FIDE Grand Prix
Baku 2014
Compiled By Scorpionchess
Heavily Annotated Games
FIDE Grand Prix
Baku 2014
Compiled By Scorpionchess
Heavily Annotated Games
Scorpionchess Prinout, 20/10/2014
1
1
A20
Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar
2764
Radjabov,Teimour
2726
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (1.1)
02.10.2014
[chessbase.com]
What a way to start the tournament! Despite
the fact that this game was drawn in only 30
moves, it was far from a solid equality all
through-out. Radjabov sacrificed material to
try to break through White's position early on
to take advantage of Mamedyarov's uncastled
king position. However W hite was cautious
and instea d of go in g fo r o ne o f the m an y
possible complications that involved keeping
the extra material, he decided to give it back
immediately and go into a drawn endgame.
1.c4
chess.com
e5 2.g3
f6 3.g2 c6
4.d4
b4+ 5.d2 xd2+ 6.xd2 d6 7.c3
0-0 8.e3
e6 9.d1
[ 9.b3
chess.com
exd4
10.
xd4
d5
11.cxd5
xd5 12.ge2 xc3 13.xc3
d7 14.0-0 e7 15.d4 fd8
Bacrot,E
(2721)-Saric,I (2666) Poikovsky 2014
]
9...
a6 10.b3
[ 10.
f3 e4 11.g5 g4 12.c1 d5
was the only grandmaster game that had
followed this variation thus far. Computers
seem to prefer W hite just a little, but the
p o s i t i o n c a n g o e i t h e r w a y . V o l k o v -
Fedorchuk, 2013.
]
10...exd4
11.
xd4
b4
12.
d2
f5!
This is a surprisingly strong move. Radjabov
accurately assesses the complications that
stem from an upcoming sacrifice.
13.e4
e8
14.
ge2
[ 14.
ce2
was also possible, using the fact
t h a t b 4 i s h a n g i n g . T h i s l e a d s t o w i l d
complications that will be analyzed fully for
a future edition of ChessBase Magazine, but
for now we leave you with some sample
va ria tio n s:
xe4 15.xb4 c5 ( 15...a5!
Might be the strongest continuation.
16.
a3
c3 17.d2 b1 18.c1 xd2 19.xd2
a4!
And Black's attack is powerful.
)
A) 16.
xb7 a5+ ( 16...f6!? ) 17.f1
xa2
looks risky for White, to say the
least.
;
B) 16.
a3 c3 17.c1 ( 17.d2 b1
18.
c1 xd2 19.xd2 e7
gives Black
some compensation. It is not obvious how
W hite is going to coordinate his pieces,
b u t h i s m a t e r i a l a d v a n t a g e m i g h t b e
valuable at the end.
) 17...
xe2 18.xe2
d3 19.0-0 xe2 20.xb7= ]
14...
xe4 15.xe4 xe4 16.xe4 xe4
17.
xb4 e7 18.d2 e8
White cannot
defend the knight on e2, but he can return it
for an equal position.
19.0-0 c5
[ 19...
xe2 20.xe2 xe2 21.xb7 ]
20.
b5 xe2 21.xe2 xe2 22.xb7
xa2 23.d7 f8
[ 23...
b8
chess.com
24.
e1
Fernandez
Vicente,C (2489) -Neto,H (2592) ICCF email
2011
]
24.
xd6 xb3 25.xc5 g6 26.xa7 xc4
Now the position is unfortunately a dead draw.
27.
e3 e6 28.xe6 fxe6 29.e1 f7
30.
g2 d8 31.e3
A wild game, despite
the shortness of it.
½-½
2
D37
Karjakin,Sergey
2767
Caruana,Fabiano
2844
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (1.2)
02.10.2014
[chessbase.com]
T h i n g s s i m p l y s e e m t o k e e p g o i n g i n
Caruana's way. Karjakin obtained a small
edge from the Carlsbad structure and certainly
he was better at a point. However a couple of
inaccurate moves let it slip away. After an
exchange sacrifice from Karjakin, White had
compensation, but it was now double edged.
M a n y c o m m e n t a t o r s m i g h t p o i n t t o t h e
obvious 35.a4?? as the turning point of the
g a m e , b u t t h a n k s t o s o m e s p e c t a c u l a r
Komodo 8 analysis by Albert Silver (which you
can find in the game annotations) it was clear
that Karjakin was lost even before that!
1.
f3
chess.com
d5 2.d4
f6 3.c4 e6 4.c3
e7 5.f4 0-0 6.c1
This line has become
more popular in order to stop the Aronian
variations with a quick Nh5.
[ 6.e3
chess.com
bd7 7.c5 h5 8.e2
b6 9.b4
xf4 10.exf4 a5 11.a3 c6 12.0-0
c7
Grischuk,A (2789) -Nakamura,H (2782)
Bilbao 2014
]
6...
bd7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.e3 c6 9.h3 e4
10.
d3 df6 11.0-0 f5 12.e2
[
Caruana had seen the following
Scorpionchess Prinout, 20/10/2014
2
correspondence game:
12.
a4
chess.com
d7 13.c2 g6 14.c3 xc3 15.xg6
e2+ 16.xe2 hxg6 17.e1 e8 18.d3
a5
19.
c3
Noble,M (2565)-Galanov,S
(2544) ICCF email 2011
]
12...
d7 13.b3
A relatively unremarkable
Carlsbad structure. Black is solid but a little
p a s s i v e . H e d o e s h a v e c o n t r o l o v e r e 4 ,
however, something that not always happens.
chess.com: 'Caruana overlooked this.'
b6
14.
c2 g6 15.h2
[ 15.
c3
(chess.com) is slightly better for
White (Caruana).
]
15...
fe8 16.f4 d6!
It is usual in most
positions that when you are faced with losing
one of your bishops, you want to trade off
your remaining bishop for your one of your
opponent's so as to deprive them of the "pair
of bisho ps" ad va nta ge .
17.
xg6
xh2+
18.
xh2 hxg6 19.g3 d8 20.g2
[ 20.h4
(chess.com) Caruana.
]
20...g5
21.
h1
chess.com: 'In this position
Karjakin spent a lot of time in the rest room,
w h e r e t h e r e w e r e s o m e i s s u e s w i t h t h e
transmission of the game. W hen he came
back, he noticed that Caruana had moved
already fifteen minutes earlier!'
e7 22.b4
[ 22.h4 g4 23.
g5 f5 ]
22...a5
23.b5
c5
24.h4
g4
25.
g5!
A s t r o n g m o ve t h a t C a r u a n a m i g h t h a ve
u n d e re s ti m a te d .
ac8
chess.com: '"It was
hard to play th is position with little time."
(Karjakin)'
[ 25...
xg5 26.hxg5 xg5 27.h7+ f8
28.
f5!+- ]
26.
xe4 dxe4 27.b3
[ 27.
hd1!
It was time to switch gears into
the center as the kingside is locked.
]
27...g6
28.
c4
b6
29.
hc1
cd8
chess.com: 'Here Karjakin had two minutes
le f t wi th n o i n cr e m e n t . '
30.dxc5
xc5
31.
xc5!?
White obtains a passed pawn and
some activity for the exchange. Not enough
for an adavntage, but not a bad idea.
bxc5
32.
xc5 c8 33.e5
[ 33.
d5
chess.com
ed8 34.e5 ]
33...
f6 34.d5?!
[ 34.
xe8+ xe8 35.d1= ]
34...
ed8 35.a4?
A clear blunder, however
things were already not easy.
[
As computer expert Albert Silver noted:
"Obviously, there will be a lot of commentary
on Karjakin's sudden blunder, but things
m a y n o t b e s o c l e a r . I h a d K o m o d o 8
analyze the position before the blunder on
my quad 3.3GHz and after two minutes it
thought Black was better, but nothing too
bad:
35.
xd8+ xd8 36.c2
chess.com:
'and hope for the best was what Karjakin
had to do here.'
g7 37.a4 d3 38.c7
c3 39.xa5 c2 40.e1
and a line that
ended with a modest =/+ (-0.45) Depth: 28
00:01:47 644MN. However I was at the open
market buying produce and left the engine
analyzing this far, and when I came back a
h a l f h o u r l a t e r f o u n d t h i s , sh o wi n g t h e
position was in fact mathematically won."
b2 41.xe4 f5! 42.g5 h6 43.f7+
h5
44.e4
There is little choice actually.
(
After
44.
g5
for example
c1 45.a5
White gets mated with
e2 46.a8 f1+
47.
h2 g1# ) 44...e2 45.f1 fxe4
46.
e5 c2 47.xg4 c1 48.f6+ h6
49.
xc1+ xc1
It is obviously game over.
]
35...
xd5 36.xd5 c2
Now it's obviously
over as f2 cannot be defended.
37.
h1 xf2
0-1
3
D97
Tomashevsky,Evgeny
2701
Grischuk,Alexander
2797
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (1.3)
02.10.2014
[chessbase.com]
T o m a s h e v s k y r e p e a t e d s o m e G r u n f e l d
variation he played last year in the European
Team Championship, but obviously Grischuk
knew it, prepared a novelty and equalized
easily. Not the best effort from Tomashevsky.
1.d4
chess.com
f6 2.c4 g6 3.c3 d5
4.
f3 g7 5.b3 dxc4 6.xc4 0-0 7.e4
a6 8.
e2 b5 9.b3 c5 10.dxc5 e6
11.
c2 bd7 12.e3 c8 13.d1 b4
14.
d5 xd5 15.exd5 xc5 16.0-0 ce4
[ 16...
d6
chess.com
17.
c4 fd7 18.d2
a5 19.
h4 f6 20.f4 b6 21.d6 ce4
22.dxe7
fe8 23.d4 xe7
Wojtaszek,R
(2736)-Nepomniachtchi, I (2710) Bilbao
2014
]
17.
d3
There's a few games with this unusual
17.Qd3 move, one of them surprisingly by
Scorpionchess Prinout, 20/10/2014
3
Tomashevsky againt a 2452 rated opponent a
year ago.
d6
18.g3
fd8
The improvement.
[ 18...a5
19.
f4
c5
20.
e5
fd8
( 20...
cd8
chess.com
21.
c4
xc4
22.
xc4 h5 23.fe1 d6 24.f1 xf4
½-½ Roiz,M
(2589)-Mikhalevski,V (2519) Beersheba
2014
) 21.
f3
Tomashevsky - Schreiner,
Eu chT 2013
]
19.
f4 xd5 20.xa6 a8
White has no
advantage what soever. Grischuk equalized
with ease.
21.
xa8 xa8 22.xd8+ xd8
23.
e5 d5 24.d1 d6 25.xg6 xf4
26.
xf4 xd1+ 27.xd1 xb2 28.c2 f6
29.
d3 c3 30.f4 e6 31.g2 f8 32.f3
½-½
4
E15
Gelfand,Boris
2748
Andreikin,Dmitry
2722
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (1.4)
02.10.2014
[chessbase.com]
Like Tomashevsky, Andreikin's opening was
far from impressive. Gelfand followed a new
tre nd in th e Que en's Ind ia n Defe nse tha t
involves an earlier pawn sacrifice on d5. This
had been successfully essayed a few times
and surely any top player in the W orld that
employs the QID (in particular if they play this
lin e ) sh ou ld b e fa m ilia r with it. A n d re ikin
wasn't and his kingside fell apart before move
25.
1.d4
chess.com
e6 2.c4
f6 3.f3 b6
4.g3
b7 5.g2 c5
chess.com: '?!' chess.
com: 'A dubious line according to Gelfand.'
6.d5
exd5
7.cxd5!?
A surging idea. The
normal variation is 7.Nh4. chess.com: '!'
[
After this game Gelfand discovered that 7.
cxd5 is stronger:
7.
h4
chess.com
g6
8.
c3 g7 9.g5 0-0 10.d2 e8
11.
xf6 xf6 12.xd5 xd5 13.xd5 c6
14.
f3 b8
Gelfand,B (2739)-Gashimov,V
(2761) Wijk aan Zee 2012
]
7...
xd5
[ 7...
xd5?
chess.com
8.
h4 ]
8.
c3 c6 9.e4
[ 9.0-0
chess.com
e7
10.e4
xe4
11.
d5 0-0 12.e1 f5 13.f4 d6 14.b3
h8
Tomashevsky,E (2695)-Iturrizaga
Bonelli,E (2653) Dubai 2014
]
9...d6
[ 9...
xe4
chess.com: '?!'
10.
xe4 xe4
11.
e2 e7 12.0-0
looks very risky for
Black.
c6
chess.com
13.
f4 f5 14.fe1
g6 15.
g5 xg2 16.c4 e4 17.xe4
fxe4 18.
xe4
Krasenkow,M (2633)-Socko,M
(2440) Stockholm 2013
]
10.0-0
e7 11.h4 g6?
[ 11...0-0 12.
f5 e8 13.g5 ( 13.f4
chess.com
f8 14.e1 bd7 15.xd6
xd6 16.xd6 e5
Sargissian,G (2666)-
Socko,B (2631) W arsaw 2012
)
13...
f8
14.
e1
Gave white an edge in Holt-
Shankland, US Championship 2013, but that
is much better than what Andreikin did in the
game.
]
12.
h6 f8 13.xf8
[ 13.
g5
chess.com
h6 14.e5 ( 14.
xf6
xf6 15.d5 d8 ) 14...hxg5 15.exf6
gxh4 16.
e1+ d7 17.d5 c8 18.e7+
c7 19.b3 h7
Gelfand
]
[ 13.
d2
chess.com
xh6 14.xh6 bd7
Gelfand
]
13...
xf8
14.
d2
The initiative plays itself
out and Black only has a pawn to show for it.
e8
[ 14...
g7
chess.com
15.
ad1
e7
16.
fe1 ]
15.
ad1
[ 15.f4
(chess.com) immediately was also
possible. (Gelfand)
]
15...
g7 16.f4 c8 17.d5 f8
[ 17...
xd5
chess.com
18.
xd5 d7 19.e5
( 19.
g5!?
Stockfish
) 19...
b8 20.f3 b7
21.
d2
Gelfand
]
18.e5
chess.com: '!' chess.com: 'Now White is
definitely winning.'
dxe5
19.f5+-
Black is
already completely helpless.
d8
[ 19...f6 20.fxg6 hxg6 21.
xg6+- xg6
22.
e7+ ]
20.f6+
xf6 21.f5+ h8 22.h6 g8
23.
xf6
chess.com: 'An excellent game by
G e l f a n d , w h o c o m p l e t e l y r e f u t e d h i s
opponent's opening play.'
[ 23.
xf6 xf6 24.d6+- ]
1-0
Scorpionchess Prinout, 20/10/2014
4
5
C84
Nakamura,Hikaru
2764
Svidler,Peter
2732
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (1.5)
02.10.2014
[chessbase.com]
T h e A m e r i c a n w a s u n a b l e t o m a k e a n y
headway into Svidler's solid Ruy Lopez. If
anything it was Black that was better in the
middlegame, but it seemed as if Svidler was
happy with keeping his solid position equal
and finishing with a draw.
1.e4
chess.com
e5
2.
f3 c6 3.b5 a6 4.a4 f6 5.0-0 e7
6.d3 d6 7.c3 0-0 8.
e1 e8 9.bd2 f8
10.
f1 h6 11.g3 b5 12.c2
[ 12.
b3
chess.com
b7
13.d4
a5
14.
c2 c4 15.b3 b6 16.b2 g6
17.
d3 fd7 18.b1 c6
Vallejo Pons,F
(2700) -Bruzon Batista,L (2682) Havana
2014
]
12...d5 13.
e2 e6 14.h3 d4
[ 14...
d7
chess.com
15.d4 exd4 16.e5
Svidler
]
15.cxd4
[ 15.
b3
chess.com
d7 16.xe6 xe6
17.cxd4
xd4 18.xd4 xd4 19.e3
d7 20.ac1 d8
Horvath,A (2530)-Almasi,
Z (2707) Bastia 2013
]
[ 15.
d2!?
( c h e s s . c o m ) S v i d l e r
c5
Nakamura
]
15...
xd4 16.xd4 xd4 17.f3 d7
18.
e2
[ 18.
f5
chess.com
xf5 19.xf5 c5
Svidler
]
18...
c5 19.c3 ad8
chess.com: '"I started
b e c o m i n g s o m e w h a t o p t i m i s t i c h e r e . "
( S vi d l e r ) '
20.a3
Black had no problems from
the opening. Nakamura's transfer of the knight
to c3 cannot really bring an advantage.
g6
21.
e3
[
Nakamura's plan was
21.
g3
chess.com
g7 22.e3 e7 23.f4
but after
exf4
24.
xf4 c5
and Black is fine.
]
21...
e7 22.b4 c5 23.eb1 c8 24.d2
[ 24.bxc5
chess.com
xc5!
Svidler
]
24...
ed8
[ 24...
d6!?
(chess.com) Nakamura
25.bxc5
xc5 26.a4 bxa4 27.xa4 ed8 ]
25.
b3
xb3
26.
xb3
e6
27.
bb1
g7?!
[ 27...
b6!
Maybe even left Black in a
better position. c4 is in the air and there is
pressure down the d and c-files.
]
[
Svidler wanted to play
27...
f6
chess.com
28.bxc5
xc5
b u t d i d n ' t l i k e
29.
xh6
w h i c h h o w e v e r s e e m s t o l o s e t o
d4
30.
g5 xc3 31.xf6 d6 ]
28.
d5 b6 29.xb6 xb6 30.e3 e6
31.bxc5
xc5 32.a4
Computers still prefer
Black in th e final position, but surely it is
nothing special.
½-½
6
A15
Dominguez Perez,Leinier
2751
Kasimdzhanov,Rustam
2706
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (1.6)
02.10.2014
[chessbase.com]
Perhaps the most difficult game to explain.
Dominguez's opening was bad and left his
p i e c e s i n a w k w a r d p o s i t i o n s , b u t
Kasimdzhanov didn't capitalize in the most
aggressive form, letting the Cuban back in the
game with approximate equality. The Uzbek
player horribly blundered... but the Cuban
player didn't spot it! The game ended in a
strange draw as there was still plenty of life
left in the position.
1.c4
chess.com
f6 2.g3
c5 3.
g2 g6 4.c3 g7 5.e3 0-0 6.ge2
c6 7.0-0 d6 8.b3 f5 9.d4 c8 10.e1
[ 10.
b2
chess.com
h3 11.d5 e5 12.f4
xg2 13.xg2 ed7 14.d3 a6 15.e4
b8
Lyaskovsky,V (2277)-Iskusnyh,S (2480)
Sochi 2012
]
10...e5 11.
a3 d8 12.c1
[ 12.dxc5
chess.com
dxc5
13.
d5 e4
14.
ef4 b6 15.xf6+ xf6 16.d5 g7
17.
c2 e8
Lyaskovsky,V (2277)-Iskusnyh,
S (2480) Sochi 2012
]
12...
h3 13.dxc5 xg2 14.xg2 dxc5
15.
d5 b6 16.xf6+ xf6 17.c2 a6
18.
b2
Such an awkward placement of the
pieces indicates that White's opening was far
less than successful. Black is the only one
with chances for the initiative now.
g7 19.e4
forced due to the threat of e4.
d4 20.c3
f5 21.
d5 d7 22.b4 cxb4 23.xb4 fxe4
24.
b1 b7 25.xe4 c8??
A horrible
blunder that should have cost Kasimdzhanov
the game.
Scorpionchess Prinout, 20/10/2014
5
[ 25...
ad8= ]
26.a4??
A clear oversight...
[ 26.
e7+ xe7 27.xe7 xe7 28.xd4
perhaps this final pin is what the players
missed? W hite would have been a clear
exchange up and with a completely winning
position.
]
26...
h8 27.f4 c6 28.c3 e8 29.cd1
c8 30.f5
[ 30.
e2!
still kept some advantage.
]
30...gxf5 31.
xf5
chess.com
f8 32.g4
df7
½-½
7
A80
Andreikin,D
2722
Nakamura,Hi
2764
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (2.1)
03.10.2014
[chessbase.com]
1.d4
twic.com
f5
A taste of the "old"
Nakamura. The American player has lately
chosen to be more solid with Black, but in this
game he reverts to the somewhat eccentric
Dutch defense to create imbalance from the
get go.
2.
f3 f6 3.g3 g6 4.g2 g7
5.0-0 0-0 6.c3
It's hard to believe this move
can be too dangerous as it looks somewhat
passive, but actually Andreikin's idea is not
without poison.
d6 7.
b3+ e6 8.g5
[
Relevant:
8.
g5
twic.com
d5 9.
f4 h5
10.
h3 xf4 11.xf4 c6 12.d2 e7
13.c4
d7 14.f3 dxc4 15.xc4 e8
16.
fe1 f6 17.e3 d7 18.ac1 ad8
19.
e5
c8
20.b4
a6
21.a4
d7
22.
xd7 xd7 23.d3 h8 24.c5 c8
25.b5 axb5 26.axb5 cxb5 27.
xb5 e5
28.dxe5
xe5 29.xb7 e6 30.c6 f8
31.
xe6 xe6 32.ed1 e5 33.xe5
xe5 34.h4 b2 35.b1 xd1+ 36.xd1
c8
37.
f3
c1
Harikrishna,P (2684)-
Nakamura,H (2778) Biel 2012 1/2-1/2
]
8...
e8
twic.com: 'N'
[
Predecessor (9):
8...
h8
twic.com
9.
bd2
h6 10.
xf6 xf6 11.e4 e5 12.exf5 gxf5
13.dxe5 dxe5 14.
fe1 d7 15.e2 c6
16.
d1 e4 17.h4 c5 18.a3 b6
19.
b3 xb3 20.axb3 e6 21.ed2 fd8
1/2-1/2 (21) Pribyl,J (2408)-Kraft,V (2391)
Bayern 2005
]
9.
bd2 h5 10.e1
[ 10.e4
(twic.com) Andreikin.
f4
( 10...h6
11.
e3 f4 12.xf4 xf4 13.gxf4 xf4 )]
10...h6 11.
e3 g5 12.f4!?
[ 12.
xb7 xb7 13.xb7 c6
gives Black
plenty of compensation with the threat of f4
and of Rb8. twic.com: 'is unclear.'
14.
b3
twic.com
b8 15.a6 ]
12...gxf4 13.
xf4
[ 13.gxf4
twic.com
]
13...
h8 14.e3
[ 14.
xb7
twic.com
]
14...
c6 15.d3 b6 16.g4?!
Perhaps trying
t o g e t s o m e i n i t i a t i v e , b u t I d o n ' t f u l l y
understand the point of this sacrifice. twic.
c o m : ' ! ? ' t w i c . c o m : ' V e r y u n u s u a l p a w n
structure which makes it hard for both sides
to play according to Nakamura.'
f6
[ 16...fxg4
17.
xf8+
xf8
And White
probably has compensation for the pawn,
but not more than that.
]
17.gxf5 exf5 18.
f2 e6 19.c2 d5
20.
f3
twic.com: '?'
[ 20.
f4
(twic.com) Nakamura
]
20...
e4
Black's strong bishop has had
e n o u g h tim e to o c cu p y e 4 . B l a ck h a s n o
problems. twic.com: 'From this moment on I'm
confident I'm playing for a win here. Nakamura.
'
21.
d2 e7 22.h4 g6 23.xf6 xf6
24.
f2 c5 25.af1 e6 26.a3 g8
Slowly but surely it has become clear that
A n d r e i k i n i s r e l a t i v e l y p l a n l e s s w h i l e
Nakamura is adding more and more pressure
on the kingside. Already it is uncomfortable to
play with White.
27.
h1 h7 28.e3 e8
29.
d2 g8 30.e3 c4 31.f4 xf4
32.
xf4 g6 33.h3 f6 34.h2 e7
35.
h1 8g7 36.g2 g5!
The queen has
no good square.
37.
g3
[ 37.
xg5+
hxg5-+
leaves the g2 rook
hanging.
]
37...
c1
any bishop move down this diagonal
won, incidentally, but this looks most natural.
twic.com: 'Nakamura was short of time but
was sure this was winning.'
38.
xc1
xg3
39.
xg3 xf3
[ 39...
c6!
Keeping the bishop accelerates
th e win , b u t tra d i n g i t o f f m a k e s t h in g s
easier.
]
40.
xg7+ xg7 41.xf3 e3
White has no
hopes of creating a fortress.
42.
g1+
f6
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43.
h5 d2 44.g6+ e7 45.g7+ d8
46.
g8+ c7 47.g7+ b8 48.g8+ b7
0-1
8
B90
Caruana,F
2844
Gelfand,B
2748
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (2.2)
03.10.2014
[chessbase.com]
1.e4
chess.com chess.com chess.com chess.
com: 'twic.com'
c5 2.
f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
4.
xd4 f6 5.c3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.b3 e6
8.
e3
h5
A very topical variation in the
English Attack of the Najdorf.
9.
d2
bd7
10.
d5 xd5 11.exd5 g6 12.e2 g7
[
chess.com: 'twic.com: 'Relevant:''
12...
c7
chess.com
13.
c1 ( 13.c4
(chess.com) twic.
com
a5 14.
d1 a4 15.a1 a5 16.xa5
xa5 17.c2 h6 18.f2 e7 19.g3
e8 20.0-0 f5 21.fe1 ef6 22.f1 f7
23.
a3 e4 24.f4 g5 25.fxg5 xg5 26.d4
e5 27.e2 h4 28.f1 g6 29.b5
xb5 30.cxb5 hxg3 31.hxg3 c8 32.f2
fg4 33.xg4 xg4 34.e2 c4 35.a3
f6 36.a7 e5 37.g2 f6 38.dd2
c8 39.d4 e8 40.e1 g5 41.xe5
xe5 42.d4 f4 43.gxf4+ xf4 44.xa4
xd5 45.e2 xb5 46.b4 g5+ 47.f1
g4 48.e1 e3 49.f2+ e5 50.a7
g7 51.a4 d5 52.a5 d4 53.a6 g1+
54.
e2 bxa6 55.e7+ d5 56.d7+ c4
57.
c7+ b3 58.h2 g3 59.d7 d3+
60.
e1 f3 61.h1 c4 62.d4 e3+
63.
f2 e2+ 64.g3 c3 65.d8 d2
0 - 1 ( 6 5 ) C a r u a n a , F ( 2 7 7 4 ) -D o m i n g u e z
Perez,L (2723) Thessaloniki GRE 2013
)
13...
g8 14.0-0 e7 15.g5 f6 16.e3
0-0-0 17.c4
f5 18.f2 b8 19.c3 h6
T o p a l o v , V ( 2 7 7 2 ) - D o m i n g u e z P e r e z , L
(2760) Tromsø 2014
20.
cd1
(chess.com) twic.com
c5 21.d2 d4
22.
fe1 a5 23.f1 f5 24.b3 dxb3
25.axb3 e4 26.b4 axb4 27.
xb4 he8
28.fxe4 fxe4 29.
d4 e3 30.a3 e4
31.b4
a6 32.e2 g5 33.f3 xd4
34.
xd4 b6 35.e4 xb4 36.xb4
xb4 37.h4 h6 38.d1 c8 39.c5 dxc5
40.d6
c6
41.
b1
d8
42.
e7
T o p a l o v , V ( 2 7 7 2 ) - D o m i n g u e z P e r e z , L
(2760) Tromsoe 2014 1-0
]
13.
a5
chess.com: 'twic.com: 'Departing from
their game in Wijk aan Zee at the start of the
year. Caruana hoped to surprise Gelfand.''
[ 13.0-0
(chess.com) twic.com
0-0 14.
ac1
b6 15.h3
e8 16.g4 hxg4 17.hxg4 h7
18.g5 f5 19.gxf6
xf6 20.f2 g5 21.g2
xe3+ 22.xe3 df8 23.d3 a7 24.f1
f7 25.h6 h8 26.d2 f4 27.g4 b5
28.
e4
d7
29.
xg6
g8
30.
g5
1-0 (30) Caruana,F (2782)-Gelfand,B (2777)
Wijk aan Zee NED 2014
]
13...
c7 14.c4 e4 15.0-0 exf3 16.gxf3!
This unnatural move is important; White does
not want to give up control over e5. chess.
co m: 'twic.com : 'In return f or a sha ttere d
kingside white has dynamic play.''
0-0 17.b4
fe8
18.
ac1
xe3!?
An interesting
e x c h a n g e s a c r i f i c e . G e l f a n d o p e n s t h e
position by eliminating W hite's dark-square
b i s h o p . T h i s g i v e s h i m t h e o p p o r t u n i t y
e x p l o i t i n g s o m e w e a k s q u a r e s a r o u n d
Caruana's king, especially sine the knight is
posted on a5, far away from the kingside.
chess.com: 'An interesting Exchange sacrifice
which happens to be a novelty. Gelfand spent
six minu te s on the m ove, a nd f ive on th e
p r e v i o u s . ' c h e s s . c o m : ' A n i n t e r e s t i n g
Exchange sacrifice which happens to be a
novelty. Gelfand spent six minutes on the
move, and five on the previous. twic.com: 'N'
twic.com: 'Boris Gelfand's second Huzman
told him he would enjoy the positions after
such an exchange sacrifice.''
[
chess.com: 'twic.com: 'Predecessor (6):''
18...
e7
chess.com
19.
f2 ae8 20.d4
h7 21.b2 h6 22.c2 e3 23.xf6
xf6 24.xf6 e5
Bodek,M (2386)-Molner,
M (2501) Arlington 2013
25.c5
(chess.com)
twic.com
dxc5 26.d6
d7 27.c4 g5+
28.
h1 e6 29.xg5 xg5 30.bxc5 b5
31.
d2
xe2
0-1 (31) Bodek,M (2386) -
Molner,M (2501) Arlington 2013
]
19.
xe3 e8 20.d2 h7
A tad slow.
[ 20...
b6+!? 21.h1 h6 22.f4 e4
g a v e B l a c k p l e n t y o f i n i t i a t i v e f o r h i s
material loss.
]
21.
b3
[
Also after
21.
h1
chess.com
h6 22.f4
e4 23.c2 f5 24.d3 df6
Black has
good compensation.
]
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21...
h6 22.f4 e4 23.e1 df6
[ 23...
ef6
(chess.com) (twic.com) and
Caruana said he didn't think he was better.
24.
f3 ]
24.
d3 d7 25.c2
[ 25.
h4!?
(chess.com) twic.com
g5 26.fxg5
xg5 ]
25...
h3 26.d1?!
Here the machine shows
a better continuation.
[ 26.
e2!
keeping an eye over e3. chess.
c o m : ' t w i c . c o m : ' S t o c k f i s h . ' '
f2!?
( 26...
g3 27.f3+-
is the point.
; 26...
c5
chess.com
27.
f3
was strong, with the idea
xf3 28.xf3 xd3 29.xd3 xf4 30.c5 )
27.
xg6+! fxg6 28.xf2 ]
[ 26.
c1
(chess.com) twic.com
c5 ]
26...
xf4
27.
f3
xf3
28.
xf3
g5
with one pawn recovered and the powerful
pieces Black has enough for the exchange.
29.
f1
[ 29.
xf4?? h3+ ]
29...
e3
chess.com: 'twic.com: 'Caruana
" f o r g o t " a b o u t t h i s p o s s i b i l i t y . ' '
30.
c1
chess.com: '?!' '?!' '?!'
g4 31.c5
chess.com:
'twic.com: 'Here I missed c5 and I kind of
panicked. - Gelfand.''
dxc5 32.bxc5
e8?
This is too passive.
[
chess.com: 'After'
32...
e5!
Transfering the
bishop to a better diagonal and removing it
from Rxf4 ideas.
33.c6
chess.com
bxc6
34.dxc6
c7
it's Black who has winning
chances.
]
33.h4?
chess.com: '?!' '?!' '?!'
[
chess.com: 'Strong was the computer move'
33.
h1!
simply moving out of the knight fork
seems lethal. chess.com: 'White quietly gets
out of the fork and Black has nothing better
than' chess.com: 'White quietly gets out of
the fork and Black has nothing better than
twic.co m : '!!' '
e5
( 33...
e3; 33...e3
34.
xf4 xc2
chess.com: 'but now White
goes'
35.h4!
chess.com: '!' '!' '!'
e1+
chess.com
36.
h2
xc1
37.hxg5
with a winning ending.
) 34.h4+- ]
33...
e3!
