Qc1+ 30. Rf1 Qe3+ {½-½ Rakhmanov,A
(2657)-Vokhidov,S (2521) FIDE Grand Swiss 2021 Riga LAT (6.49)}) (14... Nxe5
15. fxe5 Qd7 16. Nh5 Rac8 17. Bc3 cxd4 18. exd4 b5 19. Qf3 b4 20. Bxb4 Rxc1 21.
Rxc1 Bxb4 22. Nxg7 Rc8 23. Rf1 Kxg7 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Qf6+ Kg8 26. Qg5+ Kf8 27.
Qh6+ Ke8 28. Kh1 e3 29. Qxe3 Rc2 30. Rg1 Qg4 {0-1 Rakhmanov,A (2640)-Yoo,C
(2535) Chess.com RCC Wk16 Swiss chess.com INT rapid 2022 (9)}) 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7
16. Qh5+ Kg8 17. Qxf7+ Kh8 18. Ng6+ Kh7 19. Nh5 $5 Re6 $1 20. f5 $5 (20. Qxe6
Qe8 21. Nxf8+ Qxf8 22. Rfd1 Ne4 23. Qxd5) 20... Nxf1 21. Rxf1 Qg5 $2 (21... Qe8
$1 22. Nxf8+ Qxf8) 22. Qxe6 Qxh5 23. Rf3 $1 cxd4 $1 24. Qf7 $1 (24. Rh3 $2 Qxh3
25. gxh3 Bc5) 24... Bd6 25. Nf8+ $1 Rxf8 26. Qxh5+ Kg8 27. f6 $1 Ne5 (27...
Rxf6 28. Qxd5+) (27... gxf6 28. Qg6+ Kh8 29. Rh3#) 28. Rf5 g6 29. Qg5 (29. Qh6
Rf7 30. Qg5) 29... dxe3 30. Rxe5 Kf7 31. Rxe3 Bc5 32. b4 Bxe3+ 33. Qxe3 Re8 (
33... Kxf6 34. Qc3+ Ke6 35. Qg7 Rf7 36. Qxg6+) 34. Qc3 Bc8 35. a4 Bf5 36. h3 (
36. Qc7+ Kxf6 37. Qxa7 Re6 38. a5 bxa5 39. bxa5) 36... Rd8 37. Qd4 Be6 38. g4
Rc8 39. g5 Rc1+ 40. Kf2 Rc2+ 41. Kg3 1-0
[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.02.17"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Gukesh D"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. b4 Bb6 7. a4 a5 8. b5 Ne7
9. O-O Ng6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bb3 c6 12. Nc4 Bc7 13. Bg5 d5 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15.
exd5 Bg4 16. Ne3 Bh5 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. bxc6 e4 19. dxe4 Nh4 20. Nd5 Qh6 21. Re1
Bxh2+ 22. Kf1 Ra7 23. Qd3 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Qxc6 25. f4 Qh6 26. f5 Rb7 27. Rab1
Rfb8 28. Bc2 Qg5 29. Rxb7 Rxb7 30. e5 Rb2 $4 (30... Qg2+ 31. Ke2 g6 32. f6 Qg4+
$14) 31. Ne7+ Qxe7 32. f6 (32. f6 g6 33. fxe7 $18) 1-0
[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.02.18"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Qd6 8.
g3 Qg6 9. d3 Be7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Rb8 12. a4 b6 13. Nd2 Na5 14. Bb2 Bb7 15.
Bxb7 Rxb7 16. c4 Nc6 17. Nf3 Bd6 18. a5 bxa5 $5 19. c5 $1 Bxc5 $1 20. Bxe5 $5 (
20. Qxc5 Rxb2 21. Nxe5 Qg5 22. Qxc6 Qxe5 23. e3 $11) 20... Bb6 21. Rfc1 Nb4 22.
Qc4 c5 23. Bf4 Re8 24. Be3 Rbe7 25. Nd2 Qh5 26. Re1 Nd5 27. Nf1 h6 28. Rac1 Nf6
29. Qa4 Ng4 30. Rc4 f5 31. Qa2 Qf7 32. Ra4 Qxa2 33. Rxa2 c4 34. dxc4 Nxe3 35.
Nxe3 Bxe3 36. fxe3 Rxe3 37. Rxa5 1/2-1/2
[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.02.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Gukesh D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 exd4 6. Nxd4 Nd7 7. Bxc4 Ngf6
8. f3 O-O 9. Be2 Ne5 10. Be3 Qe7 11. O-O c5 12. Nc2 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Be6 14. Na3
Rfd8 15. Qc2 a6 16. c4 Nc6 17. Qb2 Nd4 18. Rfd1 Nxe2+ 19. Qxe2 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1
Nd7 21. Qb2 b5 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Nxb5 Rxa2 24. Qc3 h6 25. Nc7 Kh7 26. Bf2 c4
27. Qd4 Nf8 28. Nd5 Bxd5 29. Qxd5 Qe6 30. Rc1 Qxd5 31. exd5 Rd2 32. h4 Rxd5 33.
Rxc4 1/2-1/2
[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.02.18"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. g4 h5 10. g5 Ne8 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. Nb3 Bxc3 13. Nxa5 Bxd2+ 14. Bxd2 f6
$6 {22 minutes.} (14... Nd4 15. Bg2 b6 16. Nb3 Nxb3+ 17. axb3) 15. Nxc6 bxc6
16. gxf6 Nxf6 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Bc4+ Kh7 19. Bg5 Kg7 20. Rhg1 a5 21. Rg2 Nd7 22.
Rdg1 Ba6 23. Bb3 Nf8 24. Bd2 Bc8 $6 25. a4 e5 26. Bc3 Be6 27. Rd2 Bxb3 28. cxb3
Re6 29. Rgd1 Rd8 30. f4 g5 31. f5 1-0
[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.02.18"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Qxc4 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. e4 Rc8 12. Qe2 Qa5 13. Rd1 Rfd8 14. Bd2 Qb6
15. Be3 Qa5 16. Nd2 Be8 17. Nb3 Qb4 18. f4 Nd7 19. e5 Nb6 20. Bf2 a5 21. Be1 a4
22. Nd5 Qc4 23. Qxc4 Nxc4 24. Nxe7+ Nxe7 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Na5 Nxa5 27. Bxa5
Ra8 28. Bb4 Nd5 29. Bd2 Rc8 30. Rc1 Rxc1+ 31. Bxc1 Bc6 32. Bd2 h5 33. Kf2 Kf8
34. h3 Ke8 35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 Kd7 37. Bf1 Nc7 38. Bd3 Bd5 39. a3 Bb3 40. f5
Bd1 41. Kg3 Nd5 42. Kh4 f6 43. exf6 gxf6 44. fxe6+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.02.18"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. Bd2
O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Re1 Rb8 11. a3 Re8 12. Nc3 Bf8 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Ne7 15.
Bb3 c5 16. a4 Bb7 17. Nh4 Qc7 18. axb5 axb5 19. Qg4 Qc8 20. Qg3 c4 21. dxc4
bxc4 22. Ba4 Bc6 23. Bxh6 Rxb2 24. Bc1 Rb7 25. Bg5 Bxa4 26. Rxa4 Qc6 27. Ra5
Qc7 28. Ra6 Nc6 29. c3 Rb3 30. Nf5 Nd4 31. Bf6 Ne6 32. Rxd6 $5 Rxc3 33. Qxc3
Bxd6 34. Qg3 Bf8 35. Bxe5 Qd7 36. Kh2 Qb7 37. Qg4 Rd8 38. Rc1 Qa7 39. Rc2 Qc5
$6 40. Nh6+ Kh7 41. Nxf7 Re8 42. f4 Kg8 43. Qg6 1-0
[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.02.18"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Gukesh D"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. Qd3 Nc5 11. Nxc5 dxc5 12. Qe2 Be7 13. Bg2 O-O 14. O-O Qb6 15.
Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bd7 17. b4 Qxb4 18. d6 $1 Bg5 19. Bxg5 Bb5 20. c3 $5 Qa4 21.
Qxe5 Bxf1 22. Bxh6 gxh6 23. Rxf1 Rae8 24. Qxc5 Re6 25. Bd5 Rg6 26. Rb1 h5 27.
d7 Qxd7 28. Be4 hxg4 29. Bxg6 fxg6 30. Qc4+ Qf7 31. Qxf7+ Rxf7 32. hxg4 b5 33.
