1.d4
Nf6
2.c4
g6
3.Nc3
d5
4.Bg5
Ne4
5.Bh4
Nxc3
6.bxc3
dxc4
7.e3
Be6
8.Be2
c6
9.Nf3
Bg7
[9...Bh6!?
was played earlier this year. Undoubtedly Zhao Xue would have seen this game and was prepared for it 10.0-0
b5
11.a4
a6
12.e4
0-0
13.axb5
cxb5
14.d5
Bc8
15.e5
Qc7
16.d6
exd6
17.exd6
Qb6
18.Be7
Re8
19.Ne5
Be6
20.Bg4
Nc6
21.Nd7
Bxd7
22.Bxd7
Red8
23.Bxd8
Rxd8
24.Qe2
Bf8
25.Bxc6
Qxc6
26.Rfd1
Rxd6
27.Rxd6
Qxd6=/+
1/2-1/2 Wang Yue (CHN) (2739) -Dominguez Lenier (CUB) (2717)/Linares (Spain) 2009 (48)]
10.0-0
b5
11.a4
a6
up to here all played before, albeit by transposition
12.Qc2
Novelty. Maybe Gupta's idea is also interesting. [12.Bg3
0-0
13.Qc2
h6
14.Ne5
Bxe5
15.Bxe5
Nd7
16.Bg3
Nb6
17.Bf3
Qd7
18.a5
Nd5
19.e4
Nf6
20.h3
b4
21.cxb4
Qxd4
22.Rfd1
Qa7
23.Be2
c5
24.Bxc4
Bxc4
25.Qxc4
cxb4
26.Qxb4
Rac8
27.Qb6
Qa8
28.f3
Rc6
29.Qb4
Nh5
30.Be5
1/2-1/2 O'Kelly,R-Sully,D/Morecambe ch62-BCF; 12.Ng5
Bd5
13.e4
h6
14.exd5
hxg5
15.dxc6
b4
16.c7
Qxc7
17.Bg3
Qd7
18.Rb1
Nc6
19.d5
Ne5
20.Rxb4
Rc8
21.Rb6
0-0
22.Bxe5
Bxe5
23.Bg4
Qd8
24.Qb1
Rb8
25.Rxg6+
Bg7
26.Rxg7+
Kxg7
27.Qf5
e6
28.dxe6
Qf6
29.Qe4
fxe6
30.Qxc4
1-0 Gupta Abhijeet (IND) (2569)-Howell David WL (ENG) (2622) /Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands) 2009 (57)]
12...f5
[12...0-0
13.Ng5
Bf5
14.e4
Bd7
when white has compensation due to black's pieces being jammed up for the time being]
13.e4
h6
14.exf5
[14.axb5!?
cxb5
15.Bg3
0-0
16.Bxb8
Qxb8
17.Nh4
with a small pull for white]
14...Bxf5
15.Qc1
Nd7
16.Re1
g5
17.Bg3
0-0
18.h4
white may have felt obliged to try something on the king-side but now black starts to get play as well [18.Qe3
Nf6
19.Ne5
Nd5
20.Qd2
Qb6=
]
18...g4
19.Nh2
Nf6
20.Be5
Qd7=/+
21.f3
[21.Bxf6!?
exf6
22.Qf4
]
21...gxf3
22.Bxf3
Nd5
23.Bxg7
Kxg7
24.Re5
Rae8
25.Qd2
[25.Bh5
Rd8
26.axb5
axb5
27.Ng4!
Qd6
(27...Bxg4
28.Rg5+
hxg5
29.Qxg5+
Kh8
30.Qh6+
Kg8
and perpetual) 28.Ne3=
]
25...e6
26.Bh5
too late
26...Re7
27.Rf1
Nf6
28.Be2
Ref7=/+
29.Re1
Kh7
30.Bf3
Rg7
31.Kh1
Rfg8
[31...Qd6!?
]
32.Qf4?!
[32.Nf1!
Ng4
33.Rc5
Qd8
34.g3
and white is slightly worse but still in the game]
32...Nd5
33.Qd2
Nf6
34.Qf4
Nd5
35.Qd2
both players were low on time and the repetition was played to gain the increment on the clock
35...Qd8
36.Rxe6
Qxh4
37.R6e5?!
[37.Rxc6!?
Nf4
38.Rg1
(38.axb5
Nxg2
39.Rg1
Nf4
40.Rxg7+
Rxg7
41.b6
Nh3
42.Bg2
Nf2+
43.Kg1
Be4-+
44.Rc7
Nh3+
45.Kf1
Bd3+
) ]
37...Bd3
38.Rh5
in time trouble white loses the hold on the position
38...Qf4
39.Qf2?
Time, but position was lost anyway [39.Qf2
Rxg2
40.Qxg2
Rxg2
41.Bxg2
bxa4-+
] 0-1