[Event "Meltwater Tour Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.10.01"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2855"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2021.09.25"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qb6 7. Be3 Nxd4 8.
a4 Nxb5 9. Bxb6 axb6 10. Nd2 Nd6 11. e5 Ndf5 12. Ne4 Nc6 13. g4 Nh4 14. f4 h5
15. h3 hxg4 16. hxg4 d5 17. exd6 Ra5 18. c4 f5 19. b4 {[#]} Nxb4 20. d7+ Bxd7
21. Nd6+ Bxd6 22. Qxd6 Nc6 23. Rad1 Bc8 24. g5 Ng6 25. Rf2 Kf7 26. Qc7+ Nce7
27. Rd8 Rxd8 28. Qxd8 Rxa4 29. Qc7 e5 30. fxe5 Be6 31. Qxb7 Rxc4 32. Qxb6 Nxe5
33. Re2 Rc6 34. Qe3 N5g6 35. Kh2 Bc4 36. Rb2 Re6 37. Qf3 Re4 38. Rb7 Be6 39.
Kg1 Rg4+ 40. Kh2 Rxg5 {[#]} 41. Rb6 Bd5 42. Qe3 Rg2+ 43. Kh3 Rg4 44. Kh2 f4 45.
Qd4 Rg5 46. Rd6 f3 47. Rd7 Rf5 48. Qg4 Be6 49. Rd1 Ne5 50. Qh4 f2 51. Kg2 Bd5+
52. Kf1 Bc4+ 53. Kg2 f1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-14 Final A"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1960.10.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Ghitescu, Theodor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1960.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5
O-O 9. Nd2 Nxe4 10. Bxe7 Nxc3 11. Bxd8 Nxd1 12. Be7 Re8 13. Nc4 Nxb2 14. Nb6
Rxe7 15. Nxa8 Na4 16. O-O-O Nc6 17. Rxd6 Be6 {[#]} 18. Bf3 g6 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20.
Rxc6 Ra7 21. Nc7 Bd7 22. Rc4 Nb6 23. Rb4 Rxc7 24. Rxb6 Bb5 25. Re1 Rc5 26. Re3
Kg7 27. Rb7 e4 28. Rxe4 Bc6 29. Rbe7 Bxe4 30. Rxe4 h5 31. c4 f5 32. Rd4 Kf6 33.
f4 Ke6 34. Kc2 Rc8 35. Kc3 Rb8 36. c5 Rb1 37. Rd6+ Kf7 38. Rxa6 Rc1+ 39. Kd4
Rc2 40. g3 Rxh2 41. Kd5 Rg2 42. c6 Ke7 43. Ra8 1-0

[Event "Moravska Ostrava Masters"]
[Site "Moravska Ostrava"]
[Date "1923.07.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4k3/8/2p5/P1Pp2Kp/3Bp2P/6P1/4bP2/8 w - - 0 53"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "1923.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,107,28,10,25,29,21,8,25,11,16,-3,25,-1,8,5,-20,-9,-9,-27,-37,-27,-29,
-28,-66,-66,-66,-57,-48,-66,-55,-51,-51,-45,-22,-59,-31,-39,-27,-25,-29,-8,-11,
10,14,5,14,18,36,46,52,49,49,69,82,89,90,90,90,99,95,138,112,119,121,67,67,84,
143,139,168,168,186,180,213,213,202,204,217,234,243,247,241,243,246,246,258,
256,256,257,254,196,230,155,158,170,169,168,168,169,265,171,162,162,240,261,
268,246,255,255] [#]} 53. g4 hxg4 (53... Bxg4 54. a6) 54. h5 (54. h5 Kf7 55. h6
Kg8 56. Kg6) 1-0

[Event "Moravska Ostrava Masters"]
[Site "Moravska Ostrava"]
[Date "1923.07.17"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C33"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2b5/p4B2/1qPQ2nk/5pp1/8/7P/P3r2P/2R4K b - - 0 36"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "1923.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,76,14,25,21,5,-2,-17,-26,-1,-19,-42,-2,-13,-24,-56,-21,-14,-6,-11,0,
-23,0,-60,-55,-57,-8,-7,7,4,-7,-14,2,-1,0,7,23,32,53,11,52,-16,106,-46,-7,-54,
50,65,17,0,-11,0,0,0,27,13,-84,-223,-224,-290,-326,-555,-60,-59,-59,-79,-53,
-278,-333,-362,-425,-431,-412,-447,-545,-29995,-29992,-29997,-29998] [#]} 36...
Be6 37. Bxg6 (37. Bxe6 Qe3) 37... Qf2 38. Qg3 Bd5+ 0-1

[Event "Moravska Ostrava Masters"]
[Site "Moravska Ostrava"]
[Date "1923.07.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wolf, Heinrich"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5q2/p4rk1/1p1p3p/2pPp1p1/2P1P1n1/3QB1P1/P1P3KP/4R3 b - - 0 58"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "1923.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,124,21,21,21,20,14,14,8,8,8,25,23,12,6,7,2,-2,27,9,29,28,45,42,42,10,
22,4,19,-3,15,6,14,18,35,29,34,29,29,11,23,19,28,20,15,6,25,14,12,13,7,-28,-25,
-23,-36,-79,-70,-93,-100,-163,-173,-179,-68,-101,-71,-87,-50,-50,-28,-50,-50,
-64,-57,-57,-49,-90,-53,-64,-60,-67,-47,-49,-44,-40,-35,-59,-51,-65,-67,-76,
-80,-72,-68,-78,-57,-63,-47,-96,-40,-45,-44,-45,-43,-45,-45,-44,-50,-61,-50,
-51,-40,-41,-40,-114,-135,-123,-123,-1329,-1495,-1571,-1638,-1681,-1712,-2140,
-29978,-29993,-29994] [#]} 58... Rf2+ 59. Bxf2 Qxf2+ 60. Kh3 Nxh2 61. g4 h5 62.
Rg1 Qxg1 0-1

[Event "Moravska Ostrava Masters"]
[Site "Moravska Ostrava"]
[Date "1923.07.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Hromadka, Karel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1k6/4b3/1pn1p3/1Np1Pp2/2P2Pp1/1P2K1P1/3N4 b - - 0 81"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "1923.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,172,20,8,8,8,20,28,31,11,8,-44,-47,-28,-29,-9,-14,-55,-32,-4,12,7,26,
10,1,-17,-5,0,38,7,90,104,102,73,104,33,111,79,43,3,3,13,5,8,0,0,0,0,9,-27,-18,
-36,-29,-29,-37,-57,-57,-47,-53,-50,-42,-72,-72,-79,-79,-73,-68,-86,-76,-74,
-75,-89,-66,-79,-55,-59,-30,-30,-34,-50,-41,-34,-35,-31,-33,-33,-33,-52,-33,
-34,0,-34,0,-8,0,-17,-23,-21,-24,-21,-24,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-31,-34,
-21,-24,-21,-21,-21,-21,-23,-24,-21,-24,-21,-27,-27,-27,-27,-27,-41,-28,-27,
-27,-27,-27,-27,-27,-27,-28,-27,-27,-24,-27,-46,-73,-72,-84,-83,-100,-100,-100,
-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-97,-113,-108,-107,-108,-108,-97,-108,-108,-171,-188,
-262,-262,-326,-326,-326,-326,-326,-172,-430,-451] [#]} 81... Nxe4 82. fxe4
Bg4+ 83. Ke1 Bxd1 84. Nd5 (84. Kxd1 f3) 84... Bc2 85. Nf6 Bd3 86. Ng4 Bxe4 0-1

[Event "Moravska Ostrava Masters"]
[Site "Moravska Ostrava"]
[Date "1923.07.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Selezniev, Alexey Sergeevich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C91"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r4k1/1r4p1/p2pb2p/4p3/1Pp1P2P/2PnR1P1/P7/R1BN2K1 b - - 0 36"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "1923.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,74,21,21,20,14,8,20,28,-3,11,11,8,-2,4,-26,-10,-10,4,5,37,44,49,43,51,
17,26,21,44,25,69,31,76,5,7,5,6,24,24,-63,-86,-70,-61,-67,-65,-82,-79,-67,-84,
-117,-127,-167,-167,-161,-97,-121,-101,-100,-100,-114,-106,-99,-106,-89,-105,
-155,-154,-147,-85,-144,-175,-224,-197,-256,-235,-575,-614] [#]} 36... Rf7 (
36... Rf8 {[%cal Gb7f7]}) 37. Nb2 Rbf8 0-1

[Event "Moravska Ostrava Masters"]
[Site "Moravska Ostrava"]
[Date "1923.07.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pokorny, Amos"]
[Black "Gruenfeld, Ernst"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/p3bk2/1pp3p1/5b2/P1P1Np2/1P2nP2/1q1NQ3/1B5K b - - 0 54"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "1923.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,108,14,27,27,14,50,39,32,15,52,52,44,40,52,41,32,-1,65,29,32,12,67,42,
75,79,76,69,82,48,50,34,23,16,49,21,54,44,39,40,46,14,9,2,4,3,26,6,-6,-3,-7,
-32,-25,-45,1,-186,-68,-189,-195,-188,-152,-185,-147,-235,-143,-161,-166,-233,
-233,-244,-186,-250,-192,-192,-212,-419,-402,-397,-369,-486,-514,-865,-182,
-178,-144,-220,-211,-239,-187,-224,-254,-249,-249,-248,-230,-248,-235,-310,
-269,-284,-221,-275,-157,-207,-277,-266,-232,-266,-266,-473,-359] [#]} 54...
Bxe4 (54... Qc1+ 55. Kh2 Bh4) 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.03.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "ex 1"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Tatev"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2k5/8/1pP5/1P1K4/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.29"]

{[%evp 0,19,1012,1012,1022,29954,29957,29962,29963,29964,29967,29970,29971,
29972,29973,29974,29979,29980,29981,29982,29983,29984]} {[#]} 1. c7 $3 {
The key to winning this position is capturing the b6-pawn. White must get rid
of the protected passed pawn to be able to shoulder the enemy king.} ({
Conventional methods don't work, i.e.,} 1. Kd6 {the conventional methods don't
work} Kd8 2. c7+ Kc8 3. Kc6 {stalemate.}) ({Clever triangulation attempts
aren't helpful either. After} 1. Kd4 Kd8 2. Kd5 Kc8 {Black can simply wait.
The key is to be able to meet K(d5)-d6 with ...K(c8)-d8.} 3. Ke5 Kc7 ({but not
} 3... Kd8 $4 4. Kd6 Kc8 5. c7 Kb7 6. Kd7 {promoting the pawn}) 4. Ke6 Kc8 5.
Kd6 Kd8 6. c7+ Kc8 7. Kc6 $11 {and again it's stalemate.}) 1... Kxc7 2. Ke6 {
Shouldering the king.} Kb7 3. Kd7 Kb8 4. Kc6 Ka7 5. Kc7 Ka8 6. Kxb6 {[#] This
is a theoretical win. You should memorize this rule: the king on the sixth
rank in front of the pawn is a win (except for rook pawns), regardless of
where the pawn is and whose turn it is. Naturally the same is true for the
black king on the third rank.} Kb8 7. Ka6 {This is the most accurate move, as
there are some tricks left in the position.} ({After} 7. Kc6 Ka7 $1 {gives
White a chance to err. This is a nice trick to know, as you might find
yourself on the losing side:} 8. b6+ $4 ({instead} 8. Kc7 Ka8 9. Kb6 {and
White has to go back to the initial position to win this endgame} (9. b6 $11 {
stalemate})) 8... Ka8 $1 9. b7+ Kb8 10. Kb6 $11 {stalemate.}) 7... Ka8 8. b6
Kb8 9. b7 Kc7 10. Ka7 {And the pawn promotes on the next move.} *

[Event "American Cup Finals"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.03.26"]
[Round "32.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "Tatev"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r2q1rk1/pb3ppp/1p3n2/2p1N3/1n6/1PN1P1Q1/P2PB1PP/2R2RK1 b - - 0 17"]
[PlyCount "4"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.29"]

{[%evp 0,4,15,243,238,227,223]} {[#]} 17... Qxd2 $4 {This pawn grab
immediately loses. Do you see why?} 18. Rfd1 Qb2 19. Nc4 {Those pesky
backwards knight moves! So resigned as the black queen is trapped.} 1-0

[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.02.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "100 Jahre Schach"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,77,19,31,14,1,32,-16,-11,-13,15,-14,-18,-11,12,10,18,22,2,-2,15,14,15,
20,16,28,31,44,61,44,60,54,52,18,95,73,47,47,75,153,136,136,108,157,154,154,
124,114,142,148,232,195,212,198,198,188,419,403,403,393,393,394,394,394,394,
394,393,376,357,414,409,351,336,328,328,338,340,278,380,384]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4
c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O d6
10. Bf4 Nh5 11. e3 Nxf4 12. exf4 Bd7 13. Qd2 Qb8 14. Rfe1 g6 15. h4 a6 16. h5
b5 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Nc5 dxc5 19. Qxd7 Rc8 20. Rxe6 Ra7 21. Rxg6+ fxg6 22. Qe6+
Kg7 23. Bxc6 Rd8 24. cxb5 Bf6 25. Ne4 Bd4 26. bxa6 Qb6 27. Rd1 Qxa6 28. Rxd4
Rxd4 29. Qf6+ Kg8 30. Qxg6+ Kf8 31. Qe8+ Kg7 32. Qe5+ Kg8 33. Nf6+ Kf7 34. Be8+
Kf8 35. Qxc5+ Qd6 36. Qxa7 Qxf6 37. Bh5 Rd2 38. b3 Rb2 39. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. d5 c4 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. Bc2 Bb7 13. O-O Qc7 14. Ng5 Nc5 15. e5
Qxe5 16. Re1 Qd6 17. Qxd6 Bxd6 18. Be3 O-O 19. Rad1 Be7 20. Bxc5 Bxc5 21. Nxe6
Rfc8 22. h3 Bf8 23. g4 h6 24. f4 Bf3 25. Rd2 Bc6 26. g5 hxg5 27. fxg5 Nd7 28.
Nxf8 Nxf8 29. Rd6 b4 30. Ne4 Be8 31. Ng3 Rd8 32. Nf5 Rxd6 33. Nxd6 Bg6 34. Bxg6
Nxg6 35. Nxc4 Rd8 36. Re4 b3 37. axb3 Rd3 38. Kg2 Rxb3 39. h4 Nf8 40. Re8 1-0

[Event "Kyiv"]
[Site "Kyiv"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lipnitsky, I."]
[Black "Kanevsky"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Lipnitsky"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1kb1r2r/2p5/pppbq3/4p3/4Pnp1/2N1QP2/PPPR2P1/1K1RN1B1 w - - 0 24"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "Lipnitsky Games"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.26"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.26"]