Kg2 Rc7 34. Rd1 Rxc3 35. Rd6 Kf7 36. Rxa6 b4 37. g5 b3 38. axb3 Rxb3 39. Rf6+
Kg7 40. f3 1/2-1/2
[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.02.18"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. b4 a5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. Qb3
Nh5 9. Ne2 Nxf4 10. Nxf4 g6 11. a4 Bg7 12. Ra2 O-O 13. O-O Ne5 $5 (13... Qc7
14. Rd1 Rfc8 15. Na3 b6 16. Nd3 bxc5 17. Nxc5 Be8 18. Rc2 Qb6 19. Nd3 Rab8 20.
Rdc1 Ne5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Bxe8 Rxe8 23. b5 Qc5 24. Nb1 Rbd8 25. Nd2 Bc7 26.
Nf3 e5 27. Rd1 e4 28. Nd4 Qc4 29. Rcd2 Bb6 30. Qa2 Rd7 31. Rc2 h5 32. Nc6 Qc5
33. c4 h4 34. Rcd2 Re6 35. cxd5 Rf6 36. Qa1 Qd6 37. Qe5 Qxe5 38. Nxe5 Rd8 39.
d6 Re6 40. Rd5 Kg7 41. Nc4 {1-0 Moroni,L (2499)-Mesaros,F (2416) Wch U18
Montevideo 2017 (6)}) 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15. Rd1 Qc6 16. Nd3 Nxd3 17. Rxd3 Rfc8 18.
Nd2 axb4 19. cxb4 b6 20. cxb6 Qxb6 21. b5 Rc1+ 22. Nf1 Qa5 23. Rd1 Rc3 24. Qb1
Rc4 25. Rd3 Rb8 $5 (25... Rxa4 26. Rxa4 Qxa4 27. Rb3 Rb8) 26. Rb3 Rxa4 27. Rxa4
Qxa4 28. g3 Rb6 29. h4 h5 30. Kg2 Bf6 31. Nd2 Kg7 32. Qd3 Bxh4 $1 33. gxh4
1/2-1/2
[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.02.18"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O cxd4 8.
cxd4 Be7 9. Nc3 Qd6 10. Nb5 Qd8 11. Bf4 Nd5 12. Bg3 O-O 13. Rc1 Bd7 14. Nd6
Bxd6 15. Bxd6 Nce7 16. Ba3 (16. Qd2 a6 17. Ba3 Bb5 18. Bxb5 axb5 19. Ne5 Ra4
20. Qd1 Qe8 21. Bc5 b6 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. a3 Rfa8 24. Nc6 Qd6 25. Qf3 Rc4 26.
Ne5 Rc7 27. Rc6 Qe7 28. Qe2 b4 29. axb4 Qxb4 30. Rxc7 Nxc7 31. Qf3 Rf8 32. Nc6
Qd6 33. Rc1 Nd5 34. Rc4 f6 35. b4 Ra8 36. g3 Ra6 37. Ne5 Ra8 38. Nc6 h6 39. Rc1
Kh8 40. Qe4 Rc8 41. b5 Ra8 42. Kg2 Kg8 43. h4 Kh8 44. Rc2 Qd7 45. Kh2 Qd6 46.
Qg6 Nc7 47. Qf7 Rf8 48. Qh5 Ra8 49. Qf7 Rf8 50. Qh5 Ra8 51. Qf7 {½-½
Kosteniuk,A (2504)-Krush,I (2422) 2nd Cairns Cup 2020 Saint Louis USA (1.5)})
16... Re8 17. Ne5 Ng6 18. Qd2 Ngf4 19. Bf3 Bb5 20. Rfd1 Qf6 21. Bd6 Rad8 22.
Ng4 Qf5 23. Bxf4 Qxf4 24. Ne3 Bc6 25. Nxd5 Qxd2 26. Rxd2 Bxd5 27. Rc7 Kf8 28.
Bxd5 exd5 29. g4 Re7 30. Rdc2 Ke8 31. Kg2 Rxc7 32. Rxc7 Rd7 33. Rc8+ Rd8 34.
Rc3 Rd6 35. h4 Kd7 36. Ra3 Rb6 37. Rxa7 Rxb2 38. Kf3 Ke6 39. Ra8 h6 40. Ke3 Rc2
41. Re8+ Kd6 42. h5 Rc3+ 43. Kf4 Rd3 44. Rg8 Rxd4+ 45. Kf5 Rd2 46. f4 d4 47.
Rxg7 Ke7 48. Ke4 Rxa2 49. Rg8 Rd2 50. Rb8 Kf6 51. Rxb7 Re2+ 52. Kxd4 Rg2 53.
Rb6+ Kg7 54. g5 hxg5 55. h6+ Kh7 56. fxg5 Rxg5 57. Rf6 Rg6 58. Rxf7+ Kxh6
1/2-1/2
[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.02.18"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Bf4 b6 10. Rd1 Ba6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. e4 Rc8
15. Nc3 d4 16. Rxd4 Qc7 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. h4 h6 19. h5 Bc5 20. R4d2 Bf8 21. Rd4
Bc5 22. R4d2 Bf8 23. a4 Nb8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rxd8 Qxd8 26. Nb5 Bxb5 27. axb5
Bc5 28. Qd2 Qxd2 29. Bxd2 Bd4 30. Bc3 Bxc3 31. bxc3 Nd7 32. f4 Nc5 33. Kf2 Na4
34. c4 Nc5 35. Ke3 Nd7 36. Bf1 Kf8 37. Bd3 Ke7 38. Bc2 Kf8 39. Kd4 Ke7 40. Ke3
Kf8 41. Kf3 Ke7 42. Ke3 1/2-1/2
[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.02.18"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. e5 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. exf6 Qxg5 11. fxg7 Qxg7 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Bxc4 Rd8 14. Qe3
Bd7 15. O-O-O Nc6 16. Bb3 Rac8 (16... Be8 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. h4 Qf6 19. Rh3 b5
20. Rg3+ Kh8 21. Rg4 a5 22. Rf4 Qg7 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. g4 b4 25. g5 bxc3 26.
Bc2 Bd5 27. Rf6 Qf8 28. Qxc3 Rc8 29. Qd3 Qg7 30. f4 Kg8 31. Kd2 h6 32. a3 hxg5
33. fxg5 Rc4 34. Qg3 Be4 35. Bb3 Rd4+ 36. Ke1 Bf5 37. h5 Rd3 38. Qb8+ Qf8 39.
Qxf8+ Kxf8 40. Bc2 Rh3 41. Bxf5 exf5 42. h6 Kg8 43. a4 Rh4 44. Rxf5 Rxa4 45.
Kf2 Rg4 46. Kf3 Rg1 47. Kf2 Rg4 48. Kf3 Rg1 49. Kf2 {½-½ Carlsen,M (2875)
-Aronian,L (2752) Croatia GCT Zagreb 2019 (9)}) 17. Kb2 a5 18. h4 Kh8 19. h5
Qe5 20. Qf3 Nxd4 21. cxd4 Qg5 22. Qxf7 a4 23. Bxe6 (23. Bc2 a3+ 24. Kb1 Rxc2
25. Kxc2 Rc8+ 26. Kd3 Bb5+) 23... Bxe6 24. Qxe6 Re8 25. Qd6 Re2+ 26. Ka1 Rcc2
27. Qf8+ Qg8 28. Qf6+ Qg7 29. Qd8+ Qg8 30. Qf6+ Qg7 31. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.02.21"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. a4 Be7 7. Nc3 a6 8.
