Harikrishna and Keymer clinch Prague Festival titles

by Carlos Alberto Colodro
6/18/2022 – Pentala Harikrishna beat David Anton in the final round of the Prague Masters to clinch clear first place with 6½ out of 9 points. In the Challengers, two of the former co-leaders, Hans Niemann and Vincent Keymer won in round 9 and finished tied for first place. Curiously, they were also tied in all the tiebreak criteria. The organizers decided to stage a 2-game blitz match, which Keymer won by a 2-0 score. | Pictured: Le Quang Liem (2nd), Pentala Harikrishna (1st) and Thai Dai Van Nguyen (3rd) | Photo: Vladimír Jagr

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Final-round wins

There was no lack of intrigue going into the final round of the Prague Chess Festival. In the Masters, Le Quang Liem and Pentala Harikrishna were tied for first place after the latter scored a win on Thursday, while in the Challengers, three promising talents had the same number of points before the final day of action. In the end, Harikrishna and Vincent Keymer took home the titles from the Czech capital.

Harikrishna scored a second consecutive win to get outright victory in the Masters. Facing David Anton with white, the Indian saw his opponent missing a few chances to make the most of his strong attack in the middlegame. Once the dust settled, Hari consolidated his position and ended up demonstrating that his extra piece was stronger than Anton’s two extra pawns.

More drama was seen in the Challengers. Rising stars Hans Niemann, Vincent Keymer and Nodirbek Abdusattorov all had 5½ points after 8 rounds. Abdusattorov, the one player from this trio who had the white pieces on Friday, drew his game, while both Niemann and Keymer scored wins with black to end the event tied for first place on 6½/9.

The youngsters were not only tied on points, but also had drawn their direct encounter, had played the same number of games with black and had the same Sonneborn-Berger score.

Prague Chess Festival

How to deal with this unlikely scenario? Well, with some more chess — blitz, specifically. In the 2-game blitz match that followed, Keymer won both games to get the title. The German star won three games on the same day, and two of them were achieved against the player who had himself won three (classical) games in a row to reach the playoff!

As noted in this tweet by the Perlen vom Bodensee magazine, this was Keymer’s first tournament victory since 2018, when he had won the Grenke Open as a 13-year-old.

Keymer earned an invitation to play in next year’s Masters, and it is very likely that Niemann will also be invited, as he is now only 4.8 points away from reaching the 2700-rating mark.

Hans Niemann, Vincent Keymer

Plenty of spectators ready to watch the Challengers playoff | Photo: Vladimír Jagr

Hari escapes, then wins

Harikrishna’s final rival, David Anton, did not have a good tournament in Prague, but he is known for being a fighter — so he was not going to miss his chance to at least attempt to end the event on a high note. The Spaniard gave up a knight to get attacking chances on move 23.

 
Harikrishna vs. Anton

By playing 22...f5, Anton allowed 23.f3, and White will grab the pinned knight. It was a sound sacrifice, but Black needed to be precise to make the most of his attack on the kingside.

Harikrishna was not very precise in defence, and found himself in a tough position shortly after. Anton, however, failed to find the most trying continuation on move 29.

 

29...f4 would have kept the attack going, as 30.Qh3 can be responded by 30...Qg6, and White will most likely need to give up his bishop to avoid a disaster. Instead, though, Anton played 29...Qxh4, losing a key tempo which allowed Hari to bring his rook to the rescue with 30.Rf1.

The engines evaluate the position as balanced, but having the extra piece is easier to handle for a human in this case. Anton did not make it easy for his opponent, but could not keep up the defensive efforts until the end.

By the time Anton resigned, Le Quang Liem had already drawn his game against Paco Vallejo, which meant Harikrishna had won the 2022 edition of the Prague Masters.

