[Event "ch-USA 2022"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2022.10.07"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"] [Black "Moradiabadi, Elshan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "2563"] [BlackElo "2534"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2022.10.05"] {[%evp 0,77,22,25,25,6,6,6,6,-25,-9,-6,-6,-6,-5,-5,-3,10,16,17,17,18,25,5,24,5, 34,8,18,-2,13,13,3,-1,-17,-8,-8,-25,-25,-43,-43,-33,-32,-32,-19,-57,-66,-66,63, 63,80,80,83,83,80,80,88,88,108,108,101,94,169,181,181,181,141,127,129,127,175, 160,278,278,287,293,293,278,287,386]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 { The immediate capture generally leads to sharper positions than the more popular 4...Be7.} 5. Bg2 c5 6. Qa4+ (6. O-O {is the most popular move by a large margin.}) 6... Bd7 7. Qxc4 Bc6 8. dxc5 Nbd7 9. Be3 Rc8 {Rare.} (9... Bd5 {is the top move.}) 10. b4 b6 11. O-O (11. Nc3 bxc5 12. b5 Bb7 13. O-O Be7 14. Rfd1 O-O 15. Qa4 Qb6 16. Qc2 Nd5 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 N7f6 19. a4 Nxc3 20. Qxc3 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 h6 22. Nf3 Nd5 23. Qc4 Qa5 24. Ne5 Qc3 25. Qxc3 Nxc3 26. Rd7 Nxe2 27. Nc6 Kh7 28. Nxa7 Ra8 29. b6 c4 30. Nc6 Rac8 31. Nb4 c3 32. Nc2 e5 33. a5 Nd4 34. Nxd4 exd4 35. Rxd4 c2 36. Rc1 Rc5 37. Ra4 Ra8 38. b7 Raxa5 39. Rxa5 Rxa5 40. b8=Q {1-0 (40) Maghsoodloo,P (2698)-Sadhwani,R (2555) Chess.com INT 2021}) 11... bxc5 12. b5 $146 (12. bxc5 Bxc5 13. Bxc5 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Rxc5 15. Qa6 Qb6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Nd2 O-O 18. Nb3 Rc7 19. Rfc1 Rfc8 20. Rxc7 Rxc7 21. Rd1 {1/2-1/2 (21) Katona,A-Veres,E Hungary 1996}) 12... Bb7 $6 ({There doesn't seem to be any problem with} 12... Nb6 {, when White's best may be the pawn sac } 13. Qc1 Bxb5 14. Rd1 Nbd7 (14... Qc7 $2 15. Bf4 $18 {gives White way too much activity.}) 15. Nc3 Bc6 16. Qa3 {. White's pieces are active and both a7 and c5 are weak, but the engine thinks this is only enough to make up for the missing pawn.}) 13. Rd1 $14 {Now White enjoys the initiative without having sacrificed anything.} Be7 14. a4 O-O 15. a5 Nb6 16. Qc2 Nbd5 17. Bd2 Qe8 18. Qc4 $6 (18. Qa4 $142 c4 19. Be1 {keeps a slight edge.}) 18... Nb4 19. Na3 Ne4 20. Bf4 Bd5 21. Qc1 c4 22. Ne5 $2 (22. Nd4 {was better but extremely complicated. One possibility (others include 22...f5 and 22..Bc5):} e5 23. Bxe5 Bc5 24. Bxe4 (24. Nxc4 Bxc4 25. Bxg7 Nxf2 26. Bf6 (26. Bxf8 Nfd3 27. Qg5+ $8 ( 27. exd3 $2 Bxd4+ 28. Kh1 Nxd3 $19) 27... Kxf8 28. Qh6+ Kg8 $8 (28... Ke7 $2 29. exd3 Bxd4+ 30. Kh1 Nxd3 31. Rxd3 Bxd3 32. Re1+ $18 {is why Black can't play 28...Ke7.}) 29. Qg5+ (29. exd3 $2 Bxd4+ 30. Kh1 Nxd3 $19) 29... Kh8 30. Qf6+ Kg8 31. Qg5+ $11) 26... Ne4 27. Qh6 Nxf6 28. Qg5+ Kh8 29. Qxf6+ Kg8 $11 { and now 30.Nf5 would be very strong if it were legal, but as it is White should give perpetual check.