An important resource that saves
Gelfand. This was clearly not available having
played Kh1 before h4. chess.com: 'twic.com:
'=''
34.hxg5
g3+ 35.h1 h3+ 36.g2
g3+ 37.h1 h3+
½-½
9
E15
Grischuk,A
2797
Karjakin,Sergey
2767
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (2.3)
03.10.2014
[chessbase.com]
1.d4
chess.com
f6 2.c4 e6 3.f3 b6
4.g3
a6 5.bd2 b7 6.g2 e7 7.0-0
0-0
8.
c2
d5
9.cxd5
exd5
10.
d1
W e reach an uncommon set up in the QID.
Black will have to play c5 at some point to
avoid being too passive, but his position with
t h e h a n g i n g p a w n s s h o u l d b e p e r f e c t l y
acceptable.
[ 10.
e5
chess.com
c5
11.
df3 a6
12.b3
c8 13.h3 c7 14.f4 c8
15.
xc8 xc8 16.d3 b7
Grachev,B
(2684)-Shaposhnikov,E (2545) Ulan Ude
2009
]
10...
a6 11.a3 c8
[ 11...c5
chess.com
12.dxc5 bxc5 13.
c4
e8 14.f4 f8 15.e1 c7 16.e3
b5
½-½ Haba,
P (2516)-Ribli,Z (2568) Austria 2003
]
12.
b1
White's maneuvers are so slow there
is no way he can be better.
c5 13.
c3 c7=
14.
h4 g6 15.h6 d8
[
Grischuk thought that
15...
e8
(chess.com)
w a s m o r e a c c u r a t e b e c a u s e i f W h i t e
continues like in the game with
16.
f3 e6
17.h3
Black can go
cxd4 18.
xd4 xd4
19.
xd4 c5
because now after
20.
d3
xd4 21.xd4 e6 22.xd5
Black has
xd5
23.
xd5
xd5
24.
xf6
e5!
which was not possible in the game.
]
16.
f3 e6 17.h3 c6
[
Grischuk was plannin an Exchange sac with
17...cxd4
chess.com
18.
xd4
xd4
19.
xd4 c5
he was intending to sacrifice
an Exchange with
20.
d3!? xd4 21.xd4
although he saw
e8!? ]
18.e3
ac8 19.e2 e8 20.e5 e4
21.
ac1 cxd4 22.exd4
Now the structure is
symmetrical and both sides have well placed
p ie ce s. Ne ith e r ca n cla im a n a d va n ta ge ,
th ou gh if an yth in g it see ms as if Black is
better coordinated.
f5 23.
h2 f6 24.f4
c7
25.
e3
dc8
26.
xe4
A big concession, it is not clear why Grischuk
decided to go for this so early.
[ 26.g4
g5!?
(chess.com) but the
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computer likes W hite after
27.gxf5
gxf4
( 27...
xf4 28.xe4 dxe4 29.xc7 xc7
30.
xe4 ) 28.g1! ]
26...fxe4
[ 26...dxe4? 27.d5
c5 28.d6
is definitely
bad for Black.
]
27.
f1 a5?!
The start of a few strange moves
from Karjakin. At some point he had to be
careful of Grischuk's f5 and done something
to mitigate its damage.
28.
cd1 h8 29.g4
c4
[ 29...
f7
chess.com
30.
g5 ]
30.f5
gxf5?
And this is definitely too much.
White gets an initiative for free.
[
chess.com: 'Black should play'
30...
xd4
31.f6
f3+ 32.xf3 exf3 33.xf3 f7
Black's position looks uncomfortable, but he
will survive.
]
31.
xf5 xd4 32.df1?
[
chess.com: 'Missing the brilliant move'
32.
f8!
A study like blow that would have
won on the spot. The threat of Nh6+ is too
strong. chess.com: '!!' chess.com: 'winning
on the spot.'
xf8 33.xd4+- ( 33.h6+!
g7 34.df1+- )]
32...
d3 33.xb6 c6
chess.com: '?!'
[ 33...
c6
chess.com
]
34.
f2 e8 35.f6+?
[
chess.com: 'Several moves win for White, e.
g.'
35.
e3!
Again, Nh6+ is too strong.
g7
36.
f7+- ]
[ 35.
a7
(chess.com) or
]
[ 35.
b5
chess.com
]
35...
xf6 36.xf6 f3
chess.com: '!'
37.
xf3
exf3 38.
xf3 g6
Karjakin has managed to
survive the onslaught and he is only down a
pawn. chess.com: 'Suddenly the white attack
comes to an end.'
39.
f2 c6 40.f6 d4
41.
b1
[ 41.
e2
chess.com
d5 42.xg6+ hxg6
43.
f4 xf4 44.xf4
also looks drawish.
]
41...
d5 42.d2 xf6 43.xf6 c2 44.b4
axb4 45.axb4
b2 46.g4 xb4 47.g3
Grischuk will be kicking himself for letting this
one go.
½-½
10
C84
Dominguez Perez,Leinier
2751
Tomashevsky,Evgeny
2701
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (2.4)
03.10.2014
[chess.com]
1.e4 e5 2.
f3 c6 3.b5 a6 4.a4 f6
5.0-0
e7 6.d3 b5 7.b3 d6 8.a3 0-0
9.
c3 a5 10.a2 e6 11.b4 xa2
12.
xa2 c6 13.g5 d7 14.xf6 xf6
15.
d5 a5
[ 15...
d8
16.a4
e7
17.
e3
b8
18.axb5 axb5 19.c3
e6 20.b1 d5
Anand,V (2785)-Aronian,L (2804) Bilbao
2014
]
16.
xf6+ gxf6 17.b2 axb4 18.axb4 f5
19.
h4 f4!?
[
In his preparation
19...fxe4 20.dxe4
e7
w a s T o m a s h e v s k y ' s m a i n l i n e a n d h e
considered it equal, but in the game he got
optimistic.
]
20.
f5
h8
21.d4
f6
22.
d3
e7
23.
xe7 xe7 24.xb5 exd4
"I think
objectivsly it's drawish but from this moment
Leinier outplayed me. He showed a lot of
fighting spirit. He found new resources one
ti m e b y a n o t h e r ." ( T o m a s h e vs k y)
25.
d3
e5 26.b5 fe8 27.b6 cxb6 28.xb6 ac8
29.
b4 c3 30.xd4 xc2 31.d1 c3
[ 31...
c5!?
followed by ...d5
(Tomashevsky)
]
32.f3
c5+ 33.d4 c2 34.h1 g5
35.
g1 g8 36.b2 xb2 37.xb2 e5
38.
c1 f5
[ 38...d5 39.exd5
xd5 40.xf4 ]
39.exf5
xf5 40.d1 f6 41.h3 g5
42.
d2 g6 43.a1 g7 44.a5 h4
45.
a4 f6 46.e2 h5 47.e7+ f7
48.
d8 g6 49.e4 h6 50.e8 g5
51.
e7 f5 52.b7 g6 53.e7 f5
54.
h4+ h5 55.d8 g6 56.e7 f6
57.
g1 f5 58.h4+ h5 59.d8 g6
60.
h4+ h5 61.d8 g6 62.e7 f6
63.
b4 g7 64.e1 g5 65.h1 g6
66.
d2 f6 67.d4 g7 68.d5 g6
69.
b5 f7 70.g5+ g6 71.a5 f6
72.
d4 g6?
[ 72...
e6 ]
73.h4!
h6
[ 73...h6
74.
a7+
h8
75.
b2
g8
76.
b3+ h8 77.b8+ g8 78.c7 e6
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79.
c3+ e5 80.d7 f8 81.d3 ]
74.
g5
[
B o t h p l a y e r s m i s s e d t h a t
74.g4!
win s o n th e sp o t:
fxg3
75.
e3+
g7
76.
g5 ]
74...
f7 75.g4
[
Also here
75.g4!
wins, e.g.
e6 76.c3
f7 77.h5+ g6 78.c2+ ]
75...
f8 76.h2 f5 77.h3 f6 78.d2
[ 78.
xf6+ xf6 79.g5
followed by 80.Kg4
gives White good winning chances.
]
78...
e6 79.c3 f6 80.c1
[ 80.
xf6+ xf6 81.g5 ]
80...
h5 81.c8 h6 82.g8 c5 83.a8
c1 84.h2 c5 85.a4 f5 86.h3 h5
87.
e4 h6 88.d3 h5 89.g3 f5
90.
g8
[ 90.gxf4
e6 91.e4 f6 92.g3 g6 ]
90...
h5?
[ 90...fxg3 ]
91.
e4
[
Here
91.
d2!?
was interesting:
e6+
92.g4
xg8 93.xd6+ g7 94.c7+!
g6
Otherwise White takes on f4 with
check.
95.
c6+ g7 96.gxh5 ]
91...d5 92.
e8 e5 93.b8 fxg3 94.xg3
e1 95.f4+ xf4+ 96.xf4 h5 97.g5+
xh4 98.xd5 e8 99.d7 f8+ 100.e4
e8+
½-½
11
C67
Kasimdzhanov,R
2706
Radjabov,T
2726
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (2.5)
03.10.2014
[chessbase.com]
1.e4
chess.com
e5 2.
f3 c6 3.b5 f6
4.0-0
xe4 5.d4 d6 6.xc6 dxc6 7.dxe5
f5 8.xd8+ xd8
At some point or another
we were bound to see a Berlin endgame in
this Grand Prix.
9.h3
d7
[ 9...
e8
chess.com
10.
c3 b6 11.f4
b4 12.e4 a6 13.fc1 e2 14.fd2
xd2 15.xd2 d4 16.e3 f5 17.f4
d4 18.e3 f5 19.f4 d4
Topalov,V
(2772)-Carlsen,M (2877) Saint Louis 2014
]
10.
d1 e7 11.g4 h4 12.xh4 xh4
13.
d2 c8 14.f3 e7 15.d3 b5
Radjabov's improvement from Caruana-Negi
in the Olympiad, which favored the Italian
player.
[ 15...c5
chess.com
16.
g5 c4 17.d4 c6
18.
xe7 xf3 19.h2 e8 20.h4 c6
21.
e1 d5 22.f4 a5 23.c3 b5 24.d2 b4
25.
f2 bxc3 26.bxc3 b8
Caruana,F
(2801)-Negi,P (2645) Tromsø
2014
]
16.
g5 c5 17.e3 b6 18.g5 h6
19.
xf7
f8
The knight is trapped, but it
miraculously survives.
20.
d8
chess.com: '!'
xe3
chess.com: '!'
[ 20...
xd8
c h e s s . c o m : ' ? '
21.
ad1
gets back the piece with dividends after the
unstoppable e6.
e8
chess.com
22.
xd7
is good for White.
]
21.fxe3
xg4 22.f1
[ 22.hxg4
xd8 23.f1 e8 24.f7 b7=
( 24...
xe5
chess.com
25.
dd7
b7
is still close to a draw (Kasimdzhanov).
)]
22...
xf1+ 23.xf1 xh3+
[
chess.com: 'Both players missed'
23...
f3!
24.
e6 ( 24.d4! d5 25.e4= xd8
chess.com
26.exd5
d7
and it's a drawn
rook ending.
) 24...
d5
gives White serious
problems.
]
24.
f2
[ 24.
e1!?
chess.com
g2 25.e6 b7
26.e4
A) 26...
b6 27.e3 ( 27.xg7 ) 27...e8
28.
f4 h1 29.d3 h5;
B) 26...
e8
27.
c5+
c8
28.e6
Kasimdzhanov
]
24...
d7
25.e6
xd8
26.
xd7+
e8
27.
xg7 d8
The endgame looks unpleasant
for Black but it should be holdable.
28.
xc7
d2+ 29.f3 xc2 30.xa7 xb2 31.f4
b4+ 32.e5 a4 33.c7 xa2 34.c8+
e7 35.c7+ e8 36.xc6 h5 37.c8+
e7 38.c7+ e8 39.c8+ e7 40.c7+
e8 41.e4 b4 42.b7
½-½
Scorpionchess Prinout, 20/10/2014
10
12
D31
Svidler,P
2732
Mamedyarov,S
2764
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (2.6)
03.10.2014
[chessbase.com]
1.d4
twic.com
d5 2.c4 e6 3.
c3 e7
4.cxd5 exd5 5.
f4 c6 6.e3 f5 7.g4 e6
8.h3
d7
[
Relevant:
8...h5
twic.com
9.gxh5
f6
10.
e2 bd7 11.h4 b6 12.a4 b4+
13.
f1 b5 14.c5 xc5 15.dxc5 xb2
16.a4 bxa4 17.
xa4 d7 18.f3 xh5
19.
e1 f5 20.a2 c1 21.c2 b1
22.
g2 a5 23.d3 b5 24.a1 a4
25.
b1 a5 26.cb2 f8 27.b8+ xb8
28.
xb8+ e8 29.e5 xc5 30.d3 h5
31.
xa4 xh4 32.f5 g5 33.xe8+ g7
34.
d3 c4 35.xc4 dxc4 36.xe7 cxd3
37.
e5
d2
38.
d7
Timofeev,A (2631)-
Socko,B (2619) St Petersburg 2012 1-0
]
9.
b3
relatively untried, though the move
l o o k s n a t u r a l .
b5
A committal move. It is
certainly weakening even if Black gets space
for it. twic.com: 'N'
[
twic.com: 'Predecessor:'
9...
b6
10.
c2
leaves the queen wondering what it is doing
on b6.
gf6
twic.com
11.
ge2
c8
12.
g2 0-0 13.0-0 fe8 14.g3 f8
15.
ac1 d8 16.f4 6d7 17.b3 b6
18.
d3 d6 19.xd6 xd6 20.a4 d8
21.
ac5 b8 22.a3 c8 23.f4 d6
24.
fe1
a8
1/2-1/2 (24) Sage,F (2353)-
Haraldsson,H (2402) ICCF email 2008
]
10.
f3 h6 11.d3 gf6 12.c2 c8
13.0-0 b4 14.
e2 c5 15.dxc5
[ 15.
a6
twic.com
]
15...
xc5 16.ed4 0-0 17.ac1
With some
of the smoke cleared White should be fairly
happy with his position. He has some pressure
in the center against the isolated pawn. That
being said Mamedyarov has compensation for
this thanks to well placed pieces, a strong
control over e4 and the possibility to exploit
g4 with a break in the kingside.
d6
[ 17...
fe4! ]
18.
e5! xd3 19.xd3 b6 20.b5 c5
21.
xb6 axb6
Black has allowed too many
trades to be able to exploit the kingside, and
now W htie has a comfortable edge.
22.
d3
d7 23.b3
twic.com: 'Svidler "In this position
it's clear white should never be worse. After
b3 I'm slightly better."'
fe8 24.b5 h5 25.f3
hxg4
26.hxg4
ed8 27.g2
twic.com:
'Keeping f2 for the rook.'
f6
28.
fd1
f7
twic.com: 'Most of my advantage has gone
now. Svidler.'
29.
xc5 xc5 30.d4 a8?
Black's counterattack is now effective.
[ 30...
dc8!
Holding the c-file was the best
change of holding.
]
31.
d6
twic.com: '"One last trick." Svidler.
"Already a huge problem for black."'
xa2+
32.
g3 b2 33.a1!
Now it is White that
occupies the a-file and Mamedyarov's king is
in surprising trouble all of the sudden.
[ 33.
xc5? bxc5 34.c2 xc2 35.xc2
Gives Black plenty of counterplay, though
White would still be better.
]
33...
c8?
[ 33...
a5
was the only way of staying in the
g a m e , a l t h o u g h a f t e r
34.
xb4
aa2
35.
xa2 xa2 36.c1
White's advantage
is still beyond doubt.
]
34.
xb4
now, on top of everything, the rook
o n b 2 i s t r a p p e d !
c5
35.
a3
xb3
36.
xc5
White wins a full piece and the game
is hopeless.
1-0
13
E17
Gelfand,B
2748
Grischuk,A
2797
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (3.1)
04.10.2014
[chessbase.com]
1.d4
chess.com chess.com chess.com: 'twic.
com'
f6 2.c4 e6 3.f3 b6 4.g3 b7
5.
g2 e7 6.0-0 0-0 7.e1 a6 8.c3
e4 9.f4
chess.com: 'twic.com: '"A playable
move." Gelfand.''
[ 9.
d2
chess.com
d6
10.d5
xd2
11.
xd2 e5 12.a3 c5 13.b4 d7 14.c5
bxc5
15.
b3
b8
16.
a5
a8
Moiseenko,A (2707)-Rodshtein,M (2671)
St Petersburg 2014
]
9...d6
[ 9...
xc3
chess.com
10.bxc3
e4 11.f1
b8 12.d2 b7 13.e4 d6 14.g4 e8
15.a4
d7
Moiseenko,A (2707)-Rodshtein,
M (2671) St Petersburg 2014
]
10.
c2
chess.com: 'twic.com: '"Asks what
Scorpionchess Prinout, 20/10/2014
11
black is doing. " Gelfand.''
b4
11.
b3
xc3 12.xc3 c5 13.e4 c6
This leads to
an almost forced series of events that leads
Grischuk into a slightly worse endgame.
[ 13...g5!?
14.
e3
g4
15.
d2
cxd4
16.
xd4
c6
was worth considering as
Black gets very good squares for his pieces.
chess.com: 'was possible.'
]
14.d5
[
After
14.
ad1
(chess.com) Black can go
cxd4 15.
xd4 xd4 16.xd4 b8 17.e5
xg2 18.exd6 f6 ]
14...
f6
[ 14...
d4
chess.com
15.
xd4 ( 15.e5!? )
15...cxd4 16.
d3 ]
15.
d2
[ 15.dxc6
chess.com
xc3 16.cxb7 xe1
17.bxa8
xf2+
chess.com: 'twic.com: '!''
18.
xf2 xa8 19.xd6 xe4
Gelfand
( 19...
d8
(c h e ss . co m ) t wic .c o m
20.e5
e4 ) 20.e1
(chess.com) twic.com
xc4 ]
15...
d4 16.xd4 xd4 17.e5 dxe5
[ 17...exd5
chess.com
18.exd6 ]
[ 17...f6
chess.com
18.dxe6
xg2 19.exd6
chess.com: 'twic.com: '!''
]
[ 17...
e8
chess.com
18.dxe6
xg2
19.exf7+
xf7 20.e6+ xe6 21.xe6
xe6 22.xg2 ]
18.
xe5 xe5 19.xe5 exd5
[ 19...
d6
(chess.com) twic.com
20.
ae1 ]
20.
ae1
A binding move. Grischuk doesn't
have very good ways of improving his position,
but it is not the end of the world.
d6 21.e7
[ 21.cxd5
chess.com
]
21...
c6 22.xd5 ad8
[ 22...
xd5
chess.com
A) 23.cxd5 a6 24.
g5 h6 ( 24...ad8
25.
1e6 xd5 26.xd5 xd5 27.xb6 )
25.
f5 ad8 26.b7 b5;
B) 23.
xd5
xd5
24.cxd5
fd8
( 24...
ad8
(chess.com) twic.com
25.
d1
d6 26.xa7 fd8 27.a4 f8 ) 25.d6
f8 26.d7 c4 ( 26...b5
(chess.com) twic.
com
27.
1e3 a5 28.b3 g5 29.f1 h6
30.
e2
is much better for white if not just
winning.
)
27.
1e3
b5
28.
f1
b4
29.
e2 ]
23.
xa7 xd5 24.xd5 xd5 25.cxd5
xd5 26.b7 d6 27.e3
White's activity
will most likely net him a pawn, but if Black
plays his cards right he should still be able to
hold.
g6
28.
b3 c4 29.3xb6 xb6
30.
xb6 a8
[ 30...
c8
chess.com
31.a4 c3 32.bxc3
xc3
33.a5
a3
34.a6
was another
option.
]
31.a3
c3
32.bxc3
xa3
33.
c6
A known rook and pawn endgame. It should
be close to a draw, but of course White can
push as much as he wants. chess.com: 'twic.
com: 'Now Gelfand has a risk free extra pawn
in the ending.''
h5 34.h4
f8 35.g2 e7
36.
f3 a2 37.e3 c2 38.c4 f8 39.f3
e7 40.f4
[ 40.g4
chess.com
hxg4 41.fxg4 f5 ]
40...
f2 41.e4+ d6 42.e3 f6 43.e4
a2
[ 43...g5!?
(chess.com) Gelfand chess.com:
'Gelfand twic.com: 'was a move Gelfand
wasn't sure about.''
]
44.
d3+ e6 45.c4 c2 46.d4 d6
At some point around here Grischuk goes
wrong. Karsten Muller will show us the correct
way in an upcoming analysis of the position.
47.f4
c1 48.f3 d1+ 49.c3 b1
50.f5+- gxf5
[ 50...g5
chess.com
51.hxg5 fxg5 52.f6
b8 53.d4 e6 54.c5
Gelfand
]
51.
xf5 e6 52.xh5
chess.com: '?!' '?!'
ch e ss. co m : 'twic .co m : 'It' s n o t cle a r th a t
Gelfand has a win anymore with best play but
both players were getting awfully short of time.
''
[ 52.
f3!?
(chess.com) was probably the
s i m p l e s t w a y t o w i n : c h e s s . c o m : ' w a s
probably the simplest way to win: twic.com:
'" m a y b e t h e si m p l e s t" - G r is c h u k ' '
b8
53.c5
d5 54.f5+ e6 55.xh5 ]
52...
g1 53.h8 xg3+ 54.b4 f5 55.h5
c h e s s . c o m : ' N o w , w i t h b o t h p l a y e r s i n
timetrouble, a few mistakes are made.'
[ 55.c5
chess.com
f4 56.
f8 e5 57.e8+
(chess.com) twic.com
f5
58.c6
g7
59.
c5 h7 60.b8 g4 61.b7 ]
55...
g7?
[ 55...f4! ]
56.h6
f7
chess.com: 'twic.com: 'Grischuk
only had 12 seconds after this down from 55.''
[ 56...
b7+
(chess.com) (twic.com) it seems
doesn't hold either.
]
57.
e8+?
chess.com: 'twic.com: 'Gelfand too
only just made it to time control.''
Scorpionchess Prinout, 20/10/2014
12
[ 57.c5!
is crushing: chess.com: 'twic.com: '!'
twic.com : 'is th e o nly winn in g mo ve b u t
Gelfand was awfully short of time too.''
f4
58.c6 f3 59.h7 f2 60.
e8+ d5 61.h8
and Black is getting mated, so he doesn't
have enough time to promote.
]
57...
f6 58.e1 f4
chess.com: 'twic.com: 'It's
quite hard to believe with 6 seconds showing
on his clock Grischuk didn't manage to make
two more moves. It was however more like 5
s e c o n d s . ' '
59.
c5
f3
60.
d6
g6
The endgame is now drawn, but presumably
Grsischuk flagged. chess.com: 'twic.com:
'Grischuk's flag fell in the act of making this
move. The position is equal.''
1-0
14
A32
Radjabov,T
2726
Svidler,P
2732
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (3.2)
04.10.2014
[chess.com]
1.
f3 f6 2.c4 c5 3.d4 cxd4 4.xd4 e6
5.
c3 a6 6.a3
[
Avoiding lots of (quite different) theory with
either
6.e4
b4
(a Sicilian Paulsen)
]
[
or
6.g3
c7 7.g2 xc4
(a known and
complicated pawn sac.)
]
6...d5
[ 6...
c7 7.g5 e7 8.e3 b6 9.e2 b7
10.0-0
0-0
11.
c1 c6 12.f4 e5
L a f u e n t e , P ( 2 5 6 1 ) - N i s i p e a n u , L ( 2 6 7 8 )
Caleta 2011
]
7.cxd5
xd5 8.d2 e5
[
Svidler didn't like
8...
c5
9.
b3
a7
10.g3 ( 10.e4?
b6! ) 10...0-0 11.g2 ]
[ 8...
f6 9.g5 e7 10.e3 0-0 11.d3 h6
12.
h4 d5 13.xe7 xe7 14.h5 bc6
Borgo,G (2420)-Caruana,F (2474) Cremona
2006
]
9.
f3
[ 9.
xd5 xd5 10.c1 d7 11.b3 c6
( 11...
xd4 12.xb7 a7 13.c8+ xc8
14.
xc8+ e7 15.e4
(Svidler)
d7!? )
12.
xd5 xd5 13.f5 c6 ]
9...
xc3
10.
xc3
xd1+
11.
xd1
f6
This is just dead equal.
12.e3
e6 13.d2
c6 14.c4 f7 15.e2 d8 16.xe6+
xe6 17.c4 e7 18.xd8 xd8 19.c1
f5 20.f3
h5
21.h3
g6
22.
a5 xa5
23.
xa5 d5 24.e1 c5 25.xc5 xc5
26.
d3 d5 27.e4+ fxe4+ 28.fxe4+ c6
29.
c3 d6 30.a4 b5 31.b3
½-½
15
D31
Nakamura,Hi
2764
Caruana,F
2844
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (3.3)
04.10.2014
[chessbase.com]
1.d4
chess.com
d5 2.c4 e6 3.
c3 e7
4.cxd5 exd5 5.
f4 c6 6.e3 f5 7.g4 e6
8.h4
d7 9.g3
[ 9.g5
chess.com
h6 10.g6
gf6 11.gxf7+
xf7 12.d3 0-0 13.f3 b6 14.0-0-0 c5
15.
ge2 ac8 16.hg1 h8
Nepomniach
tchi,I (2721)-Aronian,L (2803) Beijing 2013
]
9...
b6 10.f3 d6 11.xd6 xd6 12.c2
h5 13.g5
e7 14.d3 0-0
[ 14...0-0-0
chess.com
15.
ge2
b8
16.
f2 g6 17.a4 a5 18.g3 df8 19.d2
f6
20.gxf6
xf6
Nakamura,H (2758)-
Aronian,L (2802) Moscow 2011
]
15.
ge2
[ 15.
h2
( c h e s s . c o m ) N a k a m u r a
b4
Caruana
]
15...
ac8 16.d1 g6 17.f2 a6 18.b4 f5
T h e o p e n i n g h a s n o t g o n e s o w e l l f o r
N a k a m u r a . H i s s p a c e a d v a n t a g e o n t h e
kingside has left him with many weaknesses.
Usually in this system this is not an issue, but
as it stands on the board curently there is a
problem with his light squares and potentially
the pawn on e3.
19.
xf5
[ 19.e4
chess.com
dxe4 20.fxe4
g4 ]
19...
xf5 20.e4 g7 21.b3 c4 22.e5
e6
[
Caruana preferred
22...
d7
(chess.com)
when
23.
e4
doesn't work because of
dxe4
24.
xc4 exf3 25.c3 g4 26.dg1 f4 ]
23.
f4 e7 24.e4 dxe4 25.xc4 e6!
26.
e2 exf3 27.g3 a5
Black's attack is
growing in strength. With every opening of the
p o s i t i o n W h i t e ' s k i n g w i l l b e c o m e m o r e
vulnerable. White can get a knight to f6, but it
will b e a lon e in the attack. ch ess.co m: '!'
ch e s s . c o m : ' M i s s e d b y N a k a m u r a . '
28.a3
axb4 29.axb4
a8 30.e4 a3 31.d2
Scorpionchess Prinout, 20/10/2014
13
f4 32.b1 g7
[ 32...
d5!
This was definitely correct as
Black n eed s to b rin g his quee n into th e
attack. The point is that Black covers e6,
allowing his queen to join the fray.
33.
f6+
xf6 34.gxf6 d7-+ ]
33.
b3 fa8
[
Strong was
33...
h3+!
chess.com
34.
g3
and now
b5! 35.
c2 e6!
as shown by the
computer:
36.
xa3 g4+ 37.h2 xh4
38.
xf3 xg5+ 39.g2 g4+ 40.g3
xe4+
41.
xe4
xe4
with a winning
ending.
]
34.
f6 a2
[ 34...b5!?
chess.com
]
35.
xa2 xa2+ 36.xf3 g2?
A strange
place to put the knight.
[ 36...
d5!
This strong move would have
m a d e Na ka m u ra su f f e r gre a tly.
37.
xd5
e6
38.
e3
h3+
39.
e4
d2!
Of course this is a hard move to find, but
W hite is really having trouble defending
a g a i n s t Q xh 4 h e r e .
40.
f1
chess.com
xh4+ 41.f3 xd4
is another computer
line.
]
[
A f t e r C a r u a n a ' s i n t e n t i o n
36...
e6
chess.com
37.
d3
a1
Black is still
better.
]
37.
g3
chess.com: 'Now it's suddenly equal.'
e1 38.e3 c2 39.xa2 xe3 40.a8
Now it is Black that is against the ropes, but
he is hanging on, even if it is by a thread.
f8
41.
xb7 f5+ 42.h3
xd4
43.
d7
xb4 44.d8 c3+ 45.g2 d2+ 46.h3
d3+ 47.g2 f3+ 48.h2 f2+ 49.h3
f1+ 50.h2 f2+
½-½
16
D85
Tomashevsky,E
2701
Kasimdzhanov,R
2706
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (3.4)
04.10.2014
[chess.com]
1.d4
f6 2.c4 g6 3.c3 d5 4.cxd5 xd5
5.
d2 g7 6.e4 xc3 7.xc3 c5 8.d5 0-0
9.
d2 e6 10.c4 exd5 11.xd5 d7
[ 11...
xc3 12.bxc3 d7 13.f3 f6
14.0-0
xd5 15.exd5 d6 16.fe1 f5
17.c4 b6
Moiseenko,A (2707)-Rodshtein, M
(2671) St Petersburg 2014
]
12.
xg7 xg7 13.e2 b6 14.c3 e6
15.0-0-0
f6 16.h4 xd5
[ 16...h5
17.
g5 xd5 18.exd5 fe8
19.
xf6+ xf6 20.d3 ad8 21.hd1 d7
H u e b n e r , R ( 2 5 9 2 ) - N a u m a n n , A ( 2 5 4 6 )
Rogaska Slatina 2011
]
17.
xd5 xd5 18.exd5 ad8 19.h5 d7
20.
h3 fd8 21.hxg6 fxg6 22.d6 g8
23.
d3 b6 24.a3 f8 25.f3 e5 26.xf8+
xf8 27.b1 e4+ 28.a1 f7 29.c3
e6 30.f3+ g7 31.c6 h5 32.g3 f7
33.f4
g7 34.c8 f7 35.c6 g7
36.
b1 f5+ 37.a2 e6+ 38.a1 f6
39.
a8 f7 40.c8 g7 41.c6 f6
42.
a8 g7 43.c8 f7 44.c6
½-½
17
D45
Mamedyarov,S
2764
Andreikin,D
2722
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (3.5)
04.10.2014
[chessbase.com]
1.d4
chess.com
d5 2.c4 c6 3.
c3 f6
4.
f3 a6 5.e3 e6 6.c2 bd7
despite how
natural this move looks, it is not as common
as c5. chess.com: '!?'
[ 6...c5
(chess.com) is "normal", e.g.
7.cxd5
exd5 8.
e2 e6 9.0-0 c6 10.d1 b4
11.
d2 e4 12.xe4 dxe4 13.e5 cxd4
14.exd4
f6
15.
c4 c8
Giri,A (2752)-
Fridman,D (2627) Rosmalen 2014
]
7.a3 dxc4
[ 7...g6
chess.com
8.e4
dxe4
9.
xe4
xe4 10.xe4 g7 11.e2 0-0 12.g5
e8 13.f4 c5 14.d6 f5 15.c2 cxd4
16.0-0 e5 17.c5
h8
Sumets,A (2622)-
Kryvoruchko,Y (2708) Abu Dhabi 2014
]
8.
xc4 b5 9.a2 c5 10.d5 exd5 11.xd5
b7
It isn't entirely clear what Mamedyarov
achieved with a3, now it simply looks like a
lost tempo. White risks standing worse out of
the opening.
12.e4 c4
[ 12...
xd5
chess.com
13.exd5
d6 14.0-0
0-0 15.
g5 h6 16.h4 e8 17.ad1 c7
Aleksandrov,A (2604)-Godena,M (2508)
Plovdiv 2012
]
13.0-0
e7
[ 13...
d6
looks risky, as ideas of e5 and
Scorpionchess Prinout, 20/10/2014
14
using the fact that the king is uncastled
l o o k t h r e a t e n i n g , b u t t h e r e i s a c t u a l l y
nothing going on and the bishop is a little
better placed on d6.
]
14.
xf6+
[
After the game Mamedyarov preferred
14.
d1
chess.com
xd5 15.exd5 0-0
16.
f4 (
or
16.b3
but said it's not his type of
position.
