Games
[Event "Hoogeveen 86/502"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.10.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Wely, L."]
[Black "Acs, P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "Aagaard"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
{[%evp 0,41,19,31,14,-14,-11,-3,33,33,25,28,25,26,21,24,14,12,12,29,64,63,87,
32,66,0,0,16,46,0,88,15,13,-38,-94,84,-20,-20,-48,-140,-169,-36,41,0]} 1. d4
Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 {[%cal Rg1f3]} 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2
Re8 8. O-O Bd6 9. a3 Ng4 10. h3 Nh2 11. Re1 {
到这里黑方要实施战术了，破坏白方王前面的兵阵，看看能
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拌繖閲岄粦鏂硅瀹炴柦鎴樻湳浜嗭紝鐮村潖鐧芥柟鐜嬪墠闈㈢殑鍏甸樀锛岀湅鐪嬭兘涓?
这里黑方要实施战术了，破坏白方王前面的兵阵，看看能不
繖閲岄粦鏂硅瀹炴柦鎴樻湳浜嗭紝鐮村潖鐧芥柟鐜嬪墠闈㈢殑鍏甸樀锛岀湅鐪嬭兘涓嶈?
欓噷榛戞柟瑕佸疄鏂芥垬鏈簡锛岀牬鍧忕櫧鏂圭帇鍓嶉潰鐨勫叺闃碉紝鐪嬬湅鑳戒笉鑳?
里黑方要实施战术了，破坏白方王前面的兵阵，看看能不能
噷榛戞柟瑕佸疄鏂芥垬鏈簡锛岀牬鍧忕櫧鏂圭帇鍓嶉潰鐨勫叺闃碉紝鐪嬬湅鑳戒笉鑳芥?
岄粦鏂硅瀹炴柦鎴樻湳浜嗭紝鐮村潖鐧芥柟鐜嬪墠闈㈢殑鍏甸樀锛岀湅鐪嬭兘涓嶈兘鏉€
黑方要实施战术了，破坏白方王前面的兵阵，看看能不能杀
粦鏂硅瀹炴柦鎴樻湳浜嗭紝鐮村潖鐧芥柟鐜嬪墠闈㈢殑鍏甸樀锛岀湅鐪嬭兘涓嶈兘鏉€杩
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方要实施战术了，破坏白方王前面的兵阵，看看能不能杀进
柟瑕佸疄鏂芥垬鏈簡锛岀牬鍧忕櫧鏂圭帇鍓嶉潰鐨勫叺闃碉紝鐪嬬湅鑳戒笉鑳芥潃杩涘?
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要实施战术了，破坏白方王前面的兵阵，看看能不能杀进去
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} {[%tqu "En","","","","h2f3","",10,"c8h3","",0]} Nf3+ $5 (11... Bxh3 $2 {
并不是好棋} 12. gxh3 Nf3+ 13. Kg2 Nxe1+ 14. Qxe1 $18 {
到这里黑方用马象换白方车兵，交换不算吃亏，但是攻势不
埌杩欓噷榛戞柟鐢ㄩ┈璞℃崲鐧芥柟杞﹀叺锛屼氦鎹笉绠楀悆浜忥紝浣嗘槸鏀诲娍涓嶅?
拌繖閲岄粦鏂圭敤椹薄鎹㈢櫧鏂硅溅鍏碉紝浜ゆ崲涓嶇畻鍚冧簭锛屼絾鏄敾鍔夸笉澶?
这里黑方用马象换白方车兵，交换不算吃亏，但是攻势不大
繖閲岄粦鏂圭敤椹薄鎹㈢櫧鏂硅溅鍏碉紝浜ゆ崲涓嶇畻鍚冧簭锛屼絾鏄敾鍔夸笉澶э?
欓噷榛戞柟鐢ㄩ┈璞℃崲鐧芥柟杞﹀叺锛屼氦鎹笉绠楀悆浜忥紝浣嗘槸鏀诲娍涓嶅ぇ锛?
里黑方用马象换白方车兵，交换不算吃亏，但是攻势不大，
噷榛戞柟鐢ㄩ┈璞℃崲鐧芥柟杞﹀叺锛屼氦鎹笉绠楀悆浜忥紝浣嗘槸鏀诲娍涓嶅ぇ锛岃?
岄粦鏂圭敤椹薄鎹㈢櫧鏂硅溅鍏碉紝浜ゆ崲涓嶇畻鍚冧簭锛屼絾鏄敾鍔夸笉澶э紝琛?
黑方用马象换白方车兵，交换不算吃亏，但是攻势不大，补
粦鏂圭敤椹薄鎹㈢櫧鏂硅溅鍏碉紝浜ゆ崲涓嶇畻鍚冧簭锛屼絾鏄敾鍔夸笉澶э紝琛ュ?
戞柟鐢ㄩ┈璞℃崲鐧芥柟杞﹀叺锛屼氦鎹笉绠楀悆浜忥紝浣嗘槸鏀诲娍涓嶅ぇ锛岃ˉ鍋?
方用马象换白方车兵，交换不算吃亏，但是攻势不大，补偿
柟鐢ㄩ┈璞℃崲鐧芥柟杞﹀叺锛屼氦鎹笉绠楀悆浜忥紝浣嗘槸鏀诲娍涓嶅ぇ锛岃ˉ鍋夸?
圭敤椹薄鎹㈢櫧鏂硅溅鍏碉紝浜ゆ崲涓嶇畻鍚冧簭锛屼絾鏄敾鍔夸笉澶э紝琛ュ伩涓?
用马象换白方车兵，交换不算吃亏，但是攻势不大，补偿不
敤椹薄鎹㈢櫧鏂硅溅鍏碉紝浜ゆ崲涓嶇畻鍚冧簭锛屼絾鏄敾鍔夸笉澶э紝琛ュ伩涓嶈?
ㄩ┈璞℃崲鐧芥柟杞﹀叺锛屼氦鎹笉绠楀悆浜忥紝浣嗘槸鏀诲娍涓嶅ぇ锛岃ˉ鍋夸笉瓒?
