[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, I."]
[Black "Smeets, J."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "Elshan Moradiabadi"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]

{Contrary to his countryman, Smeets scored a win, in order to excite the local
fans!} 1. d4 {# Eh? Isn't "Nepo" an 1.e4 player? A strange time to decide to
experiment with 1.d4} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 {Slav.
..Though just a "semi"} Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. e4
$2 $146 {Well...A Novelty!} bxc4 12. e5 Qc7 13. exd6 Qxd6 14. Bg5 a5 15. Bxf6
Nxf6 16. Na4 Ba6 17. Nc5 Rfb8 18. Rac1 h6 {#Black is not fully a pawn up,
nevertheless, the White's self-destruction plan is starting to bear fruits!}
19. a3 Nd7 20. Ne4 Qd5 21. Nc3 Qf5 22. Qe2 Qf4 23. Rc2 Rd8 24. Rcd2 Rab8 25. g3
Qc7 26. Qe3 Bb7 27. Ne5 Nxe5 28. Qxe5 Qxe5 29. dxe5 Rxd2 30. Rxd2 c5 31. f4 {
White has maintained equality in spite of the pawn he lost...Sorry....
"sacrificed" on move 13.} g5 32. Kf2 gxf4 33. gxf4 Bc6 34. Ke3 Kf8 35. Rd6 Be8
36. Rd2 Bc6 37. h4 Ke7 38. Rd6 Bh1 39. Na4 $6 (39. Ra6 {would have been enough
for a draw!}) 39... Rb3+ 40. Kd2 Rf3 {Black rooks invade White's territory,
and Black is clearly better now.} 41. Nxc5 Rxf4 42. Ra6 Rxh4 43. Rxa5 h5 44.
Ke3 Rh2 45. Ra7+ Kf8 46. Rc7 Rxb2 47. Nd7+ Kg7 48. Rxc4 Rb3+ 49. Kf2 Rxa3 50.
Rh4 Bc6 51. Nf6 Rf3+ 52. Ke2 Rf5 53. Nxh5+ Kg6 54. Ng3 Rxe5+ 55. Kf2 Ra5 56.
Rg4+ Kf6 57. Rg8 Ra2+ 58. Ke3 Ke5 59. Rc8 Ra3+ 60. Kf2 Bd5 61. Nf1 Ra2+ 62. Ke3
f5 63. Nd2 f4+ 64. Ke2 Kd4 65. Rf8 e5 66. Ke1 e4 0-1

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "L'Ami, E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Elshan Moradiabadi"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]

{The shortest decisive game of the A group comes in a black day for one of
local heros. Kramnik joins the leaders with this win.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3.
Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qc2 O-O 8. g3 c5 9. Bg2 Nc6 {#}
10. h4 $5 {This is a common pawn advance in such positions.} Nb4 11. Qd2 (11.
cxb4 Bxa1 12. bxc5 Bg7 13. h5 {might actually be playable.}) 11... Nd5 12. Bb2
Qa5 13. h5 Nb6 (13... Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Qxc3 15. Qxc3 Nxc3 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Kd2
Nd5 18. Ng5 Nf6 19. Rac1 {and White retains his pawn in a better position.})
14. hxg6 hxg6 15. a4 Bd7 16. Kf1 $5 {Prophylactic!} Nxa4 17. Qg5 Qb6 $2 {The
first blunder} (17... Rfe8 {was better, though after} 18. Ne5 Qc7 19. Nxd7 Qxd7
20. Bc1 Nxc3 21. Qh4 Kf8 22. Bh6 Qd4 23. Bxg7+ Qxg7 24. Ra5 {leads to
complicated play, which objectively, should favor White.}) 18. Qh4 Rfe8 $2 {
#The second and final losing error. With two seemingly "normal" moves, Black
is totally lost.} 19. Bc1 (19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. Bc1 {was even more "forced".})
19... e5 20. Qh7+ Kf8 21. Bh6 Bxh6 22. Qxh6+ Ke7 23. Nxe5 {A painful defeat
for L'Ami.} 1-0

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Shirov, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "Elshan Moradiabadi"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]

