9/8/2018 – It was a day of double rounds at the World Junior Championships 2018. In the open section we have four leaders with a score of 4.0/4 - Maghsoodloo, Firouzja, Sindarov and Bharathakoti. Each one had their own unique way to reach the 100% score. We look at their games in this report. Special focus also on one of the longest games of the fourth round between Maghsoodloo and Hakobyan. In the girls section Alicja Sliwicka and Nino Khomeriki are in the lead with 4.0/4. Report from Gebze by IM Sagar Shah and Amruta Mokal.
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Double rounds are always tiring and from a tournament point of view they speed up things in a big way. Suddenly after four rounds, we are nearing the halfway mark in the tournament. After four rounds we have only four players in the Open section who are on 4.0/4.
In the Girls section, we have two leaders. One of them is Georgian WIM Nino Khomeriki, who is on 4.0/4. The other is Alicja Sliwicka who beat Akshita Gorti in the fourth round on the top board.
Leading the pack after a hard day at work is GM Parham Maghsoodloo | Photo: Amruta Mokal
Parham is joined at the top by his friend and country-mate Alireza Firouzja who is on 4.0/4 | Photo: Amruta Mokal
Indian IM Harsha Bharathakoti is also on 4.0/4. He beat GM Alan Pichot and GM S.L. Narayanan on the same day. | Photo: Amruta Mokal
Don't get misled by his cute face! Uzbek IM Javokhir Sindarov is just 12 years old and beat GM Amin Tabatabaei and Aravindh Chithambaram on the same day! | Photo: Amruta Mokal
WIM Nino Khomeriki, who has 4.0/4 | Photo: Amruta Mokal
Alicja Sliwicka | Photo: Amruta Mokal
Parham Maghsoodloo's fighting attitude
It didn't look like Maghsoodloo would win his game against Lukasz Jarmula. But he kept his calm, and he kept his eyes open for the threats. At the end of it, when things started to spin out of control, the Iranian GM was in his element and converted the position.
Lukasz Jarmula had caught Parham in the net, but the Iranian escaped | Photo: Amruta Mokal
Jarmula vs Maghsoodloo
Position after 30.h4
If there was someone better in this position, it has to be White.
Position after 41...Kg6
How does White win this position?
White had to ask: what is the weakness that I can attack? He would have realized that it is the f5 square and would have surely found the move Qa5! After...Nd5 White has the powerful Nf8+ and after Qxf8 Qxd5 White is completely dominating.
Lukasz missed this opportunity and went on to make several mistakes which were enough for Parham to win the game.
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1.d430Nf6302.c40e603.Nf30a63:30 Typical Parham. Always
adding some of his own spice to the mix!4.Nc31:30d505.cxd530exd506.Bg51:30Be607.e30Nbd71:308.Bd30Bd6309.0-01:30c62:3010.Bf410:30Qc73011.Bxd61:30Qxd63012.Qc2300-01:3013.h30g6014.Rab16:30a516:0015.a330b530 A pretty provocative move. It does
weaken the c6 pawn and the c5 square but gives Black additional active options.
16.Ne215:30b46:3017.axb44:30axb43018.Nc19:3018.Rfc1Rfc819.Nf419.b3c519...c520.b3cxd421.Qxc8+Rxc822.Rxc8+Nf8∞18...c5!019.dxc530Nxc5020.Nd41:30Rfc8021.Ncb31:30Na44:3022.Qe22:30 White seems to have come out with a small edge.Bd7023.Rfc14:30Ne43:3024.Ra15:30Qf62:3025.Bxe430dxe42:3026.Rxc8+12:26Rxc83027.Qd229Qd6028.Rc11:15Rxc1+029.Qxc10f58:0030.h43:39 When I looked at this position,
I felt that only White can play for a win with his strong knight on d4 and the
ability to start creating some threats by pushing his h-pawn. But Parham
wasn't so pessismistic about his position!Kg74:3031.Qd250Kf63:3032.Nc12:07Be6033.Nce247 covering the c3 square and preparing b3.Bf72:3034.b31:50Nb63035.Qb20Ke78:1536.Qa11:16 The white queen hopes to
penetrate into Black's position.Nd51:5137.Qa81:10Be83438.h51:54Kf76:4739.h61:33
The h6 pawn can become quite a big problem for Black in future.
