4/15/2017 – After what seemed likely to be another hiatus of super tournaments, the Grenke Chess Classic is back after skipping 2016. This year’s edition has a great blend with massive opens, and an elite round-robin with the Magnus Carlsen no less! The first round saw many surprises such as Hou Yifan beating Fabiano Caruana! Enjoy this report flush grandmaster analysis and exciting chess.
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Round 1 (15.04.2017 / 15:00)
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Player
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
0 - 1
Naiditsch, Arkadij
Bluebaum, Matthias
½ - ½
Carlsen, Magnus
Aronian, Levon
½ - ½
Meier, Georg
Hou, Yifan
1 - 0
Caruana, Fabiano
World champion and No.1, Magnus Carlsen is back to the table, seeking to gain his first title in 2017 after losing the race to current world No.2 and US champion Wesley So at the Tata Steel event in Wijk aan Zee earlier this year. Along with him, World No.3, Fabiano Caruana is up for the challenge after two mediocre results at the Gibraltar Masters and the US championship. Given his busy schedule this year, much like the other top GMs (Grand Chess tour, FIDE Grand Prix, World Cup, etc.), Fabiano is seeking a nice ‘prologue’ for his forthcoming back-to-back events schedule.
Peter Leko give a quick recap of round one
The tournament also sees other super GMs, Levon Aronian, Maxime “MVL” Vachier-Lagrave, as well as German and Baden-Baden team top GMs Arkadij Naiditsch, George Meier, and Matthias Bluebaum. Finally, we have the world women No.1 Hou Yifan from China who just played a ‘warm-up’ match against legendary Vassily Ivanchuk in Shenzhen, China. The eight player round-robin kicked off today with three somewhat unexpected results.
Video impressions of the Opening Ceremony and the first round of the Open
Magnus Carlsen seems to be determined to win this tournament as he has equipped himself with better visual aid, showing up at the game with glasses at the board, which reminded one of Matt Damon when he played “Tom Ripley” in “The Talented Mr.Ripley”. It also made him the sixth indisputable world champion to show up at the board with glasses, after Euwe, Botvinnik, Smyslov, Kramnik, and Anand!
The Talented Mr. Carlsen
Video highlights of the first round of the Grenke Classic
It seemed that the equipment is working perfectly as the world champion managed to turn his King’s Indian into a fine form of Hedgehog where his young opponent, Matthias Bluebaum had a hard time to handle. At some point Bluebaum simply started to stall by just maintaining his Maroczy bind.
Magnus found the right moment to breakthrough with d5 and it appeared as if he were going to pull out a huge advantage out of it. However, instead of keeping things more complicated he followed d5 with e5?! and decided to go for a “Magnusian” endgame where he hoped to torture his opponent for a long time. Unexpectedly, Carlsen had more problems maintaining his advantage than Bluebaum in holding the position. Toward the end of the game the German played accurately and delivered a nice technical draw against world champion. A great start for Mathias indeed!
Aronian and Meier played a well-known line in the Reti, where Meier’s expertise is beyond any doubt and the latter managed to comfortably hold against Aronian without any trouble
Fabiano Caruana played overly ambitious chess against Hou Yifan, and for his troubles got completely outplayed. Once in the driving seat, the Chinese superstar had no problem converting her advantage into a full-point.
Hou Yifan made her mark by beating Fabiano Caruana in round one
Hou Yifan - Fabiano Caruana (annotated by Elshan Moradiabadi)
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1.e4
1,166,623
54%
2421
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1.d4
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2434
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1.Nf3
281,602
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2441
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1.c4
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2442
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1.g3
19,702
56%
2427
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1.b3
14,265
54%
2427
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5,897
48%
2377
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3,801
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2384
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1,756
48%
2380
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1.a3
1,206
54%
2404
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1,068
48%
2408
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954
50%
2378
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1.g4
664
46%
2360
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446
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2374
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433
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2426
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280
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2418
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1.a4
110
60%
2466
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1.f3
92
46%
2436
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1.Nh3
89
66%
2508
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1.e40 In this game, Fabiano kept his decisive-result streak by
losing to Hou Yifan. This is the second time a lady beats a 2800, if my
recollection of chess history is still working!e552.Nf30Nc643.Bb50Nf60 Fabiano opts for a solid Berlin. His Spanish adventure in the Breyer went
sour against Zherebukh in the US championship.4.0-038Nxe465.Re128 Hou Yifan goes for an ultra solid line.
