[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,Ilya"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1999.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Tsesarsky,Ilya Tsesarsky,Ilya} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Nf6 6. Bg5 ({RR} 6. g3 Nbd7 ({RR} 6... a6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. Nc3 b5 9. Qb3 O-O 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. a4 Qc7 14. Bf4 Qb6 15. a5 Qa7 16. Bh3 c5 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. d5 c4 19. Qc2 Bxd5 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Rxd5) 7. Bg2 e5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 Qa5+ 10. Nc3 Qxe5 11. Bxc6+ Bd7 12. Bxb7 ({RR} 12. Bf4) 12... Rd8 13. Bf4 Qf5 14. Bc7 Bc5 15. O-O O-O 16. Bxd8) 6... Be7 (6... Qb6 7. Nbd2 $5 (7. Qc2 c5 (7... Nbd7 8. Nc3 c5 9. O-O-O Bd6 10. e4 (10. Na4 Qa5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. e3 Qxc2+ 15. Kxc2 Ke7 $11) 10... cxd4 11. Nxd4 O-O 12. f4 Bxf4+ (12... e5 13. Nf5 Bb4 14. Nd5 $1 $16) 13. Bxf4 e5 14. Be3 Ng4 $132) (7... Ne4 $5 8. Bf4 Bb4+ (8... Nd7 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 $14) (8... c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. Bb5 $14) 9. Nc3 Qa5 10. Rc1 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Ba3 12. Rb1 O-O 13. e4 $14) 8. Nbd2 Qa5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. dxc5 Qxc5 12. Qxc5 Bxc5 13. Bb5 Bd7 $11 {½-½ Danner,G-Hoelzl,F/Budapest Elekes Mem 1994 (50)}) 7... Qxb2 8. Rb1 Qa3 9. e4 b6 $44 {1-0 Sakaev,K-Tregubov,P/ch-RUS, St Petersburg RUS 1998 (29).}) (6... b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. Nc3 (8. Bxf6 gxf6 (8... Qxf6 9. Nc3 Nd7 10. e3 a6 11. Bd3 c5 12. Be4 Bxe4 13. Qxe4 Qd8 14. O-O cxd4 15. Nxd4 Bc5 $11) 9. e3 Nd7 10. Be2 a6 11. a4 b4 12. Nbd2 c5 13. O-O Rc8 $11 {0-1 Ivanov,S-Kharlov,A/Russian Club Cup, Maikop RUS 1998 (35)}) (8. e3 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Qb6 10. Be2 (10. a4 bxa4 11. Rxa4 c5 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Nce5 Bd6 15. Bb5+ Ke7 $15) 10... c5 11. O-O Rc8 12. Rac1 $11 {1-0 Ibragimov,I-Lugo,B/New York 1998/CBM 64/ (20)} (12. Qb3 c4 13. Qc2 Nd5 $132)) (8. e4 a6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. e5 h6 11. Bd2 b4 12. exf6 bxc3 13. bxc3 Nxf6 14. Rb1 Rb8 15. Ne5 Bd6 16. Be2 {½-½ Ionov,S-Solovjov,S/St.Petersburg (Russia) 1998 (16)}) 8... Nbd7 9. e3 a6 10. Be2 (10. a4 c5 $132) 10... c5 $11 {½-½ Brunner,L-Stangl,M/BL 1995 (23)}) (6... h6 $6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. e4 Nd7 9. Nc3 a5 10. Be2 Qd8 11. O-O $14 {1-0 Krasenkow,M-Volkov,S/Polish TV KO, Swidnica POL 1997 (49)}) 7. e3 (7. Nc3 O-O 8. e4 h6 9. Bh4 Qb6 10. O-O-O $14 (10. b3 Qa5 11. e5 Bb4 $17 {0-1 Tepperman,D-Kirshner,M/Palo Alto 1992 (14)})) ({RR} 7. Nc3) ({RR} 7. Nc3 b5 8. Qd3 a6 9. Rc1 Nbd7 10. e4 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. Ne5 Ke8 14. Nc6 h6 15. Bd2 Ncxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Nxe7 Kxe7 18. Bb4+ Nd6 19. Be2 a5 20. Rc7+ Bd7 21. Bxb5 Rhd8 {Md Imran (2382)-Vandan Alankar Sawai (2167) Budapest HUN 2024 1-0 (71)}) ({RR} 7. Nbd2 b6 8. e3 Ba6 9. Qc2 Bxf1 10. Rxf1 O-O 11. Ke2 c5 12. dxc5 Na6 13. cxb6 Rc8 14. Qd3 Qxb6 15. Qb3 Nb4 16. Qa4 Qd6 17. Rfc1 Qd3+ 18. Kd1 Ne4 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Bxe7 Nxf2+ 21. Ke1 Ng4 {Moldobaev,E (2490)-Tregubov,P (2560) Krasnodar 1998 0-1}) 7... O-O (7... b6 8. Nc3 Ba6 9. Qa4 Bxf1 10. Rxf1 O-O 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Ke2 c5 13. Rfd1 cxd4 14. Ne4 e5 15. exd4 exd4 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Qxd4 Qg6 18. Kf1 $11 {½-½ Atalik,S-Krasenkow,M/Elista RUS 1998 (19)}) 8. Bd3 (8. Be2 Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. O-O e5 11. Ne4 (11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Ne4 exd4 (12... Be7 13. Rfd1 Nb6 14. Qc2 f5 15. Ned2 e4 16. Nc4 $14) ({RR} 12... Be7 13. Rfd1 Nb6 14. Qc2 f5 15. Ned2 e4 16. Nc4 Qb4 17. Nxb6 ({RR} 17. a3 Qa4 18. b3 Qb5 19. Nxb6 Qxb6 20. Bc4+ Kh8 21. Ne5 Qc7 22. Nf7+ Kg8 23. Ne5+)) 13. Nxd4 (13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Nxd4 $11) ({RR} 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Nxd4 Qb6 15. Qc2 Re8 16. Rfd1 Bg4) 13... Be5 14. Rfd1 $11) (11. Rfd1 exd4 12. Qxd4 Rd8 13. Rac1 (13. e4 Nc5 $132 {RR} 14. Qe3 ({RR} 14. Qe5 Be6 15. Nd4 Bd6 ({RR} 15... Nfd7 16. Qg3 Bxg5 17. Qxg5 Qb6 18. Rd2 h6 19. Qh4 Ne5 20. Rad1 Ng6 21. Qg3 Bxa2 22. Bh5 ({RR} 22. Nxa2 Nxe4 23. Qe3 Nxd2 24. Rxd2 c5 25. Nf3 ({RR} 25. Nb5 Rxd2 26. Qxd2 Rd8 27. Qc2 Nf4 28. Bf1 a6 29. Nbc3 Qe6 ({RR} 29... Qd6 30. Ne4 Qg6 ({RR} 30... Qd1 31. Qxd1 Rxd1 32. Nac3) 31. f3))) 22... Kh7 23. e5 ({RR} 23. b4 Nb3) ({RR} 23. Nxa2 Nxe4 24. Bxg6+ fxg6 25. Qf4 Nxd2 26. Rxd2 c5 27. Nf3 Qxb2) 23... Bc4) 16. Nxc6 Qc7 ({RR} 16... Bxe5 17. Nxa5 Rxd1+ 18. Nxd1 Nfxe4 19. Be3) 17. Rxd6 Rxd6 18. Nb5 Qxc6 19. Nxd6 Nfxe4 20. Nxe4 Qxe4 21. Qxe4 Nxe4 22. Be3) 14... Ne6 15. Rxd8+ Bxd8 16. Rd1 Bb6 17. Qd2 Nxg5 18. Nxg5 Bg4) ({RR} 13. e4 Nc5 14. b4 Rxd4 15. bxa5 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 h6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. e5 Be7 19. Nd4 Ne6 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21. Rb1 Rb8 22. Bf3 Bg5) 13... Nc5 14. Qh4 Be6 15. Nd4 $11 (15. b4 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Qa3 17. bxc5 Qxc3 18. Bd3 h6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qe4 g6 $17) ({RR} 15. b4 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Qa3 17. bxc5 Qxc3 18. Bd3 h6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qe4 g6)) ({RR} 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Ne4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Be5 14. Rfd1) ({RR} 11. Rfd1 exd4 12. Qxd4 Rd8 13. Rac1 Nc5 14. Qh4 Be6 15. Nd4 h6 16. Nxe6 Nxe6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6) 11... exd4 (11... Nxe4 12. Bxe7 Re8 13. Bb4 Qb6 14. Rad1) ({RR} 11... Nxe4 12. Bxe7 Re8 13. Bb4 Qb6 14. Rad1) 12. Qxd4 Qb6 13. Rfd1 Re8 $11 {½-½ Ivanchuk,V-Anand,V/Las Palmas sp 1996/ (29)} (13... h6 14. Bh4 c5 $11) ({RR} 13... h6 14. Bh4 c5 15. Qd3 Rd8 16. Qc2 g5 17. Bxg5 hxg5 18. Nexg5 Rf8 19. Bc4 Kg7 20. Bxf7 Rxf7 21. Rxd7 Bxd7 22. Ne5 Be6 ({RR} 22... Kf8 23. Ngxf7 ({RR} 23. Qg6 Rg7 24. Nxd7+ Kg8 ({RR} 24... Nxd7 25. Ne6+) 25. Qxg7+ ({RR} 25. Nxb6 Rxg6 26. Nxa8 Rxg5) 25... Kxg7 26. Nxb6 axb6) 23... Qe6 24. Qg6 Ng4 ({RR} 24... Ba4 25. b3 Bb5 26. Rd1) 25. Nxd7+ Qxd7 26. Ng5 Bxg5 27. Qxg5 Re8 28. Qxc5+) 23. Qg6+ Kf8 24. Nexf7) {RR} 14. Qxb6 axb6 15. Nd6 Bxd6 16. Rxd6 Ne4 17. Rdd1 Nxg5 18. Nxg5 Ne5) ({RR} 8. Be2 Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. O-O e5 11. Ne4 exd4 12. Qxd4 Qb6 13. Rfd1 Re8 14. Rac1 h6 15. Bh4 Qxd4 ({RR} 15... Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Qxb2 17. Bd3 ({RR} 17. Bxe7 Qxe2) ({RR} 17. Rc2 Qb4) 17... Kf8 18. Bxe7+ Rxe7 19. Qh7) 16. Rxd4 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 Kf8 ({RR} 17... g5 18. Bg3 Nf6 19. Rd4 Be6 20. a3 Rad8) ({RR} 17... g5 18. Bg3 Nf6 19. Rd4 Be6 20. a3 Rad8) 18. a3 Nf6 19. Re5 g5 20. Bg3 Nh5) ({RR} 8. Be2 Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. O-O e5 11. Ne4 exd4 12. Qxd4 Qb6 13. Rfd1 Re8 14. Rac1 h6 15. Bh4 Qxd4 16. Rxd4 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 Kf8 18. a3 Nf6 19. Re5 g5 20. Bg3 Nh5 21. Nd4 Nxg3 22. hxg3 Rd8 {Ivanchuk,V (2730)-Anand,V (2735) Las Palmas 1996 CBM 057 [Tsesarsky,Ilya] ½-½}) 8... Na6 $146 {[%cal Gc6c5]} (8... h6 9. Bxf6 ({RR} 9. Bh4) 9... Bxf6 10. Nc3 Nd7 ({RR} 10... b6 11. Qa4 Bb7 12. Rd1) 11. Rd1 $14 {1-0 Kramnik,V-Lautier,J/Tilburg NED 1998 (24)} {RR} Qb6 ({RR} 11... Qa5 12. O-O Rd8 13. b4 Qh5 14. Ne4 Be7) 12. Rd2 e5 ({RR} 12... c5 13. Na4) ({RR} 12... Rd8 13. O-O Be7 14. Rc1) 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Qe4 Re8 16. Qh7+ Kf8 17. O-O) (8... Nbd7 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 $14) ({RR} 8... h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nc3 Nd7 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Bb1 e5 ({RR} 12... g6 13. O-O Bg7) 13. O-O ({RR} 13. d5 Qc5 14. Qe4 ({RR} 14. Qd3 g6 15. O-O cxd5 16. Nxd5 Bg7 17. Rc1 Qd6 18. Rfd1 Nb6 19. Nc7 Qxd3 20. Bxd3 Rb8) 14... g6 15. dxc6 ({RR} 15. d6 Rd8 16. O-O Nf8 17. Qc2 Bf5 18. Ne4 Qxc2 19. Bxc2 Bg7 20. Nfd2 Be6 21. Bb3 Rd7 22. Nc5 Rxd6 23. Nxb7) 15... bxc6 16. O-O Rd8 17. Rd2) 13... exd4 ({RR} 13... Rd8 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Rxd8+ Qxd8 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Qe4 Qf6 18. f4 Bd6 19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. Ne4) 14. exd4 Nb6 15. Qd3 g6 16. Rfe1 Qb4 17. Qd2 Nc4 ({RR} 17... Bg7 18. a3 ({RR} 18. Ne5 Re8 ({RR} 18... Be6 19. Nxg6 fxg6 20. Rxe6 Nc4 21. Qc2 Nxb2 22. Rxg6 Rf7 23. a3 Qxa3 24. Re1) 19. a3 Qd6 ({RR} 19... Qa5 20. Nxg6 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Bg4 22. f3 fxg6 23. fxg4) ({RR} 19... Qf8 20. Ba2 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Be6 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23. Ne4 Nd5 24. f4) 20. Ne4 Qd8 21. Nc5 ({RR} 21. Qf4 Be6 22. Nc5 Nd5 23. Qf3 Qc8) 21... Nd5 22. Ba2 Rb8) 18... Qd6 19. Ne4 Qc7) 18. Qxh6 Nxb2 ({RR} 18... Bg7 19. Qh4 Nxb2 20. Ng5 Rd8 21. Nxf7 {RR} Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Bxd4 23. Ng5) 19. Bxg6 fxg6 ({RR} 19... Rd8 20. Qh7+ Kf8 21. Qxf7#) 20. Ng5 ({RR} 20. Qxg6+ Bg7 21. Ng5 Bf5) 20... Bxg5 ({RR} 20... Rf7 21. Re8+) 21. Qxg6+ Kh8 22. Qh5+ Kg7 23. Qxg5+ {Kramnik,V (2780)-Lautier,J (2625) Tilburg 1998 EXT 1999 [Tsesarsky,Ilya] 1-0} {RR} Kh7 24. Re4) ({RR} 8... Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. O-O e5) ({RR} 8... h6 9. Bh4 b5 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Rd1 a6 13. a4 Qb6 14. Nc3 Rfc8 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd5 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Ne4 Ng6 19. Nd6 Nxe5 20. Nxc8 Rxc8 21. h3 c5 22. Bh7+ Kh8 23. Be4 {Margvelashvili,G (2530)-Degraeve,R (2210) Chess.com INT 2018 1-0 (45)}) 9. O-O c5 (9... Qb6 10. Nbd2 (10. Nc3 Qxb2 $15) 10... Qxb2 (10... c5) 11. Bxh7+ Kxh7 12. Rab1 Qa3 13. Qc2+ Kg8 14. Nc4 Nb4 15. Rxb4 Qxb4 16. Rb1 Nd5 17. Rxb4 Nxb4 18. Qb3 $14) 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 (11... Bxf6 $2 12. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 (12... Kh8 13. Qxc5 Bxb2 14. Qh5 $18) 13. Qxc5 Bd7 (13... Bxb2 14. Qc2+ $18) 14. Nc3 Bc6 15. Rfd1 Qb6 16. Qh5+ Kg8 17. Rab1 $16) 12. Bc2 f5 $2 $16 (12... Bd7 13. Nc3 (13. Qg4+ Kh8 14. Rd1 f5 15. Qd4+ Kg8 16. Ne5 Be8 17. Nc3 (17. Qf4 Qb8 (17... Qb6 18. Nc4 Qa6 19. Nc3 Bf6 20. Rd6 $16) 18. Nc3 f6 19. Nd3 Bh5 20. Rd2 Nxd3 21. Rxd3 Qxf4 22. exf4 Rfd8 23. Re1 Kf7 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Bb3 Rd6 26. Nb5 Rd2 27. Rxe6 Rxb2 28. Re1+ Kf8 29. Nd4 Bf7 30. Nxf5 Bc5 $44) 17... Qxd4 18. exd4 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Bxd7 20. d5 Rfd8 $132) 13... Rc8 14. Rfd1 f5 15. Ne5 (15. Qf4 Bf6 (15... Qc7 16. Qh6 $16) 16. Ne5 (16. Rd6 Qe7 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. Qg3+ Kf8 19. Ne5 Be8 $11) 16... Qc7 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Qf3 $14) 15... Qb6 16. Rab1 Bf6 17. Qf4 Qc7 18. Qg3+ Kh8 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. Qf3 $14) 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Nc3 a5 (14... Bd7 15. b4 $18) (14... Na6 15. Qe2 Bd7 16. Rac1 (16. e4 $16) 16... Rfd8 17. e4 $16) 15. e4 fxe4 16. Nxe4 b5 (16... Qf4 17. Qe2 b6 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Qd3 f5 20. Qe2 Ra7 21. Bb3 Qe4 22. Rd2 a4 23. Bc4 $16) 17. Qe2 Bb7 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 $2 $18 (18... Qxc5 19. Ne5 Rac8 20. Rac1 Qb4 21. Qh5 (21. Rd7 Be4 22. Nd3 Qc4 (22... Bxd3 23. Qxd3 f5 24. Rd1 $16) 23. b3 (23. Qd2 Rfd8 24. Rxe7 Bxd3 25. Qg5+ Bg6 $19) 23... Bxd3 $8 24. Rxd3 Qf4 25. Rcd1 Rfd8 26. Rg3+ Kh8 27. Bd3 Qf6 (27... Rc1 28. Qb2+ $18) 28. Qh5 h6 29. Rh3 Kg7 30. Qxb5 $16) 21... Qh4 22. Bxh7+ Kg7 23. Qxh4 Bxh4 24. Bd3 Rfd8 $14) 19. Ne5 $2 $14 (19. Ng5 Kg7 (19... Bd6 20. Bxh7+ Kg7 21. g3 $18) 20. Nxh7 $18) 19... Rfd8 20. Qg4+ $4 $17 (20. Rac1 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Bd5 (21... Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Qh5 $18 {[%csl Rf7,Rh7]}) 22. Be4 $5 (22. Bb1 f5 $1 23. Rd3 (23. g4 Bd6 $17) (23. Bd3 Bd6 24. f4 Bxe5 (24... b4 25. Bxf5 $16) 25. fxe5 Bxa2 26. Bxb5 $11) 23... Kh8 $11) (22. Bd3 $1 Bd6 (22... Bxa2 23. Qe4 $18) (22... b4 23. Qg4+ Kf8 24. Qg5 Bd6 (24... f5 25. Qf6+ Kg8 26. Bxf5 Bxf2+ 27. Kf1 exf5 28. Rxd5 $16) 25. Rc1 (25. Qh6+ Ke7 26. Rc1 Qd8 27. Qg5+ (27. Nc4 Rc8 28. Qxh7 $14 (28. Nxd6 Rxc1+ 29. Qxc1 Qxd6 $11)) 27... Kf8 28. Qh5 $14) 25... Qd8 26. Qh5 Bxe5 27. Qxe5 $14) 23. Ng4 (23. Qg4+ Kf8 24. Nf3 $11) 23... Kh8 24. Nf6 Bxh2+ 25. Kh1 Qe5 26. Nxd5 exd5 27. g3 $18) 22... Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Rd8 24. Qg4+ (24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. g3 (25. Nd3 Qd4 $11) 25... Qd2 26. Nd3 Bf8 27. h4 h6 $132) 24... Kf8 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Qh5 Qc7 27. Nd3 Bd6 28. Qxh7 Qc2 29. g3 Qb1+ 30. Kg2 Qxa2 31. h4 $132) 20... Kf8 (20... Kh8 $2 $18 21. Qf4 Bxf2+ 22. Kf1 $1 Qxc2 (22... Bb6 23. Rxd8+ $2 (23. Qf6+ $1 Kg8 24. Qg5+ Kf8 (24... Kh8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Qxd8+ $18) 25. Bxh7 $18 {And now Black can't play d2.}) 23... Rxd8 24. Qf6+ Kg8 25. Qg5+ Kf8 $1 (25... Kh8 26. Qxd8+ $1 $18) 26. Bxh7 Rd2 $1 27. Qxd2 Qxe5 $44) (22... Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Qxc2 24. Qf6+ Kg8 25. Qxf7+ Kh8 26. Qf6+ Kg8 27. Rd8+ Rxd8 28. Qxd8+ Kg7 29. Qg5+ Kf8 30. Qf6+ $18) 23. Qf6+ Kg8 24. Qxf7+ Kh8 25. Qf6+ Kg8 26. Rxd8+ $18) 21. Qf4 (21. Be4 Qxe5 (21... f5 22. Qf4 $1 $18) 22. Bxb7 Rab8 23. Bc6 Qxb2 $17 (23... Bxf2+ $17)) 21... Bd6 (21... Bxf2+ $2 22. Kh1 Bb6 23. Qh6+ Ke8 24. Qg7 Bc5 25. Bd3 Bc6 (25... Rxd3 26. Rxd3 Bf8 27. Qg5 $18 {[%csl Re8][%cal Ga1f1]}) 26. Rac1 $18) 22. Rxd6 $8 (22. Qh6+ Ke8 23. Rxd6 Qxd6 $17) 22... Rxd6 23. Bxh7 Rad8 $2 $11 (23... f5 $1 {This paradoxal move was provide to Black an advantage.} 24. Qh6+ (24. Qh4 Qg7 25. Ng6+ Ke8 26. Re1 Rad8 $17) (24. Bg6 Rad8 25. h4 Rd4 $17) 24... Qg7 25. Ng6+ Kf7 26. Qh5 Rc8 (26... Kf6 27. Qh4+ Kf7 28. Qe7#) 27. Re1 Rc4 28. g3 Re4 29. Rc1 Rd2 30. h4 Ke8 31. Ne5+ Ke7 32. Nf3 Rc4 $17) 24. h4 (24. Qh6+ Ke8 25. Bd3 $1 Rxd3 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. Qh4+ Kf8 28. Qh8+ $11) (24. Qg4 Rd5 25. Qg8+ Ke7 26. Qg5+ (26. Qxf7+ Kd6 $19) 26... Ke8 27. Qg8+ $11) 24... Kg7 (24... f5 25. Qh6+ Qg7 26. Ng6+ Kf7 27. Ne5+ Kf8 (27... Qxe5 28. Bg6+ Kf6 29. Bh5+ Ke7 30. Qh7+ Kf6 31. Qf7#) 28. Ng6+ $11) 25. Bc2 (25. Bd3 Qe7 26. Qg3+ Kf8 27. Qf4 $11) 25... f6 (25... Qe7 $132) 26. Qg4+ Kf8 27. Ng6+ Kf7 28. Qh5 Rg8 $4 $18 (28... Kg7 29. Ne5 Kg8 30. Ng6 Qg7 31. Qxb5 $132) {[%tqu "En","?","","","g6e7","",10]} 29. Ne7+ $1 Kf8 (29... Kxe7 30. Qh7+ Kd8 31. Qxg8+ Kd7 32. Qf7+ Kc8 33. Qe8+ $18) 30. Qh6+ Rg7 31. Qxf6+ Ke8 32. Qxg7 Qxc2 (32... Qxe7 33. Qg8+ Kd7 34. Qb8 $18) 33. Ng6 Rd1+ 34. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Sumets,Andrey"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2013.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 {An interesting way to avoid the Vienna Variation or the Ragozin Variation.} Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 dxc4 6. e3 {A very rare line. Usually grandmasters have preferred 6.c2 or 6.a4.} (6. Qc2 b5 (6... Qd5 $5 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. Rd1 $6 (8. a3 $5 Bxd2+ 9. Nxd2 Qxd4 10. Nxc4 Nc6 11. Rd1 Qc5 12. b4 Qe7 13. e3 $44) 8... f5 9. g3 $2 Nc6 10. a3 Ba5 11. Bg2 Nxd4 $17 {Chatalbashev,B-Iotov,V Bul - ChT Sunny Beach 2009 0-1 (39)}) 7. a4 c6 8. e4 {I wouldn't recommend this. White could get an even worse position. In my opinion White's best setup is connected with g3 and g2. Let's see 2 examples:} (8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. g3 Bb7 10. Bg2 a5 11. O-O Nd7 12. b3 cxb3 13. Nxb3 bxa4 14. Rxa4 c5 15. Nxc5 $6 {A strange move. White would not have a bad position if he played 15.dxc5} (15. dxc5 Rc8 16. Rd1 $13) 15... Nxc5 16. dxc5 Rc8 17. Rxb4 axb4 18. Qa4+ Bc6 19. Qxb4 O-O $15 {Vovk,Y-Moiseenko,A UKR-Ch Kiev UKR 2011 0-1 (56)}) (8. g3 Bb7 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O Qc8 11. b3 c3 12. Ne4 (12. Nb1 $2 c5 13. axb5 Be4 14. Qc1 Nd5 $17 {Postny,E}) 12... Nxe4 13. Qxe4 c5 14. Qg4 h5 15. Qh4 f6 16. Be3 $44 {Mamedyarov,S-Eljanov,P FIDE GP Elista 20081-0 (40)}) 8... h6 $1 (8... Nbd7 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. e5 g4 14. Nh4 Nxg3 15. fxg3 Nxe5 16. Qe4 Qd5 17. dxe5 Bxd2 18. Qxg4 Qxe5 19. axb5 cxb5 20. Bf3 h5 21. Qh3 Be4 22. Kh1 a5 23. Rad1 Rd8 24. g4 Rd3 25. gxh5 Qxh5 26. Bxh5 Rxh3 27. Bxf7+ Ke7 28. Bg6 R3xh4 29. Rf7+ Ke8 30. Rf5+ Kd7 31. Rxd2+ Kc6 32. Rf6 Rxh2+ 33. Kg1 Bd5 34. Be4 Kc5 35. Bxd5 exd5 36. Rf5 Rh1+ 37. Kf2 Rd8 38. Re2 Kb4 39. Kg3 Rb1 40. Kh2 d4 41. Rff2 d3 42. Rd2 Rd5 43. g4 Kb3 44. Rg2 b4 45. g5 c3 46. bxc3 bxc3 {0-1 Houska,J-Vovk,Y/Hastings ENG 2012}) 9. Bxf6 (9. Bh4 $6 g5 10. Bg3 g4 11. Ne5 Qxd4 $17) 9... Qxf6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Nd7 12. b3 (12. axb5 cxb5 13. b3 e5 14. bxc4 exd4 15. cxb5 Bb7 $15) 12... c3 $1 (12... cxb3 $6 13. Nxb3 Bb7 14. axb5 Rfc8 15. Qd3 $11) 13. e5 Qe7 14. Ne4 bxa4 15. Rxa4 a5 16. Nxc3 Bb7 17. Ne4 c5 $15 {0-1 Sandipan,C-Morozevich,A/Dresden 2008/CBM 128 (34)}) (6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. a3 (7. e3 Bd7 8. Qc2 b5 9. a3 (9. b3 $5 cxb3 10. axb3 a6 11. Bd3 Be7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. O-O Nb4 14. Qc3 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Bc6 16. Rfc1 $44) 9... Be7 10. b3 Na5 (10... cxb3 11. Nxb3 a6 12. Bd3 $44) 11. bxc4 Nxc4 12. Bxc4 bxc4 13. O-O c5 14. dxc5 Rc8 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Rfd1 Rxc5 17. Ne4 Rc7 18. Rd4 O-O $11 {Salgado Lopez,I-Delorme,A W Jun Chotowa POL 2010 0-1 (42)}) 7... Bxd2+ 8. Bxd2 Qd5 9. Qc2 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Bc3 Qg4 (11... Qc5 $5 12. e3 Bd7 13. Bb4 Qc6 {White doesn't have enough compensation for the pawn}) 12. f3 Qh4+ 13. g3 Qh6 14. e4 Bd7 15. Bxc4 Bc6 16. Qf2 O-O 17. O-O $44 {Carlsen,M-Morozevich,A Memorial Tal Blitz Moscow 2008 1-0 (46)}) 6... b5 (6... c3 $6 {is a risky move. White will get very good compensation.} 7. bxc3 Bxc3 8. Rc1 Bb4 9. Bd3 (9. Qa4+ $5 {an interesting attempt} Nc6 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Bxc6 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 Bxc6 (13... bxc6 $6 14. Qa5 $16) 14. Rxc6 bxc6 15. Qxc6+ Ke7 16. Nc4 Rhc8 17. Ne5 $44) 9... Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bb1 $6 (11. Rxc6 $1 bxc6 12. Ne5 Bb7 $8 (12... Bxd2 13. Nxc6 $1 Qd6 14. Bxf6 Re8 (14... gxf6 15. Qg4+ Kh8 16. Qh4 f5 17. Qf6+ Kg8 18. Ne7+ $18) 15. Qg4 Qf8 16. Ne7+ Rxe7 17. Qe4 g6 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Qxa8 $18) 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 (14... gxf6 15. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 16. Qh5 $18) 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Nd7 Qe7 17. Nxf8 Rxf8 18. Qb1 $16) 11... Be7 12. Qb3 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rc5 a5 15. a3 a4 16. Qd3 g6 17. Ba2 Rd8 18. Rfc1 Ra5 19. h4 Nf6 20. Ne4 Rxc5 21. Nxc5 b6 22. Nxa4 Bb7 23. Nb2 Ra8 24. Nc4 Nb4 25. axb4 Rxa2 26. Qb3 Ra8 27. Nce5 {1/2-1/2 Epishin,V-Rotstein,A/Di Roseto ITA 2010}) 7. a4 $146 c6 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. Be2 Nbd7 (9... h6 10. Bxf6 $5 (10. Bh4) 10... Qxf6 11. Ne5 Qe7 12. Bf3 O-O 13. O-O $44 {White has excellent compensation for the pawn.}) 10. O-O O-O 11. b3 $1 (11. Ne4 $6 h6 12. Bh4 Be7 13. Rfd1 Nxe4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Qxe4 a6 $17) (11. Rfd1 h6 12. Bh4 a6 {Black will play ...c5 soon. I don't see compensation for the sacrificed pawn.}) 11... c3 $1 {Morozevich doesn't want to wait with his own counterplay. Black's pawn on c3 will divert White.} (11... cxb3 12. Nxb3 (12. Qxb3 Bxd2 13. Nxd2 a6 14. e4 (14. Ne4 $5 Qe7 15. Rfd1 $44) 14... h6 15. Be3 Qe7) 12... Rc8 13. Qb2 a5 14. Ne5 $44) (11... c5 $6 {looks interesting but it seems to be that this option is in White's favour} 12. axb5 c3 13. Nc4 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 Be4 16. Qc1 Nd5 17. Nfe5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 $16) 12. Ne4 h6 $146 ({RR} 12... bxa4 13. Rxa4 a5 14. Nxc3 c5 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. Qd3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 cxd4 18. exd4 h6 19. Be3 Nb6 20. Raa1 Nbd5 21. Ne4 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Nh5 23. Bf1 Qh4 24. Rc6 Nhf4 25. Qc2 Qh5 26. Qd1 Rd8 27. Ng3 {Barbot,P (2422)-Kuljasevic,D (2538) Karlsruhe 2018 ½-½ (51)}) 13. Bh4 $5 {If White regained the pawn the position would be equal. After the text move White obtains good chances to launch a strong attack. Everything will depend on his opponent's tactical ability .} (13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Nxc3 c5 $5 (14... bxa4 $6 15. Nxa4 {Black should forget about ...c5}) (14... a6 $5 15. Ne5 Rc8 16. Bf3 (16. Nd3 $6 c5) 16... Qe7 17. Ne4 c5 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Ng6 fxg6 20. Qxg6+ $11 {with perpetual check}) 15. Nxb5 cxd4 16. Nbxd4 (16. Nfxd4 Rc8 17. Bc4 Qa5 $44) 16... Rc8 17. Bc4 Be4 18. Qe2 Nd5 $44 {Black has good compensation for the pawn.}) 13... g5 $8 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 (14... Qxf6 $5 {deserves attention} 15. Bg3 bxa4 16. Rxa4 a5 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Qe7 19. f4 f6 20. Rxb4 axb4 21. Bd6 Qxd6 22. Qg6+ $11) 15. Bg3 c5 $1 {As it was mentioned above, both players had to calculate a lot. The position is very complicated even if you use computer help.} (15... a6 16. Ne5 (16. h4 $5) 16... c5 17. dxc5 Be4 18. Bd3 Qd5 19. Rfd1 Bxd3 20. Nxd3 Bxc5 21. Nxc5 Qxc5 22. Bd6 Qc6 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. axb5 axb5 25. h4 Rc8 26. hxg5 hxg5 {This position is still difficult to estimate. I think that the vulnerable position of Black's king gives better chances to White.}) (15... bxa4 $5 16. Rxa4 (16. bxa4 $6 c5) 16... a5 17. h4 g4 18. Ne5 c5 19. Rd1 Qe7 20. dxc5 Qxc5 21. Rd4 h5 22. Nd3 Qc6 23. Bf1 Rfd8 24. Rc4 Qd5 25. Be5 Ne4 26. Rd4 Qc6 27. Rc4 Qd5 28. Rd4 $11) 16. Bxb5 (16. dxc5 Be4 17. Qc1 bxa4 18. Rxa4 a5 19. Bd6 Bd5 (19... Re8 $6 20. Bb5 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Nd7 22. e4 Qc8 23. c6 $16) 20. Bxf8 Qxf8 21. Qc2 Nd7 $15 {The strong passed pawn gives Black an advantage.}) (16. axb5 $5 {could be a stronger continuation than xb5:} Be4 17. Bd3 (17. Qc1 c2 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Ra4 Qd5 20. Rc4 Rfd8 $13) 17... Bxf3 18. gxf3 cxd4 19. Ra4 Bc5 (19... Nd5 $2 20. Be5 $1 f5 21. e4 $18) 20. exd4 Bxd4 21. Rd1 e5 22. Bc4 Kg7 $1 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Rxd8 Raxd8 25. Qf5 Rd1+ 26. Kg2 Bd4 $13) (16. Rfd1 Be4 17. Bd3 (17. Qc1 $2 c2 18. Rf1 Bc3 $17) 17... Bxd3 (17... Bxf3 $5 18. gxf3 cxd4 19. Bxb5 Bc5 20. b4 (20. Be5 Nd5 21. Bxd4 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Qf6 23. Bc6 Rad8 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Qxc3 Qxf3 26. Rxd5 exd5 27. Rc1 $11) 20... Bxb4 21. Rxd4 Qe7 22. Be5 a5 23. h4 Rfd8 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Kg2 $44) 18. Rxd3 c4 19. bxc4 bxc4 20. Rdd1 a5 21. Ne5 Rc8 22. h4 Nh5 $15 {it seems that Black defuses White's attack.}) 16... Be4 17. Qe2 Rc8 18. Ba6 cxd4 (18... Qd5 $5 {Alexander Morozevich indicated this move at the press conference.} 19. Bxc8 Rxc8 20. Qa6 $1 Qb7 (20... Rc6 $2 21. Qxa7 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Qxf3 23. Qb7 h5 24. h3 h4 25. Be5 Kg7 (25... g4 26. Bxf6 gxh3 27. Qb8+ Kh7 28. Qh8+ Kg6 29. Qg7+ Kh5 30. Qg5#) 26. Qe7 $18) (20... Qa8 $5 21. Be5 Nd7 22. Rfc1 cxd4 23. Bxd4 Nc5 24. Bxc5 Rxc5 $44 {The position is very complicated but it seems that Black has sufficient compensation for the exchange.}) 21. Qxb7 Bxb7 22. dxc5 Ne4 23. Rfc1 Rxc5 $44 {Black's chances aren't worse.}) 19. Nxd4 (19. Bxc8 $2 d3 $19) (19. exd4 $6 Qd5 $1 20. Bxc8 (20. Bc4 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Qxd4 22. Be5 Qd8 23. Rfd1 Qe7 24. f4 Rfd8 25. fxg5 hxg5 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Qf3 Nd7 28. Bxc3 Bxc3 29. Qxc3 Nf8 30. Bf1 Ng6 $15) 20... Rxc8 21. Qa6 Qb7 22. Qxb7 Bxb7 $44 {(Morozevich). This leads to a better version of the endgame I indicated before.}) 19... Rc5 20. Rad1 $1 (20. f3 {The idea to bring the bishop on to the g1-a7 diagonal g1-seems to be wrong} Bg6 21. Bf2 Nd5 22. e4 Nf4 23. Qc2 Qf6 24. Bc4 (24. Ne2 $2 Rd5 $1 25. Rad1 Rfd8 26. Nxf4 Qxf4 27. Bd3 R5d7 $17) 24... Rd8 25. Rad1 Rcc8 26. Ne2 (26. Nb5 $6 g4 $1 27. Nxa7 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rxc4 29. bxc4 gxf3 30. Nc6 Ne2+ 31. Kf1 fxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Bh5 33. Rd8+ Bf8 $19) 26... Rd2 27. Rxd2 cxd2 28. Nxf4 Qxf4 29. Qd3 Qc7 30. Rd1 Rd8 $15) 20... Nd5 $2 {After this move Morozevich could have got into trouble. The current position on the board is very complicated and even the computer can make mistakes here. So we shouldn't criticise the top GMs for the mistakes that they have made. A human brain can't calculate everything till the end. He has to trust his intuition.} (20... Qb6 $1 {it seems that after this strong move Black is out of danger.} 21. f3 (21. Bc4 Bg6 22. Nc2 Ne4 23. Rd4 a5 24. Rfd1 e5 25. Rd7 Bf5 26. R7d5 Rxd5 27. Rxd5 Nd2 28. Bd3 Bxd3 29. Qxd3 e4 $17) 21... Bg6 22. Bd3 Bxd3 23. Rxd3 Rd8 24. Bf2 Rcd5 25. Rfd1 Qa6 26. Nb5 $11) 21. Nc2 Qb6 22. Bc4 (22. Bd3 $1 Bxd3 23. Rxd3 a5 24. Be5 $1 {White has a very strong attack.} Qa6 25. Rfd1 f6 26. Qh5 $1 Kg7 (26... fxe5 $4 27. Qg6+ Kh8 28. Qxh6+ Kg8 29. Qg6+ Kh8 30. e4 $18) 27. h4 $1 fxe5 28. hxg5 Rc7 29. Qxh6+ Kg8 30. Nxb4 axb4 31. Rxd5 c2 32. Rc1 $18) 22... a5 23. Rd4 Bg6 24. h4 Rcc8 {A logical human move. Black needs to put his bishop on e7 to protect his king. The computer move 24...d8 doesn't fall in with human logic but is stronger than 24...cc8.} (24... Rd8 $5 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Rfd1 (26. Rg4 $2 Nf6 27. Rd4 Ne4 $17) (26. Bd3 Bxd3 27. Rxd3 Nf6 28. e4 Rxd3 29. Qxd3 Rc8 $11) 26... Rcc8 27. e4 Nf4 28. Bxf4 gxf4 29. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 30. Qg4 Kf7 31. Qxf4+ Ke8 32. Qf6 Bf7 33. Nxb4 (33. Qh8+ Ke7 34. Qh4+ Ke8) 33... Rxd4 34. Rxd4 axb4 35. Qh8+ Ke7 36. Qh4+ Ke8 37. Qh8+ $11) 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Rg4 Be7 27. e4 Nf4 (27... f5 $2 28. exd5 fxg4 29. d6 Bxd6 30. Qxe6+ Kh7 31. Bxd6 Bxc2 32. Bxf8 Qxe6 33. Bxe6 Rxf8 34. Rc1 Bf5 35. Bxf5+ Rxf5 36. Rxc3 $16) 28. Bxf4 gxf4 29. e5 $2 (29. Qd3 $1 {White is going to take the annoying pawn.} e5 (29... Rfd8 30. Qxc3 Qd6 31. e5 $16) 30. g3 $1 Rfd8 31. Qxc3 $16 {White gains a pawn and still has chances to launch an attack.}) 29... Kg7 30. Bd3 $2 {Too late. He should have played d3 on the 22nd move.} (30. Qe4 $1 {The position is still unclear.} Rfd8 (30... Rh8 $5 31. Nd4 c2 32. Nxe6+ (32. Nxc2 $6 Rh5 33. Nd4 Rch8 34. g3 R8h6 $17) 32... Qxe6 33. Bxe6 c1=Q 34. Bxc8 Qxc8 35. Qxf4 $13) 31. Bd3 Kf8 32. Rxg6 fxg6 33. Qxg6 $44 Rxd3 34. Qxd3 Qxb3 35. Qh7 Rd8 36. Qh8+ Kf7 37. Qh7+ Ke8 38. Qg6+ Kd7 39. Qd3+ Ke8 (39... Kc7 $2 40. Nd4 $16) 40. Qg6+ $11) 30... Rh8 31. g3 Rh6 $17 {Black is ready to launch a decisive counter-attack.} 32. Be4 (32. Rxf4 Rch8 33. Bxg6 fxg6 34. Qf3 Rh1+ 35. Qxh1 Rxh1+ 36. Kxh1 Qxb3 37. Nd4 Qd5+ 38. Kg1 Bc5 39. Nc2 Qd3 40. Ne3 c2 $19) 32... Rch8 33. Qc4 fxg3 34. Rxg3 Rh4 $1 35. Qc6 (35. Ne3 $5 {was the last chance. The position is very clear to a computer, but a human player could have miscalculated somewhere. Especially if he was in time trouble.} R8h5 36. Qd3 Kh8 37. Bxg6 fxg6 38. Qd7 Bf8 39. Qc8 Qb4 40. Qa8 c2 41. Nxc2 Rh1+ 42. Kg2 (42. Qxh1 Rxh1+ 43. Kxh1 Qe4+ 44. Kg1 Qxc2 $19) 42... R5h2+ 43. Kf3 Qc5 44. Rxh1 Qxf2+ 45. Ke4 Qxc2+ 46. Kd4 Qd2+ 47. Kc4 Qb4+ 48. Kd3 Qxb3+ 49. Kd4 Qxa4+ 50. Kd3 Qb3+ 51. Kd4 Qb4+ 52. Kd3 Qd2+ 53. Kc4 Qd5+ 54. Qxd5 exd5+ 55. Kxd5 Rxh1 $19) 35... Qxc6 36. Bxc6 Bc5 {The endgame is completely winning for Black.} 37. Rc1 (37. Rxc3 Rg4+ 38. Bg2 Be4 39. Ne1 Bd4 40. Rc4 Bd5 41. Rc1 Bxe5 $19) 37... Rf4 38. Ne3 Bd4 $19 39. Bb5 Kf8 40. Bc6 Bxe5 41. Nd1 Rb4 42. Rxg6 (42. Rgxc3 Bxc3 43. Rxc3 Kg7 $19) 42... fxg6 43. Nxc3 Ke7 44. Bg2 Rxb3 45. Ne4 Rd8 46. Re1 Rbd3 47. Kf1 Rd1 48. Nc5 Rxe1+ 49. Kxe1 Rd4 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.02.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "Stohl,Igor"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2012.02.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 {This sideline has its fans even among the elite.} ({Sasikiran until now used to play mainly} 4. Nbd2 {when Black has 2 main reactions:} {In a later game Bartel preferred the Stonewall with} f5 (4... Nf6 5. g3 Qa5 (5... Nbd7 $142 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 Re8 9. b3 e5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Bb2 Nc6 13. e3 Bg4 14. Rac1 Qe7 {Here White misses his knight on c3 and Black with his isolated d5 has sufficient counterplay. Simplification} 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Ba3 17. Bc5 Bxc5 18. Qxc5 Qxc5 19. Rxc5 Rac8 20. Rfc1 Rxc5 21. Rxc5 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Nb1 Bd7 24. Nc3 {½,Bareev,E (2660)-Anand,V (2725)/Biel izt/1993/ led only to a quick draw.}) 6. Qc2 dxc4 7. Qxc4 b6 8. Bg2 Ba6 9. Qc2 Nbd7 {is an original try, but after} 10. Ne5 $1 Rc8 11. Nec4 Bxc4 12. Qxc4 b5 13. Qd3 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 (14... Nxc5 $142 $5) 15. O-O Ne5 16. Qb1 Neg4 17. e3 Qb6 18. Nb3 O-O 19. Bd2 b4 20. Nxc5 Rxc5 21. a3 $14 {[%csl Gd2,Gg2] White has a pleasant pull with his bishops.} b3 $5 22. Bb4 Rc2 23. Bxf8 Nxe3 24. fxe3 $5 (24. Bb4 Nfg4 25. Qe1 Nxf1 26. Ba5 Qc5 27. Rd1 h5 28. Bb4 Qb6 29. Ba5 Qc5 30. Bb4 Qb6 31. Ba5 Qc5 {½,Dziuba,M (2593)-Bartel,M (2608)/POL-chT Wroclaw/2011/}) 24... Qxe3+ 25. Kh1 Qe2 26. Qxc2 bxc2 27. Bc5 $16) 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b3 b6 (8... O-O {is more solid}) 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Ng5 Qe7 11. Nc4 Bb4 12. a3 Bc3 13. a4 (13. Bf4 $5) 13... Bb4 14. Ba3 Bxa3 15. Nxa3 O-O 16. Qc2 Bb7 17. Rfc1 Rfc8 18. Qb2 h6 19. Nf3 Qb4 20. Nc2 Qd6 {½,Steingrimsson,H (2562)-Bartel,M (2627)/Bundesliga/2011/}) ({The most popular move is} 4. Nc3 {, when Black plays} Nf6 {, reaching the basic Semi-slav position} ({, or} 4... dxc4 $5 {, leading to the sharp Noteboom variation.})) 4... dxc4 {Black takes at a moment, when White can recapture only with his queen.} ({However, he can wait with this Meran move and play} 4... Nf6 {instead.} 5. g3 (5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nc3 {is the most popular Anti-Meran line nowadays.}) (5. Bg5 dxc4 {will probably only tranpose into the game, as the gambit} 6. e4 b5 {is very rare - here Black is not yet forced to weaken his kingside with h6 and g5 as in the sharp Anti-Moscow gambit.}) 5... dxc4 ({For} 5... Nbd7 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2 {see the previous note with 4.bd2.}) 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 {has a good reputation, as Black usually gets in the important c5 advance:} 8. Bg2 (8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. Nb3 Qb6 10. Bg2 Rc8 11. O-O Be7 12. Be3 Nd5 13. Bg5 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Rac1 O-O 16. Bxe7 Nxb3 17. Qxb3 Nxe7 18. Ne5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qb7+ 20. Qf3 Nd5 $11 {Aseev,K (2533)-Klimov,S (2416)/St Petersburg/1999/}) 8... Nbd7 9. Ne5 $5 (9. a4 a6 10. O-O c5 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Qxa8 13. Na3 b4 14. Nc4 Be7 15. Bf4 Be4 16. Qc1 O-O 17. Nd6 Bxd6 18. Bxd6 Rc8 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Bxc5 Qd5 21. Rd1 Rxc5 22. Qa1 Ra5 {½,Svidler,P (2739)-Nielsen,P (2680)/Copenhagen rpd/2010/}) 9... Qb6 $5 (9... Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 (10... Nd5 $142 $5 $13) 11. O-O {je riskantne, po} Be7 12. Rd1 Qb6 13. Bf4 c5 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. Nc3 O-O 16. Qd3 Rfd8 17. Qxb5 Qxb5 18. Nxb5 g5 19. Be3 a6 20. Nd6 Nxe5 21. Bxc5 $16 {Anand,V (2817)-Grigoryan,A (2614)/Bastia rpd/2011/}) 10. Nxd7 (10. Be3 c5 $11 (10... Nxe5 11. dxe5 c5 $132)) 10... Nxd7 11. Nc3 c5 12. d5 Nf6 13. e4 b4 ({More modest, but also playable is} 13... Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Re1 exd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bd6 18. b3 Rae8 19. Bb2 Bc8 20. Be4 h6 21. Bh7+ Kh8 22. Bd3 Bd7 23. Bf5 Qc7 $11 {Bouddha#77,R (2473)-Auryn (2618)/playchess.com/2007/}) 14. Na4 Qb5 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. b3 c4 17. bxc4 Rc8 18. cxb5 Rxc2 19. O-O Bxe4 20. Be3 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Rc7 22. Rac1 Nd5 23. Bd4 Kf7 24. b6 axb6 25. Nxb6 Bd6 $14 {/=,Fressinet,L (2696)-Bartel,M (2627)/Bundesliga/2011/}) 5. Qxc4 Nf6 6. Bg5 {White doesn't commit his b1-knight yet.} (6. Nc3 b5 7. Qd3 a6 {doesn't currently pose Black too serious opening problems:} 8. e4 (8. Bg5 c5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 $1 (9... Qxf6 $143 10. Ne4 Qf5 11. Nxc5 Bxc5 12. Qc3 $1 $36) 10. d5 Bb7 11. O-O-O (11. e4 Nd7 12. O-O-O c4 13. Qc2 Qb6 14. Kb1 O-O-O 15. g3 Kb8 16. Bh3 Nc5 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Rxd8+ Qxd8 19. Rd1 Qb6 $15 {Gyimesi,Z (2595)-Erdos,V (2576)/HUN-chT/2011/}) 11... b4 12. Na4 Qxd5 13. Qxd5 Bxd5 14. Nb6 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Ra7 16. e3 Rb7 17. Nc4 Rg8 18. f4 f5 19. Be2 Be7 20. Bf3 $44 {Grischuk,A (2752)-Bacrot,E (2714)/EU-chT Porto Carras/2011/ White has compensation, but it's enough only for endgame equality.}) 8... c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 $5 (9... Qxd3 10. Bxd3 Bxc5 11. e5 Nfd7 12. Be4 Ra7 {possibly also equalises, taking immediately is more ambitious.}) 10. Qxd8+ (10. e5 Ng4 11. Ne4 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 14. Nexd2 {leads to the same position as in the main line, only here Black can still castle.}) 10... Kxd8 11. e5 Ng4 12. Bg5+ Ke8 13. Ne4 (13. O-O-O $6 Nd7 14. Ne4 Bb7 15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. Bh4 Ne4 17. Rd4 Rc8+ 18. Kb1 Nexf2 19. h3 Nxh1 20. hxg4 h5 21. g5 g6 22. Be2 Ke7 $17 {Navara,D (2672)-Kramnik,V (2788)/Prague rpd/2008/}) (13. Bh4 Nd7 14. Bg3 Bb7 15. Be2 Rb8 {mal biely starosti so slbym Pe5, Chalifman - Stefanova, Drammen 2004.}) 13... Bb4+ 14. Bd2 (14. Ke2 Bb7 15. Rd1 {Chiburdanidze,M (2514)-Munguntuul,B (2261)/Ulaanbaatar/2010/} Bd5 $1 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. exd6 Nc6 $15 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Re8d7]}) 14... Bxd2+ 15. Nexd2 Nd7 (15... Nc6 $5 16. a4 Rb8) 16. a4 bxa4 17. Nc4 Ke7 18. h3 Nh6 19. Rxa4 Bb7 20. Be2 Rhc8 21. O-O Bd5 22. Rfa1 Rab8 $11 {Hernandez Carmenates,H (2580)-Jakovenko,D (2737)/Dresden olm/2008/}) 6... b5 {Now White will deploy his knight to d2 in an attempt to slow down c5.} 7. Qc2 {The standard retreat.} (7. Qb3 Bb7 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. e3 a6 10. a4 Qa5 11. Ra2 Qb4 12. Bd3 Nd5 13. Ra1 h6 14. Bh4 Qxb3 15. Nxb3 Nb4 16. Bb1 c5 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. axb5 O-O 20. Ke2 axb5 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Rc1 Rc8 23. Nd4 Bxd4 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. exd4 Nd5 26. Be4 Bb7 27. Bg3 Nc3+ {½,Konopka,M (2451)-Haba,P (2524)/AUT-chT/2004/}) 7... Bb7 8. e3 {White keeps e4 free for his minor pieces.} (8. e4 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 (9. e5 h6 10. Bd2 (10. Bh4 $6 Qa5+) 10... Nd5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nb6 13. Bd3 a6 14. Be4 Qc7 15. Be3 Be7 16. O-O Nc4 17. Nd2 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 c5 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. a4 cxd4 21. Bxd4 O-O 22. Rfb1 Qc6 23. axb5 axb5 24. Rxa8 $11 {½,Hammer,J (2610)-Richter,M (2488)/Gothenburg/2011/}) 9... a6 10. a4 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. e5 Qd8 13. Bd3 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Ne4 c5 16. axb5 axb5 17. dxc5 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Nxc5 20. g3 Qb6 $11 {½,Karpov,A (2679)-Grischuk,A (2663)/Linares/2001/}) 8... Nbd7 9. Nbd2 {It makes little sense to postpone this move.} (9. Be2 a6 10. a4 b4 $5 11. O-O c5 $132 12. a5 Rc8 13. Qa4 h6 $6 (13... Bc6 $5 14. Qd1 Bb7 $11) 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nbd2 cxd4 16. exd4 (16. Nxd4 $142 {[%cal Ye2f3] is pleasant for White}) 16... Rg8 17. Rac1 $6 ({Passive, White should consider} 17. d5 $5) 17... Be7 18. g3 Kf8 19. Bd3 f5 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21. Qd1 Qc6 22. Qe2 Bg5 $17 {Bu Xiangzhi (2702)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2632)/Sochi blitz/2009/}) 9... a6 {Black can't well do without this move, after} (9... Qb6 10. a4 {he still has nothing better than} a6) 10. a4 h6 {Provocative, but possibly not best.} ({More solid is finishing development first with} 10... Rc8 11. Be2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Qb3 (13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Rfc1 c5 15. axb5 cxd4 16. Qd3 Rxc1+ 17. Rxc1 dxe3 18. Qxe3 axb5 19. Bxb5 Nb6 20. Bc6 $11 {½,Nyback,T (2571)-Zhigalko,S (2485)/Hengelo/2005/}) 13... Nb6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 ({Again justified and positionally almost forced.} 14... Bxf6 $6 15. Ne4 $36 {[%csl Rc5,Rc6]}) 15. Ne4 Qd5 ({An interesting computer suggestion is} 15... Nxa4 $5 16. Rxa4 Qd5 17. Qxd5 (17. Qb4 c5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. dxc5 bxa4 20. Rd1 Qe4 $15) 17... cxd5 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Ra2 $11) 16. Qa3 (16. Qc2 $5 {} Nxa4 17. b4 $1 $44) 16... Bxa3 17. Nxf6+ Kg7 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. axb5 $5 (19. Rxa3 Nxa4 $11) 19... Bd6 ({An attempt to play for a win.} 19... Bxb2 20. Ra2 Bc3 21. bxa6 Ba8 22. Rc2 {and Black has hardly anything better than repetition after} Bb4 23. Rb2 Ba5 24. Ra2 $11) 20. bxa6 Bc6 21. Rfc1 Kf6 22. Nd2 (22. b4 $142 $1 $13 {b5}) 22... Ke7 23. Nb3 Nc4 $1 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. Rxc4 Bd5 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. a7 Ba8 28. Nc5 Bxc5 29. Rc1 Rc7 30. Rxc5 Rxa7 $15 {Iljushin,A (2551)-Zhigalko,S (2668)/Moscow/2010/}) (10... Qb6 11. Be2 (11. Qb3 $5 $14) 11... c5 (11... Bb4 $5) 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8+ Bxa8 14. O-O Bb7 15. Rc1 Be7 (15... Nd5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Nb3 Be7 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. Qd2 h6 20. Qa5 b4 21. e4 Qxa5 22. Nxa5 Nf4 23. Bb5 $36 {Harika,D (2461)-Dworakowska,J (2363)/Beijing rpd/2008/}) 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Ne4 Be7 $2 (18... Bb4 $14) 19. Nd4 $6 (19. Bxb5 $142 $1 Qxb5 20. Qc8+ $1 Bxc8 21. Rxc8+ Bd8 22. Nd6+ $16 {wins the pawn under much better circumstances.}) 19... O-O 20. Bxb5 Rc8 21. Nc3 Ne5 $14 {[%csl Gb7,Ge7] Huzman,A (2574)-Chekhov,V (2464)/Ashdod/2003/ Here converting the extra pawn is seriously complicated by Black's bishop-pair.}) 11. Bxf6 gxf6 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] Although we have seen this recapture in the previous notes, in this concrete position it's new. The idea is clear - Black wants a firmer control of c5. The drawbacks are just as obvious: he will have long-term problems with king safety.} (11... Qxf6 12. Bd3 (12. Be2 Bb4 13. O-O O-O 14. Ne4 Qe7 15. Rfc1 bxa4 16. Rxa4 a5 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. dxc5 Rfd8 19. Nd4 Rd5 20. Nb3 $14 {[%csl Rb7] Xu Jun (2589)-Visweswaran,K (2297)/Singapore/2004/}) 12... Bb4 13. O-O O-O 14. Bh7+ Kh8 15. Be4 Qe7 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rfc1 f5 18. Bd3 Bd6 19. e4 g6 20. Rxa8 Bxa8 21. Re1 Qf7 22. Qb3 Bf4 23. Qc3 Qf6 24. exf5 exf5 25. Nb3 $36 {Lysyj,I (2330)-Geller,J (2417)/Vladimir/2002/ In both examples Black had serious problems with his passive light-squared bishop.}) 12. Be2 Rc8 13. O-O Be7 {Development is important, it was premature to play} (13... c5 $143 14. d5 $5 (14. axb5 cxd4 15. Qd3 $14) 14... Bxd5 15. axb5 $32 {}) 14. Rfd1 {A natural move, activating the rook.} ({After} 14. e4 c5 15. d5 c4 {the forcing} 16. axb5 axb5 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. e5 f5 19. Nd4 Qb6 20. Bh5+ Kf8 21. Nxf5 Nxe5 22. Nxe7 Kxe7 $13 {[%csl Re7][%cal Ye5d3,Yc8f8,Yh8g8] / exposes Black's king, but also seriously activates his forces}) 14... Qb6 15. e4 {[%mdl 64] White develops his central play after all, which leads to a very tense double-edged position, full of various tactical motifs.} (15. Qd3 {prevents c5 for the time being, but after} f5 {[%cal Ye8g8,Yh8d8,Gb5a4,Gb5b4,Gc6c5] Black can gradually consolidate and get in c5 after preparation with b4, or even bxa4.}) 15... c5 16. d5 c4 ({Bartel probably didn't consider} 16... exd5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Nf1 $5 $44 {[%cal Rf1e3,Re3f5] too seriously - the f5 hole is a welcome target for White's knight.}) 17. axb5 $146 ({RR} 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Nh4 Bc5 19. Bh5+ Kd8 20. Ndf3 Kc7 21. Ng6 Rhd8 22. axb5 axb5 23. Rab1 Qc6 24. Re1 Nf8 25. Nxf8 Bxf8 26. Re2 Kb8 27. Rd1 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Be7 29. h3 Rd8 30. Rd2 Rxd2 31. Qxd2 Qd6 {Bartel,M (2260)-Skawinski,A (2355) Warsaw 2016 ½-½ (51)}) 17... axb5 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Nh4 Bc5 $1 {[%cal Ye8d8,Yd8c7] Initially the king heads for the queenside.} (19... Ne5 $143 20. Bh5+ Kf8 21. Ndf3 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 $1 $36 {[%csl Rf8]}) 20. Bh5+ Kd8 21. Ng6 (21. Ndf3 Kc7 {[%cal Yh8d8] is OK for Black - White's minor pieces can't threaten his king from the opposite flank. Therefore Sasikiran sacrifices a pawn. However, this gives Black counterplay, as White's king will become more vulnerable as well.}) 21... Bxf2+ 22. Kh1 Rg8 (22... Rh7 $142 $5 $13 {[%cal Yd8c7] seems stronger, preparing to evacuate the king.} 23. Nf8 $2 Nxf8 24. Nxc4+ Nd7 $19) 23. Nf3 Bc5 (23... Kc7 $6 24. Ne7 $16) 24. Nf4 {[%cal Rh5f7] Once again Black faces a direct threat and must lose a tempo.} Ke7 (24... Rg7 25. Qc3 (25. b3 $44) 25... Kc7 26. e5 $5 Bxf3 (26... f5 27. Rd6 $1 Bxd6 28. Nxe6+ $36) 27. Bxf3 fxe5 28. Ra7+ Qxa7 29. Nxe6+ Kb8 30. Nxg7 $13 {As the king is exposed also on the queenside, Bartel decides to face the storm in the centre after all.}) 25. Ng6+ Kd8 26. Qd2 ({White spurns} 26. Nf4 $11 {and plays for a win.}) 26... Rc7 27. Qxh6 Kc8 28. Nf4 (28. Qh7 Rd8 29. Bg4 Rc6 $1 $13 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Rc6d6]} (29... Bxe4 $2 30. Ne7+ Bxe7 31. Qxe4 f5 32. Bxf5 exf5 33. Qxe7 $18 {[%csl Rc8]}) {Forcing the issue with} 30. Nf4 Be3 31. Nxe6 Rxe6 32. Rxd7 Rxd7 33. Qg8+ Rd8 34. Bxe6+ Kb8 35. Qg3+ Qc7 $44 {[%csl Gb7,Ge3] gives Black enough play for the pawn.}) 28... Bxe4 $6 {[%mdl 8192] Playing such a position faultlessly in a practical game is almost impossible.} ({Bartel seeks activity and tactics, but the computer indicates the stronger} 28... Be3 $142 29. Bf7 Rd8 30. Bxe6 (30. Qh4 Rc6 $13) 30... Qxe6 (30... Bxf4 31. Qxf6 $5 (31. Rxd7 Bxh6 32. Rd6+ Kb8 33. Rxb6 Rc6 $11) 31... Bd6 32. Bf5 $40) 31. Nxe6 Bxh6 32. Nxd8 Kxd8 33. Nd4 {vedie} Rc8 (33... b4 $5 34. Ne6+ Kc8 35. Nxc7 Kxc7 $44) 34. Nxb5 Bf4 $132) 29. Bf7 Rxg2 $5 {Black probably relied on this blow, which is his best practical chance.} ({White's attack is too strong after} 29... Bf8 30. Qh5 $1 Rc5 (30... Rxg2 31. Bxe6 $5 Rxh2+ 32. Kxh2 Qf2+ 33. Ng2 Bxf3 34. Bxd7+ $18) 31. Qh3 Bf5 32. Qh4 Rg7 ({Aj po} 32... Rg4 33. Qh8 $1 Rxf4 34. Ra8+ Kc7 35. Rxd7+ Kxd7 36. Qxf8 Kc6 37. Rb8 $1 $18) 33. Rxd7 Kxd7 34. Qxf6 $18) 30. Kxg2 (30. Qh8+ Bf8 31. Kxg2 Qe3 (31... Bxf3+ $2 32. Kxf3 Ne5+ 33. Ke2 Rxf7 34. Ra8+ $18) 32. Qh3 Rc5 33. Nxe6 Qe2+ 34. Kg3 (34. Kg1 Bxf3 35. Rxd7 Qe3+ $11) 34... Rf5 $3 (34... Qxf3+ 35. Kh4 Qf2+ 36. Qg3 $13 {/}) 35. Ra8+ Bxa8 36. Qxf5 Qxd1 37. Nxf8 Qd6+ 38. Kf2 Qxf8 39. Be6 Qd6 $11 {Here a draw is the most likely result.}) 30... Bxf3+ 31. Kxf3 Ne5+ 32. Ke2 Nxf7 33. Qg6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Misses a great chance.} (33. Qxf6 $6 Qc6 34. Qg6 Kb7 35. Qg2 Qxg2+ 36. Nxg2 Ne5 $44) (33. Qg7 $142 $1 Re7 (33... Kb7 34. Qg8 $18) 34. Ng6 $18 {nets White another exchange and should win.}) 33... Re7 34. Ra8+ (34. Nh5 $5) 34... Kc7 35. Rf8 (35. Qg8 $6 Qb7 $36) (35. Qg3 Nd6 36. Qg8 Qb7 37. Qd8+ Kc6 38. Rda1 Bb6 $13) 35... Ne5 $132 {After the mistake on move 33 Black is very much back in the game and the position remains complex.} 36. Qxf6 ({After} 36. Qe4 Qc6 37. Qxc6+ Nxc6 38. Rxf6 Bd4 39. Rxe6 Rh7 40. Rxc6+ (40. h3 Bxb2 $11) 40... Kxc6 41. Rxd4 Rxh2+ $11 {the tension dissipates into a drawn endgame, but White still wants more.}) 36... Nd7 37. Rxd7+ Kxd7 38. Ng6 Qb7 $1 39. Ne5+ $2 {Possibly in serious time-trouble, White falters.} ({He should have resigned himself to the perpetual after} 39. Nxe7 Qe4+ 40. Kd2 Qd3+ (40... Bxe7 41. Rf7 $11) 41. Ke1 Qb1+ $11) 39... Kc7 $19 40. Nf3 ({White's prospects were grim - he faces either a hopeless endgame after} 40. Qf3 Qxf3+ 41. Nxf3 (41. Rxf3 Bd4 $19) 41... Rg7 $19 {, or a mating attack. Sasikiran goes for the latter...}) 40... Qe4+ 41. Kf1 (41. Kd1 Rd7+) 41... Qd3+ 42. Kg2 (42. Ke1 Qe3+) 42... Qe2+ 43. Kg3 Bd6+ (43... Bd6+ 44. Kh3 Qf1+ 45. Kg4 Qg2+ $19 {[%cal Re7h7]}) 0-1

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.10.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,Ilya"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 8324]} 1. d4 {Tsesarsky,Ilya Tsesarsky,Ilya Ftacnik} d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Nf6 6. Bg5 ({RR} 6. g3 Nbd7 ({RR} 6... a6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. Nc3 b5 9. Qb3 O-O 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. a4 Qc7 14. Bf4 Qb6 15. a5 Qa7 16. Bh3 c5 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. d5 c4 19. Qc2 Bxd5 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Rxd5) 7. Bg2 e5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 Qa5+ 10. Nc3 Qxe5 11. Bxc6+ Bd7 12. Bxb7 ({RR} 12. Bf4) 12... Rd8 13. Bf4 Qf5 14. Bc7 Bc5 15. O-O O-O 16. Bxd8) 6... Be7 ({RR} 6... h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. e4 Nd7 9. Nc3 a5 10. Be2 Qd8 11. O-O Be7 12. Rad1) ({RR} 6... b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 ({RR} 7... Be7 8. e4 O-O 9. Bd3) 8. Bxf6 ({RR} 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. e3 Rc8 10. a4 a6 11. Be2 c5 12. axb5 axb5 13. d5 exd5 14. Bxb5 Qb6 15. Ba4) ({RR} 8. e4 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. e5 Qd8 12. Bd3 Qb6 13. a4 a6 14. O-O Be7 15. Be4) 8... gxf6 ({RR} 8... Qxf6 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. e3 a6 11. a4 Bb4 12. Bd3) 9. e3 ({RR} 9. e4 Rg8 10. Nc3) 9... Nd7 10. Nbd2) ({RR} 6... Qb6 7. Nbd2 Qxb2 8. Rb1 Qa3 9. e4 b6 ({RR} 9... Be7 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Nc4) 10. Qc2 Ba6 ({RR} 10... Bb4 11. Bd3) 11. Bc4) 7. e3 ({RR} 7. Nc3) ({RR} 7. Nc3 b5 8. Qd3 a6 9. Rc1 Nbd7 10. e4 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. Ne5 Ke8 14. Nc6 h6 15. Bd2 Ncxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Nxe7 Kxe7 18. Bb4+ Nd6 19. Be2 a5 20. Rc7+ Bd7 21. Bxb5 Rhd8 {Md Imran (2382)-Vandan Alankar Sawai (2167) Budapest HUN 2024 1-0 (71)}) ({RR} 7. Nbd2 b6 8. e4 Ba6 9. Qc2 Bxf1 10. Rxf1 ({RR} 10. Nxf1 O-O 11. Ng3 ({RR} 11. Rd1) ({RR} 11. N1d2) 11... c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. O-O Nfd7 ({RR} 13... Nc6 14. Rfd1 Nd7) 14. Bxe7 ({RR} 14. Bf4 Nc6 15. Rfd1) 14... Qxe7 15. e5) 10... h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Kb1 Qc8 ({RR} 13... Qc7 14. e5 Be7 15. Ne4 Na6) 14. e5 Be7 15. Ne4 Na6 16. Qd2 Rd8 ({RR} 16... c5 17. g4 ({RR} 17. d5 exd5 18. Qxd5 Qg4 19. Ng3 ({RR} 19. h3 Qg6 ({RR} 19... Qxg2 20. Nfg5 Qxf1 21. Rxf1)) 19... Nb4 20. Qe4 Qe6 21. a3 Qa2+ 22. Kc1 Rac8 ({RR} 22... Qa1+ 23. Qb1 Qxb1+ 24. Kxb1 Nc6 25. Rd7) 23. Nf5 Rfe8 24. Rd7 Nc6 25. Qg4 Bg5+ 26. Nxg5 Nxe5 ({RR} 26... Qa1+ 27. Kc2 Nd4+ 28. Kc3 Nb5+ 29. Kb3) 27. Qe4 hxg5) ({RR} 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 ({RR} 18. Nd6 Qc6 19. Qf4 ({RR} 19. Rc1 Bxd6 20. exd6 Rfd8 21. Rfd1 Qe4+ 22. Ka1 Nb7) 19... f6 20. Rd2 fxe5 21. Qxe5 Rad8 22. Rfd1 Qa4 23. Qe1 Bxd6 24. Rxd6 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Qg4) 18... Qxc5 19. Rc1 Qb5 20. Rfd1 Rac8) 17... cxd4 ({RR} 17... Qc6 18. Qe2 Qa4 19. g5 hxg5 20. Nfxg5 g6 21. Rg1 cxd4 22. Nxe6) 18. g5 Qc6 19. Qe2 Nc5 20. Rxd4 ({RR} 20. Nf6+ gxf6 21. gxf6 Bxf6 ({RR} 21... Bd8 22. Rg1+ Kh8 ({RR} 22... Kh7 23. Ng5+) 23. Qd2 Qe4+ 24. Ka1 Qh7 25. Rg7) 22. exf6 Qe4+ 23. Qxe4 Nxe4 24. Rg1+ Kh8 25. Rxd4 Nxf6) 20... Nxe4 21. Rxe4 Bxg5 22. Nxg5 hxg5 23. Rg1 Rac8 24. Reg4 g6 25. Rxg5 Qc4) 17. g4 c5 18. g5 h5 ({RR} 18... hxg5 19. Nfxg5 Rxd4 20. Qe2 Bxg5 21. Nxg5 g6 22. h4 ({RR} 22. Qf3 Qf8) 22... Rxh4 ({RR} 22... Nb4 23. h5 Qc6 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. a3 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Nd5 27. Qe4 Qe8 28. Qh4) 23. Qf3 Qf8 24. Nxf7 Rb8 25. Rd7) 19. Nf6+ Kf8 ({RR} 19... Kh8 20. g6 ({RR} 20. Nxh5) 20... Bxf6 ({RR} 20... fxg6 21. Qg5 Bxf6 22. exf6 Qb7 23. Qxg6 gxf6 24. Qxf6+ Qg7 25. Qxe6 {RR} Nc7 26. Qe5) 21. exf6) ({RR} 19... gxf6 20. gxf6 Kf8 ({RR} 20... Bxf6 21. exf6) 21. Qh6+ Ke8 22. fxe7 Kxe7 23. Qf6+ Ke8 24. Rg1) 20. g6 fxg6 ({RR} 20... Qc6 21. Qf4 gxf6 ({RR} 21... fxg6 22. d5 exd5 23. Nxd5+ Ke8 24. Nxe7 Kxe7 ({RR} 24... Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Kxe7 26. Rd6) 25. Rd6) 22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Ne5) 21. Qf4 gxf6 {Topalov,V (2702)-Lautier,J (2632) Monte Carlo 2000 CBM 076 [Tsesarsky,Ilya] 1-0}) ({RR} 7. Nc3 O-O 8. e4 h6 9. Bh4 Qb6 10. Rb1) 7... O-O ({RR} 7... b6 8. Nc3 ({RR} 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. Nc3 ({RR} 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Nc3 h6 11. Bh4 O-O 12. O-O-O) 9... Nbd7 10. Rd1 Rc8 11. Be2 Nd5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7) 8... Ba6 9. Qa4 Bxf1 10. Rxf1 O-O 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Ke2 ({RR} 12. O-O-O b5 13. Qc2 Na6 14. Kb1 Nb4 15. Qe2 Qa5 16. Nd2 Be7 17. f4 Nd5 18. Rc1) 12... c5 13. Rfd1 cxd4 14. Ne4 e5 15. exd4 exd4 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Qxd4) ({RR} 7... Nbd7 8. Bd3 Qa5+ 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. O-O e5 11. Nb3 Qc7 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bh4 exd4 14. Nbxd4 Nd5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. b4 Nf6) 8. Bd3 (8. Be2 {Ftacnik} Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. O-O e5 11. Ne4 $5 ({RR} 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Ne4 exd4 ({RR} 12... Be7 13. Rfd1 Nb6 14. Qc2 f5 15. Ned2 e4 16. Nc4 Qb4 17. Nxb6 ({RR} 17. a3 Qa4 18. b3 Qb5 19. Nxb6 Qxb6 20. Bc4+ Kh8 21. Ne5 Qc7 22. Nf7+ Kg8 23. Ne5+)) 13. Nxd4 ({RR} 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Nxd4 Qb6 15. Qc2 Re8 16. Rfd1 Bg4) 13... Be5 14. Rfd1) ({RR} 11. Rfd1 exd4 12. Qxd4 Rd8 13. Rac1 ({RR} 13. e4 Nc5 14. b4 ({RR} 14. Qe3 Ne6 15. Rxd8+ Bxd8 16. Rd1 Bb6 17. Qd2 Nxg5 18. Nxg5 Bg4) ({RR} 14. Qe5 Be6 15. Nd4 Bd6 ({RR} 15... Nfd7 16. Qg3 Bxg5 17. Qxg5 Qb6 18. Rd2 h6 19. Qh4 Ne5 20. Rad1 Ng6 21. Qg3 Bxa2 22. Bh5 ({RR} 22. Nxa2 Nxe4 23. Qe3 Nxd2 24. Rxd2 c5 25. Nf3 ({RR} 25. Nb5 Rxd2 26. Qxd2 Rd8 27. Qc2 Nf4 28. Bf1 a6 29. Nbc3 Qe6 ({RR} 29... Qd6 30. Ne4 Qg6 ({RR} 30... Qd1 31. Qxd1 Rxd1 32. Nac3) 31. f3))) 22... Kh7 23. e5 ({RR} 23. b4 Nb3) ({RR} 23. Nxa2 Nxe4 24. Bxg6+ fxg6 25. Qf4 Nxd2 26. Rxd2 c5 27. Nf3 Qxb2) 23... Bc4) 16. Nxc6 Qc7 ({RR} 16... Bxe5 17. Nxa5 Rxd1+ 18. Nxd1 Nfxe4 19. Be3) 17. Rxd6 Rxd6 18. Nb5 Qxc6 19. Nxd6 Nfxe4 20. Nxe4 Qxe4 21. Qxe4 Nxe4 22. Be3) 14... Rxd4 15. bxa5 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 h6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. e5 Be7 19. Nd4 Ne6 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21. Rb1 Rb8 22. Bf3 Bg5) 13... Nc5 14. Qh4 Be6 15. Nd4 ({RR} 15. b4 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Qa3 17. bxc5 Qxc3 18. Bd3 h6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qe4 g6) 15... h6 16. Nxe6 Nxe6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6) 11... exd4 ({RR} 11... Nxe4 12. Bxe7 Re8 13. Bb4 Qb6 14. Rad1) 12. Qxd4 Qb6 13. Rfd1 Re8 ({RR} 13... h6 14. Bh4 c5 15. Qd3 Rd8 16. Qc2 g5 17. Bxg5 hxg5 18. Nexg5 Rf8 19. Bc4 Kg7 20. Bxf7 Rxf7 21. Rxd7 Bxd7 22. Ne5 Be6 ({RR} 22... Kf8 23. Ngxf7 ({RR} 23. Qg6 Rg7 24. Nxd7+ Kg8 ({RR} 24... Nxd7 25. Ne6+) 25. Qxg7+ ({RR} 25. Nxb6 Rxg6 26. Nxa8 Rxg5) 25... Kxg7 26. Nxb6 axb6) 23... Qe6 24. Qg6 Ng4 ({RR} 24... Ba4 25. b3 Bb5 26. Rd1) 25. Nxd7+ Qxd7 26. Ng5 Bxg5 27. Qxg5 Re8 28. Qxc5+) 23. Qg6+ Kf8 24. Nexf7) 14. Rac1 ({RR} 14. Qxb6 axb6 15. Nd6 Bxd6 16. Rxd6 Ne4 17. Rdd1 Nxg5 18. Nxg5 Ne5) 14... h6 15. Bh4 Qxd4 ({RR} 15... Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Qxb2 17. Bd3 ({RR} 17. Bxe7 Qxe2) ({RR} 17. Rc2 Qb4) 17... Kf8 18. Bxe7+ Rxe7 19. Qh7) 16. Rxd4 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 Kf8 (17... g5 18. Bg3 Nf6 19. Rd4 Be6 20. a3 Rad8 $11) ({RR} 17... g5 18. Bg3 Nf6 19. Rd4 Be6 20. a3 Rad8) 18. a3 Nf6 19. Re5 g5 20. Bg3 Nh5 {½-½ Ivanchuk,V-Anand,V/Las Palmas 1996/ (29)}) ({RR} 8. Be2 Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. O-O e5 11. Ne4 exd4 12. Qxd4 Qb6 13. Rfd1 Re8 14. Rac1 h6 15. Bh4 Qxd4 16. Rxd4 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 Kf8 18. a3 Nf6 19. Re5 g5 20. Bg3 Nh5 21. Nd4 Nxg3 22. hxg3 Rd8 {Ivanchuk,V (2730)-Anand,V (2735) Las Palmas 1996 CBM 057 [Tsesarsky,Ilya] ½-½}) ({RR} 8. Be2 Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. O-O e5 11. Ne4 exd4 12. Qxd4 Qb6) 8... h6 (8... Qa5+ $5 {Ftacnik} 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. O-O e5 $132) ({RR} 8... Na6 9. O-O c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Bc2 f5 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Nc3 a5 15. e4 fxe4 16. Nxe4 b5 17. Qe2) ({RR} 8... Nbd7 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4) 9. Bxf6 $146 (9. Bh4 $5 $14) ({RR} 9. Bh4 b5 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Rd1 a6 13. a4 Qb6 14. Nc3 Rfc8 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd5 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Ne4 Ng6 19. Nd6 Nxe5 20. Nxc8 Rxc8 21. h3 c5 22. Bh7+ Kh8 23. Be4 c4 {Margvelashvili,G (2530)-Degraeve,R (2210) Chess.com INT 2018 1-0 (45)}) ({RR} 9. Bh4) 9... Bxf6 10. Nc3 Nd7 (10... b6 {Ftacnik} 11. Qa4 Bb7 12. Rd1 $14) 11. Rd1 Qe7 (11... Qb6 12. Rd2 e5 (12... c5 13. Na4 $16) (12... Rd8 13. O-O Be7 14. Rc1 $14) 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Qe4 Re8 16. Qh7+ Kf8 17. O-O $16) (11... Qa5 12. O-O Rd8 13. b4 Qh5 14. Ne4 Be7 $14) ({RR} 11... Qa5 12. O-O Rd8 13. b4 Qh5 14. Ne4 Be7) 12. Bb1 e5 (12... g6 13. O-O Bg7 $11) ({RR} 12... g6 13. O-O Bg7) 13. O-O (13. d5 $1 Qc5 14. Qe4 (14. Qd3 g6 15. O-O cxd5 16. Nxd5 Bg7 17. Rc1 Qd6 18. Rfd1 Nb6 19. Nc7 Qxd3 20. Bxd3 Rb8 $11) 14... g6 15. dxc6 (15. d6 Rd8 16. O-O Nf8 17. Qc2 Bf5 18. Ne4 Qxc2 19. Bxc2 Bg7 20. Nfd2 Be6 21. Bb3 Rd7 22. Nc5 Rxd6 23. Nxb7 $14) 15... bxc6 16. O-O Rd8 17. Rd2 $14) ({RR} 13. d5) 13... exd4 (13... Rd8 $2 {Ftacnik} 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Rxd8+ Qxd8 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Qe4 Qf6 18. f4 Bd6 19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. Ne4 $18) 14. exd4 Nb6 15. Qd3 g6 16. Rfe1 Qb4 17. Qd2 Nc4 $4 $18 (17... Bg7 18. a3 (18. Ne5 Re8 (18... Be6 19. Nxg6 fxg6 20. Rxe6 Nc4 21. Qc2 Nxb2 22. Rxg6 Rf7 23. a3 $1 Qxa3 24. Re1 $18) 19. a3 Qd6 (19... Qa5 $2 20. Nxg6 $1 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Bg4 22. f3 fxg6 23. fxg4 $18) (19... Qf8 20. Ba2 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Be6 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23. Ne4 Nd5 24. f4 $14) 20. Ne4 Qd8 21. Nc5 (21. Qf4 Be6 22. Nc5 Nd5 23. Qf3 Qc8 $132) 21... Nd5 22. Ba2 Rb8 $132) ({RR} 18. Ne5) 18... Qd6 19. Ne4 Qc7 $132 {'' Ftacnik.}) ({RR} 17... Bg7 18. a3 Qd6 19. Ne4 Qc7) 18. Qxh6 Nxb2 (18... Bg7 19. Qh4 Nxb2 20. Ng5 Rd8 21. Nxf7 $1 $18 {'!' Ftacnik.} (21. Nxf7 $1 {Ftacnik} Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Bxd4 23. Ng5 $18)) ({RR} 18... Bg7 19. Qh4 Nxb2 20. Ng5 Rd8 21. Nxf7) 19. Bxg6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxg6 (19... Rd8 {Ftacnik} 20. Qh7+ Kf8 21. Qxf7#) 20. Ng5 $3 {I think, this very strong move was missed by Lautier.} (20. Qxg6+ $2 Bg7 21. Ng5 Bf5 $19) ({RR} 20. Qxg6+ Bg7 21. Ng5 Bf5) 20... Bxg5 (20... Rf7 {Ftacnik} 21. Re8+ $18) 21. Qxg6+ Kh8 22. Qh5+ $1 Kg7 23. Qxg5+ Kf7 (23... Kh7 {Ftacnik} 24. Re4 $18) 24. Re3 {'!' Ftacnik.} (24. Re3 Nxd1 25. Qf4+ Kg6 26. Rg3+ $18 (26. Rg3+ {Ftacnik} Bg4 27. Rxg4+ Kh7 28. Qc7+ (28. Qg5 Nxc3 29. Rh4#) 28... Kh6 29. Qg7+ Kh5 30. Qg5#)) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,Ilya"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 36]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 {Here White had to choose between two continuations:} {1.} 6. e3 ({and 2.} 6. Nbd2 {This move in most variations leads only to various moves order, but not always. After 6.e3 the  on g5 can't return back to the e1-a5 diagonal, and Black can use this factor and to build his counterplay on a5 and b4.} Be7 7. e3 ({Teske likes} 7. g3 {move:} O-O (7... b6 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O Rc8 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qxe4 $14 {1-0 Teske,H-Mierbach,J/Chemnitz 1997/EXT 99 (33)}) 8. Bg2 h6 $1 {Right way to equalize position.} (8... b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qe3 $14 {½-½ Teske,H-Nogly,C/Hamburg 1997/EXT 98 (49)}) 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. O-O e5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Rfd1 Nxf3+ 14. Nxf3 Qb6 15. Rd2 Be6 16. Rad1 Rac8 17. Qb1 Rc4 $11 {1-0 Teske,H-Klinger,J/AUT-chT9596 1996/CBM 52 ext (44)}) 7... O-O (7... h6 8. Bh4 O-O 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Qxc4 (10. Nxc4 $1 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 $14) 10... Nd5 11. Bg3 c5 12. O-O Nb4 13. Be4 cxd4 14. Bc7 Qe8 15. Nxd4 Nf6 16. Bf3 $14 {1-0 Galliamova,A-Lamprecht,F/Vienna 1996/CBM 53 ext (41)}) 8. Bd3 h6 (8... Re8 9. O-O h6 10. Bf4 c5 11. Rfd1 b6 12. e4 Bb7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. e5 Nh5 15. Be3 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Nf4 17. Bf1 Bf8 (17... Ne6 $132) 18. Nb3 Ne6 $11 {1-0 Srokowski,J-Elsen,M/GER 1996/EXT 2000 (30)}) (8... a5 $6 9. O-O b6 10. Ne5 $16 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gd3h7] 1-0 Bukic,E-Raicevic,V/Borovo 1981/EXT 99 (28)}) 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. O-O dxc4 11. Nxc4 Qe7 12. e4 e5 $132 {½-½ Teske,H-Moise,A/Dresden 1997/EXT 98 (42)}) 6... Qa5+ ({Worth of attention is also} 6... h6 7. Bh4 {and now the best move seems 7...g5!} (7. Bxf6 Nxf6 $11 {}) 7... g5 $1 (7... Bd6 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. c5 Bb8 10. Rb1 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Bxf6 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 gxf6 14. b4 Qc7 15. Ne2 Qe7 $132 {1-0 Yermolinsky,A-Sevillano,E/San Francisco 1995/EXT 99 (58)}) (7... Bb4+ 8. Nc3 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Bd3 $14 {0-1 Fernandez Garcia,J-Barrios Canseco,S/Oropesa del Mar 1996/EXT 98 (45)}) (7... Qa5+ 8. Nc3 Ne4 (8... Bb4 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd5 11. Rc1 N7b6 12. Bb3 $14 {1-0 Fernandes,A-Cordeiro,V/Lisboa 1998/EXT 99 (27)}) 9. Nd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Bb4 $11 {½-½ Khenkin,I-Panchenko,A/Sochi 1989/CBM 16 (18)}) 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Bd3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Bg7 {0-1 Tratar,M-Laketic,G/Nova Gorica 1999/CBM 68 ext (50)}) (6... Bd6 7. Nbd2 h6 8. Bh4 O-O 9. Be2 e5 {-see commented game ½-½ Fominyh,A-Kobalija,M/Maikop 1998/CBM 66 (38)}) (6... Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Bd3 $14 (10. O-O-O $6 Nxg3 11. hxg3 g4 $132 {1-0 Nielsen,P-Ahlander,B/Sweden 1999/EXT 2000 (33)})) 7. Nbd2 Bb4 ({RR} 7... Ne4 8. cxd5 Nxg5 9. Nxg5 exd5 10. Bd3 Be7 11. Ngf3 h6 12. O-O O-O 13. a3 Qd8 14. b4 a5 15. b5 c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Bf5 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Qb6 20. Nd4 Bf6 21. Qxd5 Rad8 22. Nc4 {Bu,X (2714)-Korobov,A (2605) Beijing 2008 0-1 (72)}) ({RR} 7... Ne4 8. Bh4 Bb4 9. a3 Ndf6 10. Rc1 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 Be7 12. c5 Qd8 13. Bd3 h6 14. O-O O-O 15. f4 Nd7 16. Bg3 Bh4 17. Rf3 Bxg3 18. Rxg3 Qe7 19. Nf3 a5 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Ra3 22. Qb2 {Loboyko,F (1899)-Taran,E (1946) Moscow 2025 ½-½ (61)}) 8. a3 (8. Bd3 h6 (8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 11. Nxd2 O-O 12. O-O $14 {1-0 Pulcherio,C-Anfruns/Mar del Plata 1928/HCL (32)}) (8... Ne4 9. Bf4 Ndf6 10. Ke2 $1 $14) 9. Bf4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 $1 $132 (10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 g4 12. Ne5 $14)) (8. cxd5 exd5 $1 $132 {[%cal Gc8g4]} (8... cxd5 $6 $14 {1-0 Bordell Rosell,R-Rocabert,G/Barbera 1993/EXT 98 (22)})) 8... Ne4 9. Bf4 Nxd2 $146 ({Good counterplay for Black promises move} 9... g5 $1 10. Bg3 g4 (10... Nxg3 11. hxg3 g4 12. Nh2 f5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rc1 Be7 15. Bd3 Nf6 16. Nhf1 Bd7 $11) 11. Rb1 $1 Bxa3 (11... Bf8 12. Ng1 Bg7 $132) 12. bxa3 gxf3 13. gxf3 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Qxa3 $44) ({RR} 9... g5 10. Bg3 g4 11. O-O-O Bxa3 12. Nxe4 gxf3 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. Bxd6 b6 15. gxf3 Ba6 16. e4 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Bb5 18. Kb1 O-O-O 19. d5 exd5 20. Bxd5 Ba4 21. Bb3 Nc5 22. Bxa4 Qxa4 23. Bxc5 Qxc2+ 24. Kxc2 {Gretarsson,H (2470)-Ragnarsson,J (2103) Reykjavik 2012 1-0 (42)}) 10. Nxd2 dxc4 11. Rd1 {This move is connected with  sacrifice.} ({Or} 11. Bxc4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bxd2+ 14. Qxd2 Qxe5 $11) 11... Bxd2+ 12. Rxd2 e5 {Black refuses to take material} ({after} 12... b5 13. Bd6 $44 {[%csl Re8]}) 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15. Bxc4 {...and equalizes position.} O-O 16. O-O Bf5 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Rae8 {White occupied the only open file - d-file- and maybe has very little advantage, but Black has no weaknesses. However, the struggle is continued...} 19. Rfd1 Re7 20. Qc4 h5 21. Rd4 g6 22. h4 Kg7 23. R1d2 Rfe8 24. g3 Rc7 $1 {Black prepares queenside  promotion.} 25. Kg2 b5 $5 {[%csl Rc6] Black promotes b-!} ({Right was also} 25... c5 26. Rd5 Qe4+ 27. Qxe4 Rxe4 $11 {and without  and weaknesses this position is drawn.}) 26. Qc2 Re6 27. Rd8 a5 28. R2d4 a4 29. Qd2 c5 30. Rf4 Rcc6 31. Qe2 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Ge2b5]} c4 $6 $14 {Creates unnecessary weakness on b5.} ({Why not} 31... Rb6 $132) 32. Rfd4 Rcd6 $2 $16 ({Right was only} 32... c3 $1 33. bxc3 Rxc3 34. R8d5 Qc7 35. Qxb5 Rxa3 36. Rxa4 {[%tqu "En","?","","","e6e3","",10,"a3a4","",0]} Rexe3 $3 (36... Rxa4 37. Qxa4 Qc6 38. Qd4+ $16) 37. fxe3 Qc2+ 38. Kh3 Rxa4 $11) 33. Qd2 Rxd8 34. Rxd8 Qe4+ 35. Kh2 Rf6 (35... Qe5 36. Rd5 Qb8 37. Qc3+ $16 {and White promotes kingside  - like in the game.}) 36. Rd4 Qe5 37. Kg2 Rf5 $2 $18 (37... Re6 38. e4 $18 {[%cal Gd2c3,Gf2f4]}) ({The last possibility of resistance was} 37... Qf5 $1 38. Qe2 (38. e4 Qf3+ 39. Kg1 Re6 40. Qc3 Rf6 41. Qd2 $11) (38. f4 Re6 $11) (38. Rf4 Qe5 39. Rd4 Qf5) 38... Re6 39. e4 Qe5 (39... Re8 40. Qe3 Qf6 41. Qc3 $16) 40. Qd2 Qf6 41. f4 $16) 38. Qc3 $1 {[%cal Gc3g7]} Rf6 39. e4 {White realises his plan.} Re6 40. f4 Qf6 41. Kf3 $1 {The white  take a long trip to the queenside- to attack b5 weakness!} Kh7 (41... Kg8 42. Rd5 Qxc3+ 43. bxc3 Rb6 44. Ke3 $18) (41... Re7 42. Rd5 $18) 42. Rd7 Kg7 43. Ke3 Rb6 (43... Qxc3+ 44. bxc3 Re8 45. Kd4 $18 {[%csl Rb5]}) 44. Kd2 $1 Qxc3+ 45. Kxc3 {White has absolutely winning position.} Kf6 46. Kb4 Ke6 47. Rd5 f5 48. Re5+ Kf6 49. exf5 gxf5 50. Rxb5 Re6 51. Kxa4 Re3 52. Kb4 Rxg3 53. a4 Rg4 54. a5 Rxf4 55. a6 c3+ 56. Kxc3 Ra4 57. Rb6+ Ke5 58. b4 f4 59. Rb5+ Kd6 60. Ra5 1-0

[Event "Candidates sf Kasparov-Kortschnoj+4-1=6"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1983.12.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "ChessBase/Kasparov"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "1983.11.21"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Kasparov"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Be3 $5 c4 9. Ne5 O-O 10. b3 cxb3 11. Qxb3 Qb6 $5 (11... Na5 12. Qa4 a6 13. Bd2 $1 Nc4 $1 14. Nxc4 b5 15. Qa5 bxc4 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. Ba5 $1 Rd7 18. Nc3 Bb7 19. Rab1 {= ?}) ({RR} 11... Na5 12. Qd3 Be6 13. Nc3 a6 14. h4 Nc4 15. Bg5 Ne8 16. Nxc4 dxc4 17. Qd2 Nd6 18. Bf4 b5 19. Bxa8 Qxa8 20. d5 Bd7 21. Rab1 Re8 22. f3 a5 23. Bxd6 Bxd6 24. Ne4 Rxe4 25. fxe4 b4 26. Qd4 {Tiviakov,S (2575)-Lputian,S (2610) Rostov on Don 1993 1-0 (35)}) ({RR} 11... Na5 12. Qd3 Be6 13. Nd2 Nd7 14. f4 f6 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. f5 Bf7 17. g4 Rfe8 18. Bf2 Rac8 19. h4 Bb4 20. Rac1 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Qxc8 23. Nb3 Nc4 24. g5 Nd6 25. g6 hxg6 26. fxg6 {Nieminen,S (2146)-Asikainen,E (2162) Finland FIN 2025 ½-½ (46)}) 12. Rc1 $1 (12. Qxb6 axb6 13. Rc1 Nb4 14. Nc3 Be6 15. a3 Nc6 16. Nb5 Rfc8 $44) 12... Qxb3 13. axb3 Nb4 $1 14. Na3 $146 (14. Nc3 Rd8 (14... Be6 $2 15. Nb5 a6 16. Nc7 Rac8 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bh3 $16) (14... Bf5 15. g4 $1 Bxg4 16. Nxg4 Nxg4 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Bg5 20. Kf2 Rfe8 21. Rc3 Re7 22. e4 $16) (14... a6 15. Na4 $1 Bf5 16. Rc7 Bd6 17. Rxb7 Nc2 18. Rc1 Rac8 19. Nb6 Nxe3 20. Nxc8 Bxc8 21. Rb6 $1 Nf5 22. e3 { 23.h3 }) 15. Nb5 (15. Na4 Bf5 $1) 15... a6 16. Rc7 Kf8 $1 17. Bd2 $1 Nc6 $1 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Nc3 (19. Rxc6 $2 Bd7) 19... Bd7 20. Bf4 $1 Ne8 21. Rb7 Nd6 22. Rb6 (22. Bxd6 Bxd6 23. Rb6 Ke7 24. Rbxa6 Rxa6 25. Rxa6 Rb8) 22... Nb5 23. Nxb5 axb5 $10) ({RR} 14. Nc3 Rd8 15. Nb5 a6 16. Rc7 Kf8 17. Bd2 Nc6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Rxe7 cxb5 20. Bb4 Kg8 21. Rc7 Be6 22. f3 Rac8 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. Kf2 Re8 25. Ke1 h5 26. Kd2 Nh7 27. Rc1 Bf5 28. e4 Be6 {Gofshtein,L (2400)-Egin,V (2290) Kishinev 1987 1-0 (51)}) 14... a6 $1 15. Bd2 Rb8 { 16.... f5} 16. Bxb4 $1 Bxb4 17. Nd3 { 18.c5} Bd6 $6 (17... Bxa3 $10 18. Rxa3 Bf5 19. b4 (19. Nc5 a5 $1 { b6}) 19... Rbc8 20. Rac3 Rxc3 21. Rxc3 Rc8 $1 (21... Bxd3 $6 22. exd3 Rb8 23. Rc7 $14) 22. Rxc8+ (22. Nc5 b6 23. Na4 Rxc3 24. Nxc3 Be6 25. Na4 Nd7) 22... Bxc8 23. Nf4 Be6 $10) 18. Nc2 Bg4 $6 (18... Be6 {} 19. Ne3 Rfc8 20. b4 $1) 19. Kf1 Bf5 $6 {Kasparovs Remisangebot wurde abgelehnt.} (19... Rfc8 {} 20. Ne3 Be6) 20. Nc5 $36 Rfc8 (20... Bxc5 21. dxc5 Bxc2 22. Rxc2 $18) 21. Ne3 Be6 22. b4 Kf8 23. Rc2 Ke7 (23... b6 $2 24. Nxe6+ fxe6 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. Bh3 $1 Kf7 27. Rxa6) 24. Ke1 h5 { h5-h4; g4} (24... b6 25. Nxa6 Rxc2 26. Nxc2 Ra8 27. b5 Bd7 28. Rb1) 25. Rb2 Rc7 $1 26. Nd3 $1 { 27.b5 +- } Ra8 $1 27. b5 $6 (27. Rba2 Rd8 $1 28. Ra5 $6 (28. b5 $145 axb5 29. Ra5 $14) 28... Rc3 $1 29. Nxd5+ $2 Bxd5 30. Bxd5 Rxd3 $19) 27... a5 $145 $1 {[%mdl 32] Compare: the same strategical idea was used in Kan-Makogonov/Sverdlovsk/1943.} 28. b6 Rc6 29. Rb5 (29. Ra4 $5 Ra6 30. Rb5 Raxb6 31. Raxa5 Ne4 $1 $10) 29... a4 30. Nxd5+ $6 (30. Nb4 Bxb4+ 31. Rxb4 a3 32. Rb3 a2 33. Rb2 Kd6 34. Rbxa2 Rxa2 35. Rxa2 Rxb6 $10) (30. Nc5 Bxc5 31. dxc5 Nd7 32. Nxd5+ Bxd5 33. Bxd5 Rxc5 34. Bxb7 Rxb5 35. Bxa8 Nxb6 $10) 30... Nxd5 31. Bxd5 Bxd5 32. Rxd5 Rxb6 33. Rxh5 Rb3 $1 $17 {× h5} 34. Kd2 b5 35. h4 (35. e4 $2 Rc8 36. e5 Bb4+ 37. Nxb4 Rxb4 38. Kd3 Rcc4 $19) 35... Rc8 36. g4 $2 $138 (36. Rg5 $1 g6 37. h5 $132) 36... a3 (36... Rc4) 37. f4 Rcc3 $6 (37... Rc4 {} 38. Rd5 $2 (38. Ke3 Rc2 39. Rh8 b4 40. Ra8 Rbc3 $19) (38. Rh8 b4 $1 $19) 38... Ke6 39. e4 Rcc3 40. Nc5+ Bxc5 41. Rxc5 Rh3 $1 $40 {-+}) 38. Rd5 Ke6 39. Rh5 b4 $2 (39... Rxd3+ $1 40. exd3 Bxf4+ 41. Ke2 Rb2+ 42. Kf3 Bd6 43. Rh8 (43. Ke4 a2 $1) 43... Kd5 44. Ke3 Rg2 $1 $19) 40. Ra5 Rxd3+ (40... Rb2+ 41. Nxb2 axb2 42. Rb1 Bxf4+ 43. e3 Bxe3+ 44. Ke2 Bc1 (44... Bxd4 45. Rxb2 Re3+ 46. Kd2 Rg3 47. Rb1 Bc3+ 48. Kc2 Rxg4 49. h5) 45. Rb5 b3 46. h5 $10) 41. exd3 $10 {} Bxf4+ 42. Ke2 Rc3 (42... Rb2+ { c3}) (42... Bc7 $2 43. Ra6+ Kd5 44. Rc1 $1 $40) 43. g5 $6 (43. Kf3 Bc1 (43... Rc1 44. R1xa3 $1) (43... Bd6 44. Ke4 b3 45. R5xa3 b2 $2 46. d5+ $1) 44. Ke4 Kd6 45. Ra6+ Kd7 (45... Kc7 46. d5 Kb7 47. d6 $1) 46. d5 b3 47. Ra7+ Kd6 (47... Kc8 48. R7xa3) 48. Ra6+ $10) 43... Bc1 44. h5 b3 45. R5xa3 Bxa3 46. Rxa3 b2 47. Ra6+ Kf5 48. Rb6 (48. Ra5+ Kf4 $1 49. Rb5 Rc2+) 48... Rc2+ 49. Ke3 Kxg5 50. d5 (50. Rb5+ f5 51. d5 Kxh5 52. d6 Rc5 53. Rxb2 Rd5 54. Rb6 g5 55. d4 Kg4 56. Rc6 $10 (56. Kd3 $2 Kf3) 56... Kg3 57. Rc5 $1) 50... Kxh5 51. Kd4 (51. d6 $2 Rc6 $1) 51... g5 52. Rb8 $1 g4 53. d6 Rc6 $5 (53... Rc8 54. Rxb2 (54. Rxc8 $2 b1=Q 55. d7 Qb6+ 56. Kc3 Qa5+ 57. Kc4 Qa4+ $19) 54... g3 55. Ke3 $1 Kg4 56. Rb4+ Kh3 57. Rb5 Kh2 (57... Rd8 58. Kf3) 58. Rh5+ $10) 54. Ke5 (54. Kd5 Rc8 55. Rxc8 $3 (55. Rxb2 $2 g3 56. d7 (56. Ke4 Kg4) 56... Rd8 57. Kd6 f5 58. Ke7 Rxd7+ 59. Kxd7 f4 $19) 55... b1=Q 56. d7 Qb5+ $1 (56... Qxd3+ 57. Kc6 Qc4+ 58. Kd6 $10) 57. Kd6 Qb6+ 58. Ke7 Qe6+ 59. Kd8 g3 (59... Qe5 60. d4 $1 Qxd4 61. Ke7) 60. Kc7 Qe7 (60... g2 $2 61. Rh8+ { 62.d8}) (60... Qe5+ 61. Kc6 g2 62. d8=Q Qe6+ (62... g1=Q $4 63. Qh8+) 63. Kb7 g1=Q 64. Qh8+ Qh6 65. Qe5+ Qgg5 66. Qe2+ $1 (66. Qh2+ $2 Kg6 67. Rg8+ (67. Rc6+ f6 $19) 67... Kh7 $19) 66... Kh4 (66... Qg4 67. Rc5+) 67. Qh2+ Kg4 68. Qg2+ (68. Rc4+ Kf3) 68... Kh5 69. Qe2+ $10) 61. Re8 Qc5+ 62. Kb7 Qd5+ 63. Kc7 f5 64. d8=Q Qxd8+ 65. Kxd8 f4 66. Rg8 $1 (66. Rf8 $2 g2) 66... Kh4 67. Rf8 $1 Kg4 68. d4 f3 69. d5 f2 70. d6 $10) 54... Rc5+ 55. Kf6 $6 (55. Kd4 Rc8 $10) 55... g3 56. Rxb2 Rd5 57. Kxf7 Rxd6 58. Rd2 Kg4 59. d4 (59. Ke7 $2 Rd4 60. Ke6 Kf4) 59... Kf5 $1 (59... Kf4 60. Ke7 Rg6 61. Rg2 $1 Ke4 62. Kf7 Rg4 63. Kf6 $10) 60. Ke7 Rd5 61. Rd3 $1 (61. Rg2 $2 Kf4 62. Rd2 Ke4 63. Rg2 Kf3 64. Rd2 g2 $19) 61... Kf4 62. Ke6 Rg5 63. d5 $2 (63. Rd1 Ke4 $5 (63... Rg6+ 64. Kf7 Rd6 65. Ke7 $10) (63... g2 64. Rg1 Ke4 65. d5 Rg6+ 66. Kf7 $10) 64. d5 Rg6+ (64... Re5+ 65. Kd6 g2 66. Re1+ Kd4 67. Rd1+) 65. Ke7 $1 (65. Kf7 $2 Rd6 66. Rg1 Kf3 67. Rd1 g2 68. Ke7 Rxd5) 65... Ke5 66. d6 Rg7+ 67. Kf8 Rd7 68. Rd3 $1 Kf4 69. Rd4+ $10 Ke3 (69... Kf3 70. Rd3+ Kg4 71. Ke8 g2 72. Rd1) 70. Rg4 Kf3 71. Rg6 g2 72. Rf6+ Ke2 73. Rg6) 63... Rg6+ $1 (63... g2 64. Rd4+ $1 Ke3 65. Rd1 $10) 64. Ke7 g2 65. Rd1 Ke5 $1 $19 66. d6 Re6+ 67. Kd7 Rxd6+ 68. Rxd6 g1=Q 69. Re6+ Kf5 70. Rd6 Qa7+ 71. Kd8 Ke5 72. Rg6 Qa5+ 73. Kd7 Qa4+ 74. Ke7 Qh4+ 75. Kf8 Qd8+ 76. Kf7 Kf5 77. Rh6 Qd7+ 78. Kf8 Kg5 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Illingworth,Max"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2015.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 $5 {[%cal Yd2d4] It is hard to 'outbook' Caruana these days, so Aronian doesn't try to, preferring modest play to get some strategic middlegame. It worked in that Caruana at least started to think a little from here.} (3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. Bf4 {1-0 (58) Aronian,L (2812)-Caruana,F (2782) Wijk aan Zee 2014 CBM 159 [Krasenkow,M]}) 3... e6 (3... d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 {looks quite critical, when White could transpose to normal Symmetrical lines with c3, but there are alternatives such as} 5. Bc4 $5 (5. d4 $5 cxd4 6. Bc4 $5 $146 Nb6 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. exd4 {provides an unusual IQP position, when Black shouldn't get too ambitious, e.g.} Bf5 9. d5 Nb4 10. O-O N4xd5 11. a4 (11. Nd4 Bxb1 $1 12. Rxb1 e6 $11) 11... a5 12. Nd4 {[%csl Yb5]} Bg6 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bd2 e5 15. Ne6 Qd7 16. Nxf8 Kxf8 17. Qf3 $44 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Yb3g8,Yf1d1,Yb1c3] and with the bishop pair, better development and a weak enemy king for the pawn, I'd prefer White's chances.}) 5... e6 (5... Nb6 6. Bb3 c4 $5 7. Bxc4 Nxc4 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. Qxc4 e5 10. Nc3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Qc7 {[%csl Ra1,Rc1,Yc8,Yd6] gives Black reasonable Marshall-style compensation for the pawn, but this won't be to everyone's liking.}) 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. exd4 O-O 9. Nc3 Nc6 {transposing to a line of the Panov-Botvinnik Attack.}) (3... g6 $5 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d4 (5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 {is another option, with a possible transposition to a Symmetrical English line after} Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nc6 10. d4) 5... cxd4 6. exd4 d5 {transposes to a nice reversed colours Tarrasch , when trying to be creative with} 7. Bg5 O-O 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. cxd5 {sees Black obtain full compensation after} e6 $5) (3... Nc6 4. Nc3 (4. d4 cxd4 5. exd4 d5 6. Nc3 Bg4 {is a major variation of the Panov-Botvinnik, known to be fine for Black.}) 4... e6 (4... e5 5. d4 {transposes to a very serious line of the Symmetrical with 2...c6 3.c3 e5.}) 5. d4 d5 {would be one way to transpose to the Semi-Tarrasch while avoiding Aronian's 5.cxd5/6.b5 system played in the game.}) 4. d4 {Once again play is quite likely to transpose to another opening from here.} d5 (4... cxd4 5. exd4 d5 6. Nc3 {for example transposes to the Panov-Botvinnik main lines.} (6. a3 $5 {is an interesting fresh try, but Black should be fine after} Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. c5 {[%csl Ya3][%cal Yb2b4]} Ne4 9. Qc2 f5 10. b4 Bf6 11. Bd3 Nc6 $11 {1-0 (38) Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2603)-Peralta,F (2601) Arinsal 2011})) (4... a6 $5 {is an interesting move order device for trying to avoid the 5.cxd5 variation.} 5. a3 $5 {White can also play the waiting game!} (5. Nc3 d5 {[%cal Rf1b5] is Black's point.}) 5... d5 (5... b6 $5 {would be a curious response, with the point that the standard answer to ...b6 (d4-d5) would now allow Black to play ...b5, e.g.} 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 b5 8. Nc3 d6 9. e4 g6 10. h3 Bg7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O {and we transposed to a line of the Modern Benoni.}) 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. b4 Be7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Nbd2 {and while it would be a stretch to claim White is better, his position is quite harmonious, in the style of the Meran.}) 5. cxd5 {This is a very safe system I played twice in 2009.} (5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 {is what Aronian had opted for in a few previous games, e.g.} a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4 Ba7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Rd1 Rd8 12. Be2 d4 13. exd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. O-O e5 16. Na4 {1-0 (59) Aronian,L (2808)-Anand,V (2817) Monte Carlo 2011 CBM 142 [Marin,M]}) 5... exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 (6... Nbd7 {is the engine's suggestion, but it feels a bit unnatural to block the bishop in and after} 7. Nc3 a6 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 $5 b5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Bb2 {I'd find it easier to play White, though objectively it must be equal after} Bb7 $11) (6... Nc6 7. O-O Bd6 {is more combative, but again White has a harmonious setup after} 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 {[%csl Yd4]} Bg4 11. Bxc6 (11. h3 $6 Bh5 {[%cal Gh5g6,Gb5c6,Gb7c6] only helps Black in my view; White will usually take on c6 in such positions, and then ...h5-g6 will be a very standard plan.}) 11... bxc6 12. Nbd2 {1-0 (65) Zhou,J (2578)-Adhiban,B (2646) Hyderabad 2015} Rc8 13. Qc2 Nd7 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Qxc5 Nd3 16. Qd4 Nxb2 17. Qxg4 c5 {[%cal Gb2d3] and the position is equal.}) 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. dxc5 Nxc5 (8... Bxc5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Nb6 11. b3 $14 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Yb3c4] leaves the b6-knight sorely misplaced.}) 9. O-O Be7 (9... Bd6 {is playable, but after} 10. Bd2 (10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 {is more conventional.}) 10... O-O 11. Bc3 Nfe4 12. Bd4 {White has scored well in practice, though Black is not objectively worse after} Rc8 13. Nc3 Ne6 $11) 10. Nc3 {Aronian was also beginning to think at this point.} ({Also quite a valid approach is} 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Bc3 (11. Bb4 Nce4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 $11) 11... Nfe4 12. Bd4 Ne6 (12... Rc8 $142 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Ne4 $11) 13. Nc3 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qd7 16. Qb3 Rac8 17. Rfd1 Rc5 18. Rd3 $14 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Ya1d1,Yd4e2,Ye2f4] ½-½ (31) Hirneise,T (2440)-Nisipeanu,L (2674) Germany 2013, was close to equal, but clearly White is pressing.}) 10... O-O 11. b3 Nce4 {Black's most common and natural move.} (11... Qa5 $6 {½-½ (55) Illingworth,M (2250)-Mastrovasilis,D (2580) Queenstown 2009} 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Rfd8 14. Qc4 b5 15. Qc2 Rac8 16. Qb1 $1 {doesn't give Black a lot for the pawn.}) (11... Rc8 12. Bb2 Re8 13. Ne2 Qa5 14. a3 Qb5 15. Nfd4 Qd7 16. Rc1 Bd6 17. Nf4 Bxf4 (17... Be5 $5) 18. exf4 $14 {[%csl Yd4][%cal Yf2f3,Yd1d2,Yb3b4,Yf4f5] also gives White room to press for some time.}) 12. Ne2 (12. Bb2 Qa5 ({or} 12... Rc8 13. Ne2) 13. Ne2 {transposes to the game.}) 12... Qa5 (12... Rc8 13. Bb2 Re8 14. Rc1 Qa5 {½-½ (41) Javakhishvili,L (2475)-Zhukova,N (2427) Porto Carras 2011} 15. a4 $5 Bb4 16. h3 $14 {[%cal Ye2f4,Yf3d4] is more pleasant for White on account of his superior structure.}) 13. Bb2 Ba3 {In general Black wants to avoid exchanging minor pieces when saddled with the IQP.} (13... Rfe8 14. Nfd4 Bd6 15. f3 Nc5 16. Nf5 Be5 17. Ned4 $14 {[%csl Rc5,Yd4,Yf5,Rf6][%cal Yf5e3] is White's dream position; Black's knights don't have any good squares and White can steadily build up the pressure against and around the IQP.}) ({The most common} 13... Rac8 {should be met with} 14. Nfd4 $1 Ba3 15. Bxa3 Qxa3 16. f3 Ng5 17. Qd2 Ne6 18. Rac1 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 a6 20. Rc3 $1 Rxc3 21. Qxc3 $14 {[%csl Rd5,Rf6][%cal Yc3c8] ½-½ (34) Khenkin,I (2595)-Luther,T (2569) Osterburg 2006, and White had a very stable advantage.}) ({RR} 13... Rfe8 14. h3 Bf8 15. Nfd4 Rac8 16. a3 Qa6 17. Nf4 g6 18. Qd3 Qxd3 19. Nxd3 Bg7 20. Rac1 Nd7 21. Nf4 Nb6 22. Rfd1 Nc5 23. Rb1 Ne4 24. Rbc1 Nc5 25. Rb1 Ne4 26. Kf1 a5 27. a4 h5 28. Nfe2 {Chen,J (2380)-Tsay,V (2305) Washington DC USA 2026 ½-½ (76)}) 14. Bxa3 Qxa3 15. Qc1 $1 {Here the queen exchange makes sense as if Black takes, White will get pressure down the open file.} (15. Nf4 Nc3 16. Qd2 Rfc8 17. Nd4 {is also better for White, but there's no real need to allow the knight to c3, even if it doesn't threaten anything from there.}) 15... Qa6 $146 {Caruana spent some time on this move, although the choice of queen retreat doesn't alter the stable nature of the position.} (15... Qxc1 $6 16. Raxc1 Rac8 17. Nfd4 $16 {[%cal Yd4f5,Yf5e7,Gf2f3,Gf5d6] gives White ideas of f5 and f4 to harass Black.}) ({A model game for White went} 15... Qd6 16. Qb2 Rac8 17. h3 (17. Nf4 $5) 17... Rc5 18. Rac1 Rfc8 19. Nfd4 Qd7 (19... g6 $142 {was a preferable way to cover the f5-square, but White is still clearly for choice.}) 20. Rxc5 Rxc5 21. Rc1 Qc8 22. Rxc5 Qxc5 23. f3 Nd6 24. Kf2 $16 {[%cal Ye2f4,Yg2g4,Yh3h4] 1-0 (37) Tregubov,P (2599)-Grishchenko,S (2498) Sochi 2012, and White had an ideal position.}) ({RR} 15... Qxc1 16. Raxc1 Rfc8 17. Nfd4 Nd6 18. f3 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Rd1 h5 21. Kf2 Kf8 22. Rd2 Ke7 23. Rd1 g6 24. Nf4 a5 25. a4 Rc3 26. Nfe2 Rc5 27. Ke1 Kd7 28. Rd3 Ke7 29. Nc3 Nc8 30. Nde2 {Vitier Vazquez,C (2395)-Ochoa de la Rosa,M (2387) Santa Clara CUB 2024 1-0 (51)}) ({RR} 15... Qxc1 16. Raxc1 Rfc8 17. Nfd4 Nd6 18. f3 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Rd1 h5 21. Kf2 Kf8 22. Rd2 Ke7 23. Rd1 g6 24. Nf4 a5 25. a4 Rc3 26. Nfe2 Rc5 27. Ke1 Kd7 28. Rd3 Ke7 29. Nc3 Nc8 30. Nde2 {Vitier Vazquez,C (2395)-Ochoa de la Rosa,M (2387) Santa Clara CUB 2024 1-0 (51)}) 16. Qb2 Rac8 17. Nfd4 Rc7 {We've already seen from the illustrative games that the exchange of rooks doesn't really improve Black's drawing chances here (contrary to the majority of IQP positions), so} (17... Nc5 $5 {readying ...d3 was a worthy alternative. Even so, White is definitely better after} 18. Rad1 g6 (18... Nd3 $2 19. Qd2) 19. Nf4 $36 {and Black had to slightly weaken his king to prevent f5. White has full control of the position.}) 18. Rac1 {The most natural move by far.} (18. f3 Nc5 {[%cal Rc5d3] makes it harder to challenge for the c-file, although} 19. Qd2 $1 {is naturally still promising for White.}) (18. a4 $5 {[%cal Yd4b5,Rb5a7] is suggested by the computers to prepare b5, however it's quite abstract to put this long-term pressure on a7.}) 18... Rfc8 $6 (18... Nc5 {makes sense given the position of White's major pieces. Then} 19. Qa1 Rfc8 20. h3 Nd3 21. Rxc7 Rxc7 22. Rd1 {would be a natural way to improve White's position.}) 19. a4 {White wants to make Black trade rooks, but} (19. Rxc7 $142 Rxc7 20. Rc1 {à la Tregubov would be my slight preference. The difference to the game is that after} Qb6 21. Rxc7 Qxc7 22. f3 Nd6 23. Nf4 {[%csl Ya2,Yb3][%cal Yh2h4,Yg2g4] White doesn't have to fear counterplay against b3 as in the game. Next up he will expand on the kingside with g4 and h4, and Black will have a very hard time of things.}) 19... Qb6 20. Nb5 (20. Rxc7 Rxc7 21. Rc1 {was still possible, though now Black has extra options such as} Ng4 $5) 20... Rxc1 {In this particular case, with b3 weakened I think the exchange of rooks is worth going for.} 21. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 22. Qxc1 g6 23. f3 Nc5 24. Qc3 $14 {White is still better, but the pressure on b3 really limits his options compared to what he could have had.} a6 25. Nbd4 Qd6 (25... Qc7 26. Nf5 $6 gxf5 27. Qxf6 Qa5 $1 {gives Black counterplay, but of course there's no need to go crazy in such a position.}) 26. h4 (26. Nf4 {will probably come to the same sort of thing.}) 26... b6 $1 {[%cal Ya6a5] Caruana defends strongly with his plan of fixing the queenside pawns.} 27. g3 (27. Nf4 a5 28. g4 {[%cal Rd6g3,Rd6h2] is more ambitious, but I guess Aronian was concerned his king would be vulnerable to perpetual checks later if he moved his pawns too far.}) 27... a5 $1 {[%csl Ya4,Ya5,Yb3,Yb6] Black has handled the position well and should be fine as White lacks a great pawn break, though naturally only White can win such a position.} 28. Nb5 Qe7 29. Nf4 {White doesn't have any real threat in this position, but he can try different setups. Also it's worth noting that Caruana was experiencing some time pressure.} h6 {Probably the best defence, so that ...g5-g4 becomes an aggressive option later if White dawdles too much.} 30. Nd4 Qe5 31. Nfe2 {Aronian shuffles a bit in the hope of provoking a mistake in time trouble, but he takes the strategy a little too far and loses his advantage.} (31. g4 $1 $14 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Yh4h5,Rg6g5,Rd4f5] is best to play for h5 and fixing h6 as a target.}) 31... Nfd7 (31... Ne8 $1 {with ideas of ...d6-f5 was even better, but the text is also okay.}) 32. Kg2 Kh7 33. Nf4 g5 $1 {[%csl Ye4][%cal Yg5g4] This is very well timed, otherwise White could play g4 and h5 and actually make some progress.} 34. hxg5 (34. Nfe2 {would prevent Caruana's idea in the game of} g4 $6 (34... gxh4 35. gxh4 Nf8 $11 {is also normal and fine.}) 35. Qc2+ Kg8 36. fxg4 Nf6 (36... Qxe3 $2 37. Nf5) 37. Qf5 Qe4+ $1 38. Qxe4 dxe4 {but White has some winning chances in this knight endgame after} 39. Nf4 Nxg4 40. Nd5 Nd7 41. Nf5 $1 $16 {and both Black's knights are bound up, in turn tying up the Black king.}) 34... hxg5 35. Nh5 g4 $1 {Now this is an effective liquidator.} 36. fxg4 (36. Qc2+ $2 Kg8 37. fxg4 Qxe3 {now doesn't work for White as f5 doesn't hit a pawn on h6.}) 36... Qe4+ 37. Nf3 ({Clearly not} 37. Kh3 $4 Qh1#) 37... Qxg4 38. Nf6+ Nxf6 39. Qxf6 {Now the game should be a draw, but with no time on the clock Caruana thinks he sees a way to instantly force a draw...} Qxg3+ $2 {Winning a pawn, but the white pieces will be far too active in the resulting ending.} (39... Qg6 {[%cal Rc5b3,Rg6c2] was simple and good, when ideas of ...c2 and ...xb3 mean that White will probably press the bail-out option with} 40. Qh4+ Kg8 41. Qd8+ Kg7 42. Qxd5 Qc2+ 43. Nd2 Nxb3 44. Qg5+ $11 {, or any other normal way.}) 40. Kxg3 Ne4+ 41. Kf4 Nxf6 42. Ke5 $18 {[%csl Ye5,Yf3,Rf6,Rh7][%cal Ye5d6,Yd6c6,Yc6b6] White is winning as his king is far more active and his pieces will simply mop up Black's pawns.} Kg6 (42... Kg7 43. Kd6 Kg6 44. Nd4 {merely leaves Black a tempo down on the game.}) (42... Ng4+ 43. Kxd5 Nxe3+ 44. Kc6 Kg6 ({or} 44... Nc2 45. Kxb6 Na1 46. Nd4) 45. Kxb6 Kf5 46. Kxa5 Kf4 47. Nd2 $18 {is a very straightforward win, as White is a pawn up and his passers are faster.}) 43. Nd4 {Black's pieces are simply dominated, as he can't afford to allow the white king to c6, taking all his pawns, and yet he's powerless to stop it.} Kg5 (43... Ng4+ 44. Kxd5 Nxe3+ ({or} 44... Kf6 45. Kc6 Ke5 46. Kxb6 Ke4 47. Kxa5 Nxe3 48. Ne2 $1 Kd3 (48... Nd5 49. b4 Ke3 50. Ng1 Kf2 51. Nh3+ Kg3 52. Ng5 f5 53. b5 $18) 49. Nf4+ Ke4 50. Nh5 $18 {[%csl Re4][%cal Yh5f4]}) 45. Kc6 Kf6 46. Kxb6 Ke5 47. Ne2 f5 48. Kxa5 {and Black can't do anything with his passed pawn, e.g.} f4 49. Nxf4 Kxf4 50. Kb5 $1 Ke5 51. a5 Kd6 52. Kb6 Nd5+ 53. Kb7 Nb4 54. a6 Nc6 55. b4 $18) 44. Kd6 Ng4 (44... Kg4 45. Kc6 Kg3 46. Kxb6 Kf2 47. Nc2 Ke2 48. Kxa5 Kd2 49. Nb4 Kxe3 50. Kb5 {gives White a game-winning a-pawn.}) 45. Nc2 $1 {The only move. Now White can collect Black's queenside pawns.} Kf5 (45... Kf6 46. Kxd5 Kf5 47. Nd4+ (47. Kc6 Ke4 48. Kxb6 Nxe3 49. Nxe3 Kxe3 50. Kxa5 f5 51. b4 f4 52. b5 f3 53. b6 f2 54. b7 f1=Q 55. b8=Q {is known to be a draw.}) 47... Kf6 48. Kc6 {transposes to the 43...g4 note.}) (45... f6 46. Kxd5 Ne5 47. Nd4 $1 Kg4 48. Kd6 Nf3 49. Kc7 f5 50. Kxb6 Nxd4 51. exd4 f4 52. d5 f3 53. d6 f2 54. d7 f1=Q 55. d8=Q $18 {is a winning endgame for White.}) 46. Kxd5 Nf6+ (46... Ne5 47. Nd4+ Kf6 48. Kd6 {is also winning.}) 47. Kc6 Ke4 48. Kxb6 Kd3 (48... Nd5+ 49. Kxa5 Nxe3 50. Nxe3 Kxe3 51. Kb4 $1 f5 52. a5 f4 53. a6 f3 54. a7 f2 55. a8=Q f1=Q 56. Qa7+ {[%cal Ya7b7,Yb7b6,Yb6c6,Yc6c5] wins for White who will eventually force the queens off the board using the 'staircase' method:} Ke4 57. Qb7+ Kd4 58. Qb6+ Ke4 59. Qc6+ Ke5 60. Qb5+ $18) 49. Ne1+ $2 {This natural move actually throws away the win, whereas} (49. Nb4+ $1 {just wins after} Kc3 (49... axb4 50. Kc6 $1 $18 {[%csl Yd5,Yd7,Rf6] stops Black's pieces approaching the a-pawn.}) ({else} 49... Kxe3 50. Kxa5 Nd7 51. Kb5 {and White will have d5 when Black's pawn reaches f4.}) 50. Kxa5 Kxb3 51. Kb5 {and Black fails to save himself as} Ne4 52. Nd5 $1 Nd6+ 53. Kc6 Nc4 54. Kc5 $1 Na5 55. Kb5 Nc4 56. a5 $18 {demonstrates.}) 49... Kxe3 50. Kxa5 Kd2 $2 {The decisive mistake; Caruana had probably written off the game as dead lost, but actually} (50... Ke2 $2 51. Nc2 Kd2 52. Nb4 Kc3 53. Kb5 Kxb3 54. a5 $18) (50... Nd5 $1 {[%cal Ye3e2,Ye3d4] offers an unlikely draw after} 51. b4 ({or} 51. Kb5 Kd4 52. a5 Kc3 53. Ka4 Nc7 $11 {[%csl Ya6,Yb5]}) 51... Ke2 52. Ng2 Kf3 53. b5 (53. Nh4+ Kg4 {[%csl Rg6]}) 53... Kxg2 54. b6 Nxb6 55. Kxb6 f5 56. a5 f4 57. a6 f3 58. a7 f2 59. a8=Q+ Kg1 $11) 51. Nf3+ Kc3 52. b4 $18 {Now it really is decided.} Nd5 53. b5 Kb3 54. Ne5 f5 55. Nd7 Ne3 (55... f4 56. b6 Nxb6 57. Nxb6 f3 58. Nd5 $18 {[%cal Yd5e3]}) 56. b6 Nc4+ 57. Kb5 Nd6+ 58. Kc6 Nc4 59. Kc5 Na5 60. Kb5 1-0

[Event "Leonid Stein Memorial"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2000.05.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,Ilya"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2000.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Tsesarsky,Ilya} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 c6 4. Bg5 {This move became more popular at last time due to gm A.Beliavsky's efforts. Bishop is developing with tempo, and it's change is good for White} Be7 ({Another purpose of 4.g5 is to provocate} 4... f6 5. Bd2 $1 $14 {[%csl Yf6][%cal Gg8f6]}) ({After} 4... Nf6 {It is good version for White of Queen gambit} 5. e3 $14) 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 6. Nbd2 {[%cal Gd2c4]} (6. e3 Nf6 (6... f5 7. Nc3 (7. cxd5 exd5 8. Ne5 Nf6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. f4 O-O 11. O-O $14 {Foguelman,Alberto-Bruno,H/Chacabuco (7) ;MCD 1965/1-0 (51)}) 7... Nf6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qc2 Bd7 (9... Ne4 10. g4 $1 g6 11. gxf5 gxf5 12. Rg1+ Kh8 13. O-O-O $16 {1-0 Khenkin,Igor-De Vita,Gianni/Porto San Giorgio op (1) ;EXT 2000 1997 (24)}) 10. h3 Na6 11. a3 Nc7 12. g4 Ne4 13. Ne5 $14 {1-0 Khenkin,Igor-Storm,Roland/Biel op (8) ;TD 1994 (35)}) 7. Nc3 O-O (7... Nbd7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Qc2 Re8 11. O-O Nf8 12. Rab1 Bg4 13. Ne5 Bh5 14. b4 $14 {Khenkin,Igor-Relange,Eloi/Cannes op (5) ;EXT 97 1994/1-0 (42) -Carlsbad variation}) 8. Qc2 (8. Qb3 $5 Nbd7 9. cxd5 exd5 (9... Nxd5 10. Bd3 $14) 10. Bd3 Re8 11. O-O Ne4 12. Qc2 Nf8 13. Rab1 $14 {[%cal Gb2b4]}) (8. Bd3 $6 $11 {Allows to Black to take on c4 with tempi.} dxc4 $1 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O Rd8 11. Qe2 cxd4 12. exd4 (12. Nxd4 e5 13. Nb3 Nc6 $11) 12... Nc6 $11 {0-1 Mikhalevski,Victor-Koutsin,Sergey/Platonov mem (5) ;CBM 51 1995 (37)}) 8... Nbd7 $5 (8... c5 $6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Be2 c4 11. b3 Qb4 12. bxc4 dxc4 13. Rb1 Qa5 14. O-O $16 {1-0 Schroer,Jonathan-Frederick,Robert/Nassau Int Syosset (2) ;EXT 2000 1984 (32)}) 9. Rd1 $5 {[%cal Gd5c4,Gf1d3] Continue of fighting for tempo} (9. cxd5 cxd5 $14 {[%csl Rc8]} (9... Nxd5 10. Bd3 N7f6 11. a3 $14)) 9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. O-O exd4 12. Rxd4 Nb6 13. Bd3 $14) (6. Qc2 $6 dxc4 (6... Nd7 7. Nbd2 Ngf6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. e3 $14) 7. Qxc4 Nf6 8. g3 O-O 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. Nc3 e5 $11 {1-0 Gofshtein,Leonid D-Prakken,H/Bourbon Lancy op (1) ;CBM 62 ext 1997 (40)}) 6... Nf6 (6... f5 $6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 Nh6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 $14 {1-0 Capablanca,J-Treybal,K/Carlsbad 1929/[ 5] (58)}) 7. g3 $5 $146 {Interesting novelty.Beliavsky transforms the game to Catalon opening!} ({Also not bad (and according to my opinion, better) is} 7. e3 $14 O-O (7... Nbd7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Be2 c5 11. dxc5 $14) 8. Bd3 (8. Rc1 Nbd7 (8... b6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Ne5 c5 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Nf3 $14 {½-½ Dydyshko,Viacheslav-Matlak,Marek/Frydek-Mistek op ;EXT 99 1995 (22)}) 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Ne4 11. O-O f5 12. Qe2 Rf6 $132 {0-1 Danielsen,H-Kharlov,A/Norresundby ,EXT 1993/[ 5] (40)}) 8... Nbd7 9. cxd5 $1 (9. Qc2 Re8 (9... h6 10. O-O e5 11. e4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 $11 {½-½ Boehle,L-Meller,B/NRW 1989/[ 5] (74)}) 10. O-O e5 $11) 9... exd5 (9... cxd5 10. O-O $14 {[%csl Rc8]}) 10. O-O Ne4 11. Qc2 Re8 (11... f5 12. Rab1 $14 {[%cal Gb2b4]} (12. a3 $14)) 12. Rab1 $14 {[%cal Gb2b4]} (12. Rfe1 Ndf6 $132 {0-1 Lutz,C-Piket,J/Dortmund 1994/Inf 61/ (61)}) (12. Rfc1 $14)) ({RR} 7. e3 O-O 8. Qc2 b6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O dxc4 11. Qxc4 Ba6 12. Qc2 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nbd7 14. Rac1 c5 15. Qa6 cxd4 16. exd4 Nd5 17. a3 Nb8 18. Qc4 Nd7 19. Rc2 h6 20. Rfc1 a6 21. g3 b5) 7... O-O 8. Bg2 Nbd7 ({RR} 8... b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Rc1 Rfd8 13. Qb3 Rab8 14. Rfd1 Nf6 15. Qa4 Ba8 16. b3 a5 17. c5 Nd7 18. cxb6 Qb4 19. Qxb4 axb4 20. e3 Rxb6 21. Nf3 Bb7 22. Rc2 Ra8 23. Bf1 {Radjabov,T (2741)-Rapport,R (2692) Palma de Mallorca 2017 ½-½ (36)}) ({RR} 8... b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. e4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Rxe4 c5 14. d5 Qd6 15. Nh4 Nf6 16. Re1 exd5 17. Nf5 Qd7 18. Bh3 Qd8 19. Qc1 g6 20. Ne7+ Kg7 21. Bg2 Re8 22. Nxd5 Rxe1+ {½-½ (22) Beliavsky,A (2640)-Lastin,A (2510) Herceg Novi 2000}) 9. O-O ({Here} 9. cxd5 {Is not recommended because after} exd5 $11 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Gg2d5] This pawn structure with White  on g2 is good for Black.}) 9... e5 {Now d2 placed worse than on c3, d5 square is not attacked!} ({RR} 9... a5 10. Qc2 a4 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Qb4 14. Qc2 h6 15. a3 Qa5 16. Rfe1 Rb8 17. Rad1 Rd8 18. Re3 b6 19. Nd2 Bb7 20. Ne4 c5 21. d5 exd5 22. cxd5 Nf8 23. Nc3 b5 24. Qf5 {Ruck,R (2507)-Nigmatov,O (2459) Tashkent UZB 2026 ½-½ (73)}) 10. cxd5 $146 (10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. cxd5 ({RR} 11. cxd5 Nxd5) 11... Nxd5 $11) ({RR} 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. cxd5 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Nxd5 13. Qc2 Bh3 14. Rfd1 Rad8 15. a3 Nf6 16. b4 Bg4 17. Qc4 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Qe4 19. Qxe4 Nxe4 20. Kf1 Nc3 21. Rdc1 Ne4 22. Rd1 Nc3 23. Rdc1 Ne4 24. Rd1 {½-½ (24) Wagh,S (2319)-Ret,A (2131) Teplice CZE 2025}) ({RR} 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Qxe5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Rb1 Re8 14. e3 Bf5 15. Nf3 Qe4 16. Rc1 Bg4 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Qb4 19. Rc2 Rad8 20. Qd2 Qa4 21. b3 Qd7 22. Bg2 b6 23. Rfc1 Ne4 24. Qd4 Qf5 {Wang,Y (2598)-Liang,C (2514) China 2006 EXT 2017 [Tsesarsky,Ilya] 1-0 (42)}) 10... e4 $1 (10... Nxd5 11. e4 N5f6 12. Qc2 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nb6 14. Rae1 Rd8 15. N2b3 Bd7 (15... c5 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 $16 {[%csl Rb7,Rc5,Re7]}) (15... Bg4 16. h3 $14) 16. f4 $14) 11. d6 $1 (11. Nh4 cxd5 12. Nf5 Qe6 13. Ne3 b6 (13... Nb6 14. Nb3 $14 (14. Rc1 Bd7 15. Nb3 Ba4 16. Nc5 Bxd1 17. Nxe6 fxe6 (17... Bxe2 18. Nxf8 Bxf1 19. Nxh7 Nxh7 20. Kxf1 Ng5 $11 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gg5e6]}) 18. Rfxd1 Rac8 $11)) 14. Qa4 Nb8 $1 (14... Bb7 15. Rac1 $14 {[%cal Ga4a7]}) 15. Rac1 (15. f3 $6 exf3 16. Rxf3 Nc6 $15) 15... Bd7 $11) 11... Qxd6 12. Nc4 Qe7 13. Nfd2 $6 $11 ({Seems better} 13. Nfe5 $5 Nb6 $5 (13... Nxe5 14. dxe5 Ng4 15. Qd4 (15. Qd6 Re8 $1 16. Rfd1 Be6 17. Na5 Bd5 $15) 15... f6 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Nd6 Rd8 18. Rfd1 Bg4 19. Qc4+ Be6 20. Qc5 $14) 14. Qc2 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 (15. Nxc4 Rd8 $11 {like in this game} (15... Bf5 16. Ne3 Be6 17. Bxe4 Qb4 18. Bf5 (18. Rfd1 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Qxb2 $15) 18... Qxd4 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Rad1 $14 {[%csl Re6]})) 15... Rd8 16. Rfd1 Nd5 17. Qb3 (17. Qc2 e3 18. f4 f6 19. Nc4 Bg4 20. Rac1 Re8 21. a3 Rad8 $132) 17... f6 18. Nc4 $14) 13... Nb6 (13... c5 $6 14. Qc2 $1 (14. e3 b5 15. Na5 Ba6 $132) (14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. b4 Na6 16. a3 Be6 17. Ne3 Rfd8 18. Qc2 Rac8 19. Qb2 $11) 14... cxd4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Qxe4 17. Bxe4 Nc5 18. Bf3 Be6 19. Rfc1 Rad8 20. Ne5 Rc8 21. b4 Na6 22. a3 $14 (22. Rxc8 Bxc8 23. a3 $14)) 14. Qc2 Nxc4 15. Nxc4 Rd8 16. Rfd1 Be6 (16... Bf5 17. Ne3 Qe6 (17... Bg6 18. Rac1 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Rxd5 20. e3 $14 {[%csl Re4,Rg6]}) 18. Nxf5 (18. b4 Bh3 19. Bh1 Rd7 20. Rd2 Rad8 21. Rad1 Nd5 22. Nxd5 cxd5 23. e3 Qd6 24. Qc5 Rc7 25. Qxd6 Rxd6 $15) 18... Qxf5 19. Rac1 $14) 17. Ne3 Qb4 18. a3 Qb6 19. Nc4 Qb5 (19... Bxc4 20. Qxc4 Qxb2 (20... Rd6 21. b4 Rad8 22. e3 $14) 21. Rab1 Qxa3 22. Rxb7 $14) 20. b3 a5 21. a4 (21. Rac1 h6 $11 (21... a4 22. b4 $132)) 21... Qb4 22. e3 Bd5 23. Rac1 c5 $5 {This move gives to White square d4} (23... b6 $142 24. Rb1 $11 (24. Qc3 b5 $1 25. Nd2 (25. Nb6 Bxb3 $1 $17) 25... bxa4 26. bxa4 Qxa4 $17)) (23... b5 24. Nd2 $11) 24. dxc5 Qxc5 25. Rd4 {[%csl Yd4]} Bc6 26. Rcd1 Rxd4 27. Rxd4 {[%csl Re4]} h6 28. Qd2 {[%cal Gd4d8]} Bd5 $1 29. h3 (29. Bf1 b6 $11) 29... b6 30. Bf1 Rc8 31. Qd1 (31. Be2 $11) 31... Rc7 32. Nd2 {Not necessary move. Black change Queens} (32. Bg2 $11) 32... Qc1 33. Nc4 Qxd1 34. Rxd1 Rc6 35. Rd4 Kf8 36. Nd2 $6 {this move also not necessary} (36. Be2 $11 {[%cal Gg1f1,Gf1e1,Ge1d2]}) 36... Rc1 37. Kg2 Ke7 38. g4 Rc2 39. Bc4 Bc6 $1 {Maybe this move was not properly evaluated by White.} (39... Bxc4 $2 40. Nxc4 $14) 40. Kg3 {Position of White is strong enough to keep draw} g5 41. Bf1 (41. h4 $11) 41... Bd5 (41... h5 42. Bg2 h4+ 43. Kh2 Bd5 44. Kg1 (44. Nxe4 Bxe4 45. Bxe4 Rxf2+ $15) (44. Bxe4 Rxd2 45. Rxd2 Bxe4 $15) 44... Rc1+ (44... Ke6 45. Bxe4 $14) 45. Kh2 Rc2 46. Kg1 $11) 42. Nc4 (42. Bg2 Rc1 43. Bxe4 (43. Nxe4 Rg1 $1 44. Kh2 (44. f3 Nxe4+ 45. fxe4 Bxb3 46. e5 $17) 44... Rxg2+ 45. Kxg2 Bxe4+ 46. f3 (46. Kg3 Bc2 47. b4 Ne4+ 48. Kg2 Nd6 49. f3 Ke6 $15) 46... Bc2 47. b4 axb4 48. Rxb4 Nd5 49. Rd4 Ke6 $15) 43... Nxe4+ 44. Nxe4 Bxb3 45. f4 Ra1 46. Nc3 Rc1 47. Ne4 $11) 42... Bxc4 43. Bxc4 Rb2 44. Rd1 (44. f3 $11) 44... Ne8 45. Bd5 Nf6 46. Bc4 Ne8 47. Bd5 Nd6 {Black decided to play for winning.} (47... Nf6 $11) 48. Rc1 Rd2 49. Ba8 (49. Bc4 Kf6 50. Ba6 Ke5 51. Rc6 f5 52. f4+ exf3 53. Kxf3 Rh2 (53... Ne4 54. gxf5 Rf2+ 55. Kg4 Nf6+ 56. Kg3 Ne4+ $11) 54. Bf1 (54. Kg3 Rb2 $17) 54... Ne4 55. Bg2 h5 $17) 49... Rd3 (49... Kf6 $5 50. Rc6 Ke5 51. Rxb6 f5 52. Ra6 f4+ 53. exf4+ gxf4+ 54. Kh4 Rxf2 55. Rxa5+ Ke6 $44) 50. Rb1 Rc3 (50... Ke6 51. b4 f5 (51... Ke5 52. bxa5 bxa5 53. Rc1 $14) 52. gxf5+ Kxf5 (52... Nxf5+ 53. Kg4 Nd6 54. bxa5 bxa5 $132)) 51. Bd5 Kf6 52. Bc4 $1 {White sacrifice  with idea to recieve drawn rook ending.} (52. h4 Ke5 53. Bc4 {the same idea} Nxc4 54. bxc4 Rxc4 55. Rxb6 gxh4+ 56. Kxh4 Rxa4 57. Rxh6 Ra1 58. Ra6 $11) 52... Nxc4 53. bxc4 Rxc4 54. Rxb6+ Kg7 55. h4 gxh4+ (55... Rxa4 56. Rb5 Kf6 57. Rf5+ Kg6 58. Rc5 $11) 56. Kxh4 Rxa4 57. Rb5 Ra2 58. Kg3 f6 59. Rc5 Ra4 $44 (59... Kf7 60. Rc4 a4 61. Rxe4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Roiz,Michael"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Nf6 6. g3 ({another principal continuation here is:} 6. Bg5) 6... b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. Bg2 Nbd7 {Black is ready to play c6-c5-that is usually promise him an easily equality.} 9. Ne5 {A principal move.} ({Black doesn't face any difficulties after:} 9. O-O c5 10. a4 (10. Nc3 a6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Ng5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Rc8 14. Nge4 b4 15. Na4 Be7 16. Qd3 Qa5 17. b3 Qb5 $15 {0-1 Szmetan,R-Nielsen,P/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (29)}) (10. Bg5 Rc8 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Qb3 a6 13. Nfd2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Be7 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. a4 b4 17. Rd1 Qc7 18. Nf3 O-O 19. Nbd2 g6 $15 {0-1 Zlotnik,B-Tregubov,P/Chalkidiki 2002/CBM 92/[Hecht] (57)}) 10... b4 11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. Qd3 Be7 13. b3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Rc3 $15 {0-1 Fridman,D-Grischuk,A/Mainz 2003/CBM 95 ext (30)}) 9... Qb6 {The main.} ({deserves attention also:} 9... Nxe5 $5 10. dxe5 Nd5 ({but not} 10... Nd7 $6 11. O-O Nxe5 12. Bf4 Nd7 13. Nc3 Qb6 14. a4 Rc8 15. Rfd1 {with dangerous initiative for white.}) 11. Nc3 Be7 12. a4 O-O 13. O-O a6 14. Bd2 c5 15. Ne4 Qc7 16. Bg5 Nb4 17. Qc1 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 h6 19. Nf6+ Kh8 20. Qh5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Nc6 22. f4 {½-½ Sherbakov,R-Mahesh Chandran,P/Raipur 2002/CBM 87 ext (22)}) 10. Be3 (10. O-O Rc8 $6 (10... c5 $142 $11) 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Rd1 c5 13. d5 exd5 14. Bxd5 Bxd5 15. Rxd5 $14 {½-½ Tratar,M-Pavasovic,D/Portoroz 1997/EXT 99 (65)}) 10... c5 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Bxb7 Qxb7 13. O-O cxd4 {I don't like that move,since now black couldn't complete his development without e6-e5.} ({more accurate seems to be:} 13... Rc8 $142 14. Rc1 Be7 $1 ({dubious is:} 14... c4 $6 15. a4 a6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nc3 Bb4 (17... Nf6 18. d5 Nxd5 19. Ra7 Qc6 20. Nxd5 Qxd5 21. Rd1 Qc6 22. Qc3 f6 23. Qa5 $16 {1-0 Kiseleva,N-Zivkovic,V/Antalya 2002/CBM 90 ext (26)}) 18. d5 $1 Bxc3 19. Ra7 Qxd5 20. Rd1 Qf5 21. Qxc3 $40 {1-0 Yakovich,Y-Brodsky,M/Noyabrsk RUS 2003 (24)}) 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nc3 (16. b4 Bf6 17. Nc3 (17. bxc5 Bxa1 18. c6 Qb8 19. Qc5 Bf6 $15 {[%cal Gf6e7]}) 17... Nd7 (17... Na4 $5 18. Nxb5 Rxc2 19. Nd6+ Kd7 20. Nxb7 Rc7 $1 21. Rd1+ Ke7 22. Nc5 Nc3 23. Na6 Nxd1 24. Rxd1 Rd7 $15) 18. Qe4 Qa6 19. Bd4 O-O 20. a4 Rc4 21. Nxb5 Rxb4 $11 {½-½ Raetsky,A-Rasch,H/Biel 1997/CBM 60 ext (42)}) 16... O-O 17. b4 $2 Na4 18. Qe4 Qxe4 19. Nxe4 Bxb4 $17 {0-1 Kiseleva,N-Kosteniuk,A/Kragujevac 2000/CBM 79 ext (23)}) 14. Bxd4 Rc8 ({black doesn't equalize after:} 14... e5 15. Be3 Be7 {½-½ Linskiy,O-Vera,R/Quebec 1997/EXT 98 (15) in view of:} 16. Nc3 O-O 17. Rfd1 $14 {[%csl Rb5,Rd5][%cal Gc2b3]}) 15. Nc3 (15. Qb3 e5 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Nc3 a6 18. Qd5 Qxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxe3 20. Nxe3 $14) 15... e5 $146 {That move is a serious improvement of black's previous play,but probably doesn't promise black a full equality.} (15... b4 $6 16. Qe4 Qxe4 17. Nxe4 f5 (17... a5 $2 18. Rac1 Ra8 19. Rfd1 e5 20. Be3 Be7 21. Rc7 Nf6 22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. Bc5 $18 {1-0 Todorov,O-Kosic,D/Leposavic 2003/EXT 2004 (27)}) 18. Ng5 (18. Nd2 e5 (18... Rc2 19. Rfd1 e5 (19... Bc5 $2 20. Rac1 $1) 20. Bxa7 Rxb2 21. e4 $36) 19. Be3 Bc5 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. Nb3 $14) 18... e5 19. Bxa7 Be7 20. Be3 h6 21. Nf3 Kf7 22. Rfc1 g5 23. b3 $16 {½-½ Raetsky,A-Sveshnikov,E/Moscow 1994/CBM 45 ext (36)}) 16. Be3 Bb4 17. Qe4 $146 {That allows black to equalize the game by accurate play.} ({white shouldn't afraid of:} 17. Rfd1 Bxc3 18. bxc3 O-O {because after:} (18... Nf6 19. Qf5 O-O 20. Qxe5 Rfe8 21. Qf5 Rxc3 22. Bd4 Rc6 23. Rab1 $14 {[%csl Gd4]}) 19. Qf5 Rfd8 (19... Nb6 20. Qxe5 Nc4 21. Qd4 $14) 20. Rd2 $14 {[%cal Ga1d1] all his pieces are very active and black is not able to exploit weak pawn on c3.}) ({RR} 17. Rfd1 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Nb6 19. Bxb6 Qxb6 20. a4 O-O 21. axb5 Qxb5 22. Rxa7 {½-½ (22) Matamoros Franco,C (2544)-Riazantsev,A (2622) Evora 2006}) 17... Qxe4 18. Nxe4 f5 {Black must attack white's knight,as his bishop doesn't has a stable place.} 19. a3 $1 ({after} 19. Rac1 Ke7 20. a3 Bxa3 21. bxa3 fxe4 {black is not in a danger.}) 19... Be7 20. Nc3 a6 21. Rfd1 {Preventing Ke8-f7-e6.} (21. a4 b4 22. Nd5 Kf7 $1 (22... Nf6 $2 23. Nb6 $1 Rc2 24. Rac1 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 $16) 23. Rac1 Bd6 $11) 21... Nf6 22. Nd5 (22. Bg5 e4 $1 {[%cal Gh7h6]} 23. f3 h6 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 $11) 22... Kf7 23. Nxe7 Kxe7 24. b4 {Creating good spot for e3.} (24. a4 b4 25. Rac1 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Nd5 27. Rc6 Nxe3 28. fxe3 Rd8 $11 {[%cal Gd8d2]}) 24... Rc6 (24... Rc2 $2 25. a4 Rd8 26. Bc5+ Ke8 27. Rxd8+ Kxd8 28. axb5 axb5 29. Ra8+ (29. Ra7 Nd7 30. Bd6 Ke8 31. Rb7 Rd2 $11) 29... Kd7 30. Ra7+ $16) 25. a4 {White is trying to keep all the rooks on the board,so that is the only way to activate the a1.} Rb8 26. Rd3 ({nothing gives:} 26. axb5 Rxb5 27. Rdc1 Rxc1+ 28. Rxc1 Kd7 $11) 26... Ke6 {Black has consolidated his position,and white cannot avoid simplifications.} 27. Rda3 bxa4 ({only not} 27... Nd5 $6 28. axb5 axb5 29. Bc5 $14 {and white has a clear advantage due to activity of his rooks.}) 28. Rxa4 Nd5 29. Rxa6 ({after} 29. Bc5 Nc7 30. Rd1 Nd5 {the draw is unavoidable.}) 29... Nxb4 30. Ra7 Nc2 $1 {An important win of tempo.Black gets time to defend on g7.} 31. Rc1 Kf6 {[%cal Gb8c8]} 32. f4 {There is no other useful continuations for white.} exf4 33. Bxf4 Rbc8 $11 {[%cal Gc2d4] There is no much material on the board,so white has only a symbolic advantage.} 34. Rd1 g5 35. Bc1 R8c7 {Changing white's active rook.} ({possibly was:} 35... h6 $1 36. Bb2+ Kg6 $11) 36. Rxc7 Rxc7 37. Rd6+ Ke5 38. Rb6 (38. Rh6 f4 39. Rh5 Ke4 40. Rxg5 Nd4 41. Re5+ Kxe5 42. Bxf4+ Kf5 43. Bxc7 Nxe2+ {leads to a clear draw.}) 38... f4 39. gxf4+ (39. Rb5+ Ke4 40. Rxg5 Nd4 {-38.Rh6.}) 39... gxf4 40. Rb5+ Ke4 41. Bb2 f3 $11 {Now there is only ''h'' pawns on the board,so the draw is unavoidable-black should only improve the placement of his knight.} (41... Re7 42. Kf2 Ne3 43. Rb4+ Kf5 44. Kf3 Nd5 $11) 42. Re5+ Kf4 43. Kf2 fxe2 44. Rxe2 Kf5 45. Re5+ Kg6 46. h4 {That game was played in last round,and Valerij wanted to win this game at any cost in order to win the tournament-that is the only explanation of the rest moves.} Rd7 47. h5+ Kf7 48. Kg3 Nd4 49. Kg4 Ne6 {Finally,the knight is safe!} 50. Rf5+ Kg8 51. Rb5 Rc7 52. Rb4 Rc5 53. Ra4 Rg5+ 54. Kh4 Rc5 55. Ba3 Rd5 56. Ra8+ Rd8 57. Ra6 Rd4+ 58. Kg3 Ng7 (58... Ng7 59. Ra8+ Kf7 60. Ra7+ Kg8 61. Rxg7+ Kxg7 62. Bb2 Kh6 63. Bxd4 Kxh5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 10th"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor"]
[Date "2015.04.19"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "Illingworth,Max"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{The following win was crucial in Ukraine's 2.5-1.5 victory over Russia as the other three games in this match ended in draws.} 1. d4 d5 {In an earlier encounter, Tomashevsky opted for the Bogo-Indian against Eljanov.} 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. g3 $5 {Not the most common answer to the Triangle, but this Catalan-style pawn sacrifice leads to sharp and interesting play, and it caused Tomashevsky to burn a lot of time over his forthcoming moves.} dxc4 ({The main alternative is to Stonewall with} 4... f5 {.}) 5. Bg2 b5 6. Ne5 $5 {White immediately pressures the c6-pawn before Black can prevent this move with ...d7.} (6. O-O {has been analysed in various games in Mega Database.}) 6... Bb7 7. O-O ({For} 7. Nc3 {I refer you to ½-½ (21) Nakamura,H (2759) -Ivanchuk,V (2766) Wijk aan Zee 2012 CBM 147 [Krasenkow,M]}) (7. a4 {is another try, but after} a6 8. Nc3 (8. O-O Nf6 {transposes to 7.0-0 f6 8.a4 a6.}) 8... f6 $5 {(loosening Black's structure, but the gain in time is probably more significant)} 9. Nf3 (9. Ng4 Nd7 10. O-O h5 $5 11. Ne3 h4 $13 {is messy, but gave Black good counterplay in ½-½ (63) Sambuev,B (2409)-Popov,V (2582) Novgorod 1999.}) 9... b4 10. Na2 c5 $1 11. O-O cxd4 (11... Nc6 $5) 12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Kf7 15. Be3 Nd7 {and Black was absolutely fine in 1-0 (65) Barbosa,O (2501)-Short,N (2664) Pattaya 2015.}) 7... Nf6 {With this move we transpose to a position that more often arises from a 4.g3 Slav or 5... c6 Open Catalan move order, but it's quite appealing to mobilise the queenside with} (7... Nd7 $5 8. a4 (8. Nc3 Qc8 {again transposes to Nakamura-Ivanchuk.}) 8... Qc8 (8... Nxe5 9. dxe5 Qc7 10. Nc3 $1 Rd8 11. Qc2 a6 12. Ne4 $36 {[%csl Re8,Rf8,Rg8,Rh8] gives White a very powerful initiative for the pawn; Black cannot develop his kingside.}) 9. b3 cxb3 ({Also quite logical is} 9... Nxe5 10. dxe5 b4 $1 {, offering back the pawn to catch up in development and still have the better pawn structure; if White declines with} 11. Nd2 (11. bxc4 c5 12. Bxb7 Qxb7 $15 {[%csl Rc4,Re5]}) 11... c3 12. Nc4 c5 {, it's hard to believe Black can be worse with such a powerful c3-pawn.}) 10. Qxb3 ({I'd prefer} 10. Nd2 $5 Ngf6 11. Nxb3 b4 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. a5 $44 {when Black's split structure and White's queenside initiative gives him typical and full Catalan-style compensation for the pawn.}) 10... b4 11. a5 $6 (11. Nxd7 $142 Qxd7 12. Be3) 11... c5 $1 {(this is the key difference; it is of the utmost importance that Black does not get in ...c5 in this line, at least not without White having a sharp response ready)} 12. Bxb7 Qxb7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Bb2 Nf6 16. Rd1 Qc6 {and with Black ready to castle, White didn't have enough for the pawn in 0-1 (23) Ezat,M (2479)-Jakovenko,D (2742) Tsaghkadzor 2015.}) 8. b3 $1 {I like this fresh move, but it is a very typical one for these positions - the c4-pawn is exchanged so White can exert pressure along the opened queenside files. It also allows White to play c3 without worrying about ...b4.} (8. Nc3 {transposes to one of the sharper lines of the 5.g3 Semi-Slav. Then play might continue} Nd5 $5 (8... a6 9. b3 cxb3 10. axb3 Be7 {transposes to the note to Black's 10th move in the game.}) 9. a4 a6 10. e4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nd7 12. Bf4 $1 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 f6 14. Bf4 Be7 15. Qh5+ g6 16. Qe2 O-O 17. Rfd1 {when White has enough compensation for the pawn, but not more than that as it's hard to find an entry point into Black's position.}) (8. a4 a6 9. b3 cxb3 10. Bb2 {is the most common continuation, but after} Nbd7 $5 11. Nxc6 (11. Nd2 $142 Nxe5 (11... Qb6 {also deserves attention.}) 12. dxe5 Nd5 13. Qxb3 Be7 14. Ne4 O-O 15. Rfc1 b4 $1 {is also OK for Black, though White keeps his full share of compensation with} 16. a5 $1 $44) 11... Qc7 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8+ Bxa8 14. Qc1 Bc5 $11 {Black had no problems in ½-½ (18) Lehner,O (2421) -Stohl,I (2551) Austria 2006.}) 8... cxb3 9. axb3 ({RR} 9. Qxb3 Be7 10. Nc3 a6 11. Rd1 Qc8 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Rac1 O-O 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe7 Re8 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Rxc8 Raxc8 19. Qa3 Nb6 20. Bc5 Na4 21. f3 Bd5 22. Rc1 a5 23. Kf2 h6 {Le,Q (2728)-Carlsen,M (2859) chess24.com INT 2022 1-0 (51)}) 9... Be7 (9... Nbd7 $5 {is a major alternative from this move order, offering back the pawn to catch up in development - it's been seen in many similar lines but not in this exact position. For example, White obtains very good compensation in the endgame arising from} 10. Nc3 ({If} 10. Nxc6 Qb6 11. d5 Bc5 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bb2 (13. b4 {peters out to equality after the forced sequence} exd5 14. Nxd5 Qxc6 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Bxb7 Bxf2+ 17. Rxf2 Qxa1 18. Bxa8 Rxa8 19. Rxf7 Nb6 $11) 13... a5 14. Qd3 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Qxd5 Rac8 17. Qxd7 Bxc6 18. Bxc6 Rxc6 19. Qg4 {White can try to claim a symbolic edge, but it's pretty balanced after} Rg6 20. Qf5 Rd6 $11) (10. Nd2 a5 11. Qc2 Be7 $1 12. Bb2 Qc7 13. Rfd1 Rc8 {is also dynamically balanced.}) 10... Nxe5 11. dxe5 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Nd5 {but it's an open question as to whether it suffices for an advantage.} 13. Bd2 $1 (13. Ne4 a5 14. Bd2 b4 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. exd6 f5 $1 {is fine for Black.}) 13... b4 (13... Be7 14. Ne4 Kd7 15. Ba5 $1 $14 {creates a total bind on the queenside.}) 14. Na4 Be7 15. Rdc1 O-O-O 16. Nb2 $5 (16. Nc5 Nc3 $1 17. Bxc3 Bxc5 $11) (16. Bf3 Kc7 17. Nc5 Kb6 18. Nd3 a6 19. Nb2 Kc7 20. Nc4 c5 21. Rc2 Bc6 $1 $11) 16... Kb8 17. Nd3 Rc8 18. Ra5 {This looks great for White if he can fix the blockade on c5, but Black can break out with} c5 $1 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. Rcxc5 Rxc5 21. Rxc5 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Kxc8 {and the endgame is just equal.}) ({RR} 9... Nbd7 10. Nxc6 Qb6 11. Ne5 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Bd6 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. Nc3 Rfc8 16. Ne4 Bf8 17. Qd3 f5 18. Ng5 h6 19. Nf3 a5 20. d5 a4 21. dxe6 Qxe6 22. Nd4 Qd5+ 23. Kg1 a3 24. Bc3 {Ferey,A (2282)-Andreasyan,E (2389) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (44)}) 10. Nc3 (10. Ba3 O-O 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qd2 {was a creative try in 0-1 (46) Ragger,M (2632)-Morozevich,A (2731) Dubai 2014, but after} Rd8 $1 13. Rc1 (13. b4 $6 a5 $1 14. Rxa5 Rxa5 15. bxa5 c5 $15) 13... c5 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. Rxc5 Nbd7 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Rc1 Nf6 {Black comfortably equalises.}) 10... O-O $146 {A surprising decision as giving back the pawn doesn't really dent White's initiative.} (10... Nd5 $5 {is an interesting try, blocking the diagonal and thereby preparing a later ...d7. Play could continue} 11. Ne4 O-O (11... Nd7 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Ba5 $14 {is the sort of bind Black should avoid.}) 12. Bd2 (12. Bb2 a5 13. Qc1 Qc7 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. Qxc5 Na6 16. Qc2 c5 {is at the very least not worse for Black.}) 12... a5 $1 {(as usual, it is very important to prevent Ba5)} 13. Qc2 (13. e3 $5 {warrants further analysis as a slower approach to the position, e.g.} f5 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. dxc5 Qc7 16. f4 $44 {and e4 is coming to break up Black's central bastion.}) 13... Nb4 14. Bxb4 Bxb4 15. Rfd1 (15. Nd3 Qxd4 16. e3 Qb6 17. Nxb4 axb4 18. Qc5 Qxc5 19. Nxc5 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Bc8 21. Nd3 e5 22. Nxb4 Be6 23. Nxc6 Nxc6 24. Bxc6 $11 {is just completely equal.}) 15... Qe7 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. Qxc5 Qxc5 18. dxc5 f6 19. Nd7 Nxd7 20. Rxd7 Rf7 $11 {and Black's position holds together just fine.}) (10... a6 {transposes to the well-known Kramnik-Giri game from the Qatar Masters last year. Since then, there have been a few new games, including one in the same World Teams event:} 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Ne4 $1 {(this had already been recommended by yours truly and Stohl)} Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Ra7 $6 {This is admittedly not a very natural move; Black probably wanted to play . ..c5 but White doesn't budge.} (13... Bd6 $5 14. Qc2 h6 15. Nd3 (15. Rfc1 a5 16. Nxc6 Nxc6 17. Bxc6 Rc8 18. Qe4 Bxc6 19. Rxc6 Rxc6 20. Qxc6 Qc7 $1 {is about equal.}) 15... Nd7 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Bc7 18. Qc3 f6 19. Rfd1 Qe7 20. b4 $14 {gives White some positional pressure as the b7-bishop is a very bad piece.}) 14. Qc2 h6 15. Qc3 Bf6 16. Qc5 (16. Bc2 $1 $16 {to threaten d3 was even stronger.}) 16... Ra8 17. Ba3 Nd7 18. Qd6 Nxe5 $2 (18... Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qc8 20. Rfd1 Rd8 21. Qe7 $14 {still keeps up the pressure.}) 19. dxe5 Qxd6 20. Bxd6 Rfd8 21. Rad1 Rd7 22. Bc5 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 {and the passivity of the b7-bishop proved decisive in 1-0 (33) Moiseenko,A (2693)-Postny,E (2645) Tsaghkadzor 2015.}) ({RR} 10... Nd5 11. Ne4 Nd7 12. Nd3 Qb6 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Qc1 a5 15. h4 h6 16. Rd1 f5 17. Nec5 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. dxc5 Qc7 20. f4 Ra7 21. Be5 Qf7 22. Rd4 Rfa8 23. Kh2 Bc8 24. Bf3 a4 25. b4 {Jackson,E (2194)-Vaidyanathan,A (2115) Liverpool 2025 ½-½ (43)}) ({RR} 10... Nd5 11. Ne4 Nd7 12. Nd3 Qb6 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Qc1 a5 15. h4 h6 16. Rd1 f5 17. Nec5 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. dxc5 Qc7 20. f4 Ra7 21. Be5 Qf7 22. Rd4 Rfa8 23. Kh2 Bc8 24. Bf3 a4 25. b4 {Jackson,E (2194)-Vaidyanathan,A (2115) Liverpool ENG 2025 ½-½ (43)}) 11. Nxb5 Nd5 12. Na3 {White's knight manoeuvre was actually quite useful in harmonising his position.} c5 ({The tricky} 12... Nc3 {fails to} 13. Qc2 $1 (13. Qd3 $2 Qxd4) 13... Qxd4 14. Nac4 $1 Nxe2+ ({or} 14... Nb5 15. Bb2 Qd8 16. Na5 Qc7 17. Nxb7 Qxb7 18. Rfc1 $18) 15. Qxe2 Qxa1 16. Bg5 Qxf1+ 17. Bxf1 Bxg5 18. Nxf7 $1 {and Black is getting squashed due to his lack of development.}) 13. Bb2 (13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Bb2 {was also a rather natural way to play. Black continues to have problems based on his lack of development and the weak squares on the queenside.}) 13... Nd7 $1 ({The machine's suggested} 13... f6 14. Nec4 Nc6 {seriously weakens the Black king and after} 15. e4 $1 Ndb4 16. d5 Nd4 17. dxe6 Bc8 18. Bxd4 cxd4 19. Nb5 d3 20. Qg4 $16 {Black's position is riddled with problems.}) 14. Nac4 cxd4 {Releasing the tension helps White improve his piece placement, but it's hard to offer better advice, for instance} (14... Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qc7 $6 {allows} 16. e4 Nb4 17. d5 $16 {with a powerful central initiative.}) 15. Bxd4 (15. Qxd4 $5 Bc5 16. Qe4 f5 {(otherwise a5 and moving to c6 would be a serious threat)} (16... a5 $2 17. Nxa5) 17. Qb1 {was another decent way to play the position, especially when the weakening ...f5 has been provoked.}) 15... Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bb4 $1 {A very good defensive move to keep the c4-knight in check. White still has a lead in development but he needs to play accurately to transform it.} 17. Qc2 $1 {While not the first choice of the engine, I like this move best as it leaves the d-file open for the rook while keeping the option of e4-g4 open.} (17. Qd3 Qe7 18. e4 Nb6 19. Bd6 Qd7 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. Qe2 Bxd6 22. Nxd6 Qe7 23. Nxb7 Qxb7 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 {offers White very little; it's hard to get at the one weakness on a7 given that it's on a dark square.}) (17. e3 Qe7 18. Qg4 {looks more direct than the game continuation, but is well met by} f5 $1 19. Qf3 a5 {when it's hard to increase the pressure on Black's position.}) 17... Qe7 18. Rfd1 {White completes his development before showing his cards.} (18. Na5 $5 {was a serious alternative, with the intention of nabbing the bishop pair. If Black wants to bail out into a worse endgame, he can contemplate} Bxa5 (18... Rfc8 19. Qb2 Bxa5 20. Rxa5 f6 21. Bd4 $36 {provides a lot of queenside pressure.}) 19. Rxa5 Nb4 20. Qc5 Qxc5 21. Rxc5 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Rfc8 (22... f6 23. Rc4 fxe5 24. Rxb4 Rfb8 25. Rxb8+ Rxb8 26. Ra1 Rxb3 27. Rxa7 {is clearly a better endgame for White, but even with Black's king cut off, it should be drawable with best play.}) 23. Bd4 $14 {and White's better minor piece ensures this isn't an automatic draw for Black.}) 18... Rfc8 19. Qe4 {White prepares g4 and gets out of one pin while strengthening another.} (19. Bd4 {is too simplistic:} Nb6 20. Bxb6 Bxg2 $1 21. Bxa7 (21. Kxg2 axb6 22. Rxa8 Qb7+ 23. f3 Rxa8 $11) 21... Qb7 $132 {and Black has sufficient compensation for the pawn.}) 19... Bc6 $1 {By threatening ...c3, Black effectively forces White's hand.} 20. Qg4 f6 (20... f5 {isn't an easy move to play as it opens up Black's king and gives an e5-outpost:} 21. Qh5 Bc5 22. Rac1 {and Black's pieces are a bit awkwardly placed, while White threatens e4 to raise the pressure.} Rd8 23. Na5 Be8 24. Qh4 $1 Qxh4 25. gxh4 $14 {and Black's weaknesses on a7 and e6 give White some practical chances.}) 21. Bb2 {Keeping the bishop out of the range of the enemy pieces, but I would have preferred} (21. Bd4 $142 {to eye the weakness on a7.}) (21. e4 Nb6 22. Nxb6 (22. Bd6 Bxd6 23. Nxd6 Rd8 $11) 22... axb6 23. Bxf6 $1 Qxf6 24. e5 Qxe5 25. Rxa8 Bxa8 26. Qxb4 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 {was another way to keep some pressure, but I don't think White's better structure is enough for genuine winning chances after} b5 $14) 21... Rd8 {Black wants his rooks on d8 and c8, although} (21... Rab8 {to develop the final piece looks logical too, except that after} 22. Ra6 $1 {the e6-pawn suddenly proves tender.}) 22. Rdc1 {Making full use of the undefended c6-bishop, and provoking Black's next (weakening) move.} f5 {Although this is a concession, it's hard to find anything else for Black, e.g.} (22... Rac8 $6 23. e4 Nb6 24. Bh3 Re8 25. Bd4 $16 {keeps Black's weaknesses under heavy fire.}) 23. Qh3 Rac8 $2 {So far Tomashevsky has defended his difficult position very well, but by this point was in serious time pressure and in such a situation it's very hard to continue finding the best moves.} (23... Bc5 24. Ne5 Bb7 {was the best defence, when White's edge has been neutralised to some extent, although he can keep probing with} 25. Qh5 $1 Rac8 26. e3 Nf6 27. Qf7+ Qxf7 28. Nxf7 Kxf7 29. Bxb7 Rc7 30. Ba6 $14 {[%csl Ya6,Yb2] and while Black should hold the endgame, clearly the onus is on him.}) 24. e4 $1 fxe4 $6 {This should have been the decisive mistake.} (24... Nf6 25. exf5 Bxg2 26. Qxg2 (26. Kxg2 Qb7+ 27. Kg1 Ne4 $1 28. fxe6 Nxf2 $1 29. Qg2 Nh3+ 30. Kh1 Nf2+ $11) 26... exf5 27. Ne3 Rxc1+ 28. Rxc1 {will win the f5-pawn and leave White clearly better as} Qe6 29. Qf3 g6 30. Qb7 $16 {still wins a pawn.}) (24... Nb6 25. Ne5 Bb5 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. exf5 Rc2 28. Bd4 {is also no good for Black though; if} Bc5 29. Qg4 $1 exf5 30. Qd1 Bxd4 31. Qxd4 {[%cal Rf7f5] intending d5 gives White a very strong initiative because of the weakened Black king position.}) 25. Bxe4 $6 {This automatic recapture is less incisive than} (25. Ne5 $1 {when Black can't save both a7 and e6:} Be8 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Rxa7 $1 Qxa7 28. Qxe6+ Kf8 29. Qxc8 $18 {and White is up a pawn with a continuing attack on Black's king.}) 25... Nf6 (25... h6 {was a better defence, but Black is still in a bad way after} 26. Bf3 $1 $16 {intending e5 and g4, and covering the numerous black weaknesses is a tough ask.} (26. Ne5 $2 Nf4 $1)) 26. Bxf6 $2 {White cashes in his initiative for too low a price.} (26. Bxc6 Rxc6 27. Ne5 Rxc1+ 28. Rxc1 {was very strong, as there's no good way out of the c6 fork.} Qd6 29. Nc6 Bd2 (29... Re8 $2 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. Qg4+ $18) 30. Nxd8 Bxc1 31. Bxc1 Qd1+ 32. Kg2 Qd5+ 33. f3 Qxd8 34. Qxe6+ Kh8 35. Be3 $18 {and this should be a technical win.}) 26... gxf6 27. Bxc6 Rxc6 28. Qg4+ Kh8 29. Rd1 $1 {Although White isn't winning anymore, he's still in control and in mutual time pressure it's a big advantage to have the safer king position.} Rxd1+ (29... Rdc8 $5 {may have been a better try so that both back ranks are covered. White can start by doubling on the d-file, but Black is hanging on for the time being.}) 30. Rxd1 (30. Qxd1 $1 {was arguably the preferable recapture as the pressure on the a7-pawn is quite limiting, and after} Bc5 31. Qf3 Rc8 32. Ra6 $1 $16 {Black has difficulty defending all his weaknesses.}) 30... Rc8 (30... Rc7 {was the alternative, intending ...d7 - in my view the Black king will be a lot safer once the rooks are off the board.}) 31. Qe4 Bc5 32. Kg2 {The c5-bishop is something of a ghost in this position, unable to cause harm to White.} f5 $5 {As with ...f5 earlier in the game, it is easier to label this move as weakening than it is to offer an improvement.} (32... e5 {was the other evil, but it leaves Black vulnerable on the light squares after} 33. Qf5 Rc7 34. Rd5 Kg7 35. h4 Qf7 36. Qe4 $16 {and White's winning chances are quite high in this position.}) 33. Qf3 {White prioritises keeping his king safe from checks, but I can't resist pointing out the cool move} (33. Qe1 $5 {to keep the pressure on e6 but also have options of c3 to harass Black's king. And if} Qb7+ 34. f3 Qe7 35. Qe5+ Kg8 36. Rd2 $16 {the pressure has not let up at all.}) 33... Rd8 34. Re1 $1 {[%csl Rd1,Rd2,Rd3] An accurate move, switching the focus to the e6-pawn now that ...f5 has been played. The black rook doesn't have a good invasion square down the d-file.} Bd4 $2 {This natural move has a major tactical drawback.} (34... Kg7 {was called for, when the game goes on.}) 35. Ne5 $6 {Not throwing away the advantage, but missing a knockout blow.} (35. Qc6 $1 e5 ({or} 35... Re8 36. Nd6 Rf8 37. Nb5) 36. Nxe5 $1 Bxe5 37. Qb5 Re8 38. f4 {wins a vital pawn, leaving White with a decisive advantage after} Qf7 39. Rxe5 Rxe5 40. fxe5 $18 {- the passed e-pawn is too strong.}) (35. Qxf5 $2 Rf8 36. Rxe6 Rxf5 37. Rxe7 Rxf2+ 38. Kh3 Rc2 {on the other hand is what Black was hoping for - White may be up a pawn but Black's pieces are very active and that gives him a probable draw.}) 35... Bxe5 36. Rxe5 {The exchange of minor pieces has made Black's king safety even more serious an issue, although it remains to be seen how White converts his advantage.} Qd7 (36... Re8 {immediately would have been my choice, as passive as it is.}) 37. Qe3 Re8 38. Ra5 $1 {Stretching Black's defences across the whole board.} (38. Rc5 {with the idea of c3 and c7 was also quite good.}) 38... Re7 39. Qc3+ Kg8 40. Rc5 $1 (40. h4 {first was also possible, but White decides against committing to some plan before reaching the time control.}) 40... Kf7 41. h4 $1 {White shows excellent technique in both creating further threats against Black's king with the advance of this pawn, and also provides his king the h2-square should Black start checking with his queen.} Qd6 (41... Kg6 {prevents h5, but after} 42. Kh2 h6 43. Rc8 Rg7 44. Rh8 {Black is unable to keep White's pieces out and this makes his drawing chances quite low.}) (41... Qd8 {is the engine's suggestion, but after} 42. Rc8 Qd5+ 43. Kh2 e5 44. Qc2 $18 {Black's king remains very weak and it's only a matter of time before White's pieces infiltrate and cause heavy damage.}) 42. b4 e5 {This speeds up White's infiltration a bit, but the position was already extremely tough to defend.} (42... Qd7 43. Kh2 Qd6 44. Rc8 (44. Qh8 Kg6 45. Qg8+ Rg7 46. Qe8+ Kf6 47. Rc6 Qd7 48. Qf8+ Kg6 49. b5 $16 {is also quite strong.}) 44... Re8 45. Rxe8 Kxe8 46. Qh8+ Qf8 47. Qxh7 Qxb4 48. Qxa7 {for instance is not in Black's best interests. I don't know for a fact if it's winning for White or not but intuitively I'd say it is.}) 43. Qf3 {Now Black's position implodes.} Qd7 (43... f4 {opens up White's king but leaves Black's too exposed to save himself after} 44. gxf4 (44. Rc6 $5) 44... Qg6+ 45. Kh2 Qf5 46. Qd5+ Kg7 47. Qg2+ Kf7 48. fxe5 $18) 44. Qh5+ Kg7 45. Qg5+ Kf7 46. b5 {Black no longer has a good defence to the threats of c6 and h5-h6.} f4 (46... Re8 47. h5 Re7 48. Rc6 $18 (48. h6)) 47. gxf4 {Capturing the pawn does nothing to halt White's attack, and the rest is not a major challenge.} Re6 48. f5 ({Or} 48. Kh2 {intending} exf4 49. Rf5+) 48... Rf6 49. Rxe5 Qb7+ 50. f3 Qd7 51. Qe3 Rd6 52. Kg3 Rd1 53. Qh6 {Black resigned as f6 is coming:} (53. Qh6 Kg8 54. f6 Rg1+ 55. Kh2 Rg6 56. Qf4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,Michal"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qc2 {A rare move order. White delays the development of his b1 knight: it will come out to c3 or d2, depending on the situation. More common moves:} (6. Nc3 {(which leads to a normal Queens Gambit Declined)}) (6. Bd3 {but after} dxc4 {Black gains a tempo}) (6. Nbd2 {, to which} Nbd7 {, followed by ...b7-b6 or ...c7-c5, is rather satisfactory for Black.}) 6... h6 (6... Nbd7 7. Nc3 {- D61, a well-known line. However, it hardly suits those who play the Tartakower System.}) 7. Bxf6 (7. Bh4 b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nc3 Bb7 $11 {- D58}) 7... Bxf6 8. h4 $5 {This strategy (an early kingside attack) has recently become popular in the Tartakower system.} (8. Nc3 {- D55}) 8... g6 (8... c5 9. g4 $1 Nc6 10. g5 Nb4 11. Qd2 hxg5 12. hxg5 Bxg5 13. dxc5 a5 14. a3 Nc6 15. Nc3 $16 {1-0 (27) Li,S (2512)-Wu,X (2257) Wuxi 2016}) 9. Nc3 ({RR} 9. g4 Bg7 10. g5 h5 11. Nc3 c5 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Kb1 cxd4 14. exd4 Qa5 15. a3 Rd8 16. Bd3 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Rxd4 19. Rxd4 Bxd4 20. Rd1 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Qxc3 22. Rd8+ Kg7 23. bxc3 b6 {Andreikin,D (2710)-Rustemov,A (2525) chess.com INT 2026 ½-½ (55)}) 9... c5 {A logical counterblow in the centre in reply to a flank attack.} (9... c6 {looks solid but White keeps the initiative:} 10. O-O-O (10. g4 Bg7 11. O-O-O (11. Ne5 Nd7 12. f4 Nxe5 13. fxe5 c5 14. O-O-O cxd4 15. exd4 Bd7 16. g5 h5 17. Rh2 Qa5 18. Kb1 dxc4 19. Bxc4 Rac8 $132 {1/2 (41) Hakobyan,A (2545)-Poghosyan,S (2301) Yerevan ARM 2018}) 11... Nd7 12. Kb1 Re8 13. Bd3 dxc4 14. Bxc4 b5 15. Bd3 Bb7 16. Ne4 Qe7 17. g5 h5 18. Rhg1 c5 19. dxc5 Rec8 $132 {0-1 (40) Kanep,M (2492)-Zumsande,M (2490) Finland 2016}) 10... Nd7 11. e4 (11. Kb1 Bg7 12. Bd3 a6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. e4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Qb6 16. g4 Rd8 17. Na4 Qa5 18. g5 h5 19. Nc5 Rb8 $13 {0-1 (58) Jakovenko,D (2738)-Bacrot,E (2704) Montpellier 2015}) 11... Bg7 12. h5 (12. cxd5 $5 cxd5 13. e5 a6 14. Bd3 b5 15. Kb1 Bb7 16. Ne2 Qe7 17. Nf4 Rfc8 18. Qe2 b4 19. Rc1 a5 20. Bb5 $14 {1-0 (43) Lerner,K (2525)-Polovodin,I (2435) Tallinn (Estland) 1983}) 12... g5 13. Kb1 g4 {, and now White should have played} 14. Nh4 $36 ({instead of} 14. Nh2 c5 15. dxc5 d4 16. Nb5 Nxc5 17. e5 Bxe5 18. Nxg4 Bg7 $13 {0-1 (46) Kanep,M (2531)-Akobian,V (2618) Caleta 2011})) ({RR} 9... Bg7 10. O-O-O c6 11. g4 Nd7 12. g5 h5 13. Kb1 Qe7 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Bd3 Nb6 16. Rc1 Be6 17. Ne2 Bg4 18. Nh2 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Rac8 20. f4 Rfe8 21. Rhe1 Nc4 22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. Qxc4 Qe4+ 24. Qc2 {Carlsen,M (2872)-Abdusattorov,N (2635) Moscow 2019 ½-½ (51)}) 10. dxc5 dxc4 $146 ({RR} 10... Qa5 11. h5 g5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. O-O-O Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 15. bxc3 Be6 16. c4 Rc8 17. Nd4 Nd7 18. Kb2 Nf6 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. f3 Rxc5 21. e4 Be6 22. Bb5 Kf8 23. Ba4 Ke7 24. Rd2 Rac8 25. Rhd1 {Andreikin,D (2729)-Pridorozhni,A (2486) Sochi RUS 2023 ½-½ (59)}) ({RR} 10... Qa5 11. h5 g5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. O-O-O Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 15. bxc3 Be6 16. c4 Rc8 17. Nd4 Nd7 18. Kb2 Nf6 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. f3 Rxc5 21. e4 Be6 22. Bb5 Kf8 23. Ba4 Ke7 24. Rd2 Rac8 25. Rhd1 {Andreikin,D (2729)-Pridorozhni,A (2486) Sochi RUS 2023 ½-½ (59)}) 11. h5 g5 12. Bxc4 Qa5 13. Rc1 (13. O-O $5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qxc5 15. Qe4 {looks more promising. After the possible} Qc6 (15... Nd7 $6 16. Bxe6 $1) 16. Qd3 Nd7 17. Rfd1 {White keeps some pressure.}) 13... Nd7 $6 (13... Qxc5 $142 {then developing the knight to c6, and Black should equalise.}) 14. O-O Bxc3 (14... Nxc5 15. Nd4 $36) (14... Qxc5 $5 15. Ne4 Qa5) 15. Qxc3 Qxc3 16. Rxc3 Nxc5 17. Ne5 $14 {Wtite has the better prospects here, due to his development advantage and weakness of Black's kingside.} b6 18. f4 Ne4 $6 {Black pushes White's rook to a more active position.} (18... a5 $142 $14) 19. Rd3 $16 {[%csl Gd3]} Ng3 $6 {This is senseless but it is not easy to find a good move.} ({Maybe} 19... Rb8 {recommended by chesspro.ru, was the lesser evil.}) 20. Rf3 Ne4 21. Rd4 Bb7 22. f5 $1 $40 Nf6 23. Rf1 Rae8 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. Ng6 Rf7 26. Ne5 Rff8 27. Rd6 Bd5 28. Rxf6 Rxf6 29. Bxd5 exd5 30. Rxf6 Rxe5 31. Rxh6 {[%mdl 4096] As a result of White's attack, he has won a pawn.} Rxe3 32. Rg6+ Kh7 33. Rxg5 $6 (33. Kf2 $1 Re5 34. Kf3 {(recommended by chesspro.ru), with the idea of g2-g3 and f3-g4, and Black can hardly survive, e.g.} d4 (34... Rf5+ 35. Kg4 Rf2 36. g3 Rxb2 37. Kxg5 Rxa2 38. h6 $18) (34... b5 35. b4 $1) 35. Rd6 Re3+ 36. Kg4 d3 37. a4 $1 Re2 38. g3 $1 {(chesspro.ru), and White should win.}) 33... Re2 34. Rxd5 Rxb2 35. Kh2 {White gives his material advantage back but prepares the advance of his pawns. They will be stronger than Black's pawns as they are supported by White's king. However, this advantage proves insufficient for a victory.} (35. a4 Kh6 $1 36. Kh2 Ra2 37. Kh3 Rxa4 38. g4 Ra1 {- see below}) (35. g4 Rxa2 36. g5 Ra5 $1 37. Rd7+ Kg8 $11) 35... Rxa2 36. Kh3 a5 $2 {But this is wrong. Black should have stopped White's pawns:} (36... Kh6 $1 {[%cal Ra2a5]} 37. g4 Ra1 $1 {(indicated by chesspro.ru), e.g.} 38. Kh4 (38. Rd6+ Kg5 39. Rg6+ Kf4 40. h6 Rh1+ 41. Kg2 Rh4 42. g5 b5 43. Rg7 b4 44. h7 b3 45. g6 Kf5 {and White has no time to queen his pawns}) 38... Rh1+ 39. Kg3 Rg1+ 40. Kf3 Rf1+ 41. Kg2 Rc1 42. Rd6+ Kg5 43. Rg6+ Kf4 44. h6 Rc2+ 45. Kh3 Rc1 46. Kg2 Rc2+ 47. Kf1 a5 48. g5 Rh2 {, and White can't win.}) 37. g4 a4 (37... Kh6 38. Kh4 Rh2+ 39. Kg3 Rc2 40. Rd6+ $18) 38. g5 a3 39. Rd7+ Kg8 40. Rd8+ Kh7 41. Rd7+ Kg8 42. Rd8+ Kh7 43. g6+ Kh6 44. Rh8+ Kg7 45. Rh7+ Kg8 46. Ra7 Ra1 47. Kg2 {[%cal Rh5h6]} Rc1 48. h6 Rc8 49. Rxa3 b5 50. Ra7 Rb8 51. Kg3 (51. Kg3 b4 52. h7+ Kh8 53. Kg4 (53. Rf7 {(threatening 54.g7+ xh7 55.f8)} Rc8 54. Rb7 {is winning, too}) 53... b3 54. Kg5 b2 55. Kh6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Julian Borowski-A 3rd"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2001.05.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Smagin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "Dautov,Rustem"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2001.05.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Tsesarsky} Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 {Diese ungewöhnliche Zugreihenfolge hatte den Zweck, die Cambridge Springs-Variante (4.c3 c6 5.g5 a5) zu vermeiden, die Smagin sehr häufig und erfolgreich anwendet.} c6 5. Nbd2 {Tsesarsky: 'This move is more passive than regular c3, but White avoids well investigated long theoretical variations.'} Be7 (5... Nbd7 6. e3 Be7 (6... Qa5 7. a3 $14) 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. cxd5 cxd5 (9... exd5 $6 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. Ne5 $36) 10. Rc1 Bb7 11. Qa4 a6 12. Qb3 Bd6 13. Rc3 h6 14. Bh4 Qb8 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Rfc1 $14 {Karpov,A-Ljubojevic,L/Wijk aan Zee 1988}) (5... h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 (7. g3 $14) 7... Nd7 8. Bd3 $14) ({interesting also} 5... Nbd7 $5 {[%cal Gb7b6,Gc6c5] Tsesarsky}) 6. e3 (6. Qc2 {Tsesarsky} O-O {[%cal Ge2e4]} 7. e3 (7. e4 $2 {Tsesarsky} Nxe4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Qxe4 Qb4+ $17) 7... Nbd7 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 (10. Nxc4 $5 {Tsesarsky}) 10... a6 11. O-O b5 12. Be2 Bb7 13. Nb3 Rc8 14. Nc5 Nxc5 15. dxc5 Nd7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. b4 $14 {½-½ Opocensky,K-Foltys,J/Prague 1943/EXT 98 (61)}) 6... O-O (6... Ne4 {Tsesarsky} 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Bd3 f5 9. Ne5 O-O 10. O-O c5 (10... Nd7 {Tsesarsky} 11. Ndf3 Ng5 12. Nxg5 Qxg5 13. f4 Qe7 14. Nf3 $14 {0-1 Petrosian,T-Mukhitdinov,M/Tashkent 1951/MCD (40)}) 11. Nb3 cxd4 12. exd4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nd7 14. Rc1 Nd6 15. Re1 $14 {1-0 Kotov,A-Sajtar,J/Moscow 1946/MCL (37)}) (6... Nbd7 {Tsesarsky} 7. a3 O-O (7... Nh5 {Tsesarsky} 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Bd3 Nhf6 10. Qc2 O-O 11. O-O g6 12. Rfe1 e5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bc4 $14 {1-0 Rantanen,Y-Koskinen,H/FIN 1993/EXT 98 (49)}) 8. Qc2 h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 10. Bxe7 (10. Bg3 {Tsesarsky} Nxg3 11. hxg3 Bf6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Be2 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Nf3 Bf6 17. Rd1 Qb6 $11 {½-½ Opocensky,K-Kottnauer,C/Prague 1946/MCD (42)}) 10... Qxe7 11. Bd3 $14) 7. Bd3 (7. Rc1 {Tsesarsky} b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. O-O Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qc2 $14 {1-0 Hebden,M-Bern,I/Cappelle la Grande 1995/EXT 97 (38)}) 7... h6 (7... b6 {Tsesarsky} 8. O-O Bb7 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. Bxe7 (11. Qh5 $6 {Tsesarsky} g6 $1 12. Nxg6 fxg6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Qxg6+ Kh8 15. Qh6+ Kg8 16. Qg6+ Kh8 {½-½ Beliavsky,A-Sveshnikov,E/Ashkhabad 1978/MCL/[Bulletin] (16)}) 11... Qxe7 12. f4 $1 $14) (7... Nbd7 {Tsesarsky} 8. Qc2 h6 9. h4 c5 10. O-O-O b5 11. cxd5 c4 12. d6 cxd3 13. Qc6 hxg5 14. dxe7 Qxe7 15. hxg5 $16 {1-0 Hicker,H-Hlavnicka,J/Schwarzach 1997/EXT 99 (18)}) 8. Bh4 b6 {'!?' Tsesarsky.} (8... c5 9. O-O (9. dxc5 $1 {Tsesarsky} Na6 10. Nb3 Nxc5 11. Nxc5 Bxc5 12. O-O dxc4 13. Bxc4 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Gh4d8]} Qe7 {[%cal Gc8d7,Gf8d8,Gb7b6] and Black successfully newtralizes White's development advantage.} 14. Ne5 (14. Qc2 {Tsesarsky} b6 15. Rad1 Bb7 16. Ne5 g5 17. Bg3 Rfd8 $11) 14... Rd8 $11) 9... cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. Rc1 b6 12. a3 $14 (12. Bb1 {Tsesarsky} Bb7 13. Re1 Rc8 14. a3 dxc4 15. Nxc4 Na5 16. Qd3 Re8 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nce5 Kf8 $132 {0-1 Hartston,W-Hamann,S/Ribe 1979/EXT 98 (50)})) 9. O-O Bb7 10. Rc1 Nbd7 {Schwarz hat sich logisch aufgebaut. Sein Tempoverlust (c7-c6 und c6-c5) wird durch die etwas ungünstige Position des weißen Springers auf d2 kompensiert.} 11. cxd5 exd5 (11... cxd5 12. Qa4 a6 13. Qb3 $14 (13. Bg3 {Tsesarsky} b5 14. Qc2 $14 {1-0 Markos,J-Nagy,A/Nove Zamky 1999/EXT 2000 (30)})) 12. Bf5 $146 Re8 (12... c5 13. Qa4) 13. Qb3 $146 {Wird von Smagin energisch beantwortet.} ({Genauer war} 13. Qa4 $1 {,z.B,} c5 14. Rfd1 (14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nh7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. f4 $13) 14... a6 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Nb3 $1 $14) ({RR} 13. Bg3 c5 14. Ne5 Bf8 15. f4 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qc2 Ba6 19. Bxe4 Bxf1 20. Bxa8 Qxa8 21. Rxf1 Rd8 22. Bh4 Rd7 23. e4 Rd4 24. Re1 Qc6 25. Bf2 Rd8 26. b3 b5 27. h3 a6 {Ushenina,A (2486)-Rozic,V (2277) Ljubljana 2007 ½-½ (97)}) 13... a5 $1 14. Ne5 a4 $1 {'!?' Tsesarsky.} (14... Nxe5 {Tsesarsky} 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. e6 (16. Bxe7 {Tsesarsky} Qxe7 17. f4 a4 18. Qc2 {-like in this game.}) 16... fxe6 (16... Bxh4 {Tsesarsky} 17. exd7 Re5 18. Bh3 $14 {[%csl Gd7]}) 17. Bxe6+ Kh8 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Bf5 Nc5 $132) 15. Qc2 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Bxe7 (17. e6 $2 fxe6 18. Bxe6+ Kh8 19. Bxd7 (19. Bxe7 {Tsesarsky} Qxe7 20. Bf5 Nc5 $132) 19... Qxd7 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Nf3 c5 $15) 17... Qxe7 18. f4 c5 $6 {'?!' Tsesarsky. Nach diesem schablonenhaften Zug ereicht Weiß eine günstige Zentrumsformation. Zum gleichen Spiel führte 18...c5 oder 18...f6.} (18... Nc5 $11 {} 19. e4 (19. Nf3 {Tsesarsky} Bc8 (19... f6 $2 {Tsesarsky} 20. Bg6 Red8 21. Nh4 $16) 20. Nd4 Bxf5 21. Nxf5 Qd7 22. Rfd1 Red8 23. Nd6 $132) 19... Rad8 $1) (18... f6 19. e4 $5 (19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. exf6 Rxe3 21. fxg7 Qxg7 $11) (19. Nf3 fxe5 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. Nxe5 Qe6 22. Rf3 c5 23. Rg3 $11) 19... fxe5 20. exd5 cxd5 21. Qc7 Nf8 22. fxe5 Ba6 $11) 19. e4 {'!' Tsesarsky.} g6 (19... d4 $2 20. Nc4 Ba6 21. Bxd7 Bxc4 22. Bxe8 Bxf1 23. Bc6 (23. Bxf7+ {Tsesarsky} Qxf7 24. Rxf1 Qxa2 25. f5 a3 26. f6 axb2 27. Qd3 Qf7 $19) 23... Rc8 24. Rxf1 (24. Qxa4 {Tsesarsky} Be2 25. Bd5 $14) 24... Rxc6 25. Qxa4 $16) (19... Nf8 $5 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Be4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 $1 (22. Nxe4 Ne6 23. Nd6 Red8 24. Qc4 Nd4 25. Rce1 Qe6 $11) 22... Rad8 23. Nf3 b5 24. f5 $14) (19... dxe4 $144 {Tsesarsky} 20. Nxe4 $14 {[%cal Ge4d6]}) 20. Bh3 Nf8 (20... a3 21. bxa3 d4 $2 (21... Rxa3 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. Nc4 $14) 22. Nc4 Ba6 23. Bxd7 Bxc4 24. Bxe8 Bxf1 25. Bxf7+ Qxf7 26. Rxf1 Rxa3 27. Qb2 $16) 21. exd5 Bxd5 {Tsesarsky: 'Here White can choose between two  jumps'} 22. Nc4 (22. Ne4 $144 {Tsesarsky} Bxe4 23. Qxe4 {Like in the game, White can fulfill plan of  promotion on the kingside.} Ne6 24. Bxe6 (24. Rfd1 {Tsesarsky} Nd4 $11) 24... Qxe6 25. a3 Ra7 (25... Qb3 {Tsesarsky} 26. f5 g5 27. e6 $16) 26. Rce1 Rd7 27. f5 $1 (27. Qxa4 {Tsesarsky} Rd2 28. f5 gxf5 29. Rxf5 Qxf5 30. Qxe8+ Kg7 31. Rf1 Rxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Qg4+ 33. Kh1 Qe4+ 34. Kg1 Qg4+ 35. Kf2 Qf4+ 36. Ke2 Qe4+ 37. Kd2 Qd4+ 38. Ke2 $11) 27... gxf5 28. Rxf5 Rd4 29. Qf3 Qb3 30. Qh5 $14) 22... Bxc4 23. Qxc4 $14 {Tsesarsky: 'This position can be evaluated only to White's favour in veiw of  Attack on the kingside.'  Der leichte weiße Stellungsvorteil besteht hauptsächlich in der Möglichkeit, mit f4-f5 einen Angriff auf dem Königsflügel zu starten.} a3 (23... Ne6 $2 24. f5 {'!' Tsesarsky.} gxf5 (24... b5 25. Qxb5 $16) (24... Ng5 25. fxg6 $16 Nxh3+ 26. gxh3 Rf8 27. gxf7+ Rxf7 28. Rf6 Ra7 29. Rcf1 $18) 25. Bxf5 Nd4 26. Bb1 Qe6 27. Qd3 Qg6 28. Qxd4 $1 $16) (23... Red8 24. f5 Rd4 25. Qe2 Rad8 26. e6 (26. fxg6 Nxg6 (26... fxg6 $2 27. e6 $16) 27. e6 fxe6 28. Bxe6+ Kh8 $13) (26. Rce1 $5) 26... gxf5 27. exf7+ Qxf7 28. Rxf5 $40) 24. bxa3 Rxa3 $138 {In diesem Augenblick hatte Sergei nur 6-7 Minuten bis zur Zeitkontrolle, was seine Verteidigung erheblich erschwerte.} 25. f5 {'!' Tsesarsky.} g5 $2 $16 {Tsesarsky: 'after this mistake the strong  pair e5 and f5 will weaken black  fortress.'  Mit Sicherheit nicht die beste Verteidigung, aber Smagins Aufgabe war in jedem Fall nicht leicht.} (25... b5 $2 26. Qxc5 Rxa2 27. Qd5 $40) (25... Re3 26. e6 $5 (26. Rb1 Rxe5 27. fxg6 Nxg6 28. Rxb6 Kg7 $14) 26... fxe6 27. f6 Qf7 28. Qf4 Re2 29. Qxh6 Rxa2 30. Rc4 $40) (25... gxf5 26. Rxf5 $40 (26. Bxf5 {Tsesarsky} Qxe5 27. Bg6 $1 {[%csl Rf7]} Re7 28. Bxf7+ Kh8 29. Rcd1 $14) 26... Ne6 $1 (26... Ng6 {Tsesarsky} 27. Re1 Qe6 28. Qe4 Qe7 29. Re2 Rc3 30. Qb1 $14 {[%cal Ge5e6]}) 27. Rh5 (27. Rf6 {Tsesarsky} Ng5 28. Rxh6 Qxe5 $17) 27... Nd4 28. e6 (28. Rxh6 {Tsesarsky} b5 $19 {[%cal Ge7g5]}) 28... fxe6 29. Re1 (29. Rxh6 {Tsesarsky} b5 30. Qxc5 Qxc5 31. Rxc5 Rxa2 32. Rc7 Ne2+ 33. Kf1 Nf4 $11)) (25... Qxe5 $4 {Tsesarsky} 26. fxg6 $18) 26. e6 ({Noch besser war es, in der gegnerischen Zeitnot die Spannung aufrechtzuerhalten.} 26. Rce1 $1 Qa7 27. e6 $16) 26... Qf6 $1 (26... fxe6 {Tsesarsky} 27. fxe6 (27. f6 {Tsesarsky} Qf7 28. Bg4 Rea8 29. Rc2 R8a4 30. Qe2 Rf4 $132) 27... Nxe6 (27... Rxh3 {Tsesarsky} 28. gxh3 Qxe6 29. h4 b5 30. Qxe6+ Nxe6 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Rce1 $16) 28. Rce1 Rxh3 29. gxh3 $16) 27. Bg4 (27. Rb1 $5 fxe6 28. Rxb6 Qd4+ 29. Qxd4 cxd4 30. fxe6 $16 Rxa2 $2 31. e7 $18) 27... Re7 28. Rcd1 ({Premature is} 28. exf7+ $6 $14 {Tsesarsky} Qxf7 29. f6 (29. Be2 {Tsesarsky} Rae3 30. Qxf7+ Kxf7 31. f6 R7e4 32. Bh5+ Kg8 33. Rb1 $14) 29... Qxc4 30. fxe7 (30. Rxc4 {Tsesarsky} Rc7 31. Rf2 b5 32. Re4 $14) 30... Qd4+ 31. Kh1 Ra8 32. Rcd1 Ng6 $8 33. Rxd4 cxd4 34. Be6+ Kh8 35. Rd1 Nxe7 36. Rxd4 Kg7 37. g4 $14) 28... Kg7 ({Or} 28... Rc3 {Tsesarsky} 29. Qd5 $16) 29. Rd6 Rc3 ({In case of} 29... fxe6 {Tsesarsky} 30. Rxb6 ({Not} 30. fxe6 $2 {Tsesarsky} Qe5 31. Rxb6 Re3 $132) 30... Rc3 31. Qa6 $1 $16 {White keeps an advantage.} ({Not} 31. Qe4 $2 {Tsesarsky} exf5 $1 32. Rxf6 Rxe4 33. R6xf5 Rxg4 34. Rxf8 Ra4 $11)) 30. Qd5 $6 $138 {Selbst allmählich in Zeitnot geraten, handele ich nicht optimal.} ({Viel unangenehmer wäre für Schwarz die Verteidigung mit den Damen auf dem Brett:} 30. Qe2 $1 $16 {d2, exf7}) 30... fxe6 31. fxe6 Qd4+ 32. Qxd4+ cxd4 33. Rxd4 {Tsesarsky: 'Here Black could choose between wrong'} Re3 {'+-?' Tsesarsky.} ({and right} 33... Nxe6 $1 {Tsesarsky} {White can take  after} 34. Rd6 ({Now e6 pin doesn't bring nothing to White:} 34. Re4 {Tsesarsky} Rc6 35. a4 Rd6 36. g3 (36. Bd1 {Tsesarsky} Ra7) 36... Kg6 37. Rfe1 Kf6 38. R1e2 Re8 39. h3 Re7 40. Kf2 Rc6) 34... Nf4 35. Rxb6 Rc2 36. g3 Ne2+ 37. Kg2 Rxa2 38. Rf2 Nc3 39. Rxa2 Nxa2 40. Bf5 Re5 41. g4 Nc3 42. Rg6+ Kf7 43. Rxh6 Nd1 44. Bd3 $16 {Of course, White has advantage, but maybe unsufficient for winning because of law quantity of material.}) 34. Rb4 Nxe6 35. Rxb6 {Im Endspiel hat Weiß gute Gewinnchancen.} Nf4 36. g3 (36. a4 $5 $16) 36... Nd5 37. Rb3 R3e5 38. Bf3 Ne3 39. Re1 g4 40. Kf2 $2 (40. Bb7 $1 Nc4 41. Rxe5 Rxe5 42. a4 $16) 40... gxf3 $2 {Der letzte Zug vor der Zeitkontrolle ist wie so oft ein Fehler.} ({Wesentlich zäher war} 40... Nd1+ $1 41. Rxd1 gxf3 42. a4 Ra5 (42... Re2+ 43. Kxf3 Rxh2 44. Ra3 $16) 43. Rd4 Re2+ 44. Kxf3 Rxh2 $16) 41. Rbxe3 $18 Rxe3 42. Rxe3 Ra7 43. a3 Rb7 44. Kxf3 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[Annotator "Sadorra,Julio"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 $5 {A "Shak specialty." In his post-game interview, Shakriyar admits that he played a "very risky opening" as he sacrificed a pawn early in the game.} dxc4 6. e3 b5 7. Be2 (7. a4 $5 {is also another way to an imbalanced middlegame. For more ideas see Sumet's annotated game in Megabase 2018.}) ({RR} 7. a4 c6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qc2 a5 11. b3 cxb3 12. Qxc6 Rb8 13. Bxb5 Bb7 14. Qc1 Rc8 15. Qd1 b2 16. Rb1 Bc3 17. Qb3 Nb6 18. Rxb2 Bd5 19. Qa3 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 h6 21. Bh4 Qc7 {Mamedyarov,S (2808)-Caruana,F (2816) Paris 2018 0-1 (40)}) ({RR} 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8. Nxd2 a6 9. Qf3 Qd5 10. Bxf6 Qxf3 11. gxf3 gxf6 12. b3 cxb3 13. Rc1 b2 14. Rxc7 Nd7 15. Bd3 f5 16. Ke2 Nb6 17. Nb3 Na4 18. Nc5 {½-½ (18) Adhiban,B (2550)-Girel,J (2492) Chartres FRA 2026}) 7... Bb7 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 c3 $146 {The position is still objectively equal, however there is a great chance that Caruana was surprised by Shak's opening choice and had the unpleasant task of having to recall lines that are not fresh in his mind and defend accurately against Shak's concrete prep.} ({The most recent game in this pawn-sac line continued} 9... cxb3 10. Nxb3 $5 a6 11. Ne5 $1 {White must play energetically otherwise Black simply will complete development and push the queenside pawns.} Nbd7 12. Bf3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 {White has compensation but not more.} Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qd5 $1 15. Qf4 Ne4 16. Rad1 ({A simpler way is} 16. f3 Nxg5 17. Qxb4 (17. Qxg5 h6 18. Qf4 Bc3 $19) 17... h6 18. Qc3 $44 {White has full compensation due to better pieces and weaknesses on Black's queenside.}) 16... Qb7 (16... Nc3 $5 17. Qxb4 Nxd1 18. Qg4 {[%csl Rd1][%cal Rg5f6]} Qxe5 19. Rxd1 h5 $1 20. Qh4 (20. Qf4 Qxf4 21. Bxf4 Rfd8 $15) 20... f6 21. Bf4 Qf5 $13) 17. Rd4 Nxg5 18. Rxb4 h6 19. h4 Nh7 20. Rc1 $11 {½-½ (64) Swapnil,S (2531)-Das,A (2443) Bhubaneswar IND 2018}) ({The only game played before this game happened was} 9... Bxd2 10. Qxd2 cxb3 11. axb3 a6 12. Rfc1 {White had a Catalan-type of compensation and queenside pressure.} Nbd7 {Here White could improve with} 13. Qb2 $1 (13. Qe1 {0-1 (32) Penttinen,J (2322)-Moiseenko,A (2678) Kallithea 2008}) 13... Rc8 {[%cal Gc7c5]} 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qd5 16. Bf3 {now the e-pawn is guarded.} Ne4 17. Be7 $1 {An important intermediate move to limit the enemy queen's mobility.} Rfe8 18. Rd1 Qc6 19. Bh4 $1 $40 {I like retreating the bishop on this diagonal as it prevents enemy rooks from going to d8 and keeps the attacking possibility of sac-ing on f6 in the future.}) ({RR} 9... cxb3 10. Nxb3 a6 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Bf3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qd5 15. Qf4 Ne4 16. Rad1 Qb7 17. Rd4 Nxg5 18. Rxb4 h6 19. h4 Nh7 20. Rc1 Rad8 21. Na5 Qd5 22. Nc6 Qd2 23. Rbb1 Rd7 24. a4 {Swapnil,S (2531)-Das,A (2443) Bhubaneswar 2018 ½-½ (64)}) ({RR} 9... Bxd2 10. Qxd2 cxb3 11. axb3 a6 12. Rfc1 Nbd7 13. Qe1 Bd5 14. Nd2 Qb8 15. f3 Qb6 16. Bh4 e5 17. Qf2 exd4 18. exd4 a5 19. Bd3 Rfe8 20. g4 a4 21. bxa4 Rxa4 22. Rxa4 bxa4 23. Bg3 a3 24. Nb1 {Penttinen,J (2322)-Moiseenko,A (2678) Kallithea 2008 0-1 (32)}) 10. a3 Be7 11. Nb1 c5 12. Nxc3 a6 (12... cxd4 13. Nxd4 a6 14. Bf3 Bxf3 ({The engine recommends the unnatural} 14... Qb6 $5 15. Ne4 Nbd7 {[%cal Gf8d8,Ga8c8] After which Black has no problems.}) 15. Qxf3 Ra7 16. Rfd1 $36 {Is certainly a line that can be worrisome for Black.}) 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Qc2 Nbd7 15. Rfd1 Rc8 16. Bxf6 $1 {giving Black a long-term weakness before he improves his pieces.} (16. b4 Be7 {There is no clear way for White to create any real pressure on Black's position.} 17. Ne5 Qe8 $1 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 $11) 16... gxf6 17. b4 Be7 18. Rac1 Qe8 ({Another good and typical way of improving this type of position is} 18... Rc7 $1 {[%cal Gd8a8,Gf8c8]} 19. Nd4 Qa8 $132 (19... Kh8 $5 {[%cal Gf8g8]} 20. Bf3 Bxf3 21. Nxf3 Qa8 $11)) 19. Qb1 Nb6 {Improving the knight and keeping an eye on White's a3-a4 pawn break.} ({I'm sure Caruana also considered} 19... f5 {with the idea to relocate the bishop on h8-a1 diagonal and keep the c3-knight from e4, but was concerned about} 20. a4 {but there was nothing to fear after} (20. e4 fxe4 21. Nxe4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 f5 $1 23. Ng3 Bd5 $15) 20... bxa4 21. Nxa4 Be4 $1 22. Qb3 (22. Qa1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Bxb4 24. Bxa6 (24. Nc3 Bxf3 25. Bxf3 a5 $15) 24... Qe7 $15 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gh7h6,Gg8h7,Gf8g8,Rg8g2,Re4g2]}) 22... Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Qb8 24. Bxa6 Qxb4 $15) 20. Nd4 Kh8 21. Bf3 Bxf3 22. Nxf3 Nc4 ({Also natural and good is} 22... Rg8 23. Ne4 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Qa8 $132) 23. Ne4 {Shak continues to play natural moves that improve his position.} Qc6 {So does Caruana.} 24. Nfd2 Qb7 $2 {With the aim of playing it safe and solid, Caruana makes an inaccuracy. Interestingly, according to his interview, Shak correctly sensed that this was a mistake.} ({There was nothing wrong with continuing to play normal moves:} 24... Rfd8 $1 {Black will have enough resources to hold with his isolated passed pawn.} 25. Nxc4 Rxd1+ (25... bxc4 26. Rxd8+ (26. Nd2 $4 c3) 26... Rxd8 27. Qc2 Qd5 28. h3 Qd3 $1 29. Qxc4 (29. Qxd3 cxd3 30. Kf1 f5 31. Nd2 Bf6 $11) 29... Qxa3 $11) 26. Rxd1 bxc4 27. Rc1 (27. Nc3 f5 $1) 27... Qd5 $11) 25. Nxc4 Rxc4 (25... bxc4 26. Rd4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd4c4,Rd4h4]}) 26. Rxc4 (26. Nc5 $5 Bxc5 27. bxc5 $36 Qc6 (27... Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Qc6 29. Qd3 $16 {[%csl Gc5,Rf6,Rh7,Rh8]}) 28. Rxc4 bxc4 29. Qb4 Qb5 30. Rc1 Qxb4 31. axb4 Rb8 32. c6 $1 $16 (32. Rxc4 a5 $132)) 26... bxc4 27. Qc2 Rc8 {White's position is clearly much easier to play and from here on slowly but surely improves his position while Black's position is difficult to improve.} 28. h3 Qc6 (28... f5 29. Qc3+ $1 Kg8 30. Nc5 Bxc5 31. bxc5 Qb3 32. Qd4 c3 33. Rc1 $1 c2 34. Qd7 Rb8 (34... Rxc5 35. Qd8+ Kg7 36. Qd4+) 35. Qd2 $16) (28... Kg7 29. Rd4 $1) (28... Qb5 {[%cal Ga6a5]} 29. Qc3 (29. Rd4 a5 $132) 29... Qa4 30. Rb1 $1 Kg7 31. g4 $36) 29. Rd4 $1 a5 {Black can't just sit and wait.} (29... c3 30. Nc5 Bxc5 31. Rh4 $1 {An important intermediate move.} f5 32. Qxc3+ Kg8 33. Rc4 $18) 30. Nd2 Rg8 (30... Qb5 {It looks like this can hold at first because it keeps the material balance, but White is simply positionally winning after} 31. Rxc4 Rxc4 32. Qxc4 Qxc4 33. Nxc4 axb4 34. a4 $1 $18 {e.g.} Bc5 35. Kf1 Kg7 36. Ke2 Kf8 37. Kd3 Ke7 38. Nd2 $18 {[%cal Gd3c4,Gd2b3,Ga4a5]} (38. Na5 $5 $18)) 31. g3 axb4 32. Rxc4 b3 33. Nxb3 Qf3 34. a4 {White has gained a clear pawn. Now he only needs a few accurate moves to put out Black's small intiative, which Shak was able to accomplish.} Bd6 35. Rc8 (35. Nd4 Qh5 36. Rc8 $1 (36. Kh2 $18) 36... Qxh3 37. a5 $18) 35... Rxc8 36. Qxc8+ Kg7 37. Qc2 Bb4 38. Qc4 Qb7 39. a5 Bd6 40. a6 Qb6 41. Nd4 Qa5 42. Kg2 Qa3 43. Qc6 {Black resigned as he cannot stop White's plan of promoting the a-pawn with help of the strong tandem of queen and knight.} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 1st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2000.07.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,Ilya"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2000.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Nbd2 {Another continuations are:} (7. e3 $11 Bd6 $5 (7... Nd7 $144 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nbd2 (11. Nc3 $142) 11... Qe7 12. Rab1 Nf6 {0-1 Kraidman,Y-Agdestein,S/Jerusalem 1986/ (48) - Good Carlsbad variation for Black}) 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O Qe7 11. e4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. d5 Nb6 14. Bb3 Bg4 15. Nd2 $11 {0-1 Vernersson,P-Hector,J/Orebro SWE 2000/The Week in Chess 298 (32)}) (7. e4 $11 dxe4 8. Qxe4 Bb4+ 9. Nc3 c5 10. Rc1 (10. Bd3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 a6 13. O-O Nd7 14. Bc2 Nc5 15. Qe3 O-O $11 {½-½ Giffard,N-Hagege,G/FRA-chT 1994/ (42)}) 10... cxd4 11. Nxd4 O-O 12. Bd3 Rd8 13. Qh7+ Kf8 14. Nde2 $132 {1-0 Garcia Gonzales,G-Bany,J/Polanica Zdroj 1987/ (40)}) (7. g3 $5 b6 (7... Nd7 8. Bg2 Bb4+ (8... dxc4 9. Qxc4 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Qxe5 12. Bxc6+ $1 $16 {1-0 Yermolinsky,A-Kalikshteyn,A/New York Open 1993 (13)}) (8... g6 9. O-O Qf5 10. Qb3 Bg7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Rac1 Rd8 13. Rfd1 Nb6 $132 (13... e5 $2 $16 {1-0 Cvitan,O-Goloshchapov,A/Open, Cappelle la Grande FRA 1998 (25)}) 14. e3 $14 {[%csl Rc8]}) 9. Nc3 $6 $11 {-See comments to the game 0-1 Baumegger,S-Soln,P/Dresden 1998/CBM 65/[Tsesarsky] (32)}) 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O Bd6 10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. e4 Qg6 12. Nh4 Qh7 13. Qa4 dxc4 14. Nxc4 $14 (14. e5 b5 15. Qa5 Bb8 $44 {1-0 Kabatenski,A-Fischer,M/Baden-Baden 1993/ (35)})) (7. a3 $5 Nd7 8. e4 dxe4 9. Qxe4 g6 10. Nc3 Bg7 11. h4 O-O 12. h5 e5 13. d5 Nc5 14. Qe3 Nb3 15. Ne4 Qf4 16. Qxb3 Qxe4+ 17. Be2 gxh5 18. Rxh5 cxd5 19. cxd5 Bg4 20. Rh4 h5 21. Rd1 $14 {0-1 Prie,E-Bacrot,E/Meribel FRA 1998/ (33)}) 7... Nd7 (7... Bd6 8. e4 $1 {If Black will play b4+ - it will be tempo loss!} dxe4 9. Nxe4 Bb4+ 10. Ke2 $1 Qe7 11. c5 $1 {[%csl Rb4]} O-O (11... Ba5 12. Nd6+ $16 {[%csl Re8]}) 12. Qa4 Na6 13. a3 b5 14. Qc2 (14. cxb6 f5 15. Ned2 $16) 14... Ba5 15. Ne5 Bd7 16. g3 Bc7 17. Bg2 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Nc7 19. Rhe1 $16 {1-0 Ivkov,B-Kchouk,B/Buenos Aires 1978/ (37)}) 8. e3 (8. g3 Bd6 (8... dxc4 9. Qxc4 (9. Bg2 Bb4 10. Qxc4 Qe7 11. O-O Bd6 12. Ne4 $14 {½-½ Schlosser,P-Godena,M/Horgen SKA 1994 (30)}) 9... Be7 10. Bh3 g5 11. Bg2 e5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qe6 (13... Qxe5 14. Bxc6+ $16) 14. O-O O-O 15. Qxe6 Bxe6 16. Ne4 $16 {1-0 Hjelm,N-Eriksson Joergen/Salongernas ELO-Turn 1996/ (38)}) 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O e5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 $5 (13. Nd4 $6 Be6 14. Rad1 (14. e3 Rac8 15. Qb3 Nc6 16. N2f3 Bc5 $132) 14... Rac8 15. Qb1 Bc5 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Nf3 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Bd4 19. Rd2 $11 {½-½ Fominyh,A-Sandipan,C/Guntur, AP IND 2000/The Week in Chess 283/(73)}) 13... Bxe5 (13... Qxe5 14. Nf3 Qh5 15. Nd4 Be5 16. Rad1 Bh3 17. Bxh3 Qxh3 18. Qb3 $14) 14. Bxd5 $14) 8... g6 $5 {Black wants to develop f8 to g7. This plan also reliable (like 8...d6=)} ({Not bad is} 8... Bd6 $5 9. Bd3 Qe7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Bxe4 c5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Nb3 Nc5 14. Nbxd4 Nxe4 (14... a6 15. Rfe1 Qc7 16. Nf5 $14 {½-½ Goldin,A-Bareev,E/Podolsk tt(8) 1990/ (41)}) 15. Qxe4 O-O $11) (8... Qd8 {-See comments to the game 1-0 Neverov,V-Beshukov,S/Moscow 1998/CBM 63/[Tsesarsky] (39)}) 9. Bd3 $146 ({RR} 9. Be2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rac1 Qe7 12. a3 dxc4 13. Nxc4 e5 14. Rfd1 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nf6 16. b4 c5 17. bxc5 Qxc5 18. Qb3 Qe7 19. Na5 Rd8 20. Bf3 Bg4 21. Qxb7 Qxa3 22. Nac6 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Rf8 {Bogdanovski,V (2435)-Stanojoski,Z (2411) Struga 2013 1-0 (32)}) ({RR} 9. Be2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rfd1 Qe7 12. Rac1 dxc4 13. Nxc4 b6 14. Nce5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 c5 16. Bf3 Bb7 17. Nc6 Bxc6 18. Bxc6 Rac8 19. d5 Rfd8 20. b3 Rd6 21. Rd2 Rcd8 22. Rcd1 h5 23. g3 h4 {Andreikin,D (2729)-Korobov,A (2664) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (50)}) ({RR} 9. Be2 Bg7 10. O-O Qe7 11. e4 O-O 12. Rfe1 dxe4 13. Nxe4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Rad1 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Qb4 17. b3 Bf5 18. Qd2 a5 19. Re2 Qxd2 20. Rdxd2 h5 21. Nd6 Bc3 22. Nxb7 Bxd2 23. Rxd2 a4 {Buscara,S (2205)-Solodovnichenko,Y (2515) Montpellier FRA 2026 0-1 (46)}) 9... Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. cxd5 $6 $132 ({I would prefer} 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Qe7 13. Rfe1 $14 {White has space advantage, but Black has not weaknesses and will try to realize plans connected with c6-c5 or e6-e5 promotions.}) 11... exd5 (11... cxd5 $6 12. Rfc1 $14 {[%csl Rc8]}) 12. b4 {This version of Carlsbad variation is not dangerous for Black.} Qd6 13. Rab1 a5 14. a3 axb4 15. axb4 b6 16. Rfc1 Bb7 17. e4 $5 (17. b5 $6 c5 18. dxc5 bxc5 $15) (17. Qb3 $11) 17... Rfc8 (17... dxe4 18. Bxe4 Rfc8 19. Nc4 Qe7 (19... Qf4 20. Nfe5 $1 Bxe5 21. dxe5 $14 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Gd7e5,Gc4b6]}) 20. b5 cxb5 21. Bxb7 Rxc4 22. Bxa8 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 $14) 18. e5 Qe7 19. h4 (19. Re1 $6 Nf8 20. Nb3 Ne6 21. Qd2 Ra4 $15) 19... Nf8 $1 {[%cal Gf8e6]} 20. h5 $5 {[%csl Rf5]} (20. Nf1 Ne6 21. Ne3 Ra3 $132) 20... g5 (20... gxh5 21. Nf1 Ne6 22. Ng3 $44) 21. Nf1 (21. Bf5 Ne6 22. Nf1 Ra3 23. Ng3 Rca8 24. Rb3 (24. Bh7+ Kh8 25. Nf5 Qc7 26. Nd6 Rxf3 27. gxf3 Nxd4 28. Qd3 Bxe5 29. Nxb7 Ra2 $17) 24... Rxb3 25. Qxb3 Nf4 26. Bg4 Bc8 27. Bxc8 Rxc8 28. Ra1 (28. Nf5 Qe6 29. Qc2 Bf8 30. Nh2 Nxh5 31. Ng4 c5 $17) 28... c5 $132) 21... g4 $2 $16 {[%csl Rg4] Not necessary promotion. g4 became weakness.} ({Right was} 21... Ne6 22. Ne3 Qd7 23. Bh7+ Kh8 24. Bf5 Ra3 $132) 22. N3h2 Ne6 $5 (22... Qg5 $5 23. Bf5 Ne6 24. Bxe6 $1 (24. Rd1 Qxh5 25. Bxg4 Qg5 $132) 24... fxe6 25. Qg6 $1 Qxg6 26. hxg6 h5 27. Ng3 h4 (27... Bh6 28. Rc3 Kg7 29. Nxh5+ Kxg6 30. Nf6 Ra2 31. Nhxg4 Bd2 32. Rh3 $16) 28. Nh5 g3 29. fxg3 hxg3 30. Ng4 $16 {[%cal Gb1b3,Gb3g3]}) 23. Nxg4 $4 $17 {Terrible move} ({Why not} 23. Rd1 $1 {[%csl Gd4,Rg4]} Qg5 24. Ng3 Rc7 {[%cal Gc6c5]} 25. Bh7+ Kh8 26. Bf5 c5 27. bxc5 bxc5 28. Nxg4 cxd4 29. Qd2 (29. Qxc7 Nxc7 30. Rxb7 Ne6 31. Rxf7 Nf4 32. Nh2 {[%cal Gh2f3]} Qd8 33. Bb1 Ne6 34. Nf3 Ra1 $132) 29... Nf4 30. Qxd4 Nxh5 31. Nxh5 Qxh5 32. Qb6 Re7 33. Qd6 Qg5 34. Bd7 $16) 23... Qg5 {[%csl Rd4,Rh5]} 24. Qd1 (24. Nfe3 Nxd4 25. Bh7+ Kh8 $17) 24... Nxd4 $1 25. Bh7+ Kxh7 26. Qxd4 Ba6 (26... Qxh5 $1 27. Ng3 (27. Qxb6 Qxg4 28. Qxb7 Qe6 29. f4 Qf5 $17) 27... Qg6 28. Qxb6 Qxg4 29. Qxb7 Qg6 $17 {[%csl Gc6,Re5,Gf7]}) 27. Nfe3 Be2 28. Re1 Bxg4 29. Nxg4 Qxh5 $17 30. Rb3 (30. f3 b5 $17) 30... Re8 (30... c5 $1 31. bxc5 bxc5 32. Qf4 Qg6 33. Rg3 Qe6 $17) 31. Rh3 Qf5 (31... Qg6 32. Rg3 Qe6 $17) 32. Rf3 Qh5 $2 $11 {Maybe time pressure?} (32... Qg6 $1 33. Nf6+ (33. Rg3 Qe6 $17) 33... Bxf6 34. Rxf6 Qxf6 35. exf6 Rxe1+ 36. Kh2 Re6 37. Qxb6 Kg6 $17) 33. Nf6+ $1 Bxf6 34. Rxf6 Re6 $6 $14 (34... Rac8 $142 $1 35. b5 cxb5 36. Qxd5 Rc5 $1 37. Qe4+ (37. Rxf7+ Kg8 38. Rf5+ Rxd5 39. Rxh5 b4 $132) (37. Qxf7+ Qxf7 38. Rxf7+ Kg8 39. Rf5 b4 40. f4 b3 41. Rb1 Rb5 42. Kf2 Rf8 43. Rxf8+ Kxf8 $44) 37... Kg7 38. f4 $44) 35. Rxe6 fxe6 36. Qxb6 Rg8 37. Qxc6 $6 (37. g3 $1 Qf3 38. Re3 Qd1+ 39. Kg2 Qc2 40. Qd4 $14) 37... Qg4 $1 {[%csl Rb4,Rg2]} 38. g3 (38. Qc2+ Kh8 39. f3 Qxb4 $11) 38... Qxb4 39. Re3 (39. Rc1 Qb2 $11) 39... Qg4 40. Qc2+ Qg6 41. Qxg6+ Rxg6 42. Kg2 h5 43. Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "2007.09.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Marin,Mihail"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2007.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Aronian,Levon} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nbd2 $5 ({A rare move, avoiding the topical Moscow variation, which would arise by transposition after Una jugada poco frecuente, evitando la variante Moscú, a que se llegaría por transposición después de} 6. Nc3 c6 {. After the game move, play will take a very original course. . Después de la jugada del texto, el juego tomará un curso muy original.}) 6... Nd7 (6... c5 $5 7. e4 $5 (7. cxd5 cxd4 $5 8. Rc1 {is another way to develop White's initiative.}) 7... cxd4 8. cxd5 exd5 ({Safer would be} 8... e5 {, when after} 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Qb3 $14 {White's control on the light squares would offer him the more pleasant position.}) 9. exd5 Nd7 10. Qa4 $6 ({White should have completed his development as soon as possible with} 10. Bb5 $1 {, when the exposed position of the enemy queen could tell. In case of} Qe7+ 11. Kf1 $1 {White has the right to castle, but Black's development is also delayed, while the alignment of the black Royal pair on the e-file is dangerous.}) 10... Bd6 11. Qxd4 O-O 12. Qxf6 Nxf6 13. Bc4 Re8+ 14. Kf1 a6 15. a4 Bd7 $15 {Steiner,H-Lasker,Ed/New York 1931/HCL (0-1, 35). with more than enough compensation for the pawn.}) (6... c6 7. Qb3 Nd7 8. g3 Qd8 9. Bg2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. e4 dxc4 12. Nxc4 b6 13. Rfd1 Bb7 {Endzelins,L-Unzicker,W/Augsburg 1946/EXT 2001 (½-½, 20)} 14. Na5 $5 $14 {Anyway, this was a game played long before the Moscow variation became fashionable and the specialists would remark that not all the moves have been consequent.}) (6... dxc4 {faces White with a difficult psychological problem: which piece is best suited to capture on c4? The only thing is that all the 3 possible answers are correct!!} 7. e3 ({A continuation in the spirit of the Catalan defence would be} 7. Qa4+ c6 8. Qxc4 Nd7 9. g3 Qe7 10. Bg2 Qb4 11. Qc2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfd1 a5 14. Nc4 Rd8 15. a3 Qb5 16. e4 $14 {Rausis,I (2490)-Manninen,M (2380)/Jyvaskyla 1996/EXT 98 (1-0, 33)}) 7... g6 {An over-refined move. White is waiting for ...g7 before capturing with the knight.} 8. Rc1 (8. Bxc4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. b4 Qe7 11. Rb1 Nd7 12. Qc2 c6 13. a4 {Nikolic,P (2631)-Roiz,M (2605)/Valjevo 2007/CBM 119 (½-½, 86). White has the usual advantage of space, as in the Moscow Variation. The knight is not so active on d2, but it can go to b3, while the bishop has captured on c4 without loss of time.}) 8... Nd7 {Black has good nerves, too.} 9. Nxc4 Bb4+ $6 {Not really logical after ...g6. The dark squares will remain weak now.} (9... Bg7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O $14 {The knight stands well on c4, because it prevents ...e5.}) 10. Ncd2 c6 11. a3 Bxd2+ 12. Nxd2 O-O 13. Bc4 b6 14. O-O Bb7 15. b4 $14 {Nikolic,P (2631)-Pavasovic,D (2567)/Valjevo 2007/CBM 119 (1-0, 35)}) ({RR} 6... g6 7. Qc2 Qe7 8. g3 Bg7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. Rc1 c5 11. cxd5 cxd4 12. Qxc8 Rxc8 13. Rxc8+ Kh7 14. h4 Bf6 15. Ne4 exd5 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. O-O Kg7 18. Rfc1 d3 19. exd3 Qxb2 20. Re1 Qxa2 21. g4 {Bu Xiangzhi (2676)-Hovhannisyan,R (2607) Benasque ESP 2023 1-0 (39)}) 7. g3 (7. Rc1 {is aimed to force Black take a decision on the queenside before White proceeds with his kingside development.} c6 (7... c5 {is entirely possible, but justifies the delay of the decision on the kingside by allowing} 8. cxd5 exd5 9. e3 b6 10. Bb5 {[%csl Gc5]}) 8. g3 Qe7 9. Bg2 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nf6 13. Nc5 O-O 14. b4 Rd8 15. Qb3 Qc7 {Nikolic,P (2626)-Motylev,A (2662)/Germany 2006/CBM 116 (0-1, 46)}) ({RR} 7. Rc1 c6 8. a3 g5 9. h3 ({RR} 9. e3 Bg7) ({RR} 9. e4 g4 10. e5 Qd8 ({RR} 10... Qf5 11. Ng1 ({RR} 11. Nh4 Qf4 12. Nb3 Be7) 11... c5 12. cxd5 cxd4 13. dxe6 Qxe5+ 14. Qe2 fxe6) 11. Ng1 Qb6 12. Nb3 a5 ({RR} 12... c5 13. Bd3 cxd4 14. f4) 13. c5 Qd8 14. Nd2 Rg8) 9... h5 10. cxd5 ({RR} 10. e4 g4 11. e5 Qg7) 10... exd5 11. e4 g4 12. e5 Qg7 13. Nh4 Qg5 14. g3 f6 15. e6 Nb6 16. Rc3 ({RR} 16. Bd3 Bxe6 17. Ng6 Rg8) 16... Bxe6 17. Re3 Kd7 ({RR} 17... Qg8 18. Ng6 Bh6 ({RR} 18... Qxg6 19. Bd3 f5 20. hxg4) 19. Nxh8 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Qxh8 21. hxg4 Qg7 22. g5) 18. Bd3 Re8 ({RR} 18... Nc4 19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. Ne4 Qa5+ 21. Kf1) ({RR} 18... Bd6 19. Rxe6 Kxe6 20. Nf5 Kd7) 19. Ng6 Rg8 ({RR} 19... Nc4 20. h4 Qh6 ({RR} 20... Nxe3 21. Qb3 Qh6 22. Qxb7+ Kd6 23. Nxh8) 21. Nxc4 dxc4 22. d5) 20. Nf4 Bh6 ({RR} 20... Bf7 21. Rxe8 Kxe8 22. hxg4 Qxg4 23. Be2 Qd7 24. Bxh5 Bd6) 21. Bh7 Rgf8 {Aronian,L (2739)-Anand,V (2799) Nice 2008 CBM 123 Extra [Aronian,Levon] 1-0 (50)} ({RR} 21... Rg7 22. h4 Qxf4 23. gxf4 Rxh7 24. Nb3) {RR} 22. Bg6 Bf7 23. h4 Qxg6 24. Nxg6 Bxg6) 7... g5 $5 {A far from one sided move. Black puts some additional pressure on White's centre and wins space on the kingside, but weakens the h5-and f5-squares The latter will become important if Black will have to play ...exd5 at some moment.} (7... g6 {is likely to more or less transpose to Nikolic-Motylev or Endzelins-Unzicker.}) 8. h3 Bg7 ({One possible justification for the previous move would be} 8... h5 $5 {.}) 9. Rc1 $146 ({RR} 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O c5 11. e3 b6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nb1 Bb7 14. Nc3 Rfd8 15. Qd2 Rac8 16. Rad1 Nf8 17. Ne5 cxd4 18. exd4 Ng6 19. Ng4 Qd6 20. Ne3 Ne7 21. f4 Rf8 22. fxg5 hxg5 23. Nf5 Nxf5 {Deviatkin,A (2543)-Potkin,V (2609) Moscow 2008 ½-½}) 9... c5 10. e3 O-O 11. Bg2 b6 (11... cxd4 12. exd4 e5 (12... b6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. O-O $14) 13. cxd5 exd4 14. O-O Nb6 15. Nb3 Nxd5 16. Nfxd4 $14 {Black will need some effort to complete his development, while the weakness of the f5-square will always be there. However, his pair of bishops offers him counter-chances.}) 12. cxd5 exd5 13. O-O Bb7 14. Re1 Rfd8 {Black has achieved an active version of the hanging pawns, but the evaluation of such positions is far from one-sided. White's structure is flexible and solid, which entitles him to hope for a favourable course of the game in the long run. Besides, Black's kingside contains chronic weaknesses on the light squares. White's main concern for the time being should be the activation of his queen's knight, which does not put any kind of pressure on Black's position and stands in the way of his own pieces at the same time. Las negras lograron una forma bastante activa de los peones colgados, pero la evaluación de este tipo de posiciones suele ser lejos de unilateral. La estructura de las blancas es sólida y flexible, lo que les permite contar con un curso favorable del juego a largo plazo. Además, el flanco de rey negro contiene debilidades crónicas sobre casillas blancas. En este momento, la principal taréa de las blancas es encontrar una forma de activar a su caballo de dama, que no ejerce ningún tipo de presión sobre el centro enemigo y se encuentra en el camino de sus próprías figuras al mismo tiempo.} 15. g4 $5 ({A creative solution to the aforementioned task. Aronian intends to transfer his knight to f5 or, eventually, h5. The standard manoeuvre would be Una solución creativa al problema anteriormente mencionado. Aronian quíere trasladar el caballo a f5 o h5.La solución tradicional sería} 15. Nb1 {followed by c3, increasing the pressure against the d5-pawn. seguído por c3, aumentando la presión sobre el peón de d5.}) 15... h5 $5 ({Ambitious and... risky. Black intends to deny the knight's access to g3 with ...h4. After the more restrained Ambicioso y... arriesgado. las negras quíeren denegar el acceso del caballo enemigo a g3. Después de la más prudente} 15... Qe6 16. Nf1 f5 {White would consolidate his g4-pawn with las blancas consolidarían el peón de g4 con} 17. N3h2 {, followed by g3-f5 anyway. However, the final evaluation of the resulting position would be uncertain, because the other knight would remain passive for a while. seguído por g3-f5 de toda forma. Sin embargo, la evaluación final de la posición quedaría incierta, porque el otro caballo estaría algo pásivo.}) 16. gxh5 $1 {The only way to question the viability of Black's plan. This self-disruption of the structure might look like a strategic concession, but Aronian correctly anticipated that his knights will get additional possibilities on the kingside. Besides, the apparently doomed h-pawn could play an important part in certain cases. La única forma de cuestionar la correctitud del plan delas negras. La auto-destrucción de la estructura de las blancas puede parecer como una concesión estratégica, pero Aronian intuyó muy bien que ahora sus caballos obtendrán posibilidades adicionales en el flanco de rey. Además, el aparentemente condenado peón de h podrá jugar un papel importante en ciertos casos.} Qh6 17. Nh2 Rac8 18. Ndf1 f5 19. Ng3 Qe6 20. Nf3 Qf6 {Black has managed to stabilize the kingside position, but White will open a new front on the opposite wing. La negras han estabilizado el flanco de rey, pero las blancas abrirán un nuevo frente en el centro.} 21. dxc5 bxc5 22. b4 $5 {Fighting for the d4-square. Luchando por la casilla de d4.} f4 $5 {As you can see, neither of the players is concerned about the material balance. Pawns are sacrificed nonchalantly for the sake of achieving certain strategic advantages. Como pueden ver, ningún de los jugadores no está demasiado preopupado por mantener el equílibrío material. Ambas partes entregan peones sin más, para llevar a cabo sus planes en forma óptima.} 23. exf4 gxf4 24. Nf1 c4 (24... cxb4 $5 {looks like a positional concession, but Black's queenside majority could be dangerous after simplifications.}) 25. N1h2 {Black's achievements in the centre are impressive, but the white knights exert irritating pressure on the kingside. One important element is the h5-pawn, which deprives the queen of the g6-square and is ready to advance to h6 at the most appropriate moment. Los logros de las negras en el centro son impresionantes, pero los caballos blancos ejercen una iritante presión en el flanco de rey. En elemento importante es la presencía del peón en h5, que denega el acceso de la dama en la casilla de g6 y amenaza con avanzar a h6 en cualquíer momento.} Qf5 $2 ({Black gives up the control of the d4-square too easily. In order to release White's pressure over the central pawns, he should have aimed to exchange rooks, for which Las negras levnatan el control sobre la casilla de d4 sin necesidad. Para rebajar la presión de las blancas sobre los peones centrales, sería necesarío el cambío de por lo menos un par de torres. Por esto,} 25... Re8 {strongly comes into consideration. merece sería atención.} 26. Rxe8+ (26. Ng4 Qf5) 26... Rxe8 27. Ng4 (27. Qa4 Bc6 $1) 27... Qf5 28. h6 (28. Nd4 Qxh5 $1 29. Nf6+ $2 Nxf6 $19) (28. Qa4 a6 $5) 28... Bh8 29. Nd4 Qf7 (29... Qg6 30. Qa4 $5) 30. Qd2 Ne5 $15) 26. Nd4 Qd3 27. Ne6 Qxd1 28. Rexd1 Ne5 $5 {Interesting, but not enough. Interesante pero no suficiente.} 29. Nxd8 Rxd8 30. Ng4 Nd3 31. Rxd3 $1 {Simplest. By returning the exchange, Aronian calms down the position, depriving Black of his main trump: the two connected passed pawns. Although there remain certain technical difficulties, White will convert his advantage quite confidently. Lo más sencillo. Al devolver la calidad, Aronian quita a las negras el orgullo de su posición: la pareja de peones centrales pasados. Aunque quedan ciertos detalles técnicos por resolver todavía, Aronian ganó con bastante confianza.} cxd3 32. Rd1 Bc8 33. Rxd3 d4 34. Be4 Ba6 35. Ra3 Be2 36. h6 Bh8 37. Rxa7 d3 38. h7+ Kf8 39. Bg6 d2 40. Rf7+ Ke8 41. Nf6+ Bxf6 42. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.19"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,Ilya"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. e3 (5. cxd5 exd5 $5 (5... cxd5 $6 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. e3 $14 {½-½ Ruban,V-Khavsky,S/Leningrad T 1967 (28)})) (5. a3 Bd6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. g3 O-O $132 (7... Nb6 $4 8. c5 {1-0 Sele,A-Heggem,K/Molde 1992 (32)})) 5... Ne4 (5... Nbd7 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 b6 (7... O-O 8. Nbd2 Qe7 9. Bd3 e5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. O-O Bg4 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. Qb1 Rfd8 16. h3 Bh5 17. Bf5 $14 {1-0 Kraut,R-Serrer,C/Groningen op 1988 (43)}) 8. Bd3 (8. Be2 Bb7 9. Nc3 Rc8 10. O-O O-O 11. Rfd1 Qe7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 $14 {1-0 Vantilberry,C-Ebrahim,K/Moscow olm IVB-BRN 1994 (36)}) 8... Bb7 9. Nc3 $5 $14) (5... b6 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. Be2 Qc7 8. b3 Nbd7 9. Bb2 Bd6 10. e4 e5 11. Rd1 O-O 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Nb5 Bb4+ 14. Kf1 $16 (14. Bc3 Bxc3+ 15. Qxc3 Qb8 (15... exd4 16. Nxc7 dxc3 17. Nxa8 Rxa8 18. Rc1 $16) 16. dxe5 $16 {1-0 Cordy,R-Nordhang,A/EU-chJW U14 Herculane 1994 (34)})) ({RR} 5... a6 6. b3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5+ 8. Nbd2 Qxc5 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. Rc1 Be7 11. Qb1 O-O 12. Bd3 Nb4 13. Be2 dxc4 14. Nxc4 b5 15. Nce5 Qb6 16. a3 Nbd5 17. Nc6 Bd7 18. Nxe7+ Nxe7 19. Qa1 Rfc8 20. O-O {Aleksandrov,A (2582)-Zinchenko,Y (2516) Voronezh 2008 1-0 (33)}) 6. Nc3 (6. Bd3 f5 7. O-O (7. Ne5 Nd7 8. Nxd7 Bxd7 9. O-O $14 (9. f3 $2 Qh4+ 10. g3 Nxg3 11. Qf2 f4 12. e4 (12. exf4 Nf5 13. Bxf5 Qxf2+ 14. Kxf2 exf5 15. cxd5 $15) 12... Be7 13. Rg1 Nh5 $17 {½-½ Chabanon,J-Mela,J/Genf op sp 1996 (61)})) 7... Bd6 (7... Nd7 8. b3 Be7 9. Ba3 $14 {1-0 Flohr,S-Bondarevsky,I/Parnu 1947 (41)}) 8. b3 Qe7 9. Bb2 (9. a4 Na6 (9... a5 10. Ba3 Na6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. c5 Qc7 13. Be2 Nb4 14. Qb2 $14) 10. c5 Nb4 11. cxd6 Nxc2 12. dxe7 Nxa1 13. Nbd2 e5 $1 (13... c5 14. Ba3 Nxb3 15. Bb5+ Bd7 16. Bxd7+ Kxd7 17. Nxb3 c4 18. Ne5+ Kc7 19. f3 cxb3 20. fxe4 dxe4 21. Rb1 $18 {1-0 Kiss,P-Dudas,J/HUN-chT1 1994 (36)}) 14. Bb2 Nxd2 15. Nxd2 e4 16. Bb1 Nxb3 17. Nxb3 Kxe7 18. Ba3+ $14) 9... Nd7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Bc5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 O-O 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Bd4 Ba3 16. f4 c5 17. Bb2 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Be6 $11 {1-0 Zueger,B-Stangl,M/Altensteig 1993 (31)}) (6. Be2 Nd7 (6... f5 7. O-O Bd6 8. b3 Qe7 9. a4 a5 10. Ba3 Bxa3 11. Nxa3 O-O 12. Qb2 Nd7 13. Nc2 g5 14. Nce1 Rf6 15. Nd3 Rh6 16. Nfe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 g4 18. g3 $14 {1-0 Soffer,R-Serebrjanik,A/Rishon le Zion 1992 (36)}) 7. O-O Bd6 8. Nc3 f5 9. Rb1 Qe7 10. a3 O-O 11. b4 a6 12. Qb3 b5 13. cxd5 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 cxd5 15. Ne1 Nb6 16. Nd3 $132 {½-½ Chekhov,V-Matlak,M/POL-chT (Lubniewice) 1993 (18)}) 6... f5 ({RR} 6... Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8. Bd3 h6 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 Nd7 11. Ba3 Bxa3 12. Rxa3 b6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. a5 Bb7 15. Rfa1 Qc7 16. Qb2 Bc6 17. axb6 axb6 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Rxa8+ Bxa8 20. Qb4 Bc6 21. Qe7 {Ignatiev,A (2014)-Krapivin,A (2350) Moscow RUS 2023 ½-½ (65)}) 7. Ne5 (7. Bd3 Na6 (7... Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 $14) 8. a3 Qa5 9. Ra2 (9. O-O Nb4 $11) 9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bd6 11. O-O $14) 7... Nd7 8. Nd3 $146 (8. Nxd7 Bxd7 9. Be2 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. f4 $11) ({RR} 8. f4 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Bb4 10. Bd3 Qa5 11. O-O Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bxc3 13. Rb1 d4 14. e4 O-O 15. exf5 exf5 16. g4 g6 17. gxf5 gxf5 18. Rf3 Qc7 19. Rg3+ Kh8 20. Ba3 c5 21. Qg2 Rb8 22. Kf2 Bd2 {Grundherr,M (2299)-Heinzel,O (2401) Austria 2006 ½-½ (34)}) 8... Bd6 9. Nf4 (9. c5 Bc7 10. b4 O-O 11. Be2 e5 $15) 9... Ndf6 (9... Qe7 $142 10. Bd2 (10. f3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 e5 $1 $15) 10... O-O 11. Be2 Ndf6 12. O-O e5 13. dxe5 Qxe5 14. cxd5 g5 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Rfd1 gxf4 18. exf4 Qe7 19. Qxc6 Be6 $15) 10. f3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 (11. Qxc3 $6 Qe7 12. Bd2 e5 13. Nd3 exd4 14. Qxd4 c5 15. Qh4 d4 16. Qf2 b5 $1 $15) 11... O-O 12. Bd3 Kh8 $6 (12... e5 $1 13. dxe5 (13. Nh3 e4 $17) 13... Bxe5 14. O-O Qe7 (14... Qd6 15. Qb3 Re8 16. Kh1 Nd7 17. Ba3 Nc5 18. Qc2 b6 $132) (14... Qb6 15. Kh1 Qc5 16. Qb3 Re8 17. Rb1 $132) 15. Qb3 Bxf4 16. exf4 Re8 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. c4 Nb4 $11) 13. O-O Bd7 14. c5 Bc7 15. c4 (15. Rb1 b5 16. a4 a6 17. Be2 (17. Bd2 e5 18. Nh3 (18. Ne2 $4 e4 $19) 18... f4 19. dxe5 fxe3 20. Bxe3 Bxe5 21. Bd4 (21. Nf2 Qc7 $15) 21... Bxd4+ 22. cxd4 Bxh3 23. gxh3 Qc7 $15) 17... e5 18. Nd3 e4 19. Nf4 g5 20. Nh3 exf3 (20... h6 21. f4 $11) 21. gxf3 h6 $15) 15... g5 $6 (15... e5 $1 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Bb2 Qe7 (17... Bxf4 18. exf4 Qa5 19. Bd4 Rae8 20. Rab1 Bc8 21. Rfd1 $14) 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Rfe1 dxc4 20. Qxc4 Rad8 $11) 16. Ne2 $14 g4 (16... e5 17. Bxf5 (17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Rb1 $14) 17... dxc4 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. Qxc4 $14) 17. Nf4 Rg8 (17... e5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Rb1 $14) 18. Kh1 (18. Rb1 gxf3 19. Rxf3 b6 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Ba3 Ng4 $132) 18... Qe8 (18... b6 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Ba3 $14) (18... dxc4 19. Bxc4 $14) 19. e4 (19. Rb1 Rb8 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Ba3 $14) 19... gxf3 20. gxf3 Nh5 21. e5 (21. Ng2 $2 Ng3+ 22. hxg3 Qh5+ 23. Kg1 Bxg3 24. Ne3 fxe4 25. fxe4 dxc4 26. Bxc4 Bf4+ 27. Kf2 (27. Ng2 Qh2+ $19) 27... Bxe3+ 28. Kxe3 (28. Bxe3 Qh2+ $19) 28... Rg3+ 29. Kd2 Rg2+ $19) 21... Nxf4 22. Bxf4 Qh5 23. Qf2 (23. cxd5 cxd5 24. Qf2 Rg6 25. Rg1 Rag8 $11) 23... Ba5 (23... b6 24. Rab1 $132) 24. Rab1 b6 25. cxd5 (25. cxb6 axb6 26. cxd5 cxd5 27. Rfc1 Rac8 28. Rxc8 Bxc8 29. Bg3 h6 30. Bh4 $14) 25... cxd5 26. Rfc1 (26. cxb6 Bxb6 27. Bc1 Rac8 28. Ba3 $132) 26... bxc5 27. Bb5 (27. dxc5 Bc6 28. Bb5 Rac8 29. Bxc6 Rxc6 30. Rg1 Rxg1+ 31. Rxg1 Bd8 32. Qg3 Qf7 33. Bh6 Rc7 $11) 27... Bxb5 28. Rxb5 Bc7 (28... Rab8 29. Rxa5 (29. Rbxc5 Rb2 30. R1c2 Rxc2 (30... Be1 31. Qe2 Rxc2 32. Rxc2 Ba5 $11) 31. Rxc2 Bb6 32. Rd2 Qh3 33. Be3 h6 $11) 29... Rb2 30. Qf1 Qh4 31. Raxc5 $8 Qxf4 32. R5c2 Qxd4 $17) 29. Rb7 (29. Rbxc5 Bb6 30. R5c3 (30. Rc6 Bxd4 $17) 30... Rg6 31. Rc8+ Rxc8 32. Rxc8+ Kg7 33. Rc3 Qh3 34. Rd3 $11) 29... Rg7 30. dxc5 (30. Rxc5 $2 Rag8 31. Rc1 Qh3 $19) 30... Rag8 31. Rxa7 $4 (31. Rbb1 Bd8 32. Rg1 Rxg1+ 33. Rxg1 Rxg1+ 34. Kxg1 $11) 31... Qh3 $19 32. Rxc7 Rxc7 $2 (32... Rg2 $1 33. Rf1 Rxf2 34. Rxf2 Qh4 35. Bg3 Rxg3 36. Rg2 Rxg2 37. Kxg2 Qg5+ $19) 33. Bg3 Rcg7 $4 (33... h6 34. Bh4 Kh7 35. Bf6 Ra7 $17) 34. Bh4 $18 Rg6 (34... Rf7 35. Bf6+ $16) 35. Bf6+ Rxf6 36. exf6 Qh6 (36... Rf8 37. c6 Qh6 38. Qc5 Rc8 39. c7 Qxf6 40. Qd6 $18) 37. Qb2 d4 (37... Rf8 38. c6 e5 39. c7 Rc8 40. f7 $1 $18) 38. f7 Rd8 39. Rg1 Qf6 40. Qb7 d3 41. Qd7 h6 42. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Elista FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2008.12.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Postny,Evgeny"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 {Keeping the queenside knight on its initial square for a while. By playing this way White is trying to avoid the Vienna Game and the Ragozin Defence.} Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 dxc4 {The most principled continuation. White can't get the pawn back and has to play for the initiative to justify the pawn sacrifice.} 6. Qc2 b5 7. a4 c6 8. g3 {Mamedyarov refrains from exchanging on f6, White's last chance to spoil Black's pawn structure.} (8. Bxf6 gxf6 (8... Qxf6 $2 9. axb5 $16 cxb5 $2 10. Qe4 $18 {[%csl Ra8]}) 9. g3 Bb7 10. Bg2 Nd7 11. O-O a6 12. b3 cxb3 13. Qxb3 c5 14. axb5 axb5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Qxb5 Bc6 18. Qc4 O-O $11 {1-0 Postny,E (2598)-Okkes,M (2386)/Hoogeveen 2007/CBM 120 ext (45)}) ({RR} 8. e3 a6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. b3 cxb3 12. Nxb3 O-O 13. Ne5 Qb6 14. a5 Qc7 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Nd3 Bd6 17. f4 Nd7 18. Ndc5 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. Qxc5 Rfd8 21. Bf3 Rd6 22. Rfc1 Rad8 {Hoffman,A (2291)-Calcado,A (2122) Curitiba BRA 2026 1-0 (40)}) 8... Bb7 9. Bg2 Nbd7 (9... h6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 (10... Qxf6 11. Ne5 a6 {is a possible alternative.}) 11. O-O Nd7 12. Nh4 a6 13. Rfd1 O-O 14. Nf1 f5 15. e4 fxe4 16. Qxe4 Nf6 17. Qf4 Kg7 18. Ne3 $44 {[%csl Rg7] 1-0 Khruschiov,A (2499)-Barsov,A (2513)/Dresden GER 2008/The Week in Chess 732 (34)}) 10. O-O Qc8 $146 {Moving the queen away from the pin and protecting the b7. The c8-square is, usually, the safest for Black's queen in this setup, compared to c7 where it might be attacked by White's dark-squared bishop from f4.} ({RR} 10... O-O 11. b3 cxb3 12. Nxb3 a5 13. Ne5 Qb6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Rfc1 Rfc8 16. Nc5 Nd5 17. e3 Bxc5 18. Qxc5 b4 19. Qxb6 Nxb6 20. Rc5 Kf8 21. Kf1 f6 22. Nxc6 Nd7 23. Rcc1 b3 24. Rab1 Ra6 25. d5 {Bogner,S (2570)-Georgiadis,N (2441) Switzerland 2014 0-1 (42)}) ({RR} 10... h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. b3 cxb3 13. Nxb3 O-O 14. Ne5 Qe7 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Qxc6 bxa4 17. Qxa4 Rab8 18. e3 Bc3 19. Ra2 e5 20. dxe5 Qxe5 21. Na5 Bxa5 22. Qxa5 Rb5 23. Qxa7 Rfb8 24. Rd2 Qh5 25. h3 {Cyborowski,L (2543)-Zawadzka,J (2383) Legnica 2013 1-0 (35)}) 11. b3 $5 {A risky move. Mamedyarov was definitely upset with his results so far (8 draws and 1 loss) and was trying to win a game at any cost.} (11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd5 13. Ne4 Qc7 $15) 11... c3 ({After} 11... cxb3 $6 12. Nxb3 {is will be extremely difficult for Black to perform the c6-c5 push.}) 12. Ne4 (12. Nb1 $2 c5 $1 13. axb5 Be4 14. Qc1 Nd5 $17) 12... Nxe4 13. Qxe4 c5 {This is tempting, but the simple castling might be safer.} (13... O-O 14. Ne5 h6 15. Bf4 (15. Bxh6 $2 {does not work in view of} f5 $1) (15. axb5 $2 f5 $1 16. Qf3 Nxe5 17. dxe5 hxg5 18. bxc6 Ba6 19. c7 Qxc7 20. Rxa6 Rac8 $19) 15... Nf6 16. Qc2 a5 $15) 14. Qg4 {Now it is not easy for Black to castle. His king will likely remain in the centre. But, does not White lose some material by force?} h5 15. Qh4 f6 16. Be3 {White is ready to sacrifice a piece on g5. Forced, in fact.} c4 (16... g5 17. Bxg5 (17. Nxg5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 fxg5 19. Qxg5 Qc6+ 20. Kg1 Kf7 $1 {The king can defend himself!} (20... bxa4 $2 21. Qg6+ Kd8 22. d5 $1 Qxd5 23. Rfd1 Qc6 24. Bf4 $1 {[%cal Gd1d6,Gg6f6] with a crushing attack.}) 21. dxc5 Bxc5 22. axb5 Qc7 23. Ra4 Rag8 24. Qh4 Qe5 25. Bxc5 Nxc5 26. Rxa7+ Kg6 $15) 17... fxg5 18. Qxg5 Be4 (18... bxa4 19. dxc5 axb3 20. Qg6+ Kd8 21. Qg5+ Ke8 22. Qg6+ $11) 19. Qg7 Rf8 20. Ng5 Bxg2 21. Qg6+ Ke7 22. Qxe6+ Kd8 23. Kxg2 $44) 17. axb5 Bd5 {Some fabulous variations were found by an engine after 17...cxb3.} (17... cxb3 18. d5 $1 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Gh4b4]} Bc5 19. dxe6 Nf8 20. Nd4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qb7+ 22. Nc6 Bxe3 23. fxe3 b2 24. Rad1 Qxb5 (24... c2 25. e7 cxd1=Q 26. Rxd1 Nd7 27. Qe4 {[%cal Ge4g6]} Rh6 $8 28. Qe6 {[%cal Ge6g8]} Rh8 $8 29. Qf5 Rh6 30. Qe6 Rh8 $11) 25. Qe4 Qxe2+ 26. Kg1 Qg4 27. Rd7 $1 Nxd7 (27... Nxe6 28. Qd3 O-O 29. Ne7+ Kh8 30. Ng6+ Kg8 31. Ne7+ $11) 28. exd7+ Kxd7 29. Ne5+ fxe5 30. Qd5+ Kc8 31. Qc6+ Kb8 32. Qd6+ Kc8 33. Qc6+ $11) 18. Ra4 Be7 19. bxc4 g5 (19... Bxc4 20. Qe4 $36 {[%cal Ge4g6]}) 20. Nxg5 Bxg2 $2 {The order of capturing is important!} (20... fxg5 21. Bxg5 Bxg2 $1 (21... Bxg5 22. Qxg5 Bxg2 23. Qg6+ Kf8 24. Kxg2 Nb6 25. Rb4 Nxc4 26. d5 $1 $40 {opening all the possible lines against the Black king.}) 22. Kxg2 Nb6 23. Ra6 (23. Bxe7 Qb7+ 24. d5 Qxe7 25. Qd4 O-O 26. Ra6 Rac8 $13) 23... Bxg5 24. Qxg5 Qxc4 25. Qg6+ Ke7 26. Qg7+ Kd6 27. Qe5+ Ke7 $11) 21. Kxg2 fxg5 22. Qe4 $1 $16 {That's the point. White does not take on on g5 but centralizes his strongest piece. White is definitely better now.} Nf6 23. Qg6+ Kd8 24. Rfa1 h4 {Trying to create some counter-threats along the h-file.} 25. d5 $1 {This is called for. The king on d8 might suffer should the d-file be opened.} (25. Rxa7 $2 Rxa7 26. Rxa7 hxg3 27. hxg3 e5 $1 {[%cal Gc8h3]} 28. Kg1 Qh3 29. Ra8+ Kc7 30. b6+ Kb7 31. Rxh8 Qxh8 32. Qc2 {White is still better, but far from winning.}) 25... h3+ 26. Kg1 Rg8 27. Qd3 exd5 28. cxd5 Ke8 (28... Qb7 29. Qxc3 Nxd5 30. Qd3 Ke8 31. Rxa7 Nc7 32. Rxa8+ Nxa8 33. f3 Nb6 34. Qh7 $1 $18) 29. d6 Bd8 30. Rxa7 $2 {This is too greedy.} (30. f3 {covering the dangerous diagonal and keeping all the benefits.} Qb7 31. Bd4 Bb6 32. Rc4 $16) 30... Rxa7 ({A spectacular, though, not forced line is:} 30... Qb7 $5 31. f3 Rxa7 32. Rxa7 Qd5 33. Qxc3 Qd1+ 34. Kf2 Ng4+ $1 35. fxg4 Rf8+ 36. Bf4 Bb6+ 37. e3 Bxa7 38. Qe5+ Kf7 39. Qe7+ Kg8 40. Qxg5+ Kh8 {and White has no more than a perpetual check.}) 31. Rxa7 c2 32. d7+ {Mamedyarov insists on getting rid of this pawn in order to get more access to the black king.} (32. Bc1 Qc5 {and Black is back into the game.}) 32... Nxd7 33. Qe4+ Kf8 34. Qf5+ Bf6 35. Bc1 Qc3 $2 {A punch in the air. It was necessary to bring the dreaming rook into the battle.} (35... Rg7 $1 36. Qxh3 Re7 37. Qh6+ Kf7 38. Qh7+ Kf8 39. Qh6+ {A draw would have been the objective result in this case.}) 36. Qxh3 {After White has eliminated this dangerous pawn, he is ready for a final assault.} Rg7 (36... Qe1+ 37. Kg2 Qxc1 38. Qxd7 $18) 37. Kg2 Qd4 38. Ba3+ Kg8 39. Ra8+ Kf7 40. Qf5 g4 (40... Rg8 41. e3 Qd1 42. Ra7 Rd8 43. Qh7+ Bg7 44. Bb2 Qd5+ 45. e4 $18) 41. Rd8 {[%csl Rd7] A highly tense and complicated game. It was definitely impossible to cover all the spectacular lines behind the scene. Therefore, I am not sure that I have managed to provide an objective evaluation of certain moments of this encounter.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 13-16"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.14"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,Victor"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Nbd7 (6... c5 {which transposes into the Queen's Gambit Accepted looks like a more logical alternative.}) 7. O-O Bd6 8. Qe2 $5 {An uncommon, although a rather logical and flexible continuation. White prepares Rd1 and postpones development of his queen knight, which can come both to c3 and d2 depending on Black's plan.} (8. Nc3 {was more popular, although the entire setup is not a very frequent guest in the tournament practice.} O-O 9. e4 e5 10. Be3 Qe7 11. Bb3 exd4 12. Bxd4 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15. f4 Qc5+ 16. Kh1 Be6 17. e5 $146 Rad8 18. Qf3 Bxb3 19. axb3 Nd5 20. Ne4 $14 {Lautier,J-Akopian,V, Calvia ol(Men) 2004/CBM 104[Lutz].}) ({RR} 8. Re1 O-O 9. e4 e5 10. Bg5 Qc7 11. h3 exd4 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qxd4 Ne5 14. Nbd2 Rd8 15. Qc3 a5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Qc2 b5 18. Bf1 a4 19. Nf3 a3 20. Nxe5 axb2 21. Rad1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Qxe5 {Wang,Y (2736)-Akopian,V (2679) Elista 2008 ½-½ (46)}) 8... O-O 9. Rd1 ({White also tested the immediate} 9. e4 {, which however looks premature.} e5 10. dxe5 (10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Re8 12. Nbd2 Qe7 13. Rad1 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nb6 (14... Bxh2+ $5 15. Kxh2 Qe5+ 16. f4 Qxd4 $13) 15. Bb3 Bxh2+ 16. Kxh2 Qe5+ 17. Kg1 Qxd4 18. Nf3 Qxe4 $17 {0-1 Kanep,M-Haslinger,S/Dos Hermanas 2004/CBM 99 ext (60)}) 10... Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 $11 {1-0 Chatalbashev,B-Thallinger,H/Oberwart AUT 2003/The Week in Chess 453 (28)}) 9... Qc7 $6 {As it turned out this is not a very fortunate position for the queen. It would be better to place it on e7.} ({The only preceding game saw} 9... Qe7 10. e4 e5 11. Re1 b5 12. Bb3 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Bg5 Nxb3 15. axb3 Be6 16. Nc3 a6 $11 {and Black was at least not worse in 0-1 Lysyj,I-Grachev,B/Moscow 2004/EXT 2005 (37)}) 10. h3 ({RR} 10. b3 e5 11. Bb2 e4 12. Nfd2 b5 13. h3 bxc4 14. bxc4 c5 15. Nb3 Ba6 16. Na3 Rab8 17. Rac1 Rfc8 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. cxb5 c4 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. Rxc4 Rxb5 22. dxc5 Rxc5 23. Rxc5 Qxc5 24. Qa6 Rb8 {Chylewski,P (2291)-Solon,N (2327) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (54)}) 10... c5 $146 (10... e5 $5) ({RR} 10... e5 11. Nc3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. a3 a5 14. Ba2 a4 15. Bd2 Be5 16. Rac1 b6 17. Be1 Ba6 18. Qc2 Rfd8 19. Nce2 Nfe4 20. Bc4 Bxc4 21. Qxc4 Rac8 22. Qc2 g6 23. Bb4 Rd5 24. f3 Bh2+ 25. Kf1 {Arlandi,E (2430)-Brun,D (2275) Condino 2014 1-0 (52)}) 11. dxc5 $1 {Van Wely felt that this is the bext way to exploit position of the black queen on c7.} Bxc5 ({After} 11... Nxc5 $5 12. Nc3 {[%cal Gc3b5]} a6 13. e4 {[%cal Ge4e5]} b5 14. e5 Bxe5 15. Qxe5 Qxe5 16. Nxe5 bxc4 17. Nxc4 $14 {White is just slightly better.}) 12. b3 $1 {White's plan has crystallized. the bishop goes to b2; the queen knight to d2 and finally queen rook to c1.} a6 $6 {[%cal Gb7b5,Gc8b7] Black is also preparing development of the queen side, but makes it more difficult for himself to develop the queen rook.} ({The immediate} 12... b6 $1 {is better as after a6 the queen rook is nailed to the a-pawn.} 13. Bb2 Bb7 14. Nbd2 Rac8 15. Rac1 Qb8 {with a much better version of the game.}) 13. a4 $1 b6 14. Bb2 Bb7 15. Nbd2 Rfd8 (15... Rac8) 16. Rac1 {Now it's clear that the queen would feel much more comfortable on e7.} Qb8 $6 (16... a5 {Prevetning b4 and freeing the rook from defense of the a6-pawn was better.}) 17. Bd3 $1 {[%cal Gd2c4] A nice regrouping of pieces.} h6 18. Nc4 Ne4 $2 {Black is not ready for such an activity and places the knight in a hanging position, which Van Wely exploits instantly with} ({It would be better to return to c7 trying to reset coordination of his pieces.} 18... Qc7) 19. Nfe5 $1 $16 {[%csl Re4,Rg7]} Ndf6 $2 {After this natural move Black's position collapses.} (19... Nef6 {was necessary, although White's superiority here is out of question.} 20. Nxd7 Nxd7 21. Qh5 $16 {[%csl Rf7,Rg7][%cal Gd3h7]}) 20. Ng4 $1 {[%csl Rg8] With two precise moves Van Wely underlines the fallacy of Black's strategy.} Nh7 {Loses by force, but it's not easy to give Black a good advice.} (20... Nd7 {[%csl Ge5] loses to} 21. Nxh6+ $1 gxh6 22. Qg4+ Ng5 23. h4 f5 24. Qh5 Nf7 25. Qg6+ Kf8 26. Be2 $1 {[%cal Ge2h5]} Ke7 27. Rxd7+ $1 (27. Bh5 $5 Rf8 28. Nxb6 $1 $18 Bxb6 $140 29. Ba3+ Bc5 30. Rxc5 Nxc5 31. Bxc5+ Ke8 32. Qxe6#) 27... Rxd7 (27... Kxd7 28. Qxf7+ Kc6 29. Bf3+ Rd5 30. Ne5+ Kd6 31. Qd7#) 28. Bf6+ Ke8 29. Nxb6 $1 $18) (20... Bd5 {was the only chance to put some resistanse, although Black's position is difficult anyway.}) 21. Be5 $18 {Forcing the queen to a "nice" square a7.} ({or} 21. b4 $5 Bxb4 22. Be5 Qa7 (22... Nd6 23. Qb2 $1 $18 {[%csl Rb4,Rg7]}) 23. Qb2 {, which transposes to 21.Be5 Qa7 22.b4!}) 21... Qa7 (21... Qc8 $2 {is impossible in view of} 22. Nxb6 $18 {[%csl Ra8,Rc8]}) 22. Qb2 {White's play is simple and strong, but he could play even better.} (22. b4 $1 {This strong move discoordinates black pieces and wins instantly. F.e.} Bxb4 (22... Bf8 23. Bd4 $18 {[%csl Rb6]} (23. Bc7 $5 $18 {[%csl Rb6,Rd8]})) 23. Qb2 {[%csl Rb4,Rg7]} Bf8 (23... h5 24. Qxb4 hxg4 25. Nxb6 $18 {[%csl Ra8]}) (23... a5 24. Bxg7 $18 {[%cal Gg4h6]}) (23... f6 24. Qxb4 fxe5 25. Nxb6 Rab8 (25... a5 26. Qe7 $1 Re8 27. Qc7 $18) 26. Rc7 $1 Rd6 27. Nc8 $1 {[%csl Ra7,Rd6]} Bxc8 28. Qxe4 $1 {[%csl Ra7,Rh7]} Qxc7 29. Qxh7+ Kf8 30. Qh8+ Kf7 31. Nxe5+ Kf6 32. Qf8+ Kxe5 33. Qf4+ Kd5 34. Qe4+ Kc5 35. Rc1+ Kb6 36. Qb4+ $18) 24. Nxb6 $18 {[%csl Ra8] The rook is traped and White wins.}) 22... f6 23. b4 $1 b5 $1 {The only chance to complicate matters.} (23... fxe5 24. bxc5 Nxc5 25. Bxh7+ Kxh7 26. Nxb6 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Rb8 (27... Rf8 28. Qb4 $1 $18 {[%csl Rc5,Rf8]}) (27... Re8 28. Qc2+ $1 Ne4 29. Rd7 $1 Qxb6 30. Nf6+ Kh8 31. Nxe8 Bc6 32. a5 $1 $18) 28. a5 $1 {[%csl Ra7,Re5]} e4 29. Qe5 $18 {[%csl Rc5,Re6]}) (23... Bf8 24. Bd4 $1 $18) 24. axb5 {It wasn't necessary to open the a-file as it gives Black some fresh air.} (24. bxc5 $1 {was simplier and better.} fxe5 (24... bxc4 25. Bxc4 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Nf8 (26... fxe5 27. Bxe6+ Kh8 28. c6 $1 Bxc6 29. Nxe5 {[%csl Rc6,Rh8][%cal Ge5g6]} Nhf6 (29... Be8 30. Rd7 $1 $18 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Ge5g6]}) 30. Nxc6 $18) 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Nxf6+ Nxf6 29. Qxf6 {[%cal Gd1d4,Gd4g4]} Be4 30. Bxe6+ Kh7 31. Bf7 Qxc5 32. Rd4 $18 {[%cal Gd4g4]}) 25. Bxe4 Bxe4 (25... Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Bxe4 27. Nb6 Re8 28. axb5 axb5 29. Qxb5 $18) 26. Nd6 Bc6 27. Qxe5 (27. Nxe5 $5) 27... Nf8 28. Qg3 $1 {[%cal Gg4h6,Gg4e5]} Kh7 29. Ne5 Qc7 30. Rd4 $1 $18 {[%cal Gd4f4,Gf4f7]}) 24... axb5 (24... fxe5 {less chances for White's mistake leaves} 25. bxc5 Nxc5 (25... axb5 26. Nb6 $18 {[%csl Ra7,Ra8][%cal Gc1a1]}) 26. b6 Qb8 27. Ncxe5 Nxd3 28. Rxd3 Rxd3 29. Nxd3 $18 {[%cal Gc1c7] and White wins.}) 25. Ra1 $2 {A serious mistake, which could turn the evaluation upside-down.} (25. Na5 $1 Bd5 26. bxc5 fxe5 (26... Qxa5 27. Ra1 $1 $18 {[%csl Ra5]}) 27. Bxe4 Bxe4 (27... Qxa5 28. Qxe5 Bxe4 29. Qxe6+ Kh8 30. Qxe4 $18) 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Qxb5 $16) 25... Rxd3 $2 {Black returns a favour.} ({After correct} 25... bxc4 $1 26. Rxa7 Bxa7 27. Be2 Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 fxe5 29. Qxe5 Bd5 $17 {it's White who has to look for escape.}) 26. Rxd3 Qxa1+ 27. Qxa1 Rxa1+ 28. Bxa1 bxc4 ({After correct} 28... Bxb4 $1 29. Rb3 Bf8 $1 30. Na5 (30. Rxb5 $2 Ba6 $11 {[%csl Rb5,Rc4]}) 30... Ba6 31. Nc6 $16 {White would still have to show good technique to win the game.}) 29. Rd7 {[%csl Rb7,Rc5]} Bc6 30. Rc7 $18 {[%csl Rc5,Rc6] Now it's over.} Ba4 ({or} 30... Bxb4 31. Rxc6 $18 {[%csl Rc4,Re6]}) 31. bxc5 c3 32. c6 c2 33. Bb2 Nf8 (33... Nc3 34. Rc8+ Kf7 35. c7 {[%cal Gc8d8]} Nd5 36. Rf8+ $18) 34. Rc8 h5 35. c7 {[%cal Gc8f8]} Bd7 36. Rd8 {[%cal Gd8d7]} Nd6 37. Nh2 Kf7 38. Ba3 $1 {Now neither of black pieces can move and so Lautier resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Leonid Stein Memorial"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2000.05.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,Ilya"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2000.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Nf6 6. Bg5 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. e3 $1 {Before this game I thought, better is 8.e4, but Gelfand demonstrates deep preparation to this variation} (8. e4 $5 a6 (8... Nbd7 9. Bd3 $5 (9. Nbd2 h6 10. Bh4 (10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. e5 Qd8 12. Bd3 Qb6 13. a4 a6 14. O-O Be7 (14... c5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8+ Bxa8 17. Ra1 Bd5 18. Be4 $14) 15. Be4 O-O 16. axb5 cxb5 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Rfc1 Rfc8 19. Qe4 Qxe4 20. Nxe4 $132) 10... Qb6 11. a4 $5 $14) 9... a6 10. a4 h6 11. Bh4 Rc8 12. Nbd2 Qb6 13. O-O c5 14. a5 Qd8 15. e5 g5 16. Bg3 cxd4 17. Qd1 Nh5 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Nc5 20. Nfd2 Nxg3 21. Nf6+ Ke7 22. fxg3 $16 {Ulibin,Mikhail-Galkin,Alexander/Oberwart op (9) ;EXT 2000 1999/1-0 (43)}) 9. Nbd2 (9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. e5 h6 11. Bd2 b4 12. exf6 (12. Na4 $5 Nd5 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Nc5 (14. Bd3 c5 $11) 14... Bxc5 15. dxc5 Qa5 16. a3 $14) 12... bxc3 13. bxc3 Nxf6 14. Rb1 Rb8 15. Ne5 Bd6 16. Be2 {½-½ Ionov,Sergey-Solovjov,Sergey/Chigorin mem (4) ;CBM 67 ext 1998}) 9... h6 10. Bh4 Qb6 $14) 8... Nbd7 9. Bd3 {This move is more flexible than another continuations (except of 9.e2)} (9. Nbd2 Qb6 10. Be2 (10. a4 bxa4 11. Rxa4 c5 $132) 10... c5 11. O-O Rc8 12. Rac1 (12. Qb3 c4 13. Qc2 Nd5 $132) 12... Be7 13. dxc5 (13. Qb3 a6 14. a4 c4 15. Qc2 O-O $132) 13... Rxc5 14. Qd3 $11 {1-0 Ibragimov,Ildar-Lugo,Blas/New York op (3) ;CBM 64 1998 (20)}) (9. Nc3 a6 10. a4 c5 11. axb5 Bxf3 12. gxf3 cxd4 13. exd4 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Bxb5+ Kd8 17. Be2 (17. Qa4 Qxa4 18. Bxa4 Bb4 $44 {[%csl Rb2,Rd4,Rf2,Rf3]}) 17... Bd6 18. Rg1 Qa1+ 19. Bd1 g6 20. Ne4 Bb4+ 21. Kf1 Nd5 $44) (9. Be2 $5 {Alternative plan, maybe also strong, like 9.d3. White  placed on e2 defend f3.} a6 (9... Qb6 10. a4 $1 $14 (10. O-O c5 11. a4 a6 12. axb5 axb5 13. Nc3 $1 (13. Rxa8+ Bxa8 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. b4 Bxb4 {½-½ Masternak,Aleksander-Van der Vorm,Teun/EU-ch Union SCIPT (6) ;EXT 2000 1999}) 13... b4 14. Na4 $16)) 10. a4 Bb4+ 11. Nc3 c5 12. axb5 cxd4 13. exd4 axb5 14. O-O {[%csl Rb5]} O-O 15. Nxb5 $14) 9... a6 10. a4 $1 $146 {White attack b5 to prevent c6-c5 promotion White b1 is waiting for Black reaction and keeping two ways for development - d2 or c3.} (10. Qe2 $6 {Why to play twice with developed piece?} c5 11. O-O Be7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bc2 Rc8 14. dxc5 Rxc5 15. e4 Qc7 16. Bd3 Bd6 $11 {1-0 Benkovic,Petar-Leskiewicz,Maksymilian/Wch U20 Yerevan (11) ;CBM 72 ext 1999 (35)}) 10... Bb4+ (10... Qb6 11. Nc3 b4 12. a5 Qa7 13. Na4 $5 (13. Bxf6 bxc3 (13... Nxf6 14. Na4 $14) 14. Bh4 (14. Bg5 cxb2 15. Qxb2 c5 16. O-O Bxf3 17. gxf3 Bd6 18. Rfc1 O-O $132) 14... cxb2 15. Qxb2 c5 $11) 13... c5 14. O-O Bxf3 15. gxf3 cxd4 16. Qc6 h6 17. Nb6 Rd8 18. Nc8 $1 Qc5 19. Qxe6+ $3 Be7 (19... fxe6 20. Bg6#) 20. Qxe7+ Qxe7 21. Nxe7 Kxe7 22. Bxf6+ Kxf6 23. Bxa6 $14) 11. Nc3 c5 $5 {Interesting reaction -  sacrifice} (11... bxa4 $142 $14) 12. Bxf6 $1 (12. axb5 cxd4 13. exd4 axb5 14. O-O Bxf3 (14... Rc8 15. Bxb5 O-O (15... Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qc7 17. Qa4 $16) 16. Ra4 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Nb6 18. Rb4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nbd5 20. Rb3 h6 21. Bh4 $16 (21. Be3 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Nd5 23. Re1 Rxc3 24. Rxc3 Nxc3 25. Qxc3 Qg5+ $11 {[%csl Rb5]})) 15. gxf3 h6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Bxb5+ Ke7 $14) 12... Nxf6 $6 $16 (12... gxf6 $142 13. Be4 (13. axb5 $6 Bxf3 14. gxf3 cxd4 15. exd4 axb5 $44) 13... Bxe4 (13... Qb8 14. O-O $16) 14. Qxe4 bxa4 15. Rxa4 $14) 13. dxc5 O-O 14. axb5 axb5 15. O-O Bxf3 $146 ({RR} 15... Rc8 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Ne4 Bxc5 18. Nxc5 Bxf3 19. Rdc1 Bc6 20. b4 g6 21. Qb2 Rfd8 22. Ra5 Ne4 23. Nxe4 Bxe4 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Bxb5 Qd8 26. Ra1 Bxg2 27. Ba6 Bf3 28. Bxc8 Qg5+ 29. Kf1 Qg2+ 30. Ke1 {Ogloblin,N (2416)-Yudin,S (2536) Nizhnij Tagil 2008 ½-½ (45)}) 16. gxf3 Rc8 (16... Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Bxc5 18. Nxb5 $16 {[%cal Gg1f1]}) 17. Nxb5 $5 (17. Rfd1 $142 $1 {[%csl Rd8][%cal Gd3h7]} Qe7 (17... Qc7 18. Nxb5 Qxc5 19. Qxc5 Rxc5 20. Ra4 $16) 18. c6 $1 (18. Nxb5 Rxc5 19. Qe2 Rh5 20. f4 $16) 18... Rxc6 (18... Qc5 19. Nxb5 Rxc6 (19... Qg5+ 20. Kf1 $16) 20. Qxc5 Bxc5 21. Rdc1 $16) 19. Nd5 Qe8 (19... Nxd5 20. Qxc6 Qg5+ 21. Kh1 $18) 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Bxh7+ Kg7 22. Qb3 Rc5 (22... Kxh7 23. Qxb4 Rc4 24. Qd6 $16) 23. Qxb4 Rc4 24. Qd6 Kxh7 25. Kh1 $16) 17... Rxc5 18. Qe2 Rh5 {Losing the strategical battle Krasenkow tries to find tactical chances...} 19. f4 (19. Rfc1 $6 Nd7 $1 {[%cal Gd8h4]} 20. f4 Qh4 21. f3 Bc5 {[%csl Re3,Rh2]} 22. Rc2 {[%cal Gc2h2]} e5 23. b4 (23. fxe5 Rxe5 24. Be4 Nf6 25. Nc3 Qg5+ 26. Kh1 Bxe3 $17) 23... Bb6 $44) 19... e5 20. fxe5 $2 $17 {Terrible move} (20. Rfd1 $2 Qc8 21. Ra4 Qh3 22. f3 Bc5 $17) ({Right was} 20. Ra4 $1 Bc5 21. Rd1 Qc8 {[%cal Gc8h3]} 22. Qf3 exf4 23. Rxf4 $16) 20... Ng4 $1 {[%csl Rg1,Rh2][%cal Gd8h4]} 21. f4 (21. Qxg4 Rg5 $19) (21. Ra4 Qh4 $19) 21... Qh4 22. Nd4 (22. Be4 Bc5 23. Rf3 Nxh2 $19) (22. Rfc1 Nxh2 {[%cal Rh4g3]} 23. Qf2 $8 Qg4+ 24. Qg2 Bd2 25. Qxg4 Nxg4 26. Rf1 (26. Rc4 g5 $1 27. fxg5 (27. Be2 Bxe3+ 28. Kg2 Rh2+ 29. Kf3 h5 $19) 27... Nxe5 $19) 26... Bxe3+ 27. Kg2 Nh2 $19 {[%csl Rf4]}) 22... Nxh2 23. Nf5 $2 $19 (23. Qg2 Nxf1 24. Rxf1 Bd2 $19) ({It wasn't easy to find} 23. Rf2 $1 Ng4 24. Be4 Rd8 25. Bf3 Nxf2 26. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Rh2+ 28. Bg2 Rh6 $17) 23... Nf3+ 24. Rxf3 $8 Qh1+ 25. Kf2 Qxa1 26. Rg3 Be1+ 27. Kg2 Rxf5 28. Rh3 ({Did not help also} 28. Bxf5 Bxg3 29. Kxg3 g6 (29... Rb8 30. e6 fxe6 (30... Rxb2 31. e7 Qg1+ 32. Kf3 $11) 31. Bxe6+ Kh8 32. b3 $17) 30. Bd7 Qg1+ (30... Rb8 31. e6 Kf8 32. Qc2 Qe1+ 33. Kf3 Qb4 34. f5 $1 h5 35. exf7 Qg4+ 36. Kf2 $44) 31. Kf3 h5 32. b4 (32. e6 Qg4+ 33. Kf2 Qxe2+ 34. Kxe2 fxe6 35. Bxe6+ Kg7 36. Bd5 (36. Kf3 g5 $19) 36... Kf6 37. Kf3 g5 $19) 32... g5 33. fxg5 Qxg5 34. Qg2 Qxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Rd8 36. Bc6 (36. e6 Kf8 37. b5 Ke7 $19) 36... Rd3 37. Kf3 Rb3 38. b5 Kg7 39. Kf4 h4 40. Kg4 Rxe3 41. Kxh4 Rxe5 42. b6 Re1 43. b7 Rb1 44. Kg5 Kf8 45. Kf6 Rb6 46. Ke5 Ke7 47. Kd5 Kd8 $1 $19) 28... Rb8 $4 {Maybe time pressure?} (28... Rd8 $1 $19 29. Kf3 (29. Bxf5 Rd2 $19) 29... g6 30. Rh1 Rxd3 31. Qxd3 Qa5 32. e4 Rh5 33. Rxh5 gxh5 34. e6 fxe6 $19) (28... g6 $2 29. Bxf5 gxf5 30. Rxh7 $1 $11 (30. Rh1 Qa8+ 31. Kg1 Bb4 32. Qh5 Rd8 33. Qxh7+ Kf8 34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Qf6+ Ke8 36. Rh8+ Bf8 $19)) 29. Bxf5 Rxb2 30. Bxh7+ Kf8 31. Bc2 g6 32. Qc4 Qa8+ 33. Kf1 $4 $44 (33. e4 Qa7 34. Qc8+ Ke7 35. Kh1 $1 $18) (33. Kg1 $18 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Rh3h8,Re5e6]}) 33... Bh4 34. Qe4 $4 $19 {[%csl Rc2,Rf1]} (34. Qd3 Kg7 35. e6 Qa1+ 36. Qd1 Qa6+ 37. Kg1 Qxe6 38. Rxh4 Qxe3+ 39. Kf1 Rb4 $11) 34... Qa1+ 35. Kg2 Qc1 36. Rxh4 Rxc2+ 37. Kh3 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "Julian Borowski-A 4th"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2002.05.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,Viktor Lvovich"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2002.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Tsesarsky} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Qc2 dxc4 $6 {Old-fashioned (presumably) views of the first half of the 20-th century say: giving up a stronghold in the centre would facilitate white to seize the initiative. Whether the revision of those views will help to the further development of the chess art is a question.} 5. Qxc4 b5 $2 {Fianchetto accellerated?} 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. e4 Nd7 ({Better looks} 7... Nf6 {Tsesarsky} 8. Be2 (8. Bd3 {Tsesarsky} Nbd7 9. O-O (9. Bg5 {Tsesarsky} a6 10. Qe2 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. a4 Bb4+ 13. Nbd2 e5 14. O-O O-O 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. Nf3 Qf4 18. e5 c5 $11 {½-½ Ovetchkin,R-Geller,J/Togliatty RUS 2001/The Week in Chess 354 (28)}) 9... a6 10. Qe2 c5 11. Bg5 cxd4 12. e5 h6 (12... Bxf3 {Tsesarsky} 13. gxf3 $16) 13. exf6 gxf6 (13... hxg5 {Tsesarsky} 14. Qxe6+ $3 {1-0 Tunik,G-Geller,J/Togliatty RUS 2001/The Week in Chess 354 (14)}) 14. Bf4 $16) 8... Qb6 (8... Nbd7 {Tsesarsky} 9. O-O Qb6 10. Nc3 a6 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. Qe2 Be7 15. h4 $14 {1-0 Timoscenko,G-Delabaca,R/Valle d'Aosta ITA 2002/The Week in Chess 379 (34)}) 9. Nc3 a6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Rd1 h6 12. Bh4 b4 13. Na4 b3 14. axb3 Qb4+ 15. Nc3 c5 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 $1 Nxd5 19. Bc4 N5f6 20. O-O Bd6 21. Re1+ Kf8 22. Qd3 Qb8 23. Ne4 Be7 24. Nxf6 Nxf6 25. Ne5 $18 {1-0 Timoscenko,G-Lanzani,M/Saint Vincent 2000/CBM 74 ext (31)}) (7... a6 {Tsesarsky} 8. Nc3 (8. Be2 {Tsesarsky} Nd7 9. O-O Ngf6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Qb6 12. Rd1 c5 13. d5 exd5 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. a4 $44 {½-½ Jakobsen,L-Leer Salvesen,B/Gausdal NOR 2002/The Week in Chess 388 (31)}) 8... Nd7 9. Be2 c5 10. d5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Ngf6 12. O-O Nxd5 13. exd5 Be7 14. Bf4 O-O 15. Rad1 Re8 16. Rfe1 $14 {0-1 Fyllingen,R-Lahlum,H/Bergen 2000/CBM 77 ext (68)}) 8. Bg5 {'!' Tsesarsky. Tsesarsky: 'This move's idea isn't new: c1 is developed with tempo.'} (8. a4 {Tsesarsky} Rc8 9. Bg5 $1 Be7 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. Nbd2 (11. b4 {Tsesarsky} a5 12. Qb2 axb4 13. Qxb4 (13. axb5 {Tsesarsky} cxb5 14. Nbd2 O-O 15. Qxb4 Nf6 16. Bd3 Nc6 $11) 13... c5 14. dxc5 O-O 15. Bxb5 Nxc5 16. Nbd2 Qd6 $14 {[%csl Re4]}) 11... O-O 12. Nb3 Ng6 13. Nc5 Qa5+ 14. Nd2 (14. Qd2 {Tsesarsky} Qc7 15. Qc3 (15. Qc2 {Tsesarsky} Rfd8 $132 {[%cal Ge6e5]}) 15... Rfd8 {[%csl Rf1][%cal Ge6e5]} 16. g3 a5 17. Be2 b4 18. Qe3 e5 $132 {½-½ Popov,R-Popov,V/Krasnodar 1997/EXT 2000 (30)}) 14... Nxc5 15. Qxc5 Rfd8 16. b4 Qb6 17. Nb3 $14 {[%csl Rb7]}) ({RR} 8. Be2 Ngf6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. a4 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Rfd1 c5 15. d5 exd5 16. e5 Nd7 17. axb5 Qb6 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. Ne3 d4 20. Nf5 Rfe8 21. e6 Nf6 22. exf7+ Kxf7 {Cheparinov,I (2709)-Zhigalko,S (2604) St Petersburg 2018 1-0 (65)}) ({RR} 8. a4 b4 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nbd2 c5 12. Bb5 Rc8 13. Rc1 Ngf6 14. e5 Nh5 15. dxc5 O-O 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Qc4 Qxa4 18. Qh4 Ba6 19. Qxh5 Rxc5 20. Nb3 Rxc1+ 21. Nxc1 Qc2 22. Nd2 Qxc1+ {Casiguran,P (2282)-Zhao,C (2514) Hong Kong HKG 2026 0-1}) 8... Qb6 {After 8...e7 white was going to exchange the bishops, thus getting full control over the square c5, but 8...gf6 was a worth trying.} ({In case of} 8... Be7 {Tsesarsky} 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. Nbd2 {[%csl Rc5] It isn't easy for Black to organize c6-c5 promotion.}) (8... Ngf6 {Tsesarsky} 9. e5 (9. Nbd2 $5 {Tsesarsky}) 9... h6 10. Bd2 (10. Bh4 {Tsesarsky} g5 11. exf6 gxh4 12. Nbd2 Rg8 $15) 10... Nd5 11. Nc3 $14) 9. a4 {Tsesarsky: 'The struggle in this variation goes surround c6-c5 break, and the last move prevents c6-c5. '} (9. Nc3 {Tsesarsky} Ngf6 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. O-O Be7 13. e5 (13. Rfc1 $5 {Tsesarsky} a6 14. a4 Nd7 $14 {[%cal Gc6c5]}) 13... Nd7 14. Ne4 c5 $1 $11 {0-1 Timon Piote,S-Wang Lei/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (33)}) 9... Bb4+ $146 {Or} (9... bxa4 10. Nc3) ({RR} 9... a6 10. Bd3 c5 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8+ Bxa8 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. O-O Ne7 15. Na3 f6 16. Bd2 b4 17. Nc4 Qa7 18. e5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 f5 20. Nd6+ Kf8 21. f4 g5 22. Qc4 Nd5 23. Bxf5 Ke7 24. Bxe6 {Stocek,J (2561)-Rombaldoni,A (2169) Trieste 2006 1-0}) 10. Nc3 Ngf6 11. Bd3 (11. e5 Nd5 12. Bd3 {was also strong.}) 11... c5 $1 {Tsesarsky: 'This move is definitely mistake.' Kortschnoj: The best chance. Otherwise after} (11... bxa4 12. O-O {white has a big advantage.}) 12. dxc5 ({Not} 12. Bxf6 $6 {Tsesarsky} Nxf6 13. Bxb5+ Kf8 ({Badly is} 13... Ke7 $2 {Tsesarsky} {in view of} 14. e5 $1 {and Black can't capture on f3 because of intermediate check: e5xf6+.} Nd5 15. O-O $16 {[%csl Re7]}) 14. dxc5 Qxc5 $44 {[%csl Re4]}) 12... Nxc5 (12... Bxc5 13. axb5 $16) 13. Bxb5+ Kf8 {'' Tsesarsky. Tsesarsky: 'We've seen this position with small difference: without c5 and g5. These pieces presence on the board gives to White an advantage.'} 14. O-O Ncxe4 (14... Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Nfxe4 16. Qa3 Nxg5 17. Nxg5 h6 18. Rac1 Rc8 19. Nf3 $16) (14... a6 $6 15. Bd3 (15. Be2 Ncxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Qc4 Qb7 $13) 15... Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Nxe4 $14) 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 $2 (15... Bxe4 16. Qc4 Qc5 (16... Bc5 17. b4 Bd6 18. Bxf6 Bxf3 19. Bd4 Bd5 20. Qc3 $18) 17. Rac1 Qxc4 (17... Bxf3 18. Qxc5+ $16) 18. Rxc4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 (19. Rxb4 $14) 19... Bd6 $14) 16. Ne5 $1 $16 Kg8 $8 (16... Qd6 17. Bf4 $18) 17. Be3 Qd6 18. Bc6 $16 (18. Nc6 a6 (18... Nf6 19. Rfd1 Qf8 $1 (19... Nd5 20. Rxd5 Qxd5 (20... exd5 21. Nxb4 Qxb4 22. Qc7 $18) 21. Rd1 $18) 20. Nxb4 Qxb4 21. Rd4 $14) 19. Qxe4 axb5 20. axb5 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Bc5 22. Qc2 Bxe3 23. Rd1 Bxf2+ 24. Kf1 $18) 18... Bxc6 19. Nxc6 Nf6 20. Rfd1 Nd5 21. Bxa7 h5 22. Rac1 (22. a5 $5 { a4}) 22... Rh6 23. Rd4 {A threat is - to simplify the position by b4.} Bc3 24. Qxc3 $18 (24. Rxd5 Qxc6 (24... exd5 25. Qxc3 $18) 25. Rc5 Qb7 26. Rxc3 Rg6 27. Rg3 Rxg3 28. hxg3 Qxa7 $16) 24... Nxc3 25. Rxd6 Ne2+ 26. Kf1 Nxc1 27. b4 e5 (27... g5 28. b5 f5 29. b6 Rh7 30. Rxe6 Rd7 31. Re7 Rd1+ 32. Re1 Rxe1+ 33. Kxe1 Nd3+ 34. Kd2 Nc5 35. Ke3 Kf7 36. Kd4 Nb7 37. Kd5 Ke8 38. a5 $18) 28. Rxh6 gxh6 29. b5 Nb3 30. Ke2 Na5 (30... Kf8 31. Kd3 Ke8 32. Kc4 Nd2+ 33. Kd5 Kd7 34. a5 $18) 31. Nxa5 Rxa7 32. b6 Ra6 33. b7 Rb6 34. Kd3 f5 35. h4 (35. Kc4 $18) 35... Kf7 $2 (35... Kg7 36. Kc4 Kf6 37. Kc5 Rb2 38. Kc6 {(threatening c4-b6)} Rb4 39. Kc7 e4 40. g3 f4 41. gxf4 Kf5 42. Nc6 $18) 36. Nc6 1-0