Bf1 e4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Rxe4 d5 11. Re1 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Be2 O-O 14. d4 Re8 (
14... Bd6 15. Ne5 Bxe2 16. Rxe2 Ne7 (16... Nxe5 17. dxe5 Be7 18. Rd2 c6 19. c4
Qa5 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Rd3 {½-½ Harikrishna,P (2717)-So,W (2772) FIDE Grand
Prix 1 Pool D Berlin GER 2022 (2.2)}) 17. Qd3 (17. Bf4 Nf5 18. Qd3 Qc8 19. g4
Ne7 20. Rae1 f6 21. Nf3 Ng6 22. Bxd6 cxd6 23. Qb3 Nf4 24. Re4 Nxh3+ 25. Kg2 Ng5
26. Nxg5 fxg5 27. Qxd5+ Kh8 {½-½ Vaishali,R (2449)-Goryachkina,A (2579)
Astana WGP 2022 Astana KAZ (11.6)}) 17... a5 18. Bd2 f6 19. Nf3 Qd7 20. b3 Ng6
21. Rae1 b6 22. h4 Rfe8 23. h5 Nf4 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. Bxf4 Bxf4
27. Qf5 Qe4 28. Qc8+ Kf7 29. Qd7+ Kf8 30. Qd8+ Kf7 31. Qd7+ Kf8 32. Qd8+ Kf7
33. Qd7+ {½-½ Vokhidov,S (2568)-Deac,B (2700) SpeedChess INT blitz 2022}) 15.
Ne5 $5 (15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. c3 h6 18. Nh4 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Rxe2 20. Qxe2
Qe7 21. Qxe7 Nxe7 22. a5 Rc8 23. b4 f6 24. g3 Re8 25. Kf1 g5 26. Ng2 Nf5 27. g4
Nd6 28. Ne3 c6 29. Nf5 Nxf5 30. gxf5 Kf7 31. Re1 Rxe1+ {½-½ Blohberger,F
(2490)-Predojevic,B (2592) TCh-AUT 2021-22 Austria AUT (6.4)}) (15. c3 Bd6 16.
Bg5 Qd7 17. Qc2 h6 18. Be3 Bg6 19. Bd3 Be4 20. Nd2 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Re6 22. b4
Rae8 23. Nf3 Ne7 24. b5 axb5 25. axb5 Nc8 26. c4 dxc4 27. Qxc4 Nb6 28. Qb3 Nd5
29. Bd2 {0-1 Blomqvist,E (2510)-Hakobyan,A (2620) Airthings Masters Play-In
INT rapid 2023}) 15... Bxe2 16. Rxe2 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qd7 18. Qd3 Rad8 19. b3 Qe6
20. Bd2 Qg6 21. f4 f5 $5 22. b4 Qe6 23. c3 c5 24. bxc5 Bxc5+ 25. Be3 Bxe3+ 26.
Qxe3 Rc8 27. Rb1 Qc6 28. Qd4 b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Kh2 Red8 31. Re3 Qc4 32. Rg3
Qxd4 33. cxd4 Rc4 34. Rxb5 Rxd4 35. Rb7 g6 36. Ra3 Rxf4 37. Raa7 Re4 $2 (37...
Rh4 38. Kg3 g5 (38... Re4 39. Rg7+) 39. Rg7+ Kh8 40. Rxg5 Rb4) 38. Rg7+ Kf8 (
38... Kh8 39. Rxh7+ Kg8 40. Rag7+ Kf8 41. Rf7+ Kg8 42. Rhg7+ Kh8 43. Rxg6 Rxe5
44. Rg5 d4 45. Rfxf5 Rxf5 46. Rxf5 d3 47. Rf1 d2 48. Rd1 Rd3 49. Kg1) 39. Raf7+
Ke8 40. Rxh7 Rh4 41. Re7+ Kf8 42. Rhf7+ Kg8 43. Rg7+ Kh8 44. Rxg6 d4 45. Rd6
Rc8 46. Rf7 Rf4 47. e6 Kg8 48. Rdd7 1-0
[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.02.21"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Gukesh D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O Be7 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. a4 Bb7 10. Nbd2 $5 (10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Qxa8 12. Bxb5 O-O 13. b3 (
13. Nc3 c6 14. Bc4 c5 15. Nb5 Rc8 16. b3 cxd4 17. Nbxd4 Ne4 18. Bb2 Nd6 {
½-½ AllieStein v0.6-n14.3beta (3815)-Ethereal 12.09 (3718) 5th TCEC Cup 2020
INT}) 13... Rb8 14. Bc4 Ne4 15. Bb2 Nd6 16. Bd3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rxb3 18. Bxh7+
Kf8 {½-½ Ethereal 12.09 (3718)-AllieStein v0.6-n14.3beta (3815) 5th TCEC Cup
2020 INT}) 10... O-O 11. b3 c5 ({Predecessor:} 11... c6 12. Bb2 Re8 13. Rfc1
Nd5 14. Nf1 Bd6 15. Ng3 Bxg3 16. hxg3 Rc8 17. Qd2 {½-½ Goktepe,D (1697)-Ye,L
(1893) PNWCC Super G60 Mar Gp2 Chess.com INT rapid 2021 (3)}) 12. Bb2 cxd4 13.
Bxd4 bxa4 14. bxa4 a5 15. Bb5 Bb4 16. Nc4 Qe7 17. Ne1 Nc5 18. Rd1 Nd5 {[%emt 0:
13:15]} 19. Qb2 {[%emt 0:06:32]} (19. Nd3 $11 {is superior.}) 19... Rfc8 $1 {
[%emt 0:05:44]} 20. Bxc5 {[%emt 0:16:33]} Rxc5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 21. Nd3 {
[%emt 0:01:22]} Rc7 $11 {[%emt 0:06:53]} 22. Rc1 $17 {[%emt 0:00:00]} (22. Nxb4
$15 axb4 23. Rd4) 22... Qf6 23. Nxb4 axb4 24. Qxf6 gxf6 25. Rb1 Ba6 26. Nd2
Bxb5 27. axb5 Ra4 28. Nb3 Nc3 {[%emt 0:03:18]} 29. b6 {[%emt 0:00:04] [#]} Rc6
$1 {[%emt 0:03:42]} 30. b7 {[%emt 0:02:20]} Rb6 $1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 31. Rb2 {
[%emt 0:02:31]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:03:08]} ({Don't play} 31... Rxb7 32. Nc5 Rb5 33.
Nxa4 Nxa4 34. Ra2 $16) 32. Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:32] [#]} Ra5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 33.
Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:48] [#]} (33. Nb3 $17 Rd5 34. Nd4 (34. e4 $2 Nxe4 35. g3 Rxb7
$19)) 33... Rab5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} ({Stronger than} 33... Rxb7 34. Rxb4 Ne2+ 35.
Kh1 $11) ({Black should try} 33... b3 $1 $19 34. Rc1 Na4) 34. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:
28]} Rxb7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 35. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Nd5 $1 $15 {[%emt 0:01:18]}
36. e4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Nc3 $11 {[%emt 0:01:06]} (36... Ne7 $1 $15) 37. f3 {
[%emt 0:00:48]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:01:59]} 38. Nxb4 {[%emt 0:04:00]} Na4 39. Rb3 Rdb7
40. Rc8+ Kg7 41. f4 Rxb4 42. Rg3+ Kh6 43. Rh3+ Kg7 44. Rg3+ Kh6 45. Rh3+ Kg7
1/2-1/2
[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.02.21"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Be2 b6 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. O-O Nc6 13. c4 Rfd8 14. Rc1 Na5 (
14... Rac8 15. Re1 Ne7 16. Ne5 Ng6 17. Nd3 Ne4 18. Bf1 Nd6 19. d5 exd5 20. cxd5
Bxd5 21. Nxc5 Nc4 22. Nd3 Nxb2 23. Nxb2 Qb7 24. Qa4 Qe7 25. Nd3 Ba8 26. Qa6
Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Qd7 28. Rc4 Qe7 29. Rc8 Rf8 30. h3 h6 31. Rxf8+ Nxf8 32. Qc8 Be4
33. a4 Qd7 34. Qc4 Bd5 35. Qb4 Ne6 {½-½ Erigaisi,A (2681)-Esipenko,A (2705)
TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB 2022 Chartres FRA (7.1)}) 15. Nd2 Rac8 16. Re1 h6 17. Bd3
Qe7 18. Qe2 Nc6 19. Nf3 Na5 20. Nd2 Nc6 21. Nf3 Na5 22. Nd2 1/2-1/2
[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.02.21"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 Re8 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. Qb3 Bd6 10. Nxd5 (10. f3 Nb6 11. Nb5 Bf8 12. Qc2 c6 13. Nbc3 c5 14.
Bd2 g6 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Nd1 Nc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Kh1 b5 19. e4 Bb7 20. Be3 {
1-0 Neverov,V (2388)-Sattarov,B (2433) FSGM November 2022 Budapest HUN}) 10...
Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Nc5 $1 (11... Nf6 $6 12. Qb3 Bxh2+ 13. Kxh2 Ng4+ 14. Kg3 Qg5 15.
f4 Qh5 16. Bd2 Qh2+ 17. Kf3 Qh4 18. g3 Nh2+ 19. Kf2 Ng4+ 20. Ke1 {1-0 (41)
Watanabe,A (2385)-Gonzalez Garcia,J (2411) Carlos Torre Memorial op 14th
Merida 2001}) 12. Bxh7+ $5 (12. Qc4 Be6 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. Qc2 Qh4 15. Nf4 Bxf4
16. exf4 Bd5 17. Bf5 Ne6 18. Qc3 Rad8 19. Rd1 Qh5 20. Bc2 {½- (41) ½
Kambrath,Y (2371)-Ramirez,A (2589) 31st Carlos Torre Mem Merida MEX 2019 (5.13)
}) 12... Kxh7 13. Qh5+ Kg8 14. dxc5 Re5 15. Qf3 Rxc5 16. Ng3 Bd7 17. e4 Qh4 18.
Bd2 Rb5 19. Bc3 Re8 20. Rae1 Rg5 21. e5 $5 Bc6 22. Qd3 Bc5 23. b4 $5 Bb6 $5 (
23... Bxb4 24. Bxb4 Qxb4 25. f4 Bb5 26. Qe4 Qxe4 27. Nxe4 Bxf1 28. Nxg5 Bc4 29.
a4) 24. b5 Re6 $1 25. Ne4 Rxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Rg6+ 27. Kh1 Rh6 28. h3 Bxb5 29. Qf3
Bd7 30. e6 $1 Bxe6 31. Rg1 Qxh3+ 32. Qxh3 Rxh3+ 33. Kg2 Rh5 34. Kf3 Rf5+ 35.
Ke2 g6 36. Rh1 Kf8 37. Bf6 Ke8 38. Rh8+ Kd7 39. Rd8+ Kc6 40. Bd4 $1 Bxd4 41.
Rxd4 b6 42. a3 Kb7 43. Rc1 Rh5 44. Ke3 a5 45. f3 Rb5 46. Rc3 Re5 47. Rd1 a4 48.
Rd4 Ra5 49. Rb4 Re5 50. Kf2 c6 51. Nc5+ Kc7 52. Nxe6+ 1-0
[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.02.21"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. Ne5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. cxd3 Nd7 12. Qb3 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qd7 14. d4
b6 15. f4 (15. a4 c5 16. Ba3 Rfc8 17. f4 cxd4 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. cxd4 Rc4 {
½-½ Lagno,K (2547)-Koneru,H (2586) Women's Speed Chess Main INT blitz 2022})
15... f5 16. a4 Qe6 17. Ba3 Bxa3 18. Rxa3 c6 19. Ra2 Rfd8 20. h3 Rd7 21. Rb1
Rad8 22. Qd1 Kf8 23. Kh2 Ke8 $5 24. Rc2 Rc8 25. Rbc1 g6 26. Qf3 Kd8 27. c4 $1
dxc4 28. Rxc4 Rd5 29. g4 (29. a5 $1 b5 30. Rc5) 29... Rc7 30. gxf5 gxf5 31. Qc3
Qh6 32. Qf3 Qe6 33. Qc3 Qh6 34. Qf3 1/2-1/2
[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.02.22"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. a3 c4 10. Bxh7+ Nxh7 (10... Kxh7 11. axb4 Nxb4 12. f3 Re8 13. e4 dxe4
14. Bg5 Qb6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. fxe4 Qe7 17. Nf4 Kg8 18. Qh5 Be6 19. Ra5 Nd3 20.
Rg5 Rad8 21. Nxd3 cxd3 22. d5 Bc8 23. e5 {1-0 Georgiev,V (2559)-Neimer,V (2420)
Chicago op 22nd Wheeling 2013 (5)}) 11. axb4 Nxb4 12. b3 a5 13. bxc4 dxc4 14.
Rb1 Ra6 15. e4 Re8 16. d5 Bd7 17. Qd2 b5 18. Ba3 Nf6 $5 (18... Nd3 $1 19. Nxb5
Rh6 20. Nbd4 Qh4 21. Nf3 Qxe4 22. Ng3 Qxd5) 19. Ng3 $6 Ng4 $5 (19... Nd3 $1 20.
Nxb5 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Rxe4 22. Nc3 Re5) 20. Bxb4 axb4 21. Rxb4 Nxh2 $5 22. Kxh2
Qh4+ 23. Kg1 Rh6 24. Rfb1 Bg4 25. Qxh6 Qxh6 26. Nxb5 Rc8 27. R4b2 $2 Rb8 $6 (
27... c3 $1 28. Rc2 Qd2 $3 29. Rbc1 Qd3 30. Nxc3 Bd1 $1 31. Rxd1 Qxc2 32. Nge2
Rxc3 33. Nxc3 Qxc3) 28. Nf1 Rb6 29. Ne3 Qh5 30. d6 Bd7 31. Nd5 Rxb5 32. Rxb5
Bxb5 33. Rxb5 Qd1+ 34. Kh2 Qh5+ 35. Kg1 1/2-1/2
[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.02.22"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bd2 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 e4 8.
dxe4 Nxe4 9. Rc1 Re8 10. e3 Nc6 11. Be2 Bg4 12. O-O a5 13. b3 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 Qf6
15. Qd2 Qg6 16. Nh4 Qh5 17. Bxg4 Qxg4 18. Nf3 Ne5 19. Nd4 a4 20. f3 Qd7 21. b4
c5 22. Nc2 Rac8 23. Rb1 Qe6 24. Qe2 b6 25. e4 f5 26. bxc5 bxc5 27. exf5 Qxf5
28. Rd1 Rb8 29. Ne3 Qg6 30. Nd5 Nc6 31. Re3 Nd4 32. Qf2 Rxe3 33. Qxe3 Qc2 34.
Re1 Qxc4 35. Qe4 Qc2 36. Qe7 Qd2 37. Qe4 Qc2 38. Qe7 Qd2 39. Qe4 Rf8 40. Nb6 h6
41. Nd7 Rf7 42. Kf1 Rxd7 43. Qe8+ Kh7 44. Qxd7 Qd3+ 45. Kf2 c4 46. Qxa4 c3 47.
Qd1 Qc4 48. Ke3 Nf5+ 49. Kf2 d5 50. Qc2 g6 51. Kg1 h5 52. a4 Qc5+ 53. Kh1 d4
54. Qd3 h4 55. g4 hxg3 56. hxg3 Nxg3+ 57. Kg2 Nf5 58. Kf2 Qc7 59. Ke2 Qh2+ 60.
Kd1 Qa2 61. Qc2 Qa1+ 62. Ke2 Qa3 63. Kd3 Kg7 64. Re5 Qd6 65. f4 Qa6+ 66. Rb5
Nd6 67. Kxd4 Nxb5+ 68. axb5 Qxb5 69. Qxc3 1/2-1/2
[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.02.22"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 O-O 7. cxd5 {
E36: Défense Nimzo-indienne (variante Noa avec 5.a3)} Ne4 8. Qc2 exd5 9. Bf4
Bf5 10. Qxc7 Qxc7 11. Bxc7 Rc8 12. Bf4 Nc6 13. f3 Nf6 14. g4 Nxd4 $5 {Après
28 minutes.} (14... Bc2 15. e3 Na5 16. b4 Nb3 17. Ra2 Nc1 18. Rb2 Nxg4 19. e4
Nd3+ 20. Bxd3 Bxd3 21. Kd2 Nf2 22. Be3 Bf1 23. Bxf2 Bg2 24. exd5 Rd8 25. Ke3
Rxd5 26. Ke4 Rh5 27. Bg3 Re8+ {0-1 Zhu,C (2488)-Xu,Y (2485) Nanjing FIDE GP
(Women) 2009 (9)}) (14... Bg6 15. h4 Nxd4 16. Rd1 Ne6 17. Be5 Bc2 18. Rd2 Nd7
19. Bc3 Bb3 20. e3 Nb6 21. Kf2 Rd8 22. Nh3 Na4 {½-½ Al Sayed,M (2504)
-Moradiabadi,E (2560) Asian Indoor Games 3rd Prelim Ha Long City rapid 2009 (3)
