Games
[Event "18th Aeroflot Open-A 2020"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2020.02.25"]
[Round "7.30"]
[White "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Black "Pranesh M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Reeh,Oliver"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r2rk/p4b1p/q4p2/1np1P3/7N/1PBPR2P/P2P1K2/2RQ4 w - - 0 30"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[#]} {[%tqu "En","~/=1/2_|ν>=BQ","","","e5e6","The pawn gets under way,
creating the threats 31.exf7 and 31.Bxf6+. 30...Nxc3 is forced.",10,"d1f3","",
0,"De","30.e6! ist der beste Zug in der Stellung - wenn man die Fortsetzung
nach 30...Sxc3 parat hat. Haben Sie? Lassen Sie sich Zeit - und wenn Sie
soweit sind, f黨ren Sie bitte 30.e6! aus.","","","e5e6","Der Bauer setzt sich
in Bewegung und schafft die Drohungen 31.exf7 und 31.Lxf6+. 30...Sxc3 ist
erzwungen.",10,"d1f3","",0]} 30. e6 $1 {[%cal Re6f7,Rc3f6,Rf6d8,Gc3h8]} (30.
Qf3 $2 Nxc3 {transposes. leitet über.}) 30... Nxc3 (30... Bxe6 31. Bxf6+ $18 {
[%cal Rf6d8,Rf6h8]}) {[%tqu "En","Continuation?","","","d1f3","The queen gets
into safety, White threatens 32.Qxf6+ and 32.exf7.",10,"De","Fortsetzung?","",
"","d1f3","Die Dame bringt sich in Sicherheit, Wei?droht 32.Dxf6+ und 32.exf7.
",10]} 31. Qf3 $1 {[%cal Gf3f6,Ge6f7]} (31. exf7 $4 Nxd1+) (31. Rxc3 Bxe6 $14)
(31. dxc3 Bxe6 $14) 31... Nd5 {[%cal Gd5f6,Rd5e3]} (31... Bxe6 $2 32. Qxf6+ Rg7
33. Qxd8+ $18) 32. exf7 Rgf8 33. Rg1 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gg1g8]} f5 (33... Nxe3
34. Qh5 $140 $1 $18 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Gh4g6]} {Stockfish 310121:} Qxd3 ({
Stockfish 310121:} 34... Ng4+ 35. Rxg4 Qxd3 36. Ng6+ Qxg6 37. Rxg6 Rxf7 38. Ke2
Re8+ 39. Kd1 Re5 40. Qh6 $18) 35. Ng6+ Qxg6 36. Rxg6 Rd5 37. Qh6 Rxf7 38. Kxe3
Rd6 39. Ke2 $18) {[%tqu "En","~/=1/2_|μ1/2>=BQ","","","f3d5","A
queen sac to divert Black's rook from the back rank.",10,"De","Arbeiten Sie 34.
Dxd5! Txd5 zum Gewinn f黵 Wei?aus. Wenn Sie soweit sind, opfern Sie bitte
auf d5 die Dame.","","","f3d5","Ein Damenopfer, um den schwarzen Turm von der
Grundreihe abzulenken.",10]} 34. Qxd5 $1 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Rd8d5,Re3e8]} Rxd5 ({
The game ended Die Partie endete} 34... Qf6 {[%cal Gf6d8,Gf8d8]} 35. Qe5 {
[%csl Rh4][%cal Ge5h8]} Rxf7 (35... Qxe5 $4 36. Rxe5 Rxf7 37. Rxf5 $18) 36.