[Event "Presidents Cup "]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.08"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,Ilya"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 Bd6 5. g3 f5 6. Bf4 (6. Bg2 Ne7 7. Bf4 Bxf4 8. gxf4 O-O 9. e3 Nd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nc3 a5 12. O-O-O b5 13. Kb1 a4 (13... Nb6 14. Ne5 a4 15. Ne2 $16) 14. a3 b4 $5 (14... Nb6 15. Na2 Nc4 16. Rhg1 $16) 15. axb4 Ba6 16. Bf1 (16. Nxa4 $16) 16... a3 17. b3 a2+ 18. Ka1 $16 {Gheorghiu,F-Skembris,S/Dubai olm 1986/1-0 (71)}) 6... Bxf4 $1 (6... Nf6 $2 7. Bxd6 $1 (7. Nbd2 $2 O-O $2 (7... Bxf4 8. gxf4 O-O $11) 8. Bxd6 $1 Qxd6 9. Bg2 Ne4 10. O-O Bd7 11. c5 Qc7 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Ne5 Be8 14. Bh3 Qe7 15. f3 exf3 16. exf3 $16 {½-½ Raetsky,A-Kaenel,H/Bad Zurzach op 1995 (32)}) 7... Qxd6 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Nbd2 Ne4 11. Rac1 h6 12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Bd7 16. b4 a6 17. f4 $16 {1-0 Rashkovsky,N-Popov,V/RUS-chT Kazan 1995 (38)}) 7. gxf4 Nf6 8. e3 O-O 9. Nc3 Nbd7 (9... Ne4 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. Ne5 Nd7 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. O-O-O $14 (13. h4 $6 c5 $1 14. dxc5 Qa5+ 15. Qd2 Qxc5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Rc1 Qd6 18. Bc4 Bc6 $132 {Raetsky,A-Apicella,M/Open, Cappelle la Grande FRA 1998/0-1 (67)})) 10. Bd3 Ne4 11. O-O-O b6 12. cxd5 $146 (12. Rhg1 Bb7 13. Rg2 $14 (13. Bxe4 $6 fxe4 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qh4 16. Rg2 $132 (16. cxd5 $6 cxd5 $15 {0-1 Leski,M-Apicella,M/FrTCh, Montpellier FRA 1998 (32)}))) (12. Kb1 $5 Ba6 13. Rc1 Nd6 (13... b5 14. c5 Qa5 $14 (14... b4 $6 15. Bxa6 bxc3 16. bxc3 $16)) 14. Qa4 Qc8 15. Nb5 Nxb5 (15... cxb5 16. cxb5 $16) 16. cxb5 Bxb5 17. Bxb5 cxb5 18. Qxb5 $14) ({RR} 12. Rhg1 Bb7 13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qh4 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Qe2 Rac8 18. Qg4 Qxg4 19. Rxg4 Ba6 20. Kd2 Bd3 21. Rc1 Rc5 22. Rgg1 Rfc8 23. a3 Kf7 24. f3 b5 25. fxe4 dxe4 26. Rg2 a5 {Leski,M (2425)-Apicella,M (2520) France 1998 0-1 (32)}) 12... cxd5 13. Kb1 $132 Bb7 14. Bxe4 $1 (14. Rc1 Rc8 15. h4 Qe7 16. Bxe4 (16. Qe2 Nxc3+ 17. bxc3 Rc7 18. Qb2 Rfc8 $15) 16... dxe4 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Ba6 19. Ka1 Rfd8 $15) 14... fxe4 (14... dxe4 15. Ne5 (15. Ng5 Qe7 16. Qb3 Rae8 17. Rhg1 h6 18. Nh3 Rc8 $11) 15... Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qe8 17. Rd6 Rf7 18. Qb3 $14) 15. Nd2 (15. Ng5 $5 Qe7 16. Rhg1 Rac8 17. Qe2 Rc6 18. f3 h6 19. Nh3 exf3 20. Qxf3 $132) 15... Ba6 16. Ka1 (16. Qa4 Bd3+ 17. Ka1 a5 18. Rc1 Rc8 19. f3 exf3 20. Nxf3 Qe7 21. Rhg1 Rc4 22. Qd1 Bf5 $132) 16... Bd3 17. Qb3 b5 $6 $14 (17... Rc8 18. Rhg1 $132) 18. f3 (18. Nxb5 $4 Rb8 $19) 18... Bc4 (18... exf3 19. Nxf3 Bc4 20. Qc2 Qe7 (20... Nf6 21. b3 b4 22. Na4 Bb5 23. Nc5 Rc8 24. Ng5 Qe7 25. Qd2 Rc6 26. Qxb4 $16) 21. b3 b4 22. Na4 Bb5 23. Ng5 Rf5 24. Nb2 $14) 19. Nxc4 bxc4 20. Qc2 (20. Qa3 exf3 21. Rhf1 $14) 20... exf3 21. Rhf1 Rb8 22. Rxf3 Nf6 23. f5 (23. Rg1 Rf7 24. Rf2 Rfb7 25. Rfg2 Ne8 26. Na4 Qa5 27. Qd1 Rb4 28. Nc5 $14) 23... Qe7 24. e4 (24. fxe6 Qxe6 $11) 24... dxe4 25. Nxe4 exf5 (25... Nd5 26. Qxc4 $14) (25... Nxe4 26. Qxe4 Qd6 27. fxe6 Rxf3 28. Qxf3 Qxe6 29. d5 Qe5 30. Qc3 Qxh2 31. d6 Qf4 32. d7 Rd8 33. Qe1 Qf7 34. Qe5 $14) 26. Qxc4+ Kh8 27. Nc5 (27. Nxf6 Rxf6 28. d5 $14) 27... Qd6 (27... g6 28. d5 $1 Rfc8 29. Rc3 Qe5 30. d6 Ne4 31. d7 Nxc3 32. dxc8=Q+ Rxc8 33. Ne6 $3 $18 Re8 (33... Rxc4 34. Rd8#) 34. Ng5 Qf6 (34... Nxd1 35. Nf7+ $18) 35. Qxc3 $18) 28. Rxf5 (28. h3 Qh2 29. Qc3 Rfe8 30. Rxf5 Re2 $44) 28... Qxh2 29. Nd3 $6 (29. b3 Rbc8 30. Re5 (30. d5 Qd6 $17) 30... Nd7 31. Re7 Nxc5 32. dxc5 Qg3 33. c6 $132) (29. Qc1 $142 Rfe8 30. Rh1 Qd6 31. Qc2 Re7 (31... Qxd4 $2 32. Rxf6 $18) 32. Re5 Rc7 (32... Rxe5 33. dxe5 Qxe5 34. Nd7 Qd5 35. Rd1 Qxd1+ 36. Qxd1 Rd8 37. Qc1 $1 Nxd7 38. Qc7 Re8 39. a4 $16) 33. Qh2 Rc6 (33... Qxd4 34. Ne6 $18) 34. Kb1 $1 $14) 29... Rfc8 30. Rc5 Rd8 (30... Rxc5 31. dxc5 Rd8 32. c6 (32. Rc1 $132) 32... Qd6 $132) 31. b3 (31. Rc1 $132) 31... Qe2 32. Nb2 (32. Rc1 Nd7 33. Ne5 Qxc4 34. R5xc4 Nxe5 35. dxe5 Re8 $11) 32... Qf3 33. d5 Ne4 $6 (33... a5 34. Rxa5 Rbc8 35. Qd3 (35. Rc5 Rxc5 36. Qxc5 Nxd5 $132) 35... Qxd3 36. Nxd3 Rxd5 37. Rxd5 Nxd5 $132) 34. Rc7 Qg2 $14 (34... Qg2 35. Re7 (35. Qd4 Nf2 (35... Nf6 36. Qxa7 $5 (36. Rg1 Qxd5 37. Qxd5 Rxd5 38. Rgxg7 (38. Rxa7 $132) 38... Re8 39. a4 a5 40. Rgf7 Re6 $11) 36... Ra8 37. Qg1 Qxg1 38. Rxg1 g6 $1 $132) 36. Rdc1 $14) 35... Nd6 36. Qc7 Nf5 (36... Rbc8 37. Qxa7 Rc2 38. Ree1 $1 Rdc8 (38... Rxb2 39. Rg1 $18) 39. Qd4 $14) 37. Rd7 Qg5 38. Nc4 Qf6+ 39. Kb1 Rxd7 40. Qxb8+ Rd8 41. Qxa7 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 41st"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2013.08.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,Michal"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2013.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Andreikin,Dmitry Aronian,Levon} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nbd2 g6 {Hardly a good move before White has played e2-e3.} (6... dxc4 {and}) (6... Nd7 {are common continuations.}) ({RR} 6... Nd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. a3 g5 9. h3 ({RR} 9. e3 Bg7) ({RR} 9. e4 g4 10. e5 Qd8 ({RR} 10... Qf5 11. Ng1 ({RR} 11. Nh4 Qf4 12. Nb3 Be7) 11... c5 12. cxd5 cxd4 13. dxe6 Qxe5+ 14. Qe2 fxe6) 11. Ng1 Qb6 12. Nb3 a5 ({RR} 12... c5 13. Bd3 cxd4 14. f4) 13. c5 Qd8 14. Nd2 Rg8) 9... h5 10. cxd5 ({RR} 10. e4 g4 11. e5 Qg7) 10... exd5 11. e4 g4 12. e5 Qg7 13. Nh4 Qg5 14. g3 f6 15. e6 Nb6 16. Rc3 ({RR} 16. Bd3 Bxe6 17. Ng6 Rg8) 16... Bxe6 17. Re3 Kd7 ({RR} 17... Qg8 18. Ng6 Bh6 ({RR} 18... Qxg6 19. Bd3 f5 20. hxg4) 19. Nxh8 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Qxh8 21. hxg4 Qg7 22. g5) 18. Bd3 Re8 ({RR} 18... Nc4 19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. Ne4 Qa5+ 21. Kf1) ({RR} 18... Bd6 19. Rxe6 Kxe6 20. Nf5 Kd7) 19. Ng6 Rg8 ({RR} 19... Nc4 20. h4 Qh6 ({RR} 20... Nxe3 21. Qb3 Qh6 22. Qxb7+ Kd6 23. Nxh8) 21. Nxc4 dxc4 22. d5) 20. Nf4 Bh6 ({RR} 20... Bf7 21. Rxe8 Kxe8 22. hxg4 Qxg4 23. Be2 Qd7 24. Bxh5 Bd6) 21. Bh7 {Aronian,L (2739)-Anand,V (2799) Nice 2008 CBM 123 Extra [Aronian,Levon] 1-0 (50)} {RR} Rg7 22. h4 Qxf4 23. gxf4 Rxh7 24. Nb3) ({RR} 6... Be7 7. Qc2 O-O 8. e3 c5 ({RR} 8... c6 9. h4 Nd7 10. g4) 9. dxc5 Nd7 ({RR} 9... Na6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bxa6 Qxa6 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. b4 Bf6) 10. cxd5 exd5 ({RR} 10... Nxc5 11. dxe6 ({RR} 11. d6 Bxd6 12. Rd1) 11... Bxe6 12. Bc4 Bf5 13. e4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Qg6 15. Bd5 ({RR} 15. Nfd2 Rac8 16. O-O b5 17. Bxf7+ Rxf7 18. Qd3 Bg5) ({RR} 15. O-O Bxe4 16. Qb3 Rad8) 15... Rfd8 16. Bxb7 Qxg2 17. Ke2 ({RR} 17. Rg1 Qxf3 18. Nf6+ Bxf6 19. Bxf3 Bxc2) 17... Bg4 18. Qb3 Rab8 19. Rhg1 Qxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Bxf3+ 21. Kxf3 Rxb7) 11. Nb3 a5 ({RR} 11... b6 12. c6 Nb8 13. Rc1 Bb4+ 14. Nbd2 Bf5 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Nxc6 17. O-O) 12. a4 ({RR} 12. Bd3 a4 13. Nbd4 Nxc5 14. O-O) 12... b6 13. c6 Bb4+ 14. Kd1 Nc5 ({RR} 14... Nb8 15. Nbd4 Bc5 16. Bb5 Bg4 17. h3 Bxf3+ 18. Nxf3 Nxc6 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Ke2) 15. Nbd4 Ne4 ({RR} 15... Bg4 16. Bb5 ({RR} 16. h3 Bxf3+ 17. gxf3 Ne6 18. Qf5 Qh4 19. Bd3 g6 20. Rg1 Ng5) 16... Ne6 17. Kc1 Bc5 18. Qd2 Bb4 19. Qc2 Bc5) 16. Bb5 g5 ({RR} 16... Bg4 17. Kc1 Bh5 18. Bd3 ({RR} 18. Kb1 Bg6 19. Bd3 Nxf2 20. Bxg6 Qxg6 21. Qxg6 fxg6 22. Rc1 Nd3 23. Rd1 Nf2 24. Rc1 Nd3) 18... Nc5 19. Bf5 Bxf3 20. gxf3 g6 21. Bh3 Na6 22. Bf1 ({RR} 22. Kb1 Bc5) 22... Rfc8 23. Bxa6 Rxa6 24. c7 Ra7 25. Nb5 Bd6 26. Nxa7 Rxc7 27. Nc6 Bf8 28. Kb1 Rxc6) 17. h3 h5 ({RR} 17... Ra7 18. Kc1 Rc7 19. Kb1 Rd8 20. Ka2 Bf8 21. Rac1 Bg7) 18. Kc1 Bc5 ({RR} 18... g4 19. hxg4 hxg4 20. Kb1 gxf3 21. gxf3 Ng5 22. Ka2) 19. Kb1 Re8 20. Ka2 Ra7 21. Rad1 {Andreikin,D (2709)-Topalov,V (2785) Khanty-Mansiysk 2014 CBM 160 [Andreikin,Dmitry] 1-0}) 7. Qb3 {White should immediately exploit his development advantage.} (7. g3 {is too slow:} Bg7 8. Qa4+ Nd7 9. Ne5 Qe7 10. f4 O-O 11. Bg2 Nxe5 12. fxe5 c5 $1 $132 {0-1 (29) Labib,I (2432)-Smeets,J (2614) Al-Ain UAE 2012}) 7... dxc4 $146 (7... Qd8 8. cxd5 $5 exd5 9. e4 $40) ({RR} 7... c6 8. e4 Bg7 9. e5 Qe7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O c5 12. dxc5 Nc6 13. Rfe1 Qxc5 14. Rac1 Qa5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Qb5 Qd8 17. e6 fxe6 18. Bxg6 e5 19. Rcd1 Bg4 20. Qxb7 Qf6 21. Be4 Rad8 22. Rc1 {Moradiabadi,E (2549)-Quintiliano Pinto,R (2423) Montevideo 2018 0-1 (32)}) ({RR} 7... c6 8. g3 Bg7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Nd7 11. e4 Qd8 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. exd5 Nb6 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. Qa3 a5 16. Qc5 Bd5 17. Rfd1 Re8 18. b3 Re6 19. Rac1 Qe8 20. Nc4 Bf8 21. Qc7 Rc8 22. Qf4 {Garcia Palermo,C (2410)-Knaak,R (2438) Struga MKD 2023 ½-½ (33)}) 8. Qxc4 Qe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. e4 Bg7 11. e5 O-O 12. Bd3 $14 {We have a position typical of the Moscow Variation but White is clearly ahead in development. In fact, it is not easy for Black to develop his queenside.} b6 13. O-O Rd8 (13... Ba6 $5 14. Qb3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 c5 {may be a decent try} 16. dxc5 $140 Nd7 $1) 14. Qb3 Bb7 15. Be4 Rd7 $6 (15... Qd7 {[%cal Yb8a6] is ugly}) (15... c5 $5 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. dxc5 Nc6 {(K.Landa)} 18. Nc4 Rd5 {, with some counterplay for the pawn, was the best option.}) 16. Rfd1 c5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Qa4 $1 {[%mdl 32] Preventing ...b8-c6.} Rd8 {Black admits his mistake.} (18... Bd5 19. Nb1 $1 {[%cal Yb1c3]}) 19. Nb3 (19. Rxc5 $5 {was probably more energetic:} Bxe4 (19... Na6 20. Rb5) 20. Nxe4 Nd7 21. Rc7 Nb6 22. Rxe7 Nxa4 23. Nd6 Bf8 24. Rb7 $16) 19... Na6 ({In the event of} 19... Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Nd7 21. h4 {Black's position remains difficult.}) 20. Rd6 $1 Bxe4 $6 (20... c4 $142 $1 21. Bxb7 (21. Qxc4 $6 Rac8) 21... Qxb7 22. Qxc4 (22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Qxc4 Rd5 $14) 22... Rxd6 23. exd6 Rd8 24. Na5 Qxb2 25. Rf1 Nb8 {, and Black holds on}) 21. Qxe4 Rxd6 22. exd6 {[%csl Gd6] This pawn decides the game.} Qf8 23. Qb7 $1 Nb4 24. d7 Nd3 25. Rd1 c4 (25... Rd8 {was the last possibility to put up resistance but Black should lose anyway:} 26. Qc7 $1 (26. Rxd3 $143 c4 27. Rd2 cxb3 28. Qxb3 Qc5) 26... Nxb2 (26... c4 27. Na5) 27. Rb1 $1 {(K.Landa)} Nd3 (27... Nc4 28. Nxc5 Nb6 29. Rxb6 axb6 30. Nb7 Bf6 31. Nxd8 Bxd8 32. Qb8) 28. Na5 Bf6 29. Nc6 Ra8 30. Nd2 {[%cal Yd2e4]}) 26. Na5 {[%cal Ra5c4,Ra5c6]} Rd8 (26... Nxb2 27. Qxa8) 27. Nc6 Qc5 28. Nxd8 Qxf2+ 29. Kh1 Bd4 30. h3 Qe3 31. Nxf7 Bb6 32. N7e5 Nf2+ 33. Kh2 Nxd1 (33... Nxd1 34. d8=Q+ Bxd8 35. Qf7+ Kh8 36. Nxg6#) 1-0

[Event "Groningen Festival"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1998.12.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Asrian, Karen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,Ilya"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1998.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 16]} 1. d4 {Illingworth,Max} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 c5 5. cxd5 ({RR} 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4 Ba7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Rd1 Rd8 12. Be2 d4 13. exd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. O-O e5 16. Na4) 5... exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 ({RR} 6... Nbd7 7. Nc3 a6 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 b5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Bb2 Bb7) ({RR} 6... Nc6 7. O-O Bd6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Bg4 11. Bxc6 ({RR} 11. h3 Bh5) 11... bxc6 12. Nbd2 Rc8 13. Qc2 Nd7 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Qxc5 Nd3 16. Qd4 Nxb2 17. Qxg4 c5) 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. dxc5 Nxc5 ({RR} 8... Bxc5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Nb6 11. b3) 9. O-O Be7 (9... Bd6 10. b3 (10. Bd2 O-O 11. Bc3 Nfe4 12. Bd4 Ne6 13. Nc3 Qa5 (13... Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Qb6 16. Rac1 $14) 14. Ne2 Rac8 15. Qb3 Rc4 16. a3 Qa6 $11 {1-0 Malaniuk,V-Zelcic,R/Nova Gorica 1997/EXP 56/(36)}) (10. Nc3 a6 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Rc1 Re8 14. Qd4 Ne6 15. Qd3 Qa5 16. Rfd1 $14 (16. a3 d4 17. Ne2 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Nc5 19. Qd1 Nce4 (19... dxe3 20. Qxd6 exf2+ 21. Kf1 $14) 20. b4 Qh5 21. Nf4 Qh6 22. Qxd4 Bxf4 23. exf4 Qxf4 $132 {0-1 Eingorn,V-Agzamov,G/USSR 1983/Inf 35 (57)})) ({RR} 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2) 10... O-O 11. Bb2 Nce4 12. Nc3 Rc8 13. Rc1 Bb4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. Ng5 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Rd2 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nxe4 Rxa2 20. Nxf6+ Kg7 21. Nh5+ Kh6 22. g4 $14 {½-½ Kharitonov,A-Asrian,K/Smolensk RUS 1997 (37)}) (9... Nce4 10. Bd2 Bc5 11. Bc3 O-O 12. Bd4 Rc8 13. Nbd2 Bxd4 14. Nxd4 Qb6 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qb3 Qxb3 17. axb3 a6 18. Rfc1 Nd5 $11 {1-0 Rashkovsky,N-Loginov,A/Moscow op2 1995/EXP 50 (41)}) ({RR} 9... Bd6 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Bc3 Nfe4 12. Bd4 Rc8 13. Nc3 Ne6) 10. Nc3 (10. Bd2 O-O 11. Bc3 ({RR} 11. Bb4 Nce4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7) 11... Nfe4 (11... Rc8 12. Bd4 Nfe4 13. Nc3 Ne6 14. Be5 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 h6 16. h3 $14 {1-0 Malaniuk,V-Caposciutti,M/Forli 1992 (59)}) 12. Bd4 Ne6 ({RR} 12... Rc8 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Ne4) 13. Nc3 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxc3 (14... Bf6 15. Qb3 Nd2) 15. bxc3 Qa5 16. Qb3 Rab8 $11 {1-0 Eingorn,V-Polaczek,R/Stockholm 1989/Inf 49/ (70)}) (10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Qd7 12. Nc3 Rad8 13. Rc1 Rfe8 14. Ne2 Nfe4 15. Nf4 a6 16. Rc2 Bf8 17. Qa1 Qf5 18. Rfc1 $14 {½-½ Hellsten,J-Hall,J/ch-SWE, Ronneby SWE 1998 (25)}) ({RR} 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Bc3 Nfe4 12. Bd4 Ne6 13. Nc3 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qd7 16. Qb3 Rac8 17. Rfd1 Rc5 18. Rd3) 10... O-O 11. b3 Nce4 (11... Rc8 12. Bb2 Nce4 (12... Qd7 13. Rc1 Rfd8 14. Qe2 Nfe4 15. Rfd1 $14 {1-0 Urday,H-Vasquez,R/Palma de Mallorca 1991 (36)}) (12... Nfe4 13. Ne2 Qa5 14. a3 Rfd8 {½-½ Cvitan,O-Schmittdiel,E/Liechtenstein ,EXT 1994 (14)}) 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qxd8 Rfxd8 15. Nd4 g6 16. Rac1 Nd5 17. Rfd1 $11 {½-½ Legky,N-Rodriguez,A/Aosta ,EXT 1990 (21)}) ({RR} 11... Qa5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Rfd8 14. Qc4 b5 15. Qc2 Rac8 16. Qb1) ({RR} 11... Rc8 12. Bb2 Re8 13. Ne2 Qa5 14. a3 Qb5 15. Nfd4 Qd7 16. Rc1 Bd6 17. Nf4 Bxf4 ({RR} 17... Be5) 18. exf4) 12. Ne2 $11 (12. Bb2 Rc8 (12... Qa5 13. Qd3 {½-½ Savon,V-Volzhin,A/Zepter Open, Minsk BLR 1998 (13)}) ({RR} 12... Rc8) 13. Ne2 (13. Qd3 Qa5 14. Rfc1 Bb4 $11) 13... Qa5 14. a3 Rfd8 15. Nfd4 Qa6 16. Nf4 Bf8 17. Qd3 Qxd3 18. Nxd3 Nc5 19. Rfd1 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 Ne4 21. f3 Nc5 22. Rc3 Ne6 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. b4 g6 $11 {½-½ Hebden,M-Magomedov,M/Dhaka 1995/CBM 48/ (41)}) ({RR} 12. Bb2 Qa5) 12... Qa5 ({RR} 12... Rc8 13. Bb2 Re8 14. Rc1 Qa5 15. a4 Bb4 16. h3) 13. Bb2 {In openings like this - with pawn structure with isolated  - enouph to change 2 pars of  - and it will be drawn position.} Ba3 $1 ({RR} 13... Rfe8 14. Nfd4 Bd6 15. f3 Nc5 16. Nf5 Be5 17. Ned4) ({RR} 13... Rac8 14. Nfd4 Ba3 15. Bxa3 Qxa3 16. f3 Ng5 17. Qd2 Ne6 18. Rac1 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 a6 20. Rc3 Rxc3 21. Qxc3) ({RR} 13... Rfe8 14. h3 Bf8 15. Nfd4 Rac8 16. a3 Qa6 17. Nf4 g6 18. Qd3 Qxd3 19. Nxd3 Bg7 20. Rac1 Nd7 21. Nf4 Nb6 22. Rfd1 Nc5 23. Rb1 Ne4 24. Rbc1 Nc5 25. Rb1 Ne4 26. Kf1 a5 27. a4 h5 28. Nfe2 {Chen,J (2380)-Tsay,V (2305) Washington DC USA 2026 ½-½ (76)}) 14. Bxa3 (14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Qd3 Rac8 16. Rad1 Rc5 $15) 14... Qxa3 15. Qc1 (15. Nfd4 Rfe8 16. f3 Ng5 17. Qd2 $11) ({RR} 15. Nf4 Nc3 16. Qd2 Rfc8 17. Nd4) 15... Qb4 $146 (15... Qe7 $11) ({RR} 15... Qxc1 16. Raxc1 Rfc8 17. Nfd4 Nd6 18. f3 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Rd1 h5 21. Kf2 Kf8 22. Rd2 Ke7 23. Rd1 g6 24. Nf4 a5 25. a4 Rc3 26. Nfe2 Rc5 27. Ke1 Kd7 28. Rd3 Ke7 29. Nc3 Nc8 30. Nde2 {Vitier Vazquez,C (2395)-Ochoa de la Rosa,M (2387) Santa Clara CUB 2024 1-0 (51)}) ({RR} 15... Qa6 16. Qb2 Rac8 17. Nfd4 Rc7 ({RR} 17... Nc5 18. Rad1 g6 ({RR} 18... Nd3 19. Qd2) 19. Nf4) 18. Rac1 ({RR} 18. f3 Nc5 19. Qd2) ({RR} 18. a4) 18... Rfc8 ({RR} 18... Nc5 19. Qa1 Rfc8 20. h3 Nd3 21. Rxc7 Rxc7 22. Rd1) 19. a4 ({RR} 19. Rxc7 Rxc7 20. Rc1 Qb6 21. Rxc7 Qxc7 22. f3 Nd6 23. Nf4) 19... Qb6 20. Nb5 ({RR} 20. Rxc7 Rxc7 21. Rc1 Ng4) 20... Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 22. Qxc1 g6 23. f3 Nc5 24. Qc3 a6 25. Nbd4 Qd6 ({RR} 25... Qc7 26. Nf5 gxf5 27. Qxf6 Qa5) 26. h4 ({RR} 26. Nf4) 26... b6 27. g3 ({RR} 27. Nf4 a5 28. g4) 27... a5 28. Nb5 Qe7 29. Nf4 h6 30. Nd4 {Aronian,L (2780)-Caruana,F (2805) Stavanger 2015 CBM 167 [Illingworth,Max] 1-0 (60)}) ({RR} 15... Qxc1 16. Raxc1 Rac8 17. Nfd4) ({RR} 15... Qd6 16. Qb2 Rac8 17. h3 ({RR} 17. Nf4) 17... Rc5 18. Rac1 Rfc8 19. Nfd4 Qd7 ({RR} 19... g6) 20. Rxc5 Rxc5 21. Rc1 Qc8 22. Rxc5 Qxc5 23. f3 Nd6 24. Kf2) 16. Qb2 a5 $6 (16... Rac8 17. Ned4 Qc3 18. Qxc3 Rxc3 19. Rac1 Rfc8 20. Rxc3 Rxc3 $11) 17. a3 (17. Ned4 a4 (17... Rfc8 18. Rac1 $14) 18. a3 Qb6 19. b4 Rac8 20. Rac1 $14) 17... Qb6 18. h3 (18. Ned4 Rfc8 19. Rac1 $14) 18... Rfc8 19. Nfd4 a4 20. Rfb1 $6 $11 (20. b4 Nd6 21. Rfc1 Nc4 22. Qa2 Qa6 (22... Ne4 23. Rc2 Qf6 24. Nf4 $16) 23. Nc3 Qd6 24. Rc2 $14) 20... axb3 21. Qxb3 Qxb3 22. Rxb3 Nd6 (22... Nc5 $11) 23. Rb6 Ra6 24. Rxa6 bxa6 25. Rb1 Nc4 (25... a5 26. Nf4 g5 27. Nfe2 Nc4 28. Rb5 Nxa3 29. Rxa5 Nc4 $11) 26. Rb7 g6 27. Ra7 a5 28. Nb5 Ne4 29. Ned4 h5 30. g3 $11 (30. Nb3 Nxa3 $1 31. Nxa3 Rc3 32. Nxa5 Rxa3 33. Nc6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1996.12.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,Ilya"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1996.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ c6 (4... Nd7 5. e4 c5 6. Bxc4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qb6 $5 8. Nb3 Bd6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Nc3 a6 11. Rc1 {White is slightly better, Piket,J-Lautier,J/Match, Monaco 1996}) 5. Qxc4 Nf6 6. Bg5 $146 (6. g3 Nbd7 (6... a6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. Nc3 b5 9. Qb3 O-O 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. a4 Qc7 14. Bf4 Qb6 15. a5 Qa7 16. Bh3 c5 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. d5 c4 19. Qc2 Bxd5 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Rxd5 Nf6 22. Be3 $14 {0-1 Nemeth,M-Kiss,F/Budapest FS02 IMW 1994 (34)}) 7. Bg2 e5 $6 8. dxe5 Nxe5 $4 9. Nxe5 Qa5+ 10. Nc3 Qxe5 11. Bxc6+ Bd7 12. Bxb7 (12. Bf4 $18) 12... Rd8 13. Bf4 Qf5 14. Bc7 Bc5 15. O-O O-O 16. Bxd8 {1-0 Ilivitsky G-Aronin L/Ch URS, Moscow 1952 (21)}) 6... Be7 7. e3 (7. Nc3 $5) 7... O-O 8. Be2 Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. O-O e5 {After this standard continuation the play is approximately even} 11. Ne4 $146 (11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Ne4 exd4 (12... Be7 13. Rfd1 Nb6 14. Qc2 f5 15. Ned2 e4 16. Nc4 Qb4 17. Nxb6 (17. a3 Qa4 18. b3 Qb5 19. Nxb6 Qxb6 20. Bc4+ Kh8 21. Ne5 Qc7 22. Nf7+ Kg8 23. Ne5+ $11)) 13. Nxd4 (13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Nxd4 Qb6 15. Qc2 Re8 16. Rfd1 Bg4 $11) 13... Be5 14. Rfd1 $11) (11. Rfd1 exd4 12. Qxd4 Rd8 13. Rac1 (13. e4 $6 Nc5 14. b4 (14. Qe3 Ne6 15. Rxd8+ Bxd8 16. Rd1 Bb6 17. Qd2 Nxg5 18. Nxg5 Bg4 $17) (14. Qe5 Be6 15. Nd4 Bd6 $6 (15... Nfd7 16. Qg3 Bxg5 17. Qxg5 Qb6 18. Rd2 h6 19. Qh4 Ne5 20. Rad1 Ng6 21. Qg3 Bxa2 $1 22. Bh5 (22. Nxa2 Nxe4 23. Qe3 Nxd2 24. Rxd2 c5 25. Nf3 (25. Nb5 Rxd2 26. Qxd2 Rd8 27. Qc2 Nf4 28. Bf1 a6 29. Nbc3 Qe6 $17 (29... Qd6 30. Ne4 Qg6 (30... Qd1 31. Qxd1 Rxd1 32. Nac3 $14) 31. f3 $15))) 22... Kh7 23. e5 (23. b4 $6 Nb3 $17) (23. Nxa2 $2 Nxe4 24. Bxg6+ fxg6 25. Qf4 Nxd2 26. Rxd2 c5 27. Nf3 Qxb2 $19) 23... Bc4 $15) 16. Nxc6 Qc7 (16... Bxe5 17. Nxa5 Rxd1+ 18. Nxd1 Nfxe4 19. Be3 $11) 17. Rxd6 Rxd6 18. Nb5 Qxc6 19. Nxd6 Nfxe4 20. Nxe4 Qxe4 21. Qxe4 Nxe4 22. Be3 $14) 14... Rxd4 15. bxa5 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 h6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. e5 Be7 19. Nd4 Ne6 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21. Rb1 Rb8 22. Bf3 Bg5 $17) 13... Nc5 14. Qh4 Be6 15. Nd4 (15. b4 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Qa3 17. bxc5 Qxc3 18. Bd3 h6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qe4 g6 $17) 15... h6 16. Nxe6 Nxe6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 $11) ({RR} 11. a3 exd4 12. Qxd4 h6 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. Na4 Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Nc5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Rfd1 Bg4 18. Bxg4 Nxg4 19. Nb3 Bb6 20. Rd7 Rfd8 21. Rxb7 Rd3 22. Nd4 Rd2 23. Rf1 Rxb2 24. Nxc6 Nxf2 25. Ne7+ Kh7 {Ikonnikov,V (2559)-Trabert,B (2270) Germany 2001 ½-½ (33)}) 11... exd4 (11... Nxe4 12. Bxe7 Re8 13. Bb4 Qb6 14. Rad1 {White's position is preferable}) 12. Qxd4 Qb6 13. Rfd1 Re8 (13... h6 14. Bh4 c5 15. Qd3 Rd8 16. Qc2 g5 17. Bxg5 hxg5 18. Nexg5 {[%cal Ge2c4]} Rf8 19. Bc4 {[%cal Gc2g6]} Kg7 20. Bxf7 $1 Rxf7 21. Rxd7 $3 Bxd7 22. Ne5 Be6 (22... Kf8 23. Ngxf7 $1 (23. Qg6 $2 Rg7 $1 (23... Be6 24. Nexf7 $16) 24. Nxd7+ Kg8 (24... Nxd7 25. Ne6+ $18) 25. Qxg7+ (25. Nxb6 Rxg6 26. Nxa8 Rxg5 $15) 25... Kxg7 26. Nxb6 axb6 $15) 23... Qe6 24. Qg6 Ng4 (24... Ba4 25. b3 Bb5 26. Rd1 $18) 25. Nxd7+ Qxd7 26. Ng5 Bxg5 $8 27. Qxg5 {[%csl Rg4][%cal Gh2h3]} Re8 28. Qxc5+ $16) 23. Qg6+ Kf8 24. Nexf7 $16) 14. Rac1 (14. Qxb6 axb6 15. Nd6 Bxd6 16. Rxd6 Ne4 17. Rdd1 Nxg5 18. Nxg5 Ne5 $11) 14... h6 15. Bh4 Qxd4 (15... Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Qxb2 17. Bd3 $1 (17. Bxe7 Qxe2) (17. Rc2 Qb4) 17... Kf8 18. Bxe7+ Rxe7 19. Qh7 $16 {[%csl Rf8]}) 16. Rxd4 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 Kf8 (17... g5 18. Bg3 Nf6 19. Rd4 Be6 20. a3 Rad8 $11) 18. a3 Nf6 19. Re5 g5 20. Bg3 Nh5 21. Nd4 Nxg3 22. hxg3 Rd8 {Black equalized} 23. g4 Bf6 (23... c5 $5 24. Nf5 $1 (24. Rexc5 Bxc5 25. Rxc5 b6 $6 (25... Kg7 26. Bf3 Kf6 27. Kh2 a5 28. Rc7 (28. Kg3) 28... Rd7 29. Rc5 a4 $15) 26. Rc7 Bd7 27. Bf3 Rac8 28. Rxa7 Rc1+ 29. Kh2 $14) 24... Bf6 (24... Bxf5 25. Rxf5 Rd2 26. Bc4 f6 27. b3 Rad8 28. e4 $11) 25. Rexc5 Bxb2 26. R1c2 Bxa3 27. Rc7 Rb8 28. Ra2 Bxf5 29. Rxa3 Rd7 30. Rc5 Be6 31. Rxa7 Kg7 32. f3 b6 33. Rxd7 bxc5 34. Rc7 Rc8 (34... Rb2 35. Ba6 (35. Kf1 c4 36. Ke1 Kf6 37. Kd1 Ke5 38. Bxc4 Kd6 39. Bxe6 Kxc7 40. Bxf7 Rxg2 $11) 35... c4 36. Bc8 Bxc8 37. Rxc8 Rc2 38. Rc6 $11) 35. Rxc8 Bxc8 36. Kf2 Kf6 37. e4 Ke5 38. Ke3 Be6 39. g3 f6 40. f4+ Kd6 41. Kd3 Kc6 42. Kc3 Kb6 43. Bd1 Kb5 44. Be2+ c4 45. Bf1 Kc5 46. Be2 $11) 24. Re4 Rd6 25. Rc2 a5 26. Nf5 Bxf5 27. gxf5 Rad8 28. Rec4 Rd2 29. b3 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,Michal"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Nc3 a6 7. g3 $146 {[%mdl 8] A novelty in this well-known position!} (7. e4 {is the main line but Black is apparently OK after} b5 $1 {or else:} (7... Rb8 8. Qxc4 (8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxc4 c5 10. e5 Qf4 11. d5 Qxc4 12. Bxc4 Nb6 13. Nd2 Nxc4 14. Nxc4 b5 15. Ne3 Be7 16. d6 Bd8 $13 {1/2 Damaso,R (2440)-Korneev,O (2560)/Leon 1998/EXT 1999 (33)}) 8... b5 9. Qd3 Bb7 10. e5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Nxg5 hxg5 13. Bxg5 {0-1 Radulescu,M-Bondoc,D/Bucharest 1965/EXT 2008 (40)} Rg8 $1 14. h4 b4 15. Na4 Rxg5 16. hxg5 Ne4 $132) (7... Be7 8. Bxc4 (8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. e5 Be7 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. Qc2 c5 12. d5 $2 Nb6 13. d6 Nxc4 14. dxe7 Qxe7 15. Ne4 b5 16. Nfg5 f5 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Nf3 Bb7 $17 {1-0 Namgilov,S-Meszaros,G/Budapest 1990/EXT 2000 (39)}) 8... O-O (8... Rb8 9. Qc2 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Rd1 c5 12. dxc5 Qa5 13. O-O Nxc5 $13 {0-1 Damljanovic,B (2587)-Adla,D (2494)/Zaragoza 2003/EXT 2004 (57)}) 9. Qc2 c5 (9... h6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. e5 Nd5 12. Qe4 Bb4 13. Rc1 c5 14. O-O Bxc3 15. bxc3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Bd7 17. Bd3 g6 18. Qg4 Kg7 $11 {[%cal Yd7b5] 1/2 Zhao Jun (2566)-Xu Jun (2534)/Jiangsu Wuxi CHN 2008/The Week in Chess 736 (36)}) 10. dxc5 Qc7 11. b4 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rfe1 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Be3 bxc5 16. b5 axb5 {1/2 Hort,V (2540)-Lau,R (2485)/Bad Neuenahr 1991/CBM 024}) (7... h6 $143 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Bxc4 Rb8 10. Be2 b5 11. Qc2 c5 12. d5 Bd6 13. O-O Qc7 14. a4 b4 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Nb1 Ne5 17. Nbd2 O-O 18. Kh1 Bb7 19. Nc4 Nxf3 20. Bxf3 Be5 21. Bg4 $14 {1/2 Sapis,W (2375)-Hnydiuk,A (2355)/Ksiaz 1998/CBM 063 ext (27)}) 8. Nxb5 axb5 (8... Rb8 9. Nc3 Rxb2 10. Ne5 Bb7 $2 (10... h6 11. Bc1 (11. Nc6 Nb6 $1 12. Nxd8+ Nxa4 13. Nxa4 Rb4 $17) 11... Rb4 12. Qc2 c5 $5) (10... c5 11. d5 Rb4 $1 12. Qc6 Rb6 $11 {J.Speelman}) 11. Nxc4 Rb4 12. Qc2 Ba8 13. e5 h6 14. Bd2 Nd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Nd6+ $1 Bxd6 17. exd6 Rb7 18. Ba5 Qa8 19. dxc7 O-O 20. h4 Rc8 21. Rh3 Qa7 22. Rc1 $1 Qxd4 23. Qc3 $16 {1-0 Speelman,J (2605)-Muir,A (2340)/England 1994/CBM 040/[Speelman,J] (44)}) 9. Qxa8 Bb4+ 10. Kd1 Nb6 11. Qa7 $6 (11. Qc6+ Bd7 12. Qb7 Bc8 $11) 11... e5 $1 12. Kc2 exd4 13. Rd1 d3+ 14. Bxd3 cxd3+ 15. Rxd3 Qe7 16. a3 O-O 17. axb4 Qxe4 $36 {1-0 Arbakov,V (2400)-Ivanov,A (2470)/Simferopol 1989/EXT 1997 (38)}) ({The other moves (and therefore the whole line) are equally harmless:} 7. Qxc4 b5 (7... c5 $5) 8. Qb3 (8. Qc6 $6 Ra7 9. Ne5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. Qc5 Qa8 13. e3 Be7 14. Qh5 b4 15. Ne2 O-O $15 {0-1 Markmann,U-Buecker,P (2285)/Germany 1984/EXT 2001 (30)}) 8... c5 9. e3 (9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Qd1 Bb7 11. Qxd8+ Rxd8 12. Rc1 h6 13. Be3 Nce4 14. Nd2 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Ba3 $17 {0-1 Khmelnitski,A (2486)-Ivanov,A (2312)/St Petersburg 2005/CBM 108 ext (64)}) 9... Bb7 10. Be2 cxd4 11. exd4 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Ne5 Nb6 14. Rfd1 Nfd5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Bf3 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Rac8 18. Qd3 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 h6 $15 {0-1 Pyda,Z (2405)-Volzhin,A (2530)/Wisla 1998/EXT 2000 (63)}) (7. Bxf6 gxf6 (7... Qxf6 8. Qxc4 c5 9. Ne4 Qf4 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Ned2 Qxc4 12. Nxc4 b5 $15 {1/2 Arnold,F (2355)-Peredy,F (2235)/Budapest 1995/CBM 050 ext (38)}) 8. O-O-O Rb8 9. Qxc4 b5 10. Qd3 Bh6+ 11. e3 Bb7 12. d5 Qe7 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Qd4 Bg7 15. Qh4 f5 16. Qxe7+ Kxe7 $15 {0-1 Goldin,A (2530)-Gelfand,B (2585)/Klaipeda 1988/CBM 011 (32)}) (7. e3 Rb8 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Qxc4 b5 10. Qd3 Bb7 11. Rd1 c5 12. d5 c4 13. Qc2 Bb4 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Be2 Qa5 {1/2 Csom,I (2460)-Schlosser,P (2485)/Budapest 1991/CBM 027}) ({RR} 7. e4 b5 8. Nxb5 Rb8 9. Nc3 Rxb2 10. Ne5 c5 11. Nc6 Qb6 12. d5 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Rb1+ 14. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 15. Kd2 Qxe4 16. Qxc4 Qxc4 17. Bxc4 Nb6 18. Be2 Nxd5 19. Na7 Be7 20. Bxe7 Kxe7 21. Rb1 Kd6 {Zhou,W (2592)-Yu,Y (2652) Tianjin 2011 ½-½ (31)}) ({RR} 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. e4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Rd1 Rg8 11. g3 f5 12. d5 Qe7 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15. O-O f4 16. a4 b4 17. Ne2 fxg3 18. hxg3 Qc5 19. Rd4 Nb6 20. a5 Qxa5 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 {Wirig,A (2414)-Laignel,Q (2227) Cappelle la Grande FRA 2026 1-0 (46)}) 7... b5 $1 {A typical pawn sacrifice.} (7... c5 8. Bg2 {[%cal Gg2a8]}) 8. Nxb5 Rb8 9. Na7 $146 {[%csl Ra7] Directly to hell!} (9. Na3 Rxb2 (9... Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Nxd2 Bb7 12. f3 O-O 13. Naxc4 Nb6 14. Nxb6 cxb6 15. e4 {Black gets a development advantage for his sacrificed pawn but he has yet to prove it is a sufficient compensation.}) 10. Nxc4 Rb4 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. Bg2 Be7 13. O-O Be4 14. Qc1 O-O 15. Bd2 Rb7 {and Black should gradually equalize.}) ({RR} 9. Nc3 Rxb2 10. Rb1 Bb4 11. Rxb2 Bxc3+ 12. Rd2 h6 13. Be3 Bb7 14. Qxc4 Ne4 15. Bg2 Bxd2+ 16. Bxd2 Nxd2 17. Kxd2 O-O 18. Rc1 c5 19. Ke1 Qa5+ 20. Qc3 Qxc3+ 21. Rxc3 cxd4 22. Rc7 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 Nf6 {Nguyen,V (2401)-Fernandez,D (2482) Budapest 2019 ½-½}) 9... Rb4 $1 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Qa5 Bb7 {[%cal Rd8b8,Rd8a8] The a7-knight is lost, and White starts a desperate attack. Black makes several inaccuracies, and the attack becomes quite dangerous.} 12. Bh3 Qb8 (12... Qa8 $142 13. Qh5 Ke7 14. d5 Bxd5 $19) 13. Qh5 Ke7 (13... Rb6 $142 $19) 14. d5 Qxa7 $2 (14... Bxd5 $1 15. Qxd5 exd5 16. Nc6+ Kd6 17. Nxb8 Rxb8 {[%cal Yd7e5] keeping a healthy extra pawn (M.Notkin).}) 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Bxe6 $1 Kxe6 17. Qe8+ Be7 18. Qxh8 Nf8 19. Qg8+ Kd7 20. O-O-O+ $2 {[%mdl 16384] White misses his chance. His king will be unsafe here.} (20. Qg4+ $1 Ke8 21. Qh5+ Ng6 22. Qxh7 $13) (20. Rd1+ $143 Ke8 21. Nd4 {M.Notkin} Bc8) 20... Ke8 21. Qg4 (21. Nd4 c3 $1 {and Black's attack comes first! The same happens after the text move.}) 21... Qc5 22. a3 Rxb2 $1 23. Kxb2 Qxa3+ 24. Kb1 Qb3+ 25. Ka1 c3 0-1

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 34th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1997.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Tsesarsky} Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 a6 5. Nbd2 (5. b3 {Tsesarsky} c5 6. cxd5 (6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Bb2 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 b6 10. Rc1 cxd4 11. exd4 Bf4 12. Ra1 Bb7 13. Qe2 Re8 $11 {1-0 Bezgodov,A-Ivanov,S/ch-RUS KO, Elista RUS 1997 (33)}) 6... Nxd5 (6... Qxd5 7. Nc3 Qd8 8. Bd3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 e5 $11 {Vospernik,Z-Orel,O/Portoroz op 1994/1-0 (55)}) 7. a3 (7. e4 $5) 7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Be7 $11 {0-1 Fominyh,A-Morozevich,A/RUS-ch m1-2 1997 (52)}) 5... c5 6. dxc5 (6. cxd5 exd5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 (8. Nb3 Bd6 9. h3 O-O 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. O-O Ne4 12. Bd2 Qf6 13. Nbd4 Re8 14. Bc3 Qh6 15. Re1 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Re6 17. Kf1 Rg6 18. Be5 Bxh3 19. gxh3 Qxh3+ 20. Ke2 Bxe5 {0-1 Bunzmann,D-Krivoshey,S/Meisdorf op 1996 (32)}) 8... Nc6 9. b4 Ba7 10. Nb3 O-O 11. Bb2 Bg4 12. Be2 Qe7 13. O-O Rac8 14. Nbd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bd7 16. Bd3 Qe5 17. Qe2 Bb8 18. g3 Qe7 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Bxf5 {0-1 Rashkovsky,N-Rabiega,R/Berliner Sommer 1996 (34)}) (6. b3 cxd4 (6... Nc6 {Tsesarsky} 7. Bb2 Be7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 Bf8 11. Bf1 cxd4 12. exd4 b6 13. Ne5 Bb7 $11 {Tibensky,R-Certek,P/Pila 1992/1-0 (55)}) 7. exd4 Nc6 8. Bb2 g6 9. Be2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne5 Nd7 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Nf3 Qa5 14. Qc2 Bb7 15. Rfd1 Rfc8 16. Bc3 Qc7 17. Qd2 Nf6 18. Ba5 Ne4 19. Bxc7 Nxd2 20. Bb6 Nxf3+ 21. Bxf3 Bh6 {½-½ Polugaevsky,L-Kortschnoj,V/Antwerpen 1993}) 6... Bxc5 7. a3 (7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 Qe7 9. a3 Nc6 10. Qc2 Rd8 11. Bd3 d4 12. exd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Bxd4 Rxd4 15. Nf3 Rd6 16. O-O b6 17. Rfd1 Bb7 18. Ne5 g6 19. b4 Rad8 {½-½ Malaniuk,V-Ivanchuk,V/Yalta super 1995 (30)}) 7... dxc4 (7... O-O 8. b4 Bd6 9. Bb2 b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O $11) 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Be2 (9. Ba2 Bb7 10. O-O O-O 11. b4 Bd6 12. Bb2 Nbd7 $11) 9... O-O 10. b4 Bd6 (10... Bb6 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. O-O Nbd7 $11) 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. O-O (12. Nb3 {Tsesarsky} Ne4 13. Na5 Bd5 14. Rc1 Bc7 $15) 12... Nbd7 (12... Nc6 $6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Qc2 $14) 13. Rc1 Qe7 (13... Rc8 {Tsesarsky} 14. Rxc8 Qxc8 15. Qb3 $11) 14. Bd3 $146 ({RR} 14. Nd4 Rac8 15. Rxc8 Rxc8 16. Qb1 Nb6 {½-½ (16) Kosic,D (2512)-Predojevic,B (2652) Banja Vrucica 2009}) ({RR} 14. Nb3 Bd5 15. Na5 Rfc8 16. Nd4 Ne4 17. g3 {0-1 (17) Mithil,A (2222)-Harsha,B (2443) Hanoi 2018}) 14... h6 (14... e5 15. Nh4 (15. Ng5 Rac8 16. Nge4 $11) 15... g6 16. Qe2 $11) 15. Qc2 (15. Qe2 {Tsesarsky} Rac8 $11) 15... Rac8 (15... e5 $6 16. Nh4 $1) 16. Qb1 Nb6 17. Bd4 (17. Be5 $11 {Tsesarsky}) 17... Nfd7 $1 (17... Na4 18. Qa1 $14) 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Be4 Bxe4 (19... Nd5 {Tsesarsky} 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Rc1 $11) 20. Qxe4 (20. Nxe4 Bb8 21. Rfd1 Nc4 22. Nc5 $11) (20. Nxe4 $11 {Tsesarsky}) 20... e5 $1 21. Bxb6 $6 (21. Bb2 $1 f5 (21... Nf6 {Tsesarsky} 22. Qf5 g6 23. Qh3 Kg7 24. Rfd1 $11) 22. Qb7 e4 (22... Ra8 23. Rfd1 Rfb8 24. Qc6 Rc8 $11) 23. Nd4 Qe5 (23... Ra8 24. Rfd1 Rfb8 25. Qc6 Rc8 (25... Ne5 26. Nxf5 Nxc6 27. Nxe7 Nxe7 28. Nxe4 Nc4 29. Rxc4 Bxh2+ 30. Kxh2 bxc4 31. Rd7 Nf5 32. g4 Re8 33. gxf5 Rxe4 34. Rxg7 $18) 26. Nxf5 $1 Rxc6 27. Nxe7 $1 (27. Rxc6 $2 Qe6 28. Nxd6 (28. Nxg7 Bxh2+ 29. Kxh2 Qxc6 $19) 28... Qd5 29. Rxb6 Nxb6 30. N6xe4 Qd3 $19) 27... Rxc1 28. Ng6+ Kh7 29. Rxc1 $18) 24. g3 Ra8 $13) 21... Nxb6 22. Rc6 (22. Nh4 $6 g6 $15) (22. Qb1 Rfd8 $15) (22. Qf5 {Tsesarsky} g6 (22... Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rd8 24. Ne4 Nc4 (24... Bb8 25. h4 Nc4 26. Nfg5 hxg5 27. Nxg5 g6 28. Qxf7 Bd6 29. Qxg6 $16) 25. h4 f6 $2 26. h5 Kg8 (26... Nxa3 $2 27. Nh4 $18 Qe8 (27... Kg8 28. Qg6 Qf7 29. Nxd6 $18) 28. Ng6+ Kg8 29. Nxd6 Rxd6 30. Rc8 Rd8 31. Qe6+ $1 $18) 27. Nh4 $16) 23. Qh3 Kg7 24. Ne4 f5 25. Nxd6 Qxd6 $15) 22... f5 23. Nh4 $4 {Serious mistake, since white pieces are clearly uncoordinated. Eine schwere Fehler, weisse Steine sind ausgesprochen unkoordiniert.} (23. Qc2 Qd7 (23... e4 {Tsesarsky} 24. Nd4 Qe5 25. g3 Qd5 $15) 24. Rxc8 (24. Rc1 {Tsesarsky} Rxc6 25. Qxc6 Rc8 $19) 24... Rxc8 25. Qb3 e4 26. Nd4 Be5 $17) 23... Qd7 $1 (23... fxe4 $2 24. Ng6+ Kh7 25. Nxe7 Bxe7 26. Rxb6 $16) 24. Ng6+ (24. Rxd6 {Tsesarsky} Qxd6 25. Qxe5 Qxd2 26. Ng6+ Kh7 27. Nxf8+ Rxf8 $19) 24... Kg8 25. Nxf8 Bxf8 (25... Bxf8 26. Rxc8 (26. Qxe5 {Tsesarsky} Rxc6 $19) 26... fxe4 $19) 0-1

[Event "USA-ch Gr-B"]
[Site "Salt Lake City"]
[Date "1999.08.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,Ilya"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1999.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. e3 c6 (6... c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. exd4 (8. Nxd4 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be2 h6 11. Bh4 Nb6 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. O-O Nfd5 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Rfd1 Qc7 $11 {½-½ Andersson,U-Tukmakov,V/Dortmund-A 1987 (30)}) 8... Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bh4 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Qd3 Nh5 14. Bg3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Bb4 16. Ne2 Nf6 17. Rac1 Bd6 $132 {½-½ Andersson,U-Ribli,Z/Tilburg 1984/Inf 38 (31)}) (6... Be7 7. Bxc4 O-O 8. Be2 h6 9. Bh4 c5 10. Nc3 (10. O-O $11) 10... a6 11. O-O b5 12. Qc2 Bb7 13. dxc5 $11 {0-1 Smejkal,J-Tukmakov,V/Moskva (GMA) 1989/Inf 47/ (35)}) (6... a6 7. Bxc4 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qc2 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Bh4 c5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Be4 Bxe4 15. Nxe4 cxd4 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Nxd4 Rfc8 18. Qd2 Nc5 $11 {0-1 Noble,A-Polajzer,D/St Ingbert ,EXT 1990 (53)}) 7. Bxf6 {Without this bishop White can't receive advantage.} (7. Qxc4 Qa5+ 8. Nbd2 $1 (8. Nc3 $2 $17 Ne4 9. Bf4 (9. Qa4 Qxa4 10. Nxa4 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 b5 12. Nc3 Nxc3+ 13. bxc3 Bxc3 14. Rc1 b4 $17 {0-1 Vladimirov,E-Kaidanov,G/Gausdal INT(5) 1991 (38)}) 9... Nb6 10. Bc7 (10. Qb3 Bb4 11. Rc1 Nd5 $17 {[%csl Rc3]}) 10... Bb4 11. Bxb6 axb6 12. Rc1 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qxa2 $17) 8... Ne4 9. Bf4 Bb4 10. Qc2 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. a3 (13. O-O-O Ng6 $15 {[%csl Ra2,Rf4]}) 13... Ng6 14. Bg3 Bf5 15. Qc1 Be7 (15... Bxd2+ 16. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 O-O-O+ 18. Kc3 h5 19. h3 $14 (19. f3 h4 20. Bf2 h3 21. g4 Be6 22. Be2 $14 {[%csl Ge2,Gf2]})) 16. b4 Qd5 17. f3 (17. Qc4 Qxc4 18. Bxc4 Rd8 19. e4 Bc8 20. Ke2 O-O 21. Rhd1 Bf6 22. Rab1 Rfe8 23. f3 Ne5 $132) 17... Bd6 18. Nc4 Bxg3+ 19. hxg3 Be6 20. Ra2 O-O-O 21. e4 Qd4 22. Rd2 Qf6 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Qc3 $11) 7... Qxf6 8. Qxc4 e5 9. Nc3 exd4 10. Qxd4 (10. exd4 Nb6 11. Qd3 Bf5 12. Qe3+ Be7 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Rfe8 $15) (10. Nxd4 Ne5 11. Qa4 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Rc1 (13. Ne4 Qe7 {[%cal Ge7b4]} 14. a3 Bg6 15. Ng3 Qf6 16. Be2 Bd6 $11) 13... Bg6 (13... Be7 $2 14. Nd5 Qd6 15. Nf5 Qxd5 16. Nxg7+ Kf8 17. Nxh5 $16) 14. Be2 Bd6 15. O-O $11) 10... Be7 11. Be2 $146 ({RR} 11. Bd3 Nc5 12. Bc2 Be6 13. O-O-O Rd8 14. Qxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd4 Bc8 16. Rd2 g6 17. h3 Ke7 18. Rhd1 Rd7 19. b4 Ne6 20. Nce2 Rhd8 21. Bb3 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Rd6 23. Ne2 Be5 24. a3 h5 25. Rxd6 Bxd6 {Istratescu,A (2628)-Pavasovic,D (2595) Plovdiv 2008 ½-½ (68)}) 11... O-O 12. O-O Nb6 13. Rfd1 Bf5 14. Qxf6 (14. e4 Bg4 15. e5 (15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Qxd4 17. Rxd4 Rad8 18. Rad1 Rxd4 19. Rxd4 Rd8 $11) 15... Qg6 16. Nh4 Bxh4 17. Bxg4 Rad8 18. Qf4 Bg5 19. Qe4 Qxe4 20. Nxe4 Bf4 21. Nd6 Bxe5 22. Nxb7 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Bxb2 24. Bf3 $11) 14... Bxf6 15. Nd4 Bg6 16. Nb3 Rfd8 (16... Bc2 17. Rd2 Bxb3 18. axb3 Rfd8 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 20. b4 Bf6 21. b5 (21. Ra2 a6 22. Ne4 Nd5 23. Nxf6+ Nxf6 24. b5 cxb5 25. Bxb5 Rc8 26. Bf1 Rc2 $15) 21... Bxc3 22. bxc3 cxb5 23. Bxb5 a5 24. Kf1 Kf8 (24... a4 25. Ra3 Ra5 26. c4 Kf8 27. Ke2 Ke7 28. Kd3 Kd6 29. Kd4 $14) 25. Ke2 Ke7 26. Kd3 Kd6 27. Kd4 Nd7 $132) 17. Na5 Nd5 18. Nxd5 (18. Nxb7 Rdb8 19. Nc5 Rxb2 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. Bf3 Rd8 22. Rac1 Rxa2 23. Bxd5 Rb2 $17 {[%csl Ya7,Yf6,Yg6]}) 18... Rxd5 19. Rxd5 cxd5 20. Rd1 b6 (20... Bxb2 $2 21. Nxb7 Rb8 22. Ba6 Rc8 23. Rxd5 Rc1+ 24. Bf1 Kf8 25. Nc5 $14) 21. Nc6 Rc8 22. Nxa7 (22. Nd4 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Rc2 24. Rxd5 Kf8 25. Kf1 Rxb2 26. Bc4 Ke7 27. Ke1 $11 {[%cal Gd5d2]}) 22... Ra8 23. Rc1 Bf5 24. Rc7 Bxb2 25. h3 (25. Bf3 Be6 26. Rb7 Be5 27. a4 h6 28. h3 Bd6 29. Bd1 Rb8 30. Rxb8+ Bxb8 31. Nc6 Bd6 32. Kf1 Kf8 $11) 25... Kf8 (25... Kf8 26. Bg4 Bxg4 27. hxg4 Be5 28. Rb7 Ke8 29. Kf1 Rb8 30. Rxb8+ Bxb8 31. Nb5 Kd7 32. Ke2 Kc6 33. Nd4+ Kc5 34. Kd3 Be5 35. Nf3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Sea Cup 15th"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2000.07.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,Ilya"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2000.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Tsesarsky,Ilya} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 ({RR} 6. a3 h6 7. Bh4 dxc4 8. Qxc4 c5 9. Nc3 a6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. e3 b5 12. Qd3 cxd4 13. exd4 Bb7 14. Be2 Qb6 15. a4 b4 16. Ne4 a5 17. Qe3 h5 18. Bb5 Bc6 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. d5) ({RR} 6. e3 Qa5+) 6... cxd5 (6... exd5 7. e3 (7. Nc3 Bb4 8. e3 h6 9. Bh4 O-O 10. Bd3 $14 {Dudas,J-Bagyanszky,A/Budapest,Papp mem(3) SZT 1995/½-½ (122)}) ({RR} 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. e3 h6 9. Bh4 O-O 10. Bd3) 7... Bd6 (7... Qa5+ 8. Nbd2 Ne4 9. Bh4 {1-0 Lobron-Sevillano/Moscow olm 1994/ (44)} ({RR} 9. Bd3 Nxg5 ({RR} 9... Nxd2 10. Nxd2 Bb4 11. a3 h6 12. Bh4 Nb6 13. O-O Bxd2 14. b4 Qa4 ({RR} 14... Bxb4 15. axb4 Qxb4 16. Rfb1 Qd6 17. Rxb6) 15. Qxd2 Be6 16. Bc2 Qa6 17. a4 Nc4 18. Qd3 Qb6 19. Rab1) 10. Nxg5 Be7 11. Ngf3)) ({RR} 7... Qa5+ 8. Nbd2 Ne4 9. Bh4 Bb4 10. Bd3 f5 11. a3 O-O 12. O-O Bd6 13. Bg3 Qc7 14. b4 a6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Rfe1) 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 Nf8 10. Nc3 $14 {1-0 Kouatly,B-Roos,L/FRA tt 1989/ (43)}) ({RR} 6... exd5 7. e3 Bd6 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 Nf8 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Rb1 N8d7 12. b4) ({RR} 6... exd5 7. Nc3 h6 8. Bf4 Bb4 9. e3 O-O 10. h3 Ne4 11. Bd3 Qa5 12. O-O Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bxc3 14. Rab1 Bb4 15. Rb3 Re8 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Bf5 Nf6 18. Rfb1 Bf8 19. Bxc8 Raxc8 20. Rxb7 c5 21. Ne5 {Estremera Panos,S (2218)-Kraus,O (1964) San Cristobal de La Laguna ES 2024 1-0 (33)}) 7. a3 $146 (7. Nc3 Be7 8. e3 a6 9. Bd3 b5 (9... h6 10. Bf4 O-O 11. g4 $1 $14 {1-0 Cebalo,M-Zorman,V/Pula PCA ,EXT 1994/ (32)}) (9... b6 $1 $11 {[%cal Gc8b7,Ge8g8]}) ({RR} 9... b5 10. O-O Bb7 11. a4 b4 12. Nb1 a5 13. Qe2 h6 14. Bh4 Ne4 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. Nbd2) ({RR} 9... h6 10. Bf4 O-O 11. g4 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bxe4) 10. O-O Bb7 11. a4 b4 12. Nb1 a5 13. Qe2 h6 14. Bh4 Ne4 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. Nbd2 Qb6 17. Bb5 Nxd2 18. Nxd2 Ba6 19. Bxa6 Qxa6 20. Qxa6 Rxa6 21. Rfc1 Kd6 {½-½ Nielsen,P-Luther,T/Minsk 1994/(26)}) (7. e3 $5 {The main idea of this moves order is to delay b1 development and preventind of b7-b6 with c8-b7.} b6 $1 (7... Bd6 $6 8. Bd3 $1 {See comments to the game 1-0 Azmaiparashvili,Z-Efimov,I/Saint Vincent ITA 2000/CBM 78 (28) (Tsesarsky)}) ({RR} 7... b6) 8. Bd3 (8. Bb5 a6 (8... Bb7 9. Ne5 $18) 9. Bc6 Ra7 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nbd2 Rc7 12. Rc1 Bd6 $11) 8... Bb7 $11) ({RR} 7. Nc3 Be7 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. h3 Ng6 12. Ne5 Nd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. f4 Ngxe5 15. fxe5 {½-½ (15) Todorov,O (2335)-Velikov,P (2475) Saint Quentin 1998}) ({RR} 7. e3 Bd6 8. Bd3 ({RR} 8. Nc3 a6 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 b6) 8... Nf8 ({RR} 8... h6 9. Bh4 O-O 10. O-O) ({RR} 8... b6 9. Qc6 Bb4+ 10. Nbd2 Rb8 11. Bf4 Bb7 12. Qa4 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 Ra8 14. Rc1) 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. O-O ({RR} 10. Ne5) 10... Rc8 11. Ne5 a6 12. Qb3 b5 ({RR} 12... Qc7 13. Rac1 Bc6 ({RR} 13... Bxe5 14. dxe5 Qxe5 15. Bf4 Qh5 16. Qxb7) 14. f4) 13. Rfc1 Qc7 ({RR} 13... Ng6 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Nxb5) 14. Ne2 Qb8 15. Rxc8+ Bxc8 16. a4 Ne4 ({RR} 16... Ng6 17. axb5 ({RR} 17. Nc6 Bxh2+ 18. Kh1 Qc7 19. axb5 Ng4 20. g3 f6 21. bxa6 O-O 22. f3 fxg5 23. fxg4 Bxg3 24. Bxg6 hxg6 25. a7 Bb7 26. Ne7+ Qxe7 27. Nxg3) 17... Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. f4 Bd6 20. Qc3 axb5 21. Bxf6 ({RR} 21. Bxb5+ Ke7 22. Qc6 Rd8 23. Ra8 Qc7 24. Qxc7+ Bxc7 25. Ra7 Kd6 26. Nd4) 21... gxf6 22. Qxf6 Rg8 23. Bxh7) 17. Bf4 Ng6 ({RR} 17... Nd2 18. Qc2 Nc4 19. axb5 axb5 20. b3 Nxe5 21. Bxb5+ Nfd7 22. dxe5 Be7 23. Qc6) 18. axb5 ({RR} 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. axb5 ({RR} 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. axb5 Bxf4 21. exf4 axb5) 19... Bxf4 20. exf4 ({RR} 20. Nxf4 g5 21. Qa4 Bd7 22. Nh3 g4 23. Nf4 g5 24. Qxa6 gxf4 25. exf4 Nxf2 26. Qa8 Qxa8 27. Rxa8+ Ke7 28. Rxh8 Nxd3 29. b6 Bc6) 20... g5 21. Qa4 axb5 22. Bxb5+) 18... Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Nc5 ({RR} 20... O-O 21. f3 Nc5 22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 ({RR} 22... Kh8 23. Qb4) 23. Qc2+ Kg8 24. Qxc5) 21. Qc3 Nxd3 {Azmaiparashvili,Z (2673)-Efimov,I (2520) Saint Vincent 2000 CBM 078 [Tsesarsky,Ilya] 1-0}) ({RR} 7. Nc3 Be7 8. e3 a6 9. Bd3 b6 10. O-O Bb7) ({RR} 7. Nc3 a6 8. e3 b5 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rac1 Rc8 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Nb1 Qa5 14. Ne5 Bd6 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. a3 f5 17. Bf4 e5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Rxc8 Bxc8 20. Bxe5 Nxe5 21. Nd2 Nc4 {Doda,Z-Fichtl,J Berlin East 1962 1-0 (41)}) 7... b6 $1 {[%mdl 4] Grischuk demonstrates plan of White advantage newtralization.} 8. e3 Bb7 9. Nc3 a6 10. Bd3 Be7 {White d3 is better than b7, but how to use it?} 11. O-O O-O 12. a4 (12. Rfc1 Rc8 (12... h6 13. Bh4 Qb8 14. Bg3 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Qe2 Rfc8 $11) 13. Qe2 b5 14. Rc2 h6 15. Bh4 Nb6 16. Ne5 Nc4 $11) 12... h6 13. Bh4 Nb8 14. Ne5 Nfd7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. f4 Nc6 17. Nxc6 (17. Qf2 Ndxe5 18. fxe5 f6 $11) 17... Bxc6 18. Qb3 (18. Rfc1 Rfc8 19. Qe2 Bb7 20. Rc2 Nb8 $1 $11 {[%cal Gb8c6,Gc6b4]}) 18... Rfc8 19. Rac1 Bb7 20. Nb1 Qd8 21. Nd2 a5 (21... Rc7 $11) 22. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "London FIDE GP 1st"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.09.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 e6 {The main defence against the early foray of the white queen in current tournament praxis is the idea of immediate development of the c8-bishop after 4...dxc4. Giri was well aware that his adversary belongs to the experts in the ensuing complications and he thus prefers a different plan.} (4... dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5) 5. Bg5 h6 {The h-pawn advance is a well known motif from the Botvinnik System, but in our position the pawn on c4 is defended. Black could have tried other options striving to finish development without undue exposure.} (5... Nbd7 6. Nc3 (6. e3 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. h4 Bd6 9. Bf4 Bxf4 10. exf4 O-O 11. Bd3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qf5 14. g3 Qe4+ 15. Be2 b6 16. Qb1 Qxb1+ 17. Rxb1 Bb7 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Rad8 $11 {1/2 (31) Avrukh,B (2596)-Movsesian,S (2705) Sibenik 2012 (31)}) 6... Qa5 (6... Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Qxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Rd1 N5b6 12. Qb3 e5 13. Qc2 h6 14. O-O exd4 15. Nxd4 Nf6 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bg4 18. Rd2 c5 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Bxf5 $14 {1/2 (41) Mchedlishvili,M (2626)-Dreev,A (2698) Plovdiv 2012 (41)}) 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3 Ne4 9. Bd3 Nxg5 10. Nxg5 Be7 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O Qd8 13. Qc2 g6 14. a3 a5 15. Rab1 Bd6 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Nb6 18. b5 c5 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Ra1 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 $11 {1/2 (44) Caruana,F (2770)-Kamsky,G (2741) Achaea 2012 (44)}) (5... Be7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. g3 h6 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Bg2 b6 10. O-O Ba6 11. Rfd1 Nd7 12. e4 Bb7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. e5 Be7 15. Ne1 Nb8 16. f4 Nc6 17. Ndf3 Rc8 18. Qe3 Qd7 19. Bh3 Nb4 20. Rd2 Ba6 $17 {1/2 (32) Erdos,V (2608)-Zilka,S (2517) Austria 2012 (32)}) 6. Bh4 dxc4 {At this point the swap on c4 is connected with an older plan of advancing the -pawn as in the Catalan Defence.} (6... Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. e3 Nd7 9. Bd3 g5 10. Bg3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Bg7 12. O-O-O dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nb6 14. Kb1 Nd5 15. Ne4 Qc7 16. Rc1 Nf6 17. Nfd2 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Qe7 19. f4 $16 {1-0 Epishin,V (2543)-Burmakin,V (2588)/Bugibba 2011/ (42)}) (6... Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Nc3 Nbd7 (8... Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Nd7 12. O-O dxc4 13. Bxc4 b6 14. Qd3 Rd8 15. Qe2 c5 16. Rfd1 Bb7 17. Ba6 Bxa6 18. Qxa6 e5 19. Qb7 exd4 20. exd4 Qf6 {1/2 (56) Nguyen,N (2662)-Nguyen,D (2453) Ho Chi Minh City 2012 (56)}) 9. Rd1 a6 10. a4 b6 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. O-O c5 13. Ne5 cxd4 14. exd4 Rb8 15. Rfe1 Qc7 16. Bg3 Bd6 17. Rc1 Bxe5 18. dxe5 dxc4 19. Bxc4 Nh5 $11 {1/2 (40) Khusnutdinov,R (2492)-Maletin,P (2575)/Moscow 2012/ (40)}) 7. Qxc4 b5 8. Qc2 (8. Qb3 Nbd7 9. Nc3 a6 10. e4 Qa5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Bd3 c5 13. dxc5 Bb7 14. O-O Nd7 15. c6 Bxc6 16. Nd4 Rc8 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Qxe6+ Kd8 19. Rfd1 Bc5 20. Be2 $11 {1-0 (34) Cioara,A (2477)-Roiz,M (2652)/ Plovdiv 2012/ (34)}) 8... Bb7 9. Nbd2 $5 {The quality of the opening preparation on the highest world level is fascinating for other players who watch developments with interest. Mamedyarov is trying to surprise the enemy by creating the unpleasant task of assessing new positions against known continuations.} (9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. e4 Qb6 (10... b4 11. Na4 Qa5) 11. Be2 Nh5 12. d5 (12. O-O g5 13. Bg3 g4 14. Ne5 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 h5 17. a4 Bg7 $11) 12... Nf4 13. dxe6 Nxe6 14. O-O-O Bb4 15. Kb1 (15. Rxd7 Kxd7 16. Ne5+ Ke8 17. Bh5 g6 18. Nxg6 Qc5 19. e5 $16) 15... Ndc5 16. Rd6 O-O 17. Nd5 cxd5 18. Rxb6 axb6 $15 {0-1 Jobava,B (2707)-Potkin,V (2653)/Aix-les-Bains 2011/ (26)}) (9. e3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 (10. Be2 Qb6 11. Nc3 a6 12. a4 Bb4 13. O-O O-O 14. Qb3 Be7 15. Rfd1 b4 16. a5 Qd8 17. Ne5 bxc3 18. Qxb7 Rb8 19. Qxa6 cxb2 20. Rab1 Nxe5 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. dxe5 Qc7 23. Qc4 {1/2 (23) Eljanov,P (2675)-Stellwagen,D (2585)/Wijk aan Zee 2007/}) 10... Be7 (10... Rc8 11. Qe2 b4 (11... a6 12. a4 c5 13. O-O c4 14. Bc2 Qb6 15. axb5 axb5 16. Nc3 b4 17. Na4 Qc6 18. e4 Nxe4 19. d5 exd5 20. Nd4 Qc7 21. f3 Qe5 22. fxe4 Qxd4+ 23. Kh1 $14 {1/2 (99) Bologan,V (2693)-Grigoryan,A (2595)/Moscow 2011/ (99)}) 12. O-O c5 13. a3 cxd4 14. exd4 Qa5 15. Nbd2 bxa3 16. bxa3 Be7 17. Rab1 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 O-O 19. Rb7 Qxa3 20. d5 Nc5 21. Rxe7 Nxd3 22. Bxf6 gxf6 $15 {0-1 (68) Izoria,Z (2593)-Ivanchuk,V (2715)/Yerevan 2004/ (68)}) 11. O-O O-O 12. Qe2 a6 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rd1 c5 15. dxc5 Nd5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Rxa4 Nxc5 18. Ra1 Nxd3 19. Rxd3 Nb4 20. Rd2 Rad8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 $15 {1/2 (36) Romanov,E (2639)-Malakhov,V (2710)/St Petersburg 2011/ (36)}) ({RR} 9. e3 Nbd7 10. a4 Rc8 11. Nbd2 g5 12. Bg3 Bb4 13. Be2 c5 14. d5 exd5 15. Bxb5 a6 16. Bd3 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Bxd2+ 20. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 21. Kxd2 f6 22. Bc3 Bd5 23. Rhc1 Kf7 {Sokolov,I (2592)-Van Wely,L (2629) Venlo NED 2025 ½-½ (41)}) 9... Nbd7 10. e4 $146 (10. e3 Rc8 11. Be2 (11. a4 c5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. d5 exd5 14. Bxb5 a6 15. Be2 Ne5 16. O-O Qd7 17. e4 Rg8 18. Ra3 c4 19. Nxe5 fxe5 20. Rg3 Rxg3 21. fxg3 dxe4 $15 {1/2 (47) Vovk,Y (2539)-Ivanchuk,V (2764)/Warsaw 2010/ (47)}) 11... Be7 12. O-O c5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ne4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 Qb6 16. dxc5 {1/2 (16) Izoria,Z (2489)-Galkin,A (2584)/Ohrid 2001/}) ({RR} 10. e3 Rc8 11. a4 b4 12. Nb3 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. Bb5+ Ke7 16. O-O a6 17. Be2 Qa5 18. Nd2 Nce4 19. Nc4 Qc5 20. f3 Nd6 21. Rac1 Nxc4 22. Bf2 Qg5 23. h4 Nxe3 24. Qc7+ Rxc7 {Jumabayev,R (2606)-Ragger,M (2698) Berlin 2015 1-0 (76)}) 10... Rc8 {Giri is puting his faith in the conservative approach with the classical setup aimed at supporting the counterplay centred around the c6-c5 advance. In retrospect it is easy to to suggest, that the queen move 10...b6 deserved closer inspection.} (10... Qb6 11. a4 Bb4 12. Bd3 g5 13. Bg3 g4 14. Ne5 Qxd4 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. O-O-O Nc5 17. Nb3 Nxb3+ 18. Qxb3 bxa4 19. Bc4 Bd2+ 20. Rxd2 Qxd2+ 21. Kxd2 axb3 $17 {0-1 (27) Gerber,R (2382)-Khenkin,I (2611)/Geneve 2007/ (27)}) 11. Be2 a6 (11... c5 12. d5 $1 exd5 13. e5 g5 14. Bg3 Ne4 15. Bxb5 Bg7 (15... a6 16. Ba4 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Bg7 18. O-O-O $14) 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. O-O-O Bc6 18. Bxc6 Rxc6 19. Qxe4 Qc8 20. h4 gxh4 21. Nxh4 c4 22. Nf5 Kf8 23. Qg4 Rg6 24. Qd4 {1-0 (24) Drozdovskij,Y (2454)-Galkin,A (2598)/chessassistantclub.com INT 2004/}) 12. O-O c5 $2 {Chess literature is still awaiting a great work on the importance of proper timing of any endeavour on the board, about the great role of time in chess games in general. White is better developed and can thus react rather violently, focusing on immediate attack.} (12... Qb6 13. Rad1 c5 14. d5 Be7 15. dxe6 Qxe6 16. a4 $14) 13. d5 $1 exd5 (13... Bd6 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Rfd1 Qb6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. e5 $1 fxe5 18. Qg6+ Kd8 19. Ne4 $16) (13... Qb6 14. Rfe1 exd5 15. Bd3 $16) 14. e5 g5 {The fact, that Black finds it necessary to use extreme meassures, does not bode well for the defence.} 15. Bg3 Ne4 (15... Nh5 $2 16. e6 $18) 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 h5 {The advance of the h-pawn in such a highly critical moment adds a flavour of desperation to the defensive attempts. Tragically, all the natural moves were already insufficient as well.} (17... Qe7 18. Nxe4 Nxe5 19. Bg4 $1 Nxg4 (19... Rd8 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. Nxc5 $18) 20. Rfe1 $16) (17... Bg7 18. Nxe4 Bxe5 19. Rad1 Bxg3 20. Rxd7 $1 Kxd7 (20... Qxd7 21. Nf6+ $18) 21. Rd1+ Kc7 22. Rxd8 $18) 18. Nxe4 Rh6 (18... Bxe4 19. Qxe4 h4 20. e6 Nf6 (20... hxg3 21. exd7+ Kxd7 22. Rad1+ $18) 21. Qb7 fxe6 22. Be5 $18) (18... h4 19. e6 $1 fxe6 20. Nd6+ Bxd6 21. Qg6+ Ke7 22. Qg7+ $18) 19. Rad1 Be7 (19... h4 20. Bg4 hxg3 21. fxg3 Rc7 22. Nf6+ Rxf6 (22... Ke7 23. Qd2 $18) 23. exf6 Qa8 24. Rfe1+ Kd8 25. Qe2 $18) 20. Bxh5 $1 {Mamedyarov is one of the strongest tacticians in the chess world elite. In this position, with Black desperately defending, his beautiful final combination serves as a way to shorten terrible suffering.} Rxh5 (20... Bc6 21. Bg4 c4 22. Rfe1 Kf8 23. Nf6 $18) (20... Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Rxh5 22. e6 $18) 21. e6 {The players above the magic rating level 2700 rarely win in direct duels in 20 moves!} (21. e6 fxe6 (21... Bc6 22. exd7+ Bxd7 23. Rd5 Qa5 24. Rxd7 Kxd7 25. Qd1+ Kc6 26. Qxh5 $18) 22. Nd6+ Kf8 23. Qg6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Linares 18th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2001.02.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,Ilya"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2001.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Krasenkow,Michal Teske,Henrik} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Nf6 6. Bg5 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. e4 ({another mainline is} 8. e3 {-in my opinion, better than move in the text.}) 8... Nbd7 9. Nbd2 ({In case of} 9. Bd3 {Black's plan is to prepare c6-c5 promotion:} a6 $1 (9... h6 $6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. O-O Be7 12. Nbd2 Qb6 13. Nb3 Nd7 14. Rac1 $14 {1-0 Kharlov,A-Fressinet,L/Saint Vincent 2000/CBM 78 (66)}) 10. a4 h6 11. Bh4 (11. Bxf6 $5) 11... Qb6 12. Nbd2 c5 $11 {½-½ Lastin,A-Grischuk,A/Elista 2000/CBM 79 no vc (19)}) ({Active} 9. e5 {met by} h6 $1 10. Bd2 Nd5 11. Nc3 {[%cal Gc3e4]} a6 (11... Nxc3 $6 12. bxc3 Be7 13. Qe4 Qb6 14. Qg4 g6 15. Be2 a6 16. a4 (16. h4 $5) 16... bxa4 17. O-O a3 18. Rfb1 $16 {½-½ Hellsten,J-Fressinet,L/Brussels 2000/EXT 2001 (47)}) 12. Ne4 (12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. Qb3 Nb6 {[%cal Gb6c4]} 15. Ba5 Rc6 16. O-O Qc8 17. Bxb6 Rxb6 18. Rac1 Rc6 $11) 12... Rc8 $1 {[%cal Gc6c5]} 13. a4 c5 $132) 9... a6 (9... Qb6 10. a4 {-see commented game 1-0 Krasenkow,M-Markowski,T/Plock 2000/CBM 78 (55)[Huzman,A]} {RR} Bb4 11. Bd3 ({RR} 11. Be2 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. O-O Bxd2 14. Nxd2 ({RR} 14. Qxd2 Nxe4 15. Qe3 Nf6) 14... Qxd4 15. Nb3 Qxe4 {RR} 16. Qxe4 Nxe4 17. Na5 Rb8 18. axb5 cxb5 19. Bxb5+ Ke7 20. Bc6 Ba8) 11... h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. O-O Nd7 14. Nb3 bxa4 15. Rxa4 a5 ({RR} 15... O-O 16. Rc1 c5) 16. Rc1 O-O 17. Bf1 Rfc8 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19. dxc5 Qa7 20. Ne5 Ba6 21. Bxa6 Qxa6 22. Nd3) ({RR} 9... Qb6 10. a4 a6 11. axb5 ({RR} 11. Bd3 Rc8 ({RR} 11... c5) 12. O-O ({RR} 12. Qb3) 12... c5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. d5 c4 15. Be2 Bd6) ({RR} 11. Be2 Bb4 ({RR} 11... c5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8+ Bxa8 14. O-O Bb7 15. Rc1 h6 16. Be3 Ng4 17. dxc5 Nxe3 18. cxb6 Nxc2 19. Rxc2) 12. O-O O-O 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. e5) 11... cxb5 ({RR} 11... axb5 12. Rxa8+ Bxa8 13. Be2 h6 ({RR} 13... Bb4) 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. O-O Be7 16. Qc3 O-O 17. b4) 12. Bd3 Rc8 13. Qb1 ({RR} 13. Qb3 e5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Ng4 16. O-O Bc5) 13... h6 ({RR} 13... e5 14. d5) 14. Be3 Ng4 15. O-O ({RR} 15. Bf4 e5) ({RR} 15. e5) 15... Nxe3 16. fxe3 e5 17. Nb3 Bb4 18. Qa2 ({RR} 18. Qd1) 18... O-O 19. Na5 Ba8 ({RR} 19... Bxa5 20. Qxa5 Qxa5 21. Rxa5 f5 22. Nd2) 20. Kh1 ({RR} 20. Nb3 a5 21. Nxa5 exd4 22. exd4 Ne5 23. Nxe5 Qxd4+ 24. Kh1 Qxe5) 20... Bxa5 21. Qxa5 Qxa5 22. Rxa5 f5 23. Rxa6 ({RR} 23. Nd2 fxe4) 23... fxe4 24. Rxa8 {Wang,H (2752)-Nakamura,H (2769) Wijk aan Zee 2013 CBM 153 [Krasenkow,Michal] 0-1 (38)}) 10. a4 $146 ({Modest move} 10. Be2 {allows to Black equalize after} c5 11. dxc5 (11. d5 exd5 12. e5 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 h5 17. h4 e3 18. fxe3 Bxg2 $17 {1-0 Yevseev,D-Mehyo,A/Pardubice 2000/EXT 2001 (42)}) 11... Bxc5 12. e5 Rc8 13. Qd3 h6 14. exf6 hxg5 15. fxg7 Rg8 16. Ne4 (16. Qh7 Nf6 17. Qh8 g4 $17) 16... Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Qa5+ 18. Kf1 Rxg7 19. h4 $11) 10... h6 $1 {[%mdl 260] This move Grischuk plays also in position with e3 instead of e4 - see commented game Gurevich M - Grischuk A ,World Cup of Rapid Chess KO, CBM 82,[Tsesarsky,I]} 11. Bxf6 ({Karpov doesn't want to play complicated position after} 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 c5 $132) 11... Qxf6 12. e5 $146 ({RR} 12. Bd3 Bb4 13. O-O O-O 14. axb5 axb5 ({RR} 14... cxb5 15. Qc7) 15. Nb3 ({RR} 15. e5 Qe7 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Be4) 15... e5 16. Rxa8 Bxa8 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. f4 Qb8 20. Qe2 Qb6+ 21. Kh1 c5 22. Bxb5 Bxe4 23. Bd3 ({RR} 23. f5) 23... Bb7 24. Nd2 Bxd2 25. Qxd2 Rd8 26. Rd1 Be4 {Lerner,K (2504)-Malakhov,V (2670) Bad Wiessee 2002 EXT 2003 [Teske,Henrik] 0-1 (46)}) ({RR} 12. Bd3 Bb4 13. O-O O-O 14. e5 Qd8 15. Be4 Qb6 16. Rfd1 c5 17. Nf1 Rac8 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qb3 Nb6 21. dxc5 Bxc5 22. Qxb5 Qc6 23. Qxc6 Rxc6 24. Ra6 Rfc8 25. g3 Nd5 26. Rxc6 Rxc6 {Kuzubov,Y (2558)-Tzermiadianos,A (2453) Warsaw 2005 1-0 (52)}) 12... Qd8 {This position looks with slight White advantage, but it is illusion. Black has sufficient counterplay, connected, first of all, with c6-c5 promotion.} 13. Bd3 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Ne4 ({Another try to get advantage is} 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Be4 {but after} Qb6 $1 {Black neutralises White's pressure:} (16... bxa4 $6 17. Rxa4 Nb6 18. Raa1 Nd5 19. Nb3 $14) 17. Nb3 Rac8 18. Rfc1 c5 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. axb5 axb5 (20... cxd4 21. bxa6 $16) 21. dxc5 Nxc5 $11) 15... c5 {after this planning move position will simplify:} 16. axb5 axb5 17. dxc5 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Nxc5 20. g3 Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.04.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. b3 c5 6. Bb2 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O ({RR} 8. cxd5 exd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nbd2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. N2f3 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Ne4 14. h3 Bf6 15. Rac1 Bd7 16. Rfd1 Qa5 17. Qb1 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Rac8 19. Qb2 f6 20. Ne1 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 {Kramnik,V (2785)-Grischuk,A (2715) Moscow 2007 ½-½ (48)}) 8... cxd4 9. exd4 Nb4 $146 (9... O-O {0-1 Vaganian,R (2590)-Brkic,A (2558) EU-Cup 24th Kallithea 2008 (2)}) ({RR} 9... O-O 10. Nc3 dxc4 11. bxc4 b6 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Rad1 Re8 14. Bb1 Na5 15. Ne5 Rc8 16. Qd3 Qc7 17. Qh3 Nxc4 18. Nxc4 Qxc4 19. d5 exd5 20. Ne2 Ne4 21. Ng3 Ng5 22. Qh5 g6 23. Qh6 Ne6 24. f4 {Vaganian,R (2590)-Brkic,A (2558) Kallithea 2008 0-1 (33)}) ({RR} 9... O-O 10. Nbd2 b6 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Re1 Rc8 13. Bb1 Re8 14. Qe2 Bf8 15. a3 Rc7 16. Qd3 Ne7 17. Ne5 Ng6 18. Qg3 dxc4 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. bxc4 Bd6 21. f4 Nh5 22. Qg4 Bxa3 23. Bxa3 Qxd4+ 24. Kh1 {Marzo Pie,X (2159)-Alcala Gonzalez,C (2303) Barcelona ESP 2026 0-1}) ({RR} 9... O-O 10. Nbd2 b6 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Qe2 dxc4 13. bxc4 b5 14. c5 Nd5 15. Bb1 Qc7 16. Ne4 Rad8 17. Rfe1 g6 18. Ne5 Rfe8 19. Qf3 f6 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Qg3 Qxg3 22. hxg3 f5 23. Nd2 Bf6 24. Nb3 {Gasanov,E (2475)-Movsesian,S (2635) Pardubice 2018 ½-½ (76)}) 10. Be2 b6 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. a3 Nc6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Ne5 $14 O-O 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. Bf3 Re8 17. Re1 Bf8 18. b4 Ne7 {[%cal Ge7f5,Gf5d6]} 19. Rc2 (19. Ng4 Nxg4 (19... Nf5 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. Nxd5) 20. Bxg4 {[%cal Gg4c8]} Rc4 {[%cal Gb6b5]} 21. Be2 b5 $5 22. Bxc4 dxc4 $44 {[%cal Gd8d5,Gd5g2,Ge7d5]}) 19... Nf5 20. g3 Nd6 $1 $132 {[%csl Gc4]} 21. Bg2 Rc7 $1 22. Rce2 Rce7 23. Qd3 Nfe4 24. Nxe4 $6 {Les Noirs vont obtenir une case "d5" pour faire transiter les pièces} dxe4 25. Qb3 Qa8 $1 26. Ng4 Bd5 27. Qd1 Nc4 $132 {[%csl Rb2,Gc4,Gd5]} 28. Bc1 a5 29. Ne3 Nxe3 30. Rxe3 axb4 31. axb4 Re6 (31... Rc7 $15 {[%cal Ge8c8]}) 32. Bd2 g6 33. Bh3 f5 34. Qb1 Bg7 {[%csl Rd4]} 35. Qb2 Qd8 (35... Rc6 $5 {[%cal Ge8c8,Gc6c2]}) 36. Ra3 Qf6 37. Bf4 Rc8 38. Be5 Qe7 39. Bxg7 Kxg7 40. b5 Rc7 41. Rc1 Rd7 42. Re3 Qf6 43. Qb4 Red6 44. Rec3 Bf7 {[%csl Rd4]} 45. Rc6 Qxd4 46. Qa3 Qe5 47. Bf1 Rd1 48. Qe3 Qxb5 $1 {[%csl Rf1][%cal Gb5f1] Nouvelle erreur du plateau DGT qui n' a pas sauvegardé la totalité de la partie!} 49. Qc3+ Kh6 50. Qe3+ Kg7 (50... Kh5) 51. Qc3+ Kh6 52. Qe3+ Kh5 {Tente de jouer pour le gain} 53. g4+ $1 fxg4 54. R6c5+ $3 bxc5 55. Rxc5+ $1 {Quel sauvetage!} Qxc5 56. Qxc5+ R7d5 (56... g5 $1 {Il serait plus difficile pour la  Blanche d'attaquer le  Noir}) 57. Qe3 R5d3 58. Qc5+ g5 59. Kg2 Rd5 60. Qc8 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Gh2h3,Gc8h3]} Rd8 61. Qc7 R8d7 62. Qg3 e3 $1 63. h3 $1 gxh3+ $2 (63... Bd5+ {[%csl Rf1,Rg2] Il vallait mieux ramener une pièce supplémentaire en attaque} 64. Kh2 Rxf1 65. hxg4+ Kg6 $19 {[%cal Gf1h1]}) 64. Qxh3+ Kg6 65. Qxe3 R1d6 66. Bb5 Rd8 67. Qe7 Rd4 68. Bc6 Bd5+ {Trop tard!} (68... Rg4+ 69. Kh3 Rdd4 70. f3 Rh4+ 71. Kg3 $11) 69. Bxd5 R4xd5 70. Qe6+ Kg7 71. Qe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,Elshan"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Ne4 {Shirov is going for a Stonewall formation.} (6... Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nbd2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Ne5 {should have been what Wang Hao had in his mind.}) 7. O-O f5 8. Ba3 {[%csl Re5] Wang Hao is trying to take advantage of a somewhat premature clearance of the pawn structure. However his knight on a3 would enter the main battle rather late.} ({RR} 8. Qc2 a5 9. Ba3 Bxa3 10. Nxa3 O-O 11. Nb1 Qf6 12. Nc3 b6 13. Ne2 Bb7 14. a3 c5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Bb5 Rfd8 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Nf4 Nf8 20. Rfd1 Ng6 21. Nxg6 {½-½ (21) Giri,A (2714)-Ivanisevic,I (2636) Porto Carras 2011}) ({RR} 8. Bb2 Bd6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Ne2 Rf6 11. Ne5 Rh6 12. f4 Ndf6 13. h3 Bd7 14. Nc3 Be8 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. Qe1 Qe7 18. Kh2 Bh5 19. Rg1 Rf8 20. g4 Be8 21. g5 Rh5 22. Qe2 Bg6 {Nyback,T (2634)-Shirov,A (2710) Tallinn 2012 ½-½ (45)}) 8... Bxa3 9. Nxa3 O-O 10. b4 ({RR} 10. Nc2 a5 11. Nd2 e5 12. cxd5 Nc3 13. Qe1 Nxd5 14. Bc4 e4 15. f3 b5 16. fxe4 fxe4 17. Rxf8+ Nxf8 18. Bf1 Bf5 19. Qg3 Ng6 20. a4 b4 21. Nc4 Qf6 22. Nd6 Rf8 23. Bc4 Qh4 24. Qxh4 Nxh4 {Zdybel,P (2249)-Skawinski,A (2313) Chotowa 2025 1-0 (45)}) 10... a5 $146 ({RR} 10... a6 11. Qe2 Qe7 12. Qb2 b5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nc2 Nb6 15. Ne5 Bd7 16. f3 Nd6 17. Qc3 Ndc4 18. f4 Na4 19. Qe1 Nab2 20. Be2 Rfb8 21. Rb1 Na4 22. Bd3 Rf8 23. Na1 a5 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. bxa5 {Gajewski,G (2568)-Stopa,J (2494) Warsaw 2010 ½-½ (59)}) ({RR} 10... Qe7 11. Nc2 Kh8 12. Nd2 Nc3 13. Qe1 e5 14. Nb3 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Ne4 16. Nd2 Nb6 17. Bd3 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 e4 19. Be2 Nd5 20. f3 exf3 21. Bxf3 Be6 22. a4 Rad8 23. Rab1 Nb6 24. a5 Nc4 25. Qc3 {Tomazini,A (2338)-Polajzer,D (2280) Otocec 2015 0-1 (66)}) 11. Nc2 $146 (11. b5 c5 12. Qb3 a4 13. Qb2 b6 14. Rad1 Bb7 15. Nb1 Qe7 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 f4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. exf4 Rxf4 20. Qd2 Qg5 21. Qe3 Raf8 22. Nc3 Qg6 23. Kh1 h5 24. Rd7 Ba8 25. Nxa4 Rg4 26. Nxb6 Rxg2 27. Nxa8 Rf3 28. Qd2 Qg4 29. Rxg7+ Kxg7 30. Qd7+ Kh6 {0-1 Volke,K (2472)-Shabalov,A (2626)/Bad Wiessee 2007/CBM 121 Extra}) 11... axb4 12. Nxb4 g5 13. Nd2 Qe7 14. a3 Ndf6 15. f3 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 $5 (16... Nxc5 17. Nb3 Rd8 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. Qc1 d4 20. exd4 Qxd4+ 21. Kh1 Qf4 22. Qc3 (22. Qxf4 gxf4 23. Rfe1 Ra5 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Ge6e5]}) 22... Qd4 {would have been about equal.}) 17. fxe4 dxe4 18. Be2 Qxe3+ 19. Kh1 Rd8 20. Ra2 Rxa3 21. Rxa3 Qxa3 22. Qb3 Qxb3 23. Nxb3 e3 $2 {This simply loses a pawn!} (23... Kf7 24. Kg1 f4 25. Rc1 (25. Re1 $1 {covering the e3-square} e3 {would have led to a balanced but far from clear ending.} (25... g4 26. c5 f3 27. Bc4 {and White is better})) 25... g4 {[%cal Gf4f3]} 26. c5 f3 27. Bc4 e3) 24. Nc2 Ne4 25. Nxe3 Nc3 26. Re1 Nxe2 27. Rxe2 Rd3 28. Nc5 Ra3 29. Kg1 Kf7 30. Kf2 b6 31. Nc2 Rc3 32. Na4 Rxc4 33. Nxb6 Rf4+ 34. Kg1 Ba6 35. Re1 Bd3 36. Rc1 Ke7 37. Ne3 (37. g3 Re4 38. Ne1 Ba6 39. Nf3 h6 40. Rc7+ Kd6 41. Ra7 Bb5 42. Nc8+ Kc5 43. Ra5 Re3 44. Na7 Rxf3 45. Rxb5+ Kd6 46. Rb6+ Kd5 {does not seem like a great improvement either. It is not clear whether White can win or not.}) 37... Rd4 38. Rc7+ Kd6 39. Rd7+ Kc5 40. Na4+ $1 Rxa4 41. Rxd3 Ra1+ 42. Kf2 Ra2+ 43. Kf3 h5 44. h3 (44. h4 gxh4 45. Rc3+ Kd6 46. Rc4 h3 47. gxh3 Ra3 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Ga3h3]} 48. Kf2 Ra2+ 49. Rc2 Ra4 (49... Ra3 $4 50. Nc4+ $18) 50. Rc4 Ra2+ {does not yield anything either.}) 44... g4+ $2 {It is not clear whether Black had carefully calculated this continuation.} 45. Kf4 Ra4+ 46. Kg5 f4 47. Nd1 $2 {gives away the win} (47. Nf1 $1 {could give Black a hard time!} e5 48. h4 {[%csl Gg5]} g3 (48... Ra2 49. Nd2 $18) 49. Kxh5 (49. Nd2 $2 e4 50. Rb3 e3 51. Nf3 Kc4 52. Rb7 Kd3 53. Kxh5 Ke2 $1 54. Kg4 Kf2 55. Kh3 e2 $11 {and neither side can improve the position.}) 49... e4 50. Rd1 e3 51. Kg4 e2 52. Rc1+ Kd5 53. Nd2 Kd4 54. Kf3 Kd3 55. Nb1 $18) 47... e5 48. Rd2 (48. h4 Ra2 {[%csl Rg2]}) 48... f3 49. gxf3 gxh3 50. Nb2 Ra3 51. Nd3+ Kd4 52. Ne1+ Ke3 53. Rh2 Rc3 54. Nc2+ Kd3 55. Ne1+ Ke3 56. f4 exf4 57. Rxh3+ Kd4 58. Nf3+ Ke4 59. Nd2+ Kd4 60. Rh4 Ke3 61. Nf1+ Ke2 62. Rxf4 Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 68th"]
[Site "Chita"]
[Date "2015.08.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[Annotator "Sagar,Shah"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 {Many players are opting for g5 before c3 so that they can develop their knight to d2.} c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 h6 7. Bh4 g5 {As is usual, Khismatullin goes for an unusual move which brings the game outside the realms of theory. But this is quite risky as he is weakening his kingside without White having committed any serious waste of time.} (7... Be7 {would be the normal way to continue.}) 8. Bg3 Nh5 9. Bd3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Bg7 11. Qc2 $146 ({RR} 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Qc2 a5 13. Bf5 a4 14. a3 O-O 15. O-O Re8 16. Rfe1 Nf8 17. Bxc8 Qxc8 18. Nb1 Ne6 19. Nc3 c5 20. Nxd5 cxd4 21. Qf5 Qd8 22. e4 Nf8 23. Rac1 Ra5 24. Rc4 Ng6 25. Rec1 Qd6 {Ghaem Maghami,E (2519)-Suleymanli,A (2537) Warsaw 2021 1-0 (57)}) ({RR} 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Qc2 a5 13. Bf5 a4 14. a3 O-O 15. O-O Re8 16. Rfe1 Nf8 17. Bxc8 Qxc8 18. Nb1 Ne6 19. Nc3 c5 20. Nxd5 cxd4 21. Qf5 Qd8 22. e4 Nf8 23. Rac1 Ra5 24. Rc4 Ng6 25. Rec1 Qd6 {Ghaem Maghami,E (2519)-Suleymanli,A (2537) Warsaw 2021 1-0 (57)}) 11... Qe7 12. Rc1 O-O {Thanks to the bishop on g7 Black has no worries about castling short in spite of the h-file being open.} 13. O-O e5 {With the two bishops, it's a normal strategy to open up the position.} 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. dxe5 (15. e4 $5 {This confrontation of the pawns in the centre of the board is quite confusing. However, if Black plays accurately then he can equalise without much difficulty.} exd4 $1 (15... dxe4 16. Bxe4 exd4 17. Rfe1 Qd6 18. Nc4 $36) 16. exd5 Nb6 17. Nb3 Nxd5 $11) 15... Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. b4 (17. b3 Bg4 18. Nf3 Qb2 19. Qxb2 Bxb2 20. Rc7 {is the same as the game with the pawn on b3 instead of b4. I think the pawn on b4 could be much more useful as White can later expand further on the queenside with a4-b5 etc.}) 17... Bg4 18. Nf3 Qb2 19. Qxb2 Bxb2 20. Rc7 {White has a rook on c7 which is well placed and Black has an isolated pawn. These disadvantages for Black are balanced by the fact that he has the bishop pair. If you take into consideration the fact that bishop pair is the only good thing that Black has in this position, Khismatullin's next move can be roundly condemned.} Bxf3 $2 {When you give up the best thing in your position, you can understand that you are in for a long drawn out defensive task.} (20... b6 {I am sure that Khismatullin did not like} 21. Ba6 $14 {at this point which kept the control of the c-file.}) (20... Rab8 $1 {The idea is to challenge the rook on the c-file next.} 21. Rb1 Bf6 22. Rbc1 Rfc8 $11 {The position is completely balanced.}) 21. gxf3 $16 Rab8 22. Rb1 $6 (22. Bf5 $1 {Keeping the c-file under control was more important.} d4 (22... Rfd8 23. f4 Bf6 {Trying to get the bishop out of b2 before going for d5-d4.} 24. Rd1 d4 25. e4 $1 $16 {[%cal Ge4e5]}) (22... Be5 23. Rc5 Bd6 24. Rxd5 Bxb4 25. Rb1 a5 26. a3 Bxa3 27. Rxa5 Bd6 28. Rab5 $16 {b7 falls and White keeps decent winning chances.}) 23. Rb1 Bc3 24. Kg2 {and it is not so easy for Black to get rid of his d4-pawn.}) 22... Be5 23. Rc5 Rfd8 24. Rd1 Bf6 25. Bc2 $6 (25. Bf5 d4 26. e4 $14) 25... d4 $1 {Black is able to get rid off the main weakness in his position.} 26. Bb3 dxe3 27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 $6 {Why make this passive move when taking with the rook was also possible?} (27... Rxd8 28. fxe3 Rd7 $11 {and Black is completely fine.}) 28. fxe3 Kf8 $6 (28... Bb6 $5 29. Re5 Rc8 {activating the rook.} 30. Re7 Rc7 $1 31. Bxf7+ Kf8 32. Rxc7 Bxc7 33. Bd5 Bxg3 34. Bxb7 $11 {This should be an easy draw.}) 29. Kg2 Ke7 30. f4 f6 31. Rc4 b5 32. Re4+ Kf8 33. Kf3 h5 34. Rd4 Ke7 $2 (34... Be7 $14 {Black is passive but still holding on to everything.}) 35. Rd5 $1 {Now a pawn is lost.} h4 (35... Kf8 36. Rd7 a6 37. Rf7+ Ke8 38. Ra7 $16 {[%cal Ga7a6,Gb3f7]}) 36. gxh4 gxh4 37. Rh5 a5 38. bxa5 Bxa5 39. Rxh4 $16 {Even though thanks to the opposite coloured bishops Black has decent drawing chances, his task is not so easy. White not only has an extra pawn but also well co-ordinated pieces. Slowly and steadily Vitiugov increased the pressure and won the game.} Kd6 40. Rh5 Bc3 41. Rd5+ Kc6 42. Rd1 Rh8 43. Kg4 Rh2 44. Rd8 Kc7 45. Re8 Kd6 46. Kf5 Re2 47. Kg6 Rg2+ 48. Kf7 Rh2 49. e4 Rh7+ (49... Rf2 50. Rd8+ Kc7 51. Rd5 b4 (51... Rxf4 52. Rc5+ $18) 52. Rf5 $14) 50. Kg6 Re7 51. Rd8+ Rd7 $6 (51... Kc7 $142 $16) 52. Rb8 $1 b4 53. e5+ $1 {A very strong breakthrough which wins for White.} fxe5 54. f5 $1 Kc7 (54... e4 55. f6 Bxf6 56. Kxf6 $18 {should be an elementary victory for White.}) 55. Re8 $1 Rd8 56. Re7+ Rd7 57. f6 Kd8 (57... Rxe7 58. fxe7 Kd7 59. Kf7 $18) 58. Rxd7+ {Khismatullin played the opening quite imaginatively and equalised but his move 20...xf3 was a pretty bad one and gave White chances in the game.} (58. Rxd7+ Kxd7 59. f7 Ke7 60. Kg7 $18) 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.03.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,Alex "]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 dxc4 6. a3 ({RR} 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8. Bxd2 Qd5 9. Qc2 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Bc3 Qg4 12. f3 Qh4+ 13. g3 Qh6 14. e4 Bd7 15. Bxc4 Bc6 16. Qf2 O-O 17. O-O Rfd8 18. Rad1 b6 19. Bd2 Qg6 20. Bf4 Nxe4 {Carlsen,M (2775)-Morozevich,A (2788) Moscow 2008 1-0 (46)}) 6... Bxd2+ ({RR} 6... Ba5 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. Qxc4 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. b4 Bb6 11. e3 O-O 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. Rc1 Qe7 14. Bb1 a5 15. b5 Na7 16. a4 c6 17. Qc2 f5 18. Nc4 Bd8 19. bxc6 Nxc6 20. Qb3 Qb4+ 21. Nfd2 {Ipatov,A (2644)-Liu,Y (2516) Hong Kong HKG 2026 0-1 (38)}) 7. Qxd2 Nbd7 8. a4 $146 ({RR} 8. Qb4 h6 9. Bh4 b6 10. e3 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Bxc4 O-O 13. O-O Bb7 14. Rfd1 Qe7 15. Be2 Rfd8 16. h3 Kf8 17. Ne5 g5 18. Bg3 Nce4 19. Bh2 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Qxb4 21. axb4 Nd5 22. f3 Nef6 {Ipatov,A (2631)-Nihal,S (2618) Chess.com INT 2020 ½-½ (51)}) ({RR} 8. Qb4 h6 9. Bh4 b6 10. e3 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Bxc4 O-O 13. O-O Bb7 14. Rfd1 Qe7 15. Be2 Rfd8 16. h3 Kf8 17. Ne5 g5 18. Bg3 Nce4 19. Bh2 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Qxb4 21. axb4 Nd5 22. f3 Nef6 {Ipatov,A (2631)-Nihal,S (2618) Chess.com INT 2020 ½-½ (51)}) 8... c5 9. e3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Bxc4 O-O 13. Qb4 Nd5 14. Qc5 b6 15. Qc6 Bd7 16. Qd6 Nf6 17. b3 Rc8 18. Bb5 Bxb5 19. Qxd8 Rfxd8 20. axb5 Rd5 21. O-O Rc7 22. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 e5 24. Nc6 Rxb5 25. Nxa7 Rxb3 26. Nc6 {Some unconvincing play by Akobian led him to a difficult endgame while low on time.} Rb5 {Naroditsky starts off with the correct move.} (26... e4 $2 {would have surrendered an important square to the white knight.} 27. Nd4) 27. h3 Ne4 $2 {And then he goes wrong!} ({White wasn't threatening anything. If his knight moves Black will have ...c5, so a gradual improvement with} 27... g6 {was in order.}) 28. f3 Nd6 29. e4 Kh7 $6 {This just feels wrong.} ({Although it may have been too late for} 29... g6 30. Rd1 Nc4 31. Rd8+ Kg7 32. Rd7) 30. h4 h5 31. Kh2 f6 32. Ne7 $2 {R+N endgames are largely tactical. It's important to find targets and hit them hard.} (32. Nd8 $1 Rc5 33. Rd1 Nc4 (33... Nb5 34. Rb1) 34. Rd7 {planning e6 would do just that.}) 32... Rc5 33. Rd1 Nc8 $5 {This is where you need time to correctly assess all possible simplifications.} 34. Nd5 $2 (34. Nxc8 Rxc8 35. Rb1 Rb8 {This only looks great for Black, who has his rook behind the passed pawn. In reality,} 36. Rb5 Kg8 37. Kg3 Kf7 38. f4 exf4+ 39. Kxf4 g6 40. g4 hxg4 41. Kxg4 Ke6 42. h5 gxh5+ 43. Kxh5 Kd6 44. Kg6 {is an easy draw.}) 34... b5 35. Ne3 {Varuzhan was mainly concerned with making the time control without blundering.} ({Truth to tell, it was too late for active play anyway:} 35. Ra1 f5 36. Ra6 fxe4 37. fxe4 Rc4 {and Black gets the second pawn.}) 35... b4 36. Rb1 Rb5 37. Rb3 Ne7 38. Kg3 Nc6 39. Nd5 Rc5 40. Rb2 Rb5 41. Rb3 f5 42. Kf2 fxe4 43. fxe4 Rb7 44. g4 (44. Ke3 {would allow Black to make an important step forward:} Nd4 45. Rb2 b3) 44... hxg4 45. Kg3 Kg6 46. Kxg4 Kf7 47. h5 Ke6 48. Kg5 Kd6 49. Kg6 Kc5 {Once again, Akobian was very low on time.} 50. Kh7 $2 {A wild attempt to get around to capturing the g7-pawn.} ({Paradoxically, he should have parted with his knight right away:} 50. Nxb4 Nxb4 51. Rf3 Kd4 (51... Nc6 52. Rf7 Rb1 53. Kxg7 Rg1+ {and now White saves a draw with a spectacular idea:} 54. Kh7 $3 Kd4 55. h6 Kxe4 56. Kh8 Nb4 57. h7 {Self-stalemating!} Nd5 {the last thing left to do is to get rid of your own rook:} 58. Rf4+ Kd3 59. Rd4+) 52. Rf7 Rb6+ 53. Kxg7 Nd3 54. Rf6 (54. h6 Nf4 55. h7 Nh5+ 56. Kf8 Kxe4 57. Rf1 Rb7 58. Kg8 Rg7+ 59. Kh8 Rg3 60. Rf4+ {the same stalemate motif}) 54... Rb7+ 55. Rf7 Rb1 56. h6 Rg1+ 57. Kh8 Nf4 58. h7 Ng6+ 59. Kg7 Kxe4 60. Rf6 Nf4+ 61. Kh8 {and once again!}) 50... Kd4 51. Nxb4 Nxb4 52. Rg3 Kxe4 53. Rxg7 Rb6 {Now White comes up short of his goals, maybe by a tempo or two.} 54. Rg6 Rb8 55. h6 Nd5 56. Kg7 Rb7+ 57. Kf8 Kf5 58. Rg1 Nf6 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess 2nd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2014.06.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Marin,Mihail"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{With the help of Valentin Stoica.} 1. d4 {Schulz,Andre} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 {This has become increasingly popular over the last year. When I started playing it a bit earlier I thought I could find a shelter from forced variations, allowing me to be alone, one to one, with my opponent. Theory's tentacles are reaching here, too, unfortunately.} a6 $5 ({In order to have some reference points it is essential to know that the following more natural continuation would most likely transpose to the 4.e3 QI variation.} 4... Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. Bb2 b6 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Rfd1 Bf8 14. h3 (14. Nf1 g6 15. Ne3 dxc4 16. bxc4 Bg7 {Karpov,A (2740)-Morovic Fernandez,I (2605) Las Palmas 1994 (1-0, 39)}) 14... g6 15. Qe3 Bg7 {Smyslov,V (2600)-Ribli,Z (2615) London 1983 (1-0, 65)}) 5. b3 ({Black would be just too glad to get an extra tempo over the QGA after} 5. Bd3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 b5) 5... c5 6. Bb2 cxd4 7. exd4 g6 $5 {The only justification for the 4th move. If Black develops normally with ...e7, he will have just wasted a tempo with ...a6. But since the bishop is heading for g7 in the long run, it makes sense to save two tempi with the last move.} 8. Bd3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. Ne5 $5 $146 {The only way to question Black's opening play. After all, everything which he has been doing was rather time consuming so he is behind with his general developing plan involving ...b6 and ...b7.} (11. Rc1 dxc4 (11... b6 12. Ba3 Ne7 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. c5 bxc5 15. Bxc5 $14 {Shengelia,D (2558)-Feher,A (2340) Austria 2012 (½-½, 58)}) 12. bxc4 b6 13. Ne4 (13. Ba3 Re8 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bb7 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxb7 Ra7 18. dxe5 {½-½ (18) Khenkin,I (2574)-Haslinger,S (2544) Delft 2014}) 13... Bb7 14. Ba3 Nxd4 15. Bxf8 Bxf8 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $44 {Anton Guijarro,D (2574)-Bruzon Batista,L (2699) Linares 2013 (½-½, 30)}) ({RR} 11. Rc1 b6 12. Re1 Bb7 13. a3 Rc8 14. Qe2 dxc4 15. bxc4 Re8 16. h3 Qc7 17. Qe3 Ne7 18. Ne5 Nf5 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. Ndf3 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Ne4 22. Re2 Qd6 ({RR} 22... Rcd8) 23. Qb3 ({RR} 23. Rxe4 fxe4 24. Qxf7+) 23... Bxe5 24. dxe5 Qc6 25. Qe3 Rcd8 {Radjabov,T (2738)-Carlsen,M (2850) Berlin 2015 CBM 168 Extra [Schulz,Andre] 1-0 (41)} ({RR} 25... Re6)) 11... Bd7 {Deviating from the aforementioned plan.} (11... Nxd4 $5 {is tempting, but maybe not 100% equalising.} 12. Bxg6 $1 (12. Bxd4 dxc4 13. Bc5 cxd3 14. Bxf8 Qxf8 $15) 12... hxg6 13. Bxd4 {White has some lead in development, making the weaknesses on the dark squares rather dangerous for Black.} Nd7 (13... b6 14. Qf3 Bb7 15. Rad1 Nd7 (15... Qc7 16. Qe3 $1 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qxb6 d4 20. f4) 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Bxb6 d4 18. Qg4 Qc6 19. c5 e5 20. f3 $14) 14. Qe2 (14. Nxd7 Bxd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. cxd5 Bb5) 14... Nxe5 15. Bxe5 f6 (15... Bd7 16. Rfd1 Bc6 17. Nf3 Rc8 18. Qe3 $14) 16. Bb2 e5 (16... d4 17. Qg4) 17. Ba3 Rf7 18. cxd5 Qxd5 19. Nc4 $14) 12. Ndf3 $6 {Weakening the control over the e4-square so early makes little sense. After ...g7-g6 White should be ready to meet ...xe5 with dxe5, Xf6. It would have been better to develop according to the pattern from the classical games above.} ({True,} 12. Qe2 {would allow} Nb4 $5 13. Bb1 Rc8 {[%csl Ga1]}) (12. Rc1 $1 Rc8 13. Qe2 $14 Bh6 {would achieve very little after} 14. f4) 12... dxc4 $146 {A strange concession.} (12... Nxe5 $142 $1 13. dxe5 (13. Nxe5 Bc6 {It is always good for Black to exchange some minor pieces.}) 13... Ne4 $1 {Here is when the e4-square is important.} 14. Bc2 (14. cxd5 exd5 {[%cal Gd7g4]} 15. h3 Rc8 $132 {[%csl Gc3]}) 14... Bc6 15. Qe2 Nc5 16. Rfd1 Nd7 $1 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Gd5c4,Gc6f3]}) ({RR} 12... Rc8 13. Qe2 dxc4 14. bxc4 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nh5 16. g3 Bc6 17. Be4 Qc7 18. Ba3 Rfd8 19. Bd6 Qd7 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. c5 b6 22. cxb6 Qxb6 23. Rab1 Qc6 24. Rfc1 Qxc1+ 25. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 26. Kg2 Bh6 27. Qxa6 {Hracek,Z (2592)-Ragger,M (2657) Katowice 2017 0-1 (47)}) ({RR} 12... Rc8 13. Re1 Qc7 14. Rc1 dxc4 15. bxc4 Rfd8 16. Qb3 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nh5 18. g3 Bf8 19. Be4 Bc6 20. Ng5 Be7 21. h4 Ng7 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. Ne4 Nf5 24. c5 Rd5 25. Nd6 Rc7 26. Ne4 Rcd7 27. Nd6 {Laurent Paoli,P (2371)-Maurizzi,M (2419) Chartres 2019 ½-½}) 13. bxc4 Qc7 14. a4 $6 {I believe chess has not changed that much since Smyslov and Karpov, at least not when it comes to regrouping in standard positions.} (14. Qe2 $142 Rfd8 15. Rac1 Be8 16. Rfd1 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 (17. dxe5 Nd7) 17... Nd7 18. Ng4 $14 {[%cal Gg4e3,Gd4d5]}) 14... Rfd8 15. Qb3 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 (16. dxe5 Ng4 {[%csl Ge5] With the queen on e2, this would run into h2-h3.} 17. Rfe1 Bc6 {[%csl Ge5]}) 16... Bc6 17. Rfd1 Nd7 $11 18. f4 (18. Ng4 h5 19. Ne3 Qb6 $1 {Once again, we notice that a2-a4 and b3 do not really work to White's favour.}) 18... Nxe5 $6 ({I would prefer increasing the pressure against the white centre with} 18... Qb6) 19. fxe5 Rd7 {In the absence of knights, White's space advantage is not too threatening, but in principle the game starts getting a bit one-sided.} 20. Be2 Qd8 21. a5 Rc8 22. d5 $1 exd5 23. Bg4 $14 d4 24. Bxd7 Qxd7 25. Rxd4 Qe7 26. Re1 Re8 27. Rf4 Qc5+ 28. Bd4 Qxa5 29. Qc3 Qxc3 30. Bxc3 Bh6 31. Rf2 b5 32. Rf6 Bd7 33. Rxa6 bxc4 34. Rea1 Be6 35. Kf2 Bf8 36. Ra8 Bc5+ 37. Ke2 Rxa8 38. Rxa8+ Kg7 39. Ra5 Bb6 40. Ra6 Bg1 41. h3 g5 42. g4 Bh2 43. Ra8 h6 44. Rd8 Kg6 45. Kf3 Bf4 46. h4 h5 47. hxg5 Bc1 48. gxh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Zoltan"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 {Diese Spielweise ist sehr populär in der letzten Zeit - Schwarz möchte im Ffolgenden b7-b5, b7 spielen und mit bd7 die Entwicklung des Damenflügels beenden. Die traditionelle Alternative ist 5...bd7.} 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. d4 (8. a4 a6 (8... Na6 9. Nc3 $5 (9. O-O Nb4 10. Qd1 a6 11. Nc3 Be7 12. d3 O-O 13. Bd2 Qb6 14. Ng5 c5 {½-½ Chernin,A-Razuvaev,Y/Tilburg 1994/CBM 44 (48)}) 9... Nb4 10. Qb1 Be7 11. O-O a6 12. d4 O-O 13. Bg5 Rc8 14. e3 Qb6 15. Ne4 $1 Rfe8 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Rc1 a5 18. Nc5 Na6 19. Nxb7 Qxb7 20. axb5 Qxb5 21. Bf1 Qb6 22. Nd2 $16 {½-½ Saric,A-Pavasovic,D/Zadar 2004 (70)}) 9. axb5 cxb5 $5 (9... axb5) 10. O-O Be7 11. d4 O-O 12. Bg5 Nc6 13. e3 Rc8 14. Qe2 Nb4 15. Nc3 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Rfd1 Qb6 {½-½ Rotstein,A-Gyimesi,Z/Graz 2004 (28)}) 8... Nbd7 9. a4 (9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd5 $1 11. O-O Be7 $1 12. Rd1 Qb8 $1 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. e4 Rc8 16. Qe2 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Rc4 $1 19. Qf3 Qe8 $1 20. Be3 Rc7 $1 {[ ac8]. ½-½ Volzhin,A-Ibragimov,I/Russia (ch) 82/423 2001/[Volzhin,A] (20)}) 9... c5 $1 $11 {[%mdl 4] Schwarz beschäftigt sich nicht mit dem b5-Bauern, er öffnet die Diagonale des b7-Läufers.} 10. O-O (10. dxc5 b4 11. O-O Bxc5 $15) (10. axb5 cxd4 11. O-O e5 $13) 10... b4 11. Bg5 Rc8 12. Nbd2 Be7 13. Rfc1 (13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Rfd1 O-O 15. Nb3 Bd5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Qd3 h6 18. Be3 $11) 13... O-O {Schwarz hat eine bequeme Stellung - er hat Raumvorteil am Damenflügel und eine gute Entwicklung, die weiße Dame steht nicht so gut auf der c-Linie.} (13... cxd4 14. Qd3 $11) 14. Qd3 h6 15. Bxf6 (15. Be3) 15... Bxf6 16. e3 Rc7 17. Qe2 $6 {Dieser Damezug erscheint mir etwas passiv - die Alternative erscheint mir logischer.} (17. Ne4 $5) 17... Qc8 {[%cal Gc8c1]} 18. Qb5 $146 ({RR} 18. Nb3 Rd8 19. Nfd2 Ba6 20. Qh5 c4 21. Qa5 Be7 22. Rc2 Nb8 23. Rac1 c3 24. bxc3 Bd3 25. c4 Bxc2 26. Rxc2 Nc6 27. Qb5 a6 28. Qh5 Bf8 29. c5 Ne7 30. Nc4 Nd5 31. Bxd5 exd5 32. Nb6 Qe6 {Damljanovic,B (2545)-Pavlovic,D (2277) Herceg Novi 2002 1-0 (40)}) 18... a6 19. Qf1 (19. Qa5 $4 Rc6 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Rf6d8,Rd8a5]} 20. dxc5 Bxb2 $19) 19... a5 20. b3 $2 {Dieser Zug gefällt mir nicht - Weiß schwächt das c3-Feld von selbst.} (20. Nb3 Bd5 21. Nfd2 (21. Nxa5 $4 Qa8 $19 {[%cal Ra8a5,Ra8f3]})) 20... Rd8 21. Qb5 Bc6 $6 (21... Qa8 $15) 22. Qe2 {In vorherigen Varianten konnte Weiß nie xa5 spielen, aber hier geht das, obwohl dieser Zug sehr riskant ist.} (22. Qxa5 $1 Qb8 (22... Qb7 23. Ne1 Bxg2 24. Nxg2 Ra8 25. Qb5 Qxb5 26. axb5 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 cxd4 28. Ne4 $13) 23. Qa6 $13) 22... Qb7 $15 {[%csl Yc3][%cal Gb7h1] Schwarz hat eine ausgezeichnete Figurenkoordination und das c3-Feld ist schwach in der weißen Stellung.} (22... Nb6 23. Rxc5 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 Rxc5 25. dxc5 Bxa1 26. cxb6 Qc1+ 27. Nf1 Qc5 28. b7 $44 {[%csl Gb7]}) 23. Nc4 Qa8 24. Ra2 {[%cal Ga2c2,Gc1c8] Weiß möchte auf der c-Linie die Türme verdoppeln.} cxd4 25. exd4 Bd5 26. Rac2 Rdc8 (26... Be4) 27. Qd1 (27. Nfe5 Bxg2 28. Nxd7 Bxd4 (28... Rxd7 29. Nb6 Rxc2 30. Qxc2 Be4 31. Qe2 $13) 29. Ncb6 Bxb6 30. Nxb6 Rxc2 31. Rxc2 Rxc2 32. Qxc2 Qb7 $19) 27... Qa6 28. Nfe5 $6 $138 {Weiß ist schon in Zeitnot, er hatte nur noch 3 Minuten Bedenkzeit.} (28. Bf1 Qa7 29. Be2 $15) 28... Bxe5 29. Bxd5 {Dieser Zug verliert eigentlich einen Bauern, aber Weiß hat kein besseren Zug.} (29. dxe5 Bxc4 30. Qd6 (30. Rxc4 Rxc4 31. Rxc4 Nxe5 $17) 30... Qxd6 31. exd6 Rc5 32. Rxc4 Rxc4 33. Rxc4 Rxc4 34. bxc4 Nc5 $19 {[%csl Gb4,Gc5]}) 29... Bxg3 (29... Bf4 $6 30. gxf4 exd5 31. Ne5 Nxe5 (31... Rc3 $2 32. Rxc3 bxc3 33. Nxd7 Qg6+ 34. Kh1 Qe4+ 35. f3 Qxf4 36. Rc2 $18) 32. Rxc7 Rxc7 33. Rxc7 Qg6+ $44) 30. hxg3 exd5 31. Ne3 Rxc2 32. Rxc2 Nf6 $17 {Schwarz hat einen Bauern mehr, aber die technische Verwertung des Vorteils ist noch nicht leicht, weil die schwarze Bauernmehrheit am Königsflügel schwer zu mobilisieren ist.} 33. Rc5 Rxc5 34. dxc5 Qc6 35. Qd4 g6 {Schwarz verhindert die Möglichkeit 36.f5.} (35... Kf8 36. Nf5 $15) 36. Qe5 Nd7 37. Qd6 $2 (37. Qe8+ Kg7 38. Ng4 $15 (38. Nc2 Qxc5 39. Qxd7 Qxc2 40. Qxd5)) 37... Qxd6 38. cxd6 {[%mdl 4096]} Kf8 $19 {Das Springerendspiel ist gewonnen für Schwarz - der schwarze König kontrolliert den weiße d-Bauern, der b3-Bauer ist schwach und Schwarz kann am Königsflügel mit h5 und g5 einen ernfernten Freibauern bilden.} 39. Nxd5 Nc5 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Rc5b3]} 40. Kf1 Ke8 41. Nb6 Nxb3 42. Ke2 Nc5 43. f3 h5 44. Ke3 b3 (44... b3 45. Kd2 g5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2002.01.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,Ilya"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2002.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Nf6 6. Bg5 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Be2 (9. Nbd2 a6 10. a4 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Bd3 $14 {-see commented game ½-½ Sanjay,N-Kharlov,A/Calcutta 2001/CBM 82_01 [Tsesarsky,I](44)}) ({More popular is} 9. Bd3 h6 (9... Rc8 10. O-O a6 11. a4 c5 12. axb5 c4 (12... Bxf3 13. gxf3 cxd4 14. Qe2 axb5 15. Bxb5 Be7 $132) 13. Be2 axb5 14. Nc3 $14 (14. b3 $132 {1-0 Paunovic,D-Kalezic,B/Herceg Novi YUG 2001/The Week in Chess 358 (41)})) 10. Bh4 {-see commented game 1-0 Gurevich,M-Grischuk,A/Cannes 2001/CBM 82_01[Tsesarsky,I] (44)} (10. Bxf6 $5)) 9... a6 {[%cal Gc6c5] Black prepares c6-c5 promotion.} (9... Qb6 10. O-O (10. Nc3 a6 11. a4 c5 12. axb5 cxd4 13. exd4 $14) 10... c5 11. a4 a6 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8+ Bxa8 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Bxf6 (15. b4 Bxb4 {½-½ Masternak,A-Van der Vorm,T/DEN 1999/EXT 2000 (15)}) 15... gxf6 16. Rc1 b4 (16... O-O 17. Nc3 Rd8 18. Nxb5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 $16) 17. Nbd2 $14) 10. a4 {[%csl Rb5] White, in other side, puts pressure on b5.} Rc8 (10... Bb4+ $6 11. Nc3 Be7 12. O-O $14 {½-½ Giffard,N-Sarmiento Alfonso,B/Las Palmas 1993/EXT 97 (51)}) 11. O-O ({Worth of attention} 11. Nc3 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Gc3b5,Ga4b5] increasing pressure on b5.} c5 12. d5 $5 b4 (12... Qa5 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. O-O b4 15. Nb1 c4 16. Nbd2 b3 17. Qb1 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Bd6 19. Rc1 Qb4 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Rc3 O-O 22. Qf1 $14 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gf1c4,Gc3c4]}) 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Nb1 c4 15. Bxc4 (15. O-O Be4 16. Qc1 Qa5 $15) 15... Bxf3 16. gxf3 Ne5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Nd2 Qd5 19. b3 (19. Bxd5 Rxc2 20. Bxe6 Rxb2 21. Ke2 Nxf3 22. Kxf3 Rxd2 23. Rhd1 Rd6 24. Bd5 $14) 19... Nxc4 20. bxc4 (20. Nxc4 Qxf3 21. Rg1 Rc5 $132) 20... Qe5 21. Rc1 f5 22. f4 $14) 11... Be7 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nb3 $6 $11 ({Better looks} 14. Qe4 $5 {[%cal Gf1c1,Ge4b7] preventing c6-c5 promotion} Qb6 (14... Nb6 15. a5 Nd7 16. Rfd1 f5 17. Qf4 c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. b4 Bd6 20. Qh6 Nd7 21. Ng5 Nf6 22. Bf3 $14) 15. Qg4+ (15. Qh4 Rfe8 {[%cal Gf6f5]} 16. Bd3 f5 17. Qg3+ Kh8 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. Qxg5 c5 $132) 15... Kh8 16. Qh4 Rg8 17. Bd3 Rg7 18. axb5 cxb5 19. Be4 $14 {[%csl Rf6,Rf7]}) 14... c5 15. axb5 $146 ({RR} 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bxb5 Be4 18. Qc3 Nxb3 19. Qxb3 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Qb6 21. Bc4 Qxb3 22. Bxb3 Rb8 23. Bc4 Rxb2 24. Rfb1 Rxb1+ 25. Rxb1 Rc8 26. Rc1 Rc5 27. f4 f5 28. Rc2 Kg7 29. Bd3 Rxc2 {Stupak,K (2535)-Zhigalko,S (2647) Gjakova 2016 ½-½ (31)}) ({RR} 15. dxc5) 15... cxd4 16. Qd2 ({Or} 16. Qd1 dxe3 17. bxa6 exf2+ 18. Rxf2 Bd5 19. Nfd4 Ne5 $132) 16... dxe3 17. Qxe3 axb5 18. Bxb5 Nc5 (18... Bd5 $132) 19. Nxc5 (19. Nbd4 Qb6 20. b4 Rfd8 $1 21. Rfc1 (21. bxc5 Bxc5 22. Rfd1 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Bxd4 24. Rab1 $44) 21... Bxf3 22. gxf3 Nb3 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Nf5 Qxb5 (24... Qxe3 25. Nxe7+ Kf8 26. fxe3 Rb8 (26... Kxe7 27. Ra7+ Kf8 28. Bd3 f5 29. Kf2 $14 {[%csl Gb4][%cal Gb4b8]})) 25. Nxe7+ Kg7 26. Qxb3 (26. Nxc8 Nxa1 $11) 26... Rc7 $11 {[%csl Re7]}) 19... Rxc5 20. Bd3 f5 21. Rfd1 Rd5 22. Be2 Bf6 23. Rab1 Qd6 (23... Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Qb8 $11) 24. Ne1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Qb4 26. Nd3 Qb3 27. Nc5 Qxe3 (27... Qxb2 28. Nxb7 Qxb7 $44) 28. fxe3 Bc6 (28... Bd5 $6 29. Nd7 Bxb2 30. Nxf8 Kxf8 31. Bf3 $14) 29. Nd7 {White decided to transform the game into drawn endgame with  opposite colour.} (29. b4 Rb8 30. Rd6 Be8 31. Na6 Rb7 32. Bf3 Ra7 $11) 29... Bxd7 30. Rxd7 Bxb2 31. Bh5 {[%csl Rf7]} Kg7 32. Kf2 Kf6 33. h3 h6 34. g4 fxg4 35. hxg4 Ba3 36. e4 e5 37. Rb7 Ke6 38. Kf3 f6 39. Bg6 Bc1 40. Rc7 Bg5 41. Rc8 $1 Rxc8 (41... Rxc8 42. Bf5+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2016.05.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Baldauf,Marco"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 ({RR} 6... Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. a3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Qf6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Rc1 c6 14. b4 g4 15. Ng1 Nf8 16. b5 Bd7 17. bxc6 Bxc6 18. Bd3 h5 19. Qb4 a6 20. Ne2 Ng6 21. Qb6 {Aliyev,E (2108)-Gece,U (2022) Denizli TUR 2026 1-0 (55)}) 7. Nbd2 ({RR} 7. Qc2 O-O 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Bc4 N5f6 11. Nc3 c5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. Be2 Bd7 15. Qb3 Rab8 16. a4 Rfc8 17. a5 Nc6 18. Rfd1 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Bc6 20. Bb5 a6 21. Bxc6 Rxc6 {Mamedyarov,S (2817)-Karjakin,S (2753) Kolkata 2018 ½-½}) 7... c5 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O $146 ({RR} 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. O-O b6 11. Nd4 Bb7 12. Bf3 Nfe4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Rc1 Rac8 17. Qe2 Qb7 18. h3 Nf6 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Qa6 Qd7 21. a4 Ne4 22. Nb5 Nc5 23. Qxa7 Qxa7 {Andreikin,D (2729)-Sjugirov,S (2705) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (56)}) ({RR} 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. O-O b6 11. Nd4 Bb7 12. Bf3 Nfe4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Rc1 Rac8 17. Qe2 Qb7 18. h3 Nf6 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Qa6 Qd7 21. a4 Ne4 22. Nb5 Nc5 23. Qxa7 Qxa7 {Andreikin,D (2729)-Sjugirov,S (2705) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (56)}) 9... b6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bg3 Bb7 12. Nc4 N7f6 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nfd2 Rc8 {Schwarz hat bequem ausgeglichen, seine Figuren stehen gar etwas harmonischer. Eljanov ergreift drastische Maßnahmen, die dem Spiel einen zweischneidigen Charakter verleihen.} 15. e4 $5 (15. Qb3 $11) 15... Ne7 16. e5 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Nd6 {nur so ist der Vorstoß des Bauern nach e5 zu rechtfertigen} Bxd6 19. exd6 Nf5 20. Qa4 Bd5 21. d7 Rc5 (21... Nxg3 $6 22. hxg3 Rc7 23. Bb5 $11) 22. b4 Nxg3 23. hxg3 Rc7 24. Bb5 Qg5 {Diagramm [#] der weiße Bauer auf d7 stört etwas, doch dafür stehen die weißen Figuren, allen voran die Da4 schlecht.} 25. Rfe1 Rd8 26. Re3 h5 27. Rae1 h4 (27... g6 28. Re5 Qf6 29. Rxd5 $2 exd5 30. Re8+ Kg7 $19) 28. Re5 Qf6 {Diagramm [#]} (28... Qd2 $1 $13) 29. Qa3 (29. Rxd5 $1 {erstaunlich, dass Eljanov diese Taktik übersieht} exd5 30. Re8+ Kh7 31. Qd1 $1 g6 $8 32. Rxd8 Qxd8 33. Qxd5 $16 {[%cal Rd5f7,Rd5e5,Re5e8]}) 29... Ba8 30. Qe3 hxg3 31. Qxg3 a6 32. Rxe6 $1 {liquidiert in ein ausgeglichenes Endspiel} fxe6 33. Qxc7 Rf8 $1 (33... axb5 34. Rxe6 Qg5 35. Qxd8+ Qxd8 36. Re8+ $18) 34. Qxb6 axb5 35. Qxe6+ Qf7 36. Qxf7+ Kxf7 37. Re5 Rd8 38. Rxb5 Rxd7 39. a4 Bc6 40. Rf5+ Ke6 41. Ra5 Rd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,Michal"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2014.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Qc2 {An unusual but quite logical move order: ...d5xc4 and ...c7-c5 are now less appropriate than in positions with White's knight on c3.} h6 (5... O-O 6. e3 {leads to a kind of normal Queen's Gambit.}) 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 c5 {A risky idea.} (7... O-O 8. Nc3 {leads to a well-known position} (8. cxd5 $5 exd5 9. Bd3 {is possible if White wants to avoid theory})) ({RR} 7... O-O 8. h4 c5 9. g4 g6 10. g5 hxg5 11. hxg5 Bg7 12. Nc3 cxd4 13. exd4 Nc6 14. O-O-O Nb4 15. Qd2 dxc4 16. Qf4 Qa5 17. Bxc4 b5 18. Bb3 Bb7 19. Kb1 Rac8 20. Rh3 Rxc3 21. bxc3 Nd5 22. Bxd5 {Mamedyarov,S (2767)-So,W (2767) Chess.com INT 2019 0-1}) ({RR} 7... Nd7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. h4 c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. cxd5 b6 12. g4 g6 13. g5 hxg5 14. hxg5 Bg7 15. O-O-O exd5 16. Bh3 Re8 17. Nb3 Bxh3 18. Rxh3 Nxb3+ 19. Qxb3 Qc8+ 20. Kb1 Qxh3 21. Qxd5 Qf5+ {0-1 (21) Guliev,G (2123)-Papasimakopoulos,A (2366) chess.com INT 2025}) 8. cxd5 cxd4 9. Bb5+ Bd7 $146 ({It was not easy to go for} 9... Nd7 10. dxe6 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 dxc3 12. exd7+ Bxd7 13. Bxd7+ Kxd7 {but apparently Black can hold his ground:} 14. O-O cxb2 15. Rad1+ Ke7 16. Qe4+ Kf8 17. Qxb7 Re8 $1 18. Nd4 Qc3 19. Rb1 Bxd4 20. exd4 Qxd4 21. Rfd1 Qf6 22. Rxb2 g6 {[%cal Ye8e7,Yf8g7]}) ({RR} 9... Ke7 10. exd4 exd5 11. O-O Be6 12. Re1 Qd6 13. Nc3 Nc6 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. Rxe5 f6 17. Re3 Rhe8 18. Qh7 Kf8 19. Rg3 Re7 20. h3 Bg8 21. Qh8 Qe6 22. Rc1 Rc8 23. Kh2 Rcc7 24. Rf3 {Ipatov,A (2665)-Akobian,V (2640) Saint Louis 2018 0-1 (68)}) {After the game move Black can't equalise anymore.} 10. dxe6 Qa5+ (10... Bxb5 $143 11. exf7+ Kxf7 12. Qb3+ Ke7 13. Qxb5 Qb6 14. Qxb6 axb6 15. Nxd4 {, and White should convert his material advantage, e.g.} Nc6 16. Nxc6+ bxc6 17. Nc3 Bxc3+ 18. bxc3 Ra3 19. Kd2 Rha8 20. Rhc1 Rxa2+ 21. Rxa2 Rxa2+ 22. Rc2 {etc.}) 11. Nbd2 Qxb5 12. exd7+ Nxd7 13. Qe4+ Kf8 14. Nxd4 Qxb2 15. Rb1 Qxa2 16. Qxb7 Rd8 (16... Rb8 17. Qxd7 Rxb1+ 18. Nxb1 Qxb1+ 19. Ke2 Qb2+ 20. Kf3 g6 21. Rd1 $5 {, and White keeps pressure} ({or} 21. Qxa7 Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Qxd4 23. exd4 Ke7 {- this ending is theoretically drawn but requires accurate defence})) 17. Qb4+ Kg8 18. O-O {It is hardly possible for Black to get his h8-rook out without at least losing his a7-pawn.} a5 (18... Qd5 19. Ra1 {[%csl Ra7]}) 19. Qc3 Qd5 (19... Bxd4 $5 20. exd4 (20. Qxd4 Kh7 21. Ra1 Qc2 22. Rfc1 Qf5) 20... Qd5 21. Rfd1 {[%cal Yd2c4]}) 20. Qc7 Nf8 21. Rb5 Qd7 22. Qxd7 Rxd7 23. N2f3 Bxd4 (23... Ne6 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Rxa5 {is favourable for White, of course. The rook endgame with pawns on the same side offers Black more drawing chances.}) 24. Nxd4 Ne6 25. Nxe6 fxe6 {[%mdl 4096]} 26. Rxa5 Kf7 27. g4 Rc8 $6 {Black should have aimed for the exchange of one pair of rooks:} (27... Rhd8 {[%cal Yd7d1] In the resulting ending he should be able to survive with accurate defence. With four rooks on the board White has more chances to out-manoeuvre his opponent.}) 28. Rb1 Rc2 29. Ra8 Rc4 30. h3 h5 $2 {This pawn sacrifice looks merely temporary but it proves impossible for Black to regain it without critically worsening the position of his rooks.} ({But even after} 30... Rdc7 31. Rbb8 g5 32. Rg8 {[%cal Ra8f8]} Kf6 $1 33. Kg2 {it is unclear whether he can successfully defend.}) 31. gxh5 Rh4 32. Rh8 Kf6 (32... Rxh3 33. Kg2 Rh4 34. f4 $18 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Rg2g3]}) 33. Kh2 Rd5 34. Rf8+ Ke7 35. Rf3 {[%cal Rb1b7]} Rf5 (35... Rhxh5 36. Rb7+ Rd7 37. Rxd7+ Kxd7 38. Rf7+ $18) 36. Rxf5 exf5 37. Rg1 Kf6 38. Rg6+ Kf7 39. Rg5 Kf6 (39... f4 40. Rf5+ Ke6 41. Rxf4 Rxh5 $18 {}) 40. f4 {[%cal Rh2g3]} 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Black "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,Victor"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. Qxc4 b5 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 Rc8 {Black wants to prepare c5 without playing a6.} ({Other options are} 10... a6 11. a4 Rc8 12. Be2 (12. axb5 cxb5 13. Qb3 Bd5 14. Qd1 Qb6 15. Bd3 Bb4 {and Black solved opening problems. ½-½ Ostenstad,B-Gausel,E/Roros NOR 2002/The Week in Chess 401 (22). (22)}) 12... c5 13. d5 Bxd5 14. axb5 axb5 15. Bxb5 Be7 16. Ne5 {0-1 Gamback,B-Shumiakina,T/Gausdal NOR 2003/The Week in Chess 428 (104)} (16. e4 $142 $1 Bc6 17. Bxc6 Rxc6 18. Nc4 O-O 19. O-O {with a clear positional advantage for White.})) ({and} 10... Qb6 $146 11. Be2 Rc8 12. Qb3 a5 $1 13. a3 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Ne5 a4 $1 16. Qd3 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Rcd8 $1 {and Black obtained a good play in Psakhis-Pavasovic, Pula zt 2000. CBM77[Psakhis]}) 11. Be2 ({White also tried} 11. Qb3 Qa5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Be2 Rg8 14. O-O a6 15. a4 b4 16. Rfc1 {½-½ Gustafsson,J-Varga,Z/Charleville 2000/CBM 79 ext (16).}) 11... Be7 ({Immediate} 11... c5 $2 {leads to an easy advantage for White after} 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. d5 $1 Bxd5 14. Bxb5 Bd6 15. e4 Bc6 16. Nc4 $1 $16 {1-0 Ibragimov-Filippov, RUS-ch Elista 1996/CBM56 [Tsesarsky].}) 12. O-O c5 {Galkin already tested this move earlier and didn't have problems to equalize. See below.} 13. d5 $5 $146 {Probably this novelty was prepared by Delchev at home. White's idea is to create hanging pawns on c5 and d5 and then to attack them. The arising position is typical for the Tartakower system of the Queen's gambit declined.} ({Earlier White tried two other options, but couldn't get a shadow of advantage.} 13. dxc5 Rxc5 14. Qb1 Qb6 15. b4 Rc8 16. a4 bxa4 17. Rxa4 Nd5 18. Nc4 Rxc4 19. Bxc4 Nc3 20. Qb3 Nxa4 21. Bxe7 Kxe7 22. Qxa4 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Rc8 24. Be2 Nf6 25. Ra1 Rc7 $11 {½-½ Simic,R-Kosic,D/Becici 1993/EXT 2000 (30). (30)}) (13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ne4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 Qb6 16. dxc5 {½-½ Izoria,Z-Galkin,A/Ohrid 2001/CBM 84 (16)}) 13... exd5 14. Bxb5 O-O 15. Rfd1 {Unusual for the Queen's gambit position of the queen knight on d2 has certain advantages. For example Black's typical break in the centre by means of d4 doesn't work as the f3-knight is protected by other knight.} Re8 $146 {Black prepares Qb6, but the move looks a little bit artificially. I don't like the pin along the a4-e8 diagonal, although the position remains playable.} (15... a6 {dpesn't help to unpin the pieces as the bishop comes from the other side.} 16. Bd3 {[%cal Gd3f5]}) (15... c4 $5 {[%cal Ga7a6,Gd7b6] trying to expoit an "advanced" position of the light-squared bishop on b5 deserved attention. This move would underline a drawback of the d2-knight comparing to c3, namely lack of pressure on the black centre.}) ({RR} 15... a6 16. Bd3 Nh5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Bf5 Nhf6 20. Qa4 g6 21. Bh3 Rfd8 22. Rac1 Kh7 23. Rc2 Rc7 24. Qa5 Rc6 25. Rdc1 Rdc8 26. Qa3 Qd6 27. Nb3 R6c7 28. Na5 Ba8 29. Rd1 Qe7 30. Nb3 {Hole,O (2336)-Leer Salvesen,B (2374) Sandnes 2005 1-0 (47)}) 16. Rac1 Qb6 17. Qa4 Bc6 $6 {I believe this move is the source of further problems. Black exchanges a number of pieces and the pawns become vulnerable.} ({Black had to unpin the d7-knight by means of} 17... Red8 $5 {allowing a beautiful tactical blow. However it turns out to be not dangerous for Black, to say the least.} 18. b4 $6 ({Although} 18. Bxd7 {doesn't promise much it should be preffered over 18.b4.} Rxd7 19. Bxf6 Bc6 $1 20. Qc2 Bxf6 21. Qxc5 Qxb2 22. Rc2 Bb7 23. Qxc8+ Bxc8 24. Rxb2 Bxb2 {[%csl Gb2,Gc8,Rd5] and a pair of bishops should be able to compensates weakness of the d5-pawn.}) 18... c4 $1 19. Bxd7 Rxd7 20. Nxc4 $1 (20. Bxf6 Bc6 $1) 20... Rxc4 21. Rxc4 dxc4 22. Rxd7 Nxd7 23. Bxe7 Qg6 $1 $36 {and Black develops an unpleasant intiative.}) 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Qxc6 Rxc6 20. Nb1 $1 {The knight goes to c3 in order to attack the centre.} Rb8 21. b3 c4 {Black gives up the d4-square and gets nothing in return. However it wasn't easy to create any counterplay.} 22. Nd4 Rc5 23. Nc3 $14 {White knights occupied the best squares.} Rbc8 $2 {This is already a serious mistake. After allowing b4 the pawns on c4 and d5 are becoming real weaknesses. Moreover Black faces a concrete problem.} 24. b4 R5c7 25. Ncb5 $1 $16 {Suddenly it turns out that Black loses an exchange.} Bxb4 ({Or} 25... Rb7 26. Nf5 $1 Bxb4 27. Nbd6 Bxd6 28. Nxd6 $16 {[%csl Rb7,Rc8] and White should be able to convert his material advantage into a win.}) 26. Nxc7 Rxc7 27. Rb1 a5 28. f3 $5 {White covers the e4-square.} ({There was also a concrete approach.} 28. a3 Bc5 29. Bxf6 Nxf6 30. Rb8+ Kh7 31. Nb5 Rc6 32. Kf1 $16) 28... Rc8 29. Nc2 Bc3 30. Kf1 a4 31. Rb5 {[%cal Gd1b1] Devchev improves the position step by step.} Re8 32. Rdb1 Kh7 33. Bxf6 $1 {White prepares a decisive manoeuvre.} Nxf6 34. Rb8 {An exchange of rooks finishes the game. So Black tried} Re5 (34... Re6 $5) 35. R1b7 $18 (35. Ra8 $5 {was also possible winning the a-pawn.}) 35... Bd2 36. Kf2 c3 37. Rd8 $1 {A clever decision. Devchev avoids any complications which could arise in case of} (37. Rxf7 Bxe3+ $1 38. Nxe3 d4 39. Ng4 Nxg4+ 40. fxg4 c2 $1 41. Rc8 d3 42. Rcc7 Kh8 43. Rfd7 Re2+ {and White would have to play a rook endgame.}) 37... Kg6 38. Ke2 h5 39. g3 Re6 40. Kd3 {and Black resigned as he can't save either a or f-pawn. The game is a good positional achivement of Aleksander Delchev.} (40. Kd3 {[%csl Ra4,Rf7][%cal Gd8a8,Gd8f8]} Ra6 (40... Re5 41. Ra8 Rf5 42. Ke2) 41. Rf8) 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,Michal"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Nf6 6. Bg5 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. e4 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Qb6 10. a4 a6 (10... Bb4 {, developing another piece, is probably more logical. The whole system was examined in my survey in CBM 150:} 11. Bd3 (11. Be2 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. O-O Bxd2 $5 14. Nxd2 (14. Qxd2 Nxe4 15. Qe3 Nf6 $13) 14... Qxd4 15. Nb3 Qxe4 {1/2 Marin,M (2604)-Fressinet,L (2581)/Bucharest 2001/CBM 150/[Krasenkow,Michal]} (15... Qxe4 16. Qxe4 Nxe4 17. Na5 Rb8 18. axb5 cxb5 19. Bxb5+ Ke7 20. Bc6 Ba8 $13)) 11... h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. O-O Nd7 14. Nb3 bxa4 15. Rxa4 a5 (15... O-O 16. Rc1 c5 $11 {0-1 Kuzmin,A (2587)-Kharlov,A (2616)/Dubai 2000/EXT 2001 (46)}) 16. Rc1 O-O 17. Bf1 Rfc8 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19. dxc5 Qa7 20. Ne5 Ba6 21. Bxa6 Qxa6 22. Nd3 {1/2 Mchedlishvili,M (2560)-Tregubov,P (2632)/Istanbul 2003/CBM 096}) 11. axb5 $6 {Hardly a good move, opening up the diagonal for Black's bishop.} (11. Bd3 Rc8 (11... c5 $5) 12. O-O (12. Qb3 $1) 12... c5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. d5 c4 15. Be2 {0-1 Zakhartsov,V (2486)-Popov,V (2557)/Korolev 2000/EXT 2002 (53)} Bd6 $132) (11. Be2 $142 Bb4 $5 (11... c5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8+ Bxa8 14. O-O Bb7 15. Rc1 h6 16. Be3 Ng4 17. dxc5 Nxe3 18. cxb6 Nxc2 19. Rxc2 $16 {1-0 Krasenkow,M (2661)-Markowski,T (2531)/Plock 2000/CBM 078/[Huzman] (55)}) 12. O-O O-O {[%cal Yc6c5]} 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. e5 $5) 11... cxb5 (11... axb5 $6 12. Rxa8+ Bxa8 13. Be2 h6 (13... Bb4 $5) 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. O-O Be7 16. Qc3 O-O $6 17. b4 $16 {1-0 Dyachkov,S (2545)-Arzumanian,G (2455)/Serpukhov 2003/EXT 2004 (30)}) 12. Bd3 Rc8 13. Qb1 (13. Qb3 $6 e5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Ng4 16. O-O Bc5) 13... h6 (13... e5 14. d5) 14. Be3 Ng4 15. O-O $146 (15. Bf4 e5 $1) (15. e5 $5) ({RR} 15. e5 Bb4 16. O-O O-O 17. Ne4 f5 18. exf6 Ndxf6 19. Ne5 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Bc5 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Qg6 Qf7 24. Qxf7+ Rxf7 25. Rxa6 Bxe3 26. fxe3 Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 Kf7 28. Rd6 Rc2 29. b4 Rb2 {Xiu,D (2571)-Ding,L (2717) Xinghua 2014 ½-½ (35)}) 15... Nxe3 16. fxe3 e5 $1 {Black has obtained an excellent position. His bishop pair is quite formidable.} 17. Nb3 Bb4 18. Qa2 {This flank action just worsens White's position.} (18. Qd1 $142) 18... O-O 19. Na5 Ba8 (19... Bxa5 20. Qxa5 Qxa5 21. Rxa5 f5 {is not dangerous here due to} 22. Nd2) 20. Kh1 (20. Nb3 a5 $1 21. Nxa5 exd4 22. exd4 Ne5 $1 23. Nxe5 Qxd4+ 24. Kh1 Qxe5 $19) 20... Bxa5 21. Qxa5 Qxa5 22. Rxa5 f5 $1 {Now this action is appropriate.} 23. Rxa6 (23. Nd2 $2 {doesn't work now due to the weakness of the back rank after} fxe4) 23... fxe4 24. Rxa8 $8 Rxa8 25. Bxe4 Rad8 26. Ra1 exd4 27. exd4 Nb6 28. Ra5 $4 {[%mdl 8192] A final blunder. It was possible to continue resistance by means of} (28. h3) 28... Rxd4 $19 29. Bc2 Rb4 30. Bd3 Ra8 31. Rxb5 Ra1+ 32. Ng1 Rxb5 33. Bxb5 Rb1 34. h3 Rxb2 35. Bc6 Kf7 36. Nf3 Kf6 37. Kh2 Nc4 38. Kg3 Ne3 0-1