马象换白方车兵，交换不算吃亏，但是攻势不大，补偿不足
┈璞℃崲鐧芥柟杞﹀叺锛屼氦鎹笉绠楀悆浜忥紝浣嗘槸鏀诲娍涓嶅ぇ锛岃ˉ鍋夸笉瓒筹?
薄鎹㈢櫧鏂硅溅鍏碉紝浜ゆ崲涓嶇畻鍚冧簭锛屼絾鏄敾鍔夸笉澶э紝琛ュ伩涓嶈冻锛?
象换白方车兵，交换不算吃亏，但是攻势不大，补偿不足，
薄鎹㈢櫧鏂硅溅鍏碉紝浜ゆ崲涓嶇畻鍚冧簭锛屼絾鏄敾鍔夸笉澶э紝琛ュ伩涓嶈冻锛岃?
℃崲鐧芥柟杞﹀叺锛屼氦鎹笉绠楀悆浜忥紝浣嗘槸鏀诲娍涓嶅ぇ锛岃ˉ鍋夸笉瓒筹紝杩?
换白方车兵，交换不算吃亏，但是攻势不大，补偿不足，这
崲鐧芥柟杞﹀叺锛屼氦鎹笉绠楀悆浜忥紝浣嗘槸鏀诲娍涓嶅ぇ锛岃ˉ鍋夸笉瓒筹紝杩欓?
㈢櫧鏂硅溅鍏碉紝浜ゆ崲涓嶇畻鍚冧簭锛屼絾鏄敾鍔夸笉澶э紝琛ュ伩涓嶈冻锛岃繖閲?
白方车兵，交换不算吃亏，但是攻势不大，补偿不足，这里
櫧鏂硅溅鍏碉紝浜ゆ崲涓嶇畻鍚冧簭锛屼絾鏄敾鍔夸笉澶э紝琛ュ伩涓嶈冻锛岃繖閲屼?
芥柟杞﹀叺锛屼氦鎹笉绠楀悆浜忥紝浣嗘槸鏀诲娍涓嶅ぇ锛岃ˉ鍋夸笉瓒筹紝杩欓噷浠?
方车兵，交换不算吃亏，但是攻势不大，补偿不足，这里仍
柟杞﹀叺锛屼氦鎹笉绠楀悆浜忥紝浣嗘槸鏀诲娍涓嶅ぇ锛岃ˉ鍋夸笉瓒筹紝杩欓噷浠嶇?
硅溅鍏碉紝浜ゆ崲涓嶇畻鍚冧簭锛屼絾鏄敾鍔夸笉澶э紝琛ュ伩涓嶈冻锛岃繖閲屼粛鐒?
车兵，交换不算吃亏，但是攻势不大，补偿不足，这里仍然
溅鍏碉紝浜ゆ崲涓嶇畻鍚冧簭锛屼絾鏄敾鍔夸笉澶э紝琛ュ伩涓嶈冻锛岃繖閲屼粛鐒舵?
﹀叺锛屼氦鎹笉绠楀悆浜忥紝浣嗘槸鏀诲娍涓嶅ぇ锛岃ˉ鍋夸笉瓒筹紝杩欓噷浠嶇劧鏄?
兵，交换不算吃亏，但是攻势不大，补偿不足，这里仍然是
叺锛屼氦鎹笉绠楀悆浜忥紝浣嗘槸鏀诲娍涓嶅ぇ锛岃ˉ鍋夸笉瓒筹紝杩欓噷浠嶇劧鏄?
碉紝浜ゆ崲涓嶇畻鍚冧簭锛屼絾鏄敾鍔夸笉澶э紝琛ュ伩涓嶈冻锛岃繖閲屼粛鐒舵槸鐧?
，交换不算吃亏，但是攻势不大，补偿不足，这里仍然是白
紝浜ゆ崲涓嶇畻鍚冧簭锛屼絾鏄敾鍔夸笉澶э紝琛ュ伩涓嶈冻锛岃繖閲屼粛鐒舵槸鐧芥?
屼氦鎹笉绠楀悆浜忥紝浣嗘槸鏀诲娍涓嶅ぇ锛岃ˉ鍋夸笉瓒筹紝杩欓噷浠嶇劧鏄櫧鏂?
交换不算吃亏，但是攻势不大，补偿不足，这里仍然是白方
氦鎹笉绠楀悆浜忥紝浣嗘槸鏀诲娍涓嶅ぇ锛岃ˉ鍋夸笉瓒筹紝杩欓噷浠嶇劧鏄櫧鏂硅?
ゆ崲涓嶇畻鍚冧簭锛屼絾鏄敾鍔夸笉澶э紝琛ュ伩涓嶈冻锛岃繖閲屼粛鐒舵槸鐧芥柟鑳?
换不算吃亏，但是攻势不大，补偿不足，这里仍然是白方胜
崲涓嶇畻鍚冧簭锛屼絾鏄敾鍔夸笉澶э紝琛ュ伩涓嶈冻锛岃繖閲屼粛鐒舵槸鐧芥柟鑳滃?
笉绠楀悆浜忥紝浣嗘槸鏀诲娍涓嶅ぇ锛岃ˉ鍋夸笉瓒筹紝杩欓噷浠嶇劧鏄櫧鏂硅儨鍔?
不算吃亏，但是攻势不大，补偿不足，这里仍然是白方胜势
笉绠楀悆浜忥紝浣嗘槸鏀诲娍涓嶅ぇ锛岃ˉ鍋夸笉瓒筹紝杩欓噷浠嶇劧鏄櫧鏂硅儨鍔裤€
嶇畻鍚冧簭锛屼絾鏄敾鍔夸笉澶э紝琛ュ伩涓嶈冻锛岃繖閲屼粛鐒舵槸鐧芥柟鑳滃娍銆?