Qxf6+ Rxf6 37. Nf3 f4 38. Re7 a6 39. Rgg7 {[%cal Rg7h7,Re7g7]} Rh6 (39... Rg8
40. Rxh7#) {Stockfish 310121:} 40. Ne5 Re8 41. Rxh7+ Rxh7 42. Rxe8+ Kg7 43.
Re7+ Kh6 44. Rxh7+ Kxh7 45. Kf3 Kg7 46. Nd7 c4 47. bxc4 $18) {[%tqu "En",
"Continuation?","","","e3e8","Courtesy of the f7-pawn! Have you seen the
knockout following 35...Rd8 now?",10,"De","Fortsetzung?","","","e3e8","Der
Bauer f7 macht's m鰃lich! Knockout nach 35...Td8 gesehen?",10]} 35. Re8 {
[%csl Ge8][%cal Gf7e8]} Rd8 {[%cal Gd8f8]} (35... Qd6 36. Rg8+ Rxg8 37. Rxg8# (
37. fxg8=Q#) (37. fxg8=R#)) {[%tqu "En","What now?","","","g1g8","Rook meeting
on the back rank - a nice picture!",10,"De","Was nun?","","","g1g8","Turmtreff
auf der Grundreihe - ein sch鰊es Bild!",10]} 36. Rg8+ {[%csl Rd8,Ge8,Gf7,Rf8,
Gg8,Rh8]} Rxg8 {[%tqu "En","The options - your mate of choice, please. :-)","",
"","f7g8B","Checkmate with a new rook or queen!",10,"f7g8Q","Checkmate with a
new rook or queen!",10,"De","Zwei M鰃lichkeiten - das Matt Ihrer Wahl, bitte. :
-)","","","f7g8B","Schachmatt mit neuer Schwerfigur!",10,"f7g8Q","Schachmatt
mit neuer Schwerfigur!",10]} 37. fxg8=R# (37. fxg8=Q#) 1-0
[Event "Analysis"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg"]
[Date "2021.04.20"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1q1r4/1p3pk1/4pnp1/4N2p/PpR2P2/4P2P/1Q3P1K/8 b - - 0 33"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2020.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%tqu "En","这是一个临界3/4置妫飧?/4置嬉鹆巳?/
2簮_|ߵĹעQ_|_ʵսûҵ1/2ȷ-/+Ľ>=B1/2..Q_|_3/43/4>=ȷ-/
+挠Χ苑1/2?.是什么呢？","","","d8d1","Wang Hao had this defensive possibility
but with just a few seconds on his clock he was unable to find it.",10,"b4b3",
"",0] [#]} 33... Rd1 $1 {[%cal Gb8d8,Gf6g4,Gd8h4,Rh4h2,Rh5h4] Wang Hao had
this defensive possibility but with just a few seconds on his clock he was
unable to find it.
首次弃兵！后面的计划是后调动到h4进攻对手的王。} ({
The game continuation was:} 33... b3 {这是实战的走法。} 34. Rb4 Qa7 (
34... Qd6 35. Rxb7 Qd2 $132) 35. Rxb3 Qxa4 36. Rxb7 Qe8 {Black is too passive
and Anish easily recognizes that there is no hurry to sacrifice on f7.} 37. Ra7
$1 Rd5 38. Qb7 Ne4 39. Nxf7 {1-0}) 34. Rxb4 (34. Qxb4 $5 {[%tqu "En","_|ڷ1/
2如_|谓?=BQ?>>=是要根3/4菥置嫣氐阊罢彝黄频姆1/2?.","","","b8d8","",10]}
Qd8 $3 {[%cal Rd8h4,Rd8d1]
第二次弃兵，控制开放线，逐步靠近对方的王，然后实施攻
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二次弃兵，控制开放线，逐步靠近对方的王，然后实施攻击
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} 35. Qxb7 {[%tqu "En","更妙-/+囊?/=1/2Q?=B1/2?,"","","f6g4","",10]}
Ng4+ $1 36. Nxg4 (36. hxg4 $2 {这步棋不好。黑方马上攻进去了！以
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步棋不好。黑方马上攻进去了！以下一轮组合拳，对手毫无
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棋不好。黑方马上攻进去了！以下一轮组合拳，对手毫无还
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不好。黑方马上攻进去了！以下一轮组合拳，对手毫无还手
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好。黑方马上攻进去了！以下一轮组合拳，对手毫无还手之
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姐€傞粦鏂归┈涓婃敾杩涘幓浜嗭紒浠ヤ笅涓€杞粍鍚堟嫵锛屽鎵嬫鏃犺繕鎵嬩箣鍔?
