[Event "44th Olympiad 2022"] [Site "Chennai IND"] [Date "2022.08.05"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Sargissian, Gabriel"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2698"] [BlackElo "2783"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "2022.07.29"] [WhiteTeam "Armenia"] [BlackTeam "United States of America"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Rc1 Nbd7 13. Rc2 Nf8 14. Bc1 Ne6 15. Bb2 a6 16. e3 Bd6 17. Ne2 (17. h4 {1/2-1/2 (132) Cheparinov,I (2670) -Mareco,S (2634) Douglas 2019}) (17. Ng4 {1-0 (79) Gunina,V (2421) -Saduakassova,D (2500) Caleta 2021}) 17... a5 $146 (17... Ne4 {1/2-1/2 (94) Barseghyan,A (2338)-Levin,E (2485) Cheliabinsk 2021}) 18. a4 c5 {It's desirable to erase the hole on c6, but this has its own costs.} (18... Ne4 $142 ) 19. Nf4 (19. Nc3 $142) (19. Nc4 $142) 19... Nxf4 (19... cxd4 20. Nxe6 Rxe6 21. exd4 Re8 $11) 20. exf4 Ba6 21. Re1 Rc8 22. g4 $5 cxd4 23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24. Bxd4 Bb4 25. Re3 Ne4 $11 26. Bb2 Bb7 27. h3 f6 {This is the kind of move that can bite you on the backside later on, but concretely, there's nothing wrong with it.} 28. Nf3 (28. Nd3 $142 $11) 28... Qc7 29. f5 $2 {The intended follow-up to the preceding move, but it's a mistake.} Qf4 30. Re2 Bc5 $2 (30... Rc8 $1 31. Rc2 Rxc2 32. Qxc2 Bc5 33. Bd4 h5 $1 $17 {would have given Caruana an unloseable position with decent winning chances.}) 31. Bd4 $11 Rd8 (31... Rc8 $142) 32. Bxc5 bxc5 33. Qe1 $1 h5 $2 {A bridge-burning move, and an error to boot. I don't know if Caruana thought this was correct, or thought it was necessitated by his assessment of the overall match situation.} (33... Qc7 { would still be about equal.}) 34. Qxa5 ({The immediate} 34. Nh4 {may be even stronger.} Kh7 35. f3 Ba6 $8 36. Ng6 Qd6 37. fxe4 Bxe2 38. e5 $1 fxe5 39. Qxe2 e4 40. g5 $1 Rb8 $1 41. Qxh5+ Kg8 42. f6 gxf6 43. gxf6 Qxf6 44. Qxd5+ Kg7 45. Ne5 $16) 34... Rc8 $2 {This is not a good square for the rook, due to the mobile White knight.} (34... Rd7 $14 {/+/-}) 35. Nh4 $1 $18 Ra8 $2 (35... hxg4 $2 36. Ng6 {Not only attacking the queen, but threatening the fork on e7 as well - the reason why 34...Rd7 was better.} Qc7 37. Qxc7 Rxc7 38. Bxe4 dxe4 39. Rd2 {Threatening mate in two. Preventing this with 39...Rc8 walks back into the fork, so} Kh7 40. Rd8 Kh6 41. h4 Rc8 {may be Black's best try, but now} 42. Rxc8 Bxc8 43. Ne7 Ba6 44. Kh2 Kh5 45. Kg3 $18 {gives White an easily won ending.}) (35... Kh7 {may be best, but White's advantage is probably decisive after} 36. Ng6 Qc1+ 37. Qe1 Nc3 38. Re3 Qxe1+ 39. Rxe1 $18) 36. Qe1 Qc7 37. Ng6 c4 38. bxc4 Qxc4 39. Rb2 Bc6 40. Ne7+ Kh7 41. Bxe4 dxe4 42. Rb4 Qc5 43. Nxc6 Qxc6 44. Qxe4 {White's extra pawn on the kingside matters enough that the resulting rook ending would be hopeless for Black. Caruana avoids the queen trade, but in addition to his material deficit his king is vulnerable, and Sargissian takes full advantage.