}) 12. gxf3 Qg5+ 13. Kh1 (13. Ng3 $2 {[%tqu "En","","","","d6g3","",10]} Bxg3
14. fxg3 Qxg3+ 15. Kh1 (15. Kf1 $4 Bxh3+ 16. Ke2 Qg2#) {[%tqu "En","","","",
"g3h3","",10]} 15... Qxh3+ 16. Kg1 {[%tqu "En","","","","h3g3","",10]} Qg3+ {
[%cal Gg1f1,Gg1h1]} 17. Kf1 (17. Kh1 {[%tqu "En","","","","e8e6","",10]} Re6 {
[%cal Ge6h6]} 18. e4 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Gc1h6]} Qh3+ 19. Kg1 Rg6+ $19 {[%cal
Gg1f2,Gc1g5] 黑方明显胜势！} 20. Kf2 Rg2+ {[%cal Gf2e3,Gf2f1]} 21. Ke3
Qh6+ 22. f4 Qh3+ 23. Qf3 Rg3 $19) {[%tqu "En","","","","c8h3","",10]} 17...
Bh3+ 18. Ke2 {[%cal Gg3g2,Gg3h2]} Qh2# (18... Qg2#)) (13. Kf1 $4 Bxh3#) 13...
Qh4 {[%cal Gh4h3]} 14. Kg1 $1 (14. f4 {[%tqu "En","","","","h4h3","",10]} Qxh3+
15. Kg1 {[%csl Rf3,Rg2,Rg4]} {[%tqu "En","","","","c8g4","",10]} Bg4 $19 {
[%cal Rg4f3]}) (14. Rb1 Qxh3+ 15. Kg1 Qh2+ (15... Bh2+ 16. Kh1 {[%tqu "En","",
"","","h2g3","",10]} Bg3+ 17. Kg1 {[%tqu "En","","","","h3h2","",10]} Qh2+ 18.
Kf1 Qxf2# (18... Bh3#)) 16. Kf1 Bh3#) (14. Nf4 {[%cal Gf4h3]} {[%tqu "En","",
"","","c8h3","",10]} Bxh3 15. Ncxd5 (15. Ng2 Qxf2 (15... Bxg2+ $4 16. Kxg2 Qh2+
17. Kf1) 16. Bf1 {[%csl Rg6,Rh2][%cal Re8e6,Re6g6,Rf2g3]} Nc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6d4]}
17. Bd2 Re6 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Re6h6]} 18. e4 Nxd4 $19 {[%cal Ge4e5,Rf2g3,Rd4f3,
Re6g6]}) (15. Nxh3 $4 {[%tqu "En","","","","h4h3","",10]} Qxh3+ 16. Kg1 {
[%tqu "En","","","","d6h2","",10,"h3h2","",0]} Bh2+ (16... Qh2+ $4 17. Kf1 $18
{[%cal Gf1e2,Ge2d2] 白王逃脱}) 17. Kh1 {[%tqu "En","","","","h2g3","",10]}
Bg3+ 18. Kg1 {[%tqu "En","","","","h3h2","",10]} Qh2+ 19. Kf1 Qxf2# {[%eval
-32759,245]}) {[%tqu "En","","","","e8e6","",10]} 15... Re6 $1 {[%cal Re6h6]}
16. Nxe6 {[%csl Rg3,Rh2]} {[%tqu "En","","","","h3f5","",10]} Bf5+ $1 {[%csl
Gf1][%cal Rh3f1,Gh1g1,Gg1f1]} 17. Kg1 Qh2+ 18. Kf1 {[%tqu "En","","","","d6g3",
"",10]} Bg3 $3 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Gf2g3,Rh2e2,Gf5h3,Rh3f1]
漂亮的引离战术！引离谁？f2兵！} 19. Qc2 (19. fxg3 Bh3#) (19. Ke2
Qxf2#) {[%tqu "En","","","","f5d3","",10]} 19... Bxd3+ {[%cal Gc2d3,Rh2f2]} 20.
Re2 {[%tqu "En","","","","h2f2","",10]} Qxf2# (20... Qh1#)) 14... Bxh3 (14...
Qg5+ $17) 15. f4 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Rd6h2]} Bg4 {[%cal Gg4f3,Gh4h1]} 16. Qb3 {
[%cal Ge2g3,Gg3h1]} Bf3 17. Ng3 {[%tqu "En","","","","d6f4","",10]} Bxf4 $1 {
[%csl Ge1][%cal Ge3f4,Re8e1,Rf4g3]
黑方要做什么？哦！依然是引离，这里要引离e3兵！也准备
粦鏂硅鍋氫粈涔堬紵鍝︼紒渚濈劧鏄紩绂伙紝杩欓噷瑕佸紩绂籩3鍏碉紒涔熷噯澶囨秷
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要做什么？哦！依然是引离，这里要引离e3兵！也准备消灭g3
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什么？哦！依然是引离，这里要引离e3兵！也准备消灭g3马。
} 18. Nce2 Bd6 {[%csl Gb7]} 19. Bd2 {[%csl Ge1]} (19. Qxb7 $2 {
看起来很诱人，但是——} {[%tqu "En","","","","b8d7","",10,"h4g3","",
0]} Nd7 (19... Qh3 $2 20. Nf4 Bxf4 21. Bf1) 20. Bf5 {[%tqu "En","","","",
"d7f6","",10]} Nf6 {[%cal Gf6g4]
黑方守住阵地，并且准备下一步马g4实施反击！}) 19... Nd7 20.
Nf4 Re6 21. Be2 {[%cal Gb3d5] 到这里黑方胜势} (21. Nxe6 Bxg3 {[%cal
Gh4h1]} {Stockfish 010422:} 22. Bxh7+ ({Stockfish 010422:} 22. fxg3 Qh1+ 23.
Kf2 Qg2# {[%eval -32763,245]}) 22... Qxh7 23. fxg3 Qh1+ 24. Kf2 Qg2# {[%eval
-32761,245]}) 0-1
[Event "URS-ch30"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1962.12.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Annotator "Reeh,Oliver"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1962.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Qc7 7. Be2 Nf6 8. a3
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bd6 10. Qd2 Be5 11. Bd4 Bxd4 12. Qxd4 e5 13. Qb4 b6 14. O-O-O Bb7
15. Rd6 Bc6 16. Rhd1 O-O 17. g4 Rfc8 18. g5 Ne8 19. R6d2 b5 20. Bg4 a5 {
[%csl Gb4]} 21. Qe7 {[%csl Gc1][%cal Gb5b4]} b4 {[%csl Gc7]} (21... d6) 22.