。黑方马上攻进去了！以下一轮组合拳，对手毫无还手之力
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} {[%tqu "En","","","","d8h4","",10]} Qh4+ {[%cal Rh4h1,Rh5h4]} 37. Kg2 Qh1+ {
[%cal Gg2g3,Ge3d3,Rh1b7]} 38. Kg3 h4#) (36. Kg2 Nxe5 $17 {
白方吃回马之后黑方后g5就能攻进白方的阵地。}) 36... hxg4 $13
{局面不清晰，白方拥有一个兵的优势，但是黑方攻势依然猛
眬闈笉娓呮櫚锛岀櫧鏂规嫢鏈変竴涓叺鐨勪紭鍔匡紝浣嗘槸榛戞柟鏀诲娍渚濈劧鐚涚?
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面不清晰，白方拥有一个兵的优势，但是黑方攻势依然猛烈
潰涓嶆竻鏅帮紝鐧芥柟鎷ユ湁涓€涓叺鐨勪紭鍔匡紝浣嗘槸榛戞柟鏀诲娍渚濈劧鐚涚儓銆
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} 37. hxg4 $4 (37. Kg3 gxh3 38. Rc8) (37. Rc8) 37... Qh4+ 38. Kg2 Qh1+ $19)
34... Qd6 $1 (34... Qd8 {will also do. The idea is to come to d5.
依然可以进攻。} 35. Rxb7 {[%tqu "En","1/2?=B-/+姆1/2?.是？","","",
"d8d5","transposes to the main line.",10]} Qd5 {[%cal Rd1h1,Gd5h1] transposes
to the main line.}) 35. Rxb7 Qd5 $1 36. Rxf7+ Kh6 {White is in trouble because
it is his king which is coming under attack now.} 37. Kg3 (37. Rxf6 $6 Rh1+ 38.
Kg3 {[%tqu "En","","","","h1h3","",10]} Rxh3+ $3 39. Kxh3 Qh1+ 40. Kg3 h4+ 41.
Kg4 Qg2+ 42. Kxh4 Qh2+ 43. Kg4 Qg2+ $11) 37... Rh1 $1 (37... Ne4+ $2 {May seem
like the most natural try but it fails to} 38. Kg2 Nxf2+ (38... Nd2+ 39. f3 $18
{[%cal Rf3e4,Rf3g4]}) (38... Nd6+ {[%tqu "En","","","","e3e4","",10]} 39. e4 $3
Qxe4+ (39... Nxe4 {[%tqu "En","","","","e5g4","",10]} 40. Ng4+ hxg4 41. Qh8#)
40. f3 $18 {[%csl Re2][%cal Gb2e2]}) 39. Nf3 $18 (39. Kxf2 Rd2+ $18)) 38. Nf3 (
38. Qb7 Rg1+ 39. Kh2 (39. Kh4 {[%tqu "En","","","","d5e5","",10]} Qxe5 $1 40.
fxe5 g5#) 39... Rh1+ 40. Kg3 Rg1+ $11) {[%tqu "En","","","","h1h3","",10]}
38... Rxh3+ $1 39. Kxh3 Qxf3+ 40. Kh2 Ng4+ 41. Kg1 Qd1+ 42. Kg2 Ne5 $3 {
[%csl Gg4][%cal Gd1g4]} 43. Qxe5 Qg4+ 44. Kf1 Qd1+ 45. Kg2 Qg4+ 46. Kh2 Qh4+
47. Kg1 Qg4+ $11 *
[Event "Yekaterinburg"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg"]
[Date "2021.04.20"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "Bojkov,Dejan"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 {Giri's exceptional technique naturally
leads him to the Catalan, an opening with which the Dutch GM achieves
excellent results, consistently.} Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 {
The latest trend in the Catalan.} Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 (10. Bg5 {remains
the main line, as the following top game:} Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4 12. Qc1 h6 13. Bxf6
Bxf6 14. Rd1 a5 15. Nbd2 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Na6 {White tries to squeeze something
out of his extra space and more solid center, whereas Black is super-solid,
Dubov,D (2710)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2758) Online 2021}) 10... Bd6 ({The immediate
} 10... a5 {has been played as well.}) 11. Nc3 {Since White's play is related
to kingside expansion he does not object to the opening of the g-file.} ({
Giri had a chance to experience the difficulties that Black is facing last
year against another candidate:} 11. Be3 h6 12. Nc3 Qe7 13. Ne5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2
Nbd7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. d5 Rfe8 18. Rac1 exd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20.
