[Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"] [Site "Baku AZE"] [Date "2023.08.05"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Black "Guseinov, Gadir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B45"] [WhiteElo "2739"] [BlackElo "2661"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2021.07.30"] [EventType "k.o."] {[%evp 0,81,20,20,51,47,44,32,32,32,32,46,57,14,14,21,19,-15,20,14,20,7,16,10,-1,-1,34,34,31,50,41,41,41,21,21,33,33,33,33,33,38,38,38,38,34,52,41,39,38,4,11,0,0,4,4,0,4,0,0,0,0,-23,-27,-33,-33,-1,-1,-4,7,27,60,60,50,50,96,49,50,58,35,35,79,62,191,191]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 10. c4 Ne3 11. Qd3 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Ba6 13. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 14. Kf2 Qxb2+ 15. Be2 Nxc4 16. Rab1 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Qxe5 18. Qxa6 Qxe4 19. Rhd1 O-O 20. Bf3 Qf5 21. Kg1 Rfc8 22. Rb7 d5 23. Rxa7 Rab8 24. Rf1 Qe5 25. Bd1 Rf8 26. Qe2 Qxe2 27. Bxe2 Rb2 28. Bd1 c5 29. a4 c4 30. Rc7 g6 31. h4 h5 32. g4 $1 {White's only chance to play for a win is to open the board to create play against Black's king.} hxg4 33. Bxg4 Rb6 (33... f5 34. Bf3 Rf7 {is fine for Black.}) (33... Ra2 {is also alright, but it's hard to bring oneself to allow} 34. Rfxf7 Rxf7 35. Bxe6 {. Still, Black has at least two ways to defend:} Raf2 (35... Rxa4 36. Bxd5 c3 37. Bxf7+ Kf8 38. h5 gxh5 39. Bxh5 c2 40. Rxc2 Ke7 {is the other way: NOT recommended!}) 36. Bxd5 c3 37. Rxc3 Kg7 38. Bxf7 Rxf7 {with a textbook draw.}) 34. Rf6 Ra6 35. h5 $1 gxh5 36. Bxh5 Kg7 $8 37. Rf2 Rxa4 38. Bxf7 Ra1+ 39. Kh2 {It's still equal, but very scary-looking for Black.} Kh6 40. Rg2 {It's still "equal", but Black has only one move that doesn't lose immediately.} Rf1 $2 {This isn't it.} (40... Rfa8 $1 {is the only way, so that 41.Bg8 can be met by a rook coming to a7. Of course White will keep playing here, and Black may eventually need to defend rook vs. rook and bishop. That's unpleasant, but it beats what's about to happen.}) 41. Bg8 $1 {Black must give up at least the exchange to avoid 42.Rh7#, and with his king still stuck on the edge of the board his pawns won't be fast enough to save him.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"] [Site "Baku AZE"] [Date "2023.08.05"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"] [Black "Donchenko, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2719"] [BlackElo "2668"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2021.07.30"] [EventType "k.o."] {[%evp 0,77,20,26,24,17,17,17,23,-40,21,21,21,2,0,-2,21,-23,-2,-20,-1,-15,-18,-12,-6,-60,-35,-34,-36,-93,-27,-37,-37,-27,-14,-22,-28,-28,-25,-25,-45,-16,-21,-65,-71,-78,-81,-85,-77,-85,-85,-149,-136,-183,-96,-137,-147,-116,-116,-68,-34,-130,-80,-89,-43,-40,-35,-35,111,139,172,135,226,220,235,235,257,292,346,288]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b4 c6 9. Qb3 b6 10. a4 a5 11. bxa5 bxa5 12. c5 Ba6 13. Re1 e5 14. dxe5 Ne4 15. Be3 