1.e4
c5
2.Nf3
d6
3.d4
cxd4
4.Nxd4
Nf6
5.Nc3
a6
6.Bg5
Nbd7
7.f4
The sharpest line. [The game Giri-Gelfand,played in the same round in Amsterdam, went: 7.Bc4
Qb6
8.Bb3
e6
9.Bxf6
Nxf6
10.f4
e5
11.Ba4+!
Ke7!?
Gelfand's improvement (11...Bd7
12.Bxd7+
Kxd7!?
(12...Nxd7?!
13.Nd5!
(In the game Tukhaev,A (2518)-Borovikov,V (2601), played few days earlier in Kavala, White tried the weaker 13.Nde2?!
Rc8
14.Nd5
Qxb2
15.0-0
Qa3
16.Kh1
Be7
17.Rb1
b5
18.Rb3
Qa5
19.Rg3
g6
20.f5
Bd8
21.Qc1
g5
22.f6
Qa4
23.Nec3
Qc4
24.Ne3
Qxc3
25.Nf5
Qxc2
26.Nxd6+
Kf8
27.Nxc8
Qxc1
28.Rxc1
Nxf6
29.Nd6
h6
30.Nf5
Kg8
31.Rd3
Kh7
32.Rc6
Kg6
33.g4
Re8
34.Kg2
Be7
35.Nxe7+
Rxe7
36.Rdd6
Re6
37.Rxe6
fxe6
38.Kf3
h5
39.h3
hxg4+
40.hxg4
black resigned.) 13...Qxd4
14.Qxd4
exd4
15.Nc7+
Kd8
16.Nxa8
Kc8
17.0-0-0
Kb8
18.Rxd4
Kxa8
19.e5+/-
) 13.fxe5
dxe5!
14.Nf5+
Kc8
15.Qd3
Qxb2
16.Rb1
(16.Qc4+
Kb8
17.Rb1
Qa3
(17...Qxc2
18.Ne3
) 18.Rb3
Qc5
19.Qxf7
Qc7
20.Qxc7+
Kxc7
21.Nd5+
Nxd5
22.exd5
Rd8=
) 16...Qa3
17.0-0
the black king is hardly safe.) 12.Nde2
exf4
13.Bb3
Be6
14.Nd4
g6
15.Qd2
Bh6
16.0-0-0
Bxb3
17.axb3
Rhc8
18.h4
Rxc3
19.Qxc3
f3+
20.Kb1
fxg2
21.Rhe1
Bf4
22.Qh3
Be5
23.Nf3
Qf2
24.Rg1
Qg3
25.Qxg3
Bxg3
26.Rxg2
Bf4
27.Re1
Nd7
28.c3
h5
29.Kc2
Ne5
30.Nd4
Ng4
31.Kd3
Re8
32.b4
Be5
33.Rh1
Bf6
34.Ne2
d5
35.exd5
Kd6
36.Rf1
Bxh4
37.Rxg4
hxg4
38.Rxf7
b5
39.Rf4
g5
40.Rxg4
Kxd5
41.Rd4+
Kc6
draw.]
7...Qb6
8.Qd2
Qxb2
9.Rb1
Qa3
10.Bxf6
Nxf6
11.e5
dxe5!?
Laznicka's new try. I analyzed his game against Smith in the Huffington Post chess column already on July 6. The verdict was not very good for Black and one can only wonder why would Van Wely repeat the line at all.
12.fxe5
Nd7?
A losing move. Apparently, Van Wely's hand was quicker than his brain. [Laznicka played the only move 12...Ng4!?
but after 13.Nd5
Qc5!
(13...Qxa2
14.Nc7+
Kd7
15.Nde6+
Kc6
16.Qc3+
Qc4
17.Qxc4+
Kd7
18.Rd1#
Benyovszki-Jalyl,IECC email 2000.) 14.Nb3
Qc6
Nakamura didn't have to play Smith's 15.Na5
(But he could have checked my analysis this time enhanced by Deep Fritz 12: 15.Qa5!?
b6
(15...f5
16.Nd4
Qh6
17.Nc7+
Kf7
18.Bc4+
Kg6
19.Qb6+
e6
20.Ndxe6
wins.) and here White even has two possiblity to get advantage: 16.Nd4
(or the fancy 16.Bb5!?
axb5
(16...Qxb5
17.Nc7+
Kd7
18.Qxb5+
axb5
19.Nxa8
) 17.Qxa8
Qxa8
18.Nc7+
Kd7
19.Nxa8
Kc6
(19...Bb7
20.Rd1+
Kc6
21.Nd4+
(21.Rd8
Nxe5
22.0-0+/=
) 21...Kc5
22.Nc7
g6
(22...Ne3
23.Rd3
Nxg2+
24.Kf2
Nf4
25.Nb3++-
; 22...Nxe5
23.0-0
g6
24.Nce6++-
) 23.Rf1
Nxe5
24.Nce6+
Kb4
(24...fxe6
25.Nxe6+
Kc4
26.Rxf8
Rxf8
27.Nxf8
Bxg2
28.Nxh7+/-
) ; 19...e6
20.Nxb6+
Kc7
21.Nxc8+-
) 20.Nd4+
Kb7
21.Nxb6
Kxb6
22.Rxb5+
Kc7
(22...Ka6
23.Ke2
Nxe5
24.Rhb1+-
wins.) 23.0-0
Bd7
24.Rc5+
Kb6
25.e6
fxe6
26.Rc3
and black gets mated.) 16...bxa5
17.Nxc6
e6
18.Nc7+
Kd7
19.Nxa8
Kxc6
20.Rb6+
and I am pretty sure that Nakamura had a look at this position. White is better. ) The game Smith-Laznicka continued: 15...Qd7
16.Nc4
e6
17.Ncb6?!
The wrong leap. Two knight moves are better: (17.Nd6+
Bxd6
18.Nb6
Qc6
19.exd6
Rb8
20.Be2
Nf6
(20...Qxg2??
21.Bb5++-
) 21.0-0
Qc5+
(21...0-0?
22.Rxf6
gxf6
23.Rb3
with a winning attack.) 22.Kh1
Bd7
; 17.Ndb6
Qxd2+
18.Kxd2
Rb8
19.Be2+/=
) Smith-Laznicka now went 17...Qc6
18.Nxa8
exd5
19.Be2
b5
and Black was out of the woods and won the dramatic encounter in 47 moves. ]
13.Nd5
Qc5
14.Nb3
Qc6
15.Na5
Qc5
16.Nxb7
Qc6?
Loses beautifully, but black was in dire straits anyway: [16...Bxb7
17.Rxb7
Rc8
(17...Qc6
18.Nc7+
Kd8
19.Nxa8
Qxb7
20.Qa5+
and white wins.) 18.Bxa6
e6
19.Bb5
wins (or 19.Nf6+
Nxf6
20.Bb5+
Qxb5
21.Rxb5
Nd5
22.0-0+-
) ]
17.Rb6!!
An amazing victorious punch, deflecting the black knight. White wins the queen since [17.Rb6
Nxb6
18.Nf6+!
exf6
19.Qd8#
] 1-0