} Qc1+ 45. Kg2 Rd8 46. Rc4 Qd2 47. gxh5 { All five White pawns are isolated, but their lack of beauty is outweighed by their quantity. The reason for the swap is to pay Qg4-g6+, when Black is on the verge of collapse.} Rb8 48. Rd4 Qc1 49. Qg4 Qc6+ 50. Kh2 Qc2 51. Qg6+ Kh8 52. Qg3 Rg8 53. Qf4 Kh7 54. Rd7 Kh8 55. h6 g5 56. fxg6 Qxg6 57. Rg7 $1 { A very nice finishing touch, getting rid of all the heavy pieces.} (57. Rg7 $1 Rxg7 58. hxg7+ Kg8 (58... Kxg7 59. Qg3 $18 (59. Qg4 $18)) (58... Qxg7 59. Qh4+ Kg8 60. Qg3 $18 (60. Qg4 $18)) 59. Qb8+ Kxg7 60. Qg3 $18) 1-0 [Event "44th Olympiad 2022"] [Site "Chennai IND"] [Date "2022.08.05"] [Round "7.2"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B11"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2634"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2022.07.29"] [WhiteTeam "United States of America"] [BlackTeam "Armenia"] [BlackTeamCountry "ARM"] 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. Be2 Bc5 7. O-O Nd7 8. exd5 cxd5 9. Rd1 Ngf6 10. d4 Be7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Bf4 $146 (12. Ne2 {1/2-1/2 (64) Dragnev,V (2535)-Fridman,D (2626) Katowice 2021}) 12... Nb8 $6 {The knight will be better on c6, but it's a slow plan.} (12... Rc8 13. Ne2 Re8 14. c3 Bf8) 13. Ne2 Nc6 14. c3 Re8 15. Re1 (15. g4 $1) 15... g6 (15... Bd6 $1 16. Bg5 e5 $1) 16. Ng3 Nd7 17. Re3 $6 (17. Re2 $16) 17... e5 $1 18. Bh6 $2 (18. dxe5 Bc5 {is the reason White's rook belonged on e2 instead of e3. Still, White retains some advantage after} 19. e6 $1 $14) 18... e4 $4 (18... Bf8 $1 19. Bxf8 e4 $1 {was the trick. Had Melkumyan found this, Armenia probably would have won the match.} 20. Qd1 Rxf8 21. Bf1 f5 $19 {is awful for White.}) 19. Rxe4 $3 {Everything else would lose, but this wins.} Nf8 (19... dxe4 20. Qxf7+ $1 {is the point: Black is mated by force.} Kxf7 21. Bc4+ Kf6 22. Nxe4+ Kf5 23. g4+ $1 Kxe4 24. Re1+ Kf3 25. Bd5#) 20. Rf4 f5 21. Nxf5 {No need to calculate this.} gxf5 22. Rxf5 Qd6 23. Qg4+ Ng6 24. Rxd5 $1 Qf6 (24... Qxd5 25. Bxg6 Kh8 26. Bxe8 Qg8 27. Qxg8+ Kxg8 28. Bh5 $18 {Four extra pawns are generally enough to win.}) 25. g3 Bf8 26. Rf5 Qe7 27. Bc4+ Kh8 28. Bg5 { White has a material advantage to go along with a crushing attack.