}) 24... Qxe5 25. Bxd5 Bxd4 26. Bxc4 Bxa1 (26... Rfd8 27. Rb1 Na2 28. Bxa2 (28. Qf4 Qxf4 29. gxf4 Nc3 30. Bd3 Nxd1 31. Rxd1 $11) 28... Rxc1 29. Rbxc1 Re8 {Threatening ...Bb2.} 30. Rc2 Bxf2+ 31. Kxf2 Qe3+ 32. Kf1 (32. Kg2 Qe4+ 33. Kg1 Qe3+ 34. Kf1 Qxa3 $11) 32... Qxa3 33. Rd7 Rf8 { Here 34.Rxf7 would win if Black's 34...Rxf7 didn't come with check. As we saw on move 32, however, moving the king to g2 allowed Black other resources.} 34. Bd5 (34. Rxa7 Qa4 35. Rd2 Qxb5 $11) 34... Qxa5 35. Rcc7 Qxb5 36. Rxa7 $11) 27. Qxa1 Qxa1 28. Rxa1 Nc2 29. Nxc2 Rxc4 30. Ne3 Rc5 31. b6 $11 {Variations like these represent only a portion of the genuine possibilities open to both sides. So any errors the players may have committed are very forgivable, especially since trying to navigate one's way through this thicket is bound to have cost the players a great deal of time on the clock.}) 22... Nc5 $2 (22... c3 $1 { preserves the important pawn but involves a sacrifice.} 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Nd7 c2 25. Rd2 e5 $1 26. Be3 (26. Bxe5 $2 Bg5 27. f4 f6 28. Nxf8 fxe5 29. fxg5 Qxf8 {With the massive threat of 30...Qc5+ 31.Kf1 Rf8+ 32.Ke1 Qg1#.} 30. Rxc2 Nxc2 31. Nxc2 Rxc2 32. Qe3 Qc5 $19) 26... Nd5 27. Nxf8 Nxe3 28. fxe3 Bxf8 $1 { Black has no pawns for the exchange, but the quality of his bishops is such that he's probably winning in any case.} 29. b6 axb6 30. axb6 Qc6 31. Nxc2 Qxb6 $19) 23. Nexc4 {Rightly unafraid of the fork on b3. The danger has passed for White, though Black remains okay as well.} Bxg2 (23... Nb3 24. Qb2 Nxa1 25. Nd6 $1 {is the point.} Bxd6 26. Bxd6 Nac2 27. Nxc2 Nxc2 28. Bxf8 Kxf8 29. Rc1 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Ne3+ 31. fxe3 Rxc1 32. Qxc1 (32. Qa3+ Qe7 $8 33. Qxc1 Qb7+ 34. Kf2 Qxb5 $11) 32... Qxb5 33. Qc8+ Ke7 34. Qc7+ Qd7 $11) 24. Nd6 $1 Bxd6 25. Bxd6 Nb3 $6 {Tempting, but mistaken.} (25... Ba8 $6 26. Bxc5 f5 27. Bxb4 $1 Rxc1 28. Raxc1 $16) (25... Ne4 $1 26. Qb2 Nxd6 27. Rxd6 Qe7 28. Qxb4 Bd5 $1 29. Rb1 f5 30. b6 axb6 31. Rxb6 Qxb4 32. R6xb4 Rc5 {is probably good enough to draw.}) 26. Qb2 Nxa1 27. Bxb4 Ba8 28. Rxa1 $16 {The proverbial dust has finally settled. White regains the exchange and emerges with an extra pawn, and while Black's bishop looks nice there won't be anything interesting for Black to do on the long diagonal once White plays f3.} Qd7 (28... h6 {may be marginally better. White will have a hard time improving his position before taking on f8, and if he does take now Black will recapture with the queen, who will be better placed on f8 than on d7.}) 29. Bxf8 Rxf8 30. Rc1 $18 a6 $2 {This regains the pawn, but the cost is too great.} 31. b6 Qd5 32. f3 Qxa5 33. Nc4 Qd5 34. Ne3 Qg5 (34... Qb5) 35. Kf2 Qf6 36. Qb4 a5 37. Qxa5 Qh6 38. h4 f5 {Hoping for counterplay with ...f4, but White comes first with a nice finishing touch.} 39. Qxa8 $1 (39. Qxa8 $1 Rxa8 40. b7 {followed by Rc8. Excepting the erroneous 22. Ne5, it was a very nice game by the youngster.