)]
14...
xf6 15.e5 d7 16.d1 c7 17.f4
c5
[ 17...
xf3 18.gxf3 0-0
is better for Black,
though nothing outrageous. W hite can put
his bishop on g3 and his kingside will not be
that weak, despite his doubled pawns.
]
18.b3
e6 19.e3 0-0 20.bxc4 ac8
21.c5
xc5 22.xe6 xe3
chess.com: '!'
chess.com: 'Mamedyarov had missed this
move.'
[ 22...fxe6
chess.com
23.
ac1 ]
23.
xc7 xc7 24.d5 xd5 25.xd5 c1+
26.
xc1
xc1
27.
d3
The endgame is
b e t te r f o r B la ck . wi th a b i sh o p a g a i n s t a
knight and a potential passed pawn on the
queenside, but it is not a clear advantage just
yet.
c8 28.f1 f8
[ 28...
b2 29.d6 a8 30.d3= ]
29.
d6
chess.com: '!' chess.com: 'An
important move.'
[ 29.
e2
chess.com
b2 ]
29...
a8
chess.com: '!'
[ 29...a5
(chess.com) allows a draw after
30.
a6 a4 31.d4 c5 32.a8+ e7
33.
a7+ ]
30.
d3 e8 31.d6 e6 32.d8+ e8
33.
d6 e6 34.d8+ e7 35.b8
[ 35.
a8 b6
seems very difficult to make
progress, but the move in the game ism ore
direct.
]
35...
b2
[
chess.com: 'Andreikin could have played on
with'
35...
xa3 36.d4 g6 37.b7+ e8
38.
b8+
d7
39.
b7+
c8
40.
xf7
is double edged, and Andreikin didn't feel
like risking anything.
c5!
(chess.com) but
he had little time left.
]
36.a4
xe5
chess.com
37.
b7+
f6
38.axb5 axb5 39.
xb5
½-½
18
A07
Karjakin,Sergey
2767
Dominguez Perez,L
2751
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (3.6)
04.10.2014
[chessbase.com]
1.
f3
chess.com
d5 2.g3 g6 3.
g2 g7
4.d4
f6 5.0-0 0-0 6.c3
it doesn't get more
unambitious than this, but Karjakin is hoping
to outplay Dominguez later on.
c6
7.
bd2
f5 8.h4 e6 9.c2
[ 9.
hf3
chess.com
c8 10.e1 d8
11.
g5 g4 12.gf3 e6 13.e3 h3
14.
xh3
xh3
Moiseenko,A (2707)-
Rodshtein,M (2671) St Petersburg 2014
]
9...
bd7
[ 9...
c8
chess.com
10.e4
c5
11.dxc5
a6 12.e1 xc5 13.exd5 xd5 14.b3
xb3 15.axb3 d8
Salcedo Mederos,P
(2355)-Yeremenko,A (2396) ICCF email
1999
]
10.f4
g4 11.e1 e6 12.e4
[ 12.h3
f5
13.
xf5
exf5
only helps
Black.
]
12...
xe4 13.xe4 dxe4 14.xe4 f6
D o m i n g u e z w a s a f r a i d h i s l i g h t - s q u a r e d
bishop would get trapped, so he spooks the
knight out of h4 to f3.
15.
f3 xf3 16.xf3
overall Black is solid but W hite cannot be
unhappy with the opening result. From a dull
start he got a pair of bishops and a space
advantage.
a5 17.e3 b6 18.f2 ad8
19.g4
c4 20.e2 d6 21.h4 h5 22.gxh5
xh5 23.xh5 gxh5 24.h2 g7 25.f3
h8
[ 25...
h6
was more logical.
]
26.a4
f8 27.a5 a6 28.h3 f5 29.d1
d7 30.b4 g7 31.c4 xd4?
This move is
simply bad. The d-pawn was not worth nearly
as much as the h-pawn.
[ 31...
h6
32.d5
cxd5
33.cxd5
c8
with sufficient counterplay.
]
32.
ed2
hd8
this move is clearly forced.
33.
xh5
f8
34.
g4
now the outside
passed pawn is a real problem. Dominguez
collapses surprisingly quickly.
e8
35.h5
f5?
The idea of trading into the endgame is
very bad.
[
After
35...
d6
(chess.com) White is clearly
better but the text move loses instantly.
]
36.
xd7 xd7 37.xd7 xd7 38.xf5 exf5
Scorpionchess Prinout, 20/10/2014
15
39.h6
e8 40.c5
perhaps Dominguez did
no t se e th a t h is kin g is se a le d ou t o f th e
kingside. W orse, he has to allow the king to
h4 due to zugzwang.
h8
[ 40...
d7 41.f8+- ]
41.
h4 f6
chess.com
42.
h5 f7 43.e3
and Black is in Zugzwang.
1-0
19
D11
Caruana,Fabiano
2844
Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar
2764
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (4.1)
05.10.2014
[chessbase.com]
1.d4
chess.com
d5 2.c4 c6 3.
f3 f6 4.e3
g4
5.
c3
e6
6.
b3
b6
7.
h4
This idea of trapping the bishop on g4 has
become the most dangerous way of playing
against the 4...Bg4 system.
h5
[ 7...
e7
chess.com
8.h3
h5 9.g4 g6
10.
xg6 hxg6 11.g2 g5 12.d2 bd7
13.
a4
c7
Meier,G (2632)-Adams,M
(2743) Dortmund 2014
]
8.h3 g5 9.
f3 h6 10.c5
[ 10.
e5 fd7 11.d3 g6 12.h4 g8
13.hxg5 hxg5
gave white a slight edge and
even tua lly W h ite wo n the ga m e in the ir
recent encounter Caruana-Mamedyarov
f r o m t h e G a s h i m o v M e m o r i a l ( A p r i l ) .
Caruana decided to deviate.
]
10...
c7
[ 10...
xb3 11.axb3
is not so good as Black
doesn't have a good way of stopping b4-
b5.
]
11.
d3 g8 12.c2 bd7 13.b4 e7
chess.com: 'Caruana was "a bit surprise"
about this move and Black's next.'
[
He expected
13...
g6
(chess.com) which
was played before:
14.
xg6 xg6 15.b2
h5 16.
e2 g4 17.e5 xe5 18.dxe5
d7 19.hxg4 xg4 20.f4 xe5 21.xh5
½-½ Eljanov,P
(2761)-Sandipan,C (2641) Plovdiv 2010
]
14.
b2 g4
chess.com: '!?' chess.com: 'All for
t h e a t t a c k . '
15.hxg4
xg4
16.
f1
Despite Black's activity down the g-file and
the king on f1 being somewhat awkward, the
position is in White's favor. The pin on the h-
file is uncomfortable, the space advantage on
the queenside is significant and Black will run
out of things to do.
[ 16.g3
chess.com
xg3! 17.fxg3 xf3 ]
16...0-0-0 17.
e2
chess.com: '!' chess.com:
'This maneuver more or less refutes Black's
aggressive plan.'
[
Caru ana lo oke d a t
17.
e5
chess.com
xe5 18.dxe5 xe5 19.e4
but didn't like
d4 ]
17...
dg8 18.f4
chess.com: 'Now Black has
to go all in.'
xf4 19.exf4 xf3
[ 19...
xf4
chess.com
20.
h4 ]
20.gxf3
xf4
The exchange sacrifice looks
more poewrful than it is. Carua na h as n o
problems repelling the attack.
21.
e2
[ 21.
e2
(chess.com) is also good
(Caruana).
g5 22.e3 h5 23.c1! ]
21...
g2 22.c1
chess.com: '!'
g3 23.f1
chess.com: 'Very accurate play by Caruana.'
g4
chess.com: '!?' chess.com: '"The most
interesting move, at least it was the most
difficult for me." (Caruana)'
[ 23...h5 24.
xg2 xg2 25.ag1+- ]
24.fxg4
xg4+
[ 24...
e5!?
chess.com
25.dxe5
xg4+
26.
d2
xb4+
( 26...
f4+
27.
c3 )
27.
c3 g5+ 28.c2 xc5 29.xg2 d4
30.
b1! xc3 31.c2 d3 32.b3 xe5
33.f4!
xf4 34.f1 ]
25.
d2 f4+
[ 25...
g5+
chess.com
26.
c3 e5 27.b3!
f3 28.c3 xf2 29.d1 ]
26.
e2 g4+ 27.e1 e5!
Practically the
best chance.
28.
e2
[ 28.dxe5?
xb4+= ]
28...
e4 29.d1
[ 29.
h3!
was also good
c4
chess.com
30.
c3 ]
29...
g5
[ 29...
c4
chess.com
30.
xc4
dxc4
31.
e2 ]
30.dxe5
xb4 31.c2 xc5+ 32.b1
xf2 33.d1
White's coordination is terrible,
but the material difference is way too big. All
he has to do is stop the threats and he will
untangle.
e3 34.e1
1-0
Scorpionchess Prinout, 20/10/2014
16
20
E97
Grischuk,Alexander
2797
Nakamura,Hikaru
2764
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (4.2)
05.10.2014
[chessbase.com]
1.
f3
twic.com
f6 2.c4 g6 3.c3 g7
4.e4 d6 5.d4 0-0 6.
e2 e5 7.0-0 c6
8.
e3 g4 9.g5 f6 10.h4 g5 11.g3
h6 12.dxe5 fxe5 13.h3 g4
[
Relevant:
13...
h8
twic.com
14.c5
g4
15.hxg4
xg4 16.cxd6 cxd6 17.d2 c8
18.
c4 d4 19.e3 f7 20.c2 g5
21.
d3 df3+ 22.gxf3 d7 23.e2 f6
24.
d5 h6 25.f4 h3+ 26.g2 exf4
27.
h2 f3+ 28.xf3 g5 29.f4 xh2+
30.
xh2 e5 31.g2 xf4 32.h1 g7
33.
f1 e6 34.d4 c4+ 35.e2 xe4
36.
xc4 d2+ 37.e2 d5 38.c2 e8+
39.
d1 xc4 40.c3 e4 41.f5 xb2+
42.
c2 e2+ 43.b3
Fridman,D (2667)-
Naiditsch,A (2716) Baden-Baden 2013 0-1
]
14.hxg4
xg4
A complex King's Indian
position. White will have the pair of bishops
but Black will have access to d4 and some
pressure down the g-file.
15.
c1
twic.com: 'N'
twic.com: '"I played the worst possible line
against the kings indian because my friend
recommended it to me. He said Rc1 was a
very strong novelty but after I thought for
almost one hour and I just could not find any
way for me to play. Black just slowly starts to
mate me." Grischuk'
[
Predecessor (7):
15.
d5+
twic.com
h8
16.c5
d4 17.xd4 exd4 18.xg4 dxc3
19.
e6 cxb2 20.ad1 dxc5 21.xc5 e8
22.
c4 d8 23.xc7 xd1 24.xd1 h5
25.f3
g5 26.f4 e7 27.h1 b5 28.c6
h4+ 29.h3 g4 30.b1 f2+ 31.h2
xh3 32.gxh3 h5 33.c2 c8 34.e5
f7
35.
xb2
xc7
36.
xb5
c2+
37.
h1 e4+ 38.h2 h6
0-1 (38) Krysa,
L (2396)-Real de Azua,E (2459) Montevideo
2011
]
15...
xf3
16.
xf3
d4
17.
h5
h8
18.
b5
twic.com: '!'
e6 19.c3
twic.com: '!'
twic.com: 'Probably the only way to make
sense of white's opening. Nakamura said he
was expecting just to mate white before this.'
e7 20.a3 f6 21.c2 g5
Nakamura's
position is good, and his plan is clear: put
p r e s s u r e o n t h e k i n g s i d e . T h e f o l l o wi n g
maneuvers by Grischuk are not good, but it it
is not so easy to suggest something useful
here.
22.
h2 f4 23.g3 g5 24.f3 f6
25.
g2
g8
26.
e1
twic.com: '"This is
probably the most ugly position in my whole
chess career. It's in fact even worse than it
l o o k s . " G r i s c h u k . '
fg6
27.
h3
f6
With White's bishop buried on h2 there is no
question o f who is b etter.
28.
h1
g4
29.
xg4 xg4 30.c2 e8 31.g1 d4
32.f3
4g6 33.xd4 exd4 34.c2 c5
twic.com: 'Grischuk thought the worst was
over because he could at least imagine better
times ahead.'
35.
d3 h6 36.gg2 h3
37.
cf2 h5 38.g1 e5 39.f4 f6
White is holding on to dear life, but luckily for
Grischuk it does not seem easy to find a plan
to c o n t i n u e .
40.
f3 g6 41.h1 h6
twic.com: 'Having passed first time control
Nakamura set about trying to win this position.
He couldn't find a way in. His real problem is
that in many lines his king comes under attack
in co m b in a tio n with p u sh in g th e f -p a wn . '
42.
g1 g6 43.h1 b6 44.b3 h6
45.
g1 g6 46.h1 h6
[ 46...
h4
47.f5
f7
48.
g1
g5
This is the computer's idea, but even this
isn't clearly winning.
49.
h1 e3 50.f1
and Black is again obviously better, but
finding a way to make progress is far from
easy.
]
47.
g1 h4 48.f1 f6
½-½
21
B33
Dominguez Perez,Leinier
2751
Gelfand,Boris
2748
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (4.3)
05.10.2014
[chessbase.com]
1.e4
chess.com
c5 2.
f3 c6 3.d4 cxd4
4.
xd4 f6 5.c3 e5
chess.com: 'The
Na jd o rf is Ge lf a n d 's m a in re p e rto ire , b u t
Domin guez has studie d it well and so it's
useful to have something else in store. The
Sveshnikov is what Gelfand prepared deeply
for his match with Anand in 2012, but so it
wasn't a big surprise for Dominguez either.'
6.
db5 d6 7.g5 a6 8.a3 b5 9.d5
Scorpionchess Prinout, 20/10/2014
17
e7 10.xf6 xf6 11.c3
chess.com: 'The
old main line.'
[ 11.c4
(chess.com) has been more
fashionable lately.
]
11...
b8 12.c2 g5 13.a4 bxa4 14.ce3
[ 14.
cb4
chess.com
xb4 15.cxb4 0-0
16.
xa4 a5 17.b5 d7 18.c3 b6
19.
e2
h8
20.0-0
d8
21.b3
f5
Leko,P (2730)-Radjabov,T (2713) Beijing
2013
]
14...0-0
15.
xa4
xe3
16.
xe3
e7
17.0-0-0
Despite its originality, it is hard to
b e l i e v e s u c h a m o v e c a n g i v e W h i t e a n
advantage.
b7 18.d3 c6 19.a3 c7
[ 19...
c8
chess.com
20.
d2 a5 21.c2
a4 22.
c4 c7 23.xd6 xd6 24.xd6
b7
De Carlos Arregui,I (2379)-Moise,O
(2453) ICCF email 2010
]
20.
d2 d5
[ 20...f5
chess.com
21.
c4+ h8 22.xd6
a5 23.c2 be8 24.exf5 xg2 25.b4
a4 26.g1 c6 27.b2 xf5 28.c5
e4
Nisipeanu,L (2690)-Van Wely,L (2676)
Fuegen 2006
]
21.exd5
xd5 22.xd5 xd5 23.xh7+
xh7 24.xd5
White won a pawn, but with
his king on c1 it is impossible to convert it.
c4 25.hd1 fc8 26.5d3
chess.com:
'Only this is a new move.'
[ 26.g3
(chess.com) and a draw was agreed
in Corbat,P (2390)-Rogos,J (2358) ICCF
email 2011
]
26...
c5 27.1d2 g6 28.f3 b3 29.a2
cb5 30.d1 f1+
[ 30...
g7
This patient move would have
created more problems, though White does
get his king to relative safety.
31.
e1 e4+
32.
f1 b7 ]
31.
c2 c4 32.d1 f1+ 33.c2 c4
chess.com: 'A highly theoretical battle that
didn't change the verdict that the Sveshnikov
is an excellent way of drawing the game if you
know it well as Black.'
[ 33...
xb2+
34.
xb2
xb2+
35.
xb2
g7= ]
½-½
22
C69
Kasimdzhanov,Rustam
2706
Svidler,Peter
2732
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (4.4)
05.10.2014
[chessbase.com]
1.e4
chess.com chess.com chess.com: 'twic.
com'
e5
chess.com: 'twic.com:
'Kasimdzhanov was expecting a Sicilian.''
2.
f3 c6 3.b5 a6 4.xc6
chess.com:
'twic.com: '"Now I remembered I have this
good, old, reliable, 4.Bxc6." Kasimdzhanov.''
dxc6
5.0-0
d6
Even though this line is
considered solid, it has lost popularity to its
alternatives. chess.com: 'twic.com: '"The main
lines are boring and slightly better for white."
Svidler. He briefly considered playing the
variation for white many years ago but was
struggling to remember very much of that
a n a l y s i s . ' '
6.
a3
chess.com: 'twic.com: '"I
played Na3, thinking he would not be ready for
the complications after b5." Kasimdzhanov.
"Well I wasn't" Svidler. Svidler concluded that
both players were bluffing their opponent that
they knew what they were doing. "Black was
prepared around 2005" Svidler.''
b5
7.d3
a rare approach chess.com: 'twic.com: '"My
initial reaction was come on, this can't be
serious but now I actually think my very first
move might have been an imprecise reaction.
" Svidler. He needs to activate the knight
either to c6 or e6. As getting it to e6 takes
forever he went for the obvious Ne7, c5, Nc6
plan but unless he overlooked something he
doesn't seem to be "in time."''
[ 7.c3
with the idea of quickly blasting on d4
is more common.
]
7...
e7
[ 7...
g4!?
(chess.com) twic.com
]
8.
b1
Now that a5 and c5 have been
weakened it makes sens to maneuver the
knight to a differen spot, maybe b3. chess.
c o m : ' W h i t e i s a r g u i n g t h a t p r o v o k i n g
weaknesses on the queenside is worth two
tempi.'
[
chess.com: 'twic.com: 'Relevant:''
8.
e3
chess.com
g6 9.c4 e7 10.c5 e6
11.
c2 f6 12.d4 f7 13.b1 e6
Vasile, C (2413)-Timmerman,G (2733) ICCF
email 2003
14.
bd2
(chess.com) twic.com
0-0 15.a4 b4 16.
ac1 f5 17.dxe5 f4
Scorpionchess Prinout, 20/10/2014
18
18.
d4 fd8 19.fd1 h4 20.xh4 xh4
21.
d3 e7 22.e1 d7 23.f3 g5
24.h3 h5 25.h4 g4 26.
g5 xg5 27.hxg5
ad8
0-1 (27) Vasile,C (2413)-Timmerman,
G (2733) ICCF email 2003
]
8...c5
chess.com: 'twic.com: '?' twic.com: 'This
seems to be the start of all black's troubles.''
[ 8...
g6
(chess.com) twic.com
9.
e3 e7 ]
9.a4
chess.com: 'twic.com: 'N!''
[
chess.com: 'twic.com: 'Predecessor (2):''
9.
e3
chess.com
c6 10.a4 b8 11.axb5
axb5
12.
bd2
e7
13.
b3
d4
M y o , Z - N a v a r a t n a m , J ( 2 1 2 0 ) G e n t i n g
Highlands 1998
14.
fd2
(chess.com) twic.
com
0-0 15.
h1 e6 16.c1 c4 17.c3
cxd3 18.cxd4 exd4 19.e5
b4 20.xd3
1 - 0 ( 2 0 ) M y o , Z - N a v a r a t n a m , J ( 2 1 2 0 )
Genting Highlands 1998
]
9...
b8 10.axb5 axb5 11.c3
or c3, to
exploit the weakness on d5.
c6
12.
d5
e7
chess.com: 'twic.com: '?''
[ 12...
e6?
(chess.com) allows
13.
a6 d7
14.
xc6! xc6 15.xe5 b7 16.h5
w i t h a d a n g e r o u s i n i t i a t i v e ; e . g .
xd5
17.exd5
xd5 18.e1
might already be
winning.
]
[ 12...
d8
(chess.com) twic.com
]
13.c3 0-0 14.d4
chess.com: 'White is much
better.' chess.com: 'White is much better. twic.
com: '!''
d8
chess.com: 'This loses a pawn,
but what else?' chess.com: 'This loses a pawn,
but what else? twic.com: '?!''
[ 14...
e6?
chess.com
15.
a6
and Black
can resign.
]
[ 14...exd4
(chess.com) twic.com
15.cxd4
d7 16.dxc5 xc5 17.f4 d6 ]
15.dxe5
[ 15.
xe5
(chess.com) twic.com
]
15...
xe5 16.xe5 xe5 17.f4 e6
18.
xc7
xc7
19.
xc7
b7
20.
d6
W h i t e ' s s u p e r i o r d e ve l o p m e n t a n d g o o d
maneuvers have netted him a clean extra
pawn.
xe4
chess.com: 'twic.com: 'A
desperate grab. Svidler thought this must be
l o s i n g b u t i f h e c o u l d g e t a w a y w i t h
exchanging the e-pawn for c-pawn then his
defensive chances were massively improved.''
21.
fe1 g6 22.xc5
chess.com: 'White is
a p a w n u p w i t h a b e t t e r p o s i t i o n . '
h6
Unfortunately for W hite he has ran out of
targets and only having an extra pawn is not
sufficient in this position due to the opposite
colored bishops. Kasimdzhanov tries for a
lon g tim e b ut he is u nab le to brea k d own
Svidler's defenses.
23.
a8
[ 23.
ad1
( c h e s s . c o m ) t w i c . c o m
e6
24.
c6 a7 25.e5 b3 26.xg6 fxg6
27.
d6 g5 28.d4 aa8 29.f3 f7 ]
23...
f5 24.d6 xc5 25.xc5 d8 26.h3
h7 27.h2 g8
chess.com: 'twic.com: '!'
twic.com: 'This defensive idea was missed by
Kasimdzhanov who was already getting into
time trouble.''
28.b4
chess.com: '?!' '?!'
[
Maybe it was better to keep the option of
creating a passed pawn on the queenside.
28.g4!?
chess.com
]
28...
e6 29.a6 bb8 30.e5 a8 31.a5
c4 32.d4 ge8 33.xa8 xa8 34.g4
a2 35.h4 d2 36.g3 f6 37.c5 e2
38.h5
chess.com: '?!' '?!' chess.com: 'After this
it's very hard for White to make progress.'
[
A better chance was
38.
f4
chess.com
d3 39.g5 h3 40.gxf6 gxf6 41.f5 xh4
42.
c7+ g8 43.xf6 ]
38...
d3+ 39.f4 f3+ 40.e4 h3 41.c7
g8 42.f5 f3+ 43.e4 h3 44.f5
f3+ 45.e4
½-½
23
E00
Tomashevsky,Evgeny
2701
Karjakin,Sergey
2767
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (4.5)
05.10.2014
[chessbase.com]
1.d4
chess.com
f6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5
4.
f3
b4+
chess.com: '!?' chess.com:
'Surprising the opponent once...'
5.
d2 e7
6.
g2 0-0 7.0-0 c6 8.c2 bd7 9.d1 b6
10.b3
a6 11.a4 c8
chess.com: '... and
surprising the opponent twice.'
[ 11...h6
chess.com
12.
a3 c5 13.b2
b7 14.b4 dxc4 15.xc4 cxb4 16.xb4
c8
So,W (2719)-Karjakin,S (2759) Wijk
aan Zee 2014
]
12.a5
dxc4
13.bxc4
c5
14.
f4 cxd4
15.
xd4 b7 16.xb7
[
P r e d e c e s s o r :
16.e4
chess.com
bxa5
17.
xa5 a6 18.a2 b4 19.b2 a5
20.
b5 c6 21.d6 fd8 22.1c3 c5
23.
bb1
d7
24.
a2
½-
Scorpionchess Prinout, 20/10/2014
19
½ Pfiffner,P (2434)-Wegelin,R
(2342) ICCF email 2010
]
16...
xb7 17.c3
[ 17.a6!?
chess.com
]
17...bxa5
chess.com: '?!'
[
M o r e s o l i d w a s
17...
c5
(chess.com)
(Karjakin)
18.
db5 a6
because
19.
d6?!
c6
is not good for White.
]
18.
b3
chess.com: '!' chess.com: 'Missed by
Karjakin.'
c8 19.b5
[
Karjakin expected
19.
xa5
(chess.com)
which indeed looks slightly better for White.
]
19...a4
chess.com: '?!'
[ 19...e5!
(chess.com) Tomashevsky
20.
g5
h6 21.
xf6 xf6 22.d6?! h3 23.f3
fd8 ]
20.
xa4
b6
chess.com: 'The critical
moment of the game.'
21.
xa7
chess.com:
'?!' chess.com: 'This leads to a dead equal
position.'
[
chess.com: 'Tomashevsky spent some time
on'
21.
d6!?
Is a very unnatural move, but
the computers claim a White edge after it.
chess.com: '!' chess.com: 'but didn't go for it
because of'
e8!?
chess.com
( 21...
xa4
chess.com
22.
xe7 e8 23.xf6 gxf6
24.
d6; 21...fd5!?
chess.com
22.
xe7
xe7 23.d6 c7 24.a5 ) 22.xe7
( 22.
xa7!? )
22...
xe7
23.
d6
c6
24.
a5 fd5
with complications but in fact
White is close to winning after
25.c5 ]
21...
xa7 22.xa7 xc4 23.xc4 xc4
24.
c6 a3 25.c1 xc1 26.xc1 b6
27.
c5 a8 28.d3 f8 29.f1 c8
30.
ce5 xc1+ 31.xc1
½-½
24
E71
Andreikin,Dmitry
2722
Radjabov,Teimour
2726
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (4.6)
05.10.2014
[chessbase.com]
1.d4
chess.com
f6 2.c4 g6 3.c3 g7
4.e4 d6 5.h3 0-0 6.
e3 c5 7.f3 cxd4
8.
xd4 c6 9.e2 xd4
[ 9...
d7
chess.com
10.h4
½-
& A c i r c ; & f r a c 1 2 ; S t o j a n o v i c , M ( 2 5 6 5 ) -
Ivanisevic,I (2649) Kragujevac 2013
]
10.
xd4 d7 11.0-0 a5
chess.com: 'Black is
playing a setup known from the Accelarated
Dragon, which is basically this position with f3
played instead of h3.'
12.
c2 c6 13.ad1
A Maroczy structure, but the move h3 was
maybe a waste of time for this system. On the
other hand time is something that White can
e a s i l y g i v e a w a y i n t h e M a r o c z y a s t h e
structure is unlikely to change.
d7 14.e3
[ 14.
xg7
chess.com
xg7 15.g4 e5
16.c5
xg4 17.hxg4 d7 18.cxd6 exd6
19.f3
e6
Anton Guijarro,D (2631) -Ruiz C,
J (2374) Linares 2014
]
14...a4 15.c5!?
Unless White himself forces
the issue. Andreikin is slightly better prepared
for the symmetrical pawn structure, but Black
is close to equal. chess.com: '!' chess.com:
'White keeps some initiative with this move.'
dxc5 16.
xc5 e8 17.a3 c8 18.d2
f6
[ 18...
a5
chess.com
19.
d5
xd2
20.
xd2
is also better for White.
]
19.
f4 a5 20.e5 d7 21.e6
chess.com: '!'
chess.com: 'A thematic, long-term pawn sac.'
fxe6 22.
g4 f8 23.fe1 cd8
chess.com:
'!' chess.com: 'And this is an accurate reply.'
24.
xd8 xd8 25.f3
With Black's collapsed
pawn structure, it is only W hite that can be
better, however Radjabov's position, mainly
thanks to that knight on f8, is extremely solid
and there is no way to break through.
xc3
chess.com: '!'
26.bxc3
xf3 27.xf3 d5
chess.com: 'After exchanging the right pieces
Black is in no trouble.'
28.
e2 c6 29.c4
f7 30.b1 d7 31.b4 c8 32.d1 a8
33.c5
e5
34.
b1 xc5 35.b5 e6
36.
xb7 e8
[ 36...
c7!?
chess.com
]
37.
b4 c7 38.b6
[ 38.
a7
chess.com: '!?'
]
38...
d5 39.h4 h5 40.xa4 e6 41.b3
the endgame should be held with no problems
at all.
½-½
Scorpionchess Prinout, 20/10/2014
20
25
D30
Gelfand,Boris
2748
Tomashevsky,Evgeny
2701
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (5.1)
07.10.2014
[chessbase.com]
1.d4
chess.com
d5 2.c4 e6 3.
f3 c6 4.e3
f5
Tomashevsky has been employing the
stonewall system for some time now, with
pretty good results.
5.
d3 f6 6.0-0 d6
7.b3
e7 8.b2 0-0 9.c3
[ 9.
c1!?
trying to trade off the bishops with
Ba3 is another possibility.
]
[ 9.
bd2
chess.com
b6
10.
e2
b7
11.
fc1 e4 12.e5 d7 13.cxd5 cxd5
14.
df3 fc8 15.xd7 xd7
Banikas,H
(2644)-Bachmann,A (2644) TromsÃ
¸ 2014
]
9...
d7 10.e5 e8 11.e2
[ 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.
c1 c6 13.b5 b4
was around equal in Aronian-Tomashevsky
from last year's W orld Cup. The Russian
won that important game.
]
11...
bd7 12.f3 c5
[ 12...
d8
chess.com
13.
c2 h8 14.ae1
c7 15.c1 d6 16.g3 h5 17.xh5
xh5 18.xd7 xd7
Danner,G (2345)-
Nikolac,J (2480) Maribor 1980
]
13.
c1 d8 14.c2
chess.com: '"Suddenly
t h e c r i t i c a l p o s i t i o n h a s a r i s e n . "
(Tomashevsky)'
dxc4 15.
xc4
chess.com:
' " T h e m o s t p r i n c i p l e d c o n t i n u a t i o n . "
(Tomashevsky)'
[ 15.bxc4?!
chess.com
cxd4 16.exd4
xe5
17.dxe5
c5+ ]
[ 15.
xc4
chess.com
b8 16.a3 b6
Tomashevsky
]
15...cxd4 16.exd4
[ 16.
xd4?
chess.com
xe5!
17.
xe6
f7 ]
16...
b6 17.f4 xc4
[ 17...
bd5?
chess.com
18.
xd5 xd5
19.
xd5 exd5 20.fe1
is very unpleasant
for Black.
]
18.
xc4 d7
chess.com: '!' chess.com: '"A
very strong move." (Gelfand)'
[ 18...
xe5?
chess.com
19.
xe6+ xe6
20.
xe6 d6 21.dxe5 xe6 22.exf6 ]
19.
xd7
The start of a semi-forced sequence.
[
After
19.
ce1
(chess.com) Black prevents
d4-d5 with
fe8
and continues a6 and Bb5
(Tomashevsky).
]
19...
xf4
chess.com: '!?' chess.com: 'After
this a few moves will be forced.'
[
Also possible was
19...
xd7
chess.com
20.
xe6+ (
after
20.
xe6 b5 21.e2 e8
22.
fe1
b o t h p l a y e r s m i s s e d
f7!
and White is in trouble.
) 20...
xe6 21.xe6
e8 22.c5 de7
with compensation.
]
20.
xf8 xc1 21.xe6 e3+ 22.h1 b5
A f t e r a w e l l c a l c u l a t e d s e r i e s f r o m
Tomashevsky it is clear that Black will have
few problems. The pawn on d4 is too weak to
do anything with.