} 1-0 [Event "44th Olympiad 2022"] [Site "Chennai IND"] [Date "2022.08.05"] [Round "7.3"] [White "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"] [Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B94"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2754"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2022.07.29"] [WhiteTeam "Armenia"] [BlackTeam "United States of America"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"] {[%evp 0,78,29,36,46,66,72,72,72,46,46,46,48,43,77,38,38,22,45,33,10,34,41,-13, 20,17,17,-7,-23,-20,-22,-15,9,-34,-10,-20,-20,-65,-4,-65,-62,-43,-40,-99,-96, -34,-34,-36,-16,-15,-16,3,13,10,-13,-10,34,-9,18,-1,8,-19,8,-62,-56,-76,-83, -103,-113,-113,-113,-146,-113,-147,-144,-195,-212,-212,-206,-212,-212]} 1. e4 c5 $1 {The '!' is for the move's surprise value. Dominguez plays the Sicilian (the Najdorf, when possible), but almost exclusively in blitz. In rapid and especially in slow games, he almost always plays 1...e5 in reply to 1.e4.} 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qe2 (7. Bc4) (7. f4) 7... h6 8. Bh4 g6 {By far and away the main move.} ({Dominguez played this inferior move a couple of times back in 2015, but if Ter-Sahakyan's prep for this game was based solely on that info he did himself a huge disservice.} 8... b5) 9. f4 (9. O-O-O) 9... e5 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. O-O-O {It looks very exciting, but we're on well-trodden ground - there are 555 games with this in the database.} Qc7 12. Nb3 b5 13. Nd5 (13. Rxd7 {is a fun, flashy move, but it's only good enough for a draw.} Nxd7 14. Nd5 Qb8 {Here White generally goes for 15.Na5 or 15.Bf6, with equality if both players know what they're doing.}) 13... Nxd5 14. exd5 Bd6 15. Qd2 f5 16. Kb1 ({The more popular} 16. g4 {may be the better option (thus explaining its popularity).} f4 17. Bd3 (17. g5 $2 e4 $146 {-+}) 17... Kf7 18. Qe2 g5 19. Qe4 Rg8 {The most secure path to the promised land. Every move from here on out, by both sides, is forced.} (19... gxh4 $6 20. Qg6+ Kf8 21. g5 h5 $11 {is equal, according to Grandmaster S. Fish, but in practice Black has a hard time maintaining the equality.}) 20. Qh7+ Rg7 21. Bg6+ Kf6 22. Qxh6 Rxg6 23. Bxg5+ Kf7 24. Qh7+ Rg7 25. Qf5+ Kg8 26. Qe6+ Rf7 27. Qg6+ Rg7 28. Qe6+ Rf7 29. Qg6+ $11) 16... g5 (16... Kf7 17. Na5 Nc5 18. Nc6 f4 19. Be2 Bf5 20. Ka1 g5 21. Be1 g4 22. h3 h5 23. Rf1 Rag8 24. h4 Rg6 25. Qc1 Re8 26. Bb4 Ne4 27. c4 Bxb4 28. Nxb4 Ng3 29. Rfe1 Nxe2 30. Rxe2 Qxc4 31. Qd2 Rd6 32. Rc1 Qd4 33. Qe1 Kf6 34. Rd2 Qxb4 {0-1 (34) Ter Sahakyan,S (2640) -Fedoseev,V (2678) Lichess.org INT 2020 (blitz)}) 17. Be1 Nf6 $15 18. Rc1 $6 $146 {How blameworthy is White for getting into a mess, clearly worse after his 18th move? That Dominguez typically saves the Najdorf for blitz suggests that we should be kind to Ter-Sahakyan. On the other hand, Dominguez has played the Najdorf *a lot*, and that includes the 6...Nbd7 line in response to 6.Bg5, so it should have been checked as well. Back to hand #1: Dominguez had a habit of playing 8...b5. True, but taking a final trip to hand #2: First, one shouldn't assume that Dominguez would play a move that's now considered to distinctly subpar; second, Ter-Sahakyan himself had played the line just two years ago against another elite GM. So you'd think he would have fixed his problems and sharpened up his prep here. Apparently not.