Rxd5 Qe4+ 21. Qxe4 Rxe4 22. b3 {with a slight advantage for White in this
reversed Sicilian pawn structure, Ding,L (2791)-Giri,A (2764) Chess.com 2020})
11... Bxf4 12. gxf4 a5 {Wang needs to fix some squares for his pieces on the
queenside.} 13. e3 Na6 14. Ne5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 c6 16. h3 {N Only this is a
novelty. White prepares a shelter for his king on h2, and once that the king
is hidden he will not have to worry about the possible checks on the long
diagonal.} ({An earlier game went} 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Rac1 Rfd8 18. Qb3 Nb4 19.
Na2 Nbd5 20. Qc2 Ne8 21. Qd2 Nd6 22. Qe2 Nf5 {with a solid position for Black
in Akeya Price,R (1880)-Persson,A (2112) Hastings 2019}) 16... Qb6 17. Qe2 c5 {
Wang decided to solve all his problems once and for all, but this seems a tad
premature.} (17... Nb4 18. Kh2 Nbd5 {passively defending his slightly cramped
position should have been preferred according to the machine.}) 18. Rfd1 {
Keeping the tension.} ({Since the aggressive} 18. Qb5 {sharply reduces the
material in the line} Qxb5 19. axb5 cxd4 20. bxa6 dxc3 21. axb7 Rab8 22. bxc3
Rxb7 23. Rxa5 {Temporarily, White is a pawn up, but will soon lose it after}
Ne4) 18... cxd4 ({With the rooks facing each other after} 18... Rfd8 $6 19. Qb5
$1 {makes much more sense for White as the line} Qxb5 20. axb5 cxd4 21. bxa6
dxc3 22. axb7 $18 {loses on the spot for Black.}) 19. Rxd4 Rad8 20. Rxd8 $1 {
A moment of hesitation for Giri and the best continuation!} ({He was
apparently debating if the pawn is worth it:} 20. Qb5 Qxb5 21. axb5 Rxd4 22.
exd4 Nc7 (22... Nb4 23. Rxa5 $16) 23. Rxa5 Nfd5 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Ra7 $16 {
but ultimately decided that the middlegame would promise him more chances.}) (
20. Rad1 {Stockfish 310121:} Rxd4 ({Stockfish 310121:} 20... Nc5 21. Qb5 Qxb5
22. axb5 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 g6 24. Na4 Nxa4 25. Rxa4 Rc8 26. Rxa5 Ne4 27. Ra7 Rc2
28. b4 Rxf2+ 29. Kg1 Rb2 30. Rxb7 Rxb4 31. Nxf7 Nc3 32. Nd6 Nd5 33. e4 Nxf4 34.
b6 Nxh3+ 35. Kh2 Ng5 36. Rb8+ Kg7 37. b7 Kf6 38. Re8 Ke5 39. Nc4+ Kd4 40. Na5
Rb2+ 41. Kg3 Nxe4+ 42. Kh3 {[%eval 107,32]}) 21. Rxd4 Qa7 22. Qb5 Nc7 23. Qc4
Ncd5 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. f5 Qa8 26. Qb5 b6 27. Qc6 Qxc6 28. Nxc6 h6 29. Ne5 Rd8
30. fxe6 fxe6 31. Rc4 Nf6 32. Rc6 Rd5 33. Rxe6 b5 34. b3 Ne4 35. axb5 Rxb5 36.
Nc4 Nc3 37. Rb6 Rxb6 38. Nxb6 {[%eval 94,33]}) 20... Qxd8 {A sad necessity.} ({
As} 20... Rxd8 21. Qb5 Qc7 22. Nc4 {[%cal Rb5a5,Rc4a5] drops a pawn for Black.}
) 21. Rd1 Qa8 {[%cal Ra8g2,Gb7b6,Ge2f3,Gg2g1,Gg2h2] Black sometimes solves his
problems with ambushes like this, but here it does not work.} 22. Kg1 {It's
interesting that the Dutchman did not use the shelter.} ({The immediate} 22.