 
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1.c4 5 Nf6 54 2.Nc3 6 e5 26 3.Nf3 7 Nc6 8 4.g3 6 Bb4 38 5.Nd5 50 Bc5 39 6.Bg2 0 d6 1:02 7.0-0 2:20 0-0 1:00 8.e3 1:28 Bb6 5:40 A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3. 9.d4 8:35 Bg4 2:26 White must now prevent ...e4. 10.h3 8:08 Bxf3 51 The position is equal. 11.Bxf3 5:19 exd4 40 12.Nxb6 0 axb6 25 13.exd4 4:49 d5 3:30 14.c5 1:18 bxc5 3:45 15.dxc5 6
15...h6N 4:35 Predecessor: 15...Qe7 16.Bf4 Rfe8 17.a3 Qxc5 18.Bxc7 Nd4 19.Rc1 Nxf3+ 20.Qxf3 Qb5 21.b4 Qa6 ½-½ (33) Edouard,R (2611)-Guliyev, N (2538) Chartres 2021 16.b3 5:13 Re8 10:23 17.Bb2 2:41 Ne4 20 18.Re1 5:28 Qg5 0 19.a3 7:05 Rad8 8:40 20.b4 1:46 Ne5 12:41 Black mounts an attack. 21.Bxe5 4:08 Qxe5 3:26 22.Bg2 3:15 f5 18 23.f3 4:25 Qxg3 1:09 Strongly threatening ...Nc3. 24.fxe4 8 dxe4 16 25.Qc2 3:32 Rd3 0 26.Qf2 23:41 Qg5 17:15 27.h4 4:41 27.Rf1= Re5 28.Qf4 Qxf4 29.Rxf4 27...Qg4 1:10 28.Re3 1:11 28.Kf1 28...Rxe3!-+ 1:22 29.Qxe3 8 Qxh4? 3:37 Black should play 29...f4-+ 30.Qh3 Qg6 30.Rf1= 3:27 Re5 2:48 31.a4 0 c6 43 32.b5! 2:31 Qe7 1:02 32...cxb5= 33.axb5 Qf6 33.bxc6± 3:33 White is more active. bxc6 27 34.Bh3 8:17 g6 1:49 35.Qxh6 19 Kf7 3:29 36.Rb1 3:03 36.Rc1!± 36...e3? 2:04 36...Qxc5+ 37.Kh1 Qf8 37.Qh7++- 4:43 Kf6 17 38.Qh4+ 37 Kf7 50 39.Qxe7+ 34 Kxe7 1:35 Endgame
KRB-KR 39...Rxe7 40.Bg2 Ke6 41.Bxc6 Rc7 40.a5! 0 Threatens to win with a6. Rxc5 0 41.Ra1 32 And now a6 would win. Re5 0 42.a6 9:07 a7 would kill now. e2 9 43.Kf2 9 Kd6 21
44.Ke1! 39 White threatens a7 and mate. Re8 34 45.Bg2 10 aiming for a7. Not 45.a7 Ra8 45...Ra8 1:07 46.Bf3 0 Less strong is 46.a7 Kc5 46...Kc7 2:36 47.Bxe2 23:50 g5 1:08 48.Kf2 2:53 Kb6? 0 48...Rd8 49.Kg3 Kb8 50.Rb1+ Ka8 49.Bd3 3:44 White is clearly winning. f4 14 50.Kf3 18:32 Ka7 0 51.Rb1 2:36 What a bad dream for Black. Weighted Error Value: White=0.08 (flawless) /Black=0.40
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Harikrishna,P2705Anton Guijarro,D26911–02022Prague Festival-Masters 20229.1

Pentala Harikrishna, David Anton

Pentala Harikrishna facing the ever-fighting David Anton | Photo: Vladimír Jagr

Round 9 results - Masters

NameRtg.Nt.Pts.Pts.NameRtgNt.
2704
4
½-½
2709
2718
½-½
2612
2699
½-½
2682
2705
1-0
2
2691
2723
½-½
2690