24. Rxd6 cxd6 25. Qxb6+ Bb7 26. Na4 Rh7 27. Qa7+ Kc8 ({If} 27... Kc7 {, then}
28. Bb6+ Kc8 29. Ba5 {and then Nb6+. The idea of the combination thought up by
White consists in the manoeuvre Bg1-b6-a5 and then Nb6+.}) 28. Bb6 Qc4 29. b3
Qe2 30. Kc1 Rc7 {Black tries to appease his opponent with sacrifices. But
White continues his manoeuvre.} 31. Ba5 Kd7 32. Nc5+ {Now this sacrifice is
decisive.} Ke7 33. Bxc7 dxc5 34. Qxb7 {Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "USA-URS AF"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lipnitsky, I."]
[Black "Nekkerman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[Annotator "Lipnitsky"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1946.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Lipnitsky Games"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.26"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Qa5 {Leading to
the loss of several tempi.} ({Better is} 6... e6 {.}) 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. Nb3 Qb6 9.
O-O a6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Be2 e6 12. a4 Na5 13. Nxa5 ({After the routine} 13. Nd4
Nc4 14. Bc1 Be7 15. b3 Ne3 16. Bxe3 Qxc3 {Black could have been satisfied with
his position.}) 13... Qxa5 14. Qd4 Rc8 15. b4 Qc7 16. Ra3 Be7 17. f4 O-O {
Diagram [#]} 18. e5 $1 {Seizing the initiative and preparing an unexpected
combination.} dxe5 19. fxe5 Nd5 20. Nxd5 exd5 {Diagram [#]} 21. Bh6 Be6 ({On} 
21... gxh6 22. Rg3+ Bg5 23. h4 Rce8 24. hxg5 Qxe5 25. Qh4 {White gains an
irresistible attack.}) 22. Rg3 g6 23. Bxf8 Bxf8 24. Bg4 Bg7 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26.
Rg5 Qe7 ({Or} 26... Qxc2 27. Qg4 {etc.}) 27. Rg3 Rc4 28. Qa7 Bxe5 29. Qa8+ Kg7
30. Rgf3 Qxb4 {There is no salvation.} ({On} 30... Rxb4 {there follows} 31. Qc8
{. (Author's note: For the sake of objectivity (with the full moral support of
the 'iron friend'!), I will disagree with the respected commentatory - the
position that has arisen is objectively perfectly defensible for Black, but
the capture on b4 with the queen indeed gives White an irresistible attack 
(incidentally, the quiet 30...Rc7 was also possible). Black only had to
renounce the magic of the word 'queen', and then display the necessary
accuracy:} a5 $1 {. Then, for instance, possible is} 32. Rf7+ Qxf7 33. Rxf7+
Kxf7 34. Qd7+ Kf6 35. Qd8+ (35. Qxh7 Bd6) 35... Kf7 36. Qxa5 Rc4 37. Qb5 Rc7
38. Qb6 Ke7 {.)}) 31. Rf7+ Kh6 32. Qg8 Rc7 33. Qxh7+ Kg5 34. Rxc7 Qb6+ 35. Kh1
Qxc7 36. h4+ Kg4 37. Qxg6+ Kxh4 38. Rf7 {Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Berlin"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Richter, K."]
[Black "Lipnitsky, I."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1946.??.??"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Lipnitsky Games"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.26"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. g4 Bxg4 8.
Bxg4 Nxg4 9. Ne6 fxe6 10. Qxg4 Nc6 11. Ne2 e5 12. c3 Qd7 13. Qg3 O-O-O 14. Be3
Qe6 15. O-O Rdf8 16. b4 Kb8 17. f3 Qc4 18. Qe1 h5 19. a4 Rf7 20. b5 Nd8 21. Qf2
Rhf8 22. Bxa7+ Ka8 23. Qb6 Qxe2 24. Rf2 Qd3 25. Qa5 Nc6 26. bxc6 Qa6 27. Qxa6
bxa6 28. Rb1 Kxa7 29. Rb7+ Ka8 30. Rfb2 Bh6 31. Rd7 e6 32. Rbb7 Rxd7 33. Rxd7
Be3+ 34. Kg2 Bc5 {(...)} 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch18"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lipnitsky, I."]
[Black "Sokolsky, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[Annotator "Kopaev/Lipnitsky"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "Lipnitsky Games"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.26"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.26"]

{The game Lipnitsky-Sokolsky forces a reconsideration of the variation} 1. d4
Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qe7 {.} ({Khvalchev,
against Serebriinsky, continued} 6... Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 Ne4 {and equalised.
}) 7. O-O Bxd2 8. Qxd2 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Qf4 $1 {This move had
been encountered previously, but for some reason it had been considered that
it does not give White anything.} d5 ({Unattractive is} 11... Bxf3 12. Bxf3 c6
13. d5 $1 {.}) 12. Rac1 Na6 ({The pressure on the c-file is very tangible. Bad,
for instance, is} 12... c5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Qe5 $1 Qxe5 16. Nxe5
Bxg2 17. Kxg2 {.}) ({Or} 12... Rc8 13. Bh3 $1 {with the threat of Nd2 and
c4xd5.}) 13. cxd5 Bxd5 ({Or} 13... exd5 14. Rc6 {.}) 14. Ne5 {The exchange of
light-squared bishops reveals the weakness of Black's queen's flank.} Bxg2 15.
Kxg2 c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. b4 $1 {Diagram [#] and White has the advantage. After
} Qb7+ 18. f3 Nd7 19. Nc6 {Black incautiously played} Nb8 $2 {on which there
followed} 20. Nd8 Qe7 21. Qe4 {winning.} Nd7 22. Qxa8 Rxd8 23. Qxa7 Qg5 24.
Rfd1 Nf8 25. h4 Qf6 26. Qxb6 Ra8 27. a4 Qb2 28. Kf2 g6 29. Qd4 Qb3 30. Rc7 e5
31. Qc4 Qxc4 32. Rxc4 Rxa4 33. Rc8 Kg7 34. Rb1 1-0

[Event "DSO Spartak-ch"]
[Site "Dzintari"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Beilin, M."]
[Black "Lipnitsky, I."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Annotator "Lipnitsky"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1950.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "Lipnitsky Games"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.26"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Bg5 h6 {"After this move White obtains a
lasting initiative." "This is rightly considered unsatisfactory, since Black's
two bishops do not fully compensate for White's advantage in space." In the
light of the latest achievements of theory and practice, these pronouncements
of Alekhine sound highly controversial today. With a transposition of moves
one of the basic positions of the Ragozin Defence is obtained.} 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6.
Nc3 Bb4 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. Ne5 Bd7 9. Nxc6 ({White sees through the trap in time:
on} 9. Nxd7 $2 {there follows not 9...Kxd7, but} Qxd4 $1 {. For instance,} 10.
Qc2 Qxc4 {with two extra pawns for Black.}) 9... Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Bxc6 11. Qb3
dxc4 12. Qxc4 O-O {Diagram [#] Whereas for Black the opening is already over,
White still has significant difficulties with the development of his king's
flank.} 13. f3 {The only way to complete the mobilisation of his forces. After
13.e3 White could not have developed his light-squared bishop in view of the
vulnerability of his g2-pawn.} e5 {An obvious reply. Black aims to open lines
as soon as possible, so as to gain the possibility of exploiting his advantage
in development for a direct attack.} 14. d5 $6 ({The move} 14. e4 {created
somewhat greater difficulties for Black, since in this case it would have been
harder for him to open lines. But after} Qg5 $1 {(there are other ways too)
White's situation remains difficult. If} 15. d5 {, then} Bd7 {followed by ...
c7-c6!} 16. Qxc7 {is impossible on account of} Qe3+ {.}) 14... Bd7 15. Qxc7 ({
Since after} 15. e4 c6 $1 {White all the same cannot prevent the opening of
the c-file, then for the time being he compensates himself with a pawn.
Attacking the bishop, White perhaps believed that on the next move he would
all the same have time to play e2-e4. However, he falls 'out of the frying pan
into the fire'. In beginning a fight without having any reserves near at hand,
White essentially predetermines its outcome, since all the courage of his
queen is not enough to resist Black's perfectly-mobilised army.}) 15... e4 $1 {
In positions of this sort, such moves tend to be available. Now White's dream
of uniting his pawns in a single chain by means of e2-e4 is already
unrealisable.} 16. Rc1 {Directed against the move ...Rc8, but this proves
insufficient.} Rac8 $1 {The beginning of a combination leading to a win 9
moves later.} 17. Qxd7 {Diagram [#]} e3 $3 {Black's whole idea is based on
this quiet move. The march of the black pawn from e6 to e3 permits the almost
complete 'walling in' of White's entire king's side. First and foremost the
move ...Qf6-d4! is threatened.} 18. Qa4 {White eliminates this threat and
includes the queen in the defence.} ({An amusing mating finale could have
taken place after} 18. Qxb7 Rxc3 19. Qb2 Rfc8 20. Rxc3 Rxc3 21. g3 Rb3 $3 {
, and White can resign.}) 18... Rxc3 19. Rd1 Rfc8 20. g3 Rc1 21. Bh3 Rxd1+ ({
In a difficult position White had set a cunning trap. On the tempting} 21...
Qc3+ 22. Kf1 Qd2 {there follows} 23. Bxc8 $3 Rxd1+ 24. Kg2 Qxe2+ 25. Kh3 {
(the king follows the route paved by its officer)} Rxh1 26. Qe8+ Kh7 27. Bf5+ {
with a rapid mate.}) 22. Qxd1 Qc3+ {The c-file is the broad thorougfare along
which Black's heavy pieces penetrate into the opponent's rear.} 23. Kf1 Qd2 $1
{The only path to victory.} ({After the exchange of queens the black e-pawn
would have fulfilled its mission to the end, transforming into a new queen
after (} 23... Qd2 {)} 24. Qxd2 exd2 25. Kf2 Rc1 {.}) 24. Kg2 {Diagram [#]} Rc1
$3 {Completing Black's idea.} ({White resigned, now wishing to be mated in two
moves after (} 24... Rc1 {)} 25. Qxc1 Qxe2+ {and 26...Qf2#. The game was
awarded a special prize as the best in the tournament.}) 0-1

[Event "URS-ch18"]
[Site "Moskva"]
[Date "1950.12.05"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Lipnitsky, I."]
[Black "Smyslov, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[Annotator "Lipnitsky"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1950.11.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "Lipnitsky Games"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.26"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3
({Possibly,} 8. Rc1 {should be played first and only after this Bd3, in order
that on the move of the black knight to b4 the white bishop can retreat to b1,
without thereby blocking in its own rook.}) 8... Nb4 {Many considered this
last move of Black to be artificial, but it has definite justification, the
more so since in so doing a Black does not lose a tempo. The b4-knight
restricts White, but if he chases it away with a2-a3, then with this he
weakens his own queen's flank, which in some cases can be exploited by Black.}
9. Bb1 O-O ({Quieter here is} 9... Bd7 {.}) 10. a3 Nc6 11. Qd3 Bd7 12. h4 {
In many variations White must reckon with the defensive move ...g7-g6. In this
case with the further advance of the h-pawn White will open a file for his
king's rook.} Qb6 {Smyslov immediately goes over to the counter-attack on the
queen's side, since White's threats had become very dangerous.} 13. Ne5 $1 {
Diagram [#] Not only bringing the knight into the attack, but also giving the
possibility of the move f2-f3, since in many variations the move ...Ne4 was
highly unpleasant for White. In passing White sets a cunning trap.} Rfd8 ({
The capture of the pawn on b2 appeared very tempting, since after} 13... Qxb2
$5 14. Nxd7 Ne4 $1 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 {Black has in reserve} g6 $1 {
, and White is forced to part with one of his rooks.}) ({But instead of 16.
Qxe4 White intended (} 13... Qxb2 14. Nxd7 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 {)} 16. Ra2 $3 {
, and only after} Qxa2 17. Qxe4 {, threatening mate as well as the win of the
queen. In this case after} f5 18. Bxa2 fxe4 19. Bxe6+ {White is left with an
extra pawn.}) ({Nor is Black helped, in answer to (} 13... Qxb2 14. Nxd7 Ne4
15. Nxe4 dxe4 {)} 16. Ra2 {by} Bb4+ 17. Kd1 $1 ({but not} 17. axb4 Qxb4+ 18.
Qd2 Qxb1+ {etc.}) 17... Qxa2 18. Bxa2 ({now} 18. Qxe4 $4 {would lead to mate -}
Qd2#) 18... exd3 19. axb4 Rfd8 20. Nc5 Nxb4 21. Bb1 {, and again White should
win.}) 14. Ra2 ({This 'ugly', difficult to find move, is probably strongest,
whereas the normal} 14. b4 {was only to Black's advantage.}) 14... Kf8 ({
The black king hurries to distance itself from the danger zone, although it
was still possible to play} 14... Rac8 $1 {, since on} 15. g4 {Black had the
possibility, by means of} Nxe5 16. dxe5 Ne4 17. f3 Bb5 $3 18. Qc2 (18. Nxb5
Rc1+ 19. Ke2 Rxh1 20. fxe4 Rxb1) 18... Ba4 $3 19. Qd3 Bb5 $3 {, to force an
interesting and unique method of repeating the position.}) ({Clearly after} 
14... Rac8 {White is not forced to play 15.g4 and could first cover the
e4-square with the move} 15. f3 {.}) 15. g4 {Diagram [#]} Nxe5 {This leads to
a difficult position, but it is not easy to recommend anything different.} 16.
dxe5 Ne4 17. f3 Nxc3 18. Qxh7 {An important zwischenzug.} Ke8 19. bxc3 {
It unexpectedly transpires that the rook stands excellently on a2.} Rdc8 20.
Kf2 {Defending the b1-bishop with the rook, White simultaneously removes the
king to a safe place. Already the capture on g7 is threatened.} Bf8 {Diagram 
[#] It could appear that White's attack has been repulsed, while in his camp
there are many weaknesses. But after} 21. g5 $1 {it transpires that at e8 the
black king has not found a secure haven. 22.g6 followed by Bg5 is threatened.}
Rc4 22. Kg3 {Parrying the threat of 22...Rxf4; moreover, at g3 the white king
is defended against all attacks.} Kd8 23. Qg8 Kc7 24. Qxf7 Bc5 25. Bd3 {
White seizes the c-file by force, continuing the pursuit of the black king.}
Rxc3 26. Rb1 Rb3 ({Or} 26... Qa5 27. Bb5 Rd8 28. Bxd7 Rxd7 29. Rxb7+ {etc.})
27. Rc1 Qa5 ({On the capture of the piece} 27... Rxd3 {,} 28. Rac2 {is
immediately decisive.}) 28. Rac2 b6 29. Qe7 $1 {White realises his advantage
most simply by winning the queen for 2 rooks.} Rxd3 30. Rxc5+ bxc5 31. Rxc5+
Qxc5 32. Qxc5+ Bc6 33. Qd6+ Kb6 34. a4 ({After} 34. Qxe6 Rxa3 {the game could
still have been prolonged.}) 34... Re8 35. g6 {Bringing the bishop into play.}
a5 36. Bg5 {This is decisive. The threat is 37.Bd8+, winning material.} Rc8 37.
Bd8+ Kb7 38. Qe7+ Kb8 39. Bxa5 Rb3 40. Bb4 d4 41. Bd6+ Ka8 42. Qxe6 {Black
resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2022.12.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2834"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "King"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2022.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.29"]

{[%evp 0,69,15,-37,-26,-18,-13,-20,-11,-26,12,-20,-1,-17,-9,-7,8,3,6,8,8,21,24,
8,18,7,14,-1,17,-25,-22,-41,-5,-16,-5,-6,-11,-10,-16,-15,-60,-56,-21,-37,-43,
-12,-20,-21,26,-53,-14,-66,-75,0,0,0,0,48,48,49,49,56,54,47,44,44,121,125,125,
125,278,286]} 1. b3 {In recent years this (Nimzo-)Larsen Opening has been
increasingly trendy. Its appeal is similar to that of the London System: White
aims for a solid but complex position that doesn't require much theoretical
knowledge.} e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 {A natural move which is catching
up in popularity to the main line 4.Bb5.} Bd6 5. c4 O-O 6. d3 Re8 7. a3 a5 8.
Be2 Bf8 9. O-O d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 {The structure has clarified into a reversed
Hedgehog structure - just the kind of flexible, rich middlegame that Carlsen
often aims for out of the opening.} 11. Nbd2 f6 12. Qc2 Bf5 13. Rfe1 Bg6 {[#]}
14. g4 $5 {Announcing the intention to attack on the kingside. This plan is
especially familiar to fans of GM Bobby Fischer, who employed it in a very
similar position in a 1970 game against GM Ulf Andersson.} Qd7 15. Kh1 {
The g-pawn is taboo due to 16.Nxe5, and indeed the e5-square remains
vulnerable throughout the rest of the game.} Rad8 16. Ne4 Kh8 17. Rad1 Bf7 18.
Rg1 Nb6 19. Rg3 a4 {Black seeks counterplay on the queenside, but since both
kings are on the kingside, White's attack has a bigger potential payoff.} 20.
bxa4 Na5 21. Rdg1 Bd5 $2 {This turns out to be an unstable square for the
bishop. Better was the consistent 21...Nxa4.} 22. g5 $1 f5 23. Nc3 $2 (23. Nf6
$1 {was already possible. After} gxf6 24. gxf6 {and White has several powerful
threats including 25.e4 and 25.f7. A possible continuation is} Qc6 25. Qd2 Nb3
26. Qd1 Qxf6 27. e4 $1 fxe4 28. dxe4 Bf7 29. Nxe5 $1 {winning spectacularly.})
23... Bc6 24. e4 Nxa4 25. Nxa4 Bxa4 26. Qc3 Nc6 27. g6 {[#] The advanced
g6-pawn introduces new attacking ideas for White such as Ng5-f7+.} Nd4 28. Ng5
Nxe2 29. Nf7+ $2 ({Here} 29. Qc4 $1 {was the right way, when after} Nxg3+ 30.
Rxg3 {Black is helpless despite his extra rook.}) 29... Qxf7 $1 30. gxf7 Nxc3
31. fxe8=Q Bxe8 $2 ({The stronger} 31... Rxe8 {would keep the important
e5-pawn protected.}) 32. Bxc3 Bg6 ({The only hope was} 32... Bc6 {, attempting
to defend the difficult endgame after} 33. Bxe5 Rxd3 34. Rxd3 Bxe4+ 35. f3 Bxd3
36. Bxc7 {.}) 33. exf5 Bxf5 34. Bxe5 {The culmination of the strategy White
initiated on the second (!) move.} Bxd3 35. Rxg7 $1 {Returning the exchange to
set up a deadly windmill, which Abdusattorov didn't bother tilting at.} 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid (Women)"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2022.12.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Black "Savitha Shri, B.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[Annotator "King"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2022.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.29"]

