[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.02.21"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. a4 Be7 7. Nc3 a6 8.
Bf1 e4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Rxe4 d5 11. Re1 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Be2 O-O 14. d4 Re8 (
14... Bd6 15. Ne5 Bxe2 16. Rxe2 Ne7 (16... Nxe5 17. dxe5 Be7 18. Rd2 c6 19. c4
Qa5 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Rd3 {½-½ Harikrishna,P (2717)-So,W (2772) FIDE Grand
Prix 1 Pool D Berlin GER 2022 (2.2)}) 17. Qd3 (17. Bf4 Nf5 18. Qd3 Qc8 19. g4
Ne7 20. Rae1 f6 21. Nf3 Ng6 22. Bxd6 cxd6 23. Qb3 Nf4 24. Re4 Nxh3+ 25. Kg2 Ng5
26. Nxg5 fxg5 27. Qxd5+ Kh8 {½-½ Vaishali,R (2449)-Goryachkina,A (2579)
Astana WGP 2022 Astana KAZ (11.6)}) 17... a5 18. Bd2 f6 19. Nf3 Qd7 20. b3 Ng6
21. Rae1 b6 22. h4 Rfe8 23. h5 Nf4 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. Bxf4 Bxf4
27. Qf5 Qe4 28. Qc8+ Kf7 29. Qd7+ Kf8 30. Qd8+ Kf7 31. Qd7+ Kf8 32. Qd8+ Kf7
33. Qd7+ {½-½ Vokhidov,S (2568)-Deac,B (2700) SpeedChess INT blitz 2022}) 15.
Ne5 $5 (15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. c3 h6 18. Nh4 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Rxe2 20. Qxe2
Qe7 21. Qxe7 Nxe7 22. a5 Rc8 23. b4 f6 24. g3 Re8 25. Kf1 g5 26. Ng2 Nf5 27. g4
Nd6 28. Ne3 c6 29. Nf5 Nxf5 30. gxf5 Kf7 31. Re1 Rxe1+ {½-½ Blohberger,F
(2490)-Predojevic,B (2592) TCh-AUT 2021-22 Austria AUT (6.4)}) (15. c3 Bd6 16.
Bg5 Qd7 17. Qc2 h6 18. Be3 Bg6 19. Bd3 Be4 20. Nd2 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Re6 22. b4
Rae8 23. Nf3 Ne7 24. b5 axb5 25. axb5 Nc8 26. c4 dxc4 27. Qxc4 Nb6 28. Qb3 Nd5
29. Bd2 {0-1 Blomqvist,E (2510)-Hakobyan,A (2620) Airthings Masters Play-In
INT rapid 2023}) 15... Bxe2 16. Rxe2 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qd7 18. Qd3 Rad8 19. b3 Qe6
20. Bd2 Qg6 21. f4 f5 $5 22. b4 Qe6 23. c3 c5 24. bxc5 Bxc5+ 25. Be3 Bxe3+ 26.
Qxe3 Rc8 27. Rb1 Qc6 28. Qd4 b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Kh2 Red8 31. Re3 Qc4 32. Rg3
Qxd4 33. cxd4 Rc4 34. Rxb5 Rxd4 35. Rb7 g6 36. Ra3 Rxf4 37. Raa7 Re4 $2 (37...