23.
c7 xc7 24.xc7 b4
25.d5
chess.com: 'White has a slight edge but
not more.'
b6 26.xf6 gxf6 27.c1 a5
28.g3
xc7 29.xc7 xd5= 30.c2 f7
31.
g2
½-½
26
D56
Radjabov,Teimour
2726
Caruana,Fabiano
2844
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (5.2)
07.10.2014
[chessbase.com]
1.d4
chess.com
f6 2.c4 e6 3.f3 d5
4.
c3 e7 5.g5 h6 6.h4 0-0 7.e3 e4
8.
xe7 xe7 9.c1 c6 10.d3 xc3
11.
xc3 dxc4 12.xc4 d7 13.0-0
[ 13.
c2!?
chess.com
b6
14.
d3 f6
15.
xc6 d5 16.b3 b4 17.c1 xd3+
18.
xd3 b7 19.0-0 xf3 20.gxf3 g5+
21.
h1 d5
Radjabov,T (2744)-Kramnik,V
(2785) Kazan 2011
]
13...b6 14.
d3
[ 14.
c2
chess.com
b7
15.
d3
c5
16.
h7+ h8 17.e4 cxd4 18.xd4 xe4
19.
xe4 c5 20.c2 a5 21.c1 b7
22.
e2
fd8
Ivanchuk,V (2744) -
K a sim d zh a n o v,R (2 7 0 0 ) T ro m s& A tild e ;
¸ 2014
]
14...c5 15.
e4
[ 15.
b5
chess.com
d8 16.e2 b7
17.
fc1 e5 18.dxc5 xc5 19.b4 e4
20.
c7 ac8
Michalik,P (2562)-Baramidze,
D (2610) Ruzomberok 2014
]
15...
b8 16.c2 a5
[ 16...
f6
chess.com
17.dxc5
xe4
18.
xe4 bxc5 19.c2 b7 20.e4 f5
Mamedyarov,S (2761)-Nakamura,H (2729)
Scorpionchess Prinout, 20/10/2014
21
Moscow 2010
]
17.
c1
[ 17.
d1
chess.com
a6
18.h3
fd8
19.
c6 cxd4 20.exd4 f6 21.e5 d6
22.
g3 h5 23.f3 f6
Hebden,M (2554)-
Hawkins,J (2516) Aberystwyth 2014
]
17...
a6
[ 17...
b7
chess.com
18.
xb7
xb7
19.dxc5
( 19.a3!?
Radjabov
) 19...
xc5
20.
e5 f6 21.d3 d8 22.xc5 bxc5
23.
e2 bd7
Karpov,A (2775)-Jussupow,A
(2680) Baden-Baden 1995
]
[ 17...e5!?
chess.com
18.
h7+ h8 19.f5
exd4 20.exd4
b7 21.e3 d6 ]
18.
c6
[ 18.
h7+
chess.com
h8 19.d3 xd3
20.
xd3 e5 21.e4 fe8 22.dxe5 xe5
23.
xe5 xe5 24.xe5 xe5 25.d3
be8 26.cd1 c4 27.d7 8e7 28.d8+
h7 29.c8 b5
½-Â
½ Cintins,I-Grigoriev,A ICCF email
2011
]
18...
fc8
[ 18...cxd4
chess.com
19.
xd4
fc8
( 19...
bc8 20.b3 ) 20.a3
and "I didn't
really see what to do next." (Caruana)
]
19.
xd7 xd7 20.dxc5 xc5 21.xc5
bxc5 22.b3
[ 22.
xc5?? c8 ]
22...
c8 23.c3
[ 23.
e5
chess.com
d5
24.
c3
a4
25.bxa4
xa2
26.
d7
c4
Caruana/Radjabov
]
23...a4
24.
a5
b7
25.
xa4
xa4
26.bxa4
a8 27.xc5 xa4 28.c2 d5
29.
e5 xa2 30.c8+ h7 31.f3 f6
32.
d7 e5 33.e4 b3 34.c7
½-½
27
C07
Svidler,Peter
2732
Andreikin,Dmitry
2722
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (5.3)
07.10.2014
[chessbase.com]
1.e4
chess.com
e6 2.d4 d5 3.
d2 c5
4.
gf3 cxd4 5.xd4 f6 6.exd5 xd5
7.
b5 a6 8.c3 d8 9.a3 e7 10.f3
c7
[ 10...0-0?? 11.
xa6
1-0 was the blitz game
Carlsen -Caru an a from th e No rwa y Blitz
tourname nt. chess.co m: '1-0 Carlsen,M
(2881) -Caruana,F (2791) Flor & Fjaere
(blitz) 2014'
]
11.
d3 cd5 12.xd5 xd5 13.xd5
[ 13.
e4
chess.com
d7 14.xf6+ xf6
15.
xd5 exd5 16.c3 0-0 17.e3 a4
18.0-0
fd8
Ortiz Suarez,I (2592)-Nyzhnyk,I
(2628) Arlington 2014
]
13...
xd5 14.f3 f6 15.c4 e7 16.b1
d7
17.b4
c6
18.
e2
0-0-0
Black's development is complete. Andreikin
h a s n o p r o b l e m s i n t h i s p o s i t i o n .
19.
e3
xf3+ 20.gxf3 c6 21.e4 d4+ 22.f1
e5 23.f4 b8 24.d1 f5 25.e2 xe3
26.fxe3
White may claim a small edge
because of the pawn structure, but with the
opposite colored bishops in play its hard to
imagine the game will end in anything but a
draw.
f5 27.
c2 xd1?
Making it easier for
W h i te to d e ve lo p a p l a n .
28.
xd1
d8
29.
xd8+?
[ 29.
g1
At least kept some chances alive.
g6
30.h4
And Black is still a little worse,
certainly.
]
29...
xd8 30.c5 b6 31.cxb6
½-½
28
A86
Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar
2764
Grischuk,Alexander
2797
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (5.4)
07.10.2014
[chessbase.com]
1.d4
chess.com
f5 2.c4
f6 3.g3 g6 4.g2
g7 5.c3 d6 6.f3 0-0 7.0-0 e8 8.e1
f7 9.e4 fxe4 10.g5
[ 10.
xe4
is the main line.
c6 11.c3
g4
12.
f4
h6
Sargissian, Gabriel -
Zherebukh, Yadoslav, Bronstein Memorial
2 0 1 4 . T h e ga m e e ve n t u a l l y e n d e d in a
draw.
]
10...
xc4 11.gxe4 xe4 12.xe4 f7
13.
f4 f6 14.d5 g5 15.f3 c6
[ 15...
a6?!
chess.com
16.
b3!
threatens
to take on f6 or g5.
]
16.
c7 g4 17.d5
[ 17.
xa8 a6 ( 17...xf3!
Is definitely the
b e t t e r m o v e a n d p r o b a b l y t h e r e a s o n
Mamedyarov did not go for 17.Nxa8.
) 18.d5
Scorpionchess Prinout, 20/10/2014
22
c5 19.
xf6 xf6 20.d2 h6 21.f4 gxf4
22.
xf4 xf4 23.xf4 xa8
was much
b e t t e r f o r G e l f a n d i n G e l f a n d - S v i d l e r ,
Rapid (Jerusalem) a couple of months ago.
It's cu rio u s th a t M a m e d ya ro v d e via te s .
chess.com: 'Gelfand,B (2753)-Svidler,P
(2751) Jerusalem 2014'
]
17...cxd5 18.
xg5
[ 18.h3
chess.com
e6!
19.
xf6
xd1
20.
xf7 xf7 21.xg5 a4 22.xa8
a6 ]
18...
d7 19.xa8
[ 19.
xf6
chess.com
xf3 20.xf3 xf6
21.
xa8 xa8 ]
19...
xf3 20.xf3
[ 20.
xf3
chess.com
xg5 21.xd5 e5 ]
20...
xg5 21.xd5
[ 21.
xf7+
chess.com
xf7 22.c7 b6 ]
21...
xd5 22.xd5+ h8
[ 22...
g7?!
chess.com
23.
c7 ]
23.
c7 c8 24.e6 f6 25.e1 c5
26.
e2 xe6
27.
xe6
Another opposite
colored bishop endgame was reached and
this one isn't going anywhere.
c1+ 28.g2
b1 29.d5 xb2 30.xb2 xb2 31.xb7
½-½
29
A37
Nakamura,Hikaru
2764
Dominguez Perez,Leinier
2751
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (5.5)
07.10.2014
[chessbase.com]
1.c4
chess.com
c5 2.
f3 c6 3.c3 e5
4.g3 g6 5.
g2 g7 6.0-0 ge7 7.a3 0-0
8.
b1
d5
chess.com: 'Now it will be a g3-
King's Indian with reversed colors.'
9.cxd5
xd5 10.xd5
[ 10.
xe5
this normal trick is not so effective
this time around.
xc3
11.
xc6
xd1
( 11...
xe2+= ) 12.xd8 g4= ]
10...
xd5 11.d3 d6 12.b4
[ 12.
e3
chess.com
d7
13.b4
cxb4
14.axb4
xb4 15.d2 d5 16.xb7 c6
17.
e4
d8
Pavlovic,M (2506)-
Abrahamyan, T (2376) Reykjavik 2014
]
12...cxb4
13.axb4
xb4
14.
a3
a5
15.
d2 e6
[ 15...
d8
was played long ago, back in
1987.
16.
c4
chess.com
c7 17.xb4
axb4 18.
xb4 a7 19.b3 g4 20.e1
b8
Peelen,P (2385) -Murey,J (2505)
Amsterdam 1987
]
16.
c4
[
After
16.
b3
chess.com
b6
17.
xa8
xa8 18.d2 f8
Nakamura felt "there's
too much compensation".
]
16...
xc4 17.dxc4 e7
[ 17...
xd1
chess.com
18.
fxd1
fd8
Nakamura
]
18.
b3 e4 19.xb4 axb4 20.xb4 xb4
21.
xb4 f5 22.xb7 fc8
chess.com: '?!'
chess.com: '"I played too fast." - Dominguez'
[ 22...
f7!?
(chess.com) Dominguez
23.
bb1 ( 23.xf7 xf7 24.d1 a1 )
23...
c7 ]
23.
c1
White's up a pawn, but it will be hard
to win. The opposite colored bishops makes
this drawish. chess.com: '"It's already very
unpleasant for Black." - Dominguez.'
d4?
[ 23...
a4! 24.c5 a6!
and Black will soon
round up the c-pawn.
]
[
When playing Rfc8 Dominguez had missed
23...
a1??
chess.com
24.
xg7+ ]
24.g4
a2 25.e3 f6 26.gxf5 h4 27.xe4
xf2+ 28.h1 gxf5 29.xf5 xe3 30.e1
[
Nakamura said White should be winning
after
30.
f1
(chess.com) which he didn't
play because he missed 31...Re5 in the
game.
]
30...
e8 31.xh7 e5
Now there are two
extra pawns, and real winning chances, but
its still very far from easy. To make matters
worse, the h-pawn is the wrong color pawn,
so Na ka m u r a c a n n o t t ra d e in t o a b is h o p
endgame. chess.com: '!' chess.com: '"After
this move it's probably a draw with correct play.
" - Na kamura '
32.
b1 b2 33.h3 d4
34.
d1 c5 35.g3+ f8 36.f1+ e7
37.
d3 f2 38.b1 d6 39.d1 c7
40.
b1 d6 41.f1 d2 42.g8 e7
43.
g4 f6 44.a1 d6 45.h4
This loses
the h-pawn, but it was already clear W hite
wasn't making any real progress.
h5 46.a6
f5 47.g5+ xg5 48.a5+ e5 49.hxg5
h2+ 50.g1 h5 51.c5 xg5+ 52.f2
e4 53.g2+ d4 54.b5 g3+ 55.f3
xc5 56.xc5 xc5
½-½
Scorpionchess Prinout, 20/10/2014
23
30
A33
Karjakin,Sergey
2767
Kasimdzhanov,Rustam
2706
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (5.6)
07.10.2014
[chess.com]
1.c4
f6 2.c3 c5 3.f3 c6 4.d4 cxd4
5.
xd4 e6 6.a3 d5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.g5
c5 9.e3 xd4 10.exd4 h6
[ 10...0-0 11.
e2 h6 12.h4 e8 13.0-0
g5 14.
g3 e4 15.c1 xc3 16.bxc3 f5
17.
e5 xe5 18.dxe5 xe5
Navara,D
(2702) -Wojtaszek,R (2721) Wroclaw 2011
]
11.
e3
[ 11.
h4 ]
11...0-0 12.
e2 e4
[ 12...
e8 13.0-0 f5 14.c1 c8 15.b4
a5 16.b5
e7 17.a4 d6 18.b3 g4
19.
xg4
xg4
20.f3
f5
21.
xc8
½-½ Fridman,D
(2621)-Khenkin,I (2600) Germany 2007
]
13.
c1 d6!?
"Very interesting and hard to
find." (Karjakin)
14.
xd5 f5 15.f3?!
[
Karjakin said he should have played
15.
c5
e6
16.
f4
cxd4
17.
xe6
fxe6
and it's equal.
]
15...
e6
"I realized that I'm a little bit worse
already." (Karjakin)
16.
f4
[ 16.
c5 b6 17.xc6 (
Karjakin apparently
missed that White can play
17.
xb6 axb6
18.
xf5 xf5 19.xc6 ) 17...xd5 18.c3
h4!
"and Black has a killing position."
(Karjakin)
]
16...
cxd4 17.xd4!
[ 17.
xe6?! fxe6 18.0-0 xe3 19.fxe3
xf3+ 20.xf3 xf3 21.gxf3 ( 21.xf3
d2; 21.xd8+
xd8
22.gxf3
d3 )
21...
g5+ 22.f2 e5
(Karjakin)
]
17...
xd4 18.0-0 b3 19.d3 f6 20.d1
[ 20.
d5 c2! 21.d2 ad8 ]
20...
xf4 21.xb3 ad8 22.a2 d7
[ 22...
fe8 23.ce1 e5 24.xe5 xe5
25.
c4 ]
23.
ce1 f6 24.e4 g6 25.c3 g7
26.
fe1 fd8 27.f1 f5 28.xf6+ xf6
29.g3 h5 30.h4
c7
½-½
31
D70
Caruana,Fabiano
2844
Svidler,Peter
2732
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (6.1)
08.10.2014
[chessbase.com]
1.d4
chess.com
f6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5
4.cxd5
xd5 5.e4 b6
Caruana seems to
know this positions very well as he has played
it many times, especially with Black.
6.
c3
g7 7.e3 0-0 8.d2 c6 9.0-0-0 d6
10.
b1
a6!?
A relatively new idea. chess.
com: 'This was a surprise for Caruana.'
11.h4
[ 11.b3
chess.com
d8 12.ge2 b4
13.
d3 a5 14.c2 bc4 15.c1 c5
S v e n s s o n , M ( 2 1 9 2 ) - E k s m y r , J ( 2 1 7 9 )
Sweden 2010
]
11...
d8 12.d5 e5
[
Caruana expected
12...
a5
(chess.com)
and now
13.
c1
tranposes to Giri-Gelfand.
b4
chess.com
14.h5
ac4
Giri,A (2745)-
Ge lf a n d ,B (2 7 5 3 ) T ro m s& A t ilde ;&ce d il;
2014
]
13.
f2
h5?!
Probably the start of Black's
problems.
[ 13...f5!
It seems as if there was no choice
for Svidler but to counterattack on the center
as soon as possible. However the position is
still double edged and it looks more natural
to play with White.
]
14.
c5 f6 15.d4 d6
[ 15...
d7
chess.com
16.g4
Svidler
]
[ 15...
bd7
chess.com
16.g4 c5 17.dxc6
Svidler
]
16.g4!
A well timed break. chess.com: '!?'
[
Caruana suggested
16.
ge2
(chess.com)
wh e n S vi d l e r wa s p l a n n i n g
f5
when
( 16...
d7 17.c1
Svidler
) 17.
g3 fxe4
18.
gxe4 f5 19.d3 xd3 20.xd3
xe4 21.fxe4
is better for White.
]
16...hxg4 17.f4
ed7
[ 17...
ec4!?
chess.com
18.
xc4 xc4
19.
xg7 xg7 20.d4+ e5 21.xc4 exf4
Caruana
]
18.e5?
This move actually is very weak as it
allows Black to relieve the pressure.
[ 18.
ge2! xd4 19.xd4 f6 20.h2!
Leaves Black gasping for air.
]
18...
xe5 19.fxe5 xe5 20.g2 xd4
21.
xd4 f5+
[
Svidler thought that
21...e5?
(chess.com)
Scorpionchess Prinout, 20/10/2014
24
was possible but Caruana pointed out that
W hite can just go
22.dxe6!
(
Black's idea
was
22.
d1 f5 ) 22...xd4 23.xf7+ h8
24.h5
d3+ ( 24...g5 25.e7 ) 25.a1 ]
22.
a1 e5 23.d1 c4 24.h5
[ 24.b3?!
chess.com
b6! ]
24...
b6
Black is down a piece, but with three
pawns and interesting counterplay things are
still d o u b le -e d ge d . Bo t h kin gs a re we a k ,
which means that every move is important.
25.
e2 e3 26.d2
[
chess.com: 'The players thought that'
26.
c1!?
d4
(chess.com) was good for
Black but White has
27.hxg6
xg6 28.d1!
xg2 29.xg2 ]
26...
g7
chess.com: '!'
[ 26...
c5?
chess.com
27.
f2! ]
27.
e4
h8?
A mistake that Caruana
capitalizes on.
[
chess.com: 'Black should have tried'
27...
xe4! 28.xe4 xd5
looks risky but is
n e c e s s a r y .
( 28...f5!?
29.
g5
b5!?
A strange exchange sacrifice that would
leave Black down a rook for three pawns.
But they are all connected and passed!
)]
28.
d3
chess.com: '!' chess.com:
'Underestimated by Svidler.'
c4
[ 28...
xe4
chess.com
29.
xe4 c4 30.b3
d6 31.xd6 xd6 32.xg4 e4 33.xe4
f6+ 34.d4 xd4+ 35.xd4 xh5 ]
29.b3
d6
chess.com: '?!'
[ 29...
xh5!?
chess.com
30.
xh5
xe4
31.
xe4 gxh5 32.bxc4 f5
perhaps offered
a final practical chance.
]
30.
xf5 xf5 31.xg4
With the loss of a
p a w n S v i d l e r f i n d s h i m s e l f w i t h o u t
compensation. Now it is W hite that has the
e x t r a m a t e r i a l a n d t h e a t t a c k . I t i s v e r y
d if f icu l t to h o ld o n , a n d i n t im e p re s su r e
Svidler collapses. chess.com: '!'
[ 31.
xe5+?
chess.com
f6 ]
31...e4?! 32.
xe4 ae8 33.e2
chess.com:
'Now it's just a piece.'
1-0
32
B90
Karjakin,Sergey
2767
Gelfand,Boris
2748
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (6.2)
08.10.2014
[chessbase.com]
1.e4
chess.com
c5 2.
f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
4.
xd4 f6 5.c3 a6 6.h3 e5 7.b3 e6
8.f4!?
The h3 system keeps being infused
with new ideas. The f4 set-up is uncommon,
much more thematic is to push the g-pawn
two squares.
[ 8.
e3
chess.com
e7 9.f3 0-0 10.0-0-0
b5 11.g4 b4 12.
d5 xd5 13.exd5 c8
14.
d3
a5
Zhigalko,S (2678)-Gelfand,B
(2753) Tromsø 2014
]
8...g6
chess.com: 'A strong novelty. "I was
h o p i n g B o r i s d i d n ' t k n o w t h i s m o v e . "
(Karjakin)'
[ 8...b5 9.f5
c8 10.g5 b7 11.f3
was complicated in Grischuk-W ojtaszek,
ACP Rapid Cup from last year. The Russian
p l a ye r e ve n t u a l l y wo n t h i s g a m e .
bd7
chess.com
12.0-0-0
e7 13.b1 c8
14.
xf6 xf6 15.d5 xd5 16.exd5 h5
Grischuk,A (2785)-Wojtaszek,R (2701) Riga
2013
]
9.
f3 c6
[
Karjakin mentioned that "Black can play
9...d5
(chess.com) and it's equal".
]
10.
e3
[
The players discussed
10.f5
chess.com
xb3 11.axb3 d4 12.f2 gxf5 13.exf5
d5 14.
g5 g8 15.xf6 xf6 16.xd5
c6
17.
e3
but here Black has
b4+!
which is killing.
]
10...exf4 11.
xf4 h5
chess.com: '!'
[ 11...
e5
chess.com
12.
e3
h5
13.
g5 ]
12.
h2 h4+!?
Forcing g3, locking down the
bishop on h2 unless White wishes to weaken
himself further by pushing g4 later. chess.
com: '!'
13.g3
g5 14.g4
Which he did.
[ 14.
f2!?
chess.com
h6 15.g4 f6
16.h4?!
e3+ ]
14...
h4+
[ 14...
f6
chess.com
15.
f2 ]
15.
f2
[
Gelfand thought that
15.
d1
chess.com
f6 16.g3 g5 17.f4 h4 18.g3
was the safest way for White.
]
Scorpionchess Prinout, 20/10/2014
25
15...
xf2+ 16.xf2 f6
Black should be
perfectly fine in this Sicilian endgame. He has
full control over e5 and the dark squares and
h e w i l l s l o w l y b u t s u r e l y c o m p l e t e h i s
development. If anyone is worse, it is White.
17.
d1 e5 18.d4 e7 19.g2 c8
20.
he1 fd7 21.ce2 h4+ 22.g3
xg3+ 23.xg3 e7 24.f4 h6 25.e3
[ 25.
f2
chess.com
f6 26.b3 c3 ]
25...
f6
chess.com: 'Threatening h5, f4, h4+
and Nh7.'
26.
f2 c5
[
Perhaps
26...
xg4!?
chess.com
27.hxg4
exg4+
28.
e2
xe3
29.
xe3
was an option.
]
27.
g1 hc8 28.b3 c3?!
[ 28...b5
kept some pressure on the
position. Black's advantage is small, but
lasting.
]
29.
xc3 xc3 30.fe2 c5 31.c4
½-½
33
C88
Dominguez Perez,Leinier
2751
Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar
2764
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (6.3)
08.10.2014
[chessbase.com]
1.e4
chess.com
e5 2.
f3 c6 3.b5 a6
4.
a4 f6 5.0-0 e7 6.e1 b5 7.b3 d6
8.a4
d7 9.c3 0-0 10.d4 g4 11.a3
A novelty in an already relatively unknown
position.
[ 11.d5
chess.com
a5 12.c2 c6 13.dxc6
c7 14.h3 h5 15.d3 xc6 16.h4
g6
Jumabayev,R (2564)-Kozionov,K
(2392) Moscow 2014
]
11...exd4
12.cxd4
d5
13.e5
It's hard to
b e lie ve th a t W h ite h a s a n y ch a n ce a t a n
advantage in this structure. He has already
committed his knight to a3 which allows Black
to control some key squares, specifically e4.
e4 14.c2 a5 15.a2 c6
Black is
already quite solid on the queenside and is
having thoughts of breaking on the kingside
with f 6 . D o m i n gu e z h a s to d o so m e t h in g
quickly or he risks being worse.
16.
e3 h5
17.
f5 b4 18.e2 c4 19.g3 xg3
[ 19...
xf3 20.gxf3 g5 21.f4
is a very
hard position to evalute. Both sides have
b i g p o s i t i o n a l a d v a n t a g e s a n d
disadvantages. It would have led to a very
interesting game.
]
20.hxg3
f6
21.b3
b6 22.b1 bxa4
23.bxa4
c4 24.d3 g6 25.b3 xb1
26.
xb4 d3 27.e1 a5
With the opposite
colored bishops on the board most endgames
will result in a draw.
28.
b3
[ 28.
xa5!?
chess.com
xa5 29.a3 f5
30.exf6
xf6 31.e5 c4 ]
28...fxe5
chess.com: '!'
[ 28...
g6
chess.com
29.exf6
and 30.Bf4
was Dominguez's intention.
]
29.
a3
[
chess.com: 'Earlier Dominguez had missed
that'
29.
xd3?
chess.com: 'fails to'
xf3 ]
29...
xa3
[ 29...e4!?
Sacrificing the exchange was
entirely possible, but it did not lead to an
a d v a n t a g e .
30.
xf8
xf8
31.
ad1
White can always counter-sacrifice and the
g a m e w o u l d s t i l l b e e q u a l .
( 31.
e5
chess.com
xe5 32.dxe5 d2?! 33.b6
Dominguez.
)]
30.
xd3 e4 31.xa3 exf3 32.gxf3 ae8?
[ 32...
ab8= ]
33.
e3
[ 33.
xe8
xe8
34.
c1!
and it is
surprisingly difficult to defend the pawn on
c6. Also, as a rule of thumb, in major piece
endgames the side with the safer king has
the advantage. In this case it is very clear
t h a t o n l y B l a c k ' s k i n g c a n s u c c u m b t o
pressure.
e6
( 34...
c7
35.
b1
is very passive.
) 35.
b1
leaves the king
vulnerable.
]
33...h6
34.
c3
xc3
35.
xc3
b8
36.
xc6 xf3 37.a2 f6 38.xf6 gxf6
½-½
34
C41
Kasimdzhanov,R
2706
Andreikin,D
2722
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (6.4)
08.10.2014
[chess.com]
1.d4
twic.com
d6 2.e4
f6 3.c3 e5 4.f3
bd7 5.c4 e7 6.0-0 0-0 7.a4 a5 8.e1
c6 9.h3 h6 10.
e3 e8
twic.com: 'Black
h a d p r e p a r e d u p t o h e r e b u t n o w w a s
surprised.'
Scorpionchess Prinout, 20/10/2014
26
[
twic.com: 'Relevant:'
10...
c7 11.d5 d8
12.
d3 c5 13.xc5 dxc5 14.e3 h5
15.
ad1 b8
Karjakin,S (2771)-Jobava,B
(2713) Dubai 2014
16.dxc6
twic.com
xd1
17.
xd1 bxc6 18.c3 f6 19.e3 f4
20.b3
b4 21.h4 h5 22.g3 e6 23.d3
d4 24.d2 b8 25.c3 e6 26.e2 g6
27.
d1 g7 28.f3 d8 29.d2 b7
30.
g2 e7 31.d3 a8 32.d2 b8
33.
h2 a8 34.d1 b8 35.d2 a8
36.
c2 d6 37.f1 b8 38.c4 xc4
39.
xc4 g4 40.g2
Karjakin,S (2771)-
Jobava,B (2713) Dubai 2014 1/2-1/2 (83)
]
11.d5
twic.com: 'N'
[
twic.com: 'Predecessor (50):'
11.
a2 c7
12.
h4 f8 13.f3 exd4 14.xd4 e6
15.
xe6 xe6 16.f5 xf5 17.xf5 d7
Zhigalko,S (2678)-Yudin,S (2546) Dubai
2014
18.
ad1
twic.com
f6 19.b3 e6
20.
f4 ae8 21.e2 e5 22.xe5 dxe5
23.
e3 d6 24.ed2 xd2 25.xd2 f8
26.
e2 e6 27.g3 d8 28.h4 h5 29.g2
g6 30.
c3 xd2 31.xd2 d8 32.xd8+
xd8 33.f3
1/2-1/2 (33) Zhigalko,S (2678)-
Yudin,S (2546) Dubai 2014
]
[ 11.
e2
twic.com
]
11...
f8
[ 11...
c7
(twic.com) was better.
]
12.
d2
g6
13.
f1
Here the position is
a l r e a d y u n p l e a s a n t f o r B l a c k .
b8?!
twic.com: 'But Andreikin didn't like his position
here anyway.'
[ 13...c5
twic.com
]
14.
a7 a8 15.e3 b8 16.c4 c5
T h i s i s " j u s t p r e t t y s a d f o r B l a c k "
(Kasimdzhanov).
[ 16...cxd5
twic.com
17.exd5
and white is
better.
]
17.
d2!
Already playing to the tactic that will
follow in the game (and which can hardly be
prevented).
f8 18.a3
twic.com: 'This is just
p r e t t y s a d f o r b l a c k . K a s i m d z h a n o v . '
b6
19.
b5 e8 20.b3 b7 21.ba3 h4
22.
xb6 xb6 23.xa5 f5
Black has to find
counterplay on the kingside.
24.
xb6
g5
25.
c4
fxe4
26.g3
f4
twic.com:
'Somehow I was worried here. Kasimdzhanov.'
27.
d2
twic.com: '!'
f6
[ 27...
xh3 28.xe4 g6 29.xh3 xh3+
30.
g2 f4+ 31.f1 ]
28.
xe4 xe4 29.xe4 xh3
"Here I was
in serious timetrouble but luckily I had the
[following] liquidating move." (Kasimdzhanov)
twic.com: 'Kasimdzhanov was in very serious
time trouble.'
30.
xf4!
twic.com: 'Liquidating
t o a wi n . '
exf4 31.
xh3 fxg3 32.f3 g2
33.
e2
twic.com: 'Less than a minute now but
fairly straightforward for white none the less.'
f4 34.a5 xa4 35.e6+ h7 36.d3+
1-0
35
A05
Grischuk,Alexander
2797
Radjabov,Teimour
2726
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (6.5)
08.10.2014
[chessbase.com]
1.
f3
chess.com chess.com chess.com: 'twic.
com'
f6 2.g3 g6 3.g2 g7 4.0-0 0-0
5.c4 c6 6.b3
One of the many ways that has
b e c o m e p o p u l a r i n d e a l i n g w i t h t h e c 6
Fianchetto Grunfeld.
e4 7.d4 d5 8.b2
chess.com: 'Many moves have been tried in
this position.'
a5 9.
c3 f5 10.c1 xc3
11.
xc3 e4 12.e3
chess.com: 'Preparing e.
g. Re1, Bf1, move the knight and play f3.'
e6
[
chess.com: 'twic.com: 'Relevant:''
12...
d7
chess.com
13.
e2 e6 14.fd1 a4 15.f1
xf3
16.
xf3
axb3
17.axb3
b6
Nikolic,P (2627)-Kazhgaleyev,M (2600) Livry
Gargan 2005
18.
b1
(chess.com) twic.com
a3 19.c5 c7 20.e2 fa8 21.c2 e5
22.b4 exd4 23.
xd4 xd4 24.exd4 f6
25.
d3 g7 26.g2 h5 27.e1 d7
28.
d1 h4 29.e3 hxg3 30.fxg3 a2+
31.
g1 xh2 32.xh2 g4+ 33.g1
xe3 34.f3 g4 35.e2 f6 36.f4
e7 37.f3 a3 38.b5 e4 39.xe4
dxe4 40.bxc6 bxc6 41.
e1 e3 42.g2
Nikolic,P (2627)-Kazhgaleyev,M (2600) Livry
Gargan 2005 0-1
]
13.
h3 d7
[
Radjabov didn't like
13...dxc4
chess.com
14.bxc4 c5 15.
e2 xf3 16.xf3 cxd4
17.exd4
xd4 18.xb7 ]
[ 13...
xf3
chess.com
14.
xf3 a4 15.e2
d7 16.c2 axb3 17.axb3 e7 18.a1
f6
Dizdar,G (2535)-Moradiabadi,E (2445)
Mallorca 2004
]
[ 13...a4
(chess.com) twic.com
]
14.
e2
xf3
15.
xf3
f6
16.
e2
Scorpionchess Prinout, 20/10/2014
27
chess.com: 'twic.com: 'N''
[
chess.com: 'twic.com: 'Predecessor:''
16.
d1
chess.com
e4 17.e1 e7
18.
g2 f5 19.f3 h6 20.e2 f6 21.c3
a4
22.
b1
axb3
23.axb3
c7
½-½ De Jongh,B
(1 8 14 ) -Ga san o v,E (18 0 0 ) L e ch e n ich e r
SchachServer 2010 chess.com: 'Â
½-½ De Jongh,B (1814)
- G a s a n o v , E ( 1 8 0 0 ) L e c h e n i c h e r
SchachServer 2010 twic.com: '1/2-1/2 (23)
D e J o n g h , B ( 1 8 1 4 ) - G a s a n o v , E ( 1 8 0 0 )
Lechenicher SchachServer 2010''
]
16...
e4
Despite White's pair of bishops, it is
ve ry d if f icu lt to cla im a n a d va n ta ge . T h e
position is very close and the bishops have no
scope.
17.
e1
[ 17.
g2
chess.com chess.com: 'twic.com:
'and Grischuk thought he wouldn't manage
to lose this position.''
xc3
"I think this
p o s i t i o n I w i l l m a n a g e n o t t o l o s e . "
(Grischuk)
18.
xc3 ]
17...f5
chess.com: 'twic.com: '"I don't know
about f5" Radjabov.''
18.
g2
g5
19.b4
chess.com: '?!' '?!' chess.com: 'twic.com: '?'
twic.com: 'The players decided after that this
was a mistake.''
[
The players agreed afterward that
19.g4
(chess.com) is the way to play.
]
19...axb4
20.
xb4
f7
21.a3
d6
chess.com: '"I have no play at all. Usually
White gets this type of position with five tempi
more." (Grischuk)'
22.cxd5 exd5
chess.com:
'twic.com: 'Ususally white gets this position
with five extra te mpo. - Grisch uk.''
23.
c2
d7 24.h5 h6 25.f4?
This just weakens f4.
Black is able to quickly capitalize on this.
c4
26.
e2
[ 26.
xc4 dxc4 27.fxg5 e6
is not quite
enough compensation for the exchange.
