[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Caruana"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.11.26"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.11.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CL 08.2021"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Ne7 9. c4 Ng6 10. Qa4 Bd7 11. Qb4 Bf5 12. h4 h5 13. Qa4 Bd7 14. Qb4 Bf5
15. Be3 a6 16. Nc3 Qc7 17. g3 Be7 18. f3 Nf8 19. Ne4 Nd7 20. Bd3 O-O 21. Rh2
Rac8 22. O-O-O Bg6 23. Rc2 f5 24. Nf2 Nc5 25. f4 a5 26. Qd2 e4 27. Be2 Be8 28.
Kb1 Bf6 29. Re1 a4 30. Qb4 g6 31. Rd1 Ra8 {[#]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2855"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CL 08.2021"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 Re8 8. Bd2
e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. cxd5 Nxf3+ 11. gxf3 Nxd5 $4 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Bxb4 Qxf3 14.
Rg1 Bf5 15. Qe2 Qe4 16. Bc3 Bg6 17. Qc4 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1963.12.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Benko, Pal C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1963.12.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CL 08.2021"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3
Nc6 9. Be3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. f5 gxf5 12. Qxf5 Nd4 {[#]} 13. Qf2 (13. Qxe5
Ng4 14. Qxg7+ Kxg7 15. hxg4) 13... Ne8 14. O-O Nd6 15. Qg3 Kh8 16. Qg4 c6 17.
Qh5 Qe8 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Rf6 Kg8 20. e5 h6 21. Ne2 1-0

[Event "Bunratty Masters"]
[Site "Bunratty IRL"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Flynn, Jacob"]
[Black "McDonnell, James J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "1963"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r3kb1r/1p1qpppp/1np1b3/p7/P2PP3/2N2P2/1P4PP/R1BQKB1R w KQkq - 0 12"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL 08.2021"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 12. d5 cxd5 $2 13. Bb5 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 16th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Arroyo Rodriguez, Jesus"]
[Black "Gillis Onieva, Celia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2057"]
[BlackElo "1848"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r1qnrk1/pp2nppp/2bbp3/2ppN1P1/3P1P2/2PBPR2/PP1N3P/R1BQ2K1 w - - 0 13"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CL 08.2021"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 13. Bxh7+ (13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 (13... Kh8 14. Rh3) 14. Rh3+ Kg8 15. Qh5) 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Belousov, Danila"]
[Black "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2274"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rn1qk2r/pp2bpp1/2p1p3/4PnN1/2pP2pP/6P1/PP2NP2/R1BQK2R b KQkq - 0 12"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CL 08.2021"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 12... Bxg5 13. Bxg5 Qxg5 (13... Qxg5 14. hxg5 Rxh1+ 15. Kd2 Rxd1+) 0-1

[Event "Corsica Coca Cola blitz op"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ferrandi, Bernard"]
[Black "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "1694"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1b1k2r/pp3ppp/1q2p3/3n4/3b4/NP3P2/P2B2PP/R2QKB1R b KQkq - 0 12"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2017.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CL 08.2021"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 12... Bf2+ 13. Ke2 Nc3+ (13... Nc3+ 14. Bxc3 Qe3#) 0-1

[Event "Jermuk Asrian Memorial 12th"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2019.06.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Black "Grigoryan, Aram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "1957"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1bq1rk1/pp2np1p/2n1pBp1/3pP1Q1/3P4/P1Pp4/2P2PPP/R3K1NR w KQ - 0 12"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2019.06.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CL 08.2021"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 12. g4 $1 Nxe5 13. dxe5 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2017.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fournier, Martin"]
[Black "Hjaltason, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[BlackElo "1205"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r2q1b1r/pp1npkp1/2p2npp/8/3P4/3B1NN1/PPP2PP1/R1BQK2R w KQ - 0 11"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2017.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CL 08.2021"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 11. Qe2 b5 12. Ng5+ Kg8 13. Qe6# 1-0

[Event "National Open 2021"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2021.06.20"]
[Round "8.24"]
[White "Khachiyan, M."]
[Black "Chasin, Nico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2276"]
[Annotator "Hartmann"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2021.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CL 08.2021"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Qc7 5. O-O Nge7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 a6 8.
Nxc6 Nxc6 9. Bd3 Bc5 10. Kh1 b5 11. f4 d6 12. e5 d5 13. f5 b4 14. Na4 Bd4 15.
Bf4 Bd7 16. a3 bxa3 17. Rxa3 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. Rc3 Qd6 20. Nc5 h5 21. fxe6
fxe6 22. Qe1 h4 {[#]} 23. Qxe5 $3 {Removing Black's one good defender.} ({
White has a great advantage, but how should he make use of all his piece
activity?} 23. Qe3 {should win cleanly, with both Nc5-b7 and Qe3-g5 in the air.
But Khachiyan found a much more memorable solution.}) 23... Qxe5 {Just about
forced.} ({Black will get mated after something like} 23... Qe7 24. Bg6+ Kd8
25. Nb7# {Now White's remaining pieces pour into the Black position.}) 24. Bg6+
Kd8 25. Nb7+ Ke7 26. Rf7+ Ke8 27. Rcf3 {Now with the threat of 28. Rxg7 mate,
Black has to take drastic steps to stay alive.} Qe1+ 28. Rf1 Rh6 29. Nd6+ Kd8
30. Rxe1 Kc7 31. Rxe6 {This transposes into a better endgame for White.} ({
Even stronger was} 31. Rxd7+ Kxd7 32. Nf7 {when Black has to give back the
Exchange, leaving White squarely in the driver's seat.}) 31... Kc6 32. Ree7
Rxg6 33. Rxd7 Rxd6 34. Rc7+ Kb6 35. Rxg7 Re8 36. h3 d4 ({Maybe going active
with} 36... Re2 {would be an improvement.}) 37. Rc4 Re4 38. Kh2 a5 39. Rg5 Rc6
$2 {It's hard to see why Chasin would go into a ending two pawns down. Now
Khachiyan mops things up.} 40. Rxc6+ Kxc6 41. Rxa5 Re2 42. Ra8 Kd5 43. Rd8+ Kc4
44. Rc8+ Kd5 45. b3 Re1 46. c3 dxc3 47. Rxc3 1-0

[Event "3rd Prague Masters 2021"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2021.06.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Shankland, S."]
[Black "Duda, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Hartmann"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2021.06.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CL 08.2021"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. f4 a5 15. f5
a4 16. fxe6 axb3 17. cxb3 $1 ({Shankland's move has supplanted the older} 17.
exf7+ {as theory's top choice. Duda has experience here with White:} Rxf7 18.
Kb1 bxc2+ 19. Qxc2 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 Qxg5 21. Ng3 Kh8 {was seen in Duda -
Wojtaszek, Germany 2017.}) 17... fxe6 18. Bh3 (18. Kb1 Rxa2 {is messy but
equalish.}) 18... Nc7 $2 {A move that scores terribly for Black, but perhaps
because (in contrast to Stockfish) Leela thinks it playable, Duda gives it a
whirl.} ({Well-known to theory is} 18... Rxa2 19. Bxe6+ Kh8 20. Ng3 Nc7 21. Bc4
Qa8 22. Rhf1 {, which gave White a slight edge in Saric - Wojtaszek, Wijk aan
Zee 2015.}) 19. Kb1 $1 d5 20. exd5 exd5 21. Bg2 Ra5 22. a4 Kh8 {The first new
move of the game, but it doesn't overturn the evaluation. The white king is
safe, while the black king is not, and the central pawns don't make up for
that fact.} 23. Rhe1 Ra6 24. h4 Rd6 25. Bg1 h6 26. Qxb4 d4 27. Nc1 Nd5 28. Qb5
Nf4 29. Bc6 hxg5 30. hxg5 Nb8 31. Be4 Nd7 32. g6 $1 Rb6 ({White's point is that
} 32... Nxg6 {can't be played due to} 33. Bxd4 exd4 34. Qh5+ {and Black must
shed material to survive.}) 33. Qc4 Nxg6 34. Nd3 Nf4 35. Bc6 Bh4 36. Rxe5 $1
Nxe5 37. Nxe5 Qf6 38. Bxd4 Rbb8 39. Nd7 1-0

[Event "34th Leon GM 2021"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.07.04"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, L."]
[Black "Gelfand, B."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2021.06.30"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[SourceTitle "CL 08.2021"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O e6 9. Kb1 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 h6 11. Bc1 Rc8 12. f4 Qc7 13. Qe3 Bc6 14. Bd3 Be7
15. Rhe1 b5 16. a3 Rb8 17. Qg3 Bf8 18. b3 a5 19. Bb2 b4 20. axb4 axb4 21. Nd5
Bxd5 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Bg6 Nc3+ 24. Bxc3 bxc3 25. Rxe6+ Be7 26. Rde1 O-O 27.
Rxe7 Qa5 28. Bxf7+ Rxf7 29. Re8+ Rxe8 30. Rxe8+ Rf8 31. Re7 Rf7 32. Re8+ Rf8
33. Qe3 Rxe8 34. Qxe8+ Kh7 35. Qe4+ Kh8 36. Qc6 Qb4 37. Qc4 Qb6 38. Qxc3 Qg1+
39. Kb2 Qxg2 40. h3 Qe4 41. Qc8+ Kh7 42. Qc4 Qe7 43. b4 d5 44. Qd4 Qb7 45. Qc5
Qf7 46. Qd4 Qb7 47. Qd3+ Kh8 48. b5 d4 49. Qc4 Qb6 50. Qc6 Qa5 51. Kb3 Qa1 52.
b6 Qa6 53. Qe8+ Kh7 54. Qe4+ Kh8 55. Qxd4 Qb5+ 56. Qb4 Qd5+ 57. Kb2 Qb7 58. Qc5
Qa6 59. c4 Qb7 60. Kb3 Qh1 61. Kb4 Qb1+ 62. Ka5 Qa1+ 63. Kb5 Qb1+ 64. Ka6 Qa2+
65. Kb7 1-0

[Event "Cherry Blossom Classic"]
[Site "Dulles, VA"]
[Date "2021.05.29"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Black "Hevia Alejano, Carlos Antonio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "Kraai"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL 08.2021"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