[Event "WchT 2nd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1989.10.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. Rc1 (7. Bd3 c5 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Qe4 g6 13. Qh4 Bxg5 14. Nxg5 N7f6 15. Qh6 Re8 16. Ndf3 Re7 17. Ne5 Qf8 $15 {Georgadze,G-Beljavskij,A/USR-ch Odessa/0-1/64/}) 7... h6 ({RR} 7... c5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Ne4 cxd4 11. Qxd4 N7f6 12. Bd3 Rd8 13. O-O Bd7 14. Ne5 Be8 15. Qc5 Qxc5 16. Nxc5 Nb4 17. Bb1 b6 18. Nb3 Bb5 19. Rfe1 Nd7 20. Nc4 Ba4 21. Nd4 Nc5 22. Rc3 {Hebden,M (2570)-San Segundo Carrillo,P (2520) Linares 1995 ½-½ (62)}) ({RR} 7... c5 8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. a3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd3+ 11. Bxd3 Qxd3 12. Qc2 Qb5 13. Nc4 Bd7 14. O-O Rac8 15. Nfe5 Bc6 16. Qe2 Qd5 17. f3 Bb5 18. Bf4 Nh5 19. Rfd1 Nxf4 20. exf4 Qc5+ 21. Kh1 f6 22. Nd7 {Ushenina,A (2418)-Moerwald,M (2004) Monaco MNC 2025 1-0 (41)}) 8. Bxf6 $146 (8. Bh4 c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. e4 N5b6 $13) ({RR} 8. Bh4 c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. e4 N5b6 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Qc2 Na6 14. Bxa6 bxa6 15. O-O Bd7 16. b3 Bb5 17. Rfe1 Rfc8 18. Qb2 Qb7 19. h3 a5 20. a4 Be8 21. Qe5 Qa6 22. Nd4 Nd7 {Romanishin,O (2560)-Csom,I (2505) Yerevan 1986 1-0 (39)}) ({RR} 8. Bh4 b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bb5 Bb7 11. Bc6 Bxc6 12. Rxc6 Rc8 13. Qa4 a5 14. O-O Nb8 15. Rc2 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Rfc1 Qd7 18. Qxd7 Nbxd7 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Nb3 Ne4 21. Nfd2 a4 22. Nxc5 Rxc5 {Balogh,T (2337)-Federic,P (2257) Slovakia 2007 1-0 (52)}) 8... Nxf6 $6 (8... Bxf6 9. Bd3 c6 $22 10. O-O e5) 9. c5 $1 Qe8 10. Bd3 Bd7 11. Qc2 Bb5 12. O-O Bxd3 13. Qxd3 c6 14. Qc2 Nd7 15. g3 (15. Rfe1 f5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 f4 $132) 15... Qb8 16. e4 dxe4 (16... Rc8 $5) 17. Qxe4 Nf6 18. Qe2 Qd8 (18... b6 $5) 19. Nc4 Qd5 20. Rfe1 Rfd8 21. h3 Nd7 22. b4 b5 23. Ne3 (23. Na5 $5 Rac8 24. Rcd1 Bf6 25. Ne5 $36) 23... Qh5 24. Kg2 Bf6 25. Qc2 a5 26. g4 Qg6 27. Qxg6 fxg6 28. Nc2 Kf7 29. Re4 g5 $1 30. Rce1 Nf8 31. Kf1 axb4 32. Nxb4 Rdc8 33. R1e3 Rc7 34. Ne5+ Bxe5 35. Rxe5 Rd8 36. R5e4 Ng6 37. Ra3 {Ftacnik} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,Victor"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Mikhalevski,Victor} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Nf6 6. Bg5 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. Nbd2 (8. e4 $5) 8... Nbd7 9. e3 ({And again} 9. e4 $5 {is worth trying.}) 9... Qb6 {[%cal Gc6c5]} 10. a4 $1 {The play is concentrated around the c5-advance.} Bb4 ({RR} 10... a6) 11. Bd3 {In according to Roiz Black has no problems after this move.} ({He recommends} 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Rfc8 13. Rfc1 $1 (13. Qb3 $6 a5 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Rfc1 Ba6 16. Qd1 c5 $11 {Collas,D-Tregubov,P, Degremont 2004/CBM100[Roiz]}) 13... a5 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Nb3 $14 {Roiz}) ({RR} 11. Be2 O-O) 11... h6 $6 {Black wastes an important tempo.} ({As it was correctly indicated by Roiz Black equalizes by means of} 11... O-O 12. O-O Rfc8 (12... h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Nb3 $14) ({RR} 12... Rac8) 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Ne4 Nd7 $1 $11 (14... Nxe4 $6 15. Bxe4 g6 16. Ne5 $14) ({RR} 14... Nxe4 15. Bxe4)) ({RR} 11... O-O 12. O-O Rfc8 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Ne4 Nd7 15. a5 Qa6 ({RR} 15... Bxa5 16. Nd6 ({RR} 16. Nc5) 16... Rc7 17. Bxh7+ Kf8 18. Be4)) 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. O-O $146 ({RR} 13. Ne5 a5 ({RR} 13... O-O 14. O-O) 14. O-O bxa4 ({RR} 14... O-O 15. Ne4 Rfd8 16. Rfc1 ({RR} 16. Nc5) 16... Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Rac8 18. Nd3) 15. Ne4 Ba6 ({RR} 15... Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Rc8 ({RR} 16... O-O 17. Nd7) 17. Qxa4) 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Rfc1 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Qb5 ({RR} 18... Bd6 19. Rxc6 Qb7 20. Qc2 O-O 21. Rxa6 Qxa6 22. Nc4) 19. Rxc6 ({RR} 19. Nxc6 O-O 20. Qc2 Bd6 21. Rxa4) 19... Rxc6 ({RR} 19... O-O) 20. Qxc6+ Qxc6 21. Nxc6 Kd7 22. Nxb4 axb4 23. Rxa4 Rc8 ({RR} 23... Rb8 24. Ra7+ Kc6 ({RR} 24... Ke8 25. g4) 25. Rxf7 Kd5 ({RR} 25... Ra8 26. g4 Ra2 27. Rxg7 Rxb2) 26. Rxg7 ({RR} 26. b3 Ke4 27. Rxg7 Kd3 28. Rc7 Ra8 29. h4 Ra3) 26... Kc4 27. Rh7 Kb3 28. Rxh6 Kxb2 29. Rxe6 Kc3) 24. g3 ({RR} 24. g4) 24... Rb8 25. Ra7+ Ke8 ({RR} 25... Kc6 26. Rxf7 Kd5 27. b3 ({RR} 27. Rxg7 Kc4) 27... Ke4 28. Rxg7 Kd3 29. Rc7 Ra8 30. Rc4) 26. b3 Rb5 27. Kg2 g5 {Bu,X (2637)-Zhou,W (2416) Beijing 2005 CBM 110 [Mikhalevski,Victor] 1-0}) 13... Nd7 {[%csl Gc5]} ({Now} 13... O-O {would transpose to the above-mentioned line after} 14. Nb3 $14) 14. Nb3 $6 {White doesn't take his chance.} (14. Rfc1 $1 {would be much more unpleasant for Black.} O-O $2 (14... a6 $142 $1 {is necessary} 15. Nb3 $14) 15. axb5 cxb5 16. Qc7 $1 Nf6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Bxb5 $16) ({RR} 14. Rfc1 a6 15. Nb3) 14... bxa4 $1 15. Rxa4 O-O 16. Rc1 $6 {It seems that White prevents to advance the c-pawn, but in fact this is an illusion.} (16. Rfa1 $1 {[%cal Gb3a5,Gf3d2,Gd2c4] would be a better chance to fight for advantage.} c5 17. Nfd2 {[%cal Gd2c4]} Bd5 (17... cxd4 $6 {is dangerous in view of} 18. Nc4 Qc6 19. f3 {[%csl Rb4,Rd4]}) 18. Ra6 Qb7 19. dxc5 {[%cal Gc5c6]} Rfc8 20. Ne4 Bxb3 21. Qxb3 Nxc5 22. Nxc5 Rxc5 23. Be2 $1 {[%cal Ge2f3]} Rg5 24. g3 $14 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Ge2f1,Gf1g2]}) 16... a5 $6 {Now Black misses a chance to equalize.} ({He could play} 16... c5 $1 {despite White's last move.} 17. dxc5 Bxc5 $1 18. Nxc5 $6 (18. Ra5 $142 Bxf3 19. gxf3 (19. Rb5 Qd8 20. Nxc5 Qg5 21. g3 Rac8 {and Black is fine.}) 19... Be7 $11) 18... Nxc5 19. Qxc5 $2 Rfc8 $17 {[%csl Rc1]}) 17. Nfd2 $1 {[%csl Ra5,Rc5][%cal Gd2c4,Gd2e4] A nice square for the knight. From here it can go to both c4 and e4 either attacking the queen and the a5-pawn or coming to a weak c5-square.} Ba6 18. Bxa6 (18. Nc4 $5 {deserved serious attention.} Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Rfc8 20. Nxa5 $1 Bxa5 $1 (20... c5 $2 {doesn't work:} 21. Nc6 $3 {This brilliant tactical blow brings White an advantage.} Qxc6 ({or} 21... Rxa4 22. Ne7+ Kf8 23. Nxc8 Qd8 24. Qb5 Ra5 25. Qb7 $16) 22. Rxb4) 21. b4 {[%csl Ra5]} Bxb4 22. Rxb4 $14 {[%csl Rc6] and White is slightly better thanks to weakness of the c6-pawn.} (22. Qxb4 $5)) 18... Rxa6 19. Ne4 {[%csl Rc5]} ({After} 19. Nc4 Qb5 20. Rca1 Rfa8 {[%cal Gd7b6] Black keeps the position.}) 19... Qb5 20. Ra2 (20. Nbc5 {doesn't set problems.} Nxc5 21. dxc5 Rd8 $11) 20... Rb8 21. Nbc5 (21. Nbd2 {would have been a last try to create some problems for Black, but frankly speaking I think that White has already missed his chances.}) 21... Bxc5 22. Nxc5 Nxc5 23. Qxc5 Qxc5 24. Rxc5 a4 25. Kf1 ({White has no time for} 25. Rc4 {with the idea to bring the king to c2 in view of} a3 $1 {[%csl Rg1]}) 25... Rb4 $1 $11 {Black prevents Rc4 and keeps the position. The rest doesn't require comments.} 26. Ke2 Rab6 27. Rc2 Kf8 28. Kd2 Ke7 29. Kc1 Kd6 30. Ra3 f5 31. Rac3 g5 32. Rc5 Ra6 33. R5c3 h5 34. h3 Rb5 35. Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 53rd"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2018.05.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Golubev,Mikhail"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.05.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Aronian,Levon} Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nbd2 $5 {A move popularised more than 10 years ago by Nikolic and Aronian.} Qd8 $5 {This is already a rare position.} ({RR} 6... Nd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. a3 g5 9. h3 ({RR} 9. e3 Bg7) ({RR} 9. e4 g4 10. e5 Qd8 ({RR} 10... Qf5 11. Ng1 ({RR} 11. Nh4 Qf4 12. Nb3 Be7) 11... c5 12. cxd5 cxd4 13. dxe6 Qxe5+ 14. Qe2 fxe6) 11. Ng1 Qb6 12. Nb3 a5 ({RR} 12... c5 13. Bd3 cxd4 14. f4) 13. c5 Qd8 14. Nd2 Rg8) 9... h5 10. cxd5 ({RR} 10. e4 g4 11. e5 Qg7) 10... exd5 11. e4 g4 12. e5 Qg7 13. Nh4 Qg5 14. g3 f6 15. e6 Nb6 16. Rc3 ({RR} 16. Bd3 Bxe6 17. Ng6 Rg8) 16... Bxe6 17. Re3 Kd7 ({RR} 17... Qg8 18. Ng6 Bh6 ({RR} 18... Qxg6 19. Bd3 f5 20. hxg4) 19. Nxh8 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Qxh8 21. hxg4 Qg7 22. g5) 18. Bd3 Re8 ({RR} 18... Nc4 19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. Ne4 Qa5+ 21. Kf1) ({RR} 18... Bd6 19. Rxe6 Kxe6 20. Nf5 Kd7) 19. Ng6 Rg8 ({RR} 19... Nc4 20. h4 Qh6 ({RR} 20... Nxe3 21. Qb3 Qh6 22. Qxb7+ Kd6 23. Nxh8) 21. Nxc4 dxc4 22. d5) 20. Nf4 Bh6 ({RR} 20... Bf7 21. Rxe8 Kxe8 22. hxg4 Qxg4 23. Be2 Qd7 24. Bxh5 Bd6) 21. Bh7 {Aronian,L (2739)-Anand,V (2799) Nice 2008 CBM 123 Extra [Aronian,Levon] 1-0 (50)} {RR} Rg7 22. h4 Qxf4 23. gxf4 Rxh7 24. Nb3) 7. g3 g6 $146 ({RR} 7... Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. Rc1 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. b4 Ne4 13. Qb3 a5 14. a3 axb4 15. axb4 Qb6 16. c5 Nxd2 17. Nxd2 Qa6 18. e4 Qa2 19. Rfd1 Qxb3 20. Nxb3 Ra4 21. exd5 exd5 22. c6 {Nielsen,P (2649)-Kjartansson,G (2447) Koge 2013 ½-½ (45)}) ({RR} 7... b6 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. Ne5 Nd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. O-O Be7 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Qc2 Rac8 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. e3 c5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Nb3 Qa4 18. a3 Ba8 19. Nd2 Qxc2 20. Rxc2 Bf6 21. cxd5 exd5 22. Nb3 {Todorovic,B (2195)-Sydoryka,V (2294) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (74)}) ({RR} 7... Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nf6 12. Nc3 c5 13. a3 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Rb8 16. b4 Rd8 17. Rfd1 e5 18. Ndb5 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 a6 20. Nc7 Bg4 21. Re1 Bd6 22. N7d5 {Navara,D (2715)-Karavade,E (2398) Pardubice 2013 1-0 (48)}) 8. Bg2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Nd7 ({After} 10... b6 {the move} 11. e4 {can be unpleasanr}) 11. Rac1 c6 12. e4 $1 Qb6 $2 {This is too much!} ({Instead,} 12... dxe4 13. Nxe4 e5 {was probably critical and still playable for Black.}) 13. Rfd1 $5 ({Also an immediate} 13. e5 $5 {could have been quite good.}) 13... Rd8 14. e5 $1 $16 {White has an almost dominating position and Dreev who remains a classy player confidently converted his advantage in the remaining part of the game.} a5 15. h4 Nf8 16. Nf1 Bd7 17. Ne3 Be8 18. a3 Rac8 19. Qd2 h5 {Black prevents g4.} 20. Bh3 Bh6 21. Ng5 Ra8 22. Rc3 ({At this point White could have started a promising attack by} 22. g4 $5) 22... Nh7 23. f4 dxc4 24. Nxc4 Qa7 25. Ne4 c5 $6 26. Ncd6 cxd4 27. Rc7 $18 d3+ 28. Qf2 $1 Qxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Ra6 30. Nxe8 Rxe8 31. Nd6 Rb8 32. Nxf7 Bf8 33. Rxd3 Rb6 34. Nd8 $1 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2876"]
[Annotator "Prathamesh,Sunil Mokal"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2015.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 $5 {An out of form (and out of luck) Carlsen playing Black against his own second and good friend, Jon Ludwig Hammer in the last round. An unenviable situation for the Champion. It is therefore not a surprise that Carlsen chooses to play something slightly different...} 4. Bg5 f6 $6 {[%csl Re6][%cal Rg8f6,Ga2g8] ...but this is a real surprise. Whatever the engines say, this move would be criticised by any book on openng fundamentals. It weakens the a2-g8, takes away an important square from the g8- and also creates a target on e6.} (4... Be7 {is normal.}) 5. Bd2 dxc4 6. e3 ({RR} 6. a4 c5 7. e3 Nc6 8. Bxc4 cxd4 9. O-O dxe3 10. Bxe3 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Nge7 {½-½ (11) Giri,A (2772)-Mamedyarov,S (2767) Warsaw 2021}) 6... Nc6 $146 (6... b5 7. a4 Bb7 8. axb5 axb5 9. Rxa8 Bxa8 10. b3 $14 {[%csl Rb5,Re6,Re8,Rf6][%cal Gf7f6] White will win back the pawn. The weakening move ...f6 will matter sooner or later.}) ({RR} 6... b5 7. a4 b4 8. Bxc4 Nc6 9. a5 Bd6 10. e4 Qe7 11. O-O Bd7 12. Qc2 Nh6 13. e5 fxe5 14. Bg5 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Qxg5 16. Nxe6 Qg6 17. Qb3 Ke7 18. Nd4 exd4 19. Re1+ Kd8 20. Qf3 Bc6 {0-1 (20) Krstulovic,A (2289)-Spitzl,V (2241) Warsaw 2018}) ({RR} 6... b5 7. a4 Bb7 8. b3 c5 9. axb5 axb5 10. Rxa8 Bxa8 11. bxc4 b4 12. Be2 Nc6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Qa4 Qa8 15. Qb5 Ba6 16. Qa4 Bb7 17. Qb5 Ba6 18. Qa4 Bb7 {½-½ (18) Simek,P (2315)-Kriebel,T (2512) Czech Republic CZE 2026}) 7. Bxc4 {[%csl Re6]} Bd6 8. e4 (8. Nc3 $5 Nge7 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne4 $14) 8... Nge7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qb3 Kh8 (10... Qd7 11. a4 $14 {[%csl Rc8,Re6,Rg8] White has the space. Black has the weakness and awkwardly placed pieces.}) 11. Bxe6 Bxh2+ 12. Kxh2 (12. Nxh2 $2 Nxd4 $17) 12... Qd6+ 13. Kh1 ({Hammer was probably worried about some intermediate checks that could spoil his calculations somewhere after} 13. Kg1 {[%cal Gc6d4,Gd4f3,Gc6e5,Ge5f3,Gf3g1] but concrete variations do not show anything to worry about, for example} Bxe6 14. d5 Bg8 (14... Nxd5 15. exd5 Bxd5 16. Bf4 $16) 15. Qa3 $14) 13... Bxe6 14. d5 Bg8 (14... Nxd5 15. exd5 Bxd5 16. Bf4 $16) 15. Qa3 $1 {Forcing a pleasant endgame.} Qxa3 16. Nxa3 Na7 (16... Nb8 {[%csl Ra8][%cal Gb8d7,Gc7c6] controls the d7-square and therefore makes ...c6 a viable option to consider. But it holds up the  on a8, giving us the pros and cons.} 17. Bb4 Re8 18. Rac1 c6 19. Rfe1 $14 ({The point of ...b8 is that} 19. d6 {[%csl Rd7][%cal Gb8d7] is a move that Black need not worry about.} Nc8 $15) (19. Nc4 Nc8)) (16... Ne5 $2 17. Nxe5 fxe5 18. f3 $16 {[%csl Rc7,Re5]}) 17. Bb4 Rfe8 18. Rac1 Rac8 (18... c6 $6 19. d6 $14 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Rb8d7]}) (18... Ng6 $5 19. Rxc7 (19. Rfe1 c6 20. Nc4 Nf4 21. d6 (21. Nb6 $2 Rad8 $132) 21... Nd3 $132) 19... Rxe4 20. Bc5 (20. Rxb7 $2 Bxd5 $17) 20... Bxd5 21. Rd1 Bg8 (21... Bxa2 22. Bxa7 Rxa7 23. Rd8+ Bg8 24. Nc4 {[%cal Gc4d6]} h5 (24... h6 25. Nd6 Re7 26. Rcc8 $16) 25. Nd6 $18 {[%cal Gc7c5,Gc5h5,Gc7c8,Gd8g8]}) 22. Bxa7 Rxa7 23. Rd8 $36 {[%csl Ra7,Rg8][%cal Gc7a7,Gc7h7,Gd8a8,Gd8h8]}) 19. Nd4 $1 f5 20. f3 (20. Bxe7 $6 Rxe7 21. exf5 (21. Nxf5 Rxe4 $15) 21... Rd8 $15 {[%csl Rd5]}) 20... fxe4 21. fxe4 $14 {[%csl Rc7,Gd5,Ge4] The central pawns take away a lot of important squares from Black pieces and White has annoying pressure on c7.} Ng6 22. Nf5 $6 (22. Rfe1 $142 {[%csl Gd5,Ge4] maintaining the strong central control.} Nf4 {[%cal Gf4d3]} 23. Nf5 $1 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gb4c3,Gc3g7]} Nd3 24. Bc3 Bf7 25. Nxg7 Kg8 26. Nxe8 Rxe8 27. Bd4 {[%csl Ra7]} Nxe1 28. Rxe1 $14 {[%csl Ra7,Rc7,Gd5,Ge4]}) 22... Rxe4 23. Bc3 Bxd5 $6 ({On any other day and in any other tournament Carlsen would have found} 23... h6 $142 24. Bxg7+ Kh7 25. Bd4 (25. Bxh6 Bxd5 $132) 25... b6 26. d6 c5 $13) (23... Ne5 $2 24. Rce1 $18) 24. Bxg7+ Kg8 25. Bd4 $1 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Gf5h6,Gd4a7] Carlsen admitted to having missed this move. That is real bad form.} Rxd4 26. Nxd4 Bxa2 27. b3 Rd8 ({Black's best chance was to try and fight after} 27... c5 28. Rf2 cxd4 29. Rxc8+ Nxc8 30. Rxa2 {and it is not that easy for White to convert this position into a win.} Nf8 31. Nc4 $14 {and a long battle awaits.} ({White cannot really take the  on d4. For example} 31. Rd2 Ne6 32. Nc2 $6 Nd6 $1 33. Nxd4 $2 Ne4 $17 {[%csl Rd1,Rd3,Re2][%cal Ge4g3,Ge4f2]})) 28. Ne6 Rd2 ({Black should have pushed the  away with} 28... Rd6 $142 $16) 29. Rc3 (29. Rxc7 Bxb3 30. Rg7+ Kh8 31. Rff7 Bxe6 32. Rxh7+ Kg8 33. Rhg7+ Kh8 34. Rxb7 Bd5 (34... Nb5 35. Nxb5 axb5 36. Rxg6 $16) 35. Rh7+ Kg8 36. Rbg7+ Kf8 37. Rxg6 $18) 29... Re2 (29... Nc6 30. Rcf3 {[%cal Gf3f8]} h5 31. Rf7 Nce5 32. Rg7+ Kh8 33. Nc4 $18) 30. Nf4 (30. Rf6 $18 {[%cal Gc3f3,Gf6f8] was simpler, forcing Black to give up another exchange to avoid the threatened mate with cf3 followed by f8.}) 30... Rb2 31. Nxg6 hxg6 32. Rxc7 Rxb3 $2 (32... Bxb3 33. Rf6 $18 (33. Rxb7 Nb5 34. Rb1 Rxb1+ 35. Nxb1 $16)) ({A better fighting chance was} 32... Nc6 33. Re1 (33. Rf6 $5 Rxb3 34. Rxg6+ Kf8 35. Nc2 $16 {[%csl Gg2]}) (33. Rxb7 Rxb3 34. Rxb3 Bxb3 35. Rf6 Ne5 36. Rxa6 $16) 33... Kf8 34. Nc4 Rxb3 35. Nd6 {[%cal Ge1e8]} Rb1 36. Rxb1 Bxb1 37. Nxb7 $16 {[%cal Gb7c5,Gc5a6,Gc5e6]}) 33. Rd1 {[%cal Gd1d8]} Nc6 34. Rdd7 {[%cal Gc7c8] A fine victory for Jon Ludwig Hammer who kept up the pressure all through the game. From Carlsen's viewpoint, bad luck, bad form, the pressure of the home crowd and a final round against his own Second, everything went wrong for the Champion in this tournament. He is mortal, after all. The next event will be a test of his character and it will be no surprise if he comes out fighting with a vengeance.} 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.10.07"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Dautov,Rustem"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Godesberg"]
[BlackTeam "Luebeck"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nbd2 {Auf diese Weise vermeidet Weiß die Variante 7.c3 0-0 8.e4 dxc4 9.xc4 e5, die nach dem letzten Theoriestand dem Nachziehenden ein gutes Gegenspiel verspricht.} O-O 8. e4 e5 {Die beste Erwiderung. Schwarz opfert einen Bauern, bekommt aber dafür das Läuferpaar.} 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. exd5 exd4 11. Ne4 ({Der andere bekannte Versuch ist} 11. Nc4) 11... Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nf6 13. Qxd4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Re8 15. Qd4 {M.E. der beste Zug, der den Ausfall der schwarzen Dame auf f6 verhindert.} ({Weniger gut ist} 15. Qd3 {wegen} Qf6 $1 {,z.B} 16. Bg5 (16. Be3 Bf5 17. Qd2 Be4 $11) (16. Bd2 Bf5 17. Qd4 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 Be4 $11) 16... Bf5 17. Qd2 Qg6 18. Bf4 Be4 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Ng5 Qxd5 $11 {Chiburdanidze,M-Wang Lei/Shanghai 2001}) 15... Bf5 16. Bg5 Qd7 $6 $146 {Eine Neuerung, aber keine gute.} ({Die Theorie gibt} 16... Qa5 {den Vorzug. Schwarz droht mit der Aktivierung  ()e4 und verhindert 17.fe1 durch den Angriff gegen den Bauern a2.} 17. Bd2 Qa6 $5 {Dieser logische Zug wurde bisher noch nicht gespielt, die schwarze Dame "klebt" weiter am Bauern a2.} ({schlechter ist} 17... Qc5 18. Rfe1 Qxd4 19. Nxd4 Bd7 20. Bc3 f6 21. h3 Rac8 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Rd1 $14 {Rashkovsky,N-Kirov,N/Baku 1983}) ({auch} 17... Qb5 18. Bc3 f6 {verspricht Schwarz keinen vollständigen Ausgleich:} (18... Bf8 19. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Rd8 21. Qxa7 Qxd5 22. Qd4 Qxd4 23. Nxd4 $14 {Slutzky,L-Tyomkin,D/Israel 1996}) 19. Rfe1 Red8 20. Nh4 Bd7 21. Qe4 Re8 22. Qf3 Qc4 23. Nf5 Qf4 24. Nxd6 Qxd6 25. a3 a5 26. h3 $16 {Drasko,M-Kosic,D/Podgorica 1993}) 18. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 (19. Bxe1 $5) 19... Qxa2 $11) ({Jedenfalls möglich ist} 16... Qb6 17. Qxb6 (17. Be3 Qa6 $44 {Averkin,O-Neverov,V/URS 1985}) 17... axb6 18. Be3 b5 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Rfd1 $14) 17. Rfe1 {Selbstverständlich nutzt Weiß die Zeit, um den Punkt e4 unter Kontrolle zu bringen.} b6 {Deckt den Bauern a7 und bereitet den Angriff gegen den Bauern d5 vor: f6, xe1, d8. Um diesem Plan zuvorzukommen, muß Weiß energisch handeln.} 18. Bh4 $1 $16 {Am besten. Weiß möchte mit h4-g3 die schwarze Blockade aufheben.} (18. Bf4 $2 {stellte den Bauern d5 ein:} Bxf4 19. Qxf4 Qxd5 $11) (18. Rad1 $6 {erlaubt Schwarz, seinen Plan zu demonstrieren:} Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 f6 20. Bh4 Rd8 21. Qd2 Bf8 $11) 18... Bc5 {Shirov sah, daß seine Stellung langsam kritisch wurde und wählte wie immer die Flucht nach vorne. Es fällt mir jedoch schwer, gegen die Idee h4-g3 etwas Besseres vorzuschlagen.} ({Der Druck gegen d5 brachte bereits keine Erleichterung:} 18... f6 19. Bg3 Rxe1+ ({Oder} 19... Bc5 20. Qd2 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Rd8 22. d6 $1 $16) 20. Rxe1 Rd8 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Qa4 $1 (22. Rd1 Bc8 $1 {b7}) 22... Qd7 23. Qa3 $16) 19. Qd2 (19. Qc4 Rac8 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Qb3 $16 {war auch nicht schlecht, aber ich wollte meine Dame so platzieren, daß sie den Bauernschritt d5-d6 unterstützt.}) 19... Be4 $146 ({RR} 19... f6 20. Bg3 Be4 21. d6 Rad8 22. Rad1 a5 23. a3 a4 24. Qc3 Qf7 25. Nd2 Bd5 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Qd3 Qe6 28. Nf3 Bc4 29. Nd4 Qd5 30. Qf5 Kf7 31. Qxd5+ Bxd5 32. Nb5 Be4 33. Nc7 g5 34. Na6 {Gurevich,M (2607)-Firat,B (2182) Ankara 2008 1-0 (61)}) 20. Rad1 a5 {Hier verbrauchte Alexei eine halbe Stunde Bedenkzeit, ohne etwas Gutes zu finden.} 21. a3 Qg4 (21... f6 22. Bg3 Rad8 23. d6 $16) 22. Bg3 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Qxf3 24. d6 $18 {Schwarz gewann den Bauern zurück und schwächte den weißen König, aber gegen den Vormarsch des Freibauern d5 kann er nichts unternehmen. Nebenbei droht der Figurengewinn 25.b4.} Red8 25. d7 {Es droht das vernichtende 26.d5, und nach dem Damentausch gewinnt Weiß mit g3-c7.} ({Selbstverständlich nicht} 25. b4 $4 Bxd6 26. Bxd6 Qg4+ $11) 25... h5 (25... Ra7 $2 26. Re8+) 26. Qd5 Qf6 (26... Qg4 27. Kh1 $18 {c7} (27. Qe4 $18) (27. Re4 $18)) 27. Qxa8 Rxa8 28. Re8+ Kh7 29. Rxa8 Be7 30. Re1 $1 {Am einfachsten.} Bd8 31. h4 b5 32. Rxd8 Qxd8 33. Rd1 {c7} 1-0

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.11.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,Michal"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. b3 Nbd7 7. Bb2 Qe7 (7... O-O {is more common}) 8. Ne5 Ba3 {The main idea behind 7...e7. Controlling less space on the board, Black aims for simplifications despite the fact that his remaining bishop is passive at the moment.} 9. Bxa3 (9. Bc3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nd3 O-O 12. Be2 {1/2 Koziak,V (2515)-Shkuran,D (2350)/Lviv UKR 2012/The Week in Chess 919}) 9... Qxa3 10. Bd3 (10. f4 {can be met with} c5 $1 {, e.g.} 11. Bd3 cxd4 12. exd4 dxc4 13. Nexc4 (13. Ndxc4 Qb4+) 13... Qb4 14. O-O O-O 15. Qf3 Nb6 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 g6 18. Rac1 Rd8 19. Rfd1 Nd5 20. Qf3 b6 21. Be4 Bb7 $15 {1-0 Vunder,A (2261)-Burmakin,V (2625)/St Petersburg 2008/CBM 126 Extra (65)}) (10. Qc1 Qa5 11. Nef3 O-O 12. Be2 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Ne4 14. b4 Nxd2 15. bxa5 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 Re8 17. O-O e5 $11 {1-0 Jumabayev,R (2436)-Noroozi,O (2222)/Novokuznetsk 2008/CBM 123 Extra (54)}) (10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. Bd3 c5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Rc1 Qe7 15. O-O O-O 16. Nf3 Rfc8 $11 {1/2 Schuster,M (2222)-Offinger,R (2246)/Germany 2010/EXT 2011 (23)}) (10. Nd3 O-O 11. Be2 Qe7 $11 {[%cal Ye6e5]}) 10... Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. f4 b6 $146 {Probably the most logical developing move although practice has seen other continuations before the present game:} (12... Qc5 $6 13. Qe2 O-O 14. O-O f6 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Rac1 Qe7 17. Qh5 f5 18. Rc7 Qd8 19. Rfc1 $16 {1-0 Neverov,V (2542)-Slugin,S (2439)/Lipetsk 2010/CBM 137 Extra (32)}) (12... f5 13. O-O Nc5 14. Nf3 O-O 15. Nd4 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Bd7 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Qc3 Qe7 19. c5 Be8 20. b4 a6 21. a4 $16 {1-0 Smyslov,V (2530)-Gergs,W/Bad Woerishofen 1991/EXT 1998 (42)}) (12... Nc5 13. Qc2 b6 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. O-O Bd7 16. Nf3 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Rc8 18. Qd2 O-O 19. Rfc1 a5 20. Nd4 {[%csl Gd4]} Rfd8 (20... Rc5 $142) 21. Rab1 g6 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rb2 $14 {1-0 Pavlovic,M (2497)-Dobrov,V (2493)/Caerleon 2006/CBM 113 ext (29)}) 13. cxd5 $146 ({RR} 13. O-O Ba6 14. Rc1 O-O 15. Nf3 g6 16. Nd4 Nc5 17. Nxc6 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Bxc4 19. Rxc4 dxc4 20. Qxc4 Rac8 21. f5 exf5 22. e6 Qd6 23. e7 Rfe8 24. Rc1 Kg7 25. b4 Rxe7 26. Qd4+ Qxd4 27. exd4 Rd7 {Ninov,D (2288)-Shahil,D (2058) Veliko Gradiste 2019 0-1 (60)}) ({RR} 13. O-O Ba6 14. Qc2 g6 15. cxd5 {1-0 (15) Tin,J (2482)-Prydun,A (2254) Chess.com INT 2021}) 13... cxd5 14. O-O g6 (14... Ba6 $4 15. Nb1 Qa5 16. b4) 15. e4 {White tries to open up the position but his development advantage proves too insignificant to make use of.} O-O 16. exd5 exd5 17. Nf3 Qb4 (17... Nc5 $5 18. Be2 Qb2 $132 19. Nd4 $140 Ne4) 18. f5 {This pawn sacrifice doesn't bring White any benefit. He could have kept some pressure by means of} (18. Be2 $1 {[%cal Yf3d4]} Qxf4 19. Qxd5 Rb8 {[%cal Yd7c5]} 20. Qd6 $1 Qe3+ 21. Rf2 Qc5 22. Rd1) 18... Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Qd4+ 20. Kh1 Qxe5 21. Qd2 Bxf5 22. Bxf5 gxf5 23. Rae1 Qf6 24. Qxd5 Rae8 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. h3 Qe5 27. Rxf5 {White has levelled the material balance, and the resulting ending is drawn.} Qxd5 28. Rxd5 Re2 29. a4 Re3 30. Rb5 Kg7 31. a5 bxa5 32. Rxa5 Rxb3 33. Rxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 22nd"]
[Site "Fuegen"]
[Date "2006.10.10"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,Michal"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2006.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cheboksary"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. e4 e5 {A typical counterblow in this kind of positions.} 9. exd5 cxd5 10. cxd5 exd4 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nc5 (12... Nf6 {is the main theoretical line.}) 13. Bc2 {An old but quite good move. White wins the d4 pawn anyway.} (13. Qxd4 {was played more frequently:} Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Re8 (14... Qf6 15. Rd1 Bd7 16. Qd4 Qf5 17. Bd2 Rfe8 18. Re1 b6 19. Bc3 f6 20. a3 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Re8 22. Qd1 Rxe1+ 23. Nxe1 Qe4 24. g3 {½-½ Fominyh,A-Barua,D/Guntur 2000/CBM 077}) 15. Qd4 (15. Qd3 Qf6 $1) 15... Bf5 16. Bg5 (16. Re1 Qd7 17. Bd2 b6 18. b4 Red8 19. Bc3 f6 20. Rad1 Rac8 {0-1 Schmidt,B-Mittendorf,F/Bad Zwesten 2004/CBM 098 ext (50)}) 16... f6 (16... Qa5 17. Bd2 Qa6 (17... Qc5 18. Rfe1 Qxd4 19. Nxd4 Bd7 20. Bc3 f6 21. h3 Rac8 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Rd1 Kf7 24. Nb3 Bb5 25. Na5 Re7 26. Bd4 b6 27. Nc6 Rd7 28. Be3 $16 {1-0 Rashkovsky,N-Kirov,N/Baku 1983/MCL (57)}) 18. Bc3 Bf8 19. Ne5 Rad8 20. Qf4 Bg6 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. Rfd1 Bc5 $14 23. g3 $6 Re2 24. Bd4 Bxd4 25. Qxd4 Qf6 26. Qxf6 gxf6 27. b3 Re5 {½-½ Savchenko,S-Hamdouchi,H/Montpellier 2005/EXT 2006}) 17. Be3 (17. Bh4 Re4 18. Qd2 Qb6 (18... Bf4 $1 $15) 19. Bg3 Rd8 20. Rad1 Bg6 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Rfe1 b6 23. Qc3 $14 {½-½ Lazic,M-Kalezic,B/Bar SCG 2006/The Week in Chess 594 (43)}) 17... Qd7 18. Rad1 $6 Re4 19. Qd2 Bg4 20. Nd4 $6 Bxd1 21. Rxd1 Rc8 (21... Bc5 $17) 22. b3 a6 23. Ne6 $44 {1-0 Ibragimov,I-Pruess,D/Los Angeles 2003/CBM 095 ext (56)}) (13. Bb1 {is harmless:} Bg4 14. b4 Nd7 15. Qd3 g6 16. Bb2 (16. Bh6 $4 Bxf3 17. Bxf8 Ne5 $19 {0-1 Furtuna,A-Ionescu,M/Bucharest 2003/CBM 094 (28)}) 16... Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qh4 18. g3 Ne5 19. Qe4 $2 (19. Qe2 Qh3 20. Bxd4 Rae8 $44) 19... Qh5 20. f4 Nc4 21. Bc1 $2 Ne3 $2 (21... Rae8 $19) 22. Bxe3 dxe3 23. Qxe3 Qxd5 24. Be4 $11 {1-0 Chernin,A-Boudre,J/Aubervilliers 1997/EXT 2004 (47)}) 13... d3 $146 {An unsuccessful attempt of improvement on the stem game Botvinnik-Riumin, which saw} (13... Bg4 14. Qxd4 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Re8 $1 16. Rd1 $1 (16. Be3 Re5 17. Qg4 Nd7 18. f4 Nf6 19. Qf3 Rxd5 20. Bb3 $14 {1-0 Karpov,A-Shirov,A/Monte Carlo 1995/CBM 046 ext (43)}) 16... Re2 17. Bf5 g6 18. Bh3 Nd7 19. Be3 Be5 20. Qc4 Rxb2 21. Rac1 (21. d6 $1) 21... Nb6 22. Qe4 Qd6 $2 (22... Bd6) 23. f4 Bg7 24. Bc5 Qd8 25. Be7 Qe8 26. d6 $18 {1-0 Botvinnik,M-Riumin,N/Moscow 1931/URS-ch/[Ftacnik] (32)}) 14. Bxd3 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 {We see the position, which arises after 13.xd4, with an extra tempo for White.} Qf6 (15... Re8 $142 16. Bd2 $5) 16. Re1 $146 {As a result, White has seized the e-file.} ({RR} 16. Qd4 Qxd4 17. Nxd4 Bd7 18. Be3 Rfe8 19. Nb3 b6 20. Rac1 Be5 21. Nd4 f5 22. g3 g5 23. Nf3 Bxb2 24. Rc7 g4 25. Nh4 Bb5 26. Rd1 Be5 27. d6 Rf8 28. Rd5 f4 29. Rxb5 fxe3 30. Rxe5 exf2+ {Hera,I (2526)-Curien,N (2254) Davos 2007 1-0 (31)}) ({RR} 16. Bd2 Bf5 17. Qd4 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 Be4 19. Nb5 Rfd8 20. Nc3 Bd3 21. Rfd1 Bc2 22. Rdc1 Bd3 23. Be3 Bb4 24. Rd1 Bc4 25. Rd4 Bxc3 26. bxc3 b5 27. d6 Be6 28. Rd2 Bd7 29. Rad1 Rdc8 30. Rc1 Rc6 {Olsar,J (2221)-Bujnoch,R (2282) Czech Republic 2015 ½-½ (40)}) 16... Bf5 17. Qb3 Qg6 (17... Rae8 18. Bd2 Bg4 $4 19. Rxe8 Rxe8 20. Qa4) 18. Ne5 Bxe5 {It was probably unwise to exchange this bishop, which blocks White's passed pawn..} (18... Rfe8 19. Bf4 $16) (18... Qf6 19. Bf4 $16) 19. Rxe5 Rae8 20. Bf4 Rxe5 21. Bxe5 Re8 $6 {Giving up a second pawn without good reason.} (21... b6) 22. Qxb7 f6 23. Bg3 Bb1 {A typical tactical trick (shutting down the white rook) but White can perfectly do without it for the time being.} 24. h4 Qd3 25. Kh2 Qf1 26. f4 Re3 (26... Re2 27. d6) 27. d6 Rxg3 28. Qb8+ Kf7 29. Qxa7+ Ke6 30. Kxg3 g5 31. Qe3+ 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 36th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2008.06.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "Knaak,Rainer"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2008.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 {The move is not without its problems, because it neglects the development of th c8; 4...g4, 4...f5 and 4...a6 are more popular.  Der Zug ist nicht unproblematisch, weil er die Entwicklung des c8 vernachlässigt; 4...g4, 4...f5 und 4...a6 stehen höher im Kurs.} 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O Bd6 9. Nbd2 (9. Nc3 O-O 10. Qc2 Re8 11. Rad1 Qe7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Nf6 15. Bd3 Ba3 16. Ba1 h6 17. Rfe1 $14 {1-0 Kramnik,V (2766)-Van Wely,L (2683)/Monte Carlo 2007/CBM 117 ext (74)}) 9... O-O 10. Ne5 {It woud be exaggerated to speak here of a clear advantage for White, but the position is unpleasant for Black. Es wäre übertrieben, wollte man hier von deutlichem weißen Vorteil sprechen, aber es spielt sich für Schwarz unangenehm.} Qe7 11. Qf3 ({RR} 11. Qe2 Ba3 12. Ndf3 Bxb2 13. Qxb2 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 dxc4 15. Bxc4 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Rac1 Qe7 18. Bb5 Rac8 19. Bc6 Nd5 20. h3 Bxc6 21. Nxc6 Qb7 22. Ne5 h6 23. Rfd1 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rc8 25. Rc2 Nb4 {Dziuba,M (2576)-Grachev,B (2667) Lublin 2010 ½-½}) ({RR} 11. f4 Rad8 12. Qf3 c5 13. Qh3 Ne4 14. Rad1 f6 15. Nxd7 Rxd7 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Bc4+ Kh8 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Rxd7 {1-0 (20) Cervantes Landeiro,T (2184)-Marcolino,D (2000) chess.com INT 2023}) 11... Rfd8 12. Qh3 h6 13. f4 Bb4 $146 {After this, things become quite difficult for Black. Danach wird es ganz schwer für Schwarz.} (13... c5 {was required, but White's prospects are somewhat better even then. war erforderlich, aber die weißen Aussichten sind auch dann ein wenig höher einzuschätzen.}) ({RR} 13... c5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Ndc4 Bc7 16. f5 exf5 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. Qxf5+ N5f6 19. Qh7 Nf8 20. Qh8 Ng6 21. Qh7 Nf8 22. Qh8 b5 23. Rxf6+ gxf6 24. Qxh6 bxc4 25. Bxc4+ Bd5 26. Qh5+ Kg7 27. Bxd5 Qxe3+ 28. Kh1 {Docx,S (2384)-Rasmussen,A (2535) Novi Sad 2009 0-1 (37)}) 14. Ndf3 Ne4 $2 {This allows a forcing sequence, which leaves White close to a win.  Dies erlaubt eine forcierte Zugfolge, in deren Folge Weiß nahezu auf Gewinn steht.} 15. Nxd7 Rxd7 16. Ne5 Rc7 17. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 18. c5 $1 {White exploits the position of the b4 to gain time for a kingside attack by means of a pawn sacrifice. Weiß nutzt die Position des b4 aus, um unter Bauernopfer Zeit für einen Angriff am Königsflügel zu gewinnen.} bxc5 19. a3 Ba5 20. dxc5 Qxc5 21. b4 Qb5 {Things were already so so, but now the black king has no pieces to protect it.  Das ging noch geradeso, aber der schwarze König steht nun ohne Figurenschutz da.} 22. Qg3 ({During the game I saw (or Fritz did) Während der Partie sah ich (bzw. Fritz)} 22. Ng4 {But Aber} h5 $1 {is better. ist besser:} (22... f5 23. Nxh6+ $1 gxh6 (23... Kf8 24. Be5 $18) 24. Qxh6 Bb6 25. Bf6 $1 {and White wins. und Weiß gewinnt.}) 23. Nf6+ (23. Nh6+ Kh7 $1 $13) 23... gxf6 24. Bxf6 Qf5 {and White has to go into an ending with opposite coloured bishops (and rooks). und Weiß muss in ein Endspiel mit ungleichen Läufern (und Türmen) gehen.}) ({But the correct move is Aber der richtige Zug ist} 22. f5 $1 f6 (22... Bb6 23. fxe6 f6 24. Nd7 $18) 23. Ng4 e5 24. Qg3 Kh8 25. Bxe5 fxe5 26. bxa5 $18) 22... Bb6 $6 {This misses a good practical chance. Dies verpasst eine gute praktische Chance.} ({After Nach} 22... f5 23. Rad1 Qe2 24. Bc3 Bb6 25. Rfe1 Qh5 26. Rd6 Re8 {Black is at the edge of the abyss, but he can still hope. schwebt Schwarz am Abgrund, aber er kann noch hoffen.}) 23. Nd7 $1 g6 24. Nf6+ Kf8 25. Be5 Rcc8 26. Qh4 $1 h5 ({Or Oder} 26... Bxe3+ 27. Kh1 Rd8 28. Qxh6+ Ke7 29. Qh4 Kf8 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Ng8+ $1 Rxg8 32. Qf6+ Ke8 33. Bd6 {and White wins. und Weiß gewinnt.}) 27. Nh7+ Ke8 28. Bd6 Rc7 29. Rfd1 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,Victor"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sverdlovsk Ural region"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow Youth of"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. e4 e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. exd5 exd4 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nf6 13. Bg5 h6 {Black sacrifices a pawn, but forces an exchange of White's dark-squared bishop. This move is considered to be dubious in view of the game below. The current game is an attempt to revive it.} (13... Be7 {is the main line. See a detailed information on it in the game Tregubov,P-Burmakin,A, RUS-ch qual 2004/CBM102[Mikhalevski,V]}) 14. Bxf6 (14. Bh4 $2 {loses to} g5 {[%csl Re4]}) 14... Qxf6 15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. Nxd4 {White obtained an extra pawn on d5, but it is well-blocked. Moreover Black has the advantage of the bishops pair, which is also partly compensates the pawn.} Bd7 ({RR} 16... Be5 17. Rfd1 Bd7 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. g3 Bh3 21. f4 Bf6 22. Kf2 Rc4 23. Ke3 a6 24. d6 b5 25. Nc6 Rxe4+ 26. Kxe4 Bg2+ 27. Ke3 Bxc6 28. Rc1 Bd5 29. Rc8+ Kh7 30. d7 Bxa2 31. d8=Q {Slovineanu,V (2412)-Gerbelli Neto,E (2114) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (43)}) 17. Rfd1 {[%cal Ge4f5] White is not waiting for Black to show an improvement and avoids the earlier game first. The point behind the move is to protect the d4-knight and the d5-pawn in advance and thus to prepare Bf5.} ({Here is how Tregubov proved White's superiority:} 17. Rac1 g6 18. Bd3 {[%cal Gd3b5]} a6 19. Nb3 {[%cal Gb3c5]} Rfc8 20. Na5 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rd1 b5 23. Nb7 Bf8 24. Be4 Rc4 25. Bf3 {and it turns out that the d-pawn is a real danger.} Bc8 ({or} 25... Rc2 26. d6 $1 {[%cal Gb2b4]}) 26. d6 $1 Bxb7 27. d7 $1 (27. Bxb7 Bxd6 $1 28. Bxa6 Rc2 29. Bxb5 Bc5 $132 {[%csl Rb2,Rf2]}) 27... Bxf3 28. d8=Q Bxd1 29. Qxd1 $16 {1-0 Tregubov,P-Kallai,G/France 2002/EXT 2003 (60). (59) and despite technical difficulties White converted his advantage into a win.}) ({It would be nice to trade the light-squared bishops, but immediate} 17. Bf5 {doesn't reach the goal in view of} Rad8 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gd6c5,Gd6e5] and suddenlt the d5-pawn becomes an oject of attack.} (17... Be5 18. Bxd7 Bxd4 19. Rfd1 Be5 20. Rd2 $16)) 17... g6 18. g3 $146 ({RR} 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. g3 Kg7 20. Kg2 h5 21. h4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Re8 23. Bf3 Kf6 24. Nb3 Rc8 25. Rxc8 Bxc8 26. Nd2 Bd7 27. Nc4 Ke7 28. Nxd6 Kxd6 29. Bd1 a6 30. Bc2 Bb5 31. Kf3 {½-½ (31) Kalinichev,A (2356)-Kosov,I (2386) Tula 2006}) ({RR} 18. Rac1 Rfe8 19. Bf3 Rac8 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. h3 Be5 22. b3 Kg7 23. Kf1 Re8 24. Be2 a6 25. Bg4 f5 26. Bf3 Bd6 27. Nc6 Kf6 28. Na5 b5 29. Nc6 Rc8 30. a4 Rc7 31. axb5 axb5 32. Ra1 Bxc6 {Briestensky,R (2331)-Jurcik,M (2333) Slovakia 2019 1-0 (75)}) 18... Rac8 19. Kg2 Rc4 $1 {[%csl Rd4,Re4][%cal Gd6e5] Black provokes the weakening of the dark-squares on the queenside.} 20. b3 Rc3 21. Rac1 Rfc8 $1 {Black takes control of the c-file and thus forces exchange of all rooks.} (21... Rxc1 $6 {is worse. F.e.} 22. Rxc1 Re8 23. Bd3 Re5 24. Rd1 $1 Rxd5 25. Be4 Re5 26. Bxb7 $16) 22. Rxc3 Rxc3 23. h4 h5 24. Ne2 Rc5 25. Rc1 {White doesn't see a plan to make progress and so he exchanges the rooks and offers a draw.} Kg7 26. Rxc5 Bxc5 27. Nf4 {Indeed one can hardly find any productive idea here. The honour of the 13...h6-line was restored.} ({Certainly not} 27. d6 $2 b5 $1 {and White has to fight for a draw.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Andreikin,Dmitry"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nbd2 Be7 {I prefer this natural move to the one chosen by Kramnik 6...g6?! (Andreikin-Kramnik, Dortmund 2013. 1-0)} 7. Qc2 O-O 8. e3 c5 {A logical continuation.} ({If Black plays passively, White can begin a dangerous attack:} 8... c6 $6 9. h4 $1 Nd7 10. g4 $40) 9. dxc5 Nd7 ({Another interesting idea is} 9... Na6 $5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bxa6 Qxa6 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. b4 Bf6 $44) 10. cxd5 exd5 $6 {Here is the first important moment.} ({After} 10... Nxc5 11. dxe6 (11. d6 Bxd6 12. Rd1 $11) 11... Bxe6 12. Bc4 Bf5 13. e4 {we both overlooked} Nxe4 $1 {At the press conference after the game Veselin was talking about the move 13...g6?!} 14. Nxe4 Qg6 {Black develops a dangerous initiative, for example} 15. Bd5 (15. Nfd2 Rac8 16. O-O b5 17. Bxf7+ Rxf7 18. Qd3 Bg5 $17) (15. O-O $5 Bxe4 16. Qb3 Rad8 {Black has the advatage of the two bishops.}) 15... Rfd8 16. Bxb7 Qxg2 17. Ke2 (17. Rg1 $2 Qxf3 18. Nf6+ Bxf6 19. Bxf3 Bxc2 $19) 17... Bg4 18. Qb3 Rab8 19. Rhg1 Qxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Bxf3+ 21. Kxf3 Rxb7 $15 {This endgame is better for Black.}) 11. Nb3 {Of course, now I don't give up the c-pawn.} a5 (11... b6 12. c6 Nb8 13. Rc1 Bb4+ 14. Nbd2 Bf5 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Nxc6 17. O-O $14) 12. a4 $146 {I supported my opponent's aspiration for a difficult fight.} (12. Bd3 a4 13. Nbd4 Nxc5 14. O-O $11) ({RR} 12. Bd3 a4 13. Nbd4 Nxc5 14. O-O b6 15. Rfb1 g6 16. Bf1 Bb7 17. g3 Rac8 18. Bh3 Rcd8 19. b4 axb3 20. axb3 Bc8 21. Bg2 Bd7 22. Nd2 Qd6 23. b4 Ne6 24. N2f3 Bf6 25. Qd3 Ng7 26. Ra7 Nf5 {Jacobson,A (2318)-Adamson,R (2216) Charlotte 2019 0-1 (82)}) 12... b6 13. c6 Bb4+ 14. Kd1 Nc5 {I prefer this move to the passive:} (14... Nb8 $6 {with idea to win back a pawn.} 15. Nbd4 Bc5 16. Bb5 Bg4 17. h3 Bxf3+ 18. Nxf3 Nxc6 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Ke2 {If the white king is consolidated, Black will get an unpleasant endgame.}) 15. Nbd4 Ne4 $2 {The black knight in the centre is beautiful, but not effective. Black had an opportunity to activate other pieces:} (15... Bg4 $1 16. Bb5 ({During the game I wanted to make another move:} 16. h3 $6 Bxf3+ 17. gxf3 Ne6 18. Qf5 {but here I didn't see} Qh4 $1 $17 19. Bd3 g6 20. Rg1 Ng5 $1 $19) 16... Ne6 17. Kc1 Bc5 18. Qd2 Bb4 19. Qc2 Bc5 $11) 16. Bb5 {The white position is better. The pawn on c6 is very strong!} g5 $2 {This is a continuation plan associated with mistaken knight move.  Black could qualify for counterplay after} (16... Bg4 17. Kc1 Bh5 $5 18. Bd3 $5 (18. Kb1 Bg6 19. Bd3 Nxf2 20. Bxg6 Qxg6 21. Qxg6 fxg6 22. Rc1 Nd3 23. Rd1 Nf2 24. Rc1 Nd3 $11) 18... Nc5 19. Bf5 Bxf3 20. gxf3 g6 21. Bh3 Na6 $1 22. Bf1 $5 (22. Kb1 Bc5 $11) 22... Rfc8 23. Bxa6 Rxa6 24. c7 Ra7 25. Nb5 Bd6 26. Nxa7 Rxc7 27. Nc6 Bf8 28. Kb1 Rxc6 $44) 17. h3 $16 {Now Black is devoid of any counterplay.} h5 $6 {This is an unnecessary weakening of the king. Black should think about defence} (17... Ra7 18. Kc1 Rc7 19. Kb1 Rd8 20. Ka2 Bf8 21. Rac1 Bg7 $16 {White's position is winning, but not very easy.}) 18. Kc1 $1 {I can ignore the activity of my opponent.} Bc5 {This move is a recognition of the failure of his plan. After} (18... g4 19. hxg4 hxg4 20. Kb1 $1 gxf3 21. gxf3 Ng5 22. Ka2 $18 {Black's king is doomed.}) 19. Kb1 Re8 20. Ka2 $18 {Black has played badly and this position is already absolutely lost. The weakness of the kingside should soon be crucial.} Ra7 21. Rad1 Kf8 22. Rhf1 Kg7 23. Ka1 Bf8 $2 24. Ne2 Rd8 25. h4 $1 g4 26. Nf4 Kg8 27. Nxd5 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Xu, Jun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,Ilya"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d4 Ne4 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. e3 Bg4 ({RR} 11... Qe7 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Rd8 14. Nd4 Bxd4 15. Bxd4 Bf5 16. Bb2 Qe6 17. Re1 Be4 18. f3 Bg6 19. Qd2 h5 20. Rac1 Rd7 21. b4 a6 22. a4 f6 23. Red1 Rad8 24. Bd4 Ne5 25. Qe2 Nc4 26. Re1 {Vidit,S (2739)-Narayanan,S (2647) Kolkata IND 2024 1-0 (57)}) 12. Nc3 $1 $16 (12. h3 Be6 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Qb6 15. Qd2 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. Qb2 $14 {1-0 Tauber,M-Schnur,G/Bad Wiessee 1998/EXT 2001 (45)}) (12. Qc2 $6 Rc8 13. a3 Re8 14. b4 Bb6 15. Qd3 Nxf2 $17 {0-1 Nicholson,M-Stalker,A/Hawick 2000/EXT 2001 (24)}) 12... Qa5 $146 (12... Nxc3 $144 13. Bxc3 Qd7 14. Qd2 Bb6 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Rfe8 (16... Rfd8 17. Rac1 Bh3 18. Bxh3 Qxh3 19. Bc7 Rd7 20. Bxb6 axb6 21. Qb4 (21. a4 $16) 21... h5 22. a4 $16 {½-½ Wirthensohn,H-Ekstroem,R/Pontresina 2000/CBM 79 no vc (27)}) 17. Bd4 $16 {-see detailed commented game  1-0 Zhu Chen-Dautov,R/Bad Homburg 1998/CBM 66[Tsesarsky,I] (54)}) ({RR} 12... Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Qd7 14. Qd2 Rad8 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Rfe8 17. Qb2 Bf8 18. Rac1 Rc8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Qd4 Rc2 21. a4 Be2 22. Re1 Qf5 23. Bxd5 Ba6 24. Bf4 Qc8 25. Bf3 Ra2 26. Qd1 Bb4 27. Bg4 {Ezquerro Moreno,J-Rissotti,L Argentina 2001 0-1 (39)}) ({RR} 12... Nxc3 13. Bxc3 d4 14. exd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxd4 17. Rad1 Qb2 18. Qf5 Bb6 19. Bxb7 g6 20. Qf3 Rad8 21. a4 Kg7 22. Kg2 Rfe8 23. Bd5 Qf6 24. b4 Re7 25. a5 Bd4 26. b5 Bc3 27. Qxf6+ {Mamedyarov,S (2717)-Mamedov,R (2636) Hong Kong HKG 2026 ½-½ (59)}) 13. Nxd5 Rad8 14. Qc2 f5 (14... Nxg3 $144 15. Nf6+ gxf6 16. hxg3 $16 {[%csl Rf6,Rf7,Rg8,Rh7]}) (14... Bxf3 $144 15. Bxf3 Nd2 16. Qf5 Nxf3+ (16... Nxf1 $4 17. Nf6+ gxf6 18. Qg4+ Kh8 19. Bxf6#) 17. Qxf3 {[%cal Gd5f6]} Bd4 18. Ne7+ Nxe7 19. Bxd4 $16) 15. Nf4 {[%cal Gf4e6]} Bxf3 $6 $18 {Loses very quickly.} (15... Rf7 $142 16. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 17. Qxd1 Ng5 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Qe1+ 20. Qxe1 (20. Kg2 Nxf3 21. Qxe1 Nxe1+ 22. Rxe1 $16) 20... Nxf3+ 21. Kf1 Nxe1 22. Kxe1 $16) 16. Bxf3 Nd2 17. Bxc6 bxc6 (17... Nxf1 18. Qc4+ Kh8 19. Ne6 Rg8 20. Bxb7 $18 {[%csl Rc5,Rf1]}) 18. Rfd1 Rfe8 (18... Bb4 19. a3 $18) 19. a3 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Rxe3 21. b4 Qb6 22. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Geneva FIDE GP"]
[Site "Geneva"]
[Date "2017.07.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,Alex "]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2017.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {ChessBase II} Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 {Shak specialises in obscure and risky gambit lines of the Queen's Gambit Declined.} ({RR} 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. e3 c6 7. Qc2 Qa5) 5... dxc4 6. e3 ({The main line runs} 6. Qc2 b5 7. a4 c6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. g3) ({RR} 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. Ne5 Bd7) 6... b5 7. a4 ({RR} 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 Qd5 9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. a4 c6 11. Be2 O-O 12. Ng5 e5 13. dxe5 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Nd5 15. axb5 cxb5 16. e6 Nc5 17. exf7+ Kh8 18. Bd6 Nb3+ 19. Ke1 Nxa1 20. Bxf8 Bd7 21. Bd6 h6 {Stefan,I (2053)-Corbat,P (1893) Biel SUI 2026 1-0}) ({RR} 7. Be2 Bb7 8. O-O Nbd7 9. b3 Bxd2 ({RR} 9... c3) ({RR} 9... O-O 10. bxc4 Bc3 11. Rb1 b4 12. a3 a5) 10. Qxd2 cxb3 11. Bxb5 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Ne4 13. Bxd7+ Kxd7 14. fxe4 Qxg5+ 15. Kh1 bxa2 16. f4 Qb5 17. Qxa2 Rhb8 18. f5 Qb3 19. fxe6+ Kxe6 20. Qa5 Kd7 21. Rac1 Rb7) 7... c6 8. Be2 (8. Qc2 Bb7 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. b3 c3 12. Ne4 h6 13. Bh4 $5 (13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Nxc3 $11) 13... g5 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 15. Bg3 c5 {Nakamura-Morozevich, 2013.}) ({RR} 8. b3 c3) 8... Nbd7 ({RR} 8... O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qc2 a5 11. b3 cxb3 12. Qxc6 Rb8 13. Bxb5 Bb7 14. Qc1 Rc8 15. Qd1 b2 16. Rb1 Bc3 17. Qb3 Nb6 18. Rxb2 Bd5 19. Qa3 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 h6 21. Bh4 Qc7 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. e4 {Mamedyarov,S (2808)-Caruana,F (2816) Paris 2018 0-1 (40)}) 9. O-O Qb6 $146 ({RR} 9... h6 10. Bh4 Bb7 11. Qc2 Be7 12. e4 a6 13. e5 Nd5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Ne4 O-O 16. Nd6 N7b6 17. Nd2 Nc8 18. N2e4 Rd8 19. b3 c3 20. Nxb7 Qxb7 21. Nc5 Qb8 22. Qe4 Nce7 23. g4 Qc8 24. f4 {Radovanovic,N (2395)-Phatak,A (1769) Paracin 2021 ½-½ (39)}) ({RR} 9... Bb7 10. Qc2 a6 11. e4 Be7 ({RR} 11... Qb6) 12. e5 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Ne4 O-O 15. Nfg5 h6 16. Nh7 Rfb8 17. Ra3 g6 ({RR} 17... c5 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. dxc5 Nf4) 18. Nhf6+ N7xf6 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Nc5 Nd7 21. Nxb7 Rxb7 22. axb5 cxb5 23. Bf3 Nb6 24. Bxb7 {Scherbakoff,G-Grodner,C Paris 1953 EXT 2015 [ChessBase II] ½-½}) 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. b3 c3 12. Nb1 c5 13. Nxc3 cxd4 14. Nxb5 Rc8 (14... O-O {seems more natural.}) 15. Qb2 a6 16. a5 $1 Qc5 17. exd4 {Inarkiev played the opening reasonably well and stood to equalise until he chose an unfortunate square for his queen.} Qf5 $2 (17... Qe7 18. Ne5 $5 h6 (18... axb5 19. Bxb5) 19. Rfc1 O-O) (17... Qc2 18. Qxc2 Rxc2 19. Bd1 Rc8 20. Bd2 $1 Be7) 18. Bd2 Be7 19. Nc3 O-O $4 {One move isn't a relaible indication of bad form, but how does a Super-GM blunder his queen like that?} (19... h6 20. b4 O-O 21. b5 $16) (19... e5 $5) 20. Nh4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Chatalbashev, Boris"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. Qa4+ (5. Nc3 Bb4 6. e4 c5 7. Bxc4) 5... Nbd7 6. e4 c6 7. Qxc4 Qb6 $1 8. Nbd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bf4 (11. Bh4 $143 {½-½ Milov,V (2653)-Shulman,Y (2550) Minneapolis HB Global op 2005 (9)}) 11... Be7 12. O-O (12. Bc7 O-O 13. O-O Nb6 14. Qc2 Qa4 15. Qc3 Nfd5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Qa5 Qxa5 18. Bxa5 b6 19. Ne5 bxa5 20. Nxc6 Bd8 21. Rfc1 Bd7 22. Nxd8 Rfxd8 23. Be4 Rac8 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Rc5 Rxc5 26. dxc5 Rc8 {Ginsburg,M (2365)-Shulman,Y (2606)/Chicago 2008/0-1 (44)}) (12. Qc2) 12... O-O 13. Qc2 Nb6 $146 (13... Qa5 14. Nb3 {½-½ Huzman,A (2577)-Kogan,A (2580) Montreal 6th 2005 (3)}) ({RR} 13... Qa5 14. Nc4 Qd8 15. Rfd1 Nh5 16. Bd2 Qc7 17. e5 f5 18. Be2 b5 19. Nd6 Nb6 20. Nxb5 Qd7 21. Nc3 Rd8 22. a4 Qe8 23. a5 Nd5 24. a6 Nhf4 25. Bf1 Nxc3 26. Qxc3 Nd5 27. Qc4 Bd7 28. Ne1 {Ibrahimli,M (2418)-Durarbayli,V (2615) Nakhchivan 2022 0-1 (51)}) ({RR} 13... Qa5 14. Nc4 Qd8 15. Rfd1 Nh5 16. Bd2 Qc7 17. e5 f5 18. Be2 b5 19. Nd6 Nb6 20. Nxb5 Qd7 21. Nc3 Rd8 22. a4 Qe8 23. a5 Nd5 24. a6 Nhf4 25. Bf1 Nxc3 26. Qxc3 Nd5 27. Qc4 Bd7 28. Ne1 {Ibrahimli,M (2418)-Durarbayli,V (2615) Nakhchivan 2022 0-1 (51)}) 14. Nb3 Rd8 15. Rfd1 $44 {[%csl Ra3,Ra8,Rc8,Gd4,Ge4]} Bf8 16. Nc5 Rxd4 $5 17. Nxe6 Rxe4 18. Bxe4 (18. Bc1 $5) 18... Bxe6 19. Nd4 Qxa2 $15 {[%csl Ga7][%cal Ga7a1]} 20. Nxe6 Qxc2 21. Bxc2 fxe6 22. Be3 Nfd5 $1 {[%csl Gd5]} 23. Bxb6 $6 (23. Bd4 c5 24. Ba1) 23... axb6 $17 {[%cal Gb6b5]} 24. Re1 Kf7 25. Rb3 Be7 26. Be4 b5 $19 27. Rf3+ Bf6 28. h4 b4 29. g4 Ke7 30. Bxd5 cxd5 31. Rb1 Bc3 32. Kf1 g6 33. g5 h5 34. Kg2 Ra2 35. Rf4 b5 36. Kf1 Ra3 37. Ke2 b3 38. Kd3 b4 39. Rf3 e5 40. Rh3 e4+ 41. Ke3 Ke6 0-1

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Dautov,Rustem"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. e4 Be7 7. Nbd2 (7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bxc4 Nb6 9. Qb3 Nxc4 10. Qxc4 b6 11. e5 Nd5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 $10) 7... O-O 8. Bxc4 Nb6 (8... a6 9. Qc2 c5 10. e5 Nd5 11. Bxd5 exd5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O b6 14. Rfe1 Rd8 15. Rac1 Bb7 16. Nf1 Rac8 17. Qf5 $14 {Mohr-Kotronias/Budapest/1988}) (8... c5 $5 9. e5 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 (10... Nxe7 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Qa3 $14) 11. Bxd5 exd5 12. O-O $13) 9. Qc2 Nxc4 (9... h6 $1 10. Bh4 $5 (10. Bxf6 Bxf6 $10) 10... g5 (10... Nxc4 11. Nxc4 $5 g5 12. Bg3 g4 13. Nfd2 Qxd4 14. Be5 Qc5 15. Qc3 $44) 11. Bg3 g4 12. Ne5 Qxd4 13. Be2 Bb4 14. O-O-O $44) 10. Nxc4 h6 (10... b6 $6 11. Nce5 Bb7 12. Nc6 Bxc6 13. Qxc6 $16) 11. Bxf6 $146 (11. Bf4 b6 12. O-O-O Bb7 13. Rhe1 Qc8 14. h3 Rd8 15. Kb1 c5 $10 {Mikhalchishin-Lukacs/Lvov/1984}) ({RR} 11. Bf4 b6 12. O-O-O Bb7 13. Rhe1 Qc8 14. h3 Rd8 15. Kb1 c5 16. Be5 cxd4 17. Rxd4 Rxd4 18. Bxd4 Qc6 19. Nfe5 Qb5 20. f3 Ne8 21. a4 Qa6 22. Qb3 Rc8 23. Rc1 Nd6 24. Nxd6 Rxc1+ 25. Kxc1 Qf1+ {Mikhalchishin,A (2480)-Lukacs,P (2470) Lvov 1984 ½-½}) 11... Bxf6 12. O-O-O b5 $6 (12... b6 13. h4 Bb7 14. g4 $40) 13. Nce5 $16 {×c6,c5} Bb7 14. Rhe1 $2 (14. Kb1 $1 Qd6 (14... Bxe5 15. Nxe5 $16) 15. Rhe1 Rac8 16. Nd3 $1 Qc6 (16... Bxd4 $4 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Nc5 $18) 17. Qxc6 Bxc6 18. Nfe5 Be8 19. Rc1 $16) 14... Bxe5 $1 15. dxe5 (15. Nxe5 c5 $1 16. dxc5 $4 Qg5+ $19) 15... Qe7 16. Kb1 $10 (16. Kb1 Rac8 (16... c5 $6 17. Rd6) 17. Nd4 a6 18. Nc6 Bxc6 19. Qxc6 Qg5 20. g3 Qxe5 21. Qxa6 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT 08th Final"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "1983.06.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. d4 {Dautov,Rustem} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 c6 5. Nbd2 h6 ({RR} 5... Be7 6. e3 O-O ({RR} 6... Ne4 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Bd3 f5 9. Ne5 O-O 10. O-O c5 ({RR} 10... Nd7 11. Ndf3 Ng5 12. Nxg5 Qxg5 13. f4 Qe7 14. Nf3) 11. Nb3 cxd4 12. exd4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nd7 14. Rc1 Nd6 15. Re1) ({RR} 6... Nbd7 7. a3 O-O ({RR} 7... Nh5 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Bd3 Nhf6 10. Qc2 O-O 11. O-O g6 12. Rfe1 e5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bc4) 8. Qc2 h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 10. Bxe7 ({RR} 10. Bg3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Bf6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Be2 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Nf3 Bf6 17. Rd1 Qb6) 10... Qxe7 11. Bd3) 7. Bd3 ({RR} 7. Rc1 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. O-O Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qc2) 7... h6 ({RR} 7... b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. Bxe7 ({RR} 11. Qh5 g6 12. Nxg6 fxg6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Qxg6+ Kh8 15. Qh6+ Kg8 16. Qg6+ Kh8) 11... Qxe7 12. f4) ({RR} 7... Nbd7 8. Qc2 ({RR} 8. O-O b6 9. cxd5 cxd5 ({RR} 9... exd5 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. Ne5) 10. Rc1 Bb7 11. Qa4 a6 12. Qb3 Bd6 13. Rc3 h6 14. Bh4 Qb8 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Rfc1) 8... h6 9. h4 ({RR} 9. Bh4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 ({RR} 10. Nxc4) 10... a6 11. O-O b5 12. Be2 Bb7 13. Nb3 Rc8 14. Nc5 Nxc5 15. dxc5 Nd7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. b4) 9... c5 10. O-O-O b5 11. cxd5 c4 12. d6 cxd3 13. Qc6 hxg5 14. dxe7 Qxe7 15. hxg5) 8. Bh4 b6 ({RR} 8... c5 9. O-O ({RR} 9. dxc5 Na6 10. Nb3 Nxc5 11. Nxc5 Bxc5 12. O-O dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qe7 14. Ne5 ({RR} 14. Qc2 b6 15. Rad1 Bb7 16. Ne5 g5 17. Bg3 Rfd8) 14... Rd8) 9... cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. Rc1 b6 12. a3 ({RR} 12. Bb1 Bb7 13. Re1 Rc8 14. a3 dxc4 15. Nxc4 Na5 16. Qd3 Re8 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nce5 Kf8)) 9. O-O Bb7 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. cxd5 exd5 ({RR} 11... cxd5 12. Qa4 a6 13. Qb3 ({RR} 13. Bg3 b5 14. Qc2)) 12. Bf5 Re8 ({RR} 12... c5 13. Qa4) 13. Qb3 ({RR} 13. Qa4 c5 14. Rfd1 ({RR} 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nh7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. f4) 14... a6 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Nb3) 13... a5 14. Ne5 a4 ({RR} 14... Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. e6 ({RR} 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. f4 a4) 16... fxe6 ({RR} 16... Bxh4 17. exd7 Re5 18. Bh3) 17. Bxe6+ Kh8 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Bf5 Nc5) 15. Qc2 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Bxe7 ({RR} 17. e6 fxe6 18. Bxe6+ Kh8 19. Bxd7 ({RR} 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Bf5 Nc5) 19... Qxd7 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Nf3 c5) 17... Qxe7 18. f4 c5 ({RR} 18... Nc5 19. e4 ({RR} 19. Nf3 Bc8 ({RR} 19... f6 20. Bg6 Red8 21. Nh4) 20. Nd4 Bxf5 21. Nxf5 Qd7 22. Rfd1 Red8 23. Nd6) 19... Rad8) ({RR} 18... f6 19. e4 ({RR} 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. exf6 Rxe3 21. fxg7 Qxg7) ({RR} 19. Nf3 fxe5 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. Nxe5 Qe6 22. Rf3 c5 23. Rg3) 19... fxe5 20. exd5 cxd5 21. Qc7 Nf8 22. fxe5 Ba6) 19. e4 g6 ({RR} 19... d4 20. Nc4 Ba6 21. Bxd7 Bxc4 22. Bxe8 Bxf1 23. Bc6 ({RR} 23. Bxf7+ Qxf7 24. Rxf1 Qxa2 25. f5 a3 26. f6 axb2 27. Qd3 Qf7) 23... Rc8 24. Rxf1 ({RR} 24. Qxa4 Be2 25. Bd5) 24... Rxc6 25. Qxa4) ({RR} 19... Nf8 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Be4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 ({RR} 22. Nxe4 Ne6 23. Nd6 Red8 24. Qc4 Nd4 25. Rce1 Qe6) 22... Rad8 23. Nf3 b5 24. f5) ({RR} 19... dxe4 20. Nxe4) 20. Bh3 {Dautov,R (2631)-Smagin,S (2613) Essen 2001 CBM 083 [Dautov,Rustem] 1-0 (44)} {RR} a3 21. bxa3 d4 ({RR} 21... Rxa3 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. Nc4) 22. Nc4 Ba6 23. Bxd7 Bxc4 24. Bxe8 Bxf1 25. Bxf7+ Qxf7 26. Rxf1 Rxa3 27. Qb2) ({RR} 5... Nbd7) 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 ({RR} 7. g3) ({RR} 7. g3 Nd7 8. Bg2 Qd8 9. O-O Nf6 10. Qc2 Be7 11. e4 O-O 12. Rad1 b6 13. Rfe1 Bb7 14. a3 a5 15. Ne5 Rc8 16. c5 bxc5 17. dxc5 a4 18. Bh3 Qc7 19. exd5 cxd5 20. c6 Bd6 21. Qxa4 Bxc6 {Khruschiov,A (2274)-Akhmedov,D (2361) Moscow RUS 2024 0-1 (35)}) 7... c5 $146 ({RR} 7... Nd7 8. Bd3 Qd8 9. O-O Bd6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Bc7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Rad1 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Ng3 Qc7 17. Rfe1 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Bd7 19. Qe4 f5 20. Qd4 Be8 21. Qh4 Rf6 22. c5 {Kolomiyets,A (2126)-Pavlov,S (2300) Kiev 2003 ½-½}) ({RR} 7... Nd7 8. Bd3) ({RR} 7... Qd8 8. Bd3 Be7 9. O-O Nd7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Rfe1 Nf6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Bb4 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Qe4 g6 17. Re3 Kg7 18. Ne5 Bf5 19. Qf4 Bxd3 20. Qxf6+ Kxf6 21. Nxd3 Bd6 22. Nc5 {Mallassagne,F (2125)-Crut,A (2370) Saint Affrique 2003 1-0 (46)}) 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bb5+ Nc6 10. O-O a6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Qa4 Rb8 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Rfc1 Rb5 15. Nb3 Qxb2 16. Nfd4 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Rc5 18. Rcb1 Qc3 19. Qd1 Qa3 20. Rb6 Qc3 21. Nb3 Rc4 22. Rc1 Qb2 23. Rxc6 O-O 24. Rc2 Qa3 25. Qc1 Rxc6 26. Qxa3 Rxc2 27. h3 Rc6 28. Nd4 Rb6 29. Qa5 Rb1+ 30. Kh2 Rb2 31. Kg3 h5 32. h4 Re8 33. a3 g6 34. Qc3 Rb7 35. Qc6 Rd7 36. Kh2 Red8 37. a4 Re8 38. a5 Kg7 39. Nf3 Rde7 40. Nd4 Bb7 41. Qb6 Bc8 42. Kg1 Bb7 43. Ne2 Rd7 44. Qd4+ Kg8 45. Qf6 Re4 46. Nd4 Rde7 47. Kf1 Re8 48. g4 Rxg4 49. f3 Rxd4 50. Qxd4 Bc6 51. Kf2 Re6 52. Qb6 Be8 53. Qd8 Kg7 54. Qxd5 Bc6 55. Qd4+ Kg8 56. e4 Kh7 57. Qa7 Be8 58. Ke3 Kg8 59. Qb8 Kg7 60. Kd4 Bb5 61. Qg3 Kg8 62. Qg5 Kg7 63. f4 Bc6 64. e5 Kh7 65. f5 gxf5 66. Qxh5+ Kg7 67. Qxf5 Bb5 68. Qg5+ Rg6 69. Qd8 Re6 70. Ke4 Rh6 71. Kf4 Re6 72. Qd4 Kh7 73. h5 Rh6 74. Kg5 Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Comet Open Titled Losers"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.10.19"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Lazavik, Denis"]
[Black "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2025.10.18"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bd6 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O O-O 7. a3 ({RR} 7. b3 dxc4 8. bxc4 e5 9. c5 Be7 10. dxe5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Ne4 12. Ba3 Bxc5 13. e3 Be6 14. Rc1 Rfd8 15. Ne1 Bxa3 16. Nxa3 Ng5 17. Nb5 Nh3+ 18. Bxh3 Bxh3 19. Nxc7 Rac8 20. Nb5 Nxe5 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 {Giri,A (2748)-Firouzja,A (2766) Zagreb 2025 0-1 (41)}) 7... h6 $146 ({RR} 7... Rb8 8. Qc2 Na5 9. c5 Be7 10. Bf4 {½-½ (10) Macka,O (2047)-Kolcak,M (2104) Slovakia 2022}) ({RR} 7... dxc4 8. Nbd2 Na5 9. Qa4 c5 10. Nxc4 Nxc4 11. Qxc4 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Qe7 13. Bf4 Bxf4 14. Qxf4 Bd7 15. Ne5 Bb5 16. Rfe1 Nd5 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Nf3 Rac8 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Rac1 Rc4 21. Rxc4 dxc4 22. Qc7 {Dubov,D (2708)-Bluebaum,M (2663) chess.com INT 2023 ½-½ (32)}) ({RR} 7... a5 8. Qc2 a4 9. Bg5 Bd7 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. e3 Na5 13. c5 Be7 14. Ne5 Bb5 15. Rfe1 g5 16. Bf1 Be8 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Qg7 19. Rad1 Nb3 20. Nc3 Rd8 21. d5 Bxc5 22. dxe6 {Iskusnyh,S (2440)-Bluebaum,M (2660) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (42)}) ({RR} 7... dxc4 8. Nbd2 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. Nxc4 Qe7 12. Qc2 c6 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Bf4 Qh5 15. h4 Bf5 16. e4 Bg6 17. f3 Qb5 18. Qf2 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 Qb3 20. Rd2 Rxd2 21. Qxd2 Nh5 22. Bc7 {Lazavik,D (2577)-Holinka,H (2292) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (45)}) ({RR} 7... a5 8. Qc2 a4 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. Bg5 Ra5 12. Rfd1 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nxa4 Re8 15. Nc3 Ne7 16. b4 Raa8 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Qg6 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Ba4 21. Qxc7 Bxd1 22. Rxd1 {Lazavik,D (2578)-Bluebaum,M (2654) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (67)}) ({RR} 7... a5 8. Qc2 h6 9. Rd1 Re8 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. b3 a4 12. bxa4 dxc4 13. Nb5 Na5 14. Nd2 Nd5 15. Nxc4 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Nb6 17. Qb3 Bc6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Nc3 Ra6 20. Ne4 Qe7 21. Nxd6 Qxd6 22. Bf4 {Diaz Camallonga,C (2481)-Ikonnikov,V (2459) Germany GER 2024 ½-½ (89)}) ({RR} 7... a5 8. Qc2 h6 9. Rd1 Re8 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. b3 a4 12. bxa4 dxc4 13. Nb5 Na5 14. Nd2 Nd5 15. Nxc4 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Nb6 17. Qb3 Bc6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Nc3 Ra6 20. Ne4 Qe7 21. Nxd6 Qxd6 22. Bf4 {Diaz Camallonga,C (2481)-Ikonnikov,V (2459) Germany GER 2024 ½-½ (89)}) ({RR} 7... dxc4 8. Bg5 Rb8 9. Nc3 Be7 10. e3 a6 11. Qe2 b5 12. Rfd1 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Rac1 Bb7 16. h4 Na5 17. Ne5 Nb3 18. Rc2 Qe8 19. h5 c5 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Nxc5 Bxc5 22. Nd7 {Vo Hoang Quan (2063)-Grot,B (2277) chess.com INT 2026 ½-½ (53)}) ({RR} 7... dxc4 8. Nbd2 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. Nxc4 Qe7 12. Qc2 c6 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Bf4 Qh5 15. h4 Bf5 16. e4 Bg6 17. f3 Qb5 18. Qf2 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 Qb3 20. Rd2 Rxd2 21. Qxd2 Nh5 22. Bc7 {Lazavik,D (2577)-Holinka,H (2292) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (45)}) ({RR} 7... a5 8. Qc2 h6 9. Rd1 Re8 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. b3 a4 12. bxa4 dxc4 13. Nb5 Na5 14. Nd2 Nd5 15. Nxc4 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Nb6 17. Qb3 Bc6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Nc3 Ra6 20. Ne4 Qe7 21. Nxd6 Qxd6 22. Bf4 {Diaz Camallonga,C (2481)-Ikonnikov,V (2459) Germany GER 2024 ½-½ (89)}) 8. Qc2 dxc4 9. Nbd2 Na5 10. Nxc4 Nxc4 11. Qxc4 Qe7 12. Rd1 Rd8 13. b4 c6 14. Bb2 a5 15. b5 cxb5 16. Qxb5 Bd7 17. Qb3 Bc6 18. a4 Bd5 19. Qd3 Rdc8 20. Nd2 Bb4 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Nf3 Ne4 23. Rac1 Nd6 24. Ne5 Qe8 25. Qb3 Nc4 26. Ba1 b5 27. axb5 Qxb5 28. Nd3 Rab8 29. Nf4 Nb6 30. e4 a4 31. Qb1 dxe4 32. d5 Rxc1 33. Qxc1 Bd6 34. Nh5 Bf8 35. Be5 Rd8 36. Qa1 Rxd5 37. Rb1 Rxe5 38. Rxb5 Rxb5 39. Nf4 a3 40. Ne2 Rb2 41. Nc3 e3 42. fxe3 Nc4 43. Qd1 a2 44. Qa1 Bc5 45. Nxa2 Bxe3+ 46. Kh1 Rc2 47. Qb1 Rd2 48. Qb3 Nd6 49. Qxe3 Rxa2 50. Qd3 Ra1+ 51. Kg2 Ne8 52. Qd8 Kf8 53. h4 Ra2+ 54. Kh3 Re2 55. Qb8 Re6 56. Qb4+ Kg8 57. Qb8 h5 58. Qb5 g6 59. Qb3 Kg7 60. Qb2+ Nf6 61. Qa1 Re4 62. Kg2 Re6 63. Kf3 Re4 64. Qb2 Rg4 65. Qa1 Re4 66. Kg2 Rg4 67. Kh3 Re4 68. Qb2 Rg4 69. Qa1 Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Chess for TV"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.06.13"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2019.06.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Krasenkow,Michal} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Bxf6 ({RR} 6. Nc3 a6 7. g3 ({RR} 7. e4 b5 ({RR} 7... Rb8 8. Qxc4 ({RR} 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxc4 c5 10. e5 Qf4 11. d5 Qxc4 12. Bxc4 Nb6 13. Nd2 Nxc4 14. Nxc4 b5 15. Ne3 Be7 16. d6 Bd8) 8... b5 9. Qd3 Bb7 10. e5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Nxg5 hxg5 13. Bxg5 Rg8 14. h4 b4 15. Na4 Rxg5 16. hxg5 Ne4) ({RR} 7... Be7 8. Bxc4 ({RR} 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. e5 Be7 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. Qc2 c5 12. d5 Nb6 13. d6 Nxc4 14. dxe7 Qxe7 15. Ne4 b5 16. Nfg5 f5 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Nf3 Bb7) 8... O-O ({RR} 8... Rb8 9. Qc2 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Rd1 c5 12. dxc5 Qa5 13. O-O Nxc5) 9. Qc2 c5 ({RR} 9... h6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. e5 Nd5 12. Qe4 Bb4 13. Rc1 c5 14. O-O Bxc3 15. bxc3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Bd7 17. Bd3 g6 18. Qg4 Kg7) 10. dxc5 Qc7 11. b4 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rfe1 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Be3 bxc5 16. b5 axb5) ({RR} 7... h6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Bxc4 Rb8 10. Be2 b5 11. Qc2 c5 12. d5 Bd6 13. O-O Qc7 14. a4 b4 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Nb1 Ne5 17. Nbd2 O-O 18. Kh1 Bb7 19. Nc4 Nxf3 20. Bxf3 Be5 21. Bg4) 8. Nxb5 axb5 ({RR} 8... Rb8 9. Nc3 Rxb2 10. Ne5 Bb7 ({RR} 10... h6 11. Bc1 ({RR} 11. Nc6 Nb6 12. Nxd8+ Nxa4 13. Nxa4 Rb4) 11... Rb4 12. Qc2 c5) ({RR} 10... c5 11. d5 Rb4 12. Qc6 Rb6) 11. Nxc4 Rb4 12. Qc2 Ba8 13. e5 h6 14. Bd2 Nd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. exd6 Rb7 18. Ba5 Qa8 19. dxc7 O-O 20. h4 Rc8 21. Rh3 Qa7 22. Rc1 Qxd4 23. Qc3) 9. Qxa8 Bb4+ 10. Kd1 Nb6 11. Qa7 ({RR} 11. Qc6+ Bd7 12. Qb7 Bc8) 11... e5 12. Kc2 exd4 13. Rd1 d3+ 14. Bxd3 cxd3+ 15. Rxd3 Qe7 16. a3 O-O 17. axb4 Qxe4) ({RR} 7. Qxc4 b5 ({RR} 7... c5) 8. Qb3 ({RR} 8. Qc6 Ra7 9. Ne5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. Qc5 Qa8 13. e3 Be7 14. Qh5 b4 15. Ne2 O-O) 8... c5 9. e3 ({RR} 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Qd1 Bb7 11. Qxd8+ Rxd8 12. Rc1 h6 13. Be3 Nce4 14. Nd2 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Ba3) 9... Bb7 10. Be2 cxd4 11. exd4 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Ne5 Nb6 14. Rfd1 Nfd5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Bf3 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Rac8 18. Qd3 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 h6) ({RR} 7. e3 Rb8 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Qxc4 b5 10. Qd3 Bb7 11. Rd1 c5 12. d5 c4 13. Qc2 Bb4 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Be2 Qa5) 7... b5 ({RR} 7... c5 8. Bg2) 8. Nxb5 Rb8 9. Na7 ({RR} 9. Na3 Rxb2 ({RR} 9... Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Nxd2 Bb7 12. f3 O-O 13. Naxc4 Nb6 14. Nxb6 cxb6 15. e4) 10. Nxc4 Rb4 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. Bg2 Be7 13. O-O Be4 14. Qc1 O-O 15. Bd2 Rb7) 9... Rb4 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Qa5 Bb7 12. Bh3 Qb8 ({RR} 12... Qa8 13. Qh5 Ke7 14. d5 Bxd5) 13. Qh5 Ke7 ({RR} 13... Rb6) 14. d5 Qxa7 ({RR} 14... Bxd5 15. Qxd5 exd5 16. Nc6+ Kd6 17. Nxb8 Rxb8) 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Bxe6 Kxe6 17. Qe8+ Be7 18. Qxh8 Nf8 19. Qg8+ Kd7 20. O-O-O+ ({RR} 20. Qg4+ Ke8 21. Qh5+ Ng6 22. Qxh7) ({RR} 20. Rd1+ Ke8 21. Nd4 Bc8) 20... Ke8 {Wang,Y (2739)-Ivanchuk,V (2779) Wijk aan Zee 2009 CBM 129 [Krasenkow,Michal] 0-1} {RR} 21. Nd4 c3) 6... gxf6 7. Nc3 a6 8. e3 $146 ({RR} 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qd3 Bb7 10. g3 c5 11. Bg2 Bg7 12. O-O cxd4 13. Qxd4 O-O 14. Rfd1 Nb6 15. Qc5 Rc8 16. Rxd8 Rxc5 17. Rxf8+ Kxf8 18. Ne1 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 f5 20. Nd3 Rc8 21. Nd1 Rc2 22. Kf1 Nc4 {Al Zendani,Z (2398)-Moradiabadi,E (2575) Guangzhou 2010 0-1 (43)}) ({RR} 8. O-O-O Rb8 9. Qxc4 b5 10. Qd3 Bh6+ 11. e3 Bb7 12. d5 Qe7 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Qd4 Bg7 15. Qh4 f5 16. Qxe7+ Kxe7) ({RR} 8. e4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Rd1 Rg8 11. g3 f5 12. d5 Qe7 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15. O-O f4 16. a4 b4 17. Ne2 fxg3 18. hxg3 Qc5 19. Rd4 Nb6 20. a5 Qxa5 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Nf4 Bd6 {Wirig,A (2414)-Laignel,Q (2227) Cappelle la Grande FRA 2026 1-0 (46)}) 8... b5 9. Nxb5 axb5 10. Qxa8 Bb4+ 11. Kd1 Nb6 12. Qe4 O-O 13. h4 Nd5 14. Rh3 f5 15. Qc2 Bd6 16. Be2 Kh8 17. Ke1 Bb7 18. Kf1 Rg8 19. a4 c6 20. b3 c3 21. axb5 cxb5 22. Bxb5 Qf8 23. Ra7 Qb8 24. Ra4 Nb4 25. Qe2 c2 26. Ra1 Be4 27. Ng5 Qc7 28. Bc4 Bd5 29. Rc1 f6 30. Nf3 Rc8 31. Ne1 Bxc4 32. bxc4 Qxc4 33. Qxc4 Rxc4 34. Ke2 Bc7 35. h5 Kg7 36. Rh1 e5 37. Nxc2 Na2 38. dxe5 Nxc1+ 39. Rxc1 fxe5 40. Kd1 Kh6 41. Ne1 Rxc1+ 42. Kxc1 e4 43. Kd2 Ba5+ 44. Ke2 Kxh5 45. Nc2 Kg5 46. Nd4 Bb6 47. Ne6+ Kf6 48. Nf4 Ba5 49. g3 Ke5 50. Kf1 Bb4 51. Kg2 Be1 52. Ne2 Kf6 53. Nd4 Kg6 54. Ne6 Kf6 55. Nf4 Kg5 56. Kf1 Ba5 57. Ke2 Kg4 58. Nd5 Bd8 59. Nf4 Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2007.07.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2007.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Illingworth,Max} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 d5 ({RR} 4... cxd4 5. exd4 d5 6. Nc3 ({RR} 6. a3 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. c5 Ne4 9. Qc2 f5 10. b4 Bf6 11. Bd3 Nc6)) ({RR} 4... a6 5. a3 ({RR} 5. Nc3 d5) 5... d5 ({RR} 5... b6 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 b5 8. Nc3 d6 9. e4 g6 10. h3 Bg7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O) 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. b4 Be7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Nbd2) 5. cxd5 ({RR} 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4 Ba7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Rd1 Rd8 12. Be2 d4 13. exd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. O-O e5 16. Na4) 5... exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 ({RR} 6... Nbd7 7. Nc3 a6 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 b5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Bb2 Bb7) ({RR} 6... Nc6 7. O-O Bd6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Bg4 11. Bxc6 ({RR} 11. h3 Bh5) 11... bxc6 12. Nbd2 Rc8 13. Qc2 Nd7 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Qxc5 Nd3 16. Qd4 Nxb2 17. Qxg4 c5) 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. dxc5 Nxc5 ({RR} 8... Bxc5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Nb6 11. b3) 9. O-O Be7 ({RR} 9... Bd6 10. Bd2 ({RR} 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2) 10... O-O 11. Bc3 Nfe4 12. Bd4 Rc8 13. Nc3 Ne6) 10. Nc3 ({RR} 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Bc3 ({RR} 11. Bb4 Nce4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7) 11... Nfe4 12. Bd4 Ne6 ({RR} 12... Rc8 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Ne4) 13. Nc3 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qd7 16. Qb3 Rac8 17. Rfd1 Rc5 18. Rd3) 10... O-O 11. b3 Nce4 ({RR} 11... Qa5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Rfd8 14. Qc4 b5 15. Qc2 Rac8 16. Qb1) ({RR} 11... Rc8 12. Bb2 Re8 13. Ne2 Qa5 14. a3 Qb5 15. Nfd4 Qd7 16. Rc1 Bd6 17. Nf4 Bxf4 ({RR} 17... Be5) 18. exf4) 12. Ne2 ({RR} 12. Bb2 Qa5 ({RR} 12... Rc8)) 12... Rc8 ({RR} 12... Qa5 13. Bb2 Ba3 ({RR} 13... Rfe8 14. Nfd4 Bd6 15. f3 Nc5 16. Nf5 Be5 17. Ned4) ({RR} 13... Rac8 14. Nfd4 Ba3 15. Bxa3 Qxa3 16. f3 Ng5 17. Qd2 Ne6 18. Rac1 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 a6 20. Rc3 Rxc3 21. Qxc3) 14. Bxa3 Qxa3 15. Qc1 ({RR} 15. Nf4 Nc3 16. Qd2 Rfc8 17. Nd4) 15... Qa6 ({RR} 15... Qxc1 16. Raxc1 Rac8 17. Nfd4) ({RR} 15... Qd6 16. Qb2 Rac8 17. h3 ({RR} 17. Nf4) 17... Rc5 18. Rac1 Rfc8 19. Nfd4 Qd7 ({RR} 19... g6) 20. Rxc5 Rxc5 21. Rc1 Qc8 22. Rxc5 Qxc5 23. f3 Nd6 24. Kf2) 16. Qb2 Rac8 17. Nfd4 Rc7 ({RR} 17... Nc5 18. Rad1 g6 ({RR} 18... Nd3 19. Qd2) 19. Nf4) 18. Rac1 ({RR} 18. f3 Nc5 19. Qd2) ({RR} 18. a4) 18... Rfc8 ({RR} 18... Nc5 19. Qa1 Rfc8 20. h3 Nd3 21. Rxc7 Rxc7 22. Rd1) 19. a4 ({RR} 19. Rxc7 Rxc7 20. Rc1 Qb6 21. Rxc7 Qxc7 22. f3 Nd6 23. Nf4) 19... Qb6 20. Nb5 ({RR} 20. Rxc7 Rxc7 21. Rc1 Ng4) 20... Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 22. Qxc1 g6 23. f3 Nc5 24. Qc3 a6 25. Nbd4 Qd6 ({RR} 25... Qc7 26. Nf5 gxf5 27. Qxf6 Qa5) 26. h4 ({RR} 26. Nf4) 26... b6 27. g3 {Aronian,L (2780)-Caruana,F (2805) Stavanger 2015 CBM 167 [Illingworth,Max] 1-0 (60)} ({RR} 27. Nf4 a5 28. g4)) ({RR} 12... Qa5 13. Bb2 Rfe8 14. h3 Bf8 15. Nfd4 Rac8 16. a3 Qa6 17. Nf4 g6 18. Qd3 Qxd3 19. Nxd3 Bg7 20. Rac1 Nd7 21. Nf4 Nb6 22. Rfd1 Nc5 23. Rb1 Ne4 24. Rbc1 Nc5 25. Rb1 Ne4 26. Kf1 a5 27. a4 {Chen,J (2380)-Tsay,V (2305) Washington DC USA 2026 ½-½ (76)}) 13. Bb2 Qd7 ({RR} 13... Re8 14. Rc1 Qa5 15. a4 Bb4 16. h3) 14. Ne5 $146 ({RR} 14. h3 b5 15. Ne5 Qb7 16. f3 Nc5 17. Nd3 Rfe8 18. Nd4 Nfd7 19. Nf5 Bf8 20. Nf4 Nb6 21. Nh5 Ne6 22. f4 Kh8 23. Rf3 f6 24. Rg3 Qf7 25. Nh6 gxh6 26. Bxf6+ Bg7 27. Bxg7+ Nxg7 28. Rxg7 Qe6 {Ashwath Kaushik (2264)-Kovalskyi,R (2180) Hajduszoboszlo HUN 2025 1-0 (32)}) ({RR} 14. h3 b5 15. Ne5 Qb7 16. f3 Nc5 17. Nd3 Rfe8 18. Nd4 Nfd7 19. Nf5 Bf8 20. Nf4 Nb6 21. Nh5 Ne6 22. f4 Kh8 23. Rf3 f6 24. Rg3 Qf7 25. Nh6 gxh6 26. Bxf6+ Bg7 27. Bxg7+ Nxg7 28. Rxg7 Qe6 {Kaushik,A (2264)-Kovalskyi,R (2206) Hajduszoboszlo 2025 1-0 (32)}) 14... Qd6 15. f3 Nc5 16. Qd2 Ne6 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Nd3 Ne8 19. Ndf4 Nxf4 20. Nxf4 Bf6 21. Rac1 Rxc1 22. Qxc1 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 Nf6 24. Rd4 Qc5 25. Qd2 h6 26. h3 Rd7 27. Rd3 Rd8 28. Kh1 Re8 29. Nxd5 Nxd5 30. Rxd5 Qxe3 31. Qxe3 Rxe3 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Rd7 Re2 34. a4 b6 35. Rxf7 Rb2 36. Rxa7 Rxb3 37. Kh2 b5 38. axb5 Rxb5 39. g4 h5 40. Kg3 hxg4 41. hxg4 Kg8 42. f4 g6 43. Kf3 Rb4 44. Rd7 Kf8 45. g5 Ra4 46. Ke3 Rb4 47. Rd4 Rb1 48. Ke4 Re1+ 49. Kd5 Kf7 50. Kc6 Rc1+ 51. Kd7 Rc5 52. Kd6 Rf5 53. Rc4 Kg8 54. Ke7 Kg7 55. Ke6 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "TechM GCL 2024"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2024.10.07"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Giri, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2831"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2024.10.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[WhiteTeam "Alpine Sg Pipers"]
[BlackTeam "PBG Alaskan Knights"]

1. d4 {Marin,Mihail} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. a4 a5 10. Rc1 ({RR} 10. Na3 Ne4 11. Be3 f5 12. Ne1 g5 13. f3 Nd6 14. Nd3) ({RR} 10. Rd1 Ne4 11. Be1 f5 12. Nfd2 Ndf6 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Nd2 Bd6 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. f3 exf3 17. exf3 e5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. f4) 10... h6 ({RR} 10... Ne4 11. Be1 f5 12. Nbd2 Bd6 13. e3 Ra7 ({RR} 13... b6 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Qc6 Ba6 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Qxd6 exf3 18. Bh3) ({RR} 13... g5 14. Nb3 ({RR} 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Nd2 g4 16. Nb3 Bc7) ({RR} 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Nd2 g4 16. Nb3 Bc7) 14... g4 ({RR} 14... b6 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Nxg5 Qxg5 17. Bxe4 fxe4 18. Qc6) ({RR} 14... f4 15. exf4 gxf4 16. Qe2) ({RR} 14... Bc7 15. Nfd2 Qf6 16. f4 Kh8) ({RR} 14... b6 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Nxg5 Qxg5 17. Bxe4 fxe4 18. Qc6) ({RR} 14... f4 15. exf4 gxf4 16. Qe2) ({RR} 14... Bc7 15. Nfd2 Qf6 16. f4 Kh8) 15. Nfd2 Ng5) ({RR} 13... b6 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Qc6 Ba6 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Qxd6 exf3 18. Bh3) ({RR} 13... g5 14. Nb3 g4 15. Nfd2 Ng5) 14. Qd1 b6 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Nb1 Ba6 ({RR} 16... Nb8 17. Na3 Na6 18. Nb5 Ra8 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Ne5) ({RR} 16... Nb8 17. Na3 Na6 18. Nb5 Ra8 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Ne5) 17. Na3 Qa8 ({RR} 17... Bxa3 18. Rxa3 Rc7) ({RR} 17... Qb8 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. axb5 Rc8 20. Qa4 ({RR} 20. Bf1 Rac7) ({RR} 20. Bf1 Rac7) 20... Rac7 21. Rc6 Qb7 22. Bf1 Nb8 ({RR} 22... Rxc6 23. bxc6 Rxc6 24. Ba6 Qc7 25. Bb5) ({RR} 22... Rxc6 23. bxc6 Rxc6 24. Ba6 Qc7 25. Bb5) 23. Rxc7 Qxc7 24. b4 axb4 25. Bxb4 Nd7 26. Ne1) ({RR} 17... Bxa3 18. Rxa3 Rc7) ({RR} 17... Qb8 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. axb5 Rc8 20. Qa4 Rac7 21. Rc6 Qb7 22. Bf1 Nb8 23. Rxc7 Qxc7 24. b4 axb4 25. Bxb4 Nd7 26. Ne1) 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. axb5 Rc8 20. Bf1 ({RR} 20. Rxc8+ Qxc8 21. b4 a4 22. Rxa4 ({RR} 22. Ra3 Qa8 23. Qa1 g5) ({RR} 22. Ra3 Qa8 23. Qa1 g5) 22... Rxa4 23. Qxa4 Qc1) ({RR} 20. Rxc8+ Qxc8 21. b4 a4 22. Rxa4 Rxa4 23. Qxa4 Qc1) 20... Rxc1 ({RR} 20... Rac7 21. Rxc7 Rxc7 22. b4) ({RR} 20... Rac7 21. Rxc7 Rxc7 22. b4) 21. Rxc1 Rc7 22. Rxc7 Bxc7 23. Qa4 Qb8 ({RR} 23... g5 24. b4 g4 25. Nd2 Nxd2 26. Bxd2 Qd8 27. bxa5 bxa5 28. Bd3) ({RR} 23... g5 24. b4 g4 25. Nd2 Nxd2 26. Bxd2 Qd8 27. bxa5 bxa5 28. Bd3) 24. b4 axb4 25. Bxb4 {RR} Bd6 ({RR} 25... g5 26. Qc2 Bd6 27. Qc6 Ndf6 28. Bxd6 Qxd6 29. Nxg5 Qxc6 30. bxc6 Nxg5 31. c7) ({RR} 25... Bd6 26. Bxd6 Qxd6 ({RR} 26... Nxd6 27. Qc2) 27. Qa8+ Kf7 28. Qc6) 26. Bxd6 Qxd6 ({RR} 26... Nxd6 27. Qc2) 27. Qa8+ Kf7 28. Qc6) ({RR} 10... Re8 11. Be1 Bf8 12. Nbd2 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Rxe5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Nf3 Re8 17. Nd4 b6 18. e3 Ba6 19. b4 axb4 20. Qb2 Ne4 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Bxb4 Bxb4 23. Qxb4 Rc8 24. Nf5 Qf6 25. Nd4) ({RR} 10... Ne4 11. Be1 f5 12. Nbd2 Bd6 13. e3 Ra7 14. Qd1 b6 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Nb1 Ba6 17. Na3 Qa8 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. axb5 Rc8 20. Bf1 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc7 22. Rxc7 Bxc7 23. Qa4 Qb8 24. b4 axb4 25. Bxb4 {Carlsen,M (2851)-Eljanov,P (2765) Stavanger 2016 CBM 172 [Marin,Mihail] 1-0 (35)}) 11. e3 $146 ({RR} 11. Bc3 b6 12. Nbd2 ({RR} 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Nd2 b5 15. axb5 cxb5 16. cxb5 Qxb5) 12... Bb7 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. b3 Rfd8 15. Bb2 Rac8 16. Rac1 c5 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. e4 Bc6 19. Re1 Bb7 20. Bh3 Nf8 21. d5 exd5 22. Be5 Qc6 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. exd5 Rxd5 25. Bxc8 Qxc8 {Abdusattorov,N (2766)-Brkic,A (2642) Budapest HUN 2024 1-0 (60)}) ({RR} 11. Be1 b6 ({RR} 11... Re8 12. Nbd2) ({RR} 11... Re8 12. Nbd2) 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nc3 Bb7 14. Nb5 Rc8 15. Qd1 Rxc1 16. Rxc1 Qb8 17. Bd2 Rc8 18. Bf4 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 Qc8 20. Qxc8+ Bxc8 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Ne8 23. e3 Bd7) ({RR} 11. Be1 b6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nc3 Bb7 14. Nb5 Rc8 15. Qd1 Rxc1 16. Rxc1 Qb8 17. Bd2 Rc8 18. Bf4 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 Qc8 20. Qxc8+ Bxc8 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Ne8 23. e3 Bd7) ({RR} 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. Nd1 Qc7 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Qxc4 e5 16. Ne3 Re8 17. Rd1 e4 18. Nd2 Nb6 19. Qc5 Qd8 20. Rdb1 Nbd5 21. Nxd5 cxd5 22. e3 b6 23. Qa3 Ba6 24. b4 Bd3 25. Rc1 Qd7 {Dubnevych,M (2320)-Vrolijk,L (2537) Budapest HUN 2026 ½-½ (38)}) 11... Re8 12. Be1 Bd6 13. Nbd2 e5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Nf3 Bd6 18. Bc3 Ne4 19. Rd1 Be6 20. Nd4 Bg4 21. Rd3 Bf8 22. h3 Bh5 23. Ne2 Nxc3 24. bxc3 Bg6 25. Nf4 Bxd3 26. Qxd3 Rc8 27. Rb1 b6 28. h4 Bc5 29. Bxd5 Rc7 30. h5 Qg5 31. Kg2 Rce7 32. Re1 Re5 33. c4 Qf5 34. Qd1 R5e7 35. Qf3 Kh8 36. e4 Qe5 37. Bxf7 Rxf7 38. Ng6+ Kg8 39. Nxe5 Rxe5 40. Qd1 Rxf2+ 41. Kh3 Kh7 42. g4 Kh8 43. Qd8+ Rf8 44. Qd3 Rf4 45. Kg3 Rf6 46. Rd1 Rd6 47. Qc2 Rxe4 48. Qxe4 Rxd1 49. Qe8+ Kh7 50. Qe6 Rd6 51. Qe4+ Kh8 52. Kf3 Rf6+ 53. Ke2 Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Meltwater Tour Final 2022"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.11.18"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2859"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2022.11.14"]

1. d4 {Illingworth,Max} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. g3 dxc4 ({RR} 4... f5) 5. Bg2 b5 6. Ne5 ({RR} 6. O-O) 6... Bb7 7. O-O ({RR} 7. Nc3) ({RR} 7. a4 a6 8. Nc3 ({RR} 8. O-O) 8... f6 9. Nf3 ({RR} 9. Ng4 Nd7 10. O-O h5 11. Ne3 h4) 9... b4 10. Na2 c5 11. O-O cxd4 ({RR} 11... Nc6) 12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Kf7 15. Be3 Nd7) 7... Nf6 ({RR} 7... Nd7 8. a4 ({RR} 8. Nc3 Qc8) 8... Qc8 ({RR} 8... Nxe5 9. dxe5 Qc7 10. Nc3 Rd8 11. Qc2 a6 12. Ne4) 9. b3 cxb3 ({RR} 9... Nxe5 10. dxe5 b4 11. Nd2 ({RR} 11. bxc4 c5 12. Bxb7 Qxb7) 11... c3 12. Nc4 c5) 10. Qxb3 ({RR} 10. Nd2 Ngf6 11. Nxb3 b4 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. a5) 10... b4 11. a5 ({RR} 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Be3) 11... c5 12. Bxb7 Qxb7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Bb2 Nf6 16. Rd1 Qc6) 8. b3 ({RR} 8. Nc3 Nd5 ({RR} 8... a6 9. b3 cxb3 10. axb3) 9. a4 a6 10. e4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nd7 12. Bf4 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 f6 14. Bf4 Be7 15. Qh5+ g6 16. Qe2 O-O 17. Rfd1) ({RR} 8. a4 a6 9. b3 cxb3 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Nxc6 ({RR} 11. Nd2 Nxe5 ({RR} 11... Qb6) 12. dxe5 Nd5 13. Qxb3 Be7 14. Ne4 O-O 15. Rfc1 b4 16. a5) 11... Qc7 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8+ Bxa8 14. Qc1 Bc5) 8... cxb3 9. Qxb3 ({RR} 9. axb3 Be7 ({RR} 9... Nbd7 10. Nc3 ({RR} 10. Nxc6 Qb6 11. d5 Bc5 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bb2 ({RR} 13. b4 exd5 14. Nxd5 Qxc6 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Bxb7 Bxf2+ 17. Rxf2 Qxa1 18. Bxa8 Rxa8 19. Rxf7 Nb6) 13... a5 14. Qd3 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Qxd5 Rac8 17. Qxd7 Bxc6 18. Bxc6 Rxc6 19. Qg4 Rg6 20. Qf5 Rd6) ({RR} 10. Nd2 a5 11. Qc2 Be7 12. Bb2 Qc7 13. Rfd1 Rc8) 10... Nxe5 11. dxe5 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Nd5 13. Bd2 ({RR} 13. Ne4 a5 14. Bd2 b4 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. exd6 f5) 13... b4 ({RR} 13... Be7 14. Ne4 Kd7 15. Ba5) 14. Na4 Be7 15. Rdc1 O-O-O 16. Nb2 ({RR} 16. Nc5 Nc3 17. Bxc3 Bxc5) ({RR} 16. Bf3 Kc7 17. Nc5 Kb6 18. Nd3 a6 19. Nb2 Kc7 20. Nc4 c5 21. Rc2 Bc6) 16... Kb8 17. Nd3 Rc8 18. Ra5 c5 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. Rcxc5 Rxc5 21. Rxc5 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Kxc8) 10. Nc3 ({RR} 10. Ba3 O-O 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qd2 Rd8 13. Rc1 ({RR} 13. b4 a5 14. Rxa5 Rxa5 15. bxa5 c5) 13... c5 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. Rxc5 Nbd7 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Rc1 Nf6) 10... O-O ({RR} 10... Nd5 11. Ne4 O-O ({RR} 11... Nd7 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Ba5) 12. Bd2 ({RR} 12. Bb2 a5 13. Qc1 Qc7 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. Qxc5 Na6 16. Qc2 c5) 12... a5 13. Qc2 ({RR} 13. e3 f5 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. dxc5 Qc7 16. f4) 13... Nb4 14. Bxb4 Bxb4 15. Rfd1 ({RR} 15. Nd3 Qxd4 16. e3 Qb6 17. Nxb4 axb4 18. Qc5 Qxc5 19. Nxc5 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Bc8 21. Nd3 e5 22. Nxb4 Be6 23. Nxc6 Nxc6 24. Bxc6) 15... Qe7 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. Qxc5 Qxc5 18. dxc5 f6 19. Nd7 Nxd7 20. Rxd7 Rf7) ({RR} 10... a6 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Ra7 ({RR} 13... Bd6 14. Qc2 h6 15. Nd3 ({RR} 15. Rfc1 a5 16. Nxc6 Nxc6 17. Bxc6 Rc8 18. Qe4 Bxc6 19. Rxc6 Rxc6 20. Qxc6 Qc7) 15... Nd7 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Bc7 18. Qc3 f6 19. Rfd1 Qe7 20. b4) 14. Qc2 h6 15. Qc3 Bf6 16. Qc5 ({RR} 16. Bc2) 16... Ra8 17. Ba3 Nd7 18. Qd6 Nxe5 ({RR} 18... Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qc8 20. Rfd1 Rd8 21. Qe7) 19. dxe5 Qxd6 20. Bxd6 Rfd8 21. Rad1 Rd7 22. Bc5 Rxd1 23. Rxd1) 11. Nxb5 Nd5 12. Na3 c5 ({RR} 12... Nc3 13. Qc2 ({RR} 13. Qd3 Qxd4) 13... Qxd4 14. Nac4 Nxe2+ ({RR} 14... Nb5 15. Bb2 Qd8 16. Na5 Qc7 17. Nxb7 Qxb7 18. Rfc1) 15. Qxe2 Qxa1 16. Bg5 Qxf1+ 17. Bxf1 Bxg5 18. Nxf7) 13. Bb2 ({RR} 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Bb2) 13... Nd7 ({RR} 13... f6 14. Nec4 Nc6 15. e4 Ndb4 16. d5 Nd4 17. dxe6 Bc8 18. Bxd4 cxd4 19. Nb5 d3 20. Qg4) 14. Nac4 cxd4 ({RR} 14... Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qc7 16. e4 Nb4 17. d5) 15. Bxd4 ({RR} 15. Qxd4 Bc5 16. Qe4 f5 ({RR} 16... a5 17. Nxa5) 17. Qb1) 15... Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bb4 17. Qc2 ({RR} 17. Qd3 Qe7 18. e4 Nb6 19. Bd6 Qd7 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. Qe2 Bxd6 22. Nxd6 Qe7 23. Nxb7 Qxb7 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8) ({RR} 17. e3 Qe7 18. Qg4 f5 19. Qf3 a5) 17... Qe7 18. Rfd1 ({RR} 18. Na5 Bxa5 ({RR} 18... Rfc8 19. Qb2 Bxa5 20. Rxa5 f6 21. Bd4) 19. Rxa5 Nb4 20. Qc5 Qxc5 21. Rxc5 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Rfc8 ({RR} 22... f6 23. Rc4 fxe5 24. Rxb4 Rfb8 25. Rxb8+ Rxb8 26. Ra1 Rxb3 27. Rxa7) 23. Bd4) 18... Rfc8 19. Qe4 ({RR} 19. Bd4 Nb6 20. Bxb6 Bxg2 21. Bxa7 ({RR} 21. Kxg2 axb6 22. Rxa8 Qb7+ 23. f3 Rxa8) 21... Qb7) 19... Bc6 20. Qg4 f6 ({RR} 20... f5 21. Qh5 Bc5 22. Rac1 Rd8 23. Na5 Be8 24. Qh4 Qxh4 25. gxh4) 21. Bb2 ({RR} 21. Bd4) ({RR} 21. e4 Nb6 22. Nxb6 ({RR} 22. Bd6 Bxd6 23. Nxd6 Rd8) 22... axb6 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. e5 Qxe5 25. Rxa8 Bxa8 26. Qxb4 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 b5) 21... Rd8 ({RR} 21... Rab8 22. Ra6) 22. Rdc1 f5 ({RR} 22... Rac8 23. e4 Nb6 24. Bh3 Re8 25. Bd4) 23. Qh3 Rac8 {Eljanov,P (2733)-Tomashevsky,E (2745) Tsaghkadzor 2015 CBM 166 [Illingworth,Max] 1-0 (53)} ({RR} 23... Bc5 24. Ne5 Bb7 25. Qh5 Rac8 26. e3 Nf6 27. Qf7+ Qxf7 28. Nxf7 Kxf7 29. Bxb7 Rc7 30. Ba6)) ({RR} 9. axb3 Nbd7 10. Nxc6 Qb6 11. Ne5 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Bd6 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. Nc3 Rfc8 16. Ne4 Bf8 17. Qd3 f5 18. Ng5 h6 19. Nf3 a5 20. d5 a4 21. dxe6 Qxe6 22. Nd4 Qd5+ 23. Kg1 a3 {Ferey,A (2282)-Andreasyan,E (2389) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (44)}) 9... Be7 $146 ({RR} 9... Qxd4 10. Bb2 Qb4 11. Qc2 Qc5 12. Qb3 Be7 13. a4 a6 14. Na3 O-O 15. axb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 cxb5 18. Bxb7 Qb6 19. Bg2 Nfd7 20. Ng4 b4 21. h4 Qb5 22. Qf3 h5 23. Ne3 Bf6 24. Rb1 {Arya G Mallar (2000)-Andersen,M (2562) Escaldes AND 2025 0-1 (63)}) 10. Nc3 a6 11. Rd1 Qc8 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Rac1 O-O 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe7 Re8 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Rxc8 Raxc8 19. Qa3 Nb6 20. Bc5 Na4 21. f3 Bd5 22. Rc1 a5 23. Kf2 h6 24. g4 Bc6 25. Qe3 Bd5 26. g5 Nxc5 27. dxc5 hxg5 28. Qxg5 f6 29. Qg6 Bxa2 30. Rg1 Re7 31. Qxf6 Rf7 32. Qa1 Bc4 33. Qxa5 Rxc5 34. Qd8+ Kh7 35. Qh4+ Kg8 36. Rg3 Rcf5 37. Rh3 Rf8 38. Qh7+ Kf7 39. Rg3 Rg8 40. h4 Rf6 41. h5 Rh6 42. Qe4 g5 43. Rxg5 Rxg5 44. Qf4+ Kg7 45. Qxg5+ Kh7 46. e4 e5 47. Qe7+ Kg8 48. Qe8+ Kh7 49. Kg3 Re6 50. Qf7+ Kh6 51. Kh4 1-0

[Event "Meltwater Tour Final 2022"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.11.18"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2859"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2022.11.14"]

1. d4 {Illingworth,Max} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. g3 dxc4 ({RR} 4... f5) 5. Bg2 b5 6. Ne5 ({RR} 6. O-O) 6... Bb7 7. O-O ({RR} 7. Nc3) ({RR} 7. a4 a6 8. Nc3 ({RR} 8. O-O) 8... f6 9. Nf3 ({RR} 9. Ng4 Nd7 10. O-O h5 11. Ne3 h4) 9... b4 10. Na2 c5 11. O-O cxd4 ({RR} 11... Nc6) 12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Kf7 15. Be3 Nd7) 7... Nf6 ({RR} 7... Nd7 8. a4 ({RR} 8. Nc3 Qc8) 8... Qc8 ({RR} 8... Nxe5 9. dxe5 Qc7 10. Nc3 Rd8 11. Qc2 a6 12. Ne4) 9. b3 cxb3 ({RR} 9... Nxe5 10. dxe5 b4 11. Nd2 ({RR} 11. bxc4 c5 12. Bxb7 Qxb7) 11... c3 12. Nc4 c5) 10. Qxb3 ({RR} 10. Nd2 Ngf6 11. Nxb3 b4 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. a5) 10... b4 11. a5 ({RR} 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Be3) 11... c5 12. Bxb7 Qxb7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Bb2 Nf6 16. Rd1 Qc6) 8. b3 ({RR} 8. Nc3 Nd5 ({RR} 8... a6 9. b3 cxb3 10. axb3) 9. a4 a6 10. e4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nd7 12. Bf4 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 f6 14. Bf4 Be7 15. Qh5+ g6 16. Qe2 O-O 17. Rfd1) ({RR} 8. a4 a6 9. b3 cxb3 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Nxc6 ({RR} 11. Nd2 Nxe5 ({RR} 11... Qb6) 12. dxe5 Nd5 13. Qxb3 Be7 14. Ne4 O-O 15. Rfc1 b4 16. a5) 11... Qc7 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8+ Bxa8 14. Qc1 Bc5) 8... cxb3 9. Qxb3 ({RR} 9. axb3 Be7 ({RR} 9... Nbd7 10. Nc3 ({RR} 10. Nxc6 Qb6 11. d5 Bc5 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bb2 ({RR} 13. b4 exd5 14. Nxd5 Qxc6 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Bxb7 Bxf2+ 17. Rxf2 Qxa1 18. Bxa8 Rxa8 19. Rxf7 Nb6) 13... a5 14. Qd3 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Qxd5 Rac8 17. Qxd7 Bxc6 18. Bxc6 Rxc6 19. Qg4 Rg6 20. Qf5 Rd6) ({RR} 10. Nd2 a5 11. Qc2 Be7 12. Bb2 Qc7 13. Rfd1 Rc8) 10... Nxe5 11. dxe5 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Nd5 13. Bd2 ({RR} 13. Ne4 a5 14. Bd2 b4 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. exd6 f5) 13... b4 ({RR} 13... Be7 14. Ne4 Kd7 15. Ba5) 14. Na4 Be7 15. Rdc1 O-O-O 16. Nb2 ({RR} 16. Nc5 Nc3 17. Bxc3 Bxc5) ({RR} 16. Bf3 Kc7 17. Nc5 Kb6 18. Nd3 a6 19. Nb2 Kc7 20. Nc4 c5 21. Rc2 Bc6) 16... Kb8 17. Nd3 Rc8 18. Ra5 c5 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. Rcxc5 Rxc5 21. Rxc5 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Kxc8) 10. Nc3 ({RR} 10. Ba3 O-O 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qd2 Rd8 13. Rc1 ({RR} 13. b4 a5 14. Rxa5 Rxa5 15. bxa5 c5) 13... c5 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. Rxc5 Nbd7 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Rc1 Nf6) 10... O-O ({RR} 10... Nd5 11. Ne4 O-O ({RR} 11... Nd7 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Ba5) 12. Bd2 ({RR} 12. Bb2 a5 13. Qc1 Qc7 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. Qxc5 Na6 16. Qc2 c5) 12... a5 13. Qc2 ({RR} 13. e3 f5 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. dxc5 Qc7 16. f4) 13... Nb4 14. Bxb4 Bxb4 15. Rfd1 ({RR} 15. Nd3 Qxd4 16. e3 Qb6 17. Nxb4 axb4 18. Qc5 Qxc5 19. Nxc5 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Bc8 21. Nd3 e5 22. Nxb4 Be6 23. Nxc6 Nxc6 24. Bxc6) 15... Qe7 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. Qxc5 Qxc5 18. dxc5 f6 19. Nd7 Nxd7 20. Rxd7 Rf7) ({RR} 10... a6 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Ra7 ({RR} 13... Bd6 14. Qc2 h6 15. Nd3 ({RR} 15. Rfc1 a5 16. Nxc6 Nxc6 17. Bxc6 Rc8 18. Qe4 Bxc6 19. Rxc6 Rxc6 20. Qxc6 Qc7) 15... Nd7 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Bc7 18. Qc3 f6 19. Rfd1 Qe7 20. b4) 14. Qc2 h6 15. Qc3 Bf6 16. Qc5 ({RR} 16. Bc2) 16... Ra8 17. Ba3 Nd7 18. Qd6 Nxe5 ({RR} 18... Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qc8 20. Rfd1 Rd8 21. Qe7) 19. dxe5 Qxd6 20. Bxd6 Rfd8 21. Rad1 Rd7 22. Bc5 Rxd1 23. Rxd1) 11. Nxb5 Nd5 12. Na3 c5 ({RR} 12... Nc3 13. Qc2 ({RR} 13. Qd3 Qxd4) 13... Qxd4 14. Nac4 Nxe2+ ({RR} 14... Nb5 15. Bb2 Qd8 16. Na5 Qc7 17. Nxb7 Qxb7 18. Rfc1) 15. Qxe2 Qxa1 16. Bg5 Qxf1+ 17. Bxf1 Bxg5 18. Nxf7) 13. Bb2 ({RR} 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Bb2) 13... Nd7 ({RR} 13... f6 14. Nec4 Nc6 15. e4 Ndb4 16. d5 Nd4 17. dxe6 Bc8 18. Bxd4 cxd4 19. Nb5 d3 20. Qg4) 14. Nac4 cxd4 ({RR} 14... Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qc7 16. e4 Nb4 17. d5) 15. Bxd4 ({RR} 15. Qxd4 Bc5 16. Qe4 f5 ({RR} 16... a5 17. Nxa5) 17. Qb1) 15... Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bb4 17. Qc2 ({RR} 17. Qd3 Qe7 18. e4 Nb6 19. Bd6 Qd7 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. Qe2 Bxd6 22. Nxd6 Qe7 23. Nxb7 Qxb7 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8) ({RR} 17. e3 Qe7 18. Qg4 f5 19. Qf3 a5) 17... Qe7 18. Rfd1 ({RR} 18. Na5 Bxa5 ({RR} 18... Rfc8 19. Qb2 Bxa5 20. Rxa5 f6 21. Bd4) 19. Rxa5 Nb4 20. Qc5 Qxc5 21. Rxc5 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Rfc8 ({RR} 22... f6 23. Rc4 fxe5 24. Rxb4 Rfb8 25. Rxb8+ Rxb8 26. Ra1 Rxb3 27. Rxa7) 23. Bd4) 18... Rfc8 19. Qe4 ({RR} 19. Bd4 Nb6 20. Bxb6 Bxg2 21. Bxa7 ({RR} 21. Kxg2 axb6 22. Rxa8 Qb7+ 23. f3 Rxa8) 21... Qb7) 19... Bc6 20. Qg4 f6 ({RR} 20... f5 21. Qh5 Bc5 22. Rac1 Rd8 23. Na5 Be8 24. Qh4 Qxh4 25. gxh4) 21. Bb2 ({RR} 21. Bd4) ({RR} 21. e4 Nb6 22. Nxb6 ({RR} 22. Bd6 Bxd6 23. Nxd6 Rd8) 22... axb6 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. e5 Qxe5 25. Rxa8 Bxa8 26. Qxb4 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 b5) 21... Rd8 ({RR} 21... Rab8 22. Ra6) 22. Rdc1 f5 ({RR} 22... Rac8 23. e4 Nb6 24. Bh3 Re8 25. Bd4) 23. Qh3 Rac8 {Eljanov,P (2733)-Tomashevsky,E (2745) Tsaghkadzor 2015 CBM 166 [Illingworth,Max] 1-0 (53)} ({RR} 23... Bc5 24. Ne5 Bb7 25. Qh5 Rac8 26. e3 Nf6 27. Qf7+ Qxf7 28. Nxf7 Kxf7 29. Bxb7 Rc7 30. Ba6)) ({RR} 9. axb3 Nbd7 10. Nxc6 Qb6 11. Ne5 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Bd6 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. Nc3 Rfc8 16. Ne4 Bf8 17. Qd3 f5 18. Ng5 h6 19. Nf3 a5 20. d5 a4 21. dxe6 Qxe6 22. Nd4 Qd5+ 23. Kg1 a3 {Ferey,A (2282)-Andreasyan,E (2389) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (44)}) 9... Be7 $146 ({RR} 9... Qxd4 10. Bb2 Qb4 11. Qc2 Qc5 12. Qb3 Be7 13. a4 a6 14. Na3 O-O 15. axb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 cxb5 18. Bxb7 Qb6 19. Bg2 Nfd7 20. Ng4 b4 21. h4 Qb5 22. Qf3 h5 23. Ne3 Bf6 24. Rb1 {Arya G Mallar (2000)-Andersen,M (2562) Escaldes AND 2025 0-1 (63)}) 10. Nc3 a6 11. Rd1 Qc8 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Rac1 O-O 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe7 Re8 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Rxc8 Raxc8 19. Qa3 Nb6 20. Bc5 Na4 21. f3 Bd5 22. Rc1 a5 23. Kf2 h6 24. g4 Bc6 25. Qe3 Bd5 26. g5 Nxc5 27. dxc5 hxg5 28. Qxg5 f6 29. Qg6 Bxa2 30. Rg1 Re7 31. Qxf6 Rf7 32. Qa1 Bc4 33. Qxa5 Rxc5 34. Qd8+ Kh7 35. Qh4+ Kg8 36. Rg3 Rcf5 37. Rh3 Rf8 38. Qh7+ Kf7 39. Rg3 Rg8 40. h4 Rf6 41. h5 Rh6 42. Qe4 g5 43. Rxg5 Rxg5 44. Qf4+ Kg7 45. Qxg5+ Kh7 46. e4 e5 47. Qe7+ Kg8 48. Qe8+ Kh7 49. Kg3 Re6 50. Qf7+ Kh6 51. Kh4 1-0

[Event "Esports World Cup D 2025"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2025.07.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Duda, J."]
[Black "Caruana, F."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2025.07.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 {Anand,Viswanathan} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4 c6 ({RR} 5... Bb7 6. axb5 Bxe4 7. Bxc4 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Re1 c5) 6. axb5 ({RR} 6. b3 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 Nf6 9. e5 Nd5 10. bxc4 bxc4 11. Bxc4) ({RR} 6. Nc3 b4 7. Ne2 Nf6 8. Ng3 Ba6 9. Qc2 b3 10. Qc3 Qb6 11. Bd2 Bd6) 6... cxb5 7. b3 Nf6 ({RR} 7... Bb7 8. bxc4 Bxe4 ({RR} 8... bxc4 9. Bxc4 Bxe4 10. Ne5) 9. cxb5 ({RR} 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Qb3 Nf6 11. Qxb5+ Qd7 12. Qxd7+ Nfxd7 13. Rb1 Bc6 14. g3 a5 15. Bg2 Bb4 16. O-O O-O 17. Rb3 Rc8 18. Ba3 Ba4 19. Re3 Nc6 20. Ra1 Ra7 21. Ne4) 9... Nf6 10. Be2 ({RR} 10. Bd3 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 O-O 12. Bxe4 Nxe4 13. Qb3 a5 14. bxa6 Rxa6 15. Rxa6 Nxa6 16. g3 Qa8 17. Kg2 Be7 {RR} 18. Be3 Nb4 19. Nbd2 Rc8 20. Nxe4 Qxe4 21. Rc1 Nc2 22. h4 h6 23. Kh2 Ba3 24. Nd2 Qf5) 10... Be7 ({RR} 10... Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Nbxd2 Bd5 13. O-O O-O 14. Nc4 Nbd7) 11. O-O O-O 12. Nc3 ({RR} 12. Nbd2 Bb7 13. Nc4 a6 14. b6 Nc6 15. Bd2 Nd5 16. Qb3 Bb4 17. Bxb4 Ncxb4 18. Ra5 Nc6 19. Ra4 Nf4 20. Re1 Rb8 21. Bf1 Ng6 22. Rd1 Nce7 23. Nfe5 Nf5) 12... Bb7 13. Ne5 a6 ({RR} 13... Bb4 14. Bb2 a6 ({RR} 14... Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Qd5 ({RR} 15... a6 16. Bf3 ({RR} 16. Ba5 Qd5 17. Bf3 Qxb5)) 16. Nf3) 15. Bf3) ({RR} 13... Nd5 14. Bb2 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Qd5 16. Bf3 Qxb5 17. Rb1 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qd5) ({RR} 13... Nbd7 14. Nc6 Bxc6 15. bxc6 Rc8 16. cxd7 ({RR} 16. d5 exd5 17. cxd7 Rxc3 18. Rxa7 Rc7) 16... Rxc3 17. Rxa7 Rc7) 14. Bf3 Nd5 ({RR} 14... Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qxd4 16. Re1 Bb4 ({RR} 16... Nd5 17. Bb2) 17. Bb2) ({RR} 14... Qb6 15. Nc4 ({RR} 15. Rb1 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nbd7) ({RR} 15. Be3) 15... Qc7 16. b6 Qxc4 17. Bxb7 Qxc3 18. Bd2 Qxd4 19. Bxa8 Qxb6) ({RR} 14... Qc7 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. b6) 15. Nxd5 exd5 ({RR} 15... Bxd5 16. Qe2 ({RR} 16. Bf4 Ra7)) 16. Rb1 ({RR} 16. Qb3 axb5 17. Rxa8 Bxa8 18. Qxb5) 16... Qb6 ({RR} 16... f6 17. Nd3 Re8 ({RR} 17... axb5 18. Rxb5 Bc6 19. Qb3 Ra5 20. Rxa5 Qxa5 21. Nf4) 18. Nf4 Kh8 19. Bh5 g6 ({RR} 19... Rf8 20. Ne6) ({RR} 19... Rg8 20. Ng6+ hxg6 21. Bxg6) 20. Nxg6+ hxg6 21. Bxg6 Kg7 22. Qg4 Rh8 23. Bh7+ Kxh7 24. Rb3 f5 25. Qxf5+ Kg7 26. Rg3+) 17. Be2 axb5 18. Rxb5 Qc7 19. Bf4 Bd6 20. Bd3 Ba6 21. Bxh7+ ({RR} 21. Rxd5 Nc6) 21... Kxh7 22. Qh5+ {Anand,V (2735)-Karpov,A (2775) Las Palmas 1996 100 Jahre Schach [Anand,Viswanathan] 1-0 (37)}) ({RR} 7... Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Nbxd2) 8. bxc4 ({RR} 8. e5 Ne4 9. bxc4 Bb4+ 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. d5 exd5 12. cxb5 Qb6 13. Qe2 Nd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Rb1 Nc3 16. Rxb4 Qxb4 17. Qd3 Bd7 18. Qg3 O-O 19. Bd3 Bxb5 20. O-O Rac8 21. Qe3 d4 22. Qf3 Rfe8 {Khafizova,D (2285)-Styazhkina,A (2149) Sochi RUS 2026 0-1 (31)}) 8... Nxe4 9. Bd3 $146 ({RR} 9. c5 Bxc5 10. Bxb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. dxc5 Qxd1+ 13. Kxd1 Nxf2+ 14. Ke2 Nxh1 15. Be3 Nc6 16. Nbd2 Ke7 17. Rxh1 f6 18. Nd4 Nxd4+ 19. Bxd4 Rhb8 20. Ra1 Rb4 21. Bc3 Rg4 22. Kf3 Rg5 23. Ra6 Rd5 {Yermolinsky,A (2445)-Kupreichik,V (2500) Sverdlovsk 1987 ½-½ (62)}) ({RR} 9. c5 Bxc5 10. Bxb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. dxc5 Qxd1+ 13. Kxd1 Nxf2+ 14. Ke2 Nxh1 15. Be3 Nc6 16. Nbd2 Ke7 17. Rxh1 f6) 9... Bb4+ 10. Kf1 Nf6 11. cxb5 Bb7 12. h4 O-O 13. Rh3 Nbd7 14. Nbd2 Nb6 15. Nb3 Bd5 16. Ne5 Rc8 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. dxc5 Rxc5 19. Ba3 Bxg2+ 20. Kxg2 Rxe5 21. Bxf8 Qxf8 22. Rxa7 g6 23. Qf3 Kg7 24. Rg3 Nbd5 25. Rg5 Qb8 26. Rxe5 Qxe5 27. Bf1 Qd4 28. Ra3 Qxh4 29. Kg1 h5 30. Qg3 Qd4 31. Rd3 Qc5 32. Rf3 Ng4 33. Qb8 Qd4 34. Qb7 Ne5 35. Rh3 h4 36. Qa8 Qg4+ 37. Kh1 Qe4+ 38. Kg1 Nf3+ 39. Rxf3 Qxf3 40. Qa1+ Kh7 41. Qd4 g5 42. b6 Qb3 43. Qd3+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Black "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Kapnisis,Spyridon} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nbd2 f5 5. g3 ({RR} 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. g3 ({RR} 6. e3 Nbd7 7. f4 Nxe5 8. fxe5 Ng4 9. Qb3 a5) 6... Nbd7 ({RR} 6... Bd6 7. Nd3 O-O 8. Bg2 Nbd7 9. O-O b6 10. b4 ({RR} 10. cxd5) 10... a5) 7. Nd3 dxc4 ({RR} 7... Bd6 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Nf3 Ne4 10. c5 Bc7 11. Bg2) 8. Nxc4 Nb6 9. Nce5 ({RR} 9. Nxb6 axb6) 9... Qxd4 10. Bg2) 5... Nd7 ({RR} 5... Nf6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. Ne5 ({RR} 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 ({RR} 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 b6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Ndf3 Rc8) 8... O-O 9. b3 ({RR} 9. Ne1 Qe7 10. Nd3 b6 11. Nf3 Bb7 12. Bf4 c5) 9... Qe7 10. Bb2 b6 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Rac1 Rac8 13. Qb1 Bxe5 ({RR} 13... Ne4) 14. dxe5 Ng4) 7... O-O 8. O-O b6 9. Qc2 ({RR} 9. Ndf3 Ne4 10. Bf4 Qe7 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Nd3) 9... Bb7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Ndf3) 6. Bg2 ({RR} 6. b3 b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. Bb2 Bd6 9. Ne5 Ngf6 10. e3 O-O 11. f4 c5) 6... g5 $146 ({RR} 6... Bd6 7. Qc2 Qf6 8. O-O Nh6 9. Rd1 Nf7 10. Nf1 O-O 11. Bf4 Bxf4 12. gxf4 Qh6 13. e3 Nf6 14. Ng3 Nd6 15. c5 Nf7 16. b4 Bd7 17. a4 Ne4 18. Bf1 g5 19. fxg5 Nexg5 20. Nxg5 Nxg5 21. f4 {Eliskases,E-Gruenfeld,E Vienna (SV Hietzing) 1932 ½-½ (36)}) ({RR} 6... Nh6 7. Qc2 Nf7 8. b3 ({RR} 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. O-O Bd6 10. Nb3 g5 11. Nc5 Qe7 12. Nd3 O-O) 8... g5 ({RR} 8... Bd6) 9. e3 Bd6 10. Bb2 a5 11. h4 ({RR} 11. O-O g4 12. Ne1 h5) 11... g4 ({RR} 11... h6 12. hxg5 hxg5 13. Rxh8+ Nxh8 14. O-O-O) 12. Ng1 O-O ({RR} 12... b5) 13. Ne2 Nf6 14. Nf4 ({RR} 14. a4) 14... Qe7 15. O-O Nh8 16. c5 ({RR} 16. a4 Ng6 17. Nb1) 16... Bc7 17. a3 Ng6 18. b4 ({RR} 18. Rfe1 Ne4 ({RR} 18... Nxf4 19. exf4 Nh5 20. Nf1 Bxf4 ({RR} 20... Nxf4 21. gxf4 Bxf4 22. Bc1) 21. gxf4 Nxf4) 19. b4 Nxh4 ({RR} 19... a4) 20. gxh4 Qxh4 21. Nf1 ({RR} 21. Nxe4 fxe4) 21... Ng5 22. Qe2 a4 23. Ng3 Bd7) 18... Nxf4 19. exf4 Nh5 20. Rfe1 ({RR} 20. Bc1 Nxf4 ({RR} 20... axb4 21. Nb3) 21. gxf4 Bxf4 22. Nb3 Bxc1 ({RR} 22... Bc7 23. bxa5 Qxh4 24. f4 gxf3 25. Rxf3 Bg3 26. Be3 f4 27. Bf2 e5 28. dxe5 Bg4 29. Nd4) 23. Raxc1 f4 24. f3 a4 25. Nd2 g3 26. Rfe1 Qxh4) 20... Nxf4 21. gxf4 {Studer,N (2573)-Rapport,R (2760) Karlsruhe 2020 CBM 198 Extra [Kapnisis,Spyridon] 0-1 (35)} {RR} Qxh4 22. Nc4 dxc4 23. d5 cxd5 24. Bxd5 ({RR} 24. Qc3 Qh6) 24... exd5 25. Qc3 Qf6 ({RR} 25... Qh6 26. Re7) 26. Qxf6 Rxf6 27. Bxf6 Kf7 28. Re7+ Kxf6 29. Rxc7 axb4 30. Kg2 ({RR} 30. Re1 c3 31. Ree7 d4 32. Rxh7 Ke6) 30... d4 ({RR} 30... Kg6 31. Rh1 h5 32. c6 b5 33. Re1) 31. Rh1 h5 32. Rxh5 Ke6 33. Rh6+ Kd5 34. Rd6+ Ke4 35. Re7+ Kd3 36. Re3+) ({RR} 6... Nh6 7. O-O Nf7 8. Qc2 Qf6 9. Rb1 a5 10. b3 Bd6 11. a3 O-O 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 b5 14. c5 Bc7 15. Nb3 e5 16. dxe5 Ndxe5 17. Nfd4 Bd7 18. Qc3 Nc4 19. Nxb5 cxb5 20. Qxf6 gxf6 21. Bxd5 {Wadsworth,M (2508)-Kazakouski,V (2582) Reykjavik ISL 2026 0-1 (50)}) ({RR} 6... Bd6 7. O-O Nh6 8. Qc2 Nf7 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Ne1 h5 11. Ndf3 g5 12. h4 gxh4 13. Nxh4 Qf6 14. Nd3 Qxd4 15. Bf4 Qf6 16. Bxd6 Nxd6 17. Rfd1 Nb6 18. a4 Bd7 19. a5 Rc8 20. Qb3 Nbc4 21. Qb4 {Chan,K (2326)-Meillon,J (2273) Paris FRA 2023 1-0 (38)}) 7. b3 h6 8. Qc2 Qf6 9. h4 g4 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. Nd3 Ne7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. e3 b6 14. O-O Bb7 15. a4 a5 16. c5 Bc7 17. cxb6 Bxb6 18. Rfc1 Bc7 19. b4 axb4 20. Nxb4 Rfc8 21. Nb3 Ng6 22. a5 Rab8 23. a6 Ba8 24. Nd3 h5 25. a7 Rb6 26. Nbc5 Qe7 27. Ba3 Qe8 28. Nxd7 Qxd7 29. Bc5 Rb7 30. Rab1 Qd8 31. Nf4 Nxf4 32. exf4 Bd6 33. Bf1 Rcc7 34. Rxb7 Rxb7 35. Ba6 Rf7 36. Rb1 Kg7 37. Bd3 Bxc5 38. Qxc5 Qe7 39. Qb6 Qxa7 40. Qd8 Bb7 41. Qg5+ Kf8 42. Qd8+ Kg7 43. Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saratov Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Saratov"]
[Date "2011.10.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Roiz, Michael"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2011.10.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Illingworth,Max} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. cxd5 ({RR} 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4 Ba7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Rd1 Rd8 12. Be2 d4 13. exd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. O-O e5 16. Na4) 5... exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 ({RR} 6... Nbd7 7. Nc3 a6 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 b5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Bb2 Bb7) ({RR} 6... Nc6 7. O-O Bd6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Bg4 11. Bxc6 ({RR} 11. h3 Bh5) 11... bxc6 12. Nbd2 Rc8 13. Qc2 Nd7 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Qxc5 Nd3 16. Qd4 Nxb2 17. Qxg4 c5) 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. dxc5 Nxc5 ({RR} 8... Bxc5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Nb6 11. b3) 9. O-O Be7 ({RR} 9... Bd6 10. Bd2 ({RR} 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2) 10... O-O 11. Bc3 Nfe4 12. Bd4 Rc8 13. Nc3 Ne6) 10. Nc3 ({RR} 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Bc3 ({RR} 11. Bb4 Nce4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7) 11... Nfe4 12. Bd4 Ne6 ({RR} 12... Rc8 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Ne4) 13. Nc3 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qd7 16. Qb3 Rac8 17. Rfd1 Rc5 18. Rd3) 10... O-O 11. b3 a6 ({RR} 11... Nce4 12. Ne2 ({RR} 12. Bb2 Qa5 ({RR} 12... Rc8)) 12... Qa5 ({RR} 12... Rc8 13. Bb2 Re8 14. Rc1 Qa5 15. a4 Bb4 16. h3) 13. Bb2 Ba3 ({RR} 13... Rfe8 14. Nfd4 Bd6 15. f3 Nc5 16. Nf5 Be5 17. Ned4) ({RR} 13... Rac8 14. Nfd4 Ba3 15. Bxa3 Qxa3 16. f3 Ng5 17. Qd2 Ne6 18. Rac1 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 a6 20. Rc3 Rxc3 21. Qxc3) 14. Bxa3 Qxa3 15. Qc1 ({RR} 15. Nf4 Nc3 16. Qd2 Rfc8 17. Nd4) 15... Qa6 ({RR} 15... Qxc1 16. Raxc1 Rac8 17. Nfd4) ({RR} 15... Qd6 16. Qb2 Rac8 17. h3 ({RR} 17. Nf4) 17... Rc5 18. Rac1 Rfc8 19. Nfd4 Qd7 ({RR} 19... g6) 20. Rxc5 Rxc5 21. Rc1 Qc8 22. Rxc5 Qxc5 23. f3 Nd6 24. Kf2) 16. Qb2 Rac8 17. Nfd4 Rc7 ({RR} 17... Nc5 18. Rad1 g6 ({RR} 18... Nd3 19. Qd2) 19. Nf4) 18. Rac1 ({RR} 18. f3 Nc5 19. Qd2) ({RR} 18. a4) 18... Rfc8 ({RR} 18... Nc5 19. Qa1 Rfc8 20. h3 Nd3 21. Rxc7 Rxc7 22. Rd1) 19. a4 ({RR} 19. Rxc7 Rxc7 20. Rc1 Qb6 21. Rxc7 Qxc7 22. f3 Nd6 23. Nf4) 19... Qb6 20. Nb5 ({RR} 20. Rxc7 Rxc7 21. Rc1 Ng4) 20... Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 22. Qxc1 g6 23. f3 Nc5 24. Qc3 a6 25. Nbd4 Qd6 ({RR} 25... Qc7 26. Nf5 gxf5 27. Qxf6 Qa5) 26. h4 {Aronian,L (2780)-Caruana,F (2805) Stavanger 2015 CBM 167 [Illingworth,Max] 1-0 (60)} ({RR} 26. Nf4)) ({RR} 11... Qa5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Rfd8 14. Qc4 b5 15. Qc2 Rac8 16. Qb1) ({RR} 11... Rc8 12. Bb2 Re8 13. Ne2 Qa5 14. a3 Qb5 15. Nfd4 Qd7 16. Rc1 Bd6 17. Nf4 Bxf4 ({RR} 17... Be5) 18. exf4) ({RR} 11... Nce4 12. Ne2 Qa5 13. Bb2 Rfe8 14. h3 Bf8 15. Nfd4 Rac8 16. a3 Qa6 17. Nf4 g6 18. Qd3 Qxd3 19. Nxd3 Bg7 20. Rac1 Nd7 21. Nf4 Nb6 22. Rfd1 Nc5 23. Rb1 Ne4 24. Rbc1 Nc5 25. Rb1 Ne4 26. Kf1 {Chen,J (2380)-Tsay,V (2305) Washington DC USA 2026 ½-½ (76)}) ({RR} 11... Nce4 12. Ne2 Rc8 13. Bb2 Qa5 14. a3 Qa6 15. Nfd4 Rfd8 16. f3 Nc5 17. Qd2 Bf8 18. Rfd1 Qb6 19. Qb4 Qa6 20. Qd2 Qb6 21. Rab1 Re8 22. Nf4 Bd6 23. Nd3 a6 24. Nxc5 Bxc5 25. b4 Bf8 26. Rbc1 {Ponomariov,R (2744)-Moiseenko,A (2670) Kharkov 2010 ½-½}) 12. Bb2 b5 $146 ({RR} 12... Rc8 13. Ne2 Nce4 14. Nfd4 Qd7 15. f3 Nc5 16. Ng3 g6 17. Qd2 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Bf8 19. Rac1 Bg7 20. Nde2 Ne6 21. Rxc8 {½-½ (21) Khenkin,I (2509)-Novikov,I (2551) Germany 2022}) ({RR} 12... Rc8 13. Ne2 Nce4 14. Nfd4 Qd7 15. f3 Nc5 16. Ng3 g6 17. Qd2 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Bf8 19. Rac1 Bg7 20. Nde2 Ne6 21. Rxc8 {½-½ (21) Khenkin,I (2509)-Novikov,I (2551) Germany 2022}) 13. Ne2 Rc8 14. Rc1 Nce4 15. Ned4 Bc5 16. Ne5 Qd6 17. Nd3 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 Ng4 20. Nf4 Ngxf2 21. Rxf2 Nxf2 22. Kxf2 Qd7 23. Qa3 Qc6 24. Qe7 Rc8 25. Kf3 Qc2 26. Qg5 Qe4+ 27. Kg3 f6 28. Bxf6 Qxe3+ 29. Kg4 Rc7 30. Bd4 Qe8 31. Qxd5+ Rf7 32. Qe6 Qd7 33. Qxd7 Rxd7 34. Ne6 Kf7 35. Ng5+ Ke8 36. Nf3 Rc7 37. a3 Rc2 38. g3 g6 39. h4 a5 40. Bb6 a4 41. bxa4 Rc4+ 42. Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spilimbergo op 16th"]
[Site "Spilimbergo"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Primel,Dominique} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Qb3 ({RR} 4. Qc2) 4... Bd6 ({RR} 4... Nf6 5. Nc3 ({RR} 5. g3 Be7 ({RR} 5... dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qb3 ({RR} 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. Bg2 Nbd7 9. O-O c5) 7... Nbd7 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. a4 c5 11. axb5 Bd5 12. Qd3 c4 13. Qc2 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Nc3 Bc6 16. Nh4) ({RR} 5... Nbd7 6. Bg2 Qb6 ({RR} 6... Be7 7. O-O Ne4 8. Nc3 f5 9. Ne1 Nd6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nd3) ({RR} 6... Bd6 7. Bf4 Bxf4 ({RR} 7... Qa5+ 8. Nc3 Bxf4 9. gxf4 Rb8 10. O-O dxc4 11. Qxc4 Qf5 12. e3 h6) 8. gxf4 O-O 9. Nbd2 c5) 7. O-O Ne4 8. Nbd2 f5 9. e3 Be7) 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O b6 ({RR} 7... Nbd7 8. Rd1 ({RR} 8. Bf4 b6 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nb5) 8... b6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Bd2 Nhf6 13. Rac1) 8. Nc3 a5 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bf4 Ba6 12. Nb5 Bb4 13. a4 Ne4) 5... Qb6 ({RR} 5... Be7 6. g3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 b5 8. Qd3 Bb7 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O a6 11. Ng5 Ra7 12. a4 b4 13. Nce4 a5 14. Qc2 Nd5) ({RR} 5... dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qb3 Nbd7 8. Bg5 h6 ({RR} 8... Qa5 9. Bd2 b4 10. Na4 Ba6 11. Rc1 Ne4) 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. e3 a6 11. a4) 6. c5 Qc7 7. g3 Nbd7 8. Bf4 Qd8 9. Qa4 Be7 10. Rc1 O-O 11. b4) ({RR} 4... Nd7 5. Nc3 ({RR} 5. g3 Bd6 6. Bg2 f5 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Ng5 Qe7 9. Nh3 dxc4 10. Qxc4 e5) ({RR} 5. Bf4 Ngf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. h3 O-O 8. e3 Ne4 9. Bd3 Qa5 10. O-O Nxc3 11. bxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nb6 13. Bc7 Qa4 14. Qxa4 Nxa4 15. Rfc1 Bd7 16. Bb3 Rfc8 17. Bg3 c5) 5... Ngf6 6. g3 ({RR} 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Nxf6 8. e3 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Rfd1 Bb7 12. Rac1) 6... Be7 ({RR} 6... Nb6 7. c5 Nbd7 8. Qa4 e5 9. b4 exd4 10. Nxd4 g6 11. Bg2 Bg7 12. O-O O-O) 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O b6 ({RR} 8... Nb6 9. cxd5 ({RR} 9. c5 Nbd7) 9... exd5 10. a4 ({RR} 10. Bf4) 10... a5) 9. Bg5 ({RR} 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bf4 a6 11. Rfc1 Bb7 12. Na4) 9... Bb7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rad1 Re8 12. Rfe1 Ne4 13. Bf4 Nxc3 14. bxc3 a5) ({RR} 4... Be7 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qb3 Nf6 8. g3 a6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O c5) ({RR} 4... f5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3) ({RR} 4... dxc4 5. Qxc4 b5 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. e4 Nd7 8. Bd3 ({RR} 8. Nc3 Rc8 9. a3 Ne7 10. Be3 Ng6 11. Be2 a6 12. O-O c5 13. d5) ({RR} 8. Be2 a6 9. O-O c5 10. a4 b4 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Ngf6 13. Rac1 Rc8) ({RR} 8. Nbd2 Ngf6 ({RR} 8... a6 9. Nb3 Ngf6 10. Be3 c5) 9. a3 Qb6 ({RR} 9... a6 10. b4 a5) 10. b4 a5) 8... a6 9. a4 Ngf6 10. O-O Qb6 11. Nc3 b4 12. a5 ({RR} 12. e5 bxc3 13. exf6 c5 ({RR} 13... cxb2 14. fxg7 bxa1=N 15. gxh8=Q Nxc2 16. Bxc2 c5 17. Ne5) ({RR} 13... Nxf6 14. bxc3)) 12... Qa7 13. e5 bxc3 14. exf6 gxf6 15. bxc3 c5 16. Be4) 5. Bg5 ({RR} 5. Nc3 f5 ({RR} 5... Nf6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 Qa5 ({RR} 7... O-O 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Re8) 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Ne4 10. O-O Nxg5 11. Nxg5 h6 12. Nf3 Nf6) 6. Bg5 ({RR} 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bf4 O-O ({RR} 7... Bxf4 8. gxf4 O-O 9. e3) 8. Bxd6 ({RR} 8. Bg2 Kh8 9. O-O Bxf4 10. gxf4 Ne4 11. e3) 8... Qxd6 9. Bg2) 6... Nf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3) ({RR} 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Bg5 ({RR} 8. Nc3 dxc4 ({RR} 8... b6 9. Nd2 Bb7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Ndxe4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Be7 13. Rd1) ({RR} 8... Re8 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. Bf4 ({RR} 10. Nh4 Nf8 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. e4 dxc4 14. Qxc4 e5) 10... a5 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Nd2 Qb4 13. Qc2 b6 14. e4 dxc4 15. a3 Qe7 16. e5 Nd5 17. Nxc4) 9. Qxc4 e5) ({RR} 8. Bf4 dxc4 9. Qxc4 Nb6 10. Qc2 Bxf4 11. gxf4 Nbd5 12. e3) 8... b6 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. Rfe1 Rfe8) 5... f6 6. Bh4 Ne7 7. Bg3 Nf5 ({RR} 7... O-O 8. Nc3 ({RR} 8. e3 b6 9. Nc3 ({RR} 9. Nbd2 c5 10. Bd3 Nbc6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Ne4 c4 15. Nxd6 cxb3 16. axb3) 9... Ba6 10. e4 Re8 11. Rd1 Ng6 12. Bd3 Nf4 13. Bxf4 Bxf4 14. O-O) 8... Nf5 ({RR} 8... Ng6 9. e3 Kh8 10. Bd3 f5 11. Rc1 Qe7 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. h4 Nd7 15. h5 Ne7 16. Ne2 Nf6 17. Nf4 b6 18. Qa3 Qxa3 19. bxa3 Ng4 20. Ke2 Bd7 21. a4 Rae8 22. Ne1 Kg8 23. Ba6) 9. e3 ({RR} 9. Bxd6 Nxd6 10. e3 dxc4 ({RR} 10... Qb6 11. Qxb6 axb6 12. Nd2 Na6 13. Na4 b5 14. Nb6 ({RR} 14. cxb5 Nb4 15. Nb6 Ra7 16. Nxc8 Rxc8 17. b6 Raa8 18. Ke2 Rxa2 19. Rxa2 Nxa2 20. Nb3 Ra8) 14... Ra7 15. c5 Nc4 16. Ndxc4 bxc4 17. Kd2 e5 18. b3 cxb3 19. axb3 Bf5 20. b4 exd4 21. exd4 Re8 22. b5 cxb5 23. Bxb5) 11. Bxc4 Nxc4 12. Qxc4 b6 13. Qb3 Re8 14. O-O Ba6 15. Rfd1) 9... Nxg3 10. hxg3 f5 ({RR} 10... Nd7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nxd5) 11. Bd3 a5 ({RR} 11... Nd7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nxd5) ({RR} 11... Qf6 12. g4 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Kh8 14. g5 ({RR} 14. gxf5 exf5 15. Qb3) 14... Qe7 15. Qb3 Nd7 16. Qc2 Qf7 17. Nh4 g6 18. f4 ({RR} 18. g4 Be7 19. gxf5 exf5 20. Bc4 Qg7 ({RR} 20... Qe8 21. Nf3) 21. Nf3) 18... c5 19. Nb5 Be7 20. Qc3 Kg8 21. Nc7 cxd4 22. Qxd4 Rb8 23. Nxg6 Qxg6 24. Rh6 Qg7 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26. Nxe6+) ({RR} 11... Na6 12. g4 Nb4 13. Bb1 dxc4 ({RR} 13... Qa5 14. gxf5 exf5 15. a3 dxc4 16. Qxc4+ Nd5 17. e4 Re8 ({RR} 17... fxe4 18. Bxe4 Re8 19. O-O-O Be6 20. Bxh7+) 18. Kf1 fxe4 19. Bxe4 Be6 20. Bxh7+) 14. Qxc4 Kh8 15. gxf5 exf5 16. a3 Nd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Qb3) 12. a3 ({RR} 12. g4 a4 13. Qc2 ({RR} 13. Nxa4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Rxa4 15. Qxa4 b5 16. Bxb5 cxb5 17. Qxb5 fxg4) 13... dxc4 14. Bxc4 b5 15. Bd3) 12... Qe7 ({RR} 12... b6 13. g4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 a4 15. Bxe6+ Kh8 16. Qa2 fxg4 17. Nh4 Qf6 18. Bxc8 Rxc8 19. Ne4) 13. Ne2 ({RR} 13. g4 a4 14. Qc2 ({RR} 14. Nxa4 dxc4) 14... dxc4 15. Bxc4 b5 16. Bd3 Na6 17. gxf5 exf5 18. Rc1 ({RR} 18. Nh4 g6 19. Nf3)) 13... Nd7 ({RR} 13... a4 14. Qc2 b6 15. g4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Ba6 17. gxf5 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Rxf5) 14. g4 ({RR} 14. Nf4 a4 15. Qc2 b6 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Bb5 ({RR} 17. Ng5 Nf6 18. Bb5 Bxf4 19. gxf4 Bd7 20. Bd3) 17... Bb7 18. Bxa4 Rfc8 19. Qd1) 14... Nf6 15. cxd5 ({RR} 15. gxf5 exf5 16. Nc3 dxc4 17. Bxc4+ Kh8 18. Nh4 Qe8 19. Bd3 g6) 15... Nxg4 16. dxc6 ({RR} 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. Bc4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4+ Rf7 19. Rh5 g6 20. Rh1) 16... bxc6 17. e4 ({RR} 17. Qc2 c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Rc1 Bd6 20. Ned4 Bd7 21. Bc4 Kh8 22. Nh4 Qf6) 17... Rb8 ({RR} 17... fxe4 18. Bxe4 Nf6 19. Bxc6 Rb8 20. Qc2) 18. Qc2 c5 ({RR} 18... Qb7 19. Rb1 ({RR} 19. e5 Be7 20. Rb1 Rd8 21. Nf4 g6 22. Qc4 Bxa3 23. bxa3 ({RR} 23. Nxe6 Bb4+ 24. Ke2 Bxe6 25. Qxe6+ Kg7 26. Ng5) 23... Qxb1+ 24. Bxb1 Rxb1+ 25. Ke2 Rxh1 26. Nxe6 Bxe6 27. Qxe6+ Kh8 28. Qxc6)) 19. e5 Bc7 20. Rc1 Bb6 ({RR} 20... Rf7 21. O-O ({RR} 21. dxc5 Nxe5) ({RR} 21. Qxc5 Rxb2 22. Qc3 Ra2 23. Ra1 Rxa1+ 24. Qxa1 Bb7 25. Nf4) ({RR} 21. Rh5 g6 22. Rh1 cxd4 23. Nexd4 Bb7) 21... cxd4 22. Nexd4 Qe8 23. Nc6 Ra8 24. Ng5 Rf8 25. Qc5 Bd8 26. Nf3 Bb7 27. Bb5 Qg6 28. Rfd1) 21. dxc5 Ba7 22. Ned4) ({RR} 7... Ng6 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Qa3 Qxa3 10. Nxa3 Na6 11. e3 Nb4 12. Be2 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Rfc1 Rc8 15. Nc2 Nxc2 16. Rxc2 Ke7 17. Rac1 Rhd8 18. b4 dxc4 19. Bxc4 c5 20. bxc5 bxc5 21. Bb3 cxd4 22. Nxd4) 8. Bxd6 Nxd6 $146 ({RR} 8... Qxd6 9. Nc3 Nd7 10. e4 Ne7 ({RR} 10... dxe4 11. Nxe4 Qf4 12. Bd3) 11. Bd3 e5 12. dxe5 fxe5 13. cxd5 ({RR} 13. exd5 cxd5 ({RR} 13... Nc5 14. Ne4) 14. cxd5) 13... Nc5 14. Qc2 O-O ({RR} 14... Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3 O-O) 15. Rd1 Kh8 ({RR} 15... Bg4) 16. Be2 Qg6 17. b4 ({RR} 17. d6) 17... Nd7 18. d6 Ng8 ({RR} 18... Nd5 19. Qb3 Nxc3) 19. O-O Ngf6 20. Nh4 Qg5 21. g3 Nh5 22. Bxh5 Qxh5 23. Rd2 {Payen,A (2378)-Lafaurie,P (2126) Issy les Moulineaux 2007 EXT 2008 [Primel,Dominique] 1-0 (35)}) 9. e3 Nd7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be2 Kh8 12. O-O a5 13. c5 Nf7 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 f5 16. Ng3 e5 17. dxe5 Ndxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Qc3 Qe7 20. Rae1 Nd7 21. Bd3 Qxc5 22. Bxf5 Qxc3 23. bxc3 b5 24. Re6 b4 25. Rxc6 Ne5 26. Rxc8 Raxc8 27. Bxc8 Rxc8 28. cxb4 axb4 29. Rd1 h6 30. h3 Rc2 31. Rd4 Nc6 32. Rd6 Ne5 33. f4 Nf7 34. Rd4 Rxa2 35. Rxb4 Nd6 36. Rb8+ Kh7 37. Rd8 Ra3 38. Kh2 Nc4 39. Nh5 Ra5 40. g4 Ra2+ 41. Kg3 Ra3+ 42. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.10.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[BlackTeam "Tegernsee"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 {Tsesarsky,Ilya Tsesarsky,Ilya} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. g3 c5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nb3 ({RR} 10. a3 O-O 11. b4 Bb6 12. Bb2 Re8 13. Nb3 Qe7 14. b5 Na5 15. Nxa5 Bxa5 16. e3 Bf5 17. Qa4 Bb6 18. Qf4 Be4 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qxf6 gxf6 21. Rfd1) 10... Bb6 ({RR} 10... Bd6 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Nbd4 h6 13. Be3 O-O 14. Rc1) 11. Qd3 ({RR} 11. Bg5 O-O 12. e3 Be6 13. Rc1 Rc8) 11... O-O 12. Be3 Bxe3 ({RR} 12... Bg4 13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. Nfd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 ({RR} 15. Qxd4 Bxe2 16. Rfe1 Bc4) 15... Rac8 ({RR} 15... Qxb2 16. Rfb1) 16. b3 Bh5 17. Rfc1 Bg6 18. Qd1 Be4) 13. Qxe3 Re8 14. Qd3 Qb6 ({RR} 14... Qe7 15. e3 Bg4 16. Nfd4 Ne5) 15. e3 ({RR} 15. Nfd4 Bd7 16. Rfc1 Ne4 17. e3 Ne5 18. Qe2 h5) 15... Bg4 16. Nbd4 $146 ({RR} 16. Nfd4 Rac8 ({RR} 16... Ne5 17. Qb5 Qxb5 18. Nxb5 Be2 19. Nc7 Bxf1 20. Kxf1 Nd3 ({RR} 20... Nc4 21. Nd4 Ne4 ({RR} 21... Nxb2 22. Nxa8 Rxa8 23. Rb1 Nc4 24. Rxb7) 22. b3) 21. Nd4 Ne4 22. Nxa8 Rxa8 23. f3 Nec5 24. b3 a5 25. Ke2 a4 ({RR} 25... Kf8 26. a3) 26. bxa4 Rxa4 27. f4 Rxa2+ 28. Rxa2 Nc1+ 29. Kd2 Nxa2 30. Bxd5 Nb4) 17. Rfc1 Nb4 ({RR} 17... Ne5 18. Qf1 Bh5 ({RR} 18... Rc4 19. h3 Bh5 20. f4 Rxc1 ({RR} 20... Nc6 21. g4 Rxe3 22. Rxc4 dxc4 23. Qxc4 Bxg4 ({RR} 23... Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Qxb2 25. Rd1) 24. hxg4 Nxg4 ({RR} 24... Rxb3 25. axb3 Qxd4+ 26. Qxd4 Nxd4 27. Rxa7) 25. Rd1 h5) 21. Rxc1 Nc4 22. g4 Nxe3 23. Qf2 Bxg4 24. Re1 Nxg2 25. Rxe8+ Nxe8 26. hxg4 Nxf4 27. Qxf4) 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Rc1 Rxc1 21. Qxc1 Nc6 22. Qc3 Bg6) 18. Qf1 ({RR} 18. Qf1 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 Rc8 20. Qf1) 18... Rxc1 19. Qxc1 Rc8 20. Qf1 a5 ({RR} 20... Bd7 21. Rc1 Rxc1 22. Nxc1 Nc6) ({RR} 20... Bh5) 21. Rc1 a4 ({RR} 21... Rxc1 22. Qxc1 Nxa2 ({RR} 22... Ne4 23. f3 Nxa2 24. Qa1 Qh6 25. fxe4 Qxe3+ 26. Kf1 ({RR} 26. Kh1 a4 27. Qg1 Qxg1+ 28. Kxg1 axb3 29. exd5 Nc1 30. d6 Kf8 31. Bxb7 Ke8) 26... dxe4 27. Qe1 ({RR} 27. Qxa2 Qd3+) 27... Qxe1+ 28. Kxe1 b6 29. Bxe4) 23. Qa1 Nb4 24. Qxa5 Qxa5 25. Nxa5 Bc8) 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Nc1 Bd7 ({RR} 23... Qc7 24. Qd1 Bd7 25. a3) 24. a3 Na6 25. Nd3 Nc5 26. Nb4 ({RR} 26. Nxc5 Qxc5 27. Qd1 h6 28. h3 Ne4 29. Qc2 Qxc2 ({RR} 29... b6 30. Bxe4 dxe4 31. Qxe4 Bxh3 32. Qe8+ Kh7 33. Qxa4) 30. Nxc2) 26... Qd6 ({RR} 26... Ne6 27. Qd3 Nxd4 28. Qxd4 Qxd4 29. exd4 Be6 30. Na2 Bd7 31. Nc3 Bc6 32. Bf3 Kf8 33. Bd1 b5 34. Be2) 27. Qd1 Qe5 ({RR} 27... Bg4 28. Qc2 b6) 28. Nd3 Nxd3 29. Qxd3 h5 ({RR} 29... h6) 30. Qc2 Ne4 {Huebner,R (2599)-Mueller,K (2533) Altenkirchen 1999 CBM 074 [Tsesarsky,Ilya] 1-0 (70)} ({RR} 30... Qd6 31. Bf3)) ({RR} 16. Nfd4 Rac8 17. Rfc1 Nb4 18. Qb5 Qxb5 19. Nxb5 Nd3 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. N3d4 a6 22. Nc3 Be6 ({RR} 22... Nxb2 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. Bxd5 b5 25. Bb7) 23. Nd1 Ne4 24. Bf1 Ne5 25. f3 Nd6 26. Kf2 Kf8 ({RR} 26... h5) 27. Be2 h5 28. Ke1 Ke7 29. a4 Nc6 ({RR} 29... a5) 30. Nc3 Nxd4 {Haba,P (2534)-Khenkin,I (2603) Germany 2003 CBM 094 [Tsesarsky,Ilya] 1-0 (72)}) 16... Ne4 ({RR} 16... Rad8) 17. Qb3 Qxb3 18. Nxb3 Rac8 19. Nfd4 Bd7 20. Rfc1 Ne5 21. Bxe4 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 dxe4 23. Nc5 Bh3 24. Nxe4 Nd3 25. Rc3 Nxb2 26. Nd6 Rb8 27. Rb3 Rd8 28. Rxb7 h6 29. N6b5 a5 30. Na7 Nc4 31. Nac6 Rd6 32. Rb5 a4 33. Rb4 Nd2 34. f3 a3 35. Kf2 h5 36. Ne5 Rd5 37. Nd3 g5 38. Ke2 Nf1 39. Nf2 Re5 1-0

[Event "Yalta super"]
[Site "Yalta"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik,Lubomir} Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 a6 5. Nbd2 ({RR} 5. b3 c5 6. cxd5 ({RR} 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Bb2 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 b6 10. Rc1 cxd4 11. exd4 Bf4 12. Ra1 Bb7 13. Qe2 Re8) 6... Nxd5 ({RR} 6... Qxd5 7. Nc3 Qd8 8. Bd3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 e5) 7. a3 ({RR} 7. e4) 7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Be7) 5... c5 6. dxc5 ({RR} 6. cxd5 exd5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 ({RR} 8. Nb3 Bd6 9. h3 O-O 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. O-O Ne4 12. Bd2 Qf6 13. Nbd4 Re8 14. Bc3 Qh6 15. Re1 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Re6 17. Kf1 Rg6 18. Be5 Bxh3 19. gxh3 Qxh3+ 20. Ke2 Bxe5) 8... Nc6 9. b4 Ba7 10. Nb3 O-O 11. Bb2 Bg4 12. Be2 Qe7 13. O-O Rac8 14. Nbd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bd7 16. Bd3 Qe5 17. Qe2 Bb8 18. g3 Qe7 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Bxf5) ({RR} 6. b3 cxd4 ({RR} 6... Nc6 7. Bb2 Be7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 Bf8 11. Bf1 cxd4 12. exd4 b6 13. Ne5 Bb7) 7. exd4 Nc6 8. Bb2 g6 9. Be2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne5 Nd7 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Nf3 Qa5 14. Qc2 Bb7 15. Rfd1 Rfc8 16. Bc3 Qc7 17. Qd2 Nf6 18. Ba5 Ne4 19. Bxc7 Nxd2 20. Bb6 Nxf3+) 6... Bxc5 7. b3 ({RR} 7. a3 dxc4 ({RR} 7... O-O 8. b4 Bd6 9. Bb2 b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O) 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Be2 ({RR} 9. Ba2 Bb7 10. O-O O-O 11. b4 Bd6 12. Bb2 Nbd7) 9... O-O 10. b4 Bd6 ({RR} 10... Bb6 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. O-O Nbd7) 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. O-O ({RR} 12. Nb3 Ne4 13. Na5 Bd5 14. Rc1 Bc7) 12... Nbd7 ({RR} 12... Nc6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Qc2) 13. Rc1 Qe7 ({RR} 13... Rc8 14. Rxc8 Qxc8 15. Qb3) 14. Bd3 h6 ({RR} 14... e5 15. Nh4 ({RR} 15. Ng5 Rac8 16. Nge4) 15... g6 16. Qe2) 15. Qc2 ({RR} 15. Qe2 Rac8) 15... Rac8 ({RR} 15... e5 16. Nh4) 16. Qb1 Nb6 17. Bd4 ({RR} 17. Be5) 17... Nfd7 ({RR} 17... Na4 18. Qa1) 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Be4 Bxe4 ({RR} 19... Nd5 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Rc1) 20. Qxe4 ({RR} 20. Nxe4 Bb8 21. Rfd1 Nc4 22. Nc5) 20... e5 21. Bxb6 ({RR} 21. Bb2 f5 ({RR} 21... Nf6 22. Qf5 g6 23. Qh3 Kg7 24. Rfd1) 22. Qb7 e4 ({RR} 22... Ra8 23. Rfd1 Rfb8 24. Qc6 Rc8) 23. Nd4 Qe5 ({RR} 23... Ra8 24. Rfd1 Rfb8 25. Qc6 Rc8 ({RR} 25... Ne5 26. Nxf5 Nxc6 27. Nxe7 Nxe7 28. Nxe4 Nc4 29. Rxc4 Bxh2+ 30. Kxh2 bxc4 31. Rd7 Nf5 32. g4 Re8 33. gxf5 Rxe4 34. Rxg7) 26. Nxf5 Rxc6 27. Nxe7 ({RR} 27. Rxc6 Qe6 28. Nxd6 ({RR} 28. Nxg7 Bxh2+ 29. Kxh2 Qxc6) 28... Qd5 29. Rxb6 Nxb6 30. N6xe4 Qd3) 27... Rxc1 28. Ng6+ Kh7 29. Rxc1) 24. g3 Ra8) 21... Nxb6 {Malaniuk,V (2615)-Bareev,E (2670) Polanica Zdroj 1997 CBM 061 [Ftacnik,Lubomir] 0-1} {RR} 22. Nh4 ({RR} 22. Qb1 Rfd8) ({RR} 22. Qf5 g6 ({RR} 22... Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rd8 24. Ne4 Nc4 ({RR} 24... Bb8 25. h4 Nc4 26. Nfg5 hxg5 27. Nxg5 g6 28. Qxf7 Bd6 29. Qxg6) 25. h4 f6 26. h5 Kg8 ({RR} 26... Nxa3 27. Nh4 Qe8 ({RR} 27... Kg8 28. Qg6 Qf7 29. Nxd6) 28. Ng6+ Kg8 29. Nxd6 Rxd6 30. Rc8 Rd8 31. Qe6+) 27. Nh4) 23. Qh3 Kg7 24. Ne4 f5 25. Nxd6 Qxd6) 22... g6) ({RR} 7. a3 a5 8. Nb3 Bd6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bb5+ Nc6 11. Nbd4 Bd7 12. Qa4 Qb6 13. Bd2 O-O 14. Rc1 Ne4 15. Nb3 Bg4 16. Be2 Nxd2 17. Kxd2 Bxf3 18. gxf3 d4 19. Qb5 Qd8 20. Kc2 dxe3 21. fxe3 Qe7 {Ilincic,Z (2294)-Nesterov,A (2584) Budapest HUN 2024 ½-½ (55)}) 7... O-O 8. Bb2 Qe7 $146 ({RR} 8... Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Be2 Qe7 11. O-O Rd8 12. a3 d4 13. exd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. Bxd4 Rxd4 16. Qe1 Be6 17. Nf3 Rd7 18. Ne5 Rc7 19. Bc4 b5 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21. b4 Re8 22. Nf3 Qc8 23. Qb1 {Xu,Y (2443)-Ding,L (2755) China 2015 ½-½}) 9. a3 Nc6 10. Qc2 Rd8 11. Bd3 d4 12. exd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Bxd4 Rxd4 15. Nf3 Rd6 16. O-O b6 17. Rfd1 Bb7 18. Ne5 g6 19. b4 Rad8 20. Be2 Ne4 21. Rxd6 Rxd6 22. Rd1 Qf6 23. Ng4 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Qb2 25. Bf3 h5 26. Bxe4 Bxe4 27. Ne3 Qxa3 28. Qd8+ Kh7 29. Qf6 Kg8 30. Qd8+ Kh7 31. Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 6th Dec Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.12.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Andreikin, D."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2022.12.06"]

1. d4 {Quintiliano,Renato} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bf4 ({RR} 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 ({RR} 7. Qb3 b5 8. e3 ({RR} 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nxd5 Qd8) 8... Nbd7 9. Be2 c5) 7... Nbd7 8. Bd3 h6 ({RR} 8... Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bf4 ({RR} 11. Bh4 Re8 12. Rad1 c6 13. Bh7+ Kh8 14. Bf5 Bxf5 15. Qxf5 g6 16. Qc2 Qe7) 11... Qe7 ({RR} 11... Bxf4 12. exf4) 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. a3 Bg4 14. Nd2 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. h3 Bd7 17. Nf3 Rac8) 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Be5 Ng7 12. h3 ({RR} 12. Bg3 c6 13. h3 Nf5 14. Bh2 Bg7 15. Qc2 Ne7 16. O-O) ({RR} 12. O-O g4 13. Bxg7 Bxg7 14. Ne1 h5 15. Qc2 Nb6 16. a4 a5 17. Bf5 Qe7 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Nd3 O-O 20. Ne2) 12... Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bd6 14. O-O h5 15. f4) 6... Bd6 7. Bg3 Ne4 $146 ({RR} 7... c6 8. e3 Bf5 9. Qb3 b5 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Bxg3 12. hxg3 Qd6 13. Ne5 Nbd7 14. f4 Ne4 15. g4 Nd2 16. Qd1 Nxf1 17. Qxf1 Be6 18. f5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. fxe6 Qxe3+ 21. Qf2 Qxf2+ 22. Kxf2 {Luong Phuong Hanh (2207)-Suder,J (2340) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (47)}) ({RR} 7... O-O 8. e3 ({RR} 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. a3 Ne7) 8... Bf5 9. Qb3 Bxg3 10. hxg3 Nc6 ({RR} 10... b6 11. Be2 Qd6 12. Ne5 h6 13. g4 Bh7 14. Bf3 Rd8 15. g5 hxg5 16. Rxh7) ({RR} 10... Qd6 11. Nh4 Bc8 ({RR} 11... Bg4) 12. Bd3 g6 13. Nf3 Nc6 14. Rc1 Ne7 15. Na4 b6 16. Ne5 Be6 17. O-O Rfc8) 11. Be2 ({RR} 11. Qxb7 Qd6 12. Qb3 Rab8 13. Qd1 Rxb2) 11... Qd6 12. O-O Ne7 13. Ne5 h5 ({RR} 13... b6 14. g4 Be6 15. Rac1 Nd7 ({RR} 15... c5 16. Qa3 Rfd8 17. f4 cxd4 18. Qxd6 Rxd6 19. exd4) 16. f4 f6 17. Nd3 c5 18. Qa3 Rfc8 19. Na4) 14. Rfc1 Ng4 15. Na4 ({RR} 15. Nxg4 hxg4) ({RR} 15. Bf3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Rab8) 15... b6 16. Qc3 ({RR} 16. Nd3 Rfc8 17. Nf4 g6 18. Bf3 Nf6 19. Nc3 Rd8 20. Re1) 16... Rfc8 17. Nd3 Bd7 18. b3 ({RR} 18. Qb3) 18... Ng6 ({RR} 18... Bxa4 19. bxa4 a5 20. Bf3) 19. Qb4 ({RR} 19. Nab2 a5 ({RR} 19... Nxe3 20. fxe3 Qxg3 21. Qd2 Nh4 22. Bxh5) 20. Nf4 Nxf4 21. exf4 c5 22. Nd3 c4 23. Ne5 b5 24. bxc4 bxc4 ({RR} 24... dxc4 25. a4) 25. Rab1) 19... Qf6 20. Nc3 ({RR} 20. Qe1 Qg5 ({RR} 20... h4 21. Bxg4 Bxg4 22. gxh4 Nxh4 23. Ne5) 21. Nf4 Nxf4 22. exf4 Qf6 23. Nc3) 20... Qf5 ({RR} 20... a5 21. Qa3 c6 22. Bxg4 Bxg4 23. Qb2 h4 24. gxh4 Qxh4 25. Qd2 ({RR} 25. Na4 Rab8) ({RR} 25. f3 Bf5 26. Ne1) 25... f6) 21. a4 a5 ({RR} 21... h4 22. gxh4 Nxh4 23. Nf4 g5 24. Ncxd5) 22. Qa3 {Karjakin,S (2783)-Adams,M (2761) Shamkir 2017 CBM 178 [Quintiliano,Renato] 0-1 (39)} {RR} Qg5 ({RR} 22... h4 23. gxh4 Nxh4 24. Nf4 Nf6 25. b4 g5 26. Bd3 ({RR} 26. Nd3 Kg7) 26... Qg4 27. Be2 Qf5 28. Bd3) 23. Bxg4 Bxg4 24. Nf4 c6 25. Nce2 h4 26. gxh4 Nxh4 27. Ng3) ({RR} 7... Bf5 8. e3 ({RR} 8. Qb3 Nc6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Qxb7 O-O)) 8. e3 Nxg3 9. hxg3 c6 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. g4 g6 12. g5 Nf8 13. e4 Bg4 14. exd5 cxd5 15. Nxd5 Qa5+ 16. Nc3 Ne6 17. Rh4 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qxg5 19. Qxb7 O-O 20. Re4 Nf4 21. Rxf4 Qxf4 22. Ne2 Qh6 23. g3 Rab8 24. Qf3 Rxb2 25. Bxa6 Qh3 26. a3 Re8 27. Bc4 Re7 28. Ra2 Rexe2+ 29. Bxe2 Rxa2 30. Bc4 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "St Louis Spring A"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.04.09"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Nyzhnyk, I."]
[Black "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2023.04.05"]