Rh4 38. Kg3 g5 (38... Re4 39. Rg7+) 39. Rg7+ Kh8 40. Rxg5 Rb4) 38. Rg7+ Kf8 (
38... Kh8 39. Rxh7+ Kg8 40. Rag7+ Kf8 41. Rf7+ Kg8 42. Rhg7+ Kh8 43. Rxg6 Rxe5
44. Rg5 d4 45. Rfxf5 Rxf5 46. Rxf5 d3 47. Rf1 d2 48. Rd1 Rd3 49. Kg1) 39. Raf7+
Ke8 40. Rxh7 Rh4 41. Re7+ Kf8 42. Rhf7+ Kg8 43. Rg7+ Kh8 44. Rxg6 d4 45. Rd6
Rc8 46. Rf7 Rf4 47. e6 Kg8 48. Rdd7 1-0
[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.02.21"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Gukesh D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O Be7 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. a4 Bb7 10. Nbd2 $5 (10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Qxa8 12. Bxb5 O-O 13. b3 (
13. Nc3 c6 14. Bc4 c5 15. Nb5 Rc8 16. b3 cxd4 17. Nbxd4 Ne4 18. Bb2 Nd6 {
½-½ AllieStein v0.6-n14.3beta (3815)-Ethereal 12.09 (3718) 5th TCEC Cup 2020
INT}) 13... Rb8 14. Bc4 Ne4 15. Bb2 Nd6 16. Bd3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rxb3 18. Bxh7+
Kf8 {½-½ Ethereal 12.09 (3718)-AllieStein v0.6-n14.3beta (3815) 5th TCEC Cup
2020 INT}) 10... O-O 11. b3 c5 ({Predecessor:} 11... c6 12. Bb2 Re8 13. Rfc1
Nd5 14. Nf1 Bd6 15. Ng3 Bxg3 16. hxg3 Rc8 17. Qd2 {½-½ Goktepe,D (1697)-Ye,L
(1893) PNWCC Super G60 Mar Gp2 Chess.com INT rapid 2021 (3)}) 12. Bb2 cxd4 13.
Bxd4 bxa4 14. bxa4 a5 15. Bb5 Bb4 16. Nc4 Qe7 17. Ne1 Nc5 18. Rd1 Nd5 {[%emt 0:
13:15]} 19. Qb2 {[%emt 0:06:32]} (19. Nd3 $11 {is superior.}) 19... Rfc8 $1 {
[%emt 0:05:44]} 20. Bxc5 {[%emt 0:16:33]} Rxc5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 21. Nd3 {
[%emt 0:01:22]} Rc7 $11 {[%emt 0:06:53]} 22. Rc1 $17 {[%emt 0:00:00]} (22. Nxb4
$15 axb4 23. Rd4) 22... Qf6 23. Nxb4 axb4 24. Qxf6 gxf6 25. Rb1 Ba6 26. Nd2
Bxb5 27. axb5 Ra4 28. Nb3 Nc3 {[%emt 0:03:18]} 29. b6 {[%emt 0:00:04] [#]} Rc6
$1 {[%emt 0:03:42]} 30. b7 {[%emt 0:02:20]} Rb6 $1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 31. Rb2 {
[%emt 0:02:31]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:03:08]} ({Don't play} 31... Rxb7 32. Nc5 Rb5 33.
Nxa4 Nxa4 34. Ra2 $16) 32. Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:32] [#]} Ra5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 33.
Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:48] [#]} (33. Nb3 $17 Rd5 34. Nd4 (34. e4 $2 Nxe4 35. g3 Rxb7
$19)) 33... Rab5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} ({Stronger than} 33... Rxb7 34. Rxb4 Ne2+ 35.
Kh1 $11) ({Black should try} 33... b3 $1 $19 34. Rc1 Na4) 34. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:
28]} Rxb7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 35. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Nd5 $1 $15 {[%emt 0:01:18]}
36. e4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Nc3 $11 {[%emt 0:01:06]} (36... Ne7 $1 $15) 37. f3 {
[%emt 0:00:48]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:01:59]} 38. Nxb4 {[%emt 0:04:00]} Na4 39. Rb3 Rdb7
40. Rc8+ Kg7 41. f4 Rxb4 42. Rg3+ Kh6 43. Rh3+ Kg7 44. Rg3+ Kh6 45. Rh3+ Kg7
1/2-1/2
[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.02.21"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Be2 b6 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. O-O Nc6 13. c4 Rfd8 14. Rc1 Na5 (
14... Rac8 15. Re1 Ne7 16. Ne5 Ng6 17. Nd3 Ne4 18. Bf1 Nd6 19. d5 exd5 20. cxd5
Bxd5 21. Nxc5 Nc4 22. Nd3 Nxb2 23. Nxb2 Qb7 24. Qa4 Qe7 25. Nd3 Ba8 26. Qa6
Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Qd7 28. Rc4 Qe7 29. Rc8 Rf8 30. h3 h6 31. Rxf8+ Nxf8 32. Qc8 Be4
33. a4 Qd7 34. Qc4 Bd5 35. Qb4 Ne6 {½-½ Erigaisi,A (2681)-Esipenko,A (2705)
TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB 2022 Chartres FRA (7.1)}) 15. Nd2 Rac8 16. Re1 h6 17. Bd3
Qe7 18. Qe2 Nc6 19. Nf3 Na5 20. Nd2 Nc6 21. Nf3 Na5 22. Nd2 1/2-1/2
[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.02.21"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 Re8 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. Qb3 Bd6 10. Nxd5 (10. f3 Nb6 11. Nb5 Bf8 12. Qc2 c6 13. Nbc3 c5 14.