At the same time White has to be careful that he doesn't lose the pawn.Nf64:4340.Nf40g5?!0 This already
seems very risky.41.Nfe6!15:00 Good move by Jarmula after 15
minutes of thought.Kg66:2042.Ng7?!13:08 Now Black
is back in the game.42.Qa5!Nd542...Qd543.Qxb4+-43.Nf8+Qxf844.Qxd5White has a better position.42...Bd73043.Qd8?!2:52Qc514:5143...f4!44.Nge61:50Qc1+3245.Kh24f41:0245...Qe1
was winning as after46.Nf8+46.Qe7Ng4+-+46...Kf747.f3exf348.gxf3Qd2+49.Kh1Qc1+50.Kh2Qc851.Qxc8Bxc8-+White knight is trapped.46.f31:16exf3647.exf434Bxe61:3548.Nxe620Qc21:4049.f5+30Kh5550.Ng7+1:40Kh4051.Qd4+50 A fine game by Jarmula, but towards the end he
was outplayed by his Iranian opponent.51.Qd4+Ng4+0–1
This DVD offers a complete repertoire for handling this solid opening, often featuring a dynamic approach to pose the opponent more practical problems. Both of the main continuations 3...Nf6 and 3...Be7 are covered in two separate parts.
The battle between Maghsoodloo and Hakobyan in the fourth round was extremely exciting | Photo: Amruta Mokal
Aram Hakobyan has shown an impressive improvement in his play recently. In the last few months, he achieved his two GM norms and also pumped up his rating by nearly 100 Elo points. From December to mid-2018 he had a streak of nearly 50 unbeaten games which included strong events like the Aeroflot Open, European Individual and a few others. In the fourth round, Aram had the black pieces against Parham Maghsoodloo. It was a game to look forward to.
There were many interesting moments in the game. It lasted for nearly five and a half hours. Let's see the position in the final few minutes of the game:
Maghsoodloo vs Hakobyan
What should White play here?
Maghsoodloo went for the move e7 here, which was a mistake. Hakobyan could have just taken the pawn on e7 and after Qg4+ played Kh8 as Qh3+ would be met with Qh7! However, in the above position, Maghsoodloo didn't have to rush with e7. He could have just played Qf7+ Kh6 e7! and now after h1=Q he can go Qe6+ Kg7 Qe5+ followed by making a queen and it's winning for White.
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1.Nf330Nf6302.g330g6303.b35:30c504.c40Bg705.Bb230d63:306.Bg23:30e5307.0-0300-008.Nc330Nc609.d30h61:3010.Nd22:00Be63011.Nde430Ne811:3012.Nd530Ne7013.Nec330Nxd5014.Nxd530Nc71:0015.Nc32:30Rb87:3016.e31:30d51:3017.Qc210:3017.e4!?dxc417...d418.Nd518.dxc418.bxc4b518...Bc819.Nd5Ne620.Qd217...d46:3018.exd41:30exd41:3019.Ne40b63020.Rae12:00f510:3021.Nd230g55:3022.Nf30Qd64:3023.Bc130f44:3024.gxf41:30gxf4025.Kh130Rbe81:0026.Nd24:30Qd78:3027.Rg1!?2:30
In the commentary Greek GM Ioannis Papaioannou (who is here as
a coach of Stavroula Tsolakidou) said that White wants to play Bf3 and Rg1 in
this position. But what to choose first? Well, the rook definitely wants to go
to g1, but the bishop may go to f3 or to e4 and hence, it is better to first
strat with Rg1.Kh84:3028.Bf34:30Bf5029.Ne41:30Ne63030.Qd11:30Bxe4?!12:11 This was a pretty nervous decision by Hakobyan. He