Rxd7 $1 (22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 $4 Qxc2#) (22. axb4 axb4 {[%cal Ga8a1]}) 22...
Bxd7 23. Rxd7 Qc4 24. b3 $1 {Die Pointe!} (24. Nd5 $4 Qxc2#) 24... Qf1+ 25. Nd1
$1 {Und f7 ist nicht vern黱ftig zu decken.} (25. Bd1 Qxf2) 25... Nd6 26. Qxd6
$18 Qg2 27. Qd5 Kh8 28. Qxf7 Rg8 29. Qh5 Qxe4 30. Bf3 Qf4+ 31. Ne3 Ra6 32. Bd5
Rb8 33. Rf7 Qd4 34. Qf3 Qa1+ 35. Kd2 Qd4+ 36. Ke2 Qc5 37. a4 Ra7 38. g6 Ra6 39.
Rxg7 Rxg6 40. Rxg6 hxg6 41. Qf6+ Kh7 1-0
[Event "Capablanca Memorial"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Letelier Martner, Rene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C75"]
[Annotator "Reeh,Oliver"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1963.08.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nge7 7. Bb3 h6 8. Nh4
g5 9. Qh5 Rh7 10. Bxg5 exd4 11. f4 Qc8 12. f5 dxc3 13. Nxc3 Ne5 14. Bf6 Ng8 15.
Bxe5 dxe5 16. Ng6 Bd6 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Nd5 Kg7 19. O-O Nf6 20. Nxf6 Kxf6 21.
Nxe5 Qe8 22. Nxd7+ Rxd7 23. e5+ Bxe5 24. Qxh6+ Kf7 25. Rae1 Rd5 26. Qh7+ Kf6 {
[%csl Ge1,Ge5,Gf1,Gh6][%cal Gf6e7,Ge7d8,Ge5d4]} 27. Re4 $1 {A calm move, for a
change. Zur Abwechslung mal ein ruhiger Zug.} (27. Re3 Bxh2+) 27... Bd4+ (27...
Rad8 28. Rg4 $1) (27... Rd4 28. Qh4+ Kf7 29. Rxd4) 28. Kh1 $1 (28. Kh1 $1 Qxe4
29. Qg6+ Ke7 30. f6+ Bxf6 31. Qxe4+) 1-0
[Event "Chess.com"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2022.06.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "Rafael Leitao"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]
{[%evp 0,28,32,18,56,56,49,42,42,40,42,51,84,62,61,37,30,18,28,9,6,9,24,-41,
-15,-14,-23,-25,-21,-34,28]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3
a6 {Rapport is faithful to the Sicilian he played against Caruana. Both
players came prepared and the game follows an obscure line.} 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7.
Qd3 d5 8. Qg3 h5 9. h4 d4 10. Nb1 Nf6 11. e5 Ne4 12. Qf3 Qd5 13. Bd3 Bb4+ 14.
Kf1 f5 15. exf6 Nxf6 {I was in shock when all this was blitzed out $1} 16. Bg6+
{A new move.} (16. c3 Bc5 17. Bg6+ Kd8 {was Vachier-Lagrave-Nepomniachtchi,
Zagreb 2021}) 16... Kd7 {Rapport decides to place the king on d7 instead of d8.
In some lines Black can play a5-Ba6 and the rooks are connected.} 17. Bg5 (17.
c3 {is a critical move.} Bc5 (17... dxc3 18. Nxc3 Qxf3 19. gxf3 {this looks
somewhat better for White.}) 18. Nd2 $1 dxc3 19. Be4 $1 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Rf8 {
and this leads to some crazy computer lines. For example:} 21. Qe2 Rxf2+ $1 (
21... a5 22. Kg1) 22. Nxf2 a5 {and it looks scary for White, although the
computer, as usual, survives.}) 17... Rf8 18. c3 Bd6 (18... Bc5 $5 {looks good.
} 19. cxd4 Qxd4 20. Be3 $1 Qc4+ (20... Qxb2 21. Qd1+ Nd5 22. Bxc5 Qb5+ 23. Kg1
Qxc5 24. Qd2 {with compensation.}) 21. Kg1 Ng4 {White looks to be in trouble,
but he can escape.} 22. Na3 $1 (22. Nd2 Qb5 $1 23. Qg3 Bd6 {with attack.})
22... Qb4 (22... Bxa3 23. Rd1+ Kc7 24. Qg3+ e5 25. bxa3) 23. Rd1+ Kc7 24. Qg3+
e5 {with a crazy position.}) 19. cxd4 (19. Qxd5 {and both pawn captures lead
to a balanced endgame.} cxd5 (19... exd5 20. cxd4 Rb8 21. b3 Rb4 $1) 20. cxd4
Rb8 21. b3 Rb4 $11) 19... Qxd4 20. Qc3 Qd1+ (20... Bc5 21. Qxd4+ Bxd4 22. Nc3
Nd5 23. Nd1 $1 {and White holds the position.}) 21. Qe1 Qxe1+ 22. Kxe1 Rb8 23.
Nd2 Rxb2 $1 {Rapport’s famous creativity is shown now $1} 24. Nc4 Bb4+ 25.
Kf1 Ng4 $1 {A brilliant idea $1} 26. f3 (26. Nxb2 {looks incredibly dangerous.