This is the problem with Berlin these days. If White decides, she can kill all
of Black's counterplay and reduce his winning chances to zero!Nd606.Nxe56Be737.Bf170-02:228.d41:35Nf5399.Nf379.c3Nxe510.Rxe510.dxe5d6easily equalizes.10...d611.Re1d512.Bf4Bd612...c613.Bd3Bd614.Qf3Bxf415.Qxf4Qd616.Qf3g617.Nd2Bd718.Re2Ng719.Rae1Rae820.Rxe8Rxe821.Rxe8+Nxe822.Qe3f623.Nf3Ng724.Kf1g525.h3h626.Ng1Kf727.Ne2h528.Kg1h429.Bc2Bf530.Bxf5Nxf531.Qd3Qe632.Kf1Qe433.Nc1Nd634.f3Qxd3+35.Nxd3Ke636.Ke2Kf537.b3a538.Nc5Kf439.Kf2b640.Nd3+Kf541.a4b542.Nc5bxa443.Nxa4Kf444.Nc5Nb545.Na4f546.Nc5g447.Ne6#1-0 (47) So,W
(2770)-Kramnik,V (2812) Paris 201613.Bxd6Nxd614.Bd3c615.Nd2Bf516.Bxf5Nxf517.Qg4Nd618.Re2Qc719.Rae1Rae820.Qf4Qd821.h4h622.Re5Qd723.Rxe8Nxe824.Nb3b625.Nc1Nf626.Nd3Re827.Re5Rxe528.Qxe5Qg429.f3Qxh430.a4c531.dxc5Qxa432.b4bxc533.Nxc5Qb534.Qc7Qb635.Qc8+Kh736.Qf5+g637.Qe5g538.Kh1Kg639.Nd3Qe640.Qc7a641.Qa7h542.Qd4h443.Kh2Kf544.Kg1Qe245.c4h346.gxh3Qxf347.Nf2Qg3+48.Kf1Qb349.cxd5Qxd550.Qe3Qc4+51.Nd3Nd552.Qe5+Kg653.Qe2Kg754.Kg1Qd4+55.Kh1Kh656.Qf3Kg657.Qe2Ne358.Ne1Qb659.Nf3f660.Qd3+Nf561.h4Qe662.hxg5fxg563.Kg2Kh564.Qd2Qf665.Qe2g466.Qe8+Kh667.Ne5Kg568.Qg8+Kf469.Nxg4Qc6+70.Kg1Qc1+71.Kg2Nh4+72.Kh2Nf3+73.Kh3Qf1#0-1 (73) Mista,A (2585)-Kovalenko,I (2682) Warsaw 20159...d52210.c343Bd62:5811.Nbd20 A rare line after some thought. Black hopes to
achieve a setup with Qf6- h6 and Nc6-e7 but White is planning to play Bd3 and
Nd2-f1-Ng3 to kill all Black's activity on the kingside. The tricky thing
about this move is that it is hard to understand if White wants to concede a
draw or still has some ambition to play on in this position.11.Bd3Re812.Rxe8+Qxe813.Qc2Nce714.Nbd2f615.Nf1g616.Bd2Be617.Re1Qd718.Ng3Ng719.Nh4c620.Bh6Re821.Re3Kf722.Kf1Bxg323.hxg3Ngf524.Nxf5Nxf525.Bxf5Bxf526.Qe2Rg827.f3g528.g4Bb129.Qd1Bxa230.Kf2Rg631.Qh1Qd632.g3Qd733.Bxg5Rxg534.Qxh7+Rg735.Qh5+Rg636.Qh7+Rg737.Qh5+
1/2-1/2 (37) Shankland,S (2666)-So,W (2822) Saint Louis 201711...Nce77:3411...Qf6
12.Bd3h613.Nf1Be614.Bd214.Ng3Nxg315.fxg3Bf516.Qc2Ne717.Nh4Bxd318.Qxd3g519.Rf1Qe620.Nf5Nxf521.Rxf5Rfe822.Bd2Qe223.Qc2Qe424.Qxe4dxe425.Be3Be726.Raf1f627.d5Rad828.Bd4Rd729.g4Bd830.Bxf6Bxf631.Rxf6Kg732.R6f5e333.Re1Re434.h3c635.Rf3Rxd536.Rfxe3Rxe337.Rxe3Kf638.Kf2Rd2+39.Re2Rd340.Ke1Rd541.Re4Re542.Re2b543.Kd2Rxe2+44.Kxe2Ke545.Ke3c546.b3c447.b4a61/2-1/2 (47) Melia,S (2459)-Zhao, X
(2527) Sochi 201514...Rae815.Qc2Nfe716.b4Ng617.Ng3Bg418.Rxe8Rxe819.Re1Rf820.Be2Nf421.Bxf4Qxf422.h3Bd723.Qd1g624.Bd3Re825.Rxe8+Bxe826.Nf1Ne727.Ne3Bd728.g3Qf629.Ng4Bxg430.hxg4Qe631.Nh2Kg732.Nf1Ng833.Qe2Qd734.Bb5Qd835.Kg2Nf636.Ne3a537.a3Qa838.Bd3axb439.axb4Qa140.Qd2c641.g5Ng842.gxh6+Nxh61/2-1/2 (42)
Nijboer,F (2562)-Meier,G (2663) Rijeka 201012.Qc2N7:09c65:3013.Bd34:07 Transposes to Topalov-Nakamura.g62:1214.Nf12:19f6?!8:40 I am not sure
if I can be a fan of this move. It surely covers e5 but it damages Black's
king for the rest of the game and almost kills the idea of any breakthrough or
active plan for Black. Now White has a simple play: occupy the e-file and wait!