1. d4 {Ponomariov,Ruslan} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ ({RR} 4... dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5) 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Qc2 c6 8. O-O b6 9. b4 ({RR} 9. Rd1 Ba6 ({RR} 9... Nbd7 10. Bf4 Ba6 11. Ne5 Qc8 ({RR} 11... Rc8)) 10. Ne5 ({RR} 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bf4 ({RR} 11. a4)) 10... Qc8 ({RR} 10... Nfd7) 11. Nc3 Nbd7 ({RR} 11... dxc4 12. Ne4 b5 13. Nc5) 12. Rac1 ({RR} 12. Bf4) 12... Nxe5 ({RR} 12... Bxc4 13. Nxc4 dxc4 14. Ne4 ({RR} 14. b3 cxb3 15. Qxb3 Qb7) ({RR} 14. e4 b5 15. d5 e5) 14... b5 15. b3 Nb6 16. Nxf6+ ({RR} 16. Ba5 Nfd5) 16... Bxf6 17. Ba5 Rd8 18. bxc4 bxc4 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. Qxc4 Qa6 21. Qxa6 Rxa6 22. Rxc6 Rxa2 23. e3 Rb2) 13. dxe5 Nd7 ({RR} 13... Ng4 14. Bh3 ({RR} 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Qa4 Qc4 16. b4) 14... Nxe5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Nxd5) 14. cxd5 cxd5 ({RR} 14... exd5 15. b4 ({RR} 15. Bf4 g5 16. Be3 Nxe5 17. Bd4 Qe6 18. e4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 f5 20. Bg2 Bf6 ({RR} 20... Rad8 21. Qa4) 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Nd5 Bb7 23. Nb4 Rac8 24. Bxc6 Rc7 25. Qa4 f4 26. Rc2) 15... Nxe5 16. b5 Bxb5 17. Nxb5 cxb5 18. Bc3 ({RR} 18. Qb2 Qf5 19. Bf4 Ng6 20. Rxd5 Qe6 21. Be3 b4 22. Bd4 Bf6 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Qxb4 Rac8) 18... Ng4 19. Bxd5 Ba3 20. Bxa8 Bxc1 21. Qxc1 b4 22. Bxb4 Qxc1 23. Rxc1 Rxa8 24. f3 Nf6 25. e4) 15. Bf4 ({RR} 15. Qa4 Qb7 ({RR} 15... Nc5 16. Qg4) 16. Be3 ({RR} 16. Bh6 gxh6 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Bxd5 Qb8 19. Qxa6 Nxe5) 16... b5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Qxa6 Nb8 20. Rxd5 Nxa6 21. Rxb5 Rfc8 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Bxa7) 15... g5 16. Bxd5 ({RR} 16. Be3 Nxe5 17. Bd4 ({RR} 17. Qa4 Nc4 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Rxd5 b5 20. Rxb5 Bxb5 21. Qxb5 Rb8 22. Qxc4 Qxc4 23. Rxc4 Rxb2) 17... Nc6 ({RR} 17... Ng6 18. Qa4 Qc4 19. b4 Rfc8 20. h4) 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Qxc6 Qxc6 20. Rxc6 Bxe2 21. Re1 Bb5 22. Rc3 Bb4 23. Re5 h6 24. Rb3 Rac8 25. h4 Rc1+ 26. Kh2 Rc4 27. Be3 gxh4 28. Bxh6 Re8 29. Rxd5 Bc6 30. Rg5+ Kh7) 16... exd5 17. Nxd5 Qd8 ({RR} 17... Bd8 18. Qd2 ({RR} 18. Qf5 Nc5) 18... Qb8 19. e6 ({RR} 19. Bxg5 Qxe5) 19... gxf4 20. e7 ({RR} 20. exd7 fxg3 21. hxg3 Qe5) 20... Qe5 21. exf8=Q+ Nxf8 22. Qxf4 Qxf4 23. Nxf4 Ng6) 18. Nc7 ({RR} 18. Be3 Nc5 ({RR} 18... Nxe5 19. Qf5 Qd6 20. Nc7) ({RR} 18... Rc8 19. Qxc8 Bxc8 20. Rxc8) 19. b4 Ne6 20. Qc6) 18... Rc8 ({RR} 18... gxf4 19. Nxa8 ({RR} 19. Nxa6 fxg3 20. hxg3 ({RR} 20. Qf5 gxf2+ 21. Kf1 Rc8) 20... Bg5 21. f4 Bxf4 22. gxf4 Kh8) ({RR} 19. Qf5 Bc8 20. Nxa8 ({RR} 20. e6 fxe6 21. Qg4+ Kh8 22. Nxe6 Rg8 23. Qf3 Qe8 24. Qxa8 fxg3 25. hxg3 Nf6) 20... fxg3 21. hxg3 Nc5 22. Rxd8 Bxf5 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Nc7) 19... Bc5 ({RR} 19... fxg3 20. hxg3 Bg5 21. Nc7 Bxc1 22. Nxa6) 20. b4 Qxa8 21. Rxd7 Bc8 22. e6 Bxd7 23. exd7 Bxb4 24. Qf5 Bc5 25. Rc4) 19. e6 ({RR} 19. Qc6 Nb8 20. Qh6 gxf4 21. Rxd8 Bxd8) 19... fxe6 ({RR} 19... gxf4 20. Rxd7 Rxc7 21. Qxc7 Qxc7 22. Rcxc7 Bf6 23. e7 Re8 24. Rxa7 Bxe2 25. Rd8 Rxd8 26. exd8=Q+ Bxd8 27. Ra8) 20. Qc6 Qe8 21. Qxe6+ ({RR} 21. Rxd7) 21... Qf7 22. Qxf7+ Kxf7 ({RR} 22... Rxf7 23. Nxa6 Rxc1 24. Bxc1) 23. Nxa6 gxf4 {Ponomariov,R (2734)-Kramnik,V (2790) Dortmund 2010 CBM 138 [Ponomariov,Ruslan] 1-0 (36)}) 9... Ba6 ({RR} 9... dxc4 10. Ne5 Nd5 11. a3 b5 12. e4 Nb6 13. Be3 Bb7 14. Nc3 N8d7 15. Rad1 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qc7 17. f4 Rad8 18. f5 exf5 19. exf5 Qxe5 20. Bf4 Qf6 21. Nxb5 cxb5 22. Bxb7 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ {Crevatin,L (2260)-Alavkin,A (2367) chess.com INT 2025 ½-½ (36)}) 10. Na3 Nbd7 11. Rfc1 $146 ({RR} 11. Rfd1 Rc8 12. Rac1 Ne4 13. Be1 f5 14. Qa4 Bxc4 15. Nxc4 b5 16. Qxa7 bxc4 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Ra8 19. Qb7 Rxa2 20. Qxc6 Qc8 21. Qxc8 Rxc8 22. h4 Rxe2 23. f3 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Nxg3 25. b5 d4 {Czerw,D (2398)-Jaferian,K (2227) Chess.com INT 2022 0-1 (66)}) 11... Rc8 12. e3 c5 13. bxc5 bxc5 14. Qa4 Bb7 15. Qxa7 Bc6 16. Qa6 Nb8 17. Qa7 Nbd7 18. Qa6 Nb8 19. Qa7 Nbd7 20. Qa6 Nb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interpolis-08"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1984.10.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "1984.10.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Krasenkow,Michal} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Nbd2 ({RR} 6. Nc3 a6 7. g3 ({RR} 7. e4 b5 ({RR} 7... Rb8 8. Qxc4 ({RR} 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxc4 c5 10. e5 Qf4 11. d5 Qxc4 12. Bxc4 Nb6 13. Nd2 Nxc4 14. Nxc4 b5 15. Ne3 Be7 16. d6 Bd8) 8... b5 9. Qd3 Bb7 10. e5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Nxg5 hxg5 13. Bxg5 Rg8 14. h4 b4 15. Na4 Rxg5 16. hxg5 Ne4) ({RR} 7... Be7 8. Bxc4 ({RR} 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. e5 Be7 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. Qc2 c5 12. d5 Nb6 13. d6 Nxc4 14. dxe7 Qxe7 15. Ne4 b5 16. Nfg5 f5 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Nf3 Bb7) 8... O-O ({RR} 8... Rb8 9. Qc2 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Rd1 c5 12. dxc5 Qa5 13. O-O Nxc5) 9. Qc2 c5 ({RR} 9... h6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. e5 Nd5 12. Qe4 Bb4 13. Rc1 c5 14. O-O Bxc3 15. bxc3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Bd7 17. Bd3 g6 18. Qg4 Kg7) 10. dxc5 Qc7 11. b4 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rfe1 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Be3 bxc5 16. b5 axb5) ({RR} 7... h6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Bxc4 Rb8 10. Be2 b5 11. Qc2 c5 12. d5 Bd6 13. O-O Qc7 14. a4 b4 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Nb1 Ne5 17. Nbd2 O-O 18. Kh1 Bb7 19. Nc4 Nxf3 20. Bxf3 Be5 21. Bg4) 8. Nxb5 axb5 ({RR} 8... Rb8 9. Nc3 Rxb2 10. Ne5 Bb7 ({RR} 10... h6 11. Bc1 ({RR} 11. Nc6 Nb6 12. Nxd8+ Nxa4 13. Nxa4 Rb4) 11... Rb4 12. Qc2 c5) ({RR} 10... c5 11. d5 Rb4 12. Qc6 Rb6) 11. Nxc4 Rb4 12. Qc2 Ba8 13. e5 h6 14. Bd2 Nd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. exd6 Rb7 18. Ba5 Qa8 19. dxc7 O-O 20. h4 Rc8 21. Rh3 Qa7 22. Rc1 Qxd4 23. Qc3) 9. Qxa8 Bb4+ 10. Kd1 Nb6 11. Qa7 ({RR} 11. Qc6+ Bd7 12. Qb7 Bc8) 11... e5 12. Kc2 exd4 13. Rd1 d3+ 14. Bxd3 cxd3+ 15. Rxd3 Qe7 16. a3 O-O 17. axb4 Qxe4) ({RR} 7. Qxc4 b5 ({RR} 7... c5) 8. Qb3 ({RR} 8. Qc6 Ra7 9. Ne5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. Qc5 Qa8 13. e3 Be7 14. Qh5 b4 15. Ne2 O-O) 8... c5 9. e3 ({RR} 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Qd1 Bb7 11. Qxd8+ Rxd8 12. Rc1 h6 13. Be3 Nce4 14. Nd2 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Ba3) 9... Bb7 10. Be2 cxd4 11. exd4 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Ne5 Nb6 14. Rfd1 Nfd5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Bf3 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Rac8 18. Qd3 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 h6) ({RR} 7. Bxf6 gxf6 ({RR} 7... Qxf6 8. Qxc4 c5 9. Ne4 Qf4 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Ned2 Qxc4 12. Nxc4 b5) 8. O-O-O Rb8 9. Qxc4 b5 10. Qd3 Bh6+ 11. e3 Bb7 12. d5 Qe7 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Qd4 Bg7 15. Qh4 f5 16. Qxe7+ Kxe7) ({RR} 7. e3 Rb8 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Qxc4 b5 10. Qd3 Bb7 11. Rd1 c5 12. d5 c4 13. Qc2 Bb4 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Be2 Qa5) 7... b5 ({RR} 7... c5 8. Bg2) 8. Nxb5 Rb8 9. Na7 ({RR} 9. Na3 Rxb2 ({RR} 9... Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Nxd2 Bb7 12. f3 O-O 13. Naxc4 Nb6 14. Nxb6 cxb6 15. e4) 10. Nxc4 Rb4 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. Bg2 Be7 13. O-O Be4 14. Qc1 O-O 15. Bd2 Rb7) 9... Rb4 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Qa5 Bb7 12. Bh3 Qb8 ({RR} 12... Qa8 13. Qh5 Ke7 14. d5 Bxd5) 13. Qh5 Ke7 ({RR} 13... Rb6) 14. d5 Qxa7 ({RR} 14... Bxd5 15. Qxd5 exd5 16. Nc6+ Kd6 17. Nxb8 Rxb8) 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Bxe6 Kxe6 17. Qe8+ Be7 18. Qxh8 Nf8 19. Qg8+ Kd7 20. O-O-O+ ({RR} 20. Qg4+ Ke8 21. Qh5+ Ng6 22. Qxh7) ({RR} 20. Rd1+ Ke8 21. Nd4 Bc8) 20... Ke8 {Wang,Y (2739)-Ivanchuk,V (2779) Wijk aan Zee 2009 CBM 129 [Krasenkow,Michal] 0-1} {RR} 21. Nd4 c3) ({RR} 6. Nc3 h6 7. Bh4 a6 8. e3 Be7 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. Be2 b5 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. O-O c5 13. Rfd1 Qb6 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. b4 Nce4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Qb2 Rac8 18. Rac1 Bd5 19. a3 Qb7 20. Ne1 Bc4 {Mikhailova,I (2166)-Diachek,A (2279) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (55)}) ({RR} 6. Nc3 a6 7. g3 Be7 8. Bg2 b5 9. Nxb5 Nb6 10. Nxc7+ Kf8 11. Qc6 Rb8 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Nxe6+ fxe6 14. Qxe6 Bd5 15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 Nfxd5 17. Bxe7+ Nxe7 18. e4 Ng6 19. Nc6 Rc8 20. Na5 Kf7 {Von Herman,U (2391)-Ribli,Z (2584) Germany 2014 ½-½}) 6... Be7 $146 ({RR} 6... a6 7. Qxc4 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Ne4 Be7 10. Rd1 Nxe4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qxe4 O-O 13. e3 Nf6 14. Qh4 e5 15. a3 Bf5 16. Be2 Rac8 17. O-O Rc2 18. Rd2 Rxd2 19. Nxd2 Rc8 20. Rd1 Rc2 21. Bf3 {Bartel,M (2609)-Nowak,L (2288) Bialystok 2017 1-0 (36)}) ({RR} 6... a6 7. Qxc4 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nb3 b5 10. Qc2 Bb6 11. Rd1 Bb7 12. e3 Rc8 13. Qb1 h6 14. Bh4 Qe7 15. a3 e5 16. Nfd2 Qe6 17. Bd3 Qg4 18. Bg3 Bxg2 19. Bf5 Qh5 20. Rg1 Bh3 21. Ne4 {Strutinskaya,G (2105)-Madaminov,M (2512) Tashkent UZB 2024 0-1 (45)}) 7. Qxc4 O-O 8. e3 b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 31st Oct Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.10.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Xu, Xiangyu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2023.10.31"]

1. Nf3 {Ftacnik,Lubomir} d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qa5 9. Bd2 O-O ({RR} 9... Qc5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Nb3 Qe7 12. Bd3 ({RR} 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Bxd7 ({RR} 13. Bd3 e5 14. a3 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Nc6 16. O-O Bg4 17. Qe3 Rfd8 18. h3 Be6 19. Nc5 Bc8 20. Nb3 b6 21. Rad1 Be6) 13... Nbxd7 14. a3 Nc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. O-O) 12... Nc6 13. O-O ({RR} 13. a3 Bd6 14. Be3 ({RR} 14. O-O Rd8 15. f4 Bc8 16. e5 Bc5+ 17. Kh1 Rxd3 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Qe2 Qd8 20. Rad1 Be7 21. Be3 Rd7) 14... a6 15. O-O O-O 16. f4 e5 17. f5 Nd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Bxd4 Bc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5+) 13... O-O 14. a3 Bd6 15. f4 ({RR} 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 Bf4 17. Ne2 e5 18. Nxf4 exf4 19. f3 Be6 20. Bf2) 15... e5 16. f5 Nd4 17. Bg5 Bc6 18. Nd2 ({RR} 18. Na5 h6 19. Bh4 Bc7 20. Nxc6 bxc6) 18... b5 ({RR} 18... Rfd8 19. Kh1 Bc7 20. Bc4 Qd6 21. Bd5 Rd7 22. Nc4) 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Bc5 21. Kh1 Rfd8 22. Ne4) 10. Nb3 ({RR} 10. Nc2 Bxc3 ({RR} 10... Qc7 11. Qe2 Be7 12. O-O) 11. Bxc3 Qg5 12. Qe2 ({RR} 12. Qf3 Nbd7 ({RR} 12... e5 13. Ne3) 13. Be2 Qh4 14. e5 Nd5) 12... Qxg2 13. O-O-O Qxe4 ({RR} 13... Nxe4 14. Rhg1 Nxc3 15. Qe5 f6 16. Bxe6+ Kh8 17. Qd6) 14. Rhg1 g6 ({RR} 14... Qxe2 15. Bxe2 e5 ({RR} 15... Nbd7 16. Rxd7 Bxd7 17. Bxf6 g6 18. Bf3) ({RR} 15... Ne8 16. Bb4 e5 17. Bd3) 16. Bxe5 Ne8 17. Bd4 ({RR} 17. Nd4 Na6) 17... Kh8 18. Nb4 Be6) 15. Ne3 e5 ({RR} 15... Nbd7 16. Rd4 Qc6 17. Rgd1 Ne4 18. Bb4) 16. f4 Be6 ({RR} 16... exf4 17. Nd5 Qxe2 18. Nxf6+) ({RR} 16... Qxf4 17. Rdf1 Qh4 18. Be1 Qh5 19. Nd5 Nbd7 20. Nxf6+ Nxf6 21. Rxf6 Qxe2 22. Bxe2) 17. Bd3 ({RR} 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. fxe5 Nd5) 17... Qxf4 ({RR} 17... Qa4 18. fxe5 ({RR} 18. Bxe5 Rc8+ 19. Bc2 Nbd7) 18... Ne4 19. Bxe4 Qxe4 20. Rd4 Qxe5 21. Qf3 Qc5 ({RR} 21... Nc6 22. Re4 Qxh2 23. Rh1) 22. Qf6) 18. Rgf1 ({RR} 18. Rdf1 Qh4 19. Be1 Rc8+ 20. Nc2 ({RR} 20. Kb1 Qa4 21. b3 Bxb3) 20... Qd4 21. Bc3 Qc5) 18... Qh4 ({RR} 18... Qg5 19. Rg1 ({RR} 19. h4 Qxh4 20. Bxe5 Nbd7 21. Bd6 Rfc8+ 22. Kb1 Qa4) 19... Qh5 20. Qxh5 Nxh5 21. Bxe5 Bxa2 22. Nf5 Rc8+ 23. Bc3 Nc6 24. Be4) 19. Be1 Qa4 ({RR} 19... Rc8+ 20. Kb1 Qa4 21. b3 Bxb3 22. axb3 Qxb3+ 23. Qb2 Qxb2+ 24. Kxb2 Kg7 ({RR} 24... Nbd7 25. Bb5) 25. Bh4) 20. Rxf6 Nc6 ({RR} 20... Rc8+ 21. Bc2 ({RR} 21. Bc3 Qxa2 22. Rf2 Nd7) 21... Qxa2 22. Qb5 Qa1+ 23. Kd2 Rd8+ 24. Ke2 Rxd1 25. Bxd1 Nc6 ({RR} 25... Qa6 26. Qxa6 Nxa6) 26. Qxb7 Nd4+ 27. Kf1 Re8 28. Bg4) 21. Rxe6 ({RR} 21. b3 Qa3+ 22. Kb1 Nd4 23. Qg2) 21... Nd4 ({RR} 21... fxe6 22. Kb1 ({RR} 22. Bc4 Nd4 23. Qg4 Qc6 ({RR} 23... Rac8 24. Rxd4) 24. Bc3 Rf4) 22... Nd4 23. Qg2 Nf5) 22. Qg4 Qxa2 ({RR} 22... fxe6 23. Bxg6 Rf4 24. Bxh7+ ({RR} 24. Rxd4 Rxg4 25. Rxg4 Qc6+ 26. Bc2+ Kf7 27. Re4) 24... Kxh7 25. Qh5+ Kg8 26. Bc3 ({RR} 26. Qxe5 Ne2+ 27. Kb1 Qe4+) 26... Nf3 27. Qg6+ Kf8 28. Qxe6 Qe4 29. Nf5 Qxf5 30. Bb4+ Kg7 31. Rd7+ Qf7 32. Rxf7+ Rxf7 33. Bd6) ({RR} 22... Rac8+ 23. Kb1 fxe6 24. Bxg6 Rf4 25. Bxh7+ Kxh7 26. Qh5+ Kg8 27. Qxe5) 23. Bxg6 ({RR} 23. Rxe5 Qa1+ 24. Bb1 ({RR} 24. Kd2 Qxb2+ 25. Bc2 Rad8) 24... Rac8+ 25. Kd2 Nb3+ 26. Ke2 Qxb2+ 27. Bc2 Rxc2+ 28. Nxc2 Qxe5+) 23... hxg6 ({RR} 23... fxg6 24. Rxd4 Qa1+ 25. Kc2 exd4 26. Rxg6+ hxg6 27. Qxg6+) ({RR} 23... Kh8 24. Rxd4 Qxe6 25. Qxe6 fxe6 26. Rh4) 24. Rxg6+ fxg6 {Kasparov,G (2851)-Morozevich,A (2748) Sarajevo 2000 CBM 077 [Ftacnik,Lubomir] ½-½} {RR} 25. Qxg6+) ({RR} 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. O-O Ne5 12. a3 Qc7 13. Ba2 Be7 14. Rfd1 Bd7 15. Rac1 Qb8 16. f4 Bc5 17. Be1 Nc6 18. Ncb5 Bxd4+ 19. Nxd4 Qxf4 20. Nb5 Rfd8 21. Nd6 Nd4 22. Qf2 Qxd6 23. Rxd4 Qe7 24. Bb4 Qe8 {Lodici,L (2562)-Drygalov,S (2541) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (76)}) 10... Qc5 $146 ({RR} 10... Qc7 11. Qe2 Nc6 12. O-O a6 13. f4 b5 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. e5 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nd7 17. Rac1 Rfd8 18. Kh1 g6 19. Be1 Na5 20. Nxa5 Qxa5 21. c4 Qa3 22. Rc3 Qa4 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Bh4 Qd4 25. Rc7 {Papenin,N (2261)-Moskovets,K (2319) Kiev 2001 0-1 (72)}) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Tsesarsky,Ilya Tsesarsky,Ilya} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Nf6 6. Bg5 ({RR} 6. g3 Nbd7 ({RR} 6... a6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. Nc3 b5 9. Qb3 O-O 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. a4 Qc7 14. Bf4 Qb6 15. a5 Qa7 16. Bh3 c5 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. d5 c4 19. Qc2 Bxd5 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Rxd5) 7. Bg2 e5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 Qa5+ 10. Nc3 Qxe5 11. Bxc6+ Bd7 12. Bxb7 ({RR} 12. Bf4) 12... Rd8 13. Bf4 Qf5 14. Bc7 Bc5 15. O-O O-O 16. Bxd8) 6... Be7 ({RR} 6... h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. e4 Nd7 9. Nc3 a5 10. Be2 Qd8 11. O-O Be7 12. Rad1) ({RR} 6... b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 ({RR} 7... Be7 8. e4 O-O 9. Bd3) 8. Bxf6 ({RR} 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. e3 Rc8 10. a4 a6 11. Be2 c5 12. axb5 axb5 13. d5 exd5 14. Bxb5 Qb6 15. Ba4) ({RR} 8. e4 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. e5 Qd8 12. Bd3 Qb6 13. a4 a6 14. O-O Be7 15. Be4) 8... gxf6 ({RR} 8... Qxf6 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. e3 a6 11. a4 Bb4 12. Bd3) 9. e3 ({RR} 9. e4 Rg8 10. Nc3) 9... Nd7 10. Nbd2) ({RR} 6... Qb6 7. Nbd2 Qxb2 8. Rb1 Qa3 9. e4 b6 ({RR} 9... Be7 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Nc4) 10. Qc2 Ba6 ({RR} 10... Bb4 11. Bd3) 11. Bc4) 7. Nbd2 ({RR} 7. e3 O-O ({RR} 7... b6 8. Nc3 ({RR} 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. Nc3 ({RR} 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Nc3 h6 11. Bh4 O-O 12. O-O-O) 9... Nbd7 10. Rd1 Rc8 11. Be2 Nd5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7) 8... Ba6 9. Qa4 Bxf1 10. Rxf1 O-O 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Ke2 ({RR} 12. O-O-O b5 13. Qc2 Na6 14. Kb1 Nb4 15. Qe2 Qa5 16. Nd2 Be7 17. f4 Nd5 18. Rc1) 12... c5 13. Rfd1 cxd4 14. Ne4 e5 15. exd4 exd4 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Qxd4) ({RR} 7... Nbd7 8. Bd3 Qa5+ 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. O-O e5 11. Nb3 Qc7 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bh4 exd4 14. Nbxd4 Nd5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. b4 Nf6) 8. Be2 ({RR} 8. Bd3 h6 ({RR} 8... Na6 9. O-O c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Bc2 f5 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Nc3 a5 15. e4 fxe4 16. Nxe4 b5 17. Qe2) ({RR} 8... Nbd7 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4) 9. Bxf6 ({RR} 9. Bh4) 9... Bxf6 10. Nc3 Nd7 11. Rd1 Qe7 ({RR} 11... Qa5 12. O-O Rd8 13. b4 Qh5 14. Ne4 Be7) 12. Bb1 e5 ({RR} 12... g6 13. O-O Bg7) 13. O-O ({RR} 13. d5) 13... exd4 14. exd4 Nb6 15. Qd3 g6 16. Rfe1 Qb4 17. Qd2 Bg7 ({RR} 17... Nc4 18. Qxh6 Nxb2 ({RR} 18... Bg7 19. Qh4 Nxb2 20. Ng5 Rd8 21. Nxf7) 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Ng5 ({RR} 20. Qxg6+ Bg7 21. Ng5 Bf5)) 18. a3 ({RR} 18. Ne5) 18... Qd6 19. Ne4 Qc7) 8... Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. O-O e5 11. Ne4 ({RR} 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Ne4 exd4 ({RR} 12... Be7 13. Rfd1 Nb6 14. Qc2 f5 15. Ned2 e4 16. Nc4 Qb4 17. Nxb6 ({RR} 17. a3 Qa4 18. b3 Qb5 19. Nxb6 Qxb6 20. Bc4+ Kh8 21. Ne5 Qc7 22. Nf7+ Kg8 23. Ne5+)) 13. Nxd4 ({RR} 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Nxd4 Qb6 15. Qc2 Re8 16. Rfd1 Bg4) 13... Be5 14. Rfd1) ({RR} 11. Rfd1 exd4 12. Qxd4 Rd8 13. Rac1 ({RR} 13. e4 Nc5 14. b4 ({RR} 14. Qe3 Ne6 15. Rxd8+ Bxd8 16. Rd1 Bb6 17. Qd2 Nxg5 18. Nxg5 Bg4) ({RR} 14. Qe5 Be6 15. Nd4 Bd6 ({RR} 15... Nfd7 16. Qg3 Bxg5 17. Qxg5 Qb6 18. Rd2 h6 19. Qh4 Ne5 20. Rad1 Ng6 21. Qg3 Bxa2 22. Bh5 ({RR} 22. Nxa2 Nxe4 23. Qe3 Nxd2 24. Rxd2 c5 25. Nf3 ({RR} 25. Nb5 Rxd2 26. Qxd2 Rd8 27. Qc2 Nf4 28. Bf1 a6 29. Nbc3 Qe6 ({RR} 29... Qd6 30. Ne4 Qg6 ({RR} 30... Qd1 31. Qxd1 Rxd1 32. Nac3) 31. f3))) 22... Kh7 23. e5 ({RR} 23. b4 Nb3) ({RR} 23. Nxa2 Nxe4 24. Bxg6+ fxg6 25. Qf4 Nxd2 26. Rxd2 c5 27. Nf3 Qxb2) 23... Bc4) 16. Nxc6 Qc7 ({RR} 16... Bxe5 17. Nxa5 Rxd1+ 18. Nxd1 Nfxe4 19. Be3) 17. Rxd6 Rxd6 18. Nb5 Qxc6 19. Nxd6 Nfxe4 20. Nxe4 Qxe4 21. Qxe4 Nxe4 22. Be3) 14... Rxd4 15. bxa5 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 h6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. e5 Be7 19. Nd4 Ne6 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21. Rb1 Rb8 22. Bf3 Bg5) 13... Nc5 14. Qh4 Be6 15. Nd4 ({RR} 15. b4 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Qa3 17. bxc5 Qxc3 18. Bd3 h6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qe4 g6) 15... h6 16. Nxe6 Nxe6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6) 11... exd4 ({RR} 11... Nxe4 12. Bxe7 Re8 13. Bb4 Qb6 14. Rad1) 12. Qxd4 Qb6 13. Rfd1 Re8 ({RR} 13... h6 14. Bh4 c5 15. Qd3 Rd8 16. Qc2 g5 17. Bxg5 hxg5 18. Nexg5 Rf8 19. Bc4 Kg7 20. Bxf7 Rxf7 21. Rxd7 Bxd7 22. Ne5 Be6 ({RR} 22... Kf8 23. Ngxf7 ({RR} 23. Qg6 Rg7 24. Nxd7+ Kg8 ({RR} 24... Nxd7 25. Ne6+) 25. Qxg7+ ({RR} 25. Nxb6 Rxg6 26. Nxa8 Rxg5) 25... Kxg7 26. Nxb6 axb6) 23... Qe6 24. Qg6 Ng4 ({RR} 24... Ba4 25. b3 Bb5 26. Rd1) 25. Nxd7+ Qxd7 26. Ng5 Bxg5 27. Qxg5 Re8 28. Qxc5+) 23. Qg6+ Kf8 24. Nexf7) 14. Rac1 ({RR} 14. Qxb6 axb6 15. Nd6 Bxd6 16. Rxd6 Ne4 17. Rdd1 Nxg5 18. Nxg5 Ne5) 14... h6 15. Bh4 Qxd4 ({RR} 15... Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Qxb2 17. Bd3 ({RR} 17. Bxe7 Qxe2) ({RR} 17. Rc2 Qb4) 17... Kf8 18. Bxe7+ Rxe7 19. Qh7) 16. Rxd4 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 Kf8 ({RR} 17... g5 18. Bg3 Nf6 19. Rd4 Be6 20. a3 Rad8) 18. a3 Nf6 19. Re5 g5 20. Bg3 Nh5 21. Nd4 Nxg3 {Ivanchuk,V (2730)-Anand,V (2735) Las Palmas 1996 CBM 057 [Tsesarsky,Ilya] ½-½}) ({RR} 7. Nc3) ({RR} 7. Nc3 b5 8. Qd3 a6 9. Rc1 Nbd7 10. e4 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. Ne5 Ke8 14. Nc6 h6 15. Bd2 Ncxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Nxe7 Kxe7 18. Bb4+ Nd6 19. Be2 a5 20. Rc7+ Bd7 21. Bxb5 Rhd8 {Md Imran (2382)-Vandan Alankar Sawai (2167) Budapest HUN 2024 1-0 (71)}) ({RR} 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. O-O e5 11. Ne4 exd4 12. Qxd4 Qb6) ({RR} 7. Nc3 O-O 8. e4 h6 9. Bh4 Qb6 10. Rb1) 7... b6 8. Qc2 ({RR} 8. e4 Ba6 9. Qc2 Bxf1 10. Rxf1 ({RR} 10. Nxf1 O-O 11. Ng3 ({RR} 11. Rd1) ({RR} 11. N1d2) 11... c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. O-O Nfd7 ({RR} 13... Nc6 14. Rfd1 Nd7) 14. Bxe7 ({RR} 14. Bf4 Nc6 15. Rfd1) 14... Qxe7 15. e5) 10... h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Kb1 Qc8 ({RR} 13... Qc7 14. e5 Be7 15. Ne4 Na6) 14. e5 Be7 15. Ne4 Na6 16. Qd2 Rd8 ({RR} 16... c5 17. g4 ({RR} 17. d5 exd5 18. Qxd5 Qg4 19. Ng3 ({RR} 19. h3 Qg6 ({RR} 19... Qxg2 20. Nfg5 Qxf1 21. Rxf1)) 19... Nb4 20. Qe4 Qe6 21. a3 Qa2+ 22. Kc1 Rac8 ({RR} 22... Qa1+ 23. Qb1 Qxb1+ 24. Kxb1 Nc6 25. Rd7) 23. Nf5 Rfe8 24. Rd7 Nc6 25. Qg4 Bg5+ 26. Nxg5 Nxe5 ({RR} 26... Qa1+ 27. Kc2 Nd4+ 28. Kc3 Nb5+ 29. Kb3) 27. Qe4 hxg5) ({RR} 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 ({RR} 18. Nd6 Qc6 19. Qf4 ({RR} 19. Rc1 Bxd6 20. exd6 Rfd8 21. Rfd1 Qe4+ 22. Ka1 Nb7) 19... f6 20. Rd2 fxe5 21. Qxe5 Rad8 22. Rfd1 Qa4 23. Qe1 Bxd6 24. Rxd6 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Qg4) 18... Qxc5 19. Rc1 Qb5 20. Rfd1 Rac8) 17... cxd4 ({RR} 17... Qc6 18. Qe2 Qa4 19. g5 hxg5 20. Nfxg5 g6 21. Rg1 cxd4 22. Nxe6) 18. g5 Qc6 19. Qe2 Nc5 20. Rxd4 ({RR} 20. Nf6+ gxf6 21. gxf6 Bxf6 ({RR} 21... Bd8 22. Rg1+ Kh8 ({RR} 22... Kh7 23. Ng5+) 23. Qd2 Qe4+ 24. Ka1 Qh7 25. Rg7) 22. exf6 Qe4+ 23. Qxe4 Nxe4 24. Rg1+ Kh8 25. Rxd4 Nxf6) 20... Nxe4 21. Rxe4 Bxg5 22. Nxg5 hxg5 23. Rg1 Rac8 24. Reg4 g6 25. Rxg5 Qc4) 17. g4 c5 18. g5 h5 ({RR} 18... hxg5 19. Nfxg5 Rxd4 20. Qe2 Bxg5 21. Nxg5 g6 22. h4 ({RR} 22. Qf3 Qf8) 22... Rxh4 ({RR} 22... Nb4 23. h5 Qc6 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. a3 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Nd5 27. Qe4 Qe8 28. Qh4) 23. Qf3 Qf8 24. Nxf7 Rb8 25. Rd7) 19. Nf6+ Kf8 ({RR} 19... Kh8 20. g6 ({RR} 20. Nxh5) 20... Bxf6 ({RR} 20... fxg6 21. Qg5 Bxf6 22. exf6 Qb7 23. Qxg6 gxf6 24. Qxf6+ Qg7 25. Qxe6 {RR} Nc7 26. Qe5) 21. exf6) ({RR} 19... gxf6 20. gxf6 Kf8 ({RR} 20... Bxf6 21. exf6) 21. Qh6+ Ke8 22. fxe7 Kxe7 23. Qf6+ Ke8 24. Rg1) 20. g6 fxg6 ({RR} 20... Qc6 21. Qf4 gxf6 ({RR} 21... fxg6 22. d5 exd5 23. Nxd5+ Ke8 24. Nxe7 Kxe7 ({RR} 24... Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Kxe7 26. Rd6) 25. Rd6) 22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Ne5) 21. Qf4 gxf6 22. exf6 Bd6 {Topalov,V (2702)-Lautier,J (2632) Monte Carlo 2000 CBM 076 [Tsesarsky,Ilya] 1-0} ({RR} 22... Rd5 23. Qh6+ Ke8 24. Qxg6+ Kd8 25. Qf7)) 8... h6 $146 ({RR} 8... Bb7 9. e4 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 c5 12. Bb5+ Bc6 13. Be2 Kf8 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Ne5 Bb7 16. O-O Qc8 17. h4 gxh4 18. Bxh4 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Qc3 e5 21. Qxe5 Re8 22. Nc4 Bd8 23. Qd6+ {Ortega,L (2452)-Trabert,B (2319) Letojanni 2002 1-0}) 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Ankara"]
[Date "2025.08.04"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "221"]
[EventDate "2025.08.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2025 Update 47"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2025.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hukukcu Fenerbahceliler"]
[BlackTeam "Guzelbahce Satranc"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. dxc5 Nf6 8. e3 {is cutting edge theory. ist die Avantgarde der Theorie.} ({RR} 8. Nc3 Qxc5 9. Qd4 Qe7 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Nc6 12. e3 O-O 13. a3 Rd8 14. Qg5 Qe4 15. Be2 Qc2 16. Nd4 Qxb2 17. O-O h6 18. Qh4 Rxd4 19. exd4 Qxe2 20. Rfe1 Qc4 21. Rac1 Qd5 22. Rc5 Qd6 {Kortschnoj,V (2635)-Marjanovic,S (2525) Titograd 1984 ½-½}) 8... Qxc5 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Bb5 $146 ({RR} 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Rd8 {½-½ (11) Conquest,S (2400)-Petursson,M (2520) Hastings 1986}) ({RR} 10. h3 O-O 11. a3 Rd8 12. Rc1 d4 13. Nb5 Qb6 14. Nbxd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Qxb2 16. Bc4 Qxa3 17. O-O Qe7 18. Qf3 Rb8 19. Ra1 Bd7 20. Rfb1 Rbc8 21. Bf1 Bc6 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. Ra6 Ne4 24. Rba1 Rc7 {Rostomyan,M (2282)-Altman,J (2218) Washington DC USA 2026 ½-½ (59)}) 10... O-O 11. h3 $146 (11. Rc1 Bg4 12. O-O Rfd8 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qb4 16. b3 c5 17. Rfd1 {1-0 Moranda,W (2594)-Fish,G (2460) BL2-Nord 1617 2016 (8.1)}) 11... Rd8 12. O-O Ne4 13. Bxc6 Nxc3 14. Rc1 Nxd1 15. Rxc5 Nxb2 16. Rxd5 Be6 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Bxb7 Bxa2 19. Nd4 Rb8 20. Ra1 Rxb7 21. Rxa2 Nd3 22. Nc6 Rb1+ 23. Kh2 g6 24. Nxa7 Rb6 25. Rd2 Nc5 26. Nc8 Re6 27. g4 Ne4 28. Rc2 Kg7 29. Kg2 h5 30. Na7 hxg4 31. hxg4 Nf6 32. Kf3 Nd7 33. Nb5 Ne5+ 34. Kg3 Rb6 35. Nd4 g5 36. Rc5 Kf6 37. Rd5 Ra6 38. Rb5 Ra1 39. Rb6+ Kg7 40. Rb5 Kf6 41. Rb6+ Kg7 42. f3 Rg1+ 43. Kf2 Ra1 44. Nf5+ Kh7 45. Rb5 Ra2+ 46. Kg3 Nc4 47. Rb1 Ra3 48. Kf2 Ra2+ 49. Kg3 Ra3 50. Re1 Kg6 51. Re2 Rd3 52. Rh2 f6 53. Rh6+ Kf7 54. Rh7+ Kf8 55. Rh8+ Kf7 56. Rh7+ Kf8 57. Re7 Nd6 58. Re6 Nxf5+ 59. gxf5 Kf7 60. e4 Rd1 61. Ra6 Rg1+ 62. Kf2 Rb1 63. Ra7+ Kf8 64. Ke3 Rb3+ 65. Kf2 Rb1 66. Ra3 Ke7 67. Ke3 Rd1 68. Rd3 Ra1 69. Rd2 Kf7 70. Kf2 Rb1 71. Rd7+ Ke8 72. Rh7 Kf8 73. Rc7 Ra1 74. Rc3 Ke7 75. Ke3 Rd1 76. Ra3 Rd7 77. Ra1 Rd6 78. Kf2 Rd2+ 79. Kg3 Kf7 80. Ra7+ Kf8 81. Ra8+ Kg7 82. Ra7+ Kf8 83. Rh7 Kg8 84. Rc7 Kf8 85. Rb7 Re2 86. Kg4 Rh2 87. Ra7 Rh1 88. Kg3 Rg1+ 89. Kf2 Rb1 90. Ra3 Ke7 91. Ke3 Rd1 92. Rc3 Ke8 93. Rd3 Ra1 94. Ke2 Ke7 95. Rd1 Ra2+ 96. Ke3 Ra3+ 97. Kf2 Ra2+ 98. Kg3 Kf7 99. Rb1 Re2 100. Rb4 Ra2 101. Rb7+ Kf8 102. e5 Ra5 103. Rb8+ Ke7 104. Rb7+ Kf8 105. Rb6 Rxe5 106. Rxf6+ Ke7 107. Re6+ Rxe6 108. fxe6 Kxe6 109. Kg4 Kf6 110. f4 gxf4 111. Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 17th Jan Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Oparin, G."]
[Black "Bluebaum, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "209"]
[EventDate "2023.01.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. c5 ({RR} 7. b3 dxc4 8. bxc4 e5 9. c5 Be7 10. dxe5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Ne4 12. Ba3 Bxc5 13. e3 Be6 14. Rc1 Rfd8 15. Ne1 Bxa3 16. Nxa3 Ng5 17. Nb5 Nh3+ 18. Bxh3 Bxh3 19. Nxc7 Rac8 20. Nb5 Nxe5 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 {Giri,A (2748)-Firouzja,A (2766) Zagreb 2025 0-1 (41)}) ({RR} 7. Bg5 dxc4 8. Nbd2 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nxc4 e5 11. dxe5 Bxe5 12. Qc1 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. e3 Bb6 15. b4 c6 16. a4 Bc7 17. b5 Bd7 18. Rb1 Rab8 19. Qa3 Bf5 20. Rbc1 cxb5 21. axb5 a6 {Horvath,D (2557)-Engel,L (2560) St. Pauli GER 2026 ½-½ (45)}) 7... Be7 8. a3 ({RR} 8. Nc3 b6 9. cxb6 axb6 10. a3 Na5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. e4 Nc4 14. Ra2 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Bb7 16. Qd3 Nd6 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. b4 Ba6 19. Qe3 Bxf1 20. Kxf1 Nf5 21. Qc3 c5 22. bxc5 bxc5 {Rangel,D (2177)-Bluebaum,M (2647) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (37)}) 8... b6 $146 ({RR} 8... a5 9. Nc3 b6 10. cxb6 cxb6 11. Bf4 Ba6 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Re1 b5 {½-½ (13) Hlozek,M (2051)-Babula,M (2012) Stare Mesto 2025} ({RR} 13... h6 14. h3 b5 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. e4 d4 18. Qxd4 g5 19. Be3 Bc5)) 9. b4 Ne4 10. Bb2 f5 11. Nbd2 bxc5 12. bxc5 Rb8 13. Qc2 Ba6 14. Rfe1 Bf6 15. e3 Qd7 16. Rab1 Rb7 17. Ba1 Rfb8 18. Rxb7 Rxb7 19. Rb1 Qc8 20. Rb2 Rxb2 21. Bxb2 Qb7 22. Ne1 Na5 23. Bc3 Nc4 24. Nxc4 Bxc4 25. Bb2 Nxc5 26. Qxc4 dxc4 27. Bxb7 Nxb7 28. Nc2 c5 29. Kf1 Kf7 30. Ke2 Ke7 31. Bc3 Kd7 32. Kd2 cxd4 33. Bxd4 Bxd4 34. Nxd4 Nc5 35. f3 Na4 36. h4 a6 37. h5 g6 38. h6 e5 39. Ne2 Kd6 40. Ng1 Ke6 41. Nh3 Kf6 42. f4 Nc5 43. Kc3 Ne4+ 44. Kxc4 g5 45. fxe5+ Kxe5 46. Kb4 Kf6 47. Ka5 Nxg3 48. Kxa6 Nf1 49. Kb5 Nxe3 50. a4 g4 51. Nf4 Kg5 52. Ne6+ Kxh6 53. a5 g3 54. Nf4 Kg5 55. Ne2 g2 56. a6 Nd5 57. a7 Nc7+ 58. Kc6 Na8 59. Kb7 f4 60. Ng1 Kg4 61. Kxa8 f3 62. Nxf3 Kxf3 63. Kb8 g1=Q 64. a8=Q+ Kg3 65. Qa3+ Kh2 66. Qb2+ Kh3 67. Qh8 Qg3+ 68. Ka7 Qc7+ 69. Ka6 Qd6+ 70. Ka7 Qg6 71. Qc3+ Kh2 72. Qd2+ Kh1 73. Qd5+ Kh2 74. Qd2+ Kg3 75. Qe3+ Kg4 76. Qe2+ Kh3 77. Qf3+ Kh4 78. Qf4+ Kh5 79. Qf3+ Qg4 80. Qh1+ Kg6 81. Qc6+ Kg5 82. Qd5+ Qf5 83. Qg2+ Kf6 84. Qc6+ Kg7 85. Qg2+ Kf7 86. Qa2+ Qe6 87. Qf2+ Qf6 88. Qh2 Qe7+ 89. Ka8 Qe8+ 90. Kb7 Qe4+ 91. Ka7 Qd4+ 92. Ka8 Qd5+ 93. Ka7 h5 94. Qf4+ Kg6 95. Qg3+ Kf5 96. Qh3+ Kf4 97. Qh4+ Ke3 98. Qh3+ Qf3 99. Qe6+ Kf2 100. Qa2+ Kg1 101. Qb1+ Kg2 102. Qg6+ Kh1 103. Qg5 Qf2+ 104. Kb7 Qg2+ 105. Ka6 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 10th"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "2009.03.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "200"]
[EventDate "2009.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Finkel,Alexander} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. b3 Nc6 ({RR} 7... Bd6 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. N2f3 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Re8) ({RR} 7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bb4 9. Qc2 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Bd6 13. Bb2) 8. Bb2 ({RR} 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. Bb2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. Bxd4 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Qf3 a6 15. Rfd1 Qe6) 8... cxd4 ({RR} 8... Bd6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Qc2 Bb6 13. Rfe1 Bg4 14. a3 Rc8) 9. Nxd4 Bd6 ({RR} 9... Bb4 10. a3 Ba5 11. b4 Bb6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qc2 Qd6 14. Rc1 Bd7 15. Bd3 ({RR} 15. Ba6 O-O 16. O-O Rae8 17. Qc3 Re6 18. Rfd1 d4 19. exd4 Nd5 20. Qf3) 15... a5 16. O-O axb4 17. axb4 O-O ({RR} 17... Qxb4 18. Ra1 O-O 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Bxh7+ Kg7 21. Bd3 Qc5) 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Bd3 Ra3 21. Nb1 ({RR} 21. Nb3 Rfa8 22. Qd1 Qg5 23. Re1 R8a4 24. Nd4 Bxd4 25. exd4 Rxb4 26. Ra1) 21... Ra1 22. Qe2 ({RR} 22. Nc3 Ra3 23. Na4 Bc7 24. Nc5) 22... g6 23. Kh1 ({RR} 23. Nc3) 23... Kg7 24. Nc3 {Karpov,A (2693)-Shirov,A (2737) Bastia 2003 CBM 098 [Finkel,Alexander] 0-1}) ({RR} 9... Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. h3 Be6 13. O-O Rc8 14. Qf3 a6 15. Rfd1) 10. Rc1 ({RR} 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Qe7 13. Nf3 Be6 14. Rc1 Ba3 15. Rb1 Rfc8 16. Bb2 Bf5) ({RR} 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Rc1 Bd7 13. N2f3 a6 14. a3 Qe7 15. a4 Ne4 16. Qd3 Rad8 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Qxa6 Nc5 19. Qa5 Rb8 20. Qc3 f6 21. Nd4 Rb7 22. Qc2 Nxb3 23. Nxb3 Reb8 24. Bd1 Rxb3 {Khaleev,T (1938)-Todorovic,G (2262) Belgrade SRB 2025 ½-½ (36)}) 10... Bd7 11. Nxc6 $146 ({RR} 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Ba3 14. Rc3 Bb2 15. Rd3 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 Rc8 17. Nf3 Bf5 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Re8 20. h3 a6 21. Rd1 Qa5 22. Qe2 Qa3 23. Ra4 Qc5 24. Qe1 h6 25. Rad4 Re7 {Schurick-Rodo (2668) Playchess.com INT 2007 0-1 (73)}) 11... bxc6 12. Ba6 Rb8 13. O-O O-O 14. Nc4 Be7 15. Ne5 Rb6 16. Bd3 c5 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Qc2 g6 19. Rfd1 Qe6 20. Qc3 Rd8 21. Bf1 Qf5 22. Qe5 Qxe5 23. Bxe5 Re6 24. Bc7 Rc8 25. Ba5 Rd6 26. Rc2 Bd8 27. Bxd8 Rdxd8 28. Rdc1 Nd7 29. g3 Rc6 30. Bb5 Rd6 31. Bxd7 R8xd7 32. Rxc5 d4 33. exd4 Rxd4 34. Ra5 Rd2 35. Rc3 Re7 36. a3 Kg7 37. b4 h5 38. Kg2 Ree2 39. Rf3 Re7 40. h3 Rc7 41. Ra6 Re7 42. Rf4 Rc7 43. a4 Re7 44. Rc6 Rb2 45. b5 Rd7 46. Rcc4 Ra2 47. Rc6 Rb2 48. h4 Re7 49. Rc3 a6 50. bxa6 Rb6 51. Ra3 Rxa6 52. Kf3 Ra5 53. Re4 Rd7 54. Ke2 Rad5 55. Ra2 Kf8 56. Rb2 Kg7 57. Ra2 Kf8 58. f4 Kg7 59. Re5 Rd3 60. Kf2 Rc3 61. Re3 Rc5 62. a5 Ra7 63. Re5 Rc3 64. Rb5 Ra6 65. f5 Kh6 66. fxg6 fxg6 67. Rg5 Rf6+ 68. Kg2 Rcc6 69. Re5 Rc7 70. Rb5 Ra7 71. Rf2 Rfa6 72. Ra2 Rf6 73. Kh3 Rd6 74. Rc2 Rda6 75. Rcc5 Rd6 76. Rd5 Re6 77. Rb2 Rea6 78. Ra2 Re6 79. Rg5 Rea6 80. Kg2 Ra8 81. Ra3 Re8 82. Rb5 Rf6 83. Ra2 Ra8 84. Re5 Ra7 85. Rb2 Rfa6 86. Rbb5 Rf6 87. Kh3 Rd6 88. Rg5 Rda6 89. g4 hxg4+ 90. Kxg4 Rc7 91. h5 Rc4+ 92. Kf3 gxh5 93. Rxh5+ Kg6 94. Ke3 Rd6 95. Rhf5 Ra4 96. Rf2 Ra6 97. Rff5 Rd6 98. Rf8 Kg7 99. Rf1 Kg6 100. Rff5 Ra3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "56th Biel GM 2023"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2023.07.20"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Navara, D."]
[Black "Moussard, J."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "189"]
[EventDate "2023.07.18"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 c6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Bg5 ({RR} 11. Nc3 Qb6 12. e4 c5 13. e5 Nd5 14. Bg5 Nb4 15. Qb1 Bxf3 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Bxe7 Bxd1 18. Qxd1 Rac8 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Ne4 Rd8 21. Qe2 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Nc6 23. Rc1 Nxe5 24. Qh5 f5 25. h3 h6 {Van Foreest,J (2735)-Sindarov,J (2776) Bucharest ROU 2026 0-1 (53)}) 11... Qb6 12. Nbd2 $146 ({RR} 12. a4 a5 13. Nc3 h6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Ne5 Rfd8 16. e3 Rac8 17. Rac1 Bd6 18. Nd3 Ba6 19. h4 b4 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 c5 23. d5 Be5 24. b3 Qc7 25. Qc4 exd5 26. Bxd5 Qe7 {Kourkoulos Arditis,S (2535)-Stoyanov,T (2442) Thessaloniki 2022 1-0 (47)}) ({RR} 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. Bxe7 Qxf2+ 15. Kh1 Qxg2+ 16. Kxg2 Ne3+ 17. Kf2 Nxc2 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. Nc3 Nxa1 20. Rxa1 Rd8 21. Ke3 a6 22. b4 c5 23. bxc5 Rc8 24. Kd4 Rd8+ 25. Ke3 Rc8 26. Kd4 Rd8+ {So,W (2753)-Vestby-Ellingsen,M (2385) chess.com INT 2026 ½-½}) 12... Rfd8 13. a4 c5 14. axb5 Qxb5 15. Qb3 Qxb3 16. Nxb3 Bd5 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Ne5 Bxg2 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Kxg2 Rd5 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Nd3 Bb6 24. Rc1 f5 25. h3 Kg7 26. Rc8 Rb5 27. Rb8 e5 28. g4 Kf6 29. b4 e4 30. Nf4 fxg4 31. hxg4 Kg5 32. e3 Kxg4 33. Rb7 Rf5 34. Ne2 Rb5 35. Rxf7 Rxb4 36. Nc3 Kg5 37. Rxh7 Kf5 38. Kg3 Rc4 39. Nb5 Rc1 40. Rh5+ Ke6 41. Kf4 Rf1 42. Rh6+ Ke7 43. Kg3 Bxe3 44. fxe3 Rf3+ 45. Kg4 Rxe3 46. Kf5 Rf3+ 47. Ke5 e3 48. Nd4 Rf7 49. Nf5+ Kd7 50. Nxe3 Re7+ 51. Kd4 Re6 52. Rh7+ Re7 53. Rh5 Re6 54. Nd5 Re1 55. Rh7+ Kd6 56. Rxa7 Rd1+ 57. Ke4 Re1+ 58. Ne3 Re2 59. Ra3 Re1 60. Kd4 Re2 61. Ra6+ Ke7 62. Nd5+ Kf7 63. Ra7+ Kf8 64. Nf4 Re1 65. Kd5 Ke8 66. Kd6 Rd1+ 67. Nd5 Rd2 68. Re7+ Kf8 69. Rb7 Rd1 70. Rb3 Kf7 71. Rf3+ Kg6 72. Ke6 Re1+ 73. Ne3 Kg5 74. Ke5 Kg6 75. Ke6 Kg5 76. Kf7 Ra1 77. Rf5+ Kh4 78. Kf6 Ra6+ 79. Ke5 Ra5+ 80. Nd5 Kg4 81. Rf4+ Kg3 82. Rb4 Kf3 83. Rb3+ Kg4 84. Rc3 Rb5 85. Ra3 Kh4 86. Ke4 Kg4 87. Ra7 Kg3 88. Rg7+ Kf2 89. Rf7+ Kg3 90. Rf3+ Kg4 91. Rf5 Kg3 92. Rf3+ Kg4 93. Ne3+ Kg5 94. Rf5+ Rxf5 95. Nxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd 3-0 Thu 11th Dec 2025"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.12.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Black "Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "182"]
[EventDate "2025.12.11"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bd6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. a3 ({RR} 7. b3 dxc4 8. bxc4 e5 9. c5 Be7 10. dxe5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Ne4 12. Ba3 Bxc5 13. Bxc5 Nxc5 14. Nc3 Be6 15. Nb5 Bc4 16. Nxc7 Rac8 17. Rdc1 Na5 18. Nd2 Rxc7 19. Nxc4 Nab3 20. axb3 Nxb3 21. Rcb1 Nxa1 {Giri,A (2777)-Artemiev,V (2699) chess24.com INT 2021 0-1 (35)}) 7... a5 8. Qc2 ({RR} 8. b3 dxc4 9. bxc4 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. c5 Bxc5 12. Nxe5 Re8 13. Bb2 Nbd7 14. Nd3 Ba7 15. Nd2 Nc5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. e4 Ng4 18. h3 Ne5 19. Qc2 Ba7 20. Kh1 c6 21. f4 Ng6 22. dxc6 bxc6 {Deac,B (2655)-Baches Garcia,G (2305) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (34)}) 8... a4 9. cxd5 $146 ({RR} 9. c5 Be7 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. e3 b6 12. Nxa4 Nxd4 13. exd4 Bxa4 14. b3 Bb5 15. Rd1 Ne4 16. Be3 f5 17. a4 Be8 18. Ne5 Bf6 19. cxb6 cxb6 20. Rdc1 Ra7 21. Nc6 Bxc6 22. Qxc6 Re7 23. Rc2 g5 {Hamitevici,V (2449)-Stankovic,M (2421) Chisinau MDA 2025 ½-½ (46)}) ({RR} 9. c5 Be7 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Bd2 f5 13. Nxa4 g5 14. e3 g4 15. Ne1 Nxd4 16. exd4 Bxa4 17. b3 Bb5 18. Nd3 Nf6 19. a4 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Qd7 21. a5 Ne4 22. b4 c6 23. Bf4 Bf6 {Lazavik,D (2605)-Carlsen,M (2840) London ENG 2026 0-1 (50)}) ({RR} 9. c5 Be7 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. e3 b6 12. Nxa4 Nxd4 13. exd4 Bxa4 14. b3 Bb5 15. Rd1 Ne4 16. Be3 f5 17. a4 Be8 18. Ne5 Bf6 19. cxb6 cxb6 20. Rdc1 Ra7 21. Nc6 Bxc6 22. Qxc6 Re7 23. Rc2 g5 {Hamitevici,V (2449)-Stankovic,M (2421) Kishinev 2025 ½-½ (46)}) 9... exd5 10. Nc3 Bg4 11. Rd1 Qd7 12. Ne5 Nxd4 13. Rxd4 Bxe5 14. Rxa4 Bf5 15. Qb3 c6 16. Rxa8 Rxa8 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. e3 Be6 20. Qc2 Bf5 21. Qb3 d4 22. exd4 Bxd4 23. Rd1 Bg4 24. Re1 Rd8 25. h4 Qc7 26. Ne4 Qb6 27. Qxb6 Bxb6 28. b4 Ra8 29. Nc5 Bxc5 30. bxc5 Bf5 31. Re7 Rb8 32. a4 Kf8 33. Rc7 Bd3 34. a5 Ra8 35. Rxb7 Rxa5 36. Rb8+ Ke7 37. Rb7+ Kf6 38. Rb6 Rxc5 39. Rxc6+ Rxc6 40. Bxc6 Ke5 41. f4+ Kd4 42. Kf2 f6 43. Be8 Bc4 44. Bd7 Bd5 45. g4 Kc5 46. Kg3 Kd6 47. Bf5 g5 48. fxg5 hxg5 49. hxg5 fxg5 50. Bd3 Ke5 51. Be2 Kd4 52. Bf3 Bc4 53. Bg2 Ke3 54. Bf3 Bf1 55. Bg2 Be2 56. Bh1 Bd1 57. Bg2 Bc2 58. Bh1 Bd3 59. Bg2 Bg6 60. Bh1 Bf7 61. Bg2 Bc4 62. Bh1 Bb5 63. Bg2 Bd7 64. Bh1 Bc8 65. Bg2 Kd4 66. Bh1 Ke5 67. Bf3 Kd6 68. Bg2 Bd7 69. Bf3 Kc5 70. Bg2 Bb5 71. Bf3 Kb4 72. Bg2 Bc4 73. Bf3 Kc3 74. Bg2 Kb2 75. Bf3 Bb3 76. Bg2 Kc1 77. Bf3 Bc2 78. Bg2 Kd2 79. Bf3 Bd3 80. Bg2 Bc4 81. Bf3 Bf1 82. Bg2 Bxg2 83. Kxg2 Ke2 84. Kg3 Ke3 85. Kg2 Ke2 86. Kg3 Kd3 87. Kf3 Kd4 88. Kg3 Ke4 89. Kg2 Kf4 90. Kh3 Kf3 91. Kh2 Kxg4 0-1

[Event "Clash of Claims 2024"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "2024.06.08"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "2024.06.07"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Qc2 Be7 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Bf4 c6 10. Nbd2 Nh5 11. Be3 Nhf6 ({RR} 11... b6 12. Ne1 Ba6 13. Nd3 Nhf6 14. h3 Rc8 15. b3 c5 16. Qb2 h6 17. Rac1 Re8 18. Rfd1 Bd6 19. Nf3 Qe7 20. Nde5 cxd4 21. Qxd4 Ba3 22. Rc2 Bc5 23. Qd3 Red8 24. Bxc5 Nxc5 25. Qe3 dxc4 26. Nd4 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2727)-Keymer,V (2717) Kolkata IND 2023 1-0 (44)}) 12. Rac1 $146 ({RR} 12. h3 b6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rfc1 Ba6 15. Bf1 Rc8 16. Qb3 b5 17. a4 b4 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nd7 20. Bd4 Bc5 21. Qe3 Qb6 22. Nb3 Bxd4 23. Nxd4 Bc4 24. b3 Ba6 25. f4 Nc5 26. Qf2 Ne4 {Gormally,D (2424)-Royal,S (2520) Leamington Spa ENG 2024 0-1 (32)}) ({RR} 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 a4 17. Rad1 Ra5 18. Rfe1 Bf6 19. Ne5 Qc7 20. Ng4 Be7 21. Qe2 Rd8 22. Rd3 Bf8 23. Red1 Bd7 24. Ne3 Be8 25. c5 Be7 26. Nc4 Ra6 {Krasteva,B (2323)-Georgescu,L (2261) Weissenhorn GER 2026 1-0 (41)}) 12... b6 13. Bf4 Nh5 14. Be5 Ba6 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Rfe1 Rc8 17. Bc7 Qe8 18. Qa4 Nhf6 19. e3 Nc5 20. Qxe8 Rfxe8 21. Bxb6 Nd3 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rb1 a4 24. Bf1 Ng4 25. b4 axb3 26. Nxb3 Ngxf2 27. Nc5 Bc4 28. Nxd3 Nxd3 29. a4 Ra8 30. a5 f6 31. Nd2 Ba6 32. Rb3 Nb4 33. Bxa6 Rxa6 34. Rc3 Ra8 35. Nb3 e5 36. Rc7 Bd6 37. Rd7 Bf8 38. Nc5 exd4 39. exd4 Nc6 40. Rxd5 Nxa5 41. Ne6 Nc4 42. Bc5 Bxc5 43. dxc5 Ne5 44. Nd4 Ra1+ 45. Kg2 Rc1 46. Rd8+ Kf7 47. c6 Rc4 48. Rd5 h5 49. h3 g6 50. Rd6 Ke7 51. Re6+ Kf7 52. Rd6 Rc5 53. Kf2 Rc3 54. Ke2 Rc5 55. Rd8 Rc3 56. Rd6 g5 57. h4 g4 58. Nf5 Nxc6 59. Kd2 Rc5 60. Ne3 Ne5 61. Rd4 Ra5 62. Rb4 Ra3 63. Ke2 Ra2+ 64. Kf1 Ra1+ 65. Ke2 Ra2+ 66. Kf1 Kg6 67. Rb6 Rd2 68. Ra6 Rd8 69. Ng2 Kf5 70. Ra4 Rd3 71. Rf4+ Kg6 72. Kf2 Ra3 73. Rd4 Rf3+ 74. Ke1 Rxg3 75. Nf4+ Kf5 76. Nxh5 Rh3 77. Rf4+ Kg6 78. Rxf6+ Kxh5 79. Rf5+ Kxh4 80. Rxe5 Rf3 81. Re8 Rf7 82. Re3 g3 83. Re6 Kh3 84. Rh6+ Kg2 85. Re6 Kh2 86. Rh6+ Kg1 87. Re6 g2 88. Ke2 Rh7 89. Rg6 Kh1 90. Kf2 Rf7+ 0-1

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 6th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden Baden"]
[Date "2019.04.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2019.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 h6 6. Bf4 ({RR} 6. Bh4 Be7 7. Qc2 O-O 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Bc4 N5f6 11. Nc3 c5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. Be2 Bd7 15. Qb3 Rab8 16. a4 Rfc8 17. a5 Nc6 18. Rfd1 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Bc6 20. Bb5 a6 {Mamedyarov,S (2817)-Karjakin,S (2753) Kolkata 2018 ½-½}) ({RR} 6. Bh4 Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 g5 8. Bg3 g4 9. a3 Bd6 10. Ne5 h5 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Bh4 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. h3 g3 15. fxg3 Rg8 16. Qxh5 Qa4 17. Be2 Bb4+ 18. Kf2 Bd6 19. Qh7 Kf8 20. c5 Bd7 {Martinez Ramirez,L (2412)-Arshpreet Singh (2312) chess.com INT 2026 1-0}) 6... dxc4 $146 ({RR} 6... b6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Qa4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O Ne4 12. Rac1 g5 13. Bg3 h5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Bb5 Ndf6 16. Be5 Nh7 17. h3 f6 18. Bh2 g4 19. hxg4 hxg4 20. Nh4 f5 21. Ng6 {Hansen,C-Rasmussen,K Denmark 1980 1-0}) ({RR} 6... Be7 7. Nc3 c6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Bd3 a6 12. h3 Bb7 13. a4 b4 14. Ne4 c5 15. Nd6 Bc6 16. Ne5 Bxd6 17. Nxc6 Qc7 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Na5 cxd4 20. Nc4 Qc7 21. exd4 {Florescu,C (2293)-Sjugirov,S (2661) Chess.com INT 2021 0-1 (52)}) 7. Bxc4 Bd6 8. Bxd6 cxd6 9. Nc3 d5 10. Bd3 b6 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. f4 O-O 13. O-O Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Qa4 Nf6 16. f5 Qe7 17. h3 a5 18. Ng4 Nxg4 19. hxg4 Qg5 20. Rf4 exf5 21. Qd7 Bc8 22. Qc6 Rb8 23. gxf5 Bxf5 24. Nxe4 Qg6 25. Qxg6 Bxg6 26. Nd6 Rfd8 27. Nb5 Rbc8 28. Rd1 f6 29. a3 Rc2 30. Rf2 Rc4 31. Rfd2 Be8 32. Nc3 b5 33. Kf2 f5 34. d5 Kf7 35. Rd4 Rdc8 36. e4 Kf6 37. Rxc4 bxc4 38. Ke3 Ke5 39. exf5 Rb8 40. Rd2 h5 41. g3 Bd7 42. d6 Kxf5 43. Rd5+ Ke6 44. Kd4 Bc6 45. Rxh5 Rxb2 46. Rxa5 Kxd6 47. Rg5 Bg2 48. Rg6+ Ke7 49. Rxg7+ Kf6 50. Rg4 Bh3 51. Rf4+ Ke7 52. Kxc4 Be6+ 53. Kd3 Rg2 54. Ne2 Rh2 55. Ke3 Rh1 56. Ra4 Re1 57. Kf2 Ra1 58. Ra5 Kf6 59. Nc3 Bf5 60. Nd5+ Kf7 61. Ke3 Bc2 62. g4 Ke6 63. Nf4+ Kd6 64. Ne2 Rd1 65. g5 Rd3+ 66. Kf2 Rd2 67. Ke3 Rd3+ 68. Kf2 Rd2 69. g6 Ke7 70. Ra7+ Kf8 71. Ke3 Rd3+ 72. Kf4 Bd1 73. Ng1 Rd6 74. Kg5 Rd5+ 75. Kf4 Rd6 76. Rf7+ Kg8 77. Kg5 Ra6 78. Kh6 Bc2 79. Rg7+ Kf8 80. Nf3 Rxa3 81. Ng5 Ra6 82. Nh7+ Ke8 83. Rg8+ Ke7 84. Rg7+ Ke8 85. Kg5 Rxg6+ 86. Rxg6 Bxg6 87. Kxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Valjevo"]
[Site "Valjevo"]
[Date "2007.06.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Roiz, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "2007.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Aronian,Levon} Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nbd2 dxc4 ({RR} 6... Nd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. a3 g5 9. h3 ({RR} 9. e3 Bg7) ({RR} 9. e4 g4 10. e5 Qd8 ({RR} 10... Qf5 11. Ng1 ({RR} 11. Nh4 Qf4 12. Nb3 Be7) 11... c5 12. cxd5 cxd4 13. dxe6 Qxe5+ 14. Qe2 fxe6) 11. Ng1 Qb6 12. Nb3 a5 ({RR} 12... c5 13. Bd3 cxd4 14. f4) 13. c5 Qd8 14. Nd2 Rg8) 9... h5 10. cxd5 ({RR} 10. e4 g4 11. e5 Qg7) 10... exd5 11. e4 g4 12. e5 Qg7 13. Nh4 Qg5 14. g3 f6 15. e6 Nb6 16. Rc3 ({RR} 16. Bd3 Bxe6 17. Ng6 Rg8) 16... Bxe6 17. Re3 Kd7 ({RR} 17... Qg8 18. Ng6 Bh6 ({RR} 18... Qxg6 19. Bd3 f5 20. hxg4) 19. Nxh8 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Qxh8 21. hxg4 Qg7 22. g5) 18. Bd3 Re8 ({RR} 18... Nc4 19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. Ne4 Qa5+ 21. Kf1) ({RR} 18... Bd6 19. Rxe6 Kxe6 20. Nf5 Kd7) 19. Ng6 Rg8 ({RR} 19... Nc4 20. h4 Qh6 ({RR} 20... Nxe3 21. Qb3 Qh6 22. Qxb7+ Kd6 23. Nxh8) 21. Nxc4 dxc4 22. d5) 20. Nf4 Bh6 ({RR} 20... Bf7 21. Rxe8 Kxe8 22. hxg4 Qxg4 23. Be2 Qd7 24. Bxh5 Bd6) 21. Bh7 {Aronian,L (2739)-Anand,V (2799) Nice 2008 CBM 123 Extra [Aronian,Levon] 1-0 (50)} {RR} Rg7 22. h4 Qxf4 23. gxf4 Rxh7 24. Nb3) ({RR} 6... g6 7. Qc2 Qe7 8. g3 Bg7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. Rc1 c5 11. cxd5 cxd4 12. Qxc8 Rxc8 13. Rxc8+ Kh7 14. h4 Bf6 15. Ne4 exd5 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. O-O Kg7 18. Rfc1 d3 19. exd3 Qxb2 20. Re1 Qxa2 21. g4 {Bu Xiangzhi (2676)-Hovhannisyan,R (2607) Benasque ESP 2023 1-0 (39)}) 7. e3 g6 8. Bxc4 $146 ({RR} 8. Rc1 Nd7 9. Nxc4 Bb4+ 10. Ncd2 c6 11. a3 Bxd2+ 12. Nxd2 O-O 13. Bc4 b6 14. O-O Bb7 15. b4 a5 16. Be2 axb4 17. axb4 c5 18. Bb5 cxd4 19. Bxd7 dxe3 20. fxe3 Qg5 21. e4 Rfd8 22. Rc7 Qe3+ {Nikolic,P (2631)-Pavasovic,D (2567) Valjevo 2007 1-0 (35)}) 8... Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. b4 Qe7 11. Rb1 Nd7 12. Qc2 c6 13. a4 b6 14. a5 Rb8 15. Rfc1 Bb7 16. Bd3 Rfc8 17. a6 Ba8 18. e4 c5 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Rxb8 Rxb8 21. dxc5 Rc8 22. Nb3 Nxc5 23. Nxc5 Bf8 24. Ne5 Rxc5 25. Qxc5 Qxc5 26. Rxc5 Bxc5 27. Kf1 Bd6 28. Nc4 Bc7 29. h4 Kf8 30. Ke2 Ke7 31. Ke3 Bc6 32. f4 Bb5 33. Nb2 Bb6+ 34. Ke2 Bc6 35. g4 Bd4 36. Nc4 Kd7 37. e5 Bc5 38. h5 gxh5 39. gxh5 Kc7 40. Na5 Ba4 41. Nb7 Be7 42. Na5 Kb6 43. Nc4+ Kc5 44. Ne3 Bf8 45. Kd2 Bc6 46. Ng4 Kd4 47. Ke2 Bg7 48. Ne3 Be8 49. Kd2 Bf8 50. Nc2+ Kc5 51. Ne3 Bc6 52. Ng4 Bg7 53. Ne3 Bf3 54. Be2 Bxe2 55. Kxe2 Kb5 56. Kd3 Kxa6 57. Kc4 Kb6 58. Nc2 Bf8 59. Ne3 Bg7 60. Nc2 Bf8 61. Ne3 a5 62. f5 exf5 63. Nxf5 a4 64. Nd4 a3 65. Nc2 Bc5 66. Na1 Kc6 67. Nb3 a2 68. Na1 Bb6 69. Nc2 Bc5 70. Na1 Be7 71. Nc2 Bf8 72. Kb3 Kd5 73. Kxa2 Kxe5 74. Kb3 Kf4 75. Kc4 Kg4 76. Kd5 Bg7 77. Ke4 f5+ 78. Ke3 Bf8 79. Ke2 Bc5 80. Ne1 Kxh5 81. Kf3 Kg5 82. Ng2 h5 83. Nf4 Ba7 84. Nd5 Bc5 85. Nf4 Kh6 86. Ng2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jermuk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2009.08.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Aronian,Levon} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nbd2 Be7 ({RR} 6... Nd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. a3 g5 9. h3 ({RR} 9. e3 Bg7) ({RR} 9. e4 g4 10. e5 Qd8 ({RR} 10... Qf5 11. Ng1 ({RR} 11. Nh4 Qf4 12. Nb3 Be7) 11... c5 12. cxd5 cxd4 13. dxe6 Qxe5+ 14. Qe2 fxe6) 11. Ng1 Qb6 12. Nb3 a5 ({RR} 12... c5 13. Bd3 cxd4 14. f4) 13. c5 Qd8 14. Nd2 Rg8) 9... h5 10. cxd5 ({RR} 10. e4 g4 11. e5 Qg7) 10... exd5 11. e4 g4 12. e5 Qg7 13. Nh4 Qg5 14. g3 f6 15. e6 Nb6 16. Rc3 ({RR} 16. Bd3 Bxe6 17. Ng6 Rg8) 16... Bxe6 17. Re3 Kd7 ({RR} 17... Qg8 18. Ng6 Bh6 ({RR} 18... Qxg6 19. Bd3 f5 20. hxg4) 19. Nxh8 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Qxh8 21. hxg4 Qg7 22. g5) 18. Bd3 Re8 ({RR} 18... Nc4 19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. Ne4 Qa5+ 21. Kf1) ({RR} 18... Bd6 19. Rxe6 Kxe6 20. Nf5 Kd7) 19. Ng6 Rg8 ({RR} 19... Nc4 20. h4 Qh6 ({RR} 20... Nxe3 21. Qb3 Qh6 22. Qxb7+ Kd6 23. Nxh8) 21. Nxc4 dxc4 22. d5) 20. Nf4 Bh6 ({RR} 20... Bf7 21. Rxe8 Kxe8 22. hxg4 Qxg4 23. Be2 Qd7 24. Bxh5 Bd6) 21. Bh7 {Aronian,L (2739)-Anand,V (2799) Nice 2008 CBM 123 Extra [Aronian,Levon] 1-0 (50)} {RR} Rg7 22. h4 Qxf4 23. gxf4 Rxh7 24. Nb3) 7. a3 $146 ({RR} 7. Qb3 O-O 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Qxd5 c5 10. Qe5 Nc6 11. Qxf6 Bxf6 12. Ne4 Bxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. O-O-O Be6 15. e3 Nf5 16. b3 Rfd8 17. Bc4 b6 18. g4 Ne7 19. h3 Nc6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2768)-Wojtaszek,R (2735) Tromsoe 2014 ½-½ (42)}) ({RR} 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qb3 c4 11. Qb5 Qd6 12. e4 a6 13. Qxd5 Qxd5 14. exd5 b5 15. b3 Ba3 16. Rc3 Bb4 17. Rc1 c3 18. Nb1 c2+ 19. Nbd2 Bf5 20. Be2 Re8 {0-1 (20) Daulet,A (2166)-Bluebaum,M (2684) chess.com INT 2026}) ({RR} 7. e3 O-O 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O Nc6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. Qd2 Bg4 14. a4 a6 15. a5 Ba7 16. Ra4 Bd7 17. Rd1 Rfd8 18. Ra3 Rac8 19. Nbd4 Bc5 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. b4 Ba7 {Epishin,V (2598)-Roiz,M (2645) Trieste 2010 ½-½ (43)}) 7... c5 8. e4 cxd4 9. cxd5 exd5 10. exd5 O-O 11. Ne4 Qf4 12. Qxd4 Re8 13. Be2 Bxa3 14. Rxa3 Rxe4 15. Qd2 Nd7 16. Qxf4 Rxf4 17. O-O Rb4 18. b3 Nf6 19. Rd1 Bf5 20. Nd4 Be4 21. d6 a6 22. Bf3 Rd8 23. Bxe4 Nxe4 24. Nf5 Rb5 25. f3 Nc3 26. Ne7+ Kf8 27. Rd3 Ne2+ 28. Kf2 Nc1 29. Rd1 Nxb3 30. g4 g6 31. h4 Nc5 32. Rc3 Ne6 33. Re3 Kg7 34. Kg3 Rb6 35. Red3 a5 36. h5 a4 37. hxg6 fxg6 38. d7 Ra6 39. Nc8 a3 40. Ra1 a2 41. Rd2 b5 42. Raxa2 Rxa2 43. Rxa2 Rxd7 44. Ra6 Nd4 45. Rb6 Ne2+ 46. Kf2 Nc3 47. Kg3 Rd3 48. Na7 Rd5 49. Kf2 h5 50. Kg3 Ne2+ 51. Kf2 Nd4 52. Kg3 Kh6 53. Rb8 Kg5 54. f4+ Kh6 55. Rb6 Ne2+ 56. Kf3 Nc3 57. Kg3 Rd3+ 58. Kh4 Nd5 59. Rd6 Nxf4 60. g5+ Kg7 61. Rxd3 Nxd3 62. Nxb5 Kf7 63. Nd4 Ke7 64. Kg3 Kd6 65. Nf3 Kd5 66. Nh4 Ne5 67. Kf4 Kd4 68. Ng2 Nd3+ 69. Kf3 Ke5 70. Nh4 Nf4 71. Ke3 Nd5+ 72. Kf2 Ne7 73. Kf3 Kd4 74. Kf4 Kd5 75. Nf3 Nf5 76. Ne5 Nh4 77. Nf7 Ke6 78. Nh8 Ke7 79. Kg3 Kf8 80. Kxh4 Kg7 81. Nxg6 Kxg6 82. Kg3 Kxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Swiss 2023"]
[Site "Douglas IOM"]
[Date "2023.10.26"]
[Round "2.42"]
[White "Vidit, S."]
[Black "Gupta, Ab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2023.10.25"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 Ne4 8. Be2 ({RR} 8. Bd3 f5 9. O-O Qf6 10. a4 a5 11. Ra2 Bb4 12. Qc1 O-O 13. Be2 b6 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qg6 17. Ba3 Bxa3 18. Qxa3 c5 19. Qc1 Bb7 20. f4 exf3 21. Bxf3 Qg5 22. e4 Qxc1 {Livaic,L (2569)-Anton Guijarro,D (2685) Vrnjacka Banja SRB 2023 0-1 (39)}) ({RR} 8. Bd3 f5 9. O-O Qf6 10. a4 O-O 11. Ba3 Bxa3 12. Rxa3 g5 13. b4 Rf7 14. Ne1 g4 15. Be2 Nf8 16. Nd3 Ng6 17. f4 gxf3 18. Nxf3 Rg7 19. Nf4 Qe7 20. Rb3 Bd7 21. Bd3 Ng5 22. Nxg5 Qxg5 {Valdes Escobar,A (2346)-Miranda Camus,J (2146) Santiago CHI 2025 ½-½ (48)}) 8... f5 9. Qc1 $146 ({RR} 9. O-O Qf6 10. Ne1 O-O 11. Ndf3 g5 12. Nd3 g4 13. Nfe5 Qh6 14. Qc1 Ndf6 15. Ba3 Bxa3 16. Qxa3 g3 17. hxg3 Nxg3 18. fxg3 Qxe3+ 19. Rf2 Ne4 20. Re1 dxc4 21. Bh5 Qg5 22. Rxe4 Rd8 23. Nf7 {1-0 (23) Krishna,C (2425)-Li Xueyi (2187) Budapest HUN 2024}) 9... O-O 10. O-O Qf6 11. Ba3 Bxa3 12. Qxa3 f4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 f3 15. gxf3 exf3 16. Bxf3 e5 17. Bg2 Qg6 18. Ne4 Nf6 19. Qd6 Bh3 20. Ng3 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 exd4 22. exd4 Kh8 23. Rae1 Rad8 24. Qc5 h5 25. h4 Qg4 26. Qg5 Rxd4 27. Re7 Rd7 28. Rfe1 Rf7 29. R7e2 Rd3 30. Re3 Rxe3 31. Rxe3 Rd7 32. Re2 Kh7 33. f3 Qxg5 34. hxg5 Ng8 35. f4 g6 36. Re6 Ne7 37. Ne4 Kg7 38. Nd6 b6 39. Rf6 c5 40. Kf3 Kg8 41. Nf7 Kg7 42. Ne5 Rc7 43. Rf7+ Kg8 44. a4 Rb7 45. Kg2 Rc7 46. Rf6 Kg7 47. Kh3 Rb7 48. Kg2 Rc7 49. Rf7+ Kg8 50. Kf3 Rb7 51. f5 gxf5 52. g6 Rc7 53. Kg3 a5 54. Kh3 Ra7 55. Rf6 Kg7 56. Rxb6 Ng8 57. Kh4 Re7 58. Nd3 Kh6 59. g7+ Kxg7 60. Kxh5 Re3 61. Nxc5 Ne7 62. Kg5 Re1 63. Ra6 Rg1+ 64. Kf4 Rf1+ 65. Ke3 Re1+ 66. Kf2 Rb1 67. Rxa5 Nc6 68. Rb5 Nd4 69. Rb7+ Kf6 70. Ke3 Rd1 71. a5 Kg5 72. Rg7+ Kf6 73. Rb7 Kg5 74. a6 f4+ 75. Ke4 Nf5 76. a7 Nd6+ 77. Kf3 Nxb7 78. a8=Q Nxc5 79. Qg8+ Kh5 80. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Swiss 2023"]
[Site "Douglas IOM"]
[Date "2023.10.26"]
[Round "2.42"]
[White "Vidit, S."]
[Black "Gupta, Ab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2023.10.25"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 Ne4 8. Be2 ({RR} 8. Bd3 f5 9. O-O Qf6 10. a4 a5 11. Ra2 Bb4 12. Qc1 O-O 13. Be2 b6 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qg6 17. Ba3 Bxa3 18. Qxa3 c5 19. Qc1 Bb7 20. f4 exf3 21. Bxf3 Qg5 22. e4 Qxc1 {Livaic,L (2569)-Anton Guijarro,D (2685) Vrnjacka Banja SRB 2023 0-1 (39)}) ({RR} 8. Bd3 f5 9. O-O Qf6 10. a4 O-O 11. Ba3 Bxa3 12. Rxa3 g5 13. b4 Rf7 14. Ne1 g4 15. Be2 Nf8 16. Nd3 Ng6 17. f4 gxf3 18. Nxf3 Rg7 19. Nf4 Qe7 20. Rb3 Bd7 21. Bd3 Ng5 22. Nxg5 Qxg5 {Valdes Escobar,A (2346)-Miranda Camus,J (2146) Santiago CHI 2025 ½-½ (48)}) 8... f5 9. Qc1 $146 ({RR} 9. O-O Qf6 10. Ne1 O-O 11. Ndf3 g5 12. Nd3 g4 13. Nfe5 Qh6 14. Qc1 Ndf6 15. Ba3 Bxa3 16. Qxa3 g3 17. hxg3 Nxg3 18. fxg3 Qxe3+ 19. Rf2 Ne4 20. Re1 dxc4 21. Bh5 Qg5 22. Rxe4 Rd8 23. Nf7 {1-0 (23) Krishna,C (2425)-Li Xueyi (2187) Budapest HUN 2024}) 9... O-O 10. O-O Qf6 11. Ba3 Bxa3 12. Qxa3 f4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 f3 15. gxf3 exf3 16. Bxf3 e5 17. Bg2 Qg6 18. Ne4 Nf6 19. Qd6 Bh3 20. Ng3 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 exd4 22. exd4 Kh8 23. Rae1 Rad8 24. Qc5 h5 25. h4 Qg4 26. Qg5 Rxd4 27. Re7 Rd7 28. Rfe1 Rf7 29. R7e2 Rd3 30. Re3 Rxe3 31. Rxe3 Rd7 32. Re2 Kh7 33. f3 Qxg5 34. hxg5 Ng8 35. f4 g6 36. Re6 Ne7 37. Ne4 Kg7 38. Nd6 b6 39. Rf6 c5 40. Kf3 Kg8 41. Nf7 Kg7 42. Ne5 Rc7 43. Rf7+ Kg8 44. a4 Rb7 45. Kg2 Rc7 46. Rf6 Kg7 47. Kh3 Rb7 48. Kg2 Rc7 49. Rf7+ Kg8 50. Kf3 Rb7 51. f5 gxf5 52. g6 Rc7 53. Kg3 a5 54. Kh3 Ra7 55. Rf6 Kg7 56. Rxb6 Ng8 57. Kh4 Re7 58. Nd3 Kh6 59. g7+ Kxg7 60. Kxh5 Re3 61. Nxc5 Ne7 62. Kg5 Re1 63. Ra6 Rg1+ 64. Kf4 Rf1+ 65. Ke3 Re1+ 66. Kf2 Rb1 67. Rxa5 Nc6 68. Rb5 Nd4 69. Rb7+ Kf6 70. Ke3 Rd1 71. a5 Kg5 72. Rg7+ Kf6 73. Rb7 Kg5 74. a6 f4+ 75. Ke4 Nf5 76. a7 Nd6+ 77. Kf3 Nxb7 78. a8=Q Nxc5 79. Qg8+ Kh5 80. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 27th Jan 2026"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2026.01.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Indjic, A."]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2026.01.27"]

1. d4 {Lutz,Christopher} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. a4 c6 7. Nc3 a6 ({RR} 7... b4 8. Ne2 ({RR} 8. Nb1 Ba6 9. Qc1 c3 10. bxc3 Bxf1 11. Kxf1 Nbd7 ({RR} 11... h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nbd2 bxc3 14. Qxc3 a5 15. Nc4 Bb4 16. Qd3 O-O 17. Rd1 Nd7 18. g3) 12. Nbd2 ({RR} 12. g3 c5 13. Kg2 Rc8 14. cxb4 cxb4 15. Qb2 h6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Nbd2 Be7 18. Rhc1 O-O) 12... c5 13. d5 Be7 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. cxb4 cxb4 16. Qc6) 8... Ba6 9. Ng3 Qa5 10. Be2 c5 ({RR} 10... Nbd7) 11. d5 Nbd7 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. O-O Qc7 14. Qc2 O-O-O 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Re8 17. a5 ({RR} 17. e5 Nd5 18. a5) 17... Ng4 18. Rfd1 Nge5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Qe2 Qc6 21. Be3 Be7 22. f4 {Ivanisevic,I (2530)-Korneev,O (2619) Elgoibar 2000 CBM 081 [Lutz,Christopher] 0-1 (51)}) ({RR} 7... Bb7) ({RR} 7... Be7 8. axb5 cxb5 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nxb5 Qb6 11. Bxc4 a6 12. Nc3 Qxb2 13. Qa4+ Bd7 14. Qa3 Qxa3 15. Rxa3 Be7 16. Ra2 a5 17. Kd2 Bb4 18. Kd3 Nc6 19. d5 exd5 20. Nxd5 O-O 21. Rc1 Bg4 22. Bb5 {Barria Zuniga,D (2341)-Poupalos,N (2222) chess.com INT 2025 1-0}) 8. Qc2 $146 ({RR} 8. axb5 cxb5 9. Nxb5 axb5 10. Rxa8 Bb7 11. Ra1 h6 12. Bxf6 Bb4+ 13. Nd2 Qxf6 14. e5 Qf4 15. Qc2 Qxd4 16. Be2 Be4 17. Qc1 O-O {0-1 (17) Taboas Rodriguez,D (2353)-Xiong,J (2688) Chess.com INT 2022}) ({RR} 8. axb5 cxb5 9. Nxb5 axb5 10. Rxa8 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Na6 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ng5 O-O 15. Ne4 Qc7 16. Nd6 Nb6 17. Nxb5 Qc6 18. Rxc8 Nxc8 19. Qa5 Qe4+ 20. Kd2 Nb8 21. Qc3 Rd8 22. f3 Qxe5 {Toefferl,H (2185)-Teuschler,H (2095) Austria 1994 0-1 (42)}) 8... Bb7 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Rad1 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Bg7 15. e5 O-O 16. Ne4 c5 17. dxc5 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Nxc5 19. Qe3 Qc7 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rd6 Ra2 22. Rb1 Na4 23. Nd4 Qc5 24. Rc6 Qxe5 25. Qxe5 Bxe5 26. Nxb5 c3 27. b3 Rb2 28. Nxc3 Bxc3 29. Rxb2 Bxb2 30. bxa4 Bd4 31. Rc2 Rb8 32. Bb5 Bb6 33. Kf1 Rd8 34. Ke2 Rd5 35. f4 g4 36. Bc4 Rd4 37. Kf1 h5 38. Bb5 Rb4 39. Rd2 Rb1+ 40. Ke2 Rg1 41. Kd3 Ba5 42. Re2 Ra1 43. Ke4 Ra3 44. f5 Rxg3 45. fxe6 fxe6 46. Kf4 h4 47. Bc6 Kf7 48. Be4 Kf6 49. Bc6 Bc7+ 50. Ke4 Ra3 51. Rc2 h3 52. gxh3 gxh3 53. Kd4 h2 54. Rc1 Bb6+ 55. Kc4 Rg3 56. Kb5 Rg1 57. Rc2 Bc7 58. Rf2+ Ke7 59. Re2 h1=Q 60. Bxh1 Rxh1 61. Kc6 Rc1+ 62. Kb7 Bd8 63. Rd2 Ba5 64. Rd3 Rc5 65. Ka6 e5 66. Rb3 Kd6 67. Rd3+ Ke6 68. Rh3 e4 69. Rh6+ Kd5 70. Rh5+ Kd4 71. Rxc5 Kxc5 72. Kxa5 e3 73. Ka6 e2 74. Kb7 e1=Q 75. a5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 6th Dec Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.12.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Melkumyan, H."]
[Black "Andreikin, D."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2022.12.06"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. h3 Bd6 9. Bd3 c6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 ({RR} 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Qd2 Rfe8 13. Bf4 Nb6 14. b3 h6 15. Rac1 Qe7 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Ne5 Rac8 18. Bb1 Rc7 19. Ne2 Ne4 20. Qa5 Nc8 21. Nf4 Rce7 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Red1 Qd8 24. Qc5 Bd5 25. Nxd5 cxd5 {Le,Q (2731)-Caruana,F (2795) Saint Louis USA 2023 0-1 (46)}) ({RR} 11. Bf4 Qc7 12. Qd2 h6 13. Rac1 Rfe8 14. Rfe1 Nh5 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Na4 Nhf6 17. Qc2 g6 18. b4 Kh7 19. Nc5 b5 20. a3 Nb6 21. Ne5 Nc4 22. Bxg6+ {1-0 (22) Decuigniere,T (2370)-Python,N (2026) Geneva SUI 2025}) ({RR} 11. Nd2 h6 12. Bh4 c5 13. Kh1 cxd4 14. exd4 Qb6 15. Nb3 Rfe8 16. Rc1 Rac8 17. f4 g6 18. f5 gxf5 19. Bxf5 Bf8 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. dxc5 Rxc5 23. Qf3 Rc6 24. Qg3+ Kh7 25. Rce1 Ne4 {Andreikin,D (2729)-Pichot,A (2642) chess.com INT 2023 1-0}) 11... Qb8 $146 ({RR} 11... Qc7 12. Rab1 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. b4 Qe7 15. a3 b5 16. Ne2 Rfc8 17. Nc1 a5 18. Ne5 axb4 19. axb4 Ra6 20. Qb2 Ra4 21. Na2 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Nd7 23. f4 Nb6 24. Rf3 d4 25. Nc1 dxe3 26. Rxe3 {Kuchava,A (2101)-Raahul,V (2333) Chess.com INT 2022 0-1 (40)}) 12. Ne2 Re8 13. Bf4 Nf8 14. b4 Ng6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Qc5 Qd7 17. Ne5 Qc8 18. f4 Bf5 19. Bxf5 Qxf5 20. Ng3 Qc8 21. Qc2 Qd8 22. a4 Ne7 23. Rab1 Nc8 24. b5 cxb5 25. axb5 a5 26. Rfc1 Nd6 27. b6 a4 28. Ra1 Qxb6 29. Rxa4 Rac8 30. Qb1 Rxc1+ 31. Qxc1 h5 32. Ra1 h4 33. Nf1 Rc8 34. Qe1 Nf5 35. Rb1 Qa6 36. Nf3 Rc2 37. Rc1 Rxc1 38. Qxc1 Qc4 39. Qb1 Qc8 40. Ng5 g6 41. Qb6 Kg7 42. Qb4 Qc7 43. Qb5 Qc6 44. Qb4 b5 45. Qa3 Qb7 46. Qb4 Qa6 47. Qc3 Qa7 48. Qb4 Qb7 49. Kh2 Ne4 50. Nxe4 dxe4 51. Kg1 Ne7 52. Nd2 Nd5 53. Qb3 Nf6 54. Qb2 b4 55. d5 Qxd5 56. Qxb4 Qd3 57. Qd4 Qxd4 58. exd4 e3 59. Nc4 Nd5 60. Kf1 Kf6 61. Ke2 Nxf4+ 62. Kf3 e2 63. Kf2 g5 64. Ne5 e1=Q+ 65. Kxe1 Nxg2+ 66. Kf2 Nf4 67. Ng4+ Kf5 68. Ne3+ Ke4 69. d5 Nxh3+ 70. Kf1 Kxe3 71. d6 Nf4 72. d7 Ne6 73. d8=Q Nxd8 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. e3 g6 ({RR} 6... c6 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Bd3 g5 9. h3 Bg7 10. e4 e5 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 exd4 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rc1 Qd6 15. Bb1 d3 16. Bxd3 Rd8 17. exd5 Nb6 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. Rxc4 Qxd5 20. Re8+ Rxe8 21. Bh7+ {Wang,Y (2739)-Topalov,V (2796) Nice 2009 0-1 (34)}) 7. Qb3 ({RR} 7. Qc2 c6 8. Nbd2 Nd7 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. e4 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Qe7 13. e5 c5 14. Rfe1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Rd8 16. Qc3 Nb6 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. Nf3 Bd7 19. Be4 Be8 20. h4 Rdc8 21. Qb3 b5 {Andreikin,D (2729)-Yakubboev,N (2661) Samarkand UZB 2023 0-1 (75)}) ({RR} 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O dxc4 10. Nxc4 Nd7 11. b4 Qe7 12. Qb3 e5 13. Ncxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Bxg6 Be6 17. Qc2 fxg6 18. Qxg6+ Kh8 19. Qxh6+ Kg8 20. Qg6+ Kh8 21. Qh6+ Kg8 {Kryakvin,D (2594)-Gelfand,B (2676) Lichess.org INT 2020 ½-½}) 7... c6 8. Nbd2 Bg7 $146 ({RR} 8... Nd7 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rac1 b6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Qa4 c5 14. Ba6 Qe6 15. Rc2 Bxa6 16. Qxa6 cxd4 17. exd4 Nf6 18. Rc7 Ne4 19. Nb3 Rfc8 20. Rfc1 Nd6 21. Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. Rxc8+ Qxc8 23. Qxc8+ {Erdos,V (2603)-Low,Z (2413) Biel 2019 1-0 (44)}) 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Qe7 11. Rac1 Nd7 12. Rfe1 a5 13. a3 dxc4 14. Nxc4 a4 15. Qc3 b6 16. Nfe5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Ba6 18. Be4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Nxe5 20. Qd4 Qf6 21. f4 Ng4 22. Qxf6 Nxf6 23. Bxc6 Ra5 24. Red1 Rc8 25. h3 Nd5 26. Kf2 Ne7 27. Bf3 Rac5 28. Rxc5 Rxc5 29. Rd8+ Kg7 30. Bd1 Nd5 31. Bxa4 Rc1 32. Bb3 Rb1 33. Bxd5 Rxb2+ 34. Kf3 exd5 35. Rxd5 b5 36. g4 Rb3 37. h4 Rxa3 38. Rxb5 Ra1 39. h5 gxh5 40. Rxh5 Ra3 41. Rd5 Rb3 42. Ke4 Ra3 43. Rd6 Rb3 44. Rd3 Rb5 45. Rd5 Rb3 46. Ra5 Kf6 47. Ra8 Kg7 48. Rd8 Ra3 49. Rd3 Ra5 50. Kf3 Ra1 51. Rd5 Ra3 52. Re5 Ra4 53. g5 hxg5 54. Rxg5+ Kf8 55. e4 f6 56. Rb5 Kf7 57. Rb7+ Kf8 58. Rc7 Rb4 59. Ra7 Rc4 60. Ra3 Kf7 61. Re3 Kg6 62. Ra3 Kf7 63. Ra7+ Kf8 64. f5 Rb4 65. Kg4 Rxe4+ 66. Kh5 Kg8 67. Kg6 Rg4+ 68. Kxf6 Rf4 69. Ra8+ Kh7 70. Ke6 Kg7 71. Ra7+ Kg8 72. Ra8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 18th Nov 2025"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.11.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Bluebaum, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2025.11.18"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qa4+ ({RR} 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 c6 9. a3 Bd6 10. Bd3 Qd8 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Be7 13. O-O Nd7 14. c5 Qc7 15. Qe2 b6 16. b4 bxc5 17. bxc5 Rb8 18. Rfe1 Qa5 19. Nfd2 Qa4 20. Nc4 Ba6 21. Nc3 Qb3 {Dubov,D (2702)-Bluebaum,M (2673) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (36)}) ({RR} 7. e3 O-O 8. a3 Bd6 9. b4 Nd7 10. Be2 c6 11. O-O Qg6 12. Qb3 f5 13. a4 Qf6 14. b5 g5 15. a5 a6 16. bxa6 bxa6 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Qa4 Qe7 19. Qc6 Ra7 20. Rab1 g4 21. Nh4 Rc7 {Cruz,F (2282)-Fuentes Guinot,A (2292) El Vendrell ESP 2026 1-0 (58)}) 7... Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. Rc1 Bd7 $146 ({RR} 9... a6 10. a3 Bd6 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. Qc2 dxc4 13. Nxc4 e5 14. d5 Ne7 15. Be4 Ng6 16. O-O Nh4 17. Rfe1 Rac8 18. Nxh4 Qxh4 19. Bf5 Rcd8 20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21. Qb3 b5 22. Nxd6 cxd6 23. Rc6 f5 24. Rxa6 {Fus,J (2357)-Pacan Milej,K (2333) Szklarska Poreba 2020 ½-½ (89)}) ({RR} 9... a6 10. a3 Bd6 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. Qc2 dxc4 13. Nxc4 e5 14. d5 Ne7 15. Be4 Ng6 16. O-O Nh4 17. Rfe1 Rac8 18. Nxh4 Qxh4 19. Bf5 Rcd8 20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21. Qb3 b5 22. Nxd6 cxd6 23. Rc6 f5 24. Rxa6 {Fus,J (2357)-Pacan Milej,K (2333) Szklarska Poreba 2020 ½-½ (89)}) 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qb3 Rfe8 12. a3 Ba5 13. Be2 Bg4 14. Qd3 Bf5 15. Qb5 Bb6 16. O-O Rad8 17. Rfe1 Ne7 18. Bd3 c6 19. Qb3 Ng6 20. Bxf5 Qxf5 21. Qc2 Qg4 22. b4 Re6 23. a4 Rde8 24. Nf1 Bc7 25. b5 Nh4 26. Nxh4 Qxh4 27. bxc6 bxc6 28. Qe2 Qxd4 29. Qa6 Qb6 30. Qd3 Qa5 31. Ra1 Bb6 32. Rec1 Rd8 33. Nd2 c5 34. Nf3 c4 35. Qc2 Rc6 36. Rd1 Rcc8 37. Rab1 a6 38. h4 c3 39. h5 Rd6 40. Rd3 Rc4 41. Ne5 Qxa4 42. Qxa4 Rxa4 43. Rxc3 g6 44. Rc8+ Kg7 45. hxg6 fxg6 46. Rb8 Re4 47. Rb7+ Kg8 48. Nxg6 Rxg6 49. R1xb6 Ree6 50. Rb4 Rg7 51. Rb8+ Kh7 52. Rd8 Reg6 53. g3 Rg5 54. Rd4 a5 55. Ra8 Rg4 56. Rxd5 Ra4 57. Rdxa5 Rb4 58. R5a7 Rb2 59. Kg2 Rbb7 60. Rxb7 Rxb7 61. Ra4 Rf7 62. Rd4 Rg7 63. f4 Rg8 64. e4 Kh8 65. e5 Kh7 66. Kf3 Ra8 67. f5 Kg7 68. Rd7+ Kf8 69. f6 Ra3+ 70. Kf4 Ra4+ 71. Kf5 Ra1 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 29th Jul Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.07.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Bluebaum, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2025.07.29"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 c5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. O-O Bxc3 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. bxc3 O-O 13. Qb3 Qc6 14. a4 Rab8 15. Rfb1 Rfc8 16. h3 b6 ({RR} 16... Nf6 17. a5 Ne4 18. c4 cxd4 19. cxd5 Qg6 20. Rc1 Rc3 21. Rxc3 dxc3 22. Qc4 Re8 23. Rd1 Qf6 24. Rc1 Qf5 25. Qd4 Rd8 26. Qxa7 Qxd5 27. Qd4 Rd6 28. Qxd5 Rxd5 29. Nd4 Rc5 30. f3 Nf6 31. Nb3 {Le,Q (2728)-Caruana,F (2764) chess.com INT 2023 ½-½ (57)}) 17. Qb5 Qb7 ({RR} 17... Nf6 18. Nd2 Qc7 19. Qa6 cxd4 20. cxd4 Qc2 21. Rc1 Qxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 23. Kh2 Rbc8 24. Qxa7 R8c2 25. Nf3 Rxf2 26. Ne5 Ne4 27. Qa8+ Kh7 28. Qxd5 Nd2 29. h4 Nf1+ 30. Kh3 Nxe3 31. Qe4+ f5 32. Qxe3 {Andreikin,D (2710)-Svane,F (2645) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (52)}) 18. Qd3 c4 $146 ({RR} 18... g6 19. Rb2 c4 20. Qd2 Qc6 21. Nh2 Nf6 22. Nf3 Ne4 23. Qc2 Kg7 24. Ne5 Qe6 25. Rab1 Nd6 26. Rb4 Rb7 27. Qc1 f6 28. Nf3 Re7 29. Nd2 h5 30. Qa3 g5 31. a5 b5 32. Rxb5 Nxb5 33. Rxb5 {Livaic,L (2576)-Wagner,D (2569) Chess.com INT 2022 0-1 (68)}) ({RR} 18... g6 19. Rb2 c4 20. Qd2 Qc6 21. Nh2 Nf6 22. Nf3 Ne4 23. Qc2 Kg7 24. Ne5 Qe6 25. Rab1 Nd6 26. Rb4 Rb7 27. Qc1 f6 28. Nf3 Re7 29. Nd2 h5 30. Qa3 g5 31. a5 b5 32. Rxb5 Nxb5 33. Rxb5 {Livaic,L (2576)-Wagner,D (2569) Chess.com INT 2022 0-1 (68)}) 19. Qf5 a6 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. Qxe5 Qc6 22. Rb4 Rb7 23. Rab1 Re8 24. Qf5 b5 25. R1b2 Reb8 26. Qe5 Kh7 27. Qf5+ Kg8 28. Qb1 g6 29. h4 h5 30. g3 Kg7 31. Kg2 Qe8 32. Kg1 Qc6 33. axb5 Rxb5 34. Rxb5 Rxb5 35. Qa2 Rxb2 36. Qxb2 a5 37. Qa3 a4 38. Kg2 Qb5 39. Qe7 Qa5 40. Qa3 Qb5 41. Qe7 Qa5 42. Qa3 Qa7 43. Kf3 Qa8 44. g4 hxg4+ 45. Kxg4 Qc8+ 46. Kg3 Qb8+ 47. Kg4 Qb3 48. Qd6 Qd1+ 49. Kg3 Qg1+ 50. Kf3 Qh1+ 51. Kg3 Qg1+ 52. Kf3 Qd1+ 53. Kg3 Qh1 54. Qe5+ Kh7 55. Qe8 Qg1+ 56. Kf3 Qh1+ 57. Ke2 Qxh4 58. Qxf7+ Kh6 59. Qf8+ Kh7 60. Qf7+ Kh6 61. Kd2 Qh2 62. Kc2 Qg1 63. Kb2 Qd1 64. Qf4+ Kh7 65. Qc7+ Kh6 66. Qh2+ Kg7 67. Qe5+ Kh6 68. Qh2+ Kg7 69. Qc7+ Kh6 70. Qh2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 4th Jul Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.07.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ter Sahakyan, S."]
[Black "So, W."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2023.07.04"]

1. d4 {Moradiabadi,Elshan} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ ({RR} 4... Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Na3 Bxa3 10. bxa3 Ba6 11. Qd2 Rb8 12. Qa5 Qc8 13. a4 Rd8 14. Ba3 Rxd4 15. Rfb1 Rb6 16. Bc5 Rd7 17. Rd1 h6 18. Rxd7 Nxd7 19. Bxb6) 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. Qc2 Ne4 8. O-O O-O 9. Bf4 c6 10. Nc3 g5 11. Bc1 ({RR} 11. Be3 Nd6 12. b3 Nf5 13. g4 Nxe3 14. fxe3 b5 15. e4 b4 16. exd5 bxc3 17. dxc6 Nb8 18. Qe4 f5 19. gxf5 exf5 20. Qd5+ Qxd5 21. cxd5 Na6 22. Rac1 Nc7 23. Ne5 f4 24. Nc4 Rd8 25. Rxc3 Nxd5) 11... f5 12. Rb1 ({RR} 12. b3 b6 13. Bb2 Bb7 14. Rad1 Qe8 15. Nd2 Nd6 16. Ba3 Rc8 17. Rfe1 Nf7 18. Qb2 Nf6 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. b4 Rfd8 21. e3 g4 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. b5 Rc7 ({RR} 23... h5 24. Ne2 h4 25. Nf4 h3 26. Bf1 Ne4) 24. Rc1 Rdc8 25. Ne2 Nd6 26. Rxc7 Rxc7 {So,W (2822)-Nakamura,H (2793) Saint Louis 2017 CBM 178 [Moradiabadi,Elshan] ½-½}) ({RR} 12. b3 Bf6 13. Bb2 Re8 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Be7 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Qc3 Bf8 19. Kh1 a5 20. f3 exf3 21. exf3 Bb4 22. Qe3 Qe7 23. Rd6 f4 24. gxf4 Bxd6 25. exd6 Qxd6 26. Be5 Qe7 {Leenhouts,K (2467)-Spitzl,V (2359) Germany GER 2026 1-0 (36)}) ({RR} 12. b3 Bf6 13. Rd1 h5 14. Bb2 Qe7 15. a4 Qg7 16. e3 a5 17. Ne1 h4 18. Nd3 hxg3 19. hxg3 Rf7 20. Ne2 Bd8 21. f3 Nef6 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Ne8 24. f4 gxf4 25. exf4 Nc7 26. Kf2 Na6 {Palachev,P (2322)-Ter Sahakyan,S (2604) Uralsk KAZ 2023 0-1 (64)}) 12... Bf6 13. Rd1 ({RR} 13. e3 b6 ({RR} 13... Qe7 14. b4 Nb6 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Nd2 Bd7 17. c5 Nc8 18. f3 exf3 19. Nxf3 Be8 20. e4 Bg6 21. Ne5 Qg7 22. Be3 Ne7 23. Nxg6 Qxg6 24. Rf2 Bg7 25. Rbf1 a6 26. a4 g4 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Rxf8+) 14. b4 g4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 Bb7 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Qxe4 Qe7 19. b5 Rac8 20. Ba3 Qxa3 21. Qxe6+ Kh8 22. bxc6 Bxc6 23. Bxc6 Nb8 24. Bd5 Na6 25. Qxg4 Qe7 26. a3 Rcd8 27. Qe4 Qg7) 13... a5 $146 ({RR} 13... h6 14. b4 Nb6 15. c5 Nc4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Bxe4 {½-½ (19) Linden,L (2146)-Granat,S (1964) Pori 2018}) 14. a3 Qe7 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Nb6 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Nxc4 20. Bxe4 Nxe5 21. Bg2 Nc4 22. e4 Na3 23. Bxa3 Rxa3 24. b5 Bd7 25. bxc6 bxc6 26. Rb7 Rf7 27. Rb8+ Rf8 28. Rb7 Rf7 29. Rb8+ Kg7 30. Qb2+ Kh6 31. Rg8 Ra4 32. h4 Rg7 33. hxg5+ Qxg5 34. Rxg7 Qxg7 35. Qb8 Kg6 36. Qf4 h5 37. Qd6 Ra1 38. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 39. Kh2 Qa7 40. exd5 cxd5 41. Bxd5 Qxf2+ 42. Bg2 Qf7 43. Be4+ Kg7 44. Qe5+ Kf8 45. Qd6+ Kg8 46. Qe5 Qf2+ 47. Kh3 Qf7 48. Kh4 Be8 49. Qg5+ Kf8 50. Qh6+ Ke7 51. Qg5+ Kd6 52. Qd2+ Ke5 53. Bc2 Qf6+ 54. Kh3 Qf1+ 55. Kh2 Bc6 56. Qc3+ Kd6 57. Qb4+ Kc7 58. Qa5+ Kd7 59. Qa7+ Kd6 60. Qd4+ Bd5 61. Qf4+ Qxf4 62. gxf4 Bf3 63. Kg3 Bg4 64. Kh4 Kd5 65. Bg6 Kd4 66. Bxh5 Bf5 67. Kg5 e5 68. Kxf5 exf4 69. Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "2015.03.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2015.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Fridman,Daniel} d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 e6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qb3 Bb7 8. Bg2 a6 9. a4 ({RR} 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. a4 c5 11. axb5 Bd5 12. Qc2 cxd4 13. Bxd4 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. O-O Be7 16. Nc3 Bc6 17. Nh4 Bxg2 18. Nxg2 b4 19. Nb5 O-O 20. Rc1 h6 21. Na7 Bd6 22. Nc6 e5 23. Be3 Nd5 {Le,Q (2728)-Carlsen,M (2864) Miami 2022 0-1 (37)}) ({RR} 9. O-O c5 10. dxc5 Nbd7 11. Be3 Bxc5 ({RR} 11... Nxc5 12. Qc2 Rc8 13. Rd1 Ncd7) 12. Bxc5 Nxc5 13. Qb4 Rc8 14. Rc1 ({RR} 14. Nc3 O-O 15. Rfd1 Qc7) 14... Nd3 ({RR} 14... O-O 15. Nbd2 ({RR} 15. Rxc5 Qd6 16. Rxb5 Qd1+ 17. Qe1 Qxe1+ 18. Nxe1 axb5 19. Na3)) 15. Rxc8 Nxb4 16. Rxd8+ Kxd8 17. Nc3 Ke7 18. Ne5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nd7 20. Nxd7 Kxd7 21. a3 Nd5 ({RR} 21... Nc6 22. Ne4 Kc7 23. Rc1 ({RR} 23. Ng5 h6) 23... h6) 22. Rd1 Kc6 23. Ne4 ({RR} 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. e3 Re8 25. Rc1+ ({RR} 25. Kf3 Re4) 25... Kd6 26. Kf3 h5) 23... f6 {Fridman,D (2653)-Pridorozhni,A (2524) Plovdiv 2012 CBM 148 [Fridman,Daniel] 1-0 (53)}) 9... c5 10. dxc5 ({RR} 10. axb5 c4 11. Qe3 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. O-O Be7 14. Qg5 O-O 15. Qxb5 Bd5 16. Nc3 Nc6 17. e3 Qa8 18. Qa4 Nb4 19. Qxa8 Rxa8 20. Ne5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Rc8 22. Bd2 Ne8 23. Na4 Nd5 24. Rc1 Nd6 {Odriozola Coscolin,A (2243)-Chang,E (1695) Benasque ESP 2026 1-0 (52)}) 10... Nbd7 11. Be3 Qa5+ $146 ({RR} 11... Bxc5 12. axb5 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Qa3 {½-½ (15) Spirin,O (2436)-Volke,K (2461) Germany 2017}) ({RR} 11... Bxc5 12. axb5 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. O-O O-O 16. Qa3 Rc8 17. Qxa8 Bxa8 18. Nd4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 b4 20. Rd1 Nb6 21. Nb3 Na4 22. Rd4 Rb8 23. Na5 e5 24. Rd2 h5 25. b3 Nc3 26. Nxc3 {Filip,L (2438)-Thybo,J (2525) Skopje 2019 ½-½ (50)}) 12. Nbd2 Bxc5 13. O-O Bd5 14. Qd3 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 bxa4 16. Qd4 O-O 17. Rxa4 Qb5 18. Rfa1 Rfb8 19. e4 Bc6 20. R4a2 h6 21. Bf1 Qb4 22. Rxa6 Rxa6 23. Rxa6 Qxd4 24. Nxd4 Bxe4 25. Nxe4 Nxe4 26. Ra2 Ndc5 27. Bc4 Rb4 28. b3 Nxb3 29. Bxb3 Rxd4 30. Ra8+ Kh7 31. Bc2 g6 32. Bxe4 Rxe4 33. h4 Kg7 34. Ra7 Kf6 35. Kg2 Rb4 36. Kf3 Rb5 37. Kg2 e5 38. Kf3 Ke6 39. Ra6+ Ke7 40. h5 e4+ 41. Kxe4 Rxh5 42. Kf3 Rb5 43. Kg2 h5 44. Rc6 Kf8 45. Ra6 Kg7 46. Rc6 g5 47. Ra6 f6 48. Rc6 Kg6 49. Rc4 Rb8 50. Ra4 Rh8 51. Rb4 h4 52. gxh4 Rxh4 53. Rb5 Rc4 54. Kg3 Rc3+ 55. Kg2 g4 56. Ra5 f5 57. Ra4 Kg5 58. Ra5 Rd3 59. Rb5 Kf4 60. Rb4+ Ke5 61. Rb5+ Ke4 62. Rb4+ Rd4 63. Rxd4+ Kxd4 64. f3 g3 65. Kxg3 Ke3 66. f4 Ke4 67. Kg2 Kxf4 68. Kf2 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 18th Jun Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.06.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Black "Bluebaum, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2024.06.18"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Qc2 ({RR} 6. Bd3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. O-O c5 9. Ne5 Re8 10. f4 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Bd2 Nc7 13. Be1 cxd4 14. exd4 Ne4 15. Qf3 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 f6 17. Ng4 Qd7 18. f5 Re4 19. Rae1 Rae8 20. g3 a5 {Caruana,F (2796)-Firouzja,A (2744) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (68)}) ({RR} 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. e4 a6 11. Re1 Ng6 12. h3 Nh5 13. Bf1 Ngf4 14. Kh2 Bc5 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Qd6 17. Rc1 Bd7 18. Nd2 Qh6 19. Nc4 Rae8 20. d6 c5 {Tudor,H (2460)-Bluebaum,M (2694) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (73)}) 6... dxc4 $146 ({RR} 6... b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 a6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxh7+ Kh8 12. Be4 N7f6 13. Bxd5 Nxd5 14. e4 Nb4 15. Qb3 a5 16. a3 Ba6 17. axb4 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 axb4 19. Rb1 c5 20. Ng5 Qd7 21. e5 {Yanchenko,R (2436)-Harutyunian,T (2487) Chess.com INT 2017 1-0 (60)}) ({RR} 6... b6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bb7 9. e4 Bb4 10. Bd3 h6 11. O-O c5 12. Be3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nbd7 14. Rad1 Rc8 15. Nde2 Qe7 16. a3 Bc5 17. Bf4 a5 18. Ng3 Rfd8 19. h4 Ng4 20. Nge2 Qxh4 21. Bg3 {Binboga,Y (2221)-Khamdamova,A (2423) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (41)}) 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O e5 9. h3 h6 10. a3 Qe8 11. Bd3 a6 12. Bd2 Qe7 13. Ne4 Re8 14. Rfe1 Kh8 15. Bc3 Nd5 16. Nxd6 cxd6 17. Be4 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Bd7 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Red1 f5 21. Bd5 Rac8 22. Qb3 b5 23. Rac1 e4 24. Bxc6 Bxc6 25. Nd4 Bd7 26. Qd5 Rf8 27. Rxc8 Bxc8 28. Rc1 f4 29. Qc5 Qf6 30. Qc6 Qe7 31. Qc7 Qh4 32. Qd6 Rd8 33. Qe5 fxe3 34. fxe3 Bxh3 35. gxh3 Qxh3 36. Qf4 Rd5 37. Kf2 Rg5 38. Rg1 Rxg1 39. Kxg1 Qh5 40. Qxe4 Qd1+ 41. Kf2 Qd2+ 42. Ne2 Qxb2 43. Qa8+ Kh7 44. Qxa6 h5 45. Qe6 Qxa3 46. Qf5+ g6 47. Qxb5 Qf8+ 48. Nf4 Qd6 49. Kf3 Qf6 50. Qd7+ Kh6 51. Qe8 Qf5 52. Qh8+ Kg5 53. Qd8+ Kh6 54. Qe8 h4 55. Qh8+ Kg5 56. Qd8+ Qf6 57. Qxf6+ Kxf6 58. Kg4 g5 59. Nh3 Ke5 60. Nxg5 h3 61. Kxh3 Kf5 62. Kh4 Ke5 63. Kg4 Kd6 64. Kf4 Kd7 65. e4 Kd8 66. e5 Kc8 67. Kf5 Kb7 68. e6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Spring-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.03.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Krasenkow,Michal} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Qc2 h6 ({RR} 5... O-O 6. e3) 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 c5 ({RR} 7... O-O 8. Nc3 ({RR} 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3)) ({RR} 7... O-O 8. h4 c5 9. g4 g6 10. g5 hxg5 11. hxg5 Bg7 12. Nc3 cxd4 13. exd4 Nc6 14. O-O-O Nb4 15. Qd2 dxc4 16. Qf4 Qa5 17. Bxc4 b5 18. Bb3 Bb7 19. Kb1 Rac8 20. Rh3 Rxc3 21. bxc3 Nd5 22. Bxd5 {Mamedyarov,S (2767)-So,W (2767) Chess.com INT 2019 0-1}) ({RR} 7... Nd7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. h4 c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. cxd5 b6 12. g4 g6 13. g5 hxg5 14. hxg5 Bg7 15. O-O-O exd5 16. Bh3 Re8 17. Nb3 Bxh3 18. Rxh3 Nxb3+ 19. Qxb3 Qc8+ 20. Kb1 Qxh3 21. Qxd5 Qf5+ {0-1 (21) Guliev,G (2123)-Papasimakopoulos,A (2366) chess.com INT 2025}) ({RR} 7... O-O 8. h4 c5 9. g4 g6 10. g5 hxg5 11. hxg5 Bg7 12. Nc3 cxd4 13. exd4 Nc6 14. O-O-O b6 15. Kb1 Bb7 16. Rh4 Rc8 17. cxd5 Nb4 18. Qd2 Bxd5 19. a3 Bxf3 20. axb4 Bxd1 21. Nxd1 Qd6 22. Ne3 {Ipatov,A (2644)-Badelka,O (2427) Lichess.org INT 2020 0-1 (32)}) 8. cxd5 cxd4 9. Bb5+ Ke7 $146 ({RR} 9... Bd7 10. dxe6 Qa5+ ({RR} 10... Bxb5 11. exf7+ Kxf7 12. Qb3+ Ke7 13. Qxb5 Qb6 14. Qxb6 axb6 15. Nxd4 Nc6 16. Nxc6+ bxc6 17. Nc3 Bxc3+ 18. bxc3 Ra3 19. Kd2 Rha8 20. Rhc1 Rxa2+ 21. Rxa2 Rxa2+ 22. Rc2) 11. Nbd2 Qxb5 12. exd7+ Nxd7 13. Qe4+ Kf8 14. Nxd4 Qxb2 15. Rb1 Qxa2 16. Qxb7 Rd8 ({RR} 16... Rb8 17. Qxd7 Rxb1+ 18. Nxb1 Qxb1+ 19. Ke2 Qb2+ 20. Kf3 g6 21. Rd1 ({RR} 21. Qxa7 Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Qxd4 23. exd4 Ke7)) 17. Qb4+ Kg8 18. O-O a5 ({RR} 18... Qd5 19. Ra1) 19. Qc3 Qd5 ({RR} 19... Bxd4 20. exd4 ({RR} 20. Qxd4 Kh7 21. Ra1 Qc2 22. Rfc1 Qf5) 20... Qd5 21. Rfd1) 20. Qc7 Nf8 21. Rb5 Qd7 22. Qxd7 Rxd7 23. N2f3 Bxd4 ({RR} 23... Ne6 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Rxa5) 24. Nxd4 {Nakamura,H (2775)-Adams,M (2745) London 2014 CBM 164 [Krasenkow,Michal] 1-0 (40)}) ({RR} 9... Nd7 10. dxe6 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 dxc3 12. exd7+ Bxd7 13. Bxd7+ Kxd7 14. O-O cxb2 15. Rad1+ Ke7 16. Qe4+ Kf8 17. Qxb7 Re8 18. Nd4 Qc3 19. Rb1 Bxd4 20. exd4 Qxd4 21. Rfd1 Qf6 22. Rxb2 g6) 10. exd4 exd5 11. O-O Be6 12. Re1 Qd6 13. Nc3 Nc6 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. Rxe5 f6 17. Re3 Rhe8 18. Qh7 Kf8 19. Rg3 Re7 20. h3 Bg8 21. Qh8 Qe6 22. Rc1 Rc8 23. Kh2 Rcc7 24. Rf3 Qd6+ 25. g3 a6 26. Rf5 Qe6 27. Rxd5 Re8 28. Rh5 b5 29. d5 Qb6 30. Rf5 b4 31. d6 Qxd6 32. Nd5 Rxc1 33. Nxf6 Ke7 34. Qxg7+ Kd8 35. Nxe8 Bd5 36. Rxd5 Qxd5 37. Qf6+ Kxe8 38. Qh8+ Kd7 39. Qg7+ Kc8 40. Qf8+ Kb7 41. Qxb4+ Qb5 42. Qd2 Qc6 43. Qb4+ Qb6 44. Qe7+ Rc7 45. Qe2 Rf7 46. f4 Rc7 47. g4 Qb5 48. Qe4+ Qc6 49. Qb4+ Qb6 50. Qe4+ Kb8 51. Qe8+ Ka7 52. Qe2 Qc5 53. Kg3 Re7 54. Qd2 Qe3+ 55. Qxe3+ Rxe3+ 56. Kh4 Kb7 57. g5 hxg5+ 58. fxg5 Kc7 59. g6 Re2 60. Kg5 Kd7 61. g7 Ke7 62. g8=N+ Ke6 63. Nf6 Rg2+ 64. Ng4 Rxb2 65. h4 Rxa2 66. h5 Rg2 67. h6 Kf7 68. Kf5 Rxg4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 18th Jun Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.06.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Black "Bluebaum, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2024.06.18"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Qc2 ({RR} 6. Bd3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. O-O c5 9. Ne5 Re8 10. f4 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Bd2 Nc7 13. Be1 cxd4 14. exd4 Ne4 15. Qf3 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 f6 17. Ng4 Qd7 18. f5 Re4 19. Rae1 Rae8 20. g3 a5 {Caruana,F (2796)-Firouzja,A (2744) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (68)}) ({RR} 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. e4 a6 11. Re1 Ng6 12. h3 Nh5 13. Bf1 Ngf4 14. Kh2 Bc5 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Qd6 17. Rc1 Bd7 18. Nd2 Qh6 19. Nc4 Rae8 20. d6 c5 {Tudor,H (2460)-Bluebaum,M (2694) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (73)}) 6... dxc4 $146 ({RR} 6... b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 a6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxh7+ Kh8 12. Be4 N7f6 13. Bxd5 Nxd5 14. e4 Nb4 15. Qb3 a5 16. a3 Ba6 17. axb4 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 axb4 19. Rb1 c5 20. Ng5 Qd7 21. e5 {Yanchenko,R (2436)-Harutyunian,T (2487) Chess.com INT 2017 1-0 (60)}) ({RR} 6... b6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bb7 9. e4 Bb4 10. Bd3 h6 11. O-O c5 12. Be3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nbd7 14. Rad1 Rc8 15. Nde2 Qe7 16. a3 Bc5 17. Bf4 a5 18. Ng3 Rfd8 19. h4 Ng4 20. Nge2 Qxh4 21. Bg3 {Binboga,Y (2221)-Khamdamova,A (2423) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (41)}) 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O e5 9. h3 h6 10. a3 Qe8 11. Bd3 a6 12. Bd2 Qe7 13. Ne4 Re8 14. Rfe1 Kh8 15. Bc3 Nd5 16. Nxd6 cxd6 17. Be4 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Bd7 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Red1 f5 21. Bd5 Rac8 22. Qb3 b5 23. Rac1 e4 24. Bxc6 Bxc6 25. Nd4 Bd7 26. Qd5 Rf8 27. Rxc8 Bxc8 28. Rc1 f4 29. Qc5 Qf6 30. Qc6 Qe7 31. Qc7 Qh4 32. Qd6 Rd8 33. Qe5 fxe3 34. fxe3 Bxh3 35. gxh3 Qxh3 36. Qf4 Rd5 37. Kf2 Rg5 38. Rg1 Rxg1 39. Kxg1 Qh5 40. Qxe4 Qd1+ 41. Kf2 Qd2+ 42. Ne2 Qxb2 43. Qa8+ Kh7 44. Qxa6 h5 45. Qe6 Qxa3 46. Qf5+ g6 47. Qxb5 Qf8+ 48. Nf4 Qd6 49. Kf3 Qf6 50. Qd7+ Kh6 51. Qe8 Qf5 52. Qh8+ Kg5 53. Qd8+ Kh6 54. Qe8 h4 55. Qh8+ Kg5 56. Qd8+ Qf6 57. Qxf6+ Kxf6 58. Kg4 g5 59. Nh3 Ke5 60. Nxg5 h3 61. Kxh3 Kf5 62. Kh4 Ke5 63. Kg4 Kd6 64. Kf4 Kd7 65. e4 Kd8 66. e5 Kc8 67. Kf5 Kb7 68. e6 1-0

[Event "Olympic Esports Final"]
[Site "Singapore SGP"]
[Date "2023.06.24"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Black "Rakhmanov, Ale"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2023.06.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 {Stockfish 16.1} d5 2. c4 e6 ({RR} 2... Nc6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e4 Bg4 6. d5 Ne5 7. Bf4 ({RR} 7. Qa4+) ({RR} 7. Be2) 7... Nfd7 ({RR} 7... Ng6 8. Be3 ({RR} 8. Bg3 e5 9. dxe6 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 Bxe6 11. Nd4 Bb4 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. f3 e5 14. Bxc4 Ke7 15. Ke2 ({RR} 15. O-O Rad8)) 8... e5 9. Bxc4 Bd6 10. O-O a6 11. Be2 O-O 12. Nd2 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 h6 14. g3 Qd7 15. f3 Nh7 16. Rac1 f5 17. exf5 Rxf5 18. Nce4 Raf8 19. Nc4 Ne7 20. Rcd1 b5 21. Na5 Bb4 22. Nb3) 8. Be2 Bxf3 9. gxf3 g6 10. Be3 Bg7 11. f4 Nd3+ 12. Bxd3 cxd3 13. Qxd3 O-O ({RR} 13... Nf6 14. Qb5+ Qd7 15. O-O-O Qxb5 16. Nxb5 Kd7 17. e5 Nh5 18. e6+ Kc8 19. f5 a6 20. Nd4 Bxd4 21. Bxd4 f6 22. Be3 b6 23. fxg6 hxg6 24. Rhg1 Rg8 25. h4 Kb7 26. Rg4 Rad8 27. a4 Rd6 28. a5) 14. O-O-O Nf6 15. e5 Nh5 16. Ne4 e6 17. Ng3 ({RR} 17. d6 cxd6 18. Nxd6 Qa5 19. Kb1)) 3. Nf3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bf4 Nf6 7. e3 Bd6 8. Be5 c6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. h3 Re8 11. Bxd6 ({RR} 11. O-O Bxe5 12. Nxe5 c5 13. a4 cxd4 14. exd4 Nc6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. a5 Rb8 17. Qd2 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bc4 Qd6 20. Rfe1 c5 21. d5 Bd7 22. Rac1 f5 23. Qc3 f4 24. Bf1 Rbc8 25. Qb3 e3 {Lazavik,D (2782)-Carlsen,M (2903) Chess.com 2024 [Stockfish 16.1] ½-½ (84)}) ({RR} 11. Qc2 Bxe5 12. Nxe5 c5 13. O-O Qd6 14. Bf5 Bxf5 15. Qxf5 cxd4 16. exd4 Nc6 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Rac1 Qb6 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Rad8 21. Qf3 Qxb2 22. Rb1 Qxa2 23. Qxb7 Rxd4 24. Ra1 Qc4 25. Qxa6 Qxa6 {Vakhidov,J (2516)-Rakhmanov,A (2585) Tashkent UZB 2026 ½-½}) 11... Qxd6 12. O-O ({RR} 12. Qc2 b6 13. O-O c5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Rfd1 Bb7 16. e4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Qe7 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Na4 Nbd7 20. b3 Rac8 21. Re1 Qb4 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Rd1 a5 24. Qf5 Re6 25. Rc1 g6 26. Qd3 Re4 {Rubio Tent,F (2349)-Torres Rebolledo,V (2234) Benasque ESP 2026 ½-½ (61)}) 12... Nbd7 13. Qc2 Qe7 $146 ({RR} 13... Nf8 14. Rac1 Ne6 15. Na4 Bd7 16. Ne5 Re7 17. Qb3 Be8 18. Qa3 Qxa3 19. bxa3 Ne4 20. Nb6 Rd8 21. a4 f6 22. Nf3 g5 23. Rc2 Kg7 24. a5 Nd6 25. Rb1 Bg6 26. Bxg6 Kxg6 27. Ne1 h5 28. Nd3 {Tin,J (2583)-Jacobsen,M (2223) London ENG 2025 1-0 (64)}) 14. Rfe1 Ne4 15. Nd2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Nf6 17. a3 Be6 18. b4 b5 19. Rec1 Nd7 20. Ne2 Rac8 21. a4 Nb6 22. axb5 axb5 23. Ra6 Nc4 24. Qc3 Qg5 25. Nf4 Bf5 26. h4 Qg4 27. f3 Qxh4 28. Bxf5 Rxe3 29. Nd3 Rce8 30. Ra2 Qg5 31. Bd7 Rxd3 32. Qxd3 Qxc1+ 33. Kh2 Qf4+ 34. g3 Qe3 35. Qxe3 Rxe3 36. Bxc6 Rxf3 37. Bxd5 Rb3 38. Ra8+ Kh7 39. Bxf7 Rxb4 40. Ra6 Rb2+ 41. Kh3 g5 42. Bxc4 bxc4 43. Rc6 h5 44. d5 Rd2 45. Rxc4 Rxd5 46. Rc6 Kg7 47. Ra6 Rf5 48. Rb6 Rf6 49. Rb5 Kg6 50. Kg2 Re6 51. Ra5 Kf6 52. Rb5 Re5 53. Rb8 Kf5 54. Rb2 Re4 55. Ra2 Kg4 56. Rb2 Rd4 57. Ra2 h4 58. gxh4 Kxh4 59. Kh2 Kg4 60. Kg2 Kf4 61. Rf2+ Ke3 62. Rf3+ Ke4 63. Rf8 Rd5 64. Kg3 Rf5 65. Re8+ Kd5 66. Kg4 Re5 67. Rxe5+ Kxe5 68. Kxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd 3-0 Thu 21st May 2026"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2026.05.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ter Sahakyan, S."]
[Black "Lazavik, Denis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2026.05.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 a5 8. e3 g6 $146 ({RR} 8... a4 9. Nxa4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Bxb5 cxb5 12. Nb6 Bb7 13. Nxa8 Bxa8 14. Qxb5+ Nd7 15. Ne5 Qd8 16. Rc1 Bxg2 17. Rg1 Bd5 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Qb8+ Qd8 20. Rc8 Bb4+ 21. Ke2 Bc4+ 22. Kf3 Bd5+ 23. e4 {Obodchuk,A-Retinsky,V Simferopol 1989 1-0}) ({RR} 8... a4 9. Nxa4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd7 11. Nc3 g6 12. O-O Bg7 13. e4 O-O 14. e5 Qe7 15. Rfe1 Rd8 16. Rad1 b5 17. Bd3 Rb8 18. h4 c5 19. Bxb5 cxd4 20. Rxd4 Bb7 21. Rxd7 Rxd7 22. Bxd7 Qxd7 23. Re4 {Navara,D (2734)-Ding,L (2766) Huaian 2016 0-1 (40)}) ({RR} 8... Nd7 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Qxc4 g6 11. O-O Bg7 12. e4 e5 13. d5 O-O 14. Rfd1 Nb6 15. Qb3 cxd5 16. exd5 Bg4 17. Be4 Qd6 18. Nb5 Qb4 19. Qxb4 axb4 20. d6 Bd7 21. Nc7 Ra7 22. Rac1 Rxa2 23. b3 {Navara,D (2648)-Korobov,A (2587) Czech Republic CZE 2026 ½-½ (51)}) ({RR} 8... Bd6 9. Be2 Nd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rfd1 Qe7 12. e4 dxc4 13. Qxc4 e5 14. d5 Nb6 15. Qb3 Bc5 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Na4 Be6 18. Qc2 Nxa4 19. Qxa4 Qa7 20. Nxe5 Bxf2+ 21. Kh1 c5 22. Rd2 Qc7 23. Nf3 {Hertneck,G (2520)-Klebel,M (2370) Badenweiler 1990 1-0 (44)}) 9. Be2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. e4 a4 12. Qc2 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Qe7 14. Rfe1 a3 15. b3 Na6 16. Rad1 b6 17. c5 bxc5 18. Bxa6 Bxa6 19. Nxc5 Bb5 20. Qc3 Rfd8 21. b4 Rd5 22. h3 Qa7 23. Re3 Qc7 24. Rde1 Qa7 25. Re4 Rad8 26. R1e3 Ra8 27. Qc1 h5 28. Rc3 Bf6 29. Qe3 Kg7 30. h4 Rf5 31. Ng5 Bxg5 32. hxg5 Qe7 33. Re5 Qd6 34. Qe4 Rxe5 35. Qxe5+ Qxe5 36. dxe5 Be2 37. f3 Bb5 38. Kf2 h4 39. Ke3 Rd8 40. Rxa3 Rd5 41. Ra7 Rxe5+ 42. Kf4 Rf5+ 43. Kg4 Bc4 44. Ne4 Bf1 45. Nf6 Bxg2 46. f4 h3 47. Ra8 Rxf6 48. gxf6+ Kxf6 49. Kg3 c5 50. Rb8 c4 51. Rc8 Bd5 52. b5 Ke7 53. b6 Kd7 54. Rc7+ Kd6 55. a4 Bc6 56. a5 c3 57. a6 c2 58. a7 c1=Q 59. a8=Q Qg1+ 60. Kh4 Qf2+ 61. Kg5 Qg3+ 62. Kf6 Bxa8 63. Kg7 Qxf4 64. Kf8 Kd5 65. Rc8 Ke4 66. Rd8 Kf3 67. Re8 Qd6+ 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2023.01.14"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Tabatabaei, M."]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2023.01.14"]

1. d4 {Stockfish 16.1} d5 2. c4 e6 3. cxd5 exd5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bf4 Bd6 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. e3 Nf6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Qc2 ({RR} 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. O-O Ne4 13. b4 Ndf6 14. b5 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Rac1 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Be6 18. Nd4 Rac8 19. Nce2 Bd7 20. Nf4 h6 21. Qb3 Qd6 22. Rfd1 Red8 23. Nde2 Be6 24. Nd4 Bd7) ({RR} 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. O-O Ne4 13. b4 Ndf6 14. b5 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Rac1 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Be6 18. Nd4 Rac8 19. Nce2 Bd7 20. Nf4 h6 21. Qb3 Qd6 22. Rfd1 Red8 23. Nde2 Be6 24. Nd4 Bd7 {Sarana,A (2668)-Duda,J (2729) Almaty KAZ 2022 ½-½}) 10... b6 ({RR} 10... Be6 11. Nf3 Nbd7 12. O-O h6 13. Rae1 Rad8 14. Kh1 a6 15. Ng1 Nf8 16. a3 Bc8) ({RR} 10... a5 11. Nf3 Be6 12. O-O h6 13. Ne5 Nfd7 14. f4 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Qe7 16. Rf4 c5 17. Qf2 Nc6 18. Rf1 cxd4 19. exd4 Rf8 20. Bb1 f5 21. exf6 Rxf6 22. Qc2 Kf8 23. Rxf6+ gxf6 24. Qg6 Bf7 25. Qxh6+ {Sevian,S (2688)-Golis,W (2311) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (41)}) ({RR} 10... Nbd7 11. Nf3 Qe7 12. Nd2 c5 13. O-O b6 14. Nb5 Nf8 15. Rac1 c4 16. Be2 a6 17. Nc3 b5 18. Bf3 Bb7 19. a3 Ne6 20. g3 Rac8 21. Rfe1 Qd7 22. Bg2 h5 23. Nf3 Qd6 24. Ne5 Nf8 25. f4 {Tabatabaei,M (2681)-Stanojevic,I (2194) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (39)}) 11. Rc1 $146 ({RR} 11. Nf3 Ba6 12. Ne5 ({RR} 12. O-O Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nbd7 14. Rac1 Ne4 15. Rc2 Nxc3 16. Rxc3 c5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Rd1) 12... Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nbd7 14. f4 Ne4 ({RR} 14... b5 15. O-O a6 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Rfd1 h6 18. Ne2 c5 19. dxc5 Rxc5 20. Rxc5) 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qc4 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qd5 18. Qxd5 cxd5 19. Rd1 Red8 20. Rd2 g6 ({RR} 20... Kf8) 21. Ke2 ({RR} 21. Kf2) 21... Rac8 22. Rhd1 Rc5 23. g4 Kf8 24. Kf2 Ke7 25. f5 a5 {Santos Filho,T (1992)-De Moura Silva,G (1916) Rio de Janeiro 2024 [Stockfish 16.1] 1-0 (34)} ({RR} 25... gxf5 26. b4 Rc4 ({RR} 26... Rc6 27. gxf5 Rh6 28. Kg3 Rg8+ 29. Kh2 Rg5 30. Rxd5 Rxf5 31. Rd7+))) 11... c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Nb5 Qd8 ({RR} 13... Qa6 14. Qxc5 Bd7) 14. Qxc5 Na6 ({RR} 14... Nbd7 15. Qa3 Ne5) 15. Qa3 d4 16. Nf3 ({RR} 16. Rd1) 16... dxe3 17. O-O exf2+ 18. Rxf2 Qb6 19. Nd6 Rd8 20. Nxf7 Rxd3 21. Qxd3 Nb4 22. Qd8+ ({RR} 22. Qd6 Qxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Ne4+ 24. Ke3 Nxd6 25. Nxd6) 22... Qxd8 23. Nxd8 Nd3 24. Rc7 Nxf2 25. Kxf2 Nd5 26. Rc5 Nb4 27. Ne5 Bxh3 28. Ndc6 Nxc6 29. Rxc6 Re8 30. Rc5 Be6 31. a3 Bb3 32. Nc6 a6 33. Nd4 Rb8 34. Ke3 h5 35. g3 Bf7 36. b4 Re8+ 37. Kf4 Bg6 38. Re5 Rxe5 39. Kxe5 Be8 40. Kf5 Kf7 41. Kg5 g6 42. Nb3 Ke7 43. Nc5 a5 44. bxa5 Kd6 45. Ne4+ Kc6 46. Kf6 Kc7 47. Nc5 Kc6 48. Na6 Kb7 49. Nc5+ Kc6 50. Ne4 Kc7 51. Nc3 Kb7 52. Nd5 Bc6 53. Ne7 Bf3 54. Nxg6 Ka6 55. Ne5 Be2 56. Nc6 Bf3 57. Nd4 Bd1 58. Ne6 Kxa5 59. Nc5 Bc2 60. Ke5 Kb5 61. Kd4 Bf5 62. Kd5 Bg4 63. Kd6 Bf3 64. Nd3 Ka4 65. Nf4 Kxa3 66. Nxh5 Bxh5 67. g4 Bxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 13th Jan 2026"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2026.01.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2026.01.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxe7 Nxe7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. g3 b6 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O Nd7 10. Rc1 c5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nc4 N5f6 $146 ({RR} 12... Qc7 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Qd4 Rac8 15. Qe5 Qxe5 16. Nfxe5 f6 17. Nf3 Rcd8 18. Nxb6 Nd3 19. exd3 Nxb6 20. Rc7 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Rxd3 22. Rc6 Rxf3 23. Rxb6 Rc8 24. Rxa6 Rc2 25. Rb6 Rd3 26. a4 Rdd2 27. a5 {Kempinski,R (2541)-Kusa,J (2360) Czech Republic CZE 2023 1-0 (50)}) ({RR} 12... Qe7 13. e4 b5 14. Na5 N7f6 15. Nxb7 Nxe4 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Rfd8 18. Qe2 Rac8 19. Ne5 Qf6 20. c6 Qf5 21. Be4 Qg5 22. h4 Qe7 23. Rfd1 {1-0 (23) Artemiev,V (2641)-Lai,D (2130) chess.com INT 2026}) ({RR} 12... Qe7 13. e4 N5f6 14. e5 Nd5 15. Nd6 Rab8 16. Nxb7 Rxb7 17. Re1 h6 18. a3 Rd8 19. Nd2 cxd4 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Nf3 Nc5 22. Nxd4 Qd7 23. b4 Ne6 24. Nf5 Rc7 25. Qg4 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Kh8 27. Rd1 {Alonso Rosell,A (2570)-Salgado Lopez,I (2591) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (40)}) 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Qc2 Be4 15. Qc3 Nd5 16. Qa3 Qb8 17. Nfe5 Nxe5 18. Bxe4 Nd7 19. Rfd1 N7f6 20. Bf3 Qa7 21. e4 Nb4 22. Qa4 Rac8 23. e5 Nfd5 24. a3 Nc6 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Nd6 Rc7 27. Rxd5 Nd4 28. Qc4 Re7 29. Qxc5 Ne2+ 30. Kf1 Nxc1 31. Qxc1 Qa8 32. Qd2 f6 33. exf6 Rxf6 34. Nf5 Re8 35. Qg5 Qa7 36. Qg4 Kh8 37. Qd4 Qb7 38. f3 h6 39. g4 Qb3 40. Kf2 Qc2+ 41. Kg3 Re2 42. Rd8+ Kh7 43. Rd7 Rg2+ 44. Kh3 Rxh2+ 45. Kg3 Qg2+ 46. Kf4 Rxf5+ 47. Kxf5 Qxf3+ 48. Ke6 Qc6+ 49. Kf5 Qg6+ 50. Kf4 Rg2 51. Kf3 Rc2 52. Qd3 Qxd3+ 53. Rxd3 Rxb2 54. g5 hxg5 55. Kg4 Kh6 56. Rd6+ g6 57. Rxa6 Rb3 58. Ra5 Rc3 59. a4 Rc4+ 60. Kg3 Kh5 61. Ra8 Rc3+ 62. Kf2 Kg4 63. a5 Ra3 64. a6 Ra2+ 65. Ke3 Kg3 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1213"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2013.02.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2012.10.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hockenheim"]
[BlackTeam "Wiesbaden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 {Tsesarsky,Ilya} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. b3 ({RR} 6. Be2 c5 ({RR} 6... Nbd7 7. b3 b6 8. Bb2 Bb7 9. Qc2 ({RR} 9. O-O Ne4 10. Rc1 c5 11. Qc2 Bd6 12. Rfd1 Qc7 13. Nf1 Rac8 14. Bd3 h6) 9... Rc8 10. Rc1 c5 11. Qb1) 7. b3 ({RR} 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nb3 cxd4 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. b3 Bc5 12. Bb2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 b5 14. Be2 Bb7) 7... b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Ne5 cxd4 11. exd4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd5) ({RR} 6. Qc2 b6 7. b3 c5 8. Bb2 Bb7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. e4 Nb4 12. Qb1 Qc8) ({RR} 6. Bd3) 6... c5 ({RR} 6... b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O Ne4 ({RR} 9... c5) 10. Rc1 Bd6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Ne5 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Nf6 14. Qe2 Qe7 15. Rc2 c5) 7. Bb2 Nc6 ({RR} 7... cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. bxc4 a6 11. O-O b5 12. cxb5 Nb4 13. Be2 axb5) 8. cxd5 ({RR} 8. Bd3 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Rc1 Rc8) ({RR} 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. a3 a5 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Nxc4 b5 12. Nce5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bb7 14. Bxb5 Qb6 15. Qe2 Rfb8 16. Bc4 Bd5 17. Nd3 Be7 18. O-O Qc6 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Rd8 {Peng,L (2541)-Jumabayev,R (2556) Tashkent UZB 2026 ½-½ (74)}) 8... Nxd5 ({RR} 8... exd5 9. Be2 b6 10. Ne5 Nxe5 ({RR} 10... Bb7 11. O-O) 11. dxe5 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qc2 Bb7 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Bc4 Rad8 16. O-O Rxd1 ({RR} 16... Qc6) 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. e6 fxe6 19. Bxe6+ Kf8 20. h3 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 Qd6 22. Qg4 g6 23. Bc4 {Karpov,A (2693)-Van Wely,L (2697) Dubai 2002 CBM 089 [Tsesarsky,Ilya] 1-0 (60)}) 9. dxc5 ({RR} 9. Bd3) 9... Bxc5 10. a3 b6 $146 ({RR} 10... Be7 11. Qc2 Bf6 12. Be2 Bd7 13. Ne4 Bxb2 14. Qxb2 Qb6 15. O-O Rfd8 16. Rac1 Be8 17. Rc2 Rac8 18. Rfc1 Nce7 19. Nc5 a5 20. g3 h6 21. Ne5 Qa7 22. Bh5 b6 23. Ne4 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 b5 25. Rd2 {Karpov,A (2628)-Fressinet,L (2702) Cap d'Agde 2015 ½-½ (61)}) 11. b4 Be7 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. Bc4 Bf6 14. Qb3 Bxb2 15. Qxb2 Nf6 16. O-O Qe7 17. Rc2 Rac8 18. Rfc1 Nb8 19. Be2 Rfd8 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. Qe5 Nc6 23. Qc3 Bb7 24. Bb5 Nd5 25. Qc2 Nb8 26. Qb2 Qc7 27. Bc4 Nd7 28. h3 a6 29. Bd3 b5 30. Qc2 Qxc2 31. Bxc2 Nc3 32. Nd4 Kf8 33. f3 Ke7 34. e4 g5 35. Kf2 h5 36. Ke3 h4 37. Kd3 Na4 38. Bxa4 Ne5+ 39. Ke3 bxa4 40. f4 gxf4+ 41. Kxf4 Nd3+ 42. Kg5 Nf2 43. e5 Bxg2 44. Kxh4 Bd5 45. Kg3 Nd3 46. N2f3 Kf8 47. Kg4 Kg7 48. Kg5 Nf2 49. h4 Ne4+ 50. Kf4 Nc3 51. Nd2 Kh6 52. Ke3 Kh5 53. Kd3 Nd1 54. b5 axb5 55. Nxb5 Kxh4 56. Nd6 Kg4 57. Nxf7 Kf4 58. Nc4 Nf2+ 59. Kd4 Ng4 60. Nb6 Bb3 61. Nd7 Ne3 62. Nc5 Nc2+ 63. Kc3 Nxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1988.01.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1988.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. cxd5 ({RR} 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Rfd1 h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. Bf1 Rc8 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Rac1 Nfe4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Qb1 Rfe8 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Nd4 Qg5 20. Nb5 Nd3 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Nd6 Rc7 23. Nxb7 Rxb7 {Bu,X (2714)-Korobov,A (2605) Beijing 2008 1-0 (44)}) ({RR} 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Rac1 c5 11. Rfd1 a6 12. Bb1 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Rc8 14. cxd5 Rxc1 15. Rxc1 Nxd5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. e4 Nf4 18. Qe3 Qd6 {½-½ (18) Smyslov,V (2545)-Ljubojevic,L (2605) Amsterdam 1981}) 9... cxd5 10. Rc1 Bb7 11. Qa4 $146 ({RR} 11. Qe2 a6 12. Rc2 Bd6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Be7 15. Ne5 Nd5 16. Nd6 Bxg5 17. Nxb7 Qe7 18. Nc6 Qf6 19. Bxa6 Nb8 20. Bb5 Rxa2 21. Ne5 Qe7 22. Bc4 Ra7 23. Qg4 Rxb7 24. h4 Bxh4 25. Re2 Rd8 {Lindahl,E (2180)-Seo,J (2409) Lund 2019 0-1 (32)}) ({RR} 11. Qc2 h6 12. Bf4 Ne8 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 a6 15. Nf3 Rc8 16. Qe2 b5 17. Nd4 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Bg5 19. Bg3 Bh4 20. Bxh4 Qxh4 21. Qc2 Qe7 22. Qc5 Qxc5 23. Rxc5 g6 24. f4 Kg7 25. g4 Rg8 {Sorensen,H (2445)-Payen,A (2286) Cappelle la Grande FRA 2023 1-0 (42)}) 11... a6 12. Qb3 Bd6 13. Rc3 h6 14. Bh4 Qb8 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Rfc1 f5 17. Nf1 Qd8 18. Ng3 Qe7 19. Nh5 Rfc8 20. a4 Kf8 21. g3 Bb4 22. R3c2 Rxc2 23. Qxc2 Bd6 24. Qe2 Bb8 25. Rc3 Ke8 26. Nh4 Qb4 27. Qc2 Kd8 28. Be2 Ba7 29. Nf4 Nf6 30. Nd3 Qe7 31. Ne5 Ne4 32. Rc6 f6 33. Nhg6 Qe8 34. Rc7 fxe5 35. Rxb7 Rc8 36. Qb3 Rc7 37. Rxc7 Kxc7 38. Nxe5 Kb7 39. Nd3 a5 40. f3 Nd6 41. Ne5 Bb8 42. Qc2 Qc8 43. Qxc8+ Kxc8 44. Ba6+ Kd8 45. Nc6+ Kd7 46. Nxb8+ Kc7 47. g4 Kxb8 48. Kf2 Kc7 49. Bd3 fxg4 50. fxg4 Kd7 51. Kf3 Ke7 52. Kf4 Kf6 53. h4 Nf7 54. Bb1 Nd8 55. g5+ hxg5+ 56. hxg5+ Ke7 57. g6 Kf6 58. g7 Kxg7 59. Ke5 Kf7 60. Kd6 Kf6 61. Kc7 Nf7 62. Kxb6 Nd6 63. b3 1-0

[Event "Titograd"]
[Site "Titograd"]
[Date "1984.12.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1984.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 Nc6 9. Bb2 Ne4 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 d4 13. Bb2 Re8 14. Rc1 Bb6 15. Qd2 ({RR} 15. a3 a5 16. Qd3 Bg4 17. Qb5 Na7 18. Qd3 Nc6 19. Rfe1 Qd7 20. Qb5 Ba7 21. Nd2 Re5 22. Qd3 Rae8 23. Bf3 Bf5 24. Qc4 h6 25. b4 axb4 26. axb4 Be6 27. Bxc6 bxc6 28. Qxc6 Qxc6 29. Rxc6 Bh3 {Anton Guijarro,D (2690)-Firouzja,A (2785) chess.com INT 2023 0-1}) 15... Bg4 16. h3 ({RR} 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Qf4 Qxe2 18. Bxd4 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 Qxa2 21. Rd2 Qa3 22. Rd7 Re7 23. Rcd1 Rae8 24. Bxb7 g6 25. Qf3 Rxd7 26. Rxd7 Re7 27. Rxe7 Qxe7 28. Bd5 Kg7 29. Kg2 Qf6 30. Qe2 Qd4 {Le,Q (2731)-Hamidov,A (2239) chess.com INT 2026 ½-½ (97)}) 16... Bh5 17. Rfd1 Rc8 $146 ({RR} 17... Qe7 18. g4 Bg6 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Rad8 21. e3 h5 22. Qc3 hxg4 23. hxg4 Qg5 24. Bxg7 Qxg4 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Be5 Re8 27. Bf4 Bf5 28. Qf6 Bd8 29. Qh6 Re6 30. Qh2 Rg6 31. Bg3 Qe2 32. Bf1 {Sipila,V (2439)-Vakhlamov,I (2413) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (37)}) ({RR} 17... h6 18. b4 a6 19. a4 Qd7 20. g4 Bg6 21. b5 axb5 22. axb5 Na5 23. Nxd4 Bxd4 24. Qxd4 Qxd4 25. Bxd4 Nb3 26. Rc7 Nxd4 27. Rxd4 Rxe2 28. Bxb7 Ra1+ 29. Kg2 Rb1 30. Bc6 Rbb2 31. Rf4 Rec2 32. Re7 {Schoorl,R (2273)-Golubovic,E (2183) chess.com INT 2025 ½-½ (38)}) 18. g4 Bg6 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. Rxc8 Bxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Qxc8 23. Bf3 h6 24. Qd7 Qc5+ 25. Qd4 Qc7 26. Qd6 Qc3 27. Qf4 Qc5+ 28. Qd4 Qa5 29. Qd5 Qxa2 30. Qxb7 Qc2 31. Qb5 Re6 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Qc4 Rb6 34. Rd7 a5 35. Rd5 Qb2 36. Rb5 Rxb5 37. Qxb5 Qc3 38. Qd5 Qb4 39. Qb7 Qd4+ 40. Kg2 f6 41. Qb5 Qe5 42. Qxe5 fxe5 43. Bd5 Be8 44. Be4+ Kg8 45. Bd5+ Kf8 46. Kf3 Ke7 47. h4 Kd6 48. Bg8 Bc6+ 49. Ke3 g5 50. hxg5 hxg5 51. Bc4 Bb7 52. Bf7 Bc8 53. Kf3 Kc5 54. e3 Bb7+ 55. Ke2 Ba6+ 56. Kd2 Bc8 57. Bh5 Kb4 58. Kd3 Be6 59. Ke4 Bxb3 60. Be8 Ba4 61. Bf7 Bc2+ 62. Kxe5 a4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 3rd Feb 2026"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2026.02.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2026.02.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. b3 c5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 ({RR} 6... exd5 7. Be2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bc5 10. O-O O-O 11. Bc3 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Nd2 Qe7 14. Qc2 Bd6 15. Rac1 Bd7 16. Bd4 a5 17. Bc5 a4 18. b4 a3 19. Rb1 Bxc5 20. bxc5 d4 21. Nc4 {Liu,Y (2401)-Premshankar B U (2215) Ulaanbaatar MGL 2026 1-0 (45)}) ({RR} 6... exd5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. Nc3 Bg4 9. Be2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 cxd4 11. exd4 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. a3 Re8 14. Re1 Qd7 15. g3 Bf8 16. Qd3 g6 17. b4 h5 18. h4 Bg7 19. Kg2 Ne4 20. Nxd5 Qxd5 21. Rxe4 {Deac,B (2707)-Kanter,E (2367) chess.com INT 2022 1-0}) 7. dxc5 ({RR} 7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Be7 11. Bb2 Bf6 12. Qd2 Bd7 13. Rd1 Bc6 14. e4 Nf4 15. Qxd8+ Rxd8 16. Rxd8+ Bxd8 17. Bf1 Bxe4 18. Nd2 Bc6 19. g3 Bf6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Rc1 Kd7 {Fressinet,L (2687)-Carlsen,M (2855) Paris 2016 ½-½ (71)}) 7... Bxc5 8. Bb2 O-O 9. a3 $146 ({RR} 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. Rc1 Bd7 11. e4 Nf6 12. Bc4 Bc6 13. Qe2 Qa5 14. a3 Bxe4 15. b4 Qf5 16. Nh4 Qg4 17. Qxg4 Nxg4 18. Nxe4 Bxh4 19. Be2 Nf6 20. Nd6 Bg5 21. Rc5 Nd5 22. Nxb7 Nd7 23. Rc4 Rfc8 {Olszewski,M (2551)-Volokitin,A (2623) Germany 2018 ½-½}) 9... Be7 10. e4 Nf4 11. Nc3 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 Nc6 13. Na4 b5 14. Nb6 Rb8 15. Nxc8 Rfxc8 16. g3 Ng6 17. Bd3 Bf6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Kd2 Nge5 20. Nxe5 fxe5 21. Rc1 Nd4 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Rb1 a5 24. b4 axb4 25. Rxb4 Ra8 26. Bxb5 Rxa3 27. Bc4 Rf3 28. Rb8+ Kg7 29. Ke1 Rc3 30. Rc8 Rc1+ 31. Kd2 Nb3+ 32. Kd3 Kf6 33. f4 exf4 34. gxf4 h6 35. e5+ Kg6 36. Ra8 Nc5+ 37. Kd4 Nd7 38. Bd3+ Kg7 39. Ra6 Nc5 40. Ra2 Rd1 41. Rg2+ Kf8 42. Kxc5 Rxd3 43. Rf2 Rd5+ 44. Kc4 Kg7 45. Rg2+ Kh7 46. Kc3 Rd1 47. Rg4 h5 48. Rg5 Kh6 49. Rg8 Rf1 50. Kd4 Rxf4+ 51. Kc5 Rg4 52. Rh8+ Kg6 53. Kd6 Rf4 54. Rg8+ Kh7 55. Rg2 Rf5 56. Ke7 Kh6 57. Re2 Kg5 58. Kd6 Kf4 59. Rf2+ Ke4 60. Ra2 Kf3 61. Rb2 1-0

[Event "Chess.com Classic Winners"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.05.20"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2025.05.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 b6 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 ({RR} 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Qa4 Qc8 13. Bd2 Qb7 14. Rac1 Rad8 15. Rfd1 h6 16. a3 Nc7 17. Ne2 c5 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Qc2 d4 20. Ng3 Ne6 21. Nf5 Bf8 {Nakamura,H (2804)-Aronian,L (2747) chess.com INT 2025 ½-½ (50)}) ({RR} 7. Ne5 O-O 8. Be2 c5 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bf3 Re8 11. Nd3 c4 12. Ne1 a6 13. b3 Qc7 14. bxc4 dxc4 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. f3 b5 17. e4 Nc6 18. e5 Bb4 19. Nxb5 axb5 20. exf6 Rad8 21. Nc2 Bc3 {Do,H (1968)-Moussard,J (2613) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (36)}) ({RR} 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Qc2 Ba6 11. b3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Nbd7 13. Bb2 Ne4 14. Rac1 Rc8 15. Rc2 Ndf6 16. Rfc1 Qe7 17. Qd1 Qe6 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. d5 cxd5 20. Nd4 Qd7 21. Nc6 Bc5 {Nakamura,H (2804)-Ding Liren (2734) chess.com INT 2025 ½-½ (76)}) 7... O-O 8. O-O Re8 $146 ({RR} 8... Be6 9. e4 Nc6 10. e5 Ng4 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. h3 Nxd4 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Qxd4 Nf6 15. Ng5+ Kg8 16. Bf4 Qc5 17. Qxc5 bxc5 18. Bxc7 d4 19. Nce4 Nd5 20. Bd6 Rfe8 21. Bxc5 Nf4 22. Nxe6 Rxe6 23. Ng3 {Hostasa,P (1544)-Kotsyba,O (1100) Tabor 2013 1-0 (43)}) ({RR} 8... c6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bg4 12. Bxh7+ Kh8 13. Be4 f5 14. Bc2 Qc7 15. h3 Bh5 16. Re1 Na6 17. a3 f4 18. Qd3 g6 19. Nh4 Rf6 20. Qxa6 b5 21. Be4 Rc8 22. b4 Kg7 23. Bb2 {Bill,E-Zollna,K Griesheim 2003 1-0}) 9. Qc2 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. a3 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Rd1 Nc7 14. b3 Qe7 15. Bb2 Rad8 16. b4 cxb4 17. axb4 Bxb4 18. Rxa7 Qc5 19. Rb7 Ne4 20. Rc1 Bxc3 21. Bxc3 Nxc3 22. Qxc3 Qxc3 23. Rxc3 Ne6 24. g3 d4 25. exd4 Nxd4 26. Kg2 Nxf3 27. Rxf3 Rf8 28. h4 h6 29. Rc3 Rc8 30. Rcb3 f6 31. R7b5 Rf7 32. h5 Kh7 33. g4 Re7 34. f3 Rd8 35. Kg3 Rc8 36. Ra5 Rce8 37. Rba3 Rf7 38. Kf4 Rfe7 39. R3a4 Rf7 40. Ra1 Rfe7 41. R1a3 Rf7 42. Kf5 Rfe7 43. f4 Rf7 44. Ra2 Rfe7 45. R2a4 Rf7 46. Ra6 Rfe7 47. R4a5 Rd7 48. Ra7 Rde7 49. Rxe7 Rxe7 50. Ra6 Rb7 51. Ra4 Rb5+ 52. Ke6 Rb6+ 53. Kd5 Rb5+ 54. Kc6 Rb2 55. Kd7 Rg2 56. f5 Re2 57. Kd6 Re5 58. Rb4 Re1 59. Ra4 Re5 60. Rb4 Re1 61. Ra4 Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.23"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. O-O c4 ({RR} 8... Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Nce4 12. Nd4 Rc8 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Ne4 15. Qe2 Bf6 16. Rac1 Qa5 17. Ra1 Rfe8 18. Rfd1 Nc3 19. Bxc3 Qxc3 20. Qd2 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 Red8) ({RR} 8... Be7 9. b3 Rc8 10. Bb2 c4 11. Nc3 a6 12. a4 Qb6 13. Ne5 Qxb3 14. Nxd7 Kxd7 15. Qd2 Bb4 16. Rfb1 Ne4 17. Qc1 Bxc3 18. f3 Bd2 19. Qf1 Qxe3+ {0-1 (19) Rekuc,P (2198)-Drygalov,S (2530) chess.com INT 2026}) 9. Nc3 ({RR} 9. a4 a6 10. a5 Bd6 11. b3 Rc8 12. bxc4 dxc4 13. Qa4 O-O 14. Ba3 b5 15. axb6 Nxb6 16. Qc2 Nbd5 17. Nc3 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Rc6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Ne5 Rc7 21. Qa3 Qxa3 22. Rxa3 c3) ({RR} 9. a4 a6 10. a5 Bd6 11. b3 Rc8 12. bxc4 dxc4 13. Qa4 O-O 14. Ba3 b5 15. axb6 Nxb6 16. Qc2 Nbd5 17. Nc3 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Rc6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Ne5 Rc7 21. Qa3 Qxa3 22. Rxa3 c3 23. Rc1 c2 {Carlsen,M (2837)-Ding,L (2774) Saint Louis 2017 ½-½ (50)}) 9... Bb4 10. Ne2 $146 ({RR} 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Ne4 12. Qc2 O-O 13. Nd2 f5 14. f3 Nd6 15. a4 Re8 16. Ba3 Nf6 17. Rfe1 g6 18. Rab1 b6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. e4 fxe4 21. fxe4 Ng4 22. e5 Qd7 23. Nf3 Nh6 24. Qd2 Nf5 {Cherny,O (1977)-Orozbaev,E (2367) Oskemen, East Kazakhstan Tech 2025 0-1 (61)}) 10... O-O 11. a3 Bd6 12. Nc3 a6 13. b3 b5 14. bxc4 bxc4 15. Qc2 Qe7 16. Re1 Rfe8 17. Bb2 Rab8 18. Nd2 Nb6 19. e4 Bf4 20. e5 Nfd7 21. a4 Qe6 22. Nf3 Nc8 23. Ba3 Na7 24. Rab1 Nc6 25. Bd6 Rxb1 26. Qxb1 Nd8 27. g3 Bh6 28. Kg2 g6 29. Qb4 Bf8 30. Bxf8 Rxf8 31. Qa5 Nc6 32. Qxd5 Rd8 33. Qe4 Nb6 34. h4 Nd5 35. Rc1 Na5 36. Ng5 Qd7 37. e6 fxe6 38. Nxe6 Re8 39. Qxd5 Qxd5+ 40. Nxd5 Rxe6 41. Ne3 Kf8 42. Kf3 Rd6 43. Ke4 Rf6 44. Nxc4 Nxc4 45. Rxc4 Rxf2 46. Rc8+ Ke7 47. Rc7+ Kf6 48. Rxh7 Ra2 49. g4 Rxa4 50. g5+ Ke6 51. Rg7 Ra1 52. Rxg6+ Kf7 53. Rf6+ Kg7 54. h5 a5 55. Ra6 a4 56. Ra7+ Kg8 57. Kf5 a3 58. Kg6 Kf8 59. h6 a2 60. h7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 1st Oct Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.10.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ragger, M."]
[Black "Bluebaum, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2024.10.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Qc2 dxc4 8. Qxc4 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. Qc2 ({RR} 11. Nc3 c6 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Qh4 h6 14. Be3 Bf5 15. Bd4 Rad8 16. Bxa7 Kh7 17. Qc4 Be6 18. Qc5 Bd6 19. Qe3 Ng4 20. Qf3 Ne5 21. Qe4+ f5 22. Qc2 Kh8 23. Bb6 Rd7 24. b3 f4 25. Na4 fxg3 {Di Benedetto,G (2289)-Bluebaum,M (2698) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (34)}) 11... c6 12. Nc3 $146 ({RR} 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Nc3 Bg4 14. Be3 Rfe8 15. h3 Bh5 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Ne4 Be5 19. Rd2 Rad8 20. Rad1 Rxd2 21. Qxd2 Bg6 22. g4 Bc7 23. Nc3 Bb6 24. e3 Bc7 25. Qd7 Qe5 26. Kf1 Rd8 {Karmanova,O (2316)-Baches Garcia,G (2322) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (49)}) ({RR} 12. Nd2 Bg4 13. Nc4 Bc7 14. e4 Re8 15. b3 Bh5 16. Ba3 Qd7 17. Rfe1 Bg6 18. Rad1 Qe6 19. Nd6 Bxd6 20. Rxd6 Qe5 21. Qd2 Qh5 22. Bb2 Qc5 23. e5 Nd5 24. Rd7 Re7 25. e6 fxe6 26. Bxd5 Rxd7 {Bruzon Batista,L (2543)-Barrientos,S (2464) Guatemala City GUA 2026 ½-½ (37)}) 12... Qe7 13. Bd2 Be6 14. Rad1 Rfd8 15. Bf4 Bxf4 16. gxf4 Ng4 17. f5 Bd7 18. h3 Nf6 19. e4 g6 20. fxg6 hxg6 21. f4 Nh5 22. Qf2 Be6 23. b3 Nxf4 24. Qxf4 Qc5+ 25. Kh2 Qxc3 26. e5 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Re8 28. Rd6 Bf5 29. e6 Bxe6 30. Be4 Qxh3+ 31. Kg1 Qg4+ 32. Qxg4 Bxg4 33. Bxg6 Re6 34. Rd8+ Kg7 35. Bd3 Re7 36. Ra8 a6 37. a4 Re3 38. Bc4 Be6 39. Rb8 Bxc4 40. bxc4 Re7 41. Kf2 Kf6 42. Rd8 Re4 43. Rd7 Rxc4 44. Rxb7 Rxa4 45. Rb6 Rc4 46. Rxa6 Ke5 47. Ke3 f5 48. Kd3 Rd4+ 49. Ke2 c5 50. Rc6 Rd5 51. Ke3 f4+ 52. Kf3 Kd4 53. Kxf4 c4 54. Kf3 Kd3 55. Rh6 c3 56. Rh3 c2 57. Kf4+ Kd2 58. Rh2+ Kc3 59. Rh3+ Rd3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 14th Jul 2026"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2026.07.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Santos Latasa, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2026.07.14"]

1. d4 {ChessBase II} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nc3 c6 7. e3 g6 8. Bd3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Qd8 ({RR} 10... Nd7 11. Qe2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. d5 Nb6 14. h3 e4 15. Nd4 Re8 16. Rad1 Qg5 17. Kh1 cxd5 18. Bb5 Re7 19. a4 a5 20. Nb3 Qh4 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Rxd5 Bxh3 23. gxh3 Qxh3+ 24. Kg1 Be5 {0-1 (24) Cina',V (2323)-Saydaliev,S (2455) chess.com INT 2025}) 11. e4 c5 12. dxc5 ({RR} 12. exd5 cxd4 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Ne2 Qd6 15. Qd2 Nc6 16. Nf4 Bg4 17. Be4 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Ne5 19. Bd5 Rac8 20. b3 b5 21. Rac1 bxc4 22. bxc4 Rc7 23. Nd3 Nxd3 24. Qxd3 Kh7 25. g3 Bf6 26. Rb1 Kg7 {Caruana,F (2808)-Anand,V (2816) Saint Louis 2015 CBM 168 [ChessBase II] ½-½ (42)}) 12... d4 $146 ({RR} 12... dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nd7 14. Na4 Qa5 15. Rc1 Rd8 16. Qb3 Nxc5 17. Nxc5 Qxc5 18. Bxe6 Bxe6 19. Rxc5 Bxb3 20. axb3 Rac8 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. e5 Rc2 23. Rb1 g5 24. h3 Kh7 25. b4 Rc4 26. b5 Rb4 27. Ra1 {Aditya,M (2486)-Sethuraman,S (2643) Delhi IND 2022 ½-½ (37)}) ({RR} 12... dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nd7 14. Na4 Qa5 15. Rc1 Rd8 16. Qb3 Nxc5 17. Nxc5 Qxc5 18. h4 Qb6 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. Rc2 Bd7 21. Bb3 Bc6 22. g4 Ra5 {0-1 (22) Li,D (2575)-Ding,L (2808) Fuling 2022}) 13. Nb5 e5 14. b4 a5 15. a3 Nc6 16. Rb1 axb4 17. axb4 Bg4 18. Be2 d3 19. Bxd3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Ra4 21. Nd6 Rxb4 22. Bf1 b6 23. Qe3 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 bxc5 25. Qxc5 Nd4 26. Qd5 Qg5 27. c5 Qd2 28. Qc4 Bf6 29. Qd3 Qxd3 30. Bxd3 Be7 31. Rb7 Bxd6 32. cxd6 Rd8 33. Bc4 Rxd6 34. Bxf7+ Kf8 35. g3 Ne2+ 36. Kg2 Nc3 37. f3 g5 38. Bh5 Rd2+ 39. Kg1 Ne2+ 40. Kf1 Nd4 41. h3 Rh2 42. Bg4 Ne2 43. Rh7 h5 44. Be6 Nxg3+ 45. Ke1 Re2+ 46. Kd1 h4 47. Rf7+ Ke8 48. Rg7 Rf2 49. Rxg5 Rxf3 50. Rxe5 Kf8 51. Bg4 Rf2 52. Re6 Kf7 53. e5 Rf4 54. Rh6 Rd4+ 55. Kc2 Re4 56. e6+ Ke7 57. Rxh4 Nf5 58. Rh7+ Kf6 59. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Black "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 b5 6. Ne5 Bb7 7. O-O Nd7 ({RR} 7... Nf6 8. b3 cxb3 9. Qxb3 Be7 10. Nc3 a6 11. Rd1 Qc8 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Rac1 O-O 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe7 Re8 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Rxc8 Raxc8 19. Qa3 Nb6 20. Bc5 Na4 21. f3 Bd5 22. Rc1 {Le,Q (2728)-Carlsen,M (2859) chess24.com INT 2022 1-0 (51)}) ({RR} 7... Nf6 8. a4 a6 9. b3 cxb3 10. Qxb3 Nd5 11. Nd2 Be7 12. Ndf3 O-O 13. e4 Nb6 14. Bh3 Bc8 15. a5 Na4 16. Rd1 c5 17. d5 exd5 18. Rxd5 Qc7 19. Bxc8 Qxc8 20. Bg5 Ra7 21. Rad1 c4 22. Qe3 {Manko,M (2264)-Berzina,I (2161) Weissenhorn GER 2026 0-1 (41)}) 8. Nc3 ({RR} 8. Nxc6 Qb6 9. Be3 Ngf6 10. d5 Bc5 11. dxe6 Bxc6 12. exd7+ Nxd7 13. Bxc5 Nxc5 14. Qd6 Bxg2 15. Qe5+ Ne6 16. Kxg2 O-O 17. Nc3 a6 18. Rfd1 Rfe8 19. a4 Nc5 20. Rd6 Qb7+ 21. Qd5 b4 22. Qxb7 Nxb7 {Lysyj,I (2671)-Lupulescu,C (2626) Baku 2015 ½-½}) 8... Qc8 9. b3 cxb3 $146 ({RR} 9... b4 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Na4 Rd8 12. bxc4 c5 13. Bxb7 Qxb7 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. Qa4+ Qd7 16. Qxd7+ Kxd7 17. dxc5 Kc6 18. a3 b3 19. Rb1 Nf6 20. Rxb3 Ne4 21. Rb2 Rb8 22. f3 Nxc5 23. Rd1 Rhd8 24. Rxd8 {Anand,B (2312)-Ufimtsev,E (2137) Paracin 2022 1-0 (32)}) ({RR} 9... b4 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Na4 Rd8 12. bxc4 c5 13. Bxb7 Qxb7 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. Qa4+ Qd7 16. Qxd7+ Kxd7 17. dxc5 Kc6 18. a3 b3 19. Rb1 Nf6 20. Rxb3 Ne4 21. Rb2 Rb8 22. f3 Nxc5 23. Rd1 Rhd8 24. Rxd8 {Anand,B (2312)-Ufimtsev,E (2137) Paracin 2022 1-0 (32)}) 10. Ne4 Ngf6 11. Nxf7 Kxf7 12. Ng5+ Ke8 13. Qxb3 Nb6 14. Bh3 Qc7 15. Nxe6 Qf7 16. e4 Bc8 17. Bf4 Bxe6 18. Bxe6 Qe7 19. Rac1 Nc4 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. Qxc4 Qd7 22. Qxc6 Qxc6 23. Rxc6 Be7 24. d5 Bd8 25. f3 Bb6+ 26. Kg2 Kf7 27. Rfc1 Rhd8 28. g4 Ne8 29. Be5 Rd7 30. f4 Rad8 31. Kf3 Nd6 32. a4 Nb7 33. h4 Na5 34. R6c3 Nb7 35. h5 Nd6 36. Rc6 Nb7 37. g5 Nd6 38. R1c2 Nb7 39. g6+ Kg8 40. Bc7 Bxc7 41. Rxc7 hxg6 42. hxg6 Kf8 43. e5 Ke8 44. d6 Na5 45. R2c3 a6 46. Kg4 Rb8 47. Rxd7 Kxd7 48. Rc7+ Ke6 49. Re7+ Kd5 50. Rxg7 Nc4 51. Rf7 Ke6 52. Rf6+ Kd7 53. Kg5 Rb1 54. Rf7+ Ke8 55. Re7+ Kd8 56. g7 Rg1+ 57. Kf6 Ne3 58. Ra7 Ng4+ 59. Ke6 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Swiss 2025"]
[Site "Samarkand UZB"]
[Date "2025.09.11"]
[Round "7.39"]
[White "Sargissian, G."]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vl3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2025.09.04"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O ({RR} 6... c6 7. Qc2 O-O {½-½ (11) Ghaem Maghami,E (2597)-Zhang,Z (2632) Manila 2008}) 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 b6 9. Bf4 Bb7 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Nc3 ({RR} 11. Nbd2 c5 12. Bg5 Rc8 13. b3 h6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Qb2 Qc7 16. Rac1 Qb8 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Nc4 Rfd8 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Qe5 Bxf2+ 21. Kf1 Bc5 22. Qxb8 Rxb8 23. Nfe5 Rbc8 24. h3 b5 25. Na5 Bxg2+ {Garcia Comas,P (1886)-Gomez Flores,P (2042) Llinars del Valles ESP 2026 0-1 (68)}) 11... Qc8 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Rac1 a6 $146 ({RR} 13... Nh5 14. Bd2 a6 15. Ne5 Nhf6 16. Qb3 Qb8 17. Bg5 Bd6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Na4 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Qxe5 21. Qxb6 Rab8 22. Bf3 g5 23. Qd4 Qxd4 24. Rxd4 Rfc8 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. Nc3 a5 27. Bg2 Ba6 28. f4 {Cvitan,O (2550)-Godena,M (2545) Switzerland 1997 1-0 (55)}) 14. Ne5 b5 15. a4 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. axb5 g5 18. Be3 Nxe5 19. Bd4 Ng6 20. b6 Qd7 21. Na4 Rfc8 22. Qb3 Bc6 23. Rxc6 Rxc6 24. e4 Rc4 25. Nc3 Rb4 26. Qa2 dxe4 27. Be3 Qe8 28. Bxe4 Rd8 29. Rxd8 Qxd8 30. Qxa6 f5 31. b7 fxe4 32. Qxe6+ Kg7 33. Qc8 Rxb2 34. Ba7 Qd2 35. b8=Q Rxb8 36. Bxb8 e3 37. fxe3 Qxe3+ 38. Kg2 Qd2+ 39. Kf1 Qc1+ 40. Kg2 Qb2+ 41. Kf1 Qxh2 42. Ne2 Qh1+ 43. Kf2 Qd5 44. Qc3+ Kh6 45. Ba7 Ne5 46. Bd4 Bb4 47. Qc8 Qf7+ 48. Kg1 Nf3+ 49. Kg2 Qd5 50. Qa6+ Kh5 51. g4+ Kxg4 52. Qc8+ Kh5 53. Kh3 Ng1+ 54. Kh2 Nxe2 55. Qh3+ Kg6 56. Qd3+ Qf5 57. Qa6+ Kf7 58. Qc4+ 0-1

[Event "Global Chess League 2023"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2023.06.28"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Wei Yi"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2023.06.22"]
[WhiteTeam "Triveni Continental Kings"]
[BlackTeam "Chingari Gulf Titans"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 d4 9. Bxb4 axb4 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nbd2 e5 12. Ng5 ({RR} 12. Ne4 Bf5 13. Nfd2 Nd7 14. Qc1 Bxe4 15. Nxe4 Qe7 16. a3 bxa3 17. Rxa3 Rxa3 18. bxa3 f5 19. Qb1 fxe4 20. Qxb7 Nd8 21. Qb4 Nf6 {0-1 (21) Tabatabaei,M (2629)-Matlakov,M (2685) Chess.com INT 2020}) 12... Qe7 13. Bd5 $146 ({RR} 13. Rfd1 Bg4 14. Nde4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 f5 16. Nd6 e4 17. f3 d3 18. Qd2 Bh5 19. g4 fxg4 20. fxe4 dxe2 21. Qxe2 Ne5 22. Rd5 Bf7 23. Rd2 Be6 24. b3 h5 25. Rf1 Qg5 26. Rdd1 Nf3+ 27. Kh1 Nxh2 {Shoboev,D (2273)-Aleksandrov,A (2395) Moscow RUS 2025 0-1 (33)}) ({RR} 13. Nge4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Be6 15. a3 bxa3 16. Rxa3 Rxa3 17. bxa3 Na5 18. Rb1 h6 19. Nd6 Qc7 20. Rb5 Bd7 21. Bd5 Bxb5 22. cxb5 d3 23. exd3 b6 24. d4 exd4 25. Qg6 Qxc5 26. Bxf7+ Kh8 27. Ba2 Qc7 {Karpenko,A (2121)-Kleschevnikov,A (2227) Odintsovo RUS 2026 1-0 (42)}) 13... g6 14. Nge4 Bf5 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Ne4 Qe7 17. a3 Kg7 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. axb4 Rab8 20. Ra4 h5 21. f3 h4 22. g4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 f5 24. gxf5 gxf5 25. Qxc6 Rf6 26. Qd5 Rg6+ 27. Kh1 Kh6 28. Ra8 Rxa8 29. Qxa8 Kh7 30. f4 e4 31. Ra1 Rg7 32. Qd5 Qf6 33. Qd6 Qf7 34. Qxd4 Qh5 35. Qe3 h3 36. Rg1 Rg4 37. Rxg4 Qxg4 38. Qg3 Qh5 39. Kg1 Qf7 40. Qxh3+ Kg7 41. c6 Kg6 42. Qg3+ Kh7 43. Qh4+ Kg6 44. Qg5+ Kh7 45. c7 Qxc7 46. Qxf5+ Kh6 47. Qe6+ Kh7 48. Qxe4+ Kh6 49. Kf2 Qb6+ 50. c5 Qf6 51. f5 Qxb2 52. c6 Kh5 53. h3 Kg5 54. c7 Kh6 55. Qh4+ Kg7 56. Qg5+ Kf7 57. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. d4 c5 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. exd4 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Rad1 ({RR} 12. Rac1 Rc7 13. Ne5 dxc4 14. bxc4 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. Ne4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Nc5 18. Bc2 Rd7 19. Rcd1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Qc7 21. h4 Rd8 22. h5 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Qd8 24. Qxd8+ Bxd8 25. Ba3 Be7 26. g3 g6 {Praggnanandhaa,R (2767)-Duda,J (2725) Zagreb CRO 2025 ½-½ (108)}) ({RR} 12. Rfd1 Rc7 13. Nf1 Qa8 14. Ne3 Nh5 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Qxh5 h6 17. Ba3 Rd8 18. Qe2 Nf6 19. c5 bxc5 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. dxc5 d4 22. Nc4 Bxg2 23. f4 Bf3 24. Qf2 Bxf4 25. Rf1 Bh1 26. Rae1 e5 {Ashwath Kaushik (2264)-Raja,H (2453) Budapest HUN 2025 0-1 (55)}) ({RR} 12. Rac1 g6 13. Rfd1 Re8 14. Nf1 Bf8 15. Ne3 Bg7 16. Ne5 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Nb8 18. Bb5 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Re7 20. Qc4 Nd5 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Qc3 Qd6 23. Qg3 Rc7 24. Re1 Bf8 25. Ba3 Qxa3 26. Nxg6 hxg6 {Panjwani,R (2388)-Bruzon Batista,L (2643) Calgary 2016 1-0 (36)}) 12... g6 $146 ({RR} 12... Qc7 13. Ne5 dxc4 14. Ndxc4 Nd5 15. f4 g6 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. a4 Qc7 18. Qf2 Nb4 19. Bb1 Bd5 20. Rc1 Qb7 21. Rfe1 Rc7 22. g4 Qc8 23. f5 Qd8 24. Rf1 Bh4 25. Qe2 exf5 26. Ne5 Rxc1 27. Bxc1 {Gutkin,B (2250)-Balashov,Y (2437) Acqui Terme 2017 0-1 (40)}) ({RR} 12... Qc7 13. Ne5 Rfe8 14. f4 g6 15. Ndf3 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Nd7 17. Qe3 f5 18. Rf2 a6 19. Rc1 Qd8 20. cxd5 Bxd5 21. Bxa6 Ra8 22. Qd3 Bg5 23. Nxg5 Qxg5 24. Rc7 Re7 25. Bc1 Qh4 26. Rc3 Kg7 27. a4 {Zeitlein,M (2490)-Polgar,S (2425) Rimavska Sobota 1991 1-0 (36)}) 13. Ne5 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Nd5 15. f4 N7f6 16. a4 Rc7 17. Rf3 Bb4 18. Rdf1 a6 19. Nb1 Qc8 20. Rg3 Re8 21. Rh3 Bf8 22. Nd2 Bg7 23. Ba3 Qd8 24. Bb2 Qc8 25. g4 b5 26. axb5 axb5 27. Bxb5 Rd8 28. Bc4 Nb6 29. Bd3 Ba8 30. f5 exf5 31. gxf5 Qb7 32. Ndf3 Nbd5 33. Bc1 Rxc1 34. Rxc1 Nf4 35. Qf1 Nxh3+ 36. Qxh3 Qxb3 37. fxg6 hxg6 38. Rc8 Rf8 39. Nxg6 Qd1+ 40. Kf2 Re8 41. Nge5 Bxf3 42. Rxe8+ Nxe8 43. Qc8 Kf8 44. Qc5+ Kg8 45. Qe7 Bh5 46. Qxe8+ Bf8 47. Qd8 Qd2+ 48. Kg3 Kg7 49. Be4 Qe1+ 50. Kf4 Qd2+ 51. Kf5 Ba3 52. Qf6+ Kg8 53. Qd8+ Kg7 54. Qf6+ Kg8 55. Nd7 Bg6+ 56. Ke5 Qa5+ 57. Bd5 Qc7+ 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 17th"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2001.09.27"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2001.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Graz Merkur"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 ({RR} 7... c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. O-O Bg4 12. h3 Be6 13. Rc1 Be7 14. Nb3 Qb6 15. Bb1 Rfe8 16. a3 Rad8 17. Qd3 Ne4 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Nfd4 Ng6 20. Rfd1 Bd7 21. Qe2 Ba4 22. Bxe4 {Bobkov,V (2237)-Hamedi Nia,V (1941) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (47)}) 8. Be2 $146 ({RR} 8. Bd3 c5 9. O-O b6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bg3 Bb7 12. Rc1 cxd4 13. e4 Nb4 14. Bc7 Qe8 15. Bb5 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Nxa6 17. Nxd4 Nxc7 18. Rxc7 Nc5 19. Nc4 Rd8 20. Rxa7 Kh8 21. e5 b5 22. Na5 Na4 {Naidenov,N-Neikirkh,O Sofia 1947 ½-½ (37)}) ({RR} 8. Rc1 c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nb3 cxd4 12. Qxd4 N7f6 13. Be2 Bd7 14. O-O Rfd8 15. a3 Be8 16. h3 a6 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Ne5 Qc7 20. Rc1 Qd8 21. Rxc8 Qxc8 22. Qc5 Qd8 {Le,Q (2737)-Sargissian,G (2672) Riadh 2017 1-0 (55)}) ({RR} 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Qc2 a6 10. Be2 Re8 11. O-O c6 12. a3 Nf8 13. b4 Bg4 14. Bd3 Bh5 15. Rab1 Ne4 16. Bg3 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Bd6 18. a4 Bxg3 19. hxg3 Nd7 20. Rfc1 Rc8 21. Qb3 b5 22. Bxe4 Rxe4 {Speelman,J (2539)-Short,N (2676) Gibraltar 2006 ½-½}) 8... c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 Ne5 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. N2f3 Bd7 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Ne5 Qb6 15. Qc2 Rfc8 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Bh5 Rf8 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Qc5 Qxc5 20. Rxc5 g6 21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. Bf3 Rfd8 23. Rc2 Rab8 24. g3 Kf8 25. Rfc1 Rb6 26. Re2 Ke8 27. Kf1 Rd7 28. Ke1 Kd8 29. Rc5 Kc7 30. Rec2 Rd6 31. Ra5 Kb7 32. Ra4 Rb5 33. Be2 Rb6 34. Rf4 f5 35. Rh4 Ng8 36. h3 g5 37. Ra4 Nf6 38. a3 Nd7 39. b4 Ne5 40. Rc3 Rd5 41. f4 gxf4 42. exf4 Nd7 43. Bf3 Rd6 44. Ra5 a6 45. Ke2 Rb5 46. Rd3 Rxd3 47. Kxd3 Kb6 48. g4 fxg4 49. hxg4 c5 50. Kc4 Rxa5 51. bxa5+ Kc7 52. a4 Kd6 53. Bb7 e5 54. g5 hxg5 55. fxg5 e4 56. Bxe4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 1st Aug Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Sjugirov, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2023.08.01"]

1. d4 {Baldauf,Marco} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 ({RR} 6... Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. a3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Qf6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Rc1 c6 14. b4 g4 15. Ng1 Nf8 16. b5 Bd7 17. bxc6 Bxc6 18. Bd3 h5 19. Qb4 a6 20. Ne2 Ng6 21. Qb6 {Aliyev,E (2108)-Gece,U (2022) Denizli TUR 2026 1-0 (55)}) ({RR} 6... Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. a3 Bxd2+ 9. Nxd2 c5 10. dxc5 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nxc5 12. O-O b6 13. b4 Ncd7 14. Ne4 Bb7 15. Nd6 Bc6 16. b5 Bd5 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. a4 Ne5 19. Nf5 Ng6 20. Bg3 Qd7 21. Nd4 {Andreikin,D (2729)-Rasulov,V (2539) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (62)}) 7. Nbd2 ({RR} 7. Qc2 O-O 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Bc4 N5f6 11. Nc3 c5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. Be2 Bd7 15. Qb3 Rab8 16. a4 Rfc8 17. a5 Nc6 18. Rfd1 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Bc6 20. Bb5 a6 21. Bxc6 Rxc6 {Mamedyarov,S (2817)-Karjakin,S (2753) Kolkata 2018 ½-½}) 7... O-O 8. Be2 c5 9. dxc5 $146 ({RR} 9. O-O b6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bg3 Bb7 12. Nc4 N7f6 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nfd2 Rc8 15. e4 ({RR} 15. Qb3) 15... Ne7 16. e5 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Nd6 Bxd6 19. exd6 Nf5 20. Qa4 Bd5 21. d7 Rc5 ({RR} 21... Nxg3 22. hxg3 Rc7 23. Bb5) 22. b4 Nxg3 23. hxg3 Rc7 {Eljanov,P (2765)-Karjakin,S (2779) Shamkir 2016 CBM 173 [Baldauf,Marco] ½-½ (41)}) 9... Nxc5 10. O-O b6 11. Nd4 Bb7 12. Bf3 Nfe4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Rc1 Rac8 17. Qe2 Qb7 18. h3 Nf6 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Qa6 Qd7 21. a4 Ne4 22. Nb5 Nc5 23. Qxa7 Qxa7 24. Nxa7 Ra8 25. Nc6 Rxa4 26. Rfd1 Rfa8 27. b4 Nb3 28. Rb1 Ra1 29. Ne5 Rxb1 30. Rxb1 Nd2 31. Rc1 Ne4 32. f3 Ng3 33. Kh2 Nf5 34. e4 Ne3 35. Rc3 Nf1+ 36. Kg1 Ng3 37. Kf2 Nh1+ 38. Kg1 Ng3 39. Kf2 Nh1+ 40. Ke3 Ra2 41. Rc8+ Kh7 42. Nxf7 Rxg2 43. Rc6 Rb2 44. Rxb6 Nf2 45. h4 Nd1+ 46. Kd4 Rb3 47. Ne5 Ne3 48. Rxe6 Ng2 49. Kc4 Rb1 50. Ng6 Ne3+ 51. Kd3 Ng2 52. h5 Rh1 53. Re5 Rh3 54. Ke2 Rh2 55. Kf2 Nh4+ 56. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 24th Jan Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.01.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Yu Yangyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2023.01.24"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. d4 Bd6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. c5 ({RR} 6. Bd3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. O-O c5 9. Ne5 Re8 10. f4 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Bd2 Nc7 13. Be1 cxd4 14. exd4 Ne4 15. Qf3 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 f6 17. Ng4 Qd7 18. f5 Re4 19. Rae1 Rae8 20. g3 a5 {Caruana,F (2796)-Firouzja,A (2744) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (68)}) ({RR} 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. e4 a6 11. Re1 Ng6 12. h3 Nh5 13. Bf1 Ngf4 14. Kh2 Bc5 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Qd6 17. Rc1 Bd7 18. Nd2 Qh6 19. Nc4 Rae8 20. d6 c5 {Tudor,H (2460)-Bluebaum,M (2694) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (73)}) ({RR} 6. Be2 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O e5 9. h3 Qe7 10. a3 Bf5 11. Re1 e4 12. Nd2 h5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Qh4 15. f4 Bxh3 16. Nxe4 Bg4 17. Qd2 Nxd4 18. exd4 Bxf4 19. Qf2 Qh2+ 20. Kf1 Bxc1 {Nakamura,H (2810)-Bluebaum,M (2679) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (33)}) 6... Be7 7. b4 b6 8. a3 $146 ({RR} 8. Bb2 c6 9. a3 Qc7 10. Bd3 Ba6 11. Ne5 Bxd3 12. Nxd3 Nbd7 13. O-O a5 14. Qc2 Qb7 15. h3 h6 16. Rfb1 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Ra8 19. Rxa8+ Qxa8 20. Qa4 Qxa4 21. Nxa4 b5 22. Nc3 Ne4 {Andreikin,D (2729)-Yu Yangyi (2729) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (50)}) 8... c6 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. O-O Qc7 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Qd3 Nb8 13. Bd2 Nbd7 14. Rfc1 bxc5 15. bxc5 e5 16. Qf1 e4 17. Ne1 Ng4 18. g3 h5 19. Rab1 Rfb8 20. Nc2 Nf8 21. Nb4 Qd7 22. Qa6 Rc8 23. Qe2 Nh7 24. f3 exf3 25. Qxf3 Ng5 26. Qe2 Re8 27. Rf1 Bf6 28. Nc2 Re7 29. Qd3 Rae8 30. Qf5 Re6 31. Kg2 g6 32. Qf4 Nh7 33. h4 Bg7 34. Rb8 Bh6 35. Rxe8+ Qxe8 36. Qf3 Bxe3 37. Be1 Nhf6 38. Nd1 Bh6 39. Bf2 Ne4 40. Be1 Nef6 41. Bf2 Qb8 42. Nde3 Qb2 43. Nxg4 Nxg4 44. Nb4 Ne3+ 45. Kg1 Nxf1 46. Kxf1 a5 47. Nd3 Qc2 48. Ne5 Bg7 49. Qxf7+ Kh7 50. Qxe6 Qb1+ 51. Kg2 Qe4+ 52. Kg1 Qb1+ 53. Kh2 Qc2 54. Qf7 Kh6 55. Nxc6 Qe4 56. Ne7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 1st Aug Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Sjugirov, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2023.08.01"]

1. d4 {Baldauf,Marco} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 ({RR} 6... Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. a3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Qf6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Rc1 c6 14. b4 g4 15. Ng1 Nf8 16. b5 Bd7 17. bxc6 Bxc6 18. Bd3 h5 19. Qb4 a6 20. Ne2 Ng6 21. Qb6 {Aliyev,E (2108)-Gece,U (2022) Denizli TUR 2026 1-0 (55)}) ({RR} 6... Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. a3 Bxd2+ 9. Nxd2 c5 10. dxc5 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nxc5 12. O-O b6 13. b4 Ncd7 14. Ne4 Bb7 15. Nd6 Bc6 16. b5 Bd5 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. a4 Ne5 19. Nf5 Ng6 20. Bg3 Qd7 21. Nd4 {Andreikin,D (2729)-Rasulov,V (2539) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (62)}) 7. Nbd2 ({RR} 7. Qc2 O-O 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Bc4 N5f6 11. Nc3 c5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. Be2 Bd7 15. Qb3 Rab8 16. a4 Rfc8 17. a5 Nc6 18. Rfd1 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Bc6 20. Bb5 a6 21. Bxc6 Rxc6 {Mamedyarov,S (2817)-Karjakin,S (2753) Kolkata 2018 ½-½}) 7... O-O 8. Be2 c5 9. dxc5 $146 ({RR} 9. O-O b6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bg3 Bb7 12. Nc4 N7f6 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nfd2 Rc8 15. e4 ({RR} 15. Qb3) 15... Ne7 16. e5 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Nd6 Bxd6 19. exd6 Nf5 20. Qa4 Bd5 21. d7 Rc5 ({RR} 21... Nxg3 22. hxg3 Rc7 23. Bb5) 22. b4 Nxg3 23. hxg3 Rc7 {Eljanov,P (2765)-Karjakin,S (2779) Shamkir 2016 CBM 173 [Baldauf,Marco] ½-½ (41)}) 9... Nxc5 10. O-O b6 11. Nd4 Bb7 12. Bf3 Nfe4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Rc1 Rac8 17. Qe2 Qb7 18. h3 Nf6 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Qa6 Qd7 21. a4 Ne4 22. Nb5 Nc5 23. Qxa7 Qxa7 24. Nxa7 Ra8 25. Nc6 Rxa4 26. Rfd1 Rfa8 27. b4 Nb3 28. Rb1 Ra1 29. Ne5 Rxb1 30. Rxb1 Nd2 31. Rc1 Ne4 32. f3 Ng3 33. Kh2 Nf5 34. e4 Ne3 35. Rc3 Nf1+ 36. Kg1 Ng3 37. Kf2 Nh1+ 38. Kg1 Ng3 39. Kf2 Nh1+ 40. Ke3 Ra2 41. Rc8+ Kh7 42. Nxf7 Rxg2 43. Rc6 Rb2 44. Rxb6 Nf2 45. h4 Nd1+ 46. Kd4 Rb3 47. Ne5 Ne3 48. Rxe6 Ng2 49. Kc4 Rb1 50. Ng6 Ne3+ 51. Kd3 Ng2 52. h5 Rh1 53. Re5 Rh3 54. Ke2 Rh2 55. Kf2 Nh4+ 56. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. e4 Be7 ({RR} 6... a6 7. Bxc4 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. O-O Rb8 10. e5 Qd8 11. Qc2 b5 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Qg6+ Ke7 14. d5 Rb6 15. Nc3 Qe8 16. Qc2 Kf7 17. Rfe1 Bb4 18. Nd4 Nf8 19. a3 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Kg8 21. Rac1 {Mamedyarov,S (2817)-Sevian,S (2647) Chess.com INT 2019 0-1 (41)}) 7. Nc3 ({RR} 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Qxc4 c5 9. Be2 cxd4 10. Qxd4 h6 11. Bh4 Nh5 12. e5 g5 13. Bg3 Nb6 14. Ne4 Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Kg7 17. O-O-O Bd7 18. f4 Nd5 19. fxg5 hxg5 20. Nf3 Rac8+ 21. Kb1 Ba4 {Krasenkow,M (2478)-Dotzer,L (2502) Weissenhorn GER 2026 0-1 (73)}) 7... O-O ({RR} 7... a6 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. e5 Nb6 10. Qb3 Nfd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Bd3 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Qxb6 Nd3+ 16. Kf1 Qb4 17. Qe3 Nxb2 18. Rb1 Kg8 19. Kg1 Rd8 20. Qc1 Nd3 21. Qg5 Qa5 22. h4 {Mamedyarov,S (2817)-Sarana,A (2630) Chess.com INT 2019 1-0}) 8. Bxc4 Nb6 $146 ({RR} 8... c5 9. Rd1 Nb6 10. Qb3 Nfd7 11. Be3 cxd4 12. Bxd4 Qc7 13. Be2 e5 14. Be3 Nc5 15. Qc2 Nca4 16. Bd2 Be6 17. O-O f6 18. Rc1 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 Rac8 20. Qb1 Qb8 21. h3 Na4 22. Bd2 b5 23. b3 {Kunin,V (2497)-Poetsch,H (2484) Munich GER 2025 1-0 (40)}) 9. Qb3 Nxc4 10. Qxc4 a6 11. O-O b5 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Rfd1 Qe8 15. Qe3 e5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. f3 Rad8 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rd1 Rxd1+ 21. Nxd1 h6 22. Qc3 Qxc3 23. Nxc3 c5 24. a3 Kf8 25. b4 Ke7 26. Kf2 Kd6 27. Ke3 Bc8 28. f4 Be6 29. e5+ Kc6 30. h3 h5 31. Ne4 cxb4 32. axb4 Kd5 33. Nd6 h4 34. Ne8 g6 35. Nc7+ Kc4 36. Nxe6 fxe6 37. g4 hxg3 38. h4 Kd5 39. Kf3 Kc6 40. Kxg3 a5 41. bxa5 b4 42. h5 gxh5 43. f5 b3 44. f6 b2 45. f7 b1=Q 46. f8=Q Qg1+ 47. Kh3 Qg4+ 48. Kh2 Qe2+ 49. Kh3 Qxe5 50. Qb4 Qb5 51. Qe4+ Qd5 52. Qb4 Qb5 53. Qe4+ Qd5 54. Qb4 Qb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 2nd Jul Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.07.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "L'Ami, E."]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2024.07.02"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. e3 ({RR} 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Rc1 Rfd8 13. Qb3 Rab8 14. Rfd1 Nf6 15. Qa4 Ba8 16. b3 a5 17. c5 Nd7 18. cxb6 Qb4 19. Qxb4 axb4 20. e3 Rxb6 21. Nf3 Bb7 {Radjabov,T (2741)-Rapport,R (2692) Palma de Mallorca 2017 ½-½ (36)}) ({RR} 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2 Nbd7 9. O-O a5 10. Qc2 a4 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Qb4 14. Qc2 h6 15. a3 Qa5 16. Rfe1 Rb8 17. Rad1 Rd8 18. Re3 b6 19. Nd2 Bb7 20. Ne4 c5 21. d5 exd5 {Ruck,R (2507)-Nigmatov,O (2459) Tashkent UZB 2026 ½-½ (73)}) ({RR} 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nd3 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. Rc1 Qb5 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Nc4 Qh5 18. Ne3 Qb5 19. Qc2 h5 20. h4 Rac8 21. Qxc8 Rxc8 {Moksh,A (2366)-Anton Guijarro,D (2669) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (31)}) 7... O-O 8. Be2 Rd8 $146 ({RR} 8... Nbd7 9. O-O e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Nc4 Qf6 14. Qb3 Rb8 15. Qa3 Be6 16. Nd2 Rfd8 17. Ne4 Qe5 18. Bf3 Bf5 19. Ng3 Bg6 20. Rfd1 a6 21. Rd4 Nc7 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Qb3 {Schulze,H (1854)-Vojtech,J (2310) Bayern 1995 ½-½ (36)}) 9. O-O dxc4 10. Nxc4 c5 11. Qb3 b6 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Rfd1 Nc6 14. Rxd8+ Nxd8 15. Rd1 Bb7 16. Qa3 Qxa3 17. Nxa3 Kf8 18. Nd4 Ke7 19. f3 Nc6 20. Ba6 Bxa6 21. Nxc6+ Ke8 22. e4 Ng8 23. Kf2 Ne7 24. Nb4 Bb7 25. Nb5 Kf8 26. Rd7 Bc6 27. Nxc6 Nxc6 28. Rc7 a6 29. Rxc6 axb5 30. Rxb6 Rxa2 31. Rxb5 Ke7 32. h4 h5 33. Ke3 g6 34. Kf4 Kf6 35. Rb6 Ra5 36. b4 Ra2 37. g3 Ra3 38. b5 Rb3 39. e5+ Kg7 40. Rb8 Rb4+ 41. Ke3 Rb3+ 42. Ke4 Rb4+ 43. Kd3 Rb3+ 44. Kc4 Rxf3 45. b6 Rf1 46. Rd8 Rb1 47. Kc5 g5 48. hxg5 Kg6 49. Rd4 Kxg5 50. Rb4 Rc1+ 51. Kd6 Rc8 52. b7 Rg8 53. b8=Q Rxb8 54. Rxb8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 2nd Jul Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.07.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "L'Ami, E."]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2024.07.02"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. e3 ({RR} 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Rc1 Rfd8 13. Qb3 Rab8 14. Rfd1 Nf6 15. Qa4 Ba8 16. b3 a5 17. c5 Nd7 18. cxb6 Qb4 19. Qxb4 axb4 20. e3 Rxb6 21. Nf3 Bb7 {Radjabov,T (2741)-Rapport,R (2692) Palma de Mallorca 2017 ½-½ (36)}) ({RR} 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2 Nbd7 9. O-O a5 10. Qc2 a4 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Qb4 14. Qc2 h6 15. a3 Qa5 16. Rfe1 Rb8 17. Rad1 Rd8 18. Re3 b6 19. Nd2 Bb7 20. Ne4 c5 21. d5 exd5 {Ruck,R (2507)-Nigmatov,O (2459) Tashkent UZB 2026 ½-½ (73)}) ({RR} 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nd3 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. Rc1 Qb5 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Nc4 Qh5 18. Ne3 Qb5 19. Qc2 h5 20. h4 Rac8 21. Qxc8 Rxc8 {Moksh,A (2366)-Anton Guijarro,D (2669) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (31)}) 7... O-O 8. Be2 Rd8 $146 ({RR} 8... Nbd7 9. O-O e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Nc4 Qf6 14. Qb3 Rb8 15. Qa3 Be6 16. Nd2 Rfd8 17. Ne4 Qe5 18. Bf3 Bf5 19. Ng3 Bg6 20. Rfd1 a6 21. Rd4 Nc7 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Qb3 {Schulze,H (1854)-Vojtech,J (2310) Bayern 1995 ½-½ (36)}) 9. O-O dxc4 10. Nxc4 c5 11. Qb3 b6 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Rfd1 Nc6 14. Rxd8+ Nxd8 15. Rd1 Bb7 16. Qa3 Qxa3 17. Nxa3 Kf8 18. Nd4 Ke7 19. f3 Nc6 20. Ba6 Bxa6 21. Nxc6+ Ke8 22. e4 Ng8 23. Kf2 Ne7 24. Nb4 Bb7 25. Nb5 Kf8 26. Rd7 Bc6 27. Nxc6 Nxc6 28. Rc7 a6 29. Rxc6 axb5 30. Rxb6 Rxa2 31. Rxb5 Ke7 32. h4 h5 33. Ke3 g6 34. Kf4 Kf6 35. Rb6 Ra5 36. b4 Ra2 37. g3 Ra3 38. b5 Rb3 39. e5+ Kg7 40. Rb8 Rb4+ 41. Ke3 Rb3+ 42. Ke4 Rb4+ 43. Kd3 Rb3+ 44. Kc4 Rxf3 45. b6 Rf1 46. Rd8 Rb1 47. Kc5 g5 48. hxg5 Kg6 49. Rd4 Kxg5 50. Rb4 Rc1+ 51. Kd6 Rc8 52. b7 Rg8 53. b8=Q Rxb8 54. Rxb8 1-0

[Event "CUB-ch 46th"]
[Site "Ciego de Avila"]
[Date "2010.01.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Corrales Jimenez, Fidel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2010.01.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. b3 a5 ({RR} 6... Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Ne5 c5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Ndc4 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Be7 14. a3 f5 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qh3 Bxb2 18. Qxe6+ Kg7 19. Nxb2 Re8 20. Qh3 Qf6 21. Na4 {Sargissian,G (2658)-Bocharov,D (2602) Moscow 2007 1-0 (46)}) ({RR} 6... Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 O-O 9. O-O Qe7 10. Qc2 h6 11. Rfe1 Rd8 12. e4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Nf6 15. c5 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 b6 17. b4 Rd5 18. Ne5 Bd7 19. Nc4 Rb8 20. Ne3 Rh5 21. g3 {Sonis,F (2558)-Kalosha,Z (2170) Bassano del Grappa ITA 2023 1-0 (39)}) ({RR} 6... Bd6 7. Bb2 Ne4 8. O-O O-O 9. Qc2 f5 10. Ba3 Bxa3 11. Nxa3 Ndf6 12. Rac1 Bd7 13. Ne5 Qe7 14. Nb1 Rad8 15. cxd5 exd5 16. f3 Nd6 17. Rfe1 Be6 18. Bf1 Nd7 19. Nd3 g5 20. Nd2 f4 21. e4 {Bruzon Batista,L (2620)-Arencibia Rodriguez,W (2555) Havana 2007 0-1 (39)}) 7. O-O a4 8. Bb2 axb3 $146 ({RR} 8... Bd6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. bxa4 Nb6 11. Rb1 Nxa4 12. Ba1 Qa5 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. Rxb7 Bb4 15. Nb3 dxc4 16. Nxa5 cxd3 17. Qxa4 {1-0 (17) Sjugirov,S (2675)-Reimanis,R (2421) Chess.com INT 2020}) ({RR} 8... Bd6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. bxa4 Nb6 11. Rb1 Nxa4 12. Ba1 Qa5 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. Rxb7 Bb4 15. Nb3 dxc4 16. Nxa5 cxd3 17. Qxa4 {1-0 (17) Sjugirov,S (2675)-Reimanis,R (2421) Chess.com INT 2020}) 9. axb3 Rxa1 10. Bxa1 Bb4 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Nbd2 g6 13. Bc3 Bd6 14. c5 Bc7 15. b4 Qe7 16. Qb2 Nh5 17. b5 f5 18. Ra1 cxb5 19. Bxb5 f4 20. e4 dxe4 21. Nxe4 Ndf6 22. Nxf6+ Nxf6 23. Ba5 Bb8 24. Re1 Nd5 25. Bc4 Rf5 26. h3 g5 27. Qb3 Qg7 28. Bxd5 Rxd5 29. Qb6 Qd7 30. Rc1 Qe7 31. Bb4 Qc7 32. Ra1 Qd8 33. Qxd8+ Rxd8 34. Ba5 Re8 35. Nxg5 Bd7 36. Ne4 Kg7 37. f3 Bc6 38. Nd6 Re7 39. Bd2 Bxd6 40. cxd6 Rf7 41. Ra8 Kg6 42. Rg8+ Kf5 43. h4 h6 44. h5 e5 45. dxe5 Kxe5 46. Bc3+ Kd5 47. Rg7 Rd7 48. Rg4 Rf7 49. Bg7 Bd7 50. Rg6 Bf5 51. Bxh6 Bxg6 52. hxg6 Rd7 53. g7 1-0

[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.23"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Giri, A."]
[Black "Nguyen, Thai Dai Van"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. e3 Bf5 ({RR} 8... O-O 9. Qc2 a6 10. Bd3 Re8 11. O-O Bg4 12. Ne5 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Rae1 Bd7 15. f3 Qd6 16. Qf2 Re7 17. h3 c5 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. e4 Qxf2+ 20. Kxf2 dxe4 21. Nxe4 Nxe4+ 22. Rxe4 Kf8 23. Rd4 {Caruana,F (2784)-Firouzja,A (2766) Zagreb 2025 ½-½ (45)}) 9. Ne5 ({RR} 9. Nh4 Bh7 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 g6 12. O-O Kf8 13. f3 Nc6 14. Rad1 Kg7 15. e4 Qe6 16. e5 Nh5 17. f4 Ne7 18. f5 gxf5 19. Nxf5+ Kf8 20. Rd2 Nxf5 21. Rxf5 Qg6 22. Nxd5 c6 23. Ne3 Ng7 {Gharibyan,M (2487)-Ganiev,A (2306) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (63)}) 9... Nbd7 10. Bd3 $146 ({RR} 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O c6 13. a3 Ne8 14. Bxf5 Qxf5 15. Qf3 Qxf3 16. gxf3 Nd6 17. b3 f5 18. f4 Rae8 19. Kg2 Re6 20. Kf3 Kf7 21. Rg1 Kf6 22. h4 Rc8 23. Rac1 Kf7 24. a4 Ree8 {Alakhverdiev,A (2008)-Palczert,M (2299) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (69)}) ({RR} 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O c6 13. a3 Ne8 14. Bxf5 Qxf5 15. Qf3 Qxf3 16. gxf3 Nd6 17. b3 f5 18. f4 Rae8 19. Kg2 Re6 20. Kf3 Kf7 21. Rg1 Kf6 22. h4 Rc8 23. Rac1 Kf7 24. a4 Ree8 {Alakhverdiev,A (2008)-Palczert,M (2299) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (69)}) 10... Bxd3 11. Nxd3 O-O 12. O-O c6 13. b4 a5 14. b5 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Nf4 Nf6 18. Rc1 Rfb8 19. Qa4 Rb5 20. h3 Rab8 21. Rc3 Nd5 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23. Rfc1 Rb2 24. a3 Qb5 25. Qd1 Qe2 26. Qxe2 Rxe2 27. Rc5 Rbb2 28. Rf5 g6 29. Rf4 g5 30. Rf5 Rb5 31. Rcc5 Ra2 32. Rxb5 cxb5 33. Rxb5 Rxa3 34. Re5 f6 35. Re7 Kf8 36. Ra7 h5 37. g3 a4 38. h4 Ra1+ 39. Kg2 a3 40. d5 a2 41. d6 gxh4 42. Ra8+ Kf7 43. d7 Rd1 44. gxh4 Rxd7 45. Rxa2 Kg6 46. Kg3 Rd1 47. Kf4 Rh1 48. Kxe4 Rxh4+ 49. f4 Rg4 50. Ra8 h4 51. Rg8+ Kh5 52. Rh8+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1989.09.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1989.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Tsesarsky,Ilya} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Be2 Nbd7 6. O-O ({RR} 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Qc2 ({RR} 10. a4 a5 11. Ne5 Qe7 ({RR} 11... Qc7) 12. Bf3 c5 ({RR} 12... Rad8) 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 ({RR} 13... Qxd7 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. cxd5 exd5 17. e4) 14. cxd5 exd5 ({RR} 14... Bxd5 15. e4 Bb7 16. e5 Bxf3 17. exd6) 15. Nc4 dxc4 ({RR} 15... Bc7 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Na3 ({RR} 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Rfd8 19. Qc6 Rac8 20. Qb5 Rd3 21. Ra3) 17... Rac8 18. Nb5 Be5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Qd4) 16. Bxb7 Rab8 17. Bf3 b5 ({RR} 17... cxb3 18. Qxb3 Bc7 19. Rfd1) 18. dxc5 ({RR} 18. axb5 Rxb5 ({RR} 18... cxb3 19. Qxb3) 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Qd4 Ne6 21. Qxc4) 18... Nxc5 19. bxc4 bxc4 20. Bc3 Nd3 21. Rb1 Bb4) 10... Qe7 11. Ne5 Rac8 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qe3 c5 ({RR} 15... Rfd8 16. Rad1 c5 17. f4) 16. Bf3 ({RR} 16. Rad1) 16... Rfd8 17. Rad1 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qc7 20. Rfe1 ({RR} 20. Qe3 Nd7) 20... Bb4 {Portisch,L (2610)-Ioseliani,N (2520) Copenhagen 1997 CBM 061 [Tsesarsky,Ilya] ½-½ (45)} ({RR} 20... a6 21. h3 b5 22. Qe3 Bb4 23. Bb6 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Qb7 25. Bd4 Rd8 26. Rd3 bxc4 27. Nxc4 Be7 ({RR} 27... Qe4 28. Bxf6 Qxd3 29. Qg5))) ({RR} 6. Qc2 b5 ({RR} 6... dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6 8. O-O c5 9. Rd1 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. a4 Be4 12. Bd3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 cxd4 14. axb5 Rc8 15. Qe2 a5 16. Bd2) 7. c5 a5 8. O-O Be7 9. Nbd2 Qc7 10. e4 O-O 11. e5 Nh5 12. Re1 f6 13. exf6 gxf6 14. h3) 6... b6 ({RR} 6... Ne4 7. Nbd2 Bd6 8. Qc2 f5 9. b3 Qf6 10. Ne1 O-O 11. f4 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Qe7 13. Nf3 Nf6 14. c5 Bc7 15. Ne5 Bd7 16. b4 Ne4 17. Rab1 b5 18. a4 Bxe5 19. dxe5 bxa4 20. Ra1 a5 21. Rxa4 {Maurutyte,L (1639)-Chmiel,K (1753) Suwalki POL 2025 ½-½}) 7. Bd2 $146 ({RR} 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Nh4 c5 11. Nf5 cxd4 12. Nxd4 O-O 13. Rc1 Nc5 14. Na4 Nce4 15. Nf5 Nxd2 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Qxd2 Rad8 18. Qd4 Rfe8 19. Bb5 Rf8 20. Bd3 h6 21. h3 Rc8 {Tuttle,J-Lin,K (1871) Stillwater 2010 0-1 (57)}) ({RR} 7. b3 Bb7 8. Bb2 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rc1 Re8 11. Re1 Bb4 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Ne4 14. Bb2 f5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Qd3 a5 17. Nd2 Qh4 18. g3 Qh6 19. Nf3 g5 20. Kg2 Re6 21. h4 g4 {Masiko,E-Kizza,F (2115) Kampala 2017 0-1}) 7... Bb7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Qa4 a5 10. Nc3 Bd6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Rfe1 Re8 13. Qc2 g6 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. h3 Rac8 16. a3 Qb8 17. Ng5 c5 18. Bb5 Re7 19. Qa4 Kg7 20. Re2 Nf8 21. dxc5 Bxc5 22. Qh4 h6 23. Nf3 Ne6 24. e4 g5 25. Nxg5 hxg5 26. Bxg5 Ng8 27. Bxe7 Nxe7 28. Qg4+ Ng6 29. exd5 Nef4 30. Re4 Rh8 31. Bd7 Rh4 32. Qf3 Rh5 33. Bg4 Rg5 34. h4 Re5 35. h5 f5 36. Bxf5 Rxf5 37. hxg6 Bxf2+ 38. Kxf2 Nh3+ 39. gxh3 Qh2+ 40. Ke3 Rxf3+ 41. Kxf3 Qxh3+ 42. Kf2 Qh2+ 43. Ke3 Qxb2 44. Re7+ Kxg6 45. Rc7 b5 46. Ne4 Ba8 47. Rg1+ Kh6 48. Rh1+ Kg6 49. Rg1+ Kh6 50. Rh1+ Kg6 51. Kf4 Bxd5 52. Rch7 1-0