Bxc5 16. Bxc5 Ndxc5 17. Qe3 Ne6 18. Nbd2 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Rb8 20. Rab1 Qc7 21. h4 Bc4 22. Bh3 c5 23. Qc2 h6 24. e3 Rb4 25. g4 Qe7 26. Kh2 f6 27. Kg3 fxe5 28. Nxe5 Qf6 $2 (28... Ng5 $1 29. hxg5 (29. Ng6 $2 Qd6+ 30. Nf4 Ne4+ 31. Kg2 g5 $19) 29... Qxe5+ 30. f4 Qd6 31. g6 (31. gxh6 $2 g5 $19) 31... Rf6 $19) 29. Qf5 $15 Qe7 (29... Ng5 $1 30. hxg5 (30. Qxf6 $143 Ne4+ 31. Kg2 gxf6 $17) 30... Qd6 31. Qg6 Qxe5+ 32. f4 Qe8 33. Qxe8 Rxe8 34. gxh6 gxh6 $15) 30. Qc2 $2 Qf6 $2 (30... Ng5 $1 $19) 31. Qf5 Qe7 (31... Ng5 $1) 32. Ng6 $1 Qc7+ 33. Qe5 Qf7 $4 {What? Maybe the fatigue of playing until the sudden death yesterday caught up with Donchenko, who essentially loses the game in one move.} (33... Re8 $11) (33... Bd3 $5 34. g5 $1 (34. Nxf8 $4 Qxe5+ $19) (34. Qxc7 $2 Nxc7 35. Rxb4 $2 (35. Nxf8 Rxb1 $17 {/-+}) 35... axb4 36. Nxf8 Kxf8 $19 {Black's b-pawn will more than make up for his temporary material deficit.}) 34... Qxe5+ 35. Nxe5 Bxb1 36. Bxe6+ Kh7 37. Bxd5 Be4 38. Bf7 $1 Rb1 39. g6+ Kh8 $11 {Black cannot win this ending playing a king down.}) 34. Nxf8 $18 Nxf8 35. Qd6 Bd3 36. Rxb4 cxb4 37. Bg2 Be4 38. f3 Bd3 39. f4 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"] [Site "Baku AZE"] [Date "2023.08.05"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Dubov, Daniil"] [Black "Vocaturo, Daniele"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2716"] [BlackElo "2609"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2021.07.30"] [EventType "k.o."] {[%evp 0,90,20,20,24,12,23,-17,-21,-27,-12,-10,14,61,35,17,44,12,4,-40,35,42,66,-39,59,-145,51,-24,68,18,54,57,57,14,24,20,20,46,22,5,11,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,84,21,36,22,9,12,-1,0,-76,-95,-26,-18,-68,-68,-36,-64,-62,-61,-55,-55,-55,-55,-170,-171,-144,-172,-330,-349,-349,-352,-400,-420,-445,-438,-461,-463,-502,-517,-531,-541,-543,-554,-798,-537]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 d4 5. d3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 a5 7. Ne5 Qd6 8. f4 Nbd7 9. Nef3 Ng4 10. O-O Nc5 11. Nb1 a4 12. e4 Bd7 13. Qe2 Bc6 14. Ne1 Ne3 15. e5 Qd7 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Bxe3 dxe3 18. Qxe3 Rd8 19. Nc2 Nxd3 20. Nxb4 Nxb4 21. Qe4 Qe7 22. Nc3 Qc5+ 23. Kh1 Nd3 24. Rad1 Nxb2 25. Rxd8+ Kxd8 26. Rb1 a3 27. Na4 Qf2 28. Qxc6 Qc2 29. Nc5 Qxb1+ 30. Kg2 Qd1 31. Nb7+ Ke7 32. Qxc7+ $2 (32. Qc5+ $1 Ke8 33. Nd6+ $1 Kd7 34. Qb5+ $1 Ke7 35. Qc5 $1 $11 {One way or another, the game will end in a perpetual.}) 32... Qd7 33. Qc5+ Ke8 34. Nd6+ Kd8 $17 {/-+} 35. Qxa3 $2 (35. Qa5+ Ke7 36. Qxa3) (35. Kh3) 35... Qc6+ $19 36. Kh3 Nxc4 37. Nxc4 Qxc4 38. Qa8+ Qc8 39. Qa7 Ke8 40. a4 Kf8 41. a5 g6 42. a6 Kg7 43. Qe7 Re8 44. Qf6+ Kg8 45. Kg4 {Hoping to pull a Timman-Short with Kg5, Kh6, and Qg7#. It's a nice try, but it's not gonna happen.