{[%evp 0,72,15,15,20,-11,-10,17,5,-23,-3,4,25,24,17,17,51,46,59,37,45,36,42,22,
16,21,32,-9,36,24,76,63,148,138,113,0,23,40,62,48,29,43,85,94,80,88,140,133,52,
68,90,62,62,17,63,-433,18,-621,-484,-767,-362,-366,-380,-392,-402,-402,-392,
-427,-530,-697,-716,-730,-761,-774,-826]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5
exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c6 8. Nge2 Bg4 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. f3 Bh5 11. Nf4
Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. O-O-O {Castling on opposite sides sets the stage for
both sides to initiate all-or-nothing pawn storms against the enemy king.} b5 {
More to the point was the immediate 13...c5, opening up the center as well as
the c-file.} 14. Kb1 b4 15. Na4 {Here White's "knight on the rim" actually
contributes effectively to the defense of her castled position.} c5 16. dxc5
Qa5 17. h4 Rac8 18. Qb3 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 Rxc5 20. g4 Rfc8 21. h5 gxh5 22. gxh5 {
[#] Black has clearly fallen behind in the attacking race, and now, facing an
impending crisis, she makes the practical decision to mix things up.} Ne4 $5
23. Bxe4 $2 ({Correct was} 23. fxe4 $1 Bxg5 24. exd5 {, when the d-pawn is
untouchable (due to Bd3-h7+) and dangerous.}) 23... Bxg5 24. Bxd5 Qc7 $1 {
Introducing ideas of ...Rc5-c2 and ...a7-a5.} 25. f4 Bf6 26. h6 g6 27. Qd3 $2 (
27. Be4 {would prevent the resource in the following note.}) 27... Kh7 $2 ({
Immediately winning was} 27... Rxd5 $1 {due to} 28. Qxd5 Qc2+ 29. Ka1 Qxb2#)
28. Qd2 $2 ({Here again} 28. Bb3 {would defend the tender c2-square.}) 28...
Rc2 $1 29. Qxb4 Rxb2+ 30. Qxb2 Bxb2 31. Kxb2 Qc3+ 32. Kb1 {[#] Perhaps White
thought she was safe here after Bd5-b3 covering the b-file, but Black has an
a-pawn for that...} a5 $1 33. Bb3 Rb8 34. Rd4 a4 $1 35. Rc1 Qxe3 36. Rxa4 Rxb3+
$1 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid (Women) (tiebreak)"]
[Site "Almaty, Kazakhstan"]
[Date "2022.12.28"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Saduakassova, Dinara"]
[Black "Tan, Zhongyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "King"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.29"]

{[%evp 0,80,20,20,35,32,24,17,20,27,15,-19,-6,4,12,17,68,51,53,52,81,74,68,52,
52,24,13,2,2,-9,38,48,43,39,120,71,71,80,94,103,88,83,95,81,98,81,95,93,91,9,
30,8,7,-29,-43,-65,-31,-110,-55,-61,-61,-85,-68,-65,-69,-71,-70,-71,-68,-62,
-62,-86,-86,-83,-56,-74,-92,-112,-124,-146,-140,-140,-70]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5
3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. c4 Bxb1 6. Rxb1 Bb4+ 7. Ke2 {White's king looks
ridiculous, but on the other hand she has my favorite positional asset: the
bishop pair.} dxc4 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. Ne5 a5 10. Nxc6 Qd7 $1 {A clutch resource to
win back the piece.} 11. a3 Bd6 12. Qxc4 Bxf4 13. exf4 bxc6 14. g3 O-O 15. Bg2
Nd5 16. Rhc1 {[#]} Nb6 $2 ({Preferable was} 16... Ne7 {, welcoming
simplification. Play continues} 17. Bxc6 Nxc6 18. Qxc6 Qxd4 {and now if} 19.
Qxc7 {then Black has an immediate perpetual with} Qe4+ 20. Kf1 Qh1+) 17. Qxc6 (
{Stronger was} 17. Bxc6 {.}) 17... Qxd4 18. Qc3 Qxc3 19. Rxc3 {Black's
queenside pawns remain disconnected and weak.} Ra7 20. Rbc1 Rc8 21. Bc6 (21.
Rc6 {was a better try to maintain pressure.}) 21... Kf8 22. a4 Ke7 23. b3 Nd5
24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Rc6 Kd7 {Black has managed to consolidate and is no longer
in danger.} 26. R6c3 $2 ({Now} 26. Kd3 {would keep Black somewhat tied down.})
26... c6 $1 {The tables have turned, and it is Black who has a more favorable
pawn structure, which she confidently exploits.} 27. Rd1 Rb7 28. Re3 Re8 29.
Rxe8 Kxe8 30. Rd3 Kd7 31. Kd2 Kd6 32. Kc3 c5 33. Kc2 d4 34. Rd1 Re7 35. Kd3 Kd5
36. Rc1 Rb7 37. Rb1 {[#]} Rxb3+ $1 38. Rxb3 c4+ 39. Kc2 cxb3+ 40. Kxb3 f5 {
Black's passed pawn secures her an easy win.} 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2022.12.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2830"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "King"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2022.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.29"]

{[%evp 0,141,20,20,32,32,31,41,28,25,33,33,18,25,42,-6,10,-28,7,3,-9,-12,1,-4,
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} 1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 {Carlsen played the Winawer himself in Almaty,
but here he faces it from the White side.} 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7.
h4 Ne7 8. h5 h6 9. Nf3 b6 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bd3 c4 12. Be2 Ba4 {Preventing
a3-a4 followed by Bc1-a3 when White's unopposed dark-squared bishop would
become active.} 13. Bf4 Na6 14. Qd2 O-O-O 15. Nh2 Kb7 16. Nf1 Qd7 17. Ne3 Nc7
18. Kf1 Nc6 19. g3 Qe8 20. Kg2 Qg8 21. Rab1 Qh7 22. Bf3 Kb8 23. Qe2 Rc8 24. Rb2
Nb5 {[#]} 25. Nxd5 $5 {The fireworks begin!} exd5 26. e6+ $2 ({Here} 26. Rxb5
$1 Bxb5 27. Bxd5 {would give White good compensation for his sacrificed rook 
(!).}) 26... Kb7 27. exf7 Qf5 28. Rb4 $5 Nxb4 29. Qe7+ Ka6 $2 ({Black passed up
} 29... Nc7 {with simple consolidation.}) 30. Qxb4 $2 ({After} 30. axb4 $1 Nxc3
31. Ra1 {the position would once again be unclear, despite Black's extra rook!}
) 30... Bxc2 31. a4 Nc7 32. Bxc7 Be4 ({The imprecise} 32... Rxc7 {would be met
with} 33. Rh4 $1 {followed by Rh4-f4, when White is fully in the game.}) 33.
Bf4 Bxf3+ 34. Kxf3 Qe4+ 35. Kg4 Qxh1 $2 (35... Qe6+ 36. Kf3 Kb7 {was the way
for Black to maintain control.}) 36. Qb5+ Kb7 37. a5 {[#] Incredibly, White is
now the one pushing to win!} Rhd8 $2 {Allowing White a wedge pawn on a6.} ({
The only move was} 37... g6 $1 {. After} 38. hxg6 Qe4 $1 39. Qd7+ Ka6 {the
position remains messy.}) 38. a6+ $1 Ka8 39. f8=Q $4 {This natural move turns
White's winning position into a losing one.} (39. f3 $1 {was a maddeningly
quiet move.} g6 40. hxg6 $1 h5+ 41. Kf5 Qxf3 42. g7 $1 Qg4+ 43. Kf6 $1 {
and White's king is safe from all checks!}) 39... Rxf8 40. Qd7 Rxf4+ $1 {
Black lands his counter-attacking blow just in time, before White has a chance
to deliver mate on b7.} 41. gxf4 Qg2+ 42. Kh4 Qxf2+ 43. Kg4 Qg2+ 44. Kh4 g5+
45. hxg6 Qh2+ 46. Kg4 h5+ 47. Kf3 Qh1+ 48. Kf2 Qh4+ 49. Kf3 Qg4+ 50. Qxg4 hxg4+
51. Kxg4 {[#] Three queens have already left the board, but all three of those
queens will soon come back to life!} b5 52. f5 b4 53. f6 bxc3 54. f7 c2 $1 55.
g7 c1=Q 56. f8=Q Qg1+ 57. Kh5 Qh2+ 58. Kg6 Qg3+ 59. Kh6 Qh4+ 60. Kg6 Qg4+ 61.
Kh6 c3 62. Qf7 Qh4+ 63. Kg6 Qe4+ 64. Kg5 Qe3+ $2 ({Only} 64... Rb8 $1 65. g8=Q
Qg2+ $1 66. Kf6 Qxg8 $1 {would leave both b7 and d5 defended!}) 65. Kh5 $1 Qe8
$2 {Missing White's reply.} ({Here} 65... Qh3+ {was necessary, accepting a
perpetual check.}) 66. g8=Q $1 {The sixth queen of the game! Black cannot
capture on g8 due to Qf7-b7#, and he cannot afford to trade on f7 either, so
he resorts to attempting a perpetual after all - but by now it is too late.}
Qe2+ 67. Qg4 $1 Rh8+ 68. Kg5 $1 Qe3+ 69. Kf6 Qh6+ 70. Ke7 Qc6 71. Qgg8+ $1 {
Forcing mate. Few games in all of chess history can match this one for pure
spectacle.} 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2022.12.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "2909"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "King"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2022.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.29"]

{[%evp 0,123,25,16,10,0,0,2,17,17,5,-5,7,0,-18,-15,-15,-25,-20,-17,-16,-19,-22,
-14,10,10,-6,9,1,0,2,20,8,-33,38,38,58,27,94,78,87,54,75,61,50,39,40,34,70,21,
21,15,37,23,42,-76,113,34,58,58,54,18,47,91,58,-134,435,486,465,84,77,89,92,88,
88,89,93,85,81,0,0,9,41,27,25,29,100,105,135,136,131,129,144,119,118,82,168,
182,178,105,158,160,165,301,300,309,316,284,295,326,351,366,510,524,538,535,
554,568,586,650,649,655,692,682,718,736]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nc3
d6 5. Na4 Bb6 6. Nxb6 axb6 7. Ne2 O-O 8. Nc3 Be6 9. O-O h6 10. h3 Nc6 11. Be3
d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Bxd5 $1 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Be6 16. Qd2 Nd4 17. Rae1
c6 18. a3 Kh7 19. Qf2 Nf5 20. Kh2 Qd4 21. Qf3 Qd7 22. a4 Rfe8 23. b3 Rad8 24.
Re4 c5 25. Qf2 Nd4 26. Be5 $2 (26. Re3 {would prevent the following note.})
26... Nc6 $2 {[#]} ({Instead} 26... Bf5 $1 27. Re3 Nxc2 $1 28. Qxc2 Bxd3 29.
Rxd3 Qxd3 {would leave Black materially slightly ahead, and counting.}) 27.
Bxg7 $5 {Nakamura seizes his chance for a sacrificial breakthrough.} Kxg7 28.
Qf6+ Kh7 29. Rh4 Qd6+ $1 30. Kh1 Qf8 31. Ne4 Qg7 32. Qf4 $2 ({Better was} 32.
Rxh6+ $1 Qxh6 33. Ng5+ Qxg5 34. Qxg5 {giving White the better side of an
unclear position.}) 32... Qg6 $2 ({Black could have blocked things up with} 
32... f5 $1 33. Ng5+ Kg8 {when White's attack is out of gas.}) 33. Nf6+ Kg7 34.
Rf3 Rd4 35. Nxe8+ Kf8 36. Qxh6+ Qxh6 37. Rxh6 Kxe8 38. Rh8+ Ke7 39. Re3 Rf4 40.
Kg1 Kf6 41. Re2 Nd4 42. Rd2 {[#]} Bd5 $2 {Missing White's reply.} (42... Kg7 {
would remain balanced.}) 43. Rh6+ $1 Kg7 44. Rxb6 {A rook versus two minor
pieces is often a delicate balance that can go either way. Here White has too
many extra pawns, but the win is not completely foolproof...} Bc6 45. a5 Rf6
46. c3 Nb5 47. Rf2 Rd6 48. Rf5 Nxc3 49. Rxc5 $2 (49. a6 $1 {leaves Black with
no time for the following trick.}) 49... Ne2+ $2 {Missing the last chance.} (
49... Nd5 $1 {would save Black's skin.} 50. Rxd5 Rxd5 51. a6 bxa6 52. Rxc6 Rxd3
53. Rxa6 Rxb3 {with a theoretical draw.}) 50. Kh2 Rg6 51. Rcxc6 $1 bxc6 52. a6
{From here Nakamura allows no more chances.} Rg5 53. b4 Nf4 54. g4 Re5 55. a7
Nd5 56. a8=Q Nxb6 57. Qxc6 Re6 58. Qc5 Nd7 59. Qd4+ Ne5 60. Kg3 f6 61. b5 Kf7
62. b6 {Black cannot keep White's passed pawns restrained.} 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz (Women)"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2022.12.30"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Harika, Dronavalli"]
[Black "Assaubayeva, Bibissara"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[Annotator "King"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2022.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.29"]

{[%evp 0,84,23,-23,-16,-16,2,2,2,-23,-23,-12,-5,-2,9,20,30,22,14,18,20,32,43,
36,34,-3,-3,-33,-30,-19,-14,-40,-126,-134,-42,-40,-35,-79,-33,-36,-39,-36,-42,
-47,-40,-38,-32,-38,-43,-69,-35,-85,-41,-119,-35,-31,-29,-27,-27,-11,-8,-12,0,
-49,-43,-34,0,0,0,0,0,-663,-731,-733,-794,-1116,-1279,-1279,-1230,-1507,-1398,
-2012,-1733,-29979,-381,-29985,-29986]} 1. b3 {Another Nimzo-Larsen!} Nf6 2.
Bb2 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. c4 dxc4 7. bxc4 c5 8. O-O Nc6 9. d3
Qc7 10. Nc3 Bg4 11. Rb1 Qd7 12. Ba1 b6 13. Qa4 Rac8 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Ne4 $2 {
A positional misjudgment.} (15. Nb5 {remains balanced.}) 15... Nxe4 $1 16. dxe4
Qe8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 {[#] White's light-squared bishop is blocked in, and remains
bad for the rest of the game.} 18. Qa3 Bxf3 $2 {It would be more effective to
retain this bishop.} (18... Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rd5 Be6 $5 {illustrates one
potential use for it.}) 19. Bxf3 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Rd5 e6 22. Qc3+ f6 23.
Rxd8 Qxd8 {Black was understandably optimistic about this simplified position
with a good knight against White's bad bishop, but objectively White can still
hold.} 24. Kg2 Qd4 25. Qa3 e5 26. Qa4 Qd6 27. e3 Kf7 28. h4 Ke7 29. h5 Qd7 30.
hxg6 hxg6 31. Qc2 Nb4 32. Qb1 Qd2 33. Qh1 Nd3 34. Qh7+ Kd6 {[#]} 35. Qxa7 $2 {
This fails to secure a perpetual.} ({Better was} 35. Qg8 {, when after} Qxf2+
36. Kh3 Qxf3 37. Qd8+ {a draw would be immediately agreed.}) 35... Qxf2+ 36.
Kh3 Qxf3 37. Qxb6+ Ke7 38. Qc7+ Ke6 39. Qc6+ Kf7 40. Qd7+ Kg8 {Black's king
can escape the checks via the h6- and g5-squares.} 41. Kh2 Ne1 42. Qd2 Qh5+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz (Women)"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2022.12.30"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Frayna, Janelle Mae"]
[Black "Zatonskih, Anna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[Annotator "King"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2022.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.29"]