The computer, again, saves the day.} Rxf2+ 27. Kg1 Rxb2 28. Rc1 $1 c5 29. Rc2
Rb1+ 30. Rc1 Rb2 {with repetition.}) 26... Rf2+ 27. Kg1 Bc5 $1 28. fxg4 R2f4+
29. Ne3 (29. Kh2 {was also possible:} Rxc4 30. Rhd1+ Bd6+ (30... Kc7 31. gxh5)
31. Rxd6+ $1 Kxd6 32. Rd1+ Kc7 33. Be7 $1 {and White has enough compensation
for a balanced position.}) 29... Bxe3+ 30. Kh2 Rxg4 31. Bxe3 Rxg6 32. Rhd1+ Kc7
33. Rab1 {Black is two pawns up, but we have opposite-colored bishops on the
board. This gives White attacking chances.} Bb7 34. Bc5 Re8 35. Bd6+ (35. Rb2
e5 36. Bb6+ Kc8 (36... Kb8 $2 37. Rd7 $18) 37. Rbd2 Ba8 38. a4 {with the idea
of protecting the bishop with a4-a5. The game is equal.}) 35... Kc8 36. Be5 Rg4
$2 (36... Rf8 $1 {[%cal Gf8f5] was the best chance.}) 37. Rf1 $1 {Now Black is
in trouble. He has to find some strong moves not to lose immediately.} Rxh4+ $2
(37... c5 $1 38. Rf7 Rxg2+ 39. Kh3 Re2 {and Black is still surviving, but it's
not pretty.} 40. Bd6 Re3+ (40... Rd2 $5 41. Rb6 Rxd6 42. Rxd6 {White is better,
but there are drawing chances.}) 41. Bg3 Rxg3+ 42. Kxg3 Bd5 {and Black will
fight for a draw.}) 38. Kg1 Re4 39. Rf7 $4 {Maybe Radjabov just didn't believe
he could win and didn't search for it. Otherwise he would have found what is
an easy move for his standards.} (39. Bh2 $1 $18 {White just wins a piece
after Rf7.}) 39... Rxe5 40. Rbxb7 Rb5 1/2-1/2
[Event "Airthings Masters | Prelims"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2022.02.20"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[Annotator "Giri, Anish"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2b1rrk1/2p1b1pp/p1nq1n2/1p1p4/8/2P2NNP/PPB2PP1/R1BQR1K1 w - - 0 17"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 0,53,26,34,31,20,42,-17,10,-20,-38,-63,-6,-66,-18,9,-27,-27,2,-77,-37,
-86,-77,-52,5,-6,14,-8,5,-21,-12,31,51,56,70,51,99,11,64,112,101,101,101,101,
120,105,140,99,117,124,145,145,464,473,487,490] [#]} 17. b4 $5 {[%cal Rb4c5,
Rb4a5] I had never seen such a good version of these positions and decided
this strategically ambitious move would be a good way to spend some of my
extra tempi here.} Qd8 {Trying to regroup, but it is much too late.} 18. Bg5 $1
{There are suddenly some very serious threats against the Black king, with Qd3
being a major issue.} d4 {Desperation.} 19. Nxd4 {A simple solution, while
there was a more brutal win at this point.} (19. Qd3 $1 {[%cal Gd3c3][%mdl 384]
This seems a little more complicated, but it wins.} dxc3 20. Qxc3 {Black is
collapsing, as Rad1 is coming.} Nxb4 21. Bb3+ Nbd5 22. Rad1 {And Black can't
survive all of the pins.}) 19... Nxd4 20. cxd4 Bxb4 21. Bxh7+ $5 {Again, there
might have been something else, but I was happy to just get the pawn out of
this, with a technically winning position.} Kxh7 22. Qb1+ Kg8 23. Qxb4 Bb7 {
Black is trying to hang on, but it's clearly hopeless, as he has no
compensation for the pawn what so ever.} 24. Re5 {I didn't want to get dragged
into an endgame after 24.f3 Qd6 and figured 4 vs 1 majority on the kingside
should be decisive.} Qd6 $2 {The only way to fight on was to enter the
hopeless endgame after 24...Rxe5.} (24... Rxe5 25. dxe5 Qd5 26. Qb3 Nd7 27. f4
{In the endgame I had little doubts that such a massive pawn majority would be
decisive. Still, Black had to go for this.}) 25. Qb3+ $1 {Now I get to keep
the queens and a strong attack.} Kh8 $2 {Black was already lost, but this is
losing a piece.} 26. Bxf6 $1 {suddenly there is Rh5+ in the mix.} Rxe5 (26...
gxf6 $4 27. Rh5+ Kg7 28. Nf5+ $18) (26... Rxf6 27. Rxe8+ $18) (26... Qxf6 27.
Rh5+ $18) 27. Bxe5 1-0
[Event "Chess.com"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2022.06.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2806"]
[Annotator "Rafael Leitao"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]
{This is a wonderful game, one of the best in the tournament. We had
everything: deep opening preparation by both players, a complex strategical
middlegame fight, some fireworks, and precise calculation. Nakamura and Ding
played like machines. Not all draws are uneventful. This one deserves the
highest praise.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O O-O
7. Re1 a5 8. h3 h6 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bb5 Qb8 11. Bxc6 {Duda played 11.Nf1
against Ding in round two.} bxc6 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Bb6 14. a4 $5 {A deep
idea. White wants to bring the rook to the attack with Ra1-a3.} Re8 15. Ra3 Qa7
{A new move, but it didn't take Nakamura by surprise since he continued
blitzing the next ten moves $1} (15... Qb7 {1-0 was played in Giri-Anton
Guijarro, Batumi 2019.}) 16. Nf1 d5 {The natural reaction. Black must try to
open the position for his bishops before getting mated.} 17. e5 (17. Ng3 {
gives nothing:} dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Rad8) 17... Ne4 18. N1d2 {
Challenging the powerful knight.} Bf5 {A good reaction.} (18... Rad8 {was an
interesting pawn sacrifice.} 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Rxe4 c5 {with complicated play.}
) 19. Re2 $1 {A strong prophylactic move. White protects the f2-pawn. This is
useful because Black will soon play c5, opening the g1-a7 diagonal.} Rad8 (
19... c5 $2 20. Nh4 $1 {and White is ready for his dream attack with Rg3.}) 20.
Nb3 {Nearly forced. White must be ready for the c5-break.} c5 21. dxc5 Bxc5 22.
Nxc5 Qxc5 23. Nd4 Bd7 $1 {The bishop must protect the queenside.} (23... Bh7 $2
24. Rc2 {and the knight can jump to the c6-square.}) 24. Bf4 Qe7 (24... Qb6 {
is also good.}) 25. Nb5 $1 Bxb5 (25... c6 {After this natural move, I believe
Nakamura wanted to sacrifice the exchange.} 26. Rxe4 $1 dxe4 (26... cxb5 27.
Rd4 {with a dream position for White. The attack with opposite-colored bishops
is too strong.}) 27. Nd6 {It seems Black can keep the game equal with some
good computer moves, but the position is scary.}) 26. axb5 Ng5 $5 {It seems
Nakamura was finally out of book after this move. Black has many possibilities.