} b4 (18... f4 { may be even better:} 19. c4 bxc4 20. Bxc4 Bf5+ 21. Ka1 O-O $17 22. Bxa6 $2 Qe7 (22... Qa7 {is playable, but not directly winning after} 23. Rc6) 23. Rc6 Ng4 $19 {Black has far too much activity for White's measly extra pawn to matter.}) 19. c4 bxc3 20. Qd1 Qf7 $2 (20... O-O $142 $17 {was best, waiting to see which way White recaptured before committing his queen to a particular square.} 21. Rxc3 (21. Bxc3 Qf7 $1 $17) 21... Qe7 $1 $17) 21. Rxc3 $1 $11 Bb7 22. Bc4 O-O 23. Na5 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25. Rd3 Nb4 26. Bxb4 Bxb4 27. Nc6 a5 28. Nxe5 Qe6 $11 {The forced sequence has come to an end, but without bringing about a quiet and peaceful position. Both sides have potential problems with their king, such that an inaccuracy or two could prove fatal.} 29. Nf3 $6 (29. Nd7 Rf7 30. a3 Ra7 31. Nb8 Rf8 32. Nd7 Rf7 $11 {is a weird way to bring the game to a speedy conclusion.}) (29. Rd5 $11) 29... Rab8 $6 (29... Rfe8 $142 $15) 30. a3 Be7 31. Nd4 $2 (31. Re1 Qb6 32. b4 $1 Bf6 33. Rd6 Qc7 34. Ne5 axb4 35. Qb3+ Rf7 $1 36. Qxf7+ Qxf7 37. Nxf7 bxa3+ 38. Ka2 Kxf7 $11) 31... Qd5 $19 32. Qf3 $6 Qxf3 33. gxf3 Bf6 34. Rhd1 Rb6 (34... Kh7 $1) 35. R1d2 Rfb8 $6 36. Kc1 $2 (36. Nxf5 Bxb2 (36... Rxb2+ 37. Rxb2 Rxb2+ 38. Kc1 Rxh2 39. Rd6 $17 {/=/+}) 37. Kc2 Kh7 $17) 36... f4 (36... Be5 $1) 37. Kb1 Rd6 38. Nb3 Rxd3 39. Rxd3 a4 {Now it's over; Black's task is too easy.} 40. Nd2 Rxb2+ 41. Kc1 Ra2 42. Rd6 Bg7 43. Rd3 Bf8 44. Rd4 Rxa3 45. h4 gxh4 46. Rxf4 Ra1+ 47. Kc2 h3 48. Rh4 Bb4 49. Kb2 Re1 {A nice touch. Black is going to promote the a- pawn or the h-pawn.} 0-1 [Event "44th Olympiad 2022"] [Site "Chennai IND"] [Date "2022.08.05"] [Round "7.4"] [White "Shankland, Sam"] [Black "Hovhannisyan, Robert"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D12"] [WhiteElo "2720"] [BlackElo "2591"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "180"] [EventDate "2022.07.29"] [WhiteTeam "United States of America"] [BlackTeam "Armenia"] [BlackTeamCountry "ARM"] {[%evp 0,180,28,28,23,10,34,46,46,14,16,16,28,31,-10,12,12,11,12,-11,12,16,24, 8,22,17,23,25,34,26,20,21,26,10,36,-6,20,37,30,1,1,-20,15,-5,5,-6,33,16,42,42, 42,27,0,7,4,-17,-15,-100,-47,-47,-50,-68,-58,-237,-243,-243,-243,-240,-240, -222,-237,-238,-226,-290,-246,-238,-206,-202,-174,-238,-207,-193,-199,-238, -202,-202,-210,-213,-206,-199,-160,-206,-139,-144,-111,-176,-102,-159,-153, -161,-121,-133,-109,-130,-113,-195,-127,-127,-122,-127,-122,-129,-131,-122, -115,-121,-98,-130,-122,-130,-128,-170,-121,-130,-124,-153,-157,-157,-111,-157, -124,-127,-111,-114,-111,-128,-129,-147,-94,-99,-118,-146,-118,-95,-95,-48,-76, -124,-109,-139,-141,-183,-170,-181,-181,-172,-143,-197,-179,-179,-123,-140, -140,-140,-140,-140,-138,-138,-145,-140,-97,-97,-104,-120,-120,-272,-265,-262, -223,-247,-248,-314,-201]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. Qb3 