{[%evp 0,89,19,29,23,-8,22,14,16,9,20,7,-8,-1,5,5,5,9,11,-13,-23,-30,-24,-52,
-44,-47,-51,-48,-33,-51,-47,-63,-57,-72,-39,-62,-27,-86,-72,-76,6,8,-13,0,1,-3,
4,1,-3,-21,-30,-50,-42,-22,-3,-3,-9,-42,-42,0,0,10,25,0,38,57,88,99,135,137,
151,232,183,175,176,204,283,224,229,206,211,381,382,382,688,721,725,754,1233,
1454,1497,1719]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5
7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1 Qc7 9. e5 Nd7 10. Qe2 b5 11. Nf1 Bb7 12. Bf4 Rfc8 13. h4 Qd8
14. N1h2 a5 15. h5 h6 16. Qd2 a4 {[#] The kind of situation that Theodorou
seeks in all his games: He has to find a way to mate before his opponent
crashes through on the queenside. What should he play?} 17. a3 {This is a
mystical move with a long heritage. A move like 17.a3 is controversial because
we tell our children not to move pawns on the weak side of the board. In his
recent "Bobby Fischer and his World," IM John Donaldson was proud to discover
this same idea in an earlier game of Fischer's (Fischer-Myagmarsuren, 1967).
I'm going to admit that the move is simply beyond me. But it's obviously the
kind of deep sauce that you can use again and again in a structural opening
like the King's Indian.} b4 18. g4 bxa3 19. bxa3 Nf8 $2 {Here, as in the
above-mentioned Fischer game, Black doesn't seize the initiative quickly
enough on the queenside.} ({Better was} 19... c4 {and if} 20. d4 c3 $1) 20. g5
hxg5 21. Bxg5 Nh7 22. Bxe7 Nxe7 23. Nh4 $1 {Working to prevent Black from
bringing resources to his king.} Nc6 24. N2f3 Nd4 25. Nxd4 $2 {This allows the
black queen to come to the king's aid.} Qxh4 26. Nb5 Bc6 27. Nd6 Rc7 28. f4
Qxh5 29. Re3 Nf8 $2 ({Black had to try} 29... f6 $1 {with counterplay. This
defensive resource was one Fischer spent gobs of time trying to stop!}) 30. Rf1
$1 {Who let the dogs out?} Ng6 31. f5 $1 exf5 32. Rh3 Qg4 33. Nxf5 Re8 34. Rg3
Qh5 35. Rg5 Qh7 {The best move, but wow... talk about a square with no scope!}
36. Qd1 Kf8 37. Rh5 Qg8 38. d4 Re6 39. Qd2 f6 40. Qa5 Qf7 41. Rh7 cxd4 42. Rxg7
Qxg7 43. Nxg7 Rce7 44. Nxe6+ Rxe6 45. Rxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Cherry Blossom Classic"]
[Site "Dulles, VA"]
[Date "2021.05.31"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Black "Zhou, Jianchao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Kraai"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL 08.2021"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

{[%evp 0,103,19,-12,-9,0,31,-13,-13,-10,8,-7,-19,-6,1,-1,26,6,26,33,33,15,20,9,
21,-32,19,18,18,6,0,25,33,36,34,56,41,42,38,40,40,46,46,37,55,52,51,48,54,50,
88,42,62,75,90,85,138,144,188,180,230,234,240,221,232,238,235,224,243,241,246,
242,253,253,265,263,269,274,269,264,324,323,360,355,443,459,464,464,472,480,
490,491,598,605,797,897,972,972,972,489,480,494,532,493,532,758]} 1. c4 Nf6 2.
Nf3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. d3 e5 9. Nc3 d6
10. a3 {This is creeper chess. Is White threatening b3-b4? If he is, Black
should probably play ...a5.} a6 11. Nd2 Rb8 12. b4 $1 cxb4 13. axb4 Nxb4 14.
Qb3 a5 15. Ba3 Be6 16. Bxb4 axb4 17. Qxb4 d5 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20.
Bxd5 Qxd5 21. Ra5 $1 Qd4 22. Qb3 {[#] These positions are a little hard to
judge from a distance. But now that we have arrived, we can see that Black has
big problems. Not only is the b-pawn weak, but White will be dancing all over
the light squares. In round two Zhou beat me with in a similar knight versus
bishop late middlegame, where I also misjudged how dangerous the position
would be for me.} Rec8 23. Ne4 Qd7 24. Rb5 h6 25. Rb1 Rc7 26. Nc5 Qc6 27. Nxb7
e4 $2 {[#] Humans aren't the only ones who misjudge positions. Leela fails to
see the flaws of this move until you play it! So what's the problem?} 28. Rb6
$1 {The queen lacks a good square to run to.} Qc2 ({For example, if} 28... Qd7
29. Nc5 $1 {hitting the queen and the e4-pawn. The computer gives} Rxb6 30.
Qxb6 Rxc5 ({if} 30... Qe7 31. Nxe4) 31. Qxc5 exd3 32. exd3 Qxd3 {as Black's
best path but this is hard to play over-the-board.}) ({and if} 28... Qc3 29.
Qxc3 Bxc3 30. dxe4 {White is just up two pawns.}) 29. Nc5 Rxb6 ({Not} 29...
Qxb3 $2 30. Rxb8+ Qxb8 31. Rxb8+ Kh7 32. Nxe4) 30. Qxc2 Rxc5 31. Qd1 Rxb1 32.
Qxb1 exd3 33. Qxd3 {It's not trivial, especially not against a motivated
grandmaster, but White has a decisive advantage.} Re5 34. f4 Re8 35. e4 Bf6 36.
e5 Bg7 37. Kg2 h5 38. Kf3 Re6 39. Qd8+ Kh7 40. Ke4 Bh6 41. h3 Ra6 42. Qd7 Kg7
43. g4 hxg4 44. hxg4 Ra1 45. g5 Re1+ 46. Kf3 Bxg5 47. fxg5 Kg8 48. Qd8+ Kg7 49.
Qd2 Rf1+ 50. Ke4 Rf5 51. Qd6 Kg8 52. Qf6 1-0

[Event "Cherry Blossom Classic"]
[Site "Dulles, VA"]
[Date "2021.05.31"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Burke, John M"]
[Black "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "Kraai"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL 08.2021"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. Re1
h6 9. a4 Bb7 10. d4 Bb6 11. Be3 O-O 12. d5 Na7 13. axb5 Bxe3 {A new move, and
a good one. It seems like White's king will end up exposed.} ({Previously seen
was the inferior} 13... Nxb5 14. c4 Na7 15. Nfd2 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 c5 17. Bc2 Nc8
18. Nb3 Ne7 19. Na5 Bc8 20. Nd2 {and White won in 27 moves in Matsenko
-Matvienko, Moscow 2008.}) 14. bxa6 Bxf2+ 15. Kxf2 Bc8 16. c4 c6 {[#]} 17. c5
$1 {Burke breaks the black queen's entrance to the a7-g1 diagonal. I think I
would still believe in black but John is about to build a house with petite
tactics.} cxd5 18. Bxd5 Rb8 19. Nc3 Qc7 $1 ({Surprisingly Black is worse after
} 19... Rxb2+ 20. Kg1 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Rb8 22. Qc2 $1 {and White's activity gives
him all the chances.}) 20. Na4 dxc5 21. Qc1 Bxa6 22. Nxc5 Bb5 23. b4 Nc8 24.
Bb3 Bc6 25. Qc3 Nd6 ({Things are pretty unclear after} 25... Bxe4 26. Nxe5 Bd5
{.}) 26. Kg1 Rfe8 27. Ra6 Bb7 28. Ra5 Qe7 29. Nd2 Ba8 30. Qa1 Qd8 31. Rd1 Qc8
32. Nf3 {[#]} Nb7 $2 {A slip in a complex position. Black had two main
improvements:} (32... Ndxe4 33. Ra7 (33. Nxe4 {transposes to the 32...Nfxe4
line}) 33... Rf8 34. Nxe5 Nxc5 35. Bxf7+ Rxf7 36. Nxf7 {is unclear}) (32...
Nfxe4 33. Nxe4 Nxe4 (33... Bxe4 $6 34. Rxd6 Rxb4 35. Nd2 {gives White an
advantage}) 34. Nxe5 Ng5 $1 {and let's call it a fragile equality.}) 33. Ra7 $1
{Jacobson's pieces are a jumbled mess and now Burke just turns up the pressure,
move by move.} Qc7 34. Kh1 $1 {Stepping off the a7-g1 diagonal, and avoiding
all the tactics.} Rbc8 35. Qa6 Ng4 36. Rf1 Nxc5 37. bxc5 Qxc5 38. Bxf7+ Kh8 39.
Bxe8 Bxe4 40. Bd7 Rd8 41. Bxg4 Bd3 42. Qb7 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-07+"]
[Site "Sousse"]
[Date "1967.10.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Myagmarsuren, Lhamsuren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1967.10.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "TUN"]
[SourceTitle "CL 08.2021"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Ngf3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. e5
Nd7 9. Re1 b5 10. Nf1 b4 11. h4 a5 12. Bf4 a4 13. a3 bxa3 14. bxa3 Na5 15. Ne3
Ba6 16. Bh3 d4 17. Nf1 Nb6 18. Ng5 Nd5 19. Bd2 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 Qd7 21. Qh5 Rfc8
22. Nd2 Nc3 23. Bf6 Qe8 24. Ne4 g6 25. Qg5 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 c4 27. h5 cxd3 28. Rh4
Ra7 29. Bg2 dxc2 30. Qh6 Qf8 31. Qxh7+ 1-0

[Event "Cherry Blossom Classic"]
[Site "Dulles USA"]
[Date "2021.05.28"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Zhou Jianchao"]
[Black "Kraai, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2021.05.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CL 08.2021"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3
O-O 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. h3 Ne4 12. O-O c5 13. Qe2 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bg5 15.
Bxg5 Qxg5 16. Rac1 Ndc5 17. b4 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 a5 19. Rfd1 axb4 20. axb4 Rfd8 21.
Qb5 Qf6 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Ra1 Rac8 24. Ra7 Bd5 25. Rd7 Bc4 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27.
Qe5 Qe8 28. Qd6 Bd3 29. Qxb6 Qa4 30. Re1 g6 31. h4 h5 32. b5 Qb4 33. Ra1 Qb2
34. Qa5 Rb8 35. Qa7 Rxb5 36. Nxb5 Qxb5 37. Qa8+ Kg7 38. Qd8 Qe5 39. Ra8 Kh6 40.
Qd4 1-0

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "King"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r2q2k1/3b1pp1/p6p/1p1PR3/3Q4/7P/P2N1PP1/6K1 w - - 0 27"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2021.05.23"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CL 08.2021"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 27. Nb3 Qf6 28. Nc5 {White's pieces are perfectly centralized and his
d-pawn is dangerously mobile.} Rd8 29. Qe4 $1 {Eyeing the back rank.} g6 30. g4
$1 {Prophylaxis against the freeing ...Bf5.} Kh7 31. Re7 Bc8 32. Rc7 $1 {
The bishop has no safe moves, and Black's rook is stuck defending it, while
his queen is stuck defending the f7-pawn.} Kg8 33. Kg2 h5 34. Qf3 $1 {Trading
off Black's queen, which was preventing d5-d6.} Kg7 35. Ne4 Qxf3+ 36. Kxf3
hxg4+ 37. hxg4 Bd7 38. Nc5 $1 {[#]} Bxg4+ {Essentially forced.} ({If the
bishop retreats then it will be lost anyway:} 38... Bc8 39. d6 {followed by 40.
d7.}) 39. Kxg4 Rxd5 {Black would gladly trade all four of his pawns for
White's remaining two, but there is no way for him to force this.} 40. f4 Kh6 {
Opting for passive defense.} ({The active alternative} 40... Rd2 {runs into}
41. Ne6+ $1 Kg8 (41... Kf6 42. Ng5 $1 {is the same.}) 42. Rc8+ Kh7 43. Ng5+ Kg7
44. Rc7 Rxa2 45. Rxf7+ Kg8 46. Rb7 {and White's f-pawn remains alive and
dangerous.}) 41. Kf3 f5 42. Ke3 Rd6 43. Ra7 Rc6 44. Kd4 Rd6+ 45. Ke5 {and
Black resigned in view of 45...Rc6 46.Kd5 followed by 47.Rxa6.} 1-0