} (26... Qb4 {I would like to point out some lines with this natural move,
attacking both b-pawns.} 27. Rd3 (27. e6 $5 Rxe6 28. Bxc7 Rde8 {and Black is
fine. A nice line is:} 29. Qxd5 Ng3 $1 30. Rxe6 Qe1+ $1 31. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 32. Kh2
Nf1+ {with perpetual check.}) 27... Nc5 (27... Qxb5 $4 28. Rxe4) 28. Rxd5 Ne6
29. Be3 Rxd5 30. Qxd5 Rb8 {with a draw.}) 27. Rxa5 (27. Bxg5 {was the safer
move, getting rid of this dangerous knight. But it gives nothing more than a
draw after} Qxg5 28. Qd4 Qc1+ 29. Kh2 Qc4 $1 30. Qxc4 dxc4 31. Rxa5 Rd5 32. Rc2
Rexe5 33. Rxc4 Rxb5 34. Rxb5 Rxb5 35. Rxc7 Rxb2) (27. Rg3 $5 {Maybe this was
the best move to fight for the advantage.}) 27... Ne6 28. Bd2 d4 {With such a
good knight and the passed d-pawn, Black has great compensation. White has to
be careful.} 29. Ra3 Qc5 30. Rg3 d3 31. Re1 Qxb5 32. Qh5 (32. Bxh6 $2 {This
loses to} d2 $1 33. Bxd2 Qd5 34. Re2 Nf4 {winning material.}) 32... Qxb2 33.
Bxh6 d2 34. Rd1 Rd5 (34... Qc2 35. Qe2 {is also equal.}) 35. Bxg7 $1 {Forcing
a draw.} Nxg7 36. Rxg7+ Kxg7 37. Qg5+ Kf8 38. Qh6+ Kg8 39. Qg5+ Kf8 40. Qh6+
Ke7 41. Qf6+ Kf8 42. Qh6+ Kg8 1/2-1/2
[Event "FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2022"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2022.06.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "samsh"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
{[%evp 0,111,19,31,72,53,70,40,40,15,12,12,11,22,21,19,48,25,22,15,15,25,25,6,
31,10,-4,41,37,47,44,59,80,63,63,75,65,44,90,72,97,31,31,38,58,36,28,47,46,42,
51,64,116,78,65,50,54,44,36,48,72,54,48,30,39,13,17,17,43,40,43,50,43,54,32,8,
52,18,14,14,113,87,106,106,64,59,99,109,109,180,180,180,180,0,180,180,86,62,
165,130,380,164,153,191,166,166,255,264,264,269,271,226,226,244]} 1. e4 c5 $1 {
Radjabov has gotten a lot of very understandable heat in the past few years
for showing no ambition, forcing draws with White in well known lines, never
trying to win, drawing nearly all his games, you name it. In my opinion, much
of this heat is fully justified. That said, I do have to give him props for
showing a willingness to fight today as early as the first move 1.} 2. Nf3 a6 {
I can't remember analyzing this move in the last 10 years $1} 3. c4 (3. c3 {
I always thought this was supposed to be the best way to punish the line, but
that may be outdated.}) 3... Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nf5 d5 {Radjabov was
still blitzing to here, suggesting he was still in his preparation. The
position is not great though.} 7. cxd5 Bxf5 8. exf5 Nd4 9. Bd3 $1 {I like this
decision from Caruana. The computer wants to try to hang onto the d5-pawn with
Nc3, but this feels more human and less risky.} Qxd5 10. Nc3 $1 {Another good
move. White makes sure to grab a tempo on the queen before castling.} (10. O-O
O-O-O $1 {Now it is too late for Nc3, as it can be met with a check on f3.
Black should be fine.}) 10... Qd7 11. O-O Nf6 $6 {This is not a bad move, but
I think it was played with the wrong plan in mind. Given that Black ended up
castling long in the game, he probably should have done so right away.} (11...
O-O-O {If Black was going to castle long, he should have done so immediately.
Still, he looks a little worse to me after} 12. Be3 Kb8 13. Rc1 $14) 12. Bg5
Be7 13. Re1 {[%cal Re1e5]} O-O-O (13... O-O $1 {Had Radjabov found this idea,
I would not think to criticize Be7. But, if you play Be7 and don't go for this.
.. I don't like it.} 14. Rxe5 Rfe8 {White is a little better with the pawn up,
but he struggles to coordinate and Black has some counterplay with Rad8 coming
next. In the game, Black's kingside got ransacked because it lacked defenders,
while now the king can keep it safe.}) 14. Rxe5 Nc6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 (15... Nxe5
16. Bxe5 Qxd3 17. Qc1 $18 {Stockfish 010422:} Kd7 ({Stockfish 010422:} 17...
Bc5 18. Na4 b6 19. b4 Rhe8 20. Bg3 Re2 21. bxc5 Rd2 22. cxb6+ Qc2 23. Nc3 Kb7
24. Bf4 Qxc1+ 25. Rxc1 R2d4 26. g3 Rc4 27. Be3 Rd3 28. Ne2 Rxc1+ 29. Nxc1 Ra3
30. Kg2 Ra5 31. Kf1 g6 32. f6 Ra3 33. Ke2 g5 34. Kf3 Ra4 35. Nd3 Rxa2 36. Ne5
Ra5 37. Ke4 Rxe5+ 38. Kxe5 a5 39. Kd5 a4 40. Kc4 a3 41. Kb3 {[%eval 665,35]
[%wdl 1000,0,0]}) ({Stockfish 010422:} 17... b6 18. Na4+ Bc5 19. b4 Rhe8 20.