} Qd8 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"] [Site "Baku AZE"] [Date "2023.08.05"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"] [Black "Schitco, Ivan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2676"] [BlackElo "2507"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "132"] [EventDate "2021.07.30"] [EventType "k.o."] {[%evp 0,122,24,26,24,15,-1,6,17,17,24,24,15,21,51,44,60,40,40,45,75,51,60,48,54,60,82,77,76,58,37,16,16,10,39,39,33,28,53,28,77,55,53,71,71,60,60,60,65,59,61,55,85,107,101,78,78,68,70,77,86,87,91,101,108,129,133,114,147,110,122,120,133,130,138,138,124,120,133,155,146,132,144,151,149,163,149,149,187,205,208,161,208,208,166,159,155,215,233,253,233,268,229,194,198,126,142,65,187,65,104,65,174,183,146,104,104,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. a3 Nc6 11. Bd3 Bb6 12. O-O Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Be2 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 d4 16. exd4 Bxd4 17. Qb3 Qf6 18. Bg3 Na5 19. Qa4 Bxb2 20. Rab1 Nc6 21. Qb3 Be5 22. Qxb7 Nd4 23. Bxe5 Nxf3+ 24. Qxf3 Qxe5 25. Rfe1 Qf6 26. Qxf6 gxf6 27. Rb7 Rfb8 28. Ree7 Rxb7 29. Rxb7 Kg7 30. a4 h5 31. a5 a6 32. Rb6 Kg6 33. Kf1 h4 34. Ke2 Kf5 35. Kf3 Ke5 36. Rc6 Kf5 37. Rc5+ Ke6 38. Rc4 Rb8 39. Rc6+ Kf5 40. Rxa6 Rb3+ 41. Ke2 Ra3 42. Ra7 Ra2+ 43. Ke3 Ra3+ 44. Kd4 Ra2 45. Ke3 Ra3+ 46. Kd4 Ra2 47. a6 Rxf2 48. Rb7 Rxg2 49. Rb5+ Kf4 50. Ra5 Rg8 51. Ra3 f5 52. Kd5 Rd8+ 53. Kc6 Ke5 54. Ra5+ Kf4 55. Ra3 Ke5 56. a7 f4 57. a8=Q Rxa8 58. Rxa8 f3 59. Ra1 Ke4 60. Kd6 f2 61. Ke7 Kf3 {The position is study-like - I've seen the theme before, and am surprised Wojtaszek didn't manage to solve his problems here.} 62. Kxf7 $4 (62. Kf6 $1 {White's king must rush to the h-pawn - the f7 pawn is less dangerous.} Kg2 {Here White has a choice, so it's not ideal as a composed study. Still, after} 63. Kg5 Kxh3 {White must again make a string of only moves.} 64. Kf4 $1 Kg2 65. Ra2 $1 Kg1 (65... h3 66. Ke3 $11) 66. Ra1+ $1 f1=Q+ 67. Rxf1+ Kxf1 68. Kg4 Kf2 69. Kxh4 Kf3 70. Kg5 Ke4 71. Kf6 $11) 62... Kg2 63. Kg6 Kxh3 64. Kf5 Kg2 65. Kf4 h3 66. Ke3 f1=Q 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"] [Site "Baku AZE"] [Date "2023.08.05"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Howell, David W L"] [Black "Wang, Hao"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A28"] [WhiteElo "2677"] [BlackElo "2709"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2021.07.30"] [EventType "k.o."] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 O-O 6. Nd5 Re8 7. Qf5 d6 8. Nxf6+ gxf6 9. Qh5 d5 (9... e4 10. Rg1 {was played in one of the many exciting games from yesterday's Daneshvar-Grischuk tiebreak.}) 10. a3 (10. Bd3 e4 11. cxd5 Bf8 12. a3 exd3 13. dxc6 bxc6 $11 {is an entertaining and relatively common line that some of you may recall from a Duda-Carlsen game three years ago.