]
26...g4
[ 26...
xe3
chess.com
27.
xe3
xd4
28.
fe1 e8 29.d2 ]
27.
h1
[ 27.h3
e8 28.hxg4 xe3-+ ]
27...
e8!
chess.com: 'The winning concept.'
chess.com: 'The winning concept. twic.com:
'Radjabov thought this was a very strong move
and the players could n't find anything fo r
w h i t e a f t e r t h e g a m e . ' '
28.h3
e7!
If the queens get traded off, W hite has no
h o p e o f d e f e n d i n g h i s w e a k n e s s e s .
29.
xe8+?!
[ 29.
xf5
c h e s s . c o m : ' t w i c . c o m '
xe3
30.
ee1
chess.com: 'doesn't look much
better.'
axa3! ]
29...
exe8
30.
fe1
chess.com: 'twic.com:
'G ri s ch u k h a s a b a d p o si t io n a n d wa s i n
desperate time trouble.''
h5
Now White's
position just collapses. It is impossible to
defend a3 and e3.
31.
f1
e6
32.hxg4
hxg4 33.
h2 xe3 34.xe3 xe3 35.d3
xd4 36.e2 c5
0-1
36
D56
Tomashevsky,E
2701
Nakamura,H
2764
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (6.6)
08.10.2014
[chess.com]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.
c3 e7 4.f3 f6
5.
g5 h6 6.h4 0-0 7.e3 e4 8.xe7
xe7 9.c2
[ 9.
c1 c6 10.d3 xc3 11.xc3 dxc4
12.
xc4 d7 13.0-0 b6 14.d3 c5
15.
e4 b8 16.c2 a5
Radjabov,T (2726)-
Caruana,F (2844) Baku AZE 2014
]
9...
xc3
10.
xc3
dxc4
11.
xc4
b6
12.
e2
[ 12.d5
c6
13.dxe6
xe6 14.0-0 c5
15.
xe6 xe6 16.e5
½-
½ Istratescu,A (2645)-Bacrot,
E (2710) Caen 2011
]
12...
b7 13.b4 c5 14.bxc5 bxc5 15.a3
d7 16.0-0 fc8 17.ab1
[ 17.
fc1 f8 18.b5 cxd4 19.xf8+ xf8
20.
xd4 g6 21.f3 e5 22.f2 d5
23.a4
c4 24.g3 a6 25.xc4 xc4
& A c i r c ; & f r a c 1 2 ; - & A c i r c ; & f r a c 1 2 ;
Kalinitschew,S (2515)-Rabiega,R (2475)
Germany 1996
]
17...
d5
18.
fc1
f8
19.
a5
cxd4
20.
xd4 xc1+ 21.xc1 c8 22.xc8
xc8 23.f3 b8 24.a3 b6 25.xb6 axb6
26.e4
b7 27.b5 c5 28.e5 f8 29.f2
e7 30.g3 f6 31.f4 g5 32.e3 gxf4+
33.
xf4 e4 34.g4 d3 35.c6+ f7
36.
xd3 xd3+ 37.e4 c5+ 38.f4
d3+ 39.e4 c5+ 40.d4
½-½
Scorpionchess Prinout, 20/10/2014
28
37
D37
Gelfand,Boris
2748
Kasimdzhanov,Rustam
2706
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (7.1)
09.10.2014
[chessbase.com]
Gelfand always had an edge in this game, and
that led to a dangerous rook endgame for
Kasimdzhanov. It is possible that Gelfand
was winning with the shot 51.f6+!, but Karsten
Muller will have to give the final say on this
one!
1.d4
chess.com chess.com chess.com:
'twic.com'
d5 2.c4 e6 3.
f3 f6 4.c3
e7 5.f4 0-0 6.e3 bd7 7.e2 dxc4
8.0-0 a6
[
chess.com: 'twic.com: 'Relevant:''
8...c5
chess.com
9.dxc5
xc5 10.xc4 a6
11.
e5 cd7 12.f3 xe5 13.xe5 a5
14.
g3 b4
Agdestein,S (2630)-Sargissian,
G (2686) Tromsø 2014
15.
e2
(chess.com) twic.com
d7
16.a3
b6
17.e4
c6 18.e5 d7 19.b4 fd8 20.h4
d4 21.ac1 b6 22.a2 d2 23.xd2
xd2 24.f4 b2 25.h5 a5 26.b1 c2
27.
fc1 xc1+ 28.xc1 axb4 29.axb4
a4 30.xa4 xa4 31.b3 a8 32.d2
d8 33.c3 h6 34.d1 a8 35.d2 f8
36.f3
e8 37.b1 d8 38.b2
Agdestein,
S (2630)-Sargissian,G (2686) Tromsoe 2014
0-1 (77)
]
9.a4
c5
10.d5
xd5 11.xd5 exd5
12.
xd5 f6 13.e5 e8
chess.com: 'twic.
com: 'N''
[
chess.com: 'twic.com: 'Predecessor (2):''
13...
g4
chess.com
14.
c3 e6 15.xc4
f6 16.b3 xc4 17.xc4 e7 18.ad1
fd8
Gupta,A (2606)-Neverov,V (2519) New
D e l h i 2 0 1 4
19.
b3
(chess.com) twic.com
g5 20.
g3 h5 21.h3 h4 22.xh4 xe3
23.fxe3
xd1 24.xd1 gxh4 25.h1 e8
26.a5
e4 27.e1 c4 28.b6 e6
29.
c5 c6 30.h5 g6 31.d5 d3
32.
h5
g6
33.
d5
d3
34.
h5
1/2 -1 /2 (34 ) Gu p ta ,A (26 0 6 )-Neve ro v,V
(2519) New Delhi 2014
]
14.
xc4 d7 15.a5 c6
chess.com: 'twic.
c o m : ' T h i s i s t h e c r i t i c a l p o s i t i o n i n a n
unfashionable line of the Queen's Gambit.''
16.b3
chess.com: 'twic.com: 'An interesting
i d e a " j u s t t o h i d e t h e Q u e e n o n b 2 "
Kasimdzhanov.''
e4 17.b2 d6 18.d3
chess.com: 'twic.com: '!' twic.com: 'A precise
m o v e a c c o r d i n g t o b o t h p l a y e r s . ' '
b5
19.
fd1 xd3 20.xd3 b5 21.ad1
[ 21.
c2
(chess.com) (twic.com) Gelfand's
post game suggestion, he want his knight on
c4.
]
21...
d8
chess.com: 'twic.com:
'Kasimdzhanov was "happy with what he was
doing"''
22.
c2 xd3 23.xd3 d8
[ 23...
a3
(chess.com) (twic.com) Gelfand's
suggestion after the game. "Amazing move."
It seems to equalise on the spot as Qb5 is
coming.
]
24.
d2
chess.com: 'twic.com: 'White is now
better. Kasimdzhanov missed the idea of Bg5.
''
f6
[ 24...f6!?
(chess.com) (twic.com)
Kasimdzhanov with the idea of Qf7 or Qg6.
]
[ 24...h6
(chess.com) twic.com
25.
e5 ]
25.
g5 xg5 26.xg5 h6 27.f3
[ 27.
h3
(chess.com) twic.com
]
27...
e6
[ 27...
e4
(chess.com) twic.com
28.h3
a7
29.
c3 c6 30.d7 d8 31.xd8+ xd8
32.
xc5 ]
28.
c2 c8 29.d2 d6
chess.com: 'twic.
com: 'Just panick according to Kasimdzhanov.
''
[ 29...
f6
(chess.com) twic.com
]
30.g3 g6
[ 30...h5
(chess.com) twic.com
31.
c3 ]
31.
c4 xc4 32.xc4 xc4 33.bxc4 c6
[ 33...
e8
(chess.com) (twic.com) was
Kasimdzhanov's original idea.
34.
d5! f8
35.
xc5 e7 ]
34.
b3 d6 35.xb7 d1+ 36.g2 a1
37.
f3 xa5 38.c7 f8 39.e4
[ 39.h4!?
(chess.com) was interesting, e.g.
a2
( 39...
e8
40.
e4
a2
41.f4 )
40.
xc5 a5 41.g4 ]
39...
a2 40.f4
[ 40.f3
(chess.com) twic.com
xh2 41.xc5
c2 42.c7 e8 43.c5 h5 44.d3 c1
45.
d4 ]
40...
xh2 41.e5
[ 41.
xc5
(chess.com) twic.com
g2 42.f3
c2 43.g4 c1 44.e4 h5 45.gxh5 gxh5
46.
f3 h4 47.g4 a5 48.xh4 a4
49.
g5 g7 50.f5 a3 51.a5 xc4
52.e4 ]
41...
g7
Scorpionchess Prinout, 20/10/2014
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[ 41...
h5+!?
(chess.com) twic.com
]
42.
xc5 g2
chess.com: '?!' '?!'
[ 42...
c2
chess.com
]
43.
d5 xg3 44.c5 xe3+ 45.d6 e6+
46.
d7 e4 47.f5
chess.com: '?!' '?!'
[ 47.c6
chess.com
xf4 48.c7 c4 49.d6
xc7
50.
xc7
is tough to evaluate but is
probably winning.
]
47...g5 48.c6
c4 49.c7 g4
chess.com: '?!'
'?!'
[ 49...h5
chess.com
]
50.
d6
[ 50.f6+!?
chess.com
xf6
( 50...
g6
51.
d6 xc7+ 52.xc7 h5 53.d8 h4
54.
e7 h3 55.d4 h5 56.xf7 g3
57.
d5+ h4 58.g6
and wins
) 51.
d6+
g7 52.c6 d4+ 53.c8 e4 ]
50...g3 51.
d3
[ 51.f6+
h7
( 51...
g6?
chess.com
52.
c6 xc6 53.xc6 g2 54.c8 g1
55.
g8+ ) 52.d3 ( 52.c6?
chess.com
xc6 53.xc6 g2 ) 52...g6 53.xg3+
xf6 54.g8 e5 55.e8+ f4 56.c8
xc8 57.xc8+- ]
51...
f6
52.
xg3
xf5
53.
f3+
g4
54.
xf7 h5 55.g7+ f3 56.h7 g4
57.
h6 xc7+ 58.xc7 h4 59.d6 h3
60.
e5 g3 61.e4 h2 62.e3 g2
63.
g6+ f1 64.xa6 h1 65.a1+ g2
66.
xh1 xh1 67.e4
½-½
38
D11
Mamedyarov,S
2764
Tomashevsky,E
2701
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (7.2)
09.10.2014
[chess.com]
1.d4
twic.com
d5 2.c4 c6 3.
f3 f6 4.g3
twic.com: '"I had prepared this line before the
tournament." Tomashevsky. Mamedyarov had
hoped this would be a surprise.'
f5
5.
c3
e6 6.
h4 dxc4
[ 6...
e4 7.f3 g6 8.b3 b6 9.xg6
hxg6 10.c5
c7 11.e4 e7 12.f4 c8
13.exd5
xd5 14.xd5 cxd5 15.0-0-0
c6
Mamedyarov,S (2760)-Nakamura,H
(2772) Shamkir 2014
]
7.
xf5 exf5 8.e3 bd7 9.xc4 b6
10.
b3 h5
[ 10...
e7 11.f3 d7 12.d2 0-0 13.d1
a5 14.a3 a4 15.
c2 g6 16.c1 fd5
17.
e2 fc8 18.h3 f6 19.c3 fd5
20.
e2 f6
½-½
Brunello,S (2497)-Vernay,C (2460) Arvier
2010
]
11.
d3 d7 12.d2 h4 13.0-0-0 0-0-0
14.f3
d6
twic.com: 'Tomashevsky already
had this on his board before the tournament.
" S t r a t e g i c a l l y r i s k y f o r b l a c k . " '
15.
hg1
twic.com: 'Tomashevsky hadn't prepared for
this.'
hxg3 16.hxg3
c7
[ 16...
b8
twic.com
]
17.
b1 b8 18.c1 he8
twic.com: '?!'
[ 18...
h2
twic.com
19.e4
fxe4
20.fxe4
g4 21.f1 f6 22.g2 xg2 23.xg2 ]
19.e4 fxe4 20.fxe4
twic.com: 'Key position
according to Tomashevsky.'
g4
[ 20...
g4
twic.com
21.
f3! ( 21.gf1 f6
and white is also better.
)]
21.
f4 e7 22.gf1 g6 23.c2 ed7
24.
e3 g4 25.a4
[ 25.
xc7+
twic.com
xc7 26.g1 g5
27.e5
is advantage to white.
]
25...
xf4 26.gxf4 c4 27.f2 e6 28.g1
e7
twic.com: 'Not the most active way of
playing.'
[ 28...c5
twic.com
29.d5
b6 30.b3 a5 ]
29.
b3 a5 30.c2 c4 31.b3
½-½
39
B01
Andreikin
2722
Caruana
2844
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (7.3)
09.10.2014
[chess.com]
[Annotations by GM Jaan Ehlvest] chessbomb.
com: 'Live Commentary by GM Alexander
Delchev'
1.e4
Andreikin is a player of the new
g e n e r a t i o n w h o l i k e s t o p l a y s o m e o d d
openings. Other players with the same style
are Baadur Jobava from Georgia (not the
state) and Hungarian talent Richard Rapport.
These players are capable of opening the
g a m e w i t h 1 . b 3 a n d o r 1 . d 4 N f 6 2 . N c 3 .
chessbomb.com: 'I come a bit late today, and I
was surprised to see Andreikin playing 1.e4.
He probably counted on 1...e5 hoping to get a
slightly better and risk-free position in Spanish
Scorpionchess Prinout, 20/10/2014
30
game - most probably Berlin. But I was twice
m o r e s u r p r i s e d t o s e e C a r u a n a p l a y i n g
Scandinavian. Later I checked in the database
that he already played it twice in 2012 so it
might not be such a big surprise for Andreikin.
Let's have a look what line he prepared at
home.'
d5 2.exd5
xd5
I would prefer to
p la y a cla ss ica l o p e n in g a ga in st a su p e r
c r e a t i v e o p p o n e n t . I t h i n k t h i s w a s a
psychological mistake. It's understandable to
bluff against a opponent who likes to play this
himself, but today this strategy backfired.
3.
c3 d6 4.d4 f6 5.f3 g6
A very rare
move. More solid was 5....c6 with the idea of
Bg4. [The fianchetto has become one of the
popular was to play the Qd6 line in recent
years. Caruana played it before - PD.]
[
A recent game with
5...c6
went
6.g3
g4
7.
g2 e6 8.h3 xf3 9.xf3 e7 10.0-0
0-0 11.
e2 c7 12.c3 bd7 13.g2 a6
Van Kampen,R (2636)-Tiviakov,S (2656)
Montreal 2014
]
6.
b5
[ 6.
c4
g7
7.0-0
0-0
8.h3
a6
c h e s s b o m b . c o m : ' w a s s e e n a l r e a d y i n
Carua na a ga in st Dom in gu ez P erez,L in
Tashkent 2012 which game he won in 49
moves.'
9.
e1 b5 10.b3 b7 11.g5 c5
12.dxc5
xc5 13.e2 e6 14.ad1 bd7
D o m i n g u e z P e r e z, L ( 2 7 2 6 ) - C a r u a n a , F
(2786) Tashkent 2012
]
6...
b6 7.e2
[
chessbomb.com: 'In later game of Caruana
from the same tournament in Tashkent 2012
h i s o p p o n e n t ( L e k o ) w e n t '
7.
a3
chessbomb.com: 'A rare move, aiming to
maintain the flow of White's play. The knight
is head ing fo r e5, gaining more time o n
account of the still exposed placement of
t h e b l a c k q u e e n . '
c6
8.
c4
d8
chessbomb.com: 'It is hard to tell which is
the best square for the queen. On d8, it
certainly stays out of the range of the white
dark-squared bishop.'
( 8...
c7
is possible,
though.
) 9.g3
chessbomb.com: 'The solid
choice of a player who also has 1.d4 in his
repertoire. White does not rush in, but hopes
that his space advantage will tell in the long
run.'
e6 10.e2 g7 11.g2
chessbomb.
com: 'Leko, P -Caruana,F /Tashkent 2012/'
0-0 12.0-0
c8 13.g5 d5 14.h3
xc4
15.
xc4
bd7
Leko,P (2732)-
Caruana,F (2786) Tashkent 2012
]
[ 7.c4
is the other main move.
]
[ 7.
f4
initiates some interesting piece play.
d5 8.e5 f6 9.g3 a6 10.c4 axb5
11.cxd5
with unclear position which
happened in Jerez Perez,A -Alonso Rosell,A
/ Sabadell 2011/
]
7...c6 8.
a3 g7 9.0-0
[ 9.
f4
e6
10.0-0
0-0
11.
c4
½-½ Todorovic,
G (2488)-Bogosavljevic,B (2552) Kragujevac
2013
]
[ 9.
c4 d8 10.g3
could transpose to Leko-
Caruana game, but Andreikin is not in a
h u r r y t o i m p r o v e h i s k n i g h t o n a 3
developing firstly his kingside.
]
9...0-0
10.c3
chessbomb.com: 'Interesting
idea. Andreikin is leaving his knight on a3,
ke e p i n g t h e p o s si b i l it y t o g o to c 2 l a t e r .
B l a c k ' s q u e e n i s s a d l y l o o k i n g o n b 6 -
Caruana should spend time to improve it.'
c7
11.
g5
f5
12.
c1
bd7
13.
f4
chessbomb.com: 'Black spent five moves with
h i s q u e e n a n d s t i l l i t i s f a r f r o m b e i n g
developed.'
c8
After the opening White got
a slight advantage because there is no active
counterplay for Black. It's very boring to play...
chessbomb.com: 'But Black's position is still
very solid with no weaknesses.'
14.
d1 d8
15.
c4
c5!?
The only way to create
counterplay. chessbomb.com: 'Caruana is
fighting for some more space for his pieces.
Move c5 is typical in this structure, hoping to
open the d file and the long diagonal for the
bishop g7.'
[
A f te r th e so li d
15...
g4
16.h3
xf3
17.
xf3
b6
18.
e5
bd5
19.
g5
White is better.
]
16.d5
chessbomb.com: 'Only chance to keep
some advantage other wise it is easy for Black,
for example'
[ 16.
h6 b6 ]
[ 16.
ce5 d5 ]
[ 16.h3
f8 ]
16...
b6
chessbomb.com: 'The clash is
approaching. W hite has no choice but to go
forward.'
17.d6
e6?
This doubble attack is
a serious mistake. You can not play actively
when choosing a passive opening. chessbomb.
co m: 'see ms th is d o ub le th re at wa s wh a t
Scorpionchess Prinout, 20/10/2014
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Caruana was counting on to turn the game in
his favour. Maybe more prosaic was'
[ 17...
xc4 18.xc4 exd6 19.xd6 e4
and Black should hold. chessbomb.com:
'and black should be able to hold on easy.'
]
18.
f1?
chessbomb.com: 'of course, now'
[
Returning the favor. Much stronger was
18.
e1 xc4 19.g5 d5 20.dxe7 e8
21.
d1 c6 22.xc4 xe7 23.a4! a6
24.f3 h6 25.
d6 e8 26.xf7 xf7 27.g4
d7 28.xh6
but yes it's a computer line.
]
18...
xc4
chessbomb.com: 'is not winning
material because of the intermediate'
19.
g5
c8
chessbomb.com: 'what unsuccessful day
for black queen - it was moved left, right, up
a n d d o wn 7 t im e s a n d st il l d id n ' t f i n d i t s
working place.'
20.
xc4 e6 21.e5 c6
chessbomb.com: 'Finally queen has got a
decent position, but there was a possibility to
go for the direct'
[ 21...
d5
and Black starts his counterattack
22.
xg7 xg7 23.xd5 exd5 24.xd5 f6
25.
h3 e4 26.d1 xg2
with double
edged position.
]
22.a4 a6 23.
e2 c4?!
There was no need to
weaken the queenside. chessbomb.com: 'I
don't like this move which leaves d4 square in
white hands'
[
why not
23...h6 24.
f3 b6 25.a5 b5
26.c4
b4
and Black is fine.
]
24.
d4
[
was better to use d4 as a outpost for white
queen which is still undeveloped on c1 for
example
24.
f4
h6
25.
f3
b6
the threat was Qd4
26.
d4 xd4 27.xd4
d3 28.xd3 cxd3 29.xd3 e4 30.f4 f6
31.
xe6 fxe5 32.xd8 xd8 33.fxe5 ]
24...
c5 25.f3 b5 26.h3
chessbomb.com:
'to have g4 in some lines and to avoid troubles
o n t h e f i r s t r a n g e . U s e f u l m o v e i n t h e
approaching time trouble'
[ 26.axb5 axb5 27.
xa8 xa8 28.d7 d8
29.
g5 e7 ]
chessbomb.com: 'comparing to the previous
l i n e n o w f o r w h i t e i s v e r y s t r o n g '
26...h6
chessbomb.com: 'Maybe was the only move
or maybe now'
[ 26...h5 ]
[ 26...
ac8 ]
27.d7!
Now White has a serious advantage.
c h e s s b o m b . c o m : ' t h i s i s l e t t i n g b l a c k t o
escape only with worse structure.'
[ 27.axb5 axb5 28.
xa8 xa8 29.d7 d8
30.g4
and Caruana is in trouble.
]
27...
e7
[ 27...
xd7 28.xg7 xg7 29.axb5 xb5
30.
xc4 b6 ]
[
may be best chances to survive gives
27...
c6 28.axb5 axb5 29.xa8 xa8 ]
28.axb5
axb5
29.
xa8 xa8 30.d1?!
chessbomb.com: 'returning the favour'
[
Why not immediately chessbomb.com: 'why
not'
30.g4
d3 31.xd3 cxd3 32.xf6
xf6 33.xd3 d8 34.d2
and White
should win this easy.
]
30...
d5 31.xg7 xg7 32.e5
[ 32.g4
d3 33.xd3 cxd3 34.e5 d6
35.
xd3 xd7 36.b4
preserving some
chances for advantage.
]
32...f6
33.
c6
xd7
34.
b4
a7?
chessbomb.com: 'last mistake in heavy time
trouble'
[ 34...
a4! 35.xd5 exd5 36.xd5 a7
and Black has enough counterplay.
]
[ 34...
e8
35.g4
xb4
36.gxf5
d3
37.
xd3 cxd3 38.fxe6 d8 39.xd3 xd3
40.
xd3
xe6
41.
xb5
xh3
and the draw is inevitable.
]
35.g4!
d3 36.xd3 cxd3 37.xd3 a1+
38.
g2 xb2 39.xd5 exd5 40.xd5
W h i t e i s w i n n i n g a p a w n a t l e a s t .
a7
41.
xb5 a2 42.d5
chessbomb.com: 'time
control passed and position is hopeless for
B l a c k . W h i t e i s a h e a l t h y p a wn u p . '
a4
43.
d6 e8 44.d4 a8+ 45.h2 f7
46.c4
e8 47.c5
In this kind of positons with
a n e xt ra p a wn th e ki n g sa f e ty i s cr u c ia l .
Because Black's kingside is not in best shape
the win is quite trivial.
e5+ 48.xe5 fxe5
49.
g2 f4 50.e6! e4 51.f3 e2+
52.
f1 d2 53.xe5
Sometimes two extra
pawns are not enough to win the game in
rook endgames, but here the active rook on
d2 is not saving the game.
f6 54.e2 d1+
55.
e1 d3 56.c1! xf3+ 57.e2 a3
58.c6
a8 59.c7 c8 60.c5!
In this level
all these book moves are made instantly.
e6
61.
d3 h5 62.g5 d6 63.c4 h4 64.b5
The pawn endgame is an easy win, so Black
resigned. Caruana will want to forgot this
game as soon as possible. Big masters have
th e a b ility to re cove r quickly, we will se e
Scorpionchess Prinout, 20/10/2014
32
tomorrow how Caruana handles this!
1-0
40
D01
Nakamura,H
2764
Karjakin,S
2767
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (7.4)
09.10.2014
[chess.com]
[ A n n o t a t i o n s b y G M J a a n E h l v e s t ]
1.d4
twic.com I had the chance to play and win
against Nakamura when he was if I am not
m i s t a k e n 1 2 y e a r s o l d . E v e r s e e n I a m
following his chess career. He is in my opinion
a very stubborn chess player who does not
give any credit to classical chess. He is like
John McEnroe in tennis trying to unbalance
his opponents with not so correct openings
and with strong champion-like attitude. Still, in
recent years when playing the top players he
adjusted his opening repertoire. In my opinion
he still does not have this Soviet like chess
school that Karjakin has, so today's game
was important clash between a cowboy and a
s u r g e o n w h o h a s c a r e f u l l y p r e p a r e d
everyth ing.
f6 2.c3
No classical chess.
Let's gamble.
d5 3.
g5
More common is
[ 3.
f4
and you can follow a lot of games
playd by Jobava or by your commentator.
]
3...
bd7 4.d3
twic.com: '?!'
c5
twic.com: 'It
seems to me after this game that this move is
a refutation of this variation for white as black
is probably already better.'
[
Relevant:
4...h6
(twic.com) seems the most
common move in the past but that hardly
seems likely in the future.
5.
h4 e6 6.e4
dxe4 7.
xe4 e7 8.xf6+ xf6 9.xf6
xf6 10.f3 0-0 11.e3 c5 12.0-0-0
cxd4 13.
xd4 b6 14.c4 d7 15.e5
ad8 16.e2 a4 17.f4 e7 18.g4
h8 19.h4 d7 20.h3 xe5 21.xe5 f6
22.
a5 c6 23.hg3 f7 24.xa7 e5
25.
d3 xd3 26.xd3 f5 27.g6 e4
28.
c2 c7 29.d4 h7 30.d6 a5
31.a3
e1+ 32.d1 f4 33.h5 e7 34.d2
N a k a m u r a , H ( 2 7 8 4 ) - C a r u a n a , F ( 2 7 7 4 )
Moscow 2013 1-0
]
5.0-0-0
twic.com: 'Nakamura looked at this
line beforehand but didn't look at c4 which he
couldn't understand in retrospect as it's so
n a t u r a l . " A f t e r I p l a ye d 5 . 0 - 0 -0 I st a r t e d
wondering about c5 myself." Nakamura. I
w o n d e r w h a t N a k a m u r a w a s l o o k i n g a t
because Stockfish gives c4 as the top answer.
'
c4 6.
g3
[ 6.
f3
twic.com
a5 7.d2 ( 7.b1 )
7...b5
"This is why I didn't do this."
Nakamura.
8.
xd5 xa2 9.c3 a1+
10.
b1 b6 ]
6...
a5 7.e4
twic.com: '"I don't know what I'm
supposed to do if I don't go e4." Nakamura.'
b5!
If you play odd lines you must be prepared.
I a m s u r e k n o wi n g h o w K a rj a k i n a n d h i s
seconds work this is still home preparation.
8.
b1?!
[ 8.
xf6 xf6 9.e5 e4 ( 9...b4
twic.com
10.exf6 gxf6 11.
ce2 xa2
"Maybe for a
c o m p u t e r t h i s i s f i n e f o r w h i t e b u t i t ' s
impossible to play this position on the board.
" Nakamura. In fact Stockfish already gives
black a winning advantage.
) 10.
xe4 dxe4
11.
b1
is a Houdini line with a complicated
p o s i t i o n . S o m e h o w b o t h p l a ye r s m a k e
mista ke s, so p ro ba bly Ka rja kin wa s no t
following his home preparation after all.
]
8...dxe4?!
twic.com: 'N'
[
twic.com: 'Predecessor:'
8...
xe4 9.xe4
dxe4 10.f3
with a complicated position.
b7
twic.com
11.d5 e3 12.d6
b6 13.e1 e6
14.
xe3 a6 15.f4 0-0-0 16.h3 h6
17.
b4 d5 18.g3 c6 19.a4 bxa4
20.
f2 b6 21.g4 f6 22.e3 xd6
23.
xd6 xd6 24.xd6 xd6 25.xc4
xc4
26.
xc4
hd8
27.
xd5
xd5
28.
xd5 xd5 29.c1 d7 30.e1 h5
31.h3
g5 32.g4 e5 33.d1+ c6
34.
d3 g5 35.a3 b5 36.d2 d5+
37.
c1 d4 38.e3
Zoll,D (2218)-Eilmes,
D (2247) ICCF email 2011 1/2-1/2
]
9.
xf6 gxf6
[ 9...
xf6
10.
e5
and White has the
initative.
]
10.
xe4 b7 11.c5
[
True to his style, every move needs to be
like a punch, but probably some other, more
quiet move deserved attention like
11.
e3
twic.com: 'might limit the damage a bit.'
e6
12.
f3
with an interesting position where
White has some ideas to play d4-d5 in some
moment.
]
11...
xc5
12.dxc5
c8
13.
e2
c7!
Scorpionchess Prinout, 20/10/2014
33
14.
h3 g7 15.f3
[ 15.
g4!?
twic.com
]
15...
xf3 16.xf3
[ 16.gxf3
(twic.com) ought to be played.
]
16...e6 17.
he1
[ 17.
d4
twic.com
]
17...0-0
It is obvious that the opening
experiment was a disaster. Black has very
solid position and potential extra pawn. What
h a p p e n e d ? I n m y o p i n i o n t o d a y i t i s n o t
enough to suprise your opponent with some
odd line, but you need to know it as deep as
possible. If Karjakin knew the move 7...b5!
before the game or he found it during the
game, that doesn't matter; after solving it
Nakamura did not have real chances to gain
an advantage. Why he still continued to bluff?
11. Nc5 might work in a blitz game, but not
here. I am sure Nakamura understands it
perfectly and he is going to adjust his style. I
wish him good luck and we are looking to see
these adventurous games in the future but
with better preparation.
18.
d4 xc5 19.g4
[ 19.
h4?
twic.com
]
19...
fd8?
[ 19...h5
was much stronger. The idea is that
after
20.
g3
c3
the white queen on h3
ca n n o t cre a te a n y th r e a t s a n d B la c k i s
winning.
]
20.
h6 f8 21.xf6 h8 22.f4 d5
Black still has the advantage.
23.
g5
f5
twic.com: 'Somehow I started to play solid
wh e n t h e r e wa s n o r e a s o n t o p l a y s o l i d .
Karjakin.'
24.
e3 d8 25.h4 g8 26.g4
h5!
Finally.
27.
e4 b4
This counterattack is
winning.
28.c3
xc3!
29.
xc3
xc3
30.bxc3
xg5 31.g3 g7
The pawn itself is
not a big factor, but the activity of the rooks is.
32.
c2 d3 33.f4
twic.com: 'And white is
lost.'
gd5 34.1e2 f6 35.a4 a6 36.f2
f5 37.e5+ xe5 38.fxe5+ g6 39.a5
d5 40.e2 f5 41.f2+ g6 42.e2 d3
43.
e4 f3 44.d4 f2+ 45.b1 xh2
46.
d6 g2 47.xa6 xg3 48.b2 b4!
49.cxb4
b3+ 50.a2 xb4 51.a3 b5
52.
a4 c5 53.b6
[ 53.
b4 c3 54.xc5 c2 ]
53...c3 54.
b1 c2 55.c1 h4 56.a6 h3
57.a7
c8 58.b5
[ 58.
xc2 xc2 59.a8 a2+ ]
58...h2
59.
b6
h8
60.
h1
f5
White resigned.
[
The black king is going to finish the job:
60...
f5 61.b7 xe5 62.a8 xa8
63.
xa8 f4 64.b7 g3 65.c6 g2
and so on.
]
0-1
41
D70
Radjabov,T
2726
Dominguez Perez,L
2751
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (7.5)
09.10.2014
[chess.com]
1.d4
twic.com
f6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5 4.cxd5
xd5 5.e4 b6 6.c3 g7 7.e3 0-0
8.
d2 e5 9.d5 c6 10.h4 cxd5 11.exd5
8d7 12.h5 f6 13.hxg6 fxg6 14.0-0-0
d7 15.b1 c8 16.d6 e4
twic.com:
'Dominguez has a lot of experience in this line.