Bg3 Re2 21. bxc5 Rd2 22. cxb6+ Qc2 23. Nc3 Kb7 24. Bf4 Qxc1+ 25. Rxc1 R2d4 26.
g3 Rc4 27. Be3 a5 28. Kf1 f6 29. Ne2 Rxc1+ 30. Nxc1 Rd5 31. Ke2 Rxf5 32. a4 Rh5
33. Nb3 Ka6 34. Kd3 h6 35. Kc4 Re5 36. Bd4 Re1 37. b7 Kxb7 38. Nxa5+ Kc7 {
[%eval 669,35] [%wdl 1000,0,0]}) ({Stockfish 010422:} 17... Qd2 18. Nd5+ Qxc1+
19. Rxc1+ Kd7 20. Bxg7 Rhg8 21. Bf6 Bxf6 22. Nxf6+ Kd6 23. Nxg8 Rxg8 $18 24. f3
b5 25. h4 Ke5 26. Rc5+ Kd6 27. b4 h5 28. Kf2 Re8 29. f6 Rh8 30. Kg3 Ke6 31.
Rc6+ Kf5 32. Rxa6 Rg8+ 33. Kf2 Rc8 34. Ra5 Rc2+ 35. Kg3 Kg6 36. a3 Ra2 37. Kh3
Ra1 38. g4 hxg4+ 39. fxg4 Kxf6 40. h5 Ke5 41. Rxb5+ Ke4 42. Ra5 Rh1+ 43. Kg2 {
[%eval 744,35] [%wdl 1000,0,0]}) 18. Qf4 f6 19. Rd1 Qxd1+ 20. Nxd1 fxe5 21. Qc4
Rhf8 22. Ne3 Bd6 23. g3 h5 24. b4 Rf6 25. Kg2 Ke8 26. Qh4 Kd7 27. Qxh5 Kc8 28.
Qg4 Bf8 29. a3 Kb8 30. Qg5 e4 31. Qf4+ Bd6 32. Qxe4 Rff8 33. h4 Rfe8 34. Qf3
Bc7 35. h5 Rf8 36. Ng4 Bb6 37. h6 gxh6 38. f6 Rd7 39. Nxh6 Bc7 40. Ng4 {
[%eval 594,35] [%wdl 1000,0,0]}) 16. Rd5 Qe7 17. Bc4 Kb8 18. Qd3 $6 {This
allows Black a bunch of extra options.} (18. g3 {More pawns on dark squares,
make room for the king. White is much better but the game goes on.}) ({
Stockfish 010422:} 18. g3 Rhe8 19. Qf3 Ne5 20. Qe2 Nxc4 21. Qxc4 Qc7 22. Qxc7+
Kxc7 23. Rc1 Kb8 24. Rc2 Bxc3 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rxc3 Rd2 27. Rb3 Kc7 28. Kg2
b5 29. a3 Kd6 30. g4 Ke5 31. Kg3 Re2 32. f3 Kf6 33. h3 h6 34. Rb4 Ke5 35. a4
bxa4 36. Rxa4 Rxb2 37. Rxa6 {[%eval 102,39] [%wdl 349,649,2]}) ({Stockfish
010422:} 18. Qb3 Nd4 19. Qb6 Rhe8 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. Qxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rd1 Nxf5
23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Bxf7 Nd6 25. Bg8 h6 26. Kf1 Kc7 27. Ke2 Kc6 28. Kd3 Kc5 29.
Nd5 a5 30. g3 Nc4 31. b4+ axb4 32. Nf4 Ne5+ 33. Ke4 Kd6 34. Bb3 Ng4 35. Ne6 Bf6
36. Kf5 Nxh2 37. Kg6 Ng4 38. f4 Ne3 39. Nxg7 Bxg7 40. Kxg7 Nf5+ 41. Kh7 Nxg3
42. Kxh6 Nf5+ 43. Kh5 {[%eval 90,39] [%wdl 277,721,2]}) 18... Qb4 {Not bad,
but not best either. The computer wants Qc7, but I think Nb4 looks best to a
human eye.} (18... Nb4 $5 {This would have been my choice and looks like a
pretty convincing route to a defensible position. White is forced to give
Black the d-file.} 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Qf3 Qc7 {Black is ready for Rd2 next. He
looks fine to me.}) 19. Bb3 Nd4 20. Qc4 Qxc4 21. Bxc4 Rc8 22. Bd3 Nc6 {White
is a pawn up, but with a doubled pawn and opposite bishops, the win is not
certain. Caruana found the best plan by far: Put the bishop on e4 and anchor
it with f3.} 23. Be4 $1 Rhe8 24. f3 $1 {White's extra pawn is on full display.
He has one f-pawn anchoring his bishop on a fantastic square, and another
f-pawn ruining any hope of dislodging it with f7-f5. Now, Radjabov defended
passively. This will absolutely not work, he needs counterplay.} Re7 $2 {
Way too passive.} (24... Ne5 $1 {The only try. The knight is coming to c4, and
Black gets some counterplay. He is worse but the game goes on.}) 25. Rad1 h6
26. Kf2 Rcc7 27. R5d2 Bxc3 28. bxc3 Ne5 29. Rc1 {The computer claims that
Caruana's last few moves were a little careless because now Black can go Ng4+
and Nf6. This is true in theory, but I don't think it's as big a deal as the
machine implies.} f6 $2 {Eschewing the last chance. Now White's king runs
straight to g6 and he wins the game on the kingside.} (29... Ng4+ $1 30. Kg3
Nf6 $1 31. Kf4 {In human terms I still think Black is very likely to lose here
to h2-h4 and g2-g4-g5. Stockfish might hold it... but flesh and blood beings,
I don't see it happening.}) 30. Kg3 Ka7 31. Rd4 Rc5 32. Kh4 Rec7 33. Kh5 {
Around here Radjabov stopped trying to defend and started looking for
queenside counterplay. It's the right call to make, but it is way too slow.} b5
34. f4 Nd7 35. Rcd1 Nb6 36. R1d3 Na4 37. Kg6 Nxc3 {Now, Caruana needed to find
a couple only moves to win the game. But, they were not particularly difficult,
and even with the clock ticking down on the last few moves before time control,
he found them easily.} 38. Bf3 $1 Nxa2 39. Rd7 $1 {White's pawns will be much
better than Black's, and White's king and bishop are both much more active
than Black's king and knight.} Nc3 40. Kxg7 b4 41. Kxf6 b3 {Sadly for Radjabov,
right around the moment when White's moves become a little harder was when he
got another hour. I think had that hour been absent, Caruana very likely still
would have won the game, but the certainty would not be 100\%. With that hour,
it's game over.} 42. Rd2 $1 a5 43. Ke6 Rxd7 44. Rxd7+ Ka6 45. f6 (45. Rd8 {
Getting the rook behind the b-pawn worked too, but the position with both
sides queening wins easily.}) 45... b2 46. f7 b1=Q 47. f8=Q {Without time on
the clock, it's easy to see this position from afar with Black to move and get
spooked since he gets the first check. But, with even not that much time to
calculate, it becomes clear that the checks rapidly run out, and White is
winning.} Qg6+ 48. Qf6 Qe8+ (48... Qxf6+ 49. Kxf6 $18 {The f-pawn will win the
game.}) 49. Kd6 $1 {A final accurare move. It's not even that stressful since
Black has no checks.} (49. Re7 $2 {It was still not too late to blunder.} Rc6+
50. Bxc6 Qxc6+ 51. Kf7 Qxf6+ 52. Kxf6 Nd5+ 53. Ke6 Nxe7 54. Kxe7 a4 {Suddenly,
Black can reach a drawn queen endgame, though even this might be hard to hold
in practice.}) 49... Rc4 50. Rc7 {Just one winning move among many.} Kb5 51.
