[Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.22"] [Round "18"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A12"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,90,5,8,7,7,-3,-1,-9,-8,-10,0,-7,8,4,15,2,19,8,26,0,0,0,0,-13,-9,-30, -21,-6,-12,-37,-33,-78,-52,-76,-42,-97,-77,-85,0,-42,-16,-11,-20,-98,0,0,4,0,0, 0,0,-8,0,-13,0,-19,4,8,0,-17,0,-141,-108,-123,-125,-107,-125,-213,-208,-402, -456,-473,-406,-700,-700,-663,-277,-1797,-1730,-6322,-5916,-6515,-6387]} 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 {A12: English Opening: 1... c6 with b3 by White.} Nbd7 7. d4 Ne4 $5 {[%csl Rc2,Rd3,Gd4,Ge3,Re4,Gf2,Rf3,Rg2] [%CAl Gd4e5,Gf6g7,Gf6g5,Ge5f4,Ge3f4,Gf3g5,Gf3e5,Re4d5,Rc6b7,Rc6b5,Rd5c4,Rc3d5, Rc3b5,Rc4b5,Rf1c4,Rd5e6,Re6d7][%mdl 4] [#] A promising side line.} (7... Bd6 8. Bd3 Bxd3 (8... Bg6 9. O-O (9. Qc2 Qe7 10. O-O-O Bb4 11. Kb1 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 O-O 13. h3 Rfd8 14. Nd2 dxc4 15. Qxc4 e5 16. Nde4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Nb6 18. Qc2 exd4 19. Bxd4 Nd5 20. Ng3 Qe6 21. e4 Nf4 22. Nf5 Bf8 23. g3 Ng6 24. Bb2 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Re8 26. f3 Ne5 27. Qc3 f6 28. g4 Nf7 29. Qe3 b6 30. h4 c5 31. h5 Nd6 32. Qd2 Rd8 33. Qf4 Rd7 34. Ne3 Nb5 35. Rxd7 Qxd7 36. Nd5 Qd6 37. Qf5 Nd4 38. Bxd4 cxd4 39. Qc8 b5 40. Kc2 Qa3 41. Kb1 Qd6 42. Qc7 Qa3 43. h6 d3 44. hxg7 Bxg7 45. Ne7+ Kf8 46. Nf5 d2 47. Qxg7+ Ke8 48. Qg8+ Kd7 49. Qd5+ {1-0 (49) Hoi,C (2317) -Hove,E (2323) Denmark 2020}) 9... O-O (9... Qe7 10. Bxg6 hxg6 11. h3 Ne4 { 1/2-1/2 (11) Bayramov,Z (2301)-Ravi,T (2383) Budapest 2019}) 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. Ne2 Qf6 13. Nf4 Bf7 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Ne2 g5 16. Ng3 h5 17. Nd2 h4 18. Ngf1 Bg6 19. f3 Nxd2 20. Nxd2 Rae8 21. Re2 Re7 22. Rae1 Rfe8 23. e4 fxe4 24. fxe4 dxe4 25. Nxe4 Bxe4 26. Bxe4 Qf4 27. d5 Qxh2+ 28. Kf2 Bc5+ 29. Re3 Rxe4 30. dxc6 Qf4+ 31. Kg1 Bxe3+ 32. Kh1 Bb6 33. Rxe4 Qxe4 34. Qd2 Qe1+ 35. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 36. Kh2 g4 37. g3 Re2+ {0-1 (37) Mamedyarov,S (2770)-Lazavik,D (2436) Lichess.org INT 2021}) (8... Ne4 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne2 Qf6 11. Ng3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Be4 13. cxd5 exd5 14. a4 a5 15. Ba3 Bxa3 16. Rxa3 Rae8 17. Be2 Qd6 18. Ra2 Bxf3 19. gxf3 f5 20. f4 Nf6 21. Bf3 Ne4 22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. Kg2 Re6 24. Rh1 Rh6 25. Rxh6 Qxh6 26. b4 axb4 27. Rb2 Qd6 28. Qb1 Qd7 29. Rxb4 Rf7 30. Rb6 h5 31. Qd1 Qf5 32. a5 Kh7 33. a6 bxa6 34. Rxa6 Rf6 35. Ra1 Kh6 36. Ra8 Kh7 37. Ra1 Rg6 38. Qe2 Rg4 39. Rh1 Kh6 40. Qa6 Rg6 41. Qe2 Qg4 42. Qxg4 Rxg4 43. Ra1 Rg6 44. Ra8 Rf6 45. Rh8+ Kg6 {1/2-1/2 (45) Bekasovs,R (2109)-Yeritsyan,A (2330) Riga 2018}) 9. Qxd3 O-O 10. O-O Qa5 11. Rfd1 Rad8 12. a3 Qa6 13. c5 Qxd3 14. Rxd3 Bc7 15. b4 Ne4 16. Rdd1 f5 17. Nd2 e5 18. f3 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 e4 20. f4 g5 21. g3 gxf4 22. gxf4 Rf6 23. Kh1 Rg6 24. Rg1 Nf6 25. h3 Kf7 26. Rxg6 hxg6 27. Kg2 Rg8 28. Rg1 g5 29. fxg5 Rxg5+ 30. Kh1 Rh5 31. Kg2 f4 32. exf4 Bxf4 33. Nf1 Rg5+ 34. Kh1 Rh5 35. Kg2 Rg5+ 36. Kh1 Rxg1+ 37. Kxg1 Kg6 38. Kg2 Nh7 39. Bd2 Kg5 40. Bxf4+ Kxf4 41. Ng3 Ke3 42. Nf5+ Kd3 43. Nd6 e3 44. Kf1 Nf6 45. Nxb7 Kd2 {0-1 (45) Stojanovski,S (2232)-Holt,C (2549) Chess.com INT 2020}) (7... h6 8. Bd3 Ne4 ( 8... Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Qa5 14. Rfd1 Bf6 15. Ne5 Rfd8 16. f4 Qb6 17. Kh1 a5 18. Re1 a4 19. Nxf7 Kxf7 20. Qxe6+ Kf8 21. Ba3+ c5 22. Bxc5+ Nxc5 23. Qxb6 Bxd4 24. Qc7 Rd7 25. Qb6 Nxb3 26. Qe6 Nc5 27. Qf5+ Kg8 28. Rad1 b6 29. Qg6 Kh8 30. Re8+ Rxe8 31. Qxe8+ Kh7 32. f5 Rd6 33. Qe2 a3 34. Qg4 {1-0 (34) Cezila,R (2314)-Trichkov,V (2319) Chess.com INT 2020}) 9. O-O Bd6 10. Qc2 Ndf6 11. Ne5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Be2 h5 15. Rad1 Qg5 16. Qd2 O-O {1/2-1/2 (16) Hamdouchi,A (2291)-Chistiakova,T (2340) Istanbul 2004}) (7... Bb4 8. a3 Bd6 9. Be2 h6 10. O-O O-O 11. b4 Qe7 12. Nd2 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Nb5 Bb8 16. Nf3 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Be4 18. Rc1 a6 19. Nd4 Be5 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Nf5 Qe6 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Rc5 Qb2 24. Qc1 Qa2 25. Rd1 Rad8 26. Nd4 b6 27. Rd2 Qxd2 28. Qxd2 bxc5 29. bxc5 Rb8 30. h3 Rfc8 31. c6 g6 32. Kh2 Nd5 33. Qa5 Nc7 34. a4 Rb1 35. Qe5 Rb4 36. Qe7 a5 37. Qd7 Rbb8 38. Nb5 Ne6 39. c7 Ra8 40. Qc6 Nxc7 41. Nd6 Ra6 42. Qd7 {1-0 (42) Duong,T (2420)-Gara,A (2312) Budapest 2008}) 8. a3 $146 {The position is equal.