{A fight between two creative players. One at the bottom of the crosstable and
one at the top.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 {#Shirov
is a believer in the "Cambridge System".} 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qd2 Bb4 9.
Rc1 h6 10. Bh4 c5 11. Bc4 {A rare choice, nevertheless understandable. White
completes his development.} (11. Bd3 b6 12. O-O Ba6 13. Bxa6 Bxc3 14. Qe2 Bxb2
15. Rc2 Nb4 16. Bb5 Nxc2 17. Bxd7+ Kxd7 18. Ne5+ Kc7 19. Qf3 Qa4 20. Qxf7+ Kc8
21. Qxe6+ $2 {0-1 Korobov,A (2684)-Shirov,A (2735)/Warsaw 2010/CB00_2011 (39)})
11... cxd4 12. Qxd4 $5 {This move will create more practical difficulties for
Shirov.} Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 O-O 14. O-O N5b6 15. Bb3 Re8 16. Rfd1 Qh5 {#} 17. Bg3 (
17. Bc2 $1 e5 18. Qe4 Nf8 19. Bg3 {and now} f5 $2 {doesn't work because after}
20. Bb3+ Kh8 21. Qb4 {White's pieces take over. For example} e4 22. Ne5) 17...
e5 18. Qb4 e4 {Shirov takes advantage of the Armenian's inaccuracy but the
position remains in White's favor.} 19. Ne1 a5 20. Qd4 Nc5 {Shirov defends
creatively, and has dynamically equalized, however, there are still several
things he has to overcome.} 21. Rb1 Nxb3 22. Qxb6 Nc5 23. c4 Be6 24. Rd5 Bxd5
25. Qxc5 Red8 {#Shirov may have foreseen this moment. In spite of the material
disadvantage, Black has adequate play in order to keep the balance, thanks to
his majority on the queenside and White's awkard knight on e1.} 26. cxd5 Qxd5
27. Qc2 b5 28. Qb2 b4 29. Be5 Qd2 30. Qa1 Qe2 31. Bd4 Rab8 32. h3 f6 33. Rb2
Qb5 34. Qb1 Qd5 35. Qd1 Rbc8 36. Rd2 Qe6 37. Kh2 Rd7 38. g3 Rdc7 39. Bb2 Qxa2
40. Be5 {#} Qxd2 $6 {I do not know how to comment this move. Though the
position remains equal, what was wrong with} (40... Rc1 $1 41. Qxc1 Rxc1 42.
Rxa2 fxe5 43. Rxa5 (43. Ng2 b3 $19) 43... Rxe1 44. Rb5 {and a primitive draw!})
41. Qxd2 fxe5 42. Qd5+ Rf7 43. Kg2 Rcf8 44. h4 Kh8 45. Qxe4 Rxf2+ 46. Kh3 b3
47. Nd3 b2 48. Qb7 R8f7 $4 {loses instantly!} (48... a4 49. Nxb2 (49. Nxf2 Rxf2
50. h5 a3 51. Qa8+ Kh7 52. Qe4+ {draw}) 49... a3 50. Nd3 a2 51. Qa6 Rd2 52.
Nxe5 Kh7 $1 {and neither side can improve their position. Isn't this a far
more difficult draw in comparison to 40....Rc1?}) 49. Qb5 a4 50. Nxb2 a3 51.
Nd3 Rf1 52. Qa4 Rh1+ 53. Kg4 {An undeserved loss for Shirov.} 1-0

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, M."]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2814"]
[Annotator "Elshan Moradiabadi"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]