}) 15. Rd1 Ne6 16. gxf5 Nxf4 17. e3 N4h5 18. Ne2 Rc2 19. Rd2 Rxd2 20. Kxd2 Ne8
21. Nd4 Nhf6 22. Bd3 Rc8 23. Re1 Nd7 24. Bb1 Nd6 25. Ba2 Nf6 26. Ke2 Kf8 27.
Kf2 Ke7 28. Kg3 Rc5 29. Rd1 Nh5+ 30. Kf2 Nf6 31. Bb3 Nb5 32. Ne2 Nd6 33. Nc3
Nxf5 34. Nxd5+ Nxd5 35. Rxd5 Rxd5 36. Bxd5 {[%mdl 4096]} b6 37. f4 Nh6 38. h3
f6 39. e4 Nf7 40. Kf3 g6 41. h4 Nd6 42. Ke3 h6 43. Kf3 Ne8 44. Bg8 Ng7 45. Bc4
g5 46. hxg5 hxg5 47. fxg5 fxg5 48. e5 Nf5 49. Bd5 Kd7 50. Ba2 Ne7 51. Kg4 Nc6
52. Kf5 g4 53. Be6+ Kd8 54. Kf6 g3 55. Bh3 Ne7 56. b4 Nd5+ 57. Kf7 Ne7 58. b5
Nd5 59. Bg2 Ne7 60. Ke6 Nc8 61. Be4 Kc7 62. Bf3 Kd8 63. Bg2 Kc7 64. Kf7 Kd8 65.
a4 Ne7 66. Ke6 Nc8 67. Kf5 Ne7+ 68. Kf6 Kd7 69. Be4 Kd8 70. Ke6 Nc8 71. Kf7 Ne7
72. Bg2 Kd7 73. Bh3+ Kd8 74. e6 Nd5 75. Bg2 Ne7 76. Kf6 Ng8+ 77. Kg7 Ke7 $1 78.
Kxg8 Kxe6 79. Bf1 Kd6 80. Kf7 Kc5 81. Ke6 Kb4 82. Kd5 Kxa4 83. Kc6 Ka5 84. Kb7
g2 85. Bxg2 Kxb5 86. Kxa7 Ka5 87. Bf1 b5 88. Bxb5 1/2-1/2
[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.02.22"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Gukesh D"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Na6 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. Qd1 d5 8.
cxd5 Qxd5 9. O-O Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Ke7 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Nd4 Rad8 13. Be3 Ng4 14.
Nxe6 Rxd1+ 15. Nxd1 fxe6 16. Bg5+ Nf6 17. Nc3 Rd8 18. Rd1 Bd4 19. e3 Bxc3 20.
Rxd8 Kxd8 21. bxc3 Nc5 22. Kf1 e5 23. f4 Kd7 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Bh3+ Kd6 26. Bf5
h6 27. Ke2 a5 28. h4 b5 29. g4 b4 30. cxb4 axb4 31. g5 fxg5 32. fxg5 hxg5 33.
hxg5 e4 34. Kd2 Ke5 35. Bc8 Na4 36. Bd7 Nc5 37. Bc8 Na4 38. Bd7 Nc5 39. Bxc6
Kf5 40. Kc2 Kxg5 41. Bxe4 Nxe4 42. Kb3 Kf5 1/2-1/2
[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.02.22"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Bc2 Re8 11. Re1 h6 12. Nbd2 Bf8 13. Nf1 b4 (13... d5 14. exd5
Nxd5 15. Bd2 b4 16. a5 bxc3 17. bxc3 Nf6 18. Ng3 Rb8 19. Ba4 Bd6 20. Qc2 Na7
21. Bb3 Be6 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23. d4 {1-0 (37) Duda,J (2729)-Wojtaszek,R (2687)
3rd Prague Masters 2021 Prague CZE (7.4)}) 14. a5 Rb8 15. Ne3 (15. Bd2 bxc3 16.
bxc3 Na7 17. h3 c5 18. Ba4 d5 19. exd5 Bxa4 20. Qxa4 Qxd5 21. d4 cxd4 22. cxd4
e4 23. Ne5 Nb5 {0-1 Fitzsimons,D (2324)-Hebden,M (2453) Wood Green Inv 2021
London ENG (7.3)}) 15... Rb5 $5 {Après 10 minutes.} 16. Ba4 Rxa5 17. Nc4 Rc5
18. Be3 Rb5 19. Bxb5 axb5 20. Ncd2 d5 21. Qc2 bxc3 22. bxc3 b4 23. Ba7 bxc3 24.
Qxc3 d4 25. Qb3 Bb4 26. Rec1 Bc3 27. Rxc3 dxc3 28. Qxc3 Qe7 29. Bc5 Qe6 30. h3
Bc8 31. Be3 Bb7 32. Qb2 Bc8 33. Ra3 Nd7 34. Qb5 Nf8 35. Kh2 f6 36. Nb3 Qd6 37.
Nc5 Ne6 38. Nh4 Nxc5 39. Bxc5 Qd7 40. Nf5 Nd8 41. Qc4+ Qe6 42. Ne7+ Kh7 43. Nd5
c6 44. Nb6 Qxc4 45. Nxc4 Nb7 46. Be3 Be6 47. Nb6 Re7 48. Kg3 Kg6 49. Kf3 Kf7
50. Ke2 h5 51. Rc3 Nd8 52. Na4 Bc8 53. Rb3 Ne6 54. Rb6 Rc7 55. Nc5 Nxc5 56.
Bxc5 Bd7 57. Rb8 Be6 58. h4 Rc8 59. Rb7+ Kg8 60. Ke3 Ra8 61. Re7 Bb3 62. Rc7
Ba4 63. f3 Bb5 64. g4 hxg4 65. fxg4 Re8 66. Rd7 Kh7 67. Kf3 Ba4 68. h5 Kg8 69.
Kg3 Bb3 70. Kh4 Be6 71. Rd6 Kf7 72. g5 fxg5+ 73. Kxg5 Rb8 74. Rxc6 Rc8 1/2-1/2
[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.02.23"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 Bc5 5. Bc4 Nxf2 6. Bxf7+ Kxf7 7. Qd5+
Kg6 8. Qxc5 Nxh1 9. Nc3 h6 (9... d6 10. Qc4 {0-1 Muzychuk,A (2522)-Koneru,H
(2572) Tata Steel India Blitz w Kolkata IND 2022 (1.5)}) 10. Qc4 (10. Nd5 d6 {
1-0 Ponkratov,P (2618)-Sharafiev,A (2411) RUS-ch U26 Saratov 2013 (3)}) 10...
d6 {Après 25 minutes.} (10... Kh7 11. Qe4+ (11. Nd5 Re8 12. Bxh6 gxh6 13.
O-O-O Re6 14. Nxc7 d5 15. exd6 Nf2 16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. Qxe6 Nxd1 18. Qf7+ Kh8 19.
Nh4 Qxh4 20. Qf8+ Kh7 21. Qf7+ Kh8 22. Qf8+ Kh7 23. Qf7+ {½-½ Motylev,A
(2624)-Esipenko,A (2720) 74th ch-RUS 2021 Ufa RUS (8.5)}) 11... Kg8 12. Nd5 Nc6
13. Be3 d6 14. e6 Bxe6 15. Qxe6+ Kh7 16. Qe4+ g6 17. O-O-O Rf8 18. Rxh1 Qd7 19.
Qh4 h5 20. Nf6+ Rxf6 21. Qxf6 Qg7 22. Ng5+ Kh8 23. Qxg7+ Kxg7 24. Ne6+ Kf7 25.
Nxc7 Rc8 26. Rf1+ Ke7 27. Nd5+ Ke6 28. Nf4+ Kf5 29. Bd2 Ke4 30. Nxg6 Rg8 31.