[Event "Chess.com Open PlayIn4"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2026.03.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2026.03.25"]

1. d4 {Pavlovic,Milos} e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 Nd7 4. Nc3 Ngf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Bb4 7. e3 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Nd2 Nxg3 ({RR} 10... Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxc3 12. Rc1 Ba5 13. h4 Nf6 14. Rc5 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Ne4 16. Bxc7 Qe7 17. Qb2 O-O 18. hxg5 Nxc5 ({RR} 18... hxg5 19. Bd3) 19. dxc5 Qxc7 20. Rxh6 Qa5+ 21. Kd1 Qa4+ 22. Kc1 f6 23. Rg6+ Kh8 24. gxf6 Rf7 25. Bd3) 11. hxg3 c6 ({RR} 11... Nb6 12. a3 Bd6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Ndxe4 Qe7 15. Be2 Bf5 16. Nxd6+ Qxd6 17. Rc1 c6 18. O-O O-O 19. f4 Rad8 20. fxg5 Bg6 21. gxh6 Qxd4+ 22. Qxd4 Rxd4 23. g4 Re8 24. Rcd1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Kh7 26. g5) 12. Qc2 ({RR} 12. a3 Ba5 ({RR} 12... Be7 13. Bd3 Nf6 14. Qe2 Be6 15. Nf3 Ng4 16. e4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Qa5 18. O-O Nf6 19. Ne5 Qb6 20. Rfd1 Rd8) ({RR} 12... Bd6 13. e4 Nb6 14. e5 Be7 15. Bd3 Be6 16. Qe2 Qd7 17. Nb3 O-O-O 18. O-O-O Kb8 19. Kb1 h5) ({RR} 12... Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nf6 14. Bd3 Qe7 15. Qc2 Bd7 16. c4) 13. Bd3 Kf8 14. Qc2 Nf6 15. O-O-O Kg7 16. Kb1 Be6 17. Nb3 Bb6 18. f4 Bg4 19. Rde1 Qd6 20. Rhf1 Rae8 21. Nc5 Re7 22. Qd2 Rhe8 ({RR} 22... Bxc5 23. dxc5 Qxc5 24. fxg5 hxg5 25. b4 ({RR} 25. e4 dxe4) 25... Qd6 26. e4 Rh5 27. exd5 Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 cxd5 ({RR} 28... Nxd5 29. Nxd5 Qxd5 30. Qc3+ Kg8 31. Bc4 Qe4+) 29. Nb5 Qb6 30. Qe5 Qe6 31. Qd4 Qb6) 23. fxg5 hxg5 24. e4 Nxe4 ({RR} 24... Nh5 25. Qxg5+ ({RR} 25. e5 Qh6 26. Qf2 Bxc5 27. dxc5 f5) 25... Qg6 26. Qxg6+ fxg6) 25. N5xe4 ({RR} 25. N3xe4 dxe4 26. Rxe4 Bh5 27. Qxg5+ Qg6 28. Qxe7 Rxe7 29. Rxe7 Bxc5 30. Rfxf7+ Qxf7 31. Rxf7+ Kxf7 32. dxc5) 25... dxe4 26. Rxe4 Rxe4 {Nakamura,H (2779)-Anand,V (2779) London 2016 CBM 176 [Pavlovic,Milos] 1-0 (43)} ({RR} 26... Bh5 27. Qxg5+ Qg6 28. Qxg6+ Bxg6 29. Rg4 Re1+ 30. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 31. Ka2 Ba5)) ({RR} 12. Bd3 Nf6 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. O-O-O Be6 15. Kb1 O-O-O 16. Nb3 Kb8 17. Na4 Nd7 18. Rc1 h5 19. a3 Bd6 20. Qd2 Rc8 21. Nbc5 Bxc5 22. Nxc5 Nxc5 23. Rxc5 h4 24. gxh4 gxh4 25. Rhc1 Qg5 26. Bf1 h3 {Salemgareev,T (2423)-Kilic,E (2497) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (73)}) 12... Nf6 13. a3 Bxc3 $146 ({RR} 13... Be7 14. O-O-O Be6 15. Kb1 Qc7 16. Bd3 O-O-O 17. Na4 Kb8 18. Rc1 h5 19. Nf3 Nd7 20. Bf5 Rdg8 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. e4 h4 23. e5 b5 24. Nc3 Qb6 25. Ne2 c5 26. gxh4 gxh4 27. Nf4 c4 28. Ng6 {Ratkovic,M (2471)-Kilic,E (2458) Banja Luka 2025 ½-½ (60)}) ({RR} 13... Be7 14. O-O-O Be6 15. Kb1 Qc7 16. Bd3 O-O-O 17. Na4 Kb8 18. Rc1 h5 19. Nf3 Nd7 20. Bf5 Rdg8 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. e4 h4 23. e5 b5 24. Nc3 Qb6 25. Ne2 c5 26. gxh4 gxh4 27. Nf4 c4 28. Ng6 {Ratkovic,M (2471)-Kilic,E (2456) Banja Luka BIH 2025 ½-½ (60)}) 14. bxc3 Kf8 15. Bd3 Kg7 16. c4 Be6 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. O-O Rc8 19. Qb2 b6 20. Rfc1 g4 21. Rxc8 Bxc8 22. Rc1 h5 23. Qb4 Be6 24. Kf1 h4 25. gxh4 Rxh4 26. Ke2 Rh2 27. Rg1 g3 28. fxg3 Bg4+ 29. Kf2 Qc7 30. Nf1 Ne4+ 31. Bxe4 dxe4 32. Nd2 Qc2 33. d5 Rh6 34. Rf1 Qd3 35. Qd4+ Rf6+ 36. Kg1 Qxd4 37. exd4 Rd6 38. Rf4 Bc8 39. Nxe4 Rxd5 40. Nc3 Ra5 41. a4 Bd7 42. Kf2 Bxa4 43. d5 Bd7 44. Ke3 b5 45. Ne4 b4 46. Kd4 b3 47. Rf1 Ra4+ 48. Ke5 Rb4 49. Nc5 b2 50. Rb1 f6+ 51. Kd6 Bf5 52. Ne6+ Kf7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 25th Mar Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Paravyan, D."]
[Black "Caruana, F."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2025.03.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. h3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bf4 c6 8. e3 Bf5 9. g4 Be4 ({RR} 9... Bg6 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. Nxg6 fxg6 12. Qb3 Nb6 13. a4 a5 14. h4 Na6 15. g5 Nb4 16. Na2 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Nxb4 axb4 19. a5 Nd7 20. Bg2 Kh8 21. Ra4 b5 22. axb6 Rxa4 23. Qxa4 Nxb6 24. Qc2 {Tabatabaei,M (2700)-Nakamura,H (2810) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (43)}) 10. Nxe4 $146 ({RR} 10. a3 Nbd7 11. Rg1 Qb6 12. Na4 Qa5+ 13. Nd2 Bg6 14. Nc3 Qb6 15. Qb3 Ne8 16. Na4 Qxb3 17. Nxb3 Bd6 18. Nac5 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 Bxf4 20. exf4 f5 21. Nd7 Rf7 22. Ne5 Re7 23. Bd3 Nd6 24. O-O-O Rf8 {Laurent-Paoli,P (2570)-Fressinet,L (2625) L'Alpe d'Huez FRA 2024 ½-½ (41)}) ({RR} 10. g5 Nh5 11. Bxb8 Rxb8 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nd2 g6 14. h4 Bb4 15. a3 Bxd2+ 16. Qxd2 Qe7 17. O-O-O b5 18. Kb1 c5 19. Be2 Ng7 20. dxc5 Qxc5 21. Qd5 Qe7 22. Qd7 Rfe8 23. Qxe7 Rxe7 24. Rd5 b4 {Lazavik,D (2605)-Movahed,S (2575) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (45)}) ({RR} 10. g5 Nh5 11. Bh2 g6 12. Rg1 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. h4 Nd7 16. Be2 f5 17. gxf6 Ndxf6 18. Qg2 b5 19. O-O-O Kh8 20. Kb1 a5 21. Bd3 a4 22. Qg5 b4 23. Ne2 Ne4 24. Bxe4 dxe4 {Keymer,V (2700)-Lazavik,D (2544) chess.com INT 2023 ½-½ (58)}) 10... dxe4 11. Nd2 Nd5 12. Bxb8 Rxb8 13. Bg2 Bb4 14. Bxe4 Re8 15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. O-O h5 17. gxh5 Re6 18. a3 Bxd2 19. Qxd2 Qxh5 20. f3 Qxh3 21. Qh2 Qxh2+ 22. Kxh2 Rxe3 23. Rae1 Rbe8 24. Rxe3 Rxe3 25. Kg3 Kf8 26. Rd1 Rb3 27. d5 cxd5 28. Rxd5 Rxb2 29. Rd7 g6 30. a4 a5 31. Rd5 b6 32. Rd7 Rb4 33. Rd6 Kg7 34. Rc6 g5 35. Rd6 f6 36. Rc6 Kg6 37. Rd6 Kf5 38. Rc6 Ke5 39. Kf2 f5 40. Kg3 Rb3 41. Kf2 Ra3 42. Kg2 Rxa4 43. Rxb6 Kf4 44. Rb2 Rb4 45. Ra2 a4 46. Kf2 Ke5 47. Ke3 Rb3+ 48. Kf2 a3 49. Re2+ Kf4 50. Re8 Rb2+ 51. Kf1 a2 52. Rh8 a1=Q# 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 25th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2018.05.02"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Black "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.05.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg Bronze Horseman"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow Legacy Square"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 c6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Nc3 Rc8 ({RR} 11... Qb6 12. Ne5 Rfd8 13. Be3 Nd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Qd3 b4 17. Rxc8 Bxc8 18. Qc2 Nxe5 19. dxe5 d4 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 21. Qxc8+ Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Qxd8+ Bxd8 24. b3 Bc7 25. f4 Bb6+ 26. Kf1 {So,W (2799)-Mamedyarov,S (2809) Berlin 2018 ½-½ (41)}) ({RR} 11... Qb6 12. a4 a5 13. Ne5 b4 14. Ne4 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd5 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. exd6 f5 18. Bf4 Nxf4 19. gxf4 Rf6 20. Rac1 Rg6 21. Qc5 Qd8 22. d7 Rb8 23. Qa7 Rxg2+ 24. Kxg2 c5+ 25. f3 Bd5 26. Rxc5 {Buckland,L (1959)-Kirton,E (1838) England ENG 2026 1-0}) 12. Bg5 c5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 $146 ({RR} 13... Nxf6 14. Nxb5 Qb6 15. Nc3 Bxf3 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. exf3 Bd4 18. f4 Ng4 19. Rd2 Rfd8 20. Re1 Rb8 21. Nd1 Rbc8 22. Nc3 Rb8 23. Nd1 Rbc8 24. Nc3 {½-½ (24) Finek,V (2425)-Malinovsky,K (2473) Marianske Lazne 2022}) ({RR} 13... Nxf6 14. Nxb5 Qb6 15. Nc3 Bxf3 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. exf3 Bd4 18. f4 Ng4 19. Rd2 Rfd8 20. Re1 Rb8 21. Nd1 Rbc8 22. Nc3 Rb8 23. Nd1 Rbc8 24. Nc3 {½-½ (24) Finek,V (2425)-Malinovsky,K (2473) Marianske Lazne 2022}) 14. Ng5 Bxg5 15. Bxb7 Rc7 16. dxc5 Rxc5 17. Qb3 Qe7 18. Bg2 Nf6 19. a4 bxa4 20. Rxa4 g6 21. Qa3 Rc7 22. Nb5 Qxa3 23. bxa3 Rc2 24. Bf3 e5 25. h4 Bd2 26. Nxa7 Re8 27. Nb5 e4 28. Bg2 e3 29. f4 Rb2 30. Nd6 Re6 31. Nc4 Ra2 32. Bf3 Ne4 33. Ra8+ Kg7 34. Kg2 Nc3 35. Rf1 Rc2 36. Ra7 Nb5 37. Rb7 Rxc4 38. Rxb5 Ra4 39. Ra1 Rea6 40. Rb7 Ra7 41. Rxa7 Rxa7 42. a4 Ra5 43. Bc6 Rc5 44. Bb5 h6 45. Kf3 g5 46. Bd3 gxh4 47. gxh4 Kf6 48. Rb1 Rh5 49. Rb6+ Kg7 50. f5 1-0

[Event "London FIDE GP 1st"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.10.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Krasenkow,Michal} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Qc2 h6 ({RR} 5... O-O 6. e3) 6. Bh4 ({RR} 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O ({RR} 7... O-O 8. Nc3 ({RR} 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3)) 8. h4 c5 9. g4 g6 10. g5 hxg5 11. hxg5 Bg7 12. Nc3 cxd4 13. exd4 Nc6 14. O-O-O Nb4 15. Qd2 dxc4 16. Qf4 Qa5 17. Bxc4 b5 18. Bb3 Bb7 19. Kb1 Rac8 20. Rh3 Rxc3 {Mamedyarov,S (2767)-So,W (2767) Chess.com INT 2019 0-1}) ({RR} 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. h4 c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. cxd5 b6 12. g4 g6 13. g5 hxg5 14. hxg5 Bg7 15. O-O-O exd5 16. Bh3 Re8 17. Nb3 Bxh3 18. Rxh3 Nxb3+ 19. Qxb3 Qc8+ 20. Kb1 Qxh3 {Guliev,G (2123)-Papasimakopoulos,A (2366) chess.com INT 2025 0-1}) ({RR} 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 c5 8. cxd5 cxd4 9. Bb5+ Bd7 ({RR} 9... Nd7 10. dxe6 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 dxc3 12. exd7+ Bxd7 13. Bxd7+ Kxd7 14. O-O cxb2 15. Rad1+ Ke7 16. Qe4+ Kf8 17. Qxb7 Re8 18. Nd4 Qc3 19. Rb1 Bxd4 20. exd4 Qxd4 21. Rfd1 Qf6 22. Rxb2 g6) 10. dxe6 Qa5+ ({RR} 10... Bxb5 11. exf7+ Kxf7 12. Qb3+ Ke7 13. Qxb5 Qb6 14. Qxb6 axb6 15. Nxd4 Nc6 16. Nxc6+ bxc6 17. Nc3 Bxc3+ 18. bxc3 Ra3 19. Kd2 Rha8 20. Rhc1 Rxa2+ 21. Rxa2 Rxa2+ 22. Rc2) 11. Nbd2 Qxb5 12. exd7+ Nxd7 13. Qe4+ Kf8 14. Nxd4 Qxb2 15. Rb1 Qxa2 16. Qxb7 Rd8 ({RR} 16... Rb8 17. Qxd7 Rxb1+ 18. Nxb1 Qxb1+ 19. Ke2 Qb2+ 20. Kf3 g6 21. Rd1 ({RR} 21. Qxa7 Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Qxd4 23. exd4 Ke7)) 17. Qb4+ Kg8 18. O-O a5 ({RR} 18... Qd5 19. Ra1) 19. Qc3 Qd5 ({RR} 19... Bxd4 20. exd4 ({RR} 20. Qxd4 Kh7 21. Ra1 Qc2 22. Rfc1 Qf5) 20... Qd5 21. Rfd1) 20. Qc7 Nf8 {Nakamura,H (2775)-Adams,M (2745) London 2014 CBM 164 [Krasenkow,Michal] 1-0 (40)}) 6... c5 $146 ({RR} 6... O-O 7. e3 Re8 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qe4 c6 12. Bd3 Qd5 13. Qh7+ Kf8 14. Nc3 Qa5 15. O-O Ba6 16. Bxa6 Nxa6 17. Ne4 Ke7 18. Nxf6 gxf6 19. Qxh6 Rh8 20. Qf4 Qh5 21. Rac1 {Berson,J-Cohen,D Toronto 1999 1-0}) 7. dxc5 Qa5+ 8. Nbd2 Qxc5 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Rc1 Nb6 11. a3 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Nxc4 13. Bxc4 O-O 14. O-O Bd7 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Qb3 Qb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Be2 Kf8 19. Kf1 Nd5 20. Bxe7+ Nxe7 21. Ne5 Bc6 22. g3 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Ke8 24. Ke1 Nc8 25. Rd4 Ra5 26. f4 Ke7 27. Rb4 b5 28. Rb3 f6 29. Nd3 Nb6 30. Nb4 Na4 31. Nc2 Nc5 32. Rb4 e5 33. fxe5 fxe5 34. Rg4 Ne6 35. Nb4 g5 36. Nd3 Kd6 37. Nf2 Bd7 38. Rb4 Nc5 39. h4 b6 40. hxg5 hxg5 41. Kd2 Ke7 42. Bf1 Bc6 43. Ke1 Kf6 44. Nd1 Ra4 45. Nc3 Rxb4 46. axb4 Na6 47. Na2 Nc7 48. Nc3 Na6 49. Na2 Nc7 50. Nc3 Na6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Julius Baer Play-In Match"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.07.25"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Oparin, G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. a4 c6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. e5 h6 9. exf6 hxg5 10. fxg7 Rg8 11. h4 g4 12. Ng5 Rxg7 ({RR} 12... Qf6 13. Qxg4 Bb7 14. Be2 Nd7 15. Bf3 bxa4 16. O-O Rxg7 17. Nxa4 Bd2 18. Nc3 Bxg5 19. Ne4 Qf4 20. hxg5 Qxg4 21. Bxg4 Ke7 22. f4 f5 23. gxf6+ Nxf6 24. Bf3 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Kf6 26. Ra4 Rd8 27. Rc1 {Andreikin,D (2729)-Caruana,F (2794) Samarkand UZB 2023 ½-½}) ({RR} 12... c5 13. Qxg4 cxd4 14. O-O-O Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qe7 16. Qxd4 Qa3+ 17. Kd2 Nc6 18. Qf6 Nd8 19. h5 Bb7 20. h6 b4 21. h7 bxc3+ 22. Ke1 {1-0 (22) Andreikin,D (2729)-Abdurakhmonov,M (2395) chess.com INT 2024}) 13. Qxg4 ({RR} 13. g3 f6 14. Nge4 Nd7 15. Bg2 Bb7 16. O-O a6 17. Qe2 Kf7 18. f3 gxf3 19. Rxf3 Qg8 20. Raf1 Ke7 21. Nxf6 Nxf6 22. Rxf6 Re8 23. Ne4 Kd8 24. Ng5 e5 25. dxe5 Bc5+ 26. Kh2 Rxg5 27. hxg5 Qxg5 {Maerevoet,S (2448)-Sarkisian,A (2098) Namur 2025 1-0 (44)}) 13... Bb7 $146 ({RR} 13... Nd7 14. Be2 Nf6 15. Qf3 Nd5 16. O-O Bb7 17. Nce4 Qe7 18. b3 f5 19. bxc4 fxe4 20. Qh5+ Kd7 21. cxd5 cxd5 22. axb5 Bd2 23. f4 Be3+ 24. Kh2 Bxd4 25. Rad1 Bf6 26. Nxe4 Rh8 27. Nxf6+ Qxf6 28. Qxh8 {Menyhart,T (2215)-Somlai,L (2360) Sarospatak 1994 ½-½ (35)}) 14. Be2 Nd7 15. O-O a6 16. Nxe6 Rxg4 17. Nxd8 Rxg2+ 18. Kxg2 Kxd8 19. Bf3 Rb8 20. axb5 axb5 21. h5 Kc7 22. Rh1 Rh8 23. h6 Kb6 24. Ne4 Be7 25. Ng3 Bg5 26. Rh5 Bf4 27. Rah1 b4 28. Rf5 Bd2 29. Rxf7 Bc8 30. h7 c3 31. Ne4 c5 32. Nxd2 cxd2 33. Rd1 c4 34. Rxd2 Nf8 35. Be4 Ne6 36. f4 b3 37. Kg3 Nd8 38. Rg7 Be6 39. d5 Bf7 40. d6 Kc5 41. d7 c3 42. bxc3 Bc4 43. Rg5+ Kb6 44. Rd6+ Kc7 45. Rd4 Be6 46. Rc5+ Kb6 47. Rc8 b2 48. Rb4+ Ka5 49. Ra8# 1-0

[Event "Andorra op 30th"]
[Site "La Massana"]
[Date "2012.07.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Peralta, Fernando"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2012.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Nbd7 7. dxc5 Bxc5 ({RR} 7... a6 8. Be2 Nxc5 9. O-O Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Bf5 12. Nc3 Rc8 13. Rc1 Qd7 14. Nd4 Bg6 15. Nf3 Bf5 16. Nd4 Bg6 17. Nf3 Bf5 {½-½ (17) Gledura,B (2635)-Van Foreest,J (2701) Terme Catez 2021}) 8. O-O a6 ({RR} 8... O-O 9. Nc3 Nb6 10. b3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Be2 Ba3 14. Bxa3 Qxa3 15. Qd4 Qe7 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. a4 Ne4 18. a5 Nxc3 19. Rxc3 Rxc3 20. Qxc3 Nc8 21. Rc1 Nd6 22. Qc5 Bg6 23. Qxd5 {Stocek,J (2482)-Mikulka,M (2163) Teplice CZE 2026 1-0 (35)}) 9. Be2 b5 $146 ({RR} 9... O-O 10. Bd2 Ne4 11. Bc3 Ndf6 12. Bd4 Bd6 13. Nc3 Re8 14. Rc1 Bg4 15. Na4 Qe7 16. a3 b5 17. Nb6 Rad8 18. Rc6 Qe6 19. Ne5 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Qf5 21. g4 Nxg4 22. Qxg4 Rxe5 23. Qg2 Nd2 24. Nxd5 {Ipatov,A (2512)-Peralta,F (2603) Barcelona 2011 ½-½}) ({RR} 9... O-O 10. Nc3 Nb8 11. a3 Bd6 12. b4 Bc7 13. Bb2 Qd6 14. g3 Bh3 15. Re1 Nc6 16. Rc1 Rfe8 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Bb6 19. Qd3 d4 20. Na4 Qd5 21. f3 Ba7 22. Bxd4 Bf5 23. Qd1 Bxd4 24. Qxd4 {Tang,Z (2371)-Li,R (2162) Saint Louis 2025 1-0 (34)}) 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Bc3 Bb7 12. Nbd2 Bd6 13. Bd4 Re8 14. a4 b4 15. a5 Ne4 16. Ne1 Ndc5 17. Ndf3 Ne6 18. Nd3 Rc8 19. Be5 Bxe5 20. Ndxe5 Qd6 21. Qb3 d4 22. exd4 Bd5 23. Qe3 Nf6 24. Bd3 Rcd8 25. Rfe1 Bb7 26. Bc4 Nd5 27. Qe4 f6 28. Nd3 Ba8 29. Qg4 Kh8 30. Qg3 Qxg3 31. hxg3 Ndc7 32. Nxb4 Nxd4 33. Rxe8+ Nxe8 34. Nxd4 Rxd4 35. b3 Nd6 36. Nxa6 Nxc4 37. bxc4 Rxc4 38. Rb1 Rc8 39. Nc7 Be4 40. Rb4 Bc6 41. Rb6 Be4 42. Re6 Bg6 43. Re7 Kg8 44. a6 Kf8 45. Nd5 Bf7 46. Rc7 Ra8 47. Nb4 g5 48. a7 Kg7 49. Nd5 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT Honor Gp1"]
[Site "Lugo"]
[Date "2009.09.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2009.09.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 6. e3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Rc1 ({RR} 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 11. e4 cxd4 12. Qxd4 e5 13. Nd5 Qd6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Qc3 g5 16. Rfd1 g4 17. Nd2 Nb6 18. Bb3 Be6 19. Nf1 Rac8 20. Qg3 Nc4 21. Rac1 Nxb2 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 {Birkisson,B (2207)-Davidsson,O (1933) Reykjavik ISL 2026 1-0 (34)}) 8... Rd8 9. cxd5 $146 ({RR} 9. Qc2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 11. O-O cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. Rfd1 Nc6 14. Nf3 Be8 15. h3 Rac8 16. a3 h6 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Bd3 Qd6 19. Rd1 Qc7 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Ne7 23. Qc2 Qxc2 {Le,Q (2709)-Carlsen,M (2864) Oslo 2022 ½-½ (50)}) ({RR} 9. Qc2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 11. O-O cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. Rfd1 Nc6 14. Be2 Nxd4 15. Rxd4 Bc6 16. Rcd1 h6 17. a3 Rxd4 18. Rxd4 Rd8 19. Qd2 Rxd4 20. Qxd4 b6 21. Bb5 {½-½ (21) Gurevich,M (2617)-Galkin,A (2598) Konya 2011}) ({RR} 9. Qc2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 11. O-O Nc6 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Ne4 Qe7 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Bd3 g6 16. Be4 Bd7 17. Qb3 Rab8 18. Rc5 Be8 19. Rfc1 Ne7 20. Nd4 Nc6 21. Nf3 Ne7 22. Bb1 Rd6 23. Qc3 Qxc3 {Rustemov,A (2573)-Galkin,A (2616) Moscow 2006 ½-½ (60)}) 9... exd5 10. Qc2 Bg4 11. Ne5 c5 12. Nxg4 Nxg4 13. Be2 cxd4 14. Bxg4 dxc3 15. bxc3 Nc6 16. O-O Ne5 17. Bh3 Rd6 18. Rfd1 Rad8 19. Rd4 g6 20. Qe2 Qc7 21. g3 Rc6 22. Bg2 Rxc3 23. Rxc3 Qxc3 24. Bxd5 Kg7 25. Kg2 Qc5 26. Qd1 Rd7 27. e4 Qc3 28. Rd2 Nf3 29. Re2 Qf6 30. Re3 Ne5 31. Qb3 g5 32. f3 h5 33. Re2 Rc7 34. Rf2 b6 35. Qe3 Ng6 36. Qe2 h4 37. Qd2 Rc3 38. f4 gxf4 39. gxf4 h3+ 40. Kf1 Rc5 41. Rf3 Qa1+ 42. Kf2 Rc1 43. Kg3 Rc8 44. Kf2 Rc1 45. Kg3 Rc8 46. Kf2 Qh1 47. Rxh3 Rc1 48. Qb2+ f6 0-1

[Event "2nd 3-0 Thu 19th Mar 2026"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2026.03.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Black "Kollars, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2026.03.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. Bg2 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Nc6 ({RR} 8... Nbd7 9. a4 c5 10. a5 b5 11. axb6 Qxb6 12. Nd2 Nd5 13. Nxc4 Qd8 14. Na5 Nxc3 15. Qc2 Nd5 16. dxc5 Qc7 17. Bf4 Nxf4 18. Bxa8 Ba6 19. Bf3 Nd3+ 20. Kf1 N7e5 21. Kg2 Nxf3 22. exf3 Rb8 23. Rhb1 {Ivanchuk,V (2710)-Fressinet,L (2700) Huaian 2016 1-0 (34)}) ({RR} 8... c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 Bd7 11. Qc2 Bc6 12. Qxc4 h6 13. a4 Bd5 14. Qc3 Nc6 15. Ba3 Re8 16. Rfd1 Rc8 17. Qb2 Na5 18. Ne5 Nc4 19. Nxc4 Rxc4 20. Bf1 Rxa4 21. f3 b6 22. e4 Bc4 23. Qc2 {Yurasov,M (2270)-Daneshvar,B (2597) Moscow RUS 2026 0-1 (31)}) ({RR} 8... c6 9. a4 b5 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Ne5 a6 12. Qb1 Qc7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Ng4 f5 15. Qc1 fxg4 16. Qg5+ Kh8 17. Qf6+ Kg8 18. Qg5+ Kh8 19. Qf6+ Kg8 20. Qg5+ {½-½ (20) Deac,B (2650)-Sklokin-Bagiyan,S (2440) chess.com INT 2026}) 9. O-O Rb8 10. a4 $146 ({RR} 10. Bg5 b6 11. e4 h6 12. Bh4 Qe8 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nd2 Na5 15. Qh5 Kg7 16. Rae1 e5 17. d5 Nb3 18. Nxc4 b5 19. Ne3 Nd2 20. Bh3 Bxh3 21. Qxh3 Rh8 22. Nf5+ Kf8 23. Kg2 Nxf1 24. Rxf1 Rb6 {Perelshteyn,E (2511)-Chua,A (2300) Philadelphia 2017 1-0 (31)}) 10... Re8 11. Ba3 b6 12. Nd2 Na5 13. Bb4 Bb7 14. Bxb7 Nxb7 15. Nxc4 Nd5 16. Qd3 Nd6 17. Ne5 Qc8 18. Nc6 Ra8 19. e4 Nf6 20. e5 Qb7 21. exf6 Qxc6 22. fxg7 Qe4 23. Qa6 Qd5 24. Bxd6 cxd6 25. Qb5 Qxb5 26. axb5 Rac8 27. Rxa7 Rxc3 28. Rb7 Rd3 29. Rc1 Kxg7 30. Rcc7 Rf8 31. Rxb6 Rxd4 32. Rbb7 Rb4 33. b6 Kf6 34. Rc6 d5 35. Rd7 Rb8 36. Rcc7 R4xb6 37. Rxf7+ Ke5 38. Rxh7 d4 39. Rcd7 Rf8 40. Rh5+ Rf5 41. Rxf5+ exf5 42. h4 Ke4 43. Kg2 d3 44. Rd8 Rc6 45. Rd7 Rb6 46. Rd8 Rc6 47. Rd7 Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "1st 3-0 Thu 26th Mar 2026"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2026.03.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2026.03.26"]

1. d4 {Gelfand,Boris} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 b6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bb2 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O a6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rc1 ({RR} 10. Qe2) 10... Ne4 ({RR} 10... c5) ({RR} 10... Bd6) 11. Qc2 Ndf6 $146 ({RR} 11... f5 12. Ne2 Bd6 13. Ne5 Bxe5 ({RR} 13... Rc8) 14. dxe5 Ndc5 15. Bxe4 ({RR} 15. Nf4) 15... dxe4 16. Ba3 Rf7 17. Bxc5 bxc5 18. Rfd1 Qe8 19. Rd2 Bc6 20. Nf4 Rd7 21. Rxd7 Qxd7 22. Rd1 Qe8 23. h4 g6 24. Qd2 a5 25. Qe2 h5 26. Qb2 {Pachman,L-De Greif,B Mar del Plata 1955 1-0 (51)}) ({RR} 11... f5 12. Ne2 Bd6 13. Ne5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Ndc5 15. cxd5 Nxd3 ({RR} 15... exd5 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. Ba3) ({RR} 15... Bxd5 16. Nf4) 16. Qxd3 Bxd5 ({RR} 16... exd5 17. Nf4) 17. Nf4 Nc5 18. Qc3 ({RR} 18. Qc2 Be4 19. Qc3) 18... Rf7 ({RR} 18... a5 19. Ba3) 19. Ba3 Ne4 ({RR} 19... Nb7 20. Rfd1) 20. Qc2 Rd7 21. f3 Ng5 22. Nxd5 ({RR} 22. h4 Nf7 23. e4 Bb7 24. Nxe6 Qxh4) 22... Rxd5 23. Qxc7 Nf7 ({RR} 23... h6 24. Bd6 Nf7 25. Qxd8+ Rxd8 26. Bc7 R8d7 27. f4) 24. f4 g5 25. Be7 Qe8 ({RR} 25... Qxc7 26. Rxc7) 26. Bf6 {Gelfand,B (2665)-Short,N (2660) Brussels 1991 Candidates [Gelfand,Boris] 1-0 (35)}) ({RR} 11... f5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Ne5 Bf6 14. f3 Nd6 15. Ne2 Rc8 16. Bxf5 Nxf5 17. Qxf5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bg5 19. Qd3 c5 20. f4 Bh6 21. Ng3 d4 22. Nf5 Rxf5 23. Qxf5 Qd5 24. Qg4 dxe3 25. Rfd1 Qe4 26. Rc4 {Pettersson,A (1841)-Mazurek,J (1890) Warsaw POL 2024 1-0 (41)}) ({RR} 11... f5 12. Ne2 Bd6 13. Ne5 c6 14. f3 Nec5 15. Nf4 Nxd3 16. Nfxd3 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Be7 18. Nf4 Qd7 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Qf2 Bg5 21. Qg3 Bxf4 22. Qxf4 Qe6 23. Rfd1 a5 24. a3 c5 25. Rd2 Rfe8 26. Qg3 {Najdorf,M-Jimenez Zerquera,E Varna 1962 ½-½ (40)}) 12. Ne2 Rc8 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nf4 Bd6 15. h3 Re8 16. Rfe1 h6 17. a3 Qe7 18. b4 Nd7 19. Qb3 Ndf6 20. Bb1 c5 21. dxc5 bxc5 22. bxc5 Nxc5 23. Qd1 Nce4 24. Qe2 Bxa3 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Nd4 Qb4 27. Bxa3 Qxa3 28. Nf5 Rc1 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. Kh2 Rxe1 31. Qxe1 Bc8 32. Nd4 Bd7 33. Qb1 Qd6 34. Kg1 a5 35. Qb7 a4 36. Nfe2 Qc5 37. Ng3 h5 38. Nxe4 Nxe4 39. Qxd7 Qc1+ 40. Kh2 Nd2 41. Qxa4 Nf1+ 42. Kg1 Nxe3+ 43. Kh2 Nf1+ 44. Kg1 Ne3+ 45. Kh2 Nf1+ 46. Kg1 Ne3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0607"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.12.09"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Katernberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 {Aronian,Levon} Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nbd2 Nd7 ({RR} 6... g6 7. Qc2 Qe7 8. g3 Bg7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. Rc1 c5 11. cxd5 cxd4 12. Qxc8 Rxc8 13. Rxc8+ Kh7 14. h4 Bf6 15. Ne4 exd5 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. O-O Kg7 18. Rfc1 d3 19. exd3 Qxb2 20. Re1 Qxa2 21. g4 {Bu Xiangzhi (2676)-Hovhannisyan,R (2607) Benasque ESP 2023 1-0 (39)}) ({RR} 6... dxc4 7. e3 g6 8. Bxc4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. b4 Qe7 11. Rb1 Nd7 12. Qc2 c6 13. a4 b6 14. a5 Rb8 15. Rfc1 Bb7 16. Bd3 Rfc8 17. a6 Ba8 18. e4 c5 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Rxb8 Rxb8 21. dxc5 {Nikolic,P (2631)-Roiz,M (2605) Valjevo 2007 ½-½ (86)}) 7. Rc1 c6 8. g3 ({RR} 8. a3 g5 9. h3 ({RR} 9. e3 Bg7) ({RR} 9. e4 g4 10. e5 Qd8 ({RR} 10... Qf5 11. Ng1 ({RR} 11. Nh4 Qf4 12. Nb3 Be7) 11... c5 12. cxd5 cxd4 13. dxe6 Qxe5+ 14. Qe2 fxe6) 11. Ng1 Qb6 12. Nb3 a5 ({RR} 12... c5 13. Bd3 cxd4 14. f4) 13. c5 Qd8 14. Nd2 Rg8) 9... h5 10. cxd5 ({RR} 10. e4 g4 11. e5 Qg7) 10... exd5 11. e4 g4 12. e5 Qg7 13. Nh4 Qg5 14. g3 f6 15. e6 Nb6 16. Rc3 ({RR} 16. Bd3 Bxe6 17. Ng6 Rg8) 16... Bxe6 17. Re3 Kd7 ({RR} 17... Qg8 18. Ng6 Bh6 ({RR} 18... Qxg6 19. Bd3 f5 20. hxg4) 19. Nxh8 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Qxh8 21. hxg4 Qg7 22. g5) 18. Bd3 Re8 ({RR} 18... Nc4 19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. Ne4 Qa5+ 21. Kf1) ({RR} 18... Bd6 19. Rxe6 Kxe6 20. Nf5 Kd7) 19. Ng6 Rg8 ({RR} 19... Nc4 20. h4 Qh6 ({RR} 20... Nxe3 21. Qb3 Qh6 22. Qxb7+ Kd6 23. Nxh8) 21. Nxc4 dxc4 22. d5) 20. Nf4 Bh6 ({RR} 20... Bf7 21. Rxe8 Kxe8 22. hxg4 Qxg4 23. Be2 Qd7 24. Bxh5 Bd6) 21. Bh7 Rgf8 ({RR} 21... Rg7 22. h4 Qxf4 23. gxf4 Rxh7 24. Nb3) 22. Nb3 ({RR} 22. Bg6 Bf7 23. h4 Qxg6 24. Nxg6 Bxg6) 22... Bf7 {Aronian,L (2739)-Anand,V (2799) Nice 2008 CBM 123 Extra [Aronian,Levon] 1-0 (50)} ({RR} 22... Kd6 23. Nxe6 Rxe6 24. Rxe6+ Kxe6)) 8... Qe7 $146 ({RR} 8... dxc4 9. Rxc4 Be7 10. Bg2 e5 11. O-O O-O 12. e3 Re8 13. a3 Bf8 14. Qc2 exd4 15. Rxd4 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. Rfd1 Be6 19. Qc3 Rad8 20. Na5 Be7 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Nc4 {Arsovic,G (2469)-Stojanovic,M (2561) Zlatibor 2008 0-1 (44)}) ({RR} 8... dxc4 9. Bg2 e5 10. O-O Be7 11. Nxc4 exd4 12. Nxd4 O-O 13. e4 Rd8 14. Nf5 Ne5 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Qe2 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Be6 18. Qc2 Rd4 19. Rfd1 Rad8 20. b3 Qb4 21. Rxd4 Qxd4 22. Bf3 Qd3 23. Be2 {Testor,S (2318)-Heinz,A (2436) Germany 2010 ½-½ (33)}) 9. Bg2 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nf6 13. Nc5 O-O 14. b4 Rd8 15. Qb3 Qc7 16. b5 Nd7 17. Ne4 f5 18. Ned2 c5 19. Qe3 Kh7 20. Nb3 cxd4 21. Nfxd4 Nf6 22. Rfe1 Re8 23. c5 e5 24. b6 axb6 25. Nb5 Qe7 26. Nd6 Rd8 27. Qxe5 Qxe5 28. Rxe5 Rxa2 29. Bxb7 Bxb7 30. Nxb7 Rd7 31. c6 Rc7 32. Nd8 Ne4 33. Rd5 Nc3 34. Rd6 Ne2+ 35. Kg2 Nxc1 36. Nxc1 Rc2 37. Nd3 Rd2 38. Kf3 Bf8 39. Rd5 Bc5 40. Kf4 h5 41. h4 Kh6 42. Kf3 Re7 43. c7 Rxc7 44. Ne6 Re7 45. Nef4 Re4 46. Rxc5 Rxf4+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 21st Feb Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.02.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bacrot, E."]
[Black "Andreikin, D."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2023.02.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 Qe7 8. g3 ({RR} 8. a3 g6 9. e4 Bg7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O c5 12. cxd5 cxd4 13. Nb5 exd5 14. exd5 Na6 15. Rfe1 Qd8 16. Rac1 b6 17. Nfxd4 Nc5 18. Qc2 Bxd4 19. Nxd4 Qxd5 20. Be4 Qxd4 21. Rcd1 Qf6 22. Bxa8 Bf5 {Navara,D (2737)-Karjakin,S (2773) Saint Louis 2017 0-1 (55)}) ({RR} 8. e3 Nd7 9. Rc1 Nb6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 g6 12. a4 Qb4 13. Qc2 Bg7 14. a5 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. Qe2 Qb4 17. a6 b5 18. O-O Bxa6 19. e4 O-O 20. exd5 Rfe8 21. Qd3 Rac8 22. Ra1 Bb7 {Aradhya,G (2344)-Andreikin,D (2729) chess.com INT 2023 ½-½ (117)}) 8... Qb4 $146 ({RR} 8... Nd7 9. Bg2 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. e4 dxc4 12. Qxc4 e5 13. d5 Nb6 14. Qb3 O-O 15. a4 cxd5 16. exd5 e4 17. Nh4 g5 18. a5 gxh4 19. axb6 h3 20. d6 Qxd6 21. Bxe4 Be6 22. Bd5 Qxb6 23. Qxb6 {Dinh Nho Kiet (2337)-Laohawirapap,P (2398) Ulaanbaatar MGL 2026 ½-½ (35)}) 9. Bg2 Nd7 10. O-O dxc4 11. Qc2 Be7 12. Rad1 O-O 13. Nd2 Nb6 14. a3 Qa5 15. Nce4 e5 16. Nxc4 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Be6 18. Qc2 exd4 19. Rxd4 Rad8 20. Rfd1 Rxd4 21. Rxd4 Qe1+ 22. Bf1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Qc3 Qb1 25. Nd2 Qd1 26. Qd3 Bf6 27. Ne4 Qa1 28. Nxf6+ gxf6 29. b4 Bh3 30. e4 b5 31. g4 Bxf1 32. Qxf1 Qxa3 33. Qe1 c5 34. bxc5 Qxc5 35. Qd2 Kg7 36. h4 b4 37. Qd3 Qc3 38. Qd6 Qe1+ 39. Kh2 Qxf2+ 40. Kh3 Qf3+ 41. Qg3 Qxg3+ 42. Kxg3 b3 43. g5 b2 44. g6 fxg6 45. h5 gxh5 46. e5 fxe5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 5th Nov Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.11.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2024.11.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2 Rd8 ({RR} 8... b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rc1 a5 12. Re1 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. e4 Nxe4 15. Nh4 Qf6 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Rxc5 Na6 18. Rxa5 Qxb2 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Rad8 21. Rd5 Rxd5 22. Qxd5 Nb4 23. Qb3 {Ding,L (2805)-Carlsen,M (2861) Cupar 2019 ½-½ (65)}) ({RR} 8... b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O h6 11. Rc1 Be6 12. Qb3 Rc8 13. e3 Nbd7 14. Rc6 Nb8 15. Rc2 Nbd7 16. Rc6 Nb8 17. Rc2 Nbd7 18. Rc6 {½-½ (18) Xiong,J (2647)-Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (2633) chess.com INT 2024}) 9. Qc2 ({RR} 9. O-O Nc6 10. e3 Bd7 11. Rc1 Rac8 12. a3 Be8 13. Qc2 e5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. e4 Nb6 16. d5 Na7 17. Qc3 f6 18. Qe3 Nb5 19. Rc2 Bd7 20. Nb3 Nd6 21. Rfc1 f5 22. Rxc7 Nbc4 23. R7xc4 Nxc4 {Volkov,M (2366)-Khismatullin,D (2532) Moscow RUS 2026 0-1 (48)}) 9... dxc4 $146 ({RR} 9... Nc6 10. O-O dxc4 11. Qxc4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Qc3 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 c6 15. Nb3 Bg4 16. Rfd1 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qe5 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rb1 h5 20. e3 Ne4 21. Qe2 a5 22. a4 Qd5 23. Nd4 c5 24. Nf3 {Jedlicka,A (2128)-Sorensen,H (2432) Teplice CZE 2025 0-1}) 10. Qxc4 b5 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Nb3 Nbd7 14. Na5 Be4 15. Qd2 c5 16. dxc5 Rxc5 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Rxc5 Rxc5 19. Rc1 Bd5 20. Nd4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qd6 22. Rxc5 Nxc5 23. Ndb3 Qxd2 24. Nxd2 Na4 25. Ndb3 Nd7 26. Nc6 Nxb2 27. Nb4 Nb8 28. Kf3 Nc4 29. Nd4 Kf8 30. Ke4 Ke7 31. f4 Kd6 32. Kd3 Kc5 33. Kc3 Ne3 34. Nd3+ Kd6 35. Ne5 f6 36. Nd3 Nc6 37. Nxc6 Kxc6 38. Nb4+ Kb6 39. Kd4 Nf1 40. e4 Nxh2 41. f5 exf5 42. exf5 Nf1 43. g4 Nh2 44. Nd5+ Kc6 45. Nb4+ Kb7 46. g5 fxg5 0-1

[Event "Prague simul"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2016.12.04"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2016.12.04"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Aronian,Levon} d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nbd2 Qd8 ({RR} 6... Nd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. a3 g5 9. h3 ({RR} 9. e3 Bg7) ({RR} 9. e4 g4 10. e5 Qd8 ({RR} 10... Qf5 11. Ng1 ({RR} 11. Nh4 Qf4 12. Nb3 Be7) 11... c5 12. cxd5 cxd4 13. dxe6 Qxe5+ 14. Qe2 fxe6) 11. Ng1 Qb6 12. Nb3 a5 ({RR} 12... c5 13. Bd3 cxd4 14. f4) 13. c5 Qd8 14. Nd2 Rg8) 9... h5 10. cxd5 ({RR} 10. e4 g4 11. e5 Qg7) 10... exd5 11. e4 g4 12. e5 Qg7 13. Nh4 Qg5 14. g3 f6 15. e6 Nb6 16. Rc3 ({RR} 16. Bd3 Bxe6 17. Ng6 Rg8) 16... Bxe6 17. Re3 Kd7 ({RR} 17... Qg8 18. Ng6 Bh6 ({RR} 18... Qxg6 19. Bd3 f5 20. hxg4) 19. Nxh8 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Qxh8 21. hxg4 Qg7 22. g5) 18. Bd3 Re8 ({RR} 18... Nc4 19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. Ne4 Qa5+ 21. Kf1) ({RR} 18... Bd6 19. Rxe6 Kxe6 20. Nf5 Kd7) 19. Ng6 Rg8 ({RR} 19... Nc4 20. h4 Qh6 ({RR} 20... Nxe3 21. Qb3 Qh6 22. Qxb7+ Kd6 23. Nxh8) 21. Nxc4 dxc4 22. d5) 20. Nf4 Bh6 ({RR} 20... Bf7 21. Rxe8 Kxe8 22. hxg4 Qxg4 23. Be2 Qd7 24. Bxh5 Bd6) 21. Bh7 {Aronian,L (2739)-Anand,V (2799) Nice 2008 CBM 123 Extra [Aronian,Levon] 1-0 (50)} {RR} Rg7 22. h4 Qxf4 23. gxf4 Rxh7 24. Nb3) ({RR} 6... c6 7. Qc2 dxc4 8. Qxc4 Nd7 9. Qc3 c5 10. e3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Be7 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O Nc5 14. Ne4 Qe5 15. Nc6 Qxc3 16. Nxe7+ Kh8 17. bxc3 Nxd3 18. Nd6 Bd7 19. Rfd1 Ne5 20. f4 Nc6 21. Nxb7 {Rustemov,A (2538)-Navara,D (2703) Germany 2014 ½-½ (52)}) 7. g3 c5 $146 ({RR} 7... Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. Rc1 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. b4 Ne4 13. Qb3 a5 14. a3 axb4 15. axb4 Qb6 16. c5 Nxd2 17. Nxd2 Qa6 18. e4 Qa2 19. Rfd1 Qxb3 20. Nxb3 Ra4 21. exd5 exd5 22. c6 {Nielsen,P (2649)-Kjartansson,G (2447) Koge 2013 ½-½ (45)}) ({RR} 7... b6 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. Ne5 Nd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. O-O Be7 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Qc2 Rac8 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. e3 c5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Nb3 Qa4 18. a3 Ba8 19. Nd2 Qxc2 20. Rxc2 Bf6 21. cxd5 exd5 22. Nb3 {Todorovic,B (2195)-Sydoryka,V (2294) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (74)}) ({RR} 7... Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nf6 12. Nc3 c5 13. a3 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Rb8 16. b4 Rd8 17. Rfd1 e5 18. Ndb5 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 a6 20. Nc7 Bg4 21. Re1 Bd6 22. N7d5 {Navara,D (2715)-Karavade,E (2398) Pardubice 2013 1-0 (48)}) 8. Bg2 dxc4 9. Qa4+ Nd7 10. O-O a6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Qxc4 b5 13. Qc3 Qf6 14. Ne5 Ra7 15. Bc6 Bd6 16. Qd4 Bb8 17. f4 O-O 18. Ne4 Qe7 19. Bxd7 Bxd7 20. Rfd1 Rc7 21. Rac1 Be8 22. Kg2 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Qb7 24. Kh3 f6 25. Nf3 Bc6 26. Nc5 Qc8 27. g4 h5 28. Qe3 hxg4+ 29. Kxg4 e5+ 30. f5 Ba7 31. Qb3+ Kh7 32. Ne6 Bxf3+ 33. Qxf3 Qxc1 34. Nxf8+ Kg8 35. Ne6 Qg1+ 36. Kh3 Bd4 37. b3 e4 38. Qg2 Qe3+ 39. Kh4 Qh6+ 40. Kg4 Be5 41. h4 Qe3 42. Kh5 Bg3 43. Kg4 Be1 44. Nf4 Kh7 45. Kh5 Qxf4 46. Qg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "CZE-chT 1112"]
[Site "Czech Republic"]
[Date "2012.03.03"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2011.10.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Pardubice"]
[BlackTeam "Novoborsky"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Nbd7 5. Nbd2 c5 ({RR} 5... b6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Ne5 Bb7 8. f4 c5 9. g4 cxd4 10. exd4 Bb4 11. g5 Nxe5 12. fxe5 Nd7 13. Qg4 Qc8 14. a3 Be7 15. Nf3 Nf8 16. Bb5+ Bc6 17. Qxc8+ Rxc8 18. Bd3 Ne6 19. Be3 Ba4 20. Kd2 {Bartel,M (2594)-Fressinet,L (2666) Budva 2009 ½-½ (35)}) ({RR} 5... a6 6. b3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O Bd6 9. Qc2 O-O 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qe2 c5 15. Bb2 Qe7 16. Rad1 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Qc7 18. h3 Rad8 19. Rd3 Bc5 20. Qf3 {Kempinski,R (2600)-Piorun,K (2513) Warsaw 2011 1-0 (60)}) 6. cxd5 ({RR} 6. b3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Be2 Qe7 10. O-O Ba3 11. Qc1 Bxb2 12. Qxb2 Rd8 13. Rac1 Ne5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. N2f3 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 e5 17. Bxd5 Rxd5 18. Nf3 Bg4 19. e4 Bxf3 20. exd5 Qg5 {Kotsyuba,V (2282)-Mikhailovsky,V (2215) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (97)}) 6... exd5 7. b3 cxd4 $146 ({RR} 7... b6 8. Bb2 Bd6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Bb5 Qc7 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qc2 Rb8 15. Bd3 Nf8 16. Rfd1 Bg4 17. h3 Bh5 18. Rac1 Rb4 19. Re1 Bg6 20. e4 d4 21. a3 Rb7 22. b4 {Wichmann,C (2363)-Haasler,A (2252) Bad Woerishofen 2015 ½-½ (38)}) 8. Nxd4 Bb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Bc3 11. Rb1 Bxd4 12. exd4 Re8 13. Bb2 Nf8 14. Re1 Qb6 15. Rc1 Bd7 16. Nf3 Bb5 17. Ne5 Bxe2 18. Rxe2 Rac8 19. Rec2 Rxc2 20. Rxc2 Ne6 21. g3 g6 22. Kg2 Ne4 23. Qf3 N6g5 24. Qg4 Qd8 25. h4 Ne6 26. Qf3 f6 27. Nd3 b6 28. Qd1 Re7 29. f3 Nd6 30. Re2 Nf5 31. Qe1 Kf7 32. Qf2 Qd6 33. g4 Nfg7 34. f4 f5 35. Bc3 a5 36. b4 fxg4 37. bxa5 bxa5 38. Bxa5 Qa6 39. Ne5+ Kg8 40. Bd2 Nxd4 41. Re1 Ngf5 42. Nxg4 Re4 43. Bc3 Rxe1 44. Bxe1 Qd3 45. Ne5 Nc2 1-0

[Event "RUS Cup"]
[Site "Serpukhov"]
[Date "2007.11.14"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2007.11.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. cxd5 exd5 8. dxc5 Be6 ({RR} 8... Na6 9. Nc3 Nxc5 10. Be3 Bg4 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Ne5 Be6 13. Qd4 Qb6 14. Rfd1 Qa6 15. Nd3 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Rc6 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Qxe2 20. Qd7 Bf6 21. Qxb7 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 a5 23. Rc8 {Granda Zuniga,J (2646)-Narciso Dublan,M (2511) Barcelona 2006 1-0 (44)}) ({RR} 8... Na6 9. a3 Nxc5 10. b4 Ne6 11. Bb2 Ne4 12. Nbd2 f6 13. Nb3 b6 14. Nbd4 Bd7 15. Nf5 Nc7 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Nd4 Kh8 18. Rc1 Qd6 19. Qd3 f5 20. e3 Rac8 21. f3 Nxg3 22. hxg3 Qxg3 23. f4 {Izquierdo,S (1970)-Reolon,V (1711) Montevideo URU 2025 1-0 (31)}) 9. Be3 $146 ({RR} 9. Nc3 Na6 10. Nd4 Nxc5 11. b4 Na6 12. a3 Rc8 13. Qd3 Re8 14. Bb2 Nb8 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. e4 dxe4 17. Qxd8 Rexd8 18. Nxe4 Rc2 19. Rab1 Nc6 20. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 Nd4 22. Bxd4 Rxd4 23. Rc8+ Kf7 {Wells,P (2410)-Carton,N Blackpool 1988 1-0 (47)}) ({RR} 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Nd4 Nxc5 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Be3 Kh8 13. h3 Qd7 14. Rc1 b6 15. Bd4 Rad8 16. Qc2 Bd6 17. Rcd1 Qf7 18. Nb5 Bb8 19. Bxc5 Rc8 20. b4 Nd7 21. e4 bxc5 22. exd5 cxb4 23. Qe4 exd5 {Vyskocil,N (2376)-Mrazek,L (2211) Czech Republic 2014 ½-½}) 9... Nbd7 10. Nc3 Bxc5 11. Bd4 Rc8 12. Rc1 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qb6 14. Qxb6 Nxb6 15. Nd4 Nc4 16. b3 Ne5 17. Ncb5 Bd7 18. Nd6 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Nc6 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Nf5 Re8 22. Nd4 Kf8 23. Bh3 Re7 24. f3 g6 25. Kf2 h5 26. Rc2 Bd7 27. Bxd7 Rxd7 28. Ke3 Ke7 29. Kf4 Ne8 30. Rc8 Ng7 31. Kg5 Ne8 32. h4 a6 33. Rc3 Kf8 34. Rc8 Ke7 35. Kf4 Nd6 36. Rc5 Ne8 37. Rc1 Nc7 38. g4 Kf6 39. g5+ Ke7 40. Ke5 Kd8 41. Rd1 Re7+ 42. Kf4 Kd7 43. e4 Kd6 44. Ke3 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Warsaw 2024"]
[Site "Warsaw, Poland"]
[Date "2024.05.12"]
[Round "24.2"]
[White "Erigaisi Arjun"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Bd6 ({RR} 5... c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 Nbd7 9. O-O Be7 10. h3 O-O 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Nbd2 Rfe8 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Nd7 15. Bg3 Nf6 16. Be5 Nd7 17. Bg3 Bb4 18. Rfd1 Nf6 19. Be5 Nd7 20. Bg3 {Savicevs,A (1669)-Grabarczyk,M (2371) Katowice POL 2021 0-1 (92)}) 6. Bxd6 ({RR} 6. Bg3 Ne4 7. Nc3 Nxg3 8. hxg3 c6 9. e3 h6 10. Bd3 Be6 11. Ne2 g5 12. Qb3 Qe7 13. O-O-O Kf8 14. Kb1 Kg7 15. Ne5 c5 16. Qc2 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Nc6 18. f4 c4 19. Bxc4 Nb4 20. Qc3 Rac8 {Bacrot,E (2662)-Pranesh,M (2503) Dusseldorf GER 2023 0-1 (39)}) 6... Qxd6 7. e3 Bf5 ({RR} 7... O-O 8. Bd3 Bg4 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. O-O Rfe8 11. Qb3 Rab8 12. Rfc1 c6 13. a4 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Ne4 15. Qc2 Re6 16. Nd2 f5 17. Nf1 g6 18. f3 Nef6 19. Qd2 Nh5 20. g3 Ng7 21. b4 g5 22. Qc2 {Granda Zuniga,J (2599)-Peralta,F (2558) Barcelona 2008 ½-½ (51)}) 8. Qb3 $146 ({RR} 8. Qa4+ Nbd7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be2 c6 11. O-O Rfe8 12. Rac1 h6 13. b4 b5 14. Qa5 a6 15. Rfd1 Reb8 16. h3 Nb6 17. Ne5 Nc4 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. f3 Bh7 20. a4 Nd5 21. Nxd5 cxd5 22. Rd2 f6 {Bryzgalin,K (2483)-Smirnov,P (2618) Moscow 2013 0-1 (39)}) ({RR} 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Nbd2 b6 11. Rc1 c5 12. Bb5 a6 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. Qe2 Rfe8 15. Qd1 Re6 16. Qb3 Rg6 17. Kh1 Rh6 18. Rfe1 Re8 19. Rf1 Ree6 20. Rg1 Bg4 21. g3 Ref6 22. Qd1 Rf5 {Gogiashvili,G-Kalashnikov,M (1248) Batumi 2016 0-1}) ({RR} 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 O-O 10. Nc3 c6 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. O-O Rae8 14. f3 Re7 15. Rfe1 Rd8 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. a3 h6 18. Rd2 Red7 19. Na4 Rd6 20. Rc1 Qe7 21. b4 Nd7 22. Rdc2 b5 {Kandjolas,K (1792)-Poysti,N (2117) Veliko Gradiste SRB 2018 ½-½ (62)}) ({RR} 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Nbd2 b6 11. Rc1 c5 12. Bb5 a6 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. Qe2 Rfe8 15. Qd1 Re6 16. Qb3 Rg6 17. Kh1 Rh6 18. Rfe1 Re8 19. Rf1 Ree6 20. Rg1 Bg4 21. g3 Ref6 22. Qd1 Rf5 {Gogiashvili,G-Kalashnikov,M (1248) Batumi 2016 0-1}) ({RR} 8. Nc3 h6 9. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nbd7 12. O-O O-O 13. h3 Qe7 14. a3 Ne4 15. Nd2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Nb6 17. Qc2 Nc4 18. a4 a6 19. b3 Nd6 20. Rfe1 Rfe8 21. Qd3 Rad8 22. f3 f5 {Lippitz,J (1828)-Isbilir,L (2118) Willingen GER 2025 1-0 (47)}) 8... O-O 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Rc1 c6 11. Nh4 Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Be2 b5 14. O-O a5 15. Qc2 Rfe8 16. h3 Nb6 17. Nb1 Rac8 18. Nd2 a4 19. Bd3 Re6 20. b3 Nfd7 21. Nf3 Ree8 22. Qd2 b4 23. Rc2 Ra8 24. Rfc1 Rec8 25. e4 axb3 26. axb3 dxe4 27. Bxe4 Nd5 28. Bxd5 Qxd5 29. Qxb4 Rcb8 30. Qc4 Nf6 31. Qxc6 Qxb3 32. Qxa8 Rxa8 33. Rc8+ Rxc8 34. Rxc8+ Kh7 35. Ng5+ Kh6 36. f4 Nh7 37. d5 Nxg5 38. fxg5+ Kxg5 39. d6 Qb6+ 40. Kh1 Qxd6 41. Rc1 f5 42. Rf1 Kh4 43. Rf3 Qe5 44. Kg1 g5 0-1

[Event "Danzhou 08th"]
[Site "Danzhou"]
[Date "2017.07.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. O-O g6 $146 ({RR} 9... Bd6 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. Qd4 O-O 12. Rd1 Qb6 13. Ne2 Qa6 14. Ng3 Bxg3 15. hxg3 Nb3 16. axb3 Qxa1 17. Qa4 Qb1 18. Nd2 Qd3 19. Qd4 Qe2 20. Rf1 Ng4 21. Nb1 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Qxf2+ 23. Kh1 Qxg3 24. Qf4 {Forster,J-Lasch,P Buehl 1983 1-0}) ({RR} 9... Bd6 10. Nc3 Nce4 11. Nxd5 Bxh2+ 12. Nxh2 Qxd5 13. Qxd5 Nxd5 14. f3 Nc5 15. e4 Nb4 16. Bd2 Nc6 17. Ng4 Rd8 18. Rfd1 f6 19. Ne3 Kf7 20. Nf5 Nd3 21. Bc3 Rd7 22. Rd2 Rhd8 23. Rad1 b5 24. b4 {Carlsen,M (2775)-Polgar,J (2711) Mainz 2008 ½-½ (33)}) ({RR} 9... Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. b3 Nce4 12. Ne2 Qd7 13. Bb2 Rac8 14. h3 b5 15. Ne5 Qb7 16. f3 Nc5 17. Nd3 Rfe8 18. Nd4 Nfd7 19. Nf5 Bf8 20. Nf4 Nb6 21. Nh5 Ne6 22. f4 Kh8 23. Rf3 f6 24. Rg3 {Ashwath Kaushik (2264)-Kovalskyi,R (2180) Hajduszoboszlo HUN 2025 1-0 (32)}) ({RR} 9... Bd6 10. Nc3 a6 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Rc1 Re8 14. Qd4 Ne6 15. Qd3 Qa5 16. a3 d4 17. Ne2 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Nc5 19. Qd1 Nce4 20. b4 Qh5 21. Nf4 Qh6 22. Qxd4 Bxf4 23. exf4 Qxf4 24. h3 {Eingorn,V (2450)-Agzamov,G (2535) Tashkent 1983 0-1 (57)}) 10. b4 Nce4 11. Bb2 Bg7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Qb3 Ng4 14. h3 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Nf6 17. Rfc1 Re8 18. a3 a6 19. Qd4 Re4 20. Qc5 Re8 21. Qc7 Re7 22. Qxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rc2 Kf8 24. Kf1 Ke8 25. Rd1 Rdd7 26. g4 h6 27. Rc8+ Rd8 28. Rc5 Red7 29. Ke2 Ne4 30. Rc2 Re7 31. a4 Re6 32. Nd4 Re7 33. h4 Nd6 34. Rc5 Ne4 35. Rcc1 Nd6 36. h5 gxh5 37. gxh5 Re5 38. Rh1 Nf5 39. Nxf5 Rxf5 40. Rc5 Rf6 41. Rh4 Ke7 42. a5 Rd7 43. Rc8 Rd8 44. Rc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Warsaw 2024"]
[Site "Warsaw, Poland"]
[Date "2024.05.12"]
[Round "24.2"]
[White "Erigaisi Arjun"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Bd6 ({RR} 5... c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 Nbd7 9. O-O Be7 10. h3 O-O 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Nbd2 Rfe8 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Nd7 15. Bg3 Nf6 16. Be5 Nd7 17. Bg3 Bb4 18. Rfd1 Nf6 19. Be5 Nd7 20. Bg3 {Savicevs,A (1669)-Grabarczyk,M (2371) Katowice POL 2021 0-1 (92)}) 6. Bxd6 ({RR} 6. Bg3 Ne4 7. Nc3 Nxg3 8. hxg3 c6 9. e3 h6 10. Bd3 Be6 11. Ne2 g5 12. Qb3 Qe7 13. O-O-O Kf8 14. Kb1 Kg7 15. Ne5 c5 16. Qc2 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Nc6 18. f4 c4 19. Bxc4 Nb4 20. Qc3 Rac8 {Bacrot,E (2662)-Pranesh,M (2503) Dusseldorf GER 2023 0-1 (39)}) 6... Qxd6 7. e3 Bf5 ({RR} 7... O-O 8. Bd3 Bg4 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. O-O Rfe8 11. Qb3 Rab8 12. Rfc1 c6 13. a4 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Ne4 15. Qc2 Re6 16. Nd2 f5 17. Nf1 g6 18. f3 Nef6 19. Qd2 Nh5 20. g3 Ng7 21. b4 g5 22. Qc2 {Granda Zuniga,J (2599)-Peralta,F (2558) Barcelona 2008 ½-½ (51)}) 8. Qb3 $146 ({RR} 8. Qa4+ Nbd7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be2 c6 11. O-O Rfe8 12. Rac1 h6 13. b4 b5 14. Qa5 a6 15. Rfd1 Reb8 16. h3 Nb6 17. Ne5 Nc4 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. f3 Bh7 20. a4 Nd5 21. Nxd5 cxd5 22. Rd2 f6 {Bryzgalin,K (2483)-Smirnov,P (2618) Moscow 2013 0-1 (39)}) ({RR} 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Nbd2 b6 11. Rc1 c5 12. Bb5 a6 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. Qe2 Rfe8 15. Qd1 Re6 16. Qb3 Rg6 17. Kh1 Rh6 18. Rfe1 Re8 19. Rf1 Ree6 20. Rg1 Bg4 21. g3 Ref6 22. Qd1 Rf5 {Gogiashvili,G-Kalashnikov,M (1248) Batumi 2016 0-1}) ({RR} 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 O-O 10. Nc3 c6 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. O-O Rae8 14. f3 Re7 15. Rfe1 Rd8 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. a3 h6 18. Rd2 Red7 19. Na4 Rd6 20. Rc1 Qe7 21. b4 Nd7 22. Rdc2 b5 {Kandjolas,K (1792)-Poysti,N (2117) Veliko Gradiste SRB 2018 ½-½ (62)}) ({RR} 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Nbd2 b6 11. Rc1 c5 12. Bb5 a6 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. Qe2 Rfe8 15. Qd1 Re6 16. Qb3 Rg6 17. Kh1 Rh6 18. Rfe1 Re8 19. Rf1 Ree6 20. Rg1 Bg4 21. g3 Ref6 22. Qd1 Rf5 {Gogiashvili,G-Kalashnikov,M (1248) Batumi 2016 0-1}) ({RR} 8. Nc3 h6 9. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nbd7 12. O-O O-O 13. h3 Qe7 14. a3 Ne4 15. Nd2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Nb6 17. Qc2 Nc4 18. a4 a6 19. b3 Nd6 20. Rfe1 Rfe8 21. Qd3 Rad8 22. f3 f5 {Lippitz,J (1828)-Isbilir,L (2118) Willingen GER 2025 1-0 (47)}) 8... O-O 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Rc1 c6 11. Nh4 Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Be2 b5 14. O-O a5 15. Qc2 Rfe8 16. h3 Nb6 17. Nb1 Rac8 18. Nd2 a4 19. Bd3 Re6 20. b3 Nfd7 21. Nf3 Ree8 22. Qd2 b4 23. Rc2 Ra8 24. Rfc1 Rec8 25. e4 axb3 26. axb3 dxe4 27. Bxe4 Nd5 28. Bxd5 Qxd5 29. Qxb4 Rcb8 30. Qc4 Nf6 31. Qxc6 Qxb3 32. Qxa8 Rxa8 33. Rc8+ Rxc8 34. Rxc8+ Kh7 35. Ng5+ Kh6 36. f4 Nh7 37. d5 Nxg5 38. fxg5+ Kxg5 39. d6 Qb6+ 40. Kh1 Qxd6 41. Rc1 f5 42. Rf1 Kh4 43. Rf3 Qe5 44. Kg1 g5 0-1

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk Governor Cup 12th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2016.11.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Goganov, Aleksey"]
[Black "Rakhmanov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2016.11.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. e3 ({RR} 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2 Nbd7 9. O-O c6 10. Rc1 e5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. b3 Bg4 15. Nf3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Rac8 17. Qd2 g6 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Rd1 Kg7 20. Kg2 g5 21. h3 h5 {Tsydypov,Z (2558)-Rakhmanov,A (2646) Khanty-Mansiysk 2020 0-1 (71)}) 7... O-O ({RR} 7... Nbd7 8. Rc1 c6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Qc2 e5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Nf3 Qh5 15. O-O Bh3 16. Qc7 Rac8 17. Qf4 Qg4 18. Qxg4 Bxg4 19. Nd4 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21. Re1 Kf8 22. f3 {Wojtaszek,R (2734)-Bartel,M (2637) Poland 2017 ½-½ (63)}) 8. Rc1 Nc6 ({RR} 8... c6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Qc2 h6 11. Qc3 Re8 12. Ne5 c5 13. O-O dxc4 14. Ndxc4 Nd5 15. Qd2 cxd4 16. exd4 N7f6 17. f4 Bd7 18. g4 b5 19. Na5 Qb4 20. Qxb4 Nxb4 21. Bb1 Re7 22. g5 Ne8 23. Be4 {Chasin,N (2500)-Centrih,A (2222) Karlsruhe GER 2026 1-0 (49)}) 9. Bd3 Rd8 $146 ({RR} 9... e5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Be4 Rd8 12. Rxc6 bxc6 13. Nxe5 Bb7 14. Qc2 Nf6 15. Bxc6 Rdb8 16. O-O Qe6 17. Nb3 Bxc6 18. Nxc6 Rb5 19. Nc1 Qe4 20. Qxe4 Nxe4 21. Nd3 a5 22. Rc1 Kf8 23. f3 Nd6 24. b3 {Krush,I (2430)-Avramidou,A (2274) Chennai 2022 1-0 (44)}) ({RR} 9... e5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Be4 Rd8 12. Rxc6 bxc6 13. Nxe5 Bb7 14. Qc2 Nf6 15. Bxc6 Rdb8 16. O-O Qe6 17. Nb3 Bxc6 18. Nxc6 Rb5 19. Nc1 Qe4 20. Qxe4 Nxe4 21. Nd3 a5 22. Rc1 Kf8 23. f3 Nd6 24. b3 {Krush,I (2430)-Avramidou,A (2274) Chennai 2022 1-0 (44)}) 10. O-O e5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Rxc6 bxc6 13. Nxe5 Bd7 14. Nb3 a5 15. Qc2 g6 16. a3 Rdb8 17. Nc4 Rb5 18. Nc5 Rxc5 19. dxc5 Qxc5 20. Rc1 Nb6 21. Qc3 Nxc4 22. Bxc4 Qe7 23. Be2 Be8 24. Bf3 Rb8 25. g3 Rb6 26. h4 h5 27. Rc2 Ra6 28. Kg2 Bd7 29. Rd2 Bf5 30. Rd4 Qf6 31. e4 Be6 32. e5 Qe7 33. Bxc6 Kh7 34. Bf3 Rb6 35. Ra4 Rb3 36. Qd2 Qc5 37. Rd4 Qxe5 38. Bd5 Bxd5+ 39. Rxd5 Qe4+ 40. Kg1 Rxb2 41. Rxh5+ gxh5 42. Qxb2 c5 43. Qb5 Qe1+ 44. Kg2 Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "1st 3-0 Thu 9th Apr 2026"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2026.04.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2026.04.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. h4 c5 9. g4 cxd4 ({RR} 9... g6 10. g5 hxg5 11. hxg5 Bg7 12. Nc3 cxd4 13. exd4 Nc6 14. O-O-O Qa5 15. Qd2 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Rd8 17. Qe3 b5 18. Bb3 Ne7 19. Qf4 Nf5 20. d5 exd5 21. Nxd5 Be6 22. Kb1 Rac8 23. Ne5 Rc5 24. Ne7+ {Mamedyarov,S (2767)-So,W (2767) Chess.com INT 2019 1-0}) ({RR} 9... g6 10. g5 hxg5 11. hxg5 Bg7 12. Nc3 cxd4 13. exd4 Nc6 14. O-O-O Qa5 15. a3 Rd8 16. Rh4 Rb8 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Bd3 Ne7 19. Rdh1 Bf5 20. Rh7 Rbc8 21. Kb1 Rxc3 22. bxc3 Qxa3 23. Bxf5 Rd6 24. Qc1 {Andreikin,D (2695)-Kovalev,V (2557) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (43)}) 10. g5 Be7 ({RR} 10... dxe3 11. fxe3 Be7 12. gxh6 Bb4+ 13. Nc3 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 g6 15. Bd3 Qf6 16. Ke2 e5 17. cxd5 Bg4 18. Be4 Nd7 19. Rag1 Bxf3+ 20. Bxf3 Nc5 21. Be4 Kh8 22. c4 Rac8 23. Rg5 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Qa6 25. Rc1 {Mikaelyan,A (2492)-Batchuluun,T (2430) Van Nuys, CA USA 2025 1-0 (43)}) 11. gxh6 gxh6 12. Rg1+ $146 ({RR} 12. exd4 Nc6 13. Rg1+ Kh8 14. Qd2 Kh7 15. Bd3+ f5 16. Nc3 Nb4 17. O-O-O Nxd3+ 18. Qxd3 dxc4 19. Qxc4 Bd7 20. Ne5 Rc8 21. Qb3 Bxh4 22. Kb1 Bxf2 23. Rg2 Be3 24. d5 Be8 25. dxe6 Qb6 26. Nd7 Bxd7 {Sorensen,H (2396)-Omariev,M (2304) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (31)}) ({RR} 12. exd4 Nc6 13. Rg1+ Kh8 14. Qd2 Kh7 15. Bd3+ f5 16. Nc3 Nb4 17. O-O-O Nxd3+ 18. Qxd3 dxc4 19. Qxc4 Bd7 20. Ne5 Rc8 21. Qb3 Bxh4 22. Kb1 Bxf2 23. Rg2 Be3 24. d5 Be8 25. dxe6 Qb6 26. Nd7 Bxd7 {Sorensen,H (2396)-Omariev,M (2304) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (31)}) 12... Kh8 13. Nxd4 Nc6 14. Nc3 Rg8 15. Rxg8+ Qxg8 16. O-O-O Bxh4 17. Kb1 Nxd4 18. exd4 dxc4 19. Bxc4 Bd7 20. Rh1 Bg5 21. d5 exd5 22. Nxd5 Qg7 23. f4 Bf6 24. Qh2 Bd4 25. Ne7 Re8 26. Qxh6+ Qxh6 27. Rxh6+ Kg7 28. Rd6 Rxe7 29. Rxd4 Bf5+ 30. Kc1 Re4 31. Rxe4 Bxe4 32. Kd2 Kf6 33. Ke3 Bc6 34. Kd4 Kf5 35. Bxf7 Kxf4 36. Bd5 Bxd5 37. Kxd5 Ke3 38. Kd6 Kd3 39. Kc7 a5 40. Kxb7 Kc2 41. Kb6 a4 42. Kb5 Kxb2 43. Kxa4 Kxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Masters op"]
[Site "Greensboro"]
[Date "2015.08.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kovalyov, Anton"]
[Black "Zherebukh, Yaroslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2015.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Ne4 6. Bd3 f5 7. O-O Nd7 8. Bb2 b6 $146 ({RR} 8... Qf6 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Qh6 11. Qc1 g5 12. f3 Nc5 13. Be2 Rg8 14. Bd4 Nd7 15. cxd5 exd5 16. e4 Nb6 17. a4 g4 18. Qxh6 Bxh6 19. a5 fxe4 20. fxe4 Nd7 21. e6 Nf8 22. exd5 cxd5 23. Bb5+ {Kuzubov,Y (2635)-Lund,S (2412) Helsingor 2009 1-0 (33)}) ({RR} 8... Bd6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Ne2 Rf6 11. Ne5 Rh6 12. f4 Ndf6 13. h3 Bd7 14. Nc3 Be8 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. Qe1 Qe7 18. Kh2 Bh5 19. Rg1 Rf8 20. g4 Be8 21. g5 Rh5 22. Qe2 Bg6 23. Rg3 {Nyback,T (2634)-Shirov,A (2710) Tallinn 2012 ½-½ (45)}) ({RR} 8... Bd6 9. Ba3 Bxa3 10. Nxa3 O-O 11. Nc2 a5 12. Nd2 e5 13. cxd5 Nc3 14. Qe1 Nxd5 15. Bc4 e4 16. f3 b5 17. fxe4 fxe4 18. Rxf8+ Nxf8 19. Bf1 Bf5 20. Qg3 Ng6 21. a4 b4 22. Nc4 Qf6 23. Nd6 {Zdybel,P (2249)-Skawinski,A (2313) Chotowa 2025 1-0 (45)}) ({RR} 8... Bd6 9. Qc1 Qf6 10. Ba3 Bc7 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 e5 13. cxd5 e4 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Bb5 cxb5 16. Qxc7 exf3 17. Rfc1 Kf7 18. Rc6 Qg5 19. g3 Rb8 20. Qd6 Re8 21. Qd5+ {1-0 (21) Velez Rueda,J (1855)-Vargas,M (2166) Bogota 2018}) 9. Qc1 Bb7 10. Nc3 Bd6 11. Ne2 O-O 12. Ne5 c5 13. f3 cxd4 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. exd4 dxc4 16. bxc4 Qc7 17. h3 Bh2+ 18. Kh1 Ng3+ 19. Nxg3 Bxg3 20. Qe3 Rfe8 21. a4 Bf4 22. Qe2 a5 23. Rab1 Bc6 24. Bc2 Qd7 25. Ra1 Rad8 26. Bb3 Qe7 27. Qf2 Qb4 28. Qc2 Qe7 29. Qf2 Qb4 30. Qc2 Qe7 31. d5 Qh4 32. Bc1 Be5 33. Rb1 exd5 34. cxd5 Bd7 35. f4 Bd6 36. Qd3 Re4 37. Be3 b5 38. Bf2 Qxf4 39. Bg1 Qe5 40. axb5 a4 41. Bc2 Rc8 42. Qd1 Re2 43. Bd3 Rxg2 0-1

[Event "Niemann-Dubov Levitov m"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.03.08"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2025.03.07"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bd3 c6 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Be5 Nhf6 ({RR} 11... Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qc7 15. f4 d4 16. Ne4 dxe3 17. fxe3 Qb6 18. Ke2 f5 19. Qc4+ Kh8 20. Rag1 Qxb2+ 21. Kf3 Rad8 22. Ng3 Qa3 23. Ke2 Bh4 24. Nxh5 Rxd3 25. Qxd3 Qxa2+ 26. Qd2 {Yakubboev,N (2656)-Malakhov,V (2651) Poikovsky 2022 ½-½}) ({RR} 11... Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Be6 13. O-O Bd6 14. f4 f5 15. Ne2 Bxe5 16. fxe5 Qg5 17. Nf4 Nxf4 18. exf4 Qe7 19. Rab1 Qb4 20. Qc3 a5 21. a3 Qb6 22. Kh1 Rfc8 23. Rfc1 Qa7 24. Qc5 Qxc5 25. Rxc5 b6 26. Rc3 {Murawski,J (2205)-Boutikos,E (2170) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (47)}) 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Be5 Nhf6 14. O-O $146 ({RR} 14. h3 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Nd7 16. Nf3 Qa5 17. O-O Qd8 18. Rab1 a6 19. b4 b5 20. e4 Nb6 21. a4 Be6 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Bh7+ Kh8 25. Be4 Rc8 26. Rfe1 Bxe4 27. Qxe4 Bf6 28. Rbc1 Qd6 {Szelenyi,N (2312)-Frank,J (2177) Hungary 2006 0-1 (60)}) ({RR} 14. Bg3 a5 15. h3 Re8 16. O-O Bb4 17. Bh2 Qe7 18. a3 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Rab1 b6 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 Bb7 23. Qb2 b5 24. Ra1 Nb6 25. Rfe1 Nc4 26. Bxc4 bxc4 27. b5 cxb5 28. Qxb5 Bc6 {Gorshtein,I (2528)-Henriquez Villagra,C (2594) Sant Boi ESP 2024 ½-½ (34)}) 14... Re8 15. h3 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 c5 17. Bb5 Rf8 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Rfd1 Bd6 20. Nf3 Be6 21. Nd4 Rc8 22. Qe2 Bb8 23. Ba4 a6 24. Bb3 Re8 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. e4 Qd6 27. g3 d4 28. Nb1 Nd7 29. Nd2 d3 30. Qh5 Nc5 31. Nf3 Ba7 32. Kg2 Rf8 33. Rac1 b5 34. Qg4 Rc7 35. Rxc5 Qxc5 36. Rd2 Qc1 37. Bxe6+ Kh8 38. Bf5 Rc2 39. Qg6 Rxf5 40. exf5 Rxd2 41. Qe8+ Kh7 42. Ng5+ hxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.10"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 {Aronian,Levon} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nbd2 Be7 ({RR} 6... Nd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. a3 g5 9. h3 ({RR} 9. e3 Bg7) ({RR} 9. e4 g4 10. e5 Qd8 ({RR} 10... Qf5 11. Ng1 ({RR} 11. Nh4 Qf4 12. Nb3 Be7) 11... c5 12. cxd5 cxd4 13. dxe6 Qxe5+ 14. Qe2 fxe6) 11. Ng1 Qb6 12. Nb3 a5 ({RR} 12... c5 13. Bd3 cxd4 14. f4) 13. c5 Qd8 14. Nd2 Rg8) 9... h5 10. cxd5 ({RR} 10. e4 g4 11. e5 Qg7) 10... exd5 11. e4 g4 12. e5 Qg7 13. Nh4 Qg5 14. g3 f6 15. e6 Nb6 16. Rc3 ({RR} 16. Bd3 Bxe6 17. Ng6 Rg8) 16... Bxe6 17. Re3 Kd7 ({RR} 17... Qg8 18. Ng6 Bh6 ({RR} 18... Qxg6 19. Bd3 f5 20. hxg4) 19. Nxh8 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Qxh8 21. hxg4 Qg7 22. g5) 18. Bd3 Re8 ({RR} 18... Nc4 19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. Ne4 Qa5+ 21. Kf1) ({RR} 18... Bd6 19. Rxe6 Kxe6 20. Nf5 Kd7) 19. Ng6 Rg8 ({RR} 19... Nc4 20. h4 Qh6 ({RR} 20... Nxe3 21. Qb3 Qh6 22. Qxb7+ Kd6 23. Nxh8) 21. Nxc4 dxc4 22. d5) 20. Nf4 Bh6 ({RR} 20... Bf7 21. Rxe8 Kxe8 22. hxg4 Qxg4 23. Be2 Qd7 24. Bxh5 Bd6) 21. Bh7 {Aronian,L (2739)-Anand,V (2799) Nice 2008 CBM 123 Extra [Aronian,Levon] 1-0 (50)} {RR} Rg7 22. h4 Qxf4 23. gxf4 Rxh7 24. Nb3) 7. Qb3 ({RR} 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qb3 c4 11. Qb5 Qd6 12. e4 a6 13. Qxd5 Qxd5 14. exd5 b5 15. b3 Ba3 16. Rc3 Bb4 17. Rc1 c3 18. Nb1 c2+ 19. Nbd2 Bf5 20. Be2 Re8 {0-1 (20) Daulet,A (2166)-Bluebaum,M (2684) chess.com INT 2026}) 7... O-O 8. cxd5 $146 ({RR} 8. e3 Rd8 9. Be2 c5 10. dxc5 Nd7 11. O-O Nxc5 12. Qc2 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Bd7 14. Nce5 Be8 15. Rac1 Bf8 16. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. h3 Qe7 19. Rd4 g6 20. Nd3 Nxd3 21. Rxd8 Qxd8 22. Bxd3 Bg7 {Lazarev,V (2387)-Pashikian,A (2617) Al Ain 2014 0-1 (77)}) 8... exd5 9. Qxd5 c5 10. Qe5 Nc6 11. Qxf6 Bxf6 12. Ne4 Bxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. O-O-O Be6 15. e3 Nf5 16. b3 Rfd8 17. Bc4 b6 18. g4 Ne7 19. h3 Nc6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Kxd1 Kf7 24. Kd2 Ke7 25. f4 Nb4 26. a3 Nd5 27. Kd3 g6 28. h4 h5 29. gxh5 gxh5 30. Ng3 Nf6 31. a4 a6 32. e4 b5 33. a5 e5 34. fxe5 Ng4 35. Nxh5 Nxe5+ 36. Kc3 Ng6 37. b4 Kd6 38. Nf6 cxb4+ 39. Kb3 Nxh4 40. Nd5 Nf3 41. Nxb4 Nd2+ 42. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Camarinas Entrefaros"]
[Site "Camarinas"]
[Date "2013.10.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. d4 Nbd7 9. a4 Rc8 ({RR} 9... b4 10. Ne5 Rc8 11. O-O Be7 12. Nd2 Qc7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Nc4 Nf6 15. Bf4 Qd8 16. e4 Ba6 17. Rfd1 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 O-O 19. Rac1 h6 20. b3 Qa5 21. f3 Rfd8 22. Bf1 c5 23. Qa6 Qxa6 24. Bxa6 {Daaevik Wadhawan (2370)-Yonal,T (2173) Senta SRB 2026 1-0 (65)}) 10. Ne5 ({RR} 10. O-O b4 11. Nfd2 Ba6 12. Nc4 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nbd2 O-O 15. b3 Ne5 16. Bb2 Nxc4 17. bxc4 Qe7 18. e3 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 h6 20. a5 Ng4 21. Ne4 Bxe3 22. Qe2 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Nxf2 24. Nxf2 Qc5 {Caruana,F (2795)-Korobov,A (2587) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (61)}) 10... Qb6 $146 ({RR} 10... Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd5 12. O-O Be7 13. Nd2 Qc7 14. axb5 Qxe5 15. Nf3 Qb8 16. Qa4 O-O 17. e4 cxb5 18. Qxa7 Nb4 19. Bf4 Qa8 20. Nd4 Bc5 21. Qxa8 Rxa8 22. Nb3 Be7 23. Rad1 Rfd8 24. Bc7 Rd3 25. Na5 {Sivuk,V (2589)-Frank,E (2188) Spilimbergo 2021 1-0 (33)}) ({RR} 10... Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd5 12. O-O Be7 13. Nd2 Qc7 14. axb5 Qxe5 15. Nf3 Qb8 16. Qa4 O-O 17. e4 cxb5 18. Qxa7 Nb4 19. Bf4 Qa8 20. Nd4 Bc5 21. Qxa8 Rxa8 22. Nb3 Be7 23. Rad1 Rfd8 24. Bc7 Rd3 25. Na5 {Sivuk,V (2589)-Frank,E (2188) Spilimbergo 2021 1-0 (33)}) 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. O-O Be7 13. Nc3 b4 14. a5 Qa6 15. Na4 Qxa5 16. Be3 Qb5 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. dxc5 Ba6 19. Rfd1 O-O 20. Be4 Qxe2 21. Rd2 Qc4 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23. Rd4 Qxc2 24. Bxc2 Bb5 25. Rxa7 Bf6 26. Rxb4 Ra8 27. Ra3 Kg8 28. Kg2 Rfd8 29. h4 Rab8 30. Rab3 Ra8 31. Ra3 Rab8 32. Kh2 g6 33. Bf4 Rb7 34. Bd3 Be7 35. Be3 Rd5 36. Rc3 Ba6 37. Rxb7 Bxb7 38. Rb3 Rd7 39. Be4 f5 40. Bd3 Kf7 41. Bc4 Bf6 42. Kg2 Be7 1-0

[Event "EU-chT 22nd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2019.10.27"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Papaioannou, Ioannis"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.10.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. Bd3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 a6 ({RR} 6... c5 7. dxc5 Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. b3 b6 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Ke2 O-O 13. Rhd1 Be7 14. Ne1 Rfd8 15. f3 Nd5 16. Nd3 Kf8 17. e4 Nc7 18. b4 Bf6 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Ke3 Bg5+ 21. f4 {Kempinski,R (2612)-Ivanchuk,V (2739) Peristeri 2010 ½-½ (31)}) 7. O-O b5 ({RR} 7... O-O 8. Qe2 b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. a4 b4 12. b3 c5 13. Bb2 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Qa5 15. Nd2 Qg5 16. N4f3 Qh5 17. Ne5 {½-½ (17) Zubritskiy,A (2367)-Korchmar,V (2414) Sochi RUS 2026}) 8. Be2 Nbd7 $146 ({RR} 8... Bb7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 c5 12. a4 b4 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Nc4 cxd4 15. exd4 Ne4 16. Bd3 Ndf6 17. Qe2 Nd6 18. Nce5 Qa5 19. Nd2 Nd5 20. Rxc8 Nxc8 21. Qf3 Nd6 22. Nd7 Nf6 23. Qh3 {Miroshnik,E (2104)-Makarova,O (1875) Sochi 2020 1-0 (52)}) ({RR} 8... c5 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. a4 b4 12. Nbd2 Bb7 13. Nb3 Be7 14. Ne5 Nbd7 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Bd2 Bd5 17. Nd4 Ne5 {½-½ (17) Simantsev,M (2486)-Snigurov,M (2068) Lutsk 2018}) 9. a4 b4 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Nb3 O-O 12. Bd2 c5 13. dxc5 a5 14. c6 Bxc6 15. Nfd4 Bb7 16. Rc1 Qb6 17. Bb5 Rac8 18. Qe2 Nc5 19. Rfd1 Nfe4 20. Nxc5 Bxc5 21. Be1 Bxd4 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rxd4 Nd6 24. Qd3 Bd5 25. Bd2 Nxb5 26. axb5 f5 27. g4 Be4 28. Qb3 Kh8 29. h3 h6 30. gxf5 Bxf5 31. Rc4 Rd8 32. Bc1 e5 33. Rc6 Qxb5 34. Qc4 Qb7 35. Kh2 Rf8 36. Qc5 Rf7 37. Qd5 Qe7 38. e4 Bd7 39. Rc2 Rf3 40. Be3 Rxh3+ 41. Kg1 Bg4 42. Rc6 Bf3 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2008.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ekaterinburg Ural"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 c6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 b5 6. O-O Bb7 7. a4 Nd7 8. Nc3 a6 9. Ne5 ({RR} 9. e4 Ngf6 10. Re1 Be7 11. e5 Nd5 12. Ne4 Qb6 13. a5 Qc7 14. Bg5 Bf8 15. Qc2 c5 16. Rad1 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxe5 18. f4 Nd3 19. Rxd3 cxd3 20. Qxd3 Bb4 21. Rd1 O-O 22. f5 e5 23. f6 g6 {Pankiv,M (2296)-McCormick,C (2059) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (42)}) ({RR} 9. e4 b4 10. Nb1 Ngf6 11. Re1 Be7 12. Nbd2 c5 13. e5 Nd5 14. Nxc4 O-O 15. h4 h6 16. a5 Rc8 17. Ne3 Nxe3 18. Bxe3 c4 19. Nd2 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 f5 21. Qe2 Qc7 22. Rec1 Qb7+ 23. Kg1 c3 {Ivlev,A (2326)-Timofeev,A (2580) Sochi 2018 0-1 (33)}) 9... Qc8 10. Ne4 ({RR} 10. Bf4 Ngf6 11. e4 Bb4 12. g4 O-O 13. g5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Nd7 15. Bg3 Rd8 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qh4 Bf8 18. e5 b4 19. Ne4 c5 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. Rac1 Bd5 22. Nd6 Bxd6 23. exd6 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Qc6+ {Khalifman,A (2640)-Timofeev,A (2646) Sochi 2006 0-1 (38)}) 10... Ngf6 $146 ({RR} 10... Be7 11. b3 Ngf6 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. bxc4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 O-O 15. Qc2 f5 16. Bf3 Qxd4 17. Rb1 b4 18. Rd1 Qf6 19. Rd7 Rab8 20. c5 Bc8 21. Rc7 e5 22. Bb2 Be6 23. Rxc6 Rfc8 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. c6 {Mikhalevski,V (2571)-Timofeev,A (2657) Montreal 2006 ½-½ (53)}) 11. Nxf7 Kxf7 12. Ng5+ Kg8 13. Bh3 g6 14. e4 h6 15. Bxe6+ Kg7 16. e5 Nd5 17. Qf3 Qe8 18. Bf7 hxg5 19. Bxe8 Rxe8 20. axb5 cxb5 21. Rxa6 Bxa6 22. Qxd5 Bc8 23. Bxg5 Be7 24. f4 Rhf8 25. Qxb5 Bxg5 26. fxg5 Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 Re6 28. Kg1 Kf7 29. Qxc4 Ba6 30. Qa4 Bc8 31. Qc4 Ba6 32. Qa4 Bc8 33. h4 Ke7 34. g4 Rb6 35. h5 gxh5 36. gxh5 Bb7 37. h6 Be4 38. d5 Bxd5 39. h7 Rb8 40. Qa3+ Kf7 41. Qd6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 3rd Dec Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.12.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, D."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2024.12.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nbd2 f5 5. Ne5 ({RR} 5. h3 Nf6 6. g4 Bd6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. b3 Ne4 9. Bb2 a5 10. a3 b5 11. e3 a4 12. cxb5 axb3 13. Qxb3 fxg4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Nd2 g3 16. Nxe4 gxf2+ 17. Kd2 cxb5 18. Bxb5 Kh8 19. Rhf1 Bb7 {Maghsoodloo,P (2699)-Moskalenko,A (2508) Chess.com INT 2022 0-1 (56)}) 5... Nf6 6. Ndf3 ({RR} 6. e3 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. Be2 Ne4 10. O-O Qg5 11. f4 Qh6 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Bg4 Nf6 14. Bh3 g5 15. fxg5 Qxg5 16. Qe2 Nh5 17. Rxf8+ Bxf8 18. Rf1 Bd6 19. Qf2 Qe7 20. Bg4 Ng7 {Stamatiou,R (2272)-Harriott,T (1933) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (60)}) 6... Ne4 $146 ({RR} 6... Bd6 7. Bf4 O-O 8. c5 Bc7 9. Qa4 Ne4 10. Nd3 Bxf4 11. Nxf4 b5 12. Qc2 Na6 13. Nd3 Qa5+ 14. Nd2 Nb4 15. Nxb4 Qxb4 16. f3 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 a5 19. e3 Bd7 20. Bd3 Rad8 21. f4 {Betaneli,A (2175)-Ruiz Jaraba,V (1916) Medellin COL 2024 ½-½}) ({RR} 6... Bd6 7. Bf4 O-O 8. a3 dxc4 9. g3 b5 10. Bg2 Nd5 11. O-O Bb7 12. e4 Nxf4 13. gxf4 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Na6 15. Nd4 Qe8 16. exf5 Rd8 17. f6 gxf6 18. Qg4+ Kh8 19. Nxe6 Rg8 20. Qf5 Rxg2+ 21. Kxg2 {Andreikin,D (2729)-Bilguun,S (2466) Samarkand UZB 2023 1-0}) 7. a3 Qa5+ 8. Bd2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 10. Kxd2 a5 11. e3 Bd6 12. Bd3 O-O 13. c5 Bc7 14. b4 Nd7 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 f4 18. f3 Be8 19. Rhb1 Bg6 20. b5 fxe3+ 21. Kxe3 Bxd3 22. Kxd3 Rf4 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Rb7 Rc4 25. Rab1 Rxc5 26. Re7 Rb5 27. Rxb5 cxb5 28. Rxe6 b4 29. axb4 axb4 30. Rb6 Ra2 31. Kd4 Rxg2 32. Rxb4 Rxh2 33. Kc5 Rh6 34. Rf4 Ra6 35. Kxd5 Ra5+ 36. Kd6 Ra6+ 37. Kd7 Ra7+ 38. Kc6 Ra6+ 39. Kd7 Ra7+ 40. Kd6 Ra6+ 41. Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Higher League 64th"]
[Site "Taganrog"]
[Date "2011.06.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2011.06.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Qc2 Bb6 10. Nc3 h6 ({RR} 10... Nc6 11. Bg5 d4 12. Na4 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Ne1 Bf5 15. Nd3 Rfe8 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. Rfe1 h5 18. h4 g6 19. Qd2 Kg7 20. Nf4 Be4 21. a3 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Rad8 23. Rac1 Rd7 24. e4 Ne5 25. f3 {Xiong,J (2636)-Dragnev,V (2563) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (42)}) 11. Na4 Nc6 12. Qd3 $146 ({RR} 12. Rd1 Re8 13. b3 Bg4 14. Nxb6 Qxb6 15. Bb2 Ne4 16. e3 Rac8 17. Qe2 Rcd8 18. Bd4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Rc8 20. Qb2 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Qf6 22. Bg2 Nc3 23. Rd2 b5 24. b4 Rc6 25. Rf1 Rc4 26. Qa3 d4 {Vergara Anton,D (2415)-Lacasa Diaz,J (2314) Roquetas de Mar ESP 2025 ½-½ (36)}) ({RR} 12. Nxb6 Qxb6 13. Bf4 Re8 14. Rac1 d4 15. Bd6 Ne4 16. Ba3 Bf5 17. Qa4 Rad8 18. Rcd1 Nc5 19. Qc4 Ne6 20. Rfe1 Be4 21. Nh4 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qa5 23. Nf3 a6 24. Qc1 Qd5 25. b3 Ng5 26. Qc5 Nxf3 {Goncharov,V (2077)-Lacasa Diaz,J (2301) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (64)}) 12... Re8 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. Be3 Ra4 15. Bd4 Bg4 16. b3 Bxf3 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxf3 Qxf3 19. Bxf3 Ra3 20. e3 Rd8 21. Rfd1 d4 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Rxd4 Rda8 24. Rc1 c5 25. Rd6 R8a6 26. Rc4 Rxa2 27. Rf4 f6 28. b4 Rb2 29. bxc5 Ra1+ 30. Kg2 bxc5 31. Rd8+ Kf7 32. Rd7+ Kf8 33. Rc7 Ra3 34. e4 Ra4 35. g4 Re2 36. Kf3 Raa2 37. Kg3 Ra4 38. Kf3 Raa2 39. Kg3 Ra4 40. Kf3 Raa2 41. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 3rd Dec Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.12.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, D."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2024.12.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nbd2 f5 5. Ne5 ({RR} 5. h3 Nf6 6. g4 Bd6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. b3 Ne4 9. Bb2 a5 10. a3 b5 11. e3 a4 12. cxb5 axb3 13. Qxb3 fxg4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Nd2 g3 16. Nxe4 gxf2+ 17. Kd2 cxb5 18. Bxb5 Kh8 19. Rhf1 Bb7 {Maghsoodloo,P (2699)-Moskalenko,A (2508) Chess.com INT 2022 0-1 (56)}) 5... Nf6 6. Ndf3 ({RR} 6. e3 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. Be2 Ne4 10. O-O Qg5 11. f4 Qh6 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Bg4 Nf6 14. Bh3 g5 15. fxg5 Qxg5 16. Qe2 Nh5 17. Rxf8+ Bxf8 18. Rf1 Bd6 19. Qf2 Qe7 20. Bg4 Ng7 {Stamatiou,R (2272)-Harriott,T (1933) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (60)}) 6... Ne4 $146 ({RR} 6... Bd6 7. Bf4 O-O 8. c5 Bc7 9. Qa4 Ne4 10. Nd3 Bxf4 11. Nxf4 b5 12. Qc2 Na6 13. Nd3 Qa5+ 14. Nd2 Nb4 15. Nxb4 Qxb4 16. f3 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 a5 19. e3 Bd7 20. Bd3 Rad8 21. f4 {Betaneli,A (2175)-Ruiz Jaraba,V (1916) Medellin COL 2024 ½-½}) ({RR} 6... Bd6 7. Bf4 O-O 8. a3 dxc4 9. g3 b5 10. Bg2 Nd5 11. O-O Bb7 12. e4 Nxf4 13. gxf4 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Na6 15. Nd4 Qe8 16. exf5 Rd8 17. f6 gxf6 18. Qg4+ Kh8 19. Nxe6 Rg8 20. Qf5 Rxg2+ 21. Kxg2 {Andreikin,D (2729)-Bilguun,S (2466) Samarkand UZB 2023 1-0}) 7. a3 Qa5+ 8. Bd2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 10. Kxd2 a5 11. e3 Bd6 12. Bd3 O-O 13. c5 Bc7 14. b4 Nd7 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 f4 18. f3 Be8 19. Rhb1 Bg6 20. b5 fxe3+ 21. Kxe3 Bxd3 22. Kxd3 Rf4 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Rb7 Rc4 25. Rab1 Rxc5 26. Re7 Rb5 27. Rxb5 cxb5 28. Rxe6 b4 29. axb4 axb4 30. Rb6 Ra2 31. Kd4 Rxg2 32. Rxb4 Rxh2 33. Kc5 Rh6 34. Rf4 Ra6 35. Kxd5 Ra5+ 36. Kd6 Ra6+ 37. Kd7 Ra7+ 38. Kc6 Ra6+ 39. Kd7 Ra7+ 40. Kd6 Ra6+ 41. Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 21st Jan Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.01.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Paravyan, D."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2025.01.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Qc2 c5 ({RR} 7... O-O 8. h4 c5 9. g4 g6 10. g5 hxg5 11. hxg5 Bg7 12. Nc3 cxd4 13. exd4 Nc6 14. O-O-O Nb4 15. Qd2 dxc4 16. Qf4 Qa5 17. Bxc4 b5 18. Bb3 Bb7 19. Kb1 Rac8 20. Ne4 Bxe4+ 21. Qxe4 Rc7 22. Ne5 {Mamedyarov,S (2767)-So,W (2767) Chess.com INT 2019 1-0}) ({RR} 7... O-O 8. h4 c5 9. g4 cxd4 10. g5 Be7 11. gxh6 gxh6 12. Rg1+ Kh8 13. Nxd4 Nc6 14. Nc3 Rg8 15. Rxg8+ Qxg8 16. O-O-O Bxh4 17. Kb1 Nxd4 18. exd4 dxc4 19. Bxc4 Bd7 20. Rh1 Bg5 21. d5 exd5 22. Nxd5 {Andreikin,D (2710)-Aravindh,C (2693) chess.com INT 2026 ½-½ (43)}) 8. dxc5 $146 ({RR} 8. cxd5 cxd4 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. dxe6 Qa5+ 11. Nbd2 Qxb5 12. exd7+ Qxd7 13. Qe4+ Qe7 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 O-O 16. O-O Nc6 17. Qa4 Rfd8 18. Nf3 a6 19. Rac1 Qe6 20. Rfd1 Qf6 21. Qb3 Qe7 22. h3 a5 {Matlakov,M (2674)-Manukyan,A (2106) Chess.com INT 2022 0-1}) ({RR} 8. cxd5 cxd4 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. dxe6 Bxb5 11. exf7+ Kd7 12. Qf5+ Kc6 13. a4 Ba6 14. Na3 Qd5 15. Nxd4+ Bxd4 16. Rc1+ Bc5 17. f8=Q Rxf8 18. Qxf8 Kb6 19. a5+ Kc6 20. b4 Nd7 21. Qxa8 Qxg2 22. Rxc5+ Kd6 {Sorensen,H (2343)-Ahlander,B (2421) Fredericia 2019 1-0 (37)}) 8... Qa5+ 9. Nbd2 Qxc5 10. Rc1 Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxc2 12. Rxc2 Nb4 13. Bb5+ Kd8 14. Rc4 Nd3+ 15. Ke2 Nxb2 16. Rc2 exd5 17. Nd4 a6 18. Rxb2 Bxd4 19. exd4 axb5 20. Rxb5 Re8+ 21. Kd3 Ra3+ 22. Nb3 Rxa2 23. Rc1 Bf5+ 24. Kc3 b6 25. Rxb6 Re6 26. Rb8+ Ke7 27. Nc5 Ree2 28. Rb7+ Kf6 29. Rb6+ Kg5 30. Rb7 Kg6 31. Rb6+ Kh7 32. Rb7 Bg6 33. Nd7 h5 34. Ne5 Rxf2 35. g4 h4 36. g5 Rxh2 37. Nd7 Bf5 38. Nf8+ Kg8 39. Rb8 Rhc2+ 40. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 41. Kb3 Rc8 0-1

[Event "Clash of Claims 2024"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "2024.06.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2024.06.07"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bd6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nbd2 a5 8. b3 ({RR} 8. Qc2 Nb4 9. Qb1 c5 10. e3 Nc6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. b3 Qe7 13. Bb2 Rd8 14. Rd1 h6 15. a3 b6 16. Ne5 Bb7 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Rxd5 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Ne4 Qe5 22. Rxd5 Qxd5 {Nakamura,H (2804)-Bluebaum,M (2663) London ENG 2025 ½-½}) 8... a4 ({RR} 8... Ne4 9. Bb2 a4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Ne5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 a3 13. Bc3 e3 14. f4 Qe7 15. Qc1 Qc5 16. Rf3 Nd4 17. Bxd4 Qxd4 18. Rb1 b6 19. Qxe3 Qd8 20. Rff1 Rb8 21. Rbd1 Qe7 22. Rd2 b5 23. cxb5 {Golubovic,E (2330)-Ganiev,A (2306) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (83)}) 9. Bb2 Bb4 $146 ({RR} 9... b6 10. Rc1 Bb7 11. Qc2 axb3 12. axb3 Nb4 13. Qb1 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Ng5 g6 17. Nc4 Be7 18. Ne5 Qb8 19. Rcd1 d4 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Ngf3 Qe4 22. Qxe4 Nxe4 23. Nd3 Ra2 24. Rb1 {Lazavik,D (2529)-Artemiev,V (2701) chess.com INT 2022 0-1 (35)}) ({RR} 9... Re8 10. Ne5 Bd7 11. e4 a3 12. Bc3 Bxe5 13. dxe5 d4 14. exf6 dxc3 15. Nf3 gxf6 16. e5 fxe5 17. Qd3 Qe7 18. Qxc3 e4 19. Nd2 f5 20. Rad1 e5 21. Rfe1 Nd4 22. b4 Ba4 23. Rc1 c5 24. bxc5 {Kramnik,V (2753)-Martinez Alcantara,J (2612) Madrid ESP 2024 ½-½ (61)}) 10. a3 Bxd2 11. Nxd2 axb3 12. Qxb3 Na5 13. Qc2 b6 14. Rfc1 Ba6 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Qxc7 Bxe2 17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 18. Bc3 Nc4 19. a4 Nxd2 20. Bxd2 Bc4 21. Bg5 Ra6 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Rab1 Kg7 24. Rb4 Rd7 25. Bf1 Bxf1 26. Kxf1 Rda7 27. Rc6 Rxa4 28. Rcxb6 Ra2 29. Rd6 R7a5 30. Rb3 Rd2 31. Rf3 Rxd4 32. Rdxf6 Ra7 33. Rd6 Rd1+ 34. Kg2 Ra4 35. Rd7 d4 36. Rdxf7+ Kg8 37. Rf8+ Kg7 38. R3f7+ Kg6 39. h4 d3 40. Rf6+ Kg7 41. h5 1-0

[Event "Moscow op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2014.02.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2014.02.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 6. Qc2 Nf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Nc3 Nbd7 ({RR} 8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. d5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Nd7 13. Rc1 Rb8 14. O-O Nf6 15. Rfd1 b6 16. Bc4 Bb7 17. Be2 Rfd8 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ {½-½ (19) Bacrot,E (2671)-Lautier,J (2670) Reykjavik 2003}) ({RR} 8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4 Qc7 12. Qe2 Nc6 13. Rac1 Qf4 14. Qe3 Qxe3 15. fxe3 Rd8 16. Rcd1 Ng4 17. Rfe1 b6 18. e4 Bb7 19. d5 Nce5 20. Bb3 Nxf3+ 21. gxf3 Ne5 22. Kf2 Kf8 23. Kg3 {Grachev,B (2652)-Pavasovic,D (2607) Sibenik 2009 ½-½ (68)}) 9. Rc1 ({RR} 9. Rd1 Re8 10. Be2 h6 11. O-O dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 exd4 15. Qxe7 Rxe7 16. Rxd4 Kf8 17. Rfd1 Nb6 18. Bb3 Be6 {½-½ (18) Sivuk,V (2499)-Fodor,T (2494) Jyvaskyla FIN 2026}) 9... e5 $146 ({RR} 9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Be2 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Rd8 14. O-O Bg4 15. Bxg4 Nxg4 16. h3 Nf6 17. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20. Qf5 h6 21. e4 Qd2 22. Qc8+ Kh7 23. Qf5+ Kg8 24. Qc8+ {Akesson,J (2325)-Smith,A (2415) Sweden 2010 ½-½}) ({RR} 9... b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. O-O c5 13. Rce1 Rfe8 14. Nd2 cxd4 15. Nb5 dxe3 16. Rxe3 Qc5 17. Rfe1 Rxe3 18. Rxe3 a6 19. Qxc5 Nxc5 20. Nd6 Bc6 21. b4 Ne6 22. Bf5 Nd4 23. Bc8 Nb5 24. Nf5 {Farago,I (2472)-Bacrot,E (2712) Mainz 2004 0-1}) 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Be2 e4 12. Nd2 Nb6 13. Na4 Bg4 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. Bxg4 Nxg4 16. h3 Nh6 17. O-O Rxa2 18. Nb1 Nf5 19. Nc3 Ra5 20. Ra1 Qd6 21. Rxa5 bxa5 22. Qb3 Ne7 23. Qxb7 Rb8 24. Qa7 Rxb2 25. Qxa5 h5 26. Qa1 Rb8 27. Rb1 Rxb1+ 28. Qxb1 h4 29. Qb7 g5 30. Na4 f5 31. Nc5 f4 32. Nd7 fxe3 33. fxe3 Qg3 34. Nf6+ Kf7 35. Nxd5 Qe1+ 36. Kh2 Qg3+ 37. Kg1 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 Qg3+ 39. Kh1 Qe1+ 40. Kh2 Qg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Andorra op 33rd"]
[Site "La Massana"]
[Date "2015.07.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2015.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. a3 O-O 6. b4 ({RR} 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. b4 a5 8. b5 c5 9. Bb2 b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O Re8 12. Rc1 Qb8 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. f4 f6 16. Qg4 f5 17. Qh3 g6 18. g4 Kh8 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. e4 Bb7 {Yen,Y (1602)-Cirulli,L (1460) Montesilvano ITA 2026 1-0 (46)}) 6... a5 ({RR} 6... c6 7. Bb2 a5 8. c5 b6 9. Nbd2 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Rxa6 11. O-O Qc8 12. Ne5 Nbd7 13. f4 axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1 15. Bxa1 Qb7 16. Qf3 Ra8 17. b5 Nb8 18. bxc6 Nxc6 19. Rb1 Nxe5 20. fxe5 Nd7 21. Nc4 {Krasenkow,M (2631)-Olszewski,M (2559) Warsaw 2009 ½-½ (37)}) 7. b5 c5 8. Bb2 Nbd7 $146 ({RR} 8... b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. Bd3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Bxg2 14. Rg1 Bd5 15. Nc6 Qe8 16. Rxg7+ Kxg7 17. Qg4+ Kh8 18. Qh4 e5 19. N4xe5 Nc5 20. Qxh7+ Nxh7 21. Nxf7+ {1-0 (21) Gasanov,E (2481)-Tabatabaei,M (2629) Chess.com INT 2020}) ({RR} 8... b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. Bd3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Bxg2 14. Rg1 Bd5 15. Nc6 Qe8 16. Rxg7+ Kxg7 17. Qg4+ Kh8 18. Qh4 e5 19. N4xe5 Nc5 20. Qxh7+ Nxh7 21. Nxf7+ {1-0 (21) Gasanov,E (2481)-Tabatabaei,M (2629) Chess.com INT 2020}) 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Be2 cxd4 11. Bxd4 Bf6 12. O-O Qe7 13. Bxf6 N7xf6 14. Qd4 Rd8 15. Rc1 Bd7 16. Nbd2 Be8 17. a4 Nd7 18. e4 Nb4 19. e5 Nf8 20. Qb2 Ng6 21. g3 Nd3 22. Bxd3 Rxd3 23. Rc3 Qd8 24. Nc4 Rc8 25. Rxd3 Qxd3 26. Nd6 Rc3 27. Ne1 Qd4 28. Nf3 Qd3 29. Ne1 Qd4 30. Rb1 Bd7 31. Nxb7 h5 32. Nxa5 h4 33. b6 hxg3 34. b7 Nf4 35. b8=Q+ Kh7 36. hxg3 Rxg3+ 37. Kf1 Rh3 38. Q8b7 Qa7 39. Qe4+ Ng6 40. Qb6 1-0

[Event "Lake Sevan"]
[Site "Martuni"]
[Date "2016.07.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Ter Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.07.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 a5 ({RR} 5... Nbd7 6. Bb2 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O Bd6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Qc2 Re8 11. Rad1 Qe7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Nf6 15. Bd3 Ba3 16. Ba1 h6 17. Rfe1 Rad8 18. h3 a5 19. Re3 Qc7 20. Qe2 {Kramnik,V (2766)-Van Wely,L (2683) Monte Carlo 2007 1-0 (74)}) 6. a3 ({RR} 6. Bd3 a4 7. bxa4 Qa5+ 8. Nbd2 Qxa4 9. Bc2 Qa6 10. Bb3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. a4 Nbd7 13. Ba3 Bxa3 14. Rxa3 c5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Qc2 Nxb3 18. Nxb3 Bg4 19. Nfd4 Rac8 20. Qb2 Rc4 {Olhovik,A (2282)-Abdurakhmonov,M (2396) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (61)}) 6... Bd6 7. Nc3 $146 ({RR} 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Bd3 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Nbd2 c5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Ne5 Re8 13. f4 Ba6 14. Qe2 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 a4 16. b4 c4 17. Qc2 b5 18. e4 Bc7 19. Nxf7 Kxf7 20. e5 Kg8 21. exf6 Qxf6 {Sarrau,J (2306)-Hovhannisyan,M (2505) Leuven 2013 0-1 (36)}) ({RR} 7. Bd3 Ne4 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Qc2 f5 10. O-O Nd7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bc7 13. c5 b6 14. b4 Qe7 15. f3 Nxc5 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Nd2 c4 18. Be2 Bb6 19. Bd4 Qa7 20. Qb2 c5 21. Bc3 Ba6 {Manukyan,S (2266)-Ter Sahakyan,S (2546) Yerevan 2018 ½-½ (69)}) 7... Ne4 8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. Nd2 f5 10. c5 Bc7 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. Nc4 Nd7 13. Qc2 O-O 14. O-O-O Nf6 15. h3 Bd7 16. g4 Be8 17. gxf5 exf5 18. Rg1 Nd5 19. Ne5 Bf7 20. Be2 Be6 21. Rg2 Rf6 22. Rdg1 Raf8 23. Bc4 Rh6 24. Rg3 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Rf7 26. Bxd5 cxd5 27. f4 exf3 28. Rxf3 Rh4 29. Rgf1 Qg5 30. Kb1 f4 31. Ka1 Rxh3 32. Rxh3 Bxh3 33. Rxf4 Qg1+ 34. Ka2 Qxe3 35. Rxf7 Kxf7 36. Qxh7 Be6 37. Qh5+ Kf8 38. Qh8+ Kf7 39. Qh5+ Kf8 40. Qh8+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "2015.03.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 c6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Bd6 ({RR} 5... Nbd7 6. h3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Qe2 c5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Rfd1 Nb6 14. Rac1 Rc8 15. Ne5 d4 16. exd4 cxd4 17. Ne4 Qd5 18. f3 Qa5 19. a3 Nfd5 20. Bh2 {Sukandar,I (2330)-Bezerra,F (2096) chess.com INT 2025 1-0}) 6. Bg3 ({RR} 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Qb3 Nbd7 9. Rd1 a5 10. Be2 Qb4 11. Qc2 dxc4 12. a3 Qe7 13. Bxc4 e5 14. O-O exd4 15. Nxd4 Ne5 16. Ba2 g6 17. e4 c5 18. Nde2 Be6 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Bf5 {Chernyshov,K (2550)-Madl,I (2379) Zalakaros 2008 1-0}) 6... Bxg3 $146 ({RR} 6... O-O 7. Nc3 Qe7 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bxg3 11. hxg3 b5 12. Be2 Bb7 13. Qc2 Rac8 14. Rfd1 b4 15. Na4 c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Nxc5 Rxc5 18. Qd2 Rd5 19. Qe1 a5 20. Rac1 Rfd8 21. Nd4 {Celik,E (1939)-Duran,E (1939) Kocaeli 2017 0-1 (42)}) ({RR} 6... O-O 7. Bd3 Ne4 8. Nbd2 f5 9. Ne5 Qc7 10. c5 Bxe5 11. Bxe5 Qf7 12. Nf3 h6 13. Bxb8 Rxb8 14. Ne5 Qe8 15. f3 Nf6 16. Qc2 Nd7 17. f4 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Bd7 19. O-O Qe7 20. Rf2 Qg5 21. Rf3 {Lehotzky,A-Sanborn,R Lansing 1989 1-0 (67)}) 7. hxg3 Nbd7 8. Nc3 Qe7 9. Qc2 h6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Rh4 e5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Rhd4 Be6 16. Bd3 Rfc8 17. Kb1 Rc6 18. Qd2 Rac8 19. Ka1 a6 20. Qe1 b5 21. f3 Bf5 22. Bf1 Bg6 23. g4 Qe7 24. Bd3 Bxd3 25. R4xd3 Re6 26. Qd2 Re8 27. Re1 b4 28. Nxd5 Nxd5 29. Rxd5 Rxe3 30. Rxe3 Qxe3 31. Qxe3 Rxe3 32. Kb1 Re2 33. Ra5 Rxg2 34. Rxa6 f5 35. gxf5 h5 36. Ra8+ Kf7 37. Rh8 b3 38. axb3 Rg5 39. Kc2 Rxf5 40. Kd2 Rxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cheliabinsk Panchenko Memorial op-A"]
[Site "Cheliabinsk"]
[Date "2020.09.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Rakhmanov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.09.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. Rc1 O-O 8. Qb3 $146 ({RR} 8. g3 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O c5 11. Qb3 b5 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. Qa3 b4 14. Qa5 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Ra7 17. N2f3 Rb7 18. Rfd1 Rd7 19. Rc4 Rd5 20. Qb6 g6 21. Rdc1 e5 22. Rc7 Nfd7 {Gretarsson,H (2485)-Adarsh,T (2340) Piestany SVK 2024 ½-½ (36)}) ({RR} 8. g3 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O Rc8 11. Qb3 Nbd7 12. Rfd1 c5 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Qa3 Kf8 15. dxc5 Rxc5 16. Rxc5 Qxc5 17. b4 Qe7 18. Qb2 a5 19. bxa5 Rxa5 20. Nb3 Qa3 21. Qc3 Rc5 22. Qd2 Bxb3 {Deac,B (2680)-Nakamura,H (2802) chess.com INT 2024 0-1}) ({RR} 8. g3 c6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O e5 11. cxd5 e4 12. d6 Qxd6 13. Nc4 Qe7 14. Nfe5 Rd8 15. Qc2 Nf8 16. Rfd1 Bf5 17. Ne3 Bg6 18. Rd2 Ne6 19. Rcd1 Nc7 20. Qc5 Qxc5 21. dxc5 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 Ne6 {Yakubboev,N (2689)-Le Tuan Minh (2585) Hong Kong HKG 2026 0-1 (49)}) ({RR} 8. g3 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qc2 c6 12. O-O Nbd7 13. e3 Rac8 14. Qb3 Rc7 15. Rc2 c5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Qa3 Qd8 18. Rfc1 h6 19. Nb3 c4 20. Na5 Ba8 21. b3 Rc5 22. b4 Rc8 {Fedoseev,V (2674)-Nagy,G (2491) Chess.com INT 2020 1-0 (57)}) 8... c6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Qc3 Re8 11. Be2 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Qxe5 Rxe5 15. O-O Bg4 16. Bxg4 Nxg4 17. Nf3 Rh5 18. Rfd1 Nf6 19. b3 Re8 20. h3 Kf8 21. Nd4 g6 22. c5 Rhe5 23. b4 Nd7 24. a4 Kg7 25. Rc3 Rc8 26. Rdc1 Nf8 27. Rb3 Re7 28. b5 axb5 29. axb5 Ne6 30. Nxe6+ Rxe6 31. Ra1 cxb5 32. Rxb5 Rc7 33. Rd1 Rd7 34. Kf1 Kf8 35. Rd4 Ke7 36. Ke2 Ra6 37. Rd2 Ra4 38. g4 Kd8 39. g5 Rh4 40. Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cheliabinsk Panchenko Memorial op-A"]
[Site "Cheliabinsk"]
[Date "2020.09.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Rakhmanov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.09.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. Rc1 O-O 8. Qb3 $146 ({RR} 8. g3 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O c5 11. Qb3 b5 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. Qa3 b4 14. Qa5 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Ra7 17. N2f3 Rb7 18. Rfd1 Rd7 19. Rc4 Rd5 20. Qb6 g6 21. Rdc1 e5 22. Rc7 Nfd7 {Gretarsson,H (2485)-Adarsh,T (2340) Piestany SVK 2024 ½-½ (36)}) ({RR} 8. g3 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O Rc8 11. Qb3 Nbd7 12. Rfd1 c5 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Qa3 Kf8 15. dxc5 Rxc5 16. Rxc5 Qxc5 17. b4 Qe7 18. Qb2 a5 19. bxa5 Rxa5 20. Nb3 Qa3 21. Qc3 Rc5 22. Qd2 Bxb3 {Deac,B (2680)-Nakamura,H (2802) chess.com INT 2024 0-1}) ({RR} 8. g3 c6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O e5 11. cxd5 e4 12. d6 Qxd6 13. Nc4 Qe7 14. Nfe5 Rd8 15. Qc2 Nf8 16. Rfd1 Bf5 17. Ne3 Bg6 18. Rd2 Ne6 19. Rcd1 Nc7 20. Qc5 Qxc5 21. dxc5 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 Ne6 {Yakubboev,N (2689)-Le Tuan Minh (2585) Hong Kong HKG 2026 0-1 (49)}) ({RR} 8. g3 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qc2 c6 12. O-O Nbd7 13. e3 Rac8 14. Qb3 Rc7 15. Rc2 c5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Qa3 Qd8 18. Rfc1 h6 19. Nb3 c4 20. Na5 Ba8 21. b3 Rc5 22. b4 Rc8 {Fedoseev,V (2674)-Nagy,G (2491) Chess.com INT 2020 1-0 (57)}) 8... c6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Qc3 Re8 11. Be2 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Qxe5 Rxe5 15. O-O Bg4 16. Bxg4 Nxg4 17. Nf3 Rh5 18. Rfd1 Nf6 19. b3 Re8 20. h3 Kf8 21. Nd4 g6 22. c5 Rhe5 23. b4 Nd7 24. a4 Kg7 25. Rc3 Rc8 26. Rdc1 Nf8 27. Rb3 Re7 28. b5 axb5 29. axb5 Ne6 30. Nxe6+ Rxe6 31. Ra1 cxb5 32. Rxb5 Rc7 33. Rd1 Rd7 34. Kf1 Kf8 35. Rd4 Ke7 36. Ke2 Ra6 37. Rd2 Ra4 38. g4 Kd8 39. g5 Rh4 40. Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 19th May 2026"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2026.05.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Donchenko, Alexa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2026.05.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 Nc6 9. Be2 dxc4 10. O-O ({RR} 10. Bxc4 e5 11. O-O exd4 12. Nd5 Qd6 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Bc5 15. Qc3 c6 16. Rcd1 cxd5 17. Rxd5 Bb4 18. Rxd6 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Bf5 20. Rfd1 Rac8 21. R1d4 b5 22. Bxb5 Rxc3 23. g4 Be6 24. a4 Ra3 {Muradli,M (2581)-Faizrakhmanov,R (2379) Moscow RUS 2026 1-0 (38)}) ({RR} 10. Bxc4 e5 11. O-O exd4 12. Nd5 Qd6 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Bc5 15. Qe4 c6 16. Nf4 Rd8 17. Bd3 g6 18. Qc4 g5 19. Rfd1 Qf8 20. Qe4 f5 21. Qc4+ Qf7 22. Qxc5 gxf4 23. exf4 Be6 24. Bc2 Rd5 {Andreikin,D (2710)-Batsuren,D (2504) Hong Kong HKG 2026 1-0 (34)}) 10... Bxc3 11. Rxc3 e5 12. d5 Ne7 $146 ({RR} 12... Rd8 13. Rxc4 Ne7 14. e4 c6 15. Qc2 cxd5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Rd1 Bf5 18. Qb3 Nb6 19. Rcc1 e4 20. Ne1 Be6 21. Qa3 Nd5 22. g3 a5 23. Bc4 b6 24. Ng2 Nb4 25. Bxe6 Qxe6 26. Nf4 Qg4 27. Rxd8+ {Shahaliyev,I (2413)-Bluebaum,M (2670) Chess.com INT 2021 0-1 (35)}) ({RR} 12... Rd8 13. Rxc4 Ne7 14. e4 c6 15. Qc2 cxd5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Rd1 Bf5 18. Qb3 Nb6 19. Rcc1 e4 20. Ne1 Be6 21. Qa3 Nd5 22. g3 a5 23. Bc4 b6 24. Ng2 Nb4 25. Bxe6 Qxe6 26. Nf4 Qg4 27. Rxd8+ {Shahaliyev,I (2413)-Bluebaum,M (2670) Chess.com INT 2021 0-1 (35)}) 13. Rxc4 Qd6 14. e4 c6 15. dxc6 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Nxc6 17. Rc5 Be6 18. Bb5 Rfd8 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. h3 Nd4 21. Nxd4 exd4 22. Bd3 b6 23. Rc7 a5 24. Rb7 Bxa2 25. Rxb6 a4 26. f4 f6 27. Kf2 Rd7 28. Kf3 Kf7 29. f5 Bb3 30. Kf4 Re7 31. Rd6 Rb7 32. Rxd4 Ba2 33. Rxa4 Bb3 34. Rd4 Ke8 35. e5 fxe5+ 36. Kxe5 Ke7 37. g4 Ra7 38. Rb4 Ra5+ 39. Rb5 Rxb5+ 40. Bxb5 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 9th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2011.02.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2011.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 ({RR} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 {1-0 (8) Ben Romdhane,S-Ben Salem,M (1075) Monastir 2021}) 1... e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 ({RR} 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. h4 c5 9. g4 g6 10. g5 hxg5 11. hxg5 Bg7 12. Nc3 cxd4 13. exd4 Nc6 14. O-O-O Nb4 15. Qd2 dxc4 16. Qf4 Qa5 17. Bxc4 b5 18. Bb3 Bb7 19. Kb1 Rac8 20. Ne4 Bxe4+ {Mamedyarov,S (2767)-So,W (2767) Chess.com INT 2019 1-0}) 6... Ne4 ({RR} 6... b6 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Bxe7 Nxc3 11. Bxd8 Nxd1 12. Rxd1 Kxd8 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. Bb5 Nb8 15. Bd3 Nd7 16. Ke2 Ke7 17. Rd2 Rhc8 18. Rhd1 c5 19. Bb5 Bxf3+ 20. Kxf3 cxd4 21. Rxd4 {Vyprachticky,D (2309)-Velicka,P (2345) Czech Republic CZE 2026 0-1 (41)}) 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Bd3 c5 $146 ({RR} 8... Qb4+ 9. Nbd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Nc6 11. O-O dxc4 12. Qxb4 Nxb4 13. Bxc4 O-O 14. a3 Nd5 15. Rfc1 c6 16. b4 Bd7 17. Ne5 Nf6 18. Bd3 Rfd8 19. h3 Be8 20. Rab1 Nd7 21. Nc4 Rab8 22. Be2 Nb6 23. Nxb6 {Przybela,J (1621)-Hoffmann,E (1407) Ruhrgebiet 2018 ½-½}) 9. O-O Nc6 10. Ne5 Nf6 11. cxd5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nxd5 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Ne4 Qc7 15. Nd6 f6 16. Qg4 fxe5 17. Nxc8 Qxc8 18. Qe4 Rf5 19. Bc4 Kh8 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Qxd5 Qc7 22. Rfd1 Rc8 23. Rd2 c4 24. Rad1 Rff8 25. h3 Rfe8 26. Qe4 Qc6 27. Qc2 c3 28. Rd6 Qc4 29. bxc3 Qxc3 30. Qe4 Qc4 31. Qxb7 Qxa2 32. Rg6 Rg8 33. Rxg7 Qc2 34. Rxg8+ Rxg8 35. Rd6 Qh7 36. Qc6 Qb1+ 37. Kh2 Qf5 38. Rf6 Qg5 39. Rxh6+ Kg7 40. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 18th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Nabaty, Tamir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 a6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxe7 Nxe7 6. e3 O-O 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 ({RR} 9... c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. b4 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 Nd7 13. O-O b5 14. Bb3 Nf6 15. Ne5 Ra7 16. Nd3 Bb7 17. Nc5 Bd5 18. Nxd5 Nfxd5 19. a3 a5 20. e4 Nc3 21. Rd2 axb4 22. axb4 Rfa8 23. Rc2 Na2 24. Bxa2 {Nakamura,H (2746)-Carlsen,M (2835) St Petersburg 2018 ½-½ (58)}) 10. Bd3 c5 11. a4 $146 ({RR} 11. Ng5 Nf5 12. h4 Bb7 13. d5 Ne5 14. g4 c4 15. Be4 Nh6 16. Qd4 Nexg4 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Rg1 e5 19. Qd1 f5 20. Bxf5 Nxf2 21. Kxf2 Rxf5+ 22. Ke1 Qb6 23. Qe2 b4 24. Nce4 Bxd5 25. Rd1 Rd8 {Roshka,Y (2501)-Kourkoulos Arditis,S (2527) Eforie Nord ROU 2023 0-1 (39)}) ({RR} 11. Ng5 Nf5 12. h4 Bb7 13. d5 Ne5 14. g4 c4 15. Be4 Nh6 16. Qd4 Nexg4 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Rg1 e5 19. Qd1 f5 20. Bxf5 Nxf2 21. Kxf2 Rxf5+ 22. Ke1 Qb6 23. Qe2 b4 24. Nce4 Bxd5 25. Rd1 Rd8 {Roshka,Y (2501)-Kourkoulos Arditis,S (2527) Eforie Nord ROU 2023 0-1 (39)}) 11... c4 12. Bb1 Qb6 13. O-O Bb7 14. e4 Rfd8 15. Qe2 Rac8 16. Rfe1 Ng6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Qe3 Nf6 19. h3 Qa5 20. e5 Nd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Ng5 b4 23. Qe2 Qa7 24. Qg4 Nf8 25. h4 c3 26. bxc3 bxc3 27. Bc2 Rc4 28. Red1 Bc6 29. Ra1 Qd7 30. Ra3 h6 31. Nh3 Ng6 32. Qg3 Rc8 33. h5 Nf8 34. Qd3 Bb5 35. Nf4 Qe7 36. Ra5 Qb4 37. Raa1 Qe7 38. Ra5 Qb4 39. Raa1 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 10th Jun Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.06.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2837"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2025.06.10"]

1. d4 {Chessbase - Stockfish 17} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Qc2 Bd6 8. Nc3 $146 ({RR} 8. O-O c6 9. b3 Re8 10. Bc3 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Qc7 12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 h6 15. Rad1 a4 16. b4 a3 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 c5 19. b5 Ra4 20. Qc2 Ra8 21. Rd6 Nb6 22. Qb3 Rd8 {Mozharov,M (2561)-Patrelakis,E (2209) Paleochora 2019 1-0}) ({RR} 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. O-O h6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Nc3 c6 12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 c5 15. Rad1 ({RR} 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Rad1 Qb6 17. Qe2 Qc7 18. Ne5 Bd6 19. f4 a4 20. Kh1 Ra5 21. Ng4 Be7 22. Ne3 Bc5 23. Nc2 Bd7 24. b4 axb3 25. axb3 Ra2 26. Rd2 Bc6 27. Bxc6 Qxc6+ 28. Qg2 Rb2 29. b4 Qxg2+) 15... Qc7 16. Rfe1 Ra6 17. d5 exd5 18. Qxd5 Be7 19. Qe5 Rd6 20. Rd5 Be6 21. Rxc5 Qd8 22. Qe2 Bf6 {Hakobyan,A (2620)-Praggnanandhaa,R (2758) Jermuk ARM 2025 0-1 (78)}) ({RR} 8. O-O c6 9. Nc3 dxc4 10. Ne5 Bc7 11. Rad1 Qxd4 12. Bf4 Qc5 13. Nd7 Nbxd7 14. Bxc7 Re8 15. Bd6 Qh5 16. Rd4 Qg6 17. Qc1 e5 18. Rxc4 Nb6 19. Rh4 Nfd5 20. Bc5 Nxc3 21. bxc3 Nd7 22. Ba3 e4 {Cheng,B (2596)-Ponomariov,R (2622) Bremen GER 2026 0-1 (45)}) ({RR} 8. O-O c6 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 c5 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Qe2 Bd7 17. Rfe1 Rad8 18. Ne5 cxd4 19. Nxd7 Rxd7 20. Rxd4 Rfd8 21. Red1 Bc5 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 {Vaishali,R (2476)-Svane,F (2664) Wijk aan Zee 2025 [Chessbase - Stockfish 17] ½-½ (45)}) 8... dxc4 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Rd1 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Nd2 c6 13. Nxc4 Bc7 14. O-O Qe7 15. Ne5 Rd8 16. e3 Nd5 17. Ne4 Nb4 18. Qb1 f6 19. Nc4 b6 20. a3 Nd5 21. Rc1 Ba6 22. Rfd1 Rac8 23. Ncd2 Bb8 24. Nf3 c5 25. dxc5 bxc5 26. Qc2 f5 27. Nc3 Nf6 28. Qa4 Qc7 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Rd1 Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 Kf7 32. Qa4 Ke7 33. Bf1 Bb7 34. Bg2 Qb6 35. Qc2 g5 36. Na4 Qd6 37. Qxc5 Qxc5 38. Nxc5 Bc8 39. Nd4 Kd6 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.02.19"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. b3 cxd4 ({RR} 7... Nc6 8. Bb2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. a3 Qe7 13. b4 Ne5 14. Qb3 b5 15. Rfd1 Bd7 16. Nf1 Nc4 17. Ng3 g6 18. Nf3 Nxb2 19. Qxb2 h5 20. Rac1 a5 21. Nd4 h4 22. Nf1 {Dziuba,M (2568)-Vidit,S (2727) Warsaw 2021 0-1 (44)}) ({RR} 7... b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. Bb2 Bd6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Re1 O-O 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bf1 Re8 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Nd4 Qd7 16. Rc2 Ng4 17. g3 Ne5 18. N2f3 f6 19. Be2 Ne4 20. Rxc8 Bxc8 21. Nc2 {½-½ (21) Gustafsson,J (2615)-Horvath,C (2563) Austria 2006}) 8. Nxd4 Bb4 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Be2 $146 ({RR} 10. a3 Bd6 11. Be2 Bd7 12. Bb2 Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. O-O Re8 15. Bd3 h6 16. Rfc1 c5 17. Bf5 Be6 18. Rd1 Qe7 19. Rac1 Rab8 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Nf3 Qe6 23. g3 Bf8 24. Ne1 d4 {Ladopoulos,D (2374)-Mastrovasilis,D (2566) Trikala GRE 2024 ½-½ (52)}) ({RR} 10. a3 Bd6 11. Be2 Bd7 12. Bb2 Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. O-O Re8 15. Bd3 h6 16. Rfc1 c5 17. Bf5 Be6 18. Rd1 Qe7 19. Rac1 Rab8 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Nf3 Qe6 23. g3 Bf8 24. Ne1 d4 {Ladopoulos,D (2374)-Mastrovasilis,D (2566) Trikala GRE 2024 ½-½ (52)}) 10... Bd7 11. O-O Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. a3 Ba5 14. Bb2 Rc8 15. Bd4 Bb5 16. Qd1 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Bc3 18. Bxc3 Rxc3 19. Rac1 d4 20. exd4 Qxd4 21. Rxc3 Qxc3 22. Qd1 g6 23. Nc4 Re8 24. h3 Re6 25. a4 h5 26. a5 Kg7 $1 {[%mdl 32] Ein sehr starker Zug, der den König für das Endspiel schon mal näher heranführt und Weiß in eine Art Zugzwang bringt.} 27. Qf3 $2 {Das entstehende Endspiel ist erstaunlich vorteilhaft für Schwarz.} (27. f4 {was a better try to muddy the water. bot bessere Chancen, das Wasser zu trüben.}) 27... Qxf3 $19 28. gxf3 h4 29. Rd1 Nh5 30. Rd7 Re1+ 31. Kh2 Re2 32. Rd2 $6 {Im reinen Springerendspiel ist Weiß chancenlos, weil sein König nicht mitspielt. Allerdings sollte auch} (32. Rxb7 {verlieren, z.B.} Rxf2+ 33. Kg1 Rxf3 34. Ne5 (34. Nd6 $5) 34... Rf5 35. Nc4 g5 36. Rb6 Rf3 37. b4 Nf4 38. Rxa6 Nxh3+ 39. Kh1 g4 $19) 32... Rxd2 33. Nxd2 Kf6 34. Ne4+ Ke5 35. Nc5 Nf4 36. Nxb7 Ne6 $1 {[%cal Ge6d8,Ge6c5,Ge5d6] Dominiert den weißen Springer komplett, was den Untergang besiegelt:} 37. b4 Kd5 38. b5 axb5 39. a6 Kc6 0-1

[Event "1st 3-0 Thu 2nd Jul 2026"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2026.07.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ter Sahakyan, S."]
[Black "Duda, J."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2026.07.02"]

1. d4 {Aronian,Levon} Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Qc2 ({RR} 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. a3 g5 9. h3 ({RR} 9. e3 Bg7) ({RR} 9. e4 g4 10. e5 Qd8 ({RR} 10... Qf5 11. Ng1 ({RR} 11. Nh4 Qf4 12. Nb3 Be7) 11... c5 12. cxd5 cxd4 13. dxe6 Qxe5+ 14. Qe2 fxe6) 11. Ng1 Qb6 12. Nb3 a5 ({RR} 12... c5 13. Bd3 cxd4 14. f4) 13. c5 Qd8 14. Nd2 Rg8) 9... h5 10. cxd5 ({RR} 10. e4 g4 11. e5 Qg7) 10... exd5 11. e4 g4 12. e5 Qg7 13. Nh4 Qg5 14. g3 f6 15. e6 Nb6 16. Rc3 ({RR} 16. Bd3 Bxe6 17. Ng6 Rg8) 16... Bxe6 17. Re3 Kd7 ({RR} 17... Qg8 18. Ng6 Bh6 ({RR} 18... Qxg6 19. Bd3 f5 20. hxg4) 19. Nxh8 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Qxh8 21. hxg4 Qg7 22. g5) 18. Bd3 Re8 ({RR} 18... Nc4 19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. Ne4 Qa5+ 21. Kf1) ({RR} 18... Bd6 19. Rxe6 Kxe6 20. Nf5 Kd7) 19. Ng6 Rg8 ({RR} 19... Nc4 20. h4 Qh6 ({RR} 20... Nxe3 21. Qb3 Qh6 22. Qxb7+ Kd6 23. Nxh8) 21. Nxc4 dxc4 22. d5) 20. Nf4 Bh6 {Aronian,L (2739)-Anand,V (2799) Nice 2008 CBM 123 Extra [Aronian,Levon] 1-0 (50)} ({RR} 20... Bf7 21. Rxe8 Kxe8 22. hxg4 Qxg4 23. Be2 Qd7 24. Bxh5 Bd6)) 6... Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 c5 $146 ({RR} 7... O-O 8. e3 Nc6 9. a3 Bd6 10. Bd3 a5 11. h4 Re8 12. c5 Be7 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15. g4 Bb5 16. a4 Ba6 17. Ne5 b6 18. Ndf3 bxc5 19. Ng5 g6 20. Ngxf7 Qg7 21. h5 g5 22. Qg6 {Socko,M (2360)-Trofimova,O (2335) Tallinn 1997 1-0 (46)}) ({RR} 7... O-O 8. e3 Nc6 9. a3 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. dxe5 Qg6 13. O-O Bh3 14. Nh4 Qg4 15. f4 Qxh4 16. gxh3 Nxe5 17. Ba2 Ng6 18. Qg2 Qf6 19. Rae1 Rad8 20. Qf2 Qb6 21. h4 Rfe8 22. h5 {Betaneli,A (2164)-Bellini,F (2390) Gallipoli ITA 2025 0-1 (64)}) ({RR} 7... O-O 8. h4 c5 9. dxc5 Na6 10. a3 Bxc5 11. e3 Rd8 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bxa6 bxa6 14. Qxc5 Qxb2 15. O-O Bg4 16. Qd4 Qxd4 17. Nxd4 Rab8 18. Rab1 Rb6 19. Rfc1 Rdb8 20. f3 Bd7 21. Kf2 Kf8 22. Ke2 {Redzisz,M (2262)-Takacs,B (2350) Lichess.org INT 2021 1-0 (40)}) 8. a3 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 dxc4 10. e3 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Qxd4 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. Bxc4 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. f3 Rc8 16. Bd3 Ke7 17. Ke2 Rhd8 18. Rhd1 Ba4 19. Rd2 f5 20. h4 Kf6 21. Re1 Bb3 22. Bb1 Bc4+ 23. Kd1 a5 24. Bc2 g5 25. hxg5+ hxg5 26. Rh1 Ke5 27. g3 Bd5 28. f4+ gxf4 29. gxf4+ Kf6 30. Rh7 Bf3+ 31. Ke1 Rg8 32. Rdh2 Rg6 33. Rd7 Bd5 34. Rhh7 Rg1+ 35. Kf2 Rg2+ 36. Kf1 Rcg8 37. Rdf7+ Kg6 38. Bd1 Rh2 39. Be2 Rxh7 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Higher League 66th"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2013.06.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2013.06.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Nbd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. Re1 O-O 9. e4 e5 10. Bg5 ({RR} 10. h3 Qc7 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Nd2 Re8 14. Qc2 Be6 15. Bf1 Bh2+ 16. Kh1 Bf4 17. Nf3 h6 18. Bxf4 Qxf4 19. e5 Nd5 20. Re4 Bf5 21. Rxf4 Bxc2 22. Rd4 Rad8 23. Rc1 Bf5 24. Rcd1 Rd7 {Jacobson,B (2569)-Mishra,A (2627) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (61)}) 10... Re8 ({RR} 10... Qc7 11. h3 exd4 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qxd4 Ne5 14. Nbd2 Rd8 15. Qc3 a5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Qc2 b5 18. Bf1 a4 19. Nf3 a3 20. Nxe5 axb2 21. Rad1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Qxe5 23. Qxc6 Rb8 24. Rd8+ Kg7 25. Qc2 {Wang,Y (2736)-Akopian,V (2679) Elista 2008 ½-½ (46)}) 11. Qb3 Qe7 12. Nbd2 b5 $146 ({RR} 12... h6 13. Bh4 b5 14. Bf1 a6 15. Bg3 c5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. a4 c4 20. Qb4 Bd7 21. axb5 axb5 22. Nf3 Qf4 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. e5 Nh7 25. Qd6 Nf8 26. Nd4 Qd2 27. Re2 {Gaifullin,A (2061)-Brinovec,D (1910) Al Ain 2013 0-1 (33)}) ({RR} 12... h6 13. Bh4 b5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Bf1 Bg4 16. Rac1 a6 17. Nd4 g5 18. Bg3 c5 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. exf5 c4 21. Qc2 Qd7 22. Rcd1 Nd3 23. Bxd3 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 cxd3 25. Qxd3 Bxg3 26. Qxd7 Bxh2+ 27. Kxh2 {Taimanov,M-Nei,I Moscow 1963 1-0 (45)}) 13. Bf1 a6 14. a4 Bb7 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Bh4 Qf8 17. Bg3 Bb8 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Nxe5 Rxe5 21. Qg3 Rde8 22. Bd3 Qb4 23. Nf3 R5e7 24. e5 Nh5 25. Qg5 Nf4 26. Be4 Ne6 27. Qh4 g6 28. Qf6 bxa4 29. h4 c5 30. Bxb7 Rxb7 31. Rd6 Qxb2 32. h5 a3 33. h6 a2 34. Rxa6 c4 35. Kh2 Qb1 36. Kg3 c3 37. Qh4 c2 38. Qc4 Rf8 39. Rxa2 Rc7 0-1

[Event "EU-ch Online 2300+ Qual"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Deac, Bogdan Daniel"]
[Black "Ter Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.05.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. e4 c5 6. Bxc4 ({RR} 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. Nxd4 h6 9. Bh4 Bd7 10. Bxc4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. f3 a6 13. Rc1 Nd7 14. O-O g5 15. Bf2 Bg7 16. Rfd1 Ke7 17. Bb3 Rhc8 18. a4 b6 19. Bc4 Bxc3 20. Rxc3 Bxa4 {Stocek,J (2471)-Samunenkov,I (2584) Czech Republic CZE 2026 0-1 (52)}) 6... cxd4 7. O-O Nc6 ({RR} 7... Be7 8. e5 Nd5 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Re1 b6 12. Ne4 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Nd6 Qd7 15. Qxd4 Rad8 16. Rad1 Nc7 17. Qe4 h6 18. Nd4 Ncd5 19. f4 Nc8 20. Nxc8 Qxc8 21. f5 Qc5 22. fxe6 {Carlsen,M (2863)-Nakamura,H (2736) chess24.com INT 2020 ½-½ (75)}) 8. Bb5 ({RR} 8. Nbd2 h6 9. Bh4 Be7 10. e5 Nd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Re1 O-O 13. Nb3 Rd8 14. Qd3 Nb4 15. Qe4 Nb6 16. Bf1 d3 17. Red1 Bd7 18. Nbd4 Ba4 19. b3 Bc6 20. Nxc6 Nxc6 21. Bxd3 g6 22. h4 Nd5 {Deac,B (2679)-Yuan,Q (2373) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (49)}) 8... Bd7 $146 ({RR} 8... Qb6 9. Nxd4 Nxe4 10. Nxc6 Bd7 11. Nxa7 Bxb5 12. Be3 Bc5 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. Nxb5 Qxb5 15. Na3 Qa4 16. Qxa4+ Rxa4 17. Rfc1 O-O 18. Rc7 Rb4 19. b3 h6 20. Rac1 Rd8 21. f3 Nf6 22. Nc2 Rb5 23. Ne3 {Iniyan,P (2497)-Idani,P (2605) Sharjah UAE 2024 1-0 (49)}) 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Nxd4 Rc8 11. Nc3 Be7 12. Nxc6 Rxc6 13. Qxd8+ Bxd8 14. Rfd1 Ba5 15. Rac1 Bxc3 16. Rxc3 Rxc3 17. bxc3 h6 18. Be3 Nxe4 19. Bxa7 Nxc3 20. Rd3 Nd5 21. Rb3 b6 22. Bxb6 Nxb6 23. Rxb6 Ke7 24. Rb7+ Kf6 25. Ra7 Rc8 26. g3 Rc2 27. a4 Ra2 28. a5 g5 29. a6 g4 30. Ra8 h5 31. a7 Kf5 32. Rh8 Rxa7 33. Rxh5+ Kg6 34. Rh4 f5 35. h3 gxh3 36. Rxh3 e5 37. Rh4 Rb7 38. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O b6 7. b3 Bb7 8. Bb2 Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Qe2 Rc8 11. Ne5 ({RR} 11. Rac1 dxc4 12. Nxc4 b5 13. Nce5 Qb6 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Ne4 Rfe8 17. Rfd1 f5 18. Nd2 a6 19. a4 Bf8 20. h3 Nf6 21. Nf3 bxa4 22. bxa4 c5 23. dxc5 Bxc5 24. Rb1 Bxf3 25. Qxf3 Qc6 {Lupulescu,C (2633)-Bulski,K (2534) Germany 2014 1-0 (35)}) ({RR} 11. Rfd1 Qc7 12. Rac1 Qb8 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 c5 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bg5 18. Qh5 h6 19. Rb1 Qa8 20. Qg4 Rfd8 21. f4 Be7 22. f5 exf5 23. Bxf5 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. e6 Rxd1+ {Postnikov,A (2334)-Zhao,S (2194) Pozarevac SRB 2026 ½-½ (47)}) 11... c5 12. f4 Ne4 13. Bxe4 $146 ({RR} 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Bc4 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Kh8 18. Rfd1 Qe8 19. Bb5 Bc6 20. Ba6 Rd8 21. Rxd8 Qxd8 22. Rd1 Qa8 23. Bd6 Bxd6 24. Rxd6 Rd8 25. Qd2 Rxd6 26. Qxd6 Bd5 27. Qc7 h6 {Friedrichs,K (2248)-Pataki,G (2294) Paks 2000 1-0 (53)}) ({RR} 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Bc4 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bd5 18. Rad1 Bxc4 19. Qg4 f6 20. Rxd8 Rfxd8 21. bxc4 fxe5 22. Qe6+ Kf8 23. fxe5+ Ke8 24. Qf7+ Kd7 25. Rd1+ Kc6 26. Qe6+ {1-0 (26) Shaposhnikov,E (2539)-Sorokobjagin,S (2253) Chess.com INT 2015}) 13... dxe4 14. Rad1 cxd4 15. Nxe4 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Bxe4 17. Rxd4 Bd5 18. cxd5 Bc5 19. Rd3 exd5 20. Qf3 Qg5 21. Kh1 h6 22. h3 Rc7 23. Kh2 Rfc8 24. Qxd5 Qg6 25. Rfd1 Be7 26. Bd4 Rc2 27. R3d2 Rxd2 28. Rxd2 Bh4 29. Rd1 Rc2 30. a4 Qf5 31. Kh1 Rf2 32. e4 Rf1+ 33. Bg1 Qf2 34. Rxf1 Qxf1 35. e6 Be7 36. Qd7 Qf6 37. exf7+ Qxf7 38. Qxa7 1-0

[Event "EU-ch Online 2300+ Qual"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Deac, Bogdan Daniel"]
[Black "Ter Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.05.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. e4 c5 6. Bxc4 ({RR} 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. Nxd4 h6 9. Bh4 Bd7 10. Bxc4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. f3 a6 13. Rc1 Nd7 14. O-O g5 15. Bf2 Bg7 16. Rfd1 Ke7 17. Bb3 Rhc8 18. a4 b6 19. Bc4 Bxc3 20. Rxc3 Bxa4 {Stocek,J (2471)-Samunenkov,I (2584) Czech Republic CZE 2026 0-1 (52)}) 6... cxd4 7. O-O Nc6 ({RR} 7... Be7 8. e5 Nd5 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Re1 b6 12. Ne4 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Nd6 Qd7 15. Qxd4 Rad8 16. Rad1 Nc7 17. Qe4 h6 18. Nd4 Ncd5 19. f4 Nc8 20. Nxc8 Qxc8 21. f5 Qc5 22. fxe6 {Carlsen,M (2863)-Nakamura,H (2736) chess24.com INT 2020 ½-½ (75)}) 8. Bb5 ({RR} 8. Nbd2 h6 9. Bh4 Be7 10. e5 Nd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Re1 O-O 13. Nb3 Rd8 14. Qd3 Nb4 15. Qe4 Nb6 16. Bf1 d3 17. Red1 Bd7 18. Nbd4 Ba4 19. b3 Bc6 20. Nxc6 Nxc6 21. Bxd3 g6 22. h4 Nd5 {Deac,B (2679)-Yuan,Q (2373) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (49)}) 8... Bd7 $146 ({RR} 8... Qb6 9. Nxd4 Nxe4 10. Nxc6 Bd7 11. Nxa7 Bxb5 12. Be3 Bc5 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. Nxb5 Qxb5 15. Na3 Qa4 16. Qxa4+ Rxa4 17. Rfc1 O-O 18. Rc7 Rb4 19. b3 h6 20. Rac1 Rd8 21. f3 Nf6 22. Nc2 Rb5 23. Ne3 {Iniyan,P (2497)-Idani,P (2605) Sharjah UAE 2024 1-0 (49)}) 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Nxd4 Rc8 11. Nc3 Be7 12. Nxc6 Rxc6 13. Qxd8+ Bxd8 14. Rfd1 Ba5 15. Rac1 Bxc3 16. Rxc3 Rxc3 17. bxc3 h6 18. Be3 Nxe4 19. Bxa7 Nxc3 20. Rd3 Nd5 21. Rb3 b6 22. Bxb6 Nxb6 23. Rxb6 Ke7 24. Rb7+ Kf6 25. Ra7 Rc8 26. g3 Rc2 27. a4 Ra2 28. a5 g5 29. a6 g4 30. Ra8 h5 31. a7 Kf5 32. Rh8 Rxa7 33. Rxh5+ Kg6 34. Rh4 f5 35. h3 gxh3 36. Rxh3 e5 37. Rh4 Rb7 38. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 13th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2006.04.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Samara Termosteps"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 b5 6. O-O Bb7 7. a4 Nd7 8. Nc3 a6 9. Ne5 ({RR} 9. e4 Ngf6 10. Re1 Be7 11. e5 Nd5 12. Ne4 Qb6 13. a5 Qc7 14. Bg5 Bf8 15. Qc2 c5 16. Rad1 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxe5 18. f4 Nd3 19. Rxd3 cxd3 20. Qxd3 Bb4 21. Rd1 O-O 22. f5 e5 23. f6 g6 {Pankiv,M (2296)-McCormick,C (2059) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (42)}) ({RR} 9. e4 b4 10. Nb1 Ngf6 11. Re1 Be7 12. Nbd2 c5 13. e5 Nd5 14. Nxc4 O-O 15. h4 h6 16. a5 Rc8 17. Ne3 Nxe3 18. Bxe3 c4 19. Nd2 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 f5 21. Qe2 Qc7 22. Rec1 Qb7+ 23. Kg1 c3 {Ivlev,A (2326)-Timofeev,A (2580) Sochi 2018 0-1 (33)}) 9... Qc8 10. Bf4 ({RR} 10. Ne4 Ngf6 11. Nxf7 Kxf7 12. Ng5+ Kg8 13. Bh3 g6 14. e4 h6 15. Bxe6+ Kg7 16. e5 Nd5 17. Qf3 Qe8 18. Bf7 hxg5 19. Bxe8 Rxe8 20. axb5 cxb5 21. Rxa6 Bxa6 22. Qxd5 Bc8 23. Bxg5 Be7 24. f4 Rhf8 {Grischuk,A (2716)-Timofeev,A (2664) Dagomys 2008 1-0 (41)}) 10... Ngf6 11. e4 $146 ({RR} 11. Qc2 Be7 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Nf6 14. Bg2 O-O 15. b3 cxb3 16. Qxb3 c5 17. axb5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qb7+ 19. Qf3 Nd5 20. bxa6 Rxa6 21. Rxa6 Qxa6 22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. Nd3 Be7 24. Be5 f6 25. Ra1 Qb6 {Virovlansky,S (2432)-Sengupta,D (2548) Golden Sands 2013 ½-½ (74)}) ({RR} 11. Rc1 Be7 12. e4 O-O 13. Qe2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Nd7 15. Bf4 c5 16. d5 e5 17. Bd2 b4 18. Nd1 a5 19. Ne3 Nb6 20. Nf5 Bf6 21. f4 Qd8 22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. Qg4 Bc8 24. Bg5 f6 25. Bh6 g6 {Kopriva,M (2095)-Hrbek,S (2234) Ceske Budejovice 2021 0-1 (37)}) 11... Bb4 12. g4 O-O 13. g5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Nd7 15. Bg3 Rd8 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qh4 Bf8 18. e5 b4 19. Ne4 c5 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. Rac1 Bd5 22. Nd6 Bxd6 23. exd6 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Qc6+ 25. Kg1 Rdc8 26. Rfe1 a5 27. Re4 c3 28. bxc3 b3 29. c4 Qxa4 30. Rf4 b2 31. Rf1 Ne5 32. Qxh7+ Kxh7 33. Rh4+ Kg8 34. Bxe5 f6 35. Bxf6 e5 36. Bxe5 Rxc4 37. Rh8+ Kf7 38. Rxa8 Rc1 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik,Lubomir} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. g3 ({RR} 6. e4 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8. Qxe4 Bb4+) 6... b6 ({RR} 6... b5) 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O c5 ({RR} 8... Be7 9. Rd1 O-O 10. e4 Rc8 11. e5 Ne8 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qd3 Qc7 14. Qe2 Nb8 15. Ne1 Ba6 16. Qg4 Qd7 17. Ndf3 Nc6 18. Be3 f5 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Qh3 Bd6 21. a3 Ne4 22. Nd3 Qf7 23. Rac1 {Ponkratov,P (2604)-Timofeev,A (2555) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015 ½-½ (55)}) ({RR} 8... Be7 9. e4) 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nc4 $146 ({RR} 10. Qd1 Rc8 11. a3 Be7 12. Re1 cxd4 13. Nxd4 O-O 14. N2f3 e5 15. Nf5 Bc5 16. b4 Nc3 17. Qb3 Bd5 18. Qb2 Be7 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Qd2 Nf6 21. Bb2 Nce4 22. Qd1 Rfd8 23. Rc1 Rxc1 24. Qxc1 Ng4 {Chmielewski,T (2085)-Michalski,K (2085) Sopot 1997 ½-½ (41)}) ({RR} 10. a3 Rc8 11. Qa4 a6 12. e4 b5 13. Qd1 N5f6 14. Re1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Qb6 16. N2b3 Ne5 17. Be3 Nc4 18. Bg5 Nd7 19. Qe2 h6 20. Bc1 Be7 21. e5 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Ndxe5 23. Bf4 Ng6 24. Be3 Nxe3+ {Sroczynski,M (2247)-Salinas Herrera,P (2463) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (35)}) ({RR} 10. Nb3 Be7 ({RR} 10... Rc8) 11. Bd2 Rc8 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. Qa4+ Qd7 15. Qxd7+ Kxd7 16. Ne5+ Ke7 17. Nd3 Ba6 18. Nxc5 Rxc5 19. Rfc1 Rhc8 ({RR} 19... Bxe2 20. Rxc5 bxc5 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Re1) 20. Rxc5 Rxc5 21. Bxd5 {½-½ (21) Epishin,V (2550)-Sorokin,M (2455) Minsk 1990 CBM 017 [Ftacnik,Lubomir]}) 10... Rc8 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. Rac1 b5 13. Ne3 Nxe3 14. Bxe3 c4 15. Rfd1 a6 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. e4 O-O 19. Ng5 Qe7 20. e5 Qxg5 21. Bxb7 Rb8 22. Be4 g6 23. Qc3 Qd8 24. b3 cxb3 25. axb3 Rc8 26. Qb4 Qb6 27. Ra1 Rfd8 28. Kg2 Nf8 29. Qa5 Qxa5 30. Rxa5 Rc3 31. Rxa6 Rxb3 32. d5 Rb4 33. Bf3 exd5 34. Bxd5 Kg7 35. Rd6 Re8 36. Re1 Re7 37. Re2 Rd4 38. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 11th Feb Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Svane, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2025.02.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. e3 c6 7. Qc2 ({RR} 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Bd3 g5 9. h3 Bg7 10. e4 e5 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 exd4 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rc1 Qd6 15. Bb1 d3 16. Bxd3 Rd8 17. exd5 Nb6 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. Rxc4 Qxd5 20. Re8+ Rxe8 21. Bh7+ Kxh7 {Wang,Y (2739)-Topalov,V (2796) Nice 2009 0-1 (34)}) ({RR} 7. Nbd2 g6 8. g3 Bg7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Qe7 11. Rc1 b6 12. Qa4 Bb7 13. Ne5 c5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Ndf3 Na6 16. Rfd1 Nc7 17. h4 Ne6 18. h5 gxh5 19. Re1 Rfc8 20. Rcd1 Nf8 21. Bh3 Rc7 {Gharibyan,M (2487)-Pasti,A (2388) Katowice POL 2026 ½-½ (123)}) ({RR} 7. Nbd2 g6 8. Bd3 Bg7 9. e4 O-O 10. e5 Qe7 11. c5 b6 12. b4 a5 13. a3 axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 bxc5 16. bxc5 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Qa7 18. Ke2 Qxa6+ 19. Qxa6 Nxa6 20. Rb1 Ra8 21. Rb7 Nb8 {Andreikin,D (2695)-Materia,M (2489) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (59)}) 7... Bb4+ 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Bd3 dxc4 $146 ({RR} 9... Nd7 10. O-O e5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Nf3 Qd6 15. Qb3 Be6 16. Nd4 Bc5 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Rad1 Qe5 19. Bb1 Bd6 20. g3 Rac8 21. Qd3 Qxb2 22. Qh7+ Kf7 23. Bg6+ Ke7 24. Rb1 {Riazantsev,A (2635)-Galopoulos,N (2429) Tallinn 2019 ½-½ (58)}) 10. Bxc4 Bxd2+ 11. Nxd2 e5 12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. O-O Nd7 14. Rae1 Qe7 15. f4 Nb6 16. f5 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Qe5 18. f6 Be6 19. Qh4 Qg5 20. Qxg5 hxg5 21. Ne4 Bxa2 22. Rf5 Bd5 23. Nxg5 gxf6 24. Rxf6 Rae8 25. e4 Re5 26. h4 Rfe8 27. Ref1 Bxe4 28. Rxf7 Bd5 29. Rxb7 R8e7 30. Rb8+ Kg7 31. Rf4 Re2 32. Rg4 Kf6 33. Rf8+ Ke5 34. h5 Be6 35. Rg3 Bd5 36. h6 Re1+ 37. Kh2 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Brest"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.05.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bois Colombes"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:02:43]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:56]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:05:19]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 5. b3 {[%emt 0:00:49]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} (5... dxc4 6. Bxc4 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. Nd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Be2 Bb4 13. Nc4 O-O 14. Bf3 Nd5 15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Qg4 g6 17. Nb6 f5 18. Qg3 Bd6 19. f4 Rb8 20. Rad1 Rf7 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Qf3 Rc8 23. Qxd5 Bf8 24. Qxd8 Rxd8 25. Bb6 Re8 26. a4 Rc8 27. Rd3 Rc6 28. Ba5 Rc2 29. Rfd1 Bc5 30. R1d2 Rc1+ 31. Kf2 Re7 32. Bd8 Re8 33. Bf6 Bb4 34. Rd1 Rxd1 35. Rxd1 {Dreev,A (2653)-Rakhmanov,A (2635) Havana 2018 1-0}) 6. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} exd5 {[%emt 0:05:15]} 7. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:41]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:12:13]} 8. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 10. Nd2 {[%emt 0:02:42]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:12:11]} 11. Bb2 {[%emt 0:02:33]} O-O {[%emt 0:02:17]} 12. N2f3 {[%emt 0:02:05]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:06:34]} 13. Rc1 $146 {[%emt 0:07:24]} (13. a3 Rd8 14. b4 a5 15. b5 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. f4 Qe8 18. Bg4 Nc3 19. Qd3 Na4 20. Bxc8 Nxb2 21. Qb3 Raxc8 22. Qxb2 Qxe3+ 23. Kh1 Qc3 24. Qxc3 Rxc3 25. a4 Rc4 26. Nf5 Bf8 27. g3 g6 28. Ne3 Re4 29. Ng4 Bg7 30. Ra3 d4 31. Rd1 Rc8 32. Kg2 Re2+ 33. Kf3 Rec2 34. h3 R8c4 35. Rdd3 Rb4 36. Nf2 f5 37. Rdb3 Rc3+ 38. Rxc3 dxc3 39. Nd3 c2 40. Ra2 Rb3 41. Rxc2 Rxd3+ 42. Ke2 Rd7 {Farkas,L (2209)-Galyas,M (2412) Balatonalmadi 2012 0-1}) 13... Nxd4 $146 ({RR} 13... Bd7 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Qd4 f6 16. Bd3 Rfe8 17. Bxe4 Qxe4 18. Qxe4 Rxe4 19. Bd4 a5 20. Bc5 Bc7 21. Nd4 Ree8 22. Rc3 g5 23. Rfc1 Be5 24. f3 h5 25. g3 h4 26. g4 h3 27. R3c2 Kf7 28. Rf2 {Sivuk,V (2533)-Zhukenov,A (2178) Astana KAZ 2023 ½-½ (52)}) ({RR} 13... Bd7 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Qd4 f6 16. Bd3 Rfe8 17. Bxe4 Qxe4 18. Qxe4 Rxe4 19. Bd4 a5 20. Bc5 Bc7 21. Nd4 Ree8 22. Rc3 g5 23. Rfc1 Be5 24. f3 h5 25. g3 h4 26. g4 h3 27. R3c2 Kf7 28. Rf2 {Sivuk,V (2533)-Zhukenov,A (2178) Astana KAZ 2023 ½-½ (52)}) 14. Nxd4 Qe5 $1 {[%emt 0:13:51] Forçant un sérieux affaiblissement} 15. f4 {[%emt 0:03:43][%csl Re3]} Qf6 $15 {[%emt 0:00:41][%csl Re3]} 16. Bd3 {[%emt 0:03:28]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:02:46]} 17. Qe1 {[%emt 0:06:30]} Bh3 {[%emt 0:06:51]} 18. Rf2 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:08:42]} 19. Rfc2 {[%emt 0:15:51]} Rxc2 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 20. Rxc2 {[%emt 0:03:07]} Re8 {[%emt 0:02:26]} 21. Qa5 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Be6 {[%emt 0:06:58]} 22. Qb6 {[%emt 0:03:44]} (22. Ba3) 22... Bc8 {[%emt 0:01:47]} 23. Qa5 {[%emt 0:21:19]} Qh5 $1 {[%emt 0:02:28][%csl Rg1][%cal Gh5d1]} 24. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:03:36]} Qd1+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 25. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 26. Qc3 {[%emt 0:10:56]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:02:24]} 27. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Qg4 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 28. Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 29. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Be7 {[%emt 0:05:00]} 30. h3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 31. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Bh4+ {[%emt 0:00:25]} 32. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 33. Be5 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 34. Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 35. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 36. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 37. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 44th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2009.06.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2009.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 Nbd7 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. Nfd2 ({RR} 9. O-O a6 10. a4 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. axb5 Be4 13. Qb3 Bd5 14. Qd3 Be4 15. Qb3 Bd5 16. Qd3 {½-½ (16) Graf,A (2646)-Lautier,J (2666) Plovdiv 2003}) ({RR} 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Be7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Nb3 Rc8 13. Bd2 c5 14. Ba5 Nb6 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Rxc5 18. a5 Qc7 19. Rfd1 Rd5 20. Nd4 Rd7 21. Rdc1 Qb8 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Qf3 Nd5 {Schippel,G (2004)-Wais,M (1911) St Veit AUT 2024 0-1 (59)}) ({RR} 9. O-O a6 10. Nfd2 Qb6 11. a4 Rd8 12. Nb3 c5 13. Bxb7 Qxb7 14. axb5 axb5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qe3 Qd5 17. Na5 b4 18. Nd2 Bd6 19. Qf3 Ra8 20. Ndc4 Bc7 21. Be3 Qxf3 22. exf3 Nd3 23. Rfd1 Nxb2 {Burmakin,V (2508)-Khenkin,I (2603) Bad Wiessee 2005 1-0 (41)}) 9... Qb6 10. O-O $146 ({RR} 10. a4 c5 11. Bxb7 Qxb7 12. O-O bxa4 {½-½ (12) Kurajica,B (2517)-Cabrera Trujillo,J (2380) Tenerife 2009}) 10... c5 11. Bxb7 Qxb7 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Qf3 Qxf3 14. Nxf3 Nd5 15. Nd4 a6 16. Bd2 Be7 17. Nc3 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Na4 19. Rac1 Bf6 20. e3 O-O 21. Bb4 Rfc8 22. b3 Bxd4 23. exd4 Nb6 24. Ba5 Nd5 25. Rc5 Rxc5 26. dxc5 Rc8 27. Rc1 Kf8 28. Be1 Ke7 29. b4 Kd7 30. a4 a5 31. c6+ Rxc6 32. Rxc6 Kxc6 33. axb5+ Kxb5 34. bxa5 Ne7 35. Bc3 f6 36. g4 Nc6 37. g5 fxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 37th"]
[Site "Mayrhofen"]
[Date "2022.10.08"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Deac, Bogdan Daniel"]
[Black "Idani, Pouya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2022.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "CSU ASE Superbet"]
[BlackTeam "Silla Valencia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik,Lubomir} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 c5 5. a3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 a6 ({RR} 6... Nbd7 7. O-O Be7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. b4 Be7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Qe2 a5 12. b5 b6 13. Rd1 Bb7 14. Nbd2 Rc8 15. Rac1 Rc7 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Rd7 18. a4 Qa8 19. Bd4 Bxg2 20. f3 Bh3 21. Bxb6 {Ticona Rocabado,L (2431)-Acosta,P (2473) Rosario ARG 2026 0-1 (42)}) 7. Bd3 ({RR} 7. dxc5 Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 Bxc5 9. b4 Bd6 10. Bb2 b5 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. Nbd2 Bb7 13. Ke2 Ke7 {½-½ (13) Ribli,Z (2585)-Portisch,L (2630) Tilburg 1978 MCL [Ftacnik,Lubomir]}) 7... b5 $146 ({RR} 7... Nbd7 8. O-O Bd6 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Re1 b5 11. a4 c4 12. Bc2 Bb7 13. e4 e5 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8+ Bxa8 16. Nc3 Qb8 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nd4 Bc5 19. Ncxb5 Neg4 20. e5 O-O 21. h3 Qb7 22. Qf1 {Kempinski,R (2585)-Kvetny,M (2265) Bad Wiessee 2013 1-0}) 8. Qe2 Nc6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b4 Bd6 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Nbd2 Bb7 13. O-O Qe7 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. h3 h6 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Bb1 Nb8 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. e4 e5 20. Nf1 Nbd7 21. Ng3 Bb8 22. Ba2 Nb6 23. Nf5 Qe8 24. Rd6 Nbd7 25. Bd5 Bxd5 26. exd5 Bxd6 27. Nxd6 Qf8 28. Nxc8 Qxc8 29. d6 e4 30. Nd4 Nb6 31. Nb3 Ne8 32. Qxe4 Nc4 33. Qd4 Ncxd6 34. Nc5 Nc4 35. a4 Nxb2 36. Qxb2 bxa4 37. Nxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 37th"]
[Site "Mayrhofen"]
[Date "2022.10.08"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Deac, Bogdan Daniel"]
[Black "Idani, Pouya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2022.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "CSU ASE Superbet"]
[BlackTeam "Silla Valencia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik,Lubomir} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 c5 5. a3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 a6 ({RR} 6... Nbd7 7. O-O Be7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. b4 Be7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Qe2 a5 12. b5 b6 13. Rd1 Bb7 14. Nbd2 Rc8 15. Rac1 Rc7 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Rd7 18. a4 Qa8 19. Bd4 Bxg2 20. f3 Bh3 21. Bxb6 {Ticona Rocabado,L (2431)-Acosta,P (2473) Rosario ARG 2026 0-1 (42)}) 7. Bd3 ({RR} 7. dxc5 Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 Bxc5 9. b4 Bd6 10. Bb2 b5 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. Nbd2 Bb7 13. Ke2 Ke7 {½-½ (13) Ribli,Z (2585)-Portisch,L (2630) Tilburg 1978 MCL [Ftacnik,Lubomir]}) 7... b5 $146 ({RR} 7... Nbd7 8. O-O Bd6 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Re1 b5 11. a4 c4 12. Bc2 Bb7 13. e4 e5 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8+ Bxa8 16. Nc3 Qb8 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nd4 Bc5 19. Ncxb5 Neg4 20. e5 O-O 21. h3 Qb7 22. Qf1 {Kempinski,R (2585)-Kvetny,M (2265) Bad Wiessee 2013 1-0}) 8. Qe2 Nc6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b4 Bd6 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Nbd2 Bb7 13. O-O Qe7 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. h3 h6 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Bb1 Nb8 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. e4 e5 20. Nf1 Nbd7 21. Ng3 Bb8 22. Ba2 Nb6 23. Nf5 Qe8 24. Rd6 Nbd7 25. Bd5 Bxd5 26. exd5 Bxd6 27. Nxd6 Qf8 28. Nxc8 Qxc8 29. d6 e4 30. Nd4 Nb6 31. Nb3 Ne8 32. Qxe4 Nc4 33. Qd4 Ncxd6 34. Nc5 Nc4 35. a4 Nxb2 36. Qxb2 bxa4 37. Nxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 9th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.02.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2010.02.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxe7 Nxe7 6. Nbd2 ({RR} 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5+ 8. Nbd2 Qxc5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Bc4 Qf5 11. Nd4 Qa5 12. O-O O-O 13. Bd3 Nbc6 14. Nc4 Qg5 15. Nxc6 Nxc6 16. Be4 Qh4 17. Qf3 Bd7 18. Rfd1 Rad8 19. Nd6 f5 20. Bc2 Be8 {Bacrot,E (2729)-Tregubov,P (2607) Corsica 2005 ½-½ (54)}) ({RR} 6. e3 O-O 7. Nc3 b6 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Rc1 a6 10. Bd3 Nbc6 11. O-O Bd7 12. Qe2 f6 13. h3 Nb4 14. Bb1 Be8 15. e4 Bg6 16. Rfe1 Rf7 17. exd5 exd5 18. a3 Nbc6 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Qe6 Rc8 {Le,Q (2709)-Savchenko,B (2552) Chess.com INT 2021 1-0 (36)}) 6... Qa5 ({RR} 6... O-O 7. g3 Nd7 8. Bg2 c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. O-O b6 11. e4 N5f6 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ne4 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Ba6 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. h4 Rfd8 17. Re1 Rac8 18. Nd6 Rc2 19. Ng5 h6 20. Qe4 hxg5 21. Qxc2 {Pagan,J (2178)-Khalafvand,D (1985) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (34)}) 7. e3 O-O $146 ({RR} 7... c5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. dxc5 O-O 10. Qc2 Bd7 11. Nd4 Rc8 12. N4b3 Qa4 13. Qc4 b5 14. Qe4 f5 15. Qb1 Qg4 16. Qd1 Qg6 17. Rc1 a5 18. Nd4 Nc6 19. N2f3 f4 20. e4 Qxe4+ 21. Be2 Ndb4 22. Nxb5 {Richter,C (2366)-Kuijf,M (2401) Netherlands 2014 0-1 (37)}) ({RR} 7... Nd7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Qd8 10. c5 Ng6 11. Bd3 Qf6 12. O-O e5 13. Bxg6 fxg6 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Nf3 Qe4 17. Qd4 Qe7 18. Ne5 Qg5 19. f4 Qh4 20. b5 Qf6 21. a4 Rd8 22. bxc6 {Harutyunyan,G-Mico Cebolla,A Cullera 2009 1-0 (31)}) 8. Qc2 c5 9. cxd5 cxd4 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Nxd4 Nbc6 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Bc4 Nd5 14. O-O Ne5 15. Qe4 Nf6 16. Bxe6+ Kh8 17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 Rae8 19. Rad1 Qe5 20. Bd5 Nxd5 21. Rxd5 Qxb2 22. Rb5 Qf6 23. Rxb7 a5 24. Rc7 Rd8 25. h3 Rd2 26. Rc8 h6 27. Rxf8+ Qxf8 28. a4 Rb2 29. Qd5 Qb4 30. Rc1 Qf8 31. f4 Qe8 32. Kh2 Kh7 33. Rc6 Rb8 34. Qf5+ Kh8 35. Re6 Qxa4 36. Qe5 Qb3 37. Rg6 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Higher League 61st"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk"]
[Date "2008.09.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Black "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2008.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. Qxc4 b5 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. e4 ({RR} 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Rc8 11. Qe2 b4 12. O-O c5 13. a3 cxd4 14. exd4 Qa5 15. Nbd2 bxa3 16. bxa3 Be7 17. Rab1 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 O-O 19. Rb7 Qxa3 20. d5 Nc5 21. Rxe7 Nxd3 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Rb7 Rc1 {Izoria,Z (2593)-Ivanchuk,V (2715) Yerevan 2004 0-1 (68)}) ({RR} 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nc3 Rc8 13. Rfd1 a6 14. a4 b4 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qxe4 Nf6 18. Qe5 c5 19. Rac1 Nd7 20. Qf4 a5 21. Bb5 Nf6 22. Ne5 Nd5 23. Qg4 cxd4 {Zakhartsov,V (2559)-Grachev,B (2601) Krasnoyarsk 2007 ½-½ (34)}) 9... Nbd7 10. Nbd2 a6 $146 ({RR} 10... Rc8 11. Be2 c5 12. d5 exd5 13. e5 g5 14. Bg3 Ne4 15. Bxb5 Bg7 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. O-O-O Bc6 18. Bxc6 Rxc6 19. Qxe4 Qc8 20. h4 gxh4 21. Nxh4 c4 22. Nf5 Kf8 23. Qg4 Rg6 24. Qd4 {1-0 (24) Drozdovskij,Y (2454)-Galkin,A (2598) chessassistantclub.com INT 2004}) ({RR} 10... Qb6 11. Be2 c5 12. a4 a6 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8+ Bxa8 15. O-O Be7 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. b4 Ncxe4 18. Qc8+ Qd8 19. Bxb5+ Kf8 20. Qxd8+ Bxd8 21. Ra1 Bd5 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. Ne5 g5 24. Bg3 Bb6 25. Ra6 {Vitiugov,N (2596)-Stellwagen,D (2576) Yerevan 2006 1-0 (70)}) 11. a4 Bb4 12. Be2 c5 13. O-O Qb6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8+ Bxa8 18. Nd4 Ke7 19. Nxb5 Bxd2 20. Qxd2 Nxe4 21. Qf4 Rd8 22. Nc3 e5 23. Qxh6 Nd2 24. Ra1 Qxb2 25. Ra7+ Bb7 26. Qe3 Qc1+ 27. Bd1 Rd7 28. h3 Rc7 29. Ra2 Nf3+ 30. gxf3 Rxc3 31. Qe1 Bxf3 32. Rd2 Rd3 33. Kf1 Qxd2 34. Qxd2 Rxd2 35. Bxf3 f5 36. Ke1 Rb2 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.06"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Ne4 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O Qe7 8. Bb2 Nd7 9. Nc3 f5 10. Ne2 O-O $146 ({RR} 10... Qf6 11. Bc2 g5 12. Ne1 Qh6 13. f4 g4 14. Nd3 O-O 15. Ne5 Qg7 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. Ng3 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Be7 19. Nh5 Qg6 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. exf6 Kf7 22. f5 exf5 23. cxd5 cxd5 24. Qxd5+ Be6 25. Qxb7+ {Aliyev,R (2352)-Aigner,M (1987) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (47)}) ({RR} 10... Qf6 11. Bc2 g5 12. Ne1 Qh6 13. f4 g4 14. Nd3 O-O 15. Ne5 Qg7 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. Ng3 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Be7 19. Nh5 Qg6 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. exf6 Kf7 22. f5 exf5 23. cxd5 cxd5 24. Qxd5+ Be6 25. Qxb7+ {Aliyev,R (2352)-Aigner,M (1987) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (47)}) 11. h4 b6 12. Nf4 Bb7 13. Qe2 a5 14. a4 Rf6 15. g3 Rh6 16. Kg2 c5 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Rh1 Nf8 19. Ne5 cxd4 20. exd4 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Ng6 22. h5 Nxe5 23. f3 d4 24. Bc4+ Nxc4 25. Qxc4+ Kh8 26. Rhe1 Rc8 27. Qd3 Rd8 28. Rad1 Qg5 29. fxe4 fxe4 30. Qe2 Rhd6 31. Kh2 e3 $2 {and now we have some interesting backrank play.} 32. Qc4 (32. Bxd4 Rxd4 33. Rxd4 Rxd4 34. Qxe3 Re4 {to stop the backrank mate.} 35. Ng6+ $1 {would have won the game outright.}) 32... Qe5 $2 33. Qf7 (33. Qc7 Qe4 34. Rxe3 Qxe3 ({the pawn in pinned:} 34... dxe3 35. Qxg7#) 35. Bxd4 {wins because} Rxd4 {leads to mate:} 36. Qxd8+ Rxd8 37. Rxd8+ Qe8 38. Rxe8#) 33... R6d7 34. Qe6 Qc5 35. Rxe3 dxe3 36. Rxd7 {and mate to follow.} 1-0

[Event "8th Sharjah Masters 2025"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2025.05.22"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Giri, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 h6 ({RR} 8... b6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. c5 bxc5 13. dxc5 Qd5 14. Be3 a5 15. Rfe1 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Bd4 Ra7 18. Rad1 Qxa2 19. Ne5 Rc8 20. Nc4 Rb8 21. Nb6 e5 22. Bxe5 Re8 23. Bxf6 {Nakamura,H (2736)-Tin,J (2482) Chess.com INT 2021 1-0}) ({RR} 8... dxc4 9. Nxc4 Nb6 10. b3 Nbd5 11. a3 Qc7 12. Bb2 a6 13. Nce5 Nd7 14. Nxd7 Bxd7 15. Ne5 g6 16. Qe2 f6 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. f4 Bd6 19. g3 Rae8 20. e4 Nc7 21. Qg2 e5 22. Bc4+ Kh8 23. fxe5 {Lajo Timoteo,D (1815)-Akshaya Sathi (2044) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (39)}) 9. Rd1 c5 $146 ({RR} 9... Qc7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 e5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qxe5 15. Re1 Qc7 16. Bd2 Bf6 17. Bc3 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Be6 19. Re3 Rad8 20. Rae1 Qd6 21. Rd3 Qc5 22. b3 Rxd3 23. Bxd3 Rd8 24. h3 {Antal,T (2358)-Jia,H (2363) Kecskemet 2013 ½-½}) ({RR} 9... b6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Bb7 12. Bf4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Nf6 14. Ne5 Qc8 15. c5 bxc5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Bf3 Nd5 18. Qxc5 Nxf4 19. Rd6 Nd5 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Rxc6 Qb7 22. b3 Rac8 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Rc1 {Andres Gonzalez,I (2331)-Arauz Alonso,F (2123) Torres Vedras 2011 ½-½ (83)}) 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be2 b6 12. a3 Bb7 13. b4 Ncd7 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Bb2 Rc8 16. Qb3 Qc7 17. Bb5 N5f6 18. Rac1 Qb8 19. Qa4 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rd8 21. h3 a5 22. bxa5 Nc5 23. Rxc5 bxc5 24. a6 Ba8 25. Nc4 Nd5 26. Nfe5 Nb6 27. Nxb6 Qxb6 28. Nc4 Qa7 29. Bc3 Bf6 30. Ba5 Rb8 31. Nd6 Be5 32. Nc4 Qxa6 33. Nb6 Qa7 34. Bd3 Bc7 35. Nc4 Bd5 0-1

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Izmir"]
[Date "2016.08.02"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[Black "Rakhmanov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.07.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Deniz Su Aquamatch"]
[BlackTeam "Tas Duvar"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. Rc1 O-O 8. Qc2 ({RR} 8. g3 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O Rc8 11. Qb3 Nbd7 12. Rfd1 c5 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Qa3 Kf8 15. dxc5 Rxc5 16. Rxc5 Qxc5 17. b4 Qe7 18. Qb2 a5 19. bxa5 Rxa5 20. Nb3 Qa3 21. Qc3 Rc5 22. Qd2 Bxb3 {Deac,B (2680)-Nakamura,H (2802) chess.com INT 2024 0-1}) ({RR} 8. g3 c6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O e5 11. cxd5 e4 12. d6 Qxd6 13. Nc4 Qe7 14. Nfe5 Rd8 15. Qc2 Nf8 16. Rfd1 Bf5 17. Ne3 Bg6 18. Rd2 Ne6 19. Rcd1 Nc7 20. Qc5 Qxc5 21. dxc5 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 Ne6 {Yakubboev,N (2689)-Le Tuan Minh (2585) Hong Kong HKG 2026 0-1 (49)}) ({RR} 8. g3 Rd8 9. Bg2 c5 10. dxc5 d4 11. b4 a5 12. a3 e5 13. Ng5 Ne8 14. Nge4 axb4 15. axb4 f5 16. Nd6 Nxd6 17. cxd6 Qxd6 18. c5 Qf6 19. Nc4 e4 20. O-O Be6 21. Nd6 Bd5 22. f3 e3 {Rakhmanov,A (2645)-Budisavljevic,L (2454) Ruma 2020 1-0 (44)}) 8... Nc6 9. cxd5 $146 ({RR} 9. e3 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Qxe5 12. Nf3 Qe7 13. c5 Ne4 14. Bd3 Bd7 15. O-O Bb5 16. Bxb5 axb5 17. c6 bxc6 18. Qxc6 Rxa2 19. Qxb5 Qd6 20. Rfd1 Qb6 21. Qxb6 cxb6 22. Rc2 Rfa8 23. Kf1 Ra1 {Agdestein,S (2593)-Fava,L (2121) Barcelona ESP 2023 1-0 (71)}) ({RR} 9. e3 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Qxe5 12. Nf3 Qe7 13. c5 Ne4 14. Bd3 Bd7 15. O-O Bb5 16. Bxb5 axb5 17. c6 bxc6 18. Qxc6 Rxa2 19. Qxb5 Qd6 20. Rfd1 Qb6 21. Qxb6 cxb6 22. Rc2 Rfa8 23. Kf1 Ra1 {Agdestein,S (2593)-Fava,L (2121) Barcelona ESP 2023 1-0 (71)}) 9... exd5 10. e3 Bg4 11. a3 Rfe8 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Na7 14. Bd3 c6 15. O-O Nb5 16. a4 Nd6 17. b4 Rac8 18. Nd2 Nde4 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Qxe4 21. Qxe4 Rxe4 22. b5 axb5 23. axb5 f5 24. Rc3 f4 25. Ra1 fxe3 26. fxe3 Kf7 27. Ra5 Re7 28. bxc6 bxc6 29. Rac5 Rec7 30. Kf2 Ke6 31. e4 dxe4 32. Ke3 Kd6 33. Kxe4 Re8+ 34. Kd3 Rb8 35. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lubbock SPICE Cup-A 5th"]
[Site "Lubbock"]
[Date "2011.10.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2011.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 c5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bb2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Be7 ({RR} 8... e5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Bc4 Bb4+ 11. Nbd2 Nb6 12. Bb5 Qd5 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Bxe5 Bg4 15. Bc7 O-O 16. a3 Bxf3 17. axb4 Bxd1 {0-1 (17) So,W (2810)-Duda,J (2707) Leon 2017}) ({RR} 8... e5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Nbd2 f6 11. Rc1 Be6 12. Bc4 Qd7 13. O-O Be7 14. Ne4 Rd8 15. Qe2 O-O 16. Rfd1 Qc8 17. Bb5 Kh8 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Rxc5 Ndb4 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. a3 a6 22. Bc4 Bxc4 23. Rxc4 {Borowik,W (2204)-Lecki,L (2194) Bialystok POL 2025 0-1 (35)}) 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Rc1 $146 ({RR} 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. O-O Nc5 12. Bb1 Bd7 13. Qc2 g6 14. Ne4 Rc8 15. Qe2 Qb6 16. Qf3 Na4 17. Bc1 f5 18. bxa4 fxe4 19. Qh3 Nf4 20. Qg4 Nd3 21. Bc2 Rxc2 22. Nxc2 Bxa4 23. Nd4 Nc5 24. Ba3 e5 {Pashikian,A (2616)-Kalogeris,I (2368) Skopje 2019 1-0 (44)}) ({RR} 10. Bc4 Nb6 11. Bd3 N8d7 12. O-O Nc5 13. Bc2 Bd7 14. Qe2 Rc8 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. Rac1 Qb8 17. Qg4 g6 18. N4f3 Nd5 19. Nc4 h5 20. Qh3 e5 21. Qg3 Nf4 22. Rd2 h4 23. Nxh4 Nh5 24. Nxg6 Nxg3 {Dubov,D (2694)-Grinberg,E (2448) Caleta 2018 1-0}) 10... Bd7 11. Bc4 Nb6 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. Qh5 f5 14. N2f3 Bf6 15. O-O Nb4 16. Bb1 g6 17. Qh6 e5 18. Ne2 Qe7 19. Rfd1 Rad8 20. h4 Bb5 21. Nc3 e4 22. Ng5 Bd3 23. Na4 N6d5 24. Nh3 Bxb1 25. Rxb1 Bxh4 26. Nc5 Bf6 27. Bxf6 Nxf6 28. a3 Nbd5 29. b4 Nc3 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Rf1 b6 32. Nb3 Ng4 33. Qg5 Qxg5 34. Nxg5 Ne2+ 35. Kh1 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 11th Jun Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.06.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Paravyan, D."]
[Black "Andreikin, D."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2024.06.11"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. g3 dxc4 8. Nxc4 Qb4+ ({RR} 8... b5 9. Na5 Qb4+ 10. Qd2 Qa4 11. a3 Ne4 12. Qb4 Qxb4+ 13. axb4 Nf6 14. Bg2 Nd5 15. Ne5 f6 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Nd3 c6 18. Rc1 Kd7 19. f3 Re8 20. h4 Kc7 21. Nf4 Kd6 22. g4 Ra7 23. Kf2 {Lenderman,A (2570)-Andreikin,D (2729) chess.com INT 2022 0-1 (76)}) ({RR} 8... b5 9. Na5 c5 10. dxc5 O-O 11. Qd6 Qa7 12. Rc1 Nbd7 13. Nc6 Qb7 14. Ne7+ Kh8 15. c6 Qb6 16. Qb4 Nd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. cxd7 Bxd7 19. Bg2 Rfe8 20. O-O Rxe2 21. Nd4 a5 22. Qc5 Qxc5 23. Rxc5 {Alonso Rosell,A (2562)-Andreikin,D (2729) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (104)}) 9. Ncd2 $146 ({RR} 9. Nfd2 b5 10. a3 Qe7 11. Na5 O-O 12. Bg2 Ra7 13. Qc2 Rd8 14. Nf3 Nfd7 15. b4 e5 16. dxe5 c5 17. e6 fxe6 18. bxc5 Nxc5 19. Ne5 Rc7 20. Nec6 Qf6 21. O-O Nb7 22. Qb3 Nxc6 23. Nxc6 Rd6 {Schloffer,J (2168)-Sevcikova,L (2126) St. Veit an der Glan AUT 2026 1-0 (40)}) 9... Qxb2 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Qb4 12. e3 Nc6 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Rfc1 Rd8 15. Rab1 e5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Nf3 Qa5 19. Qxc7 Rd1+ 20. Rxd1 Qxc7 21. Nd4 g6 22. h3 Rb8 23. Rdc1 Qe5 24. Rb6 Bd7 25. Rcb1 Kg7 26. Bxb7 Qa5 27. g4 h6 28. Kg2 Qxa2 29. R1b2 Qa5 30. R6b3 h5 31. f3 hxg4 32. hxg4 Qe5 33. Bxa6 Rxb3 34. Rxb3 Nd5 0-1

[Event "Clash of Claims 2024"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "2024.06.08"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2024.06.07"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Qc2 Be7 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Rd1 ({RR} 9. Bg5 c6 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. e3 Bd6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Rad1 Qb6 18. Qe2 Qc7 19. Ne5 Bd6 20. f4 a4 21. Kh1 Ra5 22. Ng4 Be7 23. Ne3 Bc5 {Kramnik,V (2753)-Martinez Alcantara,J (2612) Madrid ESP 2024 0-1 (84)}) 9... c6 10. Be1 $146 ({RR} 10. Na3 Ne4 11. Rac1 Bd6 12. Nb1 f5 13. Nc3 Qf6 14. Bf4 Bxf4 15. gxf4 Qh6 16. e3 Ndf6 17. a3 Bd7 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Be8 20. Ne5 Bh5 21. Re1 Kh8 22. Ra1 g5 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Ne2 Qg7 {Degenbaev,A (2151)-Goryachkina,A (2557) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (43)}) ({RR} 10. Bf4 b6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. e4 d4 15. Rxd4 g5 16. Bc1 Qe8 17. Qc6 Rb8 18. Nc3 Nxe5 19. Qc7 Nc6 20. e5 Bb7 21. Rc4 Bc5 22. Bxg5 Qc8 23. Bf6 Nd4 24. Qxc8 Rfxc8 {So,W (2757)-Caruana,F (2796) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (31)}) ({RR} 10. Bf4 h6 11. a3 Nh5 12. Bc1 Nhf6 13. Nbd2 a4 14. e4 Qa5 15. e5 Ne8 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Nb1 Nb6 18. Nc3 Bd7 19. h4 Rc8 20. h5 Nc4 21. Nh2 Nxa3 22. Qd3 Nc4 23. Ng4 Kh8 24. Nxa4 b5 {Jumabayev,R (2565)-Cordoba Roa,A (2334) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (54)}) 10... b6 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. e4 Rc8 13. e5 Ne8 14. Nf1 Nc7 15. Ne3 c5 16. Qe2 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxe5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Qxe5 Bf6 20. Qh5 g6 21. Qg4 Ba8 22. Bc3 Bg7 23. Ne2 h5 24. Qh3 Qe7 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Nf4 Rcd8 27. cxd5 Qf6 28. Rd2 Nb5 29. Rad1 Nd6 30. Qh4 Qxh4 31. gxh4 Rfe8 32. Rc2 Re5 33. Rc7 Rf5 34. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.12"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 {Ribli,Zoltan} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. Bg2 Nbd7 9. a4 ({RR} 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd5 11. O-O Be7 12. Rd1 Qb8 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. e4 Rc8 16. Qe2 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Rc4 19. Qf3 Qe8 20. Be3 Rc7) 9... c5 10. O-O ({RR} 10. dxc5 b4 11. O-O Bxc5) ({RR} 10. axb5 cxd4 11. O-O e5) 10... b4 11. Bg5 ({RR} 11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. Qd3 Be7 13. b3 O-O 14. Bb2 cxd4 15. Bxd4 Nc5 16. Qb1 Nce4 17. Nc4 Bc5 18. Bb2 Ng4 19. e3 Nexf2 20. Rxf2 Nxe3 21. Nxe3 Bxe3 22. Qe1 Qb6 23. Bc1 Bxf2+ 24. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Rc2+ {Trimitzios,P (2216)-Senthil,M (2351) Thessaloniki 2025 0-1 (40)}) 11... Rc8 12. Nbd2 Be7 13. Rfc1 ({RR} 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Rfd1 O-O 15. Nb3 Bd5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Qd3 h6 18. Be3) 13... h6 $146 ({RR} 13... O-O 14. Qd3 h6 15. Bxf6 ({RR} 15. Be3) 15... Bxf6 16. e3 Rc7 17. Qe2 ({RR} 17. Ne4) 17... Qc8 18. Qb5 a6 19. Qf1 ({RR} 19. Qa5 Rc6 20. dxc5 Bxb2) 19... a5 20. b3 ({RR} 20. Nb3 Bd5 21. Nfd2 ({RR} 21. Nxa5 Qa8)) 20... Rd8 21. Qb5 Bc6 ({RR} 21... Qa8) 22. Qe2 ({RR} 22. Qxa5 Qb8 ({RR} 22... Qb7 23. Ne1 Bxg2 24. Nxg2 Ra8 25. Qb5 Qxb5 26. axb5 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 cxd4 28. Ne4) 23. Qa6) 22... Qb7 ({RR} 22... Nb6 23. Rxc5 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 Rxc5 25. dxc5 Bxa1 26. cxb6 Qc1+ 27. Nf1 Qc5 28. b7) 23. Nc4 Qa8 24. Ra2 cxd4 25. exd4 Bd5 26. Rac2 Rdc8 ({RR} 26... Be4) 27. Qd1 ({RR} 27. Nfe5 Bxg2 28. Nxd7 Bxd4 ({RR} 28... Rxd7 29. Nb6 Rxc2 30. Qxc2 Be4 31. Qe2) 29. Ncb6 Bxb6 30. Nxb6 Rxc2 31. Rxc2 Rxc2 32. Qxc2 Qb7) 27... Qa6 28. Nfe5 {Bruzon Batista,L (2652)-Anand,V (2786) Wijk aan Zee 2005 CBM 105 [Ribli,Zoltan] 0-1 (44)} ({RR} 28. Bf1 Qa7 29. Be2)) ({RR} 13... cxd4 14. Qd3) 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Qd3 O-O 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qd5+ 18. Ndf3 cxd4 19. Qb5 Qe4 20. Nc6 Nd5 21. Nxe7+ Nxe7 22. Rxc8 Nxc8 23. Rd1 Nd6 24. Qe5 Qxe5 25. Nxe5 f6 26. Ng6 Rb8 27. Rxd4 Rb6 28. a5 Ra6 29. Rxb4 Rxa5 30. Rb8+ Kf7 31. Nh8+ Ke7 32. Ng6+ Kf7 33. Nh8+ Ke7 34. Ng6+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 48th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2015.07.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,Milos"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2015.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 {This time we have a bit of an unusual gambit against the Ragosin Defence which could have occurred if White had opted for 5.c3. I seriously doubt such an idea; the game itself proves my point, Still such ideas can catch an unprepared opponent off guard. Probably Rapport was counting on that.} dxc4 6. Qc2 ({An interesting alternative was} 6. Qa4+ $5 Nc6 7. e3 Bd7 8. Qc2 b5 9. a3 Bxd2+ 10. Nxd2 e5 $1 (10... a6 11. b3 cxb3 12. Nxb3 O-O 13. Bd3 {would be very unpleasant for Black}) 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. a4 h6 (12... c6 $5 13. Qc3 Qe7 14. Be2 h6 15. Bh4 O-O 16. Nf3 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 g5 18. Bg3 Nd5 {a sharp position but it looks fine for Black}) 13. Bh4 O-O 14. axb5 Bxb5 15. Nxc4 Qe7 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Ra5 a6 19. Bc4 Kg7 20. O-O {½-½ (26) Dubov,D (2632)-Matlakov,M (2695) Jerusalem 2015. White has managed to get some pressure.}) 6... b5 7. a4 c6 8. Bxf6 {Using the fact that Black can't really recapture with the queen, thus trying to profit from the slightly damaged black structure.} ({An alternative is also playable:} 8. g3 Bb7 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. Ne5 Qc8 11. O-O O-O 12. b3 c5 13. Bxb7 Qxb7 14. bxc4 Bxd2 15. Bxd2 b4 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. dxc5 a5 {0-1 (29) Krasenkow,M (2640)-Gajewski,G (2629) Warsaw 2014. Black is fine.}) 8... gxf6 9. g3 Bb7 10. Bg2 Nd7 11. O-O a5 ({Another perfectly ok idea was displayed in the following game:} 11... a6 12. b3 cxb3 13. Qxb3 Be7 14. Rfd1 O-O 15. Ne1 b4 16. a5 Qc7 17. Rdc1 c5 18. dxc5 Bxg2 19. Nxg2 Nxc5 (19... Rab8 $1 20. c6 Ne5 {with next fc8 was fine for Black.}) 20. Qxb4 Qd7 21. Qg4+ Kh8 22. Rd1 {1-0 (50) Cramling,P (2525)-Kosintseva,T (2496) Beijing (blitz) 2013. White keeps some edge here.}) 12. b3 cxb3 13. Nxb3 bxa4 14. Rxa4 Ba6 $146 (14... c5 15. dxc5 $5 (15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Rc8 17. Rxb4 axb4 18. Qa4+ Bc6 19. Qxb4 O-O 20. Rc1 Rc7 21. Ne1 Bxg2 22. Nxg2 Rd7 23. Ne3 Rd4 24. Qc3 f5 {0-1 (56) Vovk,Y (2550)-Moiseenko,A (2679) Kiev 2011. White has some compensation here.}) 15... Rc8 16. Rd1 Qc7 17. Nfd4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 Qxc5 20. Qxc5 Rxc5 21. Nb3 Rc2 22. e3 O-O 23. Nxa5 Bxa5 24. Rxa5 Rb8 {Black should be able to hold this, but precision play is necessary.}) ({RR} 14... O-O 15. Rd1 Ba6 16. Raa1 Bb5 17. Nc5 Qe7 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Nd2 Bxe2 20. Ne4 Bxd1 21. Nxf6+ Kg7 22. Rxd1 Kxf6 23. Bxc6 Qd8 24. Qe4 Rc8 25. d5 Kg7 26. Bb7 Rb8 {0-1 (26) Arsovic,Z (2475)-Pavlovic,M (2537) Kavala 2008}) ({RR} 14... c5 15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Rc8 17. Rxb4 axb4 18. Qa4+ Bc6 19. Qxb4 O-O 20. Rc1 Rc7 21. Ne1 Bxg2 22. Nxg2 Rd7 23. Ne3 Rd4 24. Qc3 f5 25. Kg2 Qd7 26. f3 Rd2 27. Kf2 Rc8 28. Ke1 Ra2 29. Nc2 {Vovk,Y (2550)-Moiseenko,A (2679) Kiev 2011 0-1 (56)}) 15. Ra2 {Over-ambitious I would say; White simply has to settle for a modest approach:} (15. Raa1 Bb5 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 O-O 18. Rfd1 Qe7 19. Nd4 Rad8 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Bxc6 {with good chances to take a draw.}) 15... Bb5 16. Rfa1 O-O 17. Nc1 Rc8 18. Nd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 c5 {Black has remained a pawn up and managed to get rid of the bad c-pawn. Quite simply, Black is looking for an advantage.} 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Qe3 Kg7 22. h4 {White didn't achieve anything and is a pawn down for no play at all.} Qd6 23. Rc1 Nd7 24. Raa1 Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 Bc5 26. Qc3 a4 {The black passer is going fast.} 27. Qa1 a3 28. Rd1 Qc7 29. h5 h6 30. Rc1 Qb6 31. e3 Rb8 32. Bf1 Bxe3 $1 {A final detail. The game is over now.} 33. Rc2 (33. fxe3 Qxe3+ 34. Kg2 Rb2+ {wins.}) 33... Bc5 34. Rd2 Qb1 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 11th Jun Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.06.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Paravyan, D."]
[Black "Andreikin, D."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2024.06.11"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. g3 dxc4 8. Nxc4 Qb4+ ({RR} 8... b5 9. Na5 Qb4+ 10. Qd2 Qa4 11. a3 Ne4 12. Qb4 Qxb4+ 13. axb4 Nf6 14. Bg2 Nd5 15. Ne5 f6 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Nd3 c6 18. Rc1 Kd7 19. f3 Re8 20. h4 Kc7 21. Nf4 Kd6 22. g4 Ra7 23. Kf2 {Lenderman,A (2570)-Andreikin,D (2729) chess.com INT 2022 0-1 (76)}) ({RR} 8... b5 9. Na5 c5 10. dxc5 O-O 11. Qd6 Qa7 12. Rc1 Nbd7 13. Nc6 Qb7 14. Ne7+ Kh8 15. c6 Qb6 16. Qb4 Nd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. cxd7 Bxd7 19. Bg2 Rfe8 20. O-O Rxe2 21. Nd4 a5 22. Qc5 Qxc5 23. Rxc5 {Alonso Rosell,A (2562)-Andreikin,D (2729) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (104)}) 9. Ncd2 $146 ({RR} 9. Nfd2 b5 10. a3 Qe7 11. Na5 O-O 12. Bg2 Ra7 13. Qc2 Rd8 14. Nf3 Nfd7 15. b4 e5 16. dxe5 c5 17. e6 fxe6 18. bxc5 Nxc5 19. Ne5 Rc7 20. Nec6 Qf6 21. O-O Nb7 22. Qb3 Nxc6 23. Nxc6 Rd6 {Schloffer,J (2168)-Sevcikova,L (2126) St. Veit an der Glan AUT 2026 1-0 (40)}) 9... Qxb2 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Qb4 12. e3 Nc6 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Rfc1 Rd8 15. Rab1 e5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Nf3 Qa5 19. Qxc7 Rd1+ 20. Rxd1 Qxc7 21. Nd4 g6 22. h3 Rb8 23. Rdc1 Qe5 24. Rb6 Bd7 25. Rcb1 Kg7 26. Bxb7 Qa5 27. g4 h6 28. Kg2 Qxa2 29. R1b2 Qa5 30. R6b3 h5 31. f3 hxg4 32. hxg4 Qe5 33. Bxa6 Rxb3 34. Rxb3 Nd5 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Higher League 62nd"]
[Site "Ulan-Ude"]
[Date "2009.09.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2009.09.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Aronian,Levon} d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nbd2 Nd7 ({RR} 6... g6 7. Qc2 Qe7 8. g3 Bg7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. Rc1 c5 11. cxd5 cxd4 12. Qxc8 Rxc8 13. Rxc8+ Kh7 14. h4 Bf6 15. Ne4 exd5 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. O-O Kg7 18. Rfc1 d3 19. exd3 Qxb2 20. Re1 Qxa2 21. g4 {Bu Xiangzhi (2676)-Hovhannisyan,R (2607) Benasque ESP 2023 1-0 (39)}) 7. g3 ({RR} 7. Rc1 c6 8. a3 g5 9. h3 ({RR} 9. e3 Bg7) ({RR} 9. e4 g4 10. e5 Qd8 ({RR} 10... Qf5 11. Ng1 ({RR} 11. Nh4 Qf4 12. Nb3 Be7) 11... c5 12. cxd5 cxd4 13. dxe6 Qxe5+ 14. Qe2 fxe6) 11. Ng1 Qb6 12. Nb3 a5 ({RR} 12... c5 13. Bd3 cxd4 14. f4) 13. c5 Qd8 14. Nd2 Rg8) 9... h5 10. cxd5 ({RR} 10. e4 g4 11. e5 Qg7) 10... exd5 11. e4 g4 12. e5 Qg7 13. Nh4 Qg5 14. g3 f6 15. e6 Nb6 16. Rc3 ({RR} 16. Bd3 Bxe6 17. Ng6 Rg8) 16... Bxe6 17. Re3 Kd7 ({RR} 17... Qg8 18. Ng6 Bh6 ({RR} 18... Qxg6 19. Bd3 f5 20. hxg4) 19. Nxh8 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Qxh8 21. hxg4 Qg7 22. g5) 18. Bd3 Re8 ({RR} 18... Nc4 19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. Ne4 Qa5+ 21. Kf1) ({RR} 18... Bd6 19. Rxe6 Kxe6 20. Nf5 Kd7) 19. Ng6 Rg8 ({RR} 19... Nc4 20. h4 Qh6 ({RR} 20... Nxe3 21. Qb3 Qh6 22. Qxb7+ Kd6 23. Nxh8) 21. Nxc4 dxc4 22. d5) 20. Nf4 Bh6 ({RR} 20... Bf7 21. Rxe8 Kxe8 22. hxg4 Qxg4 23. Be2 Qd7 24. Bxh5 Bd6) 21. Bh7 Rgf8 {Aronian,L (2739)-Anand,V (2799) Nice 2008 CBM 123 Extra [Aronian,Levon] 1-0 (50)} ({RR} 21... Rg7 22. h4 Qxf4 23. gxf4 Rxh7 24. Nb3) {RR} 22. Bg6 Bf7 23. h4 Qxg6 24. Nxg6 Bxg6) 7... dxc4 8. Qa4 c5 $146 ({RR} 8... Be7 9. Qxc4 c5 10. Bg2 O-O 11. Ne4 Qf5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. Qxc5 Bxc5 15. O-O Bd7 16. Rac1 Bb6 17. Ne5 Bb5 18. Bxb7 Rad8 19. Rc2 f6 20. Ng6 Rfe8 21. Rfc1 Kh7 22. Nf4 g5 23. Ng2 {Matlakov,M (2533)-Yevseev,D (2529) St Petersburg 2009 1-0 (51)}) 9. Bg2 cxd4 10. O-O Bc5 11. Qxc4 Bb6 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Nxd4 O-O 14. Rfd1 Ne5 15. Qb5 Ng4 16. Nb3 f5 17. Nec5 f4 18. Bf3 e5 19. a4 fxg3 20. hxg3 Nxf2 21. Kxf2 e4 22. a5 exf3 23. exf3 Bc7 24. Qc4+ Kh8 25. Nd4 Qe5 26. f4 Bg4 27. Nce6 Bxa5 28. Nxf8 Rxf8 29. Rd3 Bb6 30. Re1 Qh5 31. Kg1 Rd8 32. Re5 Qh3 33. Qa4 Bd7 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2007.11.03"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 {Aronian,Levon} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nbd2 dxc4 ({RR} 6... Nd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. a3 g5 9. h3 ({RR} 9. e3 Bg7) ({RR} 9. e4 g4 10. e5 Qd8 ({RR} 10... Qf5 11. Ng1 ({RR} 11. Nh4 Qf4 12. Nb3 Be7) 11... c5 12. cxd5 cxd4 13. dxe6 Qxe5+ 14. Qe2 fxe6) 11. Ng1 Qb6 12. Nb3 a5 ({RR} 12... c5 13. Bd3 cxd4 14. f4) 13. c5 Qd8 14. Nd2 Rg8) 9... h5 10. cxd5 ({RR} 10. e4 g4 11. e5 Qg7) 10... exd5 11. e4 g4 12. e5 Qg7 13. Nh4 Qg5 14. g3 f6 15. e6 Nb6 16. Rc3 ({RR} 16. Bd3 Bxe6 17. Ng6 Rg8) 16... Bxe6 17. Re3 Kd7 ({RR} 17... Qg8 18. Ng6 Bh6 ({RR} 18... Qxg6 19. Bd3 f5 20. hxg4) 19. Nxh8 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Qxh8 21. hxg4 Qg7 22. g5) 18. Bd3 Re8 ({RR} 18... Nc4 19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. Ne4 Qa5+ 21. Kf1) ({RR} 18... Bd6 19. Rxe6 Kxe6 20. Nf5 Kd7) 19. Ng6 Rg8 ({RR} 19... Nc4 20. h4 Qh6 ({RR} 20... Nxe3 21. Qb3 Qh6 22. Qxb7+ Kd6 23. Nxh8) 21. Nxc4 dxc4 22. d5) 20. Nf4 Bh6 ({RR} 20... Bf7 21. Rxe8 Kxe8 22. hxg4 Qxg4 23. Be2 Qd7 24. Bxh5 Bd6) 21. Bh7 {Aronian,L (2739)-Anand,V (2799) Nice 2008 CBM 123 Extra [Aronian,Levon] 1-0 (50)} {RR} Rg7 22. h4 Qxf4 23. gxf4 Rxh7 24. Nb3) ({RR} 6... g6 7. Qc2 Qe7 8. g3 Bg7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. Rc1 c5 11. cxd5 cxd4 12. Qxc8 Rxc8 13. Rxc8+ Kh7 14. h4 Bf6 15. Ne4 exd5 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. O-O Kg7 18. Rfc1 d3 19. exd3 Qxb2 20. Re1 Qxa2 21. g4 {Bu Xiangzhi (2676)-Hovhannisyan,R (2607) Benasque ESP 2023 1-0 (39)}) ({RR} 6... Nd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. g3 g5 9. h3 Bg7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Qe7 12. g4 f5 13. gxf5 exf5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Qb3 {½-½ (15) Jakovenko,D (2736)-Gelfand,B (2758) Khanty-Mansiysk 2009}) 7. e3 c5 $146 ({RR} 7... g6 8. Bxc4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. b4 Qe7 11. Rb1 Nd7 12. Qc2 c6 13. a4 b6 14. a5 Rb8 15. Rfc1 Bb7 16. Bd3 Rfc8 17. a6 Ba8 18. e4 c5 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Rxb8 Rxb8 21. dxc5 Rc8 22. Nb3 {Nikolic,P (2631)-Roiz,M (2605) Valjevo 2007 ½-½ (86)}) ({RR} 7... g6 8. Rc1 Nd7 9. Nxc4 Bb4+ 10. Ncd2 c6 11. a3 Bxd2+ 12. Nxd2 O-O 13. Bc4 b6 14. O-O Bb7 15. b4 a5 16. Be2 axb4 17. axb4 c5 18. Bb5 cxd4 19. Bxd7 dxe3 20. fxe3 Qg5 21. e4 Rfd8 22. Rc7 {Nikolic,P (2631)-Pavasovic,D (2567) Valjevo 2007 1-0 (35)}) 8. Bxc4 cxd4 9. exd4 Bb4 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne4 Qf4 12. Qd3 Bd7 13. g3 Qf5 14. Qe3 Bc6 15. Bd3 Nd7 16. a3 Be7 17. Rac1 Qd5 18. Rfe1 Rac8 19. h4 Rfd8 20. b4 a6 21. Qf4 b5 22. Re3 Ba8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. Qxe5 f5 26. Qxd5 Rc1+ 27. Bf1 Bxd5 28. Nd2 f4 29. Rd3 h5 30. gxf4 Bxh4 31. Nb3 Re1 32. Re3 0-1