Final standings

Rk.NameRtg.Nt.Pts.n
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
TBPerf.
1
2705
6.5
9
25.75
2858
2
2709
6.0
9
26.00
2817
3
2612
5.0
9
21.00
2745
4
2718
5.0
9
20.50
2734
5
2682
5.0
9
19.50
2738
6
2704
4.5
9
19.25
2692
7
2723
4.0
9
17.25
2647
8
2699
4.0
9
17.00
2650
9
2690
3.0
9
10.75
2569
10
2691
2.0
9
9.50
2474
TBs: Sonneborn-Berger

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1.d4 1 d5 17 2.c4 5 e6 13 3.Nc3 9 c6 34 4.e4 7:36 dxe4 38 5.Nxe4 4 Bb4+ 13 6.Bd2 7 Qxd4 17 7.Bxb4 7 Qxe4+ 7 8.Be2 21 Na6 1:25 9.Bd6 5:02 And now Nf3 would win. Qxg2 4:40 D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6. 10.Qd2 27
10...Qe4N 1:12 10...Qxh1? 11.0-0-0 Qe4 12.Be7!+-       Predecessor: 10...e5 11.Bxe5 Bf5 12.Bf3 Qg6 13.0-0-0 Nf6 14.Ne2 Bb1 15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.Qd7+ Kf8 17.Qd6+ Ke8 18.Nd4 f5 19.Rhe1+ Be4 20.Qe5+ 1-0 (20) Perez Ponsa,F (2554)-Fier,A (2564) Chess.com INT 2021 11.Nf3 7:45 Inhibits e5. e5! 2:02 The position is equal. 12.Rg1 8:28       g6 32:30 12...Bg4!= 13.Bxe5 13.Nxe5 Qxe2+ 14.Qxe2 Bxe2 13...f6 13.Ng5 14:24 Don't play 13.Bxe5 f6 14.Bc3 Bg4 13.Nxe5± Black must now prevent Rg3. f6 14.0-0-0 fxe5 15.Rg3 15.Ba3? Bf5-+ 13...Qf4 5:05 13...Qd4 14.Qxf4± 1:31 exf4 6 15.Bxf4 16:49 White is much more active. 15.0-0-0!± Strongly threatening Rge1. h6 16.Ne4 15...Bf5= 9:38 16.Rg3 3:30 h6 11:12 16...Ne7= remains equal. 17.Re3+± 1:31       White has strong compensation. Kf8 11 18.Bd6+ 1:30 18.Nf3± 18...Kg7= 7 19.Nf3 1:48 Hoping for Nh4. Nf6 3:36 20.Nd4 7:37 Ne4 3:57 21.Nxf5+ 1:02 gxf5 6 22.Be5+ 2:04 This bishop pair is nice. f6 38 23.Bf4 7 Rad8 5:28 24.f3 2:53 Ng5 45 24...Nec5 25.Kf1 Kf7 25.Re7+ 2:35 Kg6 8 26.h4 13:06 Rh7 8:49 Black should play 26...Nh3 27.Bh2 Nb4 27.Rxh7 31 Nxh7 5 28.Kf2 16 Rg1+ is the strong threat. Nf8 53 29.Rg1+ 2:55 Kh7 46 30.Be3 7 Ne6 2:34 31.Bxa7 47 Nb4 3:04 Don't do 31...Rd2 32.Ke3 Rxb2 33.Bd3± 32.a3 40 Nd3+ 2:29 33.Bxd3 5 Rxd3 4       Endgame KRB-KRN 34.Re1 7 Ng7 2:56 35.Re7 1:12 35.Ke2!? Rd7 36.Be3= 35...Rd2+! 17 36.Re2 14 Rd1 37 37.Re7 43 Rd2+ 10 38.Re2 6 Rd1 6 39.b4 17 Kg6 42 40.Re7 0 Rd2+ 0 41.Ke1 3:38 Ra2 2:27 41...Rd3± was worth a try. 42.Rxb7 3:15 42.b5!+- is more deadly. 42...Rxa3± 1:35 43.b5 46 cxb5 1:02 44.cxb5 1:19       f4? 18:06       This move loses the game for Black. 44...Ne6± 45.h5++- 12:27 White is clearly winning. Nxh5 48 46.b6! 1:58 Ra1+ 7:50
47.Kd2! 1:38 Ng3 1:13
48.Rc7! 43 Nf1+ 37 49.Kd3 1:04 Threatens to win with b7. Ne3 1:11 50.b7 34 Weighted Error Value: White=0.16 (very precise) /Black=0.42
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Navara,D2682Anton Guijarro,D26911–02022D31Prague Festival-Masters 20221.1
Nguyen,T2612Maghsoodloo,P2699½–½2022A34Prague Festival-Masters 20221.2
Le,Q2709Shankland,S27181–02022D30Prague Festival-Masters 20221.3
Salem,A2690Vallejo Pons,F2704½–½2022B12Prague Festival-Masters 20221.4