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "King"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r1kr2/3p2p1/p1q1p2p/1p2Pn2/4N3/3Q4/PPP4P/1K1R2R1 b - - 0 21"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2021.05.23"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CL 08.2021"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 21... Qd5 $2 {Blundering White's reply.} ({Instead} 21... Rf7 $1 {
would be unclear, e.g.} 22. Nd6+ Nxd6 23. exd6 Qf3 $1 24. Qxf3 Rxf3 25. Rxg7 {
with equality.}) 22. Nd6+ $1 {A textbook shot.} Ke7 {Necessary.} (22... Nxd6 {
runs into} 23. Qg6+ $1 {and the Black queen is hanging.}) 23. Nxc8+ Rxc8 24.
Qxd5 exd5 25. Rxd5 {White is up a clear Exchange and should win without too
much trouble, but Nepomniachtchi puts up a staunch defense.} Ke6 26. Rd3 g5 27.
a4 bxa4 28. Rg4 Rc6 29. Rxa4 h5 30. Rda3 $2 ({Better was} 30. Rh3 $1 {
destabilizing Black's kingside pawns.}) 30... g4 $1 {[#] Suddenly Black has
kingside counterplay with ...h5-h4 and ...g4-g3.} 31. Kc1 Kxe5 32. Rxa6 h4 $1 {
Black can afford to trade his rook in order to make further kingside progress.}
33. Rxc6 dxc6 34. Kd1 h3 35. Ke2 $6 ({A better try was} 35. Ra8 $5 {but the
win is still far from clear.}) 35... g3 $1 36. Kf3 ({After} 36. hxg3 h2 37. Ra1
Nxg3+ {the h-pawn will cost White his rook.}) 36... gxh2 37. Ra1 Nd4+ 38. Kg3
Nxc2 {Black has eliminated enough of White's pawns that the draw is in sight.}
39. Rc1 Nb4 40. Kxh2 Kd4 41. b3 c5 42. Kxh3 Nc6 43. Rc4+ Kd5 44. Kg2 Ne5 45.
Rc1 c4 46. bxc4+ Nxc4 47. Rxc4 Kxc4 {An impressive save by Nepomniachtchi.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup KO"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.26"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "King"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2021.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CL 08.2021"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. h3 h6 7. c3 d6 8. Re1 a5
9. d4 Bb6 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. Nc3 Nexd5 14. Qd2 c6 15.
Bxh6 $1 {A dangerous idea, though objectively unclear.} gxh6 16. Qxh6 Bf5 $2 {
After this White's attack becomes decisive.} ({Black had to play} 16... Nh7 $1
17. Bd3 f5 $1 {followed by absorbing more pressure with ...Rf6 or ... Qf6.})
17. Re5 $1 Bg6 18. Rg5 Nh7 19. Rg4 Re8 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. Bd3 {The ratio of
attackers to defenders on the kingside is not a good sign for Nakamura.} Nf8
22. Ne5 Re6 23. Bf5 Rd6 24. Nxg6 {Carlsen simply clears out all the entire
kingside, after which Black's king is completely bare.} fxg6 25. Bxg6 Rxg6 26.
Rxg6+ Nxg6 27. Qxg6+ Kh8 {[#]} 28. Qh5+ Kg8 29. Qg4+ Kh7 30. Re1 $1 {Calmly
bringing the last piece into the attack.} Rc8 31. Re6 {Nakamura resigned, with
no good defense to White's numerous threats, e.g. 32.Rg6 or 32.Qf5+ with mate
soon to follow.} 1-0

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup KO"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.27"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "King"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5rk1/5ppp/2n1p3/q2p3N/1RpP4/r1P1P3/5PPP/2Q2RK1 w - - 0 26"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2021.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CL 08.2021"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 26. e4 $5 {A desperate attempt to generate kingside counterplay.} Nxb4 $2
{Justifying White's idea.} ({Instead the prophylactic} 26... h6 $1 {would stop
White's attack before it even starts.}) 27. Qg5 $1 g6 28. Nf6+ Kg7 29. Qe5 ({
White could force an immediate draw with} 29. Nh5+ $5 Kg8 30. Nf6+ {but given
the match situation Vachier-Lagrave is obliged to try for more.}) 29... Ra8 30.
Nxd5+ Kg8 31. cxb4 Qd8 $1 32. Nf6+ Kg7 33. Ne8+ Kf8 34. Nc7 $2 {Again avoiding
a repetition, but now White's attack evaporates and he is left with no
compensation for the exchange.} Rc8 35. Nb5 Ra6 36. d5 Kg8 37. Nc3 Qd6 38. Qd4
e5 {Black has fully consolidated and now pivots to patiently converting his
extra material.} 39. Qd2 Qxb4 40. Rb1 Qc5 41. h4 Qd4 42. Qe1 h5 43. Kh2 Qc5 44.
Qd2 Qd4 45. Qe1 Rca8 46. Nb5 Qc5 47. Nc3 Rb6 48. Rc1 Qe7 49. g3 Qc5 50. Nd1 Rc8
51. Nc3 Rb3 52. Rc2 Rcb8 53. Qd2 Qd4 54. Qe1 Rb2 55. Qc1 Rxc2 56. Qxc2 Rb3 0-1

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup KO"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.29"]
[Round "2.24"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "King"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2021.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CL 08.2021"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 d6 5. O-O Nd7 6. a4 a6 7. Re1 Ngf6 8. Nbd2
Be7 9. Nf1 O-O 10. Ng3 e5 11. c3 Re8 12. Bd2 Bf8 13. b4 g6 14. Qc1 Bg7 15. a5
b5 16. Bh6 Bh8 17. d5 $1 {Although the game started as an Owen's Defense, it
has morphed into something resembling the Breyer variation of the Ruy Lopez.
With his last move Carlsen prevents Black from playing ...exd4 to open the
long diagonal for his h8-bishop.} c5 18. h3 {Staying solid, but even stronger
was 18.dxc6! e.p. Bxc6 19.c4!} c4 {Preventing the opening of the queenside,
but now Black's position will remain passive - an unfortunate situation for a
must-win game.} 19. Bc2 Nf8 20. Qd2 Bc8 21. Nh2 Bg7 22. Rf1 Bxh6 23. Qxh6 Kh8
24. Qd2 N6d7 25. f4 $1 {Opening up the position while almost all of Black's
pieces are undeveloped or significantly restricted.} exf4 26. Rxf4 Ne5 27. Nf3
Nfd7 28. Rf1 Nxf3+ 29. R4xf3 Ne5 30. Rf6 $1 {Carlsen allows his rook to be
trapped in order to destroy Black's kingside.} Bf5 $2 ({It was better to
continue passively with} 30... Qe7) 31. exf5 Qxf6 32. fxg6 Qh4 33. Nf5 Qh5 34.
g7+ $1 {Not allowing Black to fix his pawn structure with ...h7xg6.} Kg8 35.
Nxd6 Red8 36. Nf5 f6 37. d6 Ra7 38. Qd5+ Rf7 39. Bd1 $1 {and Radjabov resigned
in view of further material losses after 39...Qg5 40.h4 Qc1 41.Bh5.} 1-0

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup KO"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.28"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "King"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r4n1/3r1pkp/4p1p1/2R1P2P/4B3/6P1/5PK1/7R w - - 0 32"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2021.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CL 08.2021"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 32. Rhc1 $5 {Slightly risky.} gxh5 $1 {White will have to work a bit to
retrieve this pawn.} 33. Rh1 {Here Nepomniachtchi could first be seen on
camera swatting at a mosquito.} Rb4 34. Bc2 Kh6 35. Bd1 h4 36. Be2 $6 (36. Bc2
{would prepare to trade off Black's knight if it comes to f5 or g6.}) 36... Ne7
37. Rxh4+ Rxh4 38. gxh4 Ng6 $1 {Eyeing both the h4- and e5-pawns. By now
Nepomniachtchi's mosquito-swatting had become more frantic, averaging once
every five seconds.} 39. Kg3 Rd4 40. Rc4 Rxc4 41. Bxc4 Nxe5 42. Bb3 {Here
Nepomniachtchi left his seat and was off-camera for about a minute, perhaps to
close a window. But mosquitoes continued to appear intermittently, and
Nepomniachtchi could also be seen scratching a few bites.} Kg7 43. f4 Nc6 44.
Bc2 h6 45. Bb1 Ne7 46. Kg4 Nd5 47. Kg3 Kf8 48. Kg4 $2 Nf6+ $2 ({Both players
missed the immediate win} 48... f5+ $1 49. Kf3 Nb4 $1 {trapping White's bishop,
after which Black invades with his king.}) 49. Kf3 Ke7 50. Bc2 Nh5 51. Kg4 Ng7
52. Bb1 f6 53. Ba2 Kd6 54. Kf3 h5 55. Kg3 Kc5 56. Bb3 Kd4 57. Kf3 Kd3 {[#]} 58.
Ba4 $2 ({The last chance to hold was} 58. Ba2 $1 Nf5 59. Kf2 Ke4 60. Bxe6 Kxf4
{and even after the h4-pawn falls the ending is a theoretical draw, since
Black's pawns are disconnected and coordinate poorly with his knight.}) 58...
Nf5 59. Bb5+ Kd4 60. Be8 Nxh4+ 61. Kg3 ({After} 61. Kf2 Nf5 62. Bxh5 Ke4 {
Black's connected pawns are much more coordinated than in the previous note,
and easily overpower the bishop.}) 61... Nf5+ 62. Kf3 Ng7 {Solidifying Black's
position. At this point Nepomniachtchi took the desperate measure of turning
off his floor lamp, thinking it might be attracting the insects.} 63. Bf7 Kd5
64. Bg6 f5 $1 {The bishop is now trapped behind enemy lines.} 65. Bf7 Kd6 66.
Kg3 Ke7 67. Bg6 Kf6 68. Bh7 {Here, realizing that his situation was hopeless,
Nepomniachtchi turned his floor lamp back on after all.} Ne8 $1 {and
Nepomniachtchi resigned, since the bishop is trapped after 69.Bg8 Nc7! 70.Kh4
Kg7.} 0-1

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup KO"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.31"]
[Round "3.31"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "King"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r5k1/1q1n1ppp/1r2p3/2ppP3/1P6/1R1NP3/2Q2PPP/2R3K1 w - - 0 26"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2021.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CL 08.2021"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 26. Nxc5 Nxc5 27. Qxc5 $4 {Carlsen played this automatically, but
immediately realized his mistake.} ({Instead} 27. Rc3 $1 Nd7 28. Rc7 $1 {
would safely win the piece back due to Black's vulnerable back rank.}) 27...
Rc6 $1 {White's back rank is weak as well!} 28. Rbc3 (28. Qxc6 {is impossible
due to} Qxc6 29. Rxc6 Ra1+ {.}) 28... Rxc5 29. Rxc5 {Resignation would be
reasonable here, but Carlsen continues playing out of shock and inertia.} h5
30. b5 Ra5 31. h3 g6 32. Rb1 Kg7 33. h4 Qb8 34. g3 Qxe5 35. Rcc1 Ra2 36. b6 Qf5
37. Rf1 Rxf2 38. b7 Rxf1+ 39. Rxf1 Qe5 {and Carlsen finally threw in the towel.
} 0-1