Nf4 Rg3 32. hxg3 {1-0 Ponkratov,P (2623)-Abdusattorov,N (2627) PNWCC Opening
Bl 1.e4 e5 lichess.org INT blitz 2020 (12)}) (10... Nc6 11. Nd5 {½-½ Orlov,V
(2117)-Nepomuk,H (1979) WC-2017-P-00007 LSS email 2013}) 11. Nd5 {Après 23
minutes.} Nc6 {Après 12 minutes.} (11... c6 12. Nf4+ Kh7 13. Qd3+ Kg8 14. exd6
Na6 15. Qc4+ Kh7 {½-½ Volodarsky,Y (2345)-Boehnke,H (2318) EU-ch 2017 sf06
email ICCF email}) (11... Rf8 12. Qe4+ Kf7 13. Bxh6 gxh6 (13... Nf2 14. Kxf2 c6
15. Qh7 cxd5 16. Qxg7+ Ke6 17. Qg6+ {1-0 Ponkratov,P (2618)-Sharafiev,A (2411)
RUS-ch U26 Saratov 2013 (3)}) 14. Qh7+ Ke8 15. Nxc7+ Qxc7 16. Qxc7 Na6 17. Qxd6
Bf5 18. O-O-O Rc8 19. Nd4 Rd8 20. Qxh6 Nf2 21. Qh5+ Kd7 22. e6+ {1-0 Almasi,Z
(2707)-Giri,A (2714) Beijing Sportaccord blindfold rapid 2011 (3)}) 12. e6 {
A tempo.} Kh7 13. Qe4+ Kg8 14. e7 Qe8 15. Be3 Bd7 (15... Nxe7 16. Qxe7 Bd7 17.
Qxe8+ Rxe8 18. Kd2 Bc6 19. Nb4 Be4 20. Rxh1 Kh7 21. h4 Rhf8 22. Rf1 a5 {
½-½ Orlov,V (2117)-Nepomuk,H (1979) WC-2017-P-00007 LSS email 2013}) 16. Nxc7
Qxe7 17. Qxe7 Nxe7 18. Nxa8 Kf7 19. Nc7 Rc8 20. Bxa7 Rxc7 21. Kd2 (21. O-O-O $5
) 21... Rc4 22. Rxh1 Ra4 23. Bb8 Bc6 24. Bxd6 Bxf3 25. Bxe7 Bxg2 26. Rg1 Bd5
27. Bc5 Rxa2 28. Ba3 g5 29. Ke3 b5 30. c3 Ke6 31. Kf2 Kf5 32. Kg3 Bc4 33. Re1
Bd3 34. h4 Kg6 35. Rh1 Kh5 36. hxg5+ Kxg5 37. Kf3 h5 38. Rd1 Bc4 39. Rg1+ Kf5
40. Kg3 Ke4 41. Rd1 Ke3 42. Rh1 Kd3 43. Kh4 Rxa3 44. Rh3+ Kc2 45. bxa3 Kb2 46.
Kg5 Kxa3 47. Kf4 b4 48. cxb4+ Kxb4 49. Rxh5 1/2-1/2
[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.02.23"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bb4+ 11. Nd2 Nc6 12. O-O Be7 13. Qb3 $5 (13. a3
g6 14. Rc1 Bf6 15. b4 Qe7 16. Nf3 Rd8 17. h3 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 {½-½ Caruana,
F (2822)-Anand,V (2768) Sinquefield Cup 6th Saint Louis 2018 (8)}) (13. Rc1 Qb6
14. Qc2 Nb4 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Qc7 Qxc7 17. Rxc7 Bd8 18. Bd6 Bxc7 19. Bxf8 a5
20. Bb1 Be5 21. b3 Bg4 22. Bc5 Rc8 23. Bb6 Nxa2 24. Bxa2 {1-0 Nepomniachtchi,I
(2774)-Nakamura,H (2743) Sinquefield Cup 7th Saint Louis 2019 (5)}) 13... Bf6
14. a3 Qe7 15. Rac1 Be6 16. Qb5 Rac8 17. Rc2 a6 18. Qb6 Qd7 19. Nb3 Bd8 20. Qc5
Be7 21. Qb6 Bd8 22. Qc5 Be7 23. Qb6 g5 $5 24. Bg3 Bd8 25. Qc5 Be7 26. Qb6 f5 $5
27. f3 $5 (27. f4) 27... Bd8 28. Qc5 Be7 29. Qb6 Bd8 30. Qc5 f4 $5 31. exf4
gxf4 32. Bf2 Be7 33. Qb6 Bd8 34. Qc5 Bf6 35. Rfc1 Qg7 36. Qd6 Rce8 37. Re1 $5 (
37. Rd1 $1) 37... Ne5 38. Nd4 $2 (38. Kf1 $1) 38... Bh3 $3 $19 39. Bf1 Nf7 40.
Qxd5 Rxe1 41. Bxe1 Bxd4+ 42. Kh1 Bc8 43. Bc4 Re8 44. Bb4 Qf6 45. Bd3 Bc3 $3 46.
Bxc3 (46. bxc3 Re1+ 47. Bf1 Rxf1#) (46. Rxc3 Re1+ 47. Bf1 Rxf1#) 46... Qxc3 $1
47. g4 (47. Rxc3 $2 Re1+ 48. Bf1 Rxf1#) 47... Qf6 48. Rc7 Re1+ 49. Kg2 Be6 50.
Qh5 Qxb2+ 51. Kh3 h6 52. Qg6+ Qg7 53. Kh4 Rh1 0-1
[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.02.23"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 d6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
b3 Qe7 9. d5 Rd8 10. Rd1 cxd5 11. Bxd5 Na6 12. Bg2 e4 13. Qe3 Nb4 14. Bxe4 Nxe4
15. Qxe4 Qxe4 16. Nxe4 b5 17. Nf3 bxc4 18. bxc4 d5 19. Nc3 d4 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21.
cxd5 Bb7 22. Rxd4 Bxd5 23. Rd2 g5 24. O-O Bxf3 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. exf3 Rd2 27.
Ra1 a5 28. a4 Rd4 29. Kf1 Kg7 30. Ke2 Kg6 31. Ke3 Rb4 32. Ra3 h5 33. Ra1 f6 34.
Kd3 Kf5 35. Ra2 h4 36. h3 Rb3+ 37. Ke2 Rb4 38. Kd3 Rb3+ 39. Ke2 Rb4 1/2-1/2
[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.02.23"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a5 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3
Be6 9. Bb5 Ba7 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Rxe3 Ne7 12. d4 c6 13. Bf1 d5 14. Nbd2 exd4 15.
Nxd4 Bd7 16. e5 Ne8 17. Bd3 c5 18. N4f3 Nc7 19. Nf1 Bf5 20. Qc2 Qd7 21. Rd1 a4
22. Bxf5 Qxf5 23. Red3 Qe6 24. Ng3 Rfd8 25. b4 axb3 26. axb3 h6 27. b4 b6 28.
bxc5 bxc5 29. Rb1 Rdb8 30. Rdd1 Nb5 31. Ne2 Ng6 32. Qd2 Nxe5 33. Qxd5 Nd4 34.
Rxb8+ Rxb8 35. Qxe6 Nexf3+ 36. gxf3 Nxe6 37. Rd2 Ra8 38. Kg2 Ra4 39. Kg3 g5 40.
Rd5 Kg7 41. Re5 Kf6 42. Re4 Ra3 43. h4 Kf5 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. Kg2 Ra2 46. Kf1
Ra1+ 47. Kg2 Kf6 48. Re3 Rd1 49. Kh2 Rd2 50. Kg1 Rc2 51. Re4 Rd2 52. Re3 Kg6
53. Kf1 Ra2 54. Kg1 Ra3 55. Re4 Ra6 56. Re3 f5 57. c4 Kf6 58. Nc3 Nf4 59. Re8
Ra1+ 60. Kh2 Rf1 61. Nd5+ $1 Nxd5 (61... Kf7 62. Re7+ Kf8 63. Re5) 62. cxd5 Rd1
63. Re6+ Kf7 64. Re5 c4 65. d6 c3 66. Rxf5+ Ke6 67. Rc5 Rd3 68. Kg3 Kxd6 69.
Rc8 Kd5 70. Kg4 Kd4 71. Rc7 Rd2 72. Kxg5 Rxf2 73. f4 Rg2+ 74. Kh5 c2 75. f5 Ke5
76. Rc5+ Kf6 77. Kh4 $1 Ke7 78. Kh3 Kd6 79. Rc8 Rd2 80. f6 Ke6 81. Rc6+ Rd6 82.
Rxc2 Kxf6 1/2-1/2
[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.02.23"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Gukesh D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. b3 b6 10. Nc3 Ba6 11. e4 dxc4 12. Rfe1 e5 13. Ne2 Ng4 14. bxc4 exd4 15.