should have kept the bishop and play on.31.Bxe4±3:30Ng51:5032.Rxg50Rxe42133.Rxe4033.dxe4!?hxg534.Qh5+Kg835.Qxg5±33...hxg53034.Qh5+0Kg8035.f3?!035.Qxg5Qh336.Kg1Qxd337.Rxf4White is a pawn up and
has a good position.35...Bf62:2636.Qg6+2:30Qg7337.Qf530Bd85:0038.Qg430Kh72:1039.Kg21:30Qf7040.b40Re8041.bxc56:00bxc56:3042.Bd215:30Rxe43:3043.fxe430Qb72:3044.Kf23:30Qb2045.Ke230Qxa25146.h43046.Qd7+Kh647.Qxd8f3+48.Kxf3Qxd2=46...gxh42:0547.Qxf411:30Kg77:0148.Qg4+9:30Kf7449.Qh5+2:30Kg71:1550.Qg4+30Kf75151.Qf5+30Ke8052.Qxc50Qa63153.Qxd47:00Qg62:2454.Qe5+30 White is a pawn up, but the
h-pawn is quite fast.Kd73055.Qd5+30Ke83056.Qb5+30Kf73057.Qd7+30Be73058.Bb430Qg2+059.Kd130Qg53060.Kc230a53061.Bd630Qf63:1562.Bxe716:04Qxe73063.Qd5+30Kg7064.Qxa530h33065.Qh530Qe63066.e530Qh63067.Qg4+30Kf83068.Qd730Qh4068...h269.e6+-69.Qd6+30Kg73070.e630h21:5571.Qe5+4:10Kh7072.Qf5+572.e7?Qf2+73.Kb3h1Q-+72...Kg71:0173.e7?2:47 This was a mistake by Parham that
went unpunished.73.Qf7+!Kh674.e7h1Q75.Qe6+Kg576.Qe5+Kh677.e8Qand just like in the game, White wins.73...h1Q?1:0073...Qxe7!74.Qg4+Kh8!75.Qh3+Qh7!=After 5.30 hours of play it
is quite possible to miss this idea.74.Qe5+1Kh7075.e8Q2 White is winning because Qf2+ would be met
with Qe2.Qxc4+52 Aram felt that there was a stalemate in the
position, but there was none, as the king has the h6 square.76.dxc4311–0
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Chess can be quite unforgiving at times!
The awesome Alireza Firouzja
Alireza Firouzja is just 15 years old and already has a rating of 2582. The boy is a huge talent and you can see it from his games. They are not the ones where he is playing technically correct chess. He takes risks, he sacrifices his pawns and then out-calculates his opponents. This happened in both the games in rounds three and four.
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1.e44:30e6302.d41:30d503.Nd20c504.Ngf30cxd41:305.Nxd430Nc606.Bb50Bd71:007.Nxc60bxc608.Bd330Bd6309.Qe22:30Ne712:3010.0-06:30Qc73011.Nf30Ng61:3012.Re16:30Nf43013.Bxf430Bxf4014.e5300-09:0015.c41:30 The first new move of the game.15.g3Bh616.h4c517.b3Qd818.Nh2g619.Ng4Bg720.Qf3f521.exf6Bxf622.Nxf6+Rxf623.Qe31-0 (44) Gopal,G (2580)-Nihal,S (2471) Pardubice 201715...c53:3016.h42:30g69:3017.h56:30dxc42:3018.Bc25:30Rab8019.Qxc41:30Rb41:3020.Qc330Rfb810:3021.g30Bh63022.b34:00c4?!3:3022...Bc623.Qxc5Qb724.Nh2Rd825.Rad1Bd226.Re2Rd5-+The queen is trapped!23.Nh24:30Bg72:3024.Ng430R8b78:3025.Re49:30Bc62:3026.Rxc41:30Rxc4027.bxc40 White is a pawn up now and clearly better.Qb63028.Rd12:00Rb83029.Nf6+7:30Kh81:3030.hxg61:30hxg6031.c54:30Qb73032.Qd41:30Bxf63033.exf60Qb23034.Qf48:00Kh73035.g42:12Re8035...Qxc236.Qh2+Kg837.Qxb8++-36.Ba45:29Qe23037.Rf13:39Bxa43:3038.Qxa439Qf3039.g53:32Rd8040.Qh4+43Kg8041.c62:16Rc82:0042.Rc12:30e51:3042...Rd843.Qg3Rd1+44.Rxd1Qxd1+45.Kh2+-43.Qh63043.Qh6Qg4+44.Kf1+-1–0
In the fourth round, Firouzja played the risky Dutch Defense and was worse out of the opening. But he posed enough threats for his opponent to go wrong and then converted the position with some strong calculations.