{[%evp 0,114,16,23,31,43,22,51,46,29,24,12,22,-10,-12,-27,-8,-6,-12,-28,-10,-3,
9,9,23,16,44,-1,33,39,45,-20,-8,-3,6,2,-5,13,8,10,-4,9,33,18,33,31,25,6,11,0,
16,10,34,18,13,7,0,2,10,9,10,8,1,4,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,-13,-100,-13,-13,
-13,-122,-146,-174,-184,-210,-184,-202,-209,-216,-192,-222,-247,-239,-239,-247,
-215,-259,-283,-308,-329,-329,-722,-722,-952,-1025,-1032,-1032,-24321,-29959,
-29960,-29965,-29968,-29969,-29968,-29971,-29972]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5
4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 h6 10. a3 Re8
11. b4 Bb6 12. Bb2 Ne4 13. c4 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Qxd2 16. Nxd2 {
[#] The center has been liquidated and the position is comfortably equal. But
that does not guarantee a draw...} Be6 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Bxe6 Rxe6 19. Nc4 Rxd1
20. Rxd1 Bc7 21. Ne3 Re8 22. Rd7 Re7 23. Rxe7 Nxe7 24. Kf1 Kf8 25. b5 g6 26.
Bd4 a6 27. a4 axb5 28. axb5 Ke8 29. Ke2 Kd7 30. Kd3 Nc8 31. Nc4 Nd6 32. Nxd6
Bxd6 33. Kc4 Ke6 34. Be3 h5 35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 Ke5 {[#] Black has managed to
go from having a slightly less active king to a slightly more active one. The
position is still a draw, but now there are real chances for White to go wrong.
} 37. Bc5 Bc7 38. Kd3 $2 ({I think} 38. Be3 {was better, e.g.} Ke4 39. g5 Kf5
40. Kd5 {and Black cannot afford to "make progress" with} Bd8 $2 {when} 41. Kd6
$1 Bxg5 42. Bxg5 Kxg5 43. Kc7 {would win for White.}) 38... Kd5 $2 (38... Kf4
$1 {was safely winning.}) 39. Be3 Bd6 40. Bd4 $2 {Leaving the f2-pawn fatally
vulnerable.} ({Instead} 40. f3 {would leave Black without any dangerous tries,
e.g.} Bc5 41. Bd2 Bd4 42. Bb4 Ke5 43. Bd2 {and Black has no way in.}) 40... Bc5
$1 {White cannot afford to trade the last piece off, since Black would then
win the b5-pawn. Instead she tries to defend a bishop ending down a pawn, but
that too ultimately leads to a losing pawn ending...} 41. Bc3 Bxf2 42. Bb4 Bc5
43. Bd2 Bd6 44. Be3 Be5 45. Bf2 f5 46. gxf5 gxf5 47. Be3 Bd6 48. Bf2 f4 49. Kc3
Bc5 50. Bh4 f3 51. Kd3 f2 52. Ke2 Kc4 53. Bxf2 Bxf2 54. Kxf2 Kxb5 {Black's
last pawn will promote.} 55. Ke2 Ka4 56. Kd2 Ka3 57. Kc2 b5 0-1

[Event "Members Only Blitz"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2023.03.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "01 Iraklic"]
[Black "rompom777"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "1603"]
[BlackElo "1132"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7Q/8/6p1/5pk1/2P5/3q2P1/4rP2/5RK1 w - - 0 43"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.29"]

43. Qh4# 1-0

[Event "Members Only Blitz"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2023.03.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "02 BambiPumpkin"]
[Black "Priyansh_2011"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "1233"]
[BlackElo "2091"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1bqk2r/ppp2p1p/2n2np1/4p3/4P3/3P1NQ1/PP1K1PPP/R2N3R b kq - 0 11"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.29"]

11... Nxe4+ 0-1

[Event "Members Only Blitz"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2023.03.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "03 Kai-m"]
[Black "SaltwaterCrocodiles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1712"]
[BlackElo "1817"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5r1k/6pp/1p2R3/p1q1Bp2/4bP1b/1BPr3P/P3R1P1/5Q1K b - - 0 29"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.29"]

29... Rxh3# 0-1

[Event "Members Only Blitz"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2023.03.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "04 YOURKINGWILLFALL4SURE"]
[Black "1g61-0"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "1750"]
[BlackElo "1220"]
[Annotator "Hartmann"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r3kbnr/ppp2ppp/2n5/8/3q4/2N2B2/PP3PPP/R1BQK2R w KQkq - 0 11"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.29"]

11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Qxd4 {and White went on to win.} 1-0

[Event "Members Only Blitz"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2023.03.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "05 BambiPumpkin"]
[Black "Molang_25"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1250"]
[BlackElo "938"]
[Annotator "Hartmann"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r2qkb1r/5p2/4p2p/p3Pp2/P6P/2Q5/5PP1/R1B1K2R b KQkq - 0 21"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.29"]

{After White passed up 21.Qc6+ (winning a rook) in favor of 21.Qxc3, Black did
not miss with} 21... Bb4 $1 {, pinning the queen to the king and winning 14
moves later.} 1-0

[Event "Members Only Blitz"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2023.03.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "06 angryspacevoid"]
[Black "LiadCuba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2253"]
[Annotator "Hartmann"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1p2R2p/1p3N1k/5bp1/7P/3p4/1r2B1P1/6K1 w - - 0 33"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.29"]

33. Ng8+ Kg6 34. h5# 1-0

[Event "Members Only Blitz (analysis)"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2023.03.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "07 Strobex"]
[Black "magnusmoney"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "1925"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[Annotator "Hartmann"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/4Rp1p/4b3/4p1PP/8/4k1K1/1n6/8 w - - 0 48"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.29"]

{[%evp 0,32,40,40,40,579,565,579,612,640,708,713,658,648,484,526,398,398,434,
464,394,471,471,479,498,504,498,479,389,514,398,398,473,513,520] White can
break through with} 48. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 49. g6 hxg6 50. hxg6 {and wins.} 1-0

[Event "Members Only Blitz (analysis)"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2023.03.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "08 Fanrong267"]
[Black "OsminogDefense"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1844"]
[BlackElo "2032"]
[Annotator "Hartmann"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5r1k/6pp/4Q3/5p2/r5q1/6P1/6KP/1R2R3 w - - 0 34"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.29"]

{[%evp 0,29,-533,-45,-61,-70,-81,-55,-66,-15,0,-11,-22,-24,-22,0,-81,-73,-88,
-85,-83,-83,-111,-102,-787,-881,-29985,-29986,-29987,-1228,-29991,-29992] The
back rank is a problem, so White should have played:} 34. Rb8 $1 Ra8 (34...
Rxb8 35. Qe8+ Rxe8 36. Rxe8#) (34... Ra2+ 35. Kg1 Qd4+ 36. Kh1 $18 {and Black
is out of steam.}) 35. Rxa8 $1 {Unexpected, but winning.} Rxa8 36. Qe8+ Rxe8
37. Rxe8# 0-1

[Event "Members Only Blitz"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2023.03.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "09 bishop512011"]
[Black "darknesstoggled88"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1512"]
[BlackElo "1034"]
[Annotator "Hartmann"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4rk1/1pq1bNp1/p1np2P1/3Q2Np/4p1bP/4B3/PPP2P2/R5RK w - - 0 25"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.29"]

25. Nh6+ Kh8 26. Qg8+ Rxg8 27. Nhf7# ({or} 27. Ngf7#) 1-0

[Event "Members Only Blitz (analysis)"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2023.03.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "10 Rooksheet"]
[Black "BKSCh3ss"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1325"]
[BlackElo "1968"]
[Annotator "Hartmann"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/4kp2/bp2p3/p2pP1q1/8/2P1R1P1/PPB2PK1/7R b - - 0 32"]
[PlyCount "6"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.29"]

{[%evp 0,58,127,-29,185,177,166,158,158,0,9,-260,-260,-426,-427,-475,-449,-517,
-429,-475,-420,-486,-330,-333,-357,-369,-386,-571,-583,-596,-580,-587,-581,
-596,-604,-594,-599,-624,-633,-633,-620,-624,-557,-578,-597,-615,-571,-29981,
-29984,-29985,-29986,-29989,-29990,-29991,-29992,-29995,-29996,-29997,-29994,
-29995,-29986] Now the difficulty starts to ramp up. Here Black needed to
notice the traffic on the h1-a8 diagonal to find the equalizing} 32... Bb7 $1
33. Kg1 ({or} 33. Rhe1 d4+ 34. Be4 $1 dxe3 35. Bxb7 exf2 $15 {when Black is
slightly better}) 33... d4 34. cxd4 Bxh1 35. Kxh1 0-1

[Event "Members Only Blitz (analysis)"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2023.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "11 chessprodigy0768"]
[Black "BachBean"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "1516"]
[BlackElo "1941"]
[Annotator "Hartmann"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5rk1/1bpr1p1p/pq4p1/4p3/Pp1nN3/1B2Q3/RPP2PPP/4R1K1 w - - 0 26"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.29"]

{[%evp 0,7,-3,-12,11,11,-20,-22,-22,-22] Black is a move away from
consolidating their extra pawn, so White has to move fast. In the game they
played 26.c3, but stronger was} 26. a5 $1 {, trying to deflect the queen to a
bad square. After the strongest} Qc6 $1 {White has to find} ({not} 26... Qb5
27. Ba4 {which loses material} ({or} 27. Nf6+)) ({or} 26... Qa7 27. Nf6+) 27.
Ba4 $1 Qxe4 28. Qxe4 Bxe4 29. Bxd7 $11 {with an unbalanced, if equal, position.
} 0-1

[Event "Members Only Blitz (analysis)"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2023.03.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "12 chessfeels"]
[Black "Shades25"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2149"]
[BlackElo "1621"]
[Annotator "Hartmann"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1rr2k1b/p3pp1p/3pbn1P/qB6/3BP3/2N2P2/PPP3Q1/R3K1R1 w Q - 0 18"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.29"]

{[%evp 0,5,29995,29996,29997,29998,29999,-30000]} {Our Digital Assistant JJ
Lang missed this pretty shot in his round four game:} 18. Qg8+ $3 Nxg8 19. Bg7+
Bxg7 20. hxg7# 0-1

[Event "Members Only Blitz (analysis)"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2023.03.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "13 adi1998"]
[Black "Lelik2013"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "1626"]
[BlackElo "752"]
[Annotator "Hartmann"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2rq1rk1/p2n1p1p/5np1/3N1pB1/2B5/4P2P/P1Q2PP1/5RK1 w - - 0 21"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.29"]

{[%evp 0,28,103,330,101,299,161,722,448,457,470,1202,1298,29985,2249,29989,
29988,29989,29990,29991,29990,29993,29992,29995,29992,29995,29994,29995,29996,
29999,-30000] [#]} {White looks to be crushing, but only one move really works:
} 21. Rd1 $1 {A lovely, quiet move that puts a finger on all of the weaknesses
of Black's position. It's essentially zugzwang!} ({In the game White played} 
21. Qb3 {, but Black could have held on with} h6 $1 22. Bxh6 (22. Nxf6+ Nxf6
23. Bxh6 Rb8 $1) 22... Nxd5 23. Bxf8 (23. Bxd5 Nf6 24. Bxf8 Qxd5 $14) 23...
N5b6 (23... Nxe3 $5 24. Bxf7+ Kxf8 25. fxe3 Nc5 $1) 24. Bxf7+ Kxf8 25. Bxg6 Qf6
{with counterplay}) 21... Kg7 {Black has no good moves.} (21... Nxd5 22. Bxd8
N5b6) (21... Qa5 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Nxf6+) 22. Nxf6 1-0

[Event "Members Only Blitz (analysis)"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2023.03.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "14 austintrzpuc"]
[Black "AnimalLover500"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "1049"]
[BlackElo "1470"]
[Annotator "Hartmann"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/rp2Rp2/2PB2p1/6Kp/5P2/6P1/7P/5q2 w - - 0 32"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.29"]

{[%evp 0,29,-397,-76,-721,-735,-1049,-1075,-1117,-1184,-1430,-1066,-1176,-804,
-1642,-886,-1361,-878,-1039,-1088,-29991,-753,-29985,-1329,-1367,-1367,-1377,
-1807,-28123,-2330,-29999,-30000] Down material? No matter - attack!} 32. Kh6
$1 Ra8 33. cxb7 $1 {The real point. Now promotion is inevitable, and we reach
a fortress-type position. White is equal in all lines:} Qa6 (33... Rd8 34. Rd7
$1 Re8 $1 35. b8=Q Rxb8 36. Bxb8 Kf8 $1 37. Bd6+ Ke8 38. Re7+ Kd8 39. Rxf7) (
33... Qa1 34. bxa8=Q+ Qxa8 35. Rc7) (33... Rf8) 34. bxa8=Q+ Qxa8 35. Re5 $11 {
with an even position.} 0-1

[Event "Members Only Blitz (analysis)"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2023.03.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "15 ChariotChess"]
[Black "cubester123"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1917"]
[BlackElo "1306"]
[Annotator "Hartmann"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r3k1/pp1n1pp1/3q3p/1P6/3PR1Q1/2r2N1P/5PP1/4R1K1 w - - 0 26"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.29"]

{[#]} 26. Nh4 $1 {Initiating an unstoppable series of threats.} ({The game
continuation} 26. Re8+ Rxe8 27. Rxe8+ Kh7 28. Qf5+ Qg6 {is better for White,
but not yet winning.}) 26... Nf6 ({Alternatives:} 26... Kh8 {loses to} 27.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 28. Nf5+) (26... g6 27. Nf5) (26... Rc2 27. Qxg7+ Kxg7 28. Nf5+) 27.
Nf5 $1 ({Not} 27. Qxg7+ $2 Kxg7 28. Nf5+ Kf8 29. Nxd6 Nxe4 30. Nxc8 Rxc8 31.
Rxe4 $11 {with equality.}) 27... Qf8 ({Or} 27... Nxg4 28. Nxd6 Rd8 29. Re8+
Rxe8 30. Rxe8+ Kh7 31. hxg4) 28. Nxh6+ $1 Kh8 (28... Kh7 29. Qf5+ $1 Kxh6 $2
30. Rh4+) 29. Qh4 $1 {Subtle!} Nxe4 (29... gxh6 30. Qxf6+ Qg7 31. Re8+) (29...
Nh7 30. Nf5 {and the attack rages}) (29... Rc1 30. Nf5+ Kg8 31. Ne7+) 30. Nf5+
$1 Kg8 31. Ne7+ Qxe7 32. Qxe7 1-0

[Event "Members Only Blitz (analysis)"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2023.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "16 billy1223344"]
[Black "rompom777"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "565"]
[BlackElo "1132"]
[Annotator "Hartmann"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r2q2k1/pb1n2bp/1p1pr1p1/2p2p2/2P5/3BPNP1/P1RNRPP1/3Q2K1 w - - 0 18"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.29"]