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup KO"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.31"]
[Round "3.32"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2847"]
[Annotator "King"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2021.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CL 08.2021"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O Ngf6 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 b6 7. c4 Bb7 8. Nc3
Ne5 9. Nxe5 $6 {This unbalancing move is just what Carlsen needs to create
chances to outplay his opponent.} ({White should have remained solid with
something like} 9. d3 $5) 9... dxe5 10. d3 e6 11. a3 Be7 12. b4 O-O 13. Rb1 Nd7
14. Be3 Qc7 15. Rb2 cxb4 16. axb4 a5 17. bxa5 bxa5 18. Nb5 Qd8 19. Qc2 Bc6 20.
Ra1 h6 21. Na7 Qc7 22. Nb5 Qc8 23. h3 $6 ({White should keep Black occupied
with} 23. Bd2 $5 Bd8 24. Be3 {preventing ...Nd7-c5.}) 23... Nc5 24. Rba2 {[#]}
a4 $1 {Confidently taking control.} 25. Qc3 ({After} 25. Bxc5 Bxc5 26. Rxa4
Rxa4 27. Qxa4 f5 $1 {Black launches a dangerous kingside attack.}) 25... Nb3
26. Na7 Qd7 27. Nxc6 Qxc6 28. Rb1 Nd4 29. f4 ({Black has huge compensation for
the pawn after} 29. Bxd4 exd4 30. Qxd4 Bc5 31. Qc3 Qd7 {.}) 29... f6 30. Bxd4
exd4 31. Qc2 a3 {Now Black simply has a crushing position with even material.}
32. c5 Qxc5 33. Qxc5 Bxc5 34. Be2 Rfb8 35. Rc1 Rb2 $1 36. Bg4 ({Not} 36. Rxb2
axb2 37. Rb1 Ra1 {which forces promotion.}) 36... f5 $1 {and So resigned, as
he simply has two pieces hanging.} 0-1

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup KO"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.05.31"]
[Round "3.33"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "King"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2021.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CL 08.2021"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O h6 6. c3 O-O 7. b4 Bb6 8. a4 a6
9. Nbd2 d6 10. Re1 Ne7 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 $6 {A typical operation to
break up White's central majority, but here So overlooked Carlsen's strong
reply:} 13. e5 $1 {Black cannot afford to allow 14.exf6 shattering his
kingside structure, so he must retreat and allow White to maintain his strong
center. Here So could be seen shaking his head in frustration and muttering to
himself.} Nh5 14. Bf1 Nf4 15. Nb3 Neg6 16. a5 $1 {White's space advantage will
encompass the entire board.} Ba7 17. Bxf4 $1 {Carlsen is not worried about
losing dark-square influence, since Black will soon be compelled to trade off
his own dark-squared bishop.} Nxf4 18. Qd2 Ng6 19. Nc5 $1 {So cannot leave
this strong piece here forever, but capturing it will further open the
queenside.} f6 $2 {Making things worse by weakening the kingside light squares.
} 20. Bd3 $1 f5 21. Bc2 Re8 22. g3 Bxc5 23. bxc5 {Now the b7-pawn is a
permanent target.} Be6 24. Rab1 Rb8 25. Re3 Ne7 26. Reb3 Qc8 27. Nh4 Rf8 {
Black's pieces are hopelessly passive, and White can improve his position at
his leisure. In addition, Carlsen was still ahead thirty seconds on the clock.}
28. Ng2 Bd7 29. h4 Ba4 30. R3b2 Bxc2 31. Qxc2 $2 {[#] Carlsen premoved this,
but in fact it is a mistake that lets Black back in the game.} ({Correct was} 
31. Rxc2 $1 {so that} f4 {can be safely met with} 32. Nxf4) 31... Nc6 $2 {
With only a minute left on the clock, So misses a chance to throw a wrench in
the works.} ({He probably wasn't sure about} 31... f4 $1 32. Nxf4 $2 ({Better
is} 32. gxf4 {but} Qg4 $1 {still gives Black reasonable practical chances.})
32... Rxf4 $1 33. gxf4 {but in fact this works quite well for Black:} Qg4+ 34.
Kf1 Rf8 $1 {and White has completely lost control of the position.}) 32. Qc3 g5
{Too little, too late.} ({Now} 32... f4 33. Nxf4 Rxf4 34. gxf4 Qg4+ {can be
met with} 35. Qg3 $1 {repelling Black's attack.}) 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. f4 $1 {
Stifling Black's counterplay.} Kg7 35. Kf2 Rh8 36. fxg5 Rh2 37. Qf3 Nxd4 38.
Qxd5 Nc6 39. e6 Qd8 40. Qd7+ Qxd7 41. exd7 Rd8 42. Rd2 Ne5 43. Rxb7 Kg6 44.
Rxc7 1-0

[Event "Chicago Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2021.05.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Schmakel, Sam"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Griffith"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL 08.2021"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be6 {
A sideline of the Sveshnikov Sicilian. Black typically plays 7...b5 here and
white has many options (see the latest Caruana-Carlsen world championship
match for many examples). Swiercz may have been interested in avoiding the
heavily trodden main lines against his lower-rated opponent.} 8. Nc4 Rb8 9. Be3
$5 {A bit of a counterintuitive move. White will typically maneuver the
c4-knight to e3 and solidify control over the central light squares. Perhaps
Schmakel had a specific idea in mind since natural moves for Black lead to an
edge for White. Black is able to play ...b7-b5 and drive the white knight to
the unfavorable d2-square, but at the same time the b5 pawn becomes a
potential liability.} b5 10. Nd2 Nf6 11. a4 $1 b4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bxd5
14. Bxa6 {White has traded his e4-pawn for Black’s a6-pawn, ensures that the
white a-pawn will always remain a threat.} Be7 ({Black cannot touch the g2
pawn as after} 14... Bxg2 15. Rg1 Bd5 16. Nc4 Be6 17. Bb5 {Black is busted.})
15. Nb3 Be6 16. a5 $6 ({A better version of the same idea is found after} 16.
Bb5 Qc7 17. Qf3 Rc8 18. a5 {when Black remains under significant pressure.})
16... O-O 17. O-O d5 18. Bb6 {[#]} Rxb6 $1 {Black doesn’t need to be asked
twice. In one fell swoop, he eliminates the dangerous a-pawn, gains the bishop
pair, and enjoys long term prospects in the center. And only at the cost of
one point of material!} 19. axb6 Qxb6 20. Be2 e4 21. Ra6 Qc7 22. Qa1 Bf6 23.
Ra8 Nd4 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. Nxd4 Bxd4 26. Qa8+ Ke7 27. Qa4 Qc5 28. Qb3 g6 29.
Kh1 Bxf2 30. c3 d4 31. cxd4 Bxb3 32. dxc5 Bxc5 33. g4 Be6 {[#] The grandmaster
has liquidated into an endgame with technically equal material, but by this
point both players likely knew it was hopeless for white. Black will soon play
...f7-f5 and the f- and e-pawns will be impossible to stop.} 34. Bc4 f5 35.
Bxe6 Kxe6 36. gxf5+ gxf5 37. Kg2 Bd4 38. b3 Ke5 39. Kg3 Bc3 40. Rd1 f4+ 41. Kg2
Bd4 42. h3 h6 43. Rc1 Bc3 44. Rd1 h5 45. Rd8 f3+ 46. Kf2 Bd4+ 47. Ke1 e3 48.
Re8+ Kf4 0-1

[Event "Chicago Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2021.05.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Liang, Awonder"]
[Black "Williams, Justus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[Annotator "Griffith"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL 08.2021"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ {The Moscow variation is one of dozens of venomous
sidelines that Sicilian players must know like the back of their hand.
Williams’ choice has long been considered the most testing try for Black.}
Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 e6 $5 {Quite a rare move. Typically Black will continue
with 5…a6 and force White to commit with the bishop before deciding how to
develop.} 6. Bg5 Qc7 7. Nc3 a6 8. Bxd7+ Bxd7 9. O-O-O Rc8 10. Kb1 e5 11. Qd3
Be6 12. Nd2 h6 13. Bh4 b5 {[#] Black has gotten his queenside play rolling
quickly, but at the cost of his kingside development.} 14. f4 $5 {White
decides that he needs to strike while the black king is still a few moves away
from castling.} exf4 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Be7 17. Rde1 Kf8 $1 {Black’s best
move, and by a large margin. The position remains dynamically equal, but it is
White who needs to prove compensation for the pawn.} ({There will not be time
to castle since} 17... Nf6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 {is positional suicide.}) 18. Bf2 Bf6
19. g3 Ne7 20. Ne4 Nxd5 21. Nxf6 Nxf6 22. Bd4 Qc4 23. Qd2 f3 24. b3 Qc6 25. Qd3
d5 {[#]} 26. Rhf1 $6 {Natural, but incorrect. Now Black’s knight comes to
the e4-square and will tie down nearly all of White’s pieces.} ({The best
move was eliminating the knight with} 26. Bxf6 {.}) 26... Ne4 27. Rxf3 f6 $1
28. h4 Kf7 29. g4 Rhe8 30. Ref1 Re6 {White is not only a pawn down, but has
also been completely stymied by the black knight on e4, the dark square pawn
blockade, and the pressure on the c2-square. Now White blunders material here,
but the situation was already dire, and Williams finished the game off in fine
style.} 31. Rf5 $2 Ng3 32. g5 ({Liang may have missed} 32. Qxg3 Qxc2+ 33. Ka1
Re2 $1 {when he is reduced to spite checks before getting mated.}) 32... Nxf5
33. Qxf5 Re4 34. c3 Qe6 35. gxf6 Re1+ 36. Kb2 Rxf1 37. Qxf1 gxf6 38. Qf4 h5 39.
Ka3 a5 40. Qf2 Rg8 41. b4 axb4+ 42. Kxb4 Qc6 43. Be5 Ra8 0-1