14...Ng715.Ng3f616.Bh6Re817.Nh4Bxg318.hxg3Nef519.Qd2g520.Rxe8+Qxe821.Re1Qd822.Nxf5Nxf523.Bxf5Bxf524.Qe2Kf725.g4Bd726.f4Kg627.fxg5fxg528.Qe5Qf629.Qh2Bxg430.Re5Bf531.g4Bxg432.Rxg5+Qxg533.Bxg5Kxg534.Qxh7b635.Qb7Rc836.Qxa7b537.b3Kf438.Kf2Bf539.a4bxa440.bxa4Ke441.a5Rh842.Qc7Kd343.a61-0 (43) Topalov,V
(2760)-Nakamura,H (2779) Saint Louis 201615.h31:59Rf716:0316.Bd27:09Bd714:1017.Re20c5?5:11 A strange decision by Fabiano, which was made
too quickly. Black is already in a difficult situation and misses what turns
out to be a decisive moment. Caruana's choice does not really pose White any
trouble and only exacebrates his own tenuous situation.Black needed to
prepare his ...c5 idea with17...b6!If White lashes out with18.c4
then Black playsdxc419.Bxc4Nd520.Rae1Rc8and Black should be ok.18.dxc59:31Bxc54 Now Black is also saddled with an
isolated pawn with no obvious compensation.19.Bf42119.Ne3is also annoying.19...Rc87:4620.Rae16:20g5?!14:3720...b5followed by ...a5 would have been my choice in
this position. Nevetheless, the position remains really bad for Black. Caruana,
however decides to go for a 'make or break' direction in my opinion.21.Ng3!23:24 A very strong move after a long think. Hou Yifan eliminates
Black's only active piece and takes away all of Black's possible play, leaving
him with numerous weaknesses.Nxg31:1122.Bxg34a5?!6:04 Although I could say this move is weakening, the truth
is that it is hard to suggest anything for Black. These pawn moves are more
aimed at stopping White than expanding for Black.23.Qd23:04a48:0124.b42:12axb3625.axb33
White's advantage is near decicive. h4, b4, or even c4 may lead
to opening the game into an uncomfortable situation for Black.Ng6026.h47:0326.b4Bf827.Bc2Bc627...Bb528.Re3f529.Re6f430.Bxg6hxg631.Bh2and White is almost attacking every single
pawn in Black's camp28.Nd4+-26...gxh43927.Nxh422Nxh45728.Bxh42Qf8029.Qf45:33Bd64630.Qd417
It is really hard to suggest a good move for Black!Rd81831.Re38:17Bc82:2332.b4!3:24 World
women No. 1 player takes her time.Kg71:29She sees that after
32...Be533.Rxe5fxe534.Rxe5Re835.Rxd5Her attack over Black's king
is decisive.33.Bb51:17 Now Re8 is a threat that cannot be
prevented.Bc73934.Re82:0734.Be8is simpler
and it also looks cute!34...Qd61035.Bg33:54Qb6836.Qd311Bd71:1037.Bxd74:03Rdxd7438.Qf5!11 The Chinese
star had seen through these lines when she played Qd3.Bxg34739.Qg4+5Kh6340.Qh3+0 A
great victory for Hou Yifan.1–0
If my recollection of chess history is not failing me, this was the second time a woman beats a 2800-rated in classical chess. In fact, the only other instance dates back to 2006 when Judit Polgar (of course!) won against Topalov. Bear in mind that although Judit has won against both Carlsen and Kasparov in rapid games, she only beat one GM with more than 2800 Elo in classical chess.
Hou Yifan explains how her name is pronounced and shares comments on her win
Finally, Naiditsch proved that things work out well for him in Baden-Baden. In 2015 he tied foir first with Magnus Carlsen, only losing in the Armageddon tiebreaker, and now, in the opening round in 2017 Naiditsch starts off with a win with black against MVL from the black side of the French. In a messy position MVL overpressed and ended up a pawn down and could not prevent Black’s knight from occupying the key e4 square after which Naiditsch converted his advantage with ease.