Qc7 10. h3 Be7 11. Rc1 Nb6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bd3 O-O 14. O-O a5 15. a3 Rfe8 16. Rfe1 Bf8 17. f3 a4 18. Qc2 Qd7 19. Kh1 Bd6 20. g4 Bc7 21. Re2 g5 22. Rf1 Re7 23. e4 dxe4 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Bf4 26. Rfe1 Rae8 27. Ba5 $6 (27. Bb4 $11) (27. Bxf4 gxf4 28. Qc5 Nd5 29. Bf5 Rxe2 30. Rxe2 Qd8 31. Rxe8+ Qxe8 32. Be4 Nf6 33. Qf5 $11) 27... Nd5 28. Bf5 $2 Qd6 29. Rxe7 Rxe7 30. Rxe7 Nxe7 $17 {/-+} 31. Bb4 $2 Qh6 $19 {Black is winning, though proving it will take a lot of work. Shankland puts up lots of resistance, but it should have been for naught. See you on move 80.} 32. Kg2 Nd5 33. Qe4 Ne3+ 34. Kf2 Nxf5 35. gxf5 Qxh3 36. Bc3 Qh2+ 37. Ke1 Qg1+ 38. Ke2 Qg2+ 39. Ke1 Qg1+ 40. Ke2 Qg2+ 41. Ke1 Bg3+ 42. Kd1 Qf1+ 43. Kc2 Bf4 44. Be1 Qc4+ 45. Bc3 Qb3+ 46. Kb1 Qd5 47. Kc2 Kh7 48. Qd3 f6 49. Kd1 Kg8 50. Ke2 Kf7 51. Kf2 b5 52. Kg1 Bd6 53. Kf2 Bc7 54. Kg1 Kg8 55. Qe3 Kf7 56. Qd3 Bb6 57. Kf2 Ba7 58. Kg3 Bb8+ 59. Kf2 Bd6 60. Kg1 Ke8 61. Kf2 Kd7 62. Kg1 Kc7 63. Qe4 Kd7 64. Qd3 Bf4 65. Kf2 Ke8 66. Qe2+ Kf7 67. Qd3 Bd6 68. Kg1 g6 69. fxg6+ Kg7 70. Qe2 Kxg6 71. Qe8+ Kg7 72. Kg2 Bf8 73. Kf2 f5 74. Qe3 Kh6 75. Bd2 f4 76. Qd3 Bg7 77. Bc3 Bf6 78. Ke1 g4 79. fxg4 Qh1+ 80. Kd2 {Black has been winning for a very long time, but now he starts to give it away.} Qg2+ $2 (80... f3) 81. Kc1 Qxg4 $2 (81... Qh1+ $1 82. Kc2 Qd5 $19) 82. Bd2 Kg5 $2 (82... Qg1+ 83. Kc2 Qg2 84. Kb1 Bg5 $19) 83. Qe4 $15 Qg1+ 84. Kc2 Qf2 85. Qxc6 Qxd4 86. Qxb5+ $11 Kg4 87. Bxf4 Qe4+ 88. Qd3 Qc6+ 89. Kb1 Kxf4 90. b3 Qg2 {and here, catastrophe. As a sort of (wholly inappropriate) blitz reflex Shankland "premoved" 91.Kc2, assuming as Black moved his queen that it was headed for h1. Only after a beat or two did he realize that it was on g2, when he retracted the move, realized in horror that he was forced to move the king and its only move, to c1, loses quickly. A tragedy for Shankland and the team (unless they go on to win the Olympiad anyway), but, one hopes, the millions of kids who are told this story by their chess coaches will take it to heart. (Probably not, but a few will.)} ({After} 90... Qg2 {White has to be careful about a small trap or two, but it's not difficult to save the draw.} 91. Qc4+ (91. Qd6+ {also holds the draw.} ) (91. Qc2 $4 {is a move one might play in a panic in blitz or bullet. It loses after} Qf1+ 92. Qc1+ (92. Ka2 Qa1#) 92... Qxc1+ 93. Kxc1 axb3 94. a4 { and unluckily for White, Black's king is just in time.