{[#]} {Black's threat is 1...Nd7-e5, hitting the trapped bishop. If 2. Nxe5
dxe5 and White loses material. So White has to find a way out of this. There's
only one move:} 18. e4 $1 ({Not} 18. Qe1 $2 Ne5 $19 {as in the game,}) ({
while Black has the initiative after} 18. Re1 $6 Ne5 19. Be2 $17) 18... Qe7 ({
Now} 18... Ne5 $6 {is met with} 19. exf5 {and the pin saves the bishop.}) 19.
exf5 Rxe2 20. Bxe2 $11 {is equal, with the d2-knight rerouting to f1 to aid in
defense.} 0-1

[Event "Members Only Blitz (analysis)"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2023.03.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "17 Pupcing1116"]
[Black "Strobex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "1864"]
[BlackElo "1919"]
[Annotator "Hartmann"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5r2/2R2Np1/k1p5/p2p3p/1pqP3P/2P2P2/P5P1/K1R5 w - - 0 41"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.29"]

{[#]} 41. Nd6 $3 {I like this best for aesthetic reasons, but it turns out
that there's a dual solution here. Stick with me - it's worth it.} ({It takes
the engine a long time to see the strength of} 41. Ne5 $1 Qe2 ({worse is} 41...
Qb5 42. cxb4 axb4 43. R1xc6+) 42. Nd7 $1 {threatening mate in three with 43.
Nc5+ Kb5 44.c4+! and 45.Rb7 mate. Black's best is} c5 $1 (42... Kb5 $143 43.
Rb7+ $18) {and now White has to switch gears and open lines with} 43. cxb4 $1 (
43. Nxc5+ $2 Kb6 {and Black wriggles out with a draw}) 43... axb4 44. Nxc5+ {
and the hunt is on.}) 41... Qd3 42. Nb7 $1 {Hop, hop, hop.} Kb5 (42... Kb6 43.
Nc5 {threatening mate in one}) (42... Qe3 {avoids the fork but hangs mate:} 43.
Nc5+ Kb5 44. c4+ $1 dxc4 (44... Kb6 45. Rb7#) 45. Rb7#) 43. a4+ $1 ({or} 43.
Nc5 {with the idea of c3-c4+ and mate to come; Black has to pitch the queen to
survive}) 43... bxa3 (43... Kb6 44. Nc5 {and Black loses the queen or the game.
}) 44. Nc5 Qe3 45. c4+ $1 dxc4 (45... Kb6 46. Rb7#) (45... Kb4 46. Rb7#) 46.
Rb7# 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2023.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2859"]
[Annotator "Nemec"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r1k1r/pB1P1ppp/1p3b2/2p5/2n5/2N3P1/PPn2P1P/1RBR2K1 b - - 0 22"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2023.01.13"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.29"]

{[%evp 0,8,30,93,52,161,174,191,164,160,195]} {From a combative Queen's Indian,
a very complex position arose where White has some pull and Black has to be
careful.} 22... Nd4 {The wrong move, allowing the b2-b4 push.} ({Instead} 22...
Ne5 {was necessary, keeping the knight on c2 for the moment and attacking the
d7-pawn.}) 23. b4 Rxd7 $2 {Mistakes come in pairs. After this, there is no
chance to hold the game.} ({Retreating the knight} 23... Ne5 {and intending to
capture on d7 was the only way. Then after} 24. bxc5 bxc5 25. Ba3 Nxd7 {
White has an advantage, but Black is still in the game.}) 24. Bd5 Nd6 ({Now} 
24... Ne5 {doesn't help as after} 25. bxc5 bxc5 26. Ba3 {the knight can't go
to d7 - the rook is there!}) 25. bxc5 bxc5 26. Ba3 {And White went on to win
quite easily as all the pieces are dominant and coordinated!} Ke7 27. Bxc5 Ne6
28. Bb4 a5 29. Bxa5 Rc8 30. Na4 Nc4 31. Rbc1 Be5 32. Bb4+ Kf6 33. Nc5 Nxc5 34.
Rxc4 Rdc7 35. Ba5 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Abdusattorov"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.29"]

{[%evp 0,94,25,19,12,28,11,-7,-19,-8,-27,-18,-8,4,21,14,28,-39,-29,0,4,15,17,
-10,10,25,57,58,98,28,50,54,74,58,74,-34,75,-8,19,0,-15,1,-27,-36,-56,-128,-89,
-88,-76,-76,-88,-88,-57,-71,-83,-83,-63,-68,-48,-74,-58,-94,-112,-148,-109,-94,
-92,-89,-78,-78,-81,-81,-73,-87,-79,-77,-80,-80,-80,-83,-82,-82,-82,-82,-82,
-84,-91,-130,-98,-106,-102,-550,-652,-712,-729,-770,-668] I was eager to play
my first classical super tournament (discounting the Olympiad) in Wijk aan Zee.
With most of the strong players from my own generation competing, I wanted to
see where I fitted into the pecking order. My first round opponent was the
highly original player Rapport, who recently moved from Hungary to Romania. I
was certain we would get a tough fight.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5
Nxe4 5. Qf3 {I was quite unfamiliar with this variation.} f5 (5... Nc6 $5 {
is another decent line.}) 6. d3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 d4 {This was as much as I could
remember.} 8. Be2 Nc6 9. Qg3 Be6 10. c4 Bb4+ $6 {It is almost impossible not
to give this check, but it turns out that the black bishop is more misplaced
on b4 than the white king on d1.} ({Better was} 10... Qd7 {followed by long
castle when we would have had a sharp battle.}) 11. Kd1 $1 Qd7 12. Rb1 O-O-O
13. Bf3 Be7 {Technically the first new move of the game, as there was some
random internet game played previously.} 14. Nh3 $6 {Black is under a bit of
pressure, but is close to fully developed. It is clear that my counterplay had
to come on the kingside, but after} (14. h4 $14 {it was not easy to see how
this should be organised.}) 14... b6 15. Nf4 $6 {This looks natural, but} (15.
Ng5 $1 {with an unclear game was better.}) 15... g5 {Without deserving it, I
have counterplay.} 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. Rb5 ({I was hoping for, but not expecting
} 17. Bd5 $6 Rxd5 $17 {with big compensation.}) 17... Nb8 $5 {I was really
proud of this idea. The knight becomes mobile and I fight for the light
squares.} 18. Rd5 $5 {There is no way back.} ({The computer gives the highly
entertaining variation} 18. h4 gxh4 19. Qf4 c6 20. g4 hxg3 21. Rh6 {with
counterplay, ending in the traditional 0.00. But of course no one would play
like this.}) 18... c6 $1 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 {I was optimistic here and rightfully
so. It is already difficult for White to prove equality.} 20. h3 ({The
alternative} 20. Rf1 Nd7 21. Qf2 {is suggested by Stockfish as a path to
something like equality; but it seems entirely mysterious. Probably the
simplest is} h6 $15 {.}) 20... Nd7 21. Qh2 {The queen was better placed on f2,
but it would not solve all the problems.} h6 $1 {Before winning the pawn, I
improve the structure.} 22. g4 ({It is difficult to determine if} 22. Re1 Bb4
23. Bd2 Bxd2 24. Kxd2 Re8 {, where the dark-squared bishops are exchanged is a
better defensive try. Black remains slightly better after} 25. Kd1 $1 $15)
22... Nxe5 23. gxf5 ({Another idea is} 23. Qe2 f4 24. Re1 {, when I wanted to
play} Bf6 $17 {, but thought White had a lot of compensation. Which is true,
but if I had played well, I would still have had good winning chances.}) ({
Actually, I was expecting this move order:} 23. Re1 $2 {, not realising that
the endgame after} Nxf3 24. Rxe6 Nxh2 25. Rxe7 fxg4 26. hxg4 Nxg4 {is simply
winning for Black. The bishop on c1 is close to worthless.}) 23... Nxf3 24.
fxe6 Nxh2 25. Rxh2 {Here I played too fast, feeling too confident about my
next move.} Rf8 $2 ({The correct} 25... Kc7 $1 {with the idea ...Kd6 is
natural, but I had already rejected it because of} 26. h4 $5 {. But if I had
looked a bit deeper, I would have seen that} gxh4 $1 27. Bf4+ Kc8 28. Bxh6 Rg8
{is completely winning for Black.}) 26. Bb2 Rf4 $6 {Also inaccurate.} ({
Stronger was} 26... c5 $1 {, as White would not have d3-d4 later.}) 27. c3 $15
dxc3 28. Bxc3 Kd8 29. Be5 Rf1+ 30. Kc2 Bf6 31. Re2 Ke7 32. d4 $1 $15 {White
has managed to get more counterplay than I expected.} Kxe6 33. Bxf6+ Kxf6 34.
d5 cxd5 35. cxd5 Ra1 36. Re6+ Kf5 37. Rxh6 $5 {A committal decision, giving
Black two connected passed pawns.} Rxa2+ 38. Kb3 Ra1 39. Kc4 $6 ({It was hard
to see that after} 39. d6 $1 Rd1 40. Kc4 a6 41. Kb4 {there is no easy to for
Black to proceed.}) 39... Rc1+ $1 40. Kd4 $2 {It was fortunate for me that
this was move 40 and not 41. Here he had to find:} (40. Kb3 $3 {, when after}
Ke5 41. d6 Rd1 42. Rg6 Rxd6 43. Rxg5+ {the endgame holds, even if in practice
this will not be that easy.}) 40... Rd1+ 41. Kc4 b5+ $1 {I am sure he had
missed or underestimated the strength of this.} 42. Kc5 ({Of course} 42. Kxb5
Rxd5+ 43. Ka6 Rd4 $1 {and ...Rd4-h4 wins for Black too.}) 42... b4 $1 {Black
is winning. The pawn is too strong.} 43. Rh8 b3 44. Rf8+ {After this Black
wins quickly.} (44. Rb8 {was a better defensive try. I wanted to play} Ke4 45.
Rb4+ (45. Re8+ Kd3 $1 {is like the game.}) 45... Ke5 46. Rxb3 Rxd5+ {and the
extra pawn wins the day.}) 44... Ke4 $1 45. Re8+ Kd3 46. d6 b2 47. d7 Kc2 {
The tournament was a big success for me. I tried hard to beat van Foreest in
the last round, but sadly lost and thus only finished second with Carlsen,
with Giri winning Wijk in his 12th or so attempt. I hope it will not take me
as many tries to win this tournament...} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2023.01.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2859"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Nemec"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1k6/1p6/8/5p2/Q7/5qP1/8/6K1 w - - 0 43"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2023.01.14"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.29"]

{[%evp 0,4,-116,-106,-106,-137,-138]} {Since Carlsen lost in round four, he
was eager to bounce-back immediately, especially as Abdusattarov started the
tournament really well. He therefore played extremely riskily, sacrificing a
full Exchange, but it didn't quite work out. By move 43 he found himself on
the worse side of a queen and pawn endgame.} 43. Kh2 $2 {The game is highly
reminiscent of the player's duel from the 2021 World Rapid Championship, where
Carlsen also cracked under pressure and lost an equal queen endgame. Here,
this might be the decisive mistake as it was more important to activate the
queen first.} (43. Qe8+ {was better as the queen is more active here than on
a4. Now} Ka7 44. Kh2 Qf2+ 45. Kh3 Qf1+ 46. Kh4 b5 {doesn't do anything due to
a perpetual:} 47. Qe7+ Ka6 48. Qd6+ Ka5 49. Qa3+ {.}) 43... Qe2+ 44. Kg1 $2 {
Another mistake in a difficult position.} ({I think that} 44. Kh3 {would have
made Black's task more difficult, although after} Qf1+ 45. Kh4 b5 {(note that
this is possible here and not in the 43.Qe8+ line)} 46. Qa5 Kb7 {and there is
no perpetual, so White has to keep defending. It is difficult to say whether
this is closer to a win or a draw, but in a practical game, it seems
impossible to defend for White.}) 44... Qe5 {Strong centralization. Now the
b-pawn will decide the issue, and indeed, Abdusattarov went on to convert his
advantage.} 45. Kf2 b5 46. Qb4 Kb7 47. g4 fxg4 48. Qxg4 Kb6 49. Qg8 b4 50. Kf3
Kb5 51. Kg2 Qe2+ 52. Kg3 Qe3+ 53. Kg2 b3 54. Qb8+ Kc4 55. Qg8+ Kc3 56. Qc8+ Kd2
57. Qh8 Kc2 58. Qc8+ Kd1 59. Qh8 Qd2+ 60. Kg3 b2 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2023.01.22"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2859"]
[Annotator "Nielsen"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2023.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1472"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.23"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