{A nice game by both parties in which once again the world number one proved 
the "Berlin Wall" continues to stand strong!} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4.
O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 {#This
move has become popular over the last year.} 10. h3 b6 11. Bf4 Kc8 12. Rad1 h6
{#By a curious transposition, we have reached a famous typical position, which
has been examined several times before, even by Carlsen!} 13. Bh2 {White's
bishop clears the way for the pawn's majority march!} (13. Rd3 Be6 14. Rfd1 Kb7
15. b3 g5 16. Bc1 c5 17. Nd5 Ne7 18. Nxe7 Bxe7 19. c4 Rag8 20. Nd2 g4 21. hxg4
Rxg4 22. Nf1 Rhg8 23. Rg3 h5 24. Re1 a6 25. Rxg4 hxg4 26. Rd1 Kc6 27. Bf4 Rd8
28. Rxd8 Bxd8 29. Ne3 b5 30. Kf1 bxc4 31. bxc4 Kb6 32. Ke2 Ka5 33. Kd3 c6 34.
f3 gxf3 35. gxf3 Ka4 36. Bh6 Ka3 37. f4 Kxa2 38. Kc2 f5 39. Bf8 Bb6 40. Be7 a5
41. Bh4 a4 42. Be1 Bd8 43. Nd1 Ka3 44. Nb2 Be7 45. Bc3 Bf8 46. Nd3 {1-0 Anand,
V (2786)-Topalov,V (2757)/Monte Carlo 2005/CBM 105 ext}) (13. a3 Be6 14. g4 Ne7
15. Nd4 Bc4 16. Rfe1 c5 17. Nf5 Nc6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 g6 20. e6 gxf5 21.
exf7 Bd6 22. Bxh6 Kb7 23. Bg7 Rh7 24. Rxd6 Rxg7 25. Rxc6 fxg4 26. Rxb6+ cxb6
27. Re7+ Kc6 28. f8=Q Rxf8 29. Rxg7 gxh3 30. Rh7 Rd8 31. Rxh3 Rd1+ 32. Kg2 Rc1
33. Rc3 {1-0 Carlsen,M (2548)-Nielsen,P (2653)/Warsaw 2005/CBM 108 (49)}) 13...
a5 14. g4 Ne7 15. Nd4 h5 16. e6 $5 {A typical temporary pawn sacrifice which
seems just sufficient for "compensation" in this particular position, however
one should not forget about the practical difficulties Black has to face.} fxe6
17. Rfe1 hxg4 18. hxg4 Rh6 19. g5 Rh5 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21. Rxe6 Rxg5+ {Black is
totally safe now.} 22. Kf1 Rf5 23. a4 Rb8 24. Rd3 Rf7 25. Kg2 b5 26. axb5 cxb5
27. Ra6 b4 28. Nd5 Nxd5 29. Rxd5 b3 30. c3 Ba3 31. Re6 Re7 32. Rxe7 Bxe7 33.
Rxa5 Kd7 34. Be5 Bd6 35. Bd4 Bf4 36. Kf3 Bc1 37. c4 g5 38. Ke4 Rf8 39. Rd5+ Kc6
40. Rc5+ Kd7 41. Rd5+ Kc6 42. Rc5+ Kd7 {A neat draw!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "Elshan Moradiabadi"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]

{The most important game of the round was undoubtedly the fight between the
two leaders.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 {The "Nimzo". The world champion
employs it regularly with the black pieces, nevertheless he sometimes face it
with White too. For instance, one may recall his beautiful victory over Wang
Hao in this very event!} 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 {The most classical.} h6 6. Bh4 g5 7.
Bg3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. e3 d6 10. Bd3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 f5 12. d5 $5 {#Within
decades, the evaluation of this pawn advance has been downgraded from "better
for White" to merely "acceptable".} Na6 13. h4 $146 {To my surprise this is a
novelty! However, even "this" move does not affect the recent evaluation of
this line, and I am not even sure it is an improvement. White tries to take
advantage of Black's "hindered" development, in the meantime the vulnerable
position of the bishop on g3 offers Black good counterplay, which Vishy uses
very well in this game.} Qf6 14. Bxe4 fxe4 15. Qxe4 Qxc3+ 16. Ke2 Nc5 17. Qg6+
Ke7 18. Rac1 (18. hxg5 $6 Qxc4+ 19. Kd1 {Only move.} Qxd5+ 20. Ke1 Qf5 {with
advantage for Black.}) 18... Qf6 19. Qxf6+ Kxf6 20. Rhd1 {#Not only did 'Nak'
get nothing out of opening, but he is now slightly worse. As usual in this
event, he stays cool and manages to keep the balance.} exd5 (20... Raf8 {could
create more practical chances.} 21. Nd4 exd5 22. cxd5 Rf7 {[%csl Rd5] and the
d5 pawn is vulnerable.} 23. Rh1 Re8 24. hxg5+ hxg5 25. Rh6+ Kg7 26. Rh5 Kg6 27.
Rch1 Bxd5 28. f3 Bxa2 29. e4 Kf6 {In spite of the fact that White has enabled
all his forces, and will win the g5-pawn soon, Black has excellent chances
thanks to his distant passed a-pawn.}) 21. cxd5 Ba6+ 22. Ke1 Rae8 23. Rc3 Re4
24. Rd4 Rhe8 25. Ra3 $1 {An accurate move which secures White's position.} Bc8
$6 {Equivalent to a draw offer.} (25... Kf5 $5 {could build up some pressure
which I do not consider harmful at all.}) 26. hxg5+ hxg5 27. Rxa7 R8e7 28. Kf1
Bg4 29. Nd2 Rxd4 30. exd4 Nd3 31. f3 Bf5 32. a3 Nf4 33. Bxf4 gxf4 34. Ne4+ Bxe4
35. fxe4 Rxe4 36. Rxc7 Rxd4 37. Rc6 Ke5 38. Rxb6 Rd1+ 39. Ke2 Ra1 40. Rb3 Kxd5
41. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "Elshan Moradiabadi"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]