} Ke4 95. a5 Kd5 $19) ({ As for} 91. Kc1 $4 {, it loses in the obvious way:} Qb2+ 92. Kd1 Qxb3+ (92... axb3 {also wins, but why bother calculating White's checks?}) 93. Qxb3 axb3 94. a4 Ke4 $19 {and once again Black's king deals with the a-pawn while White will be unable to eliminate Black's b-pawn.}) 91... Ke5 {The only way to (sort of) keep the game going, but now that there's no mate threat White can take the pawn.} (91... Kg5 $4 92. Qg8+ $18) (91... Qe4+ 92. Qxe4+ Kxe4 93. bxa4 $11) ( 91... Ke3 92. Qe6+ Kd3 93. Qc4+ (93. Qxf6 $11) 93... Ke3 94. Qe6+ $11) (91... Kf3 92. Qd5+ Kf2 93. Qxg2+ Kxg2 94. bxa4 $11) (91... Kg3 92. Qg8+ Kf2 93. Qxg2+ Kxg2 94. bxa4 $11) (91... Kf5 92. Qc2+ $11) 92. bxa4 $11 (92. Qxa4 $4 {But not this way!} Qf1+ 93. Kc2 Qe2+ 94. Kc1 Bg5+ 95. Kb1 Qd1+ 96. Kb2 Qc1+ 97. Ka2 Qc2+ 98. Ka1 Bf6 $19)) 0-1 [Event "44th Olympiad 2022"] [Site "Chennai IND"] [Date "2022.08.05"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Albornoz Cabrera, Carlos Daniel"] [Black "Gukesh, D.."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2566"] [BlackElo "2684"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2022.07.29"] [WhiteTeam "Cuba"] [BlackTeam "India 2"] [WhiteTeamCountry "CUB"] {[%evp 0,91,32,23,66,37,53,-11,-16,2,-1,-12,-6,-1,5,1,32,19,40,8,60,-37,-43, -43,-23,-56,-29,-39,-14,-20,-17,-17,11,-72,-68,-75,-44,-44,-6,-57,-56,-60,-62, -76,-94,-81,-66,-79,-98,-108,-108,-96,-93,-94,-95,-115,-109,-105,-96,-105,-93, -112,-109,-106,-94,-109,-103,-102,-105,-114,-106,-99,-98,-99,-93,-99,-87,-122, -105,-108,-105,-168,-168,-168,-179,-177,-96,-179,-168,-153,-169,-378,-439,-443] } 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 (3... Nf6) 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 (5... Bf5) 6. dxc5 Qxd1+ (6... Qxc5 7. Na3 $14 {/+/-}) 7. Kxd1 e6 (7... Bf5) (7... Bg4) 8. b4 a5 9. b5 Ne7 10. Ne5 $6 $146 {A new move, but probably not a very good one.} Ng6 $11 11. Nxg6 $6 (11. Nc4) 11... hxg6 $15 12. Be3 Ng4 13. c6 bxc6 14. bxc6 Nxe3+ 15. fxe3 Ba6 16. Nd2 $6 Bxf1 17. Nxf1 Rh5 $17 {White's extra pawn will disappear soon, and then he'll be left with an inferior structure and the weaker minor piece. Not a good opening for White.} 18. Ng3 Re5 19. Re1 Bd6 20. Rb1 Ra6 21. Kc2 Rxc6 22. e4 (22. a4 $142) 22... Rc7 23. Re3 Ke7 24. Rd3 Rec5 25. Ne2 Be5 $19 26. g3 Rc4 27. Re3 Bd6 28. Kd3 Ra4 29. Nc1 g5 30. Rb5 f6 31. Kc2 Be5 32. Kb3 Rac4 33. Ne2 a4+ 34. Kc2 g4 35. Rb6 g5 36. Ra6 Bd6 37. Kd3 a3 38. e5 $5 fxe5 (38... Bxe5 $142 39. Rxa3 Kf7) 39. Ra5 Kf6 40. Rb5 Kf5 41. Nd4+ $1 Kf6 42. Ne2 Ra4 (42... R4c5 $142) 43. Nc1 e4+ 44. Kc2 Rac4 45. Kb3 $2 (45. Rb3 {is still lost, but keeps the ship afloat.