[Event "Airthings Masters Play-In"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Bluebaum, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. a3 ({RR} 7. b3 dxc4 8. bxc4 e5 9. c5 Be7 10. dxe5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Ne4 12. Ba3 Bxc5 13. e3 Be6 14. Rc1 Rfd8 15. Ne1 Bxa3 16. Nxa3 Ng5 17. Nb5 Nh3+ 18. Bxh3 Bxh3 19. Nxc7 Rac8 20. Nb5 Nxe5 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 {Giri,A (2748)-Firouzja,A (2766) Zagreb 2025 0-1 (41)}) 7... dxc4 ({RR} 7... a5 8. Qc2 a4 9. Bg5 Bd7 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. e3 Na5 13. c5 Be7 14. Ne5 Bb5 15. Rfe1 g5 16. Bf1 Be8 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Qg7 19. Rad1 Nb3 20. Nc3 Rd8 21. d5 Bxc5 22. dxe6 {Iskusnyh,S (2440)-Bluebaum,M (2660) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (42)}) 8. Nbd2 Na5 9. Qa4 c5 $146 ({RR} 9... b6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Bxb7 Nxb7 12. Nc6 Qd7 13. Qxc4 Bc5 14. dxc5 Qxc6 15. cxb6 Qxc4 16. Nxc4 cxb6 17. Bg5 Rac8 18. Rac1 Ne4 19. Be3 f6 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. f3 Nec5 23. Nd2 e5 24. b4 {Pipiras,F (2272)-Jyotshnav Talukdar (2205) Sant Boi ESP 2025 ½-½}) ({RR} 9... b6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Bxb7 Nxb7 12. Ndxc4 h6 13. Rd1 Qe8 14. Qa6 Bxe5 15. Nxe5 Nd6 16. Bd2 Nd5 17. Rac1 f6 18. Nc6 Qh5 19. Qd3 Rf7 20. e4 Ne7 21. Nxe7+ Rxe7 22. Bb4 Rd8 23. Qa6 Red7 24. Bxd6 {Amin,B (2628)-Larkin,V (2467) Sweden SWE 2026 1-0 (58)}) 10. Nxc4 Nxc4 11. Qxc4 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Qe7 13. Bf4 Bxf4 14. Qxf4 Bd7 15. Ne5 Bb5 16. Rfe1 Nd5 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Nf3 Rac8 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Rac1 Rc4 21. Rxc4 dxc4 22. Qc7 Qf6 23. Qxd7 Rd8 24. Qxb7 Qxd4 25. Rc1 h5 26. h4 Re8 27. e3 Rxe3 28. Qc8+ Kh7 29. Qf5+ Kg8 30. Qc8+ Kh7 31. Qf5+ Kg8 32. Qc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,Daniel Howard"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Qb3 {Opting for a relative backwater of the Catalan complex.} c6 (6... c5 {is often played but my guess is that Black didn't want to allow his opponent an IQP type position.}) 7. O-O dxc4 {I'm not sure whether it's permissible to give this '?!', however one thing is certain, this move deserts the centre a bit and Black isn't forcing through ...c5, which normally constitutes compensation for that.} (7... Nbd7 {is the main move, intending sensible development with ...b6 or else some Dutch-type thing. There could follow, for instance,} 8. Bf4 a5 9. Rc1 h6 10. a4 Ne4 $5 $132 {as played in an Olympiad game between two people who are currently in Berlin, though for different reasons! Giri,A-Aronian,L Istanbul 2012}) 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Nbd2 {This is not terribly incisive.} (10. Bg5 $1 {should be a virtually automatic pick- I don't see what Black's way of arranging ...c5 could be.} Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 (11... Bxf6 12. Nbd2 Qc7 13. Rfc1 Rfc8 14. Ne4 Be7 15. a4 $14 {and Black will be suffering for a while}) (11... gxf6 12. Nc3 Qb6 13. a4 b4 14. a5 Qa6 15. Na4 {is painful to look at, even if it is somehow sound for Black.}) 12. Nbd2 a5 (12... c5 $6 13. dxc5 Rc8 14. b4 a5 15. a3 $16 {was the rather anticlimatic continuation in the only practical test, Shvidler,E -Kundin,A Tel Aviv 1995}) 13. Nb3 Nd7 14. a4 Qb6 15. Rfc1 $36 {White has continuing pressure against the Black queenside.}) 10... c5 $1 {Just like that, White's opening ideas are all neutralised. Neither can this have been a great secret to either player- it's been seen multiple times before.} 11. dxc5 Na6 12. Nb3 Be4 13. Qc3 Rc8 14. Be3 (14. Qa5 Qxa5 15. Nxa5 {is one way of trying to squeeze blood from a stone (15...xc5 16.d4 etc.) however Black has decent replies, one of which is} Bxc5 $11) 14... Nd5 15. Qd2 ({RR} 15. Qd4 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nxe3 {½-½ (19) Roshka,Y (2507)-Adhiban,B (2536) Darfo Boario Terme ITA 2026}) 15... Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Qb3 Qb6 {By this point, everyone in the commentary room, and for that matter the world, was already aware that the game would be a draw.} 20. e3 Be7 $146 ({RR} 20... Rfd8 21. Rfd1 {½-½ (21) Moreno Perez,T (2242)-Bertona,F (2410) Buenos Aires 2022}) ({RR} 20... Rfd8 21. Rfd1 {½-½ (21) Moreno Perez,T (2242)-Bertona,F (2410) Buenos Aires 2022}) 21. Rfd1 Rc7 22. Rac1 Rfc8 23. Rxc7 Rxc7 24. Kg2 g6 25. Rd2 Kg7 26. Rc2 Rxc2 27. Qxc2 Qc5 28. Qxc5 Bxc5 29. b3 f5 30. a4 bxa4 31. bxa4 {The requisite 30 moves have been made.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 4th Jul Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.07.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Paravyan, D."]
[Black "Mamedov, Rau"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2023.07.04"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. a3 Ne4 10. b4 Be7 11. Nfd2 ({RR} 11. Bb2 Bf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxd5 Be6 14. Qxe4 Qxa1 15. b5 Nd8 16. Qb4 Qf6 17. Nc3 Qe7 18. Nd4 Rc8 19. Ne4 Qxb4 20. axb4 Rc7 21. Ra1 Ke7 22. Nc5 b6 23. Nd3 Kf6 24. f4 Re8 25. Ne5 Bd7 {Tabatabaei,M (2664)-Van Foreest,J (2678) Chennai 2022 ½-½ (109)}) ({RR} 11. Bb2 Bf6 12. Qb3 Be6 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. Qc2 Bf5 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Qd2 Rfe8 19. b5 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. e3 Rac8 22. Qd4 b6 23. Qxe5 Rxe5 24. Rd4 Rc5 25. a4 g5 {Lazavik,D (2572)-Mamedov,R (2651) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (60)}) 11... Bf6 ({RR} 11... f5 12. Bb2 Bf6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nb3 Be6 15. e3 O-O 16. N1d2 Rac8 17. Nf3 Bf7 18. Nbd4 Ne7 19. Rc1 Rc4 20. Nd2 Rxc1 21. Qxc1 Rc8 22. Qb2 Nd6 23. Rc1 g5 24. Rxc8+ Nexc8 25. Qc3 f4 26. gxf4 {Wecker,M (2097)-Lymar,V (2263) Schwaebisch Gmuend GER 2026 ½-½ (32)}) 12. Ra2 Bf5 13. Bb2 $146 ({RR} 13. b5 Ne7 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qxd8+ Rxd8 17. Nd2 Rd4 18. a4 O-O 19. Nb3 Rc4 20. Na5 Rc7 21. Bf4 Rd7 22. Rc1 Nd5 23. Rc4 Re8 24. Rac2 g5 25. Rc8 Rxc8 26. Rxc8+ Kg7 27. Be3 Nxe3 {Manor,I (2469)-Gorodetzky,M (2325) Israel ISR 2024 0-1 (43)}) 13... O-O 14. e3 Bxb2 15. Rxb2 Qf6 16. Rb3 Rfd8 17. Qc1 Rac8 18. Qb2 Ne5 19. Qd4 b6 20. a4 Rc2 21. a5 h5 22. axb6 axb6 23. Ra3 h4 24. Ra6 h3 25. Bh1 Nxd2 26. Nxd2 Rxd2 27. Qxd2 Bd3 28. f4 Bxa6 29. Rd1 Nc4 30. Qd4 Qxd4 31. Rxd4 Nxe3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 1st Aug Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Pichot, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2023.08.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. e3 c6 7. Nbd2 Nd7 ({RR} 7... g6 8. g3 Bg7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Qe7 11. Rc1 b6 12. Qa4 Bb7 13. Ne5 c5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Ndf3 Na6 16. Rfd1 Nc7 17. h4 Ne6 18. h5 gxh5 19. Re1 Rfc8 20. Rcd1 Nf8 21. Bh3 Rc7 22. Nh4 {Gharibyan,M (2487)-Pasti,A (2388) Katowice POL 2026 ½-½ (123)}) ({RR} 7... g6 8. Bd3 Bg7 9. e4 O-O 10. e5 Qe7 11. c5 b6 12. b4 a5 13. a3 axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 bxc5 16. bxc5 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Qa7 18. Ke2 Qxa6+ 19. Qxa6 Nxa6 20. Rb1 Ra8 21. Rb7 Nb8 22. Ne1 {Andreikin,D (2695)-Materia,M (2489) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (59)}) 8. Bd3 g5 9. O-O ({RR} 9. h3 Bg7 10. e4 e5 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 exd4 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rc1 Qd6 15. Bb1 d3 16. Bxd3 Rd8 17. exd5 Nb6 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. Rxc4 Qxd5 20. Re8+ Rxe8 21. Bh7+ Kxh7 22. Qxd5 Be6 23. Qd3+ Kg8 {Wang,Y (2739)-Topalov,V (2796) Nice 2009 0-1 (34)}) 9... g4 $146 ({RR} 9... Bg7 10. e4 O-O 11. e5 Qe7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. h3 f6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Re1 Qg7 16. b4 h5 17. Nb3 g4 18. hxg4 hxg4 19. Nfd2 Bxd4 20. Nxd4 Qxd4 21. Re3 Nf6 22. a3 Bd7 23. Nb3 Qf4 24. g3 {Riazantsev,A (2634)-Pichot,A (2625) Warsaw 2021 ½-½ (54)}) 10. Ne1 h5 11. f4 Bd6 12. c5 Bc7 13. b4 a6 14. Bc2 Qg7 15. Nd3 f5 16. a4 Nf6 17. Ne5 h4 18. b5 a5 19. Bd3 Nd7 20. bxc6 Nxe5 21. cxb7 Bxb7 22. fxe5 Bd8 23. Rb1 Bg5 24. Qe2 O-O 25. Rb6 Bc8 26. Kh1 Ra7 27. Nb1 Raf7 28. Nc3 f4 29. Qxg4 fxe3 30. Rxf7 Rxf7 31. Rb8 1-0

[Event "Global Chess League 2023"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2023.06.24"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2023.06.22"]
[WhiteTeam "Chingari Gulf Titans"]
[BlackTeam "SG Alpine Warriors"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Ne4 9. a3 $146 ({RR} 9. Nc3 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 O-O 11. e4 dxe4 12. Ndxe4 f5 13. Nd2 e5 14. d5 c5 15. Rae1 a6 16. Kh1 Bd6 17. a4 Nf6 18. Nf3 e4 19. Ng5 h6 20. Ne6 Bxe6 21. dxe6 Qe8 22. f3 Qh5 23. Kg1 Rae8 {Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2577)-Kvaloy,A (2467) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (63)}) ({RR} 9. Nc3 f5 10. Rad1 Nxd2 11. Rxd2 O-O 12. e3 Bd6 13. Rb1 a5 14. Ne2 Qe7 15. Nf4 Nf6 16. c5 Bc7 17. Nd3 Bd7 18. Nfe5 Be8 19. Rc1 g5 20. f3 Kh8 21. Re2 Qg7 22. Rb1 g4 23. f4 h5 {Gelfand,B (2652)-Praggnanandhaa,R (2779) Samarkand UZB 2025 0-1 (65)}) ({RR} 9. Nc3 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 O-O 11. Rfd1 Rb8 12. e4 dxc4 13. Nxc4 b5 14. Ne3 Qb6 15. a4 a6 16. e5 c5 17. a5 Qa7 18. d5 Nxe5 19. d6 Bd8 20. Ne4 c4 21. b3 f5 22. bxc4 fxe4 23. c5 Bb7 {Dogan,U (2195)-Sahin,A (2031) Denizli TUR 2026 ½-½ (43)}) ({RR} 9. Bf4 g5 10. Bc1 f5 11. Nc3 h5 12. Rb1 a5 13. a3 h4 14. b4 hxg3 15. hxg3 axb4 16. axb4 Bf6 17. Rd1 Nb6 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Nxc4 21. Bxe4 b5 22. Bg2 Rh6 23. Qc3 Qe7 {Sargsyan,S (2630)-Erigaisi,A (2701) Sharjah UAE 2023 ½-½ (34)}) 9... a5 10. Nc3 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 O-O 12. Rac1 Rb8 13. Qd3 dxc4 14. Nxc4 b5 15. Nd2 Qb6 16. Nce4 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Nb3 Be7 20. Rc6 Qd8 21. Qxd8 Bxd8 22. Rfc1 Bf6 23. Nxa5 Bxb2 24. Rb1 Bxa3 25. Rc3 Be7 26. Nc6 Bf6 27. Nxb8 Bxc3 28. Rxb5 g6 29. Bb7 Kg7 30. Kg2 h5 31. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 19th Dec Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.12.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Korobov, A."]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2830"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2023.12.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. c5 Nc6 ({RR} 4... b6 5. cxb6 c5 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. b3 cxd4 9. exd4 Qxb6 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Na4 Qb8 13. Bb2 Bb7 14. Rc1 Ne4 15. Qe2 h6 16. g3 Re8 17. Rfe1 Qa7 18. Rc2 Rac8 19. Rec1 {Vidit,S (2726)-Mamedyarov,S (2782) Chess24.com INT 2021 ½-½ (51)}) ({RR} 4... b6 5. cxb6 c5 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qxb6 8. e3 Nf6 9. Be2 Bd6 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Bd7 12. O-O e5 13. Nf3 Bc6 14. a3 Nbd7 15. b4 Rfc8 16. Rc1 Qd8 17. Nd2 Nb6 18. Nb3 Na4 19. Ba1 {Korobov,A (2648)-Zemach,N (2384) Dortmund GER 2024 1-0 (49)}) 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Ne4 ({RR} 6... Nh5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Rd8 11. O-O Nf6 12. a3 e5 13. b4 Bf5 14. Qb3 exd4 15. exd4 Be4 16. Rad1 Qe6 17. Ng5 Qf5 18. Ngxe4 dxe4 19. d5 Ne5 20. h3 Nf3+ 21. Kh1 {Ohanyan,E (2516)-Svane,R (2624) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (69)}) 7. e3 $146 ({RR} 7. Rc1 Be7 8. e3 Nxc3 9. Rxc3 b6 10. cxb6 Bb4 11. Bxc7 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qd7 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. O-O f6 15. Nh4 O-O 16. Qc2 f5 17. Rb1 g5 18. Nf3 g4 19. Nd2 Na5 20. f3 h5 21. Qd1 Rae8 {Gunina,V (2425)-Lesbekova,A (1903) FIDE Online Arena INT 2024 0-1 (47)}) 7... g5 8. Be5 f6 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Nxg5 Nxe5 11. Nxe4 Nf7 12. Bc4 f5 13. Nc3 Bg7 14. O-O O-O 15. f4 b6 16. Qf3 Rb8 17. c6 b5 18. Bb3 a5 19. Rad1 a4 20. Bc2 Nd6 21. e4 b4 22. Nxa4 fxe4 23. Bxe4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Qd5 25. Qc2 Ba6 26. Rf3 Rbd8 27. Kh1 Bb5 28. Nc5 Bxc6 29. Rh3 h6 30. Rg3 Rf7 31. Qg6 Qxc5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 19th Dec Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.12.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Korobov, A."]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2830"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2023.12.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. c5 Nc6 ({RR} 4... b6 5. cxb6 c5 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. b3 cxd4 9. exd4 Qxb6 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Na4 Qb8 13. Bb2 Bb7 14. Rc1 Ne4 15. Qe2 h6 16. g3 Re8 17. Rfe1 Qa7 18. Rc2 Rac8 19. Rec1 {Vidit,S (2726)-Mamedyarov,S (2782) Chess24.com INT 2021 ½-½ (51)}) ({RR} 4... b6 5. cxb6 c5 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qxb6 8. e3 Nf6 9. Be2 Bd6 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Bd7 12. O-O e5 13. Nf3 Bc6 14. a3 Nbd7 15. b4 Rfc8 16. Rc1 Qd8 17. Nd2 Nb6 18. Nb3 Na4 19. Ba1 {Korobov,A (2648)-Zemach,N (2384) Dortmund GER 2024 1-0 (49)}) 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Ne4 ({RR} 6... Nh5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Rd8 11. O-O Nf6 12. a3 e5 13. b4 Bf5 14. Qb3 exd4 15. exd4 Be4 16. Rad1 Qe6 17. Ng5 Qf5 18. Ngxe4 dxe4 19. d5 Ne5 20. h3 Nf3+ 21. Kh1 {Ohanyan,E (2516)-Svane,R (2624) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (69)}) 7. e3 $146 ({RR} 7. Rc1 Be7 8. e3 Nxc3 9. Rxc3 b6 10. cxb6 Bb4 11. Bxc7 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qd7 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. O-O f6 15. Nh4 O-O 16. Qc2 f5 17. Rb1 g5 18. Nf3 g4 19. Nd2 Na5 20. f3 h5 21. Qd1 Rae8 {Gunina,V (2425)-Lesbekova,A (1903) FIDE Online Arena INT 2024 0-1 (47)}) 7... g5 8. Be5 f6 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Nxg5 Nxe5 11. Nxe4 Nf7 12. Bc4 f5 13. Nc3 Bg7 14. O-O O-O 15. f4 b6 16. Qf3 Rb8 17. c6 b5 18. Bb3 a5 19. Rad1 a4 20. Bc2 Nd6 21. e4 b4 22. Nxa4 fxe4 23. Bxe4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Qd5 25. Qc2 Ba6 26. Rf3 Rbd8 27. Kh1 Bb5 28. Nc5 Bxc6 29. Rh3 h6 30. Rg3 Rf7 31. Qg6 Qxc5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 19th Dec Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.12.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Korobov, A."]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2830"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2023.12.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. c5 Nc6 ({RR} 4... b6 5. cxb6 c5 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. b3 cxd4 9. exd4 Qxb6 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Na4 Qb8 13. Bb2 Bb7 14. Rc1 Ne4 15. Qe2 h6 16. g3 Re8 17. Rfe1 Qa7 18. Rc2 Rac8 19. Rec1 {Vidit,S (2726)-Mamedyarov,S (2782) Chess24.com INT 2021 ½-½ (51)}) ({RR} 4... b6 5. cxb6 c5 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qxb6 8. e3 Nf6 9. Be2 Bd6 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Bd7 12. O-O e5 13. Nf3 Bc6 14. a3 Nbd7 15. b4 Rfc8 16. Rc1 Qd8 17. Nd2 Nb6 18. Nb3 Na4 19. Ba1 {Korobov,A (2648)-Zemach,N (2384) Dortmund GER 2024 1-0 (49)}) 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Ne4 ({RR} 6... Nh5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Rd8 11. O-O Nf6 12. a3 e5 13. b4 Bf5 14. Qb3 exd4 15. exd4 Be4 16. Rad1 Qe6 17. Ng5 Qf5 18. Ngxe4 dxe4 19. d5 Ne5 20. h3 Nf3+ 21. Kh1 {Ohanyan,E (2516)-Svane,R (2624) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (69)}) 7. e3 $146 ({RR} 7. Rc1 Be7 8. e3 Nxc3 9. Rxc3 b6 10. cxb6 Bb4 11. Bxc7 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qd7 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. O-O f6 15. Nh4 O-O 16. Qc2 f5 17. Rb1 g5 18. Nf3 g4 19. Nd2 Na5 20. f3 h5 21. Qd1 Rae8 {Gunina,V (2425)-Lesbekova,A (1903) FIDE Online Arena INT 2024 0-1 (47)}) 7... g5 8. Be5 f6 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Nxg5 Nxe5 11. Nxe4 Nf7 12. Bc4 f5 13. Nc3 Bg7 14. O-O O-O 15. f4 b6 16. Qf3 Rb8 17. c6 b5 18. Bb3 a5 19. Rad1 a4 20. Bc2 Nd6 21. e4 b4 22. Nxa4 fxe4 23. Bxe4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Qd5 25. Qc2 Ba6 26. Rf3 Rbd8 27. Kh1 Bb5 28. Nc5 Bxc6 29. Rh3 h6 30. Rg3 Rf7 31. Qg6 Qxc5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 4th Jul Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.07.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Paravyan, D."]
[Black "Mamedov, Rau"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2023.07.04"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. a3 Ne4 10. b4 Be7 11. Nfd2 ({RR} 11. Bb2 Bf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxd5 Be6 14. Qxe4 Qxa1 15. b5 Nd8 16. Qb4 Qf6 17. Nc3 Qe7 18. Nd4 Rc8 19. Ne4 Qxb4 20. axb4 Rc7 21. Ra1 Ke7 22. Nc5 b6 23. Nd3 Kf6 24. f4 Re8 25. Ne5 Bd7 {Tabatabaei,M (2664)-Van Foreest,J (2678) Chennai 2022 ½-½ (109)}) ({RR} 11. Bb2 Bf6 12. Qb3 Be6 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. Qc2 Bf5 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Qd2 Rfe8 19. b5 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. e3 Rac8 22. Qd4 b6 23. Qxe5 Rxe5 24. Rd4 Rc5 25. a4 g5 {Lazavik,D (2572)-Mamedov,R (2651) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (60)}) 11... Bf6 ({RR} 11... f5 12. Bb2 Bf6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nb3 Be6 15. e3 O-O 16. N1d2 Rac8 17. Nf3 Bf7 18. Nbd4 Ne7 19. Rc1 Rc4 20. Nd2 Rxc1 21. Qxc1 Rc8 22. Qb2 Nd6 23. Rc1 g5 24. Rxc8+ Nexc8 25. Qc3 f4 26. gxf4 {Wecker,M (2097)-Lymar,V (2263) Schwaebisch Gmuend GER 2026 ½-½ (32)}) 12. Ra2 Bf5 13. Bb2 $146 ({RR} 13. b5 Ne7 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qxd8+ Rxd8 17. Nd2 Rd4 18. a4 O-O 19. Nb3 Rc4 20. Na5 Rc7 21. Bf4 Rd7 22. Rc1 Nd5 23. Rc4 Re8 24. Rac2 g5 25. Rc8 Rxc8 26. Rxc8+ Kg7 27. Be3 Nxe3 {Manor,I (2469)-Gorodetzky,M (2325) Israel ISR 2024 0-1 (43)}) 13... O-O 14. e3 Bxb2 15. Rxb2 Qf6 16. Rb3 Rfd8 17. Qc1 Rac8 18. Qb2 Ne5 19. Qd4 b6 20. a4 Rc2 21. a5 h5 22. axb6 axb6 23. Ra3 h4 24. Ra6 h3 25. Bh1 Nxd2 26. Nxd2 Rxd2 27. Qxd2 Bd3 28. f4 Bxa6 29. Rd1 Nc4 30. Qd4 Qxd4 31. Rxd4 Nxe3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 1st Aug Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Pichot, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2023.08.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. e3 c6 7. Nbd2 Nd7 ({RR} 7... g6 8. g3 Bg7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Qe7 11. Rc1 b6 12. Qa4 Bb7 13. Ne5 c5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Ndf3 Na6 16. Rfd1 Nc7 17. h4 Ne6 18. h5 gxh5 19. Re1 Rfc8 20. Rcd1 Nf8 21. Bh3 Rc7 22. Nh4 {Gharibyan,M (2487)-Pasti,A (2388) Katowice POL 2026 ½-½ (123)}) ({RR} 7... g6 8. Bd3 Bg7 9. e4 O-O 10. e5 Qe7 11. c5 b6 12. b4 a5 13. a3 axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 bxc5 16. bxc5 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Qa7 18. Ke2 Qxa6+ 19. Qxa6 Nxa6 20. Rb1 Ra8 21. Rb7 Nb8 22. Ne1 {Andreikin,D (2695)-Materia,M (2489) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (59)}) 8. Bd3 g5 9. O-O ({RR} 9. h3 Bg7 10. e4 e5 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 exd4 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rc1 Qd6 15. Bb1 d3 16. Bxd3 Rd8 17. exd5 Nb6 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. Rxc4 Qxd5 20. Re8+ Rxe8 21. Bh7+ Kxh7 22. Qxd5 Be6 23. Qd3+ Kg8 {Wang,Y (2739)-Topalov,V (2796) Nice 2009 0-1 (34)}) 9... g4 $146 ({RR} 9... Bg7 10. e4 O-O 11. e5 Qe7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. h3 f6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Re1 Qg7 16. b4 h5 17. Nb3 g4 18. hxg4 hxg4 19. Nfd2 Bxd4 20. Nxd4 Qxd4 21. Re3 Nf6 22. a3 Bd7 23. Nb3 Qf4 24. g3 {Riazantsev,A (2634)-Pichot,A (2625) Warsaw 2021 ½-½ (54)}) 10. Ne1 h5 11. f4 Bd6 12. c5 Bc7 13. b4 a6 14. Bc2 Qg7 15. Nd3 f5 16. a4 Nf6 17. Ne5 h4 18. b5 a5 19. Bd3 Nd7 20. bxc6 Nxe5 21. cxb7 Bxb7 22. fxe5 Bd8 23. Rb1 Bg5 24. Qe2 O-O 25. Rb6 Bc8 26. Kh1 Ra7 27. Nb1 Raf7 28. Nc3 f4 29. Qxg4 fxe3 30. Rxf7 Rxf7 31. Rb8 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 35th"]
[Site "Ulcinj"]
[Date "2019.11.16"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.11.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Alkaloid"]
[BlackTeam "Padova Obiettivo"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 ({RR} 6... h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. h4 c5 9. g4 g6 10. g5 hxg5 11. hxg5 Bg7 12. Nc3 cxd4 13. exd4 Nc6 14. O-O-O Bd7 15. Kb1 Re8 16. Rh4 Rc8 17. Qd2 Qa5 18. c5 b6 19. Bb5 bxc5 20. Bxc6 Bxc6 21. Rdh1 {Andreikin,D (2729)-Radjabov,T (2723) Samarkand UZB 2023 1-0}) ({RR} 6... h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. h4 g6 9. g4 Bg7 10. g5 h5 11. Nc3 c5 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Kb1 cxd4 14. exd4 Qa5 15. a3 Rd8 16. Bd3 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Rxd4 19. Rxd4 Bxd4 20. Rd1 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 {Andreikin,D (2710)-Rustemov,A (2525) chess.com INT 2026 ½-½ (55)}) ({RR} 6... a6 7. Nbd2 h6 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. h4 c5 10. dxc5 Nc6 11. g4 d4 12. g5 d3 13. Qb3 hxg5 14. hxg5 Bxg5 15. Bxd3 Bh6 16. O-O-O f5 17. Rdg1 Rf6 18. Qc3 e5 19. Nxe5 Ne7 20. Ndf3 Be6 21. Bc2 {Andreikin,D (2729)-Msellek,I (2411) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0}) 7. dxc5 Qa5+ 8. Nbd2 Qxc5 9. Rc1 $146 ({RR} 9. a3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Bd3 Qxc2 12. Bxc2 Bb7 13. Bd3 h6 14. Bh4 a6 15. Ke2 Nbd7 16. Rhc1 Rfc8 17. Nb3 Bd5 18. Rxc8+ Rxc8 19. Rc1 Rxc1 20. Nxc1 g5 21. Bg3 Ne4 22. Bc7 Bf6 23. Nd4 Nec5 {Dubov,D (2708)-Vaishali,R (2433) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (82)}) ({RR} 9. a3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Bd3 Qxc2 12. Bxc2 Bb7 13. Bd3 h6 14. Bh4 a6 15. Ke2 Nbd7 16. Rhc1 Rfc8 17. Nb3 Bd5 18. Rxc8+ Rxc8 19. Rc1 Rxc1 20. Nxc1 g5 21. Bg3 Ne4 22. Bc7 Bf6 23. Nd4 Nec5 {Dubov,D (2708)-Vaishali,R (2433) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (82)}) 9... h6 10. Bh4 Bd7 11. cxd5 Qxc2 12. Rxc2 Nxd5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Ne5 Rc8 15. Rxc8+ Nxc8 16. g3 Nd6 17. Bg2 Bb5 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Nd7 20. Nxd7 Bxd7 21. Kd2 Rd8 22. Kc3 Rc8+ 23. Kd2 Kf8 24. Rc1 Rxc1 25. Kxc1 b6 26. f4 Ke7 27. Kd2 Kd6 28. a3 f6 29. Bg2 Bb5 30. Kc3 Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com SpeedChess 2022"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.12.15"]
[Round "3.27"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2022.11.23"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 ({RR} 8... Bd6 9. Re1+ Be6 10. Nc3 h6 11. Ne5 O-O 12. Bf4 Rc8 13. Rc1 Bb8 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Na4 Ne4 16. f3 Qf6 17. Be3 Ng5 18. Nc5 Rfe8 19. Qd2 Bf5 20. Kh1 Nh7 21. Bf4 Nf8 22. Bg3 Re7 23. Qf2 {Erigaisi,A (2761)-Nosach,R (2310) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (41)}) 9. Nc3 ({RR} 9. Ne5 Bd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. h3 a6 13. Ba4 b5 14. Bc2 Rac8 15. Be3 Rfe8 16. Qf3 g6 17. Rfd1 b4 18. Na4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Rxc2 20. Nb6 Qc6 21. Re1 Ne4 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23. Rxe4 Rd8 {Gledura,B (2652)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2773) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (41)}) ({RR} 9. Re1 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Nc3 Re8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Qf3 Be7 17. Rad1 Qb6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nd7 Qxb2 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. h3 Re6 23. Rb1 d4 {Nihal,S (2687)-Vakhlamov,I (2413) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (31)}) 9... O-O 10. h3 Bf5 11. Bg5 $146 ({RR} 11. Re1 Bb4 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nxd5 Qd6 15. Bxc6 Bxe1 16. Qxe1 bxc6 17. Ne7+ Kh7 18. Nxf5 Qd5 19. Ne3 Qb5 20. Qc3 Rab8 21. b3 a5 22. Rc1 a4 23. Qc2+ Kg8 24. bxa4 Qb4 25. Qxc6 Ra8 {Ozen,B (2369)-Fernandez,D (2458) Chess.com INT 2021 1-0 (31)}) 11... h6 12. Bh4 Rc8 13. Bd3 Ne4 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Ne2 Qb6 16. Rb1 Nc6 17. a3 Rfe8 18. b4 a6 19. Qb3 Rcd8 20. Rfd1 Ne7 21. Rbc1 Qf6 22. Bb1 Nc6 23. Re1 Re7 24. b5 axb5 25. Nc3 Nxc3 26. Rxe7 Qxe7 27. Rxc3 Nxd4 28. Nxd4 Qe1+ 29. Kh2 Bxb1 30. Re3 Qxf2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 12th Nov Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.11.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2024.11.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 c6 5. e3 Qa5+ 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. Bd3 ({RR} 7. a3 Bd6 8. b4 Qd8 9. c5 Bc7 10. Bf4 Bxf4 11. exf4 O-O 12. Bd3 g6 13. O-O Nh5 14. g3 f6 15. Re1 Re8 16. Qc2 Nf8 17. a4 Bd7 18. b5 Re7 19. Nb3 Qc7 20. Qd2 Rae8 21. Rab1 Bc8 {Gabriel,C (2553)-Pelletier,Y (2621) Switzerland 2005 1-0 (48)}) ({RR} 7. a3 h6 8. Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qd8 11. O-O c5 12. Ne5 a6 13. Qa4+ Bd7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Qxd7+ Kxd7 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Be2 Ke7 18. Bf3 Rab8 19. Rac1 Bd6 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 b6 {Shafer,L (2255)-Colville,J (2329) Washington DC USA 2026 ½-½ (33)}) 7... dxc4 8. Bxc4 Ne4 9. h4 $146 ({RR} 9. Bf4 Bb4 10. a3 Bxd2+ 11. Nxd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Nb6 14. Bd3 Nd5 15. Bd6 Kd7 16. Bg3 h5 17. h4 a5 18. e4 Nf6 19. a4 b6 20. Rac1 Ba6 21. f3 Bxd3 22. Kxd3 Rac8 23. Rc3 c5 {Pixton,A (2462)-Sayin,H Playchess.com INT 2004 1-0 (37)}) ({RR} 9. Bf4 g5 10. Bc7 Qxc7 11. Nxe4 h6 12. h4 g4 13. Nfd2 h5 14. Qb3 Be7 15. Rc1 Nb6 {½-½ (15) Schmidt,M-Debitsch,R Schwaebisch Gmuend 1998}) 9... Bb4 10. Bd3 Bxd2+ 11. Nxd2 Nxg5 12. hxg5 Qxg5 13. Ne4 Qxg2 14. Qh5 Nf6 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. O-O-O Bd7 17. Qh6 Qg5 18. Qh2 O-O-O 19. Rdg1 Qa5 20. Kb1 Rdg8 21. Rxg8+ Rxg8 22. Qxh7 Rg2 23. Qh8+ Qd8 24. Qh3 Qg8 25. Qh4 Qg5 26. Qh8+ Kc7 27. Qf8 Rxf2 28. a3 Qxe3 29. Rh8 Qxd3+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Higher League 70th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2017.07.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rakhmanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.07.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. d4 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. c4 Nc6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Nbd4 Re8 12. b3 Bg4 13. Bb2 ({RR} 13. Be3 Ne4 14. Rc1 Qf6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bd4 Qd6 17. Qd3 {½-½ (17) Cruz,F (2269)-Alcala Gonzalez,C (2310) Lleida ESP 2026}) 13... Ne4 ({RR} 13... Rc8 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Ne5 Bh5 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. exf3 Nd7 18. f4 Nxe5 19. fxe5 d4 20. Re1 Qd5 21. Qg4 Rcd8 22. Qe4 Qxe4 23. Rxe4 f5 24. Ree1 Rd5 25. Kf1 Rexe5 26. Rxe5 Rxe5 27. Rc1 Re6 28. Re1 {Kunin,V (2592)-Safarli,E (2678) Biel 2016 0-1 (50)}) 14. Rc1 Rc8 $146 ({RR} 14... Qd6 15. h3 {½-½ (15) Horvath,C (2506)-Horvath,P (2458) Budapest 2003}) ({RR} 14... Qd6 15. e3 Rac8 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Qd3 Qh6 18. b4 Nxf2 19. Rxf2 Rxe3 20. Qa6 Rce8 21. Kh1 R3e4 22. Rfc2 Re3 23. Qf1 Qh5 24. Nh4 Bd8 25. Bd4 Bxh4 26. Bxe3 Bxg3 27. Bg1 h6 28. Rc3 Be5 29. Rxc6 {Scheeren,P (2430)-Petursson,M (2415) Copenhagen 1982 1-0 (42)}) 15. Rc2 Qd6 16. a3 h5 17. b4 h4 18. Nxc6 Rxc6 19. Nd4 Rxc2 20. Qxc2 hxg3 21. hxg3 Nxg3 22. fxg3 Rxe2 23. Qc3 Qe5 24. Rf4 Re1+ 25. Bf1 Qe2 26. Rf2 Qe4 27. Rf4 Qe2 28. Rf2 Qe4 29. Rf4 Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.10.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Donchenko, Alexa"]
[Black "Sarana, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2024.10.22"]

1. c4 {Tsesarsky,Ilya} e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d4 Ne4 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nbd2 ({RR} 11. e3 Bg4 12. Nc3 ({RR} 12. h3 Be6 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Qb6 15. Qd2 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. Qb2) ({RR} 12. Qc2 Rc8 13. a3 Re8 14. b4 Bb6 15. Qd3 Nxf2) 12... Qa5 ({RR} 12... Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Qd7 14. Qd2 Bb6 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Rfe8 ({RR} 16... Rfd8 17. Rac1 Bh3 18. Bxh3 Qxh3 19. Bc7 Rd7 20. Bxb6 axb6 21. Qb4 ({RR} 21. a4) 21... h5 22. a4) 17. Bd4) 13. Nxd5 Rad8 14. Qc2 f5 ({RR} 14... Nxg3 15. Nf6+ gxf6 16. hxg3) ({RR} 14... Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nd2 16. Qf5 Nxf3+ ({RR} 16... Nxf1 17. Nf6+ gxf6 18. Qg4+ Kh8 19. Bxf6#) 17. Qxf3 Bd4 18. Ne7+ Nxe7 19. Bxd4) 15. Nf4 Bxf3 ({RR} 15... Rf7 16. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 17. Qxd1 Ng5 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Qe1+ 20. Qxe1 ({RR} 20. Kg2 Nxf3 21. Qxe1 Nxe1+ 22. Rxe1) 20... Nxf3+ 21. Kf1 Nxe1 22. Kxe1) 16. Bxf3 Nd2 17. Bxc6 bxc6 ({RR} 17... Nxf1 18. Qc4+ Kh8 19. Ne6 Rg8 20. Bxb7) 18. Rfd1 Rfe8 ({RR} 18... Bb4 19. a3) 19. a3 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Rxe3 21. b4 Qb6 22. Kg2 {1-0 (22) Zvjaginsev,V (2640)-Xu,J (2654) Moscow 2001 CBM 086 [Tsesarsky,Ilya]}) 11... Re8 $146 ({RR} 11... Qe7 12. e3 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. a3 a5 15. Qc2 Bg6 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Qc3 f6 18. Rfc1 Bb6 19. Qd2 Rad8 20. Bd4 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Rfe8 22. Bf1 Qe5 23. Rc3 h5 24. f4 Qd6 25. Qd1 Bg6 26. Kh2 {Lu,C (2181)-Diu,V (2426) Hanoi 2018 ½-½ (43)}) ({RR} 11... Qe7 12. Rc1 Rd8 13. e3 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Qe2 Rac8 16. Rfd1 Bb6 17. Nf1 a6 18. Ba1 f6 19. g4 Bf7 20. N3d2 Nxd2 21. Rxd2 d4 22. exd4 Qxe2 23. Rxe2 Nxd4 24. Bxd4 Bxd4 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Bxb7 {Mitrabha,G (2505)-Paravyan,D (2597) chess.com INT 2023 ½-½ (105)}) 12. Rc1 Qb6 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Ng5 Be7 15. Qd5 Bxg5 16. Qxg5 Nd4 17. Rc4 Nxe2+ 18. Kh1 Qg6 19. Qe3 Bg4 20. Re1 Qh5 21. Rc5 f5 22. Rc7 Rac8 23. Rxg7+ Kf8 24. Qd2 Re7 25. Qd6 Rce8 26. Qf6+ Rf7 27. Ba3+ Ree7 28. Bxe7+ Ke8 29. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Nbd2 b6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O Bb7 10. Ne5 c5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. f4 Qe7 ({RR} 12... Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bc4 Qe7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Qh5 Qe7 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. f5 Be5 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Bxe5 {1-0 (21) Steinberg,N (2556)-Akkara,O (2114) chess.com INT 2026}) 13. Rf3 ({RR} 13. Qe2 Rfc8 14. Ndf3 Ne4 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Rac1 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 f6 19. Rxc8+ Rxc8 20. Rc1 {½-½ (20) Mecking,H (2602)-Granda Zuniga,J (2648) Sao Paolo 2012}) 13... cxd4 $146 ({RR} 13... Ne4 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Rh3 g6 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bc4 Be7 18. dxc5 Qxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Bxc5 20. f5 Rfd8 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. fxg6 Rd1+ 23. Kf2 Rd2+ 24. Kf1 Rxb2 25. gxf7+ Kg7 26. Rg3+ Kh6 27. Rh3+ {½-½ (27) Kojima,S (2323)-Nolte,R (2458) Ho Chi Minh City 2009}) ({RR} 13... Ne4 14. Rh3 f5 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Qh5 Qf5 18. Qxf5 Rxf5 19. Be2 cxd4 20. Bg4 Rff8 21. Be6+ Kh8 22. Bxd4 Rae8 23. Bg4 Bc5 24. Bxc5 bxc5 25. Rc1 d4 26. Rxc5 d3 27. Kf2 Bc8 28. Bxc8 {Kojima,S (2339)-Aryan,C (2051) Budapest 2012 1-0 (57)}) 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. Bxd4 g6 16. Rh3 Bc5 17. f5 Nf6 18. Qf3 Bxd4 19. exd4 g5 20. Rg3 h6 21. h4 Qb4 22. Qf4 Ne4 23. Nxe4 Qxd4+ 24. Kh2 f6 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Nxf6+ Qxf6 27. Rxg5+ Kf7 28. Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2017.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 c6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 ({RR} 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. f4 f6 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Nd2 e5 17. e3 exf4 18. exf4 Rae8 19. Rac1 Qe3+ 20. Kh1 Qb6 21. b4 Nd5 22. Nf3 Nxb4 23. Qb3+ Nd5 24. Ne5 Rd8 25. a4 bxa4 {Radjabov,T (2756)-Karjakin,S (2753) Shamkir 2019 ½-½ (41)}) 11... c5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Rac1 $146 ({RR} 13. a4 a6 14. Ng5 fxg5 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Bxa6 bxa4 17. Nf3 Qb6 18. Qxa4 Rfd8 19. Bd3 cxd4 20. Qa7 Qxa7 21. Rxa7 Rxb2 22. Rc1 g4 23. Nxd4 Bc5 24. Ra4 Nb6 25. Nxe6 Bxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Rxd3 27. Ra8+ {1-0 (27) Romanishin,O (2412)-Perez Perez,A (1989) Vecindario ESP 2023}) ({RR} 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 f5 15. Rfa1 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nb6 18. Nc6 Rc8 19. Nf3 Qd6 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Qd2 Nxa4 22. Rxa4 f6 23. Qe3 Rf7 24. Nd4 Re8 25. f3 Qd7 26. Ra6 e5 27. Nc6 Qb7 {Kvaloy,A (2483)-Kot,E (2313) Montesilvano ITA 2026 0-1 (37)}) ({RR} 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nh4 {½-½ (14) Stremavicius,T (2534)-Elsness,F (2436) Kragero NOR 2024}) 13... Qb6 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Nb3 Be4 16. Qc3 Nxb3 17. Qxb3 Rac8 18. Nh4 Bg6 19. e3 Rfd8 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Rxc1 23. Qxc1 Kg7 24. a3 b4 25. axb4 Bxb4 26. Bf1 Qc5 27. Qxc5 Bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Portuguese Top League"]
[Site "Sao Joao da Madeira POR"]
[Date "2023.07.23"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Dardha, Daniel"]
[Black "Fier, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2023.07.17"]
[WhiteTeam "AX GAIA A"]
[BlackTeam "GD DIAS FERREIRA A"]

1. d4 {Marin,Mihail} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. a4 Ne4 ({RR} 9... a5 10. Rc1 ({RR} 10. Na3 Ne4 11. Be3 f5 12. Ne1 g5 13. f3 Nd6 14. Nd3) ({RR} 10. Rd1 Ne4 11. Be1 f5 12. Nfd2 Ndf6 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Nd2 Bd6 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. f3 exf3 17. exf3 e5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. f4) 10... Ne4 ({RR} 10... h6 11. Be1 b6 ({RR} 11... Re8 12. Nbd2) 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nc3 Bb7 14. Nb5 Rc8 15. Qd1 Rxc1 16. Rxc1 Qb8 17. Bd2 Rc8 18. Bf4 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 Qc8 20. Qxc8+ Bxc8 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Ne8 23. e3 Bd7) 11. Be1 f5 12. Nbd2 Bd6 13. e3 Ra7 ({RR} 13... b6 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Qc6 Ba6 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Qxd6 exf3 18. Bh3) ({RR} 13... g5 14. Nb3 ({RR} 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Nd2 g4 16. Nb3 Bc7) 14... g4 ({RR} 14... b6 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Nxg5 Qxg5 17. Bxe4 fxe4 18. Qc6) ({RR} 14... f4 15. exf4 gxf4 16. Qe2) ({RR} 14... Bc7 15. Nfd2 Qf6 16. f4 Kh8) 15. Nfd2 Ng5) 14. Qd1 b6 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Nb1 Ba6 ({RR} 16... Nb8 17. Na3 Na6 18. Nb5 Ra8 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Ne5) 17. Na3 Qa8 ({RR} 17... Bxa3 18. Rxa3 Rc7) ({RR} 17... Qb8 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. axb5 Rc8 20. Qa4 ({RR} 20. Bf1 Rac7) 20... Rac7 21. Rc6 Qb7 22. Bf1 Nb8 ({RR} 22... Rxc6 23. bxc6 Rxc6 24. Ba6 Qc7 25. Bb5) 23. Rxc7 Qxc7 24. b4 axb4 25. Bxb4 Nd7 26. Ne1) 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. axb5 Rc8 20. Bf1 ({RR} 20. Rxc8+ Qxc8 21. b4 a4 22. Rxa4 ({RR} 22. Ra3 Qa8 23. Qa1 g5) 22... Rxa4 23. Qxa4 Qc1) 20... Rxc1 ({RR} 20... Rac7 21. Rxc7 Rxc7 22. b4) 21. Rxc1 Rc7 22. Rxc7 Bxc7 23. Qa4 Qb8 ({RR} 23... g5 24. b4 g4 25. Nd2 Nxd2 26. Bxd2 Qd8 27. bxa5 bxa5 28. Bd3) 24. b4 {Carlsen,M (2851)-Eljanov,P (2765) Stavanger 2016 CBM 172 [Marin,Mihail] 1-0 (35)}) 10. Ne1 $146 ({RR} 10. a5 f5 11. Rc1 Bf6 12. b4 e5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Qb3 exd4 15. Qxd5+ Kh8 16. Nxd4 Ne5 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. e3 Nd3 19. Rf1 Nxd2 20. Nxd2 Nxb4 21. N2b3 Rb8 22. Ra4 Nd3 23. Rc4 Bd7 24. Rc3 Ne5 {Voit,D (2343)-Goltseva,E (2331) Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2023 1-0 (36)}) ({RR} 10. Be3 Nd6 11. Nbd2 Nf5 12. Qd3 a5 13. Bf4 g5 14. Be3 b6 15. g4 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Ba6 17. b3 h6 18. Rac1 Rc8 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Bc5 21. Qh3 Kg7 22. Rfd1 f5 23. gxf5 Rxf5 24. e3 Qf8 {Piddubna,B (2145)-Parpiev,I (2341) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (38)}) 10... Nxd2 11. Nxd2 a5 12. Nd3 b6 13. Rfd1 Ba6 14. Rac1 b5 15. axb5 cxb5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. e3 Nb6 18. Nc5 Bc8 19. e4 Rb8 20. Nf3 Bg4 21. Re1 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 dxe4 23. Bxe4 g6 24. Nb7 Qxd4 25. Nxa5 Qf6 26. Nc6 Rbe8 27. Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch"]
[Site "Opatija"]
[Date "2015.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Brkic, Ante"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2015.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Aronian,Levon} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nbd2 g6 ({RR} 6... Nd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. a3 g5 9. h3 ({RR} 9. e3 Bg7) ({RR} 9. e4 g4 10. e5 Qd8 ({RR} 10... Qf5 11. Ng1 ({RR} 11. Nh4 Qf4 12. Nb3 Be7) 11... c5 12. cxd5 cxd4 13. dxe6 Qxe5+ 14. Qe2 fxe6) 11. Ng1 Qb6 12. Nb3 a5 ({RR} 12... c5 13. Bd3 cxd4 14. f4) 13. c5 Qd8 14. Nd2 Rg8) 9... h5 10. cxd5 ({RR} 10. e4 g4 11. e5 Qg7) 10... exd5 11. e4 g4 12. e5 Qg7 13. Nh4 Qg5 14. g3 f6 15. e6 Nb6 16. Rc3 ({RR} 16. Bd3 Bxe6 17. Ng6 Rg8) 16... Bxe6 17. Re3 Kd7 ({RR} 17... Qg8 18. Ng6 Bh6 ({RR} 18... Qxg6 19. Bd3 f5 20. hxg4) 19. Nxh8 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Qxh8 21. hxg4 Qg7 22. g5) 18. Bd3 Re8 ({RR} 18... Nc4 19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. Ne4 Qa5+ 21. Kf1) ({RR} 18... Bd6 19. Rxe6 Kxe6 20. Nf5 Kd7) 19. Ng6 Rg8 ({RR} 19... Nc4 20. h4 Qh6 ({RR} 20... Nxe3 21. Qb3 Qh6 22. Qxb7+ Kd6 23. Nxh8) 21. Nxc4 dxc4 22. d5) 20. Nf4 Bh6 ({RR} 20... Bf7 21. Rxe8 Kxe8 22. hxg4 Qxg4 23. Be2 Qd7 24. Bxh5 Bd6) 21. Bh7 {Aronian,L (2739)-Anand,V (2799) Nice 2008 CBM 123 Extra [Aronian,Levon] 1-0 (50)} {RR} Rg7 22. h4 Qxf4 23. gxf4 Rxh7 24. Nb3) ({RR} 6... Nd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. g3 g5 9. e3 g4 10. Nh4 h5 11. h3 Qg5 12. Ng2 Rh6 13. h4 Qf6 14. Bd3 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Nb6 16. Bb3 e5 17. O-O Bf5 18. e4 Be6 19. d5 Bd7 20. Ne3 Rg6 21. Qe2 {Kozul,Z (2597)-Diermair,A (2504) Sarajevo 2018 1-0 (33)}) 7. Rc1 ({RR} 7. Qc2 Qe7 8. g3 Bg7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. Rc1 c5 11. cxd5 cxd4 12. Qxc8 Rxc8 13. Rxc8+ Kh7 14. h4 Bf6 15. Ne4 exd5 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. O-O Kg7 18. Rfc1 d3 19. exd3 Qxb2 20. Re1 Qxa2 21. g4 g5 {Bu Xiangzhi (2676)-Hovhannisyan,R (2607) Benasque ESP 2023 1-0 (39)}) 7... Qd8 $146 ({RR} 7... Bg7 8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 c6 10. b4 Qe7 11. Qb3 a5 12. b5 a4 13. Qb1 Nd7 14. O-O e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Nf3 Bg7 19. b6 Bf5 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Qe6 22. h4 {Kozul,Z (2602)-Bosiocic,M (2566) Porec 2016 1-0 (81)}) 8. Qc2 c6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 f5 11. Nc3 Bg7 12. Rd1 O-O 13. c5 b6 14. cxb6 Qxb6 15. Rd2 Qa5 16. Na4 Rd8 17. a3 c5 18. Nxc5 Nc6 19. Nb3 Qd5 20. Bc4 Qe4+ 21. Kd1 Rb8 22. Re1 Qg4 23. Be2 Qxg2 24. Qxc6 Rxb3 25. Qc7 Rf8 26. Rg1 Rb7 27. Qxg7+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Black "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 b5 6. Ne5 Bb7 7. O-O Nd7 ({RR} 7... Nf6 8. b3 cxb3 9. Qxb3 Be7 10. Nc3 a6 11. Rd1 Qc8 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Rac1 O-O 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe7 Re8 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Rxc8 Raxc8 19. Qa3 Nb6 20. Bc5 Na4 21. f3 Bd5 22. Rc1 {Le,Q (2728)-Carlsen,M (2859) chess24.com INT 2022 1-0 (51)}) ({RR} 7... Nf6 8. a4 a6 9. b3 cxb3 10. Qxb3 Nd5 11. Nd2 Be7 12. Ndf3 O-O 13. e4 Nb6 14. Bh3 Bc8 15. a5 Na4 16. Rd1 c5 17. d5 exd5 18. Rxd5 Qc7 19. Bxc8 Qxc8 20. Bg5 Ra7 21. Rad1 c4 22. Qe3 {Manko,M (2264)-Berzina,I (2161) Weissenhorn GER 2026 0-1 (41)}) 8. Nxc6 ({RR} 8. Nc3 Qc8 9. b3 cxb3 10. Ne4 Ngf6 11. Nxf7 Kxf7 12. Ng5+ Ke8 13. Qxb3 Nb6 14. Bh3 Qc7 15. Nxe6 Qf7 16. e4 Bc8 17. Bf4 Bxe6 18. Bxe6 Qe7 19. Rac1 Nc4 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. Qxc4 Qd7 22. Qxc6 Qxc6 {Lysyj,I (2671)-Lupulescu,C (2626) Baku 2015 1-0 (59)}) 8... Qb6 9. Be3 Ngf6 $146 ({RR} 9... Qa6 10. d5 exd5 11. Qxd5 Rc8 12. Nb4 Bxd5 13. Nxa6 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Rc6 15. Nc3 Rxa6 16. Nxb5 Bd6 17. Bxa7 Ngf6 18. Rfc1 Ke7 19. Rxc4 Ra8 20. Nxd6 Kxd6 21. Rd1+ Ke6 22. Bd4 Rxa2 23. Rc3 Ke7 24. Rc7 {Ovsiannikov,M (2112)-Melnikova,Y (2246) St Petersburg 2003 ½-½ (42)}) ({RR} 9... Qa6 10. d5 exd5 11. Nd4 b4 12. a4 Ngf6 13. Nb5 Bd6 14. Bd4 O-O 15. e4 Rfd8 16. exd5 Ne5 17. f4 Ned7 18. Nd2 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21. Nxc4 Qe6 22. Qb3 Rac8 23. Ne3 Nc5 24. Bxc5 {Tsolakidou,S (2393)-Stefanova,A (2490) Germany 2019 ½-½ (50)}) 10. d5 Bc5 11. dxe6 Bxc6 12. exd7+ Nxd7 13. Bxc5 Nxc5 14. Qd6 Bxg2 15. Qe5+ Ne6 16. Kxg2 O-O 17. Nc3 a6 18. Rfd1 Rfe8 19. a4 Nc5 20. Rd6 Qb7+ 21. Qd5 b4 22. Qxb7 Nxb7 23. Rb6 bxc3 24. Rxb7 cxb2 25. Rxb2 Rab8 26. Rab1 Rxb2 27. Rxb2 c3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Black "Ragger, Markus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Schulz,Andre} Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 a6 5. b3 c5 6. Bb2 cxd4 7. exd4 Nc6 8. Nbd2 g6 9. Bd3 ({RR} 9. Be2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne5 Nd7 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Nf3 Qa5 14. Qc2 Bb7 15. Rfd1 Rfc8 16. Bc3 Qc7 17. Qd2 Nf6 18. Ba5 Ne4 19. Bxc7 Nxd2 20. Bb6 Nxf3+ 21. Bxf3 Bh6) 9... Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne5 ({RR} 11. Rc1 b6 12. Re1 Bb7 13. a3 Rc8 14. Qe2 dxc4 15. bxc4 Re8 16. h3 Qc7 17. Qe3 Ne7 18. Ne5 Nf5 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. Ndf3 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Ne4 22. Re2 Qd6 ({RR} 22... Rcd8) 23. Qb3 ({RR} 23. Rxe4 fxe4 24. Qxf7+) 23... Bxe5 24. dxe5 Qc6 25. Qe3 Rcd8 {Radjabov,T (2738)-Carlsen,M (2850) Berlin 2015 CBM 168 Extra [Schulz,Andre] 1-0 (41)} ({RR} 25... Re6)) 11... Nd7 ({RR} 11... Bd7 12. Ndf3 Rc8 13. Qe2 dxc4 14. bxc4 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nh5 16. g3 Bc6 17. Be4 Qc7 18. Ba3 Rfd8 19. Bd6 Qd7 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. c5 b6 22. cxb6 Qxb6 23. Rab1 Qc6 24. Rfc1 Qxc1+ 25. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 26. Kg2 {Hracek,Z (2592)-Ragger,M (2657) Katowice 2017 0-1 (47)}) 12. Qe2 $146 ({RR} 12. Re1 Ncxe5 13. dxe5 dxc4 14. Nxc4 b5 15. Nd6 Nxe5 16. Bf1 Ng4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. h3 Nf6 19. Qd4 Bb7 20. Qe5 Bd5 21. a4 b4 22. Bc4 Bxc4 23. bxc4 Kg8 24. c5 Nd5 25. Ne4 Qe7 26. a5 f6 {Gharibyan,M (2423)-Petrosyan,M (2628) Yerevan 2021 ½-½ (77)}) ({RR} 12. Re1 Ncxe5 13. dxe5 dxc4 14. Nxc4 b5 15. Nd6 Nxe5 16. Bf1 Ng4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. h3 Nf6 19. Qd4 Bb7 20. Qe5 Bd5 21. a4 b4 22. Bc4 Bxc4 23. bxc4 Kg8 24. c5 Nd5 25. Ne4 Qe7 26. a5 f6 {Gharibyan,M (2423)-Petrosyan,M (2628) Yerevan 2021 ½-½ (77)}) 12... Qb6 13. Ndf3 Ndxe5 14. dxe5 Bd7 15. Rad1 Ne7 16. h4 Bc6 17. h5 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Rfd8 19. Ng5 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Rd6 Nf5 22. Nxf7 Nxd6 23. exd6 Re8 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qe5+ Kxf7 26. h6 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. b3 b6 ({RR} 5... Nbd7 6. Bb2 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O Bd6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Qc2 Re8 11. Rad1 Qe7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Nf6 15. Bd3 Ba3 16. Ba1 h6 17. Rfe1 Rad8 18. h3 a5 19. Re3 Qc7 20. Qe2 {Kramnik,V (2766)-Van Wely,L (2683) Monte Carlo 2007 1-0 (74)}) 6. Bb2 ({RR} 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Bb2 g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Ba3 Bf8 12. Bxf8 Nxf8 13. Ne5 N8d7 14. f4 Qe7 15. Rc1 O-O 16. Qe1 Rae8 17. Qh4 Nh5 18. Qxe7 Rxe7 19. e4 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Nxe5 {Urkedal,F (2558)-Ivanchuk,V (2678) Chess.com INT 2020 1-0 (65)}) 6... Bb7 7. Nc3 ({RR} 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 c5 10. Qe2 cxd4 11. exd4 Nc6 12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Ne5 Bf6 16. f4 Re8 17. Bxh7+ Kf8 18. Qh5 g6 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Qxg6 {1-0 (20) Grigoryan,A (2095)-Yakovlev,E (2228) Ershovo RUS 2024}) 7... Nbd7 8. g3 $146 ({RR} 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 c5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. Rac1 g6 14. Bb5 Rac8 15. Qe2 Ba8 16. Rc2 h6 17. Rcc1 {½-½ (17) Dreev,A (2668)-Grachev,B (2652) Sibenik 2009}) 8... g6 9. Bg2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe2 Qe7 12. a4 a5 13. Ba3 c5 14. Rac1 Rfd8 15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. Nb5 Ne4 17. Nd2 Ndf6 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rd1 Bf8 23. Bb2 Bg7 24. Ba3 Bf8 25. Bb2 Bg7 26. Ba3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.04.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Potkin,Vladimir"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{After a very strong start, I had a series of draws, the last of which especially disappointed me. As a result, when in the penultimate round, I was paired with a strong and aggressive opponent, I was very pleased. Understanding that Baadur would strive only for a medal, I looked forward to an uncompromising battle and an interesting game, which was just what I needed at that moment.} 1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 e6 {In recent times, I have usually answered the modest queen move with 4...dxc4 5.xc4 g4, but since my opponent had obviously chosen this line deliberately, I decided to change course.} 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. Qxc4 b5 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. Nc3 {I suspect that White chose this setup at the board. White usually prefers 9.e3.} ({RR} 9. e3 Nbd7 10. a4 Rc8 11. Nbd2 g5 12. Bg3 Bb4 13. Be2 c5 14. d5 exd5 15. Bxb5 a6 16. Bd3 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Bxd2+ 20. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 21. Kxd2 f6 22. Bc3 Bd5 23. Rhc1 Kf7 {Sokolov,I (2592)-Van Wely,L (2629) Venlo NED 2025 ½-½ (41)}) 9... Nbd7 10. e4 Qb6 $146 {At this moment, I was convinced I knew the correct plan, but in this position, it proved too daring.} ({More in the spirit of the position was} 10... b4 11. Na4 Qa5) ({but I prefer the immediate} 10... Qa5) ({RR} 10... b4 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Na4 Qa5 13. b3 Rc8 14. Rd1 Bg7 15. Bc4 O-O 16. O-O Rfd8 17. Rfe1 {½-½ (17) Horvath,J (2519)-Ribli,Z (2577) Austria 2007}) 11. Be2 Nh5 {After making this curious move quite quickly, I was very pleased, but the reply came as an unpleasant surprise. But, he who doesn't take a risk, doesn't ever get to taste the champagne!} 12. d5 ({I had been counting on the natural} 12. O-O {where after} g5 13. Bg3 g4 14. Ne5 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 h5 17. a4 Bg7 {Black obtains comfortable play.}) 12... Nf4 ({I did not want to have to retreat after} 12... g5 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Ne5) 13. dxe6 {White chose this move quite quickly, but during the game, I was more worried about 13.0-0, after which Black would have to make some positional concessions, in ordert to complete his development.} Nxe6 14. O-O-O {True to his aggressive style, Baadur chooses the most direct plan, showing that quiet development is not part of his plans.} Bb4 15. Kb1 ({We were both sure that the direct} 15. Rxd7 Kxd7 16. Ne5+ Ke8 17. Bh5 g6 18. Nxg6 {did not work because of} Qc5 {although the cold-blooded} 19. e5 {was missed by us both, and would have change the course of the game considerably, as White manages to create some threats against the enemy king in the centre.}) 15... Ndc5 16. Rd6 {White sets up a threat, but clearly did not anticipate that his opponent would simply ignore it.} O-O {It was still not too late to move the other knight.} 17. Nd5 cxd5 18. Rxb6 axb6 {After the queen sacrifice, Black soon outstrips his opponent in creating threats, the biggest problems for White being that his light-squared bishop is firing into the air.} 19. a3 ({After} 19. Bxb5 d4 20. Qc4 Bxe4+ 21. Ka1 {Black has a strong continuation of the attack, in the form of} Ra3 {and White must seek salvation in the endgame arising after} 22. Qxb4 Nb3+ 23. Qxb3 Rxb3 24. axb3 Ra8+ 25. Ba4 b5 26. Ka2 bxa4 27. b4 {Even so, it is clear this is what White should have played.}) ({The following variation demonstrates the dangers of White's position:} 19. Ne5 Rxa2 20. Kxa2 Nd4 21. Qd1 Ra8+ 22. Kb1 Ncb3 {winning.}) 19... dxe4 20. axb4 exf3 21. bxc5 ({Nor does} 21. Bxf3 Bxf3 22. bxc5 (22. gxf3 Nd4) 22... Bh5 {help, as the bishop transfers to the deadly diagonal.}) 21... fxe2 22. c6 Nd4 23. Qd3 ({After} 23. cxb7 {Black has the knockout blow} Ra1+ {and despite the resource} 24. Kxa1 Nxc2+ 25. Kb1 e1=Q+ 26. Rxe1 Nxe1 27. Bg3 {Black should win the endgame without particular problems, after} Nxg2 28. Kc2 f5 29. b8=Q Rxb8 30. Bxb8 Kf7 {and he is the first to occupy the key central squares.}) 23... Nxc6 24. f3 ({On} 24. Qxe2 {again} Ra4 {decides.}) 24... Ra4 25. Qd7 Rxh4 26. Qxb7 Rd4 ({Not} 26... Rd8 27. Qxc6 Rd1+ 28. Ka2 Rxh1 29. Qc8+ {with perpetual check. I have to mention Baadur's gentlemanly congratulations after the game. Not many players could maintain such manners, after defeat in so important a game. This win restored me to the leadership and made me the clear favourite amongst the three leaders going into the final round, thanks to my superior performance rating. I should thank all those close to me for their support. It was great to receive so many congratulations from around the world, and it made realise that some things are even worth celebrating more than a birthday!}) 0-1

[Event "1st 3-0 Thu 29th Jan 2026"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2026.01.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Black "Svane, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2026.01.29"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxe7 Nxe7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. g3 Nd7 8. Bg2 c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. O-O b5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Rc1 Na4 13. e4 ({RR} 13. Qb3 Bb7 14. Rfd1 Qe7 15. Ne5 Rac8 16. Nd3 h6 17. Rxc8 Rxc8 18. Rc1 Rxc1+ 19. Nxc1 Nc5 20. Qc2 g6 21. a3 h5 22. h4 Kg7 23. Ncb3 Nxb3 24. Nxb3 Nb6 25. Qc3+ Kg8 26. Qc5 Qxc5 27. Nxc5 Bc8 {Wu,D (2232)-Svane,R (2629) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (57)}) 13... Nb4 14. b3 ({RR} 14. a3 Nd3 15. Rc2 Ndxb2 16. Qb1 Nd3 17. Rd1 Qb6 18. Nb3 Nxf2 19. Rxf2 Nc3 20. Qc2 Nxd1 21. Qxd1 Bb7 22. Qd4 Qxd4 23. Nfxd4 Rac8 24. Na5 Ba8 25. e5 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Rc3 27. Nac6 g6 28. Rf3 Rxf3 {Theodorou,N (2635)-Kourkoulos Arditis,S (2570) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (74)}) 14... Nb2 $146 ({RR} 14... Nb6 15. a3 Nd3 16. Rc2 Ra7 17. Qe2 Rd7 18. Ne1 Bb7 19. Ndf3 Nxe1 20. Rxe1 Qe7 21. Qe3 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Nxc8 23. Ne5 Rc7 24. b4 Nd6 25. Qb3 h6 26. Nd3 e5 27. Nc5 Ne8 28. Rd1 Bc8 29. Qd5 {Sorokin,A (2535)-Lin,A (2251) Chicago 2022 ½-½ (52)}) ({RR} 14... Nb6 15. a3 Nd3 16. Rc2 Ra7 17. Qe2 Rd7 18. Ne1 Bb7 19. Ndf3 Nxe1 20. Rxe1 Qe7 21. Qe3 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Nxc8 23. Ne5 Rc7 24. b4 Nd6 25. Qb3 h6 26. Nd3 e5 27. Nc5 Ne8 28. Rd1 Bc8 29. Qd5 {Sorokin,A (2535)-Lin,A (2251) Chicago 2022 ½-½ (52)}) 15. Qe2 Bb7 16. Nb1 N2d3 17. Rcd1 Qe7 18. a3 Nc5 19. axb4 Nxe4 20. Ne5 Nf6 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Nc3 Rac8 23. Rd3 h6 24. Rfd1 Qe7 25. Ng4 Nh7 26. Nd5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 16th"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2015.03.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2015.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 dxc4 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. e3 ({RR} 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8. Bxd2 Qd5 9. Qc2 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Bc3 Qg4 12. f3 Qh4+ 13. g3 Qh6 14. e4 Bd7 15. Bxc4 Bc6 16. Qf2 O-O 17. O-O Rfd8 18. Rad1 b6 19. Bd2 Qg6 20. Bf4 Nxe4 21. fxe4 Qxe4 {Carlsen,M (2775)-Morozevich,A (2788) Moscow 2008 1-0 (46)}) 7... Bd7 ({RR} 7... Qd5 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. a3 b5 10. Qc2 Be7 11. b3 cxb3 12. Nxb3 f5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. e4 fxe4 15. Bxe4 Nxd4 16. Nbxd4 Qxe4+ 17. Qxe4 Bxe4 18. Nxb5 O-O 19. O-O Bd3 20. Nxc7 Rac8 21. Rfc1 Bf6 22. Ra2 {Dubov,D (2699)-Bu,X (2705) chess24.com INT 2020 0-1 (45)}) 8. Qc2 b5 9. a3 ({RR} 9. a4 a6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Be2 Ba5 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfd1 f5 14. Nf1 Nb4 15. Qc1 Nd5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Ng3 c3 18. b4 Bxb4 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. e4 fxe4 21. Qg5+ Kh8 22. Nh5 Rg8 23. Qe5+ f6 {Dziubinski,P (1970)-Bajno,A (1820) Polanica Zdroj 2025 1-0 (43)}) 9... Bxd2+ $146 ({RR} 9... Be7 10. b3 Na5 11. bxc4 Nxc4 12. Bxc4 bxc4 13. O-O c5 14. dxc5 Rc8 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Rfd1 Rxc5 17. Ne4 Rc7 18. Rd4 O-O 19. Rxc4 Rxc4 20. Qxc4 Qb6 21. Ng3 Kh8 22. h3 Bc6 23. Qh4 Qc5 24. Rd1 {Salgado Lopez,I (2607)-Delorme,A (2455) Chotowa 2010 0-1 (42)}) ({RR} 9... Be7 10. b3 cxb3 11. Nxb3 Rb8 12. Bd3 h6 13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bg3 Bd6 15. O-O Bxg3 16. hxg3 O-O 17. e4 Nf6 18. Rfe1 Be8 19. Rad1 Rb6 20. Qc1 Ne7 21. Nc5 Nd7 22. Bb1 Qc8 23. d5 Nxc5 24. Qxc5 {Dubov,D (2658)-Alekseev,E (2607) Sochi 2017 1-0 (40)}) 10. Nxd2 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. a4 h6 13. Bh4 O-O 14. axb5 Bxb5 15. Nxc4 Qe7 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Ra5 a6 19. Bc4 Kg7 20. O-O Rad8 21. Qe2 c6 22. Qg4+ Qg5 23. Qf3 Rd6 24. Bxb5 cxb5 25. g3 Rc8 26. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "CHN-chT"]
[Site "China"]
[Date "2018.05.23"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2018.04.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Shanghai China Mobil"]
[BlackTeam "Chendu Beilei Youth"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 6. e3 Nf6 7. Nc3 ({RR} 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Rc1 Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Be2 Na7 11. O-O c6 12. Nb3 Bg4 13. Nc5 Nb5 14. Re1 Nd6 15. Ne5 Bxe2 16. Rxe2 Nfe4 17. Ncd3 f6 18. Nf3 Rfe8 19. Qc2 Qf7 20. Rf1 Re7 21. Ree1 Rae8 {Sychev,K (2414)-Vallejo Pons,F (2706) Moscow 2015 ½-½ (87)}) 7... O-O 8. c5 ({RR} 8. Rc1 Rd8 9. Qc2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 11. dxc5 Qxc5 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. a3 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Ne4 Bd7 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. O-O Rac8 18. Qb1 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 g6 20. Be4 Bb5 21. Qc2 b6 22. g3 Qe5 {Nakamura,H (2761)-Carlsen,M (2861) Abidjan 2019 0-1 (45)}) ({RR} 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 c6 11. O-O Re8 12. a3 Nf8 13. b4 Bg4 14. Ne5 Bh5 15. Rab1 Bg6 16. Bxg6 Nxg6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. a4 Rac8 19. Qd3 b5 20. Rfc1 Rcd8 21. axb5 axb5 22. Qc2 Rd6 {Camacho,G (2279)-Papasimakopoulos,A (2363) chess.com INT 2026 ½-½ (80)}) 8... Nc6 9. Be2 Rd8 $146 ({RR} 9... b6 10. cxb6 cxb6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Rc1 Rfc8 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. Qd4 b5 16. Rfd1 b4 17. Na4 Bc6 18. Nb6 Nxb6 19. Qxb6 Qb7 20. Qd4 Qe7 21. Qb6 Qb7 22. Qd4 Qe7 {½-½ (22) Dev,S (2270)-Ongut,T (2322) Budapest 2021}) ({RR} 9... b6 10. cxb6 cxb6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Rc1 Rfc8 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. Qd4 b5 16. Rfd1 b4 17. Na4 Bc6 18. Nb6 Nxb6 19. Qxb6 Qb7 20. Qd4 Qe7 21. Qb6 Qb7 22. Qd4 Qe7 {½-½ (22) Dev,S (2270)-Ongut,T (2322) Budapest 2021}) 10. O-O e5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. Qd4 Qe7 14. b4 c6 15. Rfe1 Bf5 16. a3 Re8 17. Bf1 h6 18. Rad1 Bc2 19. Rc1 Bf5 20. Rcd1 Bc2 21. Rc1 Bf5 22. Rcd1 Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "CHN-chT"]
[Site "China"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "16.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2017.04.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Shenzhen"]
[BlackTeam "Zhejiang"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. e3 h6 6. Bxf6 ({RR} 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Be5 f6 9. Bxb8 Rxb8 10. Nfd2 f5 11. Qh5+ Ke7 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nd2 c5 14. dxc5 Bg7 15. O-O-O Qa5 16. Kb1 Qxc5 17. Nb3 Qe5 18. Rd4 Bd7 19. Qd1 Rhd8 20. Qd2 b6 {Lou,Y (2468)-Wen,Y (2617) Beijing 2017 0-1 (45)}) ({RR} 6. Bh4 Nbd7 7. Bd3 g5 8. Bg3 Nh5 9. Be5 Nhf6 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Be5 Nhf6 12. Nbd2 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Nd7 14. O-O Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qb6 16. Qc2 Bd7 17. Rac1 Bg7 18. c5 Qc7 19. f4 O-O-O 20. b4 f6 {Stocek,J (2459)-Povshednyi,I (2309) Teplice CZE 2025 ½-½ (53)}) 6... Qxf6 7. Nbd2 g6 $146 ({RR} 7... Nd7 8. Bd3 g6 9. e4 Bg7 10. e5 Qe7 11. O-O O-O 12. c5 f5 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. Re1 b6 15. cxb6 axb6 16. Qc2 c5 17. Bxg6 Bb7 18. Bh5 Rac8 19. Bg4 cxd4 20. Qd1 Rce8 21. Nb3 Nc5 22. Nbxd4 {Nikolic,P (2631)-Habu,Y (2404) Brussels 2007 0-1 (46)}) ({RR} 7... Nd7 8. Qb3 g6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O Qd8 11. Rfd1 f5 12. Qc2 O-O 13. b4 Kh8 14. Rab1 Qe7 15. Bf1 g5 16. b5 g4 17. Ne1 f4 18. exf4 Bxd4 19. Nd3 e5 20. Nb3 dxc4 21. Qxc4 cxb5 22. Qxb5 {Kursova,M (2289)-Froewis,A (2113) Batumi 2018 1-0 (44)}) 8. Bd3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 Qe7 12. Rb1 Be6 13. Nb3 b6 14. Qd2 Nd7 15. Rfc1 Rfc8 16. h3 Rab8 17. Ba6 Rc7 18. Bd3 Rcc8 19. Ba6 Rc7 20. Bd3 Rcc8 21. Ba6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 27th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.11.28"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2020.11.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 199"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg Bronze Horseman"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow KPRF"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Bg5 Nf6 5. Nbd2 ({RR} 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nc3 Be7 7. e3 h6 8. Bh4 Nbd7 9. Bd3 c6 10. Qc2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Rad1 Nb6 13. h3 Be6 14. Ne5 Nfd7 15. Bg3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qc8 17. f4 f5 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. e4 Bxc3 {Wojtaszek,R (2651)-Fedoseev,V (2739) Biel SUI 2025 1-0 (64)}) ({RR} 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 Be7 7. Qc2 h6 8. Bh4 Be6 9. h3 g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Be5 f6 12. Bh2 c5 13. Nc3 Nc6 14. Be2 Bf5 15. Qc1 cxd4 16. exd4 Rc8 17. O-O Bb4 18. Qe3 O-O 19. Nd2 Re8 {Makhmutov,R (2450)-Zvjaginsev,V (2614) Sochi 2021 ½-½ (46)}) 5... c5 $146 ({RR} 5... Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Nxc4 b5 9. Nce5 Bb7 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. Nc6 Bxc6 12. Rxc6 h6 13. Bh4 Bb4+ 14. Ke2 Qe7 15. Qc2 Rfc8 16. Rxc7 Rxc7 17. Qxc7 Bd6 18. Qc6 Qf8 19. Rc1 Ra7 20. Qc8 {Wagner,D (2598)-Yonal,T (2042) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (62)}) ({RR} 5... Bb4 6. Qc2 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. a3 Bd6 9. e4 Qg6 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Nc6 12. O-O-O Qxg2 13. Qe2 Qg4 14. d5 Qf4+ 15. Kb1 Ne7 16. e5 Bc5 17. d6 Nd5 18. Be4 O-O 19. Rhg1 b5 20. Na5 {Guha,E (2076)-Agmanov,B (2223) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (46)}) 6. cxd5 exd5 7. g3 cxd4 8. Bg2 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. O-O Be7 11. Nb3 O-O 12. Nfxd4 Rd8 13. e3 Nc6 14. Rc1 Ne5 15. h3 g6 16. Nc5 Nc6 17. Ncb3 Ne5 18. Nc5 Nc6 19. Ncb3 Ne5 20. Nc5 Nc6 21. Ncb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 27th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2020.11.28"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2020.11.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 199"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg Bronze Horseman"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow KPRF"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Bg5 Nf6 5. Nbd2 ({RR} 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nc3 Be7 7. e3 h6 8. Bh4 Nbd7 9. Bd3 c6 10. Qc2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Rad1 Nb6 13. h3 Be6 14. Ne5 Nfd7 15. Bg3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qc8 17. f4 f5 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. e4 Bxc3 {Wojtaszek,R (2651)-Fedoseev,V (2739) Biel SUI 2025 1-0 (64)}) ({RR} 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 Be7 7. Qc2 h6 8. Bh4 Be6 9. h3 g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Be5 f6 12. Bh2 c5 13. Nc3 Nc6 14. Be2 Bf5 15. Qc1 cxd4 16. exd4 Rc8 17. O-O Bb4 18. Qe3 O-O 19. Nd2 Re8 {Makhmutov,R (2450)-Zvjaginsev,V (2614) Sochi 2021 ½-½ (46)}) 5... c5 $146 ({RR} 5... Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Nxc4 b5 9. Nce5 Bb7 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. Nc6 Bxc6 12. Rxc6 h6 13. Bh4 Bb4+ 14. Ke2 Qe7 15. Qc2 Rfc8 16. Rxc7 Rxc7 17. Qxc7 Bd6 18. Qc6 Qf8 19. Rc1 Ra7 20. Qc8 {Wagner,D (2598)-Yonal,T (2042) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (62)}) ({RR} 5... Bb4 6. Qc2 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. a3 Bd6 9. e4 Qg6 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Nc6 12. O-O-O Qxg2 13. Qe2 Qg4 14. d5 Qf4+ 15. Kb1 Ne7 16. e5 Bc5 17. d6 Nd5 18. Be4 O-O 19. Rhg1 b5 20. Na5 {Guha,E (2076)-Agmanov,B (2223) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (46)}) 6. cxd5 exd5 7. g3 cxd4 8. Bg2 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. O-O Be7 11. Nb3 O-O 12. Nfxd4 Rd8 13. e3 Nc6 14. Rc1 Ne5 15. h3 g6 16. Nc5 Nc6 17. Ncb3 Ne5 18. Nc5 Nc6 19. Ncb3 Ne5 20. Nc5 Nc6 21. Ncb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 16th Jul Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.07.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wagner, De"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2024.07.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 b5 6. O-O Bb7 7. b3 cxb3 8. Qxb3 Nd7 ({RR} 8... Nf6 9. a4 a6 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Ba3 O-O 12. Ne5 Nd5 13. Nc3 Bxa3 14. Rxa3 Nd7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Ne4 b4 17. Nc5 Qe7 18. Bxd5 bxa3 19. Bc4 Rfb8 20. Qxa3 a5 21. Qe3 Bc8 22. Qe4 Rb4 23. Qxc6 {Andreikin,D (2724)-Zhigalko,S (2572) Chess.com INT 2021 ½-½ (34)}) 9. Rd1 Ngf6 10. Nc3 ({RR} 10. a4 a6 11. Ba3 Bxa3 12. Qxa3 Qe7 13. Qb3 O-O 14. Nc3 Rab8 15. e4 b4 16. Na2 a5 17. Nd2 c5 18. d5 exd5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Nb6 22. Qc6 Rfc8 23. Qb5 c4 24. Qxa5 c3 {Porat,I (2319)-Rueda Ahumada,G (1915) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (85)}) 10... a5 $146 ({RR} 10... Be7 11. Ne5 Qb6 12. a4 b4 13. a5 Qc7 14. a6 Bxa6 15. Rxa6 bxc3 16. Nxc6 Bd6 17. Qxc3 O-O 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19. Qxc7 Bxc7 20. Bxa8 Rxa8 21. Nc6 Bb6 22. Bb2 Rc8 23. Nxa7 Rc2 24. Ba3 Rxe2 25. Nc6 {Bachmann,A (2588)-Jensen,M (2039) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (56)}) ({RR} 10... Be7 11. Ne5 Qb6 12. Be3 Qa6 13. Nd3 O-O 14. a4 b4 15. Nxb4 Bxb4 16. Qxb4 Nd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Bf1 Qb6 19. Qe7 Qd8 20. Qb4 Ba6 21. Bf4 Nb6 22. a5 Nc4 23. e4 Qd7 24. exd5 exd5 25. Re1 {Wagner,D (2598)-Neyman,I (2316) Viernheim GER 2023 1-0 (35)}) 11. Ne5 a4 12. Qc2 Qb6 13. Rb1 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Ng4 15. Ne4 Nxe5 16. Be3 Qa6 17. Bc5 Nc4 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. Nc5 Qa7 20. Nxb7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 16th Jul Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.07.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wagner, De"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2024.07.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 b5 6. O-O Bb7 7. b3 cxb3 8. Qxb3 Nd7 ({RR} 8... Nf6 9. a4 a6 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Ba3 O-O 12. Ne5 Nd5 13. Nc3 Bxa3 14. Rxa3 Nd7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Ne4 b4 17. Nc5 Qe7 18. Bxd5 bxa3 19. Bc4 Rfb8 20. Qxa3 a5 21. Qe3 Bc8 22. Qe4 Rb4 23. Qxc6 {Andreikin,D (2724)-Zhigalko,S (2572) Chess.com INT 2021 ½-½ (34)}) 9. Rd1 Ngf6 10. Nc3 ({RR} 10. a4 a6 11. Ba3 Bxa3 12. Qxa3 Qe7 13. Qb3 O-O 14. Nc3 Rab8 15. e4 b4 16. Na2 a5 17. Nd2 c5 18. d5 exd5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Nb6 22. Qc6 Rfc8 23. Qb5 c4 24. Qxa5 c3 {Porat,I (2319)-Rueda Ahumada,G (1915) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (85)}) 10... a5 $146 ({RR} 10... Be7 11. Ne5 Qb6 12. a4 b4 13. a5 Qc7 14. a6 Bxa6 15. Rxa6 bxc3 16. Nxc6 Bd6 17. Qxc3 O-O 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19. Qxc7 Bxc7 20. Bxa8 Rxa8 21. Nc6 Bb6 22. Bb2 Rc8 23. Nxa7 Rc2 24. Ba3 Rxe2 25. Nc6 {Bachmann,A (2588)-Jensen,M (2039) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (56)}) ({RR} 10... Be7 11. Ne5 Qb6 12. Be3 Qa6 13. Nd3 O-O 14. a4 b4 15. Nxb4 Bxb4 16. Qxb4 Nd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Bf1 Qb6 19. Qe7 Qd8 20. Qb4 Ba6 21. Bf4 Nb6 22. a5 Nc4 23. e4 Qd7 24. exd5 exd5 25. Re1 {Wagner,D (2598)-Neyman,I (2316) Viernheim GER 2023 1-0 (35)}) 11. Ne5 a4 12. Qc2 Qb6 13. Rb1 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Ng4 15. Ne4 Nxe5 16. Be3 Qa6 17. Bc5 Nc4 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. Nc5 Qa7 20. Nxb7 1-0

[Event "Pamplona 18th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2008.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Roiz, Michael"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2008.12.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Aronian,Levon} d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Qb3 ({RR} 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. a3 g5 9. h3 ({RR} 9. e3 Bg7) ({RR} 9. e4 g4 10. e5 Qd8 ({RR} 10... Qf5 11. Ng1 ({RR} 11. Nh4 Qf4 12. Nb3 Be7) 11... c5 12. cxd5 cxd4 13. dxe6 Qxe5+ 14. Qe2 fxe6) 11. Ng1 Qb6 12. Nb3 a5 ({RR} 12... c5 13. Bd3 cxd4 14. f4) 13. c5 Qd8 14. Nd2 Rg8) 9... h5 10. cxd5 ({RR} 10. e4 g4 11. e5 Qg7) 10... exd5 11. e4 g4 12. e5 Qg7 13. Nh4 Qg5 14. g3 f6 15. e6 Nb6 16. Rc3 ({RR} 16. Bd3 Bxe6 17. Ng6 Rg8) 16... Bxe6 17. Re3 Kd7 ({RR} 17... Qg8 18. Ng6 Bh6 ({RR} 18... Qxg6 19. Bd3 f5 20. hxg4) 19. Nxh8 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Qxh8 21. hxg4 Qg7 22. g5) 18. Bd3 Re8 ({RR} 18... Nc4 19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. Ne4 Qa5+ 21. Kf1) ({RR} 18... Bd6 19. Rxe6 Kxe6 20. Nf5 Kd7) 19. Ng6 Rg8 ({RR} 19... Nc4 20. h4 Qh6 ({RR} 20... Nxe3 21. Qb3 Qh6 22. Qxb7+ Kd6 23. Nxh8) 21. Nxc4 dxc4 22. d5) 20. Nf4 Bh6 {Aronian,L (2739)-Anand,V (2799) Nice 2008 CBM 123 Extra [Aronian,Levon] 1-0 (50)} ({RR} 20... Bf7 21. Rxe8 Kxe8 22. hxg4 Qxg4 23. Be2 Qd7 24. Bxh5 Bd6)) ({RR} 6. Nbd2 g5 7. e3 Bg7 8. Rc1 O-O 9. Bd3 c6 10. g4 Nd7 11. h4 gxh4 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nxh4 e5 14. Nb3 e4 15. Be2 Qg5 16. Ng2 Nf6 17. Nf4 Rd8 18. Kd2 Bf8 19. Qg1 Bd7 20. Nc5 Rac8 {Vallejo Pons,F (2708)-Illingworth,M (2489) Pattaya 2015 1-0 (44)}) 6... c6 7. Nbd2 Nd7 ({RR} 7... Qe7 8. g3 Nd7 9. Bg2 g5 10. O-O f5 11. Qc2 Qf6 12. e3 Bd6 13. a3 a5 14. Ne1 h5 15. f4 h4 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Ndf3 hxg3 18. hxg3 gxf4 19. gxf4 Qg7 20. Ng5 Nf6 21. Nef3 Bd7 22. Ne5 {Horvath,J (2393)-Kozak,A (2591) Hungary HUN 2024 0-1 (35)}) 8. Rd1 $146 ({RR} 8. g3 Qd8 9. Bg2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. e4 dxc4 12. Nxc4 b6 13. Rfd1 Bb7 14. Nfe5 Qc7 15. Qc3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 c5 17. Rd2 Rad8 18. Rad1 Rxd2 19. Rxd2 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 {½-½ (20) Endzelins,L-Unzicker,W Augsburg 1946}) 8... g5 9. e3 g4 10. Ng1 h5 11. Bd3 h4 12. Ne2 Qh6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 f5 15. N4c3 Nf6 16. d5 Nd7 17. Qc2 Ne5 18. dxe6 Nxd3+ 19. Qxd3 Bxe6 20. O-O Rh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1992.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. b3 dxc4 $146 ({RR} 6... Nc6 7. Bb2 cxd4 8. exd4 Ne4 9. c5 Be7 10. Bb5 Qa5 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. O-O Nxd2 13. Nxd2 O-O 14. Re1 Qb5 15. Re3 f6 16. a3 e5 17. dxe5 Bxc5 18. Rg3 Bxf2+ 19. Kxf2 Qb6+ 20. Re3 fxe5+ 21. Nf3 {Stahlberg,G-Bogoljubow,E Zuerich 1934 ½-½ (62)}) ({RR} 6... Nc6 7. Bb2 cxd4 8. exd4 Ne4 9. Bd3 Bb4 10. O-O Nxd2 11. Nxd2 dxc4 12. Nxc4 O-O 13. Be4 Ne7 14. Qd3 Ng6 15. Rfd1 Rb8 16. d5 exd5 17. Qd4 f6 18. Ne3 Qa5 19. Qxd5+ Qxd5 20. Nxd5 Ba5 21. Bd4 {Karpov,A (2760)-Kaidanov,G (2640) Tilburg 1993 ½-½ (48)}) ({RR} 6... Nc6 7. Bb2 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. a3 Bb7 11. Qe2 Re8 12. Rfd1 Bf8 13. Rac1 cxd4 14. exd4 g6 15. c5 bxc5 16. dxc5 e5 17. Bb5 d4 18. Ba6 Qc8 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. b4 Rab8 21. Ba1 {De Verdier,M (2276)-Ivanov,S (2530) Sweden 2010 0-1 (57)}) ({RR} 6... Nc6 7. Bb2 Bd6 8. Rc1 cxd4 9. exd4 Qe7 10. Ne5 Ba3 11. Bxa3 Qxa3 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bd3 Bg4 15. Qc2 Qe7+ 16. Kf1 O-O 17. h3 Bd7 18. g3 Rae8 19. Kg2 g6 20. Nf3 Rc8 21. Qc5 {Kan,I-Levenfish,G Moscow 1935 ½-½ (39)}) 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Be2 Nc6 12. Nc4 Bc5 13. Bf3 Rc8 14. Nb5 Be7 15. Nbd6 Rc7 16. Nb5 Rc8 17. Rc1 a6 18. Nbd6 Rc7 19. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Torshavn op 3rd"]
[Site "Torshavn"]
[Date "2000.10.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2000.10.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FAI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. g3 c5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. O-O Bf5 ({RR} 8... h6 9. Re1 cxd4 10. Nb3 Bd6 11. Nbxd4 O-O 12. b3 Re8 13. Bb2 Bb4 14. Rf1 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Ba5 16. Qd3 Bb6 17. Rad1 Be6 18. Nd4 Bg4 19. Rfe1 Rc8 20. h3 Bh5 21. g4 Bg6 22. Nf5 h5 23. Bf3 {Deac,B (2702)-Carlsen,M (2839) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (49)}) ({RR} 8... h6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Rc1 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. g4 Bg6 16. Nbd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Re4 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Nf3 Qf6 20. Be5 Qe6 21. Bd4 h5 22. Ne5 hxg4 23. Nxg4 {Savran,B (2070)-Masague Artero,G (2397) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (38)}) 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. a3 $146 ({RR} 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxd5 Rd8 14. Qc4 Qxb2 15. Nc5 O-O 16. Na4 Qb4 17. Qxb4 Nxb4 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. e3 Nc2 20. Rab1 Rd6 21. Rb2 Be4 22. Rc1 Rfd8 23. Nd4 Bxg2 24. Rbxc2 Bh3 {Lugovoi,A (2525)-Solovjov,S (2420) St Petersburg 1998 1-0 (60)}) ({RR} 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Nfd4 Be4 12. Be3 O-O 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bd4 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Ne4 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Nc5 Qe7 18. b4 {½-½ (18) Furman,S-Gufeld,E Tbilisi 1959}) 10... O-O 11. b4 Bb6 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Nb3 Rfd8 14. Nfd4 Be4 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bd4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Ne4 18. e3 1/2-1/2

[Event "BLR-ch 76th"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2010.01.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zhigalko, Andrey"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2010.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 c6 4. b3 Nf6 5. e3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bd6 7. Nc3 Ne4 $146 ({RR} 7... Nbd7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O e5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Qh5+ Kg8 15. Qxe5 Nb4 16. Ne4 Re8 17. Qd6 Nc2 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Rad1 Bf5 20. f3 Bxe4 21. fxe4 Na3 22. Bb4 {Ottenburg,R (1870)-Peschel,A (2032) Eschborn 2013 ½-½}) ({RR} 7... Nbd7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Qe7 10. Qc2 b6 11. e4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. d5 b5 14. dxc6 bxc4 15. cxd7 Ba6 16. bxc4 Bxc4 17. Rfd1 Nxd7 18. Bg5 Qe6 19. Nd2 Ba6 20. Qa4 Bb7 21. Be3 Rfc8 22. Qb3 {Wang,Y (2704)-Al Modiahki,M (2556) Sochi 2008 ½-½ (43)}) ({RR} 7... Nbd7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. e4 e5 10. O-O dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 f5 13. dxe5 fxe4 14. Ng5 Nxe5 15. Qh5 h6 16. Nxe4 Bg4 {0-1 (16) Horak,M (2333)-Ljukin,S (2362) chess.com INT 2024}) ({RR} 7... Nbd7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Be2 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. O-O Ne4 13. Rad1 Nxd2 14. Rxd2 Qf6 15. Rc1 d4 16. exd4 Bf4 17. Rcd1 Bxd2 18. Qxd2 Bf5 19. Bf3 Rad8 20. Qf4 g5 21. Ne4 gxf4 22. Nxf6+ {Werner,D (2272)-Varga,M (2031) Budapest 2011 ½-½ (32)}) 8. c5 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 Bc7 10. Bd3 f5 11. b4 Nd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Ne1 f4 14. e4 a5 15. b5 e5 16. exd5 exd4 17. Na4 cxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lake Sevan"]
[Site "Martuni"]
[Date "2011.07.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Black "Grigoryan, Avetik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2011.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. dxc5 ({RR} 6. cxd5 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd5 8. a3 Be7 9. N2f3 O-O 10. e4 Nf6 11. e5 Nd5 12. Bd3 h6 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. Qe4 f5 15. exf6 N7xf6 16. Qe2 Qb6 17. O-O Bd7 18. Bc4 Bd6 19. Rd1 Rac8 20. Ba2 Rfe8 {Firouzja,A (2728)-Caruana,F (2835) chess24.com INT 2020 1-0 (63)}) 6... d4 ({RR} 6... Nc6 7. e3 Bxc5 8. a3 a5 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Qe7 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. Bd2 Bd7 13. Rac1 Rfc8 14. c5 Bc7 15. Nbd4 a4 16. Rfd1 e5 17. Nb5 Bb8 18. Be1 Bg4 19. Nh4 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Qe6 21. Nf3 {Gundavaa,B (2480)-Grigoryan,A (2608) Shenzhen 2011 0-1 (36)}) 7. b4 $146 ({RR} 7. Nb3 Nc6 8. e3 e5 9. exd4 e4 10. Nfd2 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Nb3 Qe5 13. Be3 Bf5 14. Rd1 Be7 15. h3 O-O 16. Be2 Rfe8 17. g4 Be6 18. Rd4 a5 19. a4 Qc7 20. O-O h6 21. Rxe4 Nxe4 {Duer,W (2290)-Shabalov,A (2465) Werfen 1990 0-1 (36)}) ({RR} 7. g3 Nc6 8. Bg2 Bxc5 9. O-O e5 10. Ng5 h6 11. Nge4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Be7 13. a3 a5 14. f4 f5 15. fxe5 fxe4 16. Qxe4 Kd7 17. e6+ Kc7 18. Rf7 g5 19. c5 Kb8 20. b4 axb4 21. Rb1 Bxc5 {Andreikin,D (2729)-Ashraf,A (2391) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (36)}) 7... a5 8. Bb2 axb4 9. Nb3 Nbd7 10. Nfxd4 Nxc5 11. g3 Qb6 12. Bg2 Bd7 13. O-O Na4 14. Nf3 Nxb2 15. Qxb2 Bc6 16. Nbd4 Bc5 17. Nxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 27th"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina"]
[Date "2011.09.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SHSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Ugra"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 c5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bb2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bb4+ ({RR} 8... e5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Bc4 Bb4+ 11. Nbd2 Nb6 12. Bb5 Qd5 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Bxe5 Bg4 15. Bc7 O-O 16. a3 Bxf3 17. axb4 Bxd1 {0-1 (17) So,W (2810)-Duda,J (2707) Leon 2017}) ({RR} 8... e5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Nbd2 f6 11. Rc1 Be6 12. Bc4 Qd7 13. O-O Be7 14. Ne4 Rd8 15. Qe2 O-O 16. Rfd1 Qc8 17. Bb5 Kh8 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Rxc5 Ndb4 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. a3 a6 22. Bc4 Bxc4 23. Rxc4 {Borowik,W (2204)-Lecki,L (2194) Bialystok POL 2025 0-1 (35)}) 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Qh4 $146 ({RR} 10... Bd7 11. a3 Be7 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. N4f3 Bf6 14. Qc2 Bxb2 15. Qxb2 Qf6 16. Qb1 h6 17. Ne4 Qe7 18. b4 Rfd8 19. O-O Rac8 20. Qb2 Be8 21. Rfd1 a5 22. b5 Nb8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rc1 Rxc1+ 25. Qxc1 {Donchenko,A (2588)-Mikaelyan,A (2486) Batumi 2018 ½-½ (58)}) ({RR} 10... e5 11. N4f3 e4 12. Nd4 Qe7 13. Be2 Qg5 14. Kf1 Nxe3+ 15. fxe3 Qxe3 16. Nc4 Qf4+ 17. Kg1 b5 18. Nxb5 Bc5+ 19. Bd4 Bxd4+ 20. Nxd4 Rd8 21. Qf1 Qg5 22. Rd1 f5 23. g3 {1-0 (23) Mchedlishvili,M (2601)-Raja,H (2340) Subic Bay 2016}) 11. g3 Qe4 12. Qf3 Qg6 13. a3 Bxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Nd7 15. Qg2 b6 16. Bd3 Qh6 17. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters Play-In"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Matlakov, M."]
[Black "Fier, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 b5 6. O-O Nf6 7. Ne5 Bb7 8. a4 a6 9. b3 cxb3 10. Qxb3 Qxd4 11. Bb2 Qb4 12. Qc2 Be7 $146 ({RR} 12... Qc5 13. Qd3 Qd6 14. Qe3 Qc7 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Bxa8 17. Nc3 Bd6 18. Nxb5 cxb5 19. Rc1 Qd8 20. Bxa8 O-O 21. Bf3 Qa5 22. Kg2 Qb4 23. Nd3 Qb3 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Qh6 f5 26. Qg5+ Kh8 27. Qf6+ {Gines Esteo,P (2490)-Alinasab,M (2306) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (45)}) ({RR} 12... Qc5 13. Qb3 {½-½ (15) Shankland,S (2712)-Aronian,L (2755) Saint Louis USA 2022}) ({RR} 12... Qc5 13. Qd3 Be7 14. Nd2 Qb6 15. Ne4 Nd5 16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17. Qf3+ Bf6 18. Rfd1 Nd7 19. Nxf6 N7xf6 20. e4 Rhf8 21. exd5 cxd5 22. Bd4 Qd6 23. Qe3 Rfe8 24. Re1 Kg8 25. Be5 Qd7 26. Qb6 bxa4 27. Rab1 {Gupta,A (2540)-Jain,K (2365) Mumbai IND 2026 ½-½ (52)}) ({RR} 12... Qc5 13. Qd3 Qd6 14. Qe3 Nbd7 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8+ Bxa8 17. Qa7 Qb8 18. Qa1 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Qd8 20. Qa6 Be7 21. Bxc6+ Bxc6 22. Qxc6+ Qd7 23. Qa8+ Qd8 24. Qc6+ Qd7 25. Qa8+ Qd8 26. Qb7 b4 27. Bc7 {Matlakov,M (2670)-Makhnev,D (2486) Samarkand UZB 2023 ½-½ (36)}) 13. axb5 Qxb5 14. Na3 Qc5 15. Nac4 Qa7 16. Na5 O-O 17. Qb3 1-0

[Event "CZE-chT 1112"]
[Site "Czech Republic"]
[Date "2011.12.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2011.10.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lysa nad Labem"]
[BlackTeam "Novoborsky"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 d5 4. c4 a6 5. b3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Bb2 Bd6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Ne5 ({RR} 10. Qc2 Rc8 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qb7 a5 16. Rad1 Rb8 17. Qc6 Qd7 18. Qxd7 Nxd7 19. Rfe1 a4 20. g3 Rfd8 21. Kg2 Ra8 22. Bc3 axb3 23. axb3 Ra3 24. Nd2 Rda8 {Andreikin,D (2729)-Tabatabaei,M (2677) chess.com INT 2023 ½-½ (65)}) ({RR} 10. Qc2 dxc4 11. bxc4 c5 12. Ne5 cxd4 13. exd4 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Nc5 15. exf6 Nxd3 16. fxg7 Re8 17. f3 e5 18. Rad1 Qd6 19. Ne4 Bxe4 20. fxe4 Rad8 21. h3 Qc5+ 22. Kh2 Nxb2 23. Qxb2 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Qe3 {Keinanen,T (2493)-Wartiovaara,O (2283) Helsinki FIN 2026 ½-½ (47)}) ({RR} 10. Qc2 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. e4 d4 14. Nc4 Qe7 15. Rfe1 Ng4 16. e5 Bxf3 17. exd6 Qh4 18. h3 Ndf6 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Rxe5 Nd7 21. Re7 Qg5 22. Bf1 Bc6 23. Rae1 Qd5 24. Ba3 Qxd6 {Atabayev,M (2492)-Vitiugov,N (2726) Doha 2016 ½-½ (40)}) 10... Ne4 11. Nxd7 $146 ({RR} 11. cxd5 exd5 12. f4 Qe7 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bc2 Nf6 15. g4 Nd5 16. Qe2 Nb4 17. Bb1 f6 18. Nc4 a5 19. a3 Nd3 20. Bc3 Rfe8 21. Qg2 Bd5 22. Bc2 Qf7 23. Nd2 c5 24. Bd1 Rac8 25. g5 f5 {Piliposyan,R (2199)-Lazavik,D (2424) Chess.com INT 2020 0-1 (44)}) ({RR} 11. cxd5 exd5 12. f4 Qe7 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bc2 Nf6 15. g4 Nd5 16. Qe2 Nb4 17. Bb1 f6 18. Nc4 a5 19. a3 Nd3 20. Bc3 Rfe8 21. Qg2 Bd5 22. Bc2 Qf7 23. Nd2 c5 24. Bd1 Rac8 25. g5 f5 {Piliposyan,R (2199)-Lazavik,D (2424) Chess.com INT 2020 0-1 (44)}) 11... Qxd7 12. Rc1 Qe7 13. Nf3 f5 14. Qe2 a5 15. Ne5 a4 16. f4 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "29th Abu Dhabi Masters"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi UAE"]
[Date "2023.08.23"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vl3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2023.08.16"]

1. d4 {Bulletin} d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Qc2 Nc6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Rd1 ({RR} 9. O-O-O Nb4 10. Qb3 c5 11. dxc5 Qa5 12. a3 Na6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Be6 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Qc3 Qxc3+ 17. bxc3 Nxc5 18. Nd4 Rac8 19. f3 Na4 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Bd3 Rxc3+ 22. Kd2 Rxa3 23. Ra1 Rxa1 {Nihal,S (2669)-Tang,A (2502) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (52)}) 9... b6 10. a3 Na5 $146 ({RR} 10... Bb7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Be2 Ne7 13. O-O a6 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Qc8 16. e4 ({RR} 16. f4 Qe6) 16... dxe4 17. Nxe4 Qe6 18. Bf3 Bc6 ({RR} 18... Qxe5 19. Rfe1) 19. Rfe1 Rad8 20. Rc1 Rd5 21. Qc3 ({RR} 21. Nd2 Rc5 22. Qb1) 21... Kh8 ({RR} 21... Rxe5 22. Ng3 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Qd7 24. Rxe7) 22. Nd2 Rc5 23. Qd4 Nf5 24. Qf4 g5 25. Qg4 {Piket,J (2615)-Vaganian,R (2590) Debrecen 1992 EU-chT [Bulletin] 0-1 (61)}) ({RR} 10... Bb7 11. Be2 Ne7 12. O-O Rc8 13. b4 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Ne4 cxb4 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. axb4 Qc7 18. c5 e5 19. Ra1 Ra8 20. b5 Kh8 21. c6 Bc8 22. Qc5 Rg8 23. g3 Be6 24. Ra3 Nc8 25. Rfa1 {Hakobyan,A (2545)-Yu,Y (2764) St Petersburg 2018 ½-½ (190)}) 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 c6 13. Bh7+ Kh8 14. Bd3 Kg8 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vidmar Memorial 13th"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1999.06.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1999.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. Bg2 Nbd7 9. a4 b4 ({RR} 9... a6 10. O-O c5 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Qxa8 13. Na3 b4 14. Nc4 Be7 15. Bf4 Be4 16. Qc1 O-O 17. Nd6 Bxd6 18. Bxd6 Rc8 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Bxc5 Qd5 21. Rd1 Rxc5 22. Qa1 Ra5 23. Qc1 Rc5 24. Qa1 {Svidler,P (2739)-Nielsen,P (2680) Copenhagen 2010 ½-½}) 10. Ne5 Qc8 $146 ({RR} 10... Rc8 11. Nd2 Qc7 12. Ndf3 c5 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. dxc5 Rxc5 17. Qb3 O-O 18. O-O a5 19. Rfd1 Bd5 20. Qd3 Qc7 21. Ne1 Bc4 22. Qd2 Nd5 23. Nd3 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Rc8 25. Bxd5 {Tatai,S (2425)-Arlandi,E (2330) Italy 1987 ½-½}) ({RR} 10... Rc8 11. O-O Be7 12. Nd2 Qc7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Nc4 Nf6 15. Bf4 Qd8 16. e4 Ba6 17. Rfd1 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 O-O 19. Rac1 h6 20. b3 Qa5 21. f3 Rfd8 22. Bf1 c5 23. Qa6 Qxa6 24. Bxa6 Rc6 25. Be2 {Daaevik Wadhawan (2370)-Yonal,T (2173) Senta SRB 2026 1-0 (65)}) ({RR} 10... Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. O-O Qc7 13. Bf4 Be7 14. Nd2 g5 15. Be3 Nxe5 16. Ne4 c5 17. Nxg5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qc6+ 19. Kg1 h5 20. Qe4 Qxe4 21. Nxe4 Rc8 22. Rac1 Nd7 23. Rfd1 Rc6 24. a5 Rg8 25. Rd2 {Geberl,H (2224)-Schmidt,B (2157) Bayern 2005 1-0 (47)}) 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. O-O c5 13. Bxb7 Qxb7 14. dxc5 Rc8 15. Be3 Bxc5 16. Bxc5 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 6th Dec Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.12.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Dardha, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2022.12.06"]

1. d4 {Gelfand,Boris} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Qc2 b5 ({RR} 7... Nc6 8. Qxc4 Qd5 9. O-O) 8. a4 bxa4 9. O-O Bb7 10. Nxc4 a5 ({RR} 10... Nbd7 11. Rxa4 ({RR} 11. Rd1 Nb6 12. Nfe5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Qd5+ 14. f3 Qb5 15. Na3 Bxa3 16. bxa3 Rfe8 17. Rb1 Qa6 18. e4) ({RR} 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Nce5 Be4 14. Qxa4 c5 15. Nc6 Bxc6 16. Qxc6 cxd4 17. Qc4 a5 18. Nxd4) 11... a5 12. Bd2 Be4 ({RR} 12... Bc6 13. Raa1 Be4) 13. Qd1 ({RR} 13. Qc1 c5 ({RR} 13... Nb6 14. Nxb6 Bxd2 15. Nxd2 Bxg2 16. Nxa8 Bxf1 17. Nxf1) 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Bxb4 Nxa4 16. Bxf8 Qxf8) 13... c5 ({RR} 13... Qe7 14. Nxa5) 14. dxc5 Bc6 ({RR} 14... Nxc5 15. Bxb4 Nxa4 16. Bxf8 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 Kxf8 18. Ra1) 15. Rxb4 axb4 16. Bxb4 Ra4 ({RR} 16... Qc7 17. Ba3 Rfb8) 17. Nd4 Bxg2 18. Qxa4 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 Ne5 ({RR} 19... Nxc5 20. Bxc5 Qd5 21. Qc6 Qxc4 22. Bxf8) ({RR} 19... Ne4 20. Qc6 ({RR} 20. c6 Ndc5 21. Qd1 Qd5 22. Ne3 Nxg3+ 23. Ke1 ({RR} 23. fxg3 Qh1+ 24. Kf2 Ne4#) 23... Qh1+ 24. Kd2 Nge4+ 25. Kc2 Qxh2 26. f3) 20... Ndf6 21. e3) 20. Nd6 Nd5 ({RR} 20... Ne8) 21. Ba3 Qc7 ({RR} 21... Qa8 22. Qxa8 Rxa8 23. e4) ({RR} 21... Qf6 22. c6 ({RR} 22. Kg2 Nf4+ 23. gxf4 Qg6+)) 22. N6b5 Qb8 ({RR} 22... Qb7 23. c6 Nxc6 24. Bxf8 Nb6 25. Nd6 Nxa4 26. Nxb7 Nxd4 27. Ba3) 23. c6 Qa8 24. Qxa8 Rxa8 25. e4 {Gelfand,B (2700)-Almasi,Z (2676) Monte Carlo 2003 CBM 093 Extra [Gelfand,Boris] 1-0 (37)}) 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. Bg5 $146 ({RR} 12. Nce5 Nb6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxc7 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Qd8 17. Qb7 Rb8 18. Qa7 Nd5 19. e4 Ra8 20. Qb7 Rb8 21. Qa6 Ra8 22. Qe2 Nf6 23. Rxa4 Qb6 24. Raa1 Rfd8 25. Nc4 Qa6 26. Rac1 Rac8 {Papaioannou,D (2200)-Grutter,T (2408) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (77)}) 12... h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nfe5 Bxg2 15. Nxd7 Qe7 16. Nxf8 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.12.04"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Aronian,Levon} d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nbd2 Nd7 ({RR} 6... g6 7. Qc2 Qe7 8. g3 Bg7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. Rc1 c5 11. cxd5 cxd4 12. Qxc8 Rxc8 13. Rxc8+ Kh7 14. h4 Bf6 15. Ne4 exd5 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. O-O Kg7 18. Rfc1 d3 19. exd3 Qxb2 20. Re1 Qxa2 21. g4 {Bu Xiangzhi (2676)-Hovhannisyan,R (2607) Benasque ESP 2023 1-0 (39)}) ({RR} 6... dxc4 7. e3 c5 8. Bxc4 cxd4 9. exd4 Bb4 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne4 Qf4 12. Qd3 Bd7 13. g3 Qf5 14. Qe3 Bc6 15. Bd3 Nd7 16. a3 Be7 17. Rac1 Qd5 18. Rfe1 Rac8 19. h4 Rfd8 20. b4 a6 21. Qf4 {Rodshtein,M (2615)-Jakovenko,D (2710) Heraklion 2007 0-1 (32)}) 7. Rc1 c6 8. g3 ({RR} 8. a3 g5 9. h3 ({RR} 9. e3 Bg7) ({RR} 9. e4 g4 10. e5 Qd8 ({RR} 10... Qf5 11. Ng1 ({RR} 11. Nh4 Qf4 12. Nb3 Be7) 11... c5 12. cxd5 cxd4 13. dxe6 Qxe5+ 14. Qe2 fxe6) 11. Ng1 Qb6 12. Nb3 a5 ({RR} 12... c5 13. Bd3 cxd4 14. f4) 13. c5 Qd8 14. Nd2 Rg8) 9... h5 10. cxd5 ({RR} 10. e4 g4 11. e5 Qg7) 10... exd5 11. e4 g4 12. e5 Qg7 13. Nh4 Qg5 14. g3 f6 15. e6 Nb6 16. Rc3 ({RR} 16. Bd3 Bxe6 17. Ng6 Rg8) 16... Bxe6 17. Re3 Kd7 ({RR} 17... Qg8 18. Ng6 Bh6 ({RR} 18... Qxg6 19. Bd3 f5 20. hxg4) 19. Nxh8 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Qxh8 21. hxg4 Qg7 22. g5) 18. Bd3 Re8 ({RR} 18... Nc4 19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. Ne4 Qa5+ 21. Kf1) ({RR} 18... Bd6 19. Rxe6 Kxe6 20. Nf5 Kd7) 19. Ng6 Rg8 ({RR} 19... Nc4 20. h4 Qh6 ({RR} 20... Nxe3 21. Qb3 Qh6 22. Qxb7+ Kd6 23. Nxh8) 21. Nxc4 dxc4 22. d5) 20. Nf4 Bh6 ({RR} 20... Bf7 21. Rxe8 Kxe8 22. hxg4 Qxg4 23. Be2 Qd7 24. Bxh5 Bd6) 21. Bh7 Rgf8 ({RR} 21... Rg7 22. h4 Qxf4 23. gxf4 Rxh7 24. Nb3) 22. Nb3 ({RR} 22. Bg6 Bf7 23. h4 Qxg6 24. Nxg6 Bxg6) 22... Bf7 {Aronian,L (2739)-Anand,V (2799) Nice 2008 CBM 123 Extra [Aronian,Levon] 1-0 (50)} ({RR} 22... Kd6 23. Nxe6 Rxe6 24. Rxe6+ Kxe6)) 8... g5 9. h3 $146 ({RR} 9. e3 g4 10. Nh4 h5 11. h3 Qg5 12. Ng2 Rh6 13. h4 Qf6 14. Bd3 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Nb6 16. Bb3 e5 17. O-O Bf5 18. e4 Be6 19. d5 Bd7 20. Ne3 Rg6 21. Qe2 Bh6 22. Rcd1 Rd8 23. Ndc4 Bf8 {Kozul,Z (2597)-Diermair,A (2504) Sarajevo 2018 1-0 (33)}) 9... Bg7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Qe7 12. g4 f5 13. gxf5 exf5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Higher League 60th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2007.09.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2007.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 6. e3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Qc2 ({RR} 8. Rc1 Rd8 9. Qc2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 11. O-O cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. Rfd1 Nc6 14. Nf3 Be8 15. h3 Rac8 16. a3 h6 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Bd3 Qd6 19. Rd1 Qc7 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Ne7 {Le,Q (2709)-Carlsen,M (2864) Oslo 2022 ½-½ (50)}) 8... b6 ({RR} 8... Nbd7 9. Rd1 Re8 10. Be2 h6 11. O-O dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 exd4 15. Qxe7 Rxe7 16. Rxd4 Kf8 17. Rfd1 Nb6 18. Bb3 Be6 {½-½ (18) Sivuk,V (2499)-Fodor,T (2494) Jyvaskyla FIN 2026}) 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Ne5 $146 ({RR} 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O Nc6 12. a3 Rac8 13. Qa4 a6 14. Rac1 b5 15. Qb3 {½-½ (15) Almasi,Z (2668)-Markowski,T (2568) Polanica Zdroj 2000}) ({RR} 10. Rc1 Bb7 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. a3 Rfc8 13. O-O h6 14. Qe2 Na5 15. Ne5 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. b4 Nc6 18. Nc4 Nd8 19. Rc2 Bd5 20. Nd2 Nb7 21. Rfc1 Nd6 22. Ndxe4 Bxe4 23. Nxe4 Rxc2 24. Qxc2 Rc8 {Dreev,A (2662)-Klein,F (2299) Ohrid 2009 0-1 (80)}) ({RR} 10. a3 Bb7 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. O-O Rac8 13. Qa4 a6 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. Qd4 f6 17. Qh4 g6 18. exf6 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 Nxf6 20. Rac1 Kf7 21. h3 Ke7 22. f4 Nd7 23. Rfd1 d4 24. exd4 Rxf4 {David,A (2579)-Tregubov,P (2607) Paris 2005 1-0 (68)}) 10... Bb7 11. Bd3 Rc8 12. O-O Nc6 13. Nxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Netanya Masters"]
[Site "Netanya"]
[Date "2019.07.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2019.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. e4 c5 6. Bxc4 ({RR} 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. Nxd4 h6 9. Bh4 Bd7 10. Bxc4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. f3 a6 13. Rc1 Nd7 14. O-O g5 15. Bf2 Bg7 16. Rfd1 Ke7 17. Bb3 Rhc8 18. a4 b6 19. Bc4 Bxc3 20. Rxc3 Bxa4 {Stocek,J (2471)-Samunenkov,I (2584) Czech Republic CZE 2026 0-1 (52)}) 6... h6 ({RR} 6... cxd4 7. O-O Be7 8. e5 Nd5 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Re1 b6 12. Ne4 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Nd6 Qd7 15. Qxd4 Rad8 16. Rad1 Nc7 17. Qe4 h6 18. Nd4 Ncd5 19. f4 Nc8 20. Nxc8 Qxc8 21. f5 {Carlsen,M (2863)-Nakamura,H (2736) chess24.com INT 2020 ½-½ (75)}) ({RR} 6... cxd4 7. e5 h6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. exf6 Nc6 10. Nbd2 Qxf6 11. O-O Bd7 ({RR} 11... Bg7 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Re1 Bd7 14. Rc1 h5 15. h4 O-O-O 16. Bb5 Kb8 17. Nc5 Be8 18. Qa4 Rc8 19. Rc4 Na5 20. Qxa5 Rxc5 21. Rxc5 Qxc5 22. Qd8+ Qc8 23. Qg5 Bxb5 24. Qxg7 Bc6 25. Nxd4 Bd5 26. Qe5+) 12. Ne4 Qg6 13. Re1 O-O-O 14. Rc1 Bb4 15. Re2 Kb8 16. Bd3 Qg7 17. a3 Be7 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Rxc5 Rhg8 20. g3 Ne7 21. Ne5 {Dubov,D (2684)-Sathvik Adiga (2396) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (34)}) 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. d5 $146 ({RR} 8. e5 Qd8 9. d5 exd5 10. Bxd5 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Qa4 Nc6 13. O-O Nb4 14. Rad1 Qe8 15. Qb3 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bd8 17. Nf4 Rb8 18. Qa3 Bb6 19. Rfe1 Qb5 20. Nh4 Qb4 21. Qf3 Bd8 22. a3 Qxb2 {Dubov,D (2701)-Ponkratov,P (2571) Barnaul RUS 2024 ½-½ (55)}) ({RR} 8. e5 Qd8 9. d5 exd5 10. Bxd5 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. O-O-O Qb6 14. Rhe1 Qxb3 15. Bxb3 Bg4 16. Re4 Bf5 17. Rf4 g6 18. Nd5 Rad8 19. h4 Kg7 20. Ne3 Rxd1+ 21. Kxd1 Bc8 22. Ke2 b5 {Andreikin,D (2729)-Ibrahimli,M (2406) chess.com INT 2023 ½-½ (92)}) 8... exd5 9. Bxd5 Be7 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cattolica Primavera op"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.03.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Basso, Pier Luigi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2022.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht,Hans Joachim} d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O b6 ({RR} 7... c5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 b6 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Qc2 Rc8 13. Qb1 Rc7 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Bf6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Qc4 Re8 21. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 22. Nxe1 {Seirawan,Y (2644)-Lapshun,Y (2384) Seattle 2002 CBM 087 [Hecht,Hans Joachim] ½-½ (48)}) 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Bb7 10. Bf4 $146 ({RR} 10. Qe2 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Nf6 12. Bc2 Qc7 13. Ne5 Rd8 14. Rd1 O-O 15. Bf4 Qc8 16. Bg5 Qc7 17. Qd3 g6 18. Qh3 Nh5 19. Bh6 Ng7 20. Bf4 Qc8 21. Ng4 Nf5 22. Rd3 c5 23. Nh6+ Nxh6 24. Qxh6 e5 {Csiszar,C (2364)-Pataki,G (2347) Hungary 2002 1-0}) ({RR} 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Qf3 Qc8 12. Bg5 Qe8 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Qh3 h5 15. Rae1 Rd8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qxh5 g6 18. Nxg6 fxg6 19. Bxg6 Qe7 20. Re3 Rf7 21. Rfe1 Bc8 22. Bxf7+ Qxf7 23. Rg3+ Kf8 24. Qh6+ Bg7 {Zimina,O (2310)-Castellanos Rodriguez,R (2484) Forni di Sopra ITA 2024 ½-½ (35)}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT1"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2002.02.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Black "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2002.02.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sautron"]
[BlackTeam "Monaco"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MNC"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 ({RR} 8... Qxd7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nb3 Bd6 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Bc3 Ne4 14. Rc1 Rac8 15. a3 Rfd8 16. Bd4 Qe7 17. Qe2 Bb8 18. Rc2 Nd6 19. Bc5 Qe4 20. Bxd6 Rxd6 21. Nbd4 Rcd8 22. Rfc1 Ne7 23. Nd2 {Jakovljevic,V (2314)-Swayham,P (2193) Budapest HUN 2026 ½-½ (90)}) ({RR} 8... Qxd7 9. O-O Nc6 10. Ne5 Qc7 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. Nf3 Bd6 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. b3 O-O 15. Bb2 Ne4 16. Rc1 Qa5 17. Qd4 f6 18. a3 Kh8 19. b4 Qb5 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. Qd3 Qxd3 22. Rxd3 a5 23. b5 {Dorfman,J (2595)-Drozdovskij,Y (2509) Playchess.com INT 2006 0-1 (57)}) 9. O-O ({RR} 9. b3 Be7 10. Bb2 Rc8 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. O-O O-O 13. Qe2 Nfe4 14. Rfd1 Bf6 15. Nd4 Qd7 16. Rac1 Rfe8 17. N2f3 h6 18. h3 a6 19. Qe1 Rc7 20. Rc2 Rec8 21. Qa5 Ne6 22. Rxc7 Rxc7 23. Qb6 Qc8 {Keymer,V (2690)-Carlsen,M (2835) Baku AZE 2023 ½-½ (44)}) 9... Bd6 10. b3 O-O $146 ({RR} 10... cxd4 11. Nxd4 O-O 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Qe2 a6 14. Rfd1 Bb8 15. N2f3 Nc5 16. Nf5 Nce4 17. Ng3 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Qd7 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Rac1 Qf5 21. Nd4 Qg6 22. Qf3 Rce8 23. Qf5 Qh6 {½-½ (23) Lampl,G (2090)-Froewis,G (2223) Imst 2008}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cattolica Primavera op"]
[Site "Cattolica"]
[Date "2022.03.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Basso, Pier Luigi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2022.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht,Hans Joachim} d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O b6 ({RR} 7... c5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 b6 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Qc2 Rc8 13. Qb1 Rc7 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Bf6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Qc4 Re8 21. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 22. Nxe1 {Seirawan,Y (2644)-Lapshun,Y (2384) Seattle 2002 CBM 087 [Hecht,Hans Joachim] ½-½ (48)}) 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Bb7 10. Bf4 $146 ({RR} 10. Qe2 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Nf6 12. Bc2 Qc7 13. Ne5 Rd8 14. Rd1 O-O 15. Bf4 Qc8 16. Bg5 Qc7 17. Qd3 g6 18. Qh3 Nh5 19. Bh6 Ng7 20. Bf4 Qc8 21. Ng4 Nf5 22. Rd3 c5 23. Nh6+ Nxh6 24. Qxh6 e5 {Csiszar,C (2364)-Pataki,G (2347) Hungary 2002 1-0}) ({RR} 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Qf3 Qc8 12. Bg5 Qe8 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Qh3 h5 15. Rae1 Rd8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qxh5 g6 18. Nxg6 fxg6 19. Bxg6 Qe7 20. Re3 Rf7 21. Rfe1 Bc8 22. Bxf7+ Qxf7 23. Rg3+ Kf8 24. Qh6+ Bg7 {Zimina,O (2310)-Castellanos Rodriguez,R (2484) Forni di Sopra ITA 2024 ½-½ (35)}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 13th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2006.04.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chelyabinsk South Ural"]
[BlackTeam "Samara Termosteps"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. cxd5 ({RR} 7. dxc5 Na6 8. Nb3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Nxc5 11. Nxc5 Bxc5 12. Ke2 b6 13. b3 Bb7 14. Bb2 Rfd8 15. Rhd1 Ne4 16. Rac1 Kf8 17. Ne1 Nd6 18. Bd3 a5 19. f3 a4 20. Nc2 axb3 21. axb3 Ra2 {Karpov,A (2655)-Gelfand,B (2723) Odessa 2008 ½-½}) 7... cxd4 ({RR} 7... exd5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O Nc6 10. a3 Bd6 11. b4 Ne5 12. Be2 Be6 13. Bb2 Nc4 14. Nxc4 dxc4 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nd4 Be5 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bxc4 Bxa1 19. Bxe6+ Kg7 20. Qg4+ Kh8 21. Rxa1 Qd6 22. Rd1 {Ticona Rocabado,L (2360)-Palma Neira,E (2028) Medellin COL 2024 0-1 (51)}) 8. Nxd4 $146 ({RR} 8. e4 exd5 9. e5 Nfd7 10. Nb3 Nc6 11. Bf4 Nc5 12. O-O Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Nb4 14. Qd2 d3 15. Nbd4 Bd7 16. a3 Nc2 17. Rac1 Qb6 18. Qxd3 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Rac8 20. Qd2 Bc5 21. Be3 Qg6 22. Ne2 Bxe3 {Havelka,J (2019)-Vojta,P (2225) Ricany 2014 ½-½}) ({RR} 8. exd4 exd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. h3 Bd6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. Nf1 h6 14. Ne3 Be6 15. Bd2 Ne4 16. Be1 f5 17. Qb3 Qf7 18. Bf1 g5 19. Nc2 g4 20. Nd2 h5 21. Rd1 Nf6 22. h4 Rc8 {Bensdorp,M (2301)-Sargissian,G (2673) Rethymno 2010 0-1 (51)}) 8... Qxd5 9. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares Anibal op 06th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.01.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "1999.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 Bd6 5. Bg5 f6 6. Bh4 Ne7 7. Bg3 c5 $146 ({RR} 7... Bb4+ 8. Nbd2 Nf5 9. e3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 f5 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. O-O-O Nf6 13. cxd5 Bxd2+ 14. Qxd2 exd5 15. Ne5 O-O 16. Qc2 Ne4 17. g4 c5 18. dxc5 Qe7 19. f4 fxg4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Rxh7 Bf5 22. Qb3+ {Janjuk,V-Moroz,A (2385) Sumperk 1990 1-0}) ({RR} 7... Bb4+ 8. Nc3 Nf5 9. e3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 f5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. g4 Qf6 13. Bd3 fxg4 14. Ne5 Be6 15. Bxh7 Rf8 16. Bg6+ Kd8 17. Bd3 Nd7 18. Ng6 Re8 19. O-O-O Rc8 20. Nf4 Bf7 21. Bf5 g5 22. Nh5 {Tkachiev,V (2625)-Fier,A (2580) Dubai 2014 0-1 (48)}) ({RR} 7... f5 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 Ng6 10. Nc3 Na6 11. a3 Nc7 12. O-O Bxg3 13. hxg3 Ne8 14. Ne2 Nd6 15. Nf4 Nh8 16. g4 g5 17. Nh5 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Nxc4 19. Qxc4 fxg4 20. Ne5 Qe8 21. Ng3 h5 22. f4 {Davtyan,A (2460)-Vocaturo,D (2614) Terme Catez 2022 1-0}) ({RR} 7... Bb4+ 8. Nbd2 Nf5 9. a3 Ba5 10. b4 Bb6 11. c5 Bc7 12. Bxc7 Qxc7 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 O-O 15. Bc4 b5 16. Bb3 a5 17. Rd1 axb4 18. axb4 Kh8 19. O-O Na6 20. Qd2 Ne7 21. Nd6 Nd5 22. Bxd5 {Dreev,A (2670)-Guimaraes,D (2278) Villorba 2019 1-0 (49)}) 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. cxd5 Qa5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes op"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2011.02.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Roiz, Michael"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2011.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 a6 5. b3 c5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 ({RR} 6... exd5 7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd6 10. Ba3 Bxa3 11. Nxa3 O-O 12. Nac2 Qd6 13. Ne1 Bd7 14. Nef3 {½-½ (14) Epishin,V (2553)-Bauer,C (2626) Zuerich 2019}) 7. Bb2 ({RR} 7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Be7 11. Bb2 Bf6 12. Qd2 Bd7 13. Rd1 Bc6 14. e4 Nf4 15. Qxd8+ Rxd8 16. Rxd8+ Bxd8 17. Bf1 Bxe4 18. Nd2 Bc6 19. g3 Bf6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Rc1 Kd7 {Fressinet,L (2687)-Carlsen,M (2855) Paris 2016 ½-½ (71)}) ({RR} 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bb2 O-O 9. a3 Be7 10. e4 Nf4 11. Nc3 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 Nc6 13. Na4 b5 14. Nb6 Rb8 15. Nxc8 Rfxc8 16. g3 Ng6 17. Bd3 Bf6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Kd2 Nge5 20. Nxe5 fxe5 21. Rc1 Nd4 {Erigaisi,A (2775)-Deac,B (2652) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (61)}) 7... cxd4 8. Bc1 $146 ({RR} 8. Nxd4 e5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Bc4 Be6 11. O-O f6 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Rd1 Rd8 14. Nc3 Qf7 15. Nxd5 Rxd5 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Nd2 Bb4 18. e4 Be6 19. Nc4 O-O 20. Rac1 g6 21. a3 Be7 22. b4 Qe8 {Rezvy,L (2153)-Somkin,K (2189) Cheliabinsk 2021 1-0 (37)}) ({RR} 8. Nxd4 Bb4+ 9. Nd2 O-O 10. a3 Be7 11. Bd3 b5 12. O-O Bb7 13. b4 Nd7 14. Qh5 N5f6 15. Qh3 Re8 16. Rad1 Nf8 17. N2b3 Qb6 18. Nf3 Bd5 19. Bd4 Qb8 20. Na5 Ng6 21. Ng5 e5 22. Ba1 Bd8 {Schreiner,P (2472)-Mesaros,F (2334) Zadar 2016 1-0 (34)}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Julius Baer Gen Cup D2 L"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Indjic, A."]
[Black "Oparin, G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "277"]
[EventDate "2024.09.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Ne5 ({RR} 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qc2 g6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nxd5 Qd8 10. Qe4+ Be6 11. Nf4 Qa5+ 12. Kd1 Qf5 13. Qxf5 Bxf5 14. e3 Bd6 15. g3 Nd7 16. Bh3 Be4 17. Ke2 f5 18. Bg2 Bxf4 19. gxf4 Ke7 20. Rhc1 Rhc8 {Makarov,M (2518)-Savchenko,B (2577) Krasnoyarsk 2007 1-0 (85)}) 6... Be6 7. Bf4 $146 ({RR} 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Qb3 c5 11. dxc5 d4 12. Bc4 Bxc4 13. Qxc4 dxc3 14. Qxc3 O-O 15. O-O Ne4 16. Rfd1 Qxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Nxc3 {0-1 (17) Ivana Maria,F (2072)-Levitan,C (2219) chess.com INT 2023}) 7... Nbd7 8. e3 c6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. h3 O-O 11. Qf3 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Nd7 13. Bf4 a5 14. Qg3 Bh4 15. Qf3 a4 16. Bd6 Re8 17. O-O g6 18. Rab1 Bf6 19. Bc2 b5 20. a3 Bg7 21. Na2 Nb6 22. Bc5 Nc4 23. Rfd1 f5 24. Nb4 Bd7 25. Bd3 Qf6 26. Bxc4 bxc4 27. Qg3 Re6 28. h4 Re4 29. f4 Rae8 30. Re1 Rb8 31. Na2 Ree8 32. Nc3 Ra8 33. Kf2 Kf7 34. Re2 h6 35. Rh1 Reb8 36. Rd2 Rb3 37. Re1 Be8 38. Ree2 Ke6 39. Qh3 Kf7 40. Qg3 Qd8 41. Qh3 Bd7 42. g3 Bf6 43. Rc2 Ra5 44. Bd6 Qg8 45. Bb4 Ra8 46. Kf1 Be6 47. Bc5 Ke8 48. Ke1 Kd7 49. Kd1 Bd8 50. Bb4 Bb6 51. Kc1 Qf7 52. Qh1 Bd8 53. Qe1 Bf6 54. Rh2 Qe8 55. Bc5 Qb8 56. Na2 Qb7 57. Bb4 Re8 58. Rce2 Bf7 59. Nc3 Qa6 60. Na2 Rd3 61. Bc3 Qb5 62. Nb4 Be7 63. Nxd3 cxd3 64. Rd2 c5 65. Qd1 c4 66. Rdg2 Be6 67. Kd2 Qc6 68. Ke1 Rg8 69. Kf2 Ke8 70. Rg1 Kf7 71. Rgg2 Bd8 72. Rg1 Bc7 73. Rgg2 Qe8 74. Rg1 Bd7 75. Qf3 Qe6 76. Rgg2 Ke8 77. Rg1 Kd8 78. Rgg2 Kc8 79. Rg1 Kb7 80. Qd1 Bc6 81. Qf3 Bb8 82. g4 fxg4 83. Rxg4 Bd7 84. Rg1 Qf7 85. Ke1 Bf5 86. Qd1 Qe8 87. Kd2 Rg7 88. Qf3 Kc6 89. Qf2 Re7 90. Rhg2 Re4 91. Re1 Bd6 92. Rgg1 Be7 93. Rh1 Qd7 94. Qf3 Bg4 95. Qg3 Bf5 96. Qf3 Bd8 97. Qd1 Kb5 98. Qf3 Qe7 99. Bb4 Qe6 100. Bc3 Ba5 101. Rhg1 Bc7 102. Rh1 Bg4 103. Qf2 Qe8 104. Qg2 Bf5 105. Qf3 Bd6 106. Rhg1 Qf7 107. Rh1 Qe6 108. Qf2 Be7 109. Reg1 Bd8 110. h5 g5 111. fxg5 Bxg5 112. Rxg5 hxg5 113. h6 Bh7 114. Qg3 Kc6 115. Ba5 Qe7 116. Bb4 Qd8 117. Rf1 Rh4 118. Kc3 d2 119. Kxd2 Rxh6 120. Rf7 Be4 121. Qe5 Kb6 122. Rf8 Qd7 123. Qb8+ Qb7 124. Qd8+ Kc6 125. Rf6+ Rxf6 126. Qxf6+ Kb5 127. Qd6 c3+ 128. bxc3 Kc4 129. Qc5+ Kb3 130. c4 dxc4 131. Bc3 g4 132. Qd6 Bd5 133. Qg3 Kxa3 134. Qxg4 Qb3 135. Qf5 Bb7 136. d5 Ka2 137. Qc2+ Ka3 138. Qc1+ Ka2 139. Qa1# 1-0

[Event "Jerusalem Masters 2025"]
[Site "Jerusalem ISR"]
[Date "2025.12.01"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Rodshtein, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "255"]
[EventDate "2025.11.30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 b6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Nc3 Re8 ({RR} 9... dxc4 10. bxc4 c5 11. d5 exd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Qe7 14. Qc2 g6 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Qc3 f6 17. e4 Ne5 18. Nd2 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Be5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. Qa3 Qc7 22. Rfe1 f5 23. Qc3 fxe4 24. Nxe4 {Artemiev,V (2708)-Giri,A (2764) Chess.com INT 2020 0-1 (53)}) 10. Rc1 ({RR} 10. Re1 dxc4 11. Bxc4 a6 12. e4 b5 13. e5 bxc4 14. bxc4 Rb8 15. Rb1 Be7 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Rxe4 c5 19. h3 Qc7 20. Re3 cxd4 21. Bxd4 Rxb1 22. Qxb1 Qxc4 23. Qb7 Qb5 24. Rb3 Qxb7 {Keinanen,T (2495)-Svane,R (2620) chess.com INT 2026 ½-½ (48)}) 10... a6 11. Re1 dxc4 $146 ({RR} 11... Ne4 12. Qc2 f5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Ne2 Rc8 15. Ng3 g6 16. Qe2 a5 17. Ba6 Bxa6 18. Qxa6 Qe7 19. Qb5 Qe6 20. Rc6 Nb8 21. Rc2 Re7 22. Ne5 c6 23. Qe2 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Rec7 25. Nh1 Nd7 26. f3 {Gnechko,R (2132)-Matlakov,M (2606) Sochi RUS 2025 0-1 (77)}) 12. bxc4 c5 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Ne5 15. e4 Nfg4 16. h3 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Bh2+ 18. Kh1 Be5 19. Re2 Bxb2 20. Rxb2 Ne5 21. Qg3 b5 22. cxb5 Bxd5 23. exd5 Qxd5 24. Bb1 axb5 25. Rxb5 Nd7 26. Qc3 g6 27. Kg1 Ra7 28. Rb2 Qe5 29. Bd3 Qxc3 30. Rxc3 Re1+ 31. Kh2 Re7 32. Bb5 Kg7 33. Rd2 h5 34. f3 h4 35. a4 Nb6 36. Rxc5 Nxa4 37. Rc4 Nb6 38. Rxh4 Nd7 39. Rhd4 Nf8 40. Bc4 Ne6 41. Re4 Nf8 42. Rxe7 Rxe7 43. h4 Nh7 44. g4 Nf6 45. Kg3 Rc7 46. Rd4 Nd7 47. Kf4 Nf6 48. Ke3 Re7+ 49. Kd2 Ra7 50. Rf4 Rd7+ 51. Ke2 Re7+ 52. Kf2 Rc7 53. g5 Ng8 54. Kg3 Ra7 55. Kf2 Re7 56. Kf1 Rc7 57. Ke2 Re7+ 58. Kd3 Rd7+ 59. Kc3 Ra7 60. Kd4 Rd7+ 61. Ke3 Re7+ 62. Kf2 Rc7 63. Kg3 Ra7 64. Kg4 Rc7 65. h5 gxh5+ 66. Kxh5 Ra7 67. Rf5 Rc7 68. Bd5 Re7 69. f4 Rd7 70. Kg4 Re7 71. Kf3 Ra7 72. Ke3 Re7+ 73. Kd4 Ra7 74. Kc5 Kg6 75. Re5 Kg7 76. f5 f6 77. Re6 Kf8 78. Rb6 Ra5+ 79. Kd4 Ra4+ 80. Ke3 Ra3+ 81. Ke2 Ne7 82. Rxf6+ Ke8 83. Bf7+ Kf8 84. Bc4+ Ke8 85. Bf7+ Kf8 86. Be6+ Ke8 87. Rh6 Nc6 88. Kf2 Nd4 89. Kg2 Kf8 90. Rf6+ Ke7 91. Rf7+ Kd6 92. Bc8 Ra8 93. Rd7+ Ke5 94. Bb7 Ra2+ 95. Kh3 Nxf5 96. Kg4 Ra4+ 97. Kh5 Nd6 98. Bc6 Rc4 99. Re7+ Kf4 100. Bd7 Rc5 101. Rg7 Ne4 102. Rf7+ Ke3 103. Bf5 Nxg5 104. Kxg5 Kd4 105. Kf4 Rd5 106. Ra7 Rc5 107. Be6 Rc1 108. Rd7+ Kc3 109. Bg4 Re1 110. Bf3 Kc4 111. Be4 Kc3 112. Ke5 Ra1 113. Rd3+ Kc4 114. Rd2 Ra5+ 115. Bd5+ Kc3 116. Rd4 Ra1 117. Rc4+ Kd3 118. Rh4 Ra5 119. Rh3+ Ke2 120. Kd4 Ra4+ 121. Bc4+ Kf2 122. Rc3 Ra8 123. Bd5 Re8 124. Bc6 Re7 125. Rf3+ Ke2 126. Rf5 Kd2 127. Bb5 Kd1 128. Kc3 1-0

[Event "chess.com SpeedChess Q1Sw"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ter Sahakyan, S."]
[Black "Svane, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "254"]
[EventDate "2023.08.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 h6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g3 Bd6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. b3 Re8 9. Bb2 dxc4 10. bxc4 e5 11. Nb5 ({RR} 11. d5 Na5 12. Nd2 b6 13. Nb5 Nd7 14. e4 Nc5 15. Qc2 Bd7 16. a4 h5 17. f4 h4 18. fxe5 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20. Nf3 Rxe4 21. Nfd4 Re8 22. d6 Bxb5 23. Nxb5 c6 24. Nc7 Qxd6 25. Nxa8 Rxa8 {Yatskar,M (2290)-Perez Gormaz,M (2383) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (39)}) ({RR} 11. e3 Bf5 12. d5 Nb4 13. Nh4 Bg4 14. Bf3 Bh3 15. Bg2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 e4 17. Nf5 Be5 18. Rb1 Qd7 19. Nd4 Nd3 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Qxd3 Bf6 22. Nf3 c6 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. Rfd1 Rad8 25. Qa3 cxd5 {Pultinevicius,P (2587)-Svane,R (2627) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (56)}) 11... exd4 12. Nfxd4 $146 ({RR} 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. Nb5 Qb6 15. Bd4 c5 16. Bc3 Nxc4 17. Rb1 Bg4 18. Re1 a6 19. Na3 Qe6 20. Nxc4 Qxc4 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Rxb7 Bxe2 23. Qd2 Bh5 24. Rc1 Rad8 25. Qxh6 Qxc1+ 26. Qxc1 Rd1+ {Ezat,M (2349)-Sairam,P (1980) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (41)}) 12... Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Rxe2 14. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 15. Rxe1 a6 16. Nxd6 cxd6 17. Ba3 Qa5 18. Re3 Be6 19. Bxd6 Qxa2 20. h3 Qxc4 21. Qxc4 Bxc4 22. Bxb7 Ra7 23. Bc6 a5 24. Rc3 Bd5 25. Ba4 Rb7 26. Rc8+ Kh7 27. Bc2+ Be4 28. Be5 Bxc2 29. Rxc2 Nd5 30. Rc5 Rd7 31. Rxa5 f6 32. Ba1 g5 33. Kg2 Kg6 34. Ra2 h5 35. Re2 h4 36. Bd4 Rc7 37. Rd2 Rb7 38. Bc5 Rd7 39. Bd4 Kf5 40. Re2 Rc7 41. g4+ Kg6 42. Be3 Rb7 43. Rd2 Rd7 44. Kf3 Kf7 45. Rc2 Rd6 46. Rd2 Ke6 47. Re2 Kf7 48. Ra2 Rc6 49. Rd2 Ne7 50. Ra2 Kg6 51. Ra7 Re6 52. Ra2 Nc6 53. Rc2 Ne5+ 54. Kg2 Ra6 55. Bd4 Nd3 56. Rd2 Nf4+ 57. Kh2 Ra5 58. Be3 Nd5 59. Kg2 Rb5 60. Kf3 f5 61. gxf5+ Kxf5 62. Rc2 Ra5 63. Rd2 Nf6 64. Rb2 Nd7 65. Rb7 Ne5+ 66. Kg2 Rd5 67. Rb8 Ng6 68. Rb4 Re5 69. Ra4 Rb5 70. Rc4 Ne5 71. Rc8 Ng6 72. Rc4 Rd5 73. Rc8 g4 74. hxg4+ Kxg4 75. Rg8 Rd6 76. f3+ Kf5 77. Kf2 Rc6 78. Kg2 Rc2+ 79. Kh3 Rc3 80. Bf2 Rxf3+ 81. Kg2 Rd3 82. Bxh4 Nxh4+ 83. Kf2 Kf4 84. Rf8+ Nf5 85. Ke2 Rd4 86. Rf7 Rd8 87. Rf6 Ke5 88. Rf7 Ke4 89. Rh7 Rb8 90. Rf7 Rb2+ 91. Ke1 Ke3 92. Kd1 Nd4 93. Re7+ Kd3 94. Ke1 Nf3+ 95. Kf1 Nd2+ 96. Kg1 Ne4 97. Kf1 Ke3 98. Re8 Rb7 99. Kg2 Rg7+ 100. Kf1 Rg6 101. Re7 Rg8 102. Re6 Kf3 103. Re7 Rf8 104. Ke1 Ke3 105. Kd1 Rc8 106. Re6 Kd3 107. Re7 Nf2+ 108. Ke1 Ne4 109. Kd1 Rc5 110. Rd7+ Ke3 111. Re7 Rc8 112. Re6 Ra8 113. Re7 Ra2 114. Re6 Kd3 115. Kc1 Nd2 116. Rd6+ Kc3 117. Rc6+ Nc4 118. Kd1 Kd3 119. Ke1 Ne5 120. Rd6+ Ke3 121. Kd1 Nc4 122. Re6+ Kd3 123. Ke1 Nd2 124. Rd6+ Ke3 125. Re6+ Ne4 126. Kd1 Ra8 127. Re7 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 23rd Jan Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, D."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "207"]
[EventDate "2024.01.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c6 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. g3 Be7 ({RR} 5... b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. a3 Be7 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. b4 Nd7 13. Bb2 O-O 14. e4 Rc8 15. Qb3 N5f6 16. Nd4 Ne5 17. Rfd1 Qe8 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bxe5 Qf7 20. Bh3 {Ponomariov,R (2718)-Grachev,B (2640) Moscow 2008 1-0 (40)}) 6. Bg2 O-O ({RR} 6... Ne4 7. O-O f5 8. Ne5 O-O 9. f3 Nd6 10. c5 Nf7 11. e4 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bxc5+ 13. Kh1 fxe4 14. fxe4 Nd7 15. Nb3 Bb6 16. exd5 Nxe5 17. Bf4 Ng6 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Bxc6 Ba6 20. Bxa8 Qxa8+ 21. Rf3 {Deshpande,S (2001)-Lopez Fuentes,W (2030) chess.com INT 2026 0-1}) 7. Qc2 b6 $146 ({RR} 7... c5 8. dxc5 Na6 9. O-O Nxc5 10. Rd1 Bd7 11. b3 Rc8 12. Bb2 h6 13. Ne5 b5 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. Qb1 bxc4 17. Nxc4 Qb5 18. Ne5 Qxe2 19. Bf1 Qh5 20. Bg2 Nce4 21. Nd3 Ng5 22. h4 {Sharevich,A (2318)-Berzina,I (2297) Panevezys 2008 0-1 (41)}) 8. e4 Na6 9. e5 Nd7 10. a3 Bb7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. O-O Qc7 13. Qd3 Rac8 14. Re1 Nab8 15. Qe3 Ba6 16. Nb1 Nc6 17. b4 Bc4 18. Nbd2 b5 19. Nxc4 bxc4 20. Bd2 Rb8 21. Rab1 a6 22. h4 Nb6 23. h5 h6 24. Qc3 Na7 25. Qc2 Qd7 26. Bf1 Qa4 27. Qxa4 Nxa4 28. Be2 Nb5 29. Ra1 Rfc8 30. Bd1 Nb2 31. Bc2 Bd8 32. Bc1 Nd3 33. Bxd3 cxd3 34. Rd1 Rc3 35. a4 Na7 36. Bd2 Rc4 37. Rab1 Nc6 38. Be3 Rbxb4 39. Rxb4 Nxb4 40. Bd2 Nc6 41. Be3 Rxa4 42. Rxd3 a5 43. Rc3 Rc4 44. Rb3 Rb4 45. Ra3 a4 46. Kg2 Kf8 47. Rc3 Rc4 48. Ra3 Be7 49. Ra1 a3 50. Nd2 Ra4 51. Rc1 Ra6 52. Nb3 Ke8 53. Bd2 a2 54. Bc3 Ra3 55. Na1 Bb4 56. Bb2 Ra6 57. Kf3 Kd7 58. Rc2 Ba3 59. Bc3 Be7 60. Ke2 Bd8 61. Kd2 Bb6 62. Kd3 Ra4 63. Bd2 Nxd4 64. Rb2 Bc5 65. Be3 Nc6 66. Bxc5 Nxe5+ 67. Ke2 Nc4 68. Rc2 e5 69. Bf8 Ke6 70. Bxg7 f6 71. f3 f5 72. Bxh6 Ra8 73. Bc1 Kf6 74. h6 Kg6 75. Rc3 Rb8 76. Rb3 Ra8 77. Rb5 d4 78. Rc5 Na3 79. Rc6+ Kh7 80. Rc7+ Kg6 81. Rg7+ Kf6 82. Bg5+ Ke6 83. h7 Rh8 84. g4 Nb1 85. Ra7 Nc3+ 86. Kd3 e4+ 87. fxe4 fxe4+ 88. Kc4 e3 89. Kd3 e2 90. Bd2 Kf6 91. g5+ Kg6 92. Ra6+ Kxh7 93. Kxd4 Nb5+ 94. Ke3 Re8+ 95. Kf2 Nd4 96. Rxa2 Nb3 97. Be1 Nc5 98. Rd2 Ne4+ 99. Kxe2 Nxd2+ 100. Kxd2 Kg6 101. Bf2 Kxg5 102. Nc2 Rd8+ 103. Bd4 Rxd4+ 104. Nxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 23rd Jan Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, D."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "207"]
[EventDate "2024.01.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c6 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. g3 Be7 ({RR} 5... b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. a3 Be7 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. b4 Nd7 13. Bb2 O-O 14. e4 Rc8 15. Qb3 N5f6 16. Nd4 Ne5 17. Rfd1 Qe8 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bxe5 Qf7 20. Bh3 {Ponomariov,R (2718)-Grachev,B (2640) Moscow 2008 1-0 (40)}) 6. Bg2 O-O ({RR} 6... Ne4 7. O-O f5 8. Ne5 O-O 9. f3 Nd6 10. c5 Nf7 11. e4 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bxc5+ 13. Kh1 fxe4 14. fxe4 Nd7 15. Nb3 Bb6 16. exd5 Nxe5 17. Bf4 Ng6 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Bxc6 Ba6 20. Bxa8 Qxa8+ 21. Rf3 {Deshpande,S (2001)-Lopez Fuentes,W (2030) chess.com INT 2026 0-1}) 7. Qc2 b6 $146 ({RR} 7... c5 8. dxc5 Na6 9. O-O Nxc5 10. Rd1 Bd7 11. b3 Rc8 12. Bb2 h6 13. Ne5 b5 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. Qb1 bxc4 17. Nxc4 Qb5 18. Ne5 Qxe2 19. Bf1 Qh5 20. Bg2 Nce4 21. Nd3 Ng5 22. h4 {Sharevich,A (2318)-Berzina,I (2297) Panevezys 2008 0-1 (41)}) 8. e4 Na6 9. e5 Nd7 10. a3 Bb7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. O-O Qc7 13. Qd3 Rac8 14. Re1 Nab8 15. Qe3 Ba6 16. Nb1 Nc6 17. b4 Bc4 18. Nbd2 b5 19. Nxc4 bxc4 20. Bd2 Rb8 21. Rab1 a6 22. h4 Nb6 23. h5 h6 24. Qc3 Na7 25. Qc2 Qd7 26. Bf1 Qa4 27. Qxa4 Nxa4 28. Be2 Nb5 29. Ra1 Rfc8 30. Bd1 Nb2 31. Bc2 Bd8 32. Bc1 Nd3 33. Bxd3 cxd3 34. Rd1 Rc3 35. a4 Na7 36. Bd2 Rc4 37. Rab1 Nc6 38. Be3 Rbxb4 39. Rxb4 Nxb4 40. Bd2 Nc6 41. Be3 Rxa4 42. Rxd3 a5 43. Rc3 Rc4 44. Rb3 Rb4 45. Ra3 a4 46. Kg2 Kf8 47. Rc3 Rc4 48. Ra3 Be7 49. Ra1 a3 50. Nd2 Ra4 51. Rc1 Ra6 52. Nb3 Ke8 53. Bd2 a2 54. Bc3 Ra3 55. Na1 Bb4 56. Bb2 Ra6 57. Kf3 Kd7 58. Rc2 Ba3 59. Bc3 Be7 60. Ke2 Bd8 61. Kd2 Bb6 62. Kd3 Ra4 63. Bd2 Nxd4 64. Rb2 Bc5 65. Be3 Nc6 66. Bxc5 Nxe5+ 67. Ke2 Nc4 68. Rc2 e5 69. Bf8 Ke6 70. Bxg7 f6 71. f3 f5 72. Bxh6 Ra8 73. Bc1 Kf6 74. h6 Kg6 75. Rc3 Rb8 76. Rb3 Ra8 77. Rb5 d4 78. Rc5 Na3 79. Rc6+ Kh7 80. Rc7+ Kg6 81. Rg7+ Kf6 82. Bg5+ Ke6 83. h7 Rh8 84. g4 Nb1 85. Ra7 Nc3+ 86. Kd3 e4+ 87. fxe4 fxe4+ 88. Kc4 e3 89. Kd3 e2 90. Bd2 Kf6 91. g5+ Kg6 92. Ra6+ Kxh7 93. Kxd4 Nb5+ 94. Ke3 Re8+ 95. Kf2 Nd4 96. Rxa2 Nb3 97. Be1 Nc5 98. Rd2 Ne4+ 99. Kxe2 Nxd2+ 100. Kxd2 Kg6 101. Bf2 Kxg5 102. Nc2 Rd8+ 103. Bd4 Rxd4+ 104. Nxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "CrunchLab Masters Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.07.21"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vl3"]
[Black "Vidit, S."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "200"]
[EventDate "2024.07.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 h6 9. b3 ({RR} 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 e5 12. d5 cxd5 13. Bxd5 Kh8 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Be3 f5 16. Be6 Nc5 17. Bxc8 Raxc8 18. Nh4 e4 19. Ng6+ Kh7 20. Nxf8+ Rxf8 21. Bxc5 Bxc5 22. Rd5 b6 23. Rad1 a5 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2723)-Sargsyan,A (2377) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (100)}) 9... Qe7 10. Bb2 e5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 $146 ({RR} 11... cxd5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15. Nf3 Qh5 16. Qc7 Bg4 17. Nd4 Rab8 18. Qf4 Rbe8 19. h3 Bc8 20. Bf5 Ne4 21. Rfc1 g6 22. Bxc8 Rxc8 23. Rc7 Nc5 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rc1 Kg7 26. Qg4 {Semenova,L (2280)-Ivanov,K Kiev 1999 ½-½ (44)}) 12. Nc4 exd4 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. Bxd4 Nb4 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Qb1 c5 17. Bb2 Nf6 18. Bf5 Rd8 19. Ne5 Kg8 20. a3 Nc6 21. Nc4 Qe7 22. a4 Rd5 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Bh7+ Kf8 25. Be4 Bf5 26. Bxf5 Rxf5 27. Qd3 Rd8 28. Qe2 Qc3 29. Rab1 Rfd5 30. h3 b6 31. Rfc1 Qf6 32. Rd1 Qg6 33. Rbc1 Qe4 34. Rxd5 Rxd5 35. Kf1 Rd3 36. Rd1 Nb4 37. Rxd3 Nxd3 38. Qd1 Ke7 39. f3 Qg6 40. Qc2 h5 41. g4 hxg4 42. hxg4 Qh7 43. Kg1 Qg6 44. Kf1 Qh7 45. Kg1 Qg6 46. Qc3 f6 47. Qc2 Ne5 48. Qxg6 Nxg6 49. f4 Nf8 50. Kf2 Nd7 51. Kf3 a6 52. Ke4 b5 53. axb5 axb5 54. Na3 b4 55. Nc4 Ke6 56. f5+ Ke7 57. Kd5 Kd8 58. Kd6 Kc8 59. e4 Kd8 60. Ke6 Ke8 61. Nd6+ Kd8 62. Nc4 Ke8 63. Kd5 Ke7 64. Kc6 Ke8 65. Kd6 Kd8 66. Ne3 Ke8 67. Nd5 Kd8 68. Nf4 Ke8 69. Nd3 c4 70. bxc4 b3 71. c5 Ne5 72. c6 Kd8 73. Nb2 Kc8 74. Na4 Nc4+ 75. Ke6 Kc7 76. Kd5 b2 77. Nxb2 Nxb2 78. Ke6 Nd3 79. Kf7 Ne5+ 80. Kxg7 Nxg4 81. Kg6 Kxc6 82. e5 fxe5 83. Kg5 Nf2 84. f6 Kd6 85. Kf5 Nd3 86. f7 Ke7 87. Ke4 Kxf7 88. Kxd3 Kf6 89. Ke4 Ke6 90. Ke3 Kf5 91. Kf3 e4+ 92. Ke3 Ke5 93. Ke2 Kf4 94. Kf2 e3+ 95. Ke2 Ke4 96. Ke1 Kf4 97. Ke2 Ke4 98. Ke1 Kd3 99. Kd1 e2+ 100. Ke1 Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "CrunchLab Masters Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.07.21"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vl3"]
[Black "Vidit, S."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "200"]
[EventDate "2024.07.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 h6 9. b3 ({RR} 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 e5 12. d5 cxd5 13. Bxd5 Kh8 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Be3 f5 16. Be6 Nc5 17. Bxc8 Raxc8 18. Nh4 e4 19. Ng6+ Kh7 20. Nxf8+ Rxf8 21. Bxc5 Bxc5 22. Rd5 b6 23. Rad1 a5 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2723)-Sargsyan,A (2377) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (100)}) 9... Qe7 10. Bb2 e5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 $146 ({RR} 11... cxd5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15. Nf3 Qh5 16. Qc7 Bg4 17. Nd4 Rab8 18. Qf4 Rbe8 19. h3 Bc8 20. Bf5 Ne4 21. Rfc1 g6 22. Bxc8 Rxc8 23. Rc7 Nc5 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rc1 Kg7 26. Qg4 {Semenova,L (2280)-Ivanov,K Kiev 1999 ½-½ (44)}) 12. Nc4 exd4 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. Bxd4 Nb4 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Qb1 c5 17. Bb2 Nf6 18. Bf5 Rd8 19. Ne5 Kg8 20. a3 Nc6 21. Nc4 Qe7 22. a4 Rd5 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Bh7+ Kf8 25. Be4 Bf5 26. Bxf5 Rxf5 27. Qd3 Rd8 28. Qe2 Qc3 29. Rab1 Rfd5 30. h3 b6 31. Rfc1 Qf6 32. Rd1 Qg6 33. Rbc1 Qe4 34. Rxd5 Rxd5 35. Kf1 Rd3 36. Rd1 Nb4 37. Rxd3 Nxd3 38. Qd1 Ke7 39. f3 Qg6 40. Qc2 h5 41. g4 hxg4 42. hxg4 Qh7 43. Kg1 Qg6 44. Kf1 Qh7 45. Kg1 Qg6 46. Qc3 f6 47. Qc2 Ne5 48. Qxg6 Nxg6 49. f4 Nf8 50. Kf2 Nd7 51. Kf3 a6 52. Ke4 b5 53. axb5 axb5 54. Na3 b4 55. Nc4 Ke6 56. f5+ Ke7 57. Kd5 Kd8 58. Kd6 Kc8 59. e4 Kd8 60. Ke6 Ke8 61. Nd6+ Kd8 62. Nc4 Ke8 63. Kd5 Ke7 64. Kc6 Ke8 65. Kd6 Kd8 66. Ne3 Ke8 67. Nd5 Kd8 68. Nf4 Ke8 69. Nd3 c4 70. bxc4 b3 71. c5 Ne5 72. c6 Kd8 73. Nb2 Kc8 74. Na4 Nc4+ 75. Ke6 Kc7 76. Kd5 b2 77. Nxb2 Nxb2 78. Ke6 Nd3 79. Kf7 Ne5+ 80. Kxg7 Nxg4 81. Kg6 Kxc6 82. e5 fxe5 83. Kg5 Nf2 84. f6 Kd6 85. Kf5 Nd3 86. f7 Ke7 87. Ke4 Kxf7 88. Kxd3 Kf6 89. Ke4 Ke6 90. Ke3 Kf5 91. Kf3 e4+ 92. Ke3 Ke5 93. Ke2 Kf4 94. Kf2 e3+ 95. Ke2 Ke4 96. Ke1 Kf4 97. Ke2 Ke4 98. Ke1 Kd3 99. Kd1 e2+ 100. Ke1 Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 2nd Dec 2025"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.12.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sarana, A."]
[Black "Svane, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "2025.12.02"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Qb3 Ra7 9. h4 Bd6 10. e3 Nd7 11. Bd3 c6 12. Qc2 h6 ({RR} 12... Bg4 13. O-O-O h6 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Qf4+ 16. Kb1 O-O 17. Rde1 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nf6 19. Rhg1 Raa8 20. Bc4 Rad8 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Rg6 Rfe8 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Rxf6 Re1+ 25. Qc1 Rxc1+ 26. Kxc1 gxf6 27. Bd3 {Postny,E (2551)-Tulchynskyi,F (2291) Israel ISR 2025 ½-½}) 13. O-O-O $146 ({RR} 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Bb4+ 15. Kf1 Qd8 16. a3 Be7 17. Re1 Qa5 18. g3 Ra8 19. Kg2 Rd8 20. Re3 Nf6 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. Bc4 O-O 23. Rxe6 fxe6 24. Bxe6+ Kh8 25. Qg6 Rd5 26. Rd1 Qd8 27. Rd2 Qd6 {Ding,L (2808)-Nie,X (2388) Fuling 2022 1-0 (55)}) ({RR} 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Bb4+ 15. Kf1 Qd8 16. a3 Be7 17. Re1 Qa5 18. g3 Ra8 19. Kg2 Rd8 20. Re3 Nf6 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. Bc4 O-O 23. Rxe6 fxe6 24. Bxe6+ Kh8 25. Qg6 Rd5 26. Rd1 Qd8 27. Rd2 Qd6 {Ding,L (2808)-Nie,X (2388) Fuling 2022 1-0 (55)}) 13... O-O 14. Ng5 Rc8 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. g4 Qe7 17. g5 h5 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Bg6 c5 20. Qe2 Nf8 21. Qxh5+ Kg8 22. Kb1 b5 23. dxc5 Rxc5 24. Ne2 Rac7 25. f4 Nxg6 26. Qxg6 Rc2 27. Nd4 Rf2 28. Rc1 Rc4 29. Qxe6+ Qxe6 30. Nxe6 Re4 31. Nd4 Rxe3 32. f5 Be5 33. g6 Kf8 34. Rhd1 Re4 35. Rc8+ Ke7 36. Nc2 Rxf5 37. a3 d4 38. Nb4 Rxh4 39. Rc6 a5 40. Nd3 Bd6 41. Ra6 Rg4 42. Re1+ Kd7 43. Ra7+ Kc6 44. Rxg7 Rf6 45. Ra7 Kb6 46. Rd7 Rfxg6 47. Rc1 Rg1 48. Rxd6+ Rxd6 49. Rxg1 Re6 50. Kc2 Re2+ 51. Kd1 Re3 52. Rg6+ Kc7 53. Kc2 Re2+ 54. Kd1 Re3 55. Kd2 Rh3 56. Rf6 Rh2+ 57. Rf2 Rh3 58. Rf4 Rh2+ 59. Kc1 Rh1+ 60. Kc2 Rh2+ 61. Kb3 Kc6 62. Rxd4 Rh6 63. Kc3 Kb6 64. b4 axb4+ 65. axb4 Rc6+ 66. Kd2 Rh6 67. Ke3 Rh3+ 68. Ke4 Rh4+ 69. Nf4 Rh6 70. Ke5 Rh2 71. Rd6+ Kb7 72. Nd5 Rd2 73. Rb6+ Ka7 74. Rxb5 Re2+ 75. Kd6 Rc2 76. Rc5 Rh2 77. Kc6 Rh6+ 78. Kb5 Rh2 79. Rc7+ Kb8 80. Rd7 Rh6 81. Kc5 Kc8 82. Rd6 Rh7 83. Kb6 Rb7+ 84. Kc6 Kb8 85. b5 Ka7 86. b6+ Rxb6+ 87. Nxb6 Ka6 88. Rd5 Ka7 89. Ra5+ Kb8 90. Ra8# 1-0

[Event "CrunchLabs Masters PlayIn"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.07.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grischuk, A."]
[Black "Caruana, F."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "178"]
[EventDate "2024.07.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. e3 Nd7 ({RR} 6... c6 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Bd3 g5 9. h3 Bg7 10. e4 e5 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 exd4 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rc1 Qd6 15. Bb1 d3 16. Bxd3 Rd8 17. exd5 Nb6 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. Rxc4 Qxd5 20. Re8+ Rxe8 21. Bh7+ {Wang,Y (2739)-Topalov,V (2796) Nice 2009 0-1 (34)}) 7. Qb3 ({RR} 7. g3 Bb4+ 8. Nbd2 dxc4 9. Bg2 c3 10. bxc3 Bxc3 11. Rc1 Bxd2+ 12. Nxd2 c6 13. O-O O-O 14. Nc4 Qe7 15. Qd2 Nb6 16. Ne5 Nd7 17. Rfd1 Rd8 18. Qb2 a5 19. Nd3 a4 20. a3 Ra5 21. Qc3 Ra8 {Paravyan,D (2596)-Xiao,T (2493) Sharjah UAE 2025 ½-½}) 7... c6 8. Nbd2 Bd6 $146 ({RR} 8... Qd8 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rac1 Qb6 12. Qc2 Rd8 13. a3 Qc7 14. b4 a5 15. Qb3 axb4 16. axb4 Qb8 17. Ra1 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Bf6 19. Rc1 dxc4 20. Bxc4 Nb6 21. Ne4 Be7 22. Bf1 Bd7 23. Nc5 {Erdos,V (2627)-Boruchovsky,A (2542) Batumi 2018 ½-½ (50)}) 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Qe7 11. e4 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Bc7 13. a4 Rb8 14. Rac1 b5 15. axb5 cxb5 16. Ne3 Bf4 17. Rfe1 Bb7 18. d5 a6 19. Bb1 Rbc8 20. Rcd1 Nc5 21. Qa3 Rfd8 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rc1 Rc8 25. h3 Qd6 26. Rd1 Qb6 27. Rd4 a5 28. b4 axb4 29. Qxb4 Na6 30. Qb2 Qc5 31. Rd1 Bxe3 32. fxe3 Qxe3+ 33. Kh1 Nc5 34. Qxb5 Rf8 35. Re1 Qc3 36. Qe2 Qb4 37. Qe3 Ra8 38. Qd4 Qxd4 39. Nxd4 Ra4 40. Nb5 Nxe4 41. Bxe4 Rxe4 42. Rxe4 Bxe4 43. Kg1 Bd5 44. h4 Kf7 45. Kf2 Kf6 46. g3 Kf5 47. Ke3 e5 48. Nc3 Bc6 49. Nd1 Ba4 50. Nf2 Ke6 51. Ne4 Bc6 52. Nf2 Kd5 53. Kd3 Bb5+ 54. Ke3 Bd7 55. Ne4 Bf5 56. Nf2 Ke6 57. Nd1 Bg4 58. Nf2 Bh5 59. Ne4 Kf5 60. Nf2 Bf7 61. Kf3 Bc4 62. Ke3 Bd5 63. Kd3 Bg2 64. Ke3 Ke6 65. Kd3 Kd5 66. Ke3 e4 67. Ng4 Bf3 68. Nh2 Bh5 69. Nf1 Ke5 70. Nd2 Bg6 71. Nc4+ Kf5 72. Kf2 Bh5 73. Ke3 Bg6 74. Kf2 Bh7 75. Ne3+ Ke5 76. Nc2 Bg8 77. Ne3 Be6 78. Ng2 Kd4 79. Ne3 Bh3 80. Nc2+ Kd3 81. Ne3 Be6 82. Ng2 g5 83. hxg5 hxg5 84. Ne3 Kc3 85. Nd1+ Kd2 86. Ne3 Kd3 87. Nd1 Kd2 88. Ne3 Kd3 89. Nd1 Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "CrunchLabs Masters PlayIn"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.07.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grischuk, A."]
[Black "Caruana, F."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "178"]
[EventDate "2024.07.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. e3 Nd7 ({RR} 6... c6 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Bd3 g5 9. h3 Bg7 10. e4 e5 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 exd4 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rc1 Qd6 15. Bb1 d3 16. Bxd3 Rd8 17. exd5 Nb6 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. Rxc4 Qxd5 20. Re8+ Rxe8 21. Bh7+ {Wang,Y (2739)-Topalov,V (2796) Nice 2009 0-1 (34)}) 7. Qb3 ({RR} 7. g3 Bb4+ 8. Nbd2 dxc4 9. Bg2 c3 10. bxc3 Bxc3 11. Rc1 Bxd2+ 12. Nxd2 c6 13. O-O O-O 14. Nc4 Qe7 15. Qd2 Nb6 16. Ne5 Nd7 17. Rfd1 Rd8 18. Qb2 a5 19. Nd3 a4 20. a3 Ra5 21. Qc3 Ra8 {Paravyan,D (2596)-Xiao,T (2493) Sharjah UAE 2025 ½-½}) 7... c6 8. Nbd2 Bd6 $146 ({RR} 8... Qd8 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rac1 Qb6 12. Qc2 Rd8 13. a3 Qc7 14. b4 a5 15. Qb3 axb4 16. axb4 Qb8 17. Ra1 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Bf6 19. Rc1 dxc4 20. Bxc4 Nb6 21. Ne4 Be7 22. Bf1 Bd7 23. Nc5 {Erdos,V (2627)-Boruchovsky,A (2542) Batumi 2018 ½-½ (50)}) 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Qe7 11. e4 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Bc7 13. a4 Rb8 14. Rac1 b5 15. axb5 cxb5 16. Ne3 Bf4 17. Rfe1 Bb7 18. d5 a6 19. Bb1 Rbc8 20. Rcd1 Nc5 21. Qa3 Rfd8 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rc1 Rc8 25. h3 Qd6 26. Rd1 Qb6 27. Rd4 a5 28. b4 axb4 29. Qxb4 Na6 30. Qb2 Qc5 31. Rd1 Bxe3 32. fxe3 Qxe3+ 33. Kh1 Nc5 34. Qxb5 Rf8 35. Re1 Qc3 36. Qe2 Qb4 37. Qe3 Ra8 38. Qd4 Qxd4 39. Nxd4 Ra4 40. Nb5 Nxe4 41. Bxe4 Rxe4 42. Rxe4 Bxe4 43. Kg1 Bd5 44. h4 Kf7 45. Kf2 Kf6 46. g3 Kf5 47. Ke3 e5 48. Nc3 Bc6 49. Nd1 Ba4 50. Nf2 Ke6 51. Ne4 Bc6 52. Nf2 Kd5 53. Kd3 Bb5+ 54. Ke3 Bd7 55. Ne4 Bf5 56. Nf2 Ke6 57. Nd1 Bg4 58. Nf2 Bh5 59. Ne4 Kf5 60. Nf2 Bf7 61. Kf3 Bc4 62. Ke3 Bd5 63. Kd3 Bg2 64. Ke3 Ke6 65. Kd3 Kd5 66. Ke3 e4 67. Ng4 Bf3 68. Nh2 Bh5 69. Nf1 Ke5 70. Nd2 Bg6 71. Nc4+ Kf5 72. Kf2 Bh5 73. Ke3 Bg6 74. Kf2 Bh7 75. Ne3+ Ke5 76. Nc2 Bg8 77. Ne3 Be6 78. Ng2 Kd4 79. Ne3 Bh3 80. Nc2+ Kd3 81. Ne3 Be6 82. Ng2 g5 83. hxg5 hxg5 84. Ne3 Kc3 85. Nd1+ Kd2 86. Ne3 Kd3 87. Nd1 Kd2 88. Ne3 Kd3 89. Nd1 Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 4th Mar Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Duda, J."]
[Black "Svane, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2025.03.04"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Nf6 5. b3 c5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bb2 ({RR} 7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Be7 11. Bb2 Bf6 12. Qd2 Bd7 13. Rd1 Bc6 14. e4 Nf4 15. Qxd8+ Rxd8 16. Rxd8+ Bxd8 17. Bf1 Bxe4 18. Nd2 Bc6 19. g3 Bf6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Rc1 Kd7 {Fressinet,L (2687)-Carlsen,M (2855) Paris 2016 ½-½ (71)}) ({RR} 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bb2 O-O 9. a3 Be7 10. e4 Nf4 11. Nc3 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 Nc6 13. Na4 b5 14. Nb6 Rb8 15. Nxc8 Rfxc8 16. g3 Ng6 17. Bd3 Bf6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Kd2 Nge5 20. Nxe5 fxe5 21. Rc1 Nd4 {Erigaisi,A (2775)-Deac,B (2652) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (61)}) 7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Be7 9. Bd3 $146 ({RR} 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Nd2 Nc6 12. Nc4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Rc8 14. Bf3 Bb5 15. Rc1 Rc7 16. Qd2 Rd7 17. Qb2 Bf6 18. Rfd1 h6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Ne5 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Qc7 22. a4 Bd7 23. Qd4 Bc8 {Ferey,A (2238)-Svane,R (2626) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (84)}) 9... O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Nd2 Nc6 12. N4f3 Bf6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. a3 Qb8 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Rd8 17. Qc2 h6 18. Rfd1 Be8 19. b4 Qc7 20. Rac1 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 Rd8 22. Qc2 Qd6 23. h3 Rc8 24. Qb2 Rc7 25. Qc2 Rc8 26. Rd1 Qc7 27. Qb2 Rd8 28. Rc1 Qe7 29. g4 Qd6 30. Kg2 b6 31. Rc2 a5 32. Rd2 Qe7 33. b5 Rxd2 34. Nxd2 Nb8 35. a4 Nd7 36. Nc4 Nc5 37. Bc2 Qc7 38. Qe5 Qb7+ 39. f3 Nd7 40. Qd6 g6 41. h4 Qc8 42. Qc6 Qd8 43. Qd6 Qc8 44. Bd3 Qc5 45. Qxc5 Nxc5 46. Bc2 Nd7 47. g5 hxg5 48. hxg5 Kf8 49. f4 Ke7 50. Kf3 Kd8 51. Ke4 Kc7 52. Kd4 Nc5 53. Ne5 Nd7 54. Ng4 Kd6 55. Bb3 Nc5 56. Bd1 Bd7 57. Bc2 Bc8 58. Nf6 Bb7 59. Ng4 Bd5 60. Ne5 Ke7 61. Kc3 Bb7 62. Nc4 Nd7 63. e4 Ba8 64. Kd4 Bb7 65. f5 gxf5 66. exf5 Ba8 67. f6+ Ke8 68. Ne5 Nc5 69. g6 fxg6 70. Bxg6+ Kf8 71. Bc2 Bd5 72. Ke3 Bb3 73. Bxb3 Nxb3 74. Nd7+ Kf7 75. Nxb6 Nc5 76. Kd4 Nb7 77. Ke5 Nc5 78. Nc4 Nxa4 79. b6 Nc5 80. Nd6+ Kg6 81. b7 Nd7+ 82. Kxe6 Nc5+ 83. Ke7 Na6 84. f7 a4 85. f8=Q 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 28th Nov Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.11.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Bacrot, E."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2023.11.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Qc2 c6 ({RR} 7... O-O 8. h4 c5 9. g4 g6 10. g5 hxg5 11. hxg5 Bg7 12. Nc3 cxd4 13. exd4 Nc6 14. O-O-O Nb4 15. Qd2 dxc4 16. Qf4 Qa5 17. Bxc4 b5 18. Bb3 Bb7 19. Kb1 Rac8 20. Ne4 Bxe4+ 21. Qxe4 Rc7 22. Ne5 {Mamedyarov,S (2767)-So,W (2767) Chess.com INT 2019 1-0}) ({RR} 7... O-O 8. h4 c5 9. g4 cxd4 10. g5 Be7 11. gxh6 gxh6 12. Rg1+ Kh8 13. Nxd4 Nc6 14. Nc3 Rg8 15. Rxg8+ Qxg8 16. O-O-O Bxh4 17. Kb1 Nxd4 18. exd4 dxc4 19. Bxc4 Bd7 20. Rh1 Bg5 21. d5 exd5 22. Nxd5 {Andreikin,D (2710)-Aravindh,C (2693) chess.com INT 2026 ½-½ (43)}) 8. Nbd2 Nd7 9. h4 $146 ({RR} 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O dxc4 11. Nxc4 b5 12. Nd6 Qb6 13. Rac1 Be7 14. Ne4 Bb7 15. Nfd2 f5 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Qc7 18. b4 a5 19. a3 axb4 20. axb4 Bf6 21. Qb3 Qf7 22. Rfd1 e5 23. Qb1 Bc8 {Riazantsev,A (2635)-Usmanov,V (2495) Tallinn 2019 ½-½ (49)}) 9... g6 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. O-O-O Qe7 12. Kb1 O-O 13. g4 e5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Nf3 Qf6 18. Nd4 Bxg4 19. Rdg1 Rac8 20. Qd2 h5 21. Rg3 Bh6 22. Bc2 Rfe8 23. Rhg1 Kh8 24. Rxg4 hxg4 25. Rxg4 Re5 26. a3 Rh5 27. Qb4 b6 28. f4 Rxh4 29. Rg1 Bg7 30. Qb5 Rh2 31. Bb3 Qe7 32. Qd3 Qe4 33. Qxe4 dxe4 34. Bxf7 Bxd4 35. exd4 e3 36. Bxg6 Rc4 37. Re1 Rh3 38. d5 Rxf4 39. d6 Rd4 40. d7 Rf3 41. Bh5 Rg3 42. Rd1 Rxd1+ 43. Bxd1 Rg8 44. Kc2 Rd8 45. Bg4 Kg7 46. Kd3 Kf6 47. Kxe3 Ke5 48. Kd3 Kd5 49. Kc3 Kc5 50. Bf5 Kd5 51. Kb4 Kc6 52. Kc4 a5 53. Bg4 Rf8 54. Kb3 Kc7 55. Ka2 Rf4 56. Bh3 Rd4 57. Bf5 Kd8 58. Bh3 Ke7 59. Bf5 Kf6 60. Bh3 Ke5 61. Kb3 Kf6 62. Kc3 Rd6 63. Kc4 Ke7 64. Kb5 Rd3 65. Bg4 Rb3+ 66. Kc6 Kd8 67. a4 Rxb2 68. Be6 Rb4 69. Bf5 Rxa4 70. Kxb6 Rf4 71. Bh3 a4 72. Kb5 a3 73. Be6 Re4 74. Bb3 Kxd7 75. Kc5 Kc7 76. Bd5 Rf4 77. Bb3 Kd8 78. Kb5 Ke7 79. Kc5 Kf6 80. Bd5 Kg5 81. Bb3 Kh4 82. Kb5 Kg3 83. Bc4 Kf2 84. Kb4 Rxc4+ 85. Kxc4 a2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 28th Nov Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.11.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Bacrot, E."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2023.11.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Qc2 c6 ({RR} 7... O-O 8. h4 c5 9. g4 g6 10. g5 hxg5 11. hxg5 Bg7 12. Nc3 cxd4 13. exd4 Nc6 14. O-O-O Nb4 15. Qd2 dxc4 16. Qf4 Qa5 17. Bxc4 b5 18. Bb3 Bb7 19. Kb1 Rac8 20. Ne4 Bxe4+ 21. Qxe4 Rc7 22. Ne5 {Mamedyarov,S (2767)-So,W (2767) Chess.com INT 2019 1-0}) ({RR} 7... O-O 8. h4 c5 9. g4 cxd4 10. g5 Be7 11. gxh6 gxh6 12. Rg1+ Kh8 13. Nxd4 Nc6 14. Nc3 Rg8 15. Rxg8+ Qxg8 16. O-O-O Bxh4 17. Kb1 Nxd4 18. exd4 dxc4 19. Bxc4 Bd7 20. Rh1 Bg5 21. d5 exd5 22. Nxd5 {Andreikin,D (2710)-Aravindh,C (2693) chess.com INT 2026 ½-½ (43)}) 8. Nbd2 Nd7 9. h4 $146 ({RR} 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O dxc4 11. Nxc4 b5 12. Nd6 Qb6 13. Rac1 Be7 14. Ne4 Bb7 15. Nfd2 f5 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Qc7 18. b4 a5 19. a3 axb4 20. axb4 Bf6 21. Qb3 Qf7 22. Rfd1 e5 23. Qb1 Bc8 {Riazantsev,A (2635)-Usmanov,V (2495) Tallinn 2019 ½-½ (49)}) 9... g6 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. O-O-O Qe7 12. Kb1 O-O 13. g4 e5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Nf3 Qf6 18. Nd4 Bxg4 19. Rdg1 Rac8 20. Qd2 h5 21. Rg3 Bh6 22. Bc2 Rfe8 23. Rhg1 Kh8 24. Rxg4 hxg4 25. Rxg4 Re5 26. a3 Rh5 27. Qb4 b6 28. f4 Rxh4 29. Rg1 Bg7 30. Qb5 Rh2 31. Bb3 Qe7 32. Qd3 Qe4 33. Qxe4 dxe4 34. Bxf7 Bxd4 35. exd4 e3 36. Bxg6 Rc4 37. Re1 Rh3 38. d5 Rxf4 39. d6 Rd4 40. d7 Rf3 41. Bh5 Rg3 42. Rd1 Rxd1+ 43. Bxd1 Rg8 44. Kc2 Rd8 45. Bg4 Kg7 46. Kd3 Kf6 47. Kxe3 Ke5 48. Kd3 Kd5 49. Kc3 Kc5 50. Bf5 Kd5 51. Kb4 Kc6 52. Kc4 a5 53. Bg4 Rf8 54. Kb3 Kc7 55. Ka2 Rf4 56. Bh3 Rd4 57. Bf5 Kd8 58. Bh3 Ke7 59. Bf5 Kf6 60. Bh3 Ke5 61. Kb3 Kf6 62. Kc3 Rd6 63. Kc4 Ke7 64. Kb5 Rd3 65. Bg4 Rb3+ 66. Kc6 Kd8 67. a4 Rxb2 68. Be6 Rb4 69. Bf5 Rxa4 70. Kxb6 Rf4 71. Bh3 a4 72. Kb5 a3 73. Be6 Re4 74. Bb3 Kxd7 75. Kc5 Kc7 76. Bd5 Rf4 77. Bb3 Kd8 78. Kb5 Ke7 79. Kc5 Kf6 80. Bd5 Kg5 81. Bb3 Kh4 82. Kb5 Kg3 83. Bc4 Kf2 84. Kb4 Rxc4+ 85. Kxc4 a2 0-1

[Event "Clash of Claims 2024"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "2024.06.09"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "2024.06.07"]

1. d4 {Chessbase - Stockfish 17} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Qc2 Be7 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Bg5 c6 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. e3 Bd6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 c5 16. dxc5 $146 ({RR} 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Qe2 Bd7 18. Rfe1 Rad8 19. Ne5 cxd4 20. Nxd7 Rxd7 21. Rxd4 Rfd8 22. Red1 Bc5 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. Rxd7 Qxd7 25. Be4 b6 26. Qd3 Bd4 27. Kg2 Qd6 28. b3 f5 29. Bf3 Qc5 30. Qe2 Kf7 {Vaishali,R (2476)-Svane,F (2664) Wijk aan Zee 2025 [Chessbase - Stockfish 17] ½-½ (45)}) ({RR} 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Rfe1 Ra6 18. d5 exd5 19. Qxd5 Be7 20. Qe5 Rd6 21. Rd5 Be6 22. Rxc5 Qd8 23. Qe2 Bf6 24. Rb5 b6 25. c5 bxc5 26. Rxc5 a4 27. b3 a3 28. Qc2 Qb6 29. Bf1 Rfd8 30. Rb5 Qc6 {Hakobyan,A (2620)-Praggnanandhaa,R (2758) Jermuk ARM 2025 0-1 (78)}) 16... Bxc5 17. Rad1 Qb6 18. Qe2 Qc7 19. Ne5 Bd6 20. f4 a4 21. Kh1 Ra5 22. Ng4 Be7 23. Ne3 Bc5 24. Nc2 Bd7 25. b4 axb3 26. axb3 Ra2 27. Rd2 Bc6 28. Bxc6 Qxc6+ 29. Qg2 Rb2 30. b4 Qxg2+ 31. Rxg2 Bxb4 32. Nxb4 Rxb4 33. Rc2 Rc8 34. c5 Kf8 35. Rfc1 Rc6 36. Kg2 Ke7 37. Kf3 f5 38. Rc3 Kf6 39. R1c2 g5 40. Ke3 gxf4+ 41. gxf4 Rc7 42. Rc4 Rb1 43. Kf3 Rb5 44. c6 bxc6 45. Rxc6 Rb3+ 46. Kf2 Re7 47. Re2 h5 48. Rd6 Rc3 49. Re3 Rc2+ 50. Re2 Rxe2+ 51. Kxe2 Ra7 52. Kf3 h4 53. Rd2 Ra3+ 54. Kg2 h3+ 55. Kf2 Kg6 56. Re2 Kh5 57. Rxe6 Kg4 58. Rb6 Ra2+ 59. Kg1 Rg2+ 60. Kh1 Re2 61. Kg1 Kf3 62. Rb3+ Re3 63. Rb1 Kxf4 64. Rf1+ Kg4 65. Rb1 Re2 66. Rf1 f4 67. Rb1 Ra2 68. Rf1 Rg2+ 69. Kh1 Re2 70. Kg1 f3 71. Rb1 Kf4 72. Rb4+ Kf5 73. Rb5+ Kf4 74. Rb4+ Re4 75. Rb1 Rd4 76. Re1 Rd2 77. Re8 Rd1+ 78. Kf2 Rd2+ 79. Kg1 Rg2+ 80. Kh1 Re2 81. Rf8+ Ke3 82. Re8+ Kf2 83. Re4 Re1+ 84. Rxe1 Kxe1 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.10.03"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. b3 c5 6. Bb2 cxd4 7. exd4 Bb4+ 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. a3 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 dxc4 11. bxc4 b5 12. cxb5 $146 ({RR} 12. c5 Bb7 13. Be2 Ne4 14. Qf4 Qa5+ 15. Kf1 Nd7 16. h4 e5 17. dxe5 Ndxc5 18. Qe3 Rfd8 19. Kg1 Qa4 20. Nd4 Qa5 21. Rd1 Na4 22. Ba1 Nac3 23. Rd3 Nxe2+ 24. Qxe2 b4 25. Rhh3 Rac8 26. Nb3 Qb6 {Lubbe,N (2508)-Feuerstack,A (2464) Germany GER 2024 1-0 (41)}) ({RR} 12. c5 Bb7 13. Be2 Ne4 14. Qf4 Qa5+ 15. Kf1 Nd7 16. h4 e5 17. dxe5 Ndxc5 18. Qe3 Rfd8 19. Kg1 Qa4 20. Nd4 Qa5 21. Rd1 Na4 22. Ba1 Nac3 23. Rd3 Nxe2+ 24. Qxe2 b4 25. Rhh3 Rac8 26. Nb3 Qb6 {Lubbe,N (2508)-Feuerstack,A (2464) Germany GER 2024 1-0 (41)}) 12... axb5 13. Be2 Bb7 14. O-O Qd5 15. Qg5 Na6 16. Rfc1 Qxg5 17. Nxg5 h6 18. Nf3 Rfb8 19. Ne5 Bd5 20. Bc3 Ne4 21. Be1 Nd6 22. Nd7 Rb7 23. Nc5 Rba7 24. a4 Nb8 25. Rcb1 bxa4 26. Rxa4 Rxa4 27. Nxa4 Nc6 28. Nb6 Rb8 29. Bd3 Be4 30. Nc4 Rxb1 31. Bxb1 Bxb1 32. Nxd6 Nxd4 33. f3 e5 34. Bb4 f6 35. h4 Kh7 36. Kf2 Kg6 37. Bc3 Ne6 38. g3 Ba2 39. Ke3 Bd5 40. Nc8 Bb7 41. Ne7+ Kf7 42. Nf5 Bc6 43. Ba5 Ba4 44. f4 exf4+ 45. gxf4 Kg6 46. Ng3 Bc2 47. Bb6 h5 48. Kf3 Nf8 49. Bc5 Nd7 50. Ba7 Bf5 51. Ke3 Bg4 52. Kf2 Kf7 53. Nf1 Ke6 54. Ne3 Bf5 55. Bd4 Be4 56. Kg3 Nb8 57. Bc5 Nc6 58. Kf2 Na5 59. Bf8 Kf7 60. Bb4 Nb3 61. Nf1 Bc2 62. Ne3 Bd3 63. Ba3 Ke6 64. Bf8 g6 65. Ba3 Be4 66. Bb4 Nc1 67. Ba3 Nd3+ 68. Kg3 Bb7 69. Bf8 Nc1 70. Kf2 Na2 71. Ba3 Nc3 72. Bb4 Ne4+ 73. Ke2 Bc6 74. Ba3 Bb7 75. Bb4 Ba6+ 76. Kf3 Bd3 77. Ba3 Nd2+ 78. Kf2 Be4 79. Bb4 Nf3 80. Kg3 Nd4 81. Kf2 Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Spring A"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.04.08"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"]
[Black "Dardha, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2023.04.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 Ne4 9. a4 $146 ({RR} 9. Nc3 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 O-O 11. e4 dxc4 12. Nxc4 b5 13. Ne3 Rb8 14. Rad1 c5 15. d5 Qb6 16. Rd2 c4 17. Rfd1 Bc5 18. Nf1 Ne5 19. b3 Bb4 20. Re2 Qa5 21. Nb1 Ba6 22. a3 Bxa3 23. Qa2 b4 {Kudryashova,S (1204)-Kostygova,M (1576) St Petersburg RUS 2023 0-1 (36)}) ({RR} 9. Nc3 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 O-O 11. e3 Rb8 12. Rab1 a5 13. a3 b5 14. c5 e5 15. b4 a4 16. Rbd1 Qe8 17. Rfe1 e4 18. Ndxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Nf6 20. Bg2 Bg4 21. f3 Be6 22. Qf2 Nd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 {Vidit,S (2723)-Grischuk,A (2742) Chess.com INT 2022 0-1 (34)}) ({RR} 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Nxd2 11. Bxd2 Nf6 12. Ne5 a5 13. Rfd1 Qb6 14. Bf4 Rd8 15. Rac1 Bd7 16. e3 Be8 17. g4 Nd7 18. Nxd7 Rxd7 19. cxd5 exd5 20. b3 Bd6 21. Bg3 Qd8 22. e4 dxe4 23. Qxe4 f6 {Evenshaug,A (2220)-Haug,H (2432) Bergen NOR 2026 0-1 (43)}) 9... a5 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Ne1 b6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 Ba6 15. Nc3 Nf6 16. Qe3 Rc8 17. Nb5 Qd7 18. Qd3 Bb7 19. f3 Nd5 20. Nc2 Ba6 21. Qb3 Nc7 22. Nc3 e5 23. Be3 b5 24. axb5 Nxb5 25. Qd5 Qf5 26. Ne4 Nc7 27. Qxe5 Qd7 28. Nc5 Bxc5 29. dxc5 Rfe8 30. Qd6 Qb5 31. Nd4 Qxb2 32. Qb6 Qxb6 33. cxb6 Nd5 34. Rxc8 Bxc8 35. Bd2 Nxb6 36. Bxa5 Nc4 37. Bb4 h6 38. Ra7 Ne3 39. Kf2 Nd1+ 40. Ke1 Ne3 41. Bd2 Nf5 42. Nc6 Be6 43. e4 Nd6 44. Bf4 Nc4 45. Kf2 Kf8 46. h4 f5 47. exf5 Bxf5 48. Nd4 Be6 49. g4 Re7 50. Ra6 Kf7 51. h5 Bd7 52. Kg3 Kg8 53. Ra7 Rf7 54. Rc7 Nb6 55. Rc5 Na4 56. Ra5 Nb2 57. Bc1 Nc4 58. Rd5 Re7 59. Bf4 Rf7 60. Rc5 Nb2 61. Rc7 Nd3 62. Bd6 Kh7 63. Nf5 Be6 64. Rxf7 Bxf7 65. Bf8 g6 66. Nxh6 gxh5 67. g5 Be6 68. Kh4 Kg6 69. Be7 Ne5 70. f4 Nf3+ 71. Kg3 Nd4 72. Ba3 Nf5+ 73. Nxf5 Bxf5 74. Kh4 Be4 75. f5+ Bxf5 76. Bc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Finals 2025"]
[Site "Sao Paulo BRA"]
[Date "2025.09.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R."]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2025.09.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bd6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qd3 $146 ({RR} 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3 c6 9. Qc2 Re8 10. Re1 Nf8 11. e4 dxe4 12. Ng5 Bf5 13. Ngxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bh3 15. Be3 Qd7 16. Qe2 f5 17. Qc4+ Kh8 18. Bf3 Rac8 19. Rad1 f4 20. Bd2 fxg3 21. hxg3 Qf5 {Maruschkin,L (1582)-Knipp,B (1594) Leverkusen 2002 0-1 (54)}) ({RR} 7. Nc3 dxc4 8. Bg5 ({RR} 8. a4 a5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Ne4 Qe7 12. Nfd2 Nb6 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. Nxc4 Nd5 15. Nexd6 Nb4 16. Qd2 cxd6 17. Nxa5 Rxa5 18. Qxb4 Rfa8 19. b3 Bc6 20. Rfc1 Qd7 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Qc3 R8a6) 8... e5 9. Rc1 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Ne4 Qe6 12. Qc2 Nb6 13. Nxd6 cxd6 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Nd2 Rd8 16. Nxc4 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Qxc4 18. Rxc4 Rd2 19. Rfc1 Be6 20. R4c2 Rad8 21. Bxb7 Bxa2 {Boruchovsky,A (2509)-Sarana,A (2661) Rhodes GRE 2025 ½-½ (33)}) ({RR} 7. Nc3 dxc4 8. e4 e5 9. d5 Nb6 10. h3 Bd7 11. Be3 c6 12. Nd2 cxd5 13. exd5 Rc8 14. Qe2 Bf5 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. Nxc4 Qa6 17. Nxd6 Bd3 18. Qxe5 Rxc3 19. bxc3 Bxf1 20. Bxf1 Qa5 21. c4 Qd2 {Dandeniya,D (1982)-Stevik,P (2316) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (41)}) 7... b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Nh4 g6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Rac1 Re8 13. Nf3 Ne4 14. Bf4 c5 15. Rfd1 Rc8 16. Qb1 Bf6 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Nd2 cxd4 19. Nxe4 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Nc5 22. Bf3 d3 23. Rd1 a5 24. exd3 Bd4 25. Kg2 Qf6 26. Qc2 Bxb2 27. Bg5 Qxg5 28. Qxb2 Qd8 29. Qb5 Kg7 30. h4 h5 31. Qc4 Qd6 32. d4 Ne4 33. a4 Nf6 34. d5 Rd8 35. Qc6 Ng4 36. Re1 Qb4 37. Re4 Qd2 38. Re2 Qd4 39. Rc2 Ne5 40. Qc3 Nxf3 41. Kxf3 Rxd5 42. Qxd4+ Rxd4 43. Rc6 Rb4 44. Kg2 Kf8 45. f3 Ke7 46. Kh3 f6 47. Kg2 g5 48. Kh3 gxh4 49. g4 hxg4+ 50. fxg4 Kf7 51. Rd6 Ke7 52. Rc6 Rxa4 53. Rxb6 Rb4 54. Ra6 a4 55. Ra5 Rb3+ 56. Kxh4 a3 57. Ra6 Rf3 58. g5 fxg5+ 59. Kxg5 Kd7 60. Kg4 Rb3 61. Kf4 Kc7 62. Ke4 Kb7 63. Ra4 Rh3 64. Kd5 Rh5+ 65. Kd6 Rh6+ 66. Kc5 Ra6 67. Rb4+ Kc7 68. Rb1 Rc6+ 69. Kd4 Rb6 70. Ra1 a2 71. Rxa2 Rc6 72. Ra3 Kd6 73. Rc3 Rxc3 74. Kxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja SRB"]
[Date "2023.03.11"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Bjerre, Jonas Buhl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2023.03.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. a3 Ne4 10. Nfd2 O-O 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Bxe4 Bd4 14. Re1 $146 ({RR} 14. Kg2 Re8 15. Bf3 Ne5 16. Bd5 Rd8 17. Be4 f5 18. Bc2 Be6 19. Nc3 h6 20. Nb5 Bb6 21. Bf4 Rac8 22. Bb1 Nc4 23. Ba2 g5 24. Bc1 Kf7 25. Nc3 Bd4 26. Bxc4 Bxc4 27. Be3 Bxc3 28. bxc3 Bxe2 {Rendle,T (2378)-Li,H (2113) England ENG 2024 ½-½}) ({RR} 14. Nc3 Na5 15. Bf4 Nc4 16. Rac1 Re8 17. Bf3 Bh3 18. Nb5 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 Ne3+ 20. Bxe3 Bxe3 21. fxe3 Rxe3 22. b4 Kf8 23. Kf2 Re7 24. Nd6 Rb8 25. Rc8+ Rxc8 26. Nxc8 Rd7 27. Nxa7 f5 28. Nb5 g5 {Marn,J (2386)-Heldenbergh,N (2205) Palmanova ITA 2026 1-0 (45)}) 14... Re8 15. Nd2 Be6 16. Nf3 Bf6 17. Bg5 Bxb2 18. Rab1 Bxa3 19. Rxb7 Rac8 20. Be3 Bc4 21. Bf5 Be6 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23. Bxa7 Re7 24. Rxe7 Nxe7 25. Be3 Nd5 26. Bd2 Bb4 27. Bxb4 Nxb4 28. Rd1 h6 29. g4 Re8 30. e3 Nc6 31. Rd5 Re4 32. h3 g6 33. Kg2 Kg7 34. Kg3 Ne7 35. Rb5 Ng8 36. Ne5 Kf6 37. Nf3 Kg7 38. h4 Nf6 39. Ne5 h5 40. g5 Ng4 41. Nf3 Ra4 42. Nd2 Kf8 43. Rc5 Ra1 44. Ne4 Ke7 45. Rb5 Rc1 46. Kf4 Rc4 47. Rb2 f5 48. gxf6+ Nxf6 49. Rb7+ Kf8 50. f3 Nd5+ 51. Kg5 Rc6 52. Rb3 Re6 53. Rd3 Ne7 54. Rd6 Re5+ 55. Kf6 Rf5+ 56. Ke6 Rxf3 57. Rd8+ Kg7 58. Rd7 Rxe3 59. Rxe7+ Kf8 60. Rf7+ Kg8 61. Rf4 Kg7 62. Ke5 Re1 63. Kd4 Rd1+ 64. Ke3 Re1+ 65. Kf2 Ra1 66. Ng5 Ra3 67. Ne6+ Kg8 68. Rf8+ Kh7 69. Rf7+ Kg8 70. Rg7+ Kh8 71. Rxg6 Rh3 72. Rh6+ Kg8 73. Rxh5 1-0

[Event "chess.com SpeedChess 2024"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.09"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, I."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2024.07.25"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bxc5 9. a3 b6 10. b4 ({RR} 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. b4 Be7 12. Rd1 Nbd7 13. Bb2 a5 14. b5 Qc7 15. Nbd2 Rac8 16. Rac1 Qb8 17. Qe1 Rfd8 18. Be2 Nc5 19. Nc4 Bd5 20. Nfe5 Nfd7 21. Bf3 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Qb7 23. Qe2 Nb3 24. Rc3 a4 {Nakamura,H (2802)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2770) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (34)}) 10... Be7 $146 ({RR} 10... Bd6 11. Bb2 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Bb7 13. Rc1 Qe7 14. Bd3 Nbd7 15. Nc4 Bb8 16. Qe2 Nd5 17. g3 N5f6 18. e4 a5 19. bxa5 bxa5 20. e5 Nd5 21. Be4 Nc5 22. Bb1 g6 23. Nfd2 Ba6 24. Rfe1 Nb6 25. Qe3 {Mijovic,C (1961)-Ristic,M (2113) Serbia 2011 0-1 (44)}) 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Qe2 a5 13. bxa5 Rxa5 14. Nbd2 Nbd7 15. Nb3 Rh5 16. Rfd1 Qb8 17. h3 Qa8 18. Nbd2 Rh6 19. Bd3 Nc5 20. Bc2 Na4 21. Bd4 Rc8 22. Rdc1 Nd5 23. Qe1 Nc5 24. Nc4 Ba6 25. Nfd2 Rd8 26. Rab1 Bf8 27. Nxb6 Nxb6 28. Rxb6 Nd3 29. Bxd3 Bxd3 30. Rb3 Rg6 31. f3 Bf5 32. Kh1 Rh6 33. Qf2 Qd5 34. Bc3 Bxh3 35. gxh3 Rxh3+ 36. Kg2 Qh5 37. Nf1 Rd5 38. f4 Qg4+ 39. Ng3 Rdh5 40. Be1 Rh2+ 41. Kf1 Rh1+ 42. Qg1 Rxg1+ 43. Kxg1 Rh3 44. Kg2 h5 45. Rc8 h4 46. Rbb8 Rxg3+ 47. Bxg3 Qxg3+ 48. Kh1 h3 49. Rxf8+ Kh7 50. Rh8+ Kg6 51. Rb2 Qxe3 52. Rhb8 Qxf4 53. R8b3 Qg4 54. Kh2 Qf4+ 55. Kxh3 f5 56. Kg2 Kf6 57. Re2 g5 58. Rbe3 Qc4 59. a4 g4 60. a5 Qd5+ 61. Kg1 Qxa5 62. Rxe6+ Kg5 63. Re1 Qc5+ 64. Kg2 Qd5+ 65. Kg1 Kh4 66. R6e2 f4 67. Re8 Kg3 68. R8e2 f3 69. Rh2 Qd4+ 70. Kh1 f2 71. Rg2+ Kf3 72. Rf1 g3 73. Rfxf2+ gxf2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 17th Feb 2026"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2026.02.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "So, W."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2026.02.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 7. dxc5 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Ne4 ({RR} 9... Bxc5 10. Ke2 Bd7 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Bd3 Bc6 13. Ne5 Nbd7 14. Nxc6 Rxc6 15. Nd2 Rac8 16. a3 Bd6 17. Rxc6 Rxc6 18. Rc1 Rxc1 19. Bxc1 Kf8 20. g3 Nd5 21. Be4 Nc3+ 22. Kd3 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Be7 24. a4 {Topalov,V (2798)-Anand,V (2804) Stavanger 2015 ½-½ (46)}) 10. Ke2 Nc6 11. Nbd2 Nxc5 12. Rac1 $146 ({RR} 12. Rhc1 Bd7 13. Nd4 Rfd8 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bd4 Rac8 16. a4 a6 17. a5 Kf8 18. Nf3 Nd7 19. Ne1 Bd6 20. Ra2 Ne5 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Rac2 Bc7 23. b4 Bd6 24. Bxa6 Bxb4 25. Nd3 Bd6 26. Rxc6 Rxc6 {Markus,R (2553)-Michalik,P (2562) Berlin GER 2026 ½-½ (50)}) 12... Na5 13. Bb5 a6 14. Bd3 Nxd3 15. Kxd3 Rd8+ 16. Ke2 Bd7 17. Rhd1 f6 18. Bc3 Nc6 19. Nc4 Be8 20. Nd4 e5 21. Nxc6 Bxc6 22. f3 Kf7 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. e4 Ke6 25. a4 b5 26. axb5 Bxb5 27. Ba5 Rb8 28. Kd3 Bc5 29. Bc3 h5 30. Kc2 h4 31. Rd1 Rc8 32. Kb2 g6 33. h3 Be7 34. Ne3 Ba3+ 35. Kc2 Bc5 36. Nd5 f5 37. Kb2 Bc6 38. Nb4 Bb7 39. Nd3 fxe4 40. Nxe5 g5 41. fxe4 Bxe4 42. Nf3 Bxf3 43. gxf3 Ba3+ 44. Kxa3 Rxc3 45. Rf1 Kf5 46. Ka4 Kf4 47. b4 Rxf3 48. Rh1 Kg3 49. Rg1+ Kxh3 50. Rxg5 Rg3 51. Rh5 Rg6 52. Rc5 Kh2 53. Rc2+ Kg3 54. Rc3+ Kg4 55. Rc4+ Kh5 56. Rc5+ Rg5 57. Rc3 Rf5 58. Rd3 Kg4 59. Rd4+ Kg3 60. Rd3+ Kg4 61. Rd4+ Kg5 62. Rd3 Rf6 63. Ka5 Rh6 64. Rd5+ Kf4 65. Rd4+ Ke3 66. Rd1 h3 67. Rh1 h2 68. Rxh2 Rxh2 69. Kxa6 Kd4 70. b5 Kc5 71. b6 Rb2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 12th Dec Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.12.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Melkumyan, H."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2023.12.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 ({RR} 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Nc3 h6 9. Bh4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 a6 11. a4 cxd4 12. exd4 Nb6 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. Ne5 Bc6 15. a5 Nbd5 16. Re1 Rc8 17. Bb1 Re8 18. Qc2 Kf8 19. Qb3 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Qd5 {Fedoseev,V (2664)-Martinovic,S (2537) Karlsruhe 2016 1-0 (44)}) 6... h6 ({RR} 6... O-O 7. Nbd2 Re8 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Nxc4 c5 10. O-O h6 11. Bf4 b5 12. Nce5 c4 13. Be2 Bb7 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. a4 a6 16. Nd2 Rc8 17. axb5 axb5 18. Ne4 Nb6 19. Nc3 b4 20. Na4 c3 21. bxc3 {Kasymova,E (1275)-Abaeva,A (1116) Bishkek 2021 0-1 (37)}) 7. Bxf6 $146 ({RR} 7. Bh4 O-O 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 {½-½ (9) Zeller,J (2165)-Von Gleich,A (2334) Germany 2019}) 7... Nxf6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Rd1 c5 10. dxc5 Qa5 11. a3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Qxc5 13. Ba2 b6 14. O-O Ba6 15. Rfe1 Rfd8 16. Qa4 Bb7 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Qxa7 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Rd2 20. Re2 Rd7 21. Qa8+ Bf8 22. f4 b5 23. Kg2 b4 24. axb4 Qxb4 25. Rc2 g6 26. Ne2 Qb7+ 27. Qxb7 Rxb7 28. Nd4 Ne4 29. Bc4 Bg7 30. b3 Bxd4 31. exd4 Nd6 32. Kf3 Kg7 33. Ke3 Kf6 34. Kd3 Nf5 35. Kc3 Ne7 36. Kd3 Kf5 37. Ke3 Nd5+ 38. Bxd5 exd5 39. Rb2 Rb4 40. h3 h5 41. Rb1 Ke6 42. Kd3 Kf5 43. Ke3 Ke6 44. Kd3 Kf5 45. Kc3 Rb5 46. b4 Kxf4 47. Ra1 Rb8 48. Ra5 Kf3 49. Rxd5 Kxf2 50. Rd7 f5 51. Rg7 f4 52. Rxg6 f3 53. Rg5 Ke2 54. Re5+ Kd1 55. Rxh5 f2 56. Rf5 Ke2 57. d5 f1=Q 58. Rxf1 Kxf1 59. Kc4 Rh8 60. d6 Rh4+ 61. Kc5 Rxh3 62. b5 Rc3+ 63. Kd5 Rd3+ 64. Kc6 Rc3+ 65. Kb7 Rd3 66. Kc7 Rc3+ 67. Kd8 Rb3 68. d7 Rxb5 69. Ke7 Rd5 70. Ke6 Rxd7 71. Kxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 7th Mar Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.03.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Matlakov, M."]
[Black "Bluebaum, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2023.03.07"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 a5 8. Qc2 Nb4 9. Qb1 c5 10. dxc5 ({RR} 10. e4 Be7 11. Rd1 cxd4 12. a3 Nc6 13. e5 Nd7 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Re1 Nc5 16. h4 g6 17. Qa2 a4 18. Nf1 Nb3 19. Bh6 Nxa1 20. Bxf8 Bxf8 21. Qxa1 Bf5 22. N1h2 Bg7 23. g4 Be4 24. e6 fxe6 {Stamatiou,R (2324)-Kassios,D (2148) Patras GRE 2026 0-1 (42)}) 10... Bxc5 11. b3 d4 $146 ({RR} 11... Qe7 12. Bb2 Rd8 13. Ne5 Nc6 14. Ndf3 Ne4 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Qc2 Bb7 17. e3 Rac8 18. Rfd1 f6 19. Rac1 e5 20. Nd2 Ng5 21. h4 Ne6 22. Nf3 Qf7 23. Qf5 Rc7 24. cxd5 cxd5 25. Ne1 g6 26. Qb1 {Povshednyi,I (2340)-Shimanov,A (2578) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (57)}) 12. Bb2 Nc6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 f5 15. Qf4 Bd6 16. Qd2 e5 17. e3 Bb4 18. Qc1 Re8 19. exd4 e4 20. Ne1 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Qxd4 22. Nc2 Qc5 23. Nxb4 axb4 24. Rd1 Be6 25. Qf4 Red8 26. g4 Rf8 27. gxf5 Rxf5 28. Qe3 Qxe3 29. fxe3 Rg5 30. Kh1 Bg4 31. Rd5 Rxd5 32. cxd5 Bf5 33. h4 g6 34. Kh2 Kf7 35. Kg3 Ra5 36. Kf4 Rxd5 37. Bxe4 Bxe4 38. Kxe4 Rh5 39. Rh1 Ke6 40. Kf3 g5 41. Rc1 Rxh4 42. Rc7 h5 43. Rxb7 Rh3+ 44. Ke4 Rg3 45. Rb6+ Kf7 46. Kf5 h4 47. Rb7+ Ke8 48. Rh7 h3 49. e4 Rg2 50. e5 h2 51. Kf6 Rf2+ 52. Kxg5 Rxa2 53. Kf6 Rf2+ 54. Ke6 Kd8 55. Kd6 Rd2+ 56. Kc5 Re2 57. Kxb4 Rxe5 58. Rxh2 Kc7 59. Rh6 Kb8 60. Ka4 Re8 61. b4 Re5 62. b5 Re1 63. Ka5 Re8 64. Ka6 Rf8 65. b6 Rg8 66. Rh7 Rf8 67. Rb7+ Ka8 68. Ra7+ Kb8 69. Rb7+ Ka8 70. Ra7+ Kb8 71. Rb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Swiss 2023"]
[Site "Douglas IOM"]
[Date "2023.11.03"]
[Round "9.23"]
[White "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, D."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2023.10.25"]