} 14. b4 a5 15. Bb2 Re4 16. Nd4 Qd5 17. Qxd5 cxd5 18. f3 Re8 19. Nb5 Re7 20. Bxf6 Rd7 21. Kf2 Ba6 22. Nd4 Bc4 23. Rhb1 Ra6 24. Be5 f6 25. b5 Rb6 26. Bf4 a4 27. g4 Bc5 28. h4 Kf7 29. Kg3 Bxd4 30. exd4 Bxb5 31. Rb4 Re7 32. Rab1 Bc4 33. Rxb6 cxb6 34. Rxb6 Bb3 35. Bd6 Rd7 36. f4 f5 37. g5 Bd1 38. Bc5 Kg7 39. Kf2 Rd8 40. Rb7+ Kg6 41. Re7 Rb8 42. Re6+ Kh5 43. Kg3 {1-0 Duda,J (2753)-Carlsen,M (2863) Lindores Abbey Prelim chess24.com INT rapid 2020 (7)}) 10... Bf8 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. d3 Be7 $146 (12... f5) ({and} 12... Be6 {are among the acceptable options that have been tried before.}) 13. Bd2 Kh8 $1 14. d4 Rg8 $1 15. h3 {The engine calls it equal, but it seems to me that Black has to find the more difficult moves to keep things level. The 5...0-0 line is pretty close to needing a "don't try this at home; these are trained professionals" warning.} Be6 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Qxe5 fxe5 19. Bc3 (19. g4) (19. Rc1) 19... f6 20. g4 Bd5 21. Rg1 Kg7 $1 22. O-O-O (22. Rd1) 22... c6 23. Bg2 Rgd8 (23... e4) 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Rd3 e4 $1 (25... Kf7 $2 26. Rgd1 $16 Ke6 $2 27. f4 $1 $18) 26. Rd2 Kf7 27. Bd4 Rac8+ 28. Rc2 a6 29. f3 exf3 30. Rf1 h5 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"] [Site "Baku AZE"] [Date "2023.08.05"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B95"] [WhiteElo "2688"] [BlackElo "2693"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2021.07.30"] [EventType "k.o."] {[%evp 0,53,24,26,51,45,61,46,44,42,42,42,57,66,90,40,54,-10,-8,-24,-10,-3,36,36,51,12,6,11,35,25,32,14,45,3,-2,-60,-9,-19,50,-23,25,21,35,63,38,54,234,222,285,289,250,278,250,278,430,426]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qe2 Be7 8. h4 {This ain't your daddy's Najdorf, let alone your grampa's.} h6 9. Bd2 Qb6 10. Nb3 h5 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Rh3 Nbd7 13. Rg3 g6 14. Bg5 b5 15. a3 Bb7 16. Qe1 Rc8 17. Bd3 {There have been little inaccuracies by both sides up to this point, but nothing too serious. Let's dig in from here.} Nc5 $6 (17... O-O $11 {was better, leaving the knight's options open for now.}) 18. Kb1 $1 O-O 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. e5 Nd5 $2 {Black gravely underestimates the danger to his king, and is soon enlightened.} (20... Ng4 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. f3 Nh6 23. Ne2 $14) 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Qe3 $1 {There are two monstrous threats: taking on e7 followed by Qh6, and perhaps even worse for Black, 23.Bf6. But that's just for starters...} c4 {Hoping against hope that the bishop will retreat before White gets his queen to h6. It's a pleasant thought.} 23. Bxg6 $1 {Very nice! It's surprising that it already works, with the queen on e3 still stuck behind the bishop, but it does.} fxg6 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. Rxg6+ Kh8 (25... Kf7 26. Qh6 Ke8 27. Rxd5 $1 exd5 28. Re6 $18) 26. Rh6+ Kg7 27. Rxh5 (27. Rxh5 Rh8 28. Qg3+ Kf7 29. Qf4+ $1 {is the kicker; otherwise Black would be okay.} Kg7 30. Rg5+ Kh7 31. Rxd5 exd5 (31... Rcg8 32. Rh5+ Kg6 33. Qg4+ Kf7 34. Qf3+ Ke8 (34... Kg6 35. Rd7 $1 Qxd7 36. Rg5+ Kh6 37. Qh5#) 35. Rxh8 Rxh8 36. Rd6 $18 {and now White starts attacking from the other side of the board.