{[%evp 0,20,28,25,17,16,16,22,29,3,9,16,27,6,11,11,2,0,-3,-7,-4,-13,-16] Four
years have passed since these two players faced off in one of the more
interesting World Championship matches. Despite all 12 games being drawn, it
was obvious that the players were a great match stylistically, and that
Caruana was in no way intimidated by his opponent, always trying to push hard
with the White pieces. Since then their encounters have been less frequent,
but a Carlsen-Caruana game always feels like soemthing to look forward to,
both for spectators, and the players themselves!} 1. e4 e5 $5 {It might be
strange to call this move a surprise from Magnus, but against Fabi, it
somewhat is. In the match it was always 1...c5 and the Sveshnikov, a
theoretical battle that continued last year in Wijk. This time, it was back to
basics.} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O {
Both players stick to their principles: no Italian from Fabi, no offbeat
Spanish from Magnus!} 8. a4 $1 {As expected. Fabi was doing commentary during
the 2021 World Championship match and admitted that this move - used by
Nepomniatchtchi in Dubai - was his preparation in 2018.} (8. c3 {White's
problem is that after} d5 {Black has been doing very well theoretically in the
sharp, forced lines of the Marshall. The search for a more positional and
flexible approach always seems to end up with 8.a4.}) 8... b4 $5 {A shift for
Magnus, avoiding a continuance of the theoretical debate from the 2021 match
where he preferred 8...Bb7 or 8...Rb8. While putting the bishop on b7 might
look logical, it often finds itself blocked by White's solid pawn construction
on d3 and e4, when it would raher end up on the e6-square, exchanging itself
for White's strong b3-bishop.  Certainly 8...Rb8 serves that purpose, and
unlike the game continuation, it does not cede control of the c4-square. One
could even argue that 8...Rb8 is the most "positional" move, as it keeps the
bishop at its preferred square without weakening Black's position, but it does
give White control of the a-file. And as we saw in the match, while Black is
solid and can gradually equalize, the position is not so exciting.} 9. a5 $5 {
The modern, ambitious approach, depriving the black knight of the a5-square.} (
{Back in 2007, when Anand became the World Champion in Mexico, Magnus visited
the Anand training camp righ before the event, and he and Vishy debated the
positions after} 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. c3 {, believing in
White's chances for a long-term positional edge. Viskhy won a beautiful game
against Grischuk in this line, but later, as often happens, Black found a
concrete way to neutralize White's initaitive with} Rb8 13. d4 Qc7 14. dxe5 $5
{. This leads to Magnus' preferred pawn structure after} dxe5 15. Nc4 {but now
either the direct} b3 {has proven satisfactory for Black.} ({or first} 15...
Rd8)) 9... d6 10. c3 $5 ({Fabi played the more positional} 10. d3 {at the 2021
Candidates against Ding, but after being surprised by Magnus' 8...b4, he
chooses to deviate, even at the cost of playing less solidly. Typical of
Caruana's courage - not backing down on principle.}) 10... Rb8 11. h3 ({
I guess we expected} 11. Bc4 {(something Fabi has played before) but as is so
often the case, such moves lead to forced lines where Black is eventually ok.
Now both players are most likely 'out of book.' The preparation part is over,
and they can start doing what they really like: playing chess.}) 11... h6 {
A typical Carlsen move.} ({The computer wants} 11... Rb5 $5 {but Magnus feels
assured in the solidity of his position. While White perhaps has a small edge,
it's of the temporary variety, and with some solid moves Black will equalize.})
12. d4 {Caruana's play has been systematic and ambitious, preventing Black's ..
.Nc6-a5 and ...Bc8-g4 options, both of which are typical attempts at relieving
pressure, and then immediately taking control fo the center with c2-c3 and
d3-d4.} bxc3 $1 {A good move, exchanging a weak pawn and opening the b-file
for the rook.} 13. bxc3 exd4 $1 {Again, good timing.} 14. Nxd4 $1 ({Black
willingly surrenders the center, the point being that} 14. cxd4 d5 $1 {creates
immediate counterplay.}) 14... Bd7 $5 ({It was possible to challenge the
center with} 14... Nxd4 15. cxd4 d5 {, when the computer gives the curious line
} 16. e5 Ne4 17. Nd2 Bb4 18. Re3 $5 Nxf2 19. Kxf2 Qh4+ 20. Ke2 Qxd4 21. Ra2 {
with approximate equality.}) 15. Bf4 Ne5 $5 ({White has been given somewhat of
a free hand to regroup, and chooses a logical setup by developing the bishop
to f4, planning to reply to the standard} 15... Re8 {with} 16. Nd2 {,
consolidating and keeping a small edge.}) 16. Na3 $5 {A logical move,
defending against the pawn sacrifice on c4, but this also is the first step in
a mistaken plan.} ({A good move, and thwarting White's plan as now} 16. Nd2 $2
{can be met by} Nd3 $1 {.}) ({Critical now would be} 16. Bh2 {(or 16.Bg3) when
Black's best is} c5 17. Bxe5 dxe5 18. Nf3 c4 $1 19. Bxc4 Qc7 20. Bxa6 Bc5 {
when Black has sufficient compensation for the pawns, as the dominant
c5-bishop both attacks the f2-square and renders White's extra pawns immobile.}
) 16... Re8 $1 {After the game Magnus said that he grew optimistic after this
move. That might seem strange, as Black is just making a standard defensive
move, regrouping on the back-rank with no aggressive intentions apparent, but
he understood that the "narrative" of the position favored him for concrete
tactical reasons.} 17. Bg3 Bf8 18. f4 $6 {As expected, Caruana starts pushing
the black pieces back, but there's a tactical flaw.} Nc6 19. e5 dxe5 20. fxe5
Nxd4 21. cxd4 {This position looks very promising for White at first glance.
Black is being pushed back, and after} Bc6 $1 {Undoubtedly a shock for Caruana.
} (21... Nh7 22. Bc4 {White first attacks the a6-pawn and then later on the
f-file. Black might defend, but obviously the position is promising for White.}
) (21... Nh5 {is possible, as} 22. Qxh5 (22. Bxf7+ $1 {keeping an edge.}) 22...
Rxb3 {would be good for Black, but White can insert}) {No doubt affected by
the last move, Caruana blunders.} 22. Bc2 $4 ({The problem is that} 22. exf6 {
loses to} Rxe1+ 23. Bxe1 Rxb3 24. Qxb3 Qxd4+ {picking up the rook. This means
Black suddenly controls the d5-square, and instead of pasively retreating, he
can plant the knight in the center of the board.}) ({White's position was
still very saveable, e.g.} 22. Rc1 Bd5 {and now after} 23. Bxd5 Nxd5 24. Qf3
Qd7 25. Nc4 {White has stabilized the position, and will be able to gradually
equalize. Black's position is only visually better.}) 22... Qd5 $1 {Perhaps
Caruana had a blindspot on the d5-square, as "mentally" the f6-knight was
already there. This move threatens mate on g2, and Whtie has no reasonable
reply.} ({This move is logical in that Black's natural} 22... Nd5 {can be met
with} 23. Qd3 g6 24. e6 $5 {, but Carlsen exploits the fact that his knight is
not yet on d5 to win the game with very straightforward tactics.}) 23. Re2 Rb4
$1 24. Kh2 ({Of course} 24. Bf2 {, defending the d4-pawn, is impossible due to
the mate on g2, and}) (24. Rd2 Rxd4 {loses for similar reasons, so White's
position collapses and the d4-pawn cannot be saved.}) 24... Rxd4 25. Qb1 Ne4 $5
{A curious choice.} ({Here} 25... Rd2 {wins tactically, with the lines being
in no way murky or difficult, but Magnus decided not to bother, instead
satisfying himself with a pawn-up ending.}) 26. Bxe4 Rxe4 27. Rxe4 Qxe4 28.
Qxe4 Bxe4 29. Nc4 Rb8 {Why settle for merely being a pawn up when there's an
immediate win? Because Black also has the bishop pair in a dominant position.
The computer agrees, thinking this +5 for Black.} 30. Rc1 Rb5 31. e6 fxe6 32.
Bxc7 Rc5 33. Bf4 Bd5 {With the a5-pawn dropping too, Fabiano had enough and
resigned. In some ways it is a bit unkind to Fabi to annotate this game, and I
apologize for that, as it is no way representative of his play. I think the
way he continually tries to push hard against everyone, including Magnus, is
praiseworthy. It makes the chess world a much more interesting place.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2023.01.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Nemec"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/p4pk1/3p1b1p/1p2qp1N/2r3P1/2P2Q1P/PP6/3R2K1 b - - 0 34"]
[PlyCount "10"]
[EventDate "2023.01.13"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.29"]

{[%evp 0,2,60,277,277]} {The culminating point of Tata Steel Masters 2023.
Black's position is practically unpleasant, but objectively, he is completely
fine.} 34... Kg6 $4 {The wrong direction, falling for a 'cheapo' and losing
the game on the spot.} ({Going to the back rank with} 34... Kg8 {would have
been sufficient for equality, even though it looks scary to allow a check
along the first rank.}) 35. Rxd6 {The rook is immune due to Qf3xf5 mate, and
Black collapses! Rapport resigned just a few moves later.} Kg5 36. Rd5 Qe1+ 37.
Kg2 Be7 38. Rxf5+ Kh4 39. Qg3+ 1-0

[Event "WR Chess Masters"]
[Site "Dusseldorf GER"]
[Date "2023.02.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Nemec"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1b1nrk1/pp2pp2/2np2p1/N5Pp/4P3/5P2/PPPB3P/2KR1B1R b - - 0 14"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.29"]

{[%evp 0,4,40,93,89,85,104]} {In this game, Abdusattarov decided to go for a
very risky opening choice in the form of the Sicilian Dragon. And even though
he obtained a playable position out of the opening, his position was quite
difficult to play. Already on move 14 he made a decisive mistake.} 14... f6 $2
{This move, violating GM Ben Finegold's basic postulate ("Never play f6") is
premature. Black opens up the position and voluntarily ruins his structure
while the opponent has the two bishops. More importantly - it allows the
exchange of the knight on c6.} ({A move like} 14... Nd4 {Avoiding the exchange
of the knights and the spoiling of the structure was necessary. White is still
better, but Black is very much in the game.}) 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. gxf6 {Now
White has a better structure to go with the bishop pair, and the position is
already strategically won. Aronian had no trouble converting his advantage.}
Nxf6 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Bc4+ Kh7 19. Bg5 Kg7 20. Rhg1 a5 21. Rg2 Nd7 22. Rdg1 Ba6
23. Bb3 Nf8 24. Bd2 Bc8 25. a4 e5 26. Bc3 Be6 27. Rd2 Bxb3 28. cxb3 Re6 29.
Rgd1 Rd8 30. f4 g5 31. f5 1-0

[Event "WR Chess Masters"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.02.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Abdusattorov"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.29"]

{[%evp 0,81,19,34,29,0,-11,-10,25,31,36,23,23,23,13,20,26,33,33,28,75,48,52,60,
45,41,28,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-33,-33,-33,-171,-97,-289,0,-448,-68,209,233,
267,282,282,290,290,296,284,298,298,329,334,341,346,335,288,337,310,315,332,
382,328,351,306,306,213,217,226,246,243,255,281,321,343,360,322] The WR
Masters in Dusseldorf was not a great event for me, but I did play a great
game. After a narrow miss in Round 1, I played my best game in Round 2, where
my opponent miscalculated and ran into a firestorm.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3
Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 b6 6. Bd3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nf3 Re8 9. Rc1 Bf8 10. O-O
Bb7 11. Ne5 c5 12. f4 Nc6 13. Ne2 Ne4 {My opponent mixed up the lines.} (13...
Rc8 $1 {is more accurate.}) 14. Ng3 Nxd2 $2 {Esipenko did not like his
position and could not calculate the variations to a clear conclusion (nor
could I, evidently), so he decided to make an intuitive decision and hope that
White has no more than a perpetual.} ({Deeper analysis shows that Black holds
equality after} 14... Nxe5 15. fxe5 g6 {, although it requires a few
additional accurate moves to find clarity.}) 15. Bxh7+ {I knew that 14.Ng3 was
supposed to be strong, so this move was natural and I played it quickly.} Kxh7
16. Qh5+ Kg8 17. Qxf7+ Kh8 (17... Kh7 {would lose to} 18. Qg6+ Kg8 19. Nf5 $1 {
(with the threat Nf5-h6+). After} Nxe5 20. fxe5 Kh8 21. Rf4 {the attack cannot
be stopped.}) 18. Ng6+ {I am not going for the perpetual, but for the heart.}
Kh7 19. Nh5 Re6 $1 {Looking back, I learned a minor lesson from this game.
When you see something is not working in your opening preparation, you should
check out the lines till the end. This does not take a lot of time, but it can
prove highly valuable when the opponent goes wrong.} ({Of course} 19... Qd6 20.
Nxf8+ Qxf8 {would defend g7, but} 21. Nf6+ {is still mate.}) 20. f5 $2 ({
The winning continuation was} 20. Qxe6 $1 Nxf1 21. Rxf1 Qe8 22. Nxf8+ Qxf8 23.
Rf3 {with the idea} Qe8 24. Nf6+ gxf6 25. Rh3+ Kg7 26. Rg3+ {and mate is close.
}) 20... Nxf1 $1 {Honestly, I hardly considered this move, as it would allow
the rook on c1 to join the game and open up for Rf3-h3 ideas. But it also wins
the exchange!} 21. Rxf1 Qg5 $2 {Esipenko found it hard choosing between the
two options and in the end allowed his intuition to guide - and fail - him.} ({
Against} 21... Qe8 $1 {, I had originally wanted} 22. Nf6+ ({Stronger
therefore is} 22. Nxf8+ Qxf8 23. fxe6 Qxf7 24. Rxf7 $1 Ba6 $14 {, where Black
still has some problems to solve.}) 22... Rxf6 23. Rf3 {but then realised that
after} Kh6 $3 {there is nothing but perpetual check.}) 22. Qxe6 Qxh5 23. Rf3
cxd4 24. Qf7 $3 {Winning an important tempo.} ({After} 24. Rh3 Qxh3 25. gxh3
dxe3 $1 26. Qf7 e2 27. Kf2 Bc5+ 28. Kxe2 Nd8 $14 {there are still decent
drawing chances.}) 24... Bd6 ({After} 24... Qh6 {White has} 25. Rh3 Qxh3 26.
gxh3 dxe3 27. f6 $1 {and the mate is near.}) 25. Nf8+ $1 Rxf8 26. Qxh5+ Kg8 27.
f6 $1 {White is winning. Black has to give up material to save the king.} Ne5
28. Rf5 g6 29. Qg5 dxe3 30. Rxe5 Kf7 31. Rxe3 Bc5 32. b4 Bxe3+ 33. Qxe3 Re8 34.
Qc3 Bc8 35. a4 Bf5 36. h3 Rd8 37. Qd4 Be6 38. g4 Rc8 39. g5 Rc1+ 40. Kf2 Rc2+
41. Kg3 1-0

[Event "WR Chess Masters"]
[Site "Dusseldorf GER"]
[Date "2023.02.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Nemec"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1N3nk1/1Qp2pp1/7p/P2P3P/8/5qPK/8 w - - 0 59"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.29"]

{[%evp 0,6,-94,-203,-222,-222,-222,-256,-254]} {The endgame has been equal for
a long time, but Keymer kept playing for the win. This bold decision backfired:
} 59. a5 $4 {Keymer has been surely resting his hopes on the advance of the
a-pawn, but this is too slow. Black has a decisive attack against the white
king.} ({There were many ways to draw but one clear-cut idea was} 59. Nd8 {
, attacking the knight on f7 and preventing the ...g6-g5 / ...Nf7-h6-g4 idea
that could have occurred in the game.}) 59... Qxh4+ 60. Kg1 Qe1+ 61. Kh2 g5 {
Now Black is completely winning due to the threat of ...Nf7-h6-g4 with a
mating attack. Nepomniachtchi went on to convert this position relatively
seamlessly.} 62. Qc7 Qh4+ 63. Kg1 Qxd4+ 64. Kf1 Qd1+ 65. Kf2 Qd2+ 66. Kf1 g4
67. a6 Qd3+ 68. Kf2 Kg6 69. Qxc6 Ne5 70. Qc1 g3+ 71. Ke1 Qe4+ 72. Kf1 Qf5+ 73.
Kg1 Qf2+ 74. Kh1 Qd4 75. Qc5 Qh4+ 76. Kg1 Nf3+ 77. Kf1 Qh1+ 78. Ke2 Qxg2+ 79.
Ke3 Qf2+ 80. Ke4 Ne5 81. Qd5 Qf3+ 82. Kd4 Nc6+ 0-1

[Event "New Jersey"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elian"]
[Black "Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Annotator "Benjamin"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.09.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.29"]