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1.d430f52:30 The Dutch is being essayed by quite
a few Iranian players in this tournament. Either in the form of Dutch or with
1.f4 as White.2.Nf330Nf603.g30g61:004.Bg230Bg7305.0-000-0306.b31:00d61:307.Bb230c66:308.Nbd21:30Na61:309.e36:30Ne45:3010.Qe20Qc72:3011.Rad16:30Bd72:3012.Ne14:30Ng512:3013.Nd35:30Rae87:3014.h49:30Nf73015.e40e58:3016.dxe530dxe51:3017.Rfe17:30f47:3018.gxf47:05exf43019.e555Bf52:3020.Nf30Qe77:3021.Nxf43:09 White has won a pawn,
but Black has compensation because of the weaknesses down the f-file.Bg43022.Nd31:21Nh63:3023.Qe40Nc71:3024.Bc153Ne62:3025.Bxh63:35Bxf3026.Bxf341Bxh6027.Bg4?!1:1227.Qg427...Nf4!2:3028.Qc4+5Kh83029.Nxf41:40Rxf42:5530.Re427Ref8031.Rxf46Bxf422 The weaknesses in
White's position come to light here.32.e62:25Qxh4033.Qc3+30Kg8034.Bh3?3734.Qh3=34...Bc73:4435.Rd241Bb6036.e757Qxe71:4336...Rxf2!?37.e8Q+Rf8+38.Kh1Rxe8-+37.Qc4+2:03Rf73038.Kf13038.Be6Qg5+39.Kh1Qxd2-+38...Kf82:0739.Qc337Rf61:5640.Re20Qd6041.Rd211:36Qf44:0842.Re20Qh43:30 A complex but well played game by Alireza.0–1
On some occasions it would yield you a perfect win, on others it could cause you "shameful" defeats. This DVD is intended in the first line to offer strategical guidance for Black, based on the examination of the most typical structures.
In the fifth round, Firouzja will be pitted against the 12-year-old Uzbek Javokhir Sindarov | Photo: Amruta Mokal
12-year-old Sindarov
Javokhir Sindarov was in a tough situation in his third round game against Amin Tabatabaei. He sacrificed his exchange and made sure that there was no easy way for the Iranian to breakthrough. Amin, who is a highly ambitious player, got restless and blundered. The young boy took this opportunity and converted the extra pawns into a win. After the round ended we met Javokhir and asked him to show his game. The boy instantly agreed and showed us the entire game in the video below. Great confidence.
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Check out young Sindarov in this video as he shows the moves and at the same time makes sure that he doesn't miss the variations!
After beating Amin Tabataei in the morning, Javokhir was hungry for more. He beat the strong Indian GM Aravindh Chithambaram in the fourth round | Photo: Amruta Mokal
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1.e42:30c51:302.Nc330Nc6303.Nf330g62:304.d40cxd4305.Nxd40Bg730 The
Accelerated Dragon is not part of Aravindh's usual repertoire.6.Be30Nf6307.Nxc60bxc608.e50 This line is always dangerous if you are unprepared.