1. e4 c6 {The 12th World Champion, Anatoly Karpov, had the Caro-Kann in his
resume for almost his entire career.} 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3
Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12.
O-O-O Be7 {Thanks to the computers, the "short castle" line has served Black
well. The old line with long castling is considered "dubious" according to new
theory.} 13. Qe2 c5 14. Rhe1 O-O {#} 15. Nf5 cxd4 {The reigning world champion
prefers to play it differently.} (15... exf5 16. Qxe7 Qc7 17. dxc5 Rfe8 18. Qd6
Qxc5 19. Qxc5 Nxc5 {and Black is fine due to White 's weaknesses on the
kingside. Knowing Wang Hao I am sure he had something up his "sleeve". We will
no doubt find out at a later date!} 20. Nd4 Nce4 21. Nxf5 Nxf2 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8
23. Rf1 N2e4 24. Re1 Nxh5 25. Bc3 Nhf6 26. Bd4 a6 27. Re3 Re6 28. a4 Ne8 29.
Rb3 N4d6 30. Ne3 f5 31. Rb6 Kf7 32. b3 Re7 33. Bc5 Rd7 34. Rb4 g5 35. Kb2 h5
36. a5 f4 37. Nf1 Nf5 38. Nh2 Nh4 39. Bf2 Nxg2 40. Nf3 Kf6 41. Rb6+ Kf5 42. Rh6
Ne3 43. Be1 Nf6 44. Rh8 g4 45. Nh4+ Kg5 {0-1 Gashimov,V (2730)-Anand,V (2783)/
Baku 2009/CBM 130 Extra}) 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Nxd4 Rfc8 18. g4 Nd5 19. Kb1 N7b6
20. f4 {#The position is very similar to the positions coming from the
"Rubinstein system" in the French defense.} Qc5 21. c3 Nc4 22. Bc1 b5 $2 {
Though already in deep trouble, this decisive mistake seals Ponomariov's fate
in this game.#} 23. Nxe6 $1 Na3+ 24. Ka1 {I  suppose this is what Ponomariov
missed.} (24. bxa3 $2 Nxc3+) 24... Nb4 25. bxa3 Qxc3+ 26. Bb2 Nc2+ 27. Kb1
Nxa3+ 28. Bxa3 Qxa3 29. Nd4 Rc4 {White is a piece up and this time he is
really "a piece up". Anyone remember Wang-Shirov?} 30. g5 Qc5 31. Qe5 hxg5 32.
fxg5 Rd8 33. g6 Qxe5 34. Rxe5 Rc7 35. Rde1 Kf8 36. Rxb5 a6 37. Rbe5 Rb7+ 38.
Ka1 Rb6 39. Rf5 Rd7 40. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grischuk, A."]
[Black "Giri, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "Elshan Moradiabadi"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]