Harikrishna,P2705Vidit,S27231–02022E48Prague Festival-Masters 20221.5
Navara,D2682Nguyen,T2612½–½2022C00Prague Festival-Masters 20222.1
Maghsoodloo,P2699Le,Q2709½–½2022E11Prague Festival-Masters 20222.2
Vallejo Pons,F2704Harikrishna,P2705½–½2022C54Prague Festival-Masters 20222.3
Shankland,S2718Salem,A26901–02022B90Prague Festival-Masters 20222.4
Anton Guijarro,D2691Vidit,S2723½–½2022C43Prague Festival-Masters 20222.5
Le,Q2709Navara,D26821–02022D38Prague Festival-Masters 20223.1
Harikrishna,P2705Shankland,S2718½–½2022D85Prague Festival-Masters 20223.2
Nguyen,T2612Anton Guijarro,D26911–02022D45Prague Festival-Masters 20223.3
Vidit,S2723Vallejo Pons,F2704½–½2022B46Prague Festival-Masters 20223.4
Salem,A2690Maghsoodloo,P2699½–½2022C88Prague Festival-Masters 20223.5
Nguyen,T2612Le,Q2709½–½2022E11Prague Festival-Masters 20224.1
Navara,D2682Salem,A26901–02022D85Prague Festival-Masters 20224.2
Maghsoodloo,P2699Harikrishna,P27050–12022D12Prague Festival-Masters 20224.3
Anton Guijarro,D2691Vallejo Pons,F27040–12022C02Prague Festival-Masters 20224.4
Shankland,S2718Vidit,S2723½–½2022B22Prague Festival-Masters 20224.5
Harikrishna,P2705Navara,D2682½–½2022D85Prague Festival-Masters 20225.1
Salem,A2690Nguyen,T2612½–½2022C54Prague Festival-Masters 20225.2
Le,Q2709Anton Guijarro,D2691½–½2022D43Prague Festival-Masters 20225.3
Vidit,S2723Maghsoodloo,P2699½–½2022A31Prague Festival-Masters 20225.4
Vallejo Pons,F2704Shankland,S2718½–½2022C47Prague Festival-Masters 20225.5
Le,Q2709Salem,A26901–02022E92Prague Festival-Masters 20226.1
Navara,D2682Vidit,S2723½–½2022C42Prague Festival-Masters 20226.2
Nguyen,T2612Harikrishna,P2705½–½2022C93Prague Festival-Masters 20226.3
Anton Guijarro,D2691Shankland,S2718½–½2022B53Prague Festival-Masters 20226.4
Maghsoodloo,P2699Vallejo Pons,F27041–02022C02Prague Festival-Masters 20226.5
Harikrishna,P2705Le,Q2709½–½2022E48Prague Festival-Masters 20227.1
Vidit,S2723Nguyen,T2612½–½2022D20Prague Festival-Masters 20227.2
Vallejo Pons,F2704Navara,D2682½–½2022C65Prague Festival-Masters 20227.3
Salem,A2690Anton Guijarro,D26911–02022D43Prague Festival-Masters 20227.4
Shankland,S2718Maghsoodloo,P26991–02022B90Prague Festival-Masters 20227.5
Le,Q2709Vidit,S2723½–½2022D50Prague Festival-Masters 20228.1
Navara,D2682Shankland,S2718½–½2022D41Prague Festival-Masters 20228.2
Salem,A2690Harikrishna,P27050–12022D11Prague Festival-Masters 20228.3
Anton Guijarro,D2691Maghsoodloo,P2699½–½2022E21Prague Festival-Masters 20228.4
Nguyen,T2612Vallejo Pons,F2704½–½2022D02Prague Festival-Masters 20228.5
Harikrishna,P2705Anton Guijarro,D26911–02022A29Prague Festival-Masters 20229.1
Shankland,S2718Nguyen,T2612½–½2022D33Prague Festival-Masters 20229.2
Vallejo Pons,F2704Le,Q2709½–½2022C77Prague Festival-Masters 20229.3
Vidit,S2723Salem,A2690½–½2022E11Prague Festival-Masters 20229.4
Maghsoodloo,P2699Navara,D2682½–½2022C67Prague Festival-Masters 20229.5