Nd5308...Ng89.f4Nh6is another way to play this
position.9.Nxd530cxd53010.Qxd50Rb80 This pawn sacrifice is well known.11.0-0-00Bb710:0012.Qc51:300-0013.c34:30Rc828:3014.Qb430Qc76:3015.f40d63:3016.exd60exd630 Black is a pawn down and also has a bad structure,
but he hopes to compensate for it with his two active bishops.17.Bd40Bh68:3017...a5!?18.Kb10Rb84:30 Perhaps this was just too slow.18...Be4+19.Bd3Bxd3+20.Rxd3Qc6Black has very good compensation here.18...a5also looks
pretty good.18...Bxf419.Bg7Kxg720.Qxf419.Bxa73:30Ra83:5220.Bb630Qe710:1221.a411:30Be4+4:1822.Bd330Bxg2023.Rhe11:30Qh44 Once Aravindh had to
start taking pawns on g2 and h2 in order to get counterplay, you can imagine
that things had started to go wrong for him.24.Be430Bxe4+2825.Rxe430Qxh2426.a530Rfb83:5027.Qb51:30Bxf4028.Re21:30Rxa5?1:30 A big oversight.28...Qh3and there is everything to play for.29.Re8+!30Kg73329...Rxe830.Qxe8+Kg731.Bxa5+-30.Bd4+0Be51031.Bxe5+1:00dxe53432.Qxb8+-30 White has just won an entire rook!Qe2033.Rg8+30Kh62434.Rh1+0Kg51135.Qd8+0Kf54236.Qxa530Qe4+537.Ka230Qxh1038.Rf80f62839.Qd80Ke4351–0
Harsha Bhatathakoti is an International Master from India. He already has his three GM norms and a live rating of 2490. A few more good games and he would well become India's 56th GM. In the third round Harsha was able to outplay his strong Argentian opponent GM Alan Pichot and in the fourth round, he put it across his compatriot GM S.L. Narayanan. Here is Harsha's fine win over Alan Pichot where he was able to outplay in his opponent in time pressure.
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1.c430Nf6302.Nc330g6303.e430d6304.d40Bg705.f32:300-006.Be330c63:307.Nge23:30a61:308.c51:30b53:309.cxb61:30Nbd73:3010.Nf42:30Nxb63:3011.Be25:30d56:3012.0-012:30Rb8013.Rc110:30Nfd718:3014.e510:30Nc43:3015.Bxc430dxc4016.Na45:30Nb6017.Nc530Nd7018.Nxd719:57Bxd73:3019.Rxc412:00Rxb23020.Qa11:45Qb66:3021.Re13:43Bf54:3222.g41:44Bb1023.Rxc61:35Qb41:5624.Rcc11:11Bc2?4:53 The critical mistake of the game.24...Rb8∞25.Re2!30 A strong move. Suddenly Black is in all sorts of pins.Qa35:1826.Nd54Rxa24:1527.Qc3!4e6528.Qxa342Rxa3029.Ne7+0 Black loses a piece and hence resigned the
game.1–0
Bologan: "If you study this DVD carefully and solve the interactive exercises you will also enrich your chess vocabulary, your King's Indian vocabulary, build up confidence in the King's Indian and your chess and win more games."
Harsha speaks about his win over GM Alan Pichot | Video: ChessBase India
Harsha is the reigning national under-19 champion of India and in the fifth round will face a big test against the top seed Parham Maghsoodloo
Alicja Sliwicka and Nino Khomeriki on 4.0/4
Alicja Sliwicka from Poland showed some excellent home preparation and also over the board technique to beat Akshita Gorti in the fourth round.
