[Event "Chessable Masters GpB"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2020.06.23"] [Round "10.3"] [White "Vachier Lagrave, M."] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, I."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E48"] [WhiteElo "2778"] [BlackElo "2784"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2020.06.21"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCategory "22"] [SourceTitle "TWIC 1338"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2020.06.29"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.06.29"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nf3 b6 8. O-O c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Rc1 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. a3 Ba5 {[#]} 14. g4 $146 {A rather extreme way to break the pin} ({Relevant:} 14. Ne2 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Ne5 16. Bxa5 Nxf3+ 17. Kg2 Nh4+ 18. Kg3 Nh5+ 19. Kh2 Qxa5 20. Ng3 Nxg3 21. fxg3 Ng6 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Qxd5 Rad8 24. Qxc5 Rd2+ 25. Kg1 Qa6 26. Rf2 Rxf2 27. Kxf2 Qf6+ 28. Kg2 Qxb2+ 29. Rc2 Qb7+ 30. Qc6 Qb3 31. Qc3 Qd5+ 32. Kh2 Rb8 33. Qc4 Qf5 34. Kg2 Re8 35. Rf2 Qe4+ 36. Qxe4 Rxe4 37. Rd2 Rxe3 38. Rd8+ Kh7 39. Rd7 Rxa3 40. Rxf7 a5 41. Ra7 g5 42. Ra6 a4 43. g4 Ra1 {Mamedyarov,S (2736) -Tomashevsky,E (2758) Berlin 2015 0-1}) 14... Bg6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 (15... fxg6 $5 $13) 16. b4 $1 cxb4 17. Ne2 Rc8 (17... Qd7 18. axb4 Bb6 19. Bc3 $11) 18. axb4 Bb6 19. b5 {White is making good progress} Na5 20. Rxc8 (20. Bxa5 Bxa5 21. Rc6 $14) 20... Qxc8 21. Bxa5 Bxa5 22. Nf4 (22. Qb3 $14) 22... Rd8 (22... Re8 23. Kg2 $14) 23. Nd4 {The blockade is logical and gives equal play} (23. Ne5 $14) 23... Bb6 24. Nc6 Rd7 25. Qf3 (25. Qb3 Qc7 26. Ne2 Ne4 27. Rd1 Qd6 28. Rxd5 Qf6 29. Nf4 Qh4 30. Qc2 Rxd5 31. Nxd5 Ng5 32. Ne5 Nxh3+ 33. Kg2 Bd8 $13) 25... g5 26. Nd3 Qe8 27. Rd1 (27. Nde5 Rd6 28. Qf5 $11) 27... Ne4 28. Ndb4 (28. Rc1 Rd6 29. Kg2 $11) 28... Nc3 29. Rd3 d4 {[#]} 30. exd4 $4 (30. Nxd4 Bxd4 31. Qc6 { Black is caught in a couple of pins} Qe7 32. Qc8+ Qd8 (32... Rd8 $2 33. Nc6 $18 ) 33. Qxd8+ Rxd8 34. exd4 Nxb5 35. Nc6 Rd6 36. d5 $11) 30... Qe1+ 31. Kg2 Ne2 $1 {White caught in a mating net} 32. Qe4 Nf4+ 33. Kf3 Qh1+ 34. Ke3 Qc1+ 35. Kf3 Rd6 (35... Rd6 36. Qe8+ (36. Re3 $4 Qh1+ 37. Kg3 Qxh3#) (36. Qe5 Qh1+ 37. Ke3 Re6 $19) 36... Kh7 37. Qxf7 Qh1+ 38. Ke3 Qe1+ 39. Kf3 Rf6 $1 $19) 0-1 [Event "Chessable Masters Final 8"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2020.06.27"] [Round "1.23"] [White "Caruana, F."] [Black "Carlsen, M."