1. d4 {Epishin,Vladimir} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nd7 5. e4 c5 6. Bxc4 cxd4 7. O-O Bc5 8. b4 ({RR} 8. Na3 Ne7 9. b4 Bd6 10. Nb5 Bb8 11. Nbxd4 O-O 12. Qb3 Ne5 13. Be2 Nxf3+ 14. Nxf3 Ng6 15. Rd1 Qf6 16. Bb2 Qf4 17. Qc2 Nh4 18. e5 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. Rac1 a5) ({RR} 8. Nbd2 Ne7 9. e5 Ng6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. Ne4 b6 13. Bg5 Qe8 14. b4 Bb7 15. Rfe1 Be7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Rad1 a5 18. Rxd4 Bd5 19. b5 Rfc8 20. Neg5 Qc5 21. Rh4 Bc4 22. Nd2 Qe7 {Sjugirov,S (2692)-Kadric,D (2558) Sharjah UAE 2024 ½-½ (61)}) 8... Bd6 9. Na3 $146 ({RR} 9. e5 Bb8 10. Bf4 Ne7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Rfe1 Nb6 ({RR} 12... a5 13. Bd3 b5 14. Bxb5 Nb6 15. Qb3 axb4) 13. Qb3 Nxc4 ({RR} 13... a5 14. b5 Ba7 15. Rad1 a4 16. Qc2 Nbd5 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 Nc3 19. Rc1 Qd7) 14. Nxc4 b5 ({RR} 14... Qd5 15. Red1 b5 16. Nd6 Qxb3 17. axb3 Nd5 18. Bg3 Nxb4 19. Nxd4 a5) 15. Nd6 Bxd6 16. exd6 Nf5 17. Rad1 Bb7 18. Nxd4 Bd5 ({RR} 18... Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Bd5 20. Qb2 Rc8 21. Re3 f6 22. h3 Rc4) 19. Qxd5 exd5 20. Nxf5 Re8 ({RR} 20... h6 21. Ne7+ ({RR} 21. Rxd5 a5 22. d7 Ra7 23. Ne7+ Kh7 24. Nc6 Rxd7 25. Nxd8 Rxd5 26. Nc6 axb4 27. g3 Ra8 28. Rb1 Ra4 29. Be3) 21... Kh7 22. Rxd5 a5) 21. Ne7+ Kf8 22. Rxd5 Qd7 ({RR} 22... h6 23. Rxb5) 23. h3 a6 {Sakaev,K (2635)-Rublevsky,S (2685) St Petersburg 1998 CBM 067 [Epishin,Vladimir] 1-0 (34)} ({RR} 23... f6 24. Rc5 Rac8 25. Rec1)) 9... Bb8 10. Bg5 Ne7 11. Nxd4 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Qb6 14. Bb5 O-O 15. Nf3 Bxg3 16. hxg3 Nf6 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. e5 Nfd5 19. Rac1 Ng6 20. Rfe1 Qe7 21. a3 Rd8 22. Nd6 Bd7 23. Bxd7 Qxd7 24. Qxd7 Rxd7 25. Ne4 Kg7 26. Nc5 Re7 27. Nd4 a5 28. b5 a4 29. Re4 Kh7 30. Ne2 Nb6 31. Rc3 Ra5 32. f4 Rxb5 33. Nxa4 Nd5 34. Rc8 Rb3 35. Nac3 Nxc3 36. Rxc3 Rb2 37. Nd4 Rd7 38. fxg5 hxg5 39. Nf3 Kh6 40. Kh2 Rb1 41. g4 Nf4 42. Rb4 Rxb4 43. axb4 Nd5 44. Rc8 Nxb4 45. Rh8+ Kg7 46. Rh5 Nd3 47. Rxg5+ Kf8 48. Rh5 Rd5 49. Rh8+ Kg7 50. Rb8 b5 51. Kg3 Nxe5 52. Ne1 Rc5 53. Nf3 Nd3 54. Nd4 b4 55. Kf3 Rc4 56. Ke3 Nc5 57. Rb5 Rc3+ 58. Kf4 b3 59. Ne2 Rc2 60. Nd4 Rc4 61. Ke3 Rc3+ 62. Ke2 f6 63. Nf3 Kg6 64. Nd4 Kf7 65. Nc6 Na4 66. Rb7+ Kg6 67. Nd4 b2 68. Nxe6 Rc1 69. Nf8+ Kg5 70. Rg7+ Kf4 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2023-24"]
[Site "Viernheim GER"]
[Date "2024.02.25"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Abasov, N."]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2023.10.21"]
[WhiteTeam "SC Oetigheim"]
[BlackTeam "SC Viernheim"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. g3 c5 ({RR} 7... dxc4 8. Nxc4 b5 9. Na5 Qb4+ 10. Qd2 Qa4 11. a3 Ne4 12. Qb4 Qxb4+ 13. axb4 Nf6 14. Bg2 Nd5 15. Ne5 f6 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Nd3 c6 18. Rc1 Kd7 19. f3 Re8 20. h4 Kc7 21. Nf4 Kd6 22. g4 {Lenderman,A (2570)-Andreikin,D (2729) chess.com INT 2022 0-1 (76)}) 8. dxc5 ({RR} 8. cxd5 cxd4 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Nxd4 Bd5 11. N4f3 Qb4 12. Qc2 Bxf3 13. a3 Qa5 14. exf3 Nc6 15. Qc3 O-O-O 16. Qxa5 Nxa5 17. O-O-O Nc6 18. Bh3+ Kc7 19. Nc4 b5 20. Ne3 Ne5 21. Bg2 Nd3+ 22. Kc2 Nxf2 {Qiu,L (2122)-Amanzhol,K (1827) Montesilvano ITA 2026 ½-½ (101)}) 8... O-O 9. Bg2 d4 $146 ({RR} 9... Qxc5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Rc1 Qe7 13. a3 Rd8 14. Qc2 Bd7 15. e4 Nc7 16. Rfd1 e5 17. Nc4 Bg4 18. Ne3 Rxd1+ 19. Qxd1 Rd8 20. Qe1 Be6 21. Bf1 Nd4 22. Nxe5 f6 23. Qb4 Qxb4 24. axb4 {Chan,S (2082)-Fava,L (2281) Peterborough ENG 2024 ½-½ (41)}) 10. Nxd4 Rd8 11. N4b3 a5 12. a4 Nfd7 13. O-O Nxc5 14. Nxc5 Qxc5 15. Ne4 Qc7 16. Qc2 Na6 17. Rfd1 Bd7 18. Ng5 f5 19. e4 h6 20. Nf3 fxe4 21. Qxe4 Nc5 22. Qc2 Bc6 23. Re1 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 Rd4 25. Rad1 Rad8 26. Rxd4 Rxd4 27. Re3 Qd7 28. Bh5 Rd3 29. Qe2 b6 30. Bg6 Rxe3 31. Qxe3 Qd1+ 32. Kg2 Qg4 33. Bd3 Qd1 34. Be2 Qxa4 35. Qe5 Kh7 36. Qd6 Qb3 37. Qd2 e5 38. Bg4 Qxc4 39. Bf5+ g6 40. Bb1 Qd4 41. Qe2 e4 42. h4 h5 43. f3 e3 44. f4 Qd2 45. Kf3 Nb3 46. Qxe3 Nd4+ 47. Ke4 Qxb2 48. Kd5 Nf5 49. Bxf5 Qb5+ 50. Kd6 Qxf5 51. Qe7+ Kg8 52. Qe5 Qf8+ 53. Kc6 Qc5+ 54. Kd7 a4 55. g4 hxg4 56. h5 Qf8 57. hxg6 Qg7+ 58. Kd8 Qxg6 59. f5 Qg5+ 60. Ke8 g3 61. Qe6+ Kh7 62. f6 g2 63. f7 Qb5+ 64. Kd8 g1=Q 65. f8=Q Qd4+ 66. Kc7 Qbc5+ 67. Qxc5 Qxc5+ 68. Kb7 a3 69. Qf6 b5 0-1

[Event "1st 3-0 Thursday Nov 13th 2025"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.11.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sarana, A."]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2025.11.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qc2 b6 8. Nbd2 c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. e4 Nc6 11. exd5 ({RR} 11. a3 d4 12. e5 Nd7 13. Re1 Bb7 14. Nb3 a5 15. Bf4 h6 16. h4 Qb6 17. Nc1 a4 18. Nh2 Na5 19. Qxa4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qb7+ 21. Kg1 Nb6 22. Qb5 Nbxc4 23. Qxb7 Nxb7 24. Nd3 Nba5 25. b4 Nb3 {Sarana,A (2668)-Ismagilov,D (2156) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (88)}) 11... exd5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Ne4 ({RR} 13. a3 Be6 14. Rd1 h6 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Ne3 Rfd8 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Be3 Rac8 19. Rac1 Qb8 20. Qe2 {½-½ (20) Soderstrom,A (2395)-Sorensen,H (2437) Sweden SWE 2026}) 13... Bg4 $146 ({RR} 13... Ncb4 14. Qd2 Ba6 15. Rd1 Bd3 16. Nc3 c4 17. Ne1 Rc8 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd3 cxd3 20. Qxd3 Nb6 21. Qxd8 Rfxd8 22. Be3 Bf6 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rb1 g6 25. b3 Rc8 26. a4 Bc3 27. Rc1 Bb4 28. Rxc8+ {Mayank,C (2457)-Oparin,G (2660) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (60)}) 14. Neg5 g6 15. Qe4 Bf5 16. Qh4 h5 17. Rd1 Bg4 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Nd4 20. Kg2 Nxf3 21. Kxf3 Qd7 22. Qe4 Rad8 23. Bf4 Rfe8 24. Rxd5 Qxd5 25. Qxd5 Rxd5 26. Ne4 f5 27. Nc3 Rd3+ 28. Ke2 Rd7 29. Kf1 Bf6 30. Na4 c4 31. Rc1 g5 32. Be3 h4 33. gxh4 f4 34. Bc5 Re4 35. hxg5 Bxg5 36. f3 Re6 37. Rc2 Bh4 38. Bf2 Bxf2 39. Kxf2 Rd4 40. Nc5 Rh6 41. Kg2 Kf7 42. Ne4 Ke6 43. b3 cxb3 44. axb3 Kd7 45. Nc5+ Kd8 46. Ra2 Rg6+ 47. Kf2 Rd5 48. Ne4 a6 49. h4 Rb6 50. Ra3 Rd3 51. Nc5 Rd2+ 52. Ke1 Rh2 53. Ra4 Rg6 54. Kf1 Rh1+ 55. Ke2 Rh2+ 56. Kd3 Rxh4 57. Rd4+ Kc8 58. Rc4 Rc6 59. b4 Kc7 60. Re4 Kb6 61. Re7 Rxc5 62. bxc5+ Kxc5 63. Re5+ Kd6 64. Re8 Rh5 65. Ke4 Kc5 66. Rc8+ Kd6 67. Rc1 Re5+ 68. Kxf4 Rd5 69. Rb1 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rakhmanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ragger, Markus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. e3 c5 6. Bxc4 Nc6 ({RR} 6... cxd4 7. Nxd4 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. Bd3 Qxc2 11. Bxc2 Bd7 12. Nc3 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. e4 Bb4 15. f3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nd7 17. Be3 Rfc8 18. Bb3 Kf8 19. a4 a5 20. Rd6 Ke8 21. Rad1 {Odegov,A (2244)-Matlakov,M (2606) Sochi RUS 2025 0-1 (73)}) 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Qe7 $146 ({RR} 8... Be7 9. Rd1 Bd7 10. Nc3 a6 11. a3 O-O 12. b4 b5 13. Be2 Qc7 14. Bb2 Rac8 15. Rac1 Bd6 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 f5 18. Qh4 Be7 19. Qh3 Qb8 20. Rxd7 Bf6 21. Ng5 h6 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Nf3 {Bussoli,S (1672)-Heyne,E Senigallia 1996 1-0 (39)}) 9. e4 Nd7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bf4 Nd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Rad1 Bc5 14. e5 Bb6 15. Ne4 Bc7 16. Ng5 g6 17. Nf3 Qc5 18. Qe2 Nb6 19. Bb3 Nd5 20. Bh6 Re8 21. Rc1 Qe7 22. Bg5 Qd7 23. Qc4 b5 24. Qh4 Bb7 25. Bxd5 Bxd5 26. Bf6 h5 27. Qf4 Kh7 28. Ng5+ Kg8 29. Nf3 Kh7 30. Ng5+ Kg8 31. Ne4 Kh7 32. Nc5 Qc8 33. Na6 Qxa6 34. Rxc7 Rf8 35. Be7 Rg8 36. Bg5 Raf8 37. Rxf7+ Rxf7 38. Qxf7+ Rg7 39. Qf8 Qb7 40. Rc1 Qf7 41. Qd8 Qd7 42. Qf8 Qf7 43. Qc5 Qb7 44. Bf6 Rf7 45. h4 Kg8 46. Kh2 Bxa2 47. Qc2 Bd5 48. Qxg6+ Kf8 49. Qh6+ Ke8 50. Qh8+ Rf8 51. Qxh5+ Qf7 52. Rc8+ Kd7 53. Qxf7+ Rxf7 54. Rc5 Bc4 55. g4 a5 56. h5 Rh7 57. Kg3 a4 58. Kf4 Bd3 59. Ke3 Bf1 60. f3 Bc4 61. Kd2 Bd5 62. Rxb5 Bxf3 63. Rb4 Kc6 64. Rxa4 Rb7 65. Kc3 Bd5 66. Rb4 Rh7 67. Kd4 Bf3 68. Ke3 Bd1 69. Rd4 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2023-24"]
[Site "Viernheim GER"]
[Date "2024.02.25"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Abasov, N."]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2023.10.21"]
[WhiteTeam "SC Oetigheim"]
[BlackTeam "SC Viernheim"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. g3 c5 ({RR} 7... dxc4 8. Nxc4 b5 9. Na5 Qb4+ 10. Qd2 Qa4 11. a3 Ne4 12. Qb4 Qxb4+ 13. axb4 Nf6 14. Bg2 Nd5 15. Ne5 f6 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Nd3 c6 18. Rc1 Kd7 19. f3 Re8 20. h4 Kc7 21. Nf4 Kd6 22. g4 {Lenderman,A (2570)-Andreikin,D (2729) chess.com INT 2022 0-1 (76)}) 8. dxc5 ({RR} 8. cxd5 cxd4 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Nxd4 Bd5 11. N4f3 Qb4 12. Qc2 Bxf3 13. a3 Qa5 14. exf3 Nc6 15. Qc3 O-O-O 16. Qxa5 Nxa5 17. O-O-O Nc6 18. Bh3+ Kc7 19. Nc4 b5 20. Ne3 Ne5 21. Bg2 Nd3+ 22. Kc2 Nxf2 {Qiu,L (2122)-Amanzhol,K (1827) Montesilvano ITA 2026 ½-½ (101)}) 8... O-O 9. Bg2 d4 $146 ({RR} 9... Qxc5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Rc1 Qe7 13. a3 Rd8 14. Qc2 Bd7 15. e4 Nc7 16. Rfd1 e5 17. Nc4 Bg4 18. Ne3 Rxd1+ 19. Qxd1 Rd8 20. Qe1 Be6 21. Bf1 Nd4 22. Nxe5 f6 23. Qb4 Qxb4 24. axb4 {Chan,S (2082)-Fava,L (2281) Peterborough ENG 2024 ½-½ (41)}) 10. Nxd4 Rd8 11. N4b3 a5 12. a4 Nfd7 13. O-O Nxc5 14. Nxc5 Qxc5 15. Ne4 Qc7 16. Qc2 Na6 17. Rfd1 Bd7 18. Ng5 f5 19. e4 h6 20. Nf3 fxe4 21. Qxe4 Nc5 22. Qc2 Bc6 23. Re1 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 Rd4 25. Rad1 Rad8 26. Rxd4 Rxd4 27. Re3 Qd7 28. Bh5 Rd3 29. Qe2 b6 30. Bg6 Rxe3 31. Qxe3 Qd1+ 32. Kg2 Qg4 33. Bd3 Qd1 34. Be2 Qxa4 35. Qe5 Kh7 36. Qd6 Qb3 37. Qd2 e5 38. Bg4 Qxc4 39. Bf5+ g6 40. Bb1 Qd4 41. Qe2 e4 42. h4 h5 43. f3 e3 44. f4 Qd2 45. Kf3 Nb3 46. Qxe3 Nd4+ 47. Ke4 Qxb2 48. Kd5 Nf5 49. Bxf5 Qb5+ 50. Kd6 Qxf5 51. Qe7+ Kg8 52. Qe5 Qf8+ 53. Kc6 Qc5+ 54. Kd7 a4 55. g4 hxg4 56. h5 Qf8 57. hxg6 Qg7+ 58. Kd8 Qxg6 59. f5 Qg5+ 60. Ke8 g3 61. Qe6+ Kh7 62. f6 g2 63. f7 Qb5+ 64. Kd8 g1=Q 65. f8=Q Qd4+ 66. Kc7 Qbc5+ 67. Qxc5 Qxc5+ 68. Kb7 a3 69. Qf6 b5 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2023-24"]
[Site "Viernheim GER"]
[Date "2024.02.25"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Abasov, N."]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2023.10.21"]
[WhiteTeam "SC Oetigheim"]
[BlackTeam "SC Viernheim"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. g3 c5 ({RR} 7... dxc4 8. Nxc4 b5 9. Na5 Qb4+ 10. Qd2 Qa4 11. a3 Ne4 12. Qb4 Qxb4+ 13. axb4 Nf6 14. Bg2 Nd5 15. Ne5 f6 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Nd3 c6 18. Rc1 Kd7 19. f3 Re8 20. h4 Kc7 21. Nf4 Kd6 22. g4 {Lenderman,A (2570)-Andreikin,D (2729) chess.com INT 2022 0-1 (76)}) 8. dxc5 ({RR} 8. cxd5 cxd4 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Nxd4 Bd5 11. N4f3 Qb4 12. Qc2 Bxf3 13. a3 Qa5 14. exf3 Nc6 15. Qc3 O-O-O 16. Qxa5 Nxa5 17. O-O-O Nc6 18. Bh3+ Kc7 19. Nc4 b5 20. Ne3 Ne5 21. Bg2 Nd3+ 22. Kc2 Nxf2 {Qiu,L (2122)-Amanzhol,K (1827) Montesilvano ITA 2026 ½-½ (101)}) 8... O-O 9. Bg2 d4 $146 ({RR} 9... Qxc5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Rc1 Qe7 13. a3 Rd8 14. Qc2 Bd7 15. e4 Nc7 16. Rfd1 e5 17. Nc4 Bg4 18. Ne3 Rxd1+ 19. Qxd1 Rd8 20. Qe1 Be6 21. Bf1 Nd4 22. Nxe5 f6 23. Qb4 Qxb4 24. axb4 {Chan,S (2082)-Fava,L (2281) Peterborough ENG 2024 ½-½ (41)}) 10. Nxd4 Rd8 11. N4b3 a5 12. a4 Nfd7 13. O-O Nxc5 14. Nxc5 Qxc5 15. Ne4 Qc7 16. Qc2 Na6 17. Rfd1 Bd7 18. Ng5 f5 19. e4 h6 20. Nf3 fxe4 21. Qxe4 Nc5 22. Qc2 Bc6 23. Re1 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 Rd4 25. Rad1 Rad8 26. Rxd4 Rxd4 27. Re3 Qd7 28. Bh5 Rd3 29. Qe2 b6 30. Bg6 Rxe3 31. Qxe3 Qd1+ 32. Kg2 Qg4 33. Bd3 Qd1 34. Be2 Qxa4 35. Qe5 Kh7 36. Qd6 Qb3 37. Qd2 e5 38. Bg4 Qxc4 39. Bf5+ g6 40. Bb1 Qd4 41. Qe2 e4 42. h4 h5 43. f3 e3 44. f4 Qd2 45. Kf3 Nb3 46. Qxe3 Nd4+ 47. Ke4 Qxb2 48. Kd5 Nf5 49. Bxf5 Qb5+ 50. Kd6 Qxf5 51. Qe7+ Kg8 52. Qe5 Qf8+ 53. Kc6 Qc5+ 54. Kd7 a4 55. g4 hxg4 56. h5 Qf8 57. hxg6 Qg7+ 58. Kd8 Qxg6 59. f5 Qg5+ 60. Ke8 g3 61. Qe6+ Kh7 62. f6 g2 63. f7 Qb5+ 64. Kd8 g1=Q 65. f8=Q Qd4+ 66. Kc7 Qbc5+ 67. Qxc5 Qxc5+ 68. Kb7 a3 69. Qf6 b5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 29th Nov Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.11.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Black "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2022.11.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 d5 4. c4 Bd6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. g3 ({RR} 9. Bd3 a6 10. Qc2 Re8 11. O-O Nbd7 12. a4 Ne4 13. Ba3 Bxa3 14. Rxa3 Rc8 15. Qb2 c5 16. b4 c4 17. Bb1 f5 18. b5 a5 19. Ne2 g5 20. Rc1 Qf6 21. Nd2 Re6 22. Nf1 Rce8 23. f3 Nd6 {Indjic,A (2622)-Altini,N (2360) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (58)}) 9... Nbd7 10. Bg2 Ba6 11. a3 $146 ({RR} 11. Bf1 Bxf1 12. Kxf1 c6 13. Kg2 Re8 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Re1 Qe7 16. Ne2 Ne4 17. Nf4 Ndf6 18. Nd3 Ng4 19. Nfe5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Bb8 21. f3 Ng5 22. h4 Ne6 23. f4 g6 24. Nf2 h5 25. g4 Ng7 {Suarez Gomez,J (2449)-Sarana,A (2640) Chess.com INT 2021 1-0 (39)}) 11... Re8 12. Ne2 c5 13. O-O Rc8 14. Re1 c4 15. bxc4 Bxc4 16. Nd2 Ba6 17. Nc3 Bb7 18. Qb3 Ne4 19. Ndxe4 dxe4 20. a4 a6 21. Ba3 Bxa3 22. Rxa3 Nf6 23. Rb1 Re6 24. Bh3 Rxc3 25. Qxc3 Rc6 26. Qb2 Qc7 27. Raa1 Nd5 28. Rc1 Nc3 29. Bf1 h5 30. d5 Nxd5 31. Rxc6 Qxc6 32. Qe5 Nf6 33. Rd1 Qc8 34. Qe7 Kh7 35. Rd8 Qc6 36. Qxf7 Bc8 37. Qc4 Qxc4 38. Bxc4 Bd7 39. Bxa6 Bxa4 40. Rb8 Nd7 41. Rb7 Bc6 42. Rc7 Ba4 43. Bb7 Nc5 44. Bc6 Bc2 45. Rc8 Nb3 46. Bd5 Nc5 47. Rb8 Nd7 48. Rb7 Ne5 49. Rxb6 Nf3+ 50. Kh1 h4 51. gxh4 Nxh4 52. Rb4 Kh6 53. Bxe4 Bd1 54. Kg1 g6 55. Rb6 Kg5 56. f4+ Kg4 57. Kf2 Kh3 58. Rb8 Bh5 59. Rh8 Kg4 60. Rh6 Kh3 61. Rh8 Kg4 62. Bg2 Nf5 63. h3+ Kh4 64. Bf3 Ng3 65. Bxh5 Nxh5 66. Kf3 Kxh3 67. f5 Kh4 68. fxg6 Kg5 69. Rxh5+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 29th Oct Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.10.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Bjerre, Jonas Buhl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2024.10.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. e3 Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. a3 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b6 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Be2 Rc8 13. O-O Nd7 14. Bb5 $146 ({RR} 14. b4 e5 15. Qb2 exd4 16. Qxd4 Qe7 17. Rfd1 Nf8 18. Qe5 Ne6 19. Nd4 Qd6 20. Qxd6 cxd6 21. Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. Nf5 Rc2 23. Bd3 Ra2 24. Nxd6 Bc6 25. Bc4 Rxa3 26. b5 Ba8 27. h4 Ra4 28. f3 Kf8 {Dziuba,M (2578)-Socko,B (2632) Legnica 2021 ½-½ (48)}) ({RR} 14. b4 e5 15. Qb2 exd4 16. Qxd4 Qe7 17. Rfd1 Nf8 18. Qe5 Ne6 19. Nd4 Qd6 20. Qxd6 cxd6 21. Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. Nf5 Rc2 23. Bd3 Ra2 24. Nxd6 Bc6 25. Bc4 Rxa3 26. b5 Ba8 27. h4 Ra4 28. f3 Kf8 {Dziuba,M (2578)-Socko,B (2632) Legnica 2021 ½-½ (48)}) 14... c6 15. Ba4 b5 16. Bd1 c5 17. Be2 a6 18. Qa5 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Ne5 20. Qb6 Qe7 21. h3 Qd7 22. Rfd1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Rc5 Rxc5 25. Qxc5 Qd5 26. Qxd5 Bxd5 27. f4 Nd7 28. b4 Nb6 29. Bd3 Kf8 30. Kf2 Ke7 31. e4 Bc4 32. Bc2 Kd6 33. e5+ Kd7 34. Nb3 Bxb3 35. Bxb3 g6 36. Ke3 Kc6 37. Kd4 Nc8 38. g4 Ne7 39. Bc2 Kb6 40. Be4 Nc6+ 41. Kc3 Ne7 42. h4 Kc7 43. Kd4 Kb6 44. Bc2 Nc6+ 45. Ke4 Ne7 46. Bb3 Kc6 47. a4 Kb6 48. a5+ Kc6 49. Kd4 h5 50. gxh5 gxh5 51. Bd1 Nf5+ 52. Ke4 Ng3+ 53. Kd3 Kd7 54. Bf3 Kc7 55. Kd4 Nf5+ 56. Ke4 Nxh4 57. Bxh5 Ng6 58. Bxg6 fxg6 59. Kf3 Kc6 60. Kg4 Kd5 61. Kg5 Kc4 62. Kxg6 Kxb4 63. f5 exf5 64. e6 Kxa5 65. e7 b4 66. e8=Q b3 67. Kxf5 Kb4 68. Qe1+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com SpeedChess 2024"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.06"]
[Round "2.20"]
[White "Caruana, F."]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2024.07.25"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bd3 ({RR} 6. c5 Be7 7. b4 b6 8. a3 c6 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. O-O Qc7 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Qd3 Nb8 13. Bd2 Nbd7 14. Rfc1 bxc5 15. bxc5 e5 16. Qf1 e4 17. Ne1 Ng4 18. g3 h5 19. Rab1 Rfb8 20. Nc2 Nf8 {Nakamura,H (2768)-Yu Yangyi (2729) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (56)}) 6... b6 ({RR} 6... dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. e4 a6 11. Re1 Ng6 12. h3 Nh5 13. Bf1 Ngf4 14. Kh2 Bc5 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Qd6 17. Rc1 Bd7 18. Nd2 Qh6 19. Nc4 Rae8 20. d6 c5 21. Nd5 {Tudor,H (2460)-Bluebaum,M (2694) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (73)}) 7. cxd5 exd5 8. O-O c5 $146 ({RR} 8... Re8 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 a6 11. Ne2 Nbd7 12. b4 Ne4 13. Ng3 g6 14. a3 h5 15. Ne2 h4 16. Ne1 Ndf6 17. f3 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 Qe7 19. Nc2 Nh5 20. Nc3 Rad8 21. f4 c5 22. bxc5 bxc5 23. Rae1 {Gruener,A-Likavsky,T (2453) Pfaeffikon 2003 0-1 (33)}) 9. Ne5 Re8 10. f4 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Bd2 Nc7 13. Be1 cxd4 14. exd4 Ne4 15. Qf3 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 f6 17. Ng4 Qd7 18. f5 Re4 19. Rae1 Rae8 20. g3 a5 21. Nf2 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 23. Bxe1 Qa4 24. Qc3 h6 25. a3 Qe8 26. Bd2 Kh7 27. Qd3 Qb5 28. Qxb5 Nxb5 29. Be3 h5 30. Kf1 g6 31. fxg6+ Kxg6 32. Ke2 Kf5 33. Kf3 a4 34. h3 Na7 35. g4+ hxg4+ 36. Nxg4 Nc6 37. h4 Na5 38. h5 Nc4 39. Bc1 b5 40. Nf2 Bf8 41. Nd3 Nb6 42. Nc5 Nc4 43. Nd7 Be7 44. Nc5 Bxc5 45. dxc5 Ne5+ 46. Ke3 Nc6 47. Kd3 Ke6 48. Ke3 Kf7 49. Kf4 Kg7 50. Kf5 Kf7 51. Be3 Ne7+ 52. Kf4 Nc6 53. Bd2 Ke6 54. h6 Kf7 55. h7 Kg7 56. Bc3 Kxh7 57. Kf5 d4 58. Bd2 Kg7 59. Ke6 d3 60. Kd6 Ne5 61. c6 Nc4+ 62. Ke6 Nxd2 63. c7 Nc4 64. c8=Q d2 65. Qd7+ Kh6 66. Kxf6 Kh5 67. Qd4 Nxb2 68. Qxd2 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT"]
[Site "Lanzarote"]
[Date "2003.05.08"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2003.05.06"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tiendas UPI"]
[BlackTeam "Cajacanarias"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. b3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 ({RR} 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. a3 Be7 11. Qc2 Bf6 12. Be2 Bd7 13. Ne4 Bxb2 14. Qxb2 Qb6 15. O-O Rfd8 16. Rac1 Be8 17. Rc2 Rac8 18. Rfc1 Nce7 19. Nc5 a5 20. g3 h6 21. Ne5 Qa7 22. Bh5 b6 {Karpov,A (2628)-Fressinet,L (2702) Cap d'Agde 2015 ½-½ (61)}) 8... a5 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. cxd5 $146 ({RR} 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Nxc4 b5 12. Nce5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bb7 14. Bxb5 Qb6 15. Qe2 Rfb8 16. Bc4 Bd5 17. Nd3 Be7 18. O-O Qc6 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Rd8 23. Bd4 Qb5 24. Qc2 Nd5 {Peng,L (2541)-Jumabayev,R (2556) Tashkent UZB 2026 ½-½ (74)}) 10... exd5 11. Bd3 Qe7 12. O-O Bd6 13. Qb1 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Nf3 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Bg4 17. Nd4 Rfc8 18. Rfc1 h6 19. h3 Bd7 20. Ne2 b6 21. Rd1 Rc5 22. b4 Rcc8 23. Qd4 Qe6 24. Ng3 Qc6 25. Ne2 Qe6 26. Rab1 axb4 27. axb4 Ra4 28. Ra1 Rca8 29. Rxa4 Rxa4 30. Nc3 Ra3 31. Be2 Ba4 32. Rc1 Bc6 33. Qxb6 Rb3 34. Qd4 Qd6 35. Rb1 Rxb1+ 36. Nxb1 Ne4 37. Nc3 Ng5 38. Bg4 h5 39. Bf5 g6 40. h4 Ne6 41. Bxe6 Qxe6 42. b5 Bb7 43. Ne2 Qf5 44. Qb6 Qd7 45. Nd4 Kg7 46. Qc5 f6 47. Qa7 Kf7 48. Qb8 Qc8 49. Qd6 Qc1+ 50. Kh2 Qc8 51. b6 Qe8 52. Qc7+ Qe7 53. Qxe7+ Kxe7 54. Ne2 g5 55. Ng3 gxh4 56. Nf5+ Kd7 57. Kh3 Kc6 58. Kxh4 Kxb6 59. Kxh5 d4 60. Nxd4 Bxg2 61. Kg6 Kc5 62. Kxf6 Kc4 63. Ke5 Kd3 64. Kf4 Bb7 65. f3 Ba8 66. Nf5 Ke2 67. e4 Kf2 68. Nd4 1-0

[Event "Chessable Masters Div 3 L"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.04.06"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Sarana, A."]
[Black "Bluebaum, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2023.04.04"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. O-O c6 9. Bf4 b6 10. Nbd2 Nh5 11. e3 Bb7 12. h4 ({RR} 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Bc7 Qe8 14. Rfc1 Nhf6 15. Bf1 Nb8 16. Ne5 Na6 17. Qb3 Nxc7 18. Rxc7 Rb8 19. Rac1 Bd6 20. R7c2 Qe7 21. Qa4 Ra8 22. Ba6 Bxa6 23. Qxa6 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Nd7 25. Nf3 Qb4 {½-½ (25) Ding,L (2801)-Anand,V (2757) Kolkata 2019}) ({RR} 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Rfc1 Nxf4 14. exf4 Rc8 15. Qa4 a6 16. Qb3 b5 17. a4 b4 18. Qd3 Bd6 19. Nb3 Qb6 20. Ne5 Nf6 21. Qe3 Rfd8 22. Nc5 Qa7 23. Ned3 a5 24. Bh3 Ne4 25. Nxb7 Qxb7 26. f5 Rxc1+ {Manko,M (2281)-Dwilewicz,K (2131) Chotowa POL 2026 1-0 (70)}) 12... Nxf4 13. exf4 dxc4 $146 ({RR} 13... c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Ng5 g6 16. b4 Nd7 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Qb3 Nf6 19. Rad1 Re8 20. Ngf3 Bf8 21. Ne5 Bg7 22. Rc1 Qd6 23. Ndf3 Nd7 24. Rce1 Nxe5 25. fxe5 Bxe5 26. Nxe5 Rxe5 27. Rxe5 Qxe5 {½-½ (27) Pingin,A (2399)-Drygalov,A (2455) Sochi RUS 2024}) 14. Nxc4 Qc7 15. Nce5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 c5 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. a3 a5 20. Rac1 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qb7+ 22. Kg1 f6 23. Nd3 Bd4 24. Qe2 Rd6 25. Ne1 Rad8 26. Nf3 Bxb2 27. Rxd6 Rxd6 28. Re1 Bxa3 29. f5 Bb4 30. fxe6 Qe7 31. Rc1 Qxe6 32. Qa6 Rd8 33. Qb7 Bc5 34. Re1 Qd5 35. Qc7 h5 36. Kg2 Kh7 37. Re2 Rd7 38. Qc8 Rd8 39. Qc7 Qd7 40. Qf4 Re8 41. Rd2 Qg4 42. Qc7 Re7 43. Qc6 Qe6 44. Qb5 Qe4 45. Rd1 Qe2 46. Qb1+ Qe4 47. Qb5 Qc2 48. Rd2 Qf5 49. Rd8 Qe6 50. Rd1 Qe4 51. Re1 Qc2 52. Rxe7 Qxf2+ 53. Kh3 Bxe7 54. Qxh5+ Kg8 55. Qd5+ Kh8 56. Qh5+ Kg8 57. Qd5+ Kf8 58. Nd4 Qf1+ 59. Kh2 Qf2+ 60. Kh3 Qf1+ 61. Kh2 Bc5 62. Qd8+ Kf7 63. Qd7+ Kg8 64. Qd5+ Kf8 65. Qd8+ Kf7 66. Qd7+ Kg8 67. Qd5+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 29th Nov Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.11.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2859"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2022.11.29"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Qc2 b6 8. Qxc4 Bb7 9. Bxb4 axb4 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Rfc1 h6 $146 ({RR} 12... Nd5 13. Qc2 h6 14. Nc4 Ra7 15. Nce5 Nde7 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. e3 Qa8 18. Ng5 hxg5 19. Bxc6 Nxc6 20. Qxc6 Qxc6 21. Rxc6 Rfa8 22. Rac1 Rxa2 23. Rxc7 Rxb2 24. Rc8+ Rxc8 25. Rxc8+ Kh7 26. Rb8 g4 27. Rxb6 {Grischuk,A (2764)-Carlsen,M (2856) Warsaw 2021 1-0 (58)}) ({RR} 12... Ra7 13. e3 Nd5 14. Ne1 Qa8 15. Qb3 Rd8 16. Nc4 h6 17. h4 Na5 18. Nxa5 Rxa5 19. e4 Nf6 20. d5 exd5 21. Rxc7 Rc5 22. Re7 Kf8 23. Re5 dxe4 24. Qxb4 Qa5 25. Qxa5 Rxa5 26. Rxa5 bxa5 27. Rb1 {Novozhilov,S (2450)-Nesterov,A (2598) Moscow RUS 2026 0-1 (34)}) 13. e3 Ra7 14. Ne1 Nd5 15. Qb3 Qd7 16. Nd3 Rfa8 17. Nc4 Qd8 18. Nde5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Qd6 20. Nd3 Qe7 21. h4 Ra4 22. Rc2 R8a5 23. Rac1 c6 24. Ne5 c5 25. Nc4 Ra6 26. e4 b5 27. exd5 bxc4 28. Rxc4 Bxd5 29. Bxd5 exd5 30. Rxc5 Rxa2 31. Rxd5 Ra1 32. Rdc5 Qxc5 33. dxc5 Rxc1+ 34. Kg2 Rxc5 35. Qxb4 Rc8 36. Qb7 Raa8 37. b4 Rab8 38. Qe4 Rc7 39. Qf4 Rcb7 40. Qd6 Rxb4 41. Qc5 Rb2 42. Qe5 R2b5 43. Qd6 Ra8 44. Qc6 Rba5 45. g4 Ra2 46. Kg3 R2a6 47. Qb7 Ra3+ 48. f3 R3a7 49. Qb6 Ra6 50. Qb7 R6a7 51. Qb6 Re7 52. Qc6 Rae8 53. g5 Re6 54. Qd7 h5 55. Qd5 g6 56. Qd7 Re5 57. Qd6 R8e6 58. Qd8+ Kh7 59. Qd4 Rf5 60. Qd3 Re1 61. Qc3 Rg1+ 62. Kf2 Rg4 63. Qc7 Rxh4 64. Kg3 Rd4 65. Qe7 Rdf4 66. Qe3 Rxf3+ 0-1

[Event "TechM GCL 2024"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2024.10.10"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Vidit, S."]
[Black "Duda, J."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2024.10.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[WhiteTeam "Mumba Masters"]
[BlackTeam "American Gambits"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nbd2 f5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Ndf3 ({RR} 9. Nd3 b6 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. Nf3 Rc8 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Re8 14. Rfd1 Ne4 15. b4 Ba6 16. c5 bxc5 17. bxc5 Qa5 18. e3 g5 19. Nd3 Bxd3 20. Rxd3 Rb8 21. h4 g4 22. Nd2 Nxd2 23. Qxd2 Qxd2 {Postny,E (2577)-Anton Guijarro,D (2669) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (74)}) 9... Bxe5 ({RR} 9... Qe7 10. Bf4 Ne4 11. Qc2 Ndf6 12. Nd3 Bd7 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. c5 Qc7 15. Nfe5 Be8 16. b4 Ng5 17. a4 Nf7 18. Nxf7 Rxf7 19. Rfb1 a6 20. e3 g5 21. Ne5 Rg7 22. b5 axb5 23. axb5 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 {Floor,D (2185)-Rogiers,J (2023) Belgium BEL 2026 1-0 (38)}) 10. dxe5 $146 ({RR} 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. f4 Nb6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. b3 Bd7 15. Be3 Bc6 16. Bd4 Rf7 17. Qd2 Nd7 18. Rfc1 h6 19. e3 g5 20. Bf3 Rg7 21. Kh1 h5 22. Rg1 g4 23. Bg2 h4 24. Rgc1 Kf7 {Kunte,A (2551)-Joshi,G (2269) New Delhi 2006 ½-½ (34)}) 10... Ne4 11. b3 Qe7 12. a4 Rd8 13. Qc2 a5 14. Ba3 Qe8 15. Rac1 b6 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Nd4 Nxe5 18. Qc7 Nf7 19. Qxb6 Bd7 20. Rc7 Rdb8 21. Rb7 e5 22. Nb5 Rxb7 23. Qxb7 Bc6 24. Qb6 Rb8 25. Qxa5 Bxb5 26. axb5 Rxb5 27. Qa6 Rxb3 28. Rc1 Rb8 29. Rc7 Nf6 30. Be7 Ra8 31. Qe6 e4 32. Qxf5 Nh6 33. Qe6+ Kh8 34. Bh3 Nhg8 35. Bc5 Qh5 36. Qf7 Qxf7 37. Rxf7 Ra2 38. Bf8 Ne8 39. Bd7 Ngf6 40. Bxe8 Nxe8 41. Rd7 Kg8 42. Bc5 Nf6 43. Rd8+ Kf7 44. e3 Ng4 45. Rxd5 Ke6 46. Rd6+ Ke5 47. Rd7 Nxf2 48. Bd4+ Ke6 49. Rxg7 h5 50. Rg6+ Ke7 51. Kf1 Ng4 52. h3 Nh2+ 53. Ke1 Nf3+ 54. Kd1 Rh2 55. g4 h4 56. g5 Rxh3 57. Rg7+ Ke6 58. g6 Rg3 59. Rg8 h3 60. g7 h2 61. Rh8 Rg2 62. Bc3 Kd5 63. Rh5+ Kc4 64. Be1 Rxg7 65. Bf2 Kd3 66. Rd5+ Kc3 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "Chartres"]
[Date "2022.06.09"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Abasov, Nijat Azad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2022.06.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 208 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tremblay en France"]
[BlackTeam "Grasse Echecs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. d4 a6 5. b3 c5 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. exd4 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Bb2 Be7 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Rac1 ({RR} 12. Ne5 dxc4 13. bxc4 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. Ne4 Nc5 16. Nf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. exf6 e5 20. fxg7 Kxg7 21. Rad1 Qe7 22. Rfe1 f6 23. Re3 Rg8 24. Rg3+ Kf8 25. Qh6+ Kf7 26. Qh7+ Ke6 {Andreikin,D (2733)-Abasov,N (2655) Ulcinj 2019 ½-½ (34)}) 12... dxc4 13. bxc4 Qc7 $146 ({RR} 13... b5 14. c5 Bd5 15. a4 bxa4 16. Ra1 Bc6 17. Nc4 Nd5 18. Nfe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bb5 20. Bxb5 axb5 21. Qxb5 Qb8 22. Qe2 Qc7 23. Nc4 Rfb8 24. Qc2 Qc6 25. Ne5 Qa6 26. Ba3 Rb3 27. Rfb1 Qb5 28. Rxb3 {Balacek,T (2334)-Zeman,M (2247) Czech Republic 2019 ½-½ (60)}) 14. Ng5 Qf4 15. Nh3 Qg4 16. f3 Qh5 17. Nf2 Rfe8 18. Nde4 Rac8 19. Rb1 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Bc6 21. Bc1 f5 22. Nc3 Bd6 23. f4 Qg6 24. Bd2 Bc7 25. Qf2 Nf6 26. h3 b5 27. cxb5 axb5 28. Bxb5 Ba5 29. Bxc6 Rxc6 30. Qf3 Rec8 31. Rb8 Qe8 32. Rxc8 Qxc8 33. Nb1 Bb6 34. Qd3 Qa6 35. Qxa6 Bxd4+ 36. Kh2 Rxa6 37. Bc3 Bc5 38. Bxf6 gxf6 39. a3 Kf7 40. Rf3 Ra4 41. g3 h5 42. Rc3 Bd6 43. Rd3 Ke7 44. h4 Ra5 45. Nd2 Rc5 46. Nf1 Rc2+ 47. Kh3 Ra2 48. Ne3 Bxa3 49. Nc2 Bc5 50. Nd4 Bxd4 51. Rxd4 e5 52. Rd5 e4 53. Rxf5 e3 54. Rb5 Rf2 55. Rb4 f5 56. Rb5 e2 57. Re5+ Kd6 58. g4 hxg4+ 59. Kg3 Rf3+ 60. Kg2 Rxf4 61. Rxe2 Rf3 62. Re8 Rh3 63. Rh8 Ke5 64. h5 Kf6 65. h6 Ke5 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "Chartres"]
[Date "2022.06.09"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Abasov, Nijat Azad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2022.06.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 208 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tremblay en France"]
[BlackTeam "Grasse Echecs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. d4 a6 5. b3 c5 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. exd4 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Bb2 Be7 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Rac1 ({RR} 12. Ne5 dxc4 13. bxc4 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. Ne4 Nc5 16. Nf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. exf6 e5 20. fxg7 Kxg7 21. Rad1 Qe7 22. Rfe1 f6 23. Re3 Rg8 24. Rg3+ Kf8 25. Qh6+ Kf7 26. Qh7+ Ke6 {Andreikin,D (2733)-Abasov,N (2655) Ulcinj 2019 ½-½ (34)}) 12... dxc4 13. bxc4 Qc7 $146 ({RR} 13... b5 14. c5 Bd5 15. a4 bxa4 16. Ra1 Bc6 17. Nc4 Nd5 18. Nfe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bb5 20. Bxb5 axb5 21. Qxb5 Qb8 22. Qe2 Qc7 23. Nc4 Rfb8 24. Qc2 Qc6 25. Ne5 Qa6 26. Ba3 Rb3 27. Rfb1 Qb5 28. Rxb3 {Balacek,T (2334)-Zeman,M (2247) Czech Republic 2019 ½-½ (60)}) 14. Ng5 Qf4 15. Nh3 Qg4 16. f3 Qh5 17. Nf2 Rfe8 18. Nde4 Rac8 19. Rb1 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Bc6 21. Bc1 f5 22. Nc3 Bd6 23. f4 Qg6 24. Bd2 Bc7 25. Qf2 Nf6 26. h3 b5 27. cxb5 axb5 28. Bxb5 Ba5 29. Bxc6 Rxc6 30. Qf3 Rec8 31. Rb8 Qe8 32. Rxc8 Qxc8 33. Nb1 Bb6 34. Qd3 Qa6 35. Qxa6 Bxd4+ 36. Kh2 Rxa6 37. Bc3 Bc5 38. Bxf6 gxf6 39. a3 Kf7 40. Rf3 Ra4 41. g3 h5 42. Rc3 Bd6 43. Rd3 Ke7 44. h4 Ra5 45. Nd2 Rc5 46. Nf1 Rc2+ 47. Kh3 Ra2 48. Ne3 Bxa3 49. Nc2 Bc5 50. Nd4 Bxd4 51. Rxd4 e5 52. Rd5 e4 53. Rxf5 e3 54. Rb5 Rf2 55. Rb4 f5 56. Rb5 e2 57. Re5+ Kd6 58. g4 hxg4+ 59. Kg3 Rf3+ 60. Kg2 Rxf4 61. Rxe2 Rf3 62. Re8 Rh3 63. Rh8 Ke5 64. h5 Kf6 65. h6 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 2nd May Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.05.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Kovalenko, I."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2023.05.02"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 c6 3. c4 e6 4. d4 Nd7 5. Bd3 g6 $146 ({RR} 5... f5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. O-O Bd6 8. Nc3 Nh6 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Nb5 Nf7 11. Qb3 Bb8 12. Bb4 Re8 13. a4 a6 14. Nc3 g5 15. Ne1 Nf6 16. Ne2 Ng4 17. g3 h5 18. Ng2 h4 19. f3 Nf6 20. gxh4 {Markovic,M-Popov,V Sofia 1947 1-0 (31)}) ({RR} 5... Ngf6 6. b3 Ne4 7. Bb2 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. Qc2 f5 10. Nc3 Qf6 11. Ne2 g5 12. g3 a5 13. a4 Qg6 14. Ba3 Bb4 15. Bxb4 axb4 16. Qc1 b6 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Qb2 Ra5 19. Rfc1 Qh5 20. Kg2 {Jin,A (2618)-Anton Guijarro,D (2935) Chess.com 2024 0-1}) ({RR} 5... dxc4 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. Nc3 a6 9. O-O c5 10. Re1 Ngf6 11. b3 cxd4 12. exd4 Bb4 13. Bd2 O-O 14. a3 Bd6 15. Bc2 Rc8 16. Ne5 Rc7 17. b4 Qa8 18. f3 Rfc8 19. Bb3 Rxc3 20. Bxc3 {Kavin Mohan (2244)-Zhao,C (2514) Hong Kong HKG 2026 0-1 (34)}) 6. e4 dxe4 7. Bxe4 Bg7 8. O-O Ne7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Nc3 b6 11. Nb5 Nf6 12. Nd6 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Nf5 14. c5 Ba6 15. Re1 Nxd4 16. Bd6 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Re8 18. Rad1 Bc4 19. Be5 Bd5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qc3+ f6 22. a3 bxc5 23. Nxc5 e5 24. b4 Qe7 25. f4 e4 26. Rd4 Qd6 27. g3 Qe7 28. Nxe4 Bxe4 29. Rdxe4 Qxe4 30. Rxe4 Rxe4 31. Qxc6 Rae8 32. Qa6 R8e7 33. Kf2 f5 34. Qd3 Kh6 35. b5 R7e6 36. Kf3 Re7 37. h3 Kg7 38. g4 fxg4+ 39. hxg4 Re1 40. a4 R1e6 41. a5 Rf7 42. Qd4+ Kg8 43. Kg3 Ref6 44. b6 axb6 45. a6 Rc6 46. Kh4 Rc5 47. Qd8+ Kg7 48. Qxb6 Rcc7 49. Qd4+ Kf8 50. Kg5 Rfd7 51. Qh8+ Ke7 52. Qxh7+ Kd6 53. Qxg6+ Kc5 54. Qc2+ Kb6 55. Qb2+ Kxa6 56. f5 Rg7+ 57. Kh4 Rh7+ 58. Kg3 Rb7 59. Qa2+ Kb5 60. Qd5+ Kb6 61. f6 Rbd7 62. Qe6+ Kc7 63. g5 Rd6 64. Qe5 Kd7 65. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "AI Cup Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.26"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Duda, J."]
[Black "Artemiev, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2023.09.25"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 b6 ({RR} 8... Ne4 9. Nc3 f5 10. Rad1 Nxd2 11. Rxd2 O-O 12. e3 Bd6 13. Rb1 a5 14. Ne2 Qe7 15. Nf4 Nf6 16. c5 Bc7 17. Nd3 Bd7 18. Nfe5 Be8 19. Rc1 g5 20. f3 Kh8 21. Re2 Qg7 22. Rb1 g4 23. f4 {Gelfand,B (2652)-Praggnanandhaa,R (2779) Samarkand UZB 2025 0-1 (65)}) 9. Rd1 ({RR} 9. b3 a5 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Bf4 Ba6 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Nc3 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Qb2 Bb4 17. Na4 b5 18. a3 Be7 19. Nc3 b4 20. axb4 Bxb4 21. Na4 Nb6 22. Bd2 Nxa4 23. bxa4 Rb8 {Stany,G (2441)-Lou Yiping (2429) Budapest HUN 2026 ½-½ (49)}) 9... Bb7 10. Nc3 $146 ({RR} 10. Bf4 Rc8 11. Nbd2 Nh5 12. Be3 O-O 13. Rac1 Nhf6 14. Bf4 c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Nb3 Qe7 17. Nxc5 Rxc5 18. Qa4 Ra5 19. Qb3 Nc5 20. Qe3 Rxa2 21. b4 Nce4 22. cxd5 Bxd5 23. Rc7 Qxb4 24. Ne5 Qb2 {Bykova,A (2247)-Shuvalova,P (2446) Moscow 2019 1-0 (41)}) 10... O-O 11. e4 dxc4 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ne4 h6 14. Qxc4 c5 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Qc1 Nb4 17. Ne1 Bd5 18. a3 Nc6 19. Bc3 Rc8 20. Qe3 Ncxe5 21. Bxe5 Nxe5 22. Nc3 Nc4 23. Qe2 Nb6 24. a4 Bf6 25. a5 Bxc3 26. bxc3 Nc4 27. Ra4 Nxa5 28. c4 Nxc4 29. Bxd5 exd5 30. Rxc4 Re8 31. Qf1 dxc4 32. Rxd8 Rcxd8 33. Nc2 c3 34. Qb5 Re4 35. Qxc5 Re2 36. Qxc3 Rd1+ 37. Kg2 Rdd2 38. Qc8+ Kh7 39. Qf5+ Kg8 40. Na3 Rxf2+ 41. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 42. Kxf2 a5 43. Ke3 Kh7 44. Nc4 a4 45. Kd4 Kg6 46. Ne3 Kf6 47. Kc4 Ke5 48. Kb4 Ke4 49. Nc4 Kf3 50. Ne5+ Kg2 51. Nxf7 Kxh2 52. g4 Kg3 53. g5 h5 54. Nd6 g6 55. Kxa4 h4 56. Nf5+ Kg4 57. Ne3+ Kxg5 58. Kb4 Kf4 59. Nf1 g5 60. Kc3 Kf3 61. Kd3 h3 62. Nh2+ Kg2 63. Ng4 h2 64. Nxh2 Kxh2 65. Ke3 g4 0-1

[Event "Porto Vecchio m"]
[Site "Porto Vecchio"]
[Date "2008.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2008.05.22"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 c5 6. Be2 cxd4 ({RR} 6... dxc4 7. bxc4 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Bb2 cxd4 10. exd4 Be7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Ne5 Nbd7 13. f4 Rc8 14. Rc1 Ne8 15. Bf3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nb8 17. Qh3 Nc6 18. Nxc6 Rxc6 19. Nf3 {½-½ (19) Hornak,P (1751)-Hozda,M (1956) Prague 2021}) ({RR} 6... Nc6 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Nbd2 b6 11. Re1 Bb7 12. Bf1 Qc7 13. Rc1 Rad8 14. Qc2 Rfe8 15. a3 Qb8 16. c5 bxc5 17. dxc5 a5 18. Ne5 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Rxd7 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 {Bacrot,E (2695)-Fridman,D (2621) Ajaccio 2007 0-1 (48)}) 7. exd4 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bb2 $146 ({RR} 9. Nc3 dxc4 10. bxc4 Nc6 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Bb4 14. Rc1 g5 15. Bg3 Nh5 16. d5 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Ne7 18. Qb3 Bxc3 19. Rxc3 exd5 20. Rd1 Qd6 21. cxd5 Rd8 22. Nd2 Bf5 23. Qxb7 Rab8 {Voiteanu,C (2182)-Raja,H (2247) Abu Dhabi 2015 1-0 (57)}) 9... b6 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Rc1 Nbd7 12. Re1 Qb8 13. Bd3 Rd8 14. Qe2 Qf4 15. Qe3 Bd6 16. Nb5 Ng4 17. Qxf4 Bxf4 18. Rcd1 dxc4 19. bxc4 a6 20. Nc3 Ngf6 21. Nd2 Ne5 22. Rxe5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Rxd3 24. exf6 gxf6 25. Nb3 Rxd1+ 26. Nxd1 e5 27. Ne3 Rc8 28. Kf1 h5 29. Ke2 Kh7 30. g3 Kg6 31. h4 Be4 32. Nd2 Bb7 33. f3 Re8 34. Ne4 Rd8 35. Nc3 b5 36. cxb5 axb5 37. Nc2 Bxf3+ 38. Ke3 Bc6 39. Nb4 Bd7 40. a3 Rc8 41. Ne4 Be6 42. Nd6 Rb8 43. Bc3 Ra8 44. Bb2 Rb8 45. Nc6 Rb6 46. Ne7+ Kh7 47. Ne4 Kg7 48. Bc3 Rb7 49. Bb4 Rc7 50. Nc3 Rb7 51. Ke4 Rb8 52. Ncd5 Rd8 53. Ne3 Rd4+ 54. Kf3 Rd7 55. N3f5+ Kh7 56. Ke4 Rc7 57. Ne3 Rd7 58. N7d5 Kg6 59. Ne7+ Kh7 60. N3d5 Kg7 61. Nc3 Bc4 62. Nf5+ Kg6 63. Nd6 Bf1 64. Nd5 Bg2+ 65. Ke3 Bxd5 0-1

[Event "CrunchLabs Masters PlayIn"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.07.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, D."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2024.07.17"]

1. d4 {Huzman,Alexander} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4 c6 6. axb5 cxb5 7. b3 Nf6 8. e5 Ne4 9. bxc4 Bb4+ 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. Bd3 ({RR} 11. d5 exd5 12. cxb5 Qb6 13. Qe2 Nd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Rb1 Nc3 16. Rxb4 Qxb4 17. Qd3 Bd7 18. Qg3 O-O 19. Bd3 Bxb5 20. O-O Rac8 21. Qe3 d4 22. Qf3 Rfe8 23. Qb7 Rb8 24. Qf3 Rxe5 25. Qg3 Rbe8 {Khafizova,D (2285)-Styazhkina,A (2149) Sochi RUS 2026 0-1 (31)}) 11... Nc3 $146 ({RR} 11... Nc5 12. dxc5 ({RR} 12. Be2 Nxd4 13. O-O Bc3 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Ra2 b4) 12... Qxd3 13. cxb5 Qxb5 ({RR} 13... Nd4 14. Nxd4 ({RR} 14. Ra2 Qe4+ 15. Kf1 Qd3+ 16. Ke1 Nxb5 17. Qc2 Qd5) 14... Qxd4 15. Rb1 Qxe5+ ({RR} 15... Bxc5 16. Qe2 ({RR} 16. O-O Qxe5 17. Bb2 Qf5 18. Nb3 Bb6 19. Nd4 Qf4) 16... Bb7 17. O-O O-O 18. Bb2 Qf4) 16. Qe2 Qxe2+ 17. Kxe2 Bxc5 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Rd1 Bb7 20. Nd6+ Bxd6 21. Rxd6 Bxg2 22. f3 Bh3 23. Be3 Ke7 24. Ra6) 14. Qe2 Qxe2+ 15. Kxe2 a5 ({RR} 15... Bxc5 16. Ne4 Nd4+ 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Nd6+ ({RR} 18. Ra5 Bb6) 18... Ke7 19. Ra5 Bc3 20. Rc5 Ba6+ 21. Ke3 Bxe5 22. Nxf7 Kxf7 23. Rxe5) 16. Ne4 Ba6+ 17. Ke3 O-O-O ({RR} 17... O-O 18. Ba3 Rfd8 19. Bxb4 Rd3+ 20. Kf4 axb4 21. Nd6 Ne7) 18. Nd6+ Kc7 19. Ba3 Bc3 20. Rab1 Ne7 21. Rhd1 ({RR} 21. Ng5 Nd5+ 22. Kf3 h6 23. Ngxf7 Rhf8 24. Kg3 Rd7) 21... Nd5+ 22. Rxd5 exd5 23. Rb3 d4+ {½-½ (23) Beliavsky,A (2649)-Kharlov,A (2638) Ljubljana 2002 CBM 088 [Huzman,Alexander]} {RR} 24. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 25. Kxd4) 12. Qc2 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. O-O Bb7 15. Nb3 Qxe5 16. Na5 Bxa5 17. Rxa5 Rd8 18. Rxa7 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qd4 20. cxb5 Qg4+ 21. Kh1 Qf3+ 22. Kg1 Rxd3 23. Ra8+ Ke7 24. Ra7+ Kf6 25. Bb2 Rc8 26. Ra3 e5 27. Rxc3 Rcxc3 28. Bxc3 Rxc3 29. Qd1 Qxd1 30. Rxd1 Rb3 31. Rd6+ Kf5 32. Rd7 Kg6 33. Rb7 h5 34. b6 h4 35. Rb8 f6 36. b7 Kg5 37. h3 g6 38. Kg2 f5 39. Re8 Rxb7 40. Rxe5 Kf4 41. Ra5 Rb4 42. Ra6 g5 43. Rf6 Rb2 44. Rf8 Ke4 45. Re8+ Kf4 46. Rf8 Rb3 47. Rf7 g4 48. hxg4 h3+ 49. Kh2 Kxg4 50. Rg7+ Kf4 51. Rf7 Ke4 52. Rf8 f4 53. Ra8 Kf3 54. Kxh3 Kxf2+ 55. Kh2 Rb2 56. Ra1 f3 57. Kh3 Re2 58. Kh2 Re3 59. Kh3 Re1 60. Ra2+ Kf1 61. Kg3 Re2 62. Ra1+ Re1 63. Rxe1+ Kxe1 64. Kxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Bl Team Pool C"]
[Site "Hong Kong HKG"]
[Date "2026.06.20"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2026.06.20"]
[WhiteTeam "Team MGD1"]
[BlackTeam "Sky Chess"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 b6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bb7 8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. Nc3 a6 10. Re1 Ne4 ({RR} 10... c5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Bc2 f5 14. e4 fxe4 15. Bxe4 Nf6 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Qd3 Ne4 18. Rad1 Kh8 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Re2 Qc7 21. Nd4 Nxf2 22. Rxf2 Rxf2 23. Kxf2 Qxh2 24. Qh3 Rf8+ 25. Ke2 {Erigaisi,A (2776)-Nakamura,H (2807) Riyadh KSA 2025 1-0 (33)}) 11. Ne2 Qe7 12. Nf4 Bb4 $146 ({RR} 12... Rad8 13. Qe2 a5 14. Rac1 c5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Bb5 Ng5 17. Red1 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Nf6 19. Nh5 Nxh5 20. Qxh5 Qe6 21. h3 f5 22. Rc2 Rc8 23. Qe2 Qg6 24. f4 Rc7 25. Qf2 Rfc8 26. dxc5 Rxc5 27. Bd3 {Erigaisi,A (2775)-Keymer,V (2776) Mumbai IND 2025 1-0 (66)}) ({RR} 12... Rad8 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Qc2 Rfe8 15. Rac1 Qf6 16. Ne5 Qg5 17. f3 Nef6 18. Nh3 Qh4 19. f4 Ne4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Qc4 Re7 22. Ng5 Nf6 23. Qe2 h6 24. g3 Qh5 25. Qxh5 Nxh5 26. Nh3 Nf6 27. Nf2 {Erigaisi,A (2761)-Sarana,A (2668) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (46)}) 13. Rf1 Ba3 14. Bxa3 Qxa3 15. Qc2 Qd6 16. Rac1 c5 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Rfd1 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Rac8 20. Qb2 Qf6 21. f3 Nec5 22. Bf5 g6 23. Bh3 a5 24. a3 Rcd8 25. b4 axb4 26. axb4 Na6 27. Bxd7 Rxd7 28. Qb3 Re8 29. Rc3 h5 30. h3 h4 31. Nde2 Nc7 32. Qa4 Red8 33. Rdc1 Ne8 34. Nd4 Qe5 35. Qb5 Nd6 36. Qxb6 Nc4 37. Qb5 Nxe3 38. Nfe2 Nc4 39. Kh1 Qf6 40. Qa4 Re7 41. b5 Rde8 42. Qc2 Bc8 43. Rg1 Bf5 44. Qd1 Ne3 45. Qd2 Nc4 46. Qd1 Ne3 47. Qd2 Nc4 48. Qd1 Bd7 49. Rc1 Rb8 50. Rb1 Be8 51. Rb3 Reb7 52. Qe1 Bxb5 53. Nxb5 Rxb5 54. Rxb5 Rxb5 55. Nc3 Rc5 56. Qe8+ Kg7 57. Ne2 Nd6 58. Qe3 Rc4 59. Qd3 Nf5 60. Qxd5 Rc2 61. Nc1 Ng3+ 62. Kh2 Qf4 63. Re1 Rxc1 64. Rxc1 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 19th Nov Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.11.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shankland, S."]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2024.11.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. g3 b6 ({RR} 7... dxc4 8. Nxc4 b5 9. Na5 Qb4+ 10. Qd2 Qa4 11. a3 Ne4 12. Qb4 Qxb4+ 13. axb4 Nf6 14. Bg2 Nd5 15. Ne5 f6 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Nd3 c6 18. Rc1 Kd7 19. f3 Re8 20. h4 Kc7 21. Nf4 Kd6 22. g4 {Lenderman,A (2570)-Andreikin,D (2729) chess.com INT 2022 0-1 (76)}) 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 $146 ({RR} 9... exd5 10. Rc1 c5 11. Qb3 Nbd7 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Qa3 O-O 14. Nd4 Nfe4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. O-O Qe5 17. Qe3 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 a5 19. Bh3 g6 20. f4 Qf6 21. Bg2 Rd7 22. Bh3 Rd6 23. Nb3 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 {Wemmers,X (2344)-Gschnitzer,A (2443) Netherlands NED 2024 0-1 (35)}) ({RR} 9... exd5 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Bh3 Nbd7 13. Qb3 c5 14. dxc5 Rxc5 15. Nd4 g6 16. Qa3 Re8 17. b4 Rcc8 18. Rc3 Rxc3 19. Qxc3 Rc8 20. Qb2 Rc7 21. N2f3 Ne5 22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. e3 Ne4 24. Rc1 {Razin,V (2342)-Genzling,J (2045) Montreal CAN 2026 1-0 (55)}) 10. O-O Nf6 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Qc2 Rc8 13. e4 Nbd7 14. Rfe1 c5 15. e5 Nd5 16. Ne4 cxd4 17. Qd2 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Rd8 19. Qxd4 h6 20. a3 a5 21. h4 Nb8 22. Qa4 Nd7 23. Qd4 Ba6 24. Bf1 Bxf1 25. Kxf1 Nf8 26. Nd6 Ng6 27. Rc6 Qd7 28. Qc4 Nge7 29. Nd4 Nxc6 30. Nxc6 Rf8 31. Kg2 f6 32. b4 axb4 33. axb4 fxe5 34. Ne4 Qf7 35. Nxe5 Qf5 36. Nd7 Rd8 37. Nd6 Qh5 38. Qc6 Ne7 39. Qc7 Qd5+ 40. Kh2 Qa8 41. Nxb6 Qb8 42. Qxe7 Qxd6 43. Qxd6 Rxd6 44. Nc4 Rd4 45. Ne5 Rxb4 46. Kg2 Rb5 47. Ng6 Kf7 48. Nf4 g6 49. Kf3 e5 50. Ng2 Ke6 51. Ne3 Rb4 52. g4 Ra4 53. Kg3 h5 54. Kf3 Rf4+ 55. Kg3 Rf8 56. f3 Rc8 57. Kf2 Rc3 58. Nd1 Ra3 59. Ne3 Rb3 60. Ng2 hxg4 61. fxg4 Kd5 62. h5 gxh5 63. gxh5 Rh3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 19th Nov Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.11.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shankland, S."]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2024.11.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. g3 b6 ({RR} 7... dxc4 8. Nxc4 b5 9. Na5 Qb4+ 10. Qd2 Qa4 11. a3 Ne4 12. Qb4 Qxb4+ 13. axb4 Nf6 14. Bg2 Nd5 15. Ne5 f6 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Nd3 c6 18. Rc1 Kd7 19. f3 Re8 20. h4 Kc7 21. Nf4 Kd6 22. g4 {Lenderman,A (2570)-Andreikin,D (2729) chess.com INT 2022 0-1 (76)}) 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 $146 ({RR} 9... exd5 10. Rc1 c5 11. Qb3 Nbd7 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Qa3 O-O 14. Nd4 Nfe4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. O-O Qe5 17. Qe3 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 a5 19. Bh3 g6 20. f4 Qf6 21. Bg2 Rd7 22. Bh3 Rd6 23. Nb3 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 {Wemmers,X (2344)-Gschnitzer,A (2443) Netherlands NED 2024 0-1 (35)}) ({RR} 9... exd5 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Bh3 Nbd7 13. Qb3 c5 14. dxc5 Rxc5 15. Nd4 g6 16. Qa3 Re8 17. b4 Rcc8 18. Rc3 Rxc3 19. Qxc3 Rc8 20. Qb2 Rc7 21. N2f3 Ne5 22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. e3 Ne4 24. Rc1 {Razin,V (2342)-Genzling,J (2045) Montreal CAN 2026 1-0 (55)}) 10. O-O Nf6 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Qc2 Rc8 13. e4 Nbd7 14. Rfe1 c5 15. e5 Nd5 16. Ne4 cxd4 17. Qd2 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Rd8 19. Qxd4 h6 20. a3 a5 21. h4 Nb8 22. Qa4 Nd7 23. Qd4 Ba6 24. Bf1 Bxf1 25. Kxf1 Nf8 26. Nd6 Ng6 27. Rc6 Qd7 28. Qc4 Nge7 29. Nd4 Nxc6 30. Nxc6 Rf8 31. Kg2 f6 32. b4 axb4 33. axb4 fxe5 34. Ne4 Qf7 35. Nxe5 Qf5 36. Nd7 Rd8 37. Nd6 Qh5 38. Qc6 Ne7 39. Qc7 Qd5+ 40. Kh2 Qa8 41. Nxb6 Qb8 42. Qxe7 Qxd6 43. Qxd6 Rxd6 44. Nc4 Rd4 45. Ne5 Rxb4 46. Kg2 Rb5 47. Ng6 Kf7 48. Nf4 g6 49. Kf3 e5 50. Ng2 Ke6 51. Ne3 Rb4 52. g4 Ra4 53. Kg3 h5 54. Kf3 Rf4+ 55. Kg3 Rf8 56. f3 Rc8 57. Kf2 Rc3 58. Nd1 Ra3 59. Ne3 Rb3 60. Ng2 hxg4 61. fxg4 Kd5 62. h5 gxh5 63. gxh5 Rh3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 12th Dec Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.12.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Paravyan, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2023.12.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. e4 c5 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. Nxd4 h6 ({RR} 8... a6 9. Bxc4 Bb4 10. f3 Bd7 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. Nb3 Ne5 13. Be2 Bb5 14. a3 Bxe2 15. Kxe2 Be7 16. Na4 b5 17. Nb6 Rd8 18. Nc8 Bf8 19. Na5 h6 20. Be3 Nd3 21. Rc7 Nxb2 22. Nb6 Bd6 23. Ra7 {Andreikin,D (2710)-Ter Sahakyan,S (2613) chess.com INT 2026 1-0}) 9. Bh4 a6 ({RR} 9... Bd7 10. Bxc4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. f3 a6 13. Rc1 Nd7 14. O-O g5 15. Bf2 Bg7 16. Rfd1 Ke7 17. Bb3 Rhc8 18. a4 b6 19. Bc4 Bxc3 20. Rxc3 Bxa4 21. Ra1 b5 22. h4 Ne5 23. Be2 Rxc3 24. bxc3 {Stocek,J (2471)-Samunenkov,I (2584) Czech Republic CZE 2026 0-1 (52)}) 10. Bxc4 Bc5 $146 ({RR} 10... b5 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. f3 Ne5 13. Bf2 Bb4 14. O-O Bd7 15. a4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 bxa4 17. Bg3 Nc6 18. Rxa4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 O-O 20. Rd6 Bc8 21. Ra1 Rb8 22. c4 Rb2 23. Bf1 Bb7 24. Rad1 Rb3 25. c5 {Ivanchuk,V (2623)-Tari,A (2635) Djerba TUN 2024 1-0 (33)}) 11. Nb3 Ba7 12. f3 Nc6 13. Bf2 Ne5 14. Be2 Bd7 15. Rc1 Bxf2+ 16. Kxf2 Ke7 17. f4 Neg4+ 18. Kg3 h5 19. h3 h4+ 20. Kf3 Nh6 21. Na5 b6 22. Nc4 Bc6 23. Nxb6 Rab8 24. Nc4 Nf5 25. Rhd1 Ng3 26. Bd3 Rhd8 27. Ke3 Ba8 28. b3 Nd5+ 29. exd5 exd5 30. Kf2 dxc4 31. Bxc4 a5 32. Ne2 Ne4+ 33. Ke3 Nd6 34. Kf2 Nxc4 35. Rxd8 Rxd8 36. Rxc4 Rd2 37. Ra4 Bxg2 38. Kxg2 Rxe2+ 39. Kf3 Rh2 40. Kg4 Rg2+ 41. Kxh4 g6 42. Rxa5 Kf6 43. a4 Kg7 44. Rg5 Rb2 45. Rb5 Rg2 46. Rb7 Rg1 47. a5 Rg2 48. a6 Kf6 49. a7 Ra2 50. b4 Ke6 51. b5 f6 52. b6 Ra3 53. Rg7 Kf5 54. b7 g5+ 55. fxg5 Ra4+ 56. Kh5 Ra3 57. h4 Rxa7 58. b8=Q Rxg7 59. Qb5+ Ke6 60. Qb6+ Kf7 61. Qxf6+ Kg8 62. Qxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Julius Baer Gen Cup D1 L"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vl3"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2024.09.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Bg5 f6 5. Bd2 ({RR} 5. Bf4 g5 6. Bxb8 Rxb8 7. e3 Bd6 8. Nc3 Ne7 9. Bd3 Ng6 10. g4 e5 11. Bf5 e4 12. Nd2 Bb4 13. cxd5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 cxd5 15. c4 Bxf5 16. gxf5 Nh4 17. cxd5 Qa5 18. Kf1 Qxd5 19. Qb1 Kd7 {Yu,Y (2760)-Xu,X (2574) China 2018 ½-½ (48)}) 5... f5 ({RR} 5... Nd7 6. Qb3 Nb6 7. e3 a5 8. a3 Ne7 9. Nc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nxc4 11. Qxc4 b6 12. Qb3 Nd5 13. O-O Bd6 14. e4 Ne7 15. Be3 Rb8 16. Rfd1 O-O 17. Rac1 Kh8 18. Ne2 Qe8 19. Bf4 Bxf4 20. Nxf4 {Lalic,B (2297)-Fodor,T (2520) England ENG 2026 ½-½}) 6. Bf4 $146 ({RR} 6. e3 Nf6 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. Qb3 Qe7 9. O-O Ne4 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Ne5 Nd7 12. f4 Ndf6 13. Nc3 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Ne4 15. Bxe4 fxe4 16. c5 Bc7 17. b4 Bd7 18. a4 b6 19. Ne2 bxc5 20. bxc5 Rab8 {Kreiling,C (2118)-Kuhn,U (1695) Bad Zwesten 2002 ½-½ (40)}) 6... Nf6 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bd3 Nd7 9. Nc3 g5 10. Bg3 h5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Qc2 h4 13. Be5 Rh6 14. h3 a5 15. Bh2 a4 16. a3 Qa5 17. O-O Be7 18. Ne5 Ndf6 19. f3 Nd6 20. e4 dxe4 21. fxe4 f4 22. Nf3 Nh5 23. e5 Nf7 24. Bg6 Be6 25. Rad1 Kf8 26. Qe4 Rd8 27. Bf5 Bb3 28. Rd2 Kg7 29. Bg4 Ng3 30. Bxg3 hxg3 31. h4 Rdh8 32. e6 Nd8 33. d5 cxd5 34. Nxd5 Bc5+ 35. Kh1 Nxe6 36. Qe5+ Kf8 37. Qb8+ Qd8 38. Qxd8+ Nxd8 39. Nxg5 Rxh4+ 40. Bh3 Bf2 41. Nf3 Rxh3+ 42. gxh3 Ne6 43. Kg2 Rh5 44. Nf6 Rb5 45. Rfxf2 gxf2 46. Kxf2 Ke7 47. Ne4 Rh5 48. h4 Bd5 49. Neg5 Nxg5 50. hxg5 Bc6 51. Rd4 b5 52. Rxf4 Bxf3 53. Rxf3 Rxg5 54. b3 b4 55. bxa4 bxa3 56. Rxa3 Kd6 57. a5 Kc7 58. a6 Kb8 59. a7+ Ka8 60. Ke2 Rg7 61. Kd2 Rxa7 62. Rxa7+ Kxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 21st Apr 2026"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2026.04.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2026.04.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 cxd4 6. O-O Bc5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd4 O-O 9. Nb3 Be7 10. Nc3 $146 ({RR} 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Qb6 13. Nd4 Nb4 14. a3 Nd5 15. Nf5 Bf6 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Qxd5 Rd8 18. Qf3 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Qc6 21. Qc2 h5 22. Rfd1 Rac8 23. a4 g6 24. h4 b6 {Mishra,A (2652)-So,W (2756) Saint Louis, US 2025 ½-½ (52)}) ({RR} 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Qb6 13. e3 Rd8 14. Qe2 e5 15. Rfc1 a5 16. Nd2 f6 17. Qc4+ Kh8 18. Qf7 Rf8 19. Nc4 Qa6 20. Qd5 Rd8 21. Qf7 Rf8 22. Qd5 Rd8 23. Qf7 Rf8 {½-½ (23) Giri,A (2764)-Yakubboev,N (2689) Hong Kong HKG 2026}) ({RR} 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Qb6 13. Nd4 Nb4 14. a3 Nd5 15. Nf5 Bf6 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Qxd5 Rd8 18. Qf3 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Qc6 21. Qc2 h5 22. Rfd1 Rac8 23. a4 g6 24. h4 b6 {Mishra,A (2652)-So,W (2756) Saint Louis USA 2025 ½-½ (52)}) 10... Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nc6 12. Qc2 Qc7 13. Rd1 e5 14. Be3 b6 15. Rd2 Be6 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Qe4 Rxd2 18. Rxd2 Rc8 19. Qa4 Nb8 20. Bd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Qc6 22. Qg4 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. c4 Nd7 25. Nd2 g6 26. Qe4 Qxe4 27. Nxe4 Be7 28. f4 f5 29. Nc3 Kf7 30. Kf2 Nf6 31. h3 exf4 32. gxf4 Ke6 33. Kf3 Ne8 34. Bd4 Nd6 35. c5 Nc4 36. cxb6 axb6 37. e4 Bb4 38. exf5+ gxf5 39. Nb5 Kd5 40. Bf2 Nd2+ 41. Ke2 Ne4 42. Be3 Bc5 43. Kd3 Bxe3 44. Kxe3 Kc4 45. Nd4 Nd6 46. Ne6 Kc3 47. Ng5 h5 48. Ne6 b5 49. Nc7 b4 50. h4 Nc4+ 51. Ke2 Nb6 52. Ke3 Kb2 53. Na6 Kc3 54. Nxb4 Kxb4 55. Kd4 Nc4 56. a4 Nd2 57. Ke5 Nf3+ 58. Kxf5 Nxh4+ 59. Kg5 Nf3+ 60. Kxh5 Nd4 61. f5 Nxf5 62. a5 Kxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 12th Dec Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.12.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Paravyan, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2023.12.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. e4 c5 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. Nxd4 h6 ({RR} 8... a6 9. Bxc4 Bb4 10. f3 Bd7 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. Nb3 Ne5 13. Be2 Bb5 14. a3 Bxe2 15. Kxe2 Be7 16. Na4 b5 17. Nb6 Rd8 18. Nc8 Bf8 19. Na5 h6 20. Be3 Nd3 21. Rc7 Nxb2 22. Nb6 Bd6 23. Ra7 {Andreikin,D (2710)-Ter Sahakyan,S (2613) chess.com INT 2026 1-0}) 9. Bh4 a6 ({RR} 9... Bd7 10. Bxc4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. f3 a6 13. Rc1 Nd7 14. O-O g5 15. Bf2 Bg7 16. Rfd1 Ke7 17. Bb3 Rhc8 18. a4 b6 19. Bc4 Bxc3 20. Rxc3 Bxa4 21. Ra1 b5 22. h4 Ne5 23. Be2 Rxc3 24. bxc3 {Stocek,J (2471)-Samunenkov,I (2584) Czech Republic CZE 2026 0-1 (52)}) 10. Bxc4 Bc5 $146 ({RR} 10... b5 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. f3 Ne5 13. Bf2 Bb4 14. O-O Bd7 15. a4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 bxa4 17. Bg3 Nc6 18. Rxa4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 O-O 20. Rd6 Bc8 21. Ra1 Rb8 22. c4 Rb2 23. Bf1 Bb7 24. Rad1 Rb3 25. c5 {Ivanchuk,V (2623)-Tari,A (2635) Djerba TUN 2024 1-0 (33)}) 11. Nb3 Ba7 12. f3 Nc6 13. Bf2 Ne5 14. Be2 Bd7 15. Rc1 Bxf2+ 16. Kxf2 Ke7 17. f4 Neg4+ 18. Kg3 h5 19. h3 h4+ 20. Kf3 Nh6 21. Na5 b6 22. Nc4 Bc6 23. Nxb6 Rab8 24. Nc4 Nf5 25. Rhd1 Ng3 26. Bd3 Rhd8 27. Ke3 Ba8 28. b3 Nd5+ 29. exd5 exd5 30. Kf2 dxc4 31. Bxc4 a5 32. Ne2 Ne4+ 33. Ke3 Nd6 34. Kf2 Nxc4 35. Rxd8 Rxd8 36. Rxc4 Rd2 37. Ra4 Bxg2 38. Kxg2 Rxe2+ 39. Kf3 Rh2 40. Kg4 Rg2+ 41. Kxh4 g6 42. Rxa5 Kf6 43. a4 Kg7 44. Rg5 Rb2 45. Rb5 Rg2 46. Rb7 Rg1 47. a5 Rg2 48. a6 Kf6 49. a7 Ra2 50. b4 Ke6 51. b5 f6 52. b6 Ra3 53. Rg7 Kf5 54. b7 g5+ 55. fxg5 Ra4+ 56. Kh5 Ra3 57. h4 Rxa7 58. b8=Q Rxg7 59. Qb5+ Ke6 60. Qb6+ Kf7 61. Qxf6+ Kg8 62. Qxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Clash of Claims 2024"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "2024.06.08"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2024.06.07"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 Ne4 9. Rd1 c6 10. Be1 ({RR} 10. Bf4 g5 11. Bc1 f5 12. Nc3 Qe8 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Nxg5 Nf6 15. f3 Qh5 16. Nh3 e5 17. Nf2 exd4 18. Rxd4 Bc5 19. Be3 Qe5 20. Qd2 exf3 21. exf3 Re8 22. b4 Bb6 23. c5 Qxe3 24. cxb6 Qxd2 {Cheparinov,I (2689)-Aronian,L (2785) Doha 2016 ½-½ (59)}) 10... f5 11. b4 ({RR} 11. Nc3 Bd6 12. Nd2 Ndf6 13. f3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 f4 15. e4 fxe3 16. Qxe3 Re8 17. c5 Bc7 18. f4 a5 19. Nf3 b6 20. cxb6 Bxb6 21. Ne5 Bb7 22. Rac1 Qd6 23. Qb3 c5 24. dxc5 Bxc5+ 25. Kh1 Ba6 {Castrillon Gomez,M (2141)-Genkeswaran,G (2164) Hong Kong HKG 2026 1-0 (50)}) 11... Bf6 12. a4 $146 ({RR} 12. Nc3 Nb6 13. c5 Nc4 14. e3 Bd7 15. Bf1 Na3 16. Qb3 Nb5 17. Ne2 g5 18. a4 Nc7 19. Ne5 g4 20. h4 Qe7 21. Nf4 Be8 {½-½ (21) Ernst,S (2373)-Van der Wiel,J (2531) Vlissingen 2000}) 12... g5 13. Nc3 Qe7 14. e3 g4 15. Nd2 h5 16. b5 h4 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Ndxe4 fxe4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Qxe4 Rb8 22. Qxg4+ Bg7 23. Rab1 Ba6 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. d5 Ne5 26. Qh5 Qf7 27. Qxf7+ Kxf7 28. dxe6+ Kxe6 29. Bc3 Be2 30. Re1 Bc4 31. Bxe5 Bxe5 32. Rc1 Bb3 33. a5 hxg3 34. hxg3 Bd6 35. Rc6 Rb4 36. Ra6 Ra4 37. Rxa7 Ra1+ 38. Kh2 Ra2 39. f4 Bd5 40. f5+ Ke5 41. e4 Bxe4 42. Kh3 Bxg2+ 43. Kg4 Be4 44. a6 Bxf5+ 45. Kg5 Bd3 46. Ra8 Bxa6 47. Re8+ Kd5 48. g4 Bd3 49. Re3 Ra5 50. Kf6 Kd4 51. Re1 Be5+ 52. Kf7 Bc4+ 53. Kg6 Ra6+ 54. Kg5 Bd3 55. Kh5 Bf4 56. g5 Be3 57. Rh1 Ra5 58. Rh4+ Be4 59. Rg4 Kd3 60. Kh6 Ra6+ 61. Kh5 Bf3 0-1

[Event "Clash of Claims 2024"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "2024.06.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2024.06.07"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bd6 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 a5 8. b3 a4 9. Bb2 Bb4 ({RR} 9... a3 10. Bc3 Bb4 11. Qc2 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 Ne4 13. Qe3 f5 14. Rfc1 Qf6 15. Nf1 Rd8 16. Rd1 Nb4 17. Qc1 c5 18. e3 b6 19. Ne5 Ba6 20. f3 Nd6 21. Nd2 cxd4 22. exd4 f4 23. g4 Nf7 24. Qc3 {Maghsoodloo,P (2720)-Bluebaum,M (2695) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (32)}) 10. bxa4 $146 ({RR} 10. a3 Bxd2 11. Nxd2 axb3 12. Qxb3 Na5 13. Qc2 b6 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Bc3 Ba6 16. Bxa5 bxa5 17. Rfe1 Qd6 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Rad8 21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Be4 Rfe8 23. Rad1 Re7 24. Qc3 a4 {Kramnik,V (2753)-Martinez Alcantara,J (2612) Madrid ESP 2024 1-0 (32)}) 10... Bd7 11. Qc2 Ne7 12. Ne5 Bxa4 13. Nb3 c6 14. Nd3 Bd6 15. Ndc5 Ra7 16. Nxa4 Rxa4 17. Nd2 Qa8 18. e4 Bb4 19. e5 Nd7 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Nf3 Rc8 22. Qb3 Ba3 23. Rab1 Bxb2 24. Rxb2 b6 25. Rd1 h6 26. Qb5 Rc7 27. Rdd2 Ra3 28. Rdc2 Raa7 29. Bf1 Qc8 30. Bd3 Rxc2 31. Rxc2 Rc7 32. Rxc7 Qxc7 33. Kg2 Nc6 34. h4 Ndb8 35. Bb1 Nd7 36. Qd3 Nf8 37. Qc2 Qb7 38. Qc3 Na5 39. Bd3 Qd7 40. Qb4 Qc7 41. Bb5 Nc4 42. a4 Ng6 43. h5 Ne7 44. Qc3 Qb7 45. Nd2 Nxd2 46. Qxd2 Qc7 47. Qb4 Nf5 48. Bd3 Ne7 49. Qb5 Nc6 50. Qb2 Na5 51. Qb5 Nc6 52. Qa6 Qb8 53. Qb5 Nxd4 54. Qd7 Nf5 55. Bxf5 exf5 56. Qxd5 Qe8 57. Qb5 Qa8+ 58. Kg1 Qd8 59. Kg2 Qa8+ 60. Kg1 Qd8 61. Kg2 Qa8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Esports World Cup B 2025"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2025.07.29"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2025.07.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O c5 8. Bb2 cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Qe2 Re8 12. Rad1 Bf8 ({RR} 12... Rc8 13. Ne5 Bb4 14. a3 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Bb4 Qh4 18. Bd6 Nc5 19. Bc2 dxc4 20. bxc4 Ba6 21. f4 Nb7 22. Rd4 Nxd6 23. exd6 Qf6 24. Rfd1 Red8 25. d7 Rc7 26. h3 h6 27. Qd3 {Erigaisi,A (2761)-Svane,R (2620) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (41)}) 13. Ne5 dxc4 $146 ({RR} 13... g6 14. Rfe1 a6 15. Qd2 Rc8 16. Qf4 Qc7 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Ne2 b5 19. Ng3 Bg7 20. Re3 Nf8 21. h4 Ne6 22. Qf3 Qb6 23. Bb1 Qd8 24. Nf1 Rc7 25. Nd2 b4 26. g3 a5 27. Qe2 Qa8 28. f4 {Szabo,L-Pogats,J Budapest 1969 0-1 (41)}) 14. bxc4 g6 15. f4 Bg7 16. Nb5 Bf8 17. a4 a6 18. Nc3 Bg7 19. a5 bxa5 20. c5 Qc7 21. Bc4 Rad8 22. Bxa6 Nxe5 23. fxe5 Nd5 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. Ne4 Qc6 26. h4 Rb8 27. Bc1 a4 28. h5 Rf8 29. Qg4 a3 30. Bxa3 Rb3 31. Bc1 Ne7 32. h6 Bh8 33. Nd6 Qd5 34. Qe4 f6 35. exf6 Rxf6 36. Rfe1 Qxe4 37. Rxe4 Nd5 38. Bg5 Rf8 39. Rxe6 Rb4 40. Kh2 Rxd4 41. Rc1 Rg4 42. Be3 Nxe3 43. Rxe3 Bd4 44. Re4 Rxe4 45. Nxe4 Rf4 46. Nd2 Be5 47. Kh3 Rf5 48. Nf3 Bc7 49. c6 Rh5+ 50. Kg4 Rxh6 51. Rd1 Rh5 52. Rd7 Bb6 53. Rb7 Ba5 54. Ng5 Rh1 55. Rb8+ Kg7 56. Rb7+ Kg8 57. Ne4 h5+ 58. Kg5 Rc1 59. Nf6+ Kf8 60. Kxg6 1-0

[Event "Hamburg FIDE GP"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "2019.11.17"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2019.11.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. b3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Bb2 dxc4 9. bxc4 c5 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Bxd5 12. e4 Bc6 13. Re1 $146 ({RR} 13. e5 Ne4 14. Qe2 Ng5 15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. f4 Qe7 17. Nc3 O-O-O 18. Ne4 Qe8 19. Rad1 Be7 20. Bc4 f6 21. Nd6+ Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Nb8 23. Qg4+ Bd7 24. Qxg7 fxe5 25. Bxe5 Qf8 26. Rc6+ {1-0 (26) Plotkin,M (2396)-Jung,H (2033) Banff 2021}) ({RR} 13. e5 Ne4 14. Qe2 Ng5 15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. f4 Qe7 17. Nc3 O-O-O 18. Ne4 Qe8 19. Rad1 Be7 20. Bc4 f6 21. Nd6+ Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Nb8 23. Qg4+ Bd7 24. Qxg7 fxe5 25. Bxe5 Qf8 26. Rc6+ {1-0 (26) Plotkin,M (2396)-Jung,H (2033) Banff 2021}) 13... Qe7 14. Nc3 O-O-O 15. Nd5 Qe8 16. a4 Bd6 17. Ba6+ Kb8 18. Qb3 Nxe4 19. a5 Bc7 20. axb6 axb6 21. Bb5 Bb7 22. Qa4 Qe6 23. Bc6 Bxh2+ 24. Nxh2 Qxc6 25. Qa7+ Kc8 26. Ne7+ Kc7 27. Nxc6 Ra8 28. Rxe4 Rxa7 29. Rxa7 Kxc6 30. Re7 Rd8 31. Nf3 b5 32. Rxf7 b4 33. Rxg7 Kb6 34. Ra1 Bxf3 35. gxf3 Nf8 36. Rg8 c4 37. Bg7 Ne6 38. Rxd8 Nxd8 39. Rc1 Kb5 40. f4 Ne6 41. Be5 Nc5 42. Kf1 Nd3 43. Rd1 Kc5 44. Ke2 Kd5 45. Rh1 Nc5 46. Rxh7 c3 47. Bxc3 bxc3 48. Rc7 c2 49. Kd2 Ne4+ 50. Kxc2 Nxf2 51. Kd2 Ke4 52. Ke2 Ng4 53. Rc4+ Kf5 54. Kf3 Nh2+ 55. Kg2 Ng4 56. Kg3 Ne3 57. Rc5+ Kf6 58. Kf3 Nf5 59. Ra5 Kg6 60. Ra6+ 1-0

[Event "2nd 3-0 Thu 1st Jan 2026"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Black "Bluebaum, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. e3 ({RR} 7. b3 dxc4 8. bxc4 e5 9. c5 Be7 10. dxe5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Ne4 12. Ba3 Bxc5 13. e3 Be6 14. Rc1 Rfd8 15. Ne1 Bxa3 16. Nxa3 Ng5 17. Nb5 Nh3+ 18. Bxh3 Bxh3 19. Nxc7 Rac8 20. Nb5 Nxe5 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 {Giri,A (2748)-Firouzja,A (2766) Zagreb 2025 0-1 (41)}) 7... dxc4 8. Nbd2 ({RR} 8. Nfd2 e5 9. d5 Na5 10. Qa4 b6 11. Nxc4 Nxc4 12. Qxc4 a5 13. Nc3 Ba6 14. Nb5 a4 15. Qc6 Qd7 16. Nxd6 Qxc6 17. dxc6 Bxf1 18. Bxf1 cxd6 19. Bd2 Rfc8 20. Rc1 Rc7 21. Bb4 Ne8 22. e4 Kf8 {Duda,J (2739)-Sitbon,I (2156) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (56)}) 8... Na5 $146 ({RR} 8... e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. Nxc4 Qe7 12. Qc2 Re8 13. Bd2 c6 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Bc3 Qe7 16. e4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bh3 18. Rfe1 Qg5 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Be4 Qh5 21. Bg2 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 f6 23. Rad1 {Stribuk,A (2476)-Ashraf,A (2470) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (43)}) 9. Qc2 b5 10. a4 c6 11. e4 Be7 12. Rd1 Bb7 13. Ne5 Qb6 14. Ndf3 Nb3 15. Rb1 Nxc1 16. Rdxc1 Rad8 17. b3 cxb3 18. Rxb3 b4 19. Bh3 h6 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21. Ne5+ Kg8 22. Bxe6+ Kh7 23. Bf5+ g6 24. Nxg6 Kg7 25. Nxe7 Qxd4 26. Ng6 Rf7 27. Nf4 Re7 28. Rd3 Qb6 29. Rxd8 Qxd8 30. Ne6+ Rxe6 31. Bxe6 Qd4 32. Rd1 Qe5 33. Bf5 c5 34. f4 Qe7 35. e5 Nd5 36. Qd3 c4 37. Qd4 c3 38. Be4 b3 39. Bxd5 c2 40. Rf1 Bxd5 41. f5 Qb7 42. e6+ Kh7 43. f6 Bxe6 44. Qd3+ Kh8 45. Qg6 Qf7 46. Qxh6+ Kg8 47. Qg5+ Kh8 48. Qd2 Kg8 49. Qd8+ Qf8 50. f7+ Kg7 51. Qg5+ Kh7 52. Rf6 Bxf7 53. Qh4+ Kg7 54. Qg5+ Kh7 55. Qf5+ Kg7 56. Rxf7+ Qxf7 57. Qg5+ Qg6 58. Qe5+ Kh6 59. Qe7 c1=Q+ 60. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 11th Mar Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.03.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ter Sahakyan, S."]
[Black "Grandelius, N."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2025.03.11"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. a4 b6 7. Bxc4 Bb7 8. O-O Bb4 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Bd3 Bxc3 ({RR} 11... c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. b3 Qe7 14. Bb2 h6 15. h3 Rfc8 16. Nd2 Ne5 17. Nce4 Nxd3 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Qxd3 Rd8 20. Qe2 Kh7 21. Nf3 Rg8 22. Bd4 Bb4 23. Rac1 e5 24. Bc3 Ba3 25. Bb2 Bc5 26. Ne1 {Mamedyarov,S (2740)-Duda,J (2732) Krakow POL 2023 1-0 (51)}) 12. bxc3 Be4 $146 ({RR} 12... Qe7 13. e4 e5 14. Ba3 c5 15. d5 Ne8 16. c4 Nd6 17. Nd2 Rab8 18. Rab1 g6 19. a5 b5 20. cxb5 axb5 21. Bxb5 Nxb5 22. Qxb5 Bxd5 23. Qa4 Be6 24. a6 Ra8 25. Rb7 Rfb8 26. Qc6 Rc8 27. Rc7 {Neelash,S (2474)-Gomez Sanjuan,H (2204) Roquetas de Mar ESP 2026 ½-½ (54)}) 13. c4 c5 14. Bb2 cxd4 15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16. exd4 Nef6 17. d5 exd5 18. cxd5 Re8 19. Qc4 Re4 20. Qb3 Nc5 21. Qc2 Qd6 22. a5 b5 23. Be5 Rxe5 24. Nxe5 Rc8 25. Nc6 Ng4 26. g3 Nf6 27. Rac1 Nfd7 28. Qe2 Kf8 29. Qh5 h6 30. Qf5 Rc7 31. Qh7 Nf6 32. Qh8+ Ng8 33. Re1 Nd3 34. Re8+ Kxe8 35. Qxg8+ Qf8 36. Qxf8+ Kxf8 37. Rd1 Nc5 38. Nb4 Rd7 39. d6 Nb7 40. Nxa6 Nxa5 41. Nc5 Rd8 42. d7 Ke7 43. Rb1 Nc6 44. Rxb5 Nb8 45. Rb7 Nxd7 46. Rxd7+ Rxd7 47. Nxd7 Kxd7 48. Kg2 Ke6 49. Kf3 Kf5 50. g4+ Kg5 51. Kg3 h5 52. f4+ Kg6 53. h3 hxg4 54. hxg4 f5 55. Kf3 Kf6 56. Kg3 Kg6 57. Kf3 Kf6 58. Kg3 g5 59. fxg5+ Kxg5 60. gxf5 Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Swiss 2023"]
[Site "Douglas IOM"]
[Date "2023.11.01"]
[Round "7.37"]
[White "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Black "Bachmann, Ax"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2023.10.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nbd2 f5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 Qe7 9. Ne5 b6 ({RR} 9... Nbd7 10. Ndf3 Ne4 11. Nd3 b6 12. Bf4 Ba6 13. b3 Rac8 14. Rac1 Bxf4 15. Nxf4 Nd6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Ne4 18. Rfd1 Qf7 19. e3 g5 20. Ne2 Qg7 21. Qb2 dxc4 22. bxc4 Rfd8 23. f3 Nc5 24. Rd4 {Sasikiran,K (2652)-Moskalenko,V (2534) Playchess.com INT 2005 0-1 (48)}) 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Ndc4 Bc7 $146 ({RR} 11... Bb7 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. Qb3 Qd8 15. g4 Nxg4 16. Nxg4 fxg4 17. Qg3 Nc6 18. Qxg4 Qf6 19. e3 Rf8 20. Bg3 Ba6 21. Rfc1 Rac8 22. Bh3 Rfe8 23. Rc3 Qg6 24. Qxg6 hxg6 25. Rac1 Bb7 26. b4 {Wichmann,C (2252)-Born,R (1955) Nuremberg 2005 1-0 (54)}) 12. b3 b5 13. Nd2 Bd6 14. Bb2 a5 15. Rfc1 Ba6 16. e3 b4 17. Qd1 Qb7 18. Rc2 Nbd7 19. Rac1 Rfc8 20. Ndc4 Bc7 21. h3 Nf8 22. g4 fxg4 23. hxg4 Ne4 24. Nd2 Nxd2 25. Qxd2 Bd6 26. Nc4 Bc7 27. f4 Ng6 28. Ne5 Bd6 29. Nd3 Rxc2 30. Rxc2 Nh4 31. Nc5 Qb5 32. Nxa6 Qxa6 33. Bh1 Rc8 34. Qc1 Rxc2 35. Qxc2 Be7 36. e4 Ng6 37. Bc1 dxe4 38. Qxe4 Qd6 39. Be3 Bd8 40. f5 exf5 41. gxf5 Ne7 42. Bg2 Bb6 43. Bf2 Kf8 44. Bf1 g6 45. fxg6 hxg6 46. Bc4 Kg7 47. Kg2 Nf5 48. Qe5+ Qf6 49. Bd3 Nxd4 50. Qd5 Ne6 51. Qb7+ Bc7 52. Bc4 Qg5+ 53. Kf1 Qc1+ 54. Kg2 Nf4+ 55. Kh2 Nd5+ 56. Kg2 Nf4+ 57. Kh2 Nd5+ 58. Kg2 Nf4+ 59. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Summer A"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.08.06"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Bok, B."]
[Black "Sasikiran, K."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2023.08.02"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nh5 12. Bd2 Nhf6 13. Bf4 Nh5 14. Bd2 Nhf6 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Nc6 Bxc6 17. Qxc6 Rc8 ({RR} 17... Qc8 18. Qb5 a6 19. Qd3 b5 20. Nc3 Nb6 21. e3 Qc4 22. Qb1 b4 23. b3 Qc6 24. Ne2 Qb7 25. Be1 Rac8 26. Qd3 Rc7 27. Rac1 Rfc8 28. f3 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Rxc1 30. Nxc1 Qc6 31. Qd1 Nbd7 32. Nd3 {Makhnev,D (2558)-Camlar,A (2490) Astana KAZ 2026 ½-½ (78)}) 18. Qb5 Ne8 19. Qa6 $146 ({RR} 19. Qd3 Nd6 20. b3 f5 21. Be1 Nb8 22. e3 Nc6 23. f3 Qd7 24. Nc3 Rc7 25. Rac1 Rfc8 26. Bf1 Ne8 27. Nb5 Nb4 28. Rxc7 Nxc7 29. Bxb4 Bxb4 30. Rc1 Ne8 31. Rxc8 Qxc8 32. a3 Be7 33. Nxa7 Qc1 {Giri,A (2734)-So,W (2719) Wijk aan Zee 2014 ½-½ (57)}) 19... Nd6 20. Na3 Nf6 21. Rac1 Qd7 22. e3 h5 23. Bf1 h4 24. Nb5 Nc4 25. Bc3 Ne4 26. Qxa7 Qd8 27. Bxc4 Rxc4 28. Be1 Qc8 29. Nc3 Bb4 30. Ne2 Bxe1 31. Rxe1 Nd2 32. Red1 h3 33. Rxc4 Nf3+ 34. Kh1 Qxc4 35. Nc3 Qb4 36. Qa6 Qxb2 37. Qe2 Qxc3 38. Qxf3 Qc2 39. Rf1 Rc8 40. g4 Qe4 41. Qxe4 dxe4 42. Kg1 Rc2 43. Ra1 Kh7 44. Kf1 Rb2 45. a4 Kg6 46. a5 bxa5 47. Rxa5 Rb1+ 48. Ke2 Rh1 49. Re5 Rxh2 50. Rxe4 Rh1 51. Re5 h2 52. Rh5 f5 53. Kf3 fxg4+ 54. Kg2 Kxh5 55. Kxh1 Kg5 56. Kxh2 Kf5 57. Kg3 g5 58. Kg2 Ke4 59. Kh2 e5 1-0

[Event "III Menorca Open 2024"]
[Site "Ciutadella de Menorca ESP"]
[Date "2024.04.07"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Dardha, Daniel"]
[Black "Chigaev, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nc3 c6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. e3 h6 9. Bf4 Nh5 ({RR} 9... Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Rfc1 Rfe8 14. a3 a5 15. Rab1 Bg4 16. Nd2 Be6 17. Na4 Rec8 18. h3 b5 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. Qxc5 Qxc5 21. Rxc5 Nd7 22. Rc2 Nb6 23. Nb3 Nc4 24. Nc5 {Bruzon Batista,L (2650)-Garcia Pantoja,R (2500) Medellin 2017 1-0 (58)}) ({RR} 9... Bd6 10. Bg3 Bxg3 11. hxg3 Re8 12. Bd3 Nbd7 13. O-O Nf8 14. Rab1 N8d7 15. b4 a6 16. a4 b5 17. a5 Qe7 18. Rfe1 Bb7 19. e4 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 Qd6 22. Rf4 Re7 23. Bh7+ Kf8 24. Bf5 {Danada,T (2189)-Bornholdt,J (2267) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (37)}) 10. Be5 Nd7 11. g4 Nxe5 12. dxe5 $146 ({RR} 12. Nxe5 Nf6 13. Rg1 Nd7 14. Nf3 Nb6 15. O-O-O f5 16. Bd3 fxg4 17. Ne5 Rf6 18. Nxg4 Bxg4 19. Rxg4 Qf8 20. Rdg1 g5 21. f4 Re6 22. fxg5 hxg5 23. Qg2 Qh6 24. e4 dxe4 25. Nxe4 Rg6 26. Kb1 Rg7 {Braun,M (2155)-Toth,T (2000) Miskolc 1999 ½-½ (48)}) 12... Bxg4 13. Nd4 c5 14. Nf5 d4 15. Rg1 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 Bg5 17. O-O-O Qc8 18. Qxc8 Raxc8 19. Nd5 Rcd8 20. f4 Rxd5 21. fxg5 Rxe5 22. exd4 cxd4 23. gxh6 Rc8+ 24. Kb1 g6 25. Bg2 Rc7 26. Bf3 Kh7 27. Rxd4 Kxh6 28. Rc1 Ree7 29. Rf1 Rcd7 30. Rc4 Rd6 31. Rfc1 Rf6 32. R1c3 b6 33. Rc8 Nf4 34. a4 Re1+ 35. Ka2 Ne2 36. Bxe2 Rxe2 37. Rh3+ Kg7 38. Rc7 a5 39. Rb7 Re4 40. Ka3 Rff4 41. Rxb6 Rxa4+ 42. Kb3 Rab4+ 43. Rxb4 Re4 44. Kc3 Rxb4 45. b3 f5 46. Rg3 Re4 47. Rd3 f4 48. Rd5 f3 49. Rd2 Kf6 50. Rf2 Re3+ 51. Kd4 Rxb3 52. Ra2 Kf5 53. Rxa5+ Kg4 54. Ra2 g5 55. Ke4 Kh3 56. Kf5 g4 57. Kf4 Rb8 58. Ke3 Re8+ 59. Kf4 Rf8+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 19th Nov Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.11.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Kamsky, G."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2024.11.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Bd3 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. cxd5 ({RR} 9. Rc1 O-O 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. a3 c5 13. Qe2 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Rac8 15. Bb5 N7f6 16. Nc6 Bxc6 17. Bxc6 Rc7 18. Bb5 Rfc8 19. Rxc7 Qxc7 20. Ba6 Rd8 21. Nb3 e5 22. Rc1 Qd6 23. Qc4 g6 {Khenkin,I (2565)-Bilguun,S (2460) Dresden 2017 1-0 (51)}) ({RR} 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. f4 f5 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. Qc2 g6 15. Kh1 O-O 16. e4 Nc5 17. e5 Qg7 18. Rae1 Qh6 19. g3 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Rad8 21. Qf3 c5 22. cxd5 Rxd5 23. Ne4 Kh8 {Laylo,D (2434)-Enriquez,R (2229) Tornelo INT 2021 ½-½ (39)}) 9... cxd5 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Ne5 $146 ({RR} 11. Qe2 a6 12. Rc2 Rc8 13. Rfc1 Rxc2 14. Rxc2 Qa8 15. Ne5 Bd6 16. f4 Rc8 17. Ndf3 h6 18. Bh4 Rxc2 19. Qxc2 Qc8 20. Nxd7 Nxd7 21. Qxc8+ Bxc8 22. Kf1 f6 23. h3 Kf7 24. Ke2 Nb8 25. Be1 Nc6 {Maderna,C-Eliskases,E Mar del Plata 1947 0-1 (74)}) 11... Rc8 12. f4 Rc7 13. Qa4 Nxe5 14. fxe5 Ng4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Rxc7 Qxc7 17. Re1 f6 18. Qd1 Nh6 19. Nf3 Nf7 20. Rf1 f5 21. g4 g6 22. gxf5 exf5 23. Qe1 Qe7 24. Qg3 Kh8 25. h4 Bc8 26. Rc1 Be6 27. Kf2 Rc8 28. Rxc8+ Bxc8 29. Qg1 Be6 30. Qc1 Qd7 31. Qc3 Kg7 32. Qa3 a5 33. Qc3 Qc8 34. Qb3 Qc6 35. Ne1 Nh6 36. Ng2 Ng4+ 37. Kg3 h6 38. Be2 g5 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. Bxg4 fxg4 41. Qc3 Qxc3 42. bxc3 Kg6 43. e4 dxe4 44. a3 b5 45. Ne3 Kf7 46. d5 Bxd5 47. Nxd5 Ke6 48. Ne3 Kxe5 49. Nxg4+ Kd5 50. Ne3+ Kc5 51. Kg4 b4 52. axb4+ axb4 53. cxb4+ Kxb4 54. Kxg5 Kc3 55. Kf4 Kd4 56. Nf5+ Kc5 57. Ne3 Kd4 58. Nf5+ Kc5 59. Kxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 19th Nov Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.11.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Kamsky, G."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2024.11.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Bd3 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. cxd5 ({RR} 9. Rc1 O-O 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. a3 c5 13. Qe2 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Rac8 15. Bb5 N7f6 16. Nc6 Bxc6 17. Bxc6 Rc7 18. Bb5 Rfc8 19. Rxc7 Qxc7 20. Ba6 Rd8 21. Nb3 e5 22. Rc1 Qd6 23. Qc4 g6 {Khenkin,I (2565)-Bilguun,S (2460) Dresden 2017 1-0 (51)}) ({RR} 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. f4 f5 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. Qc2 g6 15. Kh1 O-O 16. e4 Nc5 17. e5 Qg7 18. Rae1 Qh6 19. g3 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Rad8 21. Qf3 c5 22. cxd5 Rxd5 23. Ne4 Kh8 {Laylo,D (2434)-Enriquez,R (2229) Tornelo INT 2021 ½-½ (39)}) 9... cxd5 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Ne5 $146 ({RR} 11. Qe2 a6 12. Rc2 Rc8 13. Rfc1 Rxc2 14. Rxc2 Qa8 15. Ne5 Bd6 16. f4 Rc8 17. Ndf3 h6 18. Bh4 Rxc2 19. Qxc2 Qc8 20. Nxd7 Nxd7 21. Qxc8+ Bxc8 22. Kf1 f6 23. h3 Kf7 24. Ke2 Nb8 25. Be1 Nc6 {Maderna,C-Eliskases,E Mar del Plata 1947 0-1 (74)}) 11... Rc8 12. f4 Rc7 13. Qa4 Nxe5 14. fxe5 Ng4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Rxc7 Qxc7 17. Re1 f6 18. Qd1 Nh6 19. Nf3 Nf7 20. Rf1 f5 21. g4 g6 22. gxf5 exf5 23. Qe1 Qe7 24. Qg3 Kh8 25. h4 Bc8 26. Rc1 Be6 27. Kf2 Rc8 28. Rxc8+ Bxc8 29. Qg1 Be6 30. Qc1 Qd7 31. Qc3 Kg7 32. Qa3 a5 33. Qc3 Qc8 34. Qb3 Qc6 35. Ne1 Nh6 36. Ng2 Ng4+ 37. Kg3 h6 38. Be2 g5 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. Bxg4 fxg4 41. Qc3 Qxc3 42. bxc3 Kg6 43. e4 dxe4 44. a3 b5 45. Ne3 Kf7 46. d5 Bxd5 47. Nxd5 Ke6 48. Ne3 Kxe5 49. Nxg4+ Kd5 50. Ne3+ Kc5 51. Kg4 b4 52. axb4+ axb4 53. cxb4+ Kxb4 54. Kxg5 Kc3 55. Kf4 Kd4 56. Nf5+ Kc5 57. Ne3 Kd4 58. Nf5+ Kc5 59. Kxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 28th Feb Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.02.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Swiercz, D."]
[Black "Andreikin, D."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2023.02.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 e6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. Bg2 Nbd7 9. O-O c5 10. Rd1 Rc8 ({RR} 10... a6 11. Nc3 Qb6 12. a4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Bc5 15. Be3 Ng4 16. axb5 Nxe3+ 17. fxe3 O-O 18. bxa6 Rxa6 19. Rxa6 Qxa6 20. Qa4 Qb7+ 21. Qc6 Rb8 22. Na4 Bf8 23. Qxb7 Rxb7 24. Rd3 Rb4 25. b3 {Donchenko,A (2640)-Ambartsumova,K (2385) chess.com INT 2026 ½-½ (54)}) 11. Bf4 $146 ({RR} 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. a4 b4 13. a5 Qa6 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Qd3 Qxd3 16. exd3 Ke7 17. Nbd2 Bd5 18. Ne4 Rhd8 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. Be3 a6 21. d4 Ncd7 22. Rdc1 Be4 23. Ne5 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Nxe5 25. dxe5 Nd5 {Charnushevich,A-Fernandez,R (2240) Bratislava 1993 ½-½ (47)}) ({RR} 11. a4 cxd4 12. Qb3 Bd5 13. Qd3 Nc5 14. Qxb5+ Nfd7 15. e4 Nxe4 16. Nxd4 Bc5 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Nc3 Ba8 19. Bg5 Qxg5 20. Nxe6 Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Qxb5 22. Nxg7+ Kf8 23. axb5 Nc5 24. Nf5 Ne4+ 25. Nxe4 Bxe4 {Mamedyarov,S (2763)-Gelfand,B (2741) Moscow 2010 1-0 (63)}) 11... cxd4 12. Qd3 Qb6 13. Ne5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Bc5 15. Nd2 O-O 16. Ndf3 Qb7 17. Kg1 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Ne4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Nxd4 Ng5 21. Nf3 Nxf3+ 22. exf3 h6 23. Rac1 a6 24. Kg2 Qb6 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Qd6 Rc6 27. Qd8+ Qxd8 28. Rxd8+ Kh7 29. Rd2 g5 30. Kf1 Rc1+ 31. Ke2 Kg6 32. Rd1 Rc2+ 33. Rd2 Rc1 34. Rd1 Rc6 35. Rd8 Kf5 36. Kd2 e5 37. Rd7 f6 38. Rh7 Kg6 39. Ra7 h5 40. a3 h4 41. g4 Rd6+ 42. Ke2 Rb6 43. b4 Rc6 44. Kd2 Rd6+ 45. Ke2 f5 46. h3 f4 47. Ra8 Kf7 48. Ra7+ Kf6 49. Ra8 Rc6 50. Kd2 Rd6+ 51. Ke2 Kf7 52. Ra7+ Ke6 53. Rg7 Kf6 54. Ra7 Rc6 55. Kd2 Rd6+ 56. Ke2 Kg6 57. Re7 Kf6 58. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 21st"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2017.10.30"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 e6 5. b3 c5 6. Bb2 cxd4 7. exd4 dxc4 ({RR} 7... Nc6 8. Nbd2 dxc4 9. bxc4 b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O Be7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Rad1 Rc8 14. Rfe1 Rc7 15. Ne4 Nb4 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bb1 g6 18. a3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Nc6 20. Qe4 Bg7 21. h4 Na5 22. c5 {Caruana,F (2776)-Duda,J (2739) chess.com INT 2025 ½-½ (70)}) 8. bxc4 Qa5+ $146 ({RR} 8... Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. Qe2 Nbd7 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. Rac1 Re8 15. Ng5 Nf8 16. Nce4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Ng6 18. g3 f5 19. Nd2 Bf6 20. Nb3 Qd7 21. f3 a5 22. Qf2 a4 23. Na1 {Perez,R (2362)-Grinberg,E (2492) New York 2022 0-1 (35)}) ({RR} 8... Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Re1 Bb7 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Ne5 Nbd7 14. Nd2 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. Ne4 Nc5 17. Rad1 Nxd3 18. Rxd3 Qc7 19. Nd6 Bxd6 20. exd6 Qxc4 21. Bxg7 Ba6 22. Rg3 Qxe2 23. Rxe2 {Kappeler,K (2113)-Romanchuk,V (2266) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½}) 9. Nbd2 Ba3 10. Qc1 Bxb2 11. Qxb2 Nc6 12. Be2 Qb4 13. O-O-O b6 14. Qxb4 Nxb4 15. Kb2 Bb7 16. Ne5 O-O 17. Bf3 Bxf3 18. Ndxf3 Rac8 19. Rhe1 h6 20. g4 Rfd8 21. h4 Nd7 22. Kb3 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Nc6 24. Nxc6 Rxc6 25. a4 Rdc8 26. Rc1 Kf8 27. h5 g6 28. hxg6 fxg6 29. Re4 Kg7 30. Kb4 a6 31. Rc3 Rf8 32. f4 h5 33. gxh5 gxh5 34. a5 bxa5+ 35. Kxa5 Kg6 36. c5 Kf5 37. Re5+ Kg4 38. Rg5+ Kxf4 39. Rxh5 Ke4 40. Kb4 Kxd4 41. Rc4+ Kd3 42. Rh3+ Kd2 43. Rh2+ Kd3 44. Rh3+ Kd2 45. Rcc3 Rf2 46. Rhd3+ Ke2 47. Rd6 Rxd6 48. cxd6 Rf8 49. Rc7 e5 50. Re7 Kd3 51. Rxe5 Kd4 52. Re7 Rb8+ 53. Ka5 Kc5 54. d7 Kd6 55. Re8 Rb5+ 56. Kxa6 Kxd7 57. Kxb5 Kxe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0708"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2008.03.09"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2007.10.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muelheim"]
[BlackTeam "Godesberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 ({RR} 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Nc3 Nxg3 9. hxg3 Bg7 10. e3 Nd7 11. Bd3 Rb8 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. g4 a6 14. Ne2 Nf6 15. Ne5 Nd7 16. Nf3 Nf6 17. Ne5 Nd7 18. f4 gxf4 19. exf4 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qa5+ {Kramnik,V (2799)-Van Wely,L (2681) Wijk aan Zee 2008 ½-½}) ({RR} 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. Qxc4 b5 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. e3 Nbd7 10. a4 Rc8 11. Nbd2 g5 12. Bg3 Bb4 13. Be2 c5 14. d5 exd5 15. Bxb5 a6 16. Bd3 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Bxd2+ 20. Qxd2 Qxd2+ {Sokolov,I (2592)-Van Wely,L (2629) Venlo NED 2025 ½-½ (41)}) 6... Qxf6 7. Nbd2 a5 8. g3 $146 ({RR} 8. a3 Nd7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Qf4 11. Bd3 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfe1 Rd8 14. Rad1 b6 15. d5 cxd5 16. cxd5 a4 17. Qc2 Nc5 18. Bc4 exd5 19. Nxc5 Qxc4 20. Qxc4 dxc4 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. Re8+ Kh7 {Gorovets,A (2495)-Panchanatham,V (2431) Charlotte 2018 ½-½}) 8... a4 9. Qc3 c5 10. e3 Nc6 11. a3 Bd6 12. Bg2 O-O 13. O-O b6 14. Rfe1 Bb7 15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Qd3 c4 18. Qc3 b5 19. e4 Bf8 20. exd5 Ne7 21. Ne4 Qb6 22. d6 Nd5 23. Qc2 Bxd6 24. Nxd6 Rxd6 25. Nh4 g6 26. Qd2 Kg7 27. Re5 Rad8 28. Rce1 Rf6 29. Be4 Nc7 30. Bxb7 Qxb7 31. Rd1 Ne6 32. Qe3 Ng5 33. g4 Rf3 34. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 35. Kf1 Nxe5 36. Qxe5+ f6 37. Qe6 Rd5 38. Rd2 h5 39. h3 Qf7 40. Qc6 hxg4 41. hxg4 Qd7 42. Qxd7+ Rxd7 43. Ke2 Kf7 44. Kd1 Ke6 45. Kc2 Rh7 46. Kc3 Rh3+ 47. Kb4 Rb3+ 48. Kc5 c3 49. Re2+ Kd7 50. bxc3 Rxc3+ 51. Kxb5 Rxa3 52. Kb4 Rf3 53. Ra2 Kd6 54. Kc4 a3 55. Ra1 f5 56. gxf5 gxf5 57. Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2011.11.20"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Nf6 6. g3 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. Bg2 Nbd7 9. Ne5 Qb6 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nc3 c5 12. d5 Nf6 ({RR} 12... b4 13. Na4 Qa5 14. O-O Bxd5 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Rd1 Nf6 17. Bg5 Rd8 18. e4 Be7 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nxc5 Rc8 21. Rxd5 O-O 22. Qa4 Qxa4 23. Nxa4 Rfe8 24. Re1 Rc2 25. e5 Bd8 26. Kf1 Bc7 27. h4 {Petrovic,A (2273)-Janjic,S (2046) Belgrade SRB 2025 1-0 (45)}) 13. e4 b4 14. Na4 Qb5 $146 ({RR} 14... Qa6 15. dxe6 Qxe6 16. O-O Rc8 17. f4 Be7 18. f5 Qa6 19. e5 Bxg2 20. Qxg2 Nd7 21. b3 O-O 22. Bf4 c4 23. Rad1 Rfd8 24. Qe2 Nb6 25. f6 gxf6 26. Bh6 f5 27. e6 f6 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Qh5 {Gledura,B (2620)-Daggupati,B (2331) Chesterfield 2020 1-0 (36)}) ({RR} 14... Qa6 15. dxe6 Qxe6 16. O-O Rc8 17. f4 Be7 18. f5 Qa6 19. e5 Bxg2 20. Qxg2 Nd7 21. b3 O-O 22. Bf4 c4 23. Rad1 Rfd8 24. Qe2 Nb6 25. f6 gxf6 26. Bh6 f5 27. e6 f6 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Qh5 {Gledura,B (2620)-Daggupati,B (2331) Chesterfield 2020 1-0 (36)}) 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. b3 c4 17. bxc4 Rc8 18. cxb5 Rxc2 19. O-O Bxe4 20. Be3 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Rc7 22. Rac1 Nd5 23. Bd4 Kf7 24. b6 axb6 25. Nxb6 Bd6 26. Rxc7+ Bxc7 27. Nxd5 exd5 28. Rc1 Bd6 29. Rc6 Rd8 30. Ra6 Rd7 31. Kf3 Be7 32. Ke2 g6 33. Kd3 Rb7 34. Ra7 Rb5 35. Kc2 Ke6 36. Ra6+ Kf5 37. f3 h5 38. Ra7 Bc5 39. Rf7+ Ke6 40. Rf6+ Ke7 41. Bb2 Bg1 42. Rxg6 Rc5+ 43. Kb3 d4 44. Kxb4 Rc2 45. Kb3 Rxh2 46. a4 Rf2 47. f4 Rg2 48. f5 d3 49. Bc3 Rf2 50. Re6+ Kd7 51. Re1 Bh2 52. Rh1 Bxg3 53. Rxh5 Bf4 54. f6 d2 55. Kc2 Rf1 56. Bxd2 Bxd2 57. Kxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Play-In Match D3"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Tabatabaei, M."]
[Black "Vidit, S."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2024.02.01"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. c5 Be7 6. b4 O-O ({RR} 6... b6 7. Bb2 a5 8. a3 O-O 9. Nbd2 axb4 10. axb4 Rxa1 11. Qxa1 bxc5 12. dxc5 c6 13. Bd3 Nbd7 14. O-O Bb7 15. e4 Qa8 16. e5 Ne8 17. Qxa8 Bxa8 18. Ra1 Nc7 19. Ra7 Rc8 20. Nb3 Bd8 21. Nbd4 {Nakamura,H (2807)-Klukin,K (2401) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (44)}) 7. Bb2 b6 8. Nc3 a5 $146 ({RR} 8... c6 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. O-O Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nbd7 12. Rfc1 Qc7 13. Rab1 Rfb8 14. Ba1 Qc8 15. h3 Bd8 16. Ne2 bxc5 17. dxc5 Ne4 18. Nd2 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. a4 a6 22. Nd4 e5 23. Nf3 {Kramnik,V (2753)-Martinez Alcantara,J (2612) Madrid ESP 2024 ½-½ (40)}) 9. a3 c6 10. Bd3 Ba6 11. O-O Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Nbd7 13. Rfc1 Qb8 14. Qc2 Qb7 15. h3 Rfb8 16. Rcb1 Bd8 17. Na4 axb4 18. axb4 Ne4 19. Bc1 Bf6 20. Nd2 Nxd2 21. Bxd2 e5 22. dxe5 Bxe5 23. Bc3 Bxc3 24. Qxc3 bxc5 25. Nxc5 Nxc5 26. Rxa8 Qxa8 27. Qxc5 h6 28. Rc1 Qb7 29. Qxc6 Qxc6 30. Rxc6 Rxb4 31. Rd6 Rb1+ 32. Kh2 Rb2 33. Kg3 Rd2 34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. Kf3 h5 36. h4 g6 37. Ra8 Kg7 38. Ra6 d4 39. e4 Rd3+ 40. Ke2 Rb3 41. Rd6 Rb2+ 42. Kf3 Rb3+ 43. Kf4 Rb2 44. Kg3 Rd2 45. Kf3 Kf8 46. g3 Ke7 47. Ra6 Rb2 48. Ra4 Rd2 49. Ra6 Rb2 50. Ra4 Rd2 51. Ra7+ Ke6 52. Ra6+ Ke5 53. Ra5+ Ke6 54. Ra6+ Ke5 55. Ra5+ Ke6 56. Ra6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Play-In Match D3"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Tabatabaei, M."]
[Black "Vidit, S."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2024.02.01"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. c5 Be7 6. b4 O-O ({RR} 6... b6 7. Bb2 a5 8. a3 O-O 9. Nbd2 axb4 10. axb4 Rxa1 11. Qxa1 bxc5 12. dxc5 c6 13. Bd3 Nbd7 14. O-O Bb7 15. e4 Qa8 16. e5 Ne8 17. Qxa8 Bxa8 18. Ra1 Nc7 19. Ra7 Rc8 20. Nb3 Bd8 21. Nbd4 {Nakamura,H (2807)-Klukin,K (2401) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (44)}) 7. Bb2 b6 8. Nc3 a5 $146 ({RR} 8... c6 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. O-O Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nbd7 12. Rfc1 Qc7 13. Rab1 Rfb8 14. Ba1 Qc8 15. h3 Bd8 16. Ne2 bxc5 17. dxc5 Ne4 18. Nd2 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. a4 a6 22. Nd4 e5 23. Nf3 {Kramnik,V (2753)-Martinez Alcantara,J (2612) Madrid ESP 2024 ½-½ (40)}) 9. a3 c6 10. Bd3 Ba6 11. O-O Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Nbd7 13. Rfc1 Qb8 14. Qc2 Qb7 15. h3 Rfb8 16. Rcb1 Bd8 17. Na4 axb4 18. axb4 Ne4 19. Bc1 Bf6 20. Nd2 Nxd2 21. Bxd2 e5 22. dxe5 Bxe5 23. Bc3 Bxc3 24. Qxc3 bxc5 25. Nxc5 Nxc5 26. Rxa8 Qxa8 27. Qxc5 h6 28. Rc1 Qb7 29. Qxc6 Qxc6 30. Rxc6 Rxb4 31. Rd6 Rb1+ 32. Kh2 Rb2 33. Kg3 Rd2 34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. Kf3 h5 36. h4 g6 37. Ra8 Kg7 38. Ra6 d4 39. e4 Rd3+ 40. Ke2 Rb3 41. Rd6 Rb2+ 42. Kf3 Rb3+ 43. Kf4 Rb2 44. Kg3 Rd2 45. Kf3 Kf8 46. g3 Ke7 47. Ra6 Rb2 48. Ra4 Rd2 49. Ra6 Rb2 50. Ra4 Rd2 51. Ra7+ Ke6 52. Ra6+ Ke5 53. Ra5+ Ke6 54. Ra6+ Ke5 55. Ra5+ Ke6 56. Ra6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Play-In Match D3"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Tabatabaei, M."]
[Black "Vidit, S."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2024.02.01"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. c5 Be7 6. b4 O-O ({RR} 6... b6 7. Bb2 a5 8. a3 O-O 9. Nbd2 axb4 10. axb4 Rxa1 11. Qxa1 bxc5 12. dxc5 c6 13. Bd3 Nbd7 14. O-O Bb7 15. e4 Qa8 16. e5 Ne8 17. Qxa8 Bxa8 18. Ra1 Nc7 19. Ra7 Rc8 20. Nb3 Bd8 21. Nbd4 {Nakamura,H (2807)-Klukin,K (2401) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (44)}) 7. Bb2 b6 8. Nc3 a5 $146 ({RR} 8... c6 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. O-O Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nbd7 12. Rfc1 Qc7 13. Rab1 Rfb8 14. Ba1 Qc8 15. h3 Bd8 16. Ne2 bxc5 17. dxc5 Ne4 18. Nd2 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. a4 a6 22. Nd4 e5 23. Nf3 {Kramnik,V (2753)-Martinez Alcantara,J (2612) Madrid ESP 2024 ½-½ (40)}) 9. a3 c6 10. Bd3 Ba6 11. O-O Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Nbd7 13. Rfc1 Qb8 14. Qc2 Qb7 15. h3 Rfb8 16. Rcb1 Bd8 17. Na4 axb4 18. axb4 Ne4 19. Bc1 Bf6 20. Nd2 Nxd2 21. Bxd2 e5 22. dxe5 Bxe5 23. Bc3 Bxc3 24. Qxc3 bxc5 25. Nxc5 Nxc5 26. Rxa8 Qxa8 27. Qxc5 h6 28. Rc1 Qb7 29. Qxc6 Qxc6 30. Rxc6 Rxb4 31. Rd6 Rb1+ 32. Kh2 Rb2 33. Kg3 Rd2 34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. Kf3 h5 36. h4 g6 37. Ra8 Kg7 38. Ra6 d4 39. e4 Rd3+ 40. Ke2 Rb3 41. Rd6 Rb2+ 42. Kf3 Rb3+ 43. Kf4 Rb2 44. Kg3 Rd2 45. Kf3 Kf8 46. g3 Ke7 47. Ra6 Rb2 48. Ra4 Rd2 49. Ra6 Rb2 50. Ra4 Rd2 51. Ra7+ Ke6 52. Ra6+ Ke5 53. Ra5+ Ke6 54. Ra6+ Ke5 55. Ra5+ Ke6 56. Ra6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 7th Nov Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.11.08"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Melkumyan, H."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2023.11.07"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 dxc4 4. Bg2 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Qa4 cxd4 7. O-O Bd7 8. Qxc4 e5 9. e3 Rc8 ({RR} 9... Be6 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. exd4 exd4 12. Rd1 Bc5 13. Nc3 Nge7 14. Ne4 Bb6 15. b4 O-O 16. b5 Na5 17. Nxd4 Bg4 18. Nf3 Qf5 19. Neg5 Rad8 20. Ba3 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Re8 22. Re1 h6 23. h3 Bxf3 24. Nxf3 {Nakamura,H (2807)-Xiong,J (2650) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (32)}) 10. Qe2 $146 ({RR} 10. exd4 Nxd4 11. Qd5 Ne2+ 12. Kh1 Rxc1 13. Nxe5 Rxf1+ 14. Bxf1 Bc6 15. Nxc6 Qxd5+ {0-1 (15) Jimenez Jimenez,L (2161)-Vetoshko,V (2506) chess.com INT 2024}) ({RR} 10. Qb5 Bd6 11. Qxb7 Nf6 12. exd4 e4 13. Ng5 Nxd4 14. Nc3 Bc6 15. Qxa7 Nc2 16. Rb1 Ra8 17. Qxf7# {1-0 (17) Pyrih,R (2399)-Xiong,J (2656) chess.com INT 2026}) 10... d3 11. Qxd3 Nf6 12. Nc3 Be7 13. Rd1 O-O 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nh7 Bg4 16. Nxf8 Bxd1 17. Qxd1 Qxd1+ 18. Nxd1 Kxf8 19. Bd2 Rd8 20. Be1 Nd5 21. a3 f5 22. e4 fxe4 23. Bxe4 Nf6 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Kf1 Nd5 26. Rc1 c5 27. Ke2 Kf7 28. f3 Ke6 29. Nf2 Rb8 30. Nd3 Rb3 31. Bf2 Nf6 32. Bxc5 e4 33. fxe4 Nxe4 34. Bxa7 Rb7 35. Be3 Rb8 36. b4 Bf6 37. Nc5+ Nxc5 38. Rxc5 Ra8 39. Ra5 Rc8 40. b5 Rc2+ 41. Kf3 Rxh2 42. b6 Rb2 43. a4 Rb3 44. Ke2 Rb2+ 45. Kd1 Rb3 46. Ra8 Be5 47. Bf2 Kd5 48. a5 Ke4 49. a6 Ra3 50. a7 Ra1+ 51. Ke2 Ra2+ 52. Kf1 Bd6 53. Re8+ Kf3 54. Re3+ Kg4 55. Rd3 Be5 56. Rd5 1-0

[Event "TechM GCL 2025"]
[Site "Mumbai IND"]
[Date "2025.12.17"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "So, W."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2025.12.14"]
[WhiteTeam "PBG Alaskan Knights"]
[BlackTeam "Upgrad Mumba Masters"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Nh4 Be6 9. Bd3 g6 ({RR} 9... Ne4 10. Nf3 Bb4 11. Qc2 Qa5 12. O-O Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bxc3 14. Rab1 Bb4 15. Qb3 Be7 16. Qxb7 O-O 17. Qa6 Qxa6 18. Bxa6 c5 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Be2 Ne4 21. Be5 Rac8 22. Rfc1 Bc5 23. Bd4 Bf5 24. Bd3 {Rustemov,A (2525)-Nissinen,N (2208) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (81)}) 10. Nf3 Nh5 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxe7 $146 ({RR} 12. Bh6 Ndf6 13. Bg5 O-O 14. h3 Nd7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. O-O Rfe8 17. Qc2 Ng7 18. Rab1 a5 19. a3 Bf5 20. Na4 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Nf5 22. Rfe1 Nd6 23. Nd2 b5 24. Nc3 Nb6 25. a4 b4 26. Ne2 Nxa4 {Rustemov,A (2525)-Yoo,C (2588) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (68)}) 12... Qxe7 13. h3 Ng7 14. O-O Bf5 15. Re1 O-O 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nf6 18. Nc5 Qc7 19. Bc4 Rad8 20. Rc1 Rd6 21. a4 a5 22. Qb3 b6 23. Nd3 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Nf5 25. Qc3 Nd5 26. Qd2 Kg7 27. Re5 Nb4 28. Rce1 Qd7 29. Qc3 Nd5 30. Bxd5 Rxd5 31. g4 Nh6 32. Re7 Qd6 33. R1e6 Qxe6 34. Rxe6 fxe6 35. Kg2 Rc8 36. Qe3 Re8 37. Qf4 Re7 38. Ne5 c5 39. dxc5 bxc5 40. Nc6 Red7 41. Nxa5 Nf7 42. Qe3 Ne5 43. Nb3 Nd3 44. Nd2 Re5 45. Ne4 g5 46. Kh2 c4 47. f3 Rb7 48. Qd4 Rxb2+ 49. Kg3 Kg6 50. Qd8 Rxe4 51. fxe4 Rb3 52. h4 Nf4+ 53. Kf2 gxh4 54. g5 Kh5 55. Qf6 Kg4 56. Ke1 h3 0-1

[Event "Airthings Masters Play-In"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bf4 dxc4 5. Qa4+ ({RR} 5. Nbd2 Bb4 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8. Bg5 b5 9. Qf4 Nc6 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. e4 Na5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Qg4 f5 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Qxe6+ Kh8 16. Ne5 Qe8 17. Qxe8 Raxe8 18. f3 c5 19. Kf2 cxd4 {Mozharov,M (2558)-Kollars,D (2585) Chess.com INT 2020 0-1}) 5... Nbd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. dxc5 ({RR} 7. e3 a6 8. Be2 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4 Rc8 12. Qd1 Nd5 13. Bg3 Be7 14. Nbd2 O-O 15. a4 Qb6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bd3 Nb4 18. Bb1 Nf6 19. Nb3 Rfd8 20. Be5 Bd5 21. Nbd2 Nc6 {Shendrik,Z (1990)-Keetman,M (2155) Amsterdam NED 2026 0-1 (69)}) 7... Bxc5 $146 ({RR} 7... Nxc5 8. Nbd2 Bd7 9. e3 Rc8 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qc2 Ba4 13. Qb1 Nd5 14. Be5 Bf6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. b3 Nc3 17. Qe1 Bc6 18. Nd4 Bd5 19. Nc4 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 e5 21. Nf3 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 {Goriachkina,O (1748)-Kanter,E (1332) Satka 2022 ½-½ (50)}) 8. e3 a6 9. a4 O-O 10. Be2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Nc3 Qe7 13. Rfd1 Rfc8 14. Qb3 h6 15. Bg3 Qe8 16. Nd2 Be7 17. Nc4 Ne4 18. Rxd7 Qxd7 19. Nxb6 Nd2 20. Qd1 Qc6 21. Ncd5 Bb4 22. Qxd2 Bxd2 23. Ne7+ Kf8 24. Nxc6 Rxc6 25. Nxa8 Bxa8 26. Rd1 Rc2 27. Be5 Be4 28. Bxa6 f6 29. Bd6+ Kf7 30. b4 Rb2 31. Bf1 Bxb4 32. Bxb4 Rxb4 33. Rd4 Rxd4 34. exd4 Ke7 35. f3 Bc6 36. a5 Kd6 37. Kf2 g5 38. Ke3 e5 39. dxe5+ Kxe5 40. g3 Kd5 41. Bd3 Kc5 42. f4 Bd5 43. fxg5 fxg5 44. a6 Kb6 45. Kd4 Bf3 46. Ke5 h5 47. Kf6 h4 48. Kxg5 hxg3 49. hxg3 Bd1 50. Kf4 Ka7 51. Ke3 Bg4 52. Be2 Bc8 53. Kf4 Kb6 54. g4 Bxg4 55. Kxg4 1-0

[Event "58th Biel GM1 Qual 2025"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2025.07.18"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Salem, AR."]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vl3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2025.07.15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 b6 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. b3 a5 9. Re1 ({RR} 9. Bb2 Ba6 10. Nd2 b5 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. e4 bxc4 14. bxc4 c5 15. exd5 cxd4 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Nce4 e5 18. Ng5 Qb6 19. Rab1 Qd6 20. Qf5 g6 21. Qh3 Bxc4 22. Ba3 Qxa3 23. Nxc4 Qc5 {Flores,D (2551)-Mareco,S (2591) Perez, Santa Fe ARG 2025 1-0}) 9... Nbd7 10. Nd2 Ba6 11. e4 dxc4 $146 ({RR} 11... Rc8 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. exd5 cxd5 14. Rc1 Bb4 15. Nb5 Ba6 16. a3 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 a4 18. bxa4 dxc4 19. Bf1 Nd5 20. Bxc4 N7f6 21. Bf1 Qd7 22. Bc3 h6 23. Bb4 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rd8 25. Rb1 Rc8 26. Qe1 {Beltran Rueda,S (2404)-Ryan,J (2292) Barcelona 2010 ½-½ (46)}) 12. Nxc4 Bxc4 13. bxc4 e5 14. Ne2 exd4 15. Nxd4 Ne5 16. Bf4 Nfg4 17. Nxc6 Nxc6 18. Qxg4 Qc8 19. Qxc8 Raxc8 20. Bh3 Nd4 21. Bxc8 Nf3+ 22. Kf1 Nxe1 23. Bb7 Nd3 24. Bc7 Nb4 25. a4 Nd3 26. Ke2 Nc5 27. Bd5 Nd7 28. Bf4 Bb4 29. Be3 Nc5 30. f4 Re8 31. Kf3 Kf8 32. g4 f6 33. h4 h6 34. Rg1 Ke7 35. g5 hxg5 36. hxg5 Bc3 37. gxf6+ gxf6 38. Rg7+ Kd6 39. Rg6 Kc7 40. Bxc5 bxc5 41. Kg4 Rh8 42. Kf5 Rh4 43. Rg3 Bd2 44. Rg7+ Kb6 45. Kxf6 Rxf4+ 46. Ke6 Rh4 47. e5 Rh5 48. Rb7+ Ka6 49. Rf7 Be1 50. Rf3 Bh4 51. Kd6 Rh8 52. e6 Rd8+ 53. Kc7 Re8 54. Rb3 Rh8 55. Rh3 1-0

[Event "Airthings Masters Div 2 L"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.02.08"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Bluebaum, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2023.02.07"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. c5 ({RR} 6. Bd3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. O-O c5 9. Ne5 Re8 10. f4 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Bd2 Nc7 13. Be1 cxd4 14. exd4 Ne4 15. Qf3 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 f6 17. Ng4 Qd7 18. f5 Re4 19. Rae1 Rae8 20. g3 a5 {Caruana,F (2796)-Firouzja,A (2744) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (68)}) ({RR} 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. e4 a6 11. Re1 Ng6 12. h3 Nh5 13. Bf1 Ngf4 14. Kh2 Bc5 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Qd6 17. Rc1 Bd7 18. Nd2 Qh6 19. Nc4 Rae8 20. d6 c5 {Tudor,H (2460)-Bluebaum,M (2694) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (73)}) 6... Be7 7. b4 b6 8. Rb1 $146 ({RR} 8. a3 c6 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. O-O Qc7 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Qd3 Nb8 13. Bd2 Nbd7 14. Rfc1 bxc5 15. bxc5 e5 16. Qf1 e4 17. Ne1 Ng4 18. g3 h5 19. Rab1 Rfb8 20. Nc2 Nf8 21. Nb4 Qd7 22. Qa6 Rc8 {Nakamura,H (2768)-Yu Yangyi (2729) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (56)}) 8... a5 9. a3 axb4 10. axb4 bxc5 11. bxc5 c6 12. Bd3 Nbd7 13. O-O e5 14. dxe5 Ng4 15. Nd4 Ndxe5 16. Be2 Qd7 17. f4 Nc4 18. Bxg4 Qxg4 19. Nxc6 Bxc5 20. Qxg4 Bxg4 21. Nxd5 Bd7 22. Nd4 Rfd8 23. Nc3 Re8 24. Rb7 Ra7 25. Rxa7 Bxa7 26. Kf2 Rc8 27. Rd1 Nxe3 28. Bxe3 Rxc3 29. Nf5 Rc7 30. Bxa7 Rxa7 31. Rd2 g6 32. Ne3 Be6 33. g3 h5 34. h4 Kg7 35. Rb2 Ra3 36. Rd2 Ra1 37. Rb2 Bd7 38. Rd2 Bc6 39. f5 Be4 40. fxg6 Kxg6 41. Rd6+ Kg7 42. g4 hxg4 43. Nxg4 f5 44. Nf6 Ba8 45. Nh5+ Kh7 46. Nf4 Be4 47. Rd7+ Kh6 48. Rd6+ Kg7 49. h5 Ra3 50. h6+ Kh7 51. Nh5 Rf3+ 52. Ke2 Ra3 53. Nf6+ Kxh6 54. Nxe4+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lublin 1st"]
[Site "Lublin"]
[Date "2009.05.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Roiz, Michael"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2009.05.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Nf6 5. e3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 c5 7. dxc5 ({RR} 7. Bb2 cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. a3 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Na5 11. Qc2 dxc4 12. bxc4 Bd7 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. Qe2 b5 15. c5 Nc4 16. O-O Bc6 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Ne5 Ba8 19. Nxc4 O-O 20. Nd6 Rb8 21. Bc1 Nd5 {Caruana,F (2788)-Fedoseev,V (2700) Warsaw POL 2026 ½-½ (78)}) 7... O-O 8. Bb2 Bxc5 9. a3 $146 ({RR} 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O Qe7 11. Rc1 Ba3 12. Bxa3 Qxa3 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bd3 Qe7 15. Rc4 Rd8 16. Bb1 e5 17. Qc2 g6 18. Qb2 f6 19. a3 Be6 20. b4 Rac8 21. Rfc1 Nb6 22. R4c2 Na4 23. Qa1 a6 {Jonkers,W-Jonkman,H (2417) Helmond 2012 0-1 (46)}) ({RR} 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nc6 11. O-O b6 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. a3 a5 15. Bd3 e5 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 f6 18. Ne1 Rac8 19. Qb5 Na7 20. Qc4+ Kh8 21. Bf5 Rc7 22. Qh4 h6 23. Nf3 Bc8 {Schachinger,M (2353)-Sandhoefner,F (2229) Vienna 2010 1-0 (51)}) 9... b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Qe2 a5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15. Bb5 f5 16. Rac1 Qe7 17. Ba6 N7f6 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. h3 Rfd8 20. a4 Nb4 21. Nc4 Nfd5 22. Nd4 Qe7 23. Ba1 Nf6 24. Nc2 Nbd5 25. Ne1 Qb7 26. Nd3 Bf8 27. Bxf6 Nxf6 28. Nf4 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Ne4 30. Qb2 Nc5 31. Na3 Qe4 32. Rd4 Qc6 33. Nc4 Qc7 34. Nd3 Nd7 35. Qd2 Nf6 36. Nf4 Re8 37. Qd1 Bc5 38. Rd3 h6 39. Nh5 Nd5 40. Ng3 f4 41. Nf1 fxe3 42. Nfxe3 Rf8 43. Qd2 Nf6 44. Nd6 Nd5 45. Ndc4 Qe7 46. Nxd5 exd5 47. Ne3 d4 48. Nc4 Qe4 49. Qd1 Rf6 50. Kf1 Re6 51. Kg1 Rf6 52. Kf1 Re6 53. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA 2025"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2025.10.15"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Mishra, Abhimanyu"]
[Black "So, W."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2025.10.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 cxd4 6. O-O Bc5 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. Nb3 Be7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Qb6 13. Nd4 ({RR} 13. e3 Rd8 14. Qe2 e5 15. Rfc1 a5 16. Nd2 f6 17. Qc4+ Kh8 18. Qf7 Rf8 19. Nc4 Qa6 20. Qd5 Rd8 21. Qf7 Rf8 22. Qd5 Rd8 23. Qf7 Rf8 {½-½ (23) Giri,A (2764)-Yakubboev,N (2689) Hong Kong HKG 2026}) 13... Nb4 14. a3 $146 ({RR} 14. Qb3 e5 15. Bxb4 Bxb4 16. a3 exd4 17. Qxb4 Bg4 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Rfd1 Rad8 20. Rd2 Rfe8 21. Kf1 Rd7 22. h3 Be6 23. Rc1 Kf8 24. f4 Red8 25. Kf2 b5 26. Rc5 Bc4 27. b3 Bxb3 28. Rxb5 Be6 {Dubov,D (2672)-Idani,P (2611) Doha QAT 2025 1-0 (48)}) ({RR} 14. Qb3 Rd8 15. Rfd1 e5 16. Bxb4 Bxb4 17. a3 Bc5 18. Qxb6 Bxb6 19. Nb5 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Kf8 21. Kf1 Rb8 22. Nd6 Be6 23. Bd5 Ke7 {½-½ (23) Matlakov,M (2606)-So,W (2753) Doha QAT 2025}) 14... Nd5 15. Nf5 Bf6 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Qxd5 Rd8 18. Qf3 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Qc6 21. Qc2 h5 22. Rfd1 Rac8 23. a4 g6 24. h4 b6 25. c4 a6 26. Rd3 b5 27. axb5 axb5 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. c5 Rd4 30. Qc3 Rc4 31. Qf3 Qxf3 32. exf3 Rxc5 33. Ra6 b4 34. Rb6 Rc1+ 35. Kg2 Rb1 36. g4 b3 37. Rb5 b2 38. Rb8+ Kg7 39. g5 f5 40. Rb7+ Kf8 41. Rb8+ Ke7 42. Rb6 Kd7 43. Rb3 Kc6 44. Rb8 Kc7 45. Rb3 f4 46. Rb4 Kc6 47. Rb8 Kc7 48. Rb4 Kc6 49. Rb8 Kc7 50. Rb4 Kc6 51. Rb8 Kc7 52. Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 26th May 2026"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2026.05.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Svane, Frederik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2026.05.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 c5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. O-O Bxc3 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. bxc3 O-O 13. Qb3 Qc6 14. Rfb1 b6 15. a4 Rab8 16. Qb5 Rfc8 17. h3 Nf6 $146 ({RR} 17... Qb7 18. Qd3 c4 19. Qf5 a6 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. Qxe5 Qc6 22. Rb4 Rb7 23. Rab1 Re8 24. Qf5 b5 25. R1b2 Reb8 26. Qe5 Kh7 27. Qf5+ Kg8 28. Qb1 g6 29. h4 h5 30. g3 Kg7 31. Kg2 Qe8 32. Kg1 {Andreikin,D (2695)-Bluebaum,M (2660) chess.com INT 2025 ½-½ (70)}) ({RR} 17... Qb7 18. Ra2 a6 19. Qb3 Qc6 20. Rab2 Qe6 21. Ne1 cxd4 22. cxd4 Nf6 23. Nd3 Rc4 24. Qa3 Ne4 25. Nf4 Qc6 26. Ra1 g5 27. Nh5 Rc1+ 28. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 29. Kh2 Nxf2 30. Nf6+ Kg7 31. Qd6 Qh1+ 32. Kg3 {Rustemov,A (2525)-Caruana,F (2766) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (36)}) 18. Nd2 Qc7 19. Qa6 cxd4 20. cxd4 Qc2 21. Rc1 Qxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 23. Kh2 Rbc8 24. Qxa7 R8c2 25. Nf3 Rxf2 26. Ne5 Ne4 27. Qa8+ Kh7 28. Qxd5 Nd2 29. h4 Nf1+ 30. Kh3 Nxe3 31. Qe4+ f5 32. Qxe3 Rh1+ 33. Kg3 f4+ 34. Qxf4 Rxf4 35. Kxf4 Rxh4+ 36. g4 Rh1 37. Nc4 Rb1 38. Ke5 Rb4 39. Ne3 Rxa4 40. d5 Kg8 41. d6 Kf7 42. Nd5 Ra5 43. d7 Rxd5+ 44. Kxd5 Ke7 45. Kc6 Kd8 46. Kxb6 Kxd7 47. Kc5 Ke6 48. Kd4 Kf6 49. Ke4 Kg5 50. Kf3 Kh4 51. Kf4 g6 52. Kf3 g5 0-1

[Event "Clash of Claims 2024"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "2024.06.09"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2024.06.07"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Qc2 Be7 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Rd1 c6 12. Nbd2 $146 ({RR} 12. Nc3 a4 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nxa4 Qa5 15. Nc3 Bd7 16. Ne5 Rfc8 17. Qb3 Be8 18. Nd3 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Ba4 20. Qxb7 Bxd1 21. Qxe7 Bxe2 22. Nec5 Bxd3 23. Nxd3 Ra7 24. Qd6 Qa4 25. Qf4 Rac7 26. Bf1 Qa5 {Kramnik,V (2753)-Martinez Alcantara,J (2612) Madrid ESP 2024 0-1}) ({RR} 12. Nc3 dxc4 13. Ne5 Nd5 14. a3 Bf6 15. Nxc4 b6 16. e4 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Ba6 18. Ne3 Qc7 19. Rab1 Rfd8 20. a4 Rac8 21. e5 Be7 22. Qe4 b5 23. axb5 cxb5 24. d5 Qxc3 25. d6 Bf8 26. Qf4 b4 {Di Benedetto,G (2289)-Matyakubov,M (2177) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (32)}) 12... a4 13. a3 Qa5 14. Rac1 Rd8 15. Ne5 Bd7 16. e3 Be8 17. Nd3 Rac8 18. Qc3 Qa7 19. Nf3 b6 20. Qe1 c5 21. cxd5 Nxd5 22. Nde5 b5 23. dxc5 Bxc5 24. Nd4 Qb6 25. Nc2 Bd6 26. Nd3 Bc6 27. Nd4 Bb7 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Rc1 Rd8 30. Qe2 Bf8 31. Ne5 b4 32. Qh5 g6 33. Qf3 f5 34. Nxg6 bxa3 35. bxa3 Bxa3 36. Rf1 Bb2 37. Qh5 Bxd4 38. exd4 Qxd4 39. Qxh6 Qf6 40. Qh5 a3 41. Bxd5 Bxd5 42. Nf4 a2 43. Nxd5 Rxd5 44. Qe8+ Kg7 45. Qa4 Qb2 46. h4 Qb1 47. Qa7+ Kf6 48. Kh2 Qxf1 49. Qxa2 Rd1 50. Qb2+ Kf7 51. Qb7+ Kg6 52. h5+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "Julius Baer Play-In Match"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.07.25"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Artemiev, V."]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2023.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. a3 c5 4. e3 d5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. b4 Be7 8. Bb2 a5 ({RR} 8... dxc4 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Bxc4 b6 11. Ke2 Bb7 12. Nbd2 Nbd7 13. Rhc1 Ne8 14. Nb3 Nd6 15. Bd3 f6 16. Nfd4 Ne5 17. Nxe6 Nxd3 18. Kxd3 Rd7 19. Ke2 Ba6+ 20. Ke1 Nc4 21. Bc3 Kf7 22. Nf4 Rc8 23. a4 {Nakamura,H (2768)-Aronian,L (2735) chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (54)}) 9. b5 dxc4 ({RR} 9... Nbd7 10. Be2 Nc5 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Qe2 Qc7 15. Rfd1 Ng4 16. e4 Bf6 17. h3 Nxf2 18. Qxf2 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 Nxe4 20. Qd4 Nxc3 21. Qxc3 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Rac8 23. Rac1 Qg3+ 24. Kh1 {Marian,A (2019)-Chen,C (1939) Charlotte USA 2026 ½-½ (36)}) 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 $146 ({RR} 10... c3 11. Bxc3 Nbd7 12. Nc4 Ne4 13. Bb2 Bf6 14. Qc2 Bxb2 15. Qxb2 Ndc5 16. Rd1 Bd7 17. Nfe5 Qe7 18. Be2 Rfd8 19. Nb6 Be8 20. O-O Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8 Qxd8 23. Nec4 Qh4 24. g3 Qd8 25. a4 {Bachmann,A (2570)-So,W (2751) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (46)}) 11. Nxc4 Nc5 12. Qc2 b6 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Be2 Ncd7 15. Qb1 Bb7 16. Rc1 Bc5 17. O-O Rad8 18. Qa1 Bd5 19. Nfe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Qe7 21. Nc6 Bxc6 22. bxc6 Rd2 23. Bf3 Rfd8 24. Bd4 Bxd4 25. exd4 Qc7 26. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 27. Bxd1 Nd5 28. Qb2 h6 29. Bf3 Ne7 30. Rb1 Rb8 31. Qc3 Rd8 32. Qb2 Rb8 33. g3 b5 34. Qc3 Nf5 35. Qc5 Nd6 36. d5 exd5 37. Bxd5 Re8 38. Kg2 Re5 39. Qd4 Nf5 40. Qd3 Nd6 41. Rc1 b4 42. axb4 axb4 43. Qd4 Nb5 44. Qc4 Nc3 45. Bf3 Re8 46. Rc2 Rb8 47. Rd2 Rf8 48. Qxb4 Qe5 49. Qc4 Nb1 50. Rd3 Qa5 51. c7 Rc8 52. Rd7 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 14th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2007.05.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2007.05.02"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saratov Ekonomist SGSEU"]
[BlackTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 a5 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Nbd4 O-O 11. b3 Nc6 12. Bb2 Bg4 13. Be2 Rc8 $146 ({RR} 13... Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Bc7 16. Nb5 Ra6 17. Rd1 Bb8 18. Qd3 Qc8 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. Nc3 Rg6 21. Nxd5 Bd6 22. g3 Qh3 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 h5 25. Qe4 Re6 26. Qf3 Rc8 27. Ke2 Rc2+ 28. Rd2 {Djukic,S (2138)-Voiska,M (2187) Custica SRB 2022 ½-½ (37)}) ({RR} 13... Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Bc7 16. Nb5 Ra6 17. Rd1 Bb8 18. Qd3 Qc8 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. Nc3 Rg6 21. Nxd5 Bd6 22. g3 Qh3 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 h5 25. Qe4 Re6 26. Qf3 Rc8 27. Ke2 Rc2+ 28. Rd2 {Djukic,S (2138)-Voiska,M (2187) Custica SRB 2022 ½-½ (37)}) 14. O-O Qe7 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Rc5 19. Be2 Rfc8 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 R5c7 22. Ra7 g6 23. Rd1 Ne4 24. Bd3 Nf6 25. g3 h5 26. Kg2 Qe6 27. Rda1 Nd7 28. R7a5 Ne5 29. Rb5 Nxd3 30. Qxd3 Rc2 31. Qd4 Qf5 32. Qf4 Qd7 33. Rb6 Rd2 34. Qf6 Re8 35. Ra7 d4 36. Rbxb7 Qd5+ 37. e4 Qxe4+ 38. Kh2 Qf5 39. Qxf7+ Qxf7 40. Rxf7 Rb2 41. g4 hxg4 42. hxg4 Rd8 43. Kg3 d3 44. Rg7+ Kf8 45. Rh7 Kg8 46. Rag7+ Kf8 47. Rxg6 d2 48. Rh8+ Kf7 49. Rxd8 Kxg6 50. f3 Kf6 51. b5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 2nd May Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.05.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Henriquez Villagra, C."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2023.05.02"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O b5 7. Nc3 ({RR} 7. a4 Bb7 8. b3 cxb3 9. Qxb3 a6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. e4 b4 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ne4 O-O 14. Bg5 Bxg5 15. Nfxg5 h6 16. Nf3 a5 17. Nd6 Ba6 18. Rfc1 Qb6 19. Rc2 Nd7 20. Rac1 Nc3 21. Rxc3 bxc3 {Svidler,P (2728)-Vallejo Pons,F (2679) Monte Carlo 2007 1-0 (47)}) 7... a6 $146 ({RR} 7... Nd5 8. e4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bb7 10. Ng5 Be7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qh6 Bf8 13. Qh3 Be7 14. f4 Nd7 15. g4 Bxg5 16. fxg5 e5 17. Qf3 Qe7 18. a4 a5 19. axb5 cxb5 20. d5 O-O 21. Ba3 b4 22. Rab1 {Gerlagh,J (2163)-Timmermans,I (2157) Maastricht 2015 1-0 (41)}) ({RR} 7... Be7 8. e4 O-O 9. e5 Nd5 10. Ne4 Nd7 11. Bg5 f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Bh6 Rf7 14. Re1 Nf8 15. a4 a5 16. Bh3 b4 17. Rc1 Nb6 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. dxc5 Qxd1 20. Rexd1 Nxa4 21. Rd8 Bb7 22. Rxa8 {Carrasco Miranda,A (2213)-Jovic,S (2096) chess.com INT 2025 1-0}) 8. e4 Be7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. e5 Nd5 11. Ne4 Nd7 12. h4 f5 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Bh6 Rf7 15. Re1 Bf8 16. Qc1 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Qf8 18. Qh5 Qg7 19. Nd6 Re7 20. a4 N7b6 21. axb5 cxb5 22. Nxc8 Rxc8 23. Rxa6 Qg6 24. Qxg6+ hxg6 25. Nd2 Kf7 26. Ne4 Rd8 27. Nc5 b4 28. Kf1 c3 29. bxc3 bxc3 30. Ke2 Nd7 31. Rc1 Nxc5 32. dxc5 Nb4 33. Rd6 Rxd6 34. cxd6 Rd7 35. Rxc3 Rxd6 36. Rc7+ Kf8 37. Be4 f5 38. Bf3 Nd3 39. Ke3 Ne5 40. Be2 Nf7 41. h5 gxh5 42. Bxh5 Ne5 43. Kf4 Nd3+ 44. Kg5 Nxf2 45. Rf7+ Kg8 46. Bg6 Ne4+ 47. Kh6 Rd2 48. Rg7+ Kf8 49. Rf7+ Kg8 50. Rg7+ Kf8 51. Rf7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "CCT Final KO 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.14"]
[Round "1.33"]
[White "So, W."]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2023.12.13"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. a3 h6 10. b4 Be7 11. Bb2 a5 12. b5 Nbd7 13. Nc3 ({RR} 13. Bd4 Ne4 14. Nfd2 Ndc5 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxc5 Bxc5 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. Bxe4 Be6 19. e3 Be7 20. Nc3 Rac8 21. Ne2 Bc4 22. Rfe1 b6 23. Bc6 Bxe2 24. Rxe2 Rd3 25. a4 Rcd8 26. Kg2 Rd2 27. Kf3 Bb4 {Kezin,R (2474)-Gadzhiev,R (2339) Moscow RUS 2026 ½-½ (51)}) 13... Nb6 14. Na4 $146 ({RR} 14. Nd4 a4 15. Qd3 Bc5 16. Rfd1 Re8 17. Bc1 Bg4 18. Bf4 Bh5 19. h4 Bg6 20. Nf5 Ng4 21. e3 Qc8 22. Nxd5 Bxf5 23. Nxb6 Bxb6 24. Qd6 Bc5 25. Qd5 Re7 26. Rdc1 Rd7 27. Rxc5 Rxd5 28. Rxc8+ Rxc8 {Wagner,D (2600)-Gadzhiev,R (2242) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (64)}) 14... Nc4 15. Bd4 Bd7 16. Qb3 Ne4 17. Rfd1 Be6 18. Nb2 Ncd6 19. a4 Nf5 20. Nd3 Rc8 21. Rac1 Qd6 22. Be5 Qb6 23. Qb2 Bf6 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 25. Nd2 Nd4 26. Nf4 Bg4 27. Nf1 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Rd8 29. Ne3 Be6 30. Rd1 Nf5 31. Nexd5 Bxd5 32. Nxd5 Nxd5 33. Bxd5 Ne7 34. Bb3 Rxd1+ 35. Bxd1 Qd6 36. Bb3 b6 37. Qc2 g5 38. Qe4 Kg7 39. e3 Qf6 40. Kg2 Kf8 41. Qa8+ Kg7 42. Qe4 Kf8 43. Qa8+ Kg7 44. Qd8 Qe5 45. Qxb6 Qe4+ 46. f3 Qb1 47. Qd4+ f6 48. Qc4 Qg6 49. b6 Qe8 50. b7 Nc6 51. Qxc6 1-0

[Event "Airthings Masters Play-In"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Yu Yangyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. c5 Be7 7. b4 b6 8. Bb2 ({RR} 8. a3 c6 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. O-O Qc7 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Qd3 Nb8 13. Bd2 Nbd7 14. Rfc1 bxc5 15. bxc5 e5 16. Qf1 e4 17. Ne1 Ng4 18. g3 h5 19. Rab1 Rfb8 20. Nc2 Nf8 21. Nb4 Qd7 22. Qa6 Rc8 {Nakamura,H (2768)-Yu Yangyi (2729) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (56)}) 8... c6 9. a3 $146 ({RR} 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. O-O Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nbd7 12. Rfc1 Qc7 13. Rab1 Rfb8 14. Ba1 Qc8 15. h3 Bd8 16. Ne2 bxc5 17. dxc5 Ne4 18. Nd2 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. a4 a6 22. Nd4 e5 23. Nf3 Qe6 {Kramnik,V (2753)-Martinez Alcantara,J (2612) Madrid ESP 2024 ½-½ (40)}) 9... Qc7 10. Bd3 Ba6 11. Ne5 Bxd3 12. Nxd3 Nbd7 13. O-O a5 14. Qc2 Qb7 15. h3 h6 16. Rfb1 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Ra8 19. Rxa8+ Qxa8 20. Qa4 Qxa4 21. Nxa4 b5 22. Nc3 Ne4 23. Ne2 Nd2 24. Bc3 Nc4 25. g4 f5 26. Kg2 Kf7 27. Ne5+ Ndxe5 28. dxe5 fxg4 29. hxg4 Ke8 30. Nd4 Kd7 31. Nc2 g6 32. f4 Bd8 33. Kf3 Bh4 34. Nd4 Bd8 35. Ke2 Bc7 36. Nf3 Bd8 37. Kd3 h5 38. gxh5 gxh5 39. Ke2 Be7 40. Be1 Na3 41. Nd4 Nc4 42. f5 exf5 43. e6+ Ke8 44. Nxc6 Bg5 45. Nd4 Bxe3 46. Nxf5 Bg5 47. c6 Kd8 48. Bg3 h4 49. c7+ Kc8 50. e7 1-0

[Event "Canadian Open 2023"]
[Site "Calgary CAN"]
[Date "2023.07.29"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Nyzhnyk, I."]
[Black "Gupta, Ab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2023.07.22"]

1. d4 {Tsesarsky,Ilya} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Nbd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. b3 e5 9. Bb2 Qc7 10. h3 O-O 11. Nbd2 b5 $146 ({RR} 11... h6 12. e4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Re8 14. Re1 Bh2+ 15. Kh1 Bf4 16. N4f3 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Nf3 Qa5 ({RR} 19... Qf4 20. e5 Ne4 21. Qe2 Ng5 22. Nxg5 Qxg5 23. Rad1 Be6) 20. e5 Nh7 21. Qe2 Nf8 ({RR} 21... Bf5 22. Nd4 Bg6 23. f4) ({RR} 21... Be6 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23. Nd4) 22. Nd4 ({RR} 22. Rad1) 22... Bd7 ({RR} 22... Be6 23. Bxe6 Nxe6 24. Nf5 Rad8) 23. f4 c5 ({RR} 23... Be6 24. Nxe6 fxe6 ({RR} 24... Nxe6 25. f5 Ng5 ({RR} 25... Nf4 26. Qe4 Nd5 27. b4) 26. a3 ({RR} 26. h4 Nh7 27. Qh5 ({RR} 27. e6 fxe6 28. Bxe6+ ({RR} 28. fxe6 Re7 29. Rad1 Rae8) 28... Kh8 29. Rad1 ({RR} 29. g4 Nf8 30. g5 Nxe6 31. fxe6 Qf5 32. gxh6 Rxe6) 29... Rad8) 27... Re7 28. Re2 Rd8 ({RR} 28... b5 29. f6) 29. Rf1 ({RR} 29. f6 Nxf6) 29... Rd4 30. f6 ({RR} 30. g3 Rxc4 31. bxc4 Rxe5 32. Qf3) 30... Nxf6 31. Rxf6 Rxc4 32. bxc4 gxf6 33. Qg4+ Kf8 34. exf6 Rxe2 35. Qxe2 Qd8 36. Qe5) 26... b5 27. b4 Qb6 28. Bb3 c5 29. bxc5 Qxc5 30. h4 Nh7 31. Qf3) 25. Rf1) 24. Nb5 Bxb5 25. Bxb5 Re7 26. f5 {Tregubov,P (2632)-Pavasovic,D (2584) Istanbul 2003 CBM 096 [Tsesarsky,Ilya] ½-½ (66)} {RR} Rd8 27. Bc4 ({RR} 27. f6 gxf6 28. Qg4+ Kh7 29. Qf5+ Ng6) 27... Rde8 28. Rad1 Qc7 ({RR} 28... Rxe5 29. Bxf7+ Kh8 ({RR} 29... Kxf7 30. Qc4+ Kf6 31. Rd6+) 30. Bxe8 Rxe2 31. Rxe2) 29. e6 ({RR} 29. Rd5 a6 30. a4 Nd7 31. e6 fxe6 32. fxe6 Nf6 33. Rd7 Qg3 34. Qe5 Qxe5 35. Rxe5 Kf8 ({RR} 35... b6 36. Rd6) 36. Rxe7 Kxe7 37. Rxc5 Kd6 38. Rf5) 29... fxe6 30. fxe6 Kh8 31. Qg4) ({RR} 11... exd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5) 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Qc2 a6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 h6 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Rfd1 exd4 18. Nxd4 Be5 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Qxc6 Qxc6 21. Rxc6 Rxc6 22. Bxc6 Nb8 23. Bxe5 Nxc6 24. Bc3 Rc8 25. Kf1 f6 26. Ke2 Rc7 27. e4 Kf7 28. f4 Nb8 29. Rd3 Nc6 30. Ke3 Ke8 31. g4 Rd7 32. Rxd7 Kxd7 33. f5 Ke7 34. h4 Kf7 35. Kf4 g6 36. Kf3 Ne7 37. h5 gxh5 38. gxh5 Nc6 39. Kf4 Ne7 40. Bb4 Nc6 41. Bd6 Nd4 42. e5 fxe5+ 43. Bxe5 Ne2+ 44. Ke4 Nc1 45. Bf4 Nxa2 46. Bxh6 Nc3+ 47. Ke5 Nd1 48. Bd2 Nf2 49. b4 Ng4+ 50. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 4th Apr Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.04.04"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Korobov, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2023.04.04"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. e3 g6 9. Be2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O ({RR} 10... Qe7 11. e4 O-O 12. Rfe1 dxe4 13. Nxe4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Rad1 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Qb4 17. b3 Bf5 18. Qd2 a5 19. Re2 Qxd2 20. Rdxd2 h5 21. Nd6 Bc3 22. Nxb7 Bxd2 23. Rxd2 a4 24. b4 Rfe8 25. Kf1 {Buscara,S (2205)-Solodovnichenko,Y (2515) Montpellier FRA 2026 0-1 (46)}) 11. Rfd1 $146 ({RR} 11. Rac1 Qe7 12. a3 dxc4 13. Nxc4 e5 14. Rfd1 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nf6 16. b4 c5 17. bxc5 Qxc5 18. Qb3 Qe7 19. Na5 Rd8 20. Bf3 Bg4 21. Qxb7 Qxa3 22. Nac6 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Rf8 24. Nb5 Qb2 25. Rb1 Qe2 {Bogdanovski,V (2435)-Stanojoski,Z (2411) Struga 2013 1-0 (32)}) 11... Qe7 12. Rac1 dxc4 13. Nxc4 b6 14. Nce5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 c5 16. Bf3 Bb7 17. Nc6 Bxc6 18. Bxc6 Rac8 19. d5 Rfd8 20. b3 Rd6 21. Rd2 Rcd8 22. Rcd1 h5 23. g3 h4 24. Qe4 f5 25. Qxh4 Qxh4 26. gxh4 Kf8 27. Kf1 Bf6 28. h5 gxh5 29. Ke2 Ke7 30. f4 Kf8 31. dxe6 Rxd2+ 32. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 33. Kxd2 Ke7 34. Bd7 Bg7 35. Kd3 Bh6 36. Kc4 Kd6 37. Kb5 Bg7 38. Ka6 Bc3 39. Kxa7 Bd2 40. Kxb6 Bxe3 41. Kb5 Bxf4 42. h3 Be3 43. Kc4 f4 44. Kd3 c4+ 45. Kxc4 f3 46. Kd3 f2 47. Ke2 h4 48. Bb5 Bc5 49. Bc4 Ke7 50. Kf3 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Narayanan, Sunilduth Lyna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. e4 c5 6. Bxc4 cxd4 7. O-O Nc6 8. Re1 Be7 9. e5 Nd7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Rc1 Rd8 13. h4 $146 ({RR} 13. a3 Rb8 14. Bd3 a5 15. Nc4 Nc5 16. Bb1 b6 17. Nd6 Ba6 18. Qd2 d3 19. Qf4 f6 20. Ne4 fxe5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Qxe5 Rbc8 23. Nd2 a4 24. Ba2 Kh8 25. h3 Qf6 26. Qxf6 gxf6 27. f3 Nb3 {Aleksandrov,A (2574)-Tsvetkov,A (2394) Cheliabinsk 2021 0-1 (59)}) ({RR} 13. a3 Nf8 14. b4 Bd7 15. Bd3 Be8 16. Nb3 a5 17. b5 a4 18. bxc6 axb3 19. cxb7 Rab8 20. Be4 Qxa3 21. Rb1 Ba4 22. Qd2 Qc5 23. Rec1 Qb5 24. Bc6 Qa6 25. Be4 Qb5 26. Bc6 Qa6 27. Be4 Qb5 {Krysa,L (2515)-Garrido Outon,A (2436) Ovar 2022 ½-½}) 13... Nc5 14. a3 a5 15. h5 b6 16. h6 g6 17. Bb5 Bb7 18. b4 axb4 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. axb4 Ba4 21. Qe2 Nb3 22. Nxb3 Bxb3 23. Qd2 Bd5 24. Ng5 Rd7 25. Ra1 Rb8 26. Ra3 Rc8 27. Rd3 Bb7 28. Rd1 Rc4 29. b5 f6 30. exf6 Qxf6 31. Re1 Bd5 32. Nf3 Bxf3 33. Rxf3 Qe7 34. Rf4 Rd6 35. Rfe4 Qd7 36. Qa2 Qc8 37. R1e2 Rc1+ 38. Kh2 Qf8 39. Qd2 Rc5 40. Rxe6 Rxe6 41. Rxe6 Rh5+ 42. Kg1 Qxh6 43. Qxh6 Rxh6 44. Rxb6 Rh5 45. Rb8+ Kf7 46. b6 Rb5 47. Kf1 h5 48. Ke2 Rb3 49. Kd2 d3 50. b7 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess.com Classic Winners"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.05.20"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2025.05.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 b6 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Qa4 Qc8 13. Bd2 Qb7 14. Rac1 Rad8 15. Rfd1 h6 $146 ({RR} 15... c5 16. Nb5 Bb8 17. Be1 Ne4 18. dxc5 Naxc5 19. Qa3 a6 20. Nbd4 Bd6 21. b4 Ne6 22. Qb3 Nxd4 23. Rxd4 Nf6 24. b5 Bc5 25. bxa6 Qxa6 26. Ra4 Qc8 27. h3 Qd7 28. Rd1 h6 29. Bc3 Ne4 30. Bd4 {Pavlovic,M (2461)-Salzgeber,F (2131) Samnaun 2022 ½-½ (49)}) ({RR} 15... c5 16. Nb5 Bb8 17. Be1 Ne4 18. dxc5 Naxc5 19. Qa3 a6 20. Nbd4 Bd6 21. b4 Ne6 22. Qb3 Nxd4 23. Rxd4 Nf6 24. b5 Bc5 25. bxa6 Qxa6 26. Ra4 Qc8 27. h3 Qd7 28. Rd1 h6 29. Bc3 Ne4 30. Bd4 {Pavlovic,M (2461)-Salzgeber,F (2131) Samnaun 2022 ½-½ (49)}) 16. a3 Nc7 17. Ne2 c5 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Qc2 d4 20. Ng3 Ne6 21. Nf5 Bf8 22. exd4 cxd4 23. b4 Rd5 24. Ng3 Bd6 25. Qc6 Qxc6 26. Rxc6 Bxg3 27. hxg3 Ne4 28. Be1 d3 29. Bd2 Nxd2 30. Rxd2 Nd4 31. Rc5 Nxf3+ 32. gxf3 Rxc5 33. bxc5 Rc8 34. Rxd3 Rxc5 35. Rd8+ Kh7 36. Rd7 Ra5 37. Rxf7 Rxa3 38. f4 a5 39. f5 Kg8 40. Ra7 a4 41. Kg2 h5 42. f3 Ra1 43. Kh3 Rh1+ 44. Kg2 Ra1 45. Kf2 Ra3 46. g4 hxg4 47. fxg4 g5 48. Ra6 Kf7 49. Rg6 Ra2+ 50. Kf3 a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd 3-0 Thu 19th Mar 2026"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2026.03.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Black "Duda, J."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2026.03.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Qc2 g6 7. Bg5 Bg7 8. e3 h6 9. Bf4 Bf5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. O-O Re8 $146 ({RR} 12... Nh5 13. Bxb8 Qxb8 14. b4 Qd6 15. Rab1 a6 16. Na4 Rae8 17. Nc5 Re7 18. a4 f5 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 g5 21. bxc6 bxc6 22. Rb7 g4 23. Nd2 Nf6 24. Rxe7 Qxe7 25. Qa6 Qd6 26. Ndb3 Ne4 27. Nxe4 {Volkov,S (2456)-Remizov,Y (2437) Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2023 1-0 (59)}) ({RR} 12... Nh5 13. Bxb8 Qxb8 14. b4 Qd6 15. Rab1 a6 16. Na4 Rae8 17. Nc5 Re7 18. a4 f5 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 g5 21. bxc6 bxc6 22. Rb7 g4 23. Nd2 Nf6 24. Rxe7 Qxe7 25. Qa6 Qd6 26. Ndb3 Ne4 27. Nxe4 {Volkov,S (2456)-Remizov,Y (2437) Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2023 1-0 (59)}) 13. Qc2 Nbd7 14. h3 Rc8 15. b4 b5 16. a4 a5 17. Qb3 axb4 18. Qxb4 g5 19. Bh2 bxa4 20. Nxa4 Ne4 21. Rac1 h5 22. Nd2 Bf8 23. Qb2 g4 24. hxg4 hxg4 25. Nxe4 Rxe4 26. Qe2 Qh4 27. Rfd1 Re6 28. Bg3 Qh5 29. Qd3 Rce8 30. Kf1 Qh1+ 31. Ke2 Qxg2 32. Kd2 Rxe3 33. Qf5 Rxg3 34. Rh1 Bg7 35. Rcg1 Qf3 36. Qh7+ Kf8 37. fxg3 Re2+ 38. Kc1 Qe3+ 39. Kb1 Qb3+ 40. Kc1 Qxa4 41. Qb1 Qxd4 42. Qb3 Qd2+ 43. Kb1 Qa5 44. Kc1 Qa1+ 45. Qb1 Bb2+ 46. Kd1 Qxb1+ 47. Kxe2 Qe4+ 48. Kf2 Bd4+ 49. Kf1 Qf3+ 50. Ke1 Bc3# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 12th Sep Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2839"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2023.09.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. g3 c5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg2 Nc6 ({RR} 7... Nbd7 8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. O-O Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Bf5 12. Nd4 Bg6 13. Rc1 a6 14. N2f3 Be4 15. Bh3 Re8 16. Nd2 Bg6 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. Nf3 Ne6 19. N5h4 Bh5 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Nf5 Bg6 22. Qd2 {Akobian,V (2624)-Tregubov,P (2642) Khanty-Mansiysk 2009 1-0 (52)}) 8. O-O h6 9. Re1 $146 ({RR} 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. a3 O-O 11. b4 Bb6 12. Bb2 Re8 13. Nb3 Qe7 14. e3 Bg4 15. Rc1 Rad8 16. b5 Na5 17. Nxa5 Bxa5 18. Qa4 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Bb6 20. Qh4 Ne4 21. Qxe7 Rxe7 22. Rc2 f5 23. Rd1 Kf7 {Rogers,I (2455)-Raicevic,V Valjevo 1984 ½-½ (43)}) ({RR} 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Rc1 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. g4 Bg6 16. Nbd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Re4 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Nf3 Qf6 20. Be5 Qe6 21. Bd4 h5 22. Ne5 hxg4 23. Nxg4 Ng5 {Savran,B (2070)-Masague Artero,G (2397) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (38)}) 9... cxd4 10. Nb3 Bd6 11. Nbxd4 O-O 12. b3 Re8 13. Bb2 Bb4 14. Rf1 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Ba5 16. Qd3 Bb6 17. Rad1 Be6 18. Nd4 Bg4 19. Rfe1 Rc8 20. h3 Bh5 21. g4 Bg6 22. Nf5 h5 23. Bf3 hxg4 24. hxg4 Ne4 25. Bxe4 Rxe4 26. Qxe4 dxe4 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Bc3 Bxf5 29. gxf5 Rd5 30. f6 g5 31. e3 Kh7 32. b4 Kg6 33. Rc1 a6 34. a4 Bc7 35. Kg2 Bd6 36. Bd4 Bxb4 37. Rc7 b5 38. axb5 axb5 39. Rb7 Bf8 40. f3 exf3+ 41. Kxf3 b4 42. Kg4 Bc5 43. Bxc5 Rxc5 44. Rxb4 Re5 45. e4 Kxf6 46. Rb6+ Re6 47. Rb4 Kg6 48. Rc4 Rxe4+ 49. Rxe4 f5+ 0-1

[Event "Vladimir Dvorkovich Open"]
[Site "Aktobe KAZ"]
[Date "2024.05.31"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Puranik, A."]
[Black "Paravyan, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2024.05.25"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4 Nc6 9. Bb2 Ne4 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. e3 Bg4 ({RR} 11... Qe7 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Rd8 14. Nd4 Bxd4 15. Bxd4 Bf5 16. Bb2 Qe6 17. Re1 Be4 18. f3 Bg6 19. Qd2 h5 20. Rac1 Rd7 21. b4 a6 22. a4 f6 23. Red1 Rad8 24. Bd4 Ne5 25. Qe2 Nc4 26. Re1 {Vidit,S (2739)-Narayanan,S (2647) Kolkata IND 2024 1-0 (57)}) 12. h3 ({RR} 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 d4 14. exd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxd4 17. Rad1 Qb2 18. Qf5 Bb6 19. Bxb7 g6 20. Qf3 Rad8 21. a4 Kg7 22. Kg2 Rfe8 23. Bd5 Qf6 24. b4 Re7 25. a5 Bd4 26. b5 Bc3 {Mamedyarov,S (2717)-Mamedov,R (2636) Hong Kong HKG 2026 ½-½ (59)}) 12... Bf5 $146 ({RR} 12... Be6 13. Nc3 Re8 14. Ne2 Qd6 15. Nfd4 Rad8 16. Rc1 Bb6 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. Nd4 Qg6 19. Kh2 h5 20. h4 Ne5 21. Nf3 Nxf3+ 22. Bxf3 Bxe3 23. fxe3 Qxg3+ 24. Kh1 Nf2+ 25. Rxf2 Qxf2 26. Rc2 Qxe3 27. Rg2 {Barlov,D (2520)-Spacek,P (2415) St Ingbert 1989 ½-½ (46)}) 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Be4 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qe7 18. Bb2 Rfd8 19. Rc1 d4 20. Qg4 Ba3 21. Bxd4 f5 22. Qxf5 Bxc1 23. Rxc1 b6 24. Kh2 Rd7 25. Rc4 Rf8 26. Qc2 Qf7 27. f4 Qd5 28. Qg2 Qf7 29. Qc6 h5 30. g4 hxg4 31. hxg4 Qe7 32. g5 Rd6 33. Qg2 Qf7 34. Qg4 Re8 35. Rc2 Qb7 36. Qh5 Rc8 37. Rg2 Qd5 38. Qh3 Rcc6 39. f5 Rd7 40. g6 Qd6+ 41. Qg3 Qxg3+ 42. Kxg3 Rc1 43. Rh2 Rf1 44. Kg4 Re7 45. Rh5 Rf2 46. Kg3 Rxa2 47. Rh7 Ra5 48. f6 Re4 49. f7+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 12th Sep Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2839"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2023.09.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. g3 c5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg2 Nc6 ({RR} 7... Nbd7 8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. O-O Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Bf5 12. Nd4 Bg6 13. Rc1 a6 14. N2f3 Be4 15. Bh3 Re8 16. Nd2 Bg6 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. Nf3 Ne6 19. N5h4 Bh5 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Nf5 Bg6 22. Qd2 {Akobian,V (2624)-Tregubov,P (2642) Khanty-Mansiysk 2009 1-0 (52)}) 8. O-O h6 9. Re1 $146 ({RR} 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. a3 O-O 11. b4 Bb6 12. Bb2 Re8 13. Nb3 Qe7 14. e3 Bg4 15. Rc1 Rad8 16. b5 Na5 17. Nxa5 Bxa5 18. Qa4 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Bb6 20. Qh4 Ne4 21. Qxe7 Rxe7 22. Rc2 f5 23. Rd1 Kf7 {Rogers,I (2455)-Raicevic,V Valjevo 1984 ½-½ (43)}) ({RR} 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Rc1 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. g4 Bg6 16. Nbd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Re4 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Nf3 Qf6 20. Be5 Qe6 21. Bd4 h5 22. Ne5 hxg4 23. Nxg4 Ng5 {Savran,B (2070)-Masague Artero,G (2397) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (38)}) 9... cxd4 10. Nb3 Bd6 11. Nbxd4 O-O 12. b3 Re8 13. Bb2 Bb4 14. Rf1 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Ba5 16. Qd3 Bb6 17. Rad1 Be6 18. Nd4 Bg4 19. Rfe1 Rc8 20. h3 Bh5 21. g4 Bg6 22. Nf5 h5 23. Bf3 hxg4 24. hxg4 Ne4 25. Bxe4 Rxe4 26. Qxe4 dxe4 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Bc3 Bxf5 29. gxf5 Rd5 30. f6 g5 31. e3 Kh7 32. b4 Kg6 33. Rc1 a6 34. a4 Bc7 35. Kg2 Bd6 36. Bd4 Bxb4 37. Rc7 b5 38. axb5 axb5 39. Rb7 Bf8 40. f3 exf3+ 41. Kxf3 b4 42. Kg4 Bc5 43. Bxc5 Rxc5 44. Rxb4 Re5 45. e4 Kxf6 46. Rb6+ Re6 47. Rb4 Kg6 48. Rc4 Rxe4+ 49. Rxe4 f5+ 0-1

[Event "Vladimir Dvorkovich Open"]
[Site "Aktobe KAZ"]
[Date "2024.05.31"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Puranik, A."]
[Black "Paravyan, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2024.05.25"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4 Nc6 9. Bb2 Ne4 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. e3 Bg4 ({RR} 11... Qe7 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Rd8 14. Nd4 Bxd4 15. Bxd4 Bf5 16. Bb2 Qe6 17. Re1 Be4 18. f3 Bg6 19. Qd2 h5 20. Rac1 Rd7 21. b4 a6 22. a4 f6 23. Red1 Rad8 24. Bd4 Ne5 25. Qe2 Nc4 26. Re1 {Vidit,S (2739)-Narayanan,S (2647) Kolkata IND 2024 1-0 (57)}) 12. h3 ({RR} 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 d4 14. exd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxd4 17. Rad1 Qb2 18. Qf5 Bb6 19. Bxb7 g6 20. Qf3 Rad8 21. a4 Kg7 22. Kg2 Rfe8 23. Bd5 Qf6 24. b4 Re7 25. a5 Bd4 26. b5 Bc3 {Mamedyarov,S (2717)-Mamedov,R (2636) Hong Kong HKG 2026 ½-½ (59)}) 12... Bf5 $146 ({RR} 12... Be6 13. Nc3 Re8 14. Ne2 Qd6 15. Nfd4 Rad8 16. Rc1 Bb6 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. Nd4 Qg6 19. Kh2 h5 20. h4 Ne5 21. Nf3 Nxf3+ 22. Bxf3 Bxe3 23. fxe3 Qxg3+ 24. Kh1 Nf2+ 25. Rxf2 Qxf2 26. Rc2 Qxe3 27. Rg2 {Barlov,D (2520)-Spacek,P (2415) St Ingbert 1989 ½-½ (46)}) 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Be4 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qe7 18. Bb2 Rfd8 19. Rc1 d4 20. Qg4 Ba3 21. Bxd4 f5 22. Qxf5 Bxc1 23. Rxc1 b6 24. Kh2 Rd7 25. Rc4 Rf8 26. Qc2 Qf7 27. f4 Qd5 28. Qg2 Qf7 29. Qc6 h5 30. g4 hxg4 31. hxg4 Qe7 32. g5 Rd6 33. Qg2 Qf7 34. Qg4 Re8 35. Rc2 Qb7 36. Qh5 Rc8 37. Rg2 Qd5 38. Qh3 Rcc6 39. f5 Rd7 40. g6 Qd6+ 41. Qg3 Qxg3+ 42. Kxg3 Rc1 43. Rh2 Rf1 44. Kg4 Re7 45. Rh5 Rf2 46. Kg3 Rxa2 47. Rh7 Ra5 48. f6 Re4 49. f7+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 22nd Aug Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Sarana, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2023.08.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Rc1 c6 9. a3 a6 10. c5 ({RR} 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qc2 Ne8 12. Bg3 Bd6 13. Bd3 Bxg3 14. hxg3 Ndf6 15. Ne5 Nd6 16. f3 Re8 17. Ne2 Nd7 18. Rh5 f6 19. Nxd7 Bxd7 20. Kf2 f5 21. Re1 Rxe3 22. Kxe3 Qe8+ 23. Kf2 Qxh5 24. Qc5 Qg6 {Le,Q (2741)-Carlsen,M (2832) Budapest HUN 2024 0-1 (45)}) 10... e5 11. Be2 ({RR} 11. dxe5 Ne8 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qd4 Nc7 14. b4 a5 15. Be2 axb4 16. axb4 Ne6 17. Qd2 b6 18. b5 Ndxc5 19. Rb1 Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Nd4 Nxd4 22. Qxd4 c5 23. Qxe4 Bb7 24. Qf4 Bxg2 25. Rg1 Bd5 {Aronyak,G (2524)-Ghosh,D (2571) Mahilong Village IND 2026 ½-½ (55)}) 11... e4 12. Nd2 Re8 $146 ({RR} 12... Nh7 13. Bg3 f5 14. h4 g5 15. hxg5 hxg5 16. f4 exf3 17. Nxf3 Bf6 18. Kd2 Re8 19. Qg1 g4 20. Qh2 Qe7 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Be6 24. Bd3 Rf8 25. Ne2 Rf7 26. Nd4 Raf8 27. b4 {Akobian,V (2612)-Shulman,Y (2632) Upper Lake 2009 1-0 (33)}) 13. b4 Nf8 14. a4 Ng6 15. Bg3 Bf5 16. b5 axb5 17. axb5 Qd7 18. O-O h5 19. h3 h4 20. Bh2 Ra3 21. Re1 Rea8 22. Bf1 Bd8 23. Qc2 Nh7 24. Qb2 Ng5 25. Ra1 R3a5 26. Rxa5 Rxa5 27. Kh1 Kh7 28. Nb3 Ra8 29. Ra1 Rxa1 30. Qxa1 Bc7 31. Bxc7 Qxc7 32. b6 Qe7 33. Nd2 Qf6 34. Kg1 Nf8 35. Qa8 Nfe6 36. Qxb7 Qg6 37. Kh2 Bxh3 38. gxh3 Qf5 39. Kg1 Nxh3+ 40. Bxh3 Qxh3 41. Qxf7 Qg4+ 42. Kf1 h3 43. Ndxe4 dxe4 44. Nxe4 Qxe4 45. Qh5+ Kg8 46. Qe8+ Kh7 47. Qh5+ Kg8 48. Qe8+ Kh7 49. Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 23rd Dec 2025"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.12.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Tabatabaei, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2025.12.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. e3 Bf5 ({RR} 9... O-O 10. h3 Nd7 11. Bd3 Nf4 12. Bf1 a5 13. Qc2 b5 14. Ne2 Qb4+ 15. Nd2 Qxb2 16. Qxb2 Nd3+ 17. Kd1 Nxb2+ 18. Kc2 Nc4 19. Nf4 Ndb6 20. Nb3 Na4 21. g4 g5 22. Nd3 f5 23. h4 fxg4 24. hxg5 {Carlsen,M (2859)-Nakamura,H (2768) chess.com INT 2022 0-1}) ({RR} 9... Nf6 10. Bd3 Bg4 11. Qb3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Qc7 13. Rc1 Qb6 14. Na4 Qxb3 15. axb3 Nbd7 16. b4 a6 17. Kd2 g6 18. h4 Kd8 19. Nc5 Kc7 20. Ra1 Rad8 21. Rhc1 Ne8 22. h5 Nd6 23. Rh1 Nf6 24. hxg6 {Carlsen,M (2841)-Abdusattorov,N (2777) Hong Kong HKG 2026 0-1 (52)}) 10. Be2 Nd7 11. O-O Nhf6 12. Nh4 $146 ({RR} 12. Qb3 Rb8 13. a4 a5 14. Qa3 h5 15. Rfc1 h4 16. h3 Qxa3 17. bxa3 Ke7 18. Nd2 Ne8 19. f3 Bg6 20. Kf2 Nd6 21. Ra2 f5 22. f4 Bh5 23. Bxh5 Rxh5 24. Nf3 Nf6 25. Ng5 Nfe4+ 26. Ncxe4 Nxe4+ {Rustemov,A (2525)-Kollars,D (2630) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (54)}) 12... Bg6 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. a4 a5 15. Qa3 Qxa3 16. Rxa3 Ke7 17. g3 Ne8 18. Nxg6+ hxg6 19. h4 Nd6 20. Rb1 Ra8 21. Kg2 Ra7 22. Bd3 Nf6 23. f3 Nf5 24. Kf2 Re8 25. h5 Kf8 26. Re1 Ne7 27. hxg6 Nxg6 28. Bxg6 fxg6 29. e4 dxe4 30. fxe4 b6 31. Rb3 Rf7 32. Kg2 c5 33. dxc5 bxc5 34. Rb5 Ng4 35. Re2 Re5 36. Rxa5 Kg8 37. Rb5 Rh5 38. a5 Rh2+ 39. Kg1 Rh3 40. a6 Ne5 41. Kg2 Rh5 42. Rxc5 Ra7 43. Ra5 Ng4 44. Ra1 Rh2+ 45. Kg1 Rh3 46. Nb5 Ra8 47. a7 Kh7 48. Nc7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 5th Sep Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Navara, D."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2023.09.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. e4 c5 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. Nxd4 a6 9. Bxc4 b5 ({RR} 9... Bb4 10. f3 Bd7 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. Nb3 Ne5 13. Be2 Bb5 14. a3 Bxe2 15. Kxe2 Be7 16. Na4 b5 17. Nb6 Rd8 18. Nc8 Bf8 19. Na5 h6 20. Be3 Nd3 21. Rc7 Nxb2 22. Nb6 Bd6 23. Ra7 Na4 24. Nc6 {Andreikin,D (2710)-Ter Sahakyan,S (2613) chess.com INT 2026 1-0}) 10. Be2 Bb7 11. f3 Nc6 $146 ({RR} 11... Nbd7 12. Nb3 Rc8 13. Rd1 Bb4 14. Bd2 Ne5 15. O-O O-O 16. a3 Be7 17. Bf4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Nc1 Rfd8 20. Kf2 Nd7 21. Bd6 Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Nc5 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Ke3 Kf8 25. Rd1 Rc8 26. Rd6 {Andreikin,D (2729)-Diaz Camallonga,C (2484) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (43)}) 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Rc1 Bd6 14. Kf2 Rc8 15. Rhd1 Ke7 16. g3 Rhd8 17. a3 h6 18. Be3 Bb7 19. Bb6 Rd7 20. Ba5 Be5 21. Bb4+ Ke8 22. Kg2 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 g5 24. g4 Nd7 25. a4 bxa4 26. Nxa4 Rc2 27. Rd2 Rxd2 28. Bxd2 Bc6 29. b3 Bb5 30. Bxb5 axb5 31. Nc3 Nc5 32. Nxb5 Nxb3 33. Bb4 Nd4 34. Bc3 Nxb5 35. Bxe5 Ke7 36. Bg7 f6 37. Bxh6 e5 38. Kg3 Nd4 39. Kf2 Kf7 40. h4 Ne6 41. hxg5 fxg5 42. Bxg5 Nxg5 43. Ke3 Ne6 44. Kd3 Kf6 45. Kc4 Ng5 46. Kd5 Nxf3 47. Kd6 Kg5 48. Ke6 Kxg4 0-1

[Event "Asian Games Men Team 2023"]
[Site "Hangzhou CHN"]
[Date "2023.09.30"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Vidit, S."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2023.09.29"]
[WhiteTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UZB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 Nbd7 8. Bd3 c5 9. Qe2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rfd1 Rc8 12. Rac1 dxc4 ({RR} 12... Qc7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Nd4 Qb8 16. Nf5 Rfe8 17. Nxe7+ Rxe7 18. Bb1 Ree8 19. Qd3 Qa8 20. Qf5 a5 21. Nf3 Qa6 22. Ng5 h6 23. Nh3 Qe6 24. Nf4 Qxf5 25. Bxf5 Rc7 26. Bxd7 Nxd7 27. Nxd5 {Lopusiewicz,P (2301)-Ivanov,A (2068) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (58)}) 13. Nxc4 Bxf3 14. gxf3 $146 ({RR} 14. Qxf3 cxd4 15. Bxd4 b5 16. Nb2 Qa5 17. Rxc8 Rxc8 18. Qb7 Rc7 19. Qxb5 Qxb5 20. Bxb5 e5 21. Bxa7 Rxa7 22. a4 Nc5 23. Nc4 Nxb3 24. Nxe5 Na5 25. g3 g6 26. Nd7 Ne4 27. Nb6 Nc3 28. Nc8 Rc7 {Grischuk,A (2732)-Vidit,S (2716) Kolkata IND 2023 ½-½ (173)}) 14... cxd4 15. Bxd4 b5 16. Ne5 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 a6 19. f4 g6 20. a4 bxa4 21. bxa4 a5 22. Bb5 Nd5 23. e4 f6 24. exd5 fxe5 25. Rd1 Rxf4 26. Qxe5 Bd6 27. Qxe6+ Kg7 28. Qd7+ Qxd7 29. Bxd7 Bc5 30. Rd2 Rd4 31. Rxd4 Bxd4 32. Kg2 Kf6 33. f4 Bc5 34. Kf3 Bd6 35. h3 Bc7 36. Ke4 Bd6 37. f5 gxf5+ 38. Bxf5 h6 39. Be6 Bb4 40. Bg4 Ke7 41. Be6 Kd6 42. Bg4 Bd2 43. h4 Be1 44. h5 Bd2 45. Bf3 Bb4 46. Be2 Bd2 47. Bf3 Bb4 48. Be2 Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asian Games Men Team 2023"]
[Site "Hangzhou CHN"]
[Date "2023.09.30"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Vidit, S."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2023.09.29"]
[WhiteTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UZB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 Nbd7 8. Bd3 c5 9. Qe2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rfd1 Rc8 12. Rac1 dxc4 ({RR} 12... Qc7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Nd4 Qb8 16. Nf5 Rfe8 17. Nxe7+ Rxe7 18. Bb1 Ree8 19. Qd3 Qa8 20. Qf5 a5 21. Nf3 Qa6 22. Ng5 h6 23. Nh3 Qe6 24. Nf4 Qxf5 25. Bxf5 Rc7 26. Bxd7 Nxd7 27. Nxd5 {Lopusiewicz,P (2301)-Ivanov,A (2068) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (58)}) 13. Nxc4 Bxf3 14. gxf3 $146 ({RR} 14. Qxf3 cxd4 15. Bxd4 b5 16. Nb2 Qa5 17. Rxc8 Rxc8 18. Qb7 Rc7 19. Qxb5 Qxb5 20. Bxb5 e5 21. Bxa7 Rxa7 22. a4 Nc5 23. Nc4 Nxb3 24. Nxe5 Na5 25. g3 g6 26. Nd7 Ne4 27. Nb6 Nc3 28. Nc8 Rc7 {Grischuk,A (2732)-Vidit,S (2716) Kolkata IND 2023 ½-½ (173)}) 14... cxd4 15. Bxd4 b5 16. Ne5 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 a6 19. f4 g6 20. a4 bxa4 21. bxa4 a5 22. Bb5 Nd5 23. e4 f6 24. exd5 fxe5 25. Rd1 Rxf4 26. Qxe5 Bd6 27. Qxe6+ Kg7 28. Qd7+ Qxd7 29. Bxd7 Bc5 30. Rd2 Rd4 31. Rxd4 Bxd4 32. Kg2 Kf6 33. f4 Bc5 34. Kf3 Bd6 35. h3 Bc7 36. Ke4 Bd6 37. f5 gxf5+ 38. Bxf5 h6 39. Be6 Bb4 40. Bg4 Ke7 41. Be6 Kd6 42. Bg4 Bd2 43. h4 Be1 44. h5 Bd2 45. Bf3 Bb4 46. Be2 Bd2 47. Bf3 Bb4 48. Be2 Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "CHN-IND Summit 2nd"]
[Site "Liaocheng"]
[Date "2017.03.06"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Sethuraman, SP."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.03.05"]
[EventType "team-schev"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. d4 {Schulz,Andre} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. b3 c5 6. Bb2 Nc6 7. Nbd2 cxd4 8. exd4 g6 9. Bd3 ({RR} 9. Be2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne5 Nd7 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Nf3 Qa5 14. Qc2 Bb7 15. Rfd1 Rfc8 16. Bc3 Qc7 17. Qd2 Nf6 18. Ba5 Ne4 19. Bxc7 Nxd2 20. Bb6 Nxf3+ 21. Bxf3 Bh6) 9... Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1 dxc4 ({RR} 11... b6 12. Re1 Bb7 13. a3 Rc8 14. Qe2 dxc4 15. bxc4 Re8 16. h3 Qc7 17. Qe3 Ne7 18. Ne5 Nf5 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. Ndf3 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Ne4 22. Re2 Qd6 ({RR} 22... Rcd8) 23. Qb3 ({RR} 23. Rxe4 fxe4 24. Qxf7+) 23... Bxe5 24. dxe5 Qc6 25. Qe3 Rcd8 ({RR} 25... Re6) 26. f3 {Radjabov,T (2738)-Carlsen,M (2850) Berlin 2015 CBM 168 Extra [Schulz,Andre] 1-0 (41)}) 12. bxc4 b5 13. Ne4 $146 ({RR} 13. cxb5 Nb4 14. Bc4 axb5 15. Bxb5 Nxa2 16. Ra1 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. Nc4 Nd5 19. Ba3 Nac3 20. Qc2 Re8 21. Bb2 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Qc7 23. Nce5 Rc8 24. h3 Qb7 25. Bxc3 Rxc3 26. Qa2 Bf8 27. Qa7 Rc7 {Koneru,H (2472)-Ushenina,A (2444) Hengshui 2019 ½-½ (48)}) 13... bxc4 14. Rxc4 Na5 15. Rc5 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bb7 17. Qe2 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Rc8 19. Ba3 Re8 20. Rb1 Rxc5 21. dxc5 Qc7 22. Rb6 Rb8 23. g3 Rc8 24. Rxa6 Qb7 25. Qxb7 Nxb7 26. c6 Nd8 27. c7 Rxc7 28. Ra8 Bf6 29. Nd2 Rd7 30. Ne4 Be5 31. Bd6 Ba1 32. Rc8 Kg7 33. a4 f5 34. Rc7 Rxc7 35. Bxc7 Nb7 36. Ng5 Nc5 37. a5 Na6 38. Bd6 Kf6 39. Nxh7+ Kf7 40. Ng5+ Kf6 41. f4 Bc3 42. Nf3 Bxa5 43. Be5+ Ke7 44. Bd4 Bc7 45. Kg2 Nb8 46. Kh3 Nc6 47. Bb2 Ke8 48. Nh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 5th Sep Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Navara, D."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2023.09.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. e4 c5 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. Nxd4 a6 9. Bxc4 b5 ({RR} 9... Bb4 10. f3 Bd7 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. Nb3 Ne5 13. Be2 Bb5 14. a3 Bxe2 15. Kxe2 Be7 16. Na4 b5 17. Nb6 Rd8 18. Nc8 Bf8 19. Na5 h6 20. Be3 Nd3 21. Rc7 Nxb2 22. Nb6 Bd6 23. Ra7 Na4 24. Nc6 {Andreikin,D (2710)-Ter Sahakyan,S (2613) chess.com INT 2026 1-0}) 10. Be2 Bb7 11. f3 Nc6 $146 ({RR} 11... Nbd7 12. Nb3 Rc8 13. Rd1 Bb4 14. Bd2 Ne5 15. O-O O-O 16. a3 Be7 17. Bf4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Nc1 Rfd8 20. Kf2 Nd7 21. Bd6 Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Nc5 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Ke3 Kf8 25. Rd1 Rc8 26. Rd6 {Andreikin,D (2729)-Diaz Camallonga,C (2484) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (43)}) 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Rc1 Bd6 14. Kf2 Rc8 15. Rhd1 Ke7 16. g3 Rhd8 17. a3 h6 18. Be3 Bb7 19. Bb6 Rd7 20. Ba5 Be5 21. Bb4+ Ke8 22. Kg2 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 g5 24. g4 Nd7 25. a4 bxa4 26. Nxa4 Rc2 27. Rd2 Rxd2 28. Bxd2 Bc6 29. b3 Bb5 30. Bxb5 axb5 31. Nc3 Nc5 32. Nxb5 Nxb3 33. Bb4 Nd4 34. Bc3 Nxb5 35. Bxe5 Ke7 36. Bg7 f6 37. Bxh6 e5 38. Kg3 Nd4 39. Kf2 Kf7 40. h4 Ne6 41. hxg5 fxg5 42. Bxg5 Nxg5 43. Ke3 Ne6 44. Kd3 Kf6 45. Kc4 Ng5 46. Kd5 Nxf3 47. Kd6 Kg5 48. Ke6 Kxg4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 7th May Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.05.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, L."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. e4 c5 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. Nxd4 h6 ({RR} 8... a6 9. Bxc4 Bb4 10. f3 Bd7 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. Nb3 Ne5 13. Be2 Bb5 14. a3 Bxe2 15. Kxe2 Be7 16. Na4 b5 17. Nb6 Rd8 18. Nc8 Bf8 19. Na5 h6 20. Be3 Nd3 21. Rc7 Nxb2 22. Nb6 Bd6 23. Ra7 {Andreikin,D (2710)-Ter Sahakyan,S (2613) chess.com INT 2026 1-0}) 9. Bh4 Bd7 10. Bxc4 Nc6 11. Nb3 $146 ({RR} 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. f3 a6 13. Rc1 Nd7 14. O-O g5 15. Bf2 Bg7 16. Rfd1 Ke7 17. Bb3 Rhc8 18. a4 b6 19. Bc4 Bxc3 20. Rxc3 Bxa4 21. Ra1 b5 22. h4 Ne5 23. Be2 Rxc3 24. bxc3 Rc8 25. Bd4 f6 {Stocek,J (2471)-Samunenkov,I (2584) Czech Republic CZE 2026 0-1 (52)}) 11... g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. O-O-O Nxg3 14. hxg3 Bg7 15. Nb5 Ke7 16. Nc5 Ne5 17. Nxd7 Nxc4 18. Nc5 Rhc8 19. Rd7+ Kf8 20. b4 b6 21. Na6 Ne5+ 22. Rc7 Nd3+ 23. Kb1 Nxf2 24. Rhc1 Rxc7 25. Rxc7 Be5 26. Rxa7 Rxa7 27. Nxa7 Nxe4 28. Kc2 Bxg3 29. a4 f5 30. Nc8 Bf2 31. a5 bxa5 32. bxa5 h5 33. Nb4 h4 34. Nd3 Bd4 35. a6 g4 36. Ne5 h3 37. gxh3 gxh3 38. Nf3 Bc5 39. a7 Bxa7 40. Nxa7 Kg7 41. Kd3 Kh6 42. Ke3 Kh5 43. Nc6 Kg4 44. Nce5+ Kg3 45. Ng6 Nf6 46. Nf4 Ng4+ 47. Ke2 Kxf4 0-1