'
17.
a1
[
twic.com: 'Relevant:'
17.fxe4
g4 18.g5
e8 19.f3 f7 20.e1 e5 21.h6
ec4 22.c1 e5
Wojtaszek,R (2735)-
Dominguez Perez,L (2760) TromsÃ
& c e d i l ; 2 0 1 4
23.
xc4
twic.com
xc4
24.
xe5 xe5 25.hf1 xd6 26.xf7
xf7 27.f4 e6 28.e3 a6 29.g4 c6
30.g5
e8 31.a1 b5 32.b6 c4 33.a3
xe4 34.xe4 xe4 35.c1 d4 36.c8+
g7 37.b8 d1+ 38.c1 e8 39.xe8
xc1+
40.
a2
c4+
41.
a1
c1+
42.
a2
1/2-1/2 (42) Wojtaszek,R (2735)-
Dominguez Perez,L (2760) Tromsoe 2014
]
17...
e8
twic.com: 'N'
[
twic.com: 'Predecessor:'
17...
a4 18.ge2
a5 19.d4 c5 20.c1 e6 21.b3
b4 22.xf6 xf6
Feller,S (2640)-Salgado
L o p e z , I ( 2 6 2 3 ) B e l f o r t 2 0 1 2
23.
xe4
twic.com
xd2 24.xf6+ xf6 25.xd2
g5 26.c4+ g7 27.d5 xd6 28.c4
f6 29.xb7 c7 30.d5 h5 31.b3 c8
32.
b2 e7 33.he1 f8 34.xe7 xe7
35.
e1+ d8 36.e5 e6 37.xe6 xe6
38.
a5 xc4 39.bxc4 e6 40.c3 e2
41.
g5 xa2 42.xg6 h4 43.d4 a5
44.f4
a4
45.
g4 a3 46.xh4 xg2
47.
h8+
Feller,S (2640)-Salgado Lopez,I
(2623) Belfort 2012 1/2-1/2 (65)
]
18.
h3 c4
[ 18...exf3
twic.com
19.
g5
c4
Scorpionchess Prinout, 20/10/2014
34
transposes.
]
19.
xc4+ xc4 20.g5
twic.com: 'Radjabov
spent about an hour on this move.'
[ 20.
h6!
might have been the best move
but Radjabov "didn't really see what to do"
after
h8
when play might continue twic.
com: '"I didn't really see what to do after Bh8.
" Radjabov.'
( 20...exf3!? 21.
xg7 xg7
22.gxf3
b6
Dominguez
) 21.
g5 a5
22.
cxe4 b5 ]
20...exf3 21.
xf3
twic.com: 'Radjabov plays
it safe. His intention was Nd5 or Bd4 and now
he doesn't know what to do but to play for a
draw.'
[ 21.
d4
twic.com
A) 21...
c6;
B) 21...fxg2
22.
xf6
Karjakin thought
initially this was winning for white.
gxh1
23.
xh1 xf6 24.d5+ e6 ( 24...e6?
25.d7 );
C) 21...
e4 22.xh7 xd4 23.cxe4
xe4 24.xd7 xd7 25.xe4 f2 ]
21...
g4 22.d5
[ 22.
xa7
looks dangerous but might have
b e e n p o s s i b l e :
a5
23.
d5+
xd5
24.
xd5 e2 25.d4 f2 26.xg7 xg7
27.
c1 ]
22...
xe3
23.
xe3
a4
24.
d5
e6
25.
e7+ xe7 26.dxe7 xa2+
[ 26...
xe7
twic.com
27.
d8+
f8
28.
xf8+ xf8 29.xh7 xa2+ 30.b1 ]
27.
b1 xb2+
[ 27...
xe7
twic.com
]
28.
xb2
twic.com: 'Now it's just a draw.'
f5+
29.
a2 e6+ 30.b1 f5+ 31.a2 e6+
32.
b1
½-½
42
B51
Svidler,P
2732
Grischuk,A
2797
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (7.6)
09.10.2014
[chess.com]
1.e4
twic.com
c5
2.
f3
d6
3.
b5+
twic.com: '"My Bb5+ is not the most ambitious
approach. My preparation of the main lines
collapsed close to the game which meant that
I c h o s e s o m e t h i n g t h a t m i g h t g i v e m e a
p l a y a b l e p o s i t i o n s o m e h o w. J u d g i n g b y
Sacha's playing speed he didn't make a single
move today. It wasn't an unqualified success I
would have to say." Svidler.'
d7 4.0-0 a6
5.
d3
twic.com: 'Svidler said that he was
preparing something else but couldn't make it
work so reverted to this line which was topical
last year.'
gf6 6.c3 b5 7.c2 b7 8.e2
twic.com: 'Trying to enforce d4 but this isn't
an idea square for the queen.'
[
At the press conference Grischuk explained
the difference between Re1 and Qe2 here:
8.
e1 c8! 9.a4 (
with the rook on e1
9.d4?
is premature:
cxd4 10.cxd4
c7 11.d3
xe4
twic.com: 'is the point.'
) 9...b4 ( 9...e5
10.axb5
axb5 11.d4
e7 12.d5 a8
13.
xa8 xa8 14.a3 a6 15.h4 g6
Karjakin,S (2771)-Grischuk,A (2792) Flor
& Fjaere 2014
) 10.d4 cxd4 11.cxd4
c7 12.d3 xe4 13.e2 ef6 14.xa6
e6 15.
xb7 xb7 16.bd2 e7 17.a5
0-0
Karjakin,S (2777)-Grischuk, A (2789)
M o s c o w 2 0 1 4
18.
b3
twic.com
d5
19.
d2 c2 20.d3 c7 21.ec1 xc1+
22.
xc1 a8 23.g3 h6 24.fd2 b8
25.
f1 a6 26.c2 c6 27.d1 b5
28.
e3 c6 29.xd5 xd5 30.d2 xa5
31.
xb4 c4 32.xa8+ xa8 33.c2
d5 34.c3 f6 35.d2 b6 36.d3
a2 37.e4 e7 38.g2 d5 39.b5
a8 40.f3 f8 41.d3 a4 42.d2 b4
43.
xb4
1-0 (43) Karjakin,S (2777) -
Grischuk,A (2789) Moscow RUS 2014
]
8...e6
[
Here
8...
c8 9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 c7
11.
d3
is nothing. twic.com: 'is now good for
white.'
]
9.d4
e7 10.a4 0-0 11.e5
twic.com: 'N' twic.
com: '"What Peter did is like a try to get a big
advantage immediately. So I was prepared for
this b ut bla ck see ms to ho ld with p recise
moves." Grischuk.'
[
twi c . c o m : ' R e le va n t : '
11.
bd2
cxd4
12.cxd4
b6 13.a5 c7 14.d3 fc8
15.
b3 f8 16.g3 g6
Wang,H (2729)-
W o jt a sze k , R (2 7 1 5 ) D u b a i 2 0 1 4
17.
d2
twic.com
d8 18.e1 c7 19.f3 ac8
20.
g2 d7 21.h4 h6 22.e1 gf8
23.
g2 h7 24.h2 hf6 25.e3 f8
26.
f2 d7 27.g1 g6 28.d1 f8
29.
ff1 e8 30.f2 d7 31.h3 e5
32.d5
c5 33.xc5 dxc5 34.h5 h8
Scorpionchess Prinout, 20/10/2014
35
35.b3 f6 36.f4
f7 37.g4 c4 38.bxc4
bxc4
39.
c2
d7
40.
xd7
xd7
Wang,H (2729)-Wojtaszek,R (2715) Dubai
2014 0-1
]
11...dxe5 12.dxe5
xf3 13.gxf3 d5 14.f4
c4
twic.com: '"Is the only move almost."
Grischuk. This is because the pawn on b5 is
h a n gi n g o th e rwise . '
15.f5
twic.com: 'This
pawn can't be touched tactically.'
c7
[ 15...exf5 16.
xf5 ( 16.d1
twic.com: '"The
pawn on f5 can't be taken because of Rd1 I
thin k." Svid ler, Grischu k no ds. "It looks
dangerous but move by move it holds for
black it seems."'
g5! )]
16.
e1
ad8
twic.com: '"Rd8 is the only
move, I remember, otherwise white has a big
advantage." Grischuk.'
17.axb5
[ 17.fxe6
c5!
twic.com: 'and black is
already better. Black has more than enough
c o m p e n s a t i o n f o r a p a w n . '
( 17...fxe6?
t w i c . c o m : ' l o s e s I b e l i e v e - G r i s c h u k . '
18.
h5
g6
twic.com
19.
xg6
hxg6
20.
xg6+ h8 21.h5+ g8 22.h1
f7
23.
g1+
g7
24.
xg7+
xg7
25.
h6+ h8 26.e3+ g8 27.g6+
h8 28.h6+ g8 29.d2 ) 18.exf7+
xf7
and "Black gets fantastic
compensation" (Grischuk)
]
17...axb5 18.f6
[ 18.
a3
(twic.com) might be a try to
continue but black is probably better.
]
18...gxf6 19.
xh7+ xh7 20.h5+ g8
21.
g4+
twic.com: 'with an immediate draw
was the alternative but there's not harm in
having a final try for white.'
[
S v i d l e r a l s o s p e n t t i m e o n
21.
h6
twic.com: 'was a variation Svidler tried to
make work at the board.'
xe5 22.xe5
A) 22...f5 23.
xd5 ( 23.xe6
twic.com
f4 24.xf4 xf4 25.xe7; 23.d2
twic.com
xe5 24.h1 f4 25.xf4
xf4 26.g1+ g4 27.xg4+ fxg4
28.
xg4+ h7 29.h3+
again with a
draw.
) 23...
xd5 24.d2
followed by Kh1
and Rg1 looked promising to Svidler but
B l a c k h a s t w i c . c o m : ' w a s a v a r i a t i o n
considered by Svidler.'
c6!
twic.com:
'and black is better.'
;
B) 22...
f4
twic.com
23.
xf4
fxe5
24.
g4+ h7 25.h3+ g6 26.g4+
h7 27.h3+;
C) 22...
xe5
twic.com: '!' twic.com:
'Svidler. This is why Svidler turned down
this idea. W hite's queenside pieces are
completely undeveloped.'
23.
g4+ g5
24.
xg5 fxg5
C1) 25.
a7
twic.co m: '?!'
f5
26.
f3
( 26.
g3
twic.com
f4
wins.
) 26...
f4
twic.com: 'Svidler "Nf4 comes against
almost any move."'
( 26...g4!
(twic.com)
Stockfish is even better.
27.
g3
a8
28.
xa8
xa8
and black has a big
advantage.
) 27.
xe7 d3;
C2) 25.
a3
might be the most
accurate
;
C3) 25.
d2 f4 26.f1
twic.com: 'and
black is at least for choice.'
g7 ]
21...
h7 22.h3+ g8 23.g4+ h7
24.
h5+ g8 25.h1 xe5 26.g1+ g6
27.
xg6+ fxg6 28.xg6+
twic.com: 'Now
n e i t h e r s i d e h a s a n y t h i n g b e t t e r t h a n
p e r p e t u a l c h e c k . '
h8
29.
h5+
g8
30.
g6+
h8
twic.com: '"After the game
finished Boris came up to me and said didn't
they tell you you have to develop all your
pieces before you do all this stuff. " Svidler.'
½-½
43
D85
Tomashevsky,Evgeny
2701
Radjabov,Teimour
2726
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (8.1)
10.10.2014
[chessbase.com]
1.d4
chess.com
f6 2.c4 g6 3.c3 d5
4.cxd5
xd5 5.d2 b6 6.e3 g7 7.f4
W hite's objective here is simple. If he does
manage to prevent c5 in the future, Black has
no more breaks and he will be positionally
squashed. Radjabov is not going to let that
happen.
c5
[ 7...0-0
chess.com
8.
f3 a6 9.e4 f5
10.
g3 e6 11.xa6 bxa6 12.0-0 c5
13.
c3 d5
Fedoseev,V (2677)-Grischuk,A
(2789) Moscow 2014
]
8.dxc5
6d7 9.e4 xb2 10.b1 g7
11.
c4
Not a novelty as it had been used in a
recent GM game, though not top level.
0-0
12.
f3 f6
[ 12...
c7
13.
b3
e6
14.0-0
a6
15.
xa6 bxa6 16.a4
Dragun-Tomczak,
Scorpionchess Prinout, 20/10/2014
36
2014.
]
13.
eg5
[ 13.
xf6+
chess.com
xf6 14.e4 e5
15.fxe5
g7 16.0-0 c6 17.c3 xd1
18.
fxd1 d8 19.a5 e6
Gleizerov,E
(2541) -Bok,B (2605) Sarajevo 2014
]
13...e6 14.0-0 h6 15.
xf7!?
chess.com: '!'
chess.com: 'White can't stop.'
[ 15.
h3 c7= ( 15...e4
(chess.com) and
Black is fine.
)]
15...
xf7 16.e5 f8 17.xg6
chess.com:
'White has great compensation.'
e8
18.f5
W hite has enough for the piece, and more.
Black's pieces are hard to coordinate and his
king is very weak.
[
Preparing this with
18.
c2
(chess.com)
might have been stronger.
]
18...
a6 19.c6?
Tempting, but wrong.
[ 19.
c2!+-
This simple building-up move
seems impossible to meet. W hite's simply
threatening to play Nf4, Bc3 and improve
his position. Black is paralyzed.
]
19...bxc6 20.fxe6
xe6
chess.com: '!' chess.
com: 'Giving back material is necessary.'
[ 20...
h7?
chess.com
21.
c2
and Black
can resign.
]
21.
xa6
White wins a piece, but his attack
has slipped away. Now it is Black that has
some counterattacking chances.
e4 22.b4
xa2
23.
e7+
h8
24.
xd8
axd8
25.
xc6 xb1 26.xd8 xd8 27.xb1
b8 28.d3 c3 29.xc3 xb1+ 30.xb1
xc3 31.f2
A dissapointing draw.
½-½
44
D97
Kasimdzhanov,Rustam
2706
Caruana,Fabiano
2844
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (8.2)
10.10.2014
[chessbase.com]
1.d4
chess.com
f6 2.c4 g6 3.c3 d5
4.
f3 g7 5.b3 dxc4 6.xc4 0-0 7.e4
a6 8.e5 b5 9.
b3 fd7 10.e2
[ 10.
g5
chess.com
c6 11.xf7 xf7
12.e6
xd4 13.exf7+ f8 14.d1 c5
15.
e3 f5 16.c1 d6
Nakamura,H
(2786)-Gelfand,B (2777) London 2013
]
10...c5 11.e6 fxe6 12.
xe6+ h8 13.dxc5
e5 14.d5 xd5 15.xd5 xf3+
[ 15...
b7
chess.com
16.
c7
xf3+
17.gxf3
xf3 18.xf3 a7 19.xb5 axb5
20.
e2 a6 21.b7 e6+ 22.e3 xb2
23.
ab1
d4
24.
xb5
a6
was Morozevich,A (2694) -Svidler,P (2739)
Moscow 2011, an important game for this
line.
]
16.
xf3 b7 17.c7
[ 17.
e4
chess.com
d8 18.f6 c6
19.
g4 a5 20.xb7 xb7 21.c6 d6
22.0-0
ac8
Nakamura,H (2786)-Giri,A
(2732) Antalya 2013
]
17...
xf3
18.gxf3
a7
19.
e6
xf3
20.
e2
[ 20.0-0
chess.com
c6
21.
d1
f6
22.
xg7 xg7 23.e3 f7 24.g2 f5
25.
d2 b7 26.h3 e8
Grachev,B (2674)-
Shankland,S (2579) Biel 2012
]
[
K a s i m d z h a n o v h a d a n a l y z e d
20.a4
chess.com
b3! ]
20...
f6
[ 20...
f5
chess.com
21.
e3 c6 22.xg7
xg7 23.a4 b7 24.axb5 xb5 25.xa6
xb2+ 26.f1 b4
Jankovic,A (2584)-
Rodshtein,M (2641) Rogaska Slatina 2011
]
21.
xg7 xg7
chess.com: 'Kasimdzhanov
had seen this position before the game, and
now played the novelty'
22.
e3
The first new
m o v e o f t h e g a m e d o e s n o t c h a n g e t h e
evaluation of the position. It is about equal.
[ 22.
d1 c6
Hoffmann-Ruck, 2011
23.a4
chess.com
bxa4 24.
xa4 a5 25.d2 f5
26.
e3 b7 27.d2 h5 28.h4 f7
29.
f4+ e8 30.e4 f7 31.f4+ e8
32.
e4
f7
33.
f4+
½-
½ Hoffmann,M (2496)-Ruck,R
(2579) Germany 2011
]
22...
c6 23.ad1 f5 24.h4 f7 25.h3
c7
chess.com: 'Here "I started getting
worried about Nb4-d5." (Kasimdzhanov).'
26.a3
e6 27.h5 gxh5 28.dh1 d5
29.
d1+ e6 30.dh1 d5 31.d1+ e6
Nothing much to say about this game.
½-½
Scorpionchess Prinout, 20/10/2014
37
45
A88
Gelfand,Boris
2748
Nakamura,Hikaru
2764
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (8.3)
10.10.2014
[chessbase.com]
1.d4
chess.com
f5 2.g3
f6 3.g2 g6 4.c4
g7 5.c3 d6 6.f3 0-0 7.0-0 c6 8.b3 a5
9.
b2 a6 10.c1 d7
[ 10...h6
chess.com
11.d5
e5
12.dxc6
bxc6 13.
h4 g5 14.xc6 b8 15.g6
b4 16.b5 e8 17.xe8 xe8 18.a3
a6
Nagle,S (2411)-Shimanov, A (2644)
Arlington 2014
]
11.
d2 c8
chess.com: 'Nakamura said that
if you ca n't get ...e 5 in a s B la ck in th e se
positions, you should at least strive for ...b5.'
[ 11...
e8
chess.com
12.
fd1 c7 13.e4
ad8 14.exf5 xf5 15.d5 e5 16.dxe6
xe6 17.g5 f5
Mednis,E (2435)-Ftacnik,
L (2590) Amsterdam 1988
]
12.
fd1 b5 13.cxb5 cxb5 14.e5 e8
[ 14...dxe5 15.dxe5
is quite bad for Black as
he will have to give up his extra piece and
on top of that take care of Bb7.
]
15.
d3
[
After chess.com: 'However Nakamura was
planning'
15.
b7
chess.com
xc3?!
d o e s n ' t w o r k b e c a u s e o f
( 15...
c7
(chess.com) "It's dangerous to play like this.
I t h i n k B o r i s p l a y e d t h e r i g h t m o v e . "
(Nakamura)
) 16.
xc3 b4 17.a3! a2
18.
c7 ]
15...
c7 16.f4 f7 17.d5 b8
chess.com:
'!'
18.e4 fxe4 19.
xe4 cxd5 20.xd5
xd5 21.xg7 xg7 22.xd6
a little hasty.
[ 22.
b2+!
g8
23.
d2!
keeps a fair
amount of pressure.
]
22...
xd6 23.xd5 fd8 24.c3+ f6
25.
xf6+ xf6 26.xf7 xf7 27.xd8
xd8 28.c5 d2 29.a4 b4 30.xa5 d3
31.
b5
½-½
46
C77
Dominguez Perez,L
2751
Svidler,P
2732
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (8.4)
10.10.2014
[chess.com]
[Annotations by GM Jaan Ehlvest]
1.e4
e5
2.
f3 c6 3.b5 a6 4.a4 f6 5.0-0 e7
6.d3
This move or system became popular a
few years ago when it became obvious that to
crack the Marshall counterattack after
[ 6.
e1 b5 7.b3 0-0 8.c3 d5 9.exd5
xd5
10.
xe5
xe5
11.
xe5
c6
is impossible. The most prominent player
who plays this as Black is world number
five Aronian.
]
6...d6
7.c3
Now it is going to be a slow Ruy
L o p e z w i t h o u t a n y p a w n s a c r i f i c e s .
0-0
8.
bd2
e8
9.d4
Dominguez used this
mo ve b ef ore , bu t mo re so lid a nd p op ula r
a p p r o a c h i s t o f o l l o w t h e s l o w p i e c e
regrouping strategy with 9.Re1 followed by
Nf1-g3 and only after that d3-d4.
b5!?
[ 9...exd4 10.cxd4
f8 11.d5 b5 12.dxc6
bxa4 13.
xa4 d5 14.e5
was in Dominguez-
Morozevich 2013 and for sure Svidler was
very well aware of this game.
]
10.
c2
[
In the game Sadvakassova-Aleksandrov
10.
b3 h6 11.a4 d7
was played and
Black has a nice Smyslov system on the
b o a r d w h e r e W h i t e h a s a p r o b l e m t o
transfer his N to g3 because e4 pawn is
constantly under attack.
]
10...exd4
[
New in this position.
10...
f8 11.h3 exd4
12.cxd4
h6
13.
e1 b7 14.b3 b4
15.
b1 d5
was Akopian,V (2693)-Kharlov,A
(2614) Moscow 2005
]
11.cxd4
g4
There is of course an obvious
reason why the move h3, usually played on
move nine, is made in Ruy Lopez. To create
a center is a must, bu t to protect it is th e
second step and Black is going to attack it
immediately.
12.h3
h5 13.g4
There is no
other way to protect the center.
g6 14.e1
[ 14.d5
e5 15.xe5 dxe5 16.e1 c6
Svidler
]
14...h5!?
Black is doing fine. I think after this
ga m e th e m o ve 9 . d 4 wil l d is a p p e a r f ro m
practice. Good opening preparation by Svidler!
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[At th e p r e ss co n f e r e n ce Svid l e r sa id h e
fo un d th is mo ve a t the b oa rd. - P D]
15.e5
This is not really an attacking move, W hite
tries to simplify the position and complete his
development.
[ 15.g5
h7 16.h4 d5 17.e5 f8 18.xg6
xg6
Svidler
]
[ 15.d5 hxg4 16.hxg4
e5 17.h2 c8
Svidler
]
15...
xc2 16.xc2 b4 17.f5?
[ 17.
b3! dxe5 18.dxe5 fd5 19.e6! fxe6
20.a3
c6
21.gxh5
f4
with a complicated game was a must.
]
17...dxe5
18.dxe5
g6
19.
b1
c5?
"A very nice move to make." (Svidler)
[ 19...
d5!! 20.exf6 ( 20.e4 hxg4 21.exf6
c5 ) 20...c5
and Black is winning:
21.
e4
hxg4 22.hxg4
d3 23.d1 xe4 24.xd3
xg4+ 25.h1 ad8 26.xd8 xf3+
27.
h2 xf2+ 28.h3 f3+ 29.h2
xd8 30.xd8+ h7 ]
20.
e4
[ 20.exf6?
xf2+! 21.xf2 d3+ 22.f1
xe1 23.xe1 xf6+ 24.ef3 ad8
Svidler
]
20...
xe4 21.xe4 hxg4 22.hxg4 d3
23.b3?
[
Why not
23.
g5
with equal endgame.
]
23...
xe4
[
Mu c h s tr o n g e r wa s
23...
ad8
24.
g5
but next move was nearly impossible to see
for a human
d4! 25.xd4 xd4 26.ad1
g3+ 27.g2 xf2+
and Black is winning.
]
24.
xe4 d3 25.e3 f5
Black has still some
initative in this endgame, but with precise play
W hite must hold on.
26.gxf5
gxf5
27.
h4
xe5 28.xe5 xe5 29.xc5 xc5 30.d1
Black won a pawn, but I am sure during the
game both players knew that to convert this
extra pawn is nearly impossible in this level.
Miracle however happened.
f7
Endgames
are like calculus, you need only to calculate
some say, but in reality how to play endgame
is a science of its own. If you know the basics
it helps to find a correct plan. If you are pawn
down you want to change as much pawns as
possible. In rook endgames the activity is
sometimes much more important then extra
pawn.
31.
h7+?
The American continent
does not have a good endgame players; they
rely more on calculus. In our case the tactics
does not solve the problem. You are still a
pawn down. W e know from school that you
should cut your opponent's king.
[
So
31.
h6!
was the correct move. Rook
endgames are the most difficult ones, so no
wonder even Anand could not handle them
a g a i n s t d u r i n g h i s l a s t m a t c h a g a i n s t
Carlsen.
]
31...
f6
32.
dd7
g8+
33.
f1
c1+
34.
e2 e8+ 35.f3 c3+ 36.g2 c6
Svidle r keep s W hite kin g cut off from th e
center! "A was about to offer a draw when I
noticed [this]. I keep my material advantage a
bit longer." (Svidler)
37.
a7?
The wrong plan
again, much better was
[ 37.f4
Cctting off the black king. In time
tro u ble it is dif f icu lt to m ake , b u t if yo u
k n o w t h e e n d g a m e s c i e n c e i t ' s n o t s o
difficult to find.
]
37...
g8+
38.
f1
c1+
39.
e2
c2+
40.
f3 xa2 41.hc7 c2 42.xa6 c3+
43.
e2 e8+ 44.d2 f3 45.axc6+ g5
46.
g7+ f4 47.h6
[
More stubborn was
47.
c5 xf2+ 48.c3
e3+ 49.b4 b2 ]
47...
xf2+ 48.c3 f3+ 49.b4 ee3
50.
xb5
xb3+
51.
c4
h3
52.
a6
hc3+ 53.d5 b5+ 54.d4 bb3 55.f7!
Correct defence, the rook must be behind the
passed pawn. The position is easy win with
two rooks on board, but with four rooks it must
b e a go o d d r a win g c h a n ce s b e ca u se i t' s
difficult to advance the pawn.
d3+ 56.c4
bc3+
57.
b4
b3+
58.
c4
dc3+
59.
d4 e3 60.a1 bd3+ 61.c4 a3
62.
h1?!
[
Better was
62.
d1!
because the rook must
have attack or check the enemy's king from
the longer side. It is trivial to know how, but
i t i s a m a z i n g t h a t 2 7 0 0 p l a y e r s f o r g e t
t h e s e t r i c k s t o o o f t e n . S t i l l i t d i d n o t
change much yet.
]
62...
h3 63.d1 he3 64.f1+ f3 65.d1
a4+ 66.b5?
[ 66.
d5! ]
66...
e4 67.f8 g3 68.d5?
The final
mistake. It is essential to understand that you
cannot stop the pawn, but you have always
counterplay against the king. This, I repeat
again, is the difference of two or four rooks on
the board. Because of the mistake on move
Scorpionchess Prinout, 20/10/2014
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66 White probably is lost anyway, but after
[ 68.
g8+! g4 69.f8 g2 70.d2+ h3
71.
h8+ h4 72.g8
Black needs to play
precise to win the game.
]
68...
b3+ 69.c5 f4
Now when the pawn
f i n a l l y m o v e s f o r w a r d t h e w i n i s t r i v i a l .
70.
g5+ f2 71.gf5 f3 72.5f7 g4
73.
f6 e3 74.6f7 g2 75.f6 g3
T h e l a d d e r .
76.
d4
e2
77.
d3
a2
78.
d4
and White resigned. I think this was
the most interesting game so far. A novelty in
t h e o p e n i n g , m i s s e d c h a n c e s i n t h e
middlegame and a very instructive endgame.
A superb game to learn from the masters.
0-1
47
C67
Grischuk,Alexander
2797
Andreikin,Dmitry
2722
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (8.5)
10.10.2014
[chessbase.com]
1.e4
chess.com
e5 2.
f3 c6 3.b5 f6
4.0-0
xe4 5.d4 d6 6.xc6 dxc6 7.dxe5
f5 8.xd8+ xd8 9.c3 e8 10.h3 b6
11.
d1
[ 11.
f4
chess.com
b4 12.e4 a6
13.
fc1 e2 14.fd2 xd2 15.xd2 d4
16.
e3 f5 17.f4 d4 18.e3 f5
19.
f4 d4
½-½
Topalov,V (2772)-Carlsen,M (2877) Saint
Louis 2014
]
11...
b7 12.f4 b4 13.e2 e7 14.ed4
xd4 15.xd4 d8 16.f5 g5 17.e3
g8 18.c4
[ 18.a4
chess.com
c5
19.
xe7 xd1+
20.
xd1 xe7 21.a5 e6 22.f3 h5
23.
f2 c6 24.g3 f5
Smirnov,P (2518)-
Sakaev,K (2612) Belgorod 2010
]
18...c5 19.f3
c8 20.g4 f6 21.xe7 xe7
22.exf6+
xf6 23.f2 g6 24.b3 gf8
25.
xd8
xd8
This is the kind of positions
you can push on forever, as White effectively
has an extra pawn on the kingside, but the
truth is that winning this is very, very unlikely.
26.
e1 d3 27.e2 d8 28.f2 d3
29.
e2 d8 30.d1 d6 31.d3 b7
[ 31...
xd3
32.
xd3
b7
33.
e2
should somehow be a draw but Black needs
to be careful of Bf2-bg3.
]
32.
c3 e6 33.f2 f6 34.d2 d6
35.
e2 c6 36.e3 f7 37.c3 h6
38.
xg5 xh3 39.f4 h5 40.gxh5 xh5
41.
xc7 b5 42.f2 a6 43.g3 g5+
44.
f4 g6 45.e3 f5 46.f4 f7
47.
c2 bxc4 48.xc4 b5 49.c1 d5
50.
f2 e6 51.e3 d6 52.h1 d3
53.
d2 g6 54.e3 h5 55.g1 f7
56.
g7 e7 57.g4 d5 58.g7+ f7
59.f4
h3+
60.
e4
f6
61.
g2
c4
62.bxc4
xc4 63.e3 h5 64.d4+ e6
65.
g6+ f7 66.f6+ e7 67.e5 xa2
68.
xa6 e6 69.a7+ d7 70.d5 f5
71.
d4 h5 72.e4 e6 73.a6+ e7
74.
f6+ f7 75.g5 h1 76.a7 e1+
77.
d4
½-½
48
D45
Karjakin,Sergey
2767
Mamedyarov,S
2764
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (8.6)
10.10.2014
[chess.com]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.
f3 f6 4.c3 e6 5.e3
bd7 6.c2 a6 7.b3 d6 8.b2 e7
9.
e2 e5 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.dxe5 xe5
12.0-0 0-0 13.
fd1 e6 14.ac1 ac8
[ 14...
ad8 15.a4 eg4 16.h3 h6
17.
d3 c8 18.b1 b5 19.c3 b7
20.
g5 fe8
Buscara,S (2379)-Loiseau,Q
(2365) Saint Quentin 2014
]
15.
b1 c7
[ 15...
c6
16.
g5
d4
17.exd4
f4
18.
xe6 fxe6 19.c2 b4 20.a3 xh2+
21.
xh2 c7+ 22.g1 xc2 23.xc2
xc3
24.
xc3
xc3
25.
xf8
xf8
Flear,G (2459)-Bruno,F (2435) Calvi 2012
]
16.h3
fc8 17.a1 xf3+ 18.xf3 a3
19.
e2 xc1 20.xc1 xc1+ 21.xc1
xb2 22.xb2 d6 23.d4 f8 24.g4 h6
25.a4 b6 26.
g2 e7 27.b4 c6 28.a5
bxa5 29.bxa5
b5 30.c3 d6 31.d4
c5 32.b2 c7 33.b3 b4 34.c2+
d6 35.d4 d7 36.a2 c8 37.c2
d7 38.a2 c8 39.c2
½-½
Scorpionchess Prinout, 20/10/2014
40
49
E60
Caruana,F
2844
Grischuk,A
2797
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (9.1)
12.10.2014
[chess.com]
1.d4
twic.com
f6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 c5
[
twic.com: 'Relevant:'
3...
g7
4.e4
d6
5.
c3 0-0 6.e3 c6 7.ge2 a6 8.d2
b8 9.c1 d7 10.d5 e5 11.g3 e8
12.h3
b5
13.b3
h5
14.f4
xc4
Aronian,L (2805)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2768)
Tromsoe 2014
15.bxc4
twic.com
h4 16.e5
dxe5 17.fxe5 hxg3 18.exf6 exf6 19.
e2
e7 20.d1 bxc4 21.0-0 a4 22.f4 g5
23.
xg3 xe2 24.xe2 xe2 25.c3 e3
26.
xc7 b7 27.xa4 xc7 28.d6 d7
29.
b6 d8 30.xc4 e6 31.d7 f5
32.
b1
d6
33.
f1
Aronian,L (2805)-
Vachier Lagrave,M (2768) Tromsoe 2014 1/
2-1/2
]
4.dxc5 e6
twic.com: 'N' twic.com: 'Mentioned
b y G i r i i n t h e n o t e s t o h i s g a m e . " P r e t t y
ridiculous to start thinking for half an hour on
move four." Caruana.'