Qb5 {is an empty blow after} Nc7) ({The queen has better things to do than to
defend the king after} 22. Qf3 {Then both} Nb4 ({And} 22... Nc5 $11 {[%cal
Rd1d6,Rf3d1] look OK for Black.})) (22. Kh2 $5 $14 {however, looked more in
line with his previous play.} {Stockfish 310121:} Nc7 ({Stockfish 310121:}
22... h6 23. Qb5 Nc7 24. Qb6 Ncd5 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Qd4 Ne7 27. Nd7 Re8 28. Nb6
Qa6 29. Qd7 Rf8 30. Qb5 Qxb5 31. axb5 Nd5 32. Nxd5 exd5 33. Rxd5 Rc8 34. Kg3
Rc2 35. b3 Rc3 36. Rd8+ Kh7 37. Rb8 Rxb3 38. Rxb7 f5 39. b6 a4 40. Rb8 Kg6 41.
Ra8 Rxb6 42. Rxa4 Kh5 43. Ra5 g6 44. f3 Rb3 {[%eval 32,38]}) 23. Qd2 Ncd5 24.
Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Nd7 Re8 26. e4 Re7 27. Nc5 b6 28. exd5 bxc5 29. Rc1 Rd7 30. Rxc5
Rxd5 31. Qc3 Rxc5 32. Qxc5 g6 33. b4 axb4 34. Qxb4 Qf3 35. Qd2 Qe4 36. a5 Qa4
37. Kg1 h5 38. Qd8+ Kg7 39. Qb6 Qd1+ 40. Kg2 Qd5+ 41. Kg3 Qe4 42. Qb2+ Kh7 43.
Qf6 Qd3+ 44. Kh2 Kg8 45. Qb2 h4 46. Qb8+ Kh7 {[%eval 34,38]}) 22... Nb4 ({
Alas, Wang cannot even fight for the open file as in the line} 22... Rd8 23.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Qb5 $1 {his queen will suffer.}) 23. Qb5 {White dominates.
Ne5-c4 is a powerful threat, but the infiltration of the rook along the d-file
is equally scary for the Chinese GM. Therefore he blocks the open file:} Nbd5
24. Nxd5 Nxd5 {But Giri finds an even better one.} 25. Rc1 ({After} 25. Nc4 {
Black planned to sacrifice a pawn with} b6 26. Nxb6 Nxb6 27. Qxb6 Rc8 $11 {
Black can still hope for a perpetual thanks to his active pieces.}) 25... h6
26. Qd7 Nf6 $6 {Black's position is very unpleasant to play and no wonder Wang
commits a mistake soon.} ({Instead} 26... Nb6 $1 {in order to attack the pawns
seemed like the right choice. Black often loses in these situations without
any counterplay, but here he somehow manages to stay in the game after} 27. Qd6
Qd8 28. Qxd8 ({Or maybe from afar Black feared the sacrifice} 28. Nxf7 $1 {
[%cal Gf7d6]} Kxf7 (28... Qxd6 $140 $4 29. Nxd6 $18 {[%cal Rc1c7,Rc7b7]}) {
[%tqu "En","_|ڷ1/21/2Q_|_ô~/=죿","","","c1c7","",10]} 29. Rc7+ Kg8
30. Qxe6+ Kh7 31. Qxb6 {and missed that at the end can force a draw with} Rf7
$1 32. Rxb7 Qd1+ 33. Kh2 (33. Kg2 $4 Qd5+ $19 {[%cal Rf7b7,Rd5b7,Rd5g2] loses
for White.}) {[%tqu "En","_|ڷ1/21/41/2>=BQ_|_ܹB1/2ȥQ","","","d1f3",
"",10]} 33... Qf3 $3 34. Rxf7 Qxf2+ 35. Kh1 Qf1+ $11) 28... Rxd8 29. Rc7 f6 30.