} ({ Predecessor:} 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 (8... dxe4 9. Nd2 Bd6 10. g4 Bg6 11. h4 f5 12. c5 Bc7 13. Bc4 Qf6 14. g5 Qe7 15. f4 h6 16. Kf2 hxg5 17. hxg5 O-O-O 18. Qc2 e5 19. dxe5 Nxc5 20. Bd4 Bb6 21. b4 Nd7 22. Nb3 {1/2-1/2 (22) Paunovic,T (2354) -Jeremic,V (2527) Zlatibor 2006}) 9. Nd2 Bg6 10. Be2 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bf3 a5 13. g3 f5 14. Qc1 {1-0 (45) Dimitrov,R (2518) -Papadopoulos,G (2354) Kavala 2018} Qe7 15. a4 Bb4 16. Ba3 Nf6 17. Bd1 e5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Bb2 Qe7 20. Bd4 f4 21. exf4 Bd3 22. Bf3 Bxf1 23. Nxf1 Ne4 24. cxd5 cxd5 25. Ne3 Rad8 26. Qc2 Bc5 27. Bxc5 Nxc5 28. Nxd5 Qd6 29. Rc1 Na6 30. Qc3 Nb4 31. Nxb4 axb4 32. Qc4+ Kh8 33. Bxb7 Qb6 34. Bd5 Rd6 35. Qc5 Qxc5 36. Rxc5 g6 37. Bc4 Rd2 38. Kg2 Rfd8 39. a5 Ra2 40. Bd5 Rd7 41. g4 Ra7 42. Rc8+ Kg7 43. Rg8+ Kf6 44. g5+ Kf5 45. Kg3 {1-0 (45) Dimitrov,R (2518)-Papadopoulos,G (2354) Kavala 2018}) 8... Bd6 9. Bd3 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Qe7 12. O-O a5 13. e4 O-O 14. Bb2 dxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qh4 b5 17. Bc1 bxc4 18. bxc4 c5 19. a4 Rfc8 20. Be3 cxd4 21. Bxd4 Rab8 22. Bc3 (22. Qg5 $15) 22... Bb4 $17 23. Be5 Bd6 (23... Rb7 $17) 24. Rfd1 Bxe5 25. Nxe5 Qc7 26. Qg5 {[#]} (26. Qd4 $1 $11) 26... Qc5 (26... Ne4 $1 $17 {[%CAl Re4g5]} 27. Qf4 Nc3) 27. Qf4 $11 Rb7 28. h3 h6 29. Rd3 Rcb8 30. Kh2 Rb2 31. Rf3 {Nd3 is the strong threat.} Qc7 32. Re1 Ra2 33. Qg3 {And now Rxf6 would win.} Kh7 $1 34. Qh4 Rbb2 {Strongly threatening ...Re2.} 35. Ree3 (35. Qd4 $1 $11) 35... Re2 ({Don't blunder} 35... Rxa4 $2 36. Rxf6 gxf6 37. Qxf6 $18) 36. Qd4 { Threatens to win with Qd3+.} Rxf2 37. Rxf2 Rxf2 38. c5 {[#]} (38. Re1 $17 { keeps fighting.} Ra2 39. Qd1) 38... Nd5 $1 $40 {[%CAl Rd5e3][%mdl 128] White is in trouble.} 39. Rg3 (39. Re1 Rf4 40. Qd3+ g6 41. Qb5) 39... Rf4 40. Qb2 Rf5 41. Nf3 (41. Nc4 $142 Nf6 42. Nd6 Rxc5 43. Ne4) 41... Nf6 42. Qb6 Rxc5 (42... Qf4 $142 43. Qd6 e5) 43. Qb1+ (43. Qxc7 Rxc7 44. Nd2) 43... Kg8 {Black is clearly winning.} 44. Nd4 Nh5 {[%mdl 64] Pin} 45. Ne2 Nxg3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.81/Black=0.19} 0-1