}) 32. Qf5+ Kh6 33. Qg6#) 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"] [Site "Baku AZE"] [Date "2023.08.05"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Praggnanandhaa, R."] [Black "Navara, David"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2689"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "2021.07.30"] [EventType "k.o."] {[%evp 0,119,26,26,20,23,34,11,16,6,18,-3,3,5,12,5,12,14,11,2,3,-8,-4,-14,-10,0,10,6,16,18,72,24,24,-1,15,-20,-13,-9,-6,-13,-16,-65,-18,-53,12,-14,-28,-28,10,0,23,29,56,67,69,76,77,99,94,92,107,99,98,95,117,92,111,109,102,85,91,84,84,84,84,95,94,101,97,97,108,92,107,98,93,97,98,91,96,96,99,96,121,134,131,145,145,161,118,105,100,116,116,158,174,135,145,126,155,202,207,151,293,392,440,406,620,631,709,724,1771,2066]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. a4 h6 6. O-O d6 7. Be3 Bxe3 8. fxe3 O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. c3 d5 12. Nbd2 a5 13. Qb3 Qd6 14. exd5 Qxd5 15. e4 Qxb3 16. Nxb3 b6 17. Kf2 Rad8 18. Rad1 Rf7 19. Ke3 Nh5 20. Rf2 Nf4 21. h4 Kf8 22. g3 Nh5 23. Rg1 Ke7 24. Ne1 Rxf2 25. Kxf2 Nb8 26. Ke3 Nd7 27. Nf3 Nhf6 28. g4 Ne8 29. h5 Nd6 30. Nbd2 Rg8 31. Nh4 Nf8 32. Nhf3 Nd7 33. Nh4 Nf8 34. Rf1 g5 35. hxg6 Nxg6 36. Nhf3 Rh8 37. Rh1 Kf6 38. Rh5 Nf7 39. Nc4 Rd8 40. Rh2 {White has had a slight and enduring edge in this thrilling (/sarc) Italian Game. Hoping to get out of torture mode, Navara tries to ease the pressure by offering an exchange. Unfortunately for him, he missed a nice tactic.} Ng5 $2 {Any waiting move would have maintained the '?' status quo.} 41. Nfxe5 $1 Nxe5 42. Rf2+ Nef3 (42... Ngf3 $2 43. Nxe5 $18 {is even worse for Black.}) 43. Nd2 Rg8 44. Nxf3 Nxf3 45. Rxf3+ $18 {There are plenty of rook endings where the side a pawn down has excellent drawing chances, but they are typically of two sorts. First, when all the pawns are on the same flank, and creating a passer will often require swapping down to an elementary rook and one pawn vs. rook ending. Second, when the side that's down a pawn has a very active rook, leading to massive pawn exchanges or forcing the side that's ahead to passively defend the extra pawn. The position on the board is nothing like either case, and should instead be a routine win for White.} Kg5 $5 (45... Ke7) 46. Rf7 $6 {This could make the win a little less routine.} (46. Rf1) (46. d4 Kxg4 47. Rf6) 46... c5 (46... Kxg4 $142 47. Rxc7 h5 48. Rc6 Re8 49. Rxb6 h4 50. Rb7 $8 h3 51. Rg7+ Kh4 52. Rh7+ $8 (52. b4 $4 Rh8 $1 53. Rg1 (53. Kf2 Rf8+ 54. Kg1 Rc8 $1 $11) 53... h2 54. Rh1 Kg3 $11) 52... Kg3 53. b4 $1 $18) 47. Rb7 (47. Rf1) 47... Kxg4 48. Rxb6 h5 49. Rxe6 h4 50. Rh6 h3 51. e5 {Black can eventually win White's rook for the h-pawn, but by then White's herd of pawns will be more than Black's rook can cope with. Navara goes for counterplay, but it's too little, too late.} Rb8 52. Ke4 Rxb2 53. e6 Re2+ 54. Kd5 Re3 55. d4 Rxc3 56. dxc5 Rd3+ 57. Kc4 Re3 58. c6 Kg5 59. c7 Re1 60. Rxh3 1-0