[Event "FTX Road to Miami Prelim"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2022.07.10"] [Round "3.4"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Rapport, Richard"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E61"] [WhiteElo "2759"] [BlackElo "2764"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2022.07.10"] {[%evp 0,51,27,27,27,0,39,40,36,18,15,15,12,7,28,11,35,33,36,29,32,36,26,22,37, 18,5,-1,34,24,8,21,11,-72,-83,-115,-111,-129,-67,-67,-75,-53,-16,-121,-64,-68, 493,907,1162,1162,29995,29996,29999,-30000]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. h3 e6 7. e4 e5 8. d5 Nd4 9. Nf3 c5 10. Nxe5 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Bxe5 12. O-O d6 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Re1 f5 15. Nc3 Bd7 16. Be7 Rf7 {Black is doing fine here - he's better, in fact - but now the fun begins.} 17. Rxe5 $1 dxe5 18. d6 Qb6 $4 {Too ambitious. He needed to quietly consolidate.} (18... Qc8 $17 ) 19. Nd5 $18 Qxb2 20. Rb1 Qxa2 21. Nf6+ Rxf6 22. Bxf6 Ba4 {Allowing a nice finish.} (22... Bc6 $8) 23. Bd5+ Kf8 24. Rxb7 $1 {White was winning with any sane move, but this is both fastest and prettiest.} Bxd1 25. Rf7+ Ke8 (25... Kg8 26. Rg7+ Kf8 (26... Kh8 27. Rg8#) 27. Rg8#) 26. d7# {Using all the attackers! All three of White's pieces, along with the d-pawn, are needed for the mate.} 1-0 [Event "FTX Road to Miami Prelim"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2022.07.10"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Sevian, Samuel"] [Black "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C43"] [WhiteElo "2684"] [BlackElo "2691"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "2022.07.10"] {[%evp 0,115,27,22,22,13,16,37,45,11,11,4,21,26,26,22,24,19,36,6,4,2,23,47,38, -31,37,10,10,-9,-9,-14,-12,-28,-5,-5,5,8,6,9,9,-8,10,11,11,6,11,14,12,3,7,3,17, 12,40,32,45,40,38,29,42,48,61,61,49,12,27,69,98,91,81,97,111,70,70,95,69,62,81, 81,102,102,126,139,152,95,118,88,89,82,104,78,89,70,121,121,142,142,150,160, 163,185,183,193,169,210,210,216,216,237,261,274,274,274,281,287,275,325]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. exd6 Nxd6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Qf4 g6 9. Bb5 Bg7 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Be3 O-O 12. O-O-O Qd7 13. Bd4 Qg4 14. Qxg4 Bxg4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rd3 Bxf3 17. Rxf3 Rfe8 18. Rd1 Re5 19. b3 Rae8 20. Na4 Re2 21. Nc3 R2e5 22. h4 h5 23. g3 R8e6 24. Na4 Rf6 25. Rxf6 Kxf6 26. Nc3 Rf5 27. f4 Ke7 28. Re1+ Kd7 29. Ne4 f6 30. c4 Nxe4 31. Rxe4 {This ending favors White thanks to his obviously superior pawn structure, though it's probably drawn with perfect play.} Ra5 32. Re2 c5 $2 {Clearing the way for the rook to return to the game along the 6th rank. It's a move he'll need to make sooner or later, and as Sevian shows us, later would have been better.} (32... Ra6 $142) (32... g5 $142) 33. g4 $3 $18 {Winning, believe it or not. There are a couple of hiccups in what follows, but most of the rest of the game, and its result, are logical.