[Event "Chicago Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2021.05.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Black "Repka, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "Griffith"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL 08.2021"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rfe1 Bb7 14.
Rad1 Rc8 15. Bb3 {[#] This position has been reached well over 300 times
according to my database. White has a slight edge due to the extra space and
mobility of the central pawns. White will typically try to engineer a d4-d5
push to blow open the center of the board. It won't be easy, though - the
black position is ultra-solid.} h6 16. Re3 Qf6 17. Qe2 Qf4 18. d5 Nc5 19. Nd4
Nxb3 20. axb3 Rfd8 21. g3 Qe5 22. f4 Qd6 {[#]} 23. f5 $5 e5 {After the game
continuation, the somewhat closed position tends to favor the knight over the
bishop, although here the knight is slightly lacking in active outposts. White
also secures himself protected passer on the d-file, although Black controls
the c-file in exchange.} ({This essentially forces Repka to lock the center.
Black is not advised to take either pawn:} 23... exf5 24. Nxf5 {leaves White
with a tremendous knight, and}) (23... exd5 $2 24. e5 $1 {is completely
winning for White.}) 24. Nf3 Rc7 25. g4 Rdc8 26. h4 Rc2 27. Rd2 Rc1+ 28. Kg2 f6
29. Qf2 Ba6 30. Ra2 $6 ({White begins drifting a bit. Correct is the immediate
} 30. g5 $1 {and while the engine gives an equal evaluation, it seems that it
is Black who is under pressure and needs to prove the draw.}) 30... Bb5 31. Re1
R1c3 32. Re3 Qb4 33. Rxc3 Rxc3 34. Rc2 Rxb3 35. Nd2 Rd3 36. g5 {[#] Swiercz is
in dire straits, down a pawn with nothing to show for it. In fact the white
king seems to be just as unsafe as the black one!} Ba4 $2 ({Better was} 36...
hxg5 37. hxg5 fxg5 $1 {, ensuring the king a safe haven on f6 in case of rook
checks.}) 37. Rc8+ Kf7 38. Nc4 Ke7 39. d6+ Kd7 40. Rc7+ Kd8 41. Rxa7 Bc6 $2 42.
Rxg7 $2 (42. Qa2 {, either here or on move 44, wins easily.}) 42... Bxe4+ 43.
Kh2 hxg5 44. hxg5 $2 {[#]} ({After} 44. hxg5 $2 {Black resigned (or maybe ran
out of time). The computer gives a 0.00 evaluation, but Repka would have had
to find an inhuman defense to hold the position:} Rd4 45. gxf6 $1 ({not} 45.
Qh4 $4 Rd2+ {when mate can't be avoided}) 45... Bd5 $3 {and incredibly, the
position reaches a draw by force after} 46. Nxe5 Rd2 47. Rd7+ Ke8 (47... Kc8
48. Rc7+ Kb8 $4 49. Nd7+ Ka8 50. Nxb6+ Kb8 51. Nd7+ Ka8 52. Ra7#) 48. Re7+ Kd8
(48... Kf8 $4 49. Ng6+ Kg8 50. Rg7#)) 1-0

[Event "Chicago Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2021.05.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Niemann, Hans"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "Griffith"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/k2r1p2/1p2b1p1/p1pNP1P1/P1PpKRP1/1P6/8/8 w - - 0 45"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL 08.2021"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#] In this position, White has achieved a powerful knight on d5, but
Black’s pieces are well placed and the protected passer on d4 represents a
constant threat.} 45. Kd3 $2 ({The fair result here is a draw after something
like} 45. Nf6 Rd8 46. Nd5 Rd7 ({not} 46... Rh8 47. Nc7 {when White is breaking
in})) 45... Rxd5 $1 {Niemann understands that this endgame presents no risk
for him. White’s rook is boxed out and only black’s pawns will be mobile.
The resulting endgame is tough to defend for Shabalov, and even tougher
considering the players are likely low on time by this point. The game ends
rather quickly in Niemann's favor:} 46. cxd5 Bxd5 47. Kc2 b5 48. Rf2 Kb6 49.
Rh2 c4 50. axb5 Be4+ 51. Kc1 c3 52. Rf2 d3 53. Rxf7 d2+ 54. Kd1 Bd5 0-1

[Event "Chicago Open u2300"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2021.05.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zinski, Max"]
[Black "Denby, Caleb"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2201"]
[BlackElo "2228"]
[Annotator "Griffith"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL 08.2021"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6. Ng5 Qd5 7. d4 exd3 8.
Bxd3 Qxe5+ 9. Be3 Nd7 {[#] After a rare variation of the Two Knights Caro-Kann
the players have reached a highly combative position. Black has snatched a
pawn in the center, but White has a substantial lead in development and easy
play.} ({Greed does not pay off after} 9... Qxb2 $6 10. O-O {when White's
development gives him a huge advantage.}) 10. Qe2 $5 ({The simple} 10. O-O {
followed by Rf1-e1 was also good.}) 10... Nf6 11. f4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qc5 13. Bc4
e6 14. O-O-O Be7 15. a3 $5 {An interesting idea, with the idea of playing
Bd2-b4.} Nd5 16. f5 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 O-O 18. Bxd5 {Perhaps not an outright
blunder, but I feel that White’s position goes from pleasant to "tough to
play" after this transformation.} exd5 19. f6 Bf5 $1 {Black correctly assesses
that f6xg7 is never scary for him, and that counterplay in the center will be
far more important.} 20. Rhe1 d4 21. fxg7 $2 {Now White is in a lot of trouble,
but the tide was already turning rapidly.} Rfe8 $1 22. Qxe8+ Rxe8 23. Rxe8+
Kxg7 24. Rd2 {[#] Black is better due to the attacking prospects of his queen
and light squared bishop.} d3 $1 25. Be3 Qc4 26. Re5 Bg6 27. Rc5 Qe4 $6 ({
Perhaps better to play} 27... Qe6 {here.}) 28. Rxd3 Qxg2 29. Rd1 Qxh2 30. Bd4+
Kf8 31. Be5 Qf2 32. Bd6+ Kg7 33. Rc3 Qe2 34. Bc5 a6 35. b3 h5 36. Bd4+ f6 37.
Rd2 Qe1+ 38. Rd1 Qe4 39. Rc4 Qf3 40. Rc3 Qf4+ 41. Be3 Qg4 42. Rg1 Qe4 43. Kb2
h4 44. Ba7 Qe5 45. Rh1 {[#] In this position Black has all the winning chances;
in fact, he has a winning shot here which he finds a move later. Now Denby
finishes off the game with a rare endgame pawn storm, lethally compromising
the safety of the white king.} Bf5 $6 46. Rxh4 Bxc2 $1 {Black spots it on the
second attempt.} 47. Bd4 Qg5 48. Rh1 Qd5 49. Rg1+ Bg6 50. Be3 a5 $1 {Now the
game gets very messy, with the evaluation swinging back and forth. Denby pulls
the win out after a long struggle.} 51. a4 b5 $1 52. axb5 cxb5 53. Rc7+ Kf8 54.
Bh6+ Ke8 55. Re1+ Be4 56. Rcc1 Qd4+ 57. Ka2 f5 58. Be3 Qd3 59. Kb2 b4 60. Rc8+
Kf7 61. Rc7+ Ke6 62. Bf4 Qd4+ 63. Kc1 Qa1+ 64. Kd2 Qb2+ 65. Ke3 Qxb3+ 66. Kd2
a4 67. Rg1 Qb2+ 68. Ke3 Qb3+ 69. Kd2 Kd5 70. Rg6 Qb2+ 71. Ke1 Bd3 72. Rd6+ Ke4
73. Bd2 Qe5 74. Bf4 Kxf4+ 75. Kd2 0-1

[Event "Vezerkepzo GM Mix 2021"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "2021.06.24"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Mishra, Abhimanyu"]
[Black "Juhasz, Agoston"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[Annotator "Watson"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2021.06.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CL 08.2021"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The following game is an example of in-depth preparation combined with
persistently aggressive play.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 {
The Russian System never goes completely out of favour against the Grunfeld.}
dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2 {This leads to less forcing play than} (8. e5)
8... b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Bb7 (10... Be6 {is a popular alternative here,
tested in many high-level encounters.}) 11. e5 Nfd7 12. Be3 e6 {Played more
often than} (12... Nxe5 {in recent years, although that move also scores
reasonably well.}) 13. O-O Qc7 14. Rad1 (14. a4 {is more popular, but White
has an original idea in mind.}) 14... Nxc5 15. Qa3 Ncd7 16. Qe7 Rc8 {All known
theory; Black intends ...Nxe5.} ({A recent game went} 16... Qc8 17. a4 bxa4 (
17... Nxe5 $5) 18. Nxa4 Bc6 19. Qh4 Qb7 20. Ng5 h6 21. Nf3 h5 {Hakemi,A (2316)
-Mosadeghpour,M (2498) Teheran 2021, and here} 22. Ng5 $1 Bxe5 (22... Nxe5 23.
Bxh5 $1) 23. Nc5 Nxc5 24. Bxc5 {has the idea} Re8 $2 25. Bxh5 $1 gxh5 26. Qxh5
Be4 27. Nxe4 Qxe4 28. Rfe1 {, etc.}) 17. Ne4 $1 {A new idea which guarantees
lasting complications; this is deep and practical preparation on Mishra's part.
} (17. a4 bxa4 {and}) (17. Ng5 Nf8 $1 {are known continuations which have been
satisfactory for Black in practice.}) 17... Qd8 $1 {This insightful move
solves the main problems in Black's position and guarantees that White's
e-pawn will fall.} ({White's first point is that} 17... Bxe4 $2 18. Ng5 {
has no good reply:} Nf8 (18... Rf8 19. Nxe4 Bxe5 20. Bf3 $1 Bxh2+ 21. Kh1 {
with too many threats}) 19. Qxc7 Rxc7 20. Nxe4 $16 {with the idea} Bxe5 $2 (
20... Nc6 21. f4) 21. Rd8 Kg7 22. f4 $1 Bxb2 23. Nd6 {, winning.}) 18. Qxd8+
Rxd8 19. Bg5 Rf8 20. Nd6 {This has the double threat of Nxb7 and Be7. White
will win the exchange, although Black has correctly realized that he will have
decent counterplay.} (20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. exf6 {is a reasonable option, with
slightly better chances for White}) 20... Bd5 21. Be7 Nc6 $5 {It's very hard
to react to new problems over the board.} (21... Nxe5 22. Bxf8 Kxf8 {is a
little easier, when Black has a pawn and bishop pair for the exchange. Then}
23. a4 Nxf3+ 24. Bxf3 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Bxb2 26. axb5 axb5 27. Nxb5 Nc6 $11 {
might follow.}) 22. Bxf8 Nxf8 $2 (22... Kxf8 $1 {is correct. Then} 23. Ne4 $1
Ndxe5 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 (24... Nxe5 25. Nc5 $1) 25. Nc3 Bxc3 26. bxc3 Rc8 {should
be fine for Black, but this wasn't easy to foresee.}) 23. Ng5 $5 ({Tricky and
ambitious, in Mishra's style. In fact,} 23. Rc1 $1 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. Nc8
$1 {with the idea of Ne7+ or Nb6 is very difficult for Black, for example,}
Bxb2 26. Ne7+ Kg7 27. Nxd5 exd5 28. Rc2 Bf6 29. Rfc1 {, when White has all the
chances.}) 23... Nxe5 24. f4 Nc4 25. Bxc4 $6 {Again, Mishra chooses the most
ambitious route, trying to sweep up the f-pawn and then swing a knight to e5.}
({Objectively,} 25. Nxc4 bxc4 (25... Bxc4 $2 26. Bxc4 bxc4 27. Rf2) 26. Bf3 $14
{was better, when} Bxf3 27. Nxf3 Bxb2 28. Rf2 c3 29. Ne5 $1 {isn't clear, but
leaves White with the better chances.}) 25... bxc4 26. Ngxf7 Bxb2 $1 {Black's
strong passed c-pawn makes up for his material deficit.} 27. Ne5 c3 28. Ndc4 {
A nice reorganization.} Rb8 $2 {This seems promising, but Black needed to
regain his material immediately by} (28... Bxc4 $1 29. Nxc4 c2 30. Nxb2 cxd1=Q
31. Rxd1 Rc8 $11) 29. Rf2 $1 {Well calculated. White threatening Nxb2 followed
by Rb1. Suddenly the pawn is blockaded and White's knights are as good as
Black's bishops.} Be4 30. Nd3 Bxd3 31. Rxd3 Rc8 {[#]} 32. Ne3 $1 {Mishra
doubtless saw this many moves in advance. Black had been counting upon} (32.
Nxb2 $2 c2 $1 33. Rxc2 Rxc2 34. Rb3 Nd7 $11) 32... Rc5 33. Rc2 e5 {There's
nothing better, for example,} (33... Ra5 34. Nd1 $1 Rxa2 35. Nxc3 Ra1+ 36. Kf2
{will win for White, and slow play such as}) (33... a5 34. Rd4 Kg7 35. Rc4 Rb5
36. Nd1 {is also hopeless.}) 34. Rd5 $1 Ne6 35. Rxc5 Nxc5 36. Nd1 Nd3 (36...
Na4 37. fxe5 Kf7 38. Kf2 Ke6 39. Ke2 Kxe5 40. Kd3 Kd5 41. Rf2 $1 {and White's
rook penetrates.}) 37. Nxc3 exf4 38. Rd2 Bxc3 39. Rxd3 Bb4 40. Kf1 g5 41. Rd7
a5 42. Ke2 g4 43. Rd4 f3+ 44. gxf3 gxf3+ 45. Kxf3 {In this game, Mishra's
preparation and superior calculation in the critical position led to victory.}
1-0