Rxb7 Nxa4 31. Nc4 Nc5 32. Rb5 Rd1+ 33. Kg2 Nd3 34. Rxa5 Rc1 $11 {and Black
should survive.}) 27. Qd6 g6 $2 {"Very bad, but I couldn't find a move, " said
Wang as this weakens the kingside too much. But what was Black's choice?} (
27... Nd5 $6 {is not stabilizing the position at all due to} 28. f5 $1 Rd8 29.
Nd7 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf5e6,Rd6e6,Gf7e6] Wang}) ({The players also mentioned} 27...
Qe8 $5 28. b3 b5 {although there too, the chances of him ending down a pawn on
the queenside is very likely.} {Stockfish 310121:} 29. Qc6 bxa4 30. Qxe8 Rxe8
31. bxa4 Nd5 32. Rc6 Ra8 33. Kg2 Ra7 34. h4 g6 35. Kf3 Kh7 36. e4 Nb4 37. Rc8
f6 38. Nc6 Nxc6 39. Rxc6 Rb7 40. Ra6 Rb3+ 41. Kg2 f5 42. f3 Rb4 43. Rxa5 $14) (
{It's interesting to see how dominant the white pieces are in the line} 27...
Rc8 28. Rxc8+ Qxc8 29. Qe7 $16 {[%csl Gb7,Gf7][%cal Re7f7,Re7b7,Re5f7] and
Black cannot defend all his pawns.}) 28. b3 $1 {The counterplay no longer
exists.} h5 29. Kh2 {So, the shelter finally paid off. The g-file is too
tempting for the white rook, especially once that Black had weakened the g6
spot.} Kg7 30. Qd4 {A nasty ambush.} Rd8 31. Qb2 Qb8 ({Maybe} 31... Rc8 {
was a try although there too after} 32. Rc4 $1 Rxc4 33. bxc4 Qc8 34. Qb6 $18 {
White should soon win at least a pawn.}) 32. b4 {Creating a second weakness.
Giri's play is instructive, but as we shall see it allows an amazing
opportunity to Black.} axb4 33. Rc4 {Following the plan.} (33. Qxb4 {should
have been objectively better under the circumstances, keeping the edge.}) 33...
b3 $2 {In time trouble, and already desperate Wang fails to grasp the hidden
opportunity.} ({The beautiful counterplay} 33... Rd1 $3 {[%cal Rb8d8,Rf6g4,
Rd8h4]} 34. Rxb4 Qd8 $1 (34... Qd6 $1 {should also do.}) 35. Rxb7 Qd5 $1 {
with the point} 36. Rxf7+ Kh6 37. Rxf6 Rh1+ 38. Kg3 Rxh3+ $3 39. Kxh3 Qh1+ {
would have led to a perpetual.}) 34. Rb4 $6 {Once again, the most obvious
positional move, but once more allowing a hidden tactical possibility.} ({
Objectively better was to attack the pawn sideways with} 34. Rc3 $1 {in order
to be ready to parry the counterplay} Qd6 {with} 35. Rd3 $1 {Then} Qxd3 36.
Nxd3 Rxd3 37. Kg2 {followed by a king march to e2 does not seem like a
fortress.}) 34... Qa7 {Resignation.} (34... Qd6 $1 {was Black's last chance.
Then in the line} 35. Rxb3 ({Therefore White should settle for} 35. Qxb3 $1 {
instead, trying to trade the queens as soon as possible} Qd2 36. Kg2 Qe2 37.
Qc4 $16 {but Black is still fighting there.}) 35... Qd1 36. Rxb7 Rd2 37. Rxf7+
Kh6 {White has an equally amazing idea} 38. Rd7 $3 {Cross-pin. But this might
not have been enough for a win in the line} Rxb2 ({Not} 38... Nxd7 $4 39. Nf7+
Kh7 40. Qh8#) 39. Rxd1 Rxf2+ 40. Kg1 Ra2 41. Rd6 Nd5) 35. Rxb3 Qxa4 36. Rxb7 {
There is no way to defend the vital f7 pawn.} Qe8 37. Ra7 $1 {The neatest win.}
({Why bother proving if} 37. Rxf7+ Qxf7 38. Nxf7 Kxf7 39. Kg3 {is a fortress
or not?!}) 37... Rd5 38. Qb7 Ne4 39. Nxf7 1-0