Keymer and Niemann score

Both Keymer and Niemann ‘worked long hours’ on the last day of action to finish the classical event in shared first place. Both players converted superior positions (with the black pieces) in rather lengthy rook-and-bishop endgames.

This was Niemann’s position against Marcin Krzyzanowski after move 56.

 
Krzyzanowski vs. Niemann

This was Keymer’s position against Max Warmerdam after move 58.

 
Warmerdam vs. Keymer

After both converted their winning endgames, the German got ‘the advantage’ of playing black in the first blitz game of the playoff — after all, they came from winning with the black pieces. Keymer won that encounter, and Niemann failed to bounce back in the rematch.

It was a tremendously tiring event for all the participants, who showed great fighting spirit throughout the week and a half of competition!

Vincent Keymer

A smiling Vincent Keymer receives his prize | Photo: Vladimír Jagr

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1.d4 3 Nf6 1 2.c4 1 e6 1 3.Nc3 0 Bb4 1 4.e3 3 c5 6 5.Bd3 24 Nc6 3 6.a3 14 Bxc3+ 34 7.bxc3 1 b6 21 8.Ne2 12 0-0 18 9.e4 6 Ne8 1 10.0-0 1:00 Ba6! 3 11.e5 1:30 E29: Nimzo-Indian: Sämisch: 5...0-0 6 e3 c5 7 Bd3 Nc6. Na5 1:14
12.Re1N 11 Predecessor: 12.Bb1 Bxc4 13.Qc2 g6 14.Bh6 Ng7 15.f4 cxd4 16.Nxd4 Bxf1 17.Kxf1 Qh4 18.Bg5 Qxh2 19.Nf3 Qg3 20.Nd2 Nf5 0-1 (20) Cezar,R (1741)-Filgueiras,N (2326) Rio Negrinho 2021 12...Bxc4 40 13.Bc2 1 Black is slightly better. Rc8 41 14.Nf4 34 f5 18 15.d5 13 Nc7 1:26 16.d6 11 Nd5 0 Pair of Knights! 17.Qf3 3 Qh4! 0 18.g3 11 Qg4 0 19.Qg2 17 Nxf4 0 19...Nxc3 20.f3 Qg5 21.Nd5!+-       20.Bxf4 1 Bd5 0 21.h3 1 Qh5 0       Keeping White busy. 21...Bxg2 22.hxg4 Bd5 23.gxf5 22.Qh2 33 22.Bd1 Qxd1 23.Raxd1 Bxg2 24.Kxg2 22...h6 0 23.Bd1 6 Bf3 0 24.Bxf3 9 24.Qg2 Bxd1 25.Raxd1 24...Qxf3-+ 0 25.Re3 1 Qh5 0 26.h4 4 Nc4 0 27.Ree1 2 Qf3 16 28.Qg2 2 Qxg2+ 1 29.Kxg2 0 b5 4 30.Reb1 6 Rb8! 