Nexd4 Nde5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bc3 Bc5 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. f4 Nxc4 20. Kh1 Rad8 21.
Nf5 f6 22. Rxd8 Qxd8 23. Qe2 g6 24. Nh6+ Kg7 25. Ng4 Bd4 26. Rd1 c5 27. Qf3 h5
28. Nf2 Ne3 29. Rd2 Qc7 30. Bxd4 cxd4 31. Rxd4 Qc3 32. Rd7+ Rf7 33. Rxf7+ Kxf7
34. h4 Bc4 35. Bh3 f5 36. Kh2 Qd2 0-1
[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.02.24"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1 h6
$5 (8... O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. fxe3 a5 13. Nbd2 Qd7 14.
Qb3 b6 15. Rad1 Kh8 16. Qb5 Nd8 17. Qxd7 Nxd7 18. d4 Nf7 {0-1 Ding Liren (2811)
-Praggnanandhaa,R (2684) 85th Tata Steel Masters Wijk aan Zee NED 2023 (4.2)})
9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 Ne7 11. d4 (11. Nf1 Ng6 12. Ng3 b5 13. Bb3 Bb7 14. d4 c5 15.
Bc2 cxd4 16. cxd4 exd4 17. Nxd4 d5 18. exd5 Qxd5 {½-½ Sevian,S (2687)
-Praggnanandhaa,R (2690) Airthings Masters Div 3 W chess.com INT rapid 2023 (5.
2)}) 11... Nc6 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. a5 (14. Qf3 Qe7 15. Bf1 Be6 16.
Nc4 Nd7 17. b3 Rfd8 18. Ba3 Qg5 19. g3 Nc5 20. h4 Qf6 21. Qxf6 gxf6 {½-½
Ponomariov,R (2675)-Jones,G (2702) Hengshui IMSA blitz 2019 (9)}) (14. Qe2 Re8
15. Rd1 (15. Nf1 Be6 16. Ng3 Qd7 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. Qc2 Rad8 19. Be3 Bxe3 20.
Rxe3 Rd7 21. Rd1 Red8 {1-0 Pruijssers,R (2538)-Van den Doel,E (2582) ch-NED
2022 Groningen NED (2.1)}) 15... Qd6 16. Nb3 Qc6 17. Bd3 Rd8 18. Na5 Qe8 19.
Be3 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 b6 21. Nc4 a5 22. Qg3 Ba6 23. Nxe5 Bxd3 24. Rxd3 Nxe4 25. Qf4
Rxd3 26. Nxd3 Rd8 27. Re1 Rxd3 28. Rxe4 Qd7 29. Rc4 Rd6 30. Kh2 h5 {½-½
Dominguez Perez,L (2762)-Mamedyarov,S (2772) 35th ECC Open 2019 Budva MNE (3.5)
}) 14... Be6 15. Bf1 Qe7 16. Qe2 Rfd8 17. b4 Bd7 18. Nf3 c5 19. Qb2 Bc6 20. Qb1
cxb4 21. cxb4 Bd4 22. Ra2 Rac8 23. Bd2 Qe6 24. Nxd4 Rxd4 25. f3 Bb5 26. Rc2
Bxf1 27. Rxf1 Rcd8 28. Bc3 Rc4 29. Ba1 Rxc2 30. Qxc2 Ne8 31. b5 axb5 32. Qc5 f6
33. Qxb5 Nd6 34. Qb4 Rc8 35. Rd1 Rc6 36. Kh2 Kh7 37. Rd5 Qd7 38. Bc3 Qc7 39.
Be1 Nc8 40. Qf8 Rd6 41. Rb5 Ne7 42. Bb4 Qc1 43. Bxd6 Qf4+ 44. Kh1 Qc1+ 45. Kh2
Qf4+ 46. Kh1 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.02.24"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. Kb1 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Be7 11. f4 Bc6 12. f5 Qa5 13. Bc4 exf5 14. Rhf1
fxe4 15. Nxe4 $1 (15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Rxf6 gxf6 17. Qxf6 Qe5 18. Qxf7+ Kd8 19.
Nd5 Rc8 20. Nf4 Bd7 21. Be6 Rc7 22. Rxd6 Qxd6 23. Qf6+ Qe7 24. Qxh8+ Qe8 25.
Qe5 Rc6 26. Qb8+ Rc8 27. Qe5 Rc6 28. Qb8+ Rc8 29. Qe5 {½-½ Lagarde,M (2631)
-Muradli,M (2523) 55th Biel Master Open Biel SUI 2022 (5.8)}) 15... Bxe4 $2 (
15... Nxe4 16. Bxf7+ Kd7 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. Bg6 $3 Qe5 19. Bxe4) 16. Bxf6 Bxf6
17. Qxe4+ Qe5 18. Qxb7 O-O 19. Bxf7+ $5 (19. Rfe1 $5 Qh5 20. Bb3 Be5) 19... Kh8
20. Rfe1 (20. Rde1 $5) 20... Ra7 $1 21. Qb3 Qxb2+ 22. Qxb2 Bxb2 23. Kxb2 Raxf7
24. Rxd6 Rf2 25. Rxa6 Rxg2 26. h3 Rb8+ 27. Kc1 h5 28. Rae6 Kh7 29. R6e2 Rxe2
30. Rxe2 g5 31. c4 Rc8 32. Rc2 Kg6 33. Kd2 Kf5 34. Ke3 g4 35. hxg4+ hxg4 36.
Kd4 g3 37. c5 Rg8 38. Rg2 Ke6 39. Kc4 Kd7 40. Kb5 Kc7 41. a4 Rb8+ 42. Kc4 Rg8
43. Kd5 Rg5+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.02.24"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 a6 6. O-O Ba7 7. a4 O-O 8. h3 d6
9. Re1 h6 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. b4 Ne7 13. Nf1 Ng6 14. Ra2 d5 15. Ng3
c6 16. a5 Rc8 17. c4 Rc7 18. exd5 exd5 19. c5 Re7 20. Nf5 Re6 21. N3d4 $6 Ree8
22. Nb3 Qd7 23. Nd6 Re6 24. Rae2 Ne8 25. Nxe8 Qxe8 26. g3 $6 Bb8 27. Re3 Qf7
28. Rf1 Rf6 29. Re2 Nh4 $5 (29... e4 $1 30. Bb2 Rf3 31. Nd4 Nf4 32. Re3 Nxh3+
33. Kg2 Rxf2+ 34. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 35. Kxh3 Qxe3) 30. Nd2 Qg6 31. Re3 Nf5 32. Rf3 Re6
33. Re1 Rfe8 34. Nf1 e4 35. dxe4 dxe4 36. Ra3 Nh4 37. Nh2 e3 38. Raxe3 Bxg3 39.
Ng4 $1 Rxe3 40. Rxe3 Rxe3 41. Nxe3 Bf4+ 42. Qg4 $2 (42. Kf1 $1) 42... Nf3+ (
42... Qe4 $1) 43. Kg2 Qxg4+ 44. hxg4 Ne1+ 45. Kf1 Nd3 46. Bd2 Ne5 $1 47. Ke2
Bxe3 48. Kxe3 Nxg4+ 49. Kf4 Nxf2 50. Ke5 h5 0-1
[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.02.24"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Ne5 Bd7 8. Nxc4
cxd4 9. Bf4 Nd5 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. Bxd6 Nde7 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Qb3 Bc8 14. Nc4 e5
15. Rac1 Re8 16. Ba3 Nf5 17. e4 $5 (17. Be4 Qc7 18. Qf3 g6 19. g4 Ng7 20. Nd6
Re6 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Qxc6 Qxc6 23. Rxc6 Bb7 24. Rc7 Ba6 25. Nxf7 Bxe2 26. Nh6+
Kh8 27. Nf7+ Kg8 28. Nh6+ Kh8 29. Rfc1 d3 30. Bb4 g5 31. Nf7+ Kg8 32. Nxg5 Ree8
33. Ne4 Red8 34. Nf6+ Kh8 35. Bd2 {1-0 Gelfand,B (2668)-Anand,V (2756) 35th
Leon GM 2022 Leon ESP rapid (2.3)}) 17... dxe3 18. fxe3 h5 19. Rxf5 Bxf5 20.