{[%evp 0,71,19,38,25,16,14,14,15,10,7,8,12,2,11,16,16,3,13,17,5,14,43,53,56,58,
63,55,63,63,84,91,90,90,63,59,95,48,40,21,21,21,22,22,19,15,12,16,26,26,28,34,
34,31,33,35,35,24,31,35,41,34,34,31,42,15,140,7,7,8,109,109,212,227]} 1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 d6 6. h3 h6 7. Be3 Bb6 8. d4 Nxd4 {
Definitely take with the pawn first, as you maintain options.} (8... exd4 9.
Nxd4 O-O {e4 pawn is a bit vulnerable to attack.} 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bxb6 axb6)
9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Bxd4 Bxd4 {timing is key in the opening. This gives him a
free tempo to speed up devleopment.} (10... O-O 11. Bxb6 (11. Qd2 Re8) 11...
axb6) 11. Qxd4 O-O 12. O-O-O Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. e5 dxe5 ({is better as you
can create some counterplay} 14... Ne8 15. exd6 (15. h4 {computer says wait
with} d5 16. Qg4 Qe7 17. Ne2) 15... Nxd6 {I prefer slightly to} (15... cxd6 {
because your pieces get out faster, and probably better to accept one target
than two.})) (14... Nh5 $5 15. exd6 Qxd6 16. Qxd6 cxd6) 15. Qxe5 Qe7 16. Rhe1
Rae8 17. f4 (17. Nb5) 17... Rf7 (17... c6 18. f5) 18. g4 c6 19. Rd6 Nd5 20.
Nxd5 exd5 21. Qxe7 Rfxe7 22. Rxe7 Rxe7 23. Kd2 {[#]} Rf7 {It seems to be
natural to trade to the pawnending when uncomfortable, but pawn endings have a
finality that rook endings don't. You can always look for counterplay down the
line in a rook ending, but pawn endings can have a straight path to defeat.} (
23... Kf7 24. f5 {and now you have to wait.} a5 (24... Re4 25. Rd7+ Re7 {
same problem}) (24... Ke8 25. f6 gxf6 26. Rxf6 h5 27. gxh5 Re4) 25. Kd3 h5 26.
g5 Re5 27. Rd7+ Kf8) 24. Ke3 Rf6 $2 {The pawn ending is a bit complicated, but
bottom line is he has an outside passed pawn so it is very dangerous for you.}
25. Rxf6 (25. Rd8+ Rf8 (25... Kh7 26. Rd7) 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. Kd4) 25... gxf6
26. Kd4 Kf7 27. Kc5 Ke6 {[#]} 28. Kd4 {he decided to win by waiting you out...
which worked, but actually allowed you to set up a defensive wall.} (28. h4 Kd7
29. g5 (29. c4 $3 {[#] Stockfish. Not obvious.} b6+ 30. Kd4 dxc4 31. Kxc4 Kd6
32. Kd4 Ke6 33. Ke4 f5+ (33... c5 34. f5+ (34. a4 a6 35. b3 b5 36. g5 (36. a5
Kd6 37. g5 fxg5 38. fxg5 hxg5 39. hxg5 Ke6 40. g6 Kf6 41. Kd5 c4 (41... Kxg6
42. Kxc5 Kf7 43. Kb6) 42. bxc4 b4 43. Kd4 Kxg6 44. Kd3 Kf5 45. Kc2 Ke5 46. Kb3
Ke4 47. Kxb4 Kd4 48. Kb3 Ke5 49. Ka4 Ke4 50. Ka3 Ke5 51. Kb4 Kd6 52. Kc3 Kc5
53. Kd3 Kc6 54. Kd4 Kd6 55. c5+ Kc6 56. Kc4 Kd7 57. Kd5 Kc7 58. c6 Kc8 59. Kd4
Kd8 60. Kc4 Kc8 61. Kd5) 36... f5+ $11) 34... Kd6 35. Kf4 b5 36. g5 hxg5+ 37.
hxg5 fxg5+ 38. Kxg5 Ke7 39. Kg6 Kf8 40. Kf6 a5 41. Ke6 a4 42. a3 (42. Kd5 a3
43. b3 (43. bxa3 c4 44. Kd4 Ke7 45. a4 bxa4 46. Kxc4 Kf6 47. Kb4 Kxf5 48. Kxa4
Ke6 49. Kb5 Kd7) 43... c4 44. bxc4 b4 45. c5 b3) 42... b4 43. Kd5 bxa3 44. bxa3
Ke7 45. Kxc5 Kf6 46. Kb5 Kxf5 47. Kxa4 Ke6 48. Kb5 Kd7 $11) 34. gxf5+ Kf6 35.
h5 $1 a6 36. a4 a5 37. b3 b5 38. Kd4 Kxf5 39. Kc5 bxa4 40. bxa4 Kg4 (40... Kxf4
41. Kxc6 Kg4 42. Kb5 Kxh5 43. Kxa5 Kg4 44. Kb6 h5 45. a5) 41. f5 $1 Kxf5 (41...
Kxh5 42. Kd6 Kg5 43. Ke6) 42. Kxc6 Kg5 43. Kb6 Kxh5 44. Kxa5 Kg4 45. Kb6 h5 46.
a5 $18) 29... b6+ 30. Kd4 fxg5 31. fxg5 hxg5 32. hxg5 Ke6 33. b4 Kd6 34. g6 c5+
35. bxc5+ bxc5+ 36. Ke3 Ke6 37. Kf4 Kf6 38. g7 Kxg7 39. Ke5 d4 40. Kd5 Kf6 41.
Kxc5 Ke5 {surprisingly drawn}) (28. b4 Kd7 29. b5 b6+ (29... Kc7 30. bxc6 bxc6
31. h4) 30. Kd4 Kd6 31. bxc6 Kxc6 32. h4) (28. c4 $2 b6+ 29. Kd4 (29. Kxc6 d4)
29... c5+ 30. Kd3 d4) 28... Kd6 29. h4 c5+ 30. Ke3 Ke6 31. c3 b6 32. h5 {
Now he does not have a conventional path to a passed pawn, so he needs help
from you toget hisking in. But you have a pawn wall, so you should just wait.}
(32. b4 Ke7 33. Kd3 Ke6 34. bxc5 bxc5 35. Kc2 Ke7 36. Kb3 Ke6 37. Ka4 a6 38.
Ka5 Ke7 {dead end}) 32... b5 {The wrong idea, though it doesn't lose because
of a tactic.} (32... Ke7) (32... a5) (32... f5 33. g5 Kf7) 33. Kf3 (33. b4 c4
$1 (33... d4+ 34. cxd4 cxb4 35. Ke4 a5 36. d5+ $18) 34. Kd4 $4 f5 $1 (34... a6
35. a3 Kd6 36. g5 $18) 35. g5 (35. gxf5+ Kxf5 36. Kxd5 Kxf4 37. Kc6 Ke4 38.
Kxb5 Kd3 $19) 35... hxg5 36. fxg5 f4 $19) 33... a5 34. Ke3 b4 $6 {Again wrong
idea, but still drawing.} (34... Ke7 35. b3 (35. b4 axb4 36. cxb4 c4) 35... b4
$19) 35. cxb4 axb4 $4 (35... cxb4 36. Kd4 (36. a4 bxa3 $1 (36... Ke7 37. Kd4
Ke6 38. Kc5 f5 39. gxf5+ Kxf5 40. Kxd5 Kxf4 41. Kc5 Kg4 42. Kb5 Kxh5 43. Kxa5
Kg4 44. Kxb4 h5 45. a5) (36... f5 $2 37. g5 hxg5 38. fxg5 Ke7 (38... Kf7 39.
Kf4 d4 40. g6+ Kf6 41. b3 $1 {with a fatal zugzwang. Black will either have to
let the king in or give up his pawns.}) 39. h6 Kf7 40. h7 Kg7 41. g6 b3 42. Kf4
d4 43. Kxf5 d3 44. Ke6 d2 45. h8=Q+ Kxh8 46. Kf7) 37. bxa3 a4 38. Kd4 f5 39.
gxf5+ Kxf5 40. Kxd5 Kxf4 41. Kc5 Kg4 42. Kb5 Kxh5 43. Kxa4 Kg4 44. Kb5 h5)
36... f5 $1 37. g5 hxg5 38. fxg5 f4 $11) 36. a4 {Under 5 min} 1-0

[Event "All Russian-ch02 Masters"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1901.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Lebedev, Sergey Fedorovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1901.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 {[#]} 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 c6
8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bxe5 10. dxe5 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Qe7 12. a4 Rd8 13. Qh5 Re8 14.
Ba3 Qd7 15. Rad1 Qf5 16. Qh4 Qxe5 17. f4 Qf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Rf3 Be6 20. Rg3+
Kh8 21. Be7 h5 22. Bxf6+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1901.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Problem 1"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/5k2/3b2r1/7Q/7K/7B/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.29"]

 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1901.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Problem 2"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6r1/8/8/8/5R2/4BK2/8/4kb2 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.29"]

 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1901.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Problem 3"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r2k/7p/7Q/bq6/8/8/2B2PPP/5RK1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.29"]

 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1901.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Problem 4"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4k3/4q3/3p4/8/4n3/5P2/4B3/3QK3 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.29"]

 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1901.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Problem 5"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r5k/7p/8/4b3/3q4/2RB4/P1PP4/K6Q b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.29"]

 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1901.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Problem 6"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/8/8/b1k1N3/4n3/KB6 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.29"]

 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2843"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[Annotator "Grooten"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2018.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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-13,0,0,0,14,29,29,32,29,44,35,37,16,37,29,32,89,95,114,143,128,153,166,136,
166,144,128,173,165,171,204,204,261,251,221,211,211,297,317,225,227,234,232,
254,223,223,264,263,263,210,226,232,359,324,327,314,330,326,304,345,329,329,
329,356,356,295,328,296,320,322,325,307,329,324,410,583,560,527,527,577,585,
563,541,445,457,459,459,491,481,454,456,467,526,515,572,572,569,575,569,580,
682,627,627,657,1636,1642,1675,2104]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5.
Bb3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 a5 8. c3 Nbd7 9. exd5 cxd5 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1
Re8 12. Nf1 b5 13. a4 b4 14. cxb4 axb4 15. Ne3 Bb7 16. d4 e4 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18.
dxe5 Rxe5 19. Qd4 Re7 20. Rac1 Rd7 21. Red1 h6 22. Rc5 Ra5 23. Rxa5 Qxa5 24. h3
Kh7 25. Rc1 Rc7 26. Rxc7 Qxc7 27. Qxb4 Qc1+ 28. Bd1 Ba6 29. Qd4 Be2 30. Kh2
Bxd1 31. Nxd1 Qc7+ 32. Kg1 Qc1 33. b4 e3 34. fxe3 Ne4 35. Qxd5 Nd2 36. Qf5+ Kh8
37. Qg4 f5 38. Qe2 Ne4 39. Qe1 Qa1 40. a5 Nd6 41. Qd2 Nc4 42. Qd4 Qc1 43. Kf1
Nxe3+ 44. Qxe3 Qxd1+ 45. Kf2 Qc2+ 46. Kg3 g5 47. Qe5+ Kh7 48. Kh2 f4 49. Qd5
Qa4 50. Qf7+ Kh8 51. Qg6 Qxb4 52. Qxh6+ Kg8 53. Qxg5+ Kh7 54. Qh5+ Kg7 55. Qg5+
Kh7 56. h4 Qd6 57. Qh5+ Kg7 58. Qg5+ Kh7 59. h5 f3+ 60. g3 f2 61. Qg6+ Kh8 62.
Qxd6 f1=Q 63. Qh6+ Kg8 64. Qe6+ Kh8 65. Qe3 Qb5 66. Qc3+ Kh7 67. g4 Qd5 68.
Qc7+ Kg8 69. Kg3 Qe6 70. Qd8+ Kh7 71. Qd3+ Kh8 72. a6 Qe5+ 73. Kh3 Qa1 74. Qd8+
Kh7 75. Qe7+ Kh6 76. Qe3+ Kh7 77. a7 {[#]} (77. a7 Qh1+ 78. Kg3) 1-0

[Event "Sas van Gent Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Sas van Gent"]
[Date "1990.08.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Goormachtigh, Johan"]
[Black "Grooten, Herman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Grooten"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1990.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,133,16,18,27,6,-5,-5,16,33,33,27,29,15,15,10,18,22,30,42,20,-22,10,0,
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-29,-49,-49,20,-16,-3,-2,0,-20,-12,-19,-20,-17,-19,-36,-27,-71,0,-32,16,21,18,
18,18,16,30,18,18,18,13,0,19,18,14,14,14,8,13,1,1,-17,26,26,45,26,51,32,52,52,
52,34,42,13,5,5,5,5,5,0,0,0,0,0,84,77,144,0,0,0,29,34,34,25,46,34,34,30,159,
123,123,151,197,173,133,155,367,92,1055,1449]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4.
e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. d5 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. d6 Bf8 11.
g3 Re6 12. Bg2 Rxd6 13. Qc2 Re6 14. O-O Nc6 15. b4 d5 16. Rd1 Qe8 17. Bb2 Re5
18. Nf4 Bf5 19. Qb3 d4 20. Ncd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 Rd8 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. Rxd4 Rde8
24. Qc3 Qh6 25. Rd8 Qb6 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Re1 Qc6 28. Rxe8 Qxe8 29. h4 Qe4 30.
Kh2 a6 31. Qd4 Qc2 32. Nd5 h6 33. Ne7+ Kh7 34. Nxf5 Qxf5 35. Kg2 h5 36. Bc3 f6
37. Bb2 Qc2 38. Qd5 Qc6 39. Qxc6 bxc6 40. Kf3 Bd6 41. Ke4 Kg6 42. Bd4 f5+ 43.
Ke3 Kf7 44. f4 Ke6 45. Kd3 Kd5 46. Bxg7 Bc7 47. Bd4 Bd8 48. Ba7 Bf6 49. Be3 Bb2
50. a4 Bf6 51. Bf2 Bd8 52. Bd4 Be7 53. Bc3 Bd8 54. Bd4 a5 55. bxa5 Bxa5 56. Bf2
c5 57. Ke2 Kc4 58. Be1 Bb6 59. Kd1 Kd3 60. Bf2 Kc4 61. Be1 Kb3 {[#]} 62. a5 $1
Ba7 (62... Bc7 63. a6 Bb8 64. g4 $1 fxg4 65. f5) 63. g4 $3 fxg4 (63... hxg4 64.
h5 c4 65. Ke2 $1 c3 66. Bxc3 Kxc3 67. h6 Bd4 68. a6 $18) 64. f5 c4 65. f6 Be3
66. Ke2 g3 (66... Bc5 67. f7 c3 68. Bxc3 Kxc3 69. a6) 67. Kxe3 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.03.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vancura (basic)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Grooten"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "R7/6k1/P7/8/8/8/3K4/r7 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.29"]

{[#]} 1... Rf1 2. Kc3 Rf6 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.03.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vancura (borderline)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Grooten"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "R7/6k1/P7/8/8/r7/2K5/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.29"]

{[#]} 1... Rh3 $1 (1... Rf3 $2 2. Ra7+ Kf6 (2... Kg6 3. Rb7 Ra3 4. a7 Kf6 5.
Kb2 Ra6 6. Kb3 Ke6 7. Kb4 Kd6 8. Kb5 Ra1 9. Rb6+ Kc7 10. Ra6) 3. Rh7 $1 Ra3 4.
Kb2 Ra5 (4... Rxa6 $2 5. Rh6+) 5. a7 $18) 2. Kb2 (2. Ra7+ Kf6 3. Rb7 (3. Kb2
Rh8 $1 4. Rb7 Ke5 5. a7 Ra8 $11) 3... Ra3 4. Rb6+ Ke7 5. Kb2 Ra5 6. Kb3 Kd7 7.
Kb4 Ra1 8. Kb5 Kc7 $11) 2... Rh6 $1 3. Kc3 Rf6 $11 *

[Event "Linares 26th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2009.02.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Grooten"]
[PlyCount "186"]
[EventDate "2009.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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-567,-962,-962,-992]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2
Bd6 7. g4 h6 8. Bd2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. e4 Be7 12. g5 hxg5 13. Nxg5
b4 14. Na4 c5 15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Rc8 17. Qa4+ Bc6 18. Bb5 Bxb5 19. Qxb5+
Qd7 20. Qxd7+ Nxd7 21. Ke2 Rh4 22. Rac1 Rxc5 23. Rxc5 Bxc5 24. f4 e5 25. h3
exf4 26. Nf3 Rh6 27. Bxf4 Re6 28. Nd2 Bd4 29. Rb1 Ra6 30. a3 bxa3 31. bxa3 Rxa3
32. Nc4 Ra2+ 33. Kd3 Bf2 34. Bd6 Nb6 35. Bb4 Nxc4 36. Kxc4 Bb6 37. Kd5 Rg2 38.
Rb3 Rg5+ 39. e5 Bc7 40. Bd6 Bxd6 41. Kxd6 Rg6+ 42. Kd5 Rb6 43. Rc3 Kd7 44. Rf3
Ke7 45. Rc3 Rb7 46. Rc6 g6 47. Ra6 Kf8 48. Ke4 Kg7 49. Kf4 Re7 50. Ra5 Kh6 51.
Kg4 a6 52. Rxa6 Rxe5 53. Rb6 Re3 54. Ra6 f5+ 55. Kh4 Re4+ 56. Kg3 Kg5 57. Ra3
Re2 58. Kf3 Rh2 59. Kg3 Rb2 60. Ra8 Rb3+ 61. Kg2 Kf4 62. Ra4+ Ke3 63. h4 Rb6
64. Kg3 Rd6 65. Rf4 Rd1 66. Rf3+ Ke4 67. Rf4+ Ke5 68. Ra4 f4+ 69. Kg2 Rd2+ 70.
Kf3 Rd3+ 71. Kg2 Rg3+ 72. Kh2 Kf5 73. Ra6 Re3 74. Ra5+ Re5 75. Ra2 Kg4 76. Rg2+
Kh5 77. Kh3 Ra5 78. Rg1 Ra3+ 79. Kh2 Ra6 80. Kh3 Ra5 81. Rg2 Rc5 82. Rg1 f3 83.
Kg3 Rf5 {[#]} 84. Rf1 $4 (84. Kf2 $1 Rf6 85. Rh1 Kg4 86. Rg1+ $1 (86. Rh2 $4
Ra6 87. Rh1 Ra2+) 86... Kxh4 87. Rh1+ Kg4 (87... Kg5 88. Rg1+ Kh6 89. Rh1+ Kg7
90. Rh3 g5 91. Rxf3 $11) 88. Rg1+ Kf4 89. Rg3 Ke4 90. Rg4+ Ke5 91. Rg5+ Ke6 92.
Rg3 $1 $11) 84... f2 $1 85. Kh3 Rf3+ 86. Kg2 Kg4 $1 87. h5 $1 (87. Rxf2 Rxf2+
88. Kxf2 Kxh4 $19) 87... Rg3+ $1 (87... gxh5 88. Rxf2 $11) 88. Kh2 (88. Kxf2
Rf3+ 89. Kg2 Rxf1 90. Kxf1 Kxh5 $19) 88... Kf3 $1 89. Ra1 Rg2+ $1 90. Kh1 (90.
Kh3 Rg1) 90... Rg5 $1 91. Ra3+ Kf4 92. Ra4+ Kg3 93. Ra3+ Kh4 0-1