2 31.h5 2 a5 3       32.Kf3 1 Kf7 7 33.Ke2 3 a4 9 34.Kd3 2 Na5 1 34...Rfc8 35.Ra2 Rf8 35.Bd2 13 Rfc8 1 36.f4 3 Nb3 7 37.Ra2 2 c4+ 1 38.Kc2 2 White should try 38.Ke2! 38...Rc5!-+ 1 39.Be3 1 Rd5 0 40.Rd1 1 Prevents Rd3. Rg8! 5 White must now prevent ...g6. 41.Rb2? 7 41.Rxd5 exd5 42.Kb1 41...g6! 5 42.hxg6+ Rxg6 1 42...Kxg6 43.Rxd5 exd5 44.Rb1= 43.Bf2 6 43.Rxd5 exd5 44.Bf2 h5-+ 43...h5 8 44.Rxd5 5 exd5 1       Endgame KRB-KRN 45.Kd1 2 Ke6 4 46.Ke2? 3 46.Rc2 46...d4 3 47.cxd4 1 Kd5 1 47...b4 48.Kd1 bxa3 48.Rb1? 5 48.Kd1 48...Ke4? 9 48...b4 49.axb4 a3 49.Re1 4 c3 5 49...Nxd4+? 50.Kf1+ Kd3 51.Rd1+ Kc2 52.Rxd4+- 50.Kd1+ 1 Kd3? 1 50...Kd5!-+ aiming for ...b4. 51.Kc2 Nd2 51.Re3+= 1 Kc4 0 Threatens to win with ...b4. 52.Rf3? 8       52.Be1= 52...Nxd4? 4 52...b4 53.axb4 a3 53.Bxd4-+ 1 Kxd4 KR-KR 54.Kc2
54...h4? 3 54...b4!-+ 55.axb4 h4 56.Rd3+ Kc4 57.Rxc3+ Kxb4 55.Rd3+!= 1 Ke4 3 56.gxh4 4 Kxf4 1 57.h5 5 57.Rd5= 57...Rh6 3 57...Rg2+ 58.Kxc3 Kxe5 58.Rd5 2 Ke4 7 58...Rxh5 59.e6 Rh8 60.e7+- 60.exd7 Rd8= 59.Rxb5 2 Kd4 6 60.Ra5 7 Rxh5 4 Strongly threatening ...Rh2+. 61.Rxa4+ 4 Kxe5 2 And now ...Rh6 would win. 62.Kxc3 5 Rh3+ 0 63.Kd2 1 Kxd6 3 64.Ra8 1 Ke5 3 65.a4 2 Ra3 2 66.a5 0 Kf4 2 67.a6 2 Kf3 2 68.Rf8 9 f4 1 69.Rf6? 1       69.Ra8= 69...Ra1 5 70.Kd3 5 Ra2? 8 70...Ra5-+ Hoping for ...Kg3. 71.Kd2 Ra2+ 72.Kd3 Ra4 71.Rd6? 4       71.Kc4= 71...Kg3-+ 3 72.Rg6+ 2 Kf2 1 ( -> ...f3) 73.Ke4 6 f3 2 74.Rf6 3 Ke2 2 74...Ra3 75.Rb6 Kg2 76.Rg6+ Kf1 77.Rg7 f2 78.Rxd7 Ke1 79.Rf7 f1Q 80.Rxf1+ Kxf1 81.Kd5 Rxa6 82.Kc5 Ke2 83.Kb5 Ra8 84.Kc6 Kd3 85.Kd5 Ra5+ 86.Kc6 Kd4 87.Kd7 Kd5 88.Ke7 Rc5 89.Kf6 Kd6 90.Kf7 Rf5+ 91.Kg6 Ke6 92.Kg7 Rg5+ 93.Kh6 Kf6 94.Kh7 Rh5+ 95.Kg8 Rh3 96.Kf8 Rh8# 75.Rxf3 4
75...Ra4+? 1 75...d5+!-+ 76.Kf4 Rxa6 76.Kd5? 1       76.Kf5= 76...Kxf3 2 Weighted Error Value: White=0.54/Black=0.47
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Niemann,H2656Keymer,V26670–12022E29Prague Festival-Challengers-TB 20221.1
Keymer,V2667Niemann,H26561–02022A50Prague Festival-Challengers-TB 20222.1