}) 1-0 [Event "ch-USA 2022"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2022.10.07"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Black "Robson, Ray"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2747"] [BlackElo "2690"] [PlyCount "186"] [EventDate "2022.10.05"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Bd7 10. Rd1 Be7 11. g4 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Nd2 Kc8 14. Nf3 Be7 15. Bg5 Bc5 16. Rd3 Be6 17. Kg2 b5 18. Be3 Bb6 19. Kg3 Kb7 20. a4 h6 21. Nd4 Bxd4 22. Bxd4 h5 23. a5 a6 24. f3 Rh7 25. Rh1 Rah8 26. Rh2 Re8 27. Rdd2 Kc8 28. b3 Kb7 29. Bc5 Bd5 30. Rde2 Be6 31. Re4 Bd5 32. Re3 Be6 33. Ree2 Kc8 34. Re4 Bd5 35. Re3 Be6 36. Re4 Bd5 37. Ree2 Be6 38. Rd2 Bd5 39. Bd4 Be6 40. f4 g6 41. Rdf2 Rg8 42. Bc5 Kd7 43. Rd2+ Kc8 44. Be7 hxg4 45. hxg4 Rgh8 46. Rxh7 Rxh7 47. Rd8+ Kb7 48. Bc5 Rh1 49. Rd3 Rf1 50. Rf3 Rxf3+ 51. Kxf3 Bd5+ 52. Kg3 Be4 53. b4 Kc8 54. c3 Kd7 55. Kh4 Ke6 56. Kg5 Bd3 57. Ba7 Bc2 58. Bb8 c5 59. Bxc7 cxb4 60. cxb4 Bd1 61. f5+ gxf5 62. gxf5+ Ke7 63. Bd6+ Kd7 64. Kh6 Bb3 65. Kg7 Ke8 66. Bc5 Bc4 67. Be3 Bb3 68. Kf6 Kd7 69. Bh6 Bc4 70. Bf8 Bb3 71. Bc5 Bc4 72. Kg5 Bb3 73. Kf4 Bc4 74. Ke3 Bb3 75. Kd4 Kc6 76. Ke4 Kd7 77. Bf2 Bc4 78. Bh4 Ba2 79. Kf4 Bc4 80. Kg5 Bb3 81. Kf6 Bc4 82. Kg7 Ke8 83. Bg3 Bb3 84. e6 fxe6 85. f6 e5 86. Bxe5 Bf7 87. Bg3 Bc4 88. Kg6 Bf7+ 89. Kf5 Kd7 90. Ke5 Kc6 91. Kf5 Kd7 92. Ke5 Kc6 93. Kf5 Kd7 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA 2022"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2022.10.07"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Sevian, Samuel"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2684"] [BlackElo "2755"] [PlyCount "196"] [EventDate "2022.10.05"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Bd3 Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Ba6 13. g3 Bf6 14. Qc2 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Qc8 16. Rfc1 Qb7 17. Rab1 axb4 18. axb4 Ra3 19. Qd2 Qa8 20. Kg2 h6 21. Nd1 Rb8 22. Ne3 Qa4 23. Qd1 Qxd1 24. Rxd1 Ra4 25. b5 Rc8 26. bxc6 Rxc6 27. cxb6 Rxb6 28. Rbc1 Rb8 29. f5 exf5 30. Nxd5 Ra5 31. Ne3 Bg5 32. Nc4 Rd5 33. Ra1 Rc8 34. h4 Bf6 35. Ne3 Rb5 36. Ra7 Nf8 37. d5 f4 38. gxf4 Ng6 39. Ra4 Rcb8 40. h5 Nh4+ 41. Nxh4 Bxh4 42. Nf5 Bf6 43. Ra3 Rd8 44. Ne3 Be7 45. Rad3 Bd6 46. Kf3 Kh7 47. Rc1 Bc5 48. Ng4 Bd6 49. Ne3 Bc5 50. Ng4 Bd6 51. Rcd1 Re8 52. Rd4 Bc5 53. Rc4 Rb3+ 54. Kg2 Bd6 55. Ne3 Rd8 56. Ng4 Re8 57. Ne5 Rb7 58. Nf3 Rb5 59. Rd2 Rd8 60. Rcd4 Re8 61. Rc4 Rd8 62. Rcd4 Re8 63. Nh4 Rd8 64. Nf5 Bc5 65. R4d3 Bb4 66. Rd1 Bc5 67. Kf3 Rb2 68. R1d2 Rxd2 69. Rxd2 g6 70. hxg6+ Kxg6 71. Ne3 f5 72. Nc4 Kf6 73. Ra2 Rxd5 74. Ra6+ Ke7 75. Rxh6 Rd3+ 76. Kg2 Rc3 77. Ne5 Bd6 78. Ng6+ Kf7 79. Ne5+ Ke7 80. Rh4 Ke6 81. Nf3 Rc4 82. Ng5+ Kd5 83. Nh3 Rb4 84. Rh5 Ke6 85. Rh6+ Ke7 86. Kg3 Ra4 87. Rh8 Kf6 88. Rc8 Rb4 89. Rc6 Ke7 90. Ra6 Rc4 91. Ra5 Kf6 92. Rd5 Ke6 93. Rd3 Ke7 94. Rf3 Kf6 95. Ng1 Re4 96. Nh3 Rc4 97. Ng1 Re4 98. Nh3 Rc4 