Arkadij Naiditsch (right) played a rich and powerful game against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Thorough analyses of this game are available by GM Lenderman which pinpoints where exactly MVL went wrong.
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - Arkadij Naidistch (annotated by Aleksandr Lenderman)
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Welcome everyone! This is GM Aleksandr Lenderman presenting to you round one game of the day. I chose this game between Vachier-Lagrave and Naiditsch as I found it to be a very rich game in no small part thanks to the material imbalance. Games like this always interest me quite a bit, since I'm always fascinated with the fight of material against initiative and other positional factors.1.e4e62.d4d53.Nc3Nf64.e5Nfd75.f4c56.Nf3a6!?The first mini-surprise. The most common move here as far as I know is 6... Nc6, although 6... Be7 or 6...b6 are also quite common. 6.Be7 and 6.Nc6 I've played myself more than once in tournament practice.6...Nc66...Be76...b67.Ne2Of course 7.Be3 is also a serious alternative, in which case Black has a choice of either transposing into the main line with 7...Nc6 or trying to play without committing the knight to c6, by playing 7....b5!? or 7. ..Qb6!?7.Be37...Nc6By far the most common move here.8.c3A very logical way of following up the move Ne2, by solidifying the center.b5!? This move is already quite rare. Much more frequent in practice has been 8... Qb6 or 8...Be7. Radjabov has also once tried 8...f6. Also it's important to note that based on the clocks, it's clear that Naiditsch is still in his home preparation, while Vachier-Lagrave already had around a 10-minute think on move 7.Ne2, meaning that he was probably surprised by Naditsch's choice of lines, in particular 6...a6. After 8...b5, Vachier-Lagrave thought for about 7 more minutes before choosing...9.a3The idea of this move is prophylaxy against the move b4. However it's also has a drawback, since after Black plays ...c4, he can get quicker play with a5 and b4, since the a3 pawn serves as a hook for quick queenside play. However, it seems that if Black does get b4 in, he might be already doing quite well, so most likely the move b5!? was the just very good preparation on Naiditsch's part.9.Be3b4!I think this was Black's plan in case of 9.Be3. At first the computer doesn't like the move 9...b4 but then it starts to realize it's quite a good move.10.cxb410.dxc5bxc311.Nxc3Bxc512.Bxc5Nxc513.Rc10-0!14.Nxd5exd515.Rxc5Qb616.Qc1Bd717.Rxd5Rac8Also offers quite good counterplay for Black thanks to the significant initiative for two pawns.10.g3bxc311.Nxc3Rb8=10...cxd411.Nexd4Bxb4+12.Kf212.Bd2Bxd2+13.Qxd2Nxd4!13...Bb714.Nxc6Bxc615.Nd414.Qxd414.Nxd4Nc515.Bd3a5=14...a5!=And it seems that this plan of trying to trade off the light squared bishops should equalize for Black.12...Nxd413.Bxd413.Nxd4Bc5!