1. d4 {A very dynamic game with a dramatic final phase!} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Nc6
$5 {#The best continuation in my humble opinion! Though one should have ideas
on how to play it. With "simple" moves one can get a bad position here.} 4. d5
Ne5 5. e4 d6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. f4 Ned7 8. Nh3 {Grischuk's "pet line". The line is
quite fresh and will be seen more often at the top, due to the fact that the
"f3 Gruenfeld" has not served Black well enough.} (8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bd3 e6 10. O-O
exd5 11. exd5 c6 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Kh1 Nc5 14. Be3 Ng4 15. Bg1 Rb8 16. Na4 Re8
17. Nxc5 dxc5 18. Bxc5 Rxb2 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. fxe5 Nxe5 21. Bc2 Qxd1 22. Bxd1
Nd3 23. Bd4 Rd2 24. Bxa7 c5 25. Bf3 Be6 26. a4 Bxc4 27. Rfb1 Ne5 28. Re1 f6 29.
Bxc5 Rc8 30. Be3 Nxf3 31. gxf3 Rc2 32. Kg1 Bd5 33. Rf1 Re2 34. Rae1 Ra2 35. Ra1
Rcc2 36. Rxa2 Rxa2 37. Bb6 Rxa4 38. Kg2 Ra3 39. h4 Kf7 40. Bc7 Ke6 41. Kg3 Kf5
42. Bd6 Rb3 43. Bc5 h5 44. Kf2 g5 45. hxg5 fxg5 46. Be3 Rb2+ 47. Kg3 h4+ 48.
Kh3 Rb3 49. Bd2 Bxf3 50. Be1 Kg6 51. Kh2 Rb2+ 52. Rf2 Rb1 53. Rf1 Kh5 54. Rxf3
Rxe1 {0-1 Nikolov,M (2549)-Wang Yue (2732)/Zuerich 2010/CBM 138 Extra}) 8...
O-O 9. Be2 Nc5 10. Nf2 e6 ({Giri deviates from} 10... Re8 11. O-O e5 12. dxe6
Bxe6 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. Bf3 Bc6 15. Bd2 a5 16. Rfe1 Nfd7 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. b3 Qf8
19. Nb5 Bxb5 20. cxb5 Qe7 21. Be3 Rac8 22. a3 Ne6 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Nb6 25.
Qb3 Ra8 26. g3 Qf6 27. Rd3 Qb2 28. Qxb2 Bxb2 29. f5 gxf5 30. Bxb6 fxe4 31. Nxe4
cxb6 32. Nxd6 Red8 33. Red1 Ra3 34. Rxa3 Bxa3 35. Nf5 Rxd1+ 36. Bxd1 Bxb4 37.
Kg2 Bc5 38. Bb3 Nd4 39. Nxd4 Bxd4 40. Bd5 Kg7 41. Bxb7 {1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A 
(2771)-Kurnosov,I (2676)/Moscow 2010/CB00_2011}) 11. O-O exd5 12. cxd5 c6 $1 {
A radical treatment. The knight on c5 has to leave her post soon. Giri truly
understood that he has to take drastic measures, otherwise White's pawn
structure superiority will push him "off the board".} 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Bf3 Qe7
15. Be3 {#} d5 $1 {Home preparation? Or genuine inspiration/calculation?
Either way Giri is playing well and energetic.} 16. e5 Nfd7 17. b4 {Grischuk
still thinks that  he is much better but...} (17. Rc1 Ne6 18. Ne2 Bb7 19. Re1
f6 20. Qb3 Rfb8 {and both parties have their bare razors in hand, for a bloody
fight!}) 17... Ne6 18. b5 {#} Nb6 $1 {A cold shower for Grischuk! At this
point White is not worse, however I suspect that the hidden tactics Grischuk
had missed to this point, rattled him and affected his play, and he just
managed to 'hold' it!} 19. f5 (19. bxc6 d4 20. Bxd4 Rd8 21. Nb5 Ba6 22. Nd6
Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Nc8 24. Nfe4 Nxd6 25. exd6 Rxd6 26. Nxd6 Bxd4 27. f5 Bxa1 28.
fxe6 Be5 29. exf7+ Kg7 30. c7 Bxd6 31. Bxa8 Qxf7+ 32. Bf3 Qc4+ 33. Qe2 {would
be a draw. Though it is not a forced line, I have a feeling that after Nb6 the
position is dynamically equal.}) 19... gxf5 20. Bxb6 axb6 21. bxc6 Bxe5 22.
Nxd5 Qh4 $6 {A loss of time. Qg5 straightaway was much better.} 23. g3 Qg5 24.
Bg2 $1 {Good prophylaxy!} Ba6 {Giri does not even think about Ba1?} 25. Re1 Bd4
26. Rc1 Bb5 $6 {too optimisitc!} 27. c7 Rxa2 28. c8=Q Bxf2+ 29. Kh1 Rxc8 30.
Rxc8+ Kg7 31. Rxe6 (31. Qb1 Ra5 32. Rd1 {would have put a big question mark on
Giri's overactive play.}) 31... fxe6 32. Nf4 Kh6 $1 {May have been overlooked
by Grischuk.} 33. Qb1 Ra5 {#} 34. Nxe6 $4 {What??} Qf6 {White is losing a
piece!} 35. Qc1+ f4 36. Rc3 Be3 $4 {Returning the favor!} (36... Qxe6 $1 {
would have created a new "Gloomy" day for Grischuk} 37. Qxf4+ {#} Kg6 $1 {The
idea of this provocative move is to bring White's Bishop to e4 in order to
make it impossible for him to capture the undefended Bishop on f2.} 38. Be4+
Kg7 39. Rc7+ Bd7 40. Kg2 Bd4) 37. Qe1 Bf2 38. Qc1 Be3 $4 {Giri may have been
in time trouble...Caissa in on Grischuk's side this time.} 39. Qe1 Qxe6 40.
gxf4 Qf6 41. Qxe3 Ra1+ 42. Rc1 Bd7 43. h3 Rxc1+ 44. Qxc1 Qd4 45. Qc7 Bf5 46.
Qe7 Qxf4 47. Qf6+ Kh5 48. Qxb6 1/2-1/2