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA 2022"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2022.10.07"] [Round "3.4"] [White "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D27"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2774"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2022.10.05"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O c5 7. b3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Nd2 b5 11. Be2 Bb7 12. Rc1 Qd7 13. a4 Nc6 14. axb5 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 axb5 16. Nf3 Rfc8 17. Bxf6 Qxd1 18. Rxc8+ Rxc8 19. Rxd1 Bxf6 20. Bxb5 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Rc2 22. Bd3 Ra2 23. Rc1 Ra1 24. Bb1 Kf8 25. Kg2 Ke7 26. b4 Bb2 27. Rd1 Bc3 28. b5 Ba5 29. f4 g6 30. Kf3 h6 31. Ke2 g5 32. fxg5 hxg5 33. h3 Kf6 34. Rc1 Ke7 35. Rf1 Kf6 36. Kf3 Bb6 37. Ke2 Ba5 38. Kf3 Bb6 39. Ke2 Ba5 1/2-1/2 [Event "ch-USA 2022"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2022.10.07"] [Round "3.5"] [White "Liang, Awonder"] [Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D11"] [WhiteElo "2608"] [BlackElo "2535"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2022.10.05"] {[%evp 0,79,27,32,13,7,30,31,32,5,22,-27,-31,-34,-21,-25,-12,-12,-17,-15,-17, -30,-12,-26,9,5,14,-4,-4,-10,-8,12,8,-9,26,-23,-11,-12,39,45,33,12,24,18,66,46, 26,42,42,28,38,62,56,49,65,29,74,81,96,96,78,96,154,145,196,200,218,213,203, 182,220,216,430,430,436,436,436,436,444,447,447,448]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. a4 Ne4 11. a5 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Be4 13. Qb3 $146 c5 14. Nd2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qc7 $11 { Black has equalized, while White has achieved a position that can't be killed (i.e. turned into a straightforward draw) by his opponent's prep.} 16. Nf3 b6 17. Qa4 $5 cxd4 (17... a6 $5 18. axb6 Nxb6 19. Qa5 Rfc8 $11 {isn't bad for Black. The intention is to play ...Nc4 next.}) 18. cxd4 bxa5 (18... Rfc8 $142) 19. Bf4 (19. Qxa5) 19... Qb7 20. Rfc1 e5 $6 (20... Nb6 21. Qxa5 Bf6 $11) 21. dxe5 (21. Bxe5 $1 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Bb4 23. Qb3 $1 $14 {With a double attack of sorts, threatening both e6 and Rxa5.}) 21... Bb4 (21... Nc5 22. Qa2 Ne6 $14 ( 22... Nb3 $4 23. Rcb1 $18)) 22. e6 $1 $16 Nc5 (22... fxe6 $4 23. Rc7 $18) 23. exf7+ Qxf7 24. Qa2 Qxa2 25. Rxa2 Rfe8 26. Be3 (26. Rc4 $142) 26... Ne4 27. Rc6 a6 $2 (27... Nc3 $14) 28. Bd4 $1 {After this Black is in serious danger. The bishop not only hits g7, but prevents Black from putting a piece on c3 and, for good measure, controls a1 so that Black's a-pawns are even more comprehensively neutralized.} Nd6 29. Rc7 Nf5 30. Bb6 {Even better than neutralizing the pawns is collecting them.} Re7 31. Rcc2 a4 32. Rxa4 a5 33. Rca2 Bc3 34. R2a3 Bb2 35. Rxa5 Rf8 36. Rb3 Rxe2 {The last gasp. If he doesn't try this, the win will be routine thanks to White's two extra pawns.