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1.e4
1,166,623
54%
2421
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1.d4
947,298
55%
2434
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1.Nf3
281,602
56%
2441
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1.c4
182,102
56%
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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1.f4
5,897
48%
2377
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1.Nc3
3,801
51%
2384
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1.b4
1,756
48%
2380
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1.a3
1,206
54%
2404
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1.e3
1,068
48%
2408
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1.d3
954
50%
2378
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1.g4
664
46%
2360
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1.h4
446
53%
2374
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1.c3
433
51%
2426
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1.h3
280
56%
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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42
62%
2482
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1.e430e6302.d40d503.Nc30Bb4304.e50c505.Bd20Nh606.a30Bxc31:307.Bxc30b6308.Bb5+!0 Alicja was moving quickly and had everything prepared.Bd7309.Bd30cxd45:3010.Bxd45:00Nc63011.Nf30Nxd4012.Nxd40 White of course has an edge because of her
better placed minor pieces.0-03013.0-030f63014.Qe28:3014.Nf314...fxe5015.Qxe530Ng45:3015...Nf7!16.Qh5g617.Bxg6hxg618.Qxg6+Kh8∞This is an interesting sacrifice, but it
doesn't seem that Black is worse here.16.Qd67:3016.Qh5!?Nf617.Qe2±16...Qb89:3017.Qxb830Raxb8018.f41:30Ne37:0019.Rfe10Nc45:3020.b32:30Na53:3021.Nxe63:30Bxe61:3022.Rxe630Rxf43023.Rd62:30Rd45:3024.b40Nb73:3024...Nc425.Rxd5+-25.Rd75:30Nd83:0326.Rxd55:30Rxd51:4827.Bc430
White has won a pawn and with good technique Alicja went on to
win the game.Kf81128.Bxd50Ke7029.Kf22:00Rc85:0230.c430Nc64131.Re1+1:30Kf85132.Re37:30Ne71:1233.Be630Rc6034.Ke230Rd62:1035.Bh32:30Nc65:0036.Rd33:30Rf64:2437.Kd24:29Ne53838.Rd41:02Rf2+039.Kc31:53Ke73640.c50bxc51:0241.bxc58:06g58:4642.Re47:30Kf61:3043.c63:30Rf1044.Kc22:30Rf2+3:2645.Kb3301–0
For Nino Khomeriki, it was quite an easy win as she played some excellent positional chess in the centre of the board, while her opponent made many positional errors. She won the game with quite some ease.
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1.d430Nf6302.c41:30e603.Nf330d5304.Nc330Be7305.Bg530h6306.Bh400-0307.e30b6308.Bd31:00Bb71:309.0-030Nbd7010.Bg30c54:0011.cxd50exd53011...Nxd5!?was perhaps a better decision.12.e412.Nxd5Bxd513.e4Bb7=12...Nxc313.bxc3cxd414.cxd4Nf615.Qe212.Ne54:30a63:3013.Qf35:30Re84:3014.Rad13:30Ra7?!5:30 As GM
Papagiannis Ioannis said in the commentary, such moves are almost always bad
when the centre is fluid.15.Rfe124:30Nf87:3016.e418:30Ne622:3017.dxc53:30Nd41:3018.Qf44:30Ne68:3019.Qc10Nxc58:3020.Nxd55:30Nxd51:3021.exd530Bd65:3022.Bb12:30Bxe55:1923.Rxe51:19Rxe51:0024.Bxe58
White is a clean pawn up.f62:2925.Bd40Qxd51:3926.f31Ra83:3227.Bxf66:11Qe64428.Bc325Bd53:1929.Qc242Qe3+2:0930.Kh112Qg51:2531.f42:20Qxf4032.Qh7+532.Qh7+Kf833.Qxg7++-1–0
1.d4Nf62.c4e63.Nf3a64.Nc3d55.cxd5exd56.Bg5D37: Damengambit (5.Lf4)Be67.e3Nbd78.Bd3Bd68...h69.Bf4g510.Bg3Nh511.Be5Nhf612.Bg3Nh513.Qb3Nxg314.hxg3½-½ (48) Karjakin,S (2773)-Caruana,F (2822) Saint Louis 20189.0-0c610.Bf4Qc7LiveBook: 12 Partien11.Bxd6Qxd612.Qc20-013.h3g6
14.Rab1Na515.a3b516.Ne2b417.axb4axb418.Nc1c519.dxc5Nxc520.Nd4Rfc821.Ncb3Na422.Qe2Bd723.Rfc1Ne424.Ra1Qf625.Bxe4dxe426.Rxc8+Rxc827.Qd2Qd628.Rc1Rxc1+29.Qxc1f529...Be6!?30.h4Kg731.Qd2Kf632.Nc1Be633.Nce2Bf734.b3Nb635.Qb2Und Sc6+ würde nun gewinnen.Ke736.Qa1Nd537.Qa8Sc6+ ist eine echte Drohung.Be838.h5Kf739.h6Nf639...Bd7!=hält das Gleichgewicht.40.Nf4!±g540...Bd7±41.Nfe6+-Kg642.Ng7?42.Qa5+-Nd543.Nf8+Qxf844.Qxd542...Bd7Droht ...f4 und aus.43.Qd8?43.Qh8Qe544.Nge6Bxe645.Qg7+Kh546.Qe743...Qc544.Nge6Qc1+!45.Kh2
Droht stark Sf8+.45...f4? Schwarz hat einigen Angriff.Weniger gut wäre45...Bxe646.Nxe6Qa147.Qb6=45...Qe1!-+( -> ...Sg4+)46.Nf8+Kf746.f3?