=13...0-0Black gets decent counterplay here with ideas like f6 and/or Nc5.9...c4This move is already almost a novelty, it has been played only in one game according to my database in a game between two 2000 rated players.10.g4This move is officially a novelty according to my database, and a very logical one. Since the structure is fixed, it becomes clear. Black's space is on the queenside, so he should play on the queenside, while White's only play is on the kingside, therefore g4 is the only move that makes sense. In the other game, 10.f5 was played right away.10.f5?!exf5is probably a bit too optimistic for White and should just be good for Black.10...h5!This is again the only logical move, since otherwise White's plan becomes too strong. It disturbs White's plans and makes it harder for White to get in his f5.10...a5?!would be too slow since...11.f5!Bb712.Nf4Qe713.Bh3±And White is way ahead in the race here.11.gxh5Rxh512.f5!?A very interesting pawn sacrifice.12.Ng3Doesn't help White get the f5 break right away because...Rh813.f5This move is still a pawn sacrifice.exf514.Nxf5?14.Qc2!?g615.h4Maybe deserves attention.14...Ndxe5!12...exf512...Rxf5?Of course not Rxf5 because of13.Ng3±13.Nf4Rh814.Qe2!?Played after a very long think and probably a good move.14.Nxd5was of course possible, and would lead to interesting play as well. One sample line might be...Nb614...Nf6!?14...Ndb8!?15.Nxb6Qxb616.Qe216.d5?!Na516...Bb717.Be3Na518.Bg2Be719.Nd20-0-0 With very complex play.14.Qc2was also possible but I doubt this move is best.Na5And it's not clear what White should do here.14...Nb6?! As tempting as this move is, solidifying the position, it might not be the most accurate.14...Be7‼Seems stronger since it seems to help Black more in building harmony, while preventing White from achieving his ideal. First of all, the obvious...15.Nxd5fails because of15.Qg2The move that would've been excellent after Nb6 would now fail to g5!g516.Nxd5g417.Nxe7Qxe718.Nd2Bb715.Rg1g5!?16.Nxd5g417.Bg2!gxf318.Bxf3Bb719.e6would lead to a crazy mess.15.h4Nf816.Qg2Ne617.Nxe617.h5Kd718.Nxd5Bb717...Bxe618.Qxg7Kd719.Qg3Qa5would lead to a more stable but also very complex position.15...Nc5!16.Nxe7Nd3+17.Kd117.Qxd3?cxd318.Nxc6Qd5-+17...Nxe715.Rg1?!This move was probably the best in case of 14)...Be7 but in this case it seems not quite the best.15.Qg2‼This would've been a very strong move, but it's probably very difficult to find. The purpose of this move is both to disturb the opponent's harmony (not allowing Black easy development with ideas like Be7, and potentially g5, and also, helps White build up his own harmony in the best way.Qe715...Ra716.Be215...Na516.Be3Rg817.h416.Be2Nd817.h4Ne618.h5and White has very strong initiative here with ideas like Bd1-c2 and Nh4, and has no bad pieces. Black in the meantime is struggling.15...Ra7!?Played after a 30-minute think by Naiditsch and it certainly deserves a lot of attention since it seems to build up harmony in a very unconventional way. There doesn't seem to be any way for White to crash through Black's position.15...Qe7with idea of Nd8-e6 was also possible here.16.h4Nd817.h5Ne6with