[ 4...
a5+ 5.c3 xc5 6.e4 d6 7.a4
h5 8.e2 h6 9.f4 e5 10.d3
( 10.
d5
twic.com
xc1 11.xc1 xd5
12.cxd5 0-0 13.
e2 d7 14.c3 a6
15.0-0 g5 16.
d2 h8 17.fe1 fc8
18.
xa6 bxa6 19.e2 a5 20.xc8+ xc8
21.
c1 xc1+ 22.xc1 h6 23.d2 g7
24.
c3 f5 25.exf5 xf5 26.g3 g6
27.
f2
f6
28.a3
f7
29.h4
g6
30.hxg5+
hxg5
31.
d1
f7
32.
e3
Giri,A (2745)-Matamoros Franco,C (2525)
Tromsoe 2014 1-0
g6
33.
c2+
g7
34.
c3 f6 35.f4 gxf4 36.gxf4 g6
37.
f3 g7 38.f5+ g6 39.e3 e6
40.dxe6
xe6 41.xf6+ xf6 42.e4
g8 43.d5+ f7 44.f5 g7 45.e7
a2 46.c8 b1+ 47.d5 xf5 48.xa7
f6
49.
xd6
1-0 (51) Giri,A (2745) -
Matamoros Franco,C (2525) Tromso NOR
2014
) 10...
h5
Giri,A (2745)-Matamoros
F r a n c o , C ( 2 5 2 5 ) T r o m s & A t i l d e ; & c e d i l ;
2014
]
5.
e3 b6 6.c3
[ 6.cxb6 axb6
gives ample compensation.
]
6...
a6 7.cxb6 axb6 8.g5 h6 9.h4 g5
[
Grischuk didn't like
9...
xc4 10.d4 g5
11.
xc4 gxh4 ]
10.
f2 xc4 11.e4 xf1 12.xf1 c6
13.
ge2 c5 14.d4 e7
[ 14...0-0 15.
xc6 dxc6 16.xd8 fxd8
17.
xc5 bxc5 18.e2
and White has an
edge.
]
[ 14...
xd4 15.xd4 0-0 16.e5 ]
15.
cb5 f8
[ 15...0-0
16.h4
g4
17.a3
Caruana/Grischuk
]
16.a3
xd4 17.xd4
[ 17.
xd4!? ]
17...
g7
[ 17...d5
twic.com
18.b4
d6 ]
18.b4
xd4 19.xd4 e5
[ 19...d5 20.e5
d7 ]
20.
xb6 e6 21.e3
[ 21.
c5 d6 22.xd6 c4+ 23.g1 c3
24.
d1 hd8
Grischuk
]
21...d5
22.
b3 hb8?!
twic.com: '"It's an
awful move Rb8" Grischuk.'
[ 22...
hc8
23.
e2
c4
24.
hc1
and White shouldn't be worse.
]
[ 22...
a6+
twic.com
23.
f2 dxe4 ]
23.
e2
[ 23.exd5
xd5
( 23...
xd5
24.
xd5
xd5 25.f2 ) 24.f2 ]
23...
a6+ 24.d3 e6 25.b3 a6+
26.
d3 e6 27.exd5 xd5 28.f2
[ 28.
hd1?! d8 ]
28...
d8 29.c4?!
[
Better was
29.
b3
and Black doesn't have
enough.
]
29...
f5 30.he1 ac8 31.c5
[ 31.
e4 c2+ 32.g1 xe4 33.fxe4
xe3 34.xe3 dd2 35.g3 b2 36.h4
should be a draw.
]
31...
f4
32.
g1?
This is the real mistake.
twic.com: 'Already in time trouble Caruana
blunders. Although both sides had the same,
about 4 minutes.'
[
C a r u a n a s u g g e s t e d
32.
f1
which is
enough for a draw:
d2
33.
a2
xa2
twic.com
( 33...
xg2
twic.com
34.
xd2
xe1 35.xe1
means that black can't play
the tactic in the game.
) 34.
xa2 ]
32...
d2 33.a2 xg2!
Grischuk had seen
this trick in advance; it's immediately over.
34.
xd2
[ 34.
xe5
twic.com: 'was a trick Caruana
was thinking of going for until he spotted it
Scorpionchess Prinout, 20/10/2014
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w a s m a t e . '
b1+ ( 34...xe5
twic.com
35.
xd2 e1+ 36.xg2 xd2+ ) 35.f1
twic.com
xa2 ]
[ 34.
c1 xa2 35.xa2 h4 ]
34...
xe1 35.f2 xf3+ 36.g2 e4 37.e2
e8
[ 37...
h4+
twic.com
38.
g1
g4+
39.
h1 f3+ 40.g1 d8
would have
finished things immediately.
]
38.a4
f4
39.
h1
d8
40.
c3+ f6
41.
c2 d3 42.a5 e1 43.xe1 d2
44.
xd2
[ 44.
f8+
h8!
and wins
( 44...
xf8
45.
c8+
would draw
)]
44...
xd2 45.e3 f5 46.g1 a2 47.e1
f4 48.a6 e3 49.
d4+ g6 50.a1 f2+
51.
h1 f3+ 52.g1 g4+
0-1
50
E60
Mamedyarov,S
2764
Gelfand,B
2748
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (9.2)
12.10.2014
[chess.com]
1.d4
twic.com
f6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 g7 4.e3
0-0 5.
e2 c5 6.d5 d6 7.0-0 e6 8.c3 e8
9.e4
twic.com: 'This was Mamedyarov's
preparation.'
[
twic.com: 'Relevant:'
9.
d2 a6 10.dxe6
xe6 11.e4 b4 12.b3 c6 13.f4
d4 14.xd4 cxd4 15.b5 xe4 16.d3
d7
Svidler,P (2751)-Gelfand,B (2753)
Jerusalem 2014
17.
xd6
twic.com
xd6
18.
xd6 c6 19.f4 f6 20.d2 e4
21.
g3 c6 22.xe4 xe4 23.f3 e6
24.
ac1 ae8 25.fe1 xe1+ 26.xe1 d3
27.
xd3 xb2 28.b1 f6 29.f2 b6
30.h3
d8 31.a3 xc4 32.xa7 c2
33.
xb6 xa2
1/2-1/2 (33) Svidler,P (2751)-
Gelfand,B (2753) Jerusalem 2014
]
9...exd5
10.exd5
f5
11.
d3
xd3
twic.com: 'N'
[
twic.com: 'Predecessor:'
11...
g4
12.h3
xf3 13.xf3 bd7 14.g5 e5 15.d1
h6
16.
e3
fd7
Hinz,H-Baumgardt,U
G e r m a n y 1 9 9 9
17.
c1
twic.com
xd3
18.
xd3 e5 19.e2 a6 20.b3 f5
21.
c2 h4 22.e2 b5 23.f4 ab8
24.a3 bxc4 25.bxc4
b2 26.a4 eb8
27.
fd1
1/2-1/2 (27) Hinz,H-Baumgardt,U
Germany 1999
]
12.
xd3
twic.com: 'Mamedyarov happy with
this small advantage.'
bd7 13.f4 b6
twic.com: '"All first lines of the computer."
M a m e d y a r o v . '
14.b3
twic.com: '"I stopped
here because I think white play without any
risk and I will play a long game." Mamedyarov
who added that he had this structure with
black a few times and the weakness on d6 is
a problem that won't go away. "Easy to play
for white, not easy for black." Mamaedyarov.'
a6 15.h3
e7 16.ae1 ae8
[ 16...
xe1
(twic.com) Was Gelfand
suggestion after the game but this doesn't
seem all that comfortable either.
17.
xe1
e8 18.xe8+ ( 18.e3; 18.e2 ) 18...xe8
19.
e4 df6 20.fd2 xe4 21.xe4
d8 22.g4
"Very slightly better for white but
nothing special." according to Gelfand
]
17.
xe7 xe7 18.g4 c7 19.g2 b8
20.a3
twic.com: 'Mamedyarov wasn't sure this
was the right idea but thought with Gelfand in
t i m e t r o u b l e h e n e e d e d t o c r e a t e m o r e
problems.'
e8 21.b4 f8
twic.com: '?' twic.
c o m : ' G e l f a n d w a s h i g h l y c r i t i c a l o f t h i s
decision. He needs to create counter play on
the queenside.'
[ 21...b5
twic.com
]
[ 21...cxb4
twic.com
22.axb4 ]
22.
b1
twic.com: '?!'
[ 22.b5
(twic.com) setting up the structure in
the game is better.
]
22...
d8
twic.com: '?'
[ 22...cxb4
(twic.com) last chance for
c o u n t e r p l a y . G e l f a n d w a s a t a l o s s t o
explain why he didn't do this.
]
23.b5
twic.com: '!' twic.com: 'Now according to
Gelfand black is in a lot of trouble as he has
no counter play.'
a5
24.
h2 b6 25.g5
h5 26.e4 h6?!
twic.com: '?'
27.gxh6
twic.com: 'Now white has huge threats on the
kingside.'
f6?!
[ 27...
c8 28.e3
twic.com
f5
29.h7+
( 29.
g5
Mamedyarov thought was winning
but this doesn't seem to be the case.
xg5+
This seems to be almost equal.
30.
exg5
xh6 31.b2 ) 29...h8 30.eg5! ]
28.
fg5!
With the strong threat Nxf7. twic.
com: 'Winning for white now.'
xh6
[ 28...
xe4?
twic.com
29.h7+
g7
Scorpionchess Prinout, 20/10/2014
42
30.h8
+ xh8 31.xf7+ ]
29.
xf6+ xf6 30.e4 f5 31.e1! d7
[ 31...
d8
twic.com
32.
c3
win s i m m e d i a te ly.
c8
33.
f6+
f8
34.
e8 g8 35.xa5 g5+ 36.g3 g7
37.f4 b6 38.fxg5 bxa5 39.
xg7 xg7
40.
e4 ]
32.
xd6 g7 33.e2 d4 34.c7 a4
35.b6
g7 36.f3 b2 37.f4
twic.com:
'and with only 10 seconds left on the clock and
a miserable position Gelfand resigned.'
1-0
51
C88
Svidler,P
2732
Tomashevsky,E
2701
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (9.3)
12.10.2014
[chess.com]
1.e4 e5 2.
f3 c6 3.b5 a6 4.a4 f6
5.0-0
e7 6.e1 b5 7.b3 0-0 8.a4 b7
9.d3 d6 10.
bd2 a5 11.a2 c5 12.c3
c4
[ 12...
c7 13.f1 c4 14.g3 fe8 15.f5
f8 16.g5 d7 17.d2 c5
Caruana,F
(2 7 7 0 )-T o m a sh e vsky,E (2 7 3 8 ) Mo sco w
2012
]
13.b4
[ 13.d4
c7 14.b1 c6 15.c2 fd8
16.
f1 f8 17.e3 g6
Schumann,S
(1776)-Rockmann,J (1766) Verden 2013
]
13...cxb3
14.
xb3 bxa4 15.bd2 c6
16.
a3 c8 17.b4 d7 18.f1 c6
19.
a3 a5 20.b4 c6 21.a3 a5
22.
b4
½-½
52
C65
Nakamura,Hi
2764
Kasimdzhanov,R
2706
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (9.4)
12.10.2014
[chess.com]
1.e4 e5 2.
f3 c6 3.b5 f6 4.d3 c5
5.
xc6 dxc6 6.h3
[ 6.
c3 d6 7.h3 e6 8.0-0 0-0-0 9.g5
d7
10.
h1
f6
11.
xe6
xe6
Schumann,S (1776) -Rockmann,J (1766)
Verden 2013
]
6...
d7 7.e3 d6 8.bd2 0-0 9.0-0 e8
10.c3
[ 10.
c4 f8
was one of the games Anand-
Carlsen.
]
10...c5 11.a3
[ 11.d4 cxd4 12.cxd4 exd4 13.
xd4 f6
14.
c2 b6 15.c6 d7 16.b4 a6
Rozentalis,E (2616)-Smith,A (2460) Koge
2013
]
11...a5 12.
e1 f8 13.d4 cxd4 14.cxd4
exd4 15.
xd4
[ 15.
xd4 e6 16.c3 b6 17.c4 a6
18.
xd6 xd6 19.xd6 cxd6 20.ad1
ad8
is just a "symbolic advantage"
(Nakamura).
]
15...
e5 16.2f3 xd4 17.xd4 b6 18.e5
xd1 19.exd1 a7 20.ac1 c5 21.d6
b7 22.g3 xe4??
[ 22...
e6 ]
[ 22...
e6 ]
23.
d8
d7
24.
e1!
Missed by
Kasimdzhanov. Bd6 will be next so the knight
on f8 is doomed.
[ 24.
d6? e8 ]
1-0
53
A35
Radjabov,T
2726
Karjakin,Sergey
2767
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (9.5)
12.10.2014
[chess.com]
1.
f3 f6 2.c4 c5 3.c3 c6 4.g3 d5
5.d4 cxd4 6.
xd4 dxc4 7.xc6 xd1+
8.
xd1 bxc6 9.g2 d5 10.e3 e6
11.
xc4 a6 12.a5 c8 13.d2 e7
14.
c1 c5 15.b3 0-0 16.0-0 fd8 17.f3
f6
[ 17...
f8
18.
fd1
f6
19.
e1
g5
20.
c2 b4 21.xd8+ xd8 22.xb4
cxb4 23.
c6 e7
½-Â
½ Bu,X (2675)-Vachier Lagrave,M
(2722) Khanty-Mansiysk 2011
]
18.
c2
A novely that's not critical for this line.
[ 18.
fd1 g6 19.g2 b4 20.a3 b2
21.
g5 xa3 22.xd8 xc1 23.e7 h6
24.
d7 f8 25.xf8
Lukesova,M (2390)-
Tritt,M (2525) ICCF email 2009
]
18...
b4
19.
xb4
cxb4
20.
c6
b5
21.
fc1 xc6 22.xc6 xc6 23.xc6 a5
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24.
e4 d1+ 25.g2 g6 26.c5 d2
27.
c2 xc2 28.xc2 f8 29.d3 e7
30.e3
c3
½-½
54
A45
Andreikin,D
2722
Dominguez Perez,L
2751
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (9.6)
12.10.2014
[chess.com]
1.d4
f6 2.g5 e4 3.f4 d5 4.e3 c5
5.
d3 f6 6.c3
[ 6.c3
c6 7.d2 e6 8.gf3 d6 9.g3
xg3 10.hxg3 d6 11.e2 e5 12.dxc5
xc5 13.e4 g4
Rozentalis,E (2616)-Smith,
A (2460) Koge 2013
]
6...a6
[ 6...g6 7.
b5 a6 8.dxc5 g7 9.c3 0-0
10.b4
h5 11.e2 d7 12.a4 e5 13.g3
b6
Bosiocic,M (2542)-Sadilek,P (2277)
Austria 2014
]
7.h3
c6 8.f3 e6 9.0-0 c4 10.e2 b5
11.
e5 b7 12.f3 b4 13.a4 b6
14.axb5 axb5 15.
xa8+ xa8 16.g5?!
W h i t e s t a r t s a l i n e t h a t i n v o l v e s s o m e
sacrifices but the complications are good for
Black.
[ 16.
e2 0-0 17.a1 ]
16...
xe5 17.dxe5 d7 18.xd5 exd5
19.
xd5 xd5 20.xd5 b8 21.e4 c5
22.
h1
0-0
White shouldn't have enough
here.
23.f4
a6 24.c3 c7 25.d7 e6
26.
h4 e3 27.e7 c5 28.g4 e8
29.
f6 g6 30.f5 c6?
Right idea, wrong
square.
[
Black should play
30...
b7!
with a winning
position.
]
31.e6
xe4?!
[ 31...
xe4 32.exf7+ xf7 33.fxg6+ hxg6
looks incredibly risky but W hite doe sn't
have anything better than
34.
d4+
f2+
35.
g1
and now
g8! 36.xf2 xf2+
37.
xf2 e6
and only Black can win.
]
32.
g3!?
[
Objectively speaking this is a mistake and
White should play
32.exf7+
xf7 33.fxg6+
hxg6 34.
d4+ g8 35.e1 xg4 36.hxg4
d3 37.xe3 xe3 38.xe3 xb2 ]
32...
d3?
[ 32...fxe6
wins.
]
33.exf7+
xf7 34.fxg6+ hxg6 35.f3 f5
36.
d4 e4?
[ 36...
xd4 37.d5+ g7 38.xf5 e1+
39.
h2 g1+ 40.g3 gxf5
is a draw.
]
37.g4!
Now White wins!
xf3+?!
[ 37...
g3+ 38.g2 xf3+ 39.xf3+ f5
40.
xe3 xe3 41.gxf5 e2+ 42.f2 e3
43.fxg6+
xg6
offers better drawing
chances.
]
38.
xf3+ e6 39.xe3 d5 40.g2 a8
41.h4 b4 42.h5 gxh5 43.gxh5
a2 44.f3
g5+ 45.g3 e4+ 46.f4 bxc3 47.xc3
xc3 48.bxc3 h2 49.g4 c5 50.h3
g2+ 51.h4 b5 52.h6 g8 53.h7 h8
54.
g5 a4 55.g6 b3 56.g7
1-0
55
E06
Gelfand,Boris
2748
Radjabov,Teimour
2726
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (10.1)
13.10.2014
[chessbase.com]
1.d4
chess.com
f6 2.c4 e6 3.f3 d5
4.g3
e7 5.g2 0-0 6.0-0 dxc4 7.c2 a6
8.
xc4
b5
9.
c2 b7 10.d2 e4
11.
c1 b7 12.f4 d5 13.d1
[
After
13.
c3
chess.com
xf4 14.xf4
d6
is one of the possible moves. e.g.
15.
e5 xg2 16.xg2 d7 17.xd7
xd7 18.fd1 ac8 19.f3 fd8 20.ac1
h6
Dominguez Perez,L (2713) -Carlsen,M
(2813) Nice 2010
]
13...
xf4
14.
xf4
d6
chess.com: 'Not
good in this specific position.'
[ 14...
d6
chess.com
15.
h4
xh4
16.
xh4 xg2 17.xg2 d7 18.c3
fd8 19.ac1 e7 20.f3 c5
Kramnik,V
(2785)-Radjabov,T (2744) Kazan 2011
]
15.
bd2
chess.com: '!' chess.com: 'Taking
advantage of the move order.'
d7 16.ac1
chess.com: '"Strangely enough it's hard to
f i n d a n y r e a s o n a b l e d e f e n s e f o r B l a c k . "
(Gelfand)'
ad8
[ 16...c5
chess.com
17.
xd6
xd6
18.
e5 ( 18.dxc5 xc5 19.c4 bxc4
20.
xd6 d5 21.e5 )]
[ 16...
ac8
chess.com
17.
xd6
cxd6
18.
e5 xg2 19.xd7 xc1 20.xc1 d8
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44
21.
xg2 xd7 22.c8+ d8 23.c6 ]
17.
b3
chess.com: 'Threatening c7 again.'
[ 17.
xc7?
chess.com
e5 ]
17...
d5 18.fd2 b6
Diagram [#]
[ 18...e5?
chess.com
19.dxe5
xe5
20.
e4 ]
19.
xc7!
and suddenly Black is fighting for his
life.
xb3 20.xb3
[ 20.axb3?
chess.com
b4 ]
20...
c4 21.xd6 xd6 22.a7 a5
[ 22...
xb2
chess.com
23.
c1 ]
23.
b1 b4
[ 23...a4
chess.com
24.
c5 ]
24.a3
d2
[ 24...a4
chess.com
25.
c5 d2 26.c1 ]
25.axb4!
A trap that the Azeri falls into.
[ 25.
xd2 xd2
offered better chances.
]
25...
xb1
[ 25...
xb3
chess.com
26.bxa5 ]
26.bxa5 f5 27.
c7!
Black's knight is caught
on b1. All W hite needs to do is go and pick
him up.
e5
28.
c1!
White wins the knight
and the game.
1-0
56
C88
Karjakin,Sergey
2767
Svidler,Peter
2732
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (10.2)
13.10.2014
[chess.com]
1.e4 e5 2.
f3 c6 3.b5 a6 4.a4 f6
5.0-0
e7 6.e1 b5 7.b3 0-0 8.a4 b4
9.d4 d6 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.
bd2 c5 12.a5
[ 12.h3
e7 13.d5 d7 14.b3 d6
15.
g5 h6 16.h4 g5 17.g3 ad8
18.
e2
b8
Topalov,V (2784)-Svidler,P
(2732) Bilbao 2014
]
12...h6 13.h3
d6 14.e2 h5
[ 14...
d8
15.
c4
e7
16.
e3
b8
17.
ad1 b7 18.xd8+ xd8 19.c3 bxc3
20.bxc3
xe4
Guartambel,G-Domancich,E
(2394) ICCF email 2007
]
15.
c4 f6 16.e3
[ 16.
e3 f4 17.xf4 xf4 18.e3 ]
16...
f4 17.c4 xg2!?
[ 17...
d4
was probably even stronger:
A) 18.
xc5
xf3+
19.gxf3
xh3+
20.
g2 ( 20.f1 xf3 21.g2 f4
22.
xf4 h3 ) 20...f4+ 21.g3 h5!
wins.
;
B) 18.
xd4! xd4 19.h2
and White is
under a lot of pressure but not lost yet.
]
18.
xg2
[ 18.
xg2 xf3 19.xc5 xh3 20.e3
ad8
21.
xc6
d6
22.
xd6
cxd6
"and I should eventually win this position
somehow." (Svidler)
]
18...
xh3+ 19.xh3 xf3+ 20.h2 d4!
[ 20...
ad8 21.c3! d6 22.e2 xe4
23.
g4 ]
21.
f1 h5+
[
The computer plays
21...
f4+
22.
g2
xe4+
23.f3
g6+
24.
h1
a7
and this was probably the way to continue
playing.
]
22.
g2 f3+ 23.h2 d6 24.c3 h5+
[
Svidler was planning
24...
ae8
but here he
noticed
25.
d1! ]
25.
g2 f3+ 26.h2 h5+ 27.g2 f3+
½-½
57
D10
Nakamura,Hikaru
2764
Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar
2764
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (10.3)
13.10.2014
[chess.com]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.
c3 f6 4.cxd5 cxd5
5.
f4 c6 6.e3 a6 7.d3 g4 8.ge2 e6
9.
c1 d6 10.f3 h5 11.0-0 g6 12.a4
0-0
[ 12...
xd3 13.xd3 xf4 14.xf4 0-0
15.
c5 e7 16.d2 fd8 17.fd3 e5
18.dxe5
xe5 19.xe5 xe5 20.fd1
e8
Bruzon Batista,L (2713)-Jakovenko,D
(2724) Poikovsky 2012
]
13.
xg6 hxg6 14.b3?!
[ 14.
c5
with an edge for White
(Nakamura).
xc5 15.xc5 b6 16.b3
xb3 17.axb3 d7 18.c3 a5
Gretarsson,
H (2512)-Smeets,J (2634) Reykjavik 2013
]
14...
a5
[ 14...
xf4
15.
xf4
a5
16.
d3
b5
17.
c5 d6 18.b3 c6 19.d2 fc8
20.
fd3
e5
Cozzarin,D (1943)-Carini,M
(2176) Padova 2006
]
15.
c3 xf4 16.xf4 c8 17.b4?!
[ 17.
xc8 xc8 18.xc8 xc8 19.d3
Nakamura
]
Scorpionchess Prinout, 20/10/2014
45
17...
c4 18.xc4 xc4 19.c3?!
[ 19.
e1 ]
19...g5
Nakamura missed this.
20.
e2 g4
21.
c5 gxf3 22.gxf3 h5 23.xb7 g5+
24.
f2 h4+ 25.g2 g5+
[ 25...
b8 26.b3 xe3+ 27.xe3 xb7
"should be OK for White" (Nakamura).
]
26.
f2 h4+ 27.g2 b8 28.b3 g5+
29.
f2 h4+ 30.g2 g5+ 31.f2 h4+
½-½
58
D17
Tomashevsky,Evgeny
2701
Andreikin,Dmitry
2722
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (10.4)
13.10.2014
[chess.com]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.
f3 f6 4.c3 dxc4
5.a4
f5 6.e5 a6 7.e3 b4 8.xc4 e6
9.0-0
d6
[ 9...
c2 10.e2 d7 11.xd7 xd7
12.a5
e7 13.a2 xa2 14.xa2 g6
15.
d1 0-0 16.e4 ad8
Carlsen,M (2775)-
Kramnik,V (2788) Moscow 2008
]
10.
e2 h6 11.e4 h7 12.d1 0-0 13.f4
e7
[ 13...
c7 14.ac1 a6 15.f3 c5 16.b3
c6 17.xc6 xf4 18.e5 xc1 19.exf6
xc6 20.d5 b6
Urkedal,F (2473)-Ipatov,A
(2577) Athens 2012
]
14.
g3 a6 15.h4 g5 16.g3 c5 17.dxc5
xc5 18.h1 ad8 19.f4 d4 20.fxg5
hxg5 21.
f3 c6 22.xg5 g6 23.f1
h5?!
[ 23...
e5 24.xe5 xe5 25.b3 g7
is about equal.
]
24.
e1
Now it's much more difficult for Black.
g4 25.f3 g7 26.h3 ge5 27.xe5
xe5 28.e2
[
Also good was
28.
h4 f6 29.b3 ]
28...
d3? 29.xd3?
[
B o t h p l a y e r s m i s s e d
29.
h4!
f6
( 29...
xe2
30.
xe7
xe1
31.
fxe1 )
30.
xd3
xd3
31.e5
with a winning
advantage.
]
29...
xd3 30.h4 b4?!
[ 30...
c5
31.
e2
g6
32.
f4
e3
33.
f2 d4 34.xg6 fxg6 ]
31.
f6! c8 32.xg7 xg7 33.h4 g6
34.
f2 d4 35.af1
Black's dark squares
are too weak.
e5 36.e7 h5 37.g1
c5 38.xb7 h8 39.xa6 d2 40.b5
d4 41.g5
1-0
59
A36
Dominguez Perez,Leinier
2751
Caruana,Fabiano
2844
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (10.5)
13.10.2014
[chessbase.com]
1.c4
chess.com
c5 2.g3 g6 3.
g2 g7
4.
c3 c6 5.b1 b6 6.a3
[ 6.d3
chess.com
b7 7.d2 d6 8.a3 d7
9.
a4 e6 10.b4 ge7 11.f3 0-0 12.0-0
ab8 13.fe1 fd8
Tomashevsky,E (2709)-
Areshchenko,A (2708) Kiev 2013
]
6...
b7 7.b4 d6 8.b2 e6
[ 8...
d7
chess.com
9.
a4 c8 10.d3 f5
11.
h3 f6 12.d5 0-0 13.hf4 e8
14.
xg7 xg7 15.0-0 g5 16.h3 g4
Giardelli,S (2438)-Foisor,O (2414) Lorca
2001
]
9.
b5?!
A curious move that doesnt actually
threaten or accomplish anything. Finishing his
development would seem a better course.
c h e s s . c o m : ' " P r o b a b l y t o o a m b i t i o u s . "
(Dominguez).'
xb2 10.xb2 ge7 11.e3?!
Presumably White wants to prevent Nd4, but
in exchange gives away free weaknesses on
the light squares.
[ 11.
f3!?
chess.com
]
11...0-0 12.
f3 e5 13.d3 xf3 14.xf3
d5!
Black stands clearly better. He creates
p r e s s u r e o n c 4 , a n d h a s b e t t e r p i e c e
coordination (note White's poorly placed Rb2,
Nb5 and uncastled king) chess.com: '"Here
B l a c k a l r e a d y h a s a s t r o n g i n i t i a t i v e . "
(Caruana)'
15.
e2
[ 15.0-0
chess.com
dxc4 16.
xa8 xa8
17.e4 cxd3
Caruana
]
[ 15.
d2
chess.com
d4!?
Caruana
]
15...d4
[ 15...a6
chess.com
16.
c3 d4 17.a4 ]
16.exd4 cxd4 17.a4 a6 18.
a3 a5 19.0-0
axb4 20.
xb4 d6 21.c2 d7 22.a1
e5
23.f4
chess.com: '!?' chess.com: '"The
best chance." (Caruana)'
f6
24.
b5 c5
25.fxe5
[ 25.a5
chess.com
xa5 26.xa5 bxa5
Scorpionchess Prinout, 20/10/2014
46
27.fxe5 ( 27.
xa5 e4 ) 27...fxe5 28.xf8+
xf8 29.xa5 e4
Caruana
]
25...fxe5 26.
xf8+?
Although already worse,
this is a serious mistake. White's second rook
is on b5 right now, and will require two tempi
to get back into the game. This effectively
gives Black the f-file for the moment.
xf8
27.a5 bxa5 28.
xa5 c6
Suddenly White's
king is looking mighty exposed.
29.
e1
[
In order to illustrate the danger White is in.
If he were to play
29.
b6?
he would run
r i g h t i n t o
f6! 30.xc5 f2+ 31.h1
xe2
followed by mate.
]
[ 29.
a3
chess.com
f6 ]
29...e4
chess.com: 'Decisive.'
30.
b4
[ 30.dxe4
d3
31.
d2 d4!
and now if
32.
xd3 f3+
wins the queen.
]
30...
e5 31.dxe4 d3 32.d1 d4+ 33.g2
d2 34.
e2 xe4
0-1
60
D31
Kasimdzhanov,Rustam
2706
Grischuk,Alexander
2797
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (10.6)
13.10.2014
[chess.com]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.
c3 c6 4.e3 d7
5.
c2
[ 5.
f3 f5 6.d3 h6 7.c2 a6 8.h3 f6
9.
e2 f7 10.g4 g6 11.gxf5 xf5 12.e4
dxe4
13.
xe4
f6
Korobov,A (2720)-
Nakamura,H (2772) Tromsø
2013
]
5...
h6
[ 5...
d6 6.e4 dxc4 7.xc4 e5 8.f3
gf6 9.g5 0-0 10.d1 a5 11.h4
exd4 12.
xd4 e8 13.0-0 g4 14.h3
ge5
Wojtaszek,R (2711) -Drozdowski,K
(2463) Warsaw 2013
]
6.
d2
[ 6.e4 e5
Grischuk
]
6...f5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.
d3 d6 9.0-0-0 b6
10.h3
e6 11.f3 e7 12.e2 0-0-0
13.
f4 d7 14.a5
[ 14.
c3
is only "slightly more pleasant for
White" according to Grischuk.
]
14...
b8 15.b3 c7 16.c2 f7 17.d3
c8 18.c5 g5 19.b1 de8 20.he1
"Careless." (Grischuk)
h5
"This is already
quite unpleasant." (Grischuk)
21.
d3
g4
22.
g1 h4 23.e2 hg8 24.a3 g3 25.fxg3
c4
26.
xc7+
xc7
27.gxh4
xe3
28.
df4 xd1 29.xd1 d6 30.a2
[ 30.h5!? ]
30...
c4 31.d3?
[ 31.
d3 e3 32.h5 ge8 33.b4 ]
31...
xg2! 32.xg2 xe2 33.e3 h2
0-1
61
C88
Caruana,Fabiano
2844
Tomashevsky,Evgeny
2701
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (11.1)
14.10.2014
[chess.com]
1.e4
twic.com chessbase.com: 'chess.com'
e5
2.
f3 c6 3.b5 a6 4.a4 f6 5.0-0 e7
6.
e1 b5 7.b3 0-0 8.a4 b7
chessbase.
com: 'Tomashevsky is a great expert in many
Spanish systems. The quick a4 line is done to
avoid the Marshall Gambit, but the Russian
player is we ll p re pa re d. He lo ve s playin g
v a r i a t i o n s w h e r e h e h a s t h e c h a n c e o f
sacrificing with d5 later on anyways.'
9.d3 d6
10.
bd2
a5
11.
a2
c5
12.
f1!?
t w i c . c o m : ' C a r u a n a w a s r e a d y f o r t h i s
variation after Tomashevsky played it earlier
in the event and got a quick draw. Here he
deviates from that game.' chessbase.com:
'chess.com: '!?''