} 37. Ra2 Rb8 38. Kf1 ({There's nothing wrong with taking the bishop straight away.} 38. Raxb2 $18) 38... Nd4 39. Bxd4 Rxb3 40. Kxe2 {Maybe Liang had been in time trouble. Now that he has reached move 40, there's no reason for Lenderman to continue, down a piece and a pawn, and he resigns.} 1-0 [Event "ch-USA 2022"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2022.10.07"] [Round "3.6"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2652"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "2022.10.05"] {[%evp 0,119,15,22,22,22,22,22,22,17,15,18,18,14,-6,1,10,-2,4,7,0,9,15,3,21, -47,-19,-19,-22,-10,-32,-49,-25,-21,-6,-41,-19,-57,-33,-23,-32,-24,-20,-13,-10, -9,4,-21,-20,-21,-21,-34,-31,-17,-34,-30,3,-21,-9,-10,-7,-23,-43,-39,-39,-38, -38,-52,-31,-60,13,16,11,13,0,-21,-6,-6,6,23,36,44,22,9,35,35,35,35,122,159, 143,138,351,67,67,70,106,69,74,67,76,79,77,69,91,63,56,70,70,73,151,165,170, 175,177,190,561,564,651,665,750,1012]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Qd6 8. b3 a5 9. Bb2 (9. a3 O-O 10. Bb2 Nd7 11. Ng5 f6 12. Nxe6 Qxe6 13. Kh1 a4 14. b4 Be7 15. f4 exf4 16. Rxf4 b5 17. Nf3 Bd6 18. Rh4 Qe8 19. Nd4 Be5 20. Qc1 Bxd4 21. Bxd4 Rd8 22. Qb2 Rf7 23. Qc3 Ne5 24. Rf1 Qd7 25. Bc5 Re8 26. Rhf4 Ng6 27. R4f3 Re5 28. Bf2 Nf8 29. Kg1 Ne6 30. Be3 Qd6 31. Rf5 h6 32. h3 Rxf5 33. Rxf5 Qg3 34. Bf2 Qd6 35. Kh1 Qd7 36. Be3 Qd6 37. Qa1 Qg3 38. Bf2 Qd6 39. Be3 Qg3 40. Bf2 Qd6 41. Bg1 Qd7 42. Qc3 Qd6 43. Ba7 Qd7 44. Bc5 Kh7 45. Bg1 Kg8 46. Be3 {1/2-1/2 (46) Swiercz,D (2647)-Eljanov,P (2691) Riga 2021}) 9... Nd7 10. Ng5 a4 11. Ndf3 O-O $146 (11... f6 12. Nxe6 Qxe6 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 O-O 16. Rfd1 (16. Rad1 Ne5 17. f4 Nf7 18. h3 b6 19. Qe3 Rfe8 20. Rde1 Nd6 {1/2-1/2 (20) Nersesov,V-Popov,V (2050) ICCF email 2016}) 16... Rf7 17. f3 b6 18. Qd3 Nf8 19. Qe2 Re7 20. Rd4 Ree8 21. Bc3 axb3 22. axb3 Rxa1+ 23. Bxa1 Ra8 24. Bc3 b5 25. Rd1 Qe7 26. Kf1 Ne6 {1/2-1/2 (26) Hablizel,F (2301)-Popov,V (2087) ICCF email 2016}) 12. Nh4 Rfe8 (12... f6 13. Nxe6 Qxe6 $11) 13. Nxe6 Qxe6 14. Nf5 g6 15. Ng3 Qd6 (15... b5 $11) 16. Qg4 Qe6 17. Qg5 Qe7 18. Qc1 Nf8 (18... b5 $11 {followed by ...Bd6 and ...c5 plants the seeds of queenside counterplay. White's kingside ambitions are evident, so it makes sense for Black to get something going elsewhere, while it's still possible to do so.}) 19. Kh1 Bd6 20. Ne2 Ne6 21. g3 {No points for guessing what the last five half-moves were about! It turns out, however, that we don't end up seeing f4 for a long time. (In fact, the first player to push a pawn to f4 is Black.)} a3 22. Bc3 c5 {Here White finally has his chance to play f4, and should have taken it.} 23. Kg2 (23. f4 $142 Nd4 24. Qd2 f5 25. Rae1 $14) 23... f5 (23... b5 {is a good alternative, looking to drive White's bishop off the long diagonal with ...b4. White could prevent this if he so desired with 24.Rb1, but after 24...f5 the inclusion of ...b5 and Rb1 is in Black's favor. So White would probably play} 24. f4 {, with complications aplenty after} exf4 25. gxf4 b4 {or} (25... c4 $5)) 24. exf5 gxf5 25. Ng1 Qf7 (25... Nd4) 26. Qd2 Nd4 27. Rae1 Re6 (27... Re7 $142 {is more precise, as we'll see in a couple of moves.