Bd2 g6 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Nd1 Nc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Kh1 b5 19. e4 Bb7 20. Be3 {
1-0 Neverov,V (2388)-Sattarov,B (2433) FSGM November 2022 Budapest HUN}) 10...
Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Nc5 $1 (11... Nf6 $6 12. Qb3 Bxh2+ 13. Kxh2 Ng4+ 14. Kg3 Qg5 15.
f4 Qh5 16. Bd2 Qh2+ 17. Kf3 Qh4 18. g3 Nh2+ 19. Kf2 Ng4+ 20. Ke1 {1-0 (41)
Watanabe,A (2385)-Gonzalez Garcia,J (2411) Carlos Torre Memorial op 14th
Merida 2001}) 12. Bxh7+ $5 (12. Qc4 Be6 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. Qc2 Qh4 15. Nf4 Bxf4
16. exf4 Bd5 17. Bf5 Ne6 18. Qc3 Rad8 19. Rd1 Qh5 20. Bc2 {½- (41) ½
Kambrath,Y (2371)-Ramirez,A (2589) 31st Carlos Torre Mem Merida MEX 2019 (5.13)
}) 12... Kxh7 13. Qh5+ Kg8 14. dxc5 Re5 15. Qf3 Rxc5 16. Ng3 Bd7 17. e4 Qh4 18.
Bd2 Rb5 19. Bc3 Re8 20. Rae1 Rg5 21. e5 $5 Bc6 22. Qd3 Bc5 23. b4 $5 Bb6 $5 (
23... Bxb4 24. Bxb4 Qxb4 25. f4 Bb5 26. Qe4 Qxe4 27. Nxe4 Bxf1 28. Nxg5 Bc4 29.
a4) 24. b5 Re6 $1 25. Ne4 Rxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Rg6+ 27. Kh1 Rh6 28. h3 Bxb5 29. Qf3
Bd7 30. e6 $1 Bxe6 31. Rg1 Qxh3+ 32. Qxh3 Rxh3+ 33. Kg2 Rh5 34. Kf3 Rf5+ 35.
Ke2 g6 36. Rh1 Kf8 37. Bf6 Ke8 38. Rh8+ Kd7 39. Rd8+ Kc6 40. Bd4 $1 Bxd4 41.
Rxd4 b6 42. a3 Kb7 43. Rc1 Rh5 44. Ke3 a5 45. f3 Rb5 46. Rc3 Re5 47. Rd1 a4 48.
Rd4 Ra5 49. Rb4 Re5 50. Kf2 c6 51. Nc5+ Kc7 52. Nxe6+ 1-0
[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.02.21"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. Ne5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. cxd3 Nd7 12. Qb3 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qd7 14. d4
b6 15. f4 (15. a4 c5 16. Ba3 Rfc8 17. f4 cxd4 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. cxd4 Rc4 {
½-½ Lagno,K (2547)-Koneru,H (2586) Women's Speed Chess Main INT blitz 2022})
15... f5 16. a4 Qe6 17. Ba3 Bxa3 18. Rxa3 c6 19. Ra2 Rfd8 20. h3 Rd7 21. Rb1
Rad8 22. Qd1 Kf8 23. Kh2 Ke8 $5 24. Rc2 Rc8 25. Rbc1 g6 26. Qf3 Kd8 27. c4 $1
dxc4 28. Rxc4 Rd5 29. g4 (29. a5 $1 b5 30. Rc5) 29... Rc7 30. gxf5 gxf5 31. Qc3
Qh6 32. Qf3 Qe6 33. Qc3 Qh6 34. Qf3 1/2-1/2