1.Nf3Nf62.g3g63.b3c54.c4Bg75.Bb2d66.Bg2e57.0-00-08.Nc3Nc69.d3h610.Nd2Be6A38: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3 Nf611.Nde4Ne811...Qd712.Nxf6+Bxf613.a3Bg714.Nd5Rab815.b4b616.Bc3Ne717.Nxe7+Qxe718.a4Qd719.Qd2d520.bxc5bxc521.cxd5Bxd5½-½ (36) Artemiev,V (2653)-Gelfand,B (2725) Moscow 201612.Nd5LiveBook: 10 GamesNe7The position is equal.13.Nec3NPredecessor:13.Nxe7+Qxe714.Qd2f515.Nc3Nf616.Rab1Kh717.a3Rad818.b4½-½ (47) Bendig,F (2309)-Eckhardt,T (2449) ICCF email 200813...Nxd514.Nxd5Nc715.Nc3Rb816.e3d517.Qc2d418.exd4exd419.Ne4b620.Rae1f521.Nd2g522.Nf3Qd623.Bc1f424.gxf4gxf425.Kh1Rbe826.Nd2Qd727.Rg1Kh828.Bf3Bf529.Ne4Ne630.Qd1Bxe4Black should play30...Re731.Bxe4±31.Rxe4?!Ng5=31...Ng532.Rxg5!Rxe433.Rxe4hxg534.Qh5+Kg835.f335.Kg235...Bf6=36.Qg6+Qg737.Qf5Bd838.Qg4Kh739.Kg2Qf740.b4Re841.bxc541.Rxe8?!Qxe842.Kf2Qa4=41...bxc542.Bd242.Rxe8?!Qxe843.Qf5+Kg7=42...Rxe443.fxe4Qb744.Kf2Qb245.Ke2Qxa2
45...Kh846.h4!±gxh4?46...a6±47.Qxf4+-Not47.Qd7+Kg6±47...Kg748.Qg4+Kf749.Qh5+Kg750.Qg4+Kf7!51.Qf5+Ke852.Qxc5?52.Qh5++-Kd753.Qxc552...Qa6±53.Qxd4White should try53.Qe5++-Be754.Bb453...Qg6...Qh5+ is the strong threat.54.Qe5+Kd754...Kf7=remains equal.55.Qd5+!Ke856.Qb5+Kf757.Qd7+!Be758.Bb4Much weaker is58.Qxa7?!Qh5+59.Ke1h3=58...Qg2+59.Kd1Qg559...Qg1+±was called for.60.Kc2Qh2+61.Kb3Qe562.Qxa7h363.Bxe7Qxe760.Kc260.Bd6!+-60...a561.Bd6aiming for e5.Qf662.Bxe7Qxe7 Endgame KQ-KQ63.Qd5+Kg764.Qxa5h364...Qf665.Qa7+Kg665.Qh5+-Qe666.e5Qh6?66...Kg867.Kd1Kf867.Qg4+!Kf868.Qd7!Qh469.Qd6+Kg770.e6h271.Qe5+!Kh7
72.Qf5+!Don't go for72.e7?Qf2+73.Kc3h1Q-+72...Kg773.e7?73.Qf7++-Kh674.e773...h1Q??73...Qxe7=74.Qg4+Kh875.Qh3+Qh776.Qc8+Kg777.Qg4+Qg678.Qd4+Qf679.Qd7+Qf780.Qd4+Qf681.Qg4+Qg682.Qd4+Qf674.Qe5+Kh7
( -> ...Qf2+)75.e8Q!Qxc4+75...Qf2++-76.Qe2Qhf377.Qxf2Qxf2+78.Kb3Qb6+79.Qb5Qg176.dxc4Precision: White = 67%, Black = 45%.1–0
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