[Event "ch-CUB w 2023"]
[Site "Camaguey CUB"]
[Date "2023.02.20"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "5.1 Ordaz Valdes, L."]
[Black "Forgas Moreno, Y."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A54"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1k1r3r/pp2bppb/1np5/3P4/2PP1P2/qP2BBpP/PQ2N3/2KR2R1 b - - 0 24"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2023.02.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1477"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.27"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

{[%evp 0,48,23,23,27,14,27,23,26,26,67,44,28,24,45,24,45,6,54,68,115,98,109,38,
40,44,67,75,88,60,66,66,63,54,54,78,74,17,37,77,97,97,97,36,20,-7,-7,-70,-29,
-1020,-1189] [#]} 24... Nxc4 $1 {White resigned as she loses material, e.g.,} (
24... Nxc4 25. bxc4 (25. Qxa3 Bxa3# {is obviously even worse.}) 25... Qxe3+ 26.
Rd2 Ba3 {and it is definitely over.}) 0-1

[Event "TCh-CHN League 2022"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2023.02.17"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "5.2 Wan Yunguo"]
[Black "Liu, Yan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r3r2k/p3qpp1/1p6/2pP1R2/4B3/2P1P3/Pn2Q1PP/6K1 w - - 0 25"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2023.02.14"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1477"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.27"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
[WhiteTeam "Hebei"]
[BlackTeam "Chongqing"]

{[%evp 0,49,28,24,24,7,14,7,31,29,19,13,29,19,21,15,21,19,25,29,31,19,26,20,23,
20,52,52,60,53,50,50,51,53,-30,-39,-60,-84,-62,-59,-47,-47,-47,-47,-63,-108,
-64,-90,44,53,29991,29992] [#]} 25. Rh5+ {Black resigned as White forces mate
after} (25. Rh5+ Kg8 26. Rh8+ Kxh8 27. Qh5+ Kg8 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Qh8#) 1-0

[Event "ch-HUN U20 2023"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "2023.02.22"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "5.3 Krstulovic, Alex"]
[Black "Palczert, Matyas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1b2rk1/pp2bp1p/2q1p1pB/2p1P3/8/2PB3R/P2Q1PPP/R5K1 w - - 0 18"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2023.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1477"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.27"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

{[%evp 0,39,19,27,27,27,27,6,14,14,47,52,55,10,25,-3,-3,-4,38,32,32,37,23,2,5,
-24,-14,-44,55,33,90,109,137,86,121,120,517,602,817,841,873,916] [#]} 18. Bg7
$1 {Simplest and best. The idea is Qh6.} f5 19. Qh6 Kf7 20. Qxh7 {and Black
resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2022-23"]
[Site "Kirchweyhe GER"]
[Date "2023.02.25"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "5.4 Efimenko, Z."]
[Black "Lokander, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rn1bk2r/1pq2ppp/2p2nb1/p2p4/3P3N/1QN1PPP1/PP1B3P/2R1KB1R w Kkq - 0 13"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2022.10.22"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1477"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.27"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
[WhiteTeam "SV Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "FC Bayern Muenchen"]

{[%evp 0,47,28,18,24,22,22,24,35,-1,7,0,10,22,22,-12,13,23,39,34,34,31,33,31,
80,79,98,185,213,225,313,299,354,348,365,368,193,200,195,165,183,202,222,207,
253,250,312,313,252,264] [#]} 13. Nb5 $1 ({White could also exchange on g6
first,} 13. Nxg6 hxg6 {, before continuing as in the game,} 14. Nb5 {.}) 13...
Qe7 14. Nd6+ {The point!} Qxd6 ({Or} 14... Kf8 15. Qxb7 Qxb7 16. Nxb7 {and
White has won a pawn for nothing.}) 15. Qxb7 Nfd7 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Qxa8 {
White is winning. The game was soon over.} Rxh2 18. Rxh2 Qxg3+ 19. Kd1 Qxh2 20.
Kc2 g5 21. Bd3 Qg2 22. Re1 Qxf3 23. e4 Kf8 24. Qb7 {and Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Dusseldorf GER"]
[Date "2023.02.17"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "5.5 Gukesh, D."]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/5ppp/8/p2NPPq1/P6n/2PQ4/1rB2P1b/4RK2 w - - 0 31"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1476"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.20"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

{[%evp 0,63,19,38,25,16,14,12,8,25,-7,6,5,19,27,27,27,27,26,23,20,25,26,32,37,
40,43,12,6,3,47,47,62,14,225,125,125,126,156,94,156,123,197,28,36,51,64,60,79,
83,86,27,32,0,46,48,0,20,21,0,0,0,1212,2228,2287,2720] [#]} 31. Ne7+ $1 Qxe7 {
The knight has to be captured as White otherwise checkmates on d8.} 32. f6 $1 {
The point! Black has no answer to the dual threats on e7 and h7 and therefore
resigned.} 1-0

[Event "39th Cappelle Open 2023"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande FRA"]
[Date "2023.02.23"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "5.6 Sasikiran, K."]
[Black "Licznerski, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1kr5/pp2q3/1bp5/5Q2/P4p1r/1R3B1P/1P2P3/1KR5 w - - 0 31"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2023.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1477"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.27"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

{[%evp 0,69,17,23,27,-21,23,41,36,22,8,-2,-5,0,0,31,9,46,37,39,23,34,14,-7,25,
33,33,28,23,33,32,45,78,56,10,0,2,7,7,0,0,12,8,-69,-49,-88,-84,-72,-72,-76,-74,
-117,-95,-97,-71,-59,-14,-11,28,27,27,49,146,122,122,206,206,212,630,701,29995,
29996] [#]} 31. a5 Rf8 ({Necessary as} 31... Be3 32. Rxc6 Rxc6 33. Bxc6 {
is hopeless for Black.}) 32. Qg6 Bxa5 33. Rxb7+ ({In the game, White
surprisingly missed this simple tactical option and instead played} 33. Rxc6
Qh7 $4 (33... Bb6 {was necessary and playable for Black}) 34. Rc2 Rf7 35. Rxb7+
{and Black resigned.}) 33... Qxb7 ({Or} 33... Kxb7 34. Qxc6+ Kb8 35. Qa8# {.})
34. Qd6+ Qc7 35. Qxf8+ Qd8 36. Qf7 {and Black has no defense.} 1-0

[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"]
[Site "Dusseldorf GER"]
[Date "2023.02.16"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "5.7 So, W."]
[Black "Duda, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4k2r/pp3ppp/1qr1pn2/2b5/7Q/2N3P1/PP2PP1P/R1BR2K1 w k - 0 15"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1476"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.20"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

{[%evp 0,95,16,23,32,-10,-10,-12,18,14,-10,0,-11,12,21,-2,-7,-9,-9,10,-8,-5,32,
32,32,22,46,39,31,93,107,114,68,95,136,153,164,118,222,198,198,155,138,148,143,
149,144,145,150,150,165,130,128,155,195,174,184,223,283,276,276,299,322,326,
326,317,335,318,310,338,339,322,321,314,315,339,375,325,336,325,406,409,413,
414,411,385,389,332,355,353,341,349,346,350,336,339,381,390] [#]} 15. Bh6 $1 {
This idea has been known for 35 years, first played in Portisch-Radulov, and
Ribli-Ljubojevic, both at Benos Aires ol 1978!} Bf8 ({Or} 15... gxh6 16. Qxf6
O-O 17. Ne4 {and White has a positionally won position.}) 16. Rd3 Nd5 17. Nxd5
exd5 18. Be3 Qxb2 19. Bd4 Qb4 20. Rb3 Qe7 21. Qxe7+ Kxe7 22. Rxb7+ Ke6 23. Rb8
{and Black is hopelessly tied up and completely lost.} h5 24. Rab1 h4 25. Kg2
Kf5 26. Kf3 hxg3 27. hxg3 Rc4 28. e3 Rc2 29. R1b5 Kg6 30. Rxd5 Rxa2 31. Rdd8
Rh2 32. Rxf8 Raxf2+ 33. Ke4 f6 34. Rb7 a6 35. Ra8 Ra2 36. Raa7 Rh7 37. Kf3 Ra5
38. Rb6 Rg5 39. Kg2 a5 40. e4 Rg4 41. Kf3 Rg5 42. Be3 Re5 43. Bf4 Rc5 44. e5
Rh8 45. Rba6 Rd8 46. exf6 gxf6 47. Rxa5 Rc3+ 48. Kg4 1-0

[Event "39th Cappelle Open 2023"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande FRA"]
[Date "2023.02.23"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "5.8 Degraeve, JM."]
[Black "Bournel, Antoine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1q4k1/pp2rpb1/1npNp1p1/4P3/3P2B1/Q1R5/PP3PP1/4K3 w - - 0 25"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2023.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1477"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.27"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

{[%evp 0,65,17,17,73,73,73,73,67,50,55,-9,10,10,10,25,16,-6,25,29,37,14,61,28,
98,103,151,120,145,147,147,132,144,132,179,129,132,111,164,143,160,143,156,160,
167,125,126,60,66,157,153,170,229,172,353,309,313,326,323,664,706,741,1602,
2023,2031,2023,29999,-30000] [#]} 25. Rf3 $1 {The f7- and e6- pawns are the
weakest points in Black's position and it soon becomes evident that they are
impossible to defend.} Bf8 ({If} 25... Nd5 {then} 26. Rxf7 Rxf7 27. Bxe6 {
is, of course, a complete disaster for Black.}) 26. Qd3 $1 {Threatening Nxf7
followed by Qxg6+.} Kg7 27. Bh5 $1 ({Threatening Rxf7+ followed by Qxg6+. This
is the most accurate; the game continued nevertheless in a an otherwise
impressive fashion:} 27. Bxe6 fxe6 28. Rg3 Kg8 29. Qxg6+ Bg7 30. Rh3 Nd7 31.
Qh7+ Kf8 32. Rf3+ Bf6 33. Qh8# {Wow.}) 27... gxh5 28. Rg3+ Kh8 29. Qf3 Bg7 30.
Qxh5+ Kg8 31. Qh6 f5 32. exf6 {and it is game over for Black.} 1-0

[Event "36th Cannes Open 2023"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2023.02.21"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "5.9 Dimitrov, R."]
[Black "Bifulco, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2307"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r1qr2k/R5bp/1p2b1p1/3ppp2/1BP5/3P2P1/4PPBP/3Q1RK1 w - - 0 22"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2023.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1477"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.27"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

{[%evp 0,63,17,-5,-33,-30,22,1,14,14,53,52,33,27,33,28,25,-19,-1,-30,7,7,16,
-24,-26,-37,-20,-68,-52,-69,-20,-29,-21,-22,-12,-47,26,23,45,47,52,44,43,59,82,
20,34,20,61,-6,60,73,82,64,62,57,57,43,233,273,638,572,29989,29990,29999,29988]
[#]} 22. Qa1 $1 ({Black's counterplay is based on the play with the pawns in
the center, if that can get immobilized, then Black is without an answer when
White starts to penetrate. The game continued:} 22. Qa4 dxc4 23. Bc6 cxd3 24.
Rd1 Bd5 25. Rxd3 Bxc6 26. Qxc6 Qc8 27. Rc7 Qe6 28. Rd6 Qb3 29. Rdd7 Rg8 30. Bc3
Rbe8 31. Rxg7 Rb8 32. Rgd7 {and Black resigned.}) 22... Rc8 ({If Black
captures on c4, everything falls apart in a hurry:} 22... dxc4 23. Bc6 Rg8 24.
dxc4 Rc8 ({or} 24... Bxc4 25. Rd1 Qf6 26. Rd6 Qf8 27. Qc3 b5 28. Rxg6 {and
White is winning}) 25. Bd5 Bxd5 26. Be7 Qe8 27. cxd5 {and White is clearly
winning.}) 23. Bc3 $1 d4 24. Bd2 {with Black's counterplay in the center
effectively stopped, White can now focus on the queenside; next up is Rb1 as
Black will not be able to hold the b-pawn for long.} 1-0

[Event "1000GM LA Spring Splash"]
[Site "Los Angeles, CA"]
[Date "2023.03.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Atwell, Rose"]
[Black "Liu, Patrick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2191"]
[BlackElo "2177"]
[Annotator "Atwell"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.29"]

{[%evp 0,123,19,38,40,41,106,31,75,67,47,40,45,24,49,48,39,26,11,-8,0,-3,0,-5,
-16,-28,-31,-31,-31,-38,-32,-154,-3,-124,-30,0,0,19,9,10,10,1,1,0,70,33,46,17,
44,50,117,82,81,68,96,83,83,57,56,52,59,83,109,29,36,25,42,41,46,74,91,76,157,
99,108,98,81,88,83,61,50,61,88,61,88,92,125,58,57,49,43,41,123,135,123,124,123,
120,203,211,211,216,214,214,213,216,210,223,223,220,210,212,234,244,297,260,
271,278,290,306,306,343,343,354,748,782]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4
cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. e5 a6 7. h3 Nc6 8. Nc3 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O
Nh5 12. Be3 Nf4 13. Bc2 e6 14. Re1 Qf6 15. Nh2 $4 {[%cal Gc6d4] I was so
intent on getting my knight to g4 that I blundered here.} b5 $2 {[%cal Gh2g4]}
({Fortunately he missed} 15... Nxd4 16. Ng4 {[%csl Gd4]} Nxh3+ 17. gxh3 Nf3+
18. Kg2 Qh4 {[%csl Ge1,Gh4][%cal Ge6e5,Gd5d4] when Black has great
compensation for the material.}) 16. Qd2 $2 Bd7 {Again ... Nc6xd4 was good.}
17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Ng4 Qf7 19. Ne2 Nxe2+ 20. Rxe2 Kh8 21. h4 {[%csl Gh4,Gc6,Ge5]
[%cal Gc6e7]} Ne7 22. Nh6 Qe8 23. Ng4 Nf5 24. Bxf5 Rxf5 25. Bg5 ({After} 25.
Bh6 $1 {[%csl Gg7,Ge5,Gg4] and a trade of the dark-squared bishops, White's
good knight outshines Black's bad bishop.}) 25... Rc8 26. Ne3 Rf7 27. Nxd5 {
This wins a pawn, but since Black wins the d4-pawn, it's actually not that
great.} Qf8 28. Nb6 Rc6 29. Nxd7 Rxd7 {[%csl Gd7]} 30. Re4 Rcd6 31. Rde1 Rxd4
32. Qe2 Rxe4 33. Qxe4 {[%csl Ge6]} Rd6 34. b3 h6 35. Be3 Qf7 36. Rc1 ({Here I
missed} 36. Bxh6 $1 {[%cal Ge4e5]} Bxh6 37. Qe5+) 36... Kh7 37. h5 Qf5 38.
hxg6+ Qxg6 39. Qb7 Qh5 40. Qe4+ Qf5 41. Qh4 Qf6 42. Qg3 Rd7 43. Qg4 Qf5 44.
Qxf5+ exf5 45. Rc6 a5 46. Rc5 Rd1+ 47. Kh2 Ra1 48. Rxf5 ({Here} 48. Rc7 {
, with the idea} Kg6 49. Rxg7+ Kxg7 50. Bd4+ {, would be winning. I missed
this in time trouble, but a few moves later...}) 48... a4 49. bxa4 bxa4 {[#]}
50. Rf7 $3 {This is MY BEST MOVE!} Rd1 ({Now} 50... Rxa2 {loses to} 51. Bd4 {
, while}) (50... Kg6 {is met with} 51. Rxg7+ Kxg7 52. Bd4+ {.}) 51. Ra7 Kg6 52.
Rxa4 Be5+ 53. g3 h5 54. Ra5 Bf6 55. Kg2 Rd3 56. a4 h4 57. g4 Rb3 58. Ra6 Kf7
59. g5 h3+ 60. Kh2 Be5+ 61. Kxh3 Bf4 62. Rf6+ {I'm sure I've had flashier wins,
but none are more meaningful. This is the game that made me a master.} 1-0