[
Svidler played
12.c3
against Tomashevsky
earlier in the tournament. chessbase.com:
'(chess.com) against Tomashevsky earlier in
the tournament.'
c4
twic.com
13.b4 cxb3
14.
xb3 bxa4 15.bd2 c6 16.a3 c8
17.
b4 d7 18.f1 c6 19.a3 a5
20.
b4
c6
21.
a3
a5
22.
b4
1/2-1/2 (22) Svidler,P (2732)-Tomashevsky,
E (2701) Baku AZE 2014
]
12...bxa4
"A rare move but it's played in
some correspondence games. " (Caruana)
twic.co m: '"A rare mo ve but it's playe d in
so m e c o r r e sp o n d e n ce ga m e s . " C a ru a n a
giving a gimpse of just what he looks at before
a game.' chessbase.com: 'chess.com: '"A rare
move but it's played in some correspondence
games. " (Caruana)''
[
twic.com: 'Relevant:'
12...b4
chessbase.
com : 'ch ess.com '
13.
e3
b3
14.
xb3
Scorpionchess Prinout, 20/10/2014
47
xb3 15.cxb3 c8 16.c4 b8 17.d2
e6
18.h3
c8
Caruana,F (2773) -
Ge orgiev,V (2 56 6 ) Ista n bu l 20 1 2
19.
c1
twic.com
b7 20.b4 cxb4 21.a5 d7
22.d4 exd4 23.
c6 bc8 24.fxd4 d5
25.
g5
h6
26.exd5
xd5
27.
xe7
1 - 0 (2 7 ) C a r u a n a , F ( 2 7 7 3 ) - Ge o r gi e v, V
(2566) Istanbul 2012
]
13.
e3 c6 14.h4
twic.com: 'N' twic.com:
'"This I prepared." Caruana.'
[
t w i c . c o m : ' P r e d e c e s s o r ( 5 ) : '
14.
d2
chessbase.com: 'chess.com'
b8 15.b1
d7 16.c3 b4 17.d5 e8 18.d2
g5 19.a2 f6
Granski,M (2491) -Fourie,
M (2334) ICCF email 2010
20.h3
twic.com
e8 21.a1 d4 22.xa4 xd5 23.exd5
b7 24.b3 f5 25.d1 xa4 26.bxa4 d7
27.
c4 xd2 28.xd2 e4 29.b2 d8
30.
a5 xd5 31.xa6 d4 32.a5 d5
33.
b6 e6 34.b5 c4 35.dxc4 dxc4
36.c3
d3 37.a6 c6 38.xc4 xc4
39.
xc4 xc3 40.d6 a8 41.a1 g6
42.
b6 c2 43.a7 f4
Granski, M (2491)-
Fourie,M (2334) ICCF email 2010 1-0
]
[ 14.
f5
twic.com
d7
15.
3h4
b8
( 15...
h8
Tomashevsky.
)]
14...
d7
[ 14...
xe4
chessbase.com: 'chess.com'
15.dxe4 ( 15.
hf5 f6
twic.com
16.
d2 )
15...
xh4 16.f5
Caruana twic.com: 'with
compensation.'
]
[
Caruana said
14...g6
was the best move.
twic.com: 'Maybe the best move. Caruana.
' chessbase.com: '(chess.com) was the best
move.'
]
15.
hf5
twic.com: '"I was just a bit surprised I
got my knight to f5 so quickly" Caruana.'
b8
twic.com: '"I think how you played was correct.
" Caruana.'
[ 15...
h8!?
Tomashevsky chessbase.com:
' ( c h e s s . c o m ) T o m a s h e v s k y '
16.
d5
(twic.com) was something Tomashevsky
thought might be better for white.
]
16.
f3
[ 16.
d5!?
twic.com: '"Probably I should
start with Nd5" Caruana.' chessbase.com:
' c h e s s . c o m '
xd5
( 16...
xf5
twic.com
17.exf5
d7 ) 17.xd5 h8
twic.com
]
16...
h8 17.g3
[ 17.
d5
chessbase.com: 'chess.com'
xd5
18.
xd5
c6
twic.com: 'was
T o m a s h e v s k y ' s i d e a a n d t h i s s e e m s
perfectly good.'
19.c3
a5
is equal.
]
17...
h5 18.g4 g6 19.f3
twic.com: '?!'
t w i c . c o m : ' " I j u s t p l a y e d ve r y s t r a n g e . I
t h o u g h t t h i s w a s a c l e v e r i d e a b u t i t ' s
probably too clever." Caruana.'
[ 19.
d1
twic.com
]
19...
c6
[ 19...gxf5
20.
xh5
f4
21.
f5
even though the attack is only a queen and
a knight, it is dangerous for Black. The back-
up provided by the bishop on a2 is sufficient
t o m a k e i t d i f f i c u l t f o r B l a c k t o r e p e l
White's pieces.
]
20.c3
f4
21.
xe7
xe7
22.
d5
twic.com: '?!'
[ 22.
c4
chessbase.com: 'chess.com'
A) 22...
e6?!
twic.com
23.
h6
( 23.
b1 ) 23...g7;
B) 22...f5
twic.com
23.
xf4 fxe4 24.xe4
xf4 25.xf4 exf4 26.xf4 d5 27.e3
d4 28.cxd4
f8=;
C) 22...
e6
twic.com
23.
xf4
exf4
24.
xf4 xc4 25.xc4 xb2 ( 25...e5
26.
d2 xc4 27.dxc4 ) 26.xa4 e5
27.
xa6 a8
"If I keep my pawn I have a
very large advantage." Caruana but it's not
clear he can.
;
D) 22...g5!?
twic.com: '"I was really
worried about g5, I thought you were just
getting better." Caruana. Probably it's just
e q u a l i t y . '
23.
d1
twic.com: 'Caruana.'
( 23.
b1
f5
24.exf5
twic.com
xf5
25.
xf4 xf4; 23.e3?!
twic.com
xd3
24.
e2 f4 25.c2 ) 23...f5 24.h1
twic.com
f6 ]
22...
xd5 23.xd5 f6
[
Caruana expected
23...
d8
and 24...Ne6.
twic.com: '!?' chessbase.com: '(chess.com)
and 24...Ne6.'
]
24.
g3
[ 24.
h6!?
twic.com
]
24...
b6 25.f4
[ 25.h4
chessbase.com: 'chess.com'
d8
26.f4
exf4
( 26...
e6!? ) 27.xf4 e6
28.
h6 fb8 ]
[ 25.
xa4 b4! 26.a5 xd5 27.exd5
f5= ]
25...exf4
26.
xf4
e5
27.d4
g5
twic.co m: '"Af ter g5 I h ave no pro ble ms."
T o m a s h e vs k y. " A f te r g5 yo u 'r e p r o b a b l y
Scorpionchess Prinout, 20/10/2014
48
already better." Caruana.' chessbase.com: '!'
chessbase.com: 'Most precise.'
[ 27...
f7?
28.e5!
dxe5
29.dxe5
gives White some initiative.
]
28.
c1
[ 28.
d2
chessbase.com: 'chess.com'
g6
twic.com
29.dxc5
dxc5
30.e5
xe5
( 30...
xb2
31.exf6
xf6
32.
xg5 )
31.
xg5 c4 32.f4 ( 32.e3 xb2; 32.f2
d6 ) 32...c5+ 33.e3 xd5 34.xb6
g8 35.f2 f3+ 36.h1 xe1 37.xf6+
g7 38.d8+ g8 39.f6+= ]
28...cxd4 29.cxd4
g6 30.f2 c6
[ 30...
b4
(twic.com) was safer according to
the players but I'm not sure that's really the
case.
]
31.
e6?!
twic.com: 'Tomashevsky was happy
with his position until he missed this move but
in fact it's nothing to be afraid of.' chessbase.
com: 'chess.com: '?!''
[ 31.
xc6
chessbase.com: 'chess.com'
xc6
32.g3
( 32.
xa4
twic.com
fc8
with approximate equality.
)]
31...
b4!
chessbase.com: 'chess.com: '!''
32.
f5 h4 33.d5 b5
[ 33...
e8
( t wi c . c o m ) C a r u a n a .
34.
a3
g6? 35.g3!
Caruana
]
34.
a3
twic.com: 'Here Tomashevsky
accepted a draw offer. He said he couldn't
find anything for black here. "Probably the
computer will show an advantage for black but
I d i d n ' t s e e a n i d e a s . P r o b a b l y I
underestimated my position." Tomashevsky.'
[
Tomashevsky knew he had a slight
advantage but he didn't see a clear way to
c o n t i n u e . T h e c o m p u t e r g o e s
34.
a3
chessbase.com: 'Black is up a pawn and a
little better, but very far from winning.'
xf5
chessbase.com: 'chess.com'
A) 35.
xf5
g8
( 35...
f7
twic.com
36.
g3 d7 37.f3 g8 38.h4 h6
39.
d2 xb2 40.c3 b3 41.f2 )
36.
ae3 e5;
B) 35.exf5
b7 36.d2 c4 ( 36...xb2
37.
d4 )]
[ 34.
e6
twic.com
]
½-½
62
B90
Svidler,Peter
2732
Gelfand,Boris
2748
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (11.2)
14.10.2014
[chessbase.com]
1.e4
chess.com
c5 2.
f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
4.
xd4 f6 5.c3 a6 6.e3 g4 7.g5
h6 8.
h4 g5 9.g3 g7 10.e2 h5 11.h4
gxh4 12.
xh4 c6 13.b3 e6 14.d2
c8
chess.com: '"Critical." (Gelfand)'
[ 14...
b6
(chess.com) was Svidler-
Mamedyarov, Candidates 2014 and also:
15.
d5 xd5 16.exd5 d4 17.c3 f5
18.
xg4 hxg4 19.g5 e6 20.xg4 f6
Motylev, A (2698)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2766)
Biel 2014
]
15.f3
h6
Technically a novelty, though it is
th e co m p u te r 's r e co m m e n d a tio n a n d th e
alternatives have not been played by any top
l e v e l G M s .
16.
g5 xg5 17.xg5 f6
18.0-0-0
[ 18.
d2
chess.com
g8 19.f1 xb3
20.axb3
b4 21.a4 b6 22.b5+ axb5
23.
xb4
a8
Cacko,J (2122)-Hudak,D
(2265) ICCF email 2010
]
18...
g8 19.e3 xg2 20.f4
It is clear that
White has some intiative, but it is not easy to
s t r i k e a t B l a c k ' s k i n g i n t h e c e n t e r . I t i s
probably easier to play with the white pieces
but it's hard to say he has an advantage.
c7
21.
b1 b5 22.xh5
White gets back his
pa wn, bu t th is tem p o is u sed by Bla ck to
trade queens and diffuse White's activity.
[
Gelfand showed some nice lines at the
press conference:
22.
f3
chess.com
g3
23.e5
xf3 24.xf3 g4 25.g2 dxe5
26.
d5 xd5 27.xh5 xh5 ( 27...xd1
28.
g8+ d7 29.c5+ d6 30.e4+
e6 31.c5+ ) 28.g8+ d7 29.c5+
d6 30.e4+ e6 31.c5+ ]
[
Not good for W hite is
22.
d2
chess.com
a7! 23.xa7 xa7 24.xb5+ xb5
25.
xg2 xc3+ 26.bxc3 g4 ]
22...
a7 23.xa7
[ 23.
f3 f2= ]
23...
xa7 24.f3
[ 24.
d4
chess.com
xh5 25.xh5 g4
26.
g5 c4 ]
24...
f2 25.d4
[ 25.
d3
keeps some pressure, but Black
Scorpionchess Prinout, 20/10/2014
49
sh o u ld s o m e h o w b e o k c h e ss .c o m : '! ? '
chess.com: 'was interesting because'
b4?!
chess.com
26.
d1 fxc2 27.e3 f2
28.
d2
and the f2-rook gets trapped.
]
25...
c6 26.xc6
[ 26.
ce2?!
chess.com
xd4
27.
xd4
g4 ]
26...
xc6
[ 26...
xf3?
chess.com
27.
h8+
d7
28.
e5+! ]
27.
df1 xf1+ 28.xf1 c5 29.a3 g4
30.
xg4
xg4
31.
h1
f5
chess.com
32.exf5
xf5 33.h8+ f7 34.a8 xf4
35.
xa6
½-½
63
E15
Andreikin,Dmitry
2722
Karjakin,Sergey
2767
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (11.3)
14.10.2014
[chess.com]
1.d4
f6 2.c4 e6 3.f3 b6 4.g3 a6
5.
bd2 b7 6.g2 e7 7.0-0 0-0 8.b3 c5
9.
b2 d6
[ 9...cxd4 10.
xd4 xg2 11.xg2 c6
12.
xc6 dxc6 13.c2 c7 14.e4 ad8
Ni,H (2666)-Karjakin,S (2786) TromsÃ
¸ 2014
]
10.
e1 cxd4 11.xd4 xg2 12.xg2 c7
13.e4
c6 14.2f3
[ 14.
xc6
xc6
1/2-1/2 (14) Sosonko,G
(2545)-Ribli,Z (2610) Amsterdam 1980
]
14...a6 15.
xc6 xc6 16.d4 b7 17.f3
d7 18.e5 xf3+ 19.xf3 xe5 20.xe5
dxe5 21.
xe5 fc8 22.ed1 a7 23.a4 a5
24.
d3 f6 25.f4 f7 26.ad1 e8
27.
e3 c6 28.g4 g6 29.f3 a8 30.e4
d8 31.xd8+ xd8 32.f4 f5+ 33.gxf5
½-½
64
B90
Grischuk,Alexander
2797
Dominguez Perez,Leinier
2751
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (11.4)
14.10.2014
[chessbase.com]
1.
f3
chess.com chess.com chess.com: 'twic.
com'
c5 2.e4 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.
xd4 f6
5.
c3 a6 6.h3 e6 7.g4 fd7
[
chess.com: 'twic.com: 'Relevant:''
7...
e7
chess.com
8.
g2 fd7 9.ce2 c6
10.c3 h5 11.gxh5
xh5 12.xc6 bxc6
13.
d4 c5
Ponomariov,R (2717)-Vallejo
P o n s , F ( 2 7 1 2 ) B i l b a o 2 0 1 4
14.b4
(chess.com) twic.com
xc3 15.b2 c4
16.
xe6 b6 17.xg7+ f8 18.0-0 e5
19.
h5 xb4 20.b1 c5 21.h1 g6
22.
f6 b8 23.d2 xf6 24.xf6 b5
25.
bd1 d5 26.h6+ e8 27.exd5 cxd5
28.
fe1+ d7 29.g7 f8 30.xd5 xd5
31.
xd5+ c7 32.e5+ c6 33.xf8
1-0 (33) Ponomariov,R (2717)-Vallejo Pons,
F (2712) Bilbao 2014
]
8.g5!?
Not a novelty, but an interesting move.
W hite plays g5 despite the fact that it does
not kick out the knight. Modern chess surely
is interesting! In many lines W hite will have
the ability to play g6 weakening the kingside
structure and it gains a serious amount of
space.
b5 9.a3
b7 10.h4 e7 11.e3
We have transposed to a more normal line of
the h3 variation.
0-0 12.f4
[ 12.
d2 c6 13.0-0-0 xd4 14.xd4
c8 15.g1 e5 16.e3
Vallejo Pons,
F r a n c i s c o 1 - 0 T o p a l o v , V e s e l i n ; L e o n
Masters rapid 2012 (32 moves).
]
12...
c6
13.
h3
This moves looks wildly
artificial, but so does the entire variation when
you think about it.
c8 14.f5
chess.com: 'twic.
com: 'N?' twic.com: 'a new move and it seems
not a good one.''
[
chess.com: 'twic.com: 'Predecessor:''
14.
d2
chess.com
xd4 15.xd4 e5
16.
d2 a5 17.f5 xc3 18.xc3 xc3+
19.bxc3
xe4
Kostenko,P (2461)-Can,E
(2529) Tromsø 2014
20.
d3
(chess.com) twic.com
c6
21.c4
bxc4
22.
xc4 d5 23.xa6 f6 24.d3 a8
25.
c1 c5 26.gxf6 gxf6 27.h6 f7
28.
g3 a4 29.g7+ e8 30.b1 xh4
31.
b8+ d7 32.xh7 e4 33.f1 d6
34.
bh8 d7 35.h3 d4 36.d2 xh7
37.
xh7 d8 38.b4 a4 39.d2 b6
40.
b7 c6 41.f7 d5 42.xf6 c7
43.
c1
f4+
Kostenko,P (2461)-Can,E
(2529) Tromsoe 2014 1-0
]
14...
xd4
[ 14...
de5!?
(chess.com) twic.com
]
15.
xd4
c5
chess.com: '!' '!' chess.com:
Scorpionchess Prinout, 20/10/2014
50
'twic.com: '"15...Nc5 is a very strong move I
think." Grischuk.''
[
Grischuk expected
15...
e5
chess.com
chess.com: 'twic.com: '"Here I was expecting
14.Ne5" Grischuk.''
16.0-0-0
c6 17.b6
( 17.
d2!?
( c h e s s . c o m ) t w i c . c o m
b4
18.axb4
xb4 19.b1 ) 17...xb6 18.xb6
with a slight edge. chess.com: 'with a slight
edge . twic.com : 'a nd mayb e I'm slightly
better. Grischuk.''
]
16.
d2
chess.com: 'twic.com: '?!' twic.com:
'according to Grischuk. "Because black just
got a great position."''
[ 16.0-0-0?!
chess.com
e5
17.
d2
(chess.com) twic.com
xe4 18.xe4 xe4
19.
d3 xd3 20.xd3 e8 ]
[ 16.
g1
(chess.com) twic.com
d5
Grischuk.
( 16...f6
Stockfish
) 17.exd5 exf5 18.0-0-0
d6
19.
h2
e8
20.
xd6
xd6
w i t h a p p r o x i m a t e e q u a l i t y . G r i s c h u k
thought afterwards he should have done
this.
]
16...
e8
[ 16...f6!?
A computer move that is difficult to
believe. Black tries to open the position
while he has the chance to and White's king
is in the center.
]
[ 16...exf5!?
chess.com
17.exf5 d5 ]
17.0-0-0
c7 18.f6 f8
Dominguez plays
too passively. He has to at some point fight
for the initiative.
[ 18...e5 19.
e3 xe4! 20.d3 ( 20.fxe7
d5
and White is surprisingly helpless against
d4.
) 20...
xc3 21.xc3 d5!
and I have no
idea how to evaluate this crazy position.
]
19.
d3
[ 19.
g2!?
chess.com
a5
(chess.com) twic.
com
20.
b1 ( 20.xb5?? b3+ )]
19...
b6
[ 19...
xd3+
(chess.com) twic.com
20.
xd3
( 20.
xd3? e5 21.f2 xe4 ) 20...d5
S e e m s t o b e t h e w a y t o g o .
( 20...
c4
A c c o r d i n g t o G r i s c h u k i s a n e x c e l l e n t
position for black.
21.
f3
"I got afraid of
Qf3 somehow." Dominguez who may well be
right.
c7 22.h5 d5 )]
[ 19...
ed8!?
(chess.com) twic.com
]
20.
b1 a4 21.xb6 xb6
chess.com:
'twic.com: '"The endgame at least I'm not
worse for sure." Grischuk. In fact it seems
white is comfortably better.''
22.
e2
[ 22.h5!?
(chess.com) twic.com
]
22...
d7 23.f1 e5
chess.com: 'twic.com:
'?!' twic.com: 'It seems like this is a step in
the wrong direction.''
[ 23...
c5!?
(chess.com) twic.com
]
[ 23...d5!?
(chess.com) twic.com
]
24.
f4 d7 25.h5
chess.com: 'twic.com:
'"Here I had very little time and so it was hard
to play slowly so I decided to just go and what
happens, happens." Grischuk.''
g6
26.
f4
White has a slight edge in the endgame as h5
is going to still be dangerous despite the lack
of queens.
c5 27.h5
chess.com: 'twic.com:
'"A bit of a bluff. I'm not sure what happens if
black takes." Grischuk.''
gxh5
chess.com: '?'
'?' chess.com: 'twic.com: 'This is the final
mistake after which black goes down quite fast.
''
[
chess.com: 'Much better was'
27...
xe4
chess.com: 'twic.com: 'has to be played.''
28.hxg6!
chess.com: 'and now:'
A) 28...fxg6!?
chess.com chess.com: 'twic.
com: 'Grischuk''
29.f7+!
chess.com: 'twic.
com: 'and a very unclear position arises.''
xf7 30.h5+ e7 31.xe4 xe4
32.
f6 xc2+ 33.a2 h5! 34.gxh6
xh6! 35.xe8 ( 35.xh6
(chess.com)
twic.com
h8 ) 35...xd2 36.h7+ xe8
37.
h8+ e7 38.xc8 f5
with good
drawing chances.
;
B) 28...
xd2+!?
chess.com
29.
c1!
fxg6! 30.
xd2 c7 31.f2 e5 32.xg6
e4 33.
xf8 exd3 34.f7+ xf7 35.xf7
xf7 36.xh7+ xf8 37.xb7 dxc2;
C) 28...hxg6
chess.com: '?!' '?!'
C1) 29.
h2!
chess.com
xd2+
30.
xd2 e5 31.xg6 e4 32.xf8 xf8
33.
e2;
C2) 29.
xg6
chess.com
xd2+
30.
c1 fxg6 ( 30...g7
(chess.com)
twic.com
) 31.
xd2 g2! 32.f7+ g7
33.fxe8
xe8 34.h6 xf1 35.xg6+
f7 36.f6+ g7 37.g6+;
C3) 29.
fh1
(chess.com) twic.com
xd2+
also hitting h1.
;
C4) 29.
xe4 xe4 30.c3
and Black is
h e lp le ss a ga in t si m p ly d o u b l in g th e
rooks and winning down the h-file.
]
28.
e1 e5 29.xh5 d5 30.g3
chess.com:
' H e r e W h i t e i s a l r e a d y w i n n i n g . '
cd8
chess.com: 'twic.com: '?' twic.com: 'In a very
Scorpionchess Prinout, 20/10/2014
51
bad position black allows checkmate or as
played just a win on material.''
[ 30...
xd3
(chess.com) twic.com
31.cxd3
dxe4
32.g6
White has loads of choice in
this position.
]
31.
eh1 h6 32.f5
Black is simply getting
mated now.
dxe4 33.
xh6+ h7 34.xf7+
chess.com: 'twic.com: 'Taking the win but
missing immediate mate.''
[ 34.
f5+
c h e s s . c o m : ' t w i c . c o m '
g6
35.
g3
was actually mate as Rh6 is
impossible to stop. chess.com: '!'
]
34...
g6 35.xd8 xd8
The exchange is
also enough to win with though.
36.
a5 xd3
37.cxd3 exd3 38.
h6+ xg5 39.d2+ f5
40.
f1+
chess.com: 'twic.com: 'Time control is
reached and black can resign.''
1-0
65
E63
Radjabov,Teimour
2726
Nakamura,Hikaru
2764
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (11.5)
14.10.2014
[chessbase.com]
1.d4
chess.com
f6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 g7
4.g3 0-0 5.
g2 d6 6.c3 c6 7.0-0 a6
8.e4
[ 8.h3
scores better and is more popular,
precisely stopping the move in the game.
]
8...
g4 9.e3 d7 10.d2 xf3
[ 10...
a5
chess.com
11.b3
xf3 12.xf3
c5 13.dxc5
xc5 14.ad1 c6 15.d5
b5
Ding, L (2717)-Wen,Y (2591) Xinghua
2014
]
11.
xf3 e5 12.d5 d4 13.g2 c5 14.dxc6
bxc6 15.b4
e7
[ 15...
c8
Nikolic, Predrag 1/2-1/2 Polgar,
Judit; Corus Wijk Aan Zee 2001 (72 moves).
16.
fc1
chess.com
e7 17.ab1 e6
18.
d3 b6 19.xd4 exd4 20.e2 c5
Nikolic,P (2659)-Polgar,J (2658) W ijk aan
Zee 2000
]
16.
e2 a5 17.b5 cxb5 18.cxb5 xb5
19.a4
d4 20.xd4 exd4 21.xd4 xd4
22.
xd4 c5
White has no advantage. His
bishop is not superior to Black's well placed
k n i g h t o n c 5 a n d t h e we a k n e s s o n d 6 i s
compensated by Black's overall good activity
and pressure on a4. Not only that, with the
reduced material there are many chances for
Black to escape into a drawn 4v3 endgame in
worst case scenarios.
23.
ad1 fd8 24.fe1
ab8 25.e5
[ 25.
c3 xa4 26.xa5 c5= ]
25...dxe5 26.
xe5 xe5 27.xd8+ xd8
28.
xe5 xa4 29.xa5 d1+ 30.f1 c3
½-½
66
D20
Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar
2764
Kasimdzhanov,Rustam
2706
FIDE Grand Prix 2014 (11.6)
14.10.2014
[twic.com]
1.d4
chessbase.com: 'chess.com'
d5
2.c4
dxc4 3.e4 b5
chessbase.com: 'These ideas
of playing a quick b5 in the Queen's Gambit
Accepted have somehow surged in popularity.'
4.a4 c6 5.axb5 cxb5 6.
c3
After getting
th is a ga in st Na ka m u ra in the W o rld Blitz
Mamedyarov analysed this opening. He thinks
this is the main line.
[
Relevant:
6.b3
chessbase.com: 'chess.
com'
e5 7.d5
f6 8.f3 a5 9.bxc4 b4
chessbase.com: 'Mamedyarov,S (2743)-
Nakamura,H (2775) Dubai 2014'
10.
g5 a4
11.
d3 b3 12.e2 a3 13.c5 a2 14.b5+
bd7 15.c6 b4+ 16.ec3 b2 17.xa2
xa2
18.0-0
a1
19.cxd7+
xd7
20.
xd7+ xd7 21.f5+ e8 22.xe5+
f8 23.b5 a5 24.d4 d6 25.f5
a8 26.e5 xd5 27.exf6 xf5 28.xf5
gxf6 29.
xf6 g8 30.xb2 g5 31.g3
c8 32.c1 d5 33.a3 xa3 34.xa3
c3 35.b1 c4
Mamedyarov,S (2743)-
Nakamura,H (2775) Dubai 2014 1/2-1/2
(88)
]
6...a6 7.
xb5 axb5 8.xa8 b7 9.a1 e6
ch e ssb ase .co m: 'B la ck ha s sa crificed a n
exchange. White has to know very well what
to do to obtain an advantage, and even then
the path is very tricky. Practically speaking
this is a very difficult system to play against,
even if I doubt that objectively speaking this
sytem holds up against computer preparation.'
10.
f3
chessbase.com: 'Maybe caught by
surprise Mamedyarov chooses not to play the
most testing move.'
[ 10.f3!?
The universal computer choice.
Scorpionchess Prinout, 20/10/2014
52
chessbase.com: '
'
]
[ 10.
e2 f6
Hammer - Edouard, 2014. A
g a m e t h a t w a s f a m o u s l y w o n b y t h e
Frenchman.
]
10...
f6 11.e2 b4+N
[
Predecessor (3):
11...
xe4
chessbase.
com: 'chess.com'
12.0-0
d5 ( 12...c6 )
13.
e1 c6 14.c2 d6 15.f3 b8
16.
e1 f5 17.xe4 fxe4 18.g4 0-0
chessbase.com: 'Hammer,J (2612)-Edouard,
R (2653) England 2014'
19.
xe4
xe4
20.
xe4 e5 21.dxe5 xe5 22.b1 f6
23.
e2 c8 24.b3 g4 25.f1 c3 26.e3
a8 27.c5 a2 28.f3 f5 29.c1 d3
30.b4
g5
0-1 (30) Hammer,J (2612)-
Edouard,R (2653) England 2014
]
12.
d2 xd2+ 13.xd2 xe4 14.b4!?
After the game Mamedyarov said "Qe3 is the
ma in lin e b ut OK I th ink Qb 4 will be ve ry
interesting but I'm not sure it's a good move."
Kasimdzhanov said there were three choices
Qe3, Qf4 and Qb4. chessbase.com: 'chess.
com: '!?''
[ 14.
e3
is best according to both players.
chessbase.com: '(chess.com) is the main
line.'
]
[ 14.
f4 ]
[ 14.
a5!?
is probably playable too.
xa5+
15.
xa5 d6 ]
14...
d5
chessbase.com: 'It is now clear that
Black has enough for the exchange. He has a
solid light-squared bloacked, a pawn, and a
clear plan to develop. His only issue is he
cannot castle at the moment, but that is not
t h e e n d o f t h e w o r l d . '
15.
a5
d6
Kasimdzhanov thought for about 30 minutes
here and Mamedyarov wondered why. Turns
o u t h e w a s w o r r i e d b y 1 6 . b 3 .
16.
e5!?
"After Ne5 I think is very interesting move."
Mamedyarov. chessbase.com: 'chess.com:
'?!''
[ 16.b3?
chessbase.com: 'chess.com'
c6
c h e s s b a s e . c o m : ' ! '
17.bxc4
xc4
a n d n o w c h e s s b a s e . c o m : ' ! '
( 17...
xb4
was Kasimdzhanov's intention bailing out
"with a positional draw". It doesn't seem
good.
18.cxd5
xd5 19.0-0 0-0 ) 18.xc4?
( 18.
xc4 bxc4 19.xd5 exd5 20.d2
a pawn down is the very best white ca n
get.
)
18...
e4+
wins. chessbase.com:
'Mamedyarov'
]
[ 16.
c5
is perhaps objectively best here.
c6 17.a1
with approximate equality.
]
[
The computer doesn't like Mamedyarov's
idea and goes
16.
a1
chess.com
]
16...
xd4
[ 16...
xg2?
chessbase.com: 'chess.com'
17.
xd6
c h e s s b a s e . c o m : ' ! '
xh1+
( 17...
d5
18.
xb8+
d8
19.
xd8+
xd8 ) 18.d2 ]
[ 16...0-0
chessbase.com: 'chess.com'
17.
f3
chessbase.com: '!'
( 17.
xc4? xc4
18.
xb5 xg2 19.f1 c6 20.xc4 a6
21.
g5 xg5 22.xc6 xe2 23.xe2
g4+
winning for black.
) 17...
xd4 18.0-0
A) 18...
a6?
I s a m i s t a k e .
19.
xa6
chessbase.com: '!'
xa6 20.c6 f4
21.
d1
A1) 21...
e8 22.e7+ h8
A1a) 23.
d5 d6 24.xd6 xd6
25.
c7
( 25.
b4
is winning
M a m e d y a r o v .
)
25...
b7
26.
xd6
xf3;
A1b) 23.
g6+ fxg6!!
protecting the
rook.
;
A2) 21...
f5 22.xf8+ xf8 23.d8#
Mamedyarov's line.
;
B) 18...
xf3 19.xf3 d5 20.d2;
C) 18...
xe5 19.xb7 d7
C1) 20.
c6
leads to complicated lines
wh e r e b l a c k s e e m s j u st o n to p .
c5
21.
xb5 b3 ( 21...d3 ) 22.d1 xa5
23.
xd6 h5 24.a6 a8;
C2) 20.
f3 ]
17.
xb5
xb5?!
Bailing out to equality.
chessbase.com: '?' chessbase.com: 'chess.
com: '?!''
[
chessbase.com: 'chess.com: 'Black could
w i n b a c k t h e e x c h a n g e w i t h ' '
17...
a6!
and black will emerge with an extra pawn.
Kasimdzhanov couldn't work it out until the
end over the board.
18.
a5 ( 18.a4 0-0
19.
xb7 c5
wins for black.
) 18...0-0
chessbase.com: '!' chessbase.com: 'Very
inhuman, but It shows how badly placed
W hite's pieces are. Now it is difficult for
W hite to keep equality!'
19.
xb7
xb7
chessbase.com: 'chess.com: 'and White is a
p a w n d o w n . ' '
20.
xa6
( 20.
c6?
allows a winning attack.
xb2
21.
xa6
c1+
22.
d1
c3+
23.
f1
d3+
24.
e1 c5 25.a2 e4+ 26.f1 d3 )
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20...
xe5 ( 20...c5 ) 21.xb7 ( 21.xc4
d6 ) 21...a5+
Kasimdzhanov missed
this at the end of his variation. chessbase.
com: '!'
22.
d1 a1+-+ ]
18.
xb5+ d7
chessbase.com: 'chess.com:
'Now it's all equal.''
19.
xc4
[ 19.
xb7 xe5 20.c8+ e7 21.xh8
a5+
22.
d1
a1+
23.
c2
xh1
24.
xg7 xh2
with approximate equality.
]
19...
d5 20.e3 e7 21.xd5 xd5
22.
xd5+
exd5
chessbase.com: 'The
endgame is now obviously drawn.'
23.
d2
and now it only remains to reach move 30.
b8 24.c2 e5 25.a1 c6 26.c3 d4+
27.
c2 d3+ 28.xd3 b4+ 29.c3 xd3
30.
xd3 xb2 31.e4
½-½