}) 45... Bf4 $1 46. gxf4 (46. gxf4 gxf4 47. Re1 Rxc3+ 48. Ka4 R7c4+ 49. Rb4 Rxc1 50. Rxc1 Rxc1 51. Rxe4 Kf5 $19) 0-1 [Event "44th Olympiad 2022"] [Site "Chennai IND"] [Date "2022.08.05"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Stanojoski, Zvonko"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "2864"] [BlackElo "2412"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "137"] [EventDate "2022.07.29"] [WhiteTeam "Norway"] [BlackTeam "North Macedonia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"] {[%evp 0,137,27,25,22,13,26,28,27,28,19,34,30,14,45,27,15,9,16,20,20,19,19,24, 24,19,14,18,28,19,19,15,39,33,40,39,39,42,42,34,30,29,29,23,30,31,32,32,43,24, 44,75,62,57,64,48,60,62,57,57,57,64,59,41,65,57,58,61,63,63,71,53,64,72,106,97, 110,104,91,87,104,82,122,71,145,120,129,124,142,126,154,174,216,274,525,588, 746,782,800,817,972,672,687,687,692,700,701,722,727,736,736,736,736,687,687, 686,699,746,789,785,828,781,800,808,846,846,898,920,941,962,1157,1013,1088, 1130,1971,29986,29989,29992,29993,29994]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Nbd2 Bxf4 6. exf4 c5 7. dxc5 Qc7 8. g3 Qxc5 9. Bd3 $14 {Not a deeply tested position, but White's results have been very good from here.} Qb6 $146 10. Nb3 O-O 11. O-O Na6 $6 $146 ({Here's Gukesh from a year ago, when he was 15. 2578 was a great rating for a 15-year-old (or just about anyone), but very slightly less than a year later he's 144 points higher.} 11... Bd7 12. Qe2 Nc6 13. c3 Rfe8 14. Rfe1 a5 15. Nbd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Qc5 17. a4 Bc6 18. Qc2 Qd6 19. Re5 g6 20. Rae1 Nd7 21. R5e3 Nc5 22. b3 Rac8 23. h4 Bd7 24. h5 f5 25. Nf3 Re7 26. h6 Qb6 27. Ne5 Be8 28. Rb1 Rec7 29. Bf1 Ne4 30. c4 Bc6 31. Rd1 d4 32. Red3 Nc3 33. R1d2 Be4 34. Qxc3 Bxd3 35. Qxd3 Rd8 36. Nf3 Rcd7 37. Re2 Rd6 38. Ng5 Qc6 39. Bg2 Qd7 40. c5 Ra6 41. c6 {1-0 (41) Gukesh,D (2578)-Klabis,R (2323) Riga 2021 (rapid)}) 12. c3 $16 Bd7 13. a4 Nc5 14. Nxc5 Qxc5 15. Nd4 a5 16. Re1 Qb6 17. Qc2 Rfe8 18. Re5 Bc6 19. Qe2 Nd7 20. Re3 Nc5 21. Bc2 g6 22. b3 Ne4 23. Rd1 Rac8 24. h4 e5 (24... Nf6 $142) 25. fxe5 Rxe5 26. Qg4 Rce8 27. Rde1 Nf6 28. Qf4 Rxe3 29. Rxe3 Rxe3 30. Qxe3 Qc5 31. Qf4 Nd7 32. Qd2 Ne5 33. Qe3 Qd6 34. h5 Qf6 (34... Bd7 $142) 35. Bd1 (35. h6 $142) 35... Bd7 (35... gxh5 $142 $1) 36. h6 $18 g5 37. Nf3 Ng4 $2 38. Qa7 Qxh6 39. Qxb7 Nf6 40. Qb8+ Kg7 41. Qe5 g4 42. Nd4 Qc1 43. Kg2 h6 44. Bc2 Qd2 45. Bf5 Qg5 46. b4 Bxa4 47. bxa5 Bd1 48. a6 Qc1 49. a7 Qa1 50. Qe7 (50. Ne6+ $1 fxe6 51. Qc7+ Kh8 52. Qb8+ Kg7 53. Qb7+ Kf8 54. a8=Q+ $18) 50... Bf3+ 51. Nxf3 gxf3+ 52. Kxf3 Qh1+ 53. Ke2 Qh5+ 54. g4 Nxg4 55. a8=Q Ne5+ 56. Ke3 Qxf5 57. Qef8+ Kg6 58. Qa6+ f6 59. Qg8+ Kh5 60. Qe2+ Ng4+ 61. Kd4 Kh4 62. Qxd5 Qf4+ 63. Qde4 Qd6+ 64. Kc4 h5 65. f3 Qa6+ 66. Kb3 Qb6+ 67. Kc2 f5 68. Qh2+ $1 {The fastest way to put Black out of his misery.} Kg5 69. Qhf4+ (69. Qhf4+ Kg6 (69... Kh4 70. Qe1+ Kh3 71. Qeg3#) 70. Qexf5+ Kg7 71. Qf8+ Kh7 72. Q4f7#) 1-0