[Event "Vezerkepzo GM Mix 2021"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "2021.06.30"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Black "Mishra, Abhimanyu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Watson"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2021.06.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CL 08.2021"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{The wild game that broke the record wasn't Mishra's best, but illustrates
both his fearlessness and tenacity.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5.
e3 O-O 6. Rc1 c5 7. dxc5 Be6 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Be2 Qa5 {A position that goes back
to Boleslavsky in the 1940s.} 10. Ng5 (10. O-O dxc4 {is another branch.}) 10...
Nd8 $1 {Remarkable preparation. This is an original move in a well-known
position that forces White to think on his own.} (10... Rad8 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12.
Qa4 {is an old main line that is okay for Black but gives him almost no
winning chances.}) 11. Bg3 $5 {White spent a long time on this move, which
isn't particularly ambitious.} ({After the game, Mishra mentioned his
preparation} 11. Nxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd5 Nxf4 13. exf4 Qxc5 {with compensation.
Black's rooks can centralize and ...Ne8-d6 is a thematic idea.}) 11... dxc4 12.
Nxe6 Nxe6 13. Qa4 Qxc5 (13... Qxa4 14. Nxa4 Ne4 $11 {is also fine.}) 14. Bxc4
Qb6 {White has the bishop pair, but Black is activating his rooks a bit faster.
This move covers e6 and hits b2.} 15. Qb3 {Safe.} (15. O-O Qxb2 $5 (15... Rfc8
{is solid}) 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Be5 {is more interesting, when} Qb6 18. Rb1 Qc5
19. Bd4 {might follow.}) 15... Qxb3 16. Bxb3 (16. axb3 Rfc8 17. Ke2 a6 {
gives Black enough play.}) 16... Nc5 17. Ke2 (17. Bc2 {, covering d3, is
natural, but then} Nh5 $1 {has the idea} 18. O-O $2 (18. Bb1 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Rfc8
20. Ke2 {is roughly equal}) 18... Nxg3 19. hxg3 Bxc3 $1 20. bxc3 Rac8 {with a
clear advantage.}) 17... Nxb3 18. axb3 Rfd8 19. Rhd1 {Not a very promising
position for a must-win game! But Mishra has a considerable time advantage and
just plugs away.} Ne8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rd1 (21. Ra1 a6 22. b4 {is
straightforward and arguably more practical..}) 21... Rxd1 22. Kxd1 Nf6 (22...
f5 $5 23. f3 Kf7) 23. Kc2 Nd7 {White's doubled b-pawns are a theoretical
weakness; they shouldn't really be a problem, but at least there's an
imbalance of sorts.} 24. b4 f5 {Bringing the king into the center.} 25. Nb5 $1
a6 26. Nc7 Kf7 27. b5 a5 $1 {Objectively no better than ...axb5, but it avoids
simplification.} 28. Nd5 Nc5 29. Bc7 a4 30. f3 Ke6 31. Nc3 $2 {White had very
little time here.} (31. Nb6 $1 {was the easiest way to cut Black's king off
from the center and target a4, perhaps with the idea Bg3-e1-b4.}) 31... Bxc3 $1
{A smart transformation, after which Black has most of the winning chances.}
32. Kxc3 Kd5 33. Bd8 e5 34. Be7 Nb3 (34... e4 $5 {was worth a try, intending ..
.Nd3 in most cases.}) 35. h3 $6 (35. Kb4 Nd2 36. Kxa4 Nc4 $1 {prevents Ka5-b6.
White would need to find} 37. Bg5 $1 Nxb2+ 38. Ka5 Nc4+ 39. Kb4 {, when he is
holding.}) 35... e4 $1 36. fxe4+ fxe4 $5 (36... Kxe4 $1 {improves. Black feared
} 37. Kb4 {, but} Nd2 38. Kxa4 (38. Bg5 $1) 38... Nc4 {is strong, cutting off
the threat of Ka5-b6. Then} 39. Bg5 Nxe3 40. Bxe3 Kxe3 41. Ka5 f4 42. Kb6 Kf2
43. Kxb7 Kxg2 44. b6 f3 45. Kc6 f2 46. b7 f1=Q 47. b8=Q Qc4+ 48. Kd7 Kxh3 {
is doubtless drawn with perfefct play, but could be torturous for White in
extreme time pressure.}) 37. Kb4 Nd2 38. Bf6 h5 $5 {A little crazy, but
wonderfully brave. This game is Black's last chance to secure the title, so he
takes a big risk. I wonder if he already had an inkling about the tactical
idea towards the end of the game.} ({Instead,} 38... Nc4 39. Bd4 {leaves Black
with no serious winning try, e.g.,} Nd2 40. Bc3 (40. Kxa4 Kc4) 40... Nf1 41.
Bd4) 39. Kxa4 $1 Kc4 40. Ka5 {Now the problem of Kb6 and winning the b-pawn is
extremely intimidating, and it's hard to imagine that White isn't winning.}
Nb3+ 41. Kb6 Nc5 42. Bd4 (42. Be7 Na4+ 43. Kxb7 Kxb5 44. b3 {is also strong.})
42... Nb3 43. Bf6 Kb4 44. Kxb7 $2 {With no time left, White doesn't realize
that interpolating} (44. h4 $1 {first would make it easier to defend all of
his kingside pawns after taking on b7. Black doesn't have anything to do.})
44... Kxb5 45. Kc7 {Suddenly there's no obvious winning path, e.g.,} (45. h4
Na1 $1 46. Bg5 Kc4) 45... Kc4 46. Kd6 Kd3 $2 (46... Na1 {is objectively better,
but only drawn.}) 47. Bg5 {Now Ke5-f6 is a huge threat.} Nd2 $1 {Setting one
final trap.} 48. Ke5 $4 {[#]} (48. b4 $1 {wins:} Kc4 (48... Nc4+ 49. Ke6 Nxe3
50. b5 Nc4 51. Kf6 e3 52. Bxe3 Kxe3 53. Kxg6 Kf2 54. Kxh5 Kxg2 55. Kg4 {
and the knight can't stop both pawns}) 49. Ke5 Kxb4 50. Kf6 Kc4 51. Kxg6 Kd3
52. Kxh5 Nc4 53. g4 Nxe3 54. Bd8) (48. Ke6 {will also do the trick}) 48... Nf3+
$3 {Now 38...h5 looks like a move of genius.} 49. gxf3 $4 {With seconds per
move, White grabs the knight.} (49. Kf4 $1 Nxg5 50. Kxg5 Kxe3 51. b4 {should
draw, although I'm sure Mishra would have kept trying after} Kf2 52. b5 e3 53.
b6 e2 54. b7 e1=Q 55. b8=Q) 49... exf3 50. Bh4 g5 $1 {I imagine that White
missed this.} 51. Bf2 (51. Be1 Ke2 52. Ke4 g4 $1 53. hxg4 hxg4 {and Black wins.
}) 51... Ke2 52. b4 (52. Bg1 Kf1) 52... Kxf2 53. b5 Kxe3 54. b6 f2 55. b7 f1=Q
({White resigns, in view of} 55... f1=Q 56. b8=Q Qf4+ $19 {What a crazy way to
beome the youngest GM ever!}) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-04"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1931.07.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sultan Khan, Mir"]
[Black "Matisons, Hermanis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1931.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL 08.2021"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 d5 6. Ne5 Bd6 7. f4 O-O 8. Qf3
Nfd7 9. Qh3 f5 10. Ndf3 Nf6 11. Bd2 Ba6 12. Rg1 Bxd3 13. cxd3 Qe8 14. Ke2 Nbd7
15. Qh4 c5 16. Bc3 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Nc5 18. g4 Bxe5 19. Nxe5 fxg4 20. Nxg4 Nxg4
21. Rxg4 g6 22. Rag1 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2021.06.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 1"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/8/5Q2/8/6r1/5bPq/5R1P/5RK1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL 08.2021"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2021.06.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 2"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "b6k/8/8/6r1/8/4N1Pq/3Q1B1P/5RK1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL 08.2021"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2021.06.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 3"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "b7/6k1/8/8/4n3/5qP1/4Q2P/4RRK1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL 08.2021"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2021.06.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 4"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r3rk1/6b1/8/2P5/q7/2N1Q3/1P6/1KR3R1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL 08.2021"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2021.06.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 5"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/8/1q6/8/8/8/5nPP/1Q3RK1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL 08.2021"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2021.06.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 6"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/6b1/8/6Q1/2p5/qPr5/P1P5/K1R3R1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL 08.2021"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "Rilton Cup 20th"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "*Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Weindl, Alfred"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Watson"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "1990.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CL 08.2021"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. c3
Qe8 9. Re1 Kh8 10. a4 Ng8 11. a5 a6 12. Bc2 f6 13. Bh4 Ne7 14. Nc4 Bh6 15. Ba4
Qf7 16. Ne3 Nb8 17. Bb3 Qg7 18. Qe2 Nbc6 19. Qc4 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 g5 21. Bg3 f5
22. exf5 Nxf5 23. Ree1 g4 24. Nh4 Nxg3 25. hxg3 exd4 26. Bc2 Bd7 27. Rad1 Qf7
28. Qd3 Qxf2+ 29. Kh2 Qf7 30. Rh1 dxc3 31. Qxc3+ Qf6 32. Qd3 Qg7 33. Kg1 Ne5
34. Qc3 Rf6 35. Qxc7 Rc8 36. Qxb7 Rxc2 37. Rxd6 Rc1+ 38. Kh2 Rxh1+ 39. Kxh1
Rxd6 40. Qb8+ Qg8 41. Qxd6 Qe8 42. Qxa6 Qe6 43. Qa8+ Kg7 44. a6 Ng6 45. Nxg6
Kxg6 46. a7 Bc6 47. Qf8 Qd5 48. Qf2 Kg7 49. b4 Kg6 50. Kh2 Qh5+ 51. Kg1 Qf5 52.
Qd2 Qd5 53. Qf2 Qe4 54. Qd2 Kf7 55. b5 Bd5 56. b6 h5 57. Kh2 Ke8 58. Qb2 Kf7
59. Qd2 Bc6 60. Qa2+ Qd5 61. Qc2 Qe4 62. Qa2+ Ke7 63. Qd2 Qd5 64. Qf2 Kd7 65.
Qb2 Ba8 66. Qc2 Qc6 67. Qd3+ Ke7 68. Qd2 Qxb6 69. Qg5+ Qf6 70. Qc5+ Qd6 71.
Qg5+ Kf8 72. Qf5+ Kg7 73. Qxh5 Qh6 74. Qh4 Kg6 75. Kg1 {[#]} Qxh4 76. gxh4 g3
77. h5+ Kxh5 78. Kh1 Kg5 79. Kg1 Kf4 80. Kh1 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rilton Cup 33rd"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "2004.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "*Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Lukin, Andrei M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[Annotator "Watson"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "2003.12.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CL 08.2021"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be3
Na6 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Bd4 Nfe4 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Nd2 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 Qd7
15. Nf3 a6 16. Ne5 Qd6 17. Nd3 Ne4 18. Rb3 Rc4 19. Nf4 b5 20. Rd3 Qc6 21. Be3
Nf6 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Rc2 25. Rd2 Rxd2 26. Qxd2 Rd8 27. Rc1
Qe6 28. Qa5 h5 29. a4 Rd5 30. axb5 Rxb5 31. Qd2 Bf6 32. b4 Rd5 33. Rc8+ Qxc8
34. Qxd5 Qg4 35. Qa8+ Kh7 36. Qxa6 Qxb4 37. Qd3+ g6 38. Kg2 Qc3 39. Qd7 Kg7 40.
Qb7 Qc4 41. Qf3 Qe6 42. h3 Qf5 43. Qa8 Qb5 44. Qe4 Qe5 45. Qb7 Qe6 46. Qa8 Qf5
47. Qa4 Qd5+ 48. Kg1 Qe5 49. Kg2 Qd5+ 50. Kh2 Qe5 51. h4 Qb2 52. Qa6 Qa1 53.
Qb7 Qe5 54. Qf3 Qc3 55. Kg2 Qe5 56. Bf4 Qd4 57. e3 Qd8 58. Qc6 Qe7 59. Qf3 Qe6
60. Bg5 Be5 61. Qb7 Qd6 62. Qe4 Qc7 63. Bf4 Bxf4 64. Qxf4 Qc6+ 65. e4 Kg8 66.
Qe5 Qc4 67. Qd5 Qe2 68. Qd4 Kh7 69. Qe5 Kg8 70. Qf4 Kg7 71. Qf3 Qc4 72. Qe3 Kg8
73. Kf3 Kg7 74. Qd2 Kg8 75. Ke3 Qb3+ 76. Qd3 Qb6+ 77. Qd4 Qc7 78. Kd3 Qc1 79.
e5 Qc6 80. Ke3 Qe6 81. Qd8+ {[#]} Kg7 (81... Kh7 $11) 82. Qf6+ Qxf6 83. exf6+
Kxf6 84. Kf4 Ke6 (84... Kg7 85. Ke5 f6+ 86. Ke6 f5 (86... g5 87. f4) 87. f4 Kg8
88. Kf6 Kh7 89. Kf7 Kh6 90. Kg8 g5 91. hxg5+ Kg6 92. Kf8) 85. Kg5 Ke7 (85...
Ke5 86. f3 Ke6 87. f4) 86. f3 (86. f4 $2 Ke6) 86... Kf8 (86... Ke6 87. f4 Ke7
88. f5 gxf5 89. Kxf5) 87. Kf6 Kg8 88. f4 Kf8 89. f5 gxf5 90. Kxf5 Kg7 91. Kg5
1-0