Nd6 Be6 21. Qxb7 Qg5 $1 22. Rc3 (22. Bxc6 Qxe3+ 23. Kg2 Qd2+ 24. Kf1 Qxc1+) (
22. Qxc6 Qxe3+ 23. Kf1 Rec8) 22... Nd4 $2 (22... Ne7 23. Nxe8 Rxe8 24. h4 Qf6
25. Bxe7 Qxe7 26. Qxe7 Rxe7 $11) 23. exd4 exd4 24. Rd3 Red8 25. h4 Qg6 26. Qe4
Qxe4 27. Bxe4 Rab8 28. b3 Rb6 29. Nb7 Re8 30. Nd6 Rd8 31. Nb7 Re8 32. Nc5 $1
Bh3 33. Rxd4 Rf6 34. Rd1 Bf5 35. Bxf5 $6 Rxf5 36. Rd2 Re3 1/2-1/2
[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.02.24"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Gukesh D"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 a6 11. h3 Bf6 12. g4 h6 13. Bg2 O-O-O 14. b3
Kb8 15. Ng1 d5 16. Ne2 h5 17. g5 Be5 18. Nf4 Bxf4 19. Bxf4 h4 20. c4 d4 21. Qd3
Bf5 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Qd2 d3 24. Qb4+ Ka8 25. c3 g6 26. Qc5 Kb7 27. Qb4+ Kc8
28. Qa5 Kb7 29. Kb2 Rhe8 30. Rhe1 c5 31. Qxc5 Qc6 32. Qb4+ Qb6 33. Rxe8 Rxe8
34. Be3 Qxb4 35. cxb4 Bxh3 36. Rh1 1/2-1/2
[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.02.25"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. h3 e5 8. b4 $5
exd4 9. exd4 d5 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Nbd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. b5 a6
15. bxa6 Rxa6 16. Bg5 Qd6 17. Qd2 Be6 18. Rfe1 c6 19. Rab1 Raa8 (19... Nc7 20.
Qe3 Nb5 21. Bxe6 Qxe6 22. Qxe6 fxe6 23. Rxe6 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Bxd4 25. Rxb7 Rxf2
26. Be3 Bxe3 27. Rxe3 Raxa2 28. Re8+ Rf8 29. Ree7 Rff2 $14) 20. Bh6 Rfe8 21.
Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Re5 h6 23. Rbe1 f6 24. R5e4 Bf7 25. Nh2 $5 (25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26.
Rxe8 Bxe8) 25... Rxe4 26. Rxe4 h5 27. Nf1 Rd8 28. Qe1 Rd7 29. Ne3 Nb6 30. Qc3
Nd5 31. Qe1 Nc7 32. Bxf7 Rxf7 33. Nc2 Rd7 34. h4 Kf7 35. Qe3 Ne6 36. a3 Ng7 37.
Qb3+ Qd5 38. Qd3 (38. Qxd5+ $2 Rxd5) 38... Ne6 39. Nb4 $1 Qd6 (39... Nc5 40.
dxc5 Qxd3 41. Nxd3 Rxd3 42. a4 Rd1+ 43. Kh2 Rd2) 40. Qb3 Re7 41. Nc2 Kf8 42.
Qe3 Ng7 43. Rxe7 Qxe7 44. Qg3 Qe4 45. Qd6+ (45. Qb8+ Ne8 46. Ne3 $1 Qxd4 47.
Qxb7 $11) 45... Kf7 46. Ne3 Qe7 47. Qb8 Qd7 48. a4 $1 Ne6 49. Nc4 $1 Ke7 (49...
Nxd4 50. Qxb7) 50. Na5 Nd8 51. Qf4 Qd6 52. Qe4+ Kf7 53. Qb1 $1 Qc7 (53... Qxd4
54. Nxb7 Kg7 55. Nxd8 Qxd8 56. Qb7+ Kh6) 54. Qb4 Qe7 55. Qb3+ Kg7 56. Qb6 $5
Qe1+ 57. Kh2 Nf7 58. Nxb7 Qxf2 59. a5 $4 (59. Nd8 Qxh4+ 60. Kg1 Ng5 61. Qc7+)
59... Qxh4+ 60. Kg1 Qe1+ 61. Kh2 g5 62. Qc7 Qh4+ 63. Kg1 Qxd4+ 64. Kf1 Qd1+ 65.
Kf2 Qd2+ 66. Kf1 g4 67. a6 Qd3+ 68. Kf2 Kg6 69. Qxc6 Ne5 70. Qc1 g3+ 71. Ke1
Qe4+ 72. Kf1 Qf5+ 73. Kg1 Qf2+ 74. Kh1 Qd4 75. Qc5 Qh4+ 76. Kg1 Nf3+ 77. Kf1 (
77. gxf3 Qh2+ 78. Kf1 g2+ 79. Ke1 g1=Q+) 77... Qh1+ 78. Ke2 Qxg2+ 79. Ke3 Qf2+
80. Ke4 Ne5 $1 81. Qd5 Qf3+ 82. Kd4 Nc6+ 0-1
[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.02.25"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Nc6 7. Qxb7 Bd7 8.
Qb3 Rb8 9. Qd1 e5 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. Be2 e4 12. Nd2 h5 13. a3 a5 14. h3 Ne7 15.
Nb3 Qb6 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. a4 O-O 19. Nb5 Bxb5 20. axb5 Nf5 21. Bd2
d4 22. exd4 Nxd4 23. Rc1 Qf5 24. Bxa5 Nxe2 25. Qxe2 Qxb5 26. Qxb5 Rxb5 27. Bc3
Nd5 28. O-O Nxc3 29. bxc3 Rc8 30. f3 Rbc5 1/2-1/2
[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.02.25"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E28"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
Ne2 b6 9. e4 Ne8 10. O-O Ba6 11. Qc2 Na5 12. e5 f5 13. Nf4 Bxc4 14. Bxc4 Nxc4
15. Qa2 b5 16. a4 cxd4 17. axb5 Nxe5 18. cxd4 Ng6 19. d5 Nxf4 20. Bxf4 Nc7 21.
dxe6 dxe6 22. Rfe1 Re8 23. Bxc7 Qxc7 24. Rxe6 Rxe6 25. Qxe6+ Qf7 26. Qxf7+ Kxf7
27. b6 a5 28. b7 Rb8 29. Rxa5 Rxb7 30. Rxf5+ Kg6 31. g4 Rb4 32. h3 h6 33. Kg2
Rb3 34. Re5 Kf6 35. Ra5 g5 36. f3 Kg6 37. Rd5 Rb2+ 38. Kg3 Rb3 39. Kf2 Rb2+ 40.
Kg3 Rb3 41. Rd2 Ra3 42. Kf2 Ra7 43. Rd6+ Kg7 44. Rd3 Ra2+ 45. Kg3 Ra7 46. h4
Rf7 47. Rd5 Kg6 48. h5+ Kg7 49. Re5 Ra7 50. Kf2 Kf6 51. Rf5+ Kg7 52. Rd5 Ra2+
53. Ke3 Ra7 54. Ke4 Rf7 55. Rd3 Rf8 56. Rc3 Rf7 57. Ke5 Kh7 58. Kd6 Rf6+ 59.
Kd7 Rf7+ 60. Ke8 Kg7 61. Re3 Rf8+ 62. Kd7 Rf4 63. Re7+ Kg8 64. Re6 Kg7 65. Re3
Kg8 66. Re6 Kg7 67. Re3 Kg8 68. Ke6 Kg7 69. Rd3 1/2-1/2
[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.02.25"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Gukesh D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 c5 8. Rc1
dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc3 14. Rxc3
Bxc6 15. Bb5 Bd5 16. Bc4 Bc6 17. Bb5 Bd5 18. Bc4 1/2-1/2
[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.02.25"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Re1 Re8 10. Qc2 Na6 11. a3 Bg4 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Nac5 14. cxd5 Nxd3
15. Qxd3 Rxe5 16. Qd4 Qf6 17. Nd2 cxd5 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Rxe4 Rxe4 20. Qxe4 Qe6
21. Qxe6 Bxe6 22. Be3 a6 23. Rc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. f3 f6 26. Kf2 Kf7 27.
Bd4 Bd7 28. Ke3 Ke6 29. Bc3 Bc6 30. Bd4 Bd5 1/2-1/2