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E25"] [WhiteElo "2835"] [BlackElo "2863"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2020.06.25"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "3"] [SourceTitle "TWIC 1338"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2020.06.29"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.06.29"] [SourceQuality "2"] {[%evp 0,16,19,19,13,6,13,17,26,-37,-27,-25,-29,-29,-17,0,30,14,50]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Nf6 10. Be3 O-O 11. a4 ({Relevant:} 11. Kf2 Nfd7 12. Ne2 Nxc5 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. a4 Qc7 15. a5 Rd8 16. Qb1 e5 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. Bxb5 Nbd7 19. Rd1 Nf6 20. Qb4 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 b6 22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. Qa3 Rb8 24. Bc4 h6 25. Rd2 g5 26. h3 Kg7 27. Kg3 h5 28. Rd1 Kg6 29. h4 gxh4+ 30. Kxh4 Qe7 31. Kh3 h4 32. Qa4 Rd8 33. Rb1 Nh5 34. Qc6+ Rd6 35. Rb7 Nf4+ 36. Kh2 Rxc6 37. Rxe7 Rd6 38. Rxe5 Rd2 39. Bxf7+ Kh6 40. Rf5 Nxg2 {Navara,D (2738)-So,W (2765) Saint Louis 2019 1-0}) 11... Nfd7 12. Kf2 Nxc5 13. Qd6 {[#]} b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nxa4 14. Nh3 Bd7 15. Be2 Bc6 16. Rhc1 Rd8 17. Qb4 Qxb4 18. cxb4 a6 19. Nf4 Bb5 20. Rc7 Nc6 21. Rxb7 Rab8 22. Rxb8 Rxb8 23. Bd2 Rd8 24. Ra2 h6 25. h4 Rd4 26. Ke3 g5 27. hxg5 hxg5 28. Nd3 f5 29. Nc5 f4+ 30. Kf2 Nxc5 31. bxc5 Bc4 32. Bxc4 Rxc4 33. Rxa6 Rxc5 34. g4 {1/2-1/2 (34) Zordick,M (2314)-Kuhne,D (2393) GER email 2018}) 14. Bb5 Bd7 15. Ne2 Bxb5 16. Bxc5 bxc5 17. Qxc5 Nd7 18. Qxb5 Qc7 $44 {Black counts on the rather open position of the white king and the chance to develop with tempo by hitting the Qb5 at least one more time as compensation for the pawn} 19. Rhd1 Ne5 $6 (19... Rfd8 $44) (19... Nc5 20. Qc4 Rfc8 21. Kg1 Rab8 $44) 20. f4 $1 Ng4+ 21. Kf3 Nf6 22. Qe5 Qe7 23. Rd4 $13 (23. h3 Rac8 (23... Rfc8 24. Rab1 $14) 24. Rab1 h6 $14) 23... Rac8 (23... Rab8 $44) 24. Rb1 (24. Rad1 $14) 24... Rfd8 (24... h6 $14) 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Qd4 Qc7 27. Rd1 h6 (27... h5 $13) 28. g4 Re8 $6 {There was no need to be so passive} (28... Qc6 $44) 29. Qd6 (29. Qe5 Qc6 30. g5 hxg5 31. fxg5 Nh7 32. Qb5 Qc8 $14) 29... Qc4 30. Qb4 Qc8 $14 31. Ng3 ( 31. Rd3 e5 32. f5 Rd8 $132) 31... e5 32. f5 Rd8 $1 33. Rxd8+ Qxd8 {[#]} 34. Ke2 $2 {There was no need to drop the g-pawn} (34. h3 $11 Qd3+ 35. Kg2 Qd2+ 36. Kf3 Qf4+ 37. Kg2 Qd2+ $11) 34... Nxg4 35. Nf1 $2 (35. h3 Nf6 $15) 35... a5 $1 ( 35... Qh4 36. Qb8+ Kh7 37. Qxa7 $11) 36. Qb5 Qh4 37. Nd2 (37. Qxa5 $2 Qf2+ $19) 37... Qxh2+ 38. Kd3 Qg3+ 39. Kc2 Ne3+ 40. Kb3 Qe1 41. Qd3 Qd1+ 42. Ka2 Qxa4+ 43. Kb2 Ng4 44. Nb3 Nf6 45. Nc5 Qc6 46. Qd8+ Kh7 47. Qe7 Qb5+ 48. Kc2 a4 49. Qxe5 a3 50. Nd3 Qa4+ 0-1 [Event "Chessable Masters Final 8"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2020.06.28"] [Round "1.24"] [White "Ding Liren"] [Black "Nakamura, Hi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2791"] [BlackElo "2736"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "2020.06.25"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "3"] [SourceTitle "TWIC 1338"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2020.06.29"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.06.29"] [SourceQuality "2"] {[%evp 0,123,17,20,20,4,-1,-6,31,-1,0,-2,9,-10,2,4,5,4,13,-2,16,-1,33,34,35, -12,-15,-65,-3,-3,4,13,16,1,2,10,-6,3,0,15,20,-20,-14,-19,-4,-19,41,41,26,18, 40,0,15,0,54,77,76,72,72,57,56,56,61,58,53,53,73,44,44,25,37,21,23,27,23,23,23, 23,45,41,22,14,33,10,12,7,19,19,6,23,13,0,0,0,17,0,27,11,9,7,10,0,0,2,1,1,1,0, 0,0,2,0,0,0,22,0,0,0,0,82,68,0,226,253,269,283]} 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. h4 $5 { This radical looking idea has been played alot} Ba6 (9... c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. h5 h6 12. g4 $5 {Continuing the 'attack'} Qd5 13. Qxd5 Nxd5 {No queens no attack is the logic} 14. g5 hxg5 15. Bxg5 f6 16. Bd2 Nc6 17. Rc1 Nd4 18. Rxc5 Nxf3+ 19. exf3 Bd7 20. Rh4 Rfb8 21. b4 a6 22. Rd4 Bb5 23. Bg2 Re8 24. f4 f5 25. Bf3 Kh7 26. Bc3 Re7 27. Kd2 Rd8 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Rdxd5 Rxd5+ 30. Rxd5 Rd7 31. Rxd7 Bxd7 32. Ke3 g6 33. h6 Kxh6 34. Kd4 Kh5 35. Kc5 Kg4 36. Bd2 Kf3 37. Kb6 Bb5 38. a4 Bf1 39. b5 axb5 40. axb5 Kxf2 41. Kc6 Ke2 42. Bc1 Kd1 43. Ba3 Kd2 44. Be7 {1-0 (44) Kasparov,G (2812)-Nakamura,H (2792) Saint Louis USA 2017}) ( 9... Bb7 {Continuing development essentially calls the bluff} 10. Bg5 Qd5 ( 10... Nbd7 11. Ne5 h6 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Rh3 f5 15. Rd1 Kh7 16. Qc1 Bd5 17. Rc3 c6 18. g3 a5 19. e3 Rac8 20. Be2 Qe7 21. Rd2 Rc7 22. Bc4 Rfc8 23. Rdc2 Be4 24. Bd3 Bf3 25. Be2 Be4 26. Bd3 Bf3 27. Be2 {1/2-1/2 (27) Kasparov,G (2812)-Anand,V (2783) Saint Louis USA 2017}) 11. Rc1 Nbd7 12. Qxd5 Bxd5 13. Ne5 c5 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. f3 Rab8 $11 {The isolated c-pawn is not a problem} 17. e4 Ba2 18. Rc2 Bb1 19. Rd2 Rfd8 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Bb5 Nh5 22. g4 Nf4 23. Kf2 f6 24. Nc6 Rd2+ 25. Ke3 Rxb2 26. Kxf4 Rxb5 27. Rd1 h6 28. h5 Rb3 29. e5 Bd3 30. a4 c4 31. Nxa7 Ra3 32. Nb5 Rxa4 33. Ke3 fxe5 34. Nd6 Ra3 35. Kf2 Kf8 36. Nb5 Rb3 {0-1 (36) Kasparov,G (2812)-Aronian,L (2799) Saint Louis USA 2017}) 10. Qc2 (10. Qa4 Qd7 11. Qc2 c5 12. dxc5 Rc8 13. Be3 bxc5 14. Bg5 Nd5 15. Rd1 Qe8 16. e4 Nb6 17. Rh3 c4 18. Rg3 N8d7 19. h5 e5 20. Nh4 Kh8 21. Nf5 f6 22. Be3 Qxh5 23. Nxg7 Qf7 24. Nf5 Rc6 25. Be2 Bb5 26. Rd6 Ba4 27. Qd2 Rxd6 28. Nxd6 Qe6 29. Bg4 Qe7 30. Bh5 c3 31. bxc3 Bb3 32. Bh6 Rg8 33. Nf5 Qxa3 34. Bg7+ Rxg7 35. Rxg7 Qa1+ 36. Ke2 Bc4+ 37. Kf3 Be6 38. Rxh7+ Kg8 39. Rh8+ {1-0 (39) Khismatullin,D (2619)-Askerov,M (2315) Sochi RUS 2019}) 10... c5 (10... Bb7 11. h5 h6 12. Rh4 Nbd7 13. e4 c5 14. e5 Nd5 15. Bxh6 Ne7 16. Rg4 Nf5 17. Bxg7 {1-0 (17) Akobian,V (2647)-Lalith,B (2542) chess.com INT 2018}) (10... Qd6 11. h5 h6 12. Rh4 Qc6 13. Qxc6 Nxc6 14. g4 Rfe8 15. g5 hxg5 16. Bxg5 e5 17. Rc1 {1-0 (17) Gumularz,S (2473)-Santos Ruiz,M (2560) Skopje MKD 2019}) 11. dxc5 (11. h5 cxd4 12. h6 g6 $13) 11... bxc5 12. Rh3 (12. Qxc5 Nbd7 13. Qd6 Qc8 $44) 12... Nc6 (12... Bb7 $11) 13. Bg5 Nd4 (13... h6 14. Qa4 Qb6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Rb1 Kh7 17. g4 $13) 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Rd1 (15. Qc6 Qc8 16. Qa4 Qc4 17. Qxc4 Bxc4 18. Rd1 Rfd8 $14) 15... e5 16. Rf3 (16. Qc6 Qa5+ 17. b4 Qb6 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 $11) 16... Bb7 $6 {Hits the rook but White can always respond with a bigger threat} (16... Rc8 {Developing with tempo gain is sensible} 17. Qd2 (17. Bxf6 Rxc2 18. Bxd8 Rxd8 19. Rb3 e4 $11) 17... Ne4 18. Bxd8 Nxd2 19. Rxd2 Rfxd8 $11) 17. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 18. Rg3+ {The rook lift idea justifies itself} Kh8 19. e3 {Starting to undermine the centre} Qe7 20. exd4 exd4+ 21. Be2 $11 (21. Qe2 $5 Qe5 (21... Qd7 $6 22. Qg4 Rae8+ $2 (22... Qe7+ 23. Kd2 Rg8 24. Qf5 Rxg3 25. Re1 Qf8 26. fxg3 Qh6+ 27. Kc2 Rc8+ 28. Kb1 $14) 23. Kd2 $1 Qxg4 24. Rxg4 $18) 22. Qxe5 fxe5 23. Rb3 Bd5 24. Rb5 Rfd8 25. f3 $14) 21... Be4 (21... Rad8 22. b4 Rfe8 $11) 22. Qd2 $11 (22. Qa4) 22... d3 { Ambitious but risky} (22... Rad8 $13) 23. Bxd3 Bxd3+ 24. Re3 Qb7 25. Qxd3 Qxg2 26. Qd4 (26. Qe4 Qh2 $11) 26... Qg1+ $2 (26... Qh1+ {gives the queen more useful options} 27. Ke2 Qc6 28. Rdd3 $11) 27. Ke2 Qg6 {The Ke2 is safe and the queenside majority gives White clearly better chances} 28. Rf3 Rae8+ 29. Kf1 Re6 30. Rg3 Qf5 31. Qg4 (31. Rdd3 $16) 31... Qxg4 32. Rxg4 $14 {White's better structure gives him the upper hand} a5 {Trying to minimize the queenside majority} 33. b4 (33. Rd5 Rb6 34. Rxa5 Rxb2 35. a4 Re8 $14) 33... axb4 34. axb4 Rb8 35. Rb1 Re5 $11 {White has a rook behind the passer but Stockfish is quite happy for Black} 36. Kg2 h5 37. Rc4 Kg7 38. Kf3 f5 39. Kf4 Kf6 (39... Rd5 $11) 40. Rd1 Rb6 41. f3 Reb5 $11 {It is hard to see how White can make any progress} 42. Rdd4 Rb8 43. Ke3 {The king heads to the queenside to support the b-pawn} R5b6 44. Kd3 Ke6 45. Kc3 Ra6 46. Kb3 Rba8 47. b5 Ra1 48. Rc2 {Preparing to defend against rear checks} R1a3+ 49. Kb4 R3a4+ 50. Kc5 Rc8+ 51. Kb6 Rxd4 52. Rxc8 Rxh4 $11 {[#]Both sides have passers but White's is further ahead} 53. Ka5 Kd7 54. Rc5 Rh1 55. b6 h4 56. b7 Ra1+ 57. Kb6 Rb1+ 58. Ka7 Ra1+ 59. Kb8 h3 60. Rc2 {This should be a dead draw but Black blunders in tragic fashion} Rh1 $4 { Abandoning the a-file is a blunder as the Kb8 can escape} (60... f4 61. Rd2+ Kc6 $4 (61... Ke7 62. Kc8 Rc1+ 63. Kb8 Kf6 64. Rh2 Ke5 $11) 62. Kc8 $18) 61. Ra2 {Preparing Ka7 by preventing rear checks} Rb1 62. Ka7 1-0