[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "Peter,Doggers"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. g4 b5 8. Nxc6
Qxc6 9. Qd2 b4 10. Ne2 Qxe4 11. Rg1 Qc4 12. Ng3 (12. Nf4 Qc7 13. O-O-O Nf6 14.
Bg2 Bb7 15. g5 Ne4 16. Qd4 Nd6 17. Qxb4 Bxg2 18. Nxg2 Rb8 19. Qa4 a5 {Karjakin,
S (2758)-Rapport,R (2760) Stavanger 2021}) 12... Qc7 13. O-O-O Ne7 14. Nh5 Nd5
15. Bd4 Rg8 16. Qd3 g6 $146 (16... b3 17. Qxb3 Rb8 18. Qc4 Qa5 {Raja,H (2484)
-Gledura,B (2652) Dulles 2022}) 17. Bg2 gxh5 18. Bxd5 Bb7 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20.
gxh5 Rxg1 21. Rxg1 Qd5 22. b3 f5 23. Qe3 Qe4 24. Qd2 Rc8 25. Kb1 f4 26. Qd1 d6
27. f3 Qd5 28. Qd3 Rc7 29. Re1 Re7 30. Re4 e5 31. Qxa6 Kf7 32. Bb2 Qd1+ 33. Bc1
d5 34. Re2 Rc7 35. Rf2 d4 36. Qb6 ({Winning was} 36. Qa5 Rc5 37. Qa7+ Be7 38.
Rg2 $1 {threatening 39.Rg7+!}) 36... Rc3 37. Qb7+ Be7 38. Qe4 {Esipenko said
that when he played this move, he missed Black's 39th move.} ({Right after the
game, Esipenko thought} 38. Qd5+ {was perhaps better but he couldn't see a win
after} Kf6 39. Qg8 d3 40. Rd2 dxc2+ ({better is} 40... Qxf3 $1) 41. Kb2 Bc5 {
but White has} 42. Qd8+ {followed by taking the queen.}) 38... Ke6 39. Qxh7 Qg1
40. Qg6+ Qxg6 41. hxg6 Kf6 42. Bd2 Rc8 43. Rg2 Kg7 44. Re2 Bd6 45. h4 Rh8 46.
Be1 Kxg6 47. Kc1 Ra8 48. Kd2 Rxa2 49. Kd3 Kf5 50. h5 Bf8 51. h6 Bxh6 1/2-1/2
[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "Peter,Doggers"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. c3 b6 (7...
Nc6 8. h3 Nd7 9. O-O e5 10. dxe5 Ndxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Bxe5 Nxe5 13. Nf3
Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Be6 15. Qa4 Qb6 16. Qb3 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Rd7 18. Rd2 Rad8 19. Qxb6
axb6 20. a3 f5 21. Rad1 Kg7 {½-½ Kamsky,G (2662)-Andreikin,D (2728) Chess.
com 2021}) 8. Ne5 Nfd7 9. h4 Nxe5 $146 (9... f6 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. e4 Bb7 12. h5
Rd8 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. Qb3 e6 15. e5 f5 16. c4 Nc6 {Parramon Ros,F (2067)
-Medina Masdeu,R (1923) Girona 2012}) 10. Bxe5 Nc6 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. h5 Qd6 13.
Qa4 cxd4 14. exd4 Bf5 15. Nf1 g5 16. Ne3 Bd7 17. h6+ Kh8 18. Qb3 e6 19. Rd1
Rac8 20. Qc2 f5 21. c4 Ne7 22. Qc3 Ng6 23. b3 Qe7 24. g3 Bc6 25. Rh5 Qf6 26.
Rd2 Ne7 27. Nc2 f4 28. gxf4 gxf4 29. Kd1 Be8 30. Rh3 Bg6 31. Ne1 Bf5 32. Rh1
dxc4 33. bxc4 b5 34. c5 Nd5 35. Qb2 b4 36. Bd3 a5 $6 ({Strong was} 36... e5 $1
37. dxe5 Nc3+ $1 38. Kc2 Qxe5 {with a winning attack.}) 37. Kc1 Nc3 38. Nf3
Rfd8 39. Qc2 Bxd3 40. Rxd3 Rd5 41. Ne5 $6 ({This was a good moment for} 41.