} Ra6 (33... hxg4 34. f5 gxf5 35. h5 Ra6 36. h6 Rb6 {Now for a standard trick, known in both practical chess and endgame studies.} 37. Re8 $1 {This nice interference move prevents Black's rook from stopping the h-pawn. There are some Q vs. R endings that can be saved by the weaker side; this isn't one of them.} Kxe8 38. h7 Kf7 39. h8=Q $18) 34. f5 $1 gxf5 35. gxh5 f4 ( 35... Rb6 36. h6 Rb8 37. Rg2 $18) 36. Kd1 $1 f3 37. Rd2+ Ke6 38. Ke1 $2 (38. h6 Kf7 39. Ke1 $18) 38... Kf5 $2 (38... Ke5 $1 $11 {was correct, activating the king while to bring the rook into the fight with ...f5.}) 39. h6 $18 Kg6 40. Kf2 Ra3 41. Kxf3 a5 42. Ke4 a4 43. bxa4 $6 (43. Rf2 axb3 44. axb3 Rxb3 45. h5+ Kh7 46. Rxf6 $18) 43... c6 $2 (43... Rxa4 44. Kd5 Kxh6 45. Kxc5 $18 {is still winning, though not as easily as after 43...Rxa4.}) 44. h5+ $6 (44. Rg2+ $142 Kxh6 45. Kf5 $18) 44... Kxh6 45. Kf5 $2 (45. Rc2 $8 $18) 45... Rxa4 $2 (45... Rc3 {draws.}) 46. Rc2 $1 {Fixing his mistake. The rest is handled cleanly by Sevian.} Kg7 47. h6+ Kxh6 48. Kxf6 Kh5 49. Ke5 Kg4 50. Kd6 Kf4 51. Kxc6 Ke4 52. Kb5 Ra8 53. Rd2 Rb8+ 54. Kxc5 Rc8+ 55. Kb4 Rb8+ 56. Kc3 Ra8 57. c5 Ke5 58. Kc4 1-0 [Event "35th Leon GM 2022"] [Site "Leon ESP"] [Date "2022.07.08"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Santos Latasa, Jaime"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C83"] [WhiteElo "2675"] [BlackElo "2756"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2022.07.08"] [EventType "k.o."] {[%evp 0,47,27,22,22,13,18,4,28,-14,7,7,16,21,1,9,12,12,14,-28,-23,10,21,25,22, 46,49,59,59,22,22,15,20,21,21,45,45,52,52,74,89,52,62,48,52,54,70,63,64,282]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 Nc5 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 dxc3 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. Be4 Qd7 15. bxc3 Rd8 16. Qc2 Bd5 17. Bg5 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Qd5 $2 (18... Ne7 $14) 19. Qg4 $18 Rd7 20. Bh4 Kf8 21. a4 h5 22. Qf5 b4 23. cxb4 Nxb4 24. Rad1 (24. Rad1 $1 Qxd1 25. e6 $1 Qd5 26. exd7 Be7 27. Re1 f6 28. Ne5 $1 (28. Qxd5 Nxd5 29. Rd1 c6 30. Nd4 $18) 28... Kg8 29. Ng6 $1 $18) 1-0 [Event "35th Leon GM 2022"] [Site "Leon ESP"] [Date "2022.07.08"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Santos Latasa, Jaime"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2756"] [BlackElo "2675"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2022.07.08"] [EventType "k.o."] {[%evp 0,61,27,22,22,13,13,18,30,-4,7,-10,11,16,16,-7,22,14,41,15,-9,-13,37,2, 23,1,19,25,32,17,26,24,52,39,58,12,3,0,14,7,1,6,20,-10,6,-11,-9,-29,37,-46,12, 47,32,-101,-31,-109,123,160,212,216,216,234,318,336]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Re1 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. d5 Ng4 14. Nf1 Nxe3 15. Nxe3 c4 16. b4 cxb3 17. axb3 Qc7 18. Qd2 Bd7 19. Rec1 Rec8 20. Bd1 Qa7 21. Ra3 Nb7 22. b4 a5 23. Rca1 Rc7 24. Be2 Rac8 25. bxa5 Bxa5 $2 (25... Bxe3 26. Qxe3 Qxe3 27. fxe3 Nc5 28. Nd2 Ra8 $11 {/+/=}) 26. Nf5 $1 $18 Bxf5 27. exf5 f6 28. Bxb5 Rc5 29. Bc6 Nd8 30. Qa2 Rb8 31. Nd2 1-0