Round 9 results - Challengers

NameRtg.Nt.Pts.Pts.NameRtgNt.
2614
4
0-1
2667
2661
½-½
2597
2535
0-1
2656
2533
0-1
4
2651
2579
½-½
2570

Final standings

Rk.NameRtg.Nt.Pts.n
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
TBPerf.
1
2667
6.5
9
26.75
2766
2
2656
6.5
9
26.75
2767
3
2661
6.0
9
24.75
2725
4
2651
5.0
9
18.25
2644
5
2597
4.0
9
19.00
2564
6
2614
4.0
9
14.00
2562
7
2533
3.5
9
16.75
2534
8
2535
3.5
9
16.25
2534
9
2570
3.0
9
11.75
2485
10
2579
3.0
9
10.75
2484
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5...c5N 12:00 Predecessor: 5...Be7 6.0-0 0-0 7.c4 a5 8.Qc2 c6 9.Nbd2 Nb8 10.e4 Na6 11.Re1 Nb4 1-0 (47) Vajda,L (2547)-Shengelia,D (2522) Hungary 2019 6.0-0 4:44 D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4. b6 2:13 7.c4 5:51 Bb7 4:10 8.cxd5! 3:15 White is slightly better. exd5 3:58 9.a5 5:53 Be7 3:22 10.a6 3:19 Bc6 31 11.Ne5 58 Nxe5 5:28 12.dxe5 4 Nd7 3 13.Nc3 16:14 Nxe5 16 14.Nxd5 10 Rc8 4:23 15.Bf4 3:31 Ng6 3:32 16.Ra3 9:10       Bxd5 21:14 16...0-0!? 17.Rd3 3:58 Nxf4 1:32 18.gxf4 1:45 0-0 3:50
Strongly threatening ...Bxg2! 19.Rxd5 49 Qe8 36 20.Bh3 4:19 Bd7 is the strong threat. Rc7 7:27 21.Bd7 30       White fights for an advantage. Qb8 1:35 22.Qa4 3:10 c4 2:30 23.e3 24 c3 1:14 23...Rd8= 24.bxc3 10 Rxc3 5 25.Rfd1 1:44 Rc5 6:53 26.Qe4 4:50 Rxd5! 37 27.Qxd5 1:25 27.Rxd5!? Bd6 28.Rd4 27...Rd8 1:33 28.Qb7 3:12 b5 5:34 White stays focused until the end. Black should play 28...Kf8 29.Kg2± 49 0x0.0017620c08f0dp-1022s more active pieces. b4 3:53
29...Bd6± might work better. 30.Bxb5 Qc7 30.Ba4!+- 19 Qxb7+ 2:15 30...Kf8 was worth a try. 31.Rxd8+ Qxd8 31.axb7 26       Endgame Rxd8+ would kill now. KRB-KRB Rb8 4 32.Rd7 12 Kf8 2 33.e4 1:17       g6 52 34.Kf3 3:21 Ke8 1:08 35.Ke2 30 b3 35 36.Kd3 44 Less strong is 36.Rd3+ Kf8 37.Rxb3 Bd8+- 36...a5 24 37.e5 1:08 Bb4 31 38.f3 1:54       h5 25 39.Rc7+ 1:34 Kd8 5 40.Rd7+ 0 Ke8 0 41.h3 3:56 White is clearly winning. h4 6:38 42.f5 10:25 gxf5 9 43.f4 6 Weighted Error Value: White=0.20 (precise) /Black=0.26 (precise)
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