[Event "Montreal 8th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2007.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "*Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "Watson"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2007.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CL 08.2021"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Na5 11. Bd3 b6 12. Rc1 e5 13. dxc5 Be6 14. c4 bxc5
15. Bxc5 Bh6 16. f4 Re8 17. f5 Qc7 18. Bf2 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Nxc4 20. Nc3 Nb2 21.
Nd5 Qxc1 22. Nf6+ Kg7 23. Nxe8+ Rxe8 24. f6+ Kg8 25. Qxc1 Bxc1 26. Rxc1 Nd3 27.
Rc3 Nxf2 28. Kxf2 h5 29. Rc6 {[#]} Re6 (29... Rd8 $11) (29... g5 $11 30. Ra6
Kh7 31. Rxa7 Kg6 32. Ra6 g4 $11) 30. Rxe6 fxe6 31. g4 $3 hxg4 32. Kg3 Kf7 33.
Kxg4 Kxf6 34. Kh4 $1 a5 35. a4 Ke7 (35... Kf7 36. Kg5 Kg7 37. h3 $1 Kf7 38. Kh6
Kf6 39. h4 $1 Kf7 40. Kh7 Kf6 41. Kg8 $18) 36. Kg5 Kf7 37. Kh6 Kf6 38. h4 Kf7
39. Kh7 Kf6 40. Kg8 1-0

[Event "Sea Harbor Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Anapa RUS"]
[Date "2021.06.13"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "8.01 Goganov, A."]
[Black "Nesterov, Arseniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2021.06.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CL 08.2021"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,55,28,16,16,6,9,6,9,-30,-32,5,47,12,27,3,2,10,17,22,22,-19,-19,9,16,8,
30,17,28,19,11,8,25,14,25,25,26,25,3,12,9,9,86,63,65,84,81,99,104,76,90,90,200,
200,407,446,446,446]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O
Nc6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3 Rb8 9. Nfd2 e5 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. d5 Ne7 12. Nxc4 Nf5 13.
Nc3 Nd6 14. Qe2 O-O 15. Rac1 Bd7 16. Rfd1 Re8 17. b3 g6 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4
Bg7 20. d6 Bb5 21. Qf3 Bxc4 22. dxc7 Qxc7 23. Rxc4 Qe7 24. Rdc1 Red8 25. Bd5 h5
{[#]} 26. Rc7 $1 Rd7 ({This is the defense, Black had counted on when he
entered this line. The alternatives are not pretty, for instance,} 26... e4 27.
Bxf7+ Kh7 28. Qxh5+ gxh5 29. Rxe7) ({or} 26... Qf6 27. Qxf6 Bxf6 28. Bxf7+ {
, in both cases Black is completely lost.}) 27. Qxf7+ $1 {Exploiting the
overburdened black queen.} Qxf7 28. Rxd7 {and Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.12"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "8.02 Saduakassova, D."]
[Black "Yip, Carissa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CL 08.2021"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,53,27,13,66,77,79,86,74,58,64,61,58,54,67,56,105,37,103,89,127,115,
102,103,81,76,219,198,247,110,110,137,320,232,239,238,238,238,254,312,296,301,
344,341,341,257,257,279,271,303,412,432,610,702,763,756]} 1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3.
Nc3 d6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 Nd7 6. Nf3 b5 7. Bd3 Nb6 8. h4 h6 9. e5 b4 10. Ne4 Nd5
11. exd6 exd6 12. Bf4 Nxf4 13. Qxf4 Bf8 14. O-O Be6 15. Rfe1 Qd7 16. Nf6+ Nxf6
17. Qxf6 Rg8 {[#]} 18. d5 $1 ({White completely tears open Black's king
shelter. Another, more or less, equally strong option is} 18. Rxe6+ $5 fxe6 19.
Bxg6+ Rxg6 20. Qxg6+ Qf7 21. Qd3 {and White should win.}) 18... cxd5 19. Bb5 $1
({Or} 19. Rxe6+ fxe6 20. Bb5 {which transposes to the game.}) 19... Qxb5 20.
Rxe6+ $1 {The breakthrough.} fxe6 21. Qxe6+ Kd8 22. Qxg8 Kc7 23. Nd4 Qe8 24.
Qxd5 {White is easily winning.} Rb8 25. Ne6+ Kd7 26. Re1 Qc8 27. Nd4 {and
Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "followchess.com"]
[Date "2021.06.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "8.03 Krishnakumar, Sriram"]
[Black "Rozman, Levy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "1981"]
[BlackElo "2343"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL 08.2021"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,70,19,28,71,65,73,58,45,24,30,27,73,22,27,28,16,9,2,-3,-4,-18,-3,2,0,
-28,-9,-21,1,3,13,-15,11,-2,-2,-5,3,4,14,4,0,-55,-67,-32,-43,-54,-8,-42,-31,
-26,-33,-33,-36,-76,-18,-2,-3,-60,-62,-637,-622,-617,-619,-1024,-1060,-1070,
-1095,-2121,-2150,-2150,-1306,-1357,-1390]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4.
c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb3 Bg7 9. Nge2 Nc6 10. Be3 Na5 11.
d5 Nxb3 12. Qxb3 O-O 13. O-O Bg4 14. f3 Bf5 15. Rfd1 Rc8 16. Nd4 Nc4 17. Nxf5
gxf5 18. Bd4 Bxd4+ 19. Rxd4 Qc7 20. Rc1 Qe5 21. Rdd1 Ne3 22. Re1 Qd4 23. Ne2
Qd2 24. Kf2 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 f4 26. g3 Nxd5 27. Rd1 Qe3+ 28. Ke1 {[#]} fxg3 $3 {
A brilliant strike.} 29. Rxd5 $2 ({White's best was} 29. hxg3 {when} Qxb3 30.
axb3 e6 {leads to an endgame that Levy should win without problems.}) ({
If the queen captures, Black also wins} 29. Qxd5 g2 $1 {and the g-pawn queens.}
) 29... Qf2+ 30. Kd2 gxh2 $1 {A nasty passed pawn with can only be stopped by
exposing the white king to harrassment from Black's pieces.} 31. Rg5+ Kh8 32.
Rh5 {Stopping the pawn. Now The black rook joins the fun.} Rd8+ 33. Kc1 Qe1+
34. Kc2 Qd1+ (34... Qxe2+ {obviously also wins.}) 35. Kc3 Rd3+ {and White
resigned.} 0-1

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "followchess.com"]
[Date "2021.06.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "8.04 Boekhoff, Andrew"]
[Black "Gledura, Benjamin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2278"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL 08.2021"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,70,28,39,21,25,10,19,7,-7,-1,-1,9,-30,-9,-9,-9,-31,12,-11,3,13,19,14,
29,29,10,26,49,39,42,31,40,-8,10,19,70,60,48,58,127,65,64,53,69,32,70,68,44,15,
39,3,0,0,0,26,49,-46,22,-18,-15,-1,0,-255,-231,-247,-263,-29993,-29994,-29995,
-29996,-29997,-29998]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bb3
h6 7. O-O a6 8. Re1 Ba7 9. Nbd2 g5 10. Nf1 g4 11. N3d2 h5 12. Nc4 h4 13. Be3
Bd7 14. Bxa7 Nxa7 15. Qe2 Qe7 16. Qe3 Nc6 17. d4 Rh5 18. d5 Nd8 19. a4 Nh7 20.
Bc2 Ng5 21. Ncd2 f6 22. a5 Qh7 23. Ba4 Ndf7 24. c4 g3 25. fxg3 hxg3 26. Qxg3
Nh3+ 27. Kh1 Nf4 28. Qe3 Bxa4 29. Rxa4 O-O-O 30. g3 Rh8 31. Nf3 {[#]} Ng5 $1 ({
The only way; Black wants to remove the white defender from f3 to make the
attack on the h-file extra dangerous. After} 31... Nh3 32. Re2 {White survives.
}) 32. Nh4 Ng6 $1 {Now the knight on h4 will be forcefully removed.,} 33. Nxg6
({A better chance of staying in the game was} 33. Re2 Nxh4 34. gxh4 Rxh4 {
although this too is winning for Black.}) 33... Rxh2+ {Now Black forces mate.}
34. Kg1 Rh1+ 35. Kf2 Qh2+ $1 {Nice conclusion to the game. White resigned as
he will be mated on the next move.} 0-1