Rxc3 $1 bxc3 42. Qe4 {with good compensation. White is not worse.}) 41... Nb5
42. Rhd1 $2 (42. Qb2) 42... Nxd4 43. Rxd4 Rcxc5 44. Rxd5 Rxc2+ 45. Kxc2 exd5
46. Rxd5 Kg8 47. Rxa5 Qf5+ 48. Kb3 Qb1+ 49. Kc4 Qe4+ 50. Kb3 f3 51. Nc4 Qb1+
52. Ka4 Qxa2+ 53. Kb5 b3 0-1
[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Peter,Doggers"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
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 Bb7 10. Ne5 (10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Ne5 h6 12. Bh4 c5 13. f3 cxd4 14.
Qxd4 Nxe5 15. Qxe5 Qe7 16. e4 Rfd8 {So,W (2778)-Robson,R (2669) Saint Louis
2021}) 10... Qd6 11. e3 c5 $146 (11... Bd5 12. Qd3 Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. f3 h6
15. Bf4 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Qd4 Rfe8 {Radovic,G (1837)-Milovanovic,S (2069)
Nis 2019}) 12. Bf4 Qe7 13. dxc5 Rc8 14. Be2 Rxc5 15. Qd4 Nd5 (15... Rd5 {
\"should be like a repetition.\" - Van Foreest}) 16. Bg3 f6 17. Nc4 Ba6 18. b3
Nc6 19. Qb2 e5 20. Rd1 Na5 21. O-O Nxc4 22. bxc4 Nc7 23. Qb3 Qe6 24. f4 exf4
25. Rxf4 Re8 26. Bf2 Qf7 27. Rfd4 Bc8 28. Bg3 {Finally having activated his
dark-squared bishop, Van Foreest started to get optimistic about his chances.}
Ne6 29. Rd5 Rxd5 30. cxd5 Nc5 31. Qc3 Ne4 32. Qd4 Bd7 33. Bf4 g5 34. Bc7 Kg7
35. Rf1 Qe7 36. Bh5 Rc8 $2 {This allows a winning sequence for White.} ({
The best square was} 36... Rf8 {to cover the f7-square when} 37. d6 {can be
met by} Qe5 38. Qxe5 fxe5) 37. d6 Qe6 38. Bf3 Nc5 (38... Re8 39. Bxe4 {and f6
will hang.}) 39. Bd5 Qe5 40. Qxe5 fxe5 41. Rf7+ Kg6 42. Rxd7 $1 Nxd7 43. Be6
1-0
[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2022.01.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R.."]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2865"]
[Annotator "Peter,Doggers"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. e3 a6 5. Bxc4 Nf6 6. O-O c5 7. b3 b6 (7...
cxd4 8. Nxd4 Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Nd2 b5 11. Be2 Bb7 12. a4 bxa4 13. Rxa4 Nbd7
14. Ra1 Nb6 {Vidit,S (2727)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2761) Warsaw 2021}) 8. Ba3 Nbd7
9. d5 exd5 10. Bxd5 Rb8 11. Bb2 Be7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Qc2 b5 $146 (13... Qc7 14.
Rad1 b5 15. Be4 Nb6 16. Bd3 Bb7 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Rbe8 {
Romig,J (2141)-Domingo Gadea,J (1892) FICGS email 2018}) 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. a4 h6
16. axb5 axb5 17. Qe2 Qb6 18. e4 Re8 19. Qd2 Bf8 20. Qf4 b4 21. Na4 Nxd5 22.
Rxd5 Qe6 23. Rad1 ({Perhaps White should have tried} 23. Nxc5 Bxc5 24. Rxc5
Nxc5 25. Qxb8) 23... Ra8 24. Qc1 Qxe4 25. h3 Ra7 26. Qd2 Qg6 27. Nh4 Qe6 28.
Nf5 c4 $6 {The only flaw in the game for Black.} (28... Bb7) 29. Qd4 ({Missing
} 29. Bxg7 $1 Bxg7 30. Nxg7 Kxg7 31. Rd6 Qe7 32. Qxh6+ Kg8 33. R6d4 Nf8 34. Nb6
{and Black still has the better chances but it's a completely different story
of course.}) 29... Nf6 30. Nb6 c3 31. Nxc8 Qxd5 32. Qxd5 Nxd5 33. Nxa7 cxb2 34.
Rb1 Re2 {0-} 0-1