[Event "TCh-ESP Div Honor 2024"]
[Site "Melilla ESP"]
[Date "2024.10.13"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Yuffa, D."]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2024.10.12"]
[WhiteTeam "C.A. SILLA - INTEGRANT COL·LECTIUS"]
[BlackTeam "MYINVESTOR CASABLANCA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 cxd4 7. O-O Bc5 8. Nxd4 O-O 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Na3 Nc6 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. Ne3 ({RR} 12. e4 Ndb4 13. Qe2 Qd3 14. Qxd3 Nxd3 15. Rd1 Nxc1 16. Raxc1 e5 17. Ne3 Bb6 18. Nd5 Bg4 19. Rd2 Rad8 20. Nxb6 axb6 21. Rd5 Be6 22. a3 Bxd5 23. exd5 Nd4 24. Nxd4 exd4 25. Rd1 Rfe8 26. Kf1 Rd6 {Bambino Filho,A (2220)-Buchenau,F (2205) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (73)}) 12... Re8 $146 ({RR} 12... Nce7 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bd2 Be5 15. e4 Ne7 16. Bb4 Bd7 17. Qd2 Re8 18. Rad1 Nc6 19. Ba3 Bc8 20. Qxd8 Rxd8 21. Rxd8+ Nxd8 22. f4 Bc7 23. Rc1 Nc6 24. e5 Bb6+ 25. Bc5 Bd7 26. Bxb6 axb6 27. a3 {Iskusnyh,S (2440)-Buchenau,F (2135) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (47)}) 13. Bd2 Nxe3 14. Bxe3 Bb6 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Rfd1 Bd7 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Bxc5 Be8 19. b4 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 b6 21. Be3 Rd8 22. Rxd8 Nxd8 23. Bf4 Bb5 24. Bd6 Nc6 25. e3 f5 26. e4 g6 27. exf5 gxf5 28. f4 Nd4 29. Kf2 Bc4 30. a4 Bb3 31. a5 bxa5 32. Bc5 Nb5 33. Bc6 Nc3 34. bxa5 Ne4+ 35. Bxe4 fxe4 36. Bxa7 h5 37. Ke3 Bc2 38. Kd4 Kf7 39. Ke5 Bd3 40. Bc5 e3 41. Bxe3 Bf1 42. Kd6 Kf6 43. Kc7 Kf5 44. Kb6 Ke4 45. Bc5 Kd5 46. Ba3 e5 47. a6 1-0

[Event "Samba Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Skanderborg"]
[Date "2005.10.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2005.10.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. Qxc4 b5 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Rc8 11. O-O ({RR} 11. Qe2 b4 12. O-O c5 13. a3 cxd4 14. exd4 Qa5 15. Nbd2 bxa3 16. bxa3 Be7 17. Rab1 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 O-O 19. Rb7 Qxa3 20. d5 Nc5 21. Rxe7 Nxd3 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Rb7 Rc1 24. g3 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Qc1+ {Izoria,Z (2593)-Ivanchuk,V (2715) Yerevan 2004 0-1 (68)}) 11... Be7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Rd1 a6 $146 ({RR} 13... b4 14. a3 a5 15. axb4 axb4 16. Nbd2 c5 17. Nc4 cxd4 18. exd4 Bd5 19. Ne3 Be4 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. d5 Ndf6 23. Nd4 exd5 24. Nef5 Qc5 25. f3 g6 26. Nxh6+ Kg7 27. Qe3 Nd6 28. Rac1 {Izoria,Z (2593)-Frolyanov,D (2482) Yerevan 2004 ½-½ (43)}) 14. a4 Nd5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nc3 Nb4 17. Be4 Rc7 18. Nd2 bxa4 19. Rxa4 c5 20. dxc5 Qxc5 21. Bxb7 Rxb7 22. Nde4 Qc7 23. Nd6 Nc5 24. Ncb5 axb5 25. Rxb4 Rb6 26. Nxb5 Qb8 27. Rc1 Rc8 28. h4 e5 29. Qc4 e4 30. h5 Rcc6 31. Qd5 Na6 32. Rxc6 Rxc6 33. Qxc6 Nxb4 34. Qd7 Qe5 35. Nd6 Kh7 36. Nf5 Qf6 37. Ng3 Qxb2 38. Qxf7 Qa1+ 39. Kh2 Qe5 40. Qg6+ Kh8 41. Qxe4 Qd6 42. Qd4 Qf8 43. Qd7 Na6 44. Ne4 Nb8 45. Qe6 Qd8 46. Kh3 Nd7 47. Nd6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 3rd Dec Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.12.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2024.12.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. a4 c6 7. Nc3 b4 8. Nb1 Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. O-O Bb7 12. e5 Be7 13. Nbd2 ({RR} 13. Qe2 c5 14. Rd1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Qc7 16. Nd2 Nc6 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Nf3 Rfd8 19. Bb5 Qc7 20. h3 g6 21. Rac1 Qb6 22. b3 Rac8 23. Bc4 Kg7 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Bc5 27. Qd2 Qc7 {Andreikin,D (2729)-Lazavik,D (2560) chess.com INT 2023 ½-½ (35)}) 13... c5 14. dxc5 ({RR} 14. Nb3 Nd7 15. Qe2 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 cxd4 17. Rfe1 Qc7 18. Rac1 Nxe5 19. Qg3 Bd6 20. Bd5 Nc6 21. Rxc6 Bxg3 22. Rxc7 Bxc7 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 24. Nxd4 Rd8 25. Nc6 Rd2 26. Rb1 a5 27. Rc1 Kf8 28. b3 Bb6 {Livaic,L (2550)-Deac,B (2674) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (58)}) 14... Nd7 15. Nb3 Rc8 $146 ({RR} 15... Nxc5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Qe2 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Bd4 19. Rad1 Qb6 20. Qe2 Qc5 21. b3 Qxe5 22. Qf3 Rfd8 23. g3 Qf6 24. Qb7 a5 25. Kg2 Rab8 26. Qe4 g6 27. Rd3 Qe5 28. Qf3 Rd6 29. h4 Rbd8 30. Rfd1 {Livaic,L (2561)-Deac,B (2690) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (46)}) 16. Qe2 Bxc5 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. Rfe1 Rfd8 19. Ba6 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Rc7 21. Bb5 Nf8 22. Na5 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Qg5 24. Nc6 h5 25. g3 Rd7 26. Rxd7 Nxd7 27. Qf4 Qxf4 28. gxf4 Nf8 29. Kg2 Ng6 30. Kg3 Ne7 31. Nxe7+ Bxe7 32. b3 g6 33. h3 Bc5 34. Kf3 Kf8 35. Kg3 Ke7 36. Kf3 Bd4 37. Kg3 f6 38. exf6+ Kxf6 39. Kf3 Bb6 40. Bc4 e5 41. fxe5+ Kxe5 42. Bf7 Kf6 43. Be8 Kf5 44. Bd7+ Kf6 45. Be8 Kf5 46. Bd7+ Kf6 47. Be8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Swiss 2023"]
[Site "Douglas IOM"]
[Date "2023.10.30"]
[Round "6.30"]
[White "Tabatabaei, M."]
[Black "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2023.10.25"]

1. d4 {Marin,Mihail} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. a4 a5 10. Rc1 ({RR} 10. Na3 Ne4 11. Be3 f5 12. Ne1 g5 13. f3 Nd6 14. Nd3) ({RR} 10. Rd1 Ne4 11. Be1 f5 12. Nfd2 Ndf6 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Nd2 Bd6 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. f3 exf3 17. exf3 e5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. f4) 10... Ne4 ({RR} 10... h6 11. Be1 b6 ({RR} 11... Re8 12. Nbd2) 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nc3 Bb7 14. Nb5 Rc8 15. Qd1 Rxc1 16. Rxc1 Qb8 17. Bd2 Rc8 18. Bf4 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 Qc8 20. Qxc8+ Bxc8 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Ne8 23. e3 Bd7) 11. Ne1 ({RR} 11. Be1 f5 12. Nbd2 Bd6 13. e3 Ra7 ({RR} 13... b6 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Qc6 Ba6 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Qxd6 exf3 18. Bh3) ({RR} 13... g5 14. Nb3 ({RR} 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Nd2 g4 16. Nb3 Bc7) 14... g4 ({RR} 14... b6 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Nxg5 Qxg5 17. Bxe4 fxe4 18. Qc6) ({RR} 14... f4 15. exf4 gxf4 16. Qe2) ({RR} 14... Bc7 15. Nfd2 Qf6 16. f4 Kh8) 15. Nfd2 Ng5) 14. Qd1 b6 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Nb1 Ba6 ({RR} 16... Nb8 17. Na3 Na6 18. Nb5 Ra8 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Ne5) 17. Na3 Qa8 ({RR} 17... Bxa3 18. Rxa3 Rc7) ({RR} 17... Qb8 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. axb5 Rc8 20. Qa4 ({RR} 20. Bf1 Rac7) 20... Rac7 21. Rc6 Qb7 22. Bf1 Nb8 ({RR} 22... Rxc6 23. bxc6 Rxc6 24. Ba6 Qc7 25. Bb5) 23. Rxc7 Qxc7 24. b4 axb4 25. Bxb4 Nd7 26. Ne1) 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. axb5 Rc8 20. Bf1 ({RR} 20. Rxc8+ Qxc8 21. b4 a4 22. Rxa4 ({RR} 22. Ra3 Qa8 23. Qa1 g5) 22... Rxa4 23. Qxa4 Qc1) 20... Rxc1 ({RR} 20... Rac7 21. Rxc7 Rxc7 22. b4) 21. Rxc1 Rc7 22. Rxc7 Bxc7 23. Qa4 Qb8 ({RR} 23... g5 24. b4 g4 25. Nd2 Nxd2 26. Bxd2 Qd8 27. bxa5 bxa5 28. Bd3) 24. b4 axb4 25. Bxb4 h6 {Carlsen,M (2851)-Eljanov,P (2765) Stavanger 2016 CBM 172 [Marin,Mihail] 1-0 (35)} ({RR} 25... g5 26. Qc2 Bd6 27. Qc6 Ndf6 28. Bxd6 Qxd6 29. Nxg5 Qxc6 30. bxc6 Nxg5 31. c7) ({RR} 25... Bd6 26. Bxd6 Qxd6 ({RR} 26... Nxd6 27. Qc2) 27. Qa8+ Kf7 28. Qc6)) 11... Nd6 12. c5 Nf5 13. Nf3 $146 ({RR} 13. e3 b6 14. cxb6 Bb7 15. Nd3 Qxb6 16. Bc3 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Bxg7 Rfc8 20. Bc3 Nxe3 21. Qe2 Nxg2 22. Qg4+ Kf8 23. Bg7+ Ke8 24. Bh6 Be3 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. fxe3 Qxb2 27. Nd2 Qxa1+ {Agibileg,U (2452)-Tsydypov,Z (2507) Ulaanbaatar MGL 2026 0-1}) 13... b6 14. cxb6 Bb7 15. g4 Nh4 16. Nxh4 Bxh4 17. Ra3 f5 18. gxf5 Rxf5 19. Rf3 Rxf3 20. Bxf3 Qxb6 21. Be3 Bf6 22. Nd2 Bxd4 23. Nc4 dxc4 24. Bxd4 c5 25. Bxb7 Qxb7 26. Be3 Rf8 27. Rd1 Rf6 28. f3 h6 29. Qxc4 Ne5 30. Qc2 Rg6+ 31. Kf1 Kh7 32. h4 h5 33. Qxc5 Qxb2 34. Bf4 Nf7 35. Qxh5+ Nh6 36. Qxa5 Nf5 37. h5 Rf6 38. Qd2 Qb3 39. Ra1 Qc4 40. Bg5 Ng3+ 41. Kg2 Ne4 42. fxe4 Qxe4+ 43. Kh3 Qf5+ 44. Kh4 Qf2+ 45. Kh3 Qf5+ 46. Kh4 Qe4+ 47. Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.09.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Taldea Gros Xake"]
[BlackTeam "Beniajan Duochess CAC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Nbd7 5. b3 c5 6. Bd3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bb2 Be7 10. dxc5 Bf6 $146 ({RR} 10... Nxc5 11. Bxg7 Rg8 12. Bb5+ Nd7 13. Be5 a6 14. Bxd7+ Qxd7 15. Nbd2 f6 16. Bg3 Nc3 17. Qe1 e5 18. e4 Qd3 19. Nc4 b5 20. Nb6 Rd8 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. Rd1 Qe4 24. Qa5 Bb7 25. Qb6 {Richter,N (2381)-Sarkar,J (2314) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (56)}) ({RR} 10... Nxc5 11. Bxg7 Rg8 12. Bb5+ Nd7 13. Be5 a6 14. Bxd7+ Qxd7 15. Nbd2 f6 16. Bg3 Nc3 17. Qe1 e5 18. e4 Qd3 19. Nc4 b5 20. Nb6 Rd8 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. Rd1 Qe4 24. Qa5 Bb7 25. Qb6 {Richter,N (2381)-Sarkar,J (2314) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (56)}) 11. Qe2 Nxc5 12. Bb5+ Kf8 13. Rd1 Bxb2 14. Qxb2 Qf6 15. Ne5 Qg5 16. Bc6 Bxc6 17. Nxc6 Qf6 18. Ne5 Kg8 19. Nd2 h5 20. Qd4 h4 21. h3 Rh5 22. Ndf3 Qf5 23. Rac1 Qe4 24. Qb2 f6 25. Rc4 Qh7 26. Nc6 a5 27. Nfd4 Kh8 28. Qe2 Re8 29. Qf3 Ne4 30. Nb5 Nc5 31. e4 Nb4 32. Nxb4 axb4 33. Nd6 Rf8 34. Rxb4 Nd7 35. Nc4 Ne5 36. Nxe5 Rxe5 37. a4 Qg6 38. Rxb6 Rxe4 39. a5 f5 40. a6 Kh7 41. a7 Ra8 42. Rb7 Kh6 43. Qc3 Re2 44. Rb8 Rxa7 45. Rh8+ Kg5 46. f4+ Kxf4 47. Qf3+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 7th May Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.05.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, L."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. e4 c5 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. Nxd4 h6 ({RR} 8... a6 9. Bxc4 Bb4 10. f3 Bd7 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. Nb3 Ne5 13. Be2 Bb5 14. a3 Bxe2 15. Kxe2 Be7 16. Na4 b5 17. Nb6 Rd8 18. Nc8 Bf8 19. Na5 h6 20. Be3 Nd3 21. Rc7 Nxb2 22. Nb6 Bd6 23. Ra7 {Andreikin,D (2710)-Ter Sahakyan,S (2613) chess.com INT 2026 1-0}) 9. Bh4 Bd7 10. Bxc4 Nc6 11. Nb3 $146 ({RR} 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. f3 a6 13. Rc1 Nd7 14. O-O g5 15. Bf2 Bg7 16. Rfd1 Ke7 17. Bb3 Rhc8 18. a4 b6 19. Bc4 Bxc3 20. Rxc3 Bxa4 21. Ra1 b5 22. h4 Ne5 23. Be2 Rxc3 24. bxc3 Rc8 25. Bd4 f6 {Stocek,J (2471)-Samunenkov,I (2584) Czech Republic CZE 2026 0-1 (52)}) 11... g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. O-O-O Nxg3 14. hxg3 Bg7 15. Nb5 Ke7 16. Nc5 Ne5 17. Nxd7 Nxc4 18. Nc5 Rhc8 19. Rd7+ Kf8 20. b4 b6 21. Na6 Ne5+ 22. Rc7 Nd3+ 23. Kb1 Nxf2 24. Rhc1 Rxc7 25. Rxc7 Be5 26. Rxa7 Rxa7 27. Nxa7 Nxe4 28. Kc2 Bxg3 29. a4 f5 30. Nc8 Bf2 31. a5 bxa5 32. bxa5 h5 33. Nb4 h4 34. Nd3 Bd4 35. a6 g4 36. Ne5 h3 37. gxh3 gxh3 38. Nf3 Bc5 39. a7 Bxa7 40. Nxa7 Kg7 41. Kd3 Kh6 42. Ke3 Kh5 43. Nc6 Kg4 44. Nce5+ Kg3 45. Ng6 Nf6 46. Nf4 Ng4+ 47. Ke2 Kxf4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 7th May Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.05.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, L."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2024.05.07"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. e4 c5 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. Nxd4 h6 ({RR} 8... a6 9. Bxc4 Bb4 10. f3 Bd7 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. Nb3 Ne5 13. Be2 Bb5 14. a3 Bxe2 15. Kxe2 Be7 16. Na4 b5 17. Nb6 Rd8 18. Nc8 Bf8 19. Na5 h6 20. Be3 Nd3 21. Rc7 Nxb2 22. Nb6 Bd6 23. Ra7 {Andreikin,D (2710)-Ter Sahakyan,S (2613) chess.com INT 2026 1-0}) 9. Bh4 Bd7 10. Bxc4 Nc6 11. Nb3 $146 ({RR} 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. f3 a6 13. Rc1 Nd7 14. O-O g5 15. Bf2 Bg7 16. Rfd1 Ke7 17. Bb3 Rhc8 18. a4 b6 19. Bc4 Bxc3 20. Rxc3 Bxa4 21. Ra1 b5 22. h4 Ne5 23. Be2 Rxc3 24. bxc3 Rc8 25. Bd4 f6 {Stocek,J (2471)-Samunenkov,I (2584) Czech Republic CZE 2026 0-1 (52)}) 11... g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. O-O-O Nxg3 14. hxg3 Bg7 15. Nb5 Ke7 16. Nc5 Ne5 17. Nxd7 Nxc4 18. Nc5 Rhc8 19. Rd7+ Kf8 20. b4 b6 21. Na6 Ne5+ 22. Rc7 Nd3+ 23. Kb1 Nxf2 24. Rhc1 Rxc7 25. Rxc7 Be5 26. Rxa7 Rxa7 27. Nxa7 Nxe4 28. Kc2 Bxg3 29. a4 f5 30. Nc8 Bf2 31. a5 bxa5 32. bxa5 h5 33. Nb4 h4 34. Nd3 Bd4 35. a6 g4 36. Ne5 h3 37. gxh3 gxh3 38. Nf3 Bc5 39. a7 Bxa7 40. Nxa7 Kg7 41. Kd3 Kh6 42. Ke3 Kh5 43. Nc6 Kg4 44. Nce5+ Kg3 45. Ng6 Nf6 46. Nf4 Ng4+ 47. Ke2 Kxf4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 12th May 2026"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2026.05.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Svane, Frederik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2026.05.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Nc3 a6 10. Re1 Ne4 ({RR} 10... c5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Bc2 f5 14. e4 fxe4 15. Bxe4 Nf6 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Qd3 Ne4 18. Rad1 Kh8 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Re2 Qc7 21. Nd4 Nxf2 22. Rxf2 Rxf2 23. Kxf2 Qxh2 24. Qh3 Rf8+ 25. Ke2 {Erigaisi,A (2776)-Nakamura,H (2807) Riyadh KSA 2025 1-0 (33)}) 11. Ne2 Re8 $146 ({RR} 11... Qe7 12. Ng3 f5 13. Rc1 dxc4 14. bxc4 Rad8 15. Qe2 Ndf6 16. d5 Nc5 17. Bc2 g6 18. dxe6 Qxe6 19. Ng5 Qe7 20. Red1 Ng4 21. Nf3 Ne4 22. c5 Nxc5 23. Qc4+ Qf7 24. Qc3 Qf6 25. Qc4+ Qf7 26. Qc3 {Petraki,M (2040)-Grosar,A (2470) Katerini 1993 0-1 (36)}) ({RR} 11... f5 12. Nf4 Qe7 13. Bf1 g5 14. Nd3 dxc4 15. bxc4 c5 16. Nfe5 Rad8 17. f3 Nef6 18. Qb3 g4 19. Be2 cxd4 20. exd4 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Bc5+ 22. Nxc5 Qxc5+ 23. Kh1 gxf3 24. Bxf3 Ng4 25. Re2 Rf7 26. Rf1 {Erigaisi,A (2761)-Xiong,J (2656) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (38)}) 12. Nf4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 b5 14. Bd3 c5 15. Qc2 Nef6 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Rad1 Nxd3 18. Nxd3 Qe7 19. Nfe5 Rac8 20. Qe2 Ne4 21. f3 Nc3 22. Bxc3 Rxc3 23. Rc1 Rec8 24. Qd2 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 26. Qxc1 h5 27. Qc3 Qc7 28. Qxc7 Bxc7 29. Nc5 Bc8 30. Nc6 Bd6 31. b4 h4 32. Na7 Bb7 33. Nxb7 Bxb4 34. Kf2 Kf8 35. Nc6 Bc3 36. Nc5 a5 37. Ne4 Bb2 38. Nxa5 f5 39. Ng5 Ke7 40. f4 Kd6 41. Ke2 Kd5 42. Nf3 Bc3 43. Nb3 Kc4 44. Nfd4 Kb4 45. Kd3 Bb2 46. Kc2 Bc3 47. Nxe6 1-0

[Event "chess.com SpeedChess 2025"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.10.15"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "Lazavik, Denis"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2025.10.13"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 Nd7 4. Nc3 Ngf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Bb4 7. e3 c5 8. Bd3 c4 9. Bf5 Qa5 10. Qc2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Nd2 h6 13. Bh4 Qa6 14. a4 ({RR} 14. Rfe1 Qc6 15. e4 dxe4 16. Ndxe4 g5 17. Bg3 Kg7 18. Nxf6 Nxf6 19. Be5 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Kf8 21. Re3 Nd5 22. Rf3 Be6 23. Be4 Ke7 24. Rf6 Rh8 25. Rb1 Kd7 26. Rxe6 fxe6 27. Bxh8 Rxh8 28. Bxd5 exd5 {Gukesh,D (2758)-Erigaisi,A (2712) Kolkata IND 2023 0-1 (57)}) 14... Qc6 15. Rac1 $146 ({RR} 15. Bxd7 Bxd7 16. Bxf6 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qxf6 18. e4 Qg6 19. f3 Re7 20. Qb1 Rae8 21. e5 Bf5 22. Qb5 Qc6 23. Rf2 f6 24. f4 a6 25. Qb4 b6 26. a5 Rb7 27. Qa4 Qxa4 28. Rxa4 Reb8 29. h3 Bc2 {Wemmers,X (2316)-Godart,F (2385) Belgium BEL 2025 1-0 (49)}) ({RR} 15. Qb1 g6 16. Bxg6 Bxc3 17. bxc3 fxg6 18. Qxg6+ Kh8 19. Qxh6+ Nh7 20. Qh5 Re6 21. Bg3 Rh6 22. Qe2 Ndf6 23. Be5 Bf5 24. e4 Bxe4 25. Nxe4 dxe4 26. f3 exf3 27. Rxf3 Rg6 28. Raf1 Kg8 29. h4 Rf8 {Hrbek,S (2454)-Tudor,H (2434) Wijk aan Zee NED 2026 0-1 (68)}) 15... a6 16. Na2 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Qxa4 18. Nc3 Qc6 19. f3 b5 20. e4 Nb6 21. Bxc8 Raxc8 22. e5 Nfd7 23. f4 b4 24. Ne2 a5 25. f5 f6 26. e6 Nf8 27. Nf4 Nh7 28. Nh5 c3 29. bxc3 bxc3 30. Qe3 Kh8 31. Qg3 Qc7 32. Rxc3 Qxg3 33. Rxg3 Re7 34. Nf4 Ra7 35. Rb3 Nc4 36. Rc3 a4 37. Nxd5 a3 38. Ra1 a2 39. e7 Raa8 40. e8=Q+ Rxe8 41. Rxc4 Re4 42. Bf2 Ng5 43. Nc3 Re7 44. Rxa2 Rxa2 45. Nxa2 Ra7 46. Rc2 Ne4 47. g3 1-0

[Event "8th Sharjah Masters 2025"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2025.05.24"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Indjic, A."]
[Black "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2025.05.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. h4 g6 9. Nc3 c5 10. dxc5 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Qa5 12. O-O-O Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 14. bxc3 Nd7 15. c6 bxc6 16. Kc2 $146 ({RR} 16. Rd6 Nb6 17. Bb3 Bb7 18. Rhd1 c5 19. Ne5 c4 20. Bc2 Rac8 21. e4 Rc5 22. Nd7 Nxd7 23. Rxd7 Bc8 24. Rxa7 Kg7 25. Rd4 e5 26. Rd6 Re8 27. Ba4 Re6 28. Rd5 Rxd5 29. exd5 Rf6 30. Rc7 Bf5 {Sahakyan,A (2405)-Citak,S (2328) Abu Dhabi 2025 1-0 (46)}) ({RR} 16. Rd6 Nb6 17. Bb3 Bb7 18. Rhd1 c5 19. Ne5 c4 20. Bc2 Rac8 21. e4 Rc5 22. Nd7 Nxd7 23. Rxd7 Bc8 24. Rxa7 Kg7 25. Rd4 e5 26. Rd6 Re8 27. Ba4 Re6 28. Rd5 Rxd5 29. exd5 Rf6 30. Rc7 Bf5 {Sahakyan,A (2405)-Citak,S (2328) Abu Dhabi UAE 2025 1-0 (46)}) 16... c5 17. Bb5 Nf6 18. Ne5 Bb7 19. f3 Rfc8 20. c4 Rc7 21. Rd6 Kf8 22. Rhd1 Rac8 23. g4 g5 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. f4 Kg7 26. Kb2 gxf4 27. exf4 Ne4 28. Rd7 Nf6 29. Rxc7 Rxc7 30. Rd8 Ne4 31. Be8 f6 32. Nd3 Ba6 33. Bb5 Bxb5 34. cxb5 Rb7 35. a4 a6 36. Ra8 axb5 37. a5 Rd7 38. Kc2 c4 39. Nb4 Rd2+ 40. Kc1 c3 41. Rc8 Rb2 42. a6 Rxb4 43. a7 Ra4 44. a8=Q Rxa8 45. Rxa8 Nf2 46. g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 7th Nov Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.11.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Duda, J."]
[Black "Sethuraman, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2023.11.07"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. Rd1 a5 10. Bf4 a4 11. a3 ({RR} 11. Ne5 h6 12. Nc3 a3 13. b3 g5 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. Bd2 f5 16. e3 Rf7 17. Rab1 h5 18. Ne2 Rh7 19. Be1 Nf6 20. b4 b5 21. cxb5 cxb5 22. Rdc1 Bd6 23. Rb3 Rc7 24. Qd1 Rc4 25. Qd3 Qc7 {Niemann,H (2711)-Giri,A (2746) Utrecht NED 2024 0-1 (37)}) 11... Qa5 $146 ({RR} 11... Ne4) ({RR} 11... Ne4 12. h4 h6 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Nb6 15. Ne5 g5 16. Bd2 Kg7 17. h5 Bd7 18. c5 Nc8 19. e4 Be8 20. exd5 cxd5 21. Re1 Na7 22. Bh3 b6 23. cxb6 Qxb6 24. Qd3 Qb5 25. Qe3 Qb3 26. Nd3 {Poliakova,V (2108)-Velikic,A (2277) Batumi GEO 2026 1-0 (40)}) ({RR} 11... h6 12. h4 Qa5 13. Nc3 dxc4 14. e4 b5 15. d5 cxd5 16. exd5 Bb7 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Nd4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qb6 20. Ndxb5 Nc5 21. Qg6 Nd3 22. Rxd3 cxd3 23. Bxh6 Rf7 24. Rd1 Nd5 25. Nxd5 Qxf2+ 26. Kh3 {Duda,J (2729)-Parpiev,I (2355) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (47)}) 12. h3 Qa6 13. Nbd2 Nh5 14. Bc7 f5 15. Ne5 Nhf6 16. Nd3 Ne4 17. Rac1 Ndf6 18. Be5 Nd7 19. Bf4 Nxd2 20. Bxd2 Nb6 21. cxd5 exd5 22. Bb4 Bxb4 23. Nxb4 Qa7 24. e3 Qb8 25. Qc5 Nd7 26. Qe7 Nf6 27. Qe5 Qxe5 28. dxe5 Ne4 29. h4 Re8 30. Nd3 Ra5 31. Kh2 c5 32. f3 c4 33. fxe4 cxd3 34. exd5 Bd7 35. e6 Bb5 36. Rc7 Ra6 37. Rxb7 Bc4 38. Rc7 Bb5 39. Rb7 Bc4 40. Rb4 Bb3 41. Rxd3 Rd6 42. Rbd4 Rc8 43. Rc3 Rdd8 44. e7 Re8 45. Rxc8 Rxc8 46. d6 1-0

[Event "Elista FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2008.12.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Nbd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. Re1 O-O 9. e4 e5 10. Bg5 Qc7 ({RR} 10... Re8 11. Qb3 Qe7 12. Nbd2 b5 13. Bf1 a6 14. a4 Bb7 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Bh4 Qf8 17. Bg3 Bb8 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Nxe5 Rxe5 21. Qg3 Rde8 22. Bd3 Qb4 23. Nf3 R5e7 24. e5 Nh5 25. Qg5 {Tomashevsky,E (2709)-Inarkiev,E (2680) Ekaterinburg 2013 0-1 (39)}) 11. h3 exd4 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qxd4 $146 ({RR} 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. Bf1 Rd8 15. Qb3 Qb6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Nc3 b5 18. Nf5 Bc5 19. Rac1 Bb6 20. Ne7+ Kg7 21. Nxc8 Raxc8 22. a3 Rd2 23. Re2 Rcd8 24. Rc2 R2d6 25. Re1 h5 26. Be2 Rd2 27. Rec1 h4 {Khruschiov,A (2499)-Sargissian,G (2642) Dresden 2008 0-1 (48)}) ({RR} 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. Bf1 Rd8 15. Qb3 Qb6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Nc3 b5 18. Red1 b4 19. Nce2 Bc5 20. b3 Bb6 21. f4 Ng6 22. g3 h5 23. Kg2 Bd7 24. f5 Ne7 25. Nf4 c5 26. Nf3 Bc6 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 {Book,E-Ekstrom,F Helsinki 1946 0-1 (39)}) 13... Ne5 14. Nbd2 Rd8 15. Qc3 a5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Qc2 b5 18. Bf1 a4 19. Nf3 a3 20. Nxe5 axb2 21. Rad1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Qxe5 23. Qxc6 Rb8 24. Rd8+ Kg7 25. Qc2 Bb7 26. Rd2 Bxe4 27. Qxb2 b4 28. Qxe5 fxe5 29. Bc4 Bc6 30. f3 e4 31. fxe4 Bxe4 32. Bb3 Rb7 33. Rd6 Ra7 34. Kf2 Bb1 35. Rd2 Bf5 36. Ke3 Kf6 37. Kf4 Be6 38. Rd6 Rb7 39. h4 Rb5 40. g4 h6 41. Rc6 Kg7 42. Rc7 Rb6 43. Rc5 Rd6 44. Bxe6 Rxe6 45. Rb5 Ra6 46. Rxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Ne4 6. cxd5 ({RR} 6. Qc2 f5 7. g3 Bd6 8. Bg2 O-O 9. b3 Nd7 10. Bb2 a6 11. O-O Qe7 12. Rad1 b5 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bb4 15. Nb1 Ba5 16. f3 Ng5 17. c5 Bc7 18. Bd4 a5 19. Nc3 Nf7 20. f4 g5 {Hoffman,A (2474)-Ynojosa Aponte,F (2393) Chess.com INT 2020 0-1 (42)}) ({RR} 6. Bd3 f5 7. Ne5 Qh4 8. O-O Nd7 9. Ndf3 Qh5 10. c5 g5 11. b4 Bg7 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. Ne5 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 b6 15. Nxd7 Kxd7 16. Bb2 bxc5 17. f3 Nd6 18. bxc5 Nb7 19. Rab1 Rhb8 20. e4 fxe4 {Garcia Comas,P (1886)-Om,B (2125) Llinars del Valles ESP 2026 0-1 (35)}) 6... Nxd2 7. Bxd2 exd5 8. Qb3 $146 ({RR} 8. Bd3 Nd7 9. Qc2 Nf6 10. Ne5 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. f4 h6 13. Rf3 Nd7 14. Raf1 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Bc3 b6 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. b4 Nd7 19. Nc6 Qe8 20. Nxe7 Qxe7 21. Bd3 Bb7 22. Rg3 f6 {Mattick,L (2278)-Hahlbohm,M (2114) Berlin 2006 1-0 (35)}) 8... a5 9. e4 a4 10. Qe3 dxe4 11. Ng5 Be7 12. Qxe4 h6 13. Nf3 Be6 14. Bd3 Nd7 15. O-O Nf6 16. Qe3 O-O 17. Ne5 Re8 18. Bc2 Bf8 19. a3 Qb6 20. Bc3 Bb3 21. Bd3 Rad8 22. Qd2 Rd5 23. Nc4 Qd8 24. Ba5 b6 25. Bc3 c5 26. Ne3 Rd7 27. Nf5 cxd4 28. Bb4 Ne4 29. Qf4 Nc5 30. Bb5 Re4 31. Qf3 Rd5 32. Bxc5 Ree5 33. Nxh6+ gxh6 34. Bxf8 Rxb5 35. Bxh6 Re6 36. Bd2 Rg6 37. Qf4 Bc4 38. Rfe1 Rxb2 39. Rad1 Bb3 40. Bc1 Bxd1 41. Bxb2 Rg4 42. Qf5 Qa8 43. g3 Bf3 44. Rc1 Qe4 45. Qf6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 14th Nov Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.11.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2023.11.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. e3 Nd7 7. Nc3 c6 8. Qc2 g6 9. Be2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rfd1 ({RR} 11. cxd5 exd5 12. b4 Nb6 13. a4 a5 14. Qb3 Qd8 15. bxa5 Rxa5 16. Rab1 Nd7 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nf6 19. Nc5 Nd5 20. Nxb7 Bxb7 21. Qxb7 Nc3 22. Rb2 Nxe2+ 23. Rxe2 Qa8 24. Qxa8 Rfxa8 25. Rc2 Rxa4 {Stefansson,H (2408)-Sokolovsky,Y (2539) Batumi GEO 2025 ½-½ (33)}) 11... Qe7 12. Rac1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 a5 $146 ({RR} 13... b5 14. Bb3 Bb7 15. Ne4 Rfd8 16. Qe2 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Nc5 Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1 Bc8 21. Nd3 Bg7 22. Nf4 Bf5 23. Rxc6 Rd8 24. Qc1 a5 25. Nd5 Qe5 26. f4 Qe4 27. Nf6+ Bxf6 28. Rxf6 {Gharibyan,M (2433)-Mikaelyan,A (2483) Jermuk 2020 0-1 (41)}) 14. h4 a4 15. a3 Ra5 16. Ba2 Nb6 17. Ne4 Rd8 18. Qc3 Rb5 19. Nc5 e5 20. h5 g5 21. Qc2 Bg4 22. Qe4 Bxh5 23. g4 Rxb2 24. gxh5 Rxa2 25. Qb1 g4 26. Nxe5 Rxa3 27. Qxb6 g3 28. Qxb7 gxf2+ 29. Kf1 Qf6 30. Qxc6 Qg5 31. Qg2 Qxh5 32. Ne4 Qf5 33. Rc7 Rf8 34. Nd7 Rxe3 35. Nxf8 Rxe4 36. Nd7 Rg4 37. Qa8+ Kh7 38. Nf8+ Bxf8 39. Qxf8 Rg1+ 40. Ke2 Qe4+ 41. Kd2 Rxd1+ 42. Kc3 Qxd4+ 43. Kc2 Rd2+ 44. Kb1 f1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 30th Jan Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Svane, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2024.01.30"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. e4 c5 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. Nxd4 a6 9. Bxc4 Bc5 ({RR} 9... Bb4 10. f3 Bd7 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. Nb3 Ne5 13. Be2 Bb5 14. a3 Bxe2 15. Kxe2 Be7 16. Na4 b5 17. Nb6 Rd8 18. Nc8 Bf8 19. Na5 h6 20. Be3 Nd3 21. Rc7 Nxb2 22. Nb6 Bd6 23. Ra7 Na4 24. Nc6 {Andreikin,D (2710)-Ter Sahakyan,S (2613) chess.com INT 2026 1-0}) 10. Nb3 Bb4 $146 ({RR} 10... Ba7 11. f3 Nbd7 12. Be2 O-O 13. Bh4 Ne5 14. Bf2 Bxf2+ 15. Kxf2 Bd7 16. f4 Ng6 17. e5 Nd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. g3 Ne7 20. Rac1 Rfc8 21. Nd4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. b4 Kf8 25. a4 {Yermolinsky,A (2388)-Sahin,T (2113) Mersin TUR 2025 1-0 (47)}) 11. f3 Nc6 12. Rc1 Bd7 13. a3 Na5 14. Nxa5 Bxa5 15. Kf2 Bc6 16. Rhd1 O-O 17. Be3 Rfd8 18. b4 Bc7 19. a4 Be5 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. b5 axb5 22. axb5 Be8 23. Be2 Rc8 24. Na4 Rxc1 25. Bxc1 Bd6 26. Be3 Bd7 27. h4 Kf8 28. Nc5 Bc8 29. g4 Nd7 30. Na4 f6 31. f4 Ke7 32. g5 Nf8 33. Nb6 Bd7 34. h5 fxg5 35. fxg5 Be8 36. Nc8+ Kd7 37. Nxd6 Kxd6 38. Bc1 Nd7 39. Ke3 e5 40. Ba3+ Nc5 41. h6 gxh6 42. gxh6 Bg6 43. Bg4 b6 44. Bf5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 10th Dec Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.12.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Black "Grandelius, N."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2024.12.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 b6 6. b3 ({RR} 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Bb7 10. Nxd6+ Qxd6 11. Qe2+ Qe6 12. Qxe6+ fxe6 13. Bf4 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nd5 15. Be5 O-O 16. Rg1 g6 17. Rc1 Nd7 18. Bg3 Rxf3 19. Be4 Rf7 20. Bxd5 exd5 {Aronian,L (2782)-Mamedyarov,S (2762) chess24.com INT 2021 1-0 (78)}) 6... Bb7 7. Bb2 Bd6 ({RR} 7... Nbd7 8. Bd3 Bb4 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. a3 Bd6 12. e4 dxc4 13. bxc4 e5 14. d5 Nc5 15. Nd1 Bc8 16. Ne3 Bd7 17. g3 b5 18. Nh4 g6 19. Rfc1 Rfb8 20. cxb5 axb5 21. Nhg2 Ra4 22. f3 {Pribelszky,B (2403)-Szpar,M (2499) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (55)}) 8. Rc1 O-O $146 ({RR} 8... Nbd7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O Qe7 12. Ne2 Ne4 13. Ng3 f5 14. Ne2 Rf7 15. Bb1 g5 16. Ne1 Raf8 17. Nd3 Qe6 18. f4 Rg7 19. Ne5 Ndf6 20. Bd3 Ng4 21. Rf3 Qh6 22. Rh3 Qf6 23. Rf3 {Ashraf,A (2399)-Arabidze,M (2457) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (62)}) 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. bxc4 c5 11. d5 exd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. cxd5 b5 14. Ng5 Nbd7 15. Bb1 c4 16. Qc2 g6 17. h4 Be5 18. h5 Qe7 19. Nxh7 Qb4+ 20. Kf1 Qxb2 21. Nxf8 Qxc2 22. Bxc2 Nxf8 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Rd1 Rd8 25. e4 g5 26. g3 N8d7 27. Ke2 g4 28. Ke3 Nc5 29. Rdf1 b4 30. f4 gxf3 31. Rxf3 b3 32. axb3 cxb3 33. Bb1 Rf8 34. Ke2 Nfxe4 35. Bxe4 Nxe4 36. Rxb3 Nxg3+ 37. Rxg3+ Bxg3 38. Rg1 Kf7 39. Rxg3 Ke7 40. Rg6 Rf5 41. Rxa6 Rxd5 42. Ra3 Re5+ 43. Re3 Rxe3+ 44. Kxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 30th Jan Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Svane, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2024.01.30"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. e4 c5 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. Nxd4 a6 9. Bxc4 Bc5 ({RR} 9... Bb4 10. f3 Bd7 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. Nb3 Ne5 13. Be2 Bb5 14. a3 Bxe2 15. Kxe2 Be7 16. Na4 b5 17. Nb6 Rd8 18. Nc8 Bf8 19. Na5 h6 20. Be3 Nd3 21. Rc7 Nxb2 22. Nb6 Bd6 23. Ra7 Na4 24. Nc6 {Andreikin,D (2710)-Ter Sahakyan,S (2613) chess.com INT 2026 1-0}) 10. Nb3 Bb4 $146 ({RR} 10... Ba7 11. f3 Nbd7 12. Be2 O-O 13. Bh4 Ne5 14. Bf2 Bxf2+ 15. Kxf2 Bd7 16. f4 Ng6 17. e5 Nd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. g3 Ne7 20. Rac1 Rfc8 21. Nd4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. b4 Kf8 25. a4 {Yermolinsky,A (2388)-Sahin,T (2113) Mersin TUR 2025 1-0 (47)}) 11. f3 Nc6 12. Rc1 Bd7 13. a3 Na5 14. Nxa5 Bxa5 15. Kf2 Bc6 16. Rhd1 O-O 17. Be3 Rfd8 18. b4 Bc7 19. a4 Be5 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. b5 axb5 22. axb5 Be8 23. Be2 Rc8 24. Na4 Rxc1 25. Bxc1 Bd6 26. Be3 Bd7 27. h4 Kf8 28. Nc5 Bc8 29. g4 Nd7 30. Na4 f6 31. f4 Ke7 32. g5 Nf8 33. Nb6 Bd7 34. h5 fxg5 35. fxg5 Be8 36. Nc8+ Kd7 37. Nxd6 Kxd6 38. Bc1 Nd7 39. Ke3 e5 40. Ba3+ Nc5 41. h6 gxh6 42. gxh6 Bg6 43. Bg4 b6 44. Bf5 1-0

[Event "Chessable Masters Div 2 L"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.04"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Giri, A."]
[Black "Mamedov, Rau"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2024.02.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 f6 ({RR} 5... Qb6 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qxb2 8. Ndb5 Bb4 9. Bd2 Bxc3 10. Nxc3 Nf6 11. Rb1 Qa3 12. Nb5 Qe7 13. Bb4 Qd7 14. Nd6+ Kd8 15. e3 Nc6 16. Bb5 Ne8 17. Qxd5 Nxb4 18. Qg5+ Qe7 19. Nxf7+ Kc7 20. Qxe7+ {Lai,D (2131)-Pribelszky,B (2375) chess.com INT 2026 1-0}) 6. Bd2 Nc6 7. e3 Bg4 ({RR} 7... f5 8. Bb5 Nf6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Nc3 Bd6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Rc1 Bd6 13. Qb3 Ne7 14. Bxd7+ Qxd7 15. Nb5 Bb8 16. Bc3 O-O 17. Rfd1 Ne4 18. Be5 a6 19. Nc7 Bxc7 20. Rxc7 Qe6 21. Qxb7 Rae8 22. Qb3 {Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2591)-Mamedov,R (2651) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (32)}) 8. Be2 $146 ({RR} 8. Bc3 Rb8 9. a4 c4 10. Be2 f5 11. b3 cxb3 12. Qxb3 Nf6 13. h3 Bh5 14. O-O Bd6 15. Nbd2 O-O 16. Bd3 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Bxf3 18. Qb4 Nxb4 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 {0-1 (19) Federer,C (1638)-Jelicic,H Tornelo INT 2020}) 8... Bd6 9. Nc3 Nge7 10. Nb5 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 cxd4 12. exd4 Bb8 13. O-O O-O 14. Be3 Qd7 15. Rc1 a6 16. Nc3 Ba7 17. Na4 Nf5 18. Nc5 Qf7 19. Qd3 Nh4 20. Bd1 f5 21. Bf4 Ng6 22. Bd2 Rfe8 23. Bb3 Kh8 24. Rfe1 f4 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Ba4 Rf8 27. Bxc6 bxc6 28. Nxa6 Qb7 29. Nb4 f3 30. g3 Rf6 31. a3 Qd7 32. Bg5 Rf8 33. Nxc6 Bb6 34. b4 h6 35. Bd2 Rf6 36. b5 Bc7 37. Re1 h5 38. Bg5 Rf5 39. Ne7 Rxg5 40. Nxg6+ Kg8 41. Ne7+ Kh8 42. Qxf3 Kh7 43. h4 Rg4 44. Qf7 Kh6 1-0

[Event "Chessable Masters Div 2 L"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.04"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Giri, A."]
[Black "Mamedov, Rau"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2024.02.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 f6 ({RR} 5... Qb6 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qxb2 8. Ndb5 Bb4 9. Bd2 Bxc3 10. Nxc3 Nf6 11. Rb1 Qa3 12. Nb5 Qe7 13. Bb4 Qd7 14. Nd6+ Kd8 15. e3 Nc6 16. Bb5 Ne8 17. Qxd5 Nxb4 18. Qg5+ Qe7 19. Nxf7+ Kc7 20. Qxe7+ {Lai,D (2131)-Pribelszky,B (2375) chess.com INT 2026 1-0}) 6. Bd2 Nc6 7. e3 Bg4 ({RR} 7... f5 8. Bb5 Nf6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Nc3 Bd6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Rc1 Bd6 13. Qb3 Ne7 14. Bxd7+ Qxd7 15. Nb5 Bb8 16. Bc3 O-O 17. Rfd1 Ne4 18. Be5 a6 19. Nc7 Bxc7 20. Rxc7 Qe6 21. Qxb7 Rae8 22. Qb3 {Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2591)-Mamedov,R (2651) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (32)}) 8. Be2 $146 ({RR} 8. Bc3 Rb8 9. a4 c4 10. Be2 f5 11. b3 cxb3 12. Qxb3 Nf6 13. h3 Bh5 14. O-O Bd6 15. Nbd2 O-O 16. Bd3 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Bxf3 18. Qb4 Nxb4 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 {0-1 (19) Federer,C (1638)-Jelicic,H Tornelo INT 2020}) 8... Bd6 9. Nc3 Nge7 10. Nb5 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 cxd4 12. exd4 Bb8 13. O-O O-O 14. Be3 Qd7 15. Rc1 a6 16. Nc3 Ba7 17. Na4 Nf5 18. Nc5 Qf7 19. Qd3 Nh4 20. Bd1 f5 21. Bf4 Ng6 22. Bd2 Rfe8 23. Bb3 Kh8 24. Rfe1 f4 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Ba4 Rf8 27. Bxc6 bxc6 28. Nxa6 Qb7 29. Nb4 f3 30. g3 Rf6 31. a3 Qd7 32. Bg5 Rf8 33. Nxc6 Bb6 34. b4 h6 35. Bd2 Rf6 36. b5 Bc7 37. Re1 h5 38. Bg5 Rf5 39. Ne7 Rxg5 40. Nxg6+ Kg8 41. Ne7+ Kh8 42. Qxf3 Kh7 43. h4 Rg4 44. Qf7 Kh6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 10th Dec Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.12.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Black "Grandelius, N."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2024.12.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 b6 6. b3 ({RR} 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Bb7 10. Nxd6+ Qxd6 11. Qe2+ Qe6 12. Qxe6+ fxe6 13. Bf4 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nd5 15. Be5 O-O 16. Rg1 g6 17. Rc1 Nd7 18. Bg3 Rxf3 19. Be4 Rf7 20. Bxd5 exd5 {Aronian,L (2782)-Mamedyarov,S (2762) chess24.com INT 2021 1-0 (78)}) 6... Bb7 7. Bb2 Bd6 ({RR} 7... Nbd7 8. Bd3 Bb4 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. a3 Bd6 12. e4 dxc4 13. bxc4 e5 14. d5 Nc5 15. Nd1 Bc8 16. Ne3 Bd7 17. g3 b5 18. Nh4 g6 19. Rfc1 Rfb8 20. cxb5 axb5 21. Nhg2 Ra4 22. f3 {Pribelszky,B (2403)-Szpar,M (2499) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (55)}) 8. Rc1 O-O $146 ({RR} 8... Nbd7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O Qe7 12. Ne2 Ne4 13. Ng3 f5 14. Ne2 Rf7 15. Bb1 g5 16. Ne1 Raf8 17. Nd3 Qe6 18. f4 Rg7 19. Ne5 Ndf6 20. Bd3 Ng4 21. Rf3 Qh6 22. Rh3 Qf6 23. Rf3 {Ashraf,A (2399)-Arabidze,M (2457) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (62)}) 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. bxc4 c5 11. d5 exd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. cxd5 b5 14. Ng5 Nbd7 15. Bb1 c4 16. Qc2 g6 17. h4 Be5 18. h5 Qe7 19. Nxh7 Qb4+ 20. Kf1 Qxb2 21. Nxf8 Qxc2 22. Bxc2 Nxf8 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Rd1 Rd8 25. e4 g5 26. g3 N8d7 27. Ke2 g4 28. Ke3 Nc5 29. Rdf1 b4 30. f4 gxf3 31. Rxf3 b3 32. axb3 cxb3 33. Bb1 Rf8 34. Ke2 Nfxe4 35. Bxe4 Nxe4 36. Rxb3 Nxg3+ 37. Rxg3+ Bxg3 38. Rg1 Kf7 39. Rxg3 Ke7 40. Rg6 Rf5 41. Rxa6 Rxd5 42. Ra3 Re5+ 43. Re3 Rxe3+ 44. Kxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.08.11"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2023.07.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 ({RR} 8... Qxd7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nb3 Bd6 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Bc3 Ne4 14. Rc1 Rac8 15. a3 Rfd8 16. Bd4 Qe7 17. Qe2 Bb8 18. Rc2 Nd6 19. Bc5 Qe4 20. Bxd6 Rxd6 21. Nbd4 Rcd8 22. Rfc1 Ne7 23. Nd2 {Jakovljevic,V (2314)-Swayham,P (2193) Budapest HUN 2026 ½-½ (90)}) 9. b3 ({RR} 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. O-O Be7 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Nfe4 13. Bd4 Bf6 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Rxc8 Qxc8 17. Bxa7 Qc6 18. Bd4 Rc8 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Nd4 Qc3 21. Qe2 g6 22. Rd1 Kg7 23. f3 h5 {Nakamura,H (2794)-Drygalov,S (2558) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (49)}) 9... Be7 $146 ({RR} 9... Bd6 10. Bb2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nb1 Nce4 14. Nc3 Rc8 15. Qd3 Bc5 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qxd8 Rexd8 18. Ng5 Re8 19. Rac1 h6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Nh3 Bd6 22. Rfd1 Be5 23. Kf1 Kf8 24. g3 {Hebden,M (2515)-Crut,A (2344) France 2003 1-0 (52)}) 10. Bb2 Rc8 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. O-O O-O 13. Qe2 Nfe4 14. Rfd1 Bf6 15. Nd4 Qd7 16. Rac1 Rfe8 17. N2f3 h6 18. h3 a6 19. Qe1 Rc7 20. Rc2 Rec8 21. Qa5 Ne6 22. Rxc7 Rxc7 23. Qb6 Qc8 24. Nxe6 Rc6 25. Qb4 fxe6 26. Bxf6 Nxf6 27. Nd4 Rc1 28. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 29. Kh2 Qc7+ 30. f4 Kf7 31. a4 e5 32. Nf3 a5 33. Qd2 exf4 34. exf4 Qc5 35. Qe2 Qc7 36. Ne5+ Kg8 37. Qd3 Qc8 38. Qg6 Qe6 39. Qc2 Nh5 40. Qd2 b6 41. Qd4 Nf6 42. Qd3 Nh5 43. Qd4 Nf6 44. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2021.10.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2021.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 a6 4. c5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 ({RR} 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Rd8 11. O-O Nf6 12. a3 e5 13. b4 Bf5 14. Qb3 exd4 15. exd4 Be4 16. Rad1 Qe6 17. Ng5 Qf5 18. Ngxe4 dxe4 19. d5 Ne5 20. h3 Nf3+ 21. Kh1 Qf4 {Ohanyan,E (2516)-Svane,R (2624) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (69)}) ({RR} 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. e3 Nf6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Rd8 12. Rc1 e5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qxe5 15. Qd4 Qe7 16. Bd3 c6 17. b4 g6 18. Rfe1 Be6 19. Qh4 Re8 20. Ne2 Nh5 21. Qxe7 Rxe7 {Kuzubov,Y (2643)-Vallejo Pons,F (2710) Linares 2020 1-0 (51)}) 7... Nf6 $146 ({RR} 7... g6 8. e3 Bg7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O f5 11. Rb1 Nf6 12. b4 Ne4 13. a4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Qc2 Be6 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Bc3 Qf6 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. c6 b6 21. a5 b5 22. Qc5 {Csonka,B (2469)-Svane,R (2641) chess.com INT 2023 ½-½ (46)}) 8. h3 Ne4 9. Bf4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 b6 11. cxb6 cxb6 12. e3 Bd6 13. Bd3 Bxf4 14. exf4 Qc7 15. g3 Bd7 16. O-O Ne7 17. Re1 g6 18. Rc1 Bb5 19. Bb1 Rc8 20. h4 Qd6 21. h5 Nf5 22. a4 Bd7 23. Ne5 Kf8 24. Qd3 Be8 25. Qxa6 Ne7 26. a5 Rb8 27. h6 f6 28. Nd3 Bc6 29. Re2 Qd7 30. axb6 Bb5 31. Qa7 Qxa7 32. bxa7 Ra8 33. Rxe6 Kf7 34. Rce1 Rxa7 35. Rb6 Bxd3 36. Bxd3 Rc8 37. Ree6 f5 38. Rf6+ Kg8 39. Ba6 Rf8 40. c4 Rxf6 41. Rxf6 Rc7 42. c5 Rc6 43. Rd6 Kf7 44. Bb7 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2021.10.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2021.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 a6 4. c5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 ({RR} 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Rd8 11. O-O Nf6 12. a3 e5 13. b4 Bf5 14. Qb3 exd4 15. exd4 Be4 16. Rad1 Qe6 17. Ng5 Qf5 18. Ngxe4 dxe4 19. d5 Ne5 20. h3 Nf3+ 21. Kh1 Qf4 {Ohanyan,E (2516)-Svane,R (2624) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (69)}) ({RR} 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. e3 Nf6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Rd8 12. Rc1 e5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qxe5 15. Qd4 Qe7 16. Bd3 c6 17. b4 g6 18. Rfe1 Be6 19. Qh4 Re8 20. Ne2 Nh5 21. Qxe7 Rxe7 {Kuzubov,Y (2643)-Vallejo Pons,F (2710) Linares 2020 1-0 (51)}) 7... Nf6 $146 ({RR} 7... g6 8. e3 Bg7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O f5 11. Rb1 Nf6 12. b4 Ne4 13. a4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Qc2 Be6 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Bc3 Qf6 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. c6 b6 21. a5 b5 22. Qc5 {Csonka,B (2469)-Svane,R (2641) chess.com INT 2023 ½-½ (46)}) 8. h3 Ne4 9. Bf4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 b6 11. cxb6 cxb6 12. e3 Bd6 13. Bd3 Bxf4 14. exf4 Qc7 15. g3 Bd7 16. O-O Ne7 17. Re1 g6 18. Rc1 Bb5 19. Bb1 Rc8 20. h4 Qd6 21. h5 Nf5 22. a4 Bd7 23. Ne5 Kf8 24. Qd3 Be8 25. Qxa6 Ne7 26. a5 Rb8 27. h6 f6 28. Nd3 Bc6 29. Re2 Qd7 30. axb6 Bb5 31. Qa7 Qxa7 32. bxa7 Ra8 33. Rxe6 Kf7 34. Rce1 Rxa7 35. Rb6 Bxd3 36. Bxd3 Rc8 37. Ree6 f5 38. Rf6+ Kg8 39. Ba6 Rf8 40. c4 Rxf6 41. Rxf6 Rc7 42. c5 Rc6 43. Rd6 Kf7 44. Bb7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.08.11"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2023.07.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 ({RR} 8... Qxd7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nb3 Bd6 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Bc3 Ne4 14. Rc1 Rac8 15. a3 Rfd8 16. Bd4 Qe7 17. Qe2 Bb8 18. Rc2 Nd6 19. Bc5 Qe4 20. Bxd6 Rxd6 21. Nbd4 Rcd8 22. Rfc1 Ne7 23. Nd2 {Jakovljevic,V (2314)-Swayham,P (2193) Budapest HUN 2026 ½-½ (90)}) 9. b3 ({RR} 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. O-O Be7 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Nfe4 13. Bd4 Bf6 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Rxc8 Qxc8 17. Bxa7 Qc6 18. Bd4 Rc8 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Nd4 Qc3 21. Qe2 g6 22. Rd1 Kg7 23. f3 h5 {Nakamura,H (2794)-Drygalov,S (2558) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (49)}) 9... Be7 $146 ({RR} 9... Bd6 10. Bb2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nb1 Nce4 14. Nc3 Rc8 15. Qd3 Bc5 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qxd8 Rexd8 18. Ng5 Re8 19. Rac1 h6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Nh3 Bd6 22. Rfd1 Be5 23. Kf1 Kf8 24. g3 {Hebden,M (2515)-Crut,A (2344) France 2003 1-0 (52)}) 10. Bb2 Rc8 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. O-O O-O 13. Qe2 Nfe4 14. Rfd1 Bf6 15. Nd4 Qd7 16. Rac1 Rfe8 17. N2f3 h6 18. h3 a6 19. Qe1 Rc7 20. Rc2 Rec8 21. Qa5 Ne6 22. Rxc7 Rxc7 23. Qb6 Qc8 24. Nxe6 Rc6 25. Qb4 fxe6 26. Bxf6 Nxf6 27. Nd4 Rc1 28. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 29. Kh2 Qc7+ 30. f4 Kf7 31. a4 e5 32. Nf3 a5 33. Qd2 exf4 34. exf4 Qc5 35. Qe2 Qc7 36. Ne5+ Kg8 37. Qd3 Qc8 38. Qg6 Qe6 39. Qc2 Nh5 40. Qd2 b6 41. Qd4 Nf6 42. Qd3 Nh5 43. Qd4 Nf6 44. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Swiss 2023"]
[Site "Douglas IOM"]
[Date "2023.10.28"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Tabatabaei, M."]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2023.10.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. a3 Ne4 10. Nfd2 f5 11. b4 Be7 12. Bb2 Bf6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nb3 O-O 15. e3 Be6 16. N1d2 Ne5 $146 ({RR} 16... Rac8 17. Nf3 Rfd8 18. Nbd4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Qxd4 20. Nxd4 Kf7 21. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. Kf1 Bd7 25. Ke1 Ke7 26. Bf1 g6 27. Bd3 Nd6 28. Kd2 Ne4+ 29. Ke1 Nd6 30. f3 a6 31. Kd2 {Carlsson,L (2368)-Haug,H (2322) Kragero NOR 2024 ½-½ (45)}) ({RR} 16... Rac8 17. Nf3 Bf7 18. Nbd4 Ne7 19. Rc1 Rc4 20. Nd2 Rxc1 21. Qxc1 Rc8 22. Qb2 Nd6 23. Rc1 g5 24. Rxc8+ Nexc8 25. Qc3 f4 26. gxf4 gxf4 27. Ne2 Qxc3 28. Nxc3 Nb6 29. a4 fxe3 30. fxe3 Nbc4 31. Nxc4 {Wecker,M (2097)-Lymar,V (2263) Schwaebisch Gmuend GER 2026 ½-½ (32)}) 17. Nf3 Nc4 18. Qd4 Qe7 19. Rfc1 Bf7 20. h4 a6 21. Ne1 Rad8 22. Nd3 h6 23. a4 b6 24. a5 b5 25. Rc2 Rd6 26. Bf3 Qe8 27. Re1 Bh5 28. Bg2 g5 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. f4 Qg6 31. Ne5 Qg7 32. Nxc4 dxc4 33. Qxg7+ Kxg7 34. Nd4 Nxg3 35. fxg5 f4 36. Kf2 Bg6 37. Rc3 Nh5 38. Nf3 Ng3 39. Nd4 Ne4+ 40. Bxe4 Bxe4 41. Nf3 Bxf3 42. Kxf3 fxe3+ 43. Kg4 Rd4+ 44. Kh3 Re8 0-1

[Event "Chessable Masters Div 2 L"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.04"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Giri, A."]
[Black "Mamedov, Rau"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2024.02.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 f6 ({RR} 5... Qb6 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qxb2 8. Ndb5 Bb4 9. Bd2 Bxc3 10. Nxc3 Nf6 11. Rb1 Qa3 12. Nb5 Qe7 13. Bb4 Qd7 14. Nd6+ Kd8 15. e3 Nc6 16. Bb5 Ne8 17. Qxd5 Nxb4 18. Qg5+ Qe7 19. Nxf7+ Kc7 20. Qxe7+ {Lai,D (2131)-Pribelszky,B (2375) chess.com INT 2026 1-0}) 6. Bd2 Nc6 7. e3 Bg4 ({RR} 7... f5 8. Bb5 Nf6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Nc3 Bd6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Rc1 Bd6 13. Qb3 Ne7 14. Bxd7+ Qxd7 15. Nb5 Bb8 16. Bc3 O-O 17. Rfd1 Ne4 18. Be5 a6 19. Nc7 Bxc7 20. Rxc7 Qe6 21. Qxb7 Rae8 22. Qb3 {Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2591)-Mamedov,R (2651) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (32)}) 8. Be2 $146 ({RR} 8. Bc3 Rb8 9. a4 c4 10. Be2 f5 11. b3 cxb3 12. Qxb3 Nf6 13. h3 Bh5 14. O-O Bd6 15. Nbd2 O-O 16. Bd3 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Bxf3 18. Qb4 Nxb4 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 {0-1 (19) Federer,C (1638)-Jelicic,H Tornelo INT 2020}) 8... Bd6 9. Nc3 Nge7 10. Nb5 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 cxd4 12. exd4 Bb8 13. O-O O-O 14. Be3 Qd7 15. Rc1 a6 16. Nc3 Ba7 17. Na4 Nf5 18. Nc5 Qf7 19. Qd3 Nh4 20. Bd1 f5 21. Bf4 Ng6 22. Bd2 Rfe8 23. Bb3 Kh8 24. Rfe1 f4 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Ba4 Rf8 27. Bxc6 bxc6 28. Nxa6 Qb7 29. Nb4 f3 30. g3 Rf6 31. a3 Qd7 32. Bg5 Rf8 33. Nxc6 Bb6 34. b4 h6 35. Bd2 Rf6 36. b5 Bc7 37. Re1 h5 38. Bg5 Rf5 39. Ne7 Rxg5 40. Nxg6+ Kg8 41. Ne7+ Kh8 42. Qxf3 Kh7 43. h4 Rg4 44. Qf7 Kh6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 30th Jan Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Svane, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2024.01.30"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. e4 c5 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. Nxd4 a6 9. Bxc4 Bc5 ({RR} 9... Bb4 10. f3 Bd7 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. Nb3 Ne5 13. Be2 Bb5 14. a3 Bxe2 15. Kxe2 Be7 16. Na4 b5 17. Nb6 Rd8 18. Nc8 Bf8 19. Na5 h6 20. Be3 Nd3 21. Rc7 Nxb2 22. Nb6 Bd6 23. Ra7 Na4 24. Nc6 {Andreikin,D (2710)-Ter Sahakyan,S (2613) chess.com INT 2026 1-0}) 10. Nb3 Bb4 $146 ({RR} 10... Ba7 11. f3 Nbd7 12. Be2 O-O 13. Bh4 Ne5 14. Bf2 Bxf2+ 15. Kxf2 Bd7 16. f4 Ng6 17. e5 Nd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. g3 Ne7 20. Rac1 Rfc8 21. Nd4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. b4 Kf8 25. a4 {Yermolinsky,A (2388)-Sahin,T (2113) Mersin TUR 2025 1-0 (47)}) 11. f3 Nc6 12. Rc1 Bd7 13. a3 Na5 14. Nxa5 Bxa5 15. Kf2 Bc6 16. Rhd1 O-O 17. Be3 Rfd8 18. b4 Bc7 19. a4 Be5 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. b5 axb5 22. axb5 Be8 23. Be2 Rc8 24. Na4 Rxc1 25. Bxc1 Bd6 26. Be3 Bd7 27. h4 Kf8 28. Nc5 Bc8 29. g4 Nd7 30. Na4 f6 31. f4 Ke7 32. g5 Nf8 33. Nb6 Bd7 34. h5 fxg5 35. fxg5 Be8 36. Nc8+ Kd7 37. Nxd6 Kxd6 38. Bc1 Nd7 39. Ke3 e5 40. Ba3+ Nc5 41. h6 gxh6 42. gxh6 Bg6 43. Bg4 b6 44. Bf5 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Swiss 2023"]
[Site "Douglas IOM"]
[Date "2023.10.28"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Tabatabaei, M."]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2023.10.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. a3 Ne4 10. Nfd2 f5 11. b4 Be7 12. Bb2 Bf6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nb3 O-O 15. e3 Be6 16. N1d2 Ne5 $146 ({RR} 16... Rac8 17. Nf3 Rfd8 18. Nbd4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Qxd4 20. Nxd4 Kf7 21. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. Kf1 Bd7 25. Ke1 Ke7 26. Bf1 g6 27. Bd3 Nd6 28. Kd2 Ne4+ 29. Ke1 Nd6 30. f3 a6 31. Kd2 {Carlsson,L (2368)-Haug,H (2322) Kragero NOR 2024 ½-½ (45)}) ({RR} 16... Rac8 17. Nf3 Bf7 18. Nbd4 Ne7 19. Rc1 Rc4 20. Nd2 Rxc1 21. Qxc1 Rc8 22. Qb2 Nd6 23. Rc1 g5 24. Rxc8+ Nexc8 25. Qc3 f4 26. gxf4 gxf4 27. Ne2 Qxc3 28. Nxc3 Nb6 29. a4 fxe3 30. fxe3 Nbc4 31. Nxc4 {Wecker,M (2097)-Lymar,V (2263) Schwaebisch Gmuend GER 2026 ½-½ (32)}) 17. Nf3 Nc4 18. Qd4 Qe7 19. Rfc1 Bf7 20. h4 a6 21. Ne1 Rad8 22. Nd3 h6 23. a4 b6 24. a5 b5 25. Rc2 Rd6 26. Bf3 Qe8 27. Re1 Bh5 28. Bg2 g5 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. f4 Qg6 31. Ne5 Qg7 32. Nxc4 dxc4 33. Qxg7+ Kxg7 34. Nd4 Nxg3 35. fxg5 f4 36. Kf2 Bg6 37. Rc3 Nh5 38. Nf3 Ng3 39. Nd4 Ne4+ 40. Bxe4 Bxe4 41. Nf3 Bxf3 42. Kxf3 fxe3+ 43. Kg4 Rd4+ 44. Kh3 Re8 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 12th Dec Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.12.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Bluebaum, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2023.12.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. Rc1 Qg6 10. Qc2 Qxc2 11. Rxc2 Rd8 12. a3 Bf8 13. Be2 ({RR} 13. Nb5 Rd7 14. Bd3 a6 15. Nc3 Ne7 16. Ke2 Rd8 17. b4 Bd7 18. Rb1 Be8 19. cxd5 exd5 20. a4 Nc6 21. Na2 Bd6 22. b5 axb5 23. Bxb5 Bd7 24. Ne1 Bf5 25. Bd3 Bg4+ 26. Kf1 Bc8 27. Bb5 Nb8 {Kramnik,V (2783)-Aronian,L (2777) Zuerich 2015 1-0 (69)}) 13... dxc4 14. Bxc4 Ne7 ({RR} 14... Bd7 15. O-O Ne7 16. Rfc1 Rac8 17. Ne4 Bc6 18. Nc5 Rb8 19. Be2 Be8 20. Ne5 Nf5 21. Bf3 Nd6 22. Ncd3 f6 23. Nc4 Bb5 24. Nxd6 Bxd3 25. Rc3 cxd6 26. Rxd3 d5 27. Rb3 Bd6 28. h4 f5 29. h5 {Martirosyan,H (2625)-Bluebaum,M (2680) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (72)}) 15. O-O b6 $146 ({RR} 15... Bd7 16. Bb5 c6 17. Be2 Rac8 18. Ne4 b6 19. Nd6 Ra8 20. Ne5 f6 21. Nxd7 Rxd7 22. Ne4 Rc7 23. Rfc1 a5 24. Bc4 Nd5 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Nc3 Rb7 27. Na4 c5 28. dxc5 bxc5 29. Nxc5 Bxc5 30. Rxc5 {Ashraf,A (2391)-Bluebaum,M (2647) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (56)}) 16. Bd3 Bb7 17. Be4 c6 18. Ne5 Rab8 19. Rfc1 c5 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Bxb7 Rxb7 22. Nc4 Nd5 23. Kf1 Nxc3 24. Rxc3 Be7 25. Ke2 Bf6 26. R3c2 Rdb8 27. Kf3 Bxb2 28. Nxb2 Rxb2 29. Rxb2 Rxb2 30. Rxc5 Rb7 31. Ra5 g5 32. h4 gxh4 33. Ra4 Kg7 34. Rxh4 a5 35. Rc4 Rb3 36. a4 Ra3 37. g4 Ra2 38. Kg3 Kg6 39. f4 Ra3 40. Kf3 Ra2 41. Ke4 Rg2 42. Kf3 Ra2 43. Ke4 Rg2 44. Kf3 Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asian Continental op 17th"]
[Site "Makati"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.12.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 c6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nbd2 c5 13. dxc5 Rc8 14. Nb3 Bd5 15. Rfd1 $146 ({RR} 15. Nfd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Be7 17. Rfd1 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Rxc5 19. Qb3 Qd5+ 20. Qxd5 Rxd5 21. Nf3 Rfd8 22. Rxd5 Rxd5 23. e3 g6 24. Rc1 Rc5 25. Rxc5 Bxc5 26. Kf1 f6 27. Ke2 Kf7 28. h3 e5 29. Nd2 Ke6 {Huang Qian (2426)-Li Ruofan (2304) Liaocheng CHN 2023 ½-½ (50)}) ({RR} 15. Ne1 Bxb3 16. Qxb3 Nxc5 17. Qxb5 Qb6 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Rc1 Bxb2 20. Rb1 Na4 21. Nd3 Bf6 22. Rb4 Nc3 23. Bf3 b5 24. Rc1 Nxa2 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rxb5 g6 27. Rc5 Rxc5 28. Nxc5 Nc3 29. e3 Kg7 {Esipenko,A (2654)-Wang,H (2758) Caleta 2020 ½-½}) 15... a5 16. e4 Bxb3 17. Qxb3 Rxc5 18. a4 b4 19. e5 Be7 20. Nd4 Qb6 21. f4 Rcc8 22. Kh1 Rfd8 23. Nb5 Nc5 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Qc2 g6 26. Qe2 Nb3 27. Rd1 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Qf2 29. Qb1 Qd2 30. h4 Nc5 31. Kh2 Nd3 32. b3 Nxf4 33. Qe4 Nxg2 34. Qxg2 Qe3 35. Nd6 Qxe5 36. Nc4 Qf5 37. Qa8+ Kg7 38. Nxa5 Bd6 39. Nc4 Qc2+ 40. Qg2 Bxg3+ 41. Kh3 Qxb3 42. Nd2 Qd3 43. Qxg3 Qxd2 44. a5 Qc3 0-1

[Event "Abu Dhabi Online Final"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.21"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2024.08.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. e4 dxe4 7. Ng5 Be7 8. Bc4 Nh6 9. Ngxe4 Nf5 10. d5 b5 11. Bb3 O-O 12. O-O Bb7 ({RR} 12... b4 13. Na4 Ra7 14. Bf4 cxd5 15. Qxd5 Qxd5 16. Bxd5 Bb7 17. Rfd1 Nc6 18. Ng3 Ncd4 19. Nxf5 Nxf5 20. g4 g5 21. Bxg5 Bxg5 22. gxf5 Rc8 23. Bxb7 Rxb7 24. Rd3 Kg7 25. Rad1 Bf4 26. Rd4 Be5 27. Rd5 {Zhemailov,A (2138)-Barayev,A (2198) Israel ISR 2026 ½-½ (40)}) 13. Bf4 b4 $146 ({RR} 13... Nd7 14. Qg4 Nd4 15. Bh6 Bf6 16. Rad1 Nxb3 17. axb3 Ne5 18. Qf5 Nd7 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Qxd7 Bc8 21. Qxc6 Qxh6 22. d6 Be6 23. Nd5 Rad8 24. Rd3 Kh8 25. Ne3 Rc8 26. Qxa6 Rfd8 27. Rfd1 Qf4 28. d7 {Ter Sahakyan,S (2640)-Dragnev,V (2571) chess.com INT 2024 1-0}) 14. d6 bxc3 15. dxe7 Qxe7 16. Nd6 cxb2 17. Rb1 Bc8 18. Re1 Qh4 19. g3 Qd8 20. Rxb2 Nxd6 21. Bxd6 Bg4 22. Qd4 Be6 23. Rxe6 fxe6 24. Bxe6+ Kh8 25. Rb7 Rf6 26. Qe5 Qe8 27. Bb3 Qd8 28. Bxb8 h6 29. Ba7 Qd2 30. Qe7 Rg8 31. Bxg8 Qd1+ 32. Kg2 Qf3+ 33. Kg1 Qd1+ 34. Kg2 Qf3+ 35. Kf1 Qd1+ 36. Qe1 Qf3 37. Kg1 Kxg8 38. Bd4 Rg6 39. h4 Rg4 40. Be3 Rc4 41. Rd7 c5 42. Qd1 Qe4 43. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "Stepan Avagyan Mem 2026"]
[Site "Jermuk ARM"]
[Date "2026.05.30"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Gumularz, Szymon"]
[Black "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2026.05.29"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 Nf6 7. g3 ({RR} 7. e3 O-O 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bb5 c5 12. O-O Bb7 13. Qf5 Qe7 14. Nb1 Rfd8 15. Nc3 Nf8 16. Na4 Rab8 17. Ne5 Ne4 18. Nc6 Bxc6 19. Bxc6 Qd6 20. Bb5 Ne6 21. f3 Nf6 {Epishin,V (2657)-Ibragimov,I (2554) Koszalin 1999 ½-½ (47)}) 7... O-O 8. Bg2 b6 ({RR} 8... c6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rc1 Qe7 11. Qc2 Rd8 12. Rfe1 h6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 a4 17. Rcd1 Qc7 18. Ne5 Bd7 19. h4 Be8 20. g4 Qb6 21. c5 Qb3 22. g5 hxg5 23. hxg5 {Shubhi Gupta (2426)-Dandeniya,D (1991) chess.com INT 2026 1-0}) 9. O-O c5 $146 ({RR} 9... Bb7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Ndf3 c5 13. Rc1 Qe7 14. e3 h6 15. Qa4 c4 16. Rfe1 Qe8 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Qxd7 Nxd7 19. Nd2 b5 20. a4 Rab8 21. axb5 Ba8 22. e4 Rxb5 23. exd5 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 {Vasenina,A (2053)-Tokhirjonova,G (2126) Al Ain 2013 1-0 (51)}) 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Nbd7 12. Nb1 Bb7 13. Nc3 Qe7 14. Qc2 Bc6 15. Rfd1 g6 16. e3 Rfc8 17. Ne1 Qf8 18. Qb1 c4 19. a4 Qb4 20. Nc2 Qb3 21. Na1 Qb4 22. Qa2 Nb8 23. Nc2 Qf8 24. b3 Na6 25. bxc4 dxc4 26. e4 Nb4 27. Qa3 Re8 28. e5 Nfd5 29. Nxd5 Nxd5 30. Qxf8+ Kxf8 31. Na3 Rad8 32. Bxd5 Rxd5 33. Rxc4 Bb7 34. f4 Red8 35. Rc7 Ba6 36. Ra7 Be2 37. Rd2 Bg4 38. Nb5 Rc8 39. Nd6 Rc1+ 40. Kf2 Be6 41. g4 f6 42. Rxh7 Ra1 43. f5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 19th Mar Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.03.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Duda, J."]
[Black "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2024.03.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Qc2 O-O 7. Bg2 c5 8. cxd5 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qb6 10. Nf3 exd5 11. O-O Bxd2 ({RR} 11... Nc6 12. Nc3 d4 13. Na4 Qb5 14. Qd3 Qxd3 15. exd3 Bf5 16. Bxb4 Nxb4 17. a3 Nxd3 18. Nxd4 Bd7 19. b3 Bxa4 20. bxa4 Rad8 21. Nf5 g6 22. Ne3 Nc5 23. Rab1 Nxa4 24. Rxb7 Nc3 25. Ra7 a4 26. Bc6 {Svane,R (2616)-Sargsyan,S (2640) Teplice CZE 2023 ½-½}) 12. Nbxd2 Nc6 13. Rac1 ({RR} 13. Rfc1 a4 14. a3 h6 15. e3 Bg4 16. Qc5 Qa5 17. Qxa5 Rxa5 18. Bf1 Rd8 19. h3 Bd7 20. b4 axb3 21. Nxb3 Ra7 22. Nfd4 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Rda8 24. Rab1 Rxa3 25. Rxb7 Ra1 26. Rbb1 Rxb1 27. Rxb1 Kf8 {Laurent-Paoli,P (2520)-Harikrishna,P (2676) Chartres FRA 2026 ½-½ (35)}) 13... a4 $146 ({RR} 13... Bg4 14. h3 Be6 15. a3 Rac8 16. Qd3 Rfe8 17. e3 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Qxe4 Bxh3 20. Qb1 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qb5 22. Rfd1 g6 23. Rc3 Rcd8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Qc2 Ne5 26. Qb3 Qxb3 27. Rxb3 Nxf3 28. Kxf3 {Tabatabaei,M (2657)-Saric,I (2668) Munich GER 2023 ½-½ (47)}) 14. e3 Bg4 15. Rfe1 Bh5 16. Nh4 Rfd8 17. h3 Nb4 18. Qb1 Qa6 19. g4 Bg6 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. a3 Nc6 22. Red1 d4 23. Nc4 dxe3 24. Nxe3 Nd4 25. Rc4 Ne6 26. Rb4 Nc5 27. Qc2 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Re8 29. Qd4 Qa5 30. Nc4 Qc7 31. Qd6 Re1+ 32. Kh2 Qxd6+ 33. Nxd6 Re2 34. Kg3 g5 35. Bf3 Rd2 36. Nxb7 Ne6 37. Na5 Rd3 38. Nc6 Kh7 39. Ne5 Rd2 40. Nxf7 Nf4 41. Nxg5+ Kg6 42. Kxf4 Rxf2 43. Rb5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 14th Feb Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.02.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Dardha, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2023.02.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. b3 c5 6. Bb2 cxd4 7. exd4 Nc6 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Rc1 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Rfd1 Bf8 14. a3 ({RR} 14. Ne5 dxc4 15. Ndxc4 Nb4 16. Bb1 b5 17. Ne3 Nbd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. f3 Rac8 20. Qf2 g6 21. Be4 Nxe4 22. fxe4 Qxe4 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Qxf7+ Kh8 25. d5 Bg7 26. Qxb7 Rf8 27. Qe7 Qc2 28. Nxg6+ Qxg6 {Andreikin,D (2729)-Rustemov,A (2525) chess.com INT 2024 1-0}) 14... g6 15. Ne5 $146 ({RR} 15. b4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 b5 17. Bd3 Ne7 18. Nb3 Ned5 19. g3 Nb6 20. Nc5 Bd5 21. Ne5 Ra7 22. Rc2 Qa8 23. Rdc1 Nbd7 24. Ncxd7 Nxd7 25. h4 Bh6 26. f4 Nxe5 27. dxe5 Rd7 28. Rc7 Rxc7 29. Rxc7 Rc8 {Anton Guijarro,D (2546)-Arizmendi Martinez,J (2560) San Agustin 2012 ½-½ (32)}) 15... dxc4 16. Ndxc4 Rc8 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. a4 Nd5 19. Be4 Rc8 20. g3 Rc7 21. Ne5 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Re7 23. Ba3 Rc7 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26. Qd2 Kg7 27. Ng4 Qe7 28. h4 h5 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Ne5 Qf6 31. Nd7 Qe7 32. Ne5 Qf6 33. Qc1 Qe7 34. Qd2 Kg7 35. Nc4 b5 36. Ne5 bxa4 37. bxa4 Nf6 38. Bxb7 Qxb7 39. Qc2 Nd5 40. Kh2 Qc7 41. Qe2 Qb7 42. Qf3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 11th Nov 2025"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.11.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Bacrot, E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2025.11.11"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Bd6 ({RR} 5... Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. O-O dxc4 8. Qc2 b5 9. Ne5 Nd5 10. b3 cxb3 11. axb3 Bb7 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Qb2 Bd6 14. Nd3 f5 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nd7 18. e3 Qe7 19. Ra2 g5 20. f3 {Pranav,A (2479)-Tran,T (2533) Hanoi 2022 1-0 (32)}) ({RR} 5... Bb4+ 6. Nc3 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. a3 Bd6 9. Nd2 O-O 10. e4 dxe4 11. Ndxe4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Be7 13. f4 Nf6 14. Nc3 Bd7 15. Be3 b5 16. Qe2 bxc4 17. Qxc4 Nd5 18. Bf2 Qb6 19. Rab1 a5 20. Rfc1 {Lai,D (2131)-Haydon,D (2303) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (62)}) 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 h6 $146 ({RR} 7... c6 8. b3 Nbd7 9. Bb2 b6 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. Rfe1 Rfe8 13. e4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Rxe4 h6 16. Re2 Rad8 17. a3 c5 18. Red2 Bf8 19. d5 exd5 20. cxd5 Qb8 21. Nh4 Bd6 22. f4 {Pukl,D (1965)-Rajkovic,R (2008) Slovenia 2019 ½-½ (60)}) 8. Ne5 c6 9. Bf4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 Bxf4 11. gxf4 Nd5 12. e3 Nd7 13. Rc1 N7b6 14. Ne5 Bd7 15. Ne4 Be8 16. Nc5 Qe7 17. Kh1 f6 18. Ned3 Rb8 19. Rg1 Nd7 20. Qg4 Nxc5 21. Nxc5 f5 22. Qg3 Nf6 23. Bf3 Kh7 24. Nxe6 Rg8 25. Nc5 Bf7 26. a3 g6 27. Qh4 Rbe8 28. Nd3 Rg7 29. Ne5 Reg8 30. Rg3 Bd5 31. Bxd5 cxd5 32. Rcg1 Nh5 33. Rh3 Qxh4 34. Rxh4 Nf6 35. Rc1 Ne4 36. Kg2 g5 37. fxg5 Rxg5+ 38. Kf3 R8g7 39. Nd3 Nd2+ 40. Ke2 Nc4 41. Nf4 Rd7 42. Nxd5 1-0

[Event "TCh-HUN 2024-25"]
[Site "Hungary HUN"]
[Date "2025.05.09"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Yuffa, D."]
[Black "Berkes, F."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2024.11.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[WhiteTeam "Tuxera ANSK"]
[BlackTeam "ASE Paks"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 a6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. g3 b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Rc1 c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Bg2 O-O 12. O-O Bf5 13. Nh4 Bg4 14. Re1 Nbd7 15. h3 Be6 $146 ({RR} 15... Bh5 16. g4 Bg6 17. e4 Nxe4 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Rad8 21. Bxg6 Ne5 22. Qe2 fxg6 23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. Rxe5 Rd2 25. Rf1 Rxb2 26. Rxc5 Rxa2 27. Kg2 a5 28. Kg3 a4 29. f3 a3 30. Re1 {Xiong,J (2681)-Hnydiuk,A (2350) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (35)}) ({RR} 15... Bh5 16. g4 Bg6 17. e4 Nxe4 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Rad8 21. Bxg6 Ne5 22. Qe2 fxg6 23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. Rxe5 Rd2 25. Rf1 Rxb2 26. Rxc5 Rxa2 27. Kg2 a5 28. Kg3 a4 29. f3 a3 30. Re1 {Xiong,J (2681)-Hnydiuk,A (2350) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (35)}) 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Rab8 19. b3 Qf6 20. Ng2 Rb4 21. Nf4 Rd4 22. Qe2 a5 23. Bg2 h6 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Rc3 a4 26. Rf3 Qe7 27. Re3 e5 28. bxa4 Rxa4 29. Qc2 Rd4 30. a4 c4 31. a5 Qb4 32. Qc3 Qxc3 33. Rxc3 Rd2 34. a6 Nb6 35. Rb1 Rfxf2 36. Bf1 Rb2 37. Ra1 Kh7 38. a7 e4 39. a8=Q Nxa8 40. Rxa8 Rf3 41. Rxf3 exf3 42. Ra3 1-0

[Event "Prague Masters 4th"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2022.06.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2022.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd5 7. a3 ({RR} 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3 Nb4 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Nc3 e5 12. Nc2 Bxb5 13. Nxb5 Nd3+ 14. Kf1 Nc6 15. Nc3 f5 16. g3 f4 17. exf4 exf4 18. Ne4 Rc8 19. Bxf4 Nxf4 20. gxf4 Rxf4 21. Rd1 Qb6 {Montano Vicente,G (2056)-Clawitter,C (2050) chess.com INT 2025 0-1}) 7... Be7 ({RR} 7... Nf6 8. e4 e5 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Nc6 14. Bb5 Qe7 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. O-O Nh5 17. Rfc1 Rb8 18. Nd1 Bb7 19. Ne3 Ng7 20. b4 Rbc8 21. Nd2 f6 22. Ndc4 {Gledura,B (2633)-Santos Ruiz,M (2594) Tornelo INT 2021 1-0 (106)}) 8. e4 Nf6 9. Nf3 $146 ({RR} 9. Nb5 Nc6 10. Be3 a6 11. N5c3 Ng4 12. Bf4 Bc5 13. Nd1 Ba7 14. f3 Nge5 15. Nd2 O-O 16. Nc4 Nd4 17. Qc3 Nec6 18. Nf2 b5 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 f6 21. Bc7 Qd7 22. Rd1 Bb7 23. Ba5 Rac8 {Pinto,C (2116)-Perez Gormaz,M (2327) Praia da Pipa 2014 0-1 (35)}) 9... Bd7 10. Nc3 Bc6 11. b4 a6 12. Bd3 Nbd7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Bb2 b5 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. Rac1 Bb7 17. a4 O-O 18. axb5 axb5 19. Qe2 Qb8 20. Bxb5 Nb6 21. Bd3 Bxb4 22. Nb5 Nbd7 23. Rb1 Bc5 24. h3 Rfd8 25. Bc3 Bb6 26. Bd4 Bxd4 27. Nbxd4 Nc5 28. e5 Nfe4 29. Nc6 Rxc6 30. Bxe4 Nxe4 31. Rxb7 Nc3 32. Rxd8+ Qxd8 33. Qd3 Rc8 34. Rd7 Qb6 35. Ng5 Qb1+ 36. Qxb1 Nxb1 37. Nxf7 Nd2 38. Rd8+ Rxd8 39. Nxd8 g5 40. Nxe6 h6 41. Nd4 Nc4 42. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Prague Masters 4th"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2022.06.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2022.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd5 7. a3 ({RR} 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3 Nb4 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Nc3 e5 12. Nc2 Bxb5 13. Nxb5 Nd3+ 14. Kf1 Nc6 15. Nc3 f5 16. g3 f4 17. exf4 exf4 18. Ne4 Rc8 19. Bxf4 Nxf4 20. gxf4 Rxf4 21. Rd1 Qb6 {Montano Vicente,G (2056)-Clawitter,C (2050) chess.com INT 2025 0-1}) 7... Be7 ({RR} 7... Nf6 8. e4 e5 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Nc6 14. Bb5 Qe7 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. O-O Nh5 17. Rfc1 Rb8 18. Nd1 Bb7 19. Ne3 Ng7 20. b4 Rbc8 21. Nd2 f6 22. Ndc4 {Gledura,B (2633)-Santos Ruiz,M (2594) Tornelo INT 2021 1-0 (106)}) 8. e4 Nf6 9. Nf3 $146 ({RR} 9. Nb5 Nc6 10. Be3 a6 11. N5c3 Ng4 12. Bf4 Bc5 13. Nd1 Ba7 14. f3 Nge5 15. Nd2 O-O 16. Nc4 Nd4 17. Qc3 Nec6 18. Nf2 b5 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 f6 21. Bc7 Qd7 22. Rd1 Bb7 23. Ba5 Rac8 {Pinto,C (2116)-Perez Gormaz,M (2327) Praia da Pipa 2014 0-1 (35)}) 9... Bd7 10. Nc3 Bc6 11. b4 a6 12. Bd3 Nbd7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Bb2 b5 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. Rac1 Bb7 17. a4 O-O 18. axb5 axb5 19. Qe2 Qb8 20. Bxb5 Nb6 21. Bd3 Bxb4 22. Nb5 Nbd7 23. Rb1 Bc5 24. h3 Rfd8 25. Bc3 Bb6 26. Bd4 Bxd4 27. Nbxd4 Nc5 28. e5 Nfe4 29. Nc6 Rxc6 30. Bxe4 Nxe4 31. Rxb7 Nc3 32. Rxd8+ Qxd8 33. Qd3 Rc8 34. Rd7 Qb6 35. Ng5 Qb1+ 36. Qxb1 Nxb1 37. Nxf7 Nd2 38. Rd8+ Rxd8 39. Nxd8 g5 40. Nxe6 h6 41. Nd4 Nc4 42. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2425"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2025.02.02"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2024.09.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2025 Update 14"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2025.02.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.02.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muelheim Nord"]
[BlackTeam "Dresden TU"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 c5 7. dxc5 ({RR} 7. Bb2 cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. a3 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Na5 11. Qc2 dxc4 12. bxc4 Bd7 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. Qe2 b5 15. c5 Nc4 16. O-O Bc6 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Ne5 Ba8 19. Nxc4 O-O 20. Nd6 Rb8 21. Bc1 Nd5 {Caruana,F (2788)-Fedoseev,V (2700) Warsaw POL 2026 ½-½ (78)}) 7... e5 $146 ({RR} 7... O-O 8. Bd3 e5 9. Be2 Bc3 10. Rb1 Bf5 11. O-O Bxd2 12. Bxd2 Bxb1 13. Qxb1 Nc6 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. b4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 a6 17. a4 Rad8 18. b5 Nb8 19. Rc1 Kh8 20. Ba5 Rc8 21. Bb4 Rfd8 22. c6 {Goczo,M (2204)-Varga,M (2139) Szeged 2011 1-0 (39)}) 8. Bb2 Bg4 9. a3 Bxc5 10. b4 Be7 11. Bxe5 O-O 12. Be2 a5 13. b5 Nbd7 14. Bd4 a4 15. O-O Nc5 16. Ne5 Bf5 17. Bf3 Ne6 18. Bb2 Ng5 19. Be2 Re8 20. Rc1 Bd6 21. Ndf3 Nxf3+ 22. Nxf3 Qe7 23. c5 Bxc5 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Qxd5 Bxa3 26. Qxf5 Bxc1 27. Rxc1 Qe6 28. Qh5 a3 29. Bd3 a2 30. Nd4 Qc8 31. Qxh7+ Kf8 32. Rxc8 Rexc8 33. Bf1 Ke7 34. Qe4+ Kf8 35. Nf5 a1=Q 36. Qb4+ Kg8 37. Qg4+ Kf8 38. Qg7+ Ke8 39. Qg8+ Kd7 40. Qxf7+ Kd8 41. Qe7# 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 16th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.03.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 6. e3 Nf6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Bd3 ({RR} 8. Rc1 b6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qe2 c5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nb3 cxd4 14. Nfxd4 Rac8 15. Ba6 N7f6 16. h3 Ne4 17. a3 Nc5 18. Nxc5 Rxc5 19. Rxc5 bxc5 20. Nf3 Bxa6 21. Qxa6 Rb8 22. Rc1 Rxb2 {Kuzubov,Y (2635)-Polivanov,A (2426) Lutsk 2016 0-1 (54)}) 8... Nbd7 9. Qc2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 $146 ({RR} 10. Nxc4 c5 11. O-O cxd4 12. Nxd4 e5 13. Nf5 Qe6 14. Ncd6 Nb6 15. Qe2 Bd7 16. Rfd1 g6 17. Nh6+ Kg7 18. Bf5 gxf5 19. Ndxf5+ Kh8 20. Rd6 Qc4 21. Qxc4 Nxc4 22. Rxf6 Be6 23. b3 Nb6 24. Ng3 Nd5 {Druska,J (2035)-Sokol,L (2166) Slovakia 2009 ½-½ (61)}) ({RR} 10. Nxc4 c5 11. O-O b5 12. Nce5 c4 13. Be4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nxe5 15. Qxe5 a6 16. a4 f6 17. Qc5 Qxc5 18. dxc5 Bb7 19. axb5 Bxf3 20. gxf3 axb5 21. b4 cxb3 22. Rab1 Rfc8 23. Rfc1 Ra3 24. Kf1 Kf7 {Yu,Z (2220)-Fan,R (1701) Montreal 2014 ½-½ (48)}) 10... c5 11. e4 cxd4 12. e5 Nd5 13. O-O Nb4 14. Qe4 Nc5 15. Qg4 Nc6 16. a3 a5 17. Rfe1 Rd8 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 a4 20. Bd3 Ra5 21. Rae1 b6 22. h4 h6 23. Qg3 Ba6 24. Bxa6 Rxa6 25. Rg4 Qf8 26. Qf4 Kh8 27. Rc1 b5 28. Qe4 Rd5 29. Rd1 Qg8 30. Qf4 Ra8 31. Rc1 Ne7 32. Rc7 Nf5 33. Qc1 d3 34. Re4 Rad8 35. Qd2 Rc8 36. Rc3 Qd8 37. h5 Kg8 38. g4 Rxc3 39. bxc3 Nh4 40. Nh2 Qg5 41. f4 Qxg4+ 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2024-25"]
[Site "Kirchweyhe GER"]
[Date "2025.02.02"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Navara, D."]
[Black "Bartel, Mat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2024.10.05"]
[EventType "team"]
[WhiteTeam "SV Muelheim Nord"]
[BlackTeam "USV TU Dresden"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 c5 7. dxc5 ({RR} 7. Bb2 cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. a3 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Na5 11. Qc2 dxc4 12. bxc4 Bd7 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. Qe2 b5 15. c5 Nc4 16. O-O Bc6 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Ne5 Ba8 19. Nxc4 O-O 20. Nd6 Rb8 21. Bc1 Nd5 {Caruana,F (2788)-Fedoseev,V (2700) Warsaw POL 2026 ½-½ (78)}) 7... e5 $146 ({RR} 7... O-O 8. Bd3 e5 9. Be2 Bc3 10. Rb1 Bf5 11. O-O Bxd2 12. Bxd2 Bxb1 13. Qxb1 Nc6 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. b4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 a6 17. a4 Rad8 18. b5 Nb8 19. Rc1 Kh8 20. Ba5 Rc8 21. Bb4 Rfd8 22. c6 {Goczo,M (2204)-Varga,M (2139) Szeged 2011 1-0 (39)}) 8. Bb2 Bg4 9. a3 Bxc5 10. b4 Be7 11. Bxe5 O-O 12. Be2 a5 13. b5 Nbd7 14. Bd4 a4 15. O-O Nc5 16. Ne5 Bf5 17. Bf3 Ne6 18. Bb2 Ng5 19. Be2 Re8 20. Rc1 Bd6 21. Ndf3 Nxf3+ 22. Nxf3 Qe7 23. c5 Bxc5 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Qxd5 Bxa3 26. Qxf5 Bxc1 27. Rxc1 Qe6 28. Qh5 a3 29. Bd3 a2 30. Nd4 Qc8 31. Qxh7+ Kf8 32. Rxc8 Rexc8 33. Bf1 Ke7 34. Qe4+ Kf8 35. Nf5 a1=Q 36. Qb4+ Kg8 37. Qg4+ Kf8 38. Qg7+ Ke8 39. Qg8+ Kd7 40. Qxf7+ Kd8 41. Qe7# 1-0

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 16 GpA 2023"]
[Site "Chartres FRA"]
[Date "2023.06.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Dardha, Daniel"]
[Black "Grigoryan, K2."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2023.06.01"]
[WhiteTeam "Cappelle la Grande"]
[BlackTeam "Lyon Olympique Echecs"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qc2 g6 8. e3 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. h4 O-O 12. O-O-O b5 ({RR} 12... Re8 13. Kb1 Ne4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. h5 Nxf2 16. Qc2 Nxd1 17. Qxd1 Qxe3 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. Ka1 Nf6 20. Qb3 Qe7 21. Ne5 Qg7 22. a3 Nd7 23. Ng4 h5 24. Nf2 Nb6 25. Qc2 Re6 26. g4 Rf8 27. gxh5 {Mangudi,A (1841)-Cumpe,L (2366) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (40)}) 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Ne5 b4 $146 ({RR} 14... Qc7 15. Qc2 Bd6 16. Nd3 a5 17. Kb1 Rfb8 18. Rc1 Ra6 19. f3 Qa7 20. h5 a4 21. Nd1 b4 22. Qf2 Qe7 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Qd2 Nd7 25. Re1 Nb6 26. Nc5 Ra5 27. Qxb4 Nc4 28. Qc3 Rxc5 {0-1 (28) Horvath,P (2452)-Fodor,I (2311) Hungary 2010}) 15. Na4 Ne4 16. Qc2 Rc8 17. f3 Ng3 18. Rh3 Nf5 19. f4 Qa5 20. Kb1 h5 21. g4 hxg4 22. Nxg4 c5 23. dxc5 Bxc5 24. Rxd5 Qa6 25. Qd1 Be7 26. e4 Rfd8 27. Rhd3 Rxd5 28. Rxd5 Ng3 29. Ne5 Nxe4 30. Qd3 Qxd3+ 31. Rxd3 Bxh4 32. Rd4 f5 33. Nxg6 Bf6 34. Rd7 Rc6 35. Rd5 Kf7 36. Ne5+ Bxe5 37. fxe5 Ke6 38. Rd8 f4 39. b3 f3 40. Rf8 f2 41. Kb2 Kxe5 0-1

[Event "7th Sharjah Masters 2024"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2024.05.18"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Nguyen, Thai Dai Van"]
[Black "Maurizzi, Marc'Andria"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2024.05.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 Ne4 10. Rd1 ({RR} 10. h4 Ndf6 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 Nh5 13. Be3 f5 14. Bf3 Qe8 15. Bg5 Nf6 16. e3 b6 17. Rac1 Ba6 18. a3 Ne4 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Be2 Bb7 21. b4 Rac8 22. c5 e5 23. dxe5 Qxe5 24. Nxe4 fxe4 {Meier,G (2648)-Carlsen,M (2843) Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden 2018 ½-½ (43)}) 10... f5 11. b3 $146 ({RR} 11. Ne1 g5 12. Bc1 Ndf6 13. Nd3 Nd6 14. b3 Nf7 15. Nc3 dxc4 16. bxc4 Qxd4 17. c5 Qc4 18. Rb1 Nd5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Rb4 Be6 21. Rxc4 dxc4 22. Nb2 Bxc5 23. Nca4 Be7 24. Be3 b5 25. Nc5 Bxc5 {Acosta,P (2465)-Arvind,C (2123) Chess.com INT 2020 1-0 (41)}) ({RR} 11. Ne1 Qe8 12. Nd3 g5 13. Bc1 Qg6 14. e3 Bd6 15. f3 Nef6 16. Nf2 g4 17. f4 h5 18. Nd3 h4 19. Ne5 Qh7 20. Nc3 Nh5 21. Qf2 hxg3 22. hxg3 Ndf6 23. Kf1 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Ne4 25. Nxe4 fxe4 {Kornienko,K (2402)-Shoboev,D (2257) Odintsovo RUS 2026 0-1 (69)}) 11... a5 12. Nc3 Bf6 13. Rac1 g5 14. Be3 Qe7 15. Ne1 Nd6 16. c5 Ne4 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Qd2 e5 19. f3 exd4 20. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 21. Qxd4 Nf6 22. fxe4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Qxe4 24. Qxe4 dxe4 25. Nc2 a4 26. b4 a3 27. Ne3 Be6 28. Rc2 Rfd8 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Kf2 Rd4 31. Rc3 Rxb4 32. Rxa3 Kf7 33. Ra7 Kf6 34. a4 Ke5 35. a5 Rb5 36. a6 bxa6 37. Rxa6 Rxc5 38. Ra7 h5 39. Rh7 h4 40. gxh4 gxh4 41. Rxh4 Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "AI Cup Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.25"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Gledura, B."]
[Black "Caruana, F."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2023.09.25"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. c5 Be7 6. b4 O-O ({RR} 6... b6 7. Bb2 a5 8. a3 O-O 9. Nbd2 axb4 10. axb4 Rxa1 11. Qxa1 bxc5 12. dxc5 c6 13. Bd3 Nbd7 14. O-O Bb7 15. e4 Qa8 16. e5 Ne8 17. Qxa8 Bxa8 18. Ra1 Nc7 19. Ra7 Rc8 20. Nb3 Bd8 21. Nbd4 {Nakamura,H (2807)-Klukin,K (2401) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (44)}) 7. a4 b6 8. Qc2 $146 ({RR} 8. Ba3 a5 9. b5 c6 10. cxb6 Bxa3 11. Nxa3 Qxb6 12. Rc1 cxb5 13. Bxb5 Na6 14. O-O Nb4 15. Ne5 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Nb5 Rac8 18. Qf3 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ Qxc8 21. g4 Qc1+ 22. Kg2 Nc2 {Zemlyanskii,I (2549)-Bluebaum,M (2647) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (51)}) 8... c6 9. Bd3 Qc7 10. Ba3 bxc5 11. bxc5 Ba6 12. O-O Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nbd7 14. Nbd2 e5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. Nf3 Qc7 18. Nd4 Ng4 19. Nf3 Bf6 20. Rab1 Rab8 21. Bb4 Ne5 22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. g3 h5 24. h4 Rfe8 25. Bd2 Qe4 26. Qxe4 dxe4 27. Rfc1 Rxb1 28. Rxb1 Rd8 29. Be1 Rd5 30. Kf1 Rxc5 31. Rb7 a5 32. Ra7 Rc1 33. Ke2 Ra1 34. Ra6 Ra2+ 35. Kd1 Rxa4 36. Rxc6 Ra1+ 37. Ke2 a4 38. Ba5 a3 39. Bd8 Bb2 40. Be7 a2 41. Ra6 Bc3 0-1

[Event "AI Cup Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.25"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Gledura, B."]
[Black "Caruana, F."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2023.09.25"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. c5 Be7 6. b4 O-O ({RR} 6... b6 7. Bb2 a5 8. a3 O-O 9. Nbd2 axb4 10. axb4 Rxa1 11. Qxa1 bxc5 12. dxc5 c6 13. Bd3 Nbd7 14. O-O Bb7 15. e4 Qa8 16. e5 Ne8 17. Qxa8 Bxa8 18. Ra1 Nc7 19. Ra7 Rc8 20. Nb3 Bd8 21. Nbd4 {Nakamura,H (2807)-Klukin,K (2401) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (44)}) 7. a4 b6 8. Qc2 $146 ({RR} 8. Ba3 a5 9. b5 c6 10. cxb6 Bxa3 11. Nxa3 Qxb6 12. Rc1 cxb5 13. Bxb5 Na6 14. O-O Nb4 15. Ne5 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Nb5 Rac8 18. Qf3 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ Qxc8 21. g4 Qc1+ 22. Kg2 Nc2 {Zemlyanskii,I (2549)-Bluebaum,M (2647) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (51)}) 8... c6 9. Bd3 Qc7 10. Ba3 bxc5 11. bxc5 Ba6 12. O-O Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nbd7 14. Nbd2 e5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. Nf3 Qc7 18. Nd4 Ng4 19. Nf3 Bf6 20. Rab1 Rab8 21. Bb4 Ne5 22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. g3 h5 24. h4 Rfe8 25. Bd2 Qe4 26. Qxe4 dxe4 27. Rfc1 Rxb1 28. Rxb1 Rd8 29. Be1 Rd5 30. Kf1 Rxc5 31. Rb7 a5 32. Ra7 Rc1 33. Ke2 Ra1 34. Ra6 Ra2+ 35. Kd1 Rxa4 36. Rxc6 Ra1+ 37. Ke2 a4 38. Ba5 a3 39. Bd8 Bb2 40. Be7 a2 41. Ra6 Bc3 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 c6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Qb6 12. Ne5 Rfd8 13. Be3 ({RR} 13. Bg5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Rxd1+ 15. Nxd1 Nd5 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Rc1 Rd8 18. b4 Ng6 19. Qc3 Qd4 20. Ne3 Qxc3 21. Rxc3 Nxe5 22. f4 Ng6 23. Kf2 e5 24. f5 Ne7 25. Ke1 Kf8 26. Rc5 f6 27. g4 Rd6 {Kolimar,K (2359)-Palczert,M (2438) Budapest HUN 2026 0-1 (58)}) 13... Nd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Rac1 $146 ({RR} 15. Nd3 Rac8 16. Qd2 a5 17. Rac1 b4 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Rc1 Rc6 20. Bf3 h6 21. Kg2 Qc7 22. Rxc6 Qxc6 23. h4 Qc4 24. b3 Qc6 25. Qb2 Qc8 26. Ne5 Nxe5 27. dxe5 Ba6 28. Bd4 Qc7 29. Qd2 Bb5 {Sjugirov,S (2638)-Esipenko,A (2695) chess.com INT 2025 ½-½ (43)}) 15... Rac8 16. Qd3 b4 17. Rxc8 Bxc8 18. Qc2 Nxe5 19. dxe5 d4 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 21. Qxc8+ Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Qxd8+ Bxd8 24. b3 Bc7 25. f4 Bb6+ 26. Kf1 Be3 27. h4 h5 28. Bh3 Kf8 29. Kg2 Ke7 30. Kf3 Bd2 31. e3 Be1 32. f5 exf5 33. Bxf5 g6 34. Bd3 Bc3 35. Kf4 Be1 36. Bc4 Bf2 37. Bd5 Be1 38. g4 hxg4 39. Kxg4 Bc3 40. Kf4 Be1 41. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Higher League 70th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2017.07.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.07.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 dxc4 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. e3 Bd7 8. Qc2 b5 9. a3 ({RR} 9. a4 a6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Be2 Ba5 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfd1 f5 14. Nf1 Nb4 15. Qc1 Nd5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Ng3 c3 18. b4 Bxb4 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. e4 fxe4 21. Qg5+ Kh8 22. Nh5 Rg8 23. Qe5+ f6 {Dziubinski,P (1970)-Bajno,A (1820) Polanica Zdroj 2025 1-0 (43)}) 9... Be7 10. b3 cxb3 11. Nxb3 Rb8 $146 ({RR} 11... a6 12. e4 h6 13. Be3 O-O 14. Bd3 Rc8 15. O-O Nb8 16. Ne5 Be8 17. f4 c5 18. dxc5 Nfd7 19. Nxd7 Bxd7 20. e5 Qc7 21. Rac1 Bc6 22. Qe2 Bd5 23. Nd4 Nd7 24. a4 Bxc5 25. axb5 Qb6 26. Qf2 {Polgar,Z (2400)-Heyken,E (2350) Copenhagen 1986 ½-½}) 12. Bd3 h6 13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bg3 Bd6 15. O-O Bxg3 16. hxg3 O-O 17. e4 Nf6 18. Rfe1 Be8 19. Rad1 Rb6 20. Qc1 Ne7 21. Nc5 Nd7 22. Bb1 Qc8 23. d5 Nxc5 24. Qxc5 Ng6 25. e5 exd5 26. Nd4 Bd7 27. f4 Re8 28. e6 Bxe6 29. f5 Nf8 30. fxe6 Nxe6 31. Qc2 Ng5 32. Nc6 Rxe1+ 33. Rxe1 Kh8 34. Re5 Qd7 35. Rxg5 g6 36. Qb2+ Kh7 37. Ne5 Qe7 38. Rh5 Re6 39. Qd2 Kg8 40. Qxh6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 2nd Dec 2025"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.12.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2839"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2025.12.02"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. Qb3 Ne7 9. e3 O-O 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. O-O Nf6 12. Rfe1 $146 ({RR} 12. Qc2 g6 13. Rab1 Bf5 14. b4 Rfe8 15. a4 Rac8 16. a5 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Nf5 18. Na4 Rc7 19. Nc5 Ne4 20. Ne5 Qd8 21. Qc2 Qh4 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. b5 axb5 24. Rxb5 f6 25. Qb3+ Kf8 26. Rxb7 Rxb7 {Engqvist,T (2330)-Cederstam Barsk,C (2332) Uppsala 2022 ½-½ (82)}) ({RR} 12. h3 Rb8 13. Rfc1 Bf5 14. Be2 Ne4 15. Na4 Ng6 16. Nc5 Qe7 17. Qa3 Nd6 18. b4 Nh4 19. Qb3 Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 Be4 21. Qd1 f5 22. g3 g5 23. Bg2 f4 24. exf4 gxf4 25. Qg4+ Kh8 26. Qe6 Rbe8 {Rustemov,A (2525)-Baches Garcia,G (2305) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (42)}) ({RR} 12. Rac1 Bf5 13. Bxf5 Nxf5 14. Na4 Rab8 15. Nc5 Nd7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Ne5 Qe7 18. Rc3 Rbc8 19. Rfc1 Rfd8 20. Qb6 Nd6 21. Rb3 c5 22. Rbc3 c4 23. R3c2 f6 24. Nf3 Qc7 25. Qb4 b5 26. Qe1 a5 {Uhlmann,W (2475)-Loeffler,S (2440) Germany 1994 ½-½ (74)}) 12... Bf5 13. Bxf5 Nxf5 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Rxe4 Qd7 17. Rae1 Rad8 18. Qb6 Nd6 19. Re7 Qf5 20. Qc5 Qf6 21. h3 h6 22. Qb4 b5 23. Qc5 Nf5 24. Rc7 Nxd4 25. Nxd4 Qxd4 26. Qxd4 Rxd4 27. Rxc6 Rd2 28. Rxa6 Rc8 29. b4 Rb2 30. a3 Rcc2 31. Rf1 Ra2 32. Ra5 Rcb2 33. h4 g6 34. g3 Kg7 35. Kg2 h5 36. Rxb5 Rxa3 37. Rb7 Rab3 38. b5 Rxb5 39. Rxb5 Rxb5 40. Re1 Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clash of Claims 2024"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "2024.06.09"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2024.06.07"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. c5 Be7 7. b4 b6 8. Bb2 ({RR} 8. Rb1 a5 9. a3 axb4 10. axb4 bxc5 11. bxc5 c6 12. Bd3 Nbd7 13. O-O e5 14. dxe5 Ng4 15. Nd4 Ndxe5 16. Be2 Qd7 17. f4 Nc4 18. Bxg4 Qxg4 19. Nxc6 Bxc5 20. Qxg4 Bxg4 21. Nxd5 Bd7 22. Nd4 Rfd8 {Kramnik,V (2753)-Bluebaum,M (2663) chess.com INT 2023 ½-½ (54)}) 8... c6 9. Bd3 $146 ({RR} 9. a3 Qc7 10. Bd3 Ba6 11. Ne5 Bxd3 12. Nxd3 Nbd7 13. O-O a5 14. Qc2 Qb7 15. h3 h6 16. Rfb1 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Ra8 19. Rxa8+ Qxa8 20. Qa4 Qxa4 21. Nxa4 b5 22. Nc3 Ne4 23. Ne2 Nd2 {Andreikin,D (2729)-Yu Yangyi (2729) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (50)}) 9... Ba6 10. O-O Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nbd7 12. Rfc1 Qc7 13. Rab1 Rfb8 14. Ba1 Qc8 15. h3 Bd8 16. Ne2 bxc5 17. dxc5 Ne4 18. Nd2 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. a4 a6 22. Nd4 e5 23. Nf3 Qe6 24. b5 axb5 25. axb5 cxb5 26. c6 Rc8 27. Qc3 Ne4 28. Qxe5 Rxc6 29. Rxc6 Qxc6 30. Nd4 Qd6 31. Qxd6 Nxd6 32. Nc6 Kf8 33. Rd1 Rc8 34. Nb4 Rc5 35. Nxd5 Ne4 36. g4 Rc2 37. Nb4 Rc4 38. Nd5 Rc2 39. Nb4 Rc4 40. Nd5 Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Swiss 2023"]
[Site "Douglas IOM"]
[Date "2023.11.04"]
[Round "10.21"]
[White "Tabatabaei, M."]
[Black "Narayanan, SL."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2023.10.25"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 ({RR} 8... Bd6 9. Re1+ Be6 10. Nc3 h6 11. Ne5 O-O 12. Bf4 Rc8 13. Rc1 Bb8 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Na4 Ne4 16. f3 Qf6 17. Be3 Ng5 18. Nc5 Rfe8 19. Qd2 Bf5 20. Kh1 Nh7 21. Bf4 Nf8 22. Bg3 Re7 23. Qf2 {Erigaisi,A (2761)-Nosach,R (2310) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (41)}) 9. Nc3 Bg4 $146 ({RR} 9... O-O 10. h3 Bf5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Rc8 13. Bd3 Ne4 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Ne2 Qb6 16. Rb1 Nc6 17. a3 Rfe8 18. b4 a6 19. Qb3 Rcd8 20. Rfd1 Ne7 21. Rbc1 Qf6 22. Bb1 Nc6 23. Re1 Re7 24. b5 {Nakamura,H (2768)-Nihal,S (2670) chess.com INT 2022 0-1}) 10. Qa4 O-O 11. Ne5 Na5 12. Nxg4 Nxg4 13. h3 Nf6 14. Re1 a6 15. Bd3 Nc6 16. Be3 h6 17. a3 Bd6 18. Qd1 Re8 19. Qf3 Bc7 20. Na4 Ne4 21. b4 Bb6 22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. dxc5 a5 24. b5 Ne5 25. Qd1 Rc8 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. Qxd8 Rexd8 28. Rec1 f5 29. Rc3 Kf7 30. Rb1 Rd3 31. Rxd3 Nxd3 32. c6 bxc6 33. b6 c5 34. b7 Rb8 35. Bd2 Ke7 36. Bxa5 Kd7 37. a4 Kc6 38. Rb6+ Kc7 39. Rb5+ Kc6 40. Rb6+ Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.20"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]
[WhiteClock "1:13:15"]
[BlackClock "1:11:58"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 c5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bb2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bb4+ 9. Nd2 O-O 10. a3 Bc3 11. Bxc3 Nxc3 12. Qc2 Nd5 13. Bd3 h6 14. N2f3 $146 ({RR} 14. O-O Bd7 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Be4 Nc6 17. Bxd5 Nxd4 18. exd4 exd5 19. Rfe1 Rc8 20. Qd3 Qc7 21. Nf3 Be6 22. h3 Kg8 23. Qb5 Qc6 24. Qb4 Rc7 25. Ne5 Qc3 26. Qd6 Rcc8 27. Ng6 Rfd8 28. Ne7+ Kf8 {Moradiabadi,E (2564)-Boros,D (2469) South Padre Island 2014 ½-½ (31)}) ({RR} 14. O-O e5 15. N4f3 Qe7 16. Nc4 Nc6 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Be4 Rd8 19. Rfd1 Be6 20. Rd2 Nb6 21. Bxc6 Nxc4 22. bxc4 bxc6 23. Nxe5 Qc5 24. Nf3 Rxd2 25. Nxd2 Rb8 26. Qc3 a5 27. Rc1 a4 28. h3 Bf5 {Wang,S (2392)-Battulga,N (2425) Xingtai 2019 1-0 (46)}) 14... Bd7 15. O-O Nc6 16. Qb2 Qf6 17. Rac1 Rfd8 18. Rc2 Rac8 19. Rfc1 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Rxc2 21. Rxc2 Qxd4 22. Nxd4 Be8 23. Be2 Kf8 24. h4 Ne7 25. Kf1 Rc8 26. Rxc8 Nxc8 27. f4 Nd6 28. Bf3 Ke7 29. Ke2 f6 30. g4 e5 31. fxe5 fxe5 32. Nf5+ Nxf5 33. gxf5 b6 34. e4 Kd6 35. b4 a5 36. Ke3 Bb5 37. Bh5 axb4 38. axb4 Bc4 39. Be8 Ke7 40. Bh5 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 28th Nov Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.11.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Black "Bacrot, E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2023.11.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bd6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O h6 7. b3 Nc6 8. Bb2 b6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Rc1 Re8 ({RR} 10... a6 11. e3 Re8 12. Nd2 Bf8 13. Qe2 Qd7 14. Rfd1 a5 15. a3 Rad8 16. Nf3 Qc8 17. Nb5 Ba6 18. Qc2 Nb8 19. Ne5 c6 20. Nc3 Nbd7 21. Na4 b5 22. cxb5 cxb5 23. Qb1 Qb7 24. Nc5 Bxc5 25. dxc5 {Stein,R (2401)-Spyratos,N (2180) Karlsruhe GER 2026 1-0 (61)}) 11. Re1 a6 12. e3 dxc4 $146 ({RR} 12... Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 f5 15. a3 Nb8 16. b4 c5 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. Nb3 Nd7 19. Qd2 Rb8 20. Red1 Bf8 21. d5 exd5 22. cxd5 Ne5 23. Nxc5 Bxc5 24. Rxc5 Nd3 25. Qc3 Re7 26. Rxd3 exd3 27. Qxd3 {Sosa,T (2519)-Moskalenko,V (2403) Santa Cruz de La Palma ESP 2025 1-0 (37)}) 13. bxc4 Rb8 14. Nd2 e5 15. d5 Nb4 16. Nde4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 a5 18. Bb1 Bc8 19. a3 Na6 20. Qc2 f5 21. e4 Rf8 22. f4 exf4 23. e5 Bc5+ 24. Kh1 fxg3 25. e6 Qh4 26. Qg2 Bd6 27. Nb5 Bf4 28. Rc3 Nc5 29. Rf3 Ba6 30. Ref1 Bg5 31. Rxg3 Bxb5 32. cxb5 Rbe8 33. Bxf5 Qc4 34. h4 Qxh4+ 35. Rh3 Qc4 36. Rg3 Rxf5 37. Rxf5 Ne4 38. Rg4 g6 39. Rxe4 Qd3 40. Rxg5 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires Szmetan Giardelli"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2018.12.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mareco, Sandro"]
[Black "Flores, Diego"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 g6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 $146 ({RR} 8... c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bb2 b6 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Na4 Rc8 13. Ba3 Ne4 14. dxc5 Ndxc5 15. Nxc5 bxc5 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 Qd3 18. Nc4 Rfd8 19. Qxd3 exd3 20. Rfd1 Ba6 21. Rd2 Rd5 22. Bb2 Bxc4 23. bxc4 {Chiburdanidze,M (2500)-Batsiashvili,N (2422) Monte Carlo 2019 ½-½ (33)}) ({RR} 8... b6 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Ne8 11. f4 d4 12. Ne4 Bb7 13. Ba3 c5 14. Nxc5 bxc5 15. Bxc5 dxe3 16. Bxf8 Bxf8 17. a3 Qd4 18. Be2 Qb2 19. Qd3 Rd8 20. Qxe3 Rd2 21. Bf3 Bc5 22. Qxc5 Bxf3 23. Qf2 {Dattani,D (1376)-Perez,M (1673) Toronto 2007 0-1}) 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Ba3 Re8 11. Qe2 a6 12. Rfd1 Bb7 13. Rac1 Qb8 14. e4 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Bxc5 bxc5 17. Bd3 Qf4 18. h3 c4 19. bxc4 Nd7 20. Na4 Bc6 21. Bc2 Red8 22. g3 Qc7 23. Rb1 Rac8 24. Qe3 Bf8 25. Qc3 Rb8 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 27. a3 Bg7 28. Qe3 Qa5 29. Qd2 Qxd2 30. Rxd2 Bf8 31. Nd4 Bxa4 32. Bxa4 Nb6 33. Bb3 Bxa3 34. Nc6 Rc8 35. Ra2 Bf8 36. Ne5 Ra8 37. Rc2 Rc8 38. Ra2 Ra8 39. Rc2 Rc8 40. Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 10th Group1"]
[Site "Togliatti"]
[Date "2003.05.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2003.05.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Sverdlovsk Ural region"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. e3 Nf6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. Nc3 Rd8 12. Rc1 Qb4 13. Qc2 $146 ({RR} 13. Na4 Bg4 14. a3 Qe7 15. Re1 Rac8 16. Nc3 h6 17. h3 Bh5 18. Nd4 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Ne4 20. Rec2 Qd7 21. Nxc6 Rxc6 22. Nxe4 Rxc2 23. Nf6+ gxf6 24. Rxc2 d4 25. Rd2 d3 26. Qg4+ Qxg4 27. hxg4 Kg7 {Ree,H (2480)-Xu,J Thessaloniki 1984 ½-½ (41)}) ({RR} 13. Na4 Bg4 14. a3 Qe7 15. Re1 Rac8 16. h3 Bh5 17. Nc3 h6 18. Nd4 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Ne4 20. Rec2 Qe8 21. Nce2 Ne7 22. Rc7 Nd6 23. Nf4 Rxc7 24. Rxc7 Rc8 25. Qc2 Qd8 26. Rc5 Nc4 27. Rxc8 Qxc8 {Aronian,L (2781)-Kotronias,V (2599) Bursa 2010 ½-½ (49)}) ({RR} 13. Na4 Bg4 14. Rc5 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Ne5 16. Be2 b6 17. Rc1 d4 18. a3 Qd6 19. exd4 Qxd4 20. Qxd4 Rxd4 21. Bb5 Rad8 22. Nc3 Kf8 23. Rc2 g6 24. Re1 Nd3 25. Rd1 Nc5 26. Rxd4 Rxd4 27. f3 a5 {Kortschnoj,V (2605)-Piket,J (2590) Nijmegen 1993 ½-½ (33)}) 13... d4 14. a3 Qe7 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. exd4 Rxd4 17. Nb5 Rd8 18. Nxa7 Bf5 19. Qxf5 Qxe2 20. Qb5 Re8 21. Qxb7 Rab8 22. Qc6 Rxb2 23. Nc8 Re6 24. Qc7 h6 25. Nd6 Kh7 26. h3 Rd2 27. Nf5 Rd7 28. Qb8 Qd3 29. Ng3 Qxa3 30. Rc8 g6 31. Kh2 Qd6 32. Qa8 h5 33. Rd1 Qe7 34. Rxd7 Nxd7 35. Rh8+ Kg7 36. Qg8+ Kf6 37. f4 Rb6 38. Qc8 Kg7 39. Nf5+ gxf5 40. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "Clash of Claims 2024"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "2024.06.09"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2024.06.07"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. c5 Be7 7. b4 b6 8. Bb2 ({RR} 8. Rb1 a5 9. a3 axb4 10. axb4 bxc5 11. bxc5 c6 12. Bd3 Nbd7 13. O-O e5 14. dxe5 Ng4 15. Nd4 Ndxe5 16. Be2 Qd7 17. f4 Nc4 18. Bxg4 Qxg4 19. Nxc6 Bxc5 20. Qxg4 Bxg4 21. Nxd5 Bd7 22. Nd4 Rfd8 {Kramnik,V (2753)-Bluebaum,M (2663) chess.com INT 2023 ½-½ (54)}) 8... c6 9. Bd3 $146 ({RR} 9. a3 Qc7 10. Bd3 Ba6 11. Ne5 Bxd3 12. Nxd3 Nbd7 13. O-O a5 14. Qc2 Qb7 15. h3 h6 16. Rfb1 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Ra8 19. Rxa8+ Qxa8 20. Qa4 Qxa4 21. Nxa4 b5 22. Nc3 Ne4 23. Ne2 Nd2 {Andreikin,D (2729)-Yu Yangyi (2729) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (50)}) 9... Ba6 10. O-O Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nbd7 12. Rfc1 Qc7 13. Rab1 Rfb8 14. Ba1 Qc8 15. h3 Bd8 16. Ne2 bxc5 17. dxc5 Ne4 18. Nd2 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. a4 a6 22. Nd4 e5 23. Nf3 Qe6 24. b5 axb5 25. axb5 cxb5 26. c6 Rc8 27. Qc3 Ne4 28. Qxe5 Rxc6 29. Rxc6 Qxc6 30. Nd4 Qd6 31. Qxd6 Nxd6 32. Nc6 Kf8 33. Rd1 Rc8 34. Nb4 Rc5 35. Nxd5 Ne4 36. g4 Rc2 37. Nb4 Rc4 38. Nd5 Rc2 39. Nb4 Rc4 40. Nd5 Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "42nd Benasque Open 2023"]
[Site "Benasque ESP"]
[Date "2023.07.12"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Hovhannisyan, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2023.07.05"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nbd2 g6 7. Qc2 Qe7 ({RR} 7... c6 8. e4 Bg7 9. e5 Qe7 10. c5 b6 11. Nb3 O-O 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. O-O Rfc8 15. Qd2 bxc5 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. Rxc5 Bf8 18. Rfc1 Qd8 19. h4 a5 20. h5 Kg7 21. hxg6 fxg6 22. Qf4 {Andreikin,D (2729)-Drygalov,A (2475) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (39)}) 8. g3 Bg7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. Rc1 $146 ({RR} 10. O-O c5 11. dxc5 Qxc5 12. Rac1 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Nc6 14. Qb1 Qe7 15. Rfd1 e5 16. Ne3 Be6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 e4 19. Nd2 e3 20. Ne4 exf2+ 21. Kxf2 Rae8 22. Bf3 Nd4 23. Qd3 Nxf3 24. exf3 Bxb2 {Brunello,S (2564)-Sumets,A (2554) Chess.com INT 2016 ½-½ (69)}) 10... c5 11. cxd5 cxd4 12. Qxc8 Rxc8 13. Rxc8+ Kh7 14. h4 Bf6 15. Ne4 exd5 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. O-O Kg7 18. Rfc1 d3 19. exd3 Qxb2 20. Re1 Qxa2 21. g4 g5 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Nxg5 Nc6 24. Rxa8 Ne5 25. Nh3 Nxg4 26. Rb8 Qd2 27. Rf1 Qb2 28. Rd8 Nf6 29. Re1 a5 30. Re3 Ng4 31. Rg3 f5 32. Bf3 Kf6 33. Bxg4 fxg4 34. Rxg4 Qb3 35. Kg2 a4 36. Nf4 a3 37. Nxd5+ Kf7 38. Rf4+ Ke6 39. d4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.14"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 a6 5. b3 c5 6. Bb2 cxd4 7. exd4 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Qe2 Nc6 12. Rac1 Re8 13. Rfd1 Bf8 14. a3 g6 15. Qe3 $146 ({RR} 15. Ne5 dxc4 16. Ndxc4 Rc8 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. a4 Nd5 19. Be4 Rc8 20. g3 Rc7 21. Ne5 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Re7 23. Ba3 Rc7 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26. Qd2 Kg7 27. Ng4 Qe7 28. h4 h5 29. Qh6+ Kg8 {Andreikin,D (2729)-Dardha,D (2612) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (42)}) ({RR} 15. b4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 b5 17. Bd3 Ne7 18. Nb3 Ned5 19. g3 Nb6 20. Nc5 Bd5 21. Ne5 Ra7 22. Rc2 Qa8 23. Rdc1 Nbd7 24. Ncxd7 Nxd7 25. h4 Bh6 26. f4 Nxe5 27. dxe5 Rd7 28. Rc7 Rxc7 29. Rxc7 Rc8 {Anton Guijarro,D (2546)-Arizmendi Martinez,J (2560) San Agustin 2012 ½-½ (32)}) 15... Bg7 16. h3 a5 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nd7 19. Nf3 Qe7 20. cxd5 Bxd5 21. Be4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Nc5 23. Qc4 Bh6 24. Rc2 Red8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Bd4 Rd5 27. b4 axb4 28. axb4 Nd7 29. Ra2 Bf8 30. Ra8 b5 31. Qb3 Kg7 32. Qxd5 exd5 33. e6+ Nf6 34. Bc5 Qxe6 35. Bxf8+ Kg8 36. Be7+ Kg7 37. Bf8+ Kg8 38. Be7+ Kg7 39. Bf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "42nd Benasque Open 2023"]
[Site "Benasque ESP"]
[Date "2023.07.12"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Hovhannisyan, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2023.07.05"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nbd2 g6 7. Qc2 Qe7 ({RR} 7... c6 8. e4 Bg7 9. e5 Qe7 10. c5 b6 11. Nb3 O-O 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. O-O Rfc8 15. Qd2 bxc5 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. Rxc5 Bf8 18. Rfc1 Qd8 19. h4 a5 20. h5 Kg7 21. hxg6 fxg6 22. Qf4 {Andreikin,D (2729)-Drygalov,A (2475) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (39)}) 8. g3 Bg7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. Rc1 $146 ({RR} 10. O-O c5 11. dxc5 Qxc5 12. Rac1 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Nc6 14. Qb1 Qe7 15. Rfd1 e5 16. Ne3 Be6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 e4 19. Nd2 e3 20. Ne4 exf2+ 21. Kxf2 Rae8 22. Bf3 Nd4 23. Qd3 Nxf3 24. exf3 Bxb2 {Brunello,S (2564)-Sumets,A (2554) Chess.com INT 2016 ½-½ (69)}) 10... c5 11. cxd5 cxd4 12. Qxc8 Rxc8 13. Rxc8+ Kh7 14. h4 Bf6 15. Ne4 exd5 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. O-O Kg7 18. Rfc1 d3 19. exd3 Qxb2 20. Re1 Qxa2 21. g4 g5 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Nxg5 Nc6 24. Rxa8 Ne5 25. Nh3 Nxg4 26. Rb8 Qd2 27. Rf1 Qb2 28. Rd8 Nf6 29. Re1 a5 30. Re3 Ng4 31. Rg3 f5 32. Bf3 Kf6 33. Bxg4 fxg4 34. Rxg4 Qb3 35. Kg2 a4 36. Nf4 a3 37. Nxd5+ Kf7 38. Rf4+ Ke6 39. d4 1-0

[Event "chess.com SpeedChess 2023"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.12"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Gukesh, D."]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2023.09.04"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. cxd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Nc3 c6 6. Qc2 Ne7 7. Bg5 Bf5 8. Qb3 ({RR} 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. e3 Qb6 10. Bh4 a5 11. Bg3 Nc8 12. Nh4 Be6 13. Bd3 Bxg3 14. hxg3 Nd6 15. Nf3 Bf5 16. Bxf5 Nxf5 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 c5 19. O-O-O O-O 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Nxc5 Qxc5+ 22. Kb1 Ra6 {Jojua,D (2579)-Javakhishvili,L (2486) Tbilisi 2016 ½-½}) 8... Qb6 9. e3 Qxb3 10. axb3 Nd7 $146 ({RR} 10... Ng6 11. Kd2 f6 12. Bh4 Nxh4 13. Nxh4 Be6 14. Bd3 g6 15. f4 Bd7 16. f5 g5 17. Nf3 Kf7 18. g4 Kg7 19. h4 h6 20. e4 dxe4 21. Nxe4 Bf4+ 22. Kc3 a5 23. Nc5 Bc8 24. Rae1 Bd6 25. hxg5 {Abraham,J (2100)-King,A (2263) chess.com INT 2025 1-0}) 11. Nd2 h6 12. Bh4 a5 13. f3 Be6 14. Bd3 O-O 15. g4 Rfe8 16. Kf2 Bb4 17. Bg3 f5 18. h3 Rf8 19. Kg2 Ng6 20. Rad1 Rae8 21. Ne2 Ne7 22. Nf4 Kf7 23. Nb1 Nf6 24. Nc3 Bd7 25. Rhf1 g5 26. Nfe2 Nc8 27. Be5 Bd6 28. Bxf6 Kxf6 29. gxf5 Rxe3 30. Rd2 Rfe8 31. Ng3 Bxg3 32. Kxg3 Nd6 33. Nd1 R3e7 34. Nf2 Bxf5 35. Ng4+ Kg7 36. Ne5 Bxd3 37. Rxd3 Nf5+ 38. Kg4 Nxd4 39. f4 gxf4 0-1

[Event "Geneve op"]
[Site "Geneve"]
[Date "2005.01.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2005.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. a3 O-O 8. b4 Ba7 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. Be2 dxc4 ({RR} 10... Re8 11. O-O e5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nc4 f6 14. Rc1 Be6 15. Qc2 Qd7 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Qb1 Rad8 18. Ba1 Bf7 19. b5 axb5 20. Qxb5 h6 21. Rd2 e4 22. Nd4 Nxd4 23. Bxd4 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 f5 25. Rcd1 {Zavgorodniy,S (2387)-Rosenberg,E (1982) chess.com INT 2024 1-0}) 11. Nxc4 $146 ({RR} 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Be2 Bb7 13. O-O Rc8 14. a4 Nd5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa7 Nxa7 17. Qa1 Nc6 18. Bxg7 Re8 19. Bh6 f6 20. Bxb5 Qe7 21. Ne4 Red8 22. h3 Ncxb4 23. Nh2 Ra8 24. Qb2 Ra2 25. Qb3 Qf7 {Maly,A (2371)-Jianu,V (2532) Chess.com INT 2021 1-0}) ({RR} 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Be2 Bb7 13. O-O Rc8 14. a4 Nd5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa7 Nxa7 17. Qa1 Nc6 18. Bxg7 Re8 19. Bh6 f6 20. Bxb5 Qe7 21. Ne4 Red8 22. h3 Ncxb4 23. Nh2 Ra8 24. Qb2 Ra2 25. Qb3 Qf7 {Maly,A (2371)-Jianu,V (2532) Chess.com INT 2021 1-0}) 11... b5 12. Nd6 Bd7 13. O-O Qe7 14. Ne5 Bb8 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Ne4 Qxd1 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Rfxd1 Be5 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. Rac1 Rfc8 21. Kf1 f5 22. h3 Kf8 23. f4 Nc4 24. Bxc4 bxc4 25. Rc3 Rc6 26. g4 fxg4 27. hxg4 h6 28. Ke2 Kg7 29. e4 Rac8 30. Ke3 Rh8 31. e5 h5 32. gxh5 Rxh5 33. Ke4 Rh2 34. Rd4 Re2+ 35. Kf3 Ra2 36. Ke3 a5 37. bxa5 Ra6 38. Ke4 Re2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "CrunchLabs Masters PlayIn"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.07.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grischuk, A."]
[Black "L'Ami, E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2024.07.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Qb3 c6 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 Nd7 ({RR} 9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 11. d5 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 b5 13. Bxb5 exd5 14. O-O Be6 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. c4 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Nd7 19. Rac1 Rfd8 20. Nd4 Rac8 21. Nb5 Nb6 22. Qc2 {½-½ (22) Sjugirov,S (2636)-Aditya,M (2560) Abu Dhabi UAE 2025}) 10. cxd5 ({RR} 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. Rad1 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. Qc2 Qe7 15. b4 Nd7 16. a3 Ne5 17. Ba2 Bg4 18. f3 Bd7 19. Ne4 Rfd8 20. h3 Rac8 21. Kh1 Kh8 22. f4 Ng6 23. Nxf6 Qxf6 24. Qc4 Kg8 {Concio,M (2396)-Mata Gonzalez,J (2164) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (59)}) 10... exd5 11. O-O Re8 12. h3 $146 ({RR} 12. Rfe1 Nb6 13. Qc2 Bg4 14. Nd2 Rc8 15. b4 Be6 16. Na4 Nxa4 17. Qxa4 b6 18. Rab1 Rc7 19. Rec1 Bd7 20. Qc2 Qe7 21. a3 Qd6 22. Nb3 Rcc8 23. Bf5 Bxf5 24. Qxf5 Re6 25. g3 g6 26. Qd3 h5 {Kieninger,G-Staudte,H Augsburg 1951 0-1 (77)}) 12... Nf8 13. Rae1 Qb6 14. Qc2 Be6 15. Nh2 Rad8 16. f4 Bc8 17. Nf3 Ne6 18. a3 Qc7 19. b4 a5 20. Na4 axb4 21. axb4 b5 22. Nc5 Nxc5 23. Qxc5 Be7 24. Qc3 Qd6 25. Rb1 Bb7 26. Bc2 Bf6 27. Ne5 Ra8 28. Qd3 Kf8 29. g4 Bc8 30. Qh7 Be6 31. h4 Bxh4 32. g5 Ra2 33. f5 Rxc2 34. fxe6 Bf2+ 35. Rxf2 Rxf2 36. Kxf2 Rxe6 37. Qh8+ Ke7 38. Qxg7 hxg5 1-0

[Event "Karpov Cup - 50 years"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.05.22"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Grischuk, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2025.05.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nd7 4. Qc2 ({RR} 4. Nbd2 Ngf6 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 a5 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 a4 9. Rd1 b6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Ng5 Bb7 12. Ndxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Qc8 14. Bf4 Nf6 15. Bg5 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe7 Re8 18. Qxe4 Rxe7 {Socko,B (2642)-Wojtaszek,R (2686) Warsaw 2021 ½-½ (35)}) ({RR} 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Rb8 6. a4 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Nbd2 Ngf6 9. Nxc4 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Nfe5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. Rfd1 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Kf8 {Dubov,D (2747)-Bartel,M (2560) Riga 2021 1-0 (44)}) 4... Ngf6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 b5 $146 ({RR} 6... Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Qe7 8. O-O Nb6 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Nxc4 Nxc4 11. Qxc4 Bd6 12. e4 e5 13. f4 Be6 14. Qd3 exf4 15. gxf4 Bb4 16. f5 Bxd2 17. Nxd2 Bd7 18. e5 Nh5 19. Qf3 g6 20. f6 Qb4 21. Qe3 {Vantika,A (2392)-Priyanka,N (2296) New York USA 2024 1-0 (40)}) 7. a4 c6 8. Nc3 Qb6 9. O-O Bb7 10. e4 b4 11. a5 Qa6 12. Na4 c5 13. d5 Be7 14. dxe6 Qxe6 15. Re1 Bxe4 16. Qd1 Qc6 17. Bg5 O-O-O 18. Rxe4 Qxe4 19. Nd2 Qd3 20. Qc1 Ne5 21. Bf4 Nfg4 22. Be4 Qd4 23. Bf5+ Rd7 24. Qf1 g5 25. Bxe5 Nxe5 26. Re1 Rhd8 27. Re4 Qxd2 28. Rxe5 Kb8 29. Bxd7 Rxd7 30. Nxc5 Bxc5 31. Rxc5 Rd4 32. Rxc4 Rxc4 33. Qxc4 Qxb2 34. Qb5+ Kc7 35. Qc5+ Kb7 36. Qb5+ Kc7 37. Qc5+ Kb7 38. Qb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 11th Jun Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.06.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2024.06.11"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Ne7 7. Qc2 ({RR} 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 b6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Rc1 Nd7 11. e4 Ba6 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Ne2 Rc8 14. cxd5 Rxc1 15. Bxc1 Nxd5 16. Ba3 Re8 17. Qd2 Qb8 18. Rc1 Rc8 19. Nc3 Nxc3 20. Rxc3 Rxc3 21. Qxc3 Qc8 {Sharova,E (1789)-Perevorska,O (1612) Lviv UKR 2025 ½-½ (32)}) 7... O-O 8. Rd1 Nd7 9. Nbd2 $146 ({RR} 9. b3 b6 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Ba3 Re8 12. Rac1 Nf5 13. e3 Nf6 14. Bb2 Nd6 15. Ne5 Nd7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. e4 dxc4 18. e5 cxb3 19. axb3 Nf5 20. Ne4 Qe7 21. g4 Nh4 22. Bh1 Red8 23. Nd6 Bh6 {Traut,S (2005)-Kiesling,H Frankfurt Fechenheim 2001 1-0 (60)}) 9... b6 10. b3 Bb7 11. Bb2 Rc8 12. c5 bxc5 13. dxc5 e5 14. e4 f5 15. Ng5 fxe4 16. Ne6 Qe8 17. Bh3 Nf5 18. Nxf8 Nxf8 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Qxe4 Qf7 21. Bf1 Qe7 22. Bc4+ Kh8 23. g4 Nh4 24. Rd6 Nd7 25. Rad1 Nxc5 26. Qe3 Rf8 27. Qxc5 Nf3+ 28. Kg2 Nh4+ 29. Kf1 Bc8 30. h3 h5 31. Rxc6 Qxc5 32. Rxc5 hxg4 33. hxg4 Bxg4 34. Rd6 Nf3 35. Rxg6 Bh5 36. Rg3 Nd2+ 37. Ke1 Ne4 38. Rh3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 11th Jun Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.06.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2024.06.11"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Ne7 7. Qc2 ({RR} 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 b6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Rc1 Nd7 11. e4 Ba6 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Ne2 Rc8 14. cxd5 Rxc1 15. Bxc1 Nxd5 16. Ba3 Re8 17. Qd2 Qb8 18. Rc1 Rc8 19. Nc3 Nxc3 20. Rxc3 Rxc3 21. Qxc3 Qc8 {Sharova,E (1789)-Perevorska,O (1612) Lviv UKR 2025 ½-½ (32)}) 7... O-O 8. Rd1 Nd7 9. Nbd2 $146 ({RR} 9. b3 b6 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Ba3 Re8 12. Rac1 Nf5 13. e3 Nf6 14. Bb2 Nd6 15. Ne5 Nd7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. e4 dxc4 18. e5 cxb3 19. axb3 Nf5 20. Ne4 Qe7 21. g4 Nh4 22. Bh1 Red8 23. Nd6 Bh6 {Traut,S (2005)-Kiesling,H Frankfurt Fechenheim 2001 1-0 (60)}) 9... b6 10. b3 Bb7 11. Bb2 Rc8 12. c5 bxc5 13. dxc5 e5 14. e4 f5 15. Ng5 fxe4 16. Ne6 Qe8 17. Bh3 Nf5 18. Nxf8 Nxf8 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Qxe4 Qf7 21. Bf1 Qe7 22. Bc4+ Kh8 23. g4 Nh4 24. Rd6 Nd7 25. Rad1 Nxc5 26. Qe3 Rf8 27. Qxc5 Nf3+ 28. Kg2 Nh4+ 29. Kf1 Bc8 30. h3 h5 31. Rxc6 Qxc5 32. Rxc5 hxg4 33. hxg4 Bxg4 34. Rd6 Nf3 35. Rxg6 Bh5 36. Rg3 Nd2+ 37. Ke1 Ne4 38. Rh3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 25th Apr Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.04.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Kuzubov, Y."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2023.04.25"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. h4 c5 9. g4 g6 ({RR} 9... cxd4 10. g5 Be7 11. gxh6 gxh6 12. Rg1+ Kh8 13. Nxd4 Nc6 14. Nc3 Rg8 15. Rxg8+ Qxg8 16. O-O-O Bxh4 17. Kb1 Nxd4 18. exd4 dxc4 19. Bxc4 Bd7 20. Rh1 Bg5 21. d5 exd5 22. Nxd5 Qg7 23. f4 Bf6 24. Qh2 {Andreikin,D (2710)-Aravindh,C (2693) chess.com INT 2026 ½-½ (43)}) 10. g5 Bg7 $146 ({RR} 10... hxg5 11. hxg5 Bg7 12. dxc5 Nc6 13. Nc3 Qa5 14. O-O-O Qxc5 15. Kb1 Rd8 16. Rh4 a6 17. a3 b5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Nxb5 Qb6 20. Rc1 Bd7 21. Qc5 Qb7 22. Rc2 Rdb8 23. Bd3 Bf8 24. Qc3 Bg7 25. Qc5 {Riazantsev,A (2634)-Czarnota,P (2502) Warsaw 2021 ½-½}) ({RR} 10... hxg5 11. hxg5 Bg7 12. Nc3 cxd4 13. exd4 Nc6 14. O-O-O Qa5 15. Qd2 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Rd8 17. Qe3 b5 18. Bb3 Ne7 19. Qf4 Nf5 20. d5 exd5 21. Nxd5 Be6 22. Kb1 Rac8 23. Ne5 Rc5 24. Ne7+ Kf8 25. N5c6 {Mamedyarov,S (2767)-So,W (2767) Chess.com INT 2019 1-0}) 11. h5 cxd4 12. gxh6 Bf6 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. Qxg6+ Kh8 15. Bd3 Qe7 16. Rg1 e5 17. cxd5 dxe3 18. fxe3 e4 19. Bxe4 Bf5 20. Bxf5 Qxe3+ 21. Kd1 Qxf3+ 22. Kc2 Qf2+ 23. Nd2 Qc5+ 24. Kb1 Qe7 25. Ne4 Nd7 26. Bxd7 Rg8 27. Be6 Rxg6 28. Rxg6 Be5 29. a3 Qh4 30. Ng5 Rf8 31. Ka2 Bxb2 32. Rf1 Bf6 33. Rfxf6 Qh2+ 34. Kb3 Qg3+ 35. Kb4 a5+ 36. Kc5 Qc7+ 37. Kb5 Rb8 38. Nf7+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 25th Apr Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.04.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Kuzubov, Y."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2023.04.25"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. h4 c5 9. g4 g6 ({RR} 9... cxd4 10. g5 Be7 11. gxh6 gxh6 12. Rg1+ Kh8 13. Nxd4 Nc6 14. Nc3 Rg8 15. Rxg8+ Qxg8 16. O-O-O Bxh4 17. Kb1 Nxd4 18. exd4 dxc4 19. Bxc4 Bd7 20. Rh1 Bg5 21. d5 exd5 22. Nxd5 Qg7 23. f4 Bf6 24. Qh2 {Andreikin,D (2710)-Aravindh,C (2693) chess.com INT 2026 ½-½ (43)}) 10. g5 Bg7 $146 ({RR} 10... hxg5 11. hxg5 Bg7 12. dxc5 Nc6 13. Nc3 Qa5 14. O-O-O Qxc5 15. Kb1 Rd8 16. Rh4 a6 17. a3 b5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Nxb5 Qb6 20. Rc1 Bd7 21. Qc5 Qb7 22. Rc2 Rdb8 23. Bd3 Bf8 24. Qc3 Bg7 25. Qc5 {Riazantsev,A (2634)-Czarnota,P (2502) Warsaw 2021 ½-½}) ({RR} 10... hxg5 11. hxg5 Bg7 12. Nc3 cxd4 13. exd4 Nc6 14. O-O-O Qa5 15. Qd2 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Rd8 17. Qe3 b5 18. Bb3 Ne7 19. Qf4 Nf5 20. d5 exd5 21. Nxd5 Be6 22. Kb1 Rac8 23. Ne5 Rc5 24. Ne7+ Kf8 25. N5c6 {Mamedyarov,S (2767)-So,W (2767) Chess.com INT 2019 1-0}) 11. h5 cxd4 12. gxh6 Bf6 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. Qxg6+ Kh8 15. Bd3 Qe7 16. Rg1 e5 17. cxd5 dxe3 18. fxe3 e4 19. Bxe4 Bf5 20. Bxf5 Qxe3+ 21. Kd1 Qxf3+ 22. Kc2 Qf2+ 23. Nd2 Qc5+ 24. Kb1 Qe7 25. Ne4 Nd7 26. Bxd7 Rg8 27. Be6 Rxg6 28. Rxg6 Be5 29. a3 Qh4 30. Ng5 Rf8 31. Ka2 Bxb2 32. Rf1 Bf6 33. Rfxf6 Qh2+ 34. Kb3 Qg3+ 35. Kb4 a5+ 36. Kc5 Qc7+ 37. Kb5 Rb8 38. Nf7+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Bl Team Final"]
[Site "Hong Kong HKG"]
[Date "2026.06.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Lazavik, Denis"]
[Black "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2026.06.20"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[WhiteTeam "Endgame.AI"]
[BlackTeam "Team MGD1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nd7 4. Nc3 Ngf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. a4 c5 11. O-O b6 ({RR} 11... cxd4 12. exd4 Nb6 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. Ne5 Be8 15. Bb1 Rc8 16. Qd3 g6 17. a5 Nbd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. Bxe7 Nxe7 21. Qd2 h5 22. Be4 Bc6 23. Rc1 Qe8 24. Nxc6 Nxc6 25. Rc5 Qd7 26. Bxc6 {Aditya,M (2610)-Tarhan,A (2460) Budapest HUN 2026 ½-½}) 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Rfd1 Qc8 $146 ({RR} 13... Qe8 14. h3 Kh8 15. b3 Rg8 16. Bg3 Qf8 17. Ne5 Kh7 18. Qc2+ g6 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. b4 Nxa4 22. Nxa4 b5 23. Nb6 bxc4 24. Nxa8 Qxa8 25. Rd7 Re8 26. f3 Kg8 27. Qxc4 Rc8 28. Rc7 {Brond,V-Rubin,M Mar del Plata 1972 1-0 (32)}) ({RR} 13... cxd4 14. Nxd4 Qc7 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Bxe6+ Rf7 17. Nd5 Qe5 18. Nxe7+ Kh7 19. Bxf7 Qxe7 20. Bh5 Qe4 21. Bf3 Qxh4 22. Bxb7 Rf8 23. h3 Ne5 24. Rd4 Qg5 25. f4 {1-0 (25) Shimanov,A (2597)-Rustemov,A (2525) Chess.com INT 2020}) 14. e4 Re8 15. e5 Nd5 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Qb8 19. Bd3 Nf8 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Rd2 Qb6 22. Qc4 Rec8 23. Be4 Rab8 24. g3 Qa5 25. Bd3 Rc6 26. b3 Rb4 27. Qc2 Rb8 28. Bc4 Rcc8 29. Rcd1 Nc6 30. Qe4 Qb4 31. Qe2 Na5 32. Bxa6 Nxb3 33. Bxc8 Nxd2 34. Qxd2 Rxc8 35. Qxb4 cxb4 36. Rb1 Rb8 37. a5 Ra8 38. Rxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 9th Jan Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Santos Latasa, J."]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vl3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2024.01.09"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 e6 5. b3 b6 6. Bb2 Bb7 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 h6 ({RR} 10... c5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Rfd1 Qc7 13. Rac1 Rad8 14. Nc4 Qb8 15. Bb1 N5f6 16. Nfe5 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Qa8 19. f3 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Kf2 Bd5 22. Bd3 Qc8 23. Qc2 h6 24. Nb2 Qxc2+ 25. Bxc2 {Rustemov,A (2573)-Dominguez Perez,L (2658) Dos Hermanas 2005 ½-½ (61)}) 11. Rfd1 ({RR} 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qh4 c5 15. Rad1 Qe8 16. Ne5 Ne4 17. Qg4 f5 18. Qe2 cxd4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Bxd4 Rd8 21. Bc3 Bc5 22. Kh1 Rf6 23. Rxd8 Qxd8 24. Rd1 Qe8 25. f3 Ba8 {Maly,A (2371)-Ruiz Sanchez,O (2383) Chess.com INT 2020 1-0}) 11... Qc7 12. Rac1 Rad8 13. cxd5 $146 ({RR} 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Nf3 Nc5 17. Bb1 Ne4 18. Nd4 Qc8 19. f3 Ng5 20. Qc2 g6 21. Nxc6 Bxc6 22. Qxc6 Bc5 23. Qxc8 Bxe3+ 24. Kf1 Rxc8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Ke2 Bc5 27. Rxd5 Bg1 {Mishuchkov,N (2415)-Aripov,I (2123) Olomouc 2011 1-0 (45)}) 13... Nxd5 14. Nc4 c5 15. Bb1 N5f6 16. e4 Qf4 17. Re1 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Bb4 19. Ncd2 Bc5 20. g3 Qg4 21. Bxc5 Nxc5 22. Ne5 Qxe2 23. Rxe2 Rc8 24. Ree1 Rfd8 25. Rc2 Nfxe4 26. Nxe4 Bxe4 27. Rxe4 Nxe4 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Bxe4 Rc1+ 30. Kg2 Re1 31. f3 Re2+ 32. Kf1 Rxa2 33. h4 Rb2 34. Nc6 a5 35. Bd3 Rxb3 36. Ke2 a4 37. Bc4 Rc3 0-1

[Event "chess.com SpeedChess 2023"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.09.12"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Vidit, S."]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2839"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2023.09.04"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. g3 c5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Nbd4 Re8 12. b3 Nxd4 ({RR} 12... Ne4 13. Bb2 Qf6 14. e3 Bg4 15. Qc2 Nb4 16. Qb1 Qh6 17. Nh4 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Rac8 19. h3 Bd7 20. Qd1 g5 21. Nf3 Bxh3 22. Bb2 Rc2 23. Qd4 f6 24. Rac1 Rec8 25. Bxh3 Qxh3 26. Nxg5 Nxg5 27. Qxf6 {Javakhadze,Z (2454)-Shlyakhtenko,R (2343) Charlotte 2020 0-1 (32)}) 13. Nxd4 Ne4 $146 ({RR} 13... Bd7 14. Bb2 Ne4 15. e3 Qe7 16. Rc1 Rad8 17. Qh5 Nf6 18. Qh4 Qe5 19. Rc2 Rc8 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Bh3 Bxh3 22. Qxh3 Re8 23. Ba1 Bd8 24. Rc1 Qd6 25. Bb2 a6 26. Rc8 g6 27. Qf1 Qd7 28. Qc1 {Bondarevsky,I-Lundin,E Saltsjobaden 1948 1-0 (36)}) ({RR} 13... Bg4 14. Bb2 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Bxe2 16. Rfe1 Qd6 17. a4 h6 18. h3 b6 19. a5 Rad8 20. axb6 axb6 21. Bc1 Bb5 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Be3 Bc6 24. Qxb6 Rb8 25. Qa6 Ra8 26. Qf1 d4 27. Rd1 Bxg2 28. Qxg2 {Bernadskiy,V (2578)-Quparadze,G (2498) Cesme 2019 ½-½ (38)}) 14. Bb2 h5 15. e3 h4 16. Qh5 h3 17. Bh1 Nf6 18. Qh4 Ne4 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. Rfd1 Bd7 21. Rac1 Rac8 22. Bf3 g5 23. g4 Bxd4 24. Bxd4 f5 25. gxf5 Bxf5 26. Be2 g4 27. Kf1 Kf7 28. Ke1 Ke6 29. a4 a6 30. Bb6 Rg8 31. Bc7 Ng5 32. Bf4 Nf3+ 33. Bxf3 gxf3 34. Kd2 Be4 35. Rxc8 Rxc8 36. Rc1 Rxc1 37. Kxc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 9th Jan Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Santos Latasa, J."]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vl3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2024.01.09"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 e6 5. b3 b6 6. Bb2 Bb7 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 h6 ({RR} 10... c5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Rfd1 Qc7 13. Rac1 Rad8 14. Nc4 Qb8 15. Bb1 N5f6 16. Nfe5 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Qa8 19. f3 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Kf2 Bd5 22. Bd3 Qc8 23. Qc2 h6 24. Nb2 Qxc2+ 25. Bxc2 {Rustemov,A (2573)-Dominguez Perez,L (2658) Dos Hermanas 2005 ½-½ (61)}) 11. Rfd1 ({RR} 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qh4 c5 15. Rad1 Qe8 16. Ne5 Ne4 17. Qg4 f5 18. Qe2 cxd4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Bxd4 Rd8 21. Bc3 Bc5 22. Kh1 Rf6 23. Rxd8 Qxd8 24. Rd1 Qe8 25. f3 Ba8 {Maly,A (2371)-Ruiz Sanchez,O (2383) Chess.com INT 2020 1-0}) 11... Qc7 12. Rac1 Rad8 13. cxd5 $146 ({RR} 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Nf3 Nc5 17. Bb1 Ne4 18. Nd4 Qc8 19. f3 Ng5 20. Qc2 g6 21. Nxc6 Bxc6 22. Qxc6 Bc5 23. Qxc8 Bxe3+ 24. Kf1 Rxc8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Ke2 Bc5 27. Rxd5 Bg1 {Mishuchkov,N (2415)-Aripov,I (2123) Olomouc 2011 1-0 (45)}) 13... Nxd5 14. Nc4 c5 15. Bb1 N5f6 16. e4 Qf4 17. Re1 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Bb4 19. Ncd2 Bc5 20. g3 Qg4 21. Bxc5 Nxc5 22. Ne5 Qxe2 23. Rxe2 Rc8 24. Ree1 Rfd8 25. Rc2 Nfxe4 26. Nxe4 Bxe4 27. Rxe4 Nxe4 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Bxe4 Rc1+ 30. Kg2 Re1 31. f3 Re2+ 32. Kf1 Rxa2 33. h4 Rb2 34. Nc6 a5 35. Bd3 Rxb3 36. Ke2 a4 37. Bc4 Rc3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 27th Jun Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.06.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2023.06.27"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. Nbd2 b5 ({RR} 5... c5 6. Nxc4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Bb4+ 8. Ncd2 Qxd4 9. Nxd4 Ne4 10. a3 Bxd2+ 11. Bxd2 Nxd2 12. Kxd2 Ke7 13. e3 a6 14. Rc1 Bd7 15. Be2 Nc6 16. Nb3 Rac8 17. Rhd1 Ne5 18. f4 Ng6 19. Nc5 Bc6 20. g3 {Spector,S (2158)-Nielsen-Refs,K (2095) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (32)}) 6. a4 c6 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. g3 $146 ({RR} 8. e4 Nbd7 9. Be2 h6 10. Bh4 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. b3 cxb3 13. Nxb3 c5 14. e5 Nd5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Na5 Nb4 17. Qd2 Be4 18. axb5 Rad8 19. dxc5 Nc2 20. Rac1 Nxe5 21. Qc3 Nxf3+ 22. Bxf3 Nd4 {Muradli,M (2552)-Matlakov,M (2671) Chess.com INT 2022 ½-½ (41)}) 8... a6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. exf6 gxh4 14. O-O h3 15. Bf3 Qb6 16. b3 cxb3 17. Qxb3 O-O-O 18. Nc4 Qd4 19. axb5 cxb5 20. Na5 Bxf3 21. Rac1+ Bc5 22. Qxf3 Rd5 23. Nb3 Qe5 24. e4 Qh5 25. Qc3 b4 26. Qe3 Kb8 27. Nxc5 Rd6 28. e5 Rc6 29. Nd7+ Kc7 30. Rxc6+ Kxc6 31. Qb6+ Kd5 32. Qc5+ Ke4 33. Qc4+ Kf5 34. Qd3+ Kg5 35. f4+ Kg4 36. Qf3+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 23rd Jan Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Black "Narayanan, SL."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2024.01.23"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O Nc6 7. d4 Be7 8. b3 Ne4 9. Bb2 Bf6 10. Nc3 cxd4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Nxe4 Be7 ({RR} 13... Be5 14. Rc1 Bf5 15. Nc5 Qb6 16. Nxb7 Rac8 17. Nc5 Rfd8 18. Nd3 Bf6 19. Nf4 Qb5 20. a4 Qa6 21. Nd5 Bg5 22. f4 d3 23. e4 Rxd5 24. exd5 Nb4 25. Rxc8+ Qxc8 26. fxg5 Nc2 27. Qd2 {1-0 (27) Budisavljevic,L (2493)-Lymar,V (2320) chess.com INT 2026}) 14. Rc1 Re8 $146 ({RR} 14... Qa5 15. a3 Qb6 16. Qd3 Rd8 17. Nd2 Be6 18. Nc4 Qb5 19. Rfd1 Bf6 20. a4 Qh5 21. Bf3 Qh6 22. Ba3 Rd7 23. Be4 Bxc4 24. Qxc4 Ne5 25. Qc2 Ng4 26. h4 Bxh4 27. gxh4 Qxh4 28. e3 Re8 29. Rxd4 {Murshed,N (2464)-Kobese,W (2333) Centurion 2014 1-0 (36)}) 15. a3 Qb6 16. Nd2 Be6 17. Nc4 Bxc4 18. Rxc4 Bf6 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Rxe2 22. Qxe2 Qxd4 23. Rd1 Qf6 24. Rd7 g6 25. Kg2 a5 26. Qc4 Re8 27. Rc7 Re6 28. Rc8+ Kg7 29. Qc5 Qe5 30. Qf8+ Kf6 31. Qh8+ Kf5 32. Qxh7 Qe4+ 33. f3 Qe2+ 34. Kh3 Qxf3 35. Qxf7+ Rf6 36. Qxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 27th Jun Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.06.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2023.06.27"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. Nbd2 b5 ({RR} 5... c5 6. Nxc4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Bb4+ 8. Ncd2 Qxd4 9. Nxd4 Ne4 10. a3 Bxd2+ 11. Bxd2 Nxd2 12. Kxd2 Ke7 13. e3 a6 14. Rc1 Bd7 15. Be2 Nc6 16. Nb3 Rac8 17. Rhd1 Ne5 18. f4 Ng6 19. Nc5 Bc6 20. g3 {Spector,S (2158)-Nielsen-Refs,K (2095) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (32)}) 6. a4 c6 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. g3 $146 ({RR} 8. e4 Nbd7 9. Be2 h6 10. Bh4 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. b3 cxb3 13. Nxb3 c5 14. e5 Nd5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Na5 Nb4 17. Qd2 Be4 18. axb5 Rad8 19. dxc5 Nc2 20. Rac1 Nxe5 21. Qc3 Nxf3+ 22. Bxf3 Nd4 {Muradli,M (2552)-Matlakov,M (2671) Chess.com INT 2022 ½-½ (41)}) 8... a6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. exf6 gxh4 14. O-O h3 15. Bf3 Qb6 16. b3 cxb3 17. Qxb3 O-O-O 18. Nc4 Qd4 19. axb5 cxb5 20. Na5 Bxf3 21. Rac1+ Bc5 22. Qxf3 Rd5 23. Nb3 Qe5 24. e4 Qh5 25. Qc3 b4 26. Qe3 Kb8 27. Nxc5 Rd6 28. e5 Rc6 29. Nd7+ Kc7 30. Rxc6+ Kxc6 31. Qb6+ Kd5 32. Qc5+ Ke4 33. Qc4+ Kf5 34. Qd3+ Kg5 35. f4+ Kg4 36. Qf3+ 1-0

[Event "Palma de Mallorca FIDE GP"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "2017.11.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 $146 ({RR} 11... Qxd7 12. Rc1 Rfd8 13. Qb3 c5 14. dxc5 dxc4 15. Nxc4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qd5+ 17. Qf3 Qxc5 18. Rfd1 Rab8 19. Nd6 Qe5 20. Nc4 Qc5 21. Nd6 Qe5 22. Nc4 Qc5 {½-½ (22) Kardashevskiy,E (2382)-Timofeev,A (2592) Moscow 2019}) ({RR} 11... Qxd7 12. Rc1 Rac8 13. Qb3 c5 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Qa3 Qb5 18. e3 Qb6 19. Rc2 Rc7 20. Rfc1 Rfc8 21. Qa4 h6 22. b3 Qe6 23. Qb5 Nd7 24. Qe2 Ne5 25. Nf3 Nxf3+ 26. Qxf3 {Marzano,C (2108)-Podolskyi,M (2255) Katowice POL 2026 ½-½ (34)}) 12. Rc1 Rfd8 13. Qb3 Rab8 14. Rfd1 Nf6 15. Qa4 Ba8 16. b3 a5 17. c5 Nd7 18. cxb6 Qb4 19. Qxb4 axb4 20. e3 Rxb6 21. Nf3 Bb7 22. Rc2 Ra8 23. Bf1 Kf8 24. Rdc1 Ke7 25. Ne1 Ra5 26. Kg2 Kd6 27. Nd3 Ba6 28. Nc5 Bxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Kc7 30. Nd3 Ra8 31. f4 Kd6 32. g4 Rc8 33. h4 Nf6 34. Ne5 Rc7 35. Kg2 Ne4 36. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 18th"]
[Site "Olginka"]
[Date "2011.04.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[BlackTeam "Belgorod BelGu"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. dxc5 ({RR} 6. cxd5 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd5 8. a3 Be7 9. N2f3 O-O 10. e4 Nf6 11. e5 Nd5 12. Bd3 h6 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. Qe4 f5 15. exf6 N7xf6 16. Qe2 Qb6 17. O-O Bd7 18. Bc4 Bd6 19. Rd1 Rac8 20. Ba2 Rfe8 {Firouzja,A (2728)-Caruana,F (2835) chess24.com INT 2020 1-0 (63)}) 6... Bxc5 ({RR} 6... d4 7. g3 Nc6 8. Bg2 Bxc5 9. O-O e5 10. Ng5 h6 11. Nge4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Be7 13. a3 a5 14. f4 f5 15. fxe5 fxe4 16. Qxe4 Kd7 17. e6+ Kc7 18. Rf7 g5 19. c5 Kb8 20. b4 axb4 21. Rb1 {Andreikin,D (2729)-Ashraf,A (2391) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (36)}) 7. e3 O-O $146 ({RR} 7... Be7 8. a3 Nbd7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bc4 b6 11. Bxd5 exd5 12. O-O Ba6 13. Rd1 Rc8 14. Qa4 Bd3 15. Qg4 O-O 16. Nd4 Ne5 17. Qh3 Bf6 18. Nf1 Bc2 19. Nxc2 Rxc2 20. e4 d4 21. f4 Ng6 22. Qd3 {D'Costa,L (2425)-Huschenbeth,N (2521) Haarlem 2011 0-1 (58)}) 8. a3 a6 9. b4 Ba7 10. Bb2 Bd7 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O Rc8 13. c5 Bb8 14. e4 Ng4 15. Rfe1 Nce5 16. Rad1 Bc6 17. h3 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Nf6 19. Nc4 Qc7 20. Be5 Qd8 21. Nb6 Bxe5 22. Nxc8 d4 23. Nb6 g5 24. Nc4 Nd7 25. a4 Qf6 26. Qb3 Bc7 27. b5 Nxc5 28. Qb4 Bxe4 29. Qxc5 Bxf3 30. Qxc7 Bxd1 31. Rxd1 d3 32. Qxb7 Qd4 33. Ne3 a5 34. b6 Rd8 35. Qc7 Qd7 36. Qxd7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 23rd Jan Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Black "Narayanan, SL."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2024.01.23"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O Nc6 7. d4 Be7 8. b3 Ne4 9. Bb2 Bf6 10. Nc3 cxd4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Nxe4 Be7 ({RR} 13... Be5 14. Rc1 Bf5 15. Nc5 Qb6 16. Nxb7 Rac8 17. Nc5 Rfd8 18. Nd3 Bf6 19. Nf4 Qb5 20. a4 Qa6 21. Nd5 Bg5 22. f4 d3 23. e4 Rxd5 24. exd5 Nb4 25. Rxc8+ Qxc8 26. fxg5 Nc2 27. Qd2 {1-0 (27) Budisavljevic,L (2493)-Lymar,V (2320) chess.com INT 2026}) 14. Rc1 Re8 $146 ({RR} 14... Qa5 15. a3 Qb6 16. Qd3 Rd8 17. Nd2 Be6 18. Nc4 Qb5 19. Rfd1 Bf6 20. a4 Qh5 21. Bf3 Qh6 22. Ba3 Rd7 23. Be4 Bxc4 24. Qxc4 Ne5 25. Qc2 Ng4 26. h4 Bxh4 27. gxh4 Qxh4 28. e3 Re8 29. Rxd4 {Murshed,N (2464)-Kobese,W (2333) Centurion 2014 1-0 (36)}) 15. a3 Qb6 16. Nd2 Be6 17. Nc4 Bxc4 18. Rxc4 Bf6 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Rxe2 22. Qxe2 Qxd4 23. Rd1 Qf6 24. Rd7 g6 25. Kg2 a5 26. Qc4 Re8 27. Rc7 Re6 28. Rc8+ Kg7 29. Qc5 Qe5 30. Qf8+ Kf6 31. Qh8+ Kf5 32. Qxh7 Qe4+ 33. f3 Qe2+ 34. Kh3 Qxf3 35. Qxf7+ Rf6 36. Qxf6+ 1-0

[Event "ch-USA 2024"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2024.10.11"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shankland, S."]
[Black "Liang, Awonder"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2024.10.11"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 cxd4 6. O-O Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd4 O-O 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 e5 11. Nc2 Nc6 12. Ne3 Be6 13. Qa4 Bc5 14. Rb1 Bxe3 $146 ({RR} 14... Qc8 15. Rb5 Nd8 16. Ba3 Bxa3 17. Qxa3 Qc7 18. Rfb1 a6 19. Rc5 Qe7 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Rc8 22. Ra5 Qc7 23. c4 Re8 24. Qb4 g6 25. Ra3 Re7 26. Rab3 Kf8 27. Qd2 Kg7 28. Qb2 h5 29. Rb6 {Horvath,C (2540)-Luther,T (2510) Gausdal 1994 1-0 (41)}) ({RR} 14... Qc7 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Rac8 17. Rd1 b6 18. Bf3 Rfd8 19. Rxd8+ Nxd8 20. Bd5 Ne6 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Qe4 Qf7 23. Be3 Qf5 24. Qxf5 exf5 25. Bxc5 Rxc5 26. Rd1 h6 27. Rd8+ Kh7 28. Rd7 Ra5 29. Rd2 {Lazavik,D (2621)-Paravyan,D (2584) chess.com INT 2026 ½-½ (67)}) 15. Bxe3 Qc7 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. c4 h6 18. h4 Rfd8 19. Bd5 Re8 20. Rd2 b6 21. Rbd1 Bf5 22. c5 bxc5 23. Bxc5 Red8 24. g4 Nd4 25. Bxd4 Rxd5 26. gxf5 exd4 27. f6 Rf5 28. fxg7 Rxf2 29. Kxf2 Qf4+ 30. Kg2 Qg4+ 31. Kf1 Qf4+ 32. Kg2 Qg4+ 33. Kf1 Qf4+ 34. Kg2 Qg4+ 35. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess.com Classic Div 3 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.05.13"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Grandelius, N."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2024.05.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 f6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 $146 ({RR} 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Bd2 Be7 7. g3 Bd7 8. Qc2 e5 9. dxe5 fxe5 10. Nxd5 Nf6 11. Bc3 Bd6 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Ng5 g6 14. f4 exf4 15. Nxf6+ Rxf6 {½-½ (15) Nishchyk,S (1258)-Anderson,K (1122) Playchess.com INT 2020}) ({RR} 5. e3 Ne7 6. Bd2 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 b6 9. Rc1 Ba6 10. Bb4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bxc4 12. Rxc4 Rf7 13. O-O Nd5 14. Bd2 c6 15. Qe2 Rc7 16. Rfc1 Ne7 17. Bb4 a5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. e4 Raa7 {Bakhrillaev,B (2386)-Zou,C (2449) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (40)}) 5... exd5 6. Qb3 Ba5 7. Bd2 Ne7 8. e4 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 O-O 10. Bd3 Nbc6 11. O-O Kh8 12. Rfe1 Bg4 13. Nd2 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Qxd4 16. Nf3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Ng6 18. Rad1 Qb6 19. Bxb7 Qxb3 20. axb3 Rab8 21. Be4 Rxb3 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Rd7 Rxb2 24. Rxc7 a5 25. h3 Ra2 26. Ree7 Rg8 27. Ra7 Kh7 28. g3 Kh6 29. h4 a4 30. Re4 a3 31. Re3 Ra1+ 32. Kg2 a2 33. Re2 Rc8 34. Rexa2 Rxa2 35. Rxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 9th Apr Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2024.04.09"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. e4 c5 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. Nxd4 a6 9. Bxc4 b5 ({RR} 9... Bb4 10. f3 Bd7 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. Nb3 Ne5 13. Be2 Bb5 14. a3 Bxe2 15. Kxe2 Be7 16. Na4 b5 17. Nb6 Rd8 18. Nc8 Bf8 19. Na5 h6 20. Be3 Nd3 21. Rc7 Nxb2 22. Nb6 Bd6 23. Ra7 Na4 24. Nc6 {Andreikin,D (2710)-Ter Sahakyan,S (2613) chess.com INT 2026 1-0}) 10. Be2 Bb7 11. f3 Be7 $146 ({RR} 11... Nbd7 12. Nb3 Rc8 13. Rd1 Bb4 14. Bd2 Ne5 15. O-O O-O 16. a3 Be7 17. Bf4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Nc1 Rfd8 20. Kf2 Nd7 21. Bd6 Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Nc5 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Ke3 Kf8 25. Rd1 Rc8 26. Rd6 {Andreikin,D (2729)-Diaz Camallonga,C (2484) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (43)}) 12. Rc1 Nbd7 13. Nb3 Rc8 14. Be3 O-O 15. Kf2 Ne5 16. Rhd1 h6 17. a3 g5 18. Bd4 Nfd7 19. a4 b4 20. Na2 Bc6 21. a5 Ba4 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rc1 Rxc1 24. Naxc1 Nc6 25. Be3 Bd8 26. Bxa6 Nxa5 27. Nxa5 Bxa5 28. b3 Bc6 29. Nd3 Kf8 30. Bd2 Bb6+ 31. Ke2 Bc7 32. h3 Kg7 33. Nxb4 Ba8 34. Bb5 Nc5 35. Bc4 1-0

[Event "Chess.com Classic Div 3 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.05.13"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Grandelius, N."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2024.05.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 f6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 $146 ({RR} 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Bd2 Be7 7. g3 Bd7 8. Qc2 e5 9. dxe5 fxe5 10. Nxd5 Nf6 11. Bc3 Bd6 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Ng5 g6 14. f4 exf4 15. Nxf6+ Rxf6 {½-½ (15) Nishchyk,S (1258)-Anderson,K (1122) Playchess.com INT 2020}) ({RR} 5. e3 Ne7 6. Bd2 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 b6 9. Rc1 Ba6 10. Bb4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bxc4 12. Rxc4 Rf7 13. O-O Nd5 14. Bd2 c6 15. Qe2 Rc7 16. Rfc1 Ne7 17. Bb4 a5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. e4 Raa7 {Bakhrillaev,B (2386)-Zou,C (2449) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (40)}) 5... exd5 6. Qb3 Ba5 7. Bd2 Ne7 8. e4 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 O-O 10. Bd3 Nbc6 11. O-O Kh8 12. Rfe1 Bg4 13. Nd2 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Qxd4 16. Nf3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Ng6 18. Rad1 Qb6 19. Bxb7 Qxb3 20. axb3 Rab8 21. Be4 Rxb3 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Rd7 Rxb2 24. Rxc7 a5 25. h3 Ra2 26. Ree7 Rg8 27. Ra7 Kh7 28. g3 Kh6 29. h4 a4 30. Re4 a3 31. Re3 Ra1+ 32. Kg2 a2 33. Re2 Rc8 34. Rexa2 Rxa2 35. Rxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess.com Classic Div 3 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.05.13"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Grandelius, N."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2024.05.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 f6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 $146 ({RR} 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Bd2 Be7 7. g3 Bd7 8. Qc2 e5 9. dxe5 fxe5 10. Nxd5 Nf6 11. Bc3 Bd6 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Ng5 g6 14. f4 exf4 15. Nxf6+ Rxf6 {½-½ (15) Nishchyk,S (1258)-Anderson,K (1122) Playchess.com INT 2020}) ({RR} 5. e3 Ne7 6. Bd2 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 b6 9. Rc1 Ba6 10. Bb4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bxc4 12. Rxc4 Rf7 13. O-O Nd5 14. Bd2 c6 15. Qe2 Rc7 16. Rfc1 Ne7 17. Bb4 a5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. e4 Raa7 {Bakhrillaev,B (2386)-Zou,C (2449) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (40)}) 5... exd5 6. Qb3 Ba5 7. Bd2 Ne7 8. e4 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 O-O 10. Bd3 Nbc6 11. O-O Kh8 12. Rfe1 Bg4 13. Nd2 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Qxd4 16. Nf3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Ng6 18. Rad1 Qb6 19. Bxb7 Qxb3 20. axb3 Rab8 21. Be4 Rxb3 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Rd7 Rxb2 24. Rxc7 a5 25. h3 Ra2 26. Ree7 Rg8 27. Ra7 Kh7 28. g3 Kh6 29. h4 a4 30. Re4 a3 31. Re3 Ra1+ 32. Kg2 a2 33. Re2 Rc8 34. Rexa2 Rxa2 35. Rxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "TechM GCL 2024"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2024.10.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Duda, J."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2024.10.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[WhiteTeam "PBG Alaskan Knights"]
[BlackTeam "American Gambits"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 dxc4 6. e3 b5 7. a4 c6 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Qb6 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. b3 ({RR} 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. Bg3 Nc5 15. Rad1 O-O 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Rad8 18. Bh4 Rd5 19. Qg4 Kh8 20. Qf4 Kh7 21. Bf3 Qc7 22. Be4+ g6 23. Bf6 Be7 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. h4 Bc8 26. axb5 Bxf6 {Sargissian,G (2689)-Bluebaum,M (2644) Moscow 2019 1-0 (45)}) 12... cxb3 13. Qxb3 a5 14. Na2 $146 ({RR} 14. Rfc1 Bxc3 15. Rxc3 Nd5 16. Rcc1 b4 17. Nd2 Nc3 18. Bf1 c5 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Qc2 O-O 21. Be7 Rfc8 22. Bxc5 Rxc5 23. Nb3 Rg5 24. Nd2 Rc8 25. Qb2 Qc6 26. f3 Qc5 27. Re1 Bc6 28. Qb3 Qd5 {Zhang,Y (1560)-Cormier,A (1959) Hamilton 2010 0-1 (68)}) 14... bxa4 15. Qxa4 O-O 16. Rab1 c5 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. Rfc1 Qe7 20. Nxb4 axb4 21. Qxb4 Qxb4 22. Rxb4 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 Rac8 24. Ra1 Rc7 25. h4 h5 26. Rf4 Rfc8 27. Ra2 Rc1+ 28. Kh2 R1c2 29. Rxc2 Rxc2 30. Kg3 Rc5 31. Rb4 g6 32. Rb7 Kg7 33. Ra7 Rc4 34. Kh3 Ne4 35. Bxe4 Rxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 9th Apr Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2024.04.09"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. e4 c5 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. Nxd4 a6 9. Bxc4 b5 ({RR} 9... Bb4 10. f3 Bd7 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. Nb3 Ne5 13. Be2 Bb5 14. a3 Bxe2 15. Kxe2 Be7 16. Na4 b5 17. Nb6 Rd8 18. Nc8 Bf8 19. Na5 h6 20. Be3 Nd3 21. Rc7 Nxb2 22. Nb6 Bd6 23. Ra7 Na4 24. Nc6 {Andreikin,D (2710)-Ter Sahakyan,S (2613) chess.com INT 2026 1-0}) 10. Be2 Bb7 11. f3 Be7 $146 ({RR} 11... Nbd7 12. Nb3 Rc8 13. Rd1 Bb4 14. Bd2 Ne5 15. O-O O-O 16. a3 Be7 17. Bf4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Nc1 Rfd8 20. Kf2 Nd7 21. Bd6 Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Nc5 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Ke3 Kf8 25. Rd1 Rc8 26. Rd6 {Andreikin,D (2729)-Diaz Camallonga,C (2484) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (43)}) 12. Rc1 Nbd7 13. Nb3 Rc8 14. Be3 O-O 15. Kf2 Ne5 16. Rhd1 h6 17. a3 g5 18. Bd4 Nfd7 19. a4 b4 20. Na2 Bc6 21. a5 Ba4 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rc1 Rxc1 24. Naxc1 Nc6 25. Be3 Bd8 26. Bxa6 Nxa5 27. Nxa5 Bxa5 28. b3 Bc6 29. Nd3 Kf8 30. Bd2 Bb6+ 31. Ke2 Bc7 32. h3 Kg7 33. Nxb4 Ba8 34. Bb5 Nc5 35. Bc4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 9th Apr Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2024.04.09"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. e4 c5 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. Nxd4 a6 9. Bxc4 b5 ({RR} 9... Bb4 10. f3 Bd7 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. Nb3 Ne5 13. Be2 Bb5 14. a3 Bxe2 15. Kxe2 Be7 16. Na4 b5 17. Nb6 Rd8 18. Nc8 Bf8 19. Na5 h6 20. Be3 Nd3 21. Rc7 Nxb2 22. Nb6 Bd6 23. Ra7 Na4 24. Nc6 {Andreikin,D (2710)-Ter Sahakyan,S (2613) chess.com INT 2026 1-0}) 10. Be2 Bb7 11. f3 Be7 $146 ({RR} 11... Nbd7 12. Nb3 Rc8 13. Rd1 Bb4 14. Bd2 Ne5 15. O-O O-O 16. a3 Be7 17. Bf4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Nc1 Rfd8 20. Kf2 Nd7 21. Bd6 Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Nc5 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Ke3 Kf8 25. Rd1 Rc8 26. Rd6 {Andreikin,D (2729)-Diaz Camallonga,C (2484) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (43)}) 12. Rc1 Nbd7 13. Nb3 Rc8 14. Be3 O-O 15. Kf2 Ne5 16. Rhd1 h6 17. a3 g5 18. Bd4 Nfd7 19. a4 b4 20. Na2 Bc6 21. a5 Ba4 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rc1 Rxc1 24. Naxc1 Nc6 25. Be3 Bd8 26. Bxa6 Nxa5 27. Nxa5 Bxa5 28. b3 Bc6 29. Nd3 Kf8 30. Bd2 Bb6+ 31. Ke2 Bc7 32. h3 Kg7 33. Nxb4 Ba8 34. Bb5 Nc5 35. Bc4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 14th Jul 2026"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2026.07.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Brkic, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2026.07.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. e3 Bd7 9. Qc2 b5 10. Be2 a6 11. O-O O-O 12. b3 cxb3 13. axb3 Be7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Rfd1 $146 ({RR} 16. Rfc1 Qb8 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Qxc5 Rc8 19. d5 exd5 20. Qxd5 Rd8 21. Rxc6 Be8 22. Qc5 Bxc6 23. Qxc6 Rd6 24. Qc3 Qb6 25. b4 Rc8 26. Rc1 Ra8 27. Qxc7 Qxc7 28. Rxc7 a5 29. bxa5 Rxa5 30. g4 Rb6 {Ashraf,A (2470)-Bluebaum,M (2679) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (74)}) ({RR} 16. Rfc1 Qb8 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Qxc5 Qb6 19. Qh5 Ne7 20. Ne5 Be8 21. Qh4 f6 22. Nd3 Bf7 23. Nc5 Rfd8 24. Bf3 Ra7 25. Be4 Bg6 26. Bf3 a5 27. Qg3 Bf7 28. Be4 Nd5 29. Qf3 Qd6 30. Bd3 c6 {Esipenko,A (2593)-Thybo,J (2499) Manavgat 2018 ½-½ (59)}) 16... Nb4 17. Qc3 Nd5 18. Qb2 a5 19. Ne5 a4 20. Nc5 Be8 21. bxa4 bxa4 22. Rdc1 Bxc5 23. Rxc5 f6 24. Nd3 Qd6 25. Qc1 Ra7 26. Bd1 Bg6 27. Rc6 Qd7 28. Bg4 Bf5 29. Bxf5 exf5 30. Qc4 Kh8 31. Rxa4 Nb6 32. Qc5 Rxa4 33. Qxf8+ Kh7 34. Rc1 Ra3 35. Qxa3 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 36th"]
[Site "Struga"]
[Date "2021.09.23"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Abasov, Nijat Azad"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2021.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Silla Valencia"]
[BlackTeam "Mednyi Vsadnik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. d4 e6 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 ({RR} 9. Qc2 Nb6 10. b3 Bd7 11. Bb2 Rc8 12. Rac1 Qc7 13. Qe2 Qb8 14. Ne5 Bc6 15. f4 Nbd7 16. g4 g6 17. g5 Nh5 18. Rf3 Ng7 19. Rh3 Nf5 20. Bxf5 exf5 21. Qf2 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Rfe8 23. Qh4 Nf8 {Wiegand,H (1832)-Fettig,M (1675) Marburg GER 2025 1-0 (40)}) 9... h6 10. Bd2 a6 11. Rc1 Rb8 $146 ({RR} 11... b5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Rb8 15. Bb1 Bb7 16. Ne5 Rc8 17. Rxc8 Qxc8 18. Bxh6 Bxe5 19. dxe5 gxh6 20. Qg4+ Kh8 21. Qf4 Kg7 22. Qg3+ Kh8 23. Qh4 Kg7 24. Qg4+ Kh8 25. Qh3 Kg7 26. Qg3+ {Navara,D (2689)-Yu Yangyi (2735) Biel SUI 2023 ½-½}) 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Nf6 15. Bb1 b5 16. Ne5 Bb7 17. Rc3 Re8 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Qc1 Kf8 20. Qxh6+ Ke7 21. Nxf7 Bxh2+ 22. Qxh2 Kxf7 23. Rc7+ Re7 24. Bg6+ Kxg6 25. Rxe7 Qxe7 26. Qxb8 Bd5 27. Re3 Nh5 28. Re5 Ng7 29. Qc8 Nf5 30. g4 Ng7 31. f4 Qh4 32. Rg5+ Kh7 33. Qc2+ Kg8 34. Qc8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona San Juan 4th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2010.07.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2010.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. O-O Be7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Bc3 Qd7 12. Bd4 Rfd8 ({RR} 12... Rac8 13. Nc3 Rfd8 14. Rc1 a6 15. h3 Nfe4 16. Qe2 Ne6 17. Qd3 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Nxc3 19. Rxc3 Rxc3 20. Qxc3 Bf6 21. Rc1 h6 22. b3 Qe7 23. Qc7 Rd7 24. Qf4 Qe4 25. Ne2 Be5 26. Qg4 Qxg4 27. hxg4 {Fressinet,L (2714)-Edouard,R (2652) Pau 2012 ½-½ (44)}) 13. Nc3 Ne6 $146 ({RR} 13... Rac8 14. Rc1 b6 15. h3 h6 16. Qe2 Nfe4 17. Rfd1 Qb7 18. Be5 Bf8 19. Qf1 Kh8 20. Nb5 f6 21. Bh2 Na4 22. Qe2 Rc5 23. Nbd4 Rdc8 24. Rb1 b5 25. Nh4 Qf7 26. f3 Ng5 27. Qd3 a6 28. Ng6+ {Pert,R (2457)-Van de Griendt,J (2352) England 2010 1-0 (37)}) ({RR} 13... Rac8 14. Qe2 Nfe4 15. Rfd1 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Ne4 17. Bd4 Qa4 18. b3 Qa5 19. Rac1 h6 20. h3 Nc3 21. Bxc3 Rxc3 22. Rxc3 Qxc3 23. Qb5 Qb4 24. Qxb4 Bxb4 25. e4 Ba5 26. Rxd5 Rxd5 27. exd5 Kf8 28. Ne5 {Jovanic,O (2488)-Lizak,P (2423) Pula 2012 1-0 (43)}) 14. Qd3 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Rac8 16. Rfd1 Bd6 17. Rac1 a6 18. h3 Be5 19. Rc2 h6 20. Rdc1 Rc7 21. Nf3 Bxc3 22. Rxc3 Rdc8 23. Nd4 Rxc3 24. Rxc3 Ne4 25. Rc2 Nd6 26. Ne2 Rxc2 27. Qxc2 Ne4 28. f3 Ng5 29. Qd3 Ne6 30. Kf2 Qd6 31. a3 Kf8 32. b4 h5 33. Qc3 Ke7 34. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 36th"]
[Site "Struga"]
[Date "2021.09.23"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Abasov, Nijat Azad"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2021.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Silla Valencia"]
[BlackTeam "Mednyi Vsadnik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. d4 e6 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 ({RR} 9. Qc2 Nb6 10. b3 Bd7 11. Bb2 Rc8 12. Rac1 Qc7 13. Qe2 Qb8 14. Ne5 Bc6 15. f4 Nbd7 16. g4 g6 17. g5 Nh5 18. Rf3 Ng7 19. Rh3 Nf5 20. Bxf5 exf5 21. Qf2 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Rfe8 23. Qh4 Nf8 {Wiegand,H (1832)-Fettig,M (1675) Marburg GER 2025 1-0 (40)}) 9... h6 10. Bd2 a6 11. Rc1 Rb8 $146 ({RR} 11... b5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Rb8 15. Bb1 Bb7 16. Ne5 Rc8 17. Rxc8 Qxc8 18. Bxh6 Bxe5 19. dxe5 gxh6 20. Qg4+ Kh8 21. Qf4 Kg7 22. Qg3+ Kh8 23. Qh4 Kg7 24. Qg4+ Kh8 25. Qh3 Kg7 26. Qg3+ {Navara,D (2689)-Yu Yangyi (2735) Biel SUI 2023 ½-½}) 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Nf6 15. Bb1 b5 16. Ne5 Bb7 17. Rc3 Re8 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Qc1 Kf8 20. Qxh6+ Ke7 21. Nxf7 Bxh2+ 22. Qxh2 Kxf7 23. Rc7+ Re7 24. Bg6+ Kxg6 25. Rxe7 Qxe7 26. Qxb8 Bd5 27. Re3 Nh5 28. Re5 Ng7 29. Qc8 Nf5 30. g4 Ng7 31. f4 Qh4 32. Rg5+ Kh7 33. Qc2+ Kg8 34. Qc8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Smyslov Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2021.08.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Paravyan, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2021.08.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O e6 7. b3 cxb3 8. Qxb3 Nf6 ({RR} 8... Nd7 9. Rd1 Ngf6 10. a4 a6 11. Ba3 Bxa3 12. Qxa3 Qe7 13. Qb3 O-O 14. Nc3 Rab8 15. e4 b4 16. Na2 a5 17. Nd2 c5 18. d5 exd5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Nb6 22. Qc6 Rfc8 23. Qb5 {Porat,I (2319)-Rueda Ahumada,G (1915) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (85)}) 9. a4 b4 ({RR} 9... a6 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Ba3 O-O 12. Ne5 Nd5 13. Nc3 Bxa3 14. Rxa3 Nd7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Ne4 b4 17. Nc5 Qe7 18. Bxd5 bxa3 19. Bc4 Rfb8 20. Qxa3 a5 21. Qe3 Bc8 22. Qe4 Rb4 23. Qxc6 Bb7 24. Nxb7 {Andreikin,D (2724)-Zhigalko,S (2572) Chess.com INT 2021 ½-½ (34)}) 10. a5 c5 11. Nc3 $146 ({RR} 11. Bb2 Bd5 12. Qa4+ Qd7 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Rc1 Qxa4 15. Rxa4 Nbd7 16. Ne5 Bd6 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd7 Kxd7 19. e4 Nc7 20. Bxg7 Rhb8 21. Bb2 Na6 22. Rd1 Nc5 23. Ra1 Kc6 24. f3 Nb3 25. Ra2 Bc5+ {Rumsey,V (1828)-Soler Lopez,H (2072) Torredembarra 2019 0-1 (31)}) 11... c4 12. Qb1 Qc8 13. Na2 Be4 14. Qb2 Nc6 15. Bg5 Nd5 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nxe5 18. dxe5 h6 19. e4 hxg5 20. exd5 exd5 21. e6 fxe6 22. Rae1 b3 23. Nc3 Qc6 24. Ne2 Bc5 25. Qxg7 O-O-O 26. Qxg5 d4+ 27. f3 Qd5 28. Qg4 Qf5 29. Nf4 Bd6 30. Rxe6 Qxg4 31. fxg4 Rhe8 32. Rh6 b2 33. Ne6 Rxe6 34. Rxe6 c3 0-1

[Event "Moscow Smyslov Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2021.08.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Paravyan, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2021.08.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O e6 7. b3 cxb3 8. Qxb3 Nf6 ({RR} 8... Nd7 9. Rd1 Ngf6 10. a4 a6 11. Ba3 Bxa3 12. Qxa3 Qe7 13. Qb3 O-O 14. Nc3 Rab8 15. e4 b4 16. Na2 a5 17. Nd2 c5 18. d5 exd5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Nb6 22. Qc6 Rfc8 23. Qb5 {Porat,I (2319)-Rueda Ahumada,G (1915) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (85)}) 9. a4 b4 ({RR} 9... a6 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Ba3 O-O 12. Ne5 Nd5 13. Nc3 Bxa3 14. Rxa3 Nd7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Ne4 b4 17. Nc5 Qe7 18. Bxd5 bxa3 19. Bc4 Rfb8 20. Qxa3 a5 21. Qe3 Bc8 22. Qe4 Rb4 23. Qxc6 Bb7 24. Nxb7 {Andreikin,D (2724)-Zhigalko,S (2572) Chess.com INT 2021 ½-½ (34)}) 10. a5 c5 11. Nc3 $146 ({RR} 11. Bb2 Bd5 12. Qa4+ Qd7 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Rc1 Qxa4 15. Rxa4 Nbd7 16. Ne5 Bd6 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd7 Kxd7 19. e4 Nc7 20. Bxg7 Rhb8 21. Bb2 Na6 22. Rd1 Nc5 23. Ra1 Kc6 24. f3 Nb3 25. Ra2 Bc5+ {Rumsey,V (1828)-Soler Lopez,H (2072) Torredembarra 2019 0-1 (31)}) 11... c4 12. Qb1 Qc8 13. Na2 Be4 14. Qb2 Nc6 15. Bg5 Nd5 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nxe5 18. dxe5 h6 19. e4 hxg5 20. exd5 exd5 21. e6 fxe6 22. Rae1 b3 23. Nc3 Qc6 24. Ne2 Bc5 25. Qxg7 O-O-O 26. Qxg5 d4+ 27. f3 Qd5 28. Qg4 Qf5 29. Nf4 Bd6 30. Rxe6 Qxg4 31. fxg4 Rhe8 32. Rh6 b2 33. Ne6 Rxe6 34. Rxe6 c3 0-1

[Event "6th Sharjah Masters 2023"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2023.05.22"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2023.05.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. O-O Ne4 9. Bf4 g5 10. Bc1 f5 11. Nc3 h5 12. Rb1 $146 ({RR} 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qc7 14. f3 Bc5+ 15. e3 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Qb6 17. Qd3 h4 18. Re1 hxg3 19. hxg3 Bd7 20. Rb1 a5 21. Bd2 Qa6 22. Bf1 Qa7 23. a3 a4 24. cxd5 cxd5 25. Bc3 Kf7 26. Bd4 b6 {Bin-Suhayl,I (2219)-Kanyamarala,T (2389) Peterborough ENG 2025 ½-½ (43)}) ({RR} 12. Nd2 h4 13. Ndxe4 dxe4 14. d5 hxg3 15. hxg3 Bf6 16. Rd1 Qe7 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. Qxe4 Rb8 20. Qxc6 Bb7 21. Qd6 Qxd6 22. Rxd6 Ke7 23. Rd2 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Rhc8 25. Rc2 Ne5 26. c5 Rb5 {Castrillon Gomez,M (2141)-Adhiban,B (2550) Hong Kong HKG 2026 0-1 (54)}) 12... a5 13. a3 h4 14. b4 hxg3 15. hxg3 axb4 16. axb4 Bf6 17. Rd1 Nb6 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Nxc4 21. Bxe4 b5 22. Bg2 Rh6 23. Qc3 Qe7 24. Ra1 Rxa1 25. Qxa1 Kd8 26. e4 Rh7 27. exd5 cxd5 28. Qa8 Kc7 29. Be3 Bb7 30. Qa7 Kc8 31. Bc5 Qc7 32. Bd4 Qe7 33. Bc5 Qc7 34. Bd4 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2024"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2024.04.05"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R."]
[Black "Gukesh, D."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2024.04.04"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Be7 9. e4 a6 10. Be3 b5 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Rad1 Na5 13. d5 ({RR} 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. f4 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qe8 16. f5 f6 17. fxe6 c6 18. Bb6 Nb3 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. e5 Be7 21. Rd7 Bc5+ 22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23. Rxf8+ Qxf8 24. Rf7 Qe8 25. Bh3 Bc8 26. Ne4 Nxe4 27. Qxe4 Bxe6 {Gorovets,A (2427)-Nosach,R (2310) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (100)}) 13... exd5 14. e5 Ne8 15. e6 f5 $146 ({RR} 15... f6 16. Nh4 c6 17. Be4 g6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Qg4 g5 20. Qf5 dxe4 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Bb6 Ng7 23. Qxe4 c5 24. Qb1 Nb3 25. Bxd8 Nd2 26. Bxe7 Nxb1 27. Rxb1 Re8 28. Bxc5 Nxe6 29. Bb6 g4 30. Re1 {Sai Agni Jeevitesh,J (2309)-Lau,L (2239) Budapest HUN 2025 ½-½}) 16. Ne5 Nf6 17. Qc2 c6 18. Qxf5 Qe8 19. Nf7 Bc8 20. Rfe1 Nb7 21. Bg5 Ra7 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Nxd5 Be7 25. Qg4 Nd8 26. Nxd8 Bxd8 27. Qd4 Rb7 28. Re4 Bf6 29. Qe3 Be7 30. h4 Qc6 31. h5 Bc5 32. Qg5 Bxe6 33. h6 Rxf2 0-1

[Event "Djerba Masters 2024"]
[Site "Djerba TUN"]
[Date "2024.02.20"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Black "Tari, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2024.02.18"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. e4 c5 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. Nxd4 h6 9. Bh4 a6 ({RR} 9... Bd7 10. Bxc4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. f3 a6 13. Rc1 Nd7 14. O-O g5 15. Bf2 Bg7 16. Rfd1 Ke7 17. Bb3 Rhc8 18. a4 b6 19. Bc4 Bxc3 20. Rxc3 Bxa4 21. Ra1 b5 22. h4 Ne5 23. Be2 Rxc3 24. bxc3 {Stocek,J (2471)-Samunenkov,I (2584) Czech Republic CZE 2026 0-1 (52)}) 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Be2 Nbd7 $146 ({RR} 11... Bb7 12. f3 Nbd7 13. O-O-O Rc8 14. Kb1 Bb4 15. Be1 O-O 16. g4 Be7 17. a3 Ne5 18. h4 g6 19. Rg1 Rfd8 20. g5 hxg5 21. Rxg5 Nc4 22. Nc2 Nh5 23. Rg1 Rxd1+ 24. Nxd1 Nf4 25. Bxc4 Rxc4 26. Nde3 {Indjic,A (2628)-Tari,A (2656) Chess.com INT 2022 0-1 (74)}) 12. f3 Ne5 13. Bf2 Bb4 14. O-O Bd7 15. a4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 bxa4 17. Bg3 Nc6 18. Rxa4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 O-O 20. Rd6 Bc8 21. Ra1 Rb8 22. c4 Rb2 23. Bf1 Bb7 24. Rad1 Rb3 25. c5 Rc3 26. Rb6 Bc8 27. c6 a5 28. Be5 Rc2 29. Bd3 Ra2 30. Bc4 Ra4 31. Bb5 Ra2 32. c7 Kh7 33. Rd8 1-0

[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.01.24"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R."]
[Black "Bluebaum, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 b6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Ne4 10. Rc1 Qe7 11. b4 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Bxb4 14. a3 Bd6 15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. Rc7 Rab8 17. Qh5 $146 ({RR} 17. Qg4 Rfc8 18. Rfc1 Qd8 19. d5 Nf6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Qc4 Rf8 22. e4 exd5 23. exd5 Rfe8 24. Be4 g6 25. Bf3 Rbc8 26. Qa4 a6 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Rxc8+ Bxc8 29. Qe8+ Kg7 30. h4 Bb7 31. h5 gxh5 {Lu,M (2441)-Ding Yixin (2392) Shaoxing CHN 2024 ½-½ (55)}) ({RR} 17. Qg4 Rfc8 18. Rfc1 Qd8 19. d5 Nf6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Qc4 Rf8 22. e4 exd5 23. exd5 Rfe8 24. Be4 g6 25. Bf3 Rbc8 26. Qa4 a6 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Rxc8+ Bxc8 29. Qe8+ Kg7 30. h4 Bb7 31. h5 gxh5 {Lu,M (2441)-Ding Yixin (2392) Shaoxing CHN 2024 ½-½ (55)}) 17... h6 18. d5 Qd8 19. dxe6 Qxc7 20. Qf5 g6 21. exf7+ Rxf7 22. Qxg6+ Kf8 23. Rc1 Nc5 24. Bc4 d5 25. Qxh6+ Ke7 26. Qg5+ Kf8 27. Be5 Qd8 28. Qh6+ Ke7 29. Be2 Rc8 30. Qg5+ Kf8 31. Qh6+ Ke7 32. Qg5+ Kf8 33. Qh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Esports World Cup 2025"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2025.08.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2025.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 b6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bb2 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 a6 10. Re1 c5 ({RR} 10... Ne4 11. Ne2 Qe7 12. Nf4 Rad8 13. Qe2 a5 14. Rac1 c5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Bb5 Ng5 17. Red1 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Nf6 19. Nh5 Nxh5 20. Qxh5 Qe6 21. h3 f5 22. Rc2 Rc8 23. Qe2 Qg6 24. f4 Rc7 25. Qf2 {Erigaisi,A (2775)-Keymer,V (2776) Mumbai IND 2025 1-0 (66)}) 11. cxd5 Nxd5 $146 ({RR} 11... exd5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Be7 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Ng3 Re8 16. Bf5 Rc7 17. dxc5 Rxc5 18. Ng5 h6 19. Rxc5 Bxc5 20. N5e4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Nf6 23. Bf3 Qxd1 24. Rxd1 Ne4 25. Bxe4 Rxe4 26. Kf1 {Halvax,G (2458)-Peyrer,K (2447) Austria AUT 2024 ½-½ (31)}) ({RR} 11... exd5 12. Rc1 Re8 13. Bf5 c4 14. bxc4 dxc4 15. e4 Bf4 16. Rb1 g6 17. Bxd7 Nxd7 18. d5 b5 19. Qd4 Ne5 20. Ne2 Nxf3+ 21. gxf3 Be5 22. Qd2 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 Bc8 24. Qd4 Qh4 25. e5 Qh5 26. Ng3 {Erigaisi,A (2757)-Pranesh,M (2666) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (50)}) 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Bc2 f5 14. e4 fxe4 15. Bxe4 Nf6 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Qd3 Ne4 18. Rad1 Kh8 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Re2 Qc7 21. Nd4 Nxf2 22. Rxf2 Rxf2 23. Kxf2 Qxh2 24. Qh3 Rf8+ 25. Ke2 Qe5+ 26. Qe3 Qh2 27. Qg5 h6 28. Qxd5 Qg3 29. Rd2 Rf2+ 30. Kd1 Rf1+ 31. Kc2 Qg6+ 32. Kc3 Qg3+ 33. Nf3 1-0

[Event "Djerba Masters 2024"]
[Site "Djerba TUN"]
[Date "2024.02.20"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Black "Tari, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2024.02.18"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. e4 c5 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. Nxd4 h6 9. Bh4 a6 ({RR} 9... Bd7 10. Bxc4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. f3 a6 13. Rc1 Nd7 14. O-O g5 15. Bf2 Bg7 16. Rfd1 Ke7 17. Bb3 Rhc8 18. a4 b6 19. Bc4 Bxc3 20. Rxc3 Bxa4 21. Ra1 b5 22. h4 Ne5 23. Be2 Rxc3 24. bxc3 {Stocek,J (2471)-Samunenkov,I (2584) Czech Republic CZE 2026 0-1 (52)}) 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Be2 Nbd7 $146 ({RR} 11... Bb7 12. f3 Nbd7 13. O-O-O Rc8 14. Kb1 Bb4 15. Be1 O-O 16. g4 Be7 17. a3 Ne5 18. h4 g6 19. Rg1 Rfd8 20. g5 hxg5 21. Rxg5 Nc4 22. Nc2 Nh5 23. Rg1 Rxd1+ 24. Nxd1 Nf4 25. Bxc4 Rxc4 26. Nde3 {Indjic,A (2628)-Tari,A (2656) Chess.com INT 2022 0-1 (74)}) 12. f3 Ne5 13. Bf2 Bb4 14. O-O Bd7 15. a4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 bxa4 17. Bg3 Nc6 18. Rxa4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 O-O 20. Rd6 Bc8 21. Ra1 Rb8 22. c4 Rb2 23. Bf1 Bb7 24. Rad1 Rb3 25. c5 Rc3 26. Rb6 Bc8 27. c6 a5 28. Be5 Rc2 29. Bd3 Ra2 30. Bc4 Ra4 31. Bb5 Ra2 32. c7 Kh7 33. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.01"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Nc3 ({RR} 8. Nbd2 c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. a3 Rc8 11. e4 cxd4 12. Qa4 N5f6 13. Qxa7 Nc5 14. e5 Nd5 15. b4 Ra8 16. Qxa8 Qxa8 17. bxc5 Bxc5 18. Bb2 Nc3 19. Ne1 O-O 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. h3 Qd5 22. Nd3 Na4 {Andersson,U (2635)-Atalik,S (2595) Tallinn 1998 0-1 (47)}) ({RR} 8. Rd1 Rc8 9. Nc3 Be7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Ng5 O-O 12. Ncxe4 h6 13. Nh3 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Nf6 15. Bg2 Qc7 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. c5 bxc5 18. dxc5 Bxf4 19. Nxf4 Nd5 20. Ne2 a5 21. a3 Ba6 22. Nd4 Rb8 {Shapiro,D (2284)-Arnold,K chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (71)}) 8... dxc4 9. Nd2 a6 $146 ({RR} 9... e5 10. e3 exd4 11. exd4 Be7 12. Nxc4 O-O 13. Ne3 g6 14. Rd1 Rc8 15. Qb3 Qc7 16. a4 Rfe8 17. Nc4 Nh5 18. Be3 Rcd8 19. Rac1 Qb8 20. d5 cxd5 21. Nxd5 Bf8 22. a5 Nc5 23. Bxc5 bxc5 24. a6 {Moskalenko,V (2535)-Sorokin,M (2550) Moscow 1992 1-0}) 10. Nxc4 b5 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd5 13. Rd1 Qb8 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Bf4 Be7 16. e4 dxe4 17. Rac1 O-O 18. Rd7 Bd8 19. Rxb7 Qxb7 20. Bxe4 Qb8 21. Bxa8 Qxa8 22. Qc6 Be7 23. Be3 Rd8 24. Qxa8 Rxa8 25. Rc7 Kf8 26. b3 Ke8 27. Kg2 a5 28. Kf3 b4 29. Ke4 Bd8 30. Rc4 Be7 31. Rc7 Bd8 32. Rc4 Be7 33. Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 8th Jul Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.07.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2025.07.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qc2 Bb6 10. Nc3 h6 ({RR} 10... O-O 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Na4 h6 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qb3 Ra6 16. Rac1 d4 17. Qb5 Rxa2 18. Rc2 d3 19. exd3 Bg4 20. Qc4 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Ne5 22. Qxa2 Nxf3+ 23. Kg2 Nd4 24. b4 Qf3+ 25. Kg1 {Wojtaszek,R (2744)-Mamedov,R (2704) Shamkir 2018 ½-½ (41)}) 11. Na4 ({RR} 11. b3 O-O 12. Na4 Bc7 13. Bb2 Ne4 14. Nc3 Nb4 15. Qc1 Nf6 16. Rd1 Bf5 17. Nb5 Bb6 18. Qf4 Be4 19. a3 Nc6 20. Rac1 Nh5 21. Qg4 Nf6 22. Qh4 Re8 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Qxf6 gxf6 25. Nd6 Re7 {Sapenov,D (2458)-Zhalmakhanov,R (2464) Astana KAZ 2026 ½-½ (46)}) 11... Bc7 12. Rd1 O-O 13. Be3 $146 ({RR} 13. Nc5 Re8 14. h3 Qe7 15. e3 Bd6 16. Nb3 Be6 17. a3 Rac8 18. Qd3 Qd7 19. Kh2 Ne4 20. Qe2 Qc7 21. Qe1 Ne5 22. Nfd4 Qd7 23. Qe2 Bg4 24. hxg4 Nxg4+ 25. Kg1 Nexf2 26. Rf1 Bxg3 27. Bf3 Bh2+ {Fodor,B (2113)-Birovecz,B (1745) Budapest 2016 1-0 (74)}) 13... Re8 14. h3 Bxg3 15. fxg3 Rxe3 16. Nc3 d4 17. Qd2 Qb6 18. Na4 Qa6 19. Nc5 Qb6 20. Rac1 Ne4 21. Nxe4 Rxe4 22. Kh2 Be6 23. Ng5 Re3 24. Nf3 Bxa2 25. b4 Bb3 26. Nxd4 Qxd4 27. Qxd4 Nxd4 28. Rxd4 Rxe2 29. Kg1 Rb8 30. Rc7 Be6 31. g4 Rb2 32. Bxb7 a5 33. b5 Rxb5 0-1

[Event "Djerba Masters 2024"]
[Site "Djerba TUN"]
[Date "2024.02.20"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Black "Tari, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2024.02.18"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. e4 c5 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. Nxd4 h6 9. Bh4 a6 ({RR} 9... Bd7 10. Bxc4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. f3 a6 13. Rc1 Nd7 14. O-O g5 15. Bf2 Bg7 16. Rfd1 Ke7 17. Bb3 Rhc8 18. a4 b6 19. Bc4 Bxc3 20. Rxc3 Bxa4 21. Ra1 b5 22. h4 Ne5 23. Be2 Rxc3 24. bxc3 {Stocek,J (2471)-Samunenkov,I (2584) Czech Republic CZE 2026 0-1 (52)}) 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Be2 Nbd7 $146 ({RR} 11... Bb7 12. f3 Nbd7 13. O-O-O Rc8 14. Kb1 Bb4 15. Be1 O-O 16. g4 Be7 17. a3 Ne5 18. h4 g6 19. Rg1 Rfd8 20. g5 hxg5 21. Rxg5 Nc4 22. Nc2 Nh5 23. Rg1 Rxd1+ 24. Nxd1 Nf4 25. Bxc4 Rxc4 26. Nde3 {Indjic,A (2628)-Tari,A (2656) Chess.com INT 2022 0-1 (74)}) 12. f3 Ne5 13. Bf2 Bb4 14. O-O Bd7 15. a4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 bxa4 17. Bg3 Nc6 18. Rxa4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 O-O 20. Rd6 Bc8 21. Ra1 Rb8 22. c4 Rb2 23. Bf1 Bb7 24. Rad1 Rb3 25. c5 Rc3 26. Rb6 Bc8 27. c6 