}) 28. Bxd4 cxd4 29. Nf3 $11 {Threatening Ng5 - that's why Black should have played 27...Re7.} Re7 30. Nh4 $6 (30. Re2 Rae8 31. c3 dxc3 32. Qxc3 Qd5 $11) 30... Rf8 $15 31. c4 $6 dxc3 32. Qxc3 Qd5+ 33. Kg1 Rg7 (33... b5 $142) 34. Ng2 (34. Qc4 $142) 34... Kh8 $2 (34... b5 $17) 35. Ne3 (35. Qc4 $142 $15) 35... Qb5 $6 (35... Qe6 $17) 36. Nc4 $11 Re8 (36... Bb4 $142 37. Rxe5 Bxc3 38. Rxb5 c6 39. Rc5 Bd4 40. Ra5 f4 $11) 37. Qc1 $6 (37. Nxd6 cxd6 38. d4 e4 39. f3 d5 $11) 37... Qd5 $2 (37... Bb4 $17) 38. Nxd6 Qxd6 $6 (38... cxd6 $11) 39. Qc3 $14 Rd7 40. Re3 Qd4 (40... b5 $142 {still makes sense, looking to play ...b4.}) 41. Qa5 f4 $6 {Hoping for counterplay, but in the event this creates more weaknesses for Black than for White.} 42. Re4 $1 Qb2 {Protecting a3, but Black has problems with c7, e5, f4, and soon with his king.} (42... Qxd3 43. Rxe5 $16 ) 43. Rfe1 Rxd3 $4 44. Qxc7 $4 (44. Rxe5 Rxe5 45. Rxe5 {and Black's king is going to die. Black has a couple of checks, if he wants them, but then White takes over.} Rd1+ 46. Kg2 f3+ 47. Kh3 Rd8 48. Qxc7 Qd2 49. g4 Qd7 50. Qc5 $18) 44... fxg3 45. hxg3 Qc3 46. Qxc3 Rxc3 {Black still has some problems, but a draw is probably the correct result.} 47. R1e2 Rc1+ ({Once again,} 47... b5 $142 {.}) 48. Kg2 Rb1 (48... b5) 49. f4 (49. Kf3) 49... Rb2 50. fxe5 Kg7 51. Rf2 Rc8 $6 {Looking for counterplay with ...Rcc2, but this allows Black's king to be driven far away from the e-pawn, which will then advance.} (51... Kg6 $142 $11) (51... Rf8 $142 $11) 52. Rg4+ Kh6 53. e6 Rf8 $1 54. Rgf4 Rxf4 $2 ( 54... Re8 55. Re4 Re7 {still seems tenable, though unpleasant.}) 55. gxf4 $18 { Now it's over.} Kg7 56. f5 Kf6 57. Kf3 b5 {Too late.} 58. Re2 Ke7 59. Re1 $1 Rxa2 60. f6+ {White makes a new queen.} 1-0 [Event "ch-USA 2022"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2022.10.07"] [Round "3.7"] [White "Shankland, Sam"] [Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2712"] [BlackElo "2699"] [PlyCount "114"] [EventDate "2022.10.05"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qc1 Bb7 11. h4 Nc6 12. Qf4 Qd6 13. Rc1 Nd5 14. Qxd6 cxd6 15. e4 Nf6 16. Bd3 h6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Ke2 Rac8 19. Rc3 Ne7 20. Rhc1 Rxc3 21. Rxc3 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Nd2 d5 24. e5 f5 25. b4 Bd7 26. b5 Kg7 27. Ke3 Ng6 28. h5 Nf8 29. a4 Be8 30. f3 f6 31. g4 fxe5 32. dxe5 Nd7 33. Kd4 fxg4 34. fxg4 Nc5 35. Bc2 Bf7 36. Nb1 Bg8 37. a5 Bf7 38. a6 Be8 39. Na3 Bd7 40. Bd1 Ne4 41. Be2 Kf7 42. Nc2 Ke7 43. Ke3 Ng5 44. Nd4 Nf7 45. Nf3 Ng5 46. Nd4 Nf7 47. Kf4 Ng5 48. Bf1 Be8 49. Nf3 Nxf3 50. Kxf3 Kf8 51. Kf4 Kg7 52. Be2 Bd7 53. g5 Be8 54. Kg4 Bd7 55. Kf4 Be8 56. Kg4 Bd7 57. Kf4 Be8 1/2-1/2