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "followchess.com"]
[Date "2021.06.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "8.05 Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Black "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL 08.2021"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,59,25,21,28,-7,7,3,5,30,35,21,20,-10,-10,10,15,16,18,19,21,-17,-11,
-43,-43,-36,-34,-60,-37,2,2,16,0,-6,-9,-51,-7,-147,-15,-15,28,-17,28,-54,27,
-248,-37,-67,5,99,99,99,101,0,103,-95,183,183,647,647,29993,29994]} 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.
Ne2 Qc7 10. Ba2 b6 11. O-O Ba6 12. Bb2 Nc6 13. Rc1 Na5 14. c4 cxd4 15. Qxd4
Rfd8 16. Qh4 Qe7 17. Ng3 Rd2 18. Bc3 Rxa2 19. Nh5 Nd5 20. Qg3 f6 21. cxd5 e5 {
[#]} 22. Bxe5 $1 {Opening the c-file for the rook on c1 which will makes its
entry into the game shortly.} fxe5 ({Or} 22... Bxf1 23. Rc7 {and it is game
over for Black.}) 23. d6 $1 {The queen has to keep the g7-pawn protected so it
has to cede the control of the 7th rank to White's rook on c1.} Qf8 24. Rc7 Kh8
25. Rxg7 {Note how Black's pieces are lined up on the a-file.} Nc6 26. Rc1 {
Bringing the other rook into the attack.} Rd8 27. h3 {Avoiding the
embarrassing 27.Rxc6 Ra1+ with mate.} Rxd6 28. Rxc6 Ra1+ 29. Kh2 Rxc6 30. Rg8+
{and Black resigned before he would get mated after 30...Qxg8 31.Qxe5+.} 1-0

[Event "Gelfand Challenge 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.06.10"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "8.06 Shuvalova, Polina"]
[Black "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2021.06.10"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CL 08.2021"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,56,31,31,42,41,28,33,50,39,24,10,49,49,34,28,32,26,26,26,70,65,73,36,
52,33,35,-12,-5,-55,-43,-40,-39,-48,-12,-37,-38,-128,-119,-107,18,-44,-172,
-182,-145,-538,-577,-522,-629,-1395,-1420,-1650,-1502,-1565,-2103,-29987,
-29990,-29997,-29998]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6.
exd5 exd5 7. Ngf3 O-O 8. O-O Bxc5 9. Nb3 Be7 10. h3 Nc6 11. Re1 Re8 12. c3 Ne4
13. c4 Bb4 14. Rf1 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Qf6 16. a3 Bf8 17. Re1 Bf5 18. Nbd2 Rad8 19.
Qa4 {[#]} Nxf2 $1 {Black has other excellent moves but this direct shot is the
best.} 20. Kxf2 Bc5+ 21. Kf1 Rxe1+ ({In the game, Black continued less
accurately with} 21... Qd6 $2 22. Rxe8+ $2 (22. Ne4 $1 {was necessary when
White would have had survival chances}) 22... Rxe8 23. Qb5 a6 24. Qb3 Qg3 25.
Bxf7+ Kh8 26. Ne4 Rxe4 27. Be3 Rxe3 28. Qd5 Re1+ {and White resigned before
she would have gotten mated on the next move.}) 22. Kxe1 Qd6 $1 {Black is
slowly but surely targeting the white king which is without any ability to
defend himself.} 23. Nf1 {Stopping ...Qg3+ but opening the central files.} Re8+
24. Be2 Rxe2+ 25. Kxe2 Bd3+ 26. Ke1 Qe6+ {and it is soon over for White.} 0-1

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "followchess.com"]
[Date "2021.06.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "8.07 Kaidanov, Gregory"]
[Black "Matviishen, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL 08.2021"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,64,19,31,23,-7,13,26,46,49,54,55,55,22,23,35,17,18,18,18,19,21,38,18,
19,17,13,4,22,28,13,32,20,19,17,12,16,-13,-13,-77,-121,-225,-217,-226,-209,
-168,-190,-189,-160,-168,-168,-234,-195,-494,-518,-1016,-1074,-1129,-1257,
-1264,-1278,-2423,-2463,-2858,-3278,-2858,-29988]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6
4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Be2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Bd3 c5 11.
cxd5 exd5 12. Qe2 a6 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. Rac1 Rfe8 15. Bf5 Rad8 16. Rc2 b5 17.
dxc5 Nxc5 18. Rcd2 Ne6 19. Ra1 {[#]} d4 $1 20. Nxd4 ({An important alternative
is} 20. exd4 {, when Black continues} Bxf3 21. gxf3 (21. Qxf3 {runs into} Nxd4
$1 {and Black is winning because of the back rank mate.}) 21... Nd5 $3 22. Ne4
({or} 22. Nxd5 Qg5+ $1) 22... Bxh2+ 23. Kxh2 Qh4+ 24. Bh3 Nef4 25. Qf1 Re6 26.
Ng3 Rh6 {and Black is winning.}) 20... Nxd4 21. exd4 Bxh2+ 22. Kh1 ({Or} 22.
Kxh2 Qd6+ {, winning White's queen.}) 22... Qd6 23. Qd3 b4 24. Na4 Bf4 25. Rc2
Ne4 $1 {Black keep pouring fuel on the fire.} 26. Qh3 Ng5 27. Qh4 Bxg2+ $1 {
Boom!} 28. Kxg2 Qd5+ 29. Kf1 Qxf5 {Shockingly, Black is , despite he several
sacrifices up on material.} 30. Rc5 Qd3+ 31. Kg2 Qf3+ 32. Kf1 Nh3 {and White
resigned before he would get mated.} 0-1

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "followchess.com"]
[Date "2021.06.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "8.08 Gareyev, Timur"]
[Black "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL 08.2021"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,45,16,23,29,-14,3,-3,33,-16,16,7,10,5,5,12,17,3,60,50,94,51,71,59,20,
-1,96,33,51,-29,-44,-20,57,93,127,170,138,185,207,241,29981,29984,29985,29986,
29987,29988,29989,29990]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O
6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 d5 8. Bg5 Be7 9. e3 Nc6 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. h4 Rc8 12. Kb1 a6
13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bd3 Nxc3+ 15. Qxc3 h6 {[#]} 16. Bc2 $3 {Clearing the
d3-square for the queen to create a double-threat on h7 and d7.} hxg5 ({
An important alternative is} 16... f5 {when White continues the attack in the
following fashion:} 17. Bb3 $1 hxg5 18. hxg5 {White's attack is direct and
building. The decisive strike does not come immediately but is coming for
certain.} Kf7 19. Rh7 Rg8 20. Qd3 Ke8 ({or} 20... Rc7 21. Qxf5+ Ke8 22. Qg6+
Kf8 23. Rh4 {and it is over for Black.}) 21. e4 {Opening files and diagonals
toward the black monarch.} Na5 22. exf5 Nxb3 23. Qxb3 Qc7 24. f6 gxf6 25. gxf6
Bxf6 26. Rdxd7 {and Black is finished.}) 17. hxg5 f5 18. gxf6 Bxf6 ({Or} 18...
Rxf6 19. Qd3 g6 20. Rh6 {and Black will not survive for long.}) 19. Qd3 Qb6 20.
Rh8+ $1 {Forcing mate.} Kf7 21. Ng5+ $1 (21. Qxd7+ {will also win for White
but the text move leads in a direct path to checkmate.}) 21... Bxg5 22. Qg6+
Ke7 23. Qxg7+ {and Black resigned; there is mate in a few moves.} 1-0

[Event "Superbet Classic 2021"]
[Site "Bucharest ROU"]
[Date "2021.06.13"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "8.09 Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2021.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CL 08.2021"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,124,19,31,72,53,68,48,79,46,64,56,43,32,32,6,77,68,68,46,58,44,56,43,
90,56,56,58,82,90,80,55,41,41,41,40,34,34,73,12,41,50,41,30,23,24,37,37,41,26,
50,41,26,26,0,-50,30,-8,-8,5,9,-7,-11,-39,-35,-55,-29,-47,-46,-32,-29,-4,-33,
-10,-18,-40,-37,-40,-43,-36,-65,-103,-98,-104,-101,-105,-100,-109,-99,-99,-95,
-124,-108,-101,-95,-101,-81,-166,-166,-166,-163,-164,-163,-180,-180,-175,-169,
-165,-165,-165,-162,-165,-165,-165,-165,-144,-60,-63,-1,-141,-117,-141,-397,
-447,-525,-602,-780]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6.
Be2 Ngf6 7. O-O e6 8. Rd1 Be7 9. Nc3 Qc7 10. a4 O-O 11. a5 Rd8 12. Be3 Ng4 13.
Bg5 Ngf6 14. Qc4 Qxc4 15. Bxc4 b5 16. axb6 Nxb6 17. Be2 Bb7 18. Nd2 Rd7 19. Bd3
Rc7 20. f3 d5 21. Be3 dxe4 22. Ndxe4 Nfd5 23. Bd4 f6 24. b3 Kf7 25. Nxd5 Nxd5
26. Bc4 a5 27. c3 g5 28. Ra4 f5 29. Ng3 Bc5 30. Bxc5 Rxc5 31. Bxd5 Bxd5 32. c4
Bc6 33. Ra3 a4 34. Rda1 Rg8 35. bxa4 g4 36. f4 Rxc4 37. Ne2 Rb8 38. R3a2 Bd5
39. a5 Rcb4 40. Rd2 Rb2 41. Rad1 Rxd2 42. Rxd2 Ra8 43. Nc3 Rxa5 44. Kf2 Bc6 45.
Nd1 Ra4 46. g3 Ra1 47. Nb2 Rh1 48. Nd3 Rxh2+ 49. Ke3 Rxd2 50. Kxd2 Ke7 51. Ne5
Kd6 52. Ke3 Kd5 53. Kd3 Be8 54. Ke3 h5 55. Nd3 Kc4 56. Ne5+ Kc3 57. Nd3 h4 58.
gxh4 g3 59. Ne5 Bh5 60. Nd7 {[#]} e5 $1 ({But not} 60... Kc2 $4 61. Nf6 $1 Bd1
62. h5 e5 63. Nd5 $1 {and White saves himself}) ({Note that} 60... Bg4 61. Nf6
(61. Ne5 {Black has to play} Bh5 {when} ({whereas} 61... Bd1 62. Nf3 $1 g2 63.
Ng1 {leads to a draw.}) 62. Nd7 e5 {leads to the game continuation}) 61... e5
$1 62. Nxg4 exf4+ 63. Kf3 fxg4+ 64. Kg2 Kd4 {also wins for Black, but}) 61.
Nxe5 Kc2 $1 62. Nd3 Kd1 {White is in zugzwang and resigned. If the knight
moves then Black has ...Ke1 followed by ...Kf1 and promotion of the g-pawn.}
0-1