Qe5+ Qxe5+ 52. fxe5 Rxc7 53. Kxc7 {There is no stopping the e-pawn.} Kc5 54. e6
Nb5+ 55. Kd7 a4 56. e7 {Radjabov called it a day. Coming into the tournament,
I had two main hopes. One would be that it would be a compact event with a lot
of excitement and a lot of guys fighting for first, and the other (and bigger
one) was that Hikaru would be one of those guys and that he would eventually
win the tournament. This was not a great day for either of those hopes. But,
it has to be said that the two guys atop the leaderboard have clearly been
playing the best chess of the tournament by a wide margin, which always feels
better than someone winning because they are getting lucky. I'm hopeful that
the guys who are struggling will be able to find the best versions of
themselves in the second half. I can't really see anyone catching the leaders
barring some really bizarre circumstances, but I hope they face a tougher
challenge in the remaining rounds.} 1-0
[Event "Chess.com"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2022.06.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "Rafael Leitao"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {By now, it's clear what Nepomniachtchi’s first choice
is as Black against 1.e4.} 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O
O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Qb3 {A rare move. Rapport decides to go for a theoretical
battle in a forcing variation. This will backfire.} Bg4 $1 10. Bxe4 dxe4 11.
Ng5 Be7 12. Nxe4 Qxd4 13. Qxb7 Qxe4 14. Qxa8 Bh3 $1 {This move just forces a
draw. It has been played before in two correspondence games, and it's also the
first choice of my computer. I wonder what went wrong with Rapport's opening
preparation.} 15. gxh3 Qg6+ 16. Kh1 Qe4+ 17. Kg1 Qg6+ 18. Kh1 Qe4+ 19. f3 {
Rapport decides not go for a draw just yet.} Qd3 20. Kg2 Qg6+ 21. Kh1 Qd3 22.
Nd2 $2 {A brave decision, but a bad one too. It's clear that Nepomniachtchi is
still on preparation, and it's better to just accept the draw. Instead,
Rapport trusts his ability to evaluate the position correctly, plays with less
time, and goes for a position that is known to his opponent. I think he didn't
understand how dangerous his position really is with two rooks against a queen.
} Qd7 $1 {This nice queen swing is the justification for Black's 14th move.
Now White's queen is trapped. Usually two rooks are better than a queen, but
this position is an exception. White has too many weaknesses and it's hard to
defend against the queen invasion.} 23. Ne4 Na6 24. Qxf8+ Bxf8 {The position
is much worse for White than it seems at first sight. Black is actually
winning here. The main problem is the damaged pawn structure on the kingside.
White's king will never have an easy time.} (24... Kxf8 {During the game I
expected this capture, leaving the bishop on a more active position. Black is
also better here but capturing with the bishop is better.}) 25. Bf4 (25. Kg2 {
was the move I expected when following the game, but White is just lost.} Qd4 {
the c4-pawn falls.}) 25... Qxh3 26. Rad1 h6 {A good human move, giving some
air to the king and also preparing to advance the pawns on the kingside if
necessary.} (26... h5 {was also good.}) 27. Bg3 Nc5 $1 28. Rfe1 (28. Nxc5 Bxc5
{White has no counterplay. Black will advance the kingside pawns and
eventually win. For instance:} 29. a3 a5 30. Rfe1 h5 $19) 28... Ne6 $5 (28...
Nxe4 {was also winning.} 29. Rxe4 (29. fxe4 Bc5 {Followed by h5-h4, winning.})
29... Bc5 {White has no counterplay. The plan is f6-h5-Kh7-g5 and so on.}) 29.
a3 h5 (29... Nf4 $5 30. Rd2 (30. Bxf4 Qxf3+ 31. Kg1 Qxf4 {wins.}) 30... f5 31.
Nc3 h5 {with a winning attack.}) 30. Rd3 Qf5 31. b4 h4 $1 32. Bb8 (32. Bxh4 Nf4
33. Rd2 (33. Rde3 Qh3 $19) 33... Qh5 $1 {wins.}) 32... Ng5 33. Rde3 $2 {
losing on the spot.} (33. Ree3 {was the only chance to keep the game going.}
Nxe4 34. Rxe4 h3 {It's impossible to defend this with White.}) 33... Nxe4 34.
fxe4 Qf2 35. h3 Be7 $1 36. Bh2 Bg5 37. Bg1 Qd2 38. R3e2 Qd3 39. Be3 Bf6 $1 (
39... Qxe4+ $6 40. Kg1 Bxe3+ $6 41. Rxe3 Qxc4 $2 42. Re8+ Kh7 43. R8e4 {
and this would be a nice way to give up all of Black's advantage.}) 40. Bxa7
Qxh3+ 41. Kg1 Qg3+ 42. Kf1 h3 43. Bg1 Bh4 {Another convincing win by
Nepomniachtchi. He showed great preparation and accepted his luck. He played
quickly and confidently. By now, it's clear there is a two-man race for the
title of the Candidates Tournament.} 0-1