complex play.16.h416.Rg3!was probably the best way to take advantage of Black's slightly slow plan. Now Black can't follow up with Na8 right away anymore.Qe7And now Black probably has to revert to the plan which was possible in the previous move.16...Na8?!17.Qg2!Nc718.Rxg7!Bxg7?!19.Qxg7±17.Ng5Nd8And Black seems to be solid enough even though White has obvious compensation.16...Na8!17.e6Otherwise Black will blockade the e6 square. Maybe this idea wasn't objectively the most sound, but it was probably worth a try at least in a practical game.17.Bh3Nc718.Qc2Ne619.Bxf5Nxf420.Bxf4Bxf521.Qxf5Qd7would lead to a more balanced position.17...Bxe6!The only move in the position but Naiditsch spent around half his remaining time here, probably trying to make sure he's not losing by force. However, Black seems to be doing very well.18.Nxe6fxe6 Seems like White doesn't quite have enough compensation, since the key squares for Black are well defended.19.Rg6Nc720.Bf4Bd621.Qh2Bxf422.Qxf4Kd722...Kf8It was also possible to try to hold on to both pawns. Understandably though Black decides to sacrifice his weak pawn on g7 in order to get his king to safety.23.Rxg7+Kc824.0-0-024.Be2Perhaps it was better to put the king on f2 since in the endgame it will be better served closer to the passed pawn.Qf625.Qg5Qxg526.hxg524...Qf625.Qg5!Otherwise Black will be the one to start the attack with a5 and b4. White is now banking his hopes on the passed pawn.25.Qg3a525...Qxg5+26.hxg5Ne8!A nice defensive move stabilizing everything.27.Rg6Re728.Re1Kd729.Rh6Rg830.Bh3?!The last inaccuracy. Now White is lost. White should've tried to prevent the idea Nd6-e4.30.Nh4!Nd6?!30...Nd831.Ng6Reg732.Nf4Rxg533.Nxe6Nxe634.Rhxe6with some saving chances.31.Ng6And here White gets some activity.Ree832.Rh7+Kc833.Nf4Rxg534.Rxe6Rxe635.Nxe6Rg136.Rc7+Kb837.Rxc6Rxf1+38.Kc230...Nd6-+The rest is a matter of technique for Black, especially after he makes the time control.31.Rg1Ne432.Kd1Reg733.Rh5Nd834.Ke2Nf7White is about to lose his only hope of the position and will be down two pawns for no compensation.35.g6Rxg636.Rxf5The last chance to muddy the waters.Rxg137.Rxf7+Ke838.Ra7Rb139.Bxe6Rxb2+40.Ke3Rg341.Bxd5Nxc342.Bc6+Kf843.d5?!43.Kf4would prolong the game a little bit but probably not for long.43...Rg4White is losing more material here. A very nice battle where Arkadij Naiditsch used some excellent preparation to get a very good 3-result battle against a top player such as Maxime Vachier-Lagrave who is always well-prepared. Then he boldly took the challenge, accepted the material and found some very nice defensive resources to neutralize White's initiative. Great game!0–1
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Elshan MoradiabadiElshan Moradiabadi is a GM born and raised in Tehran, Iran. He moved to the US in 2012. Ever since, he has been active in US college chess scenes and in US chess. is a veteran instructor and teaches chess to every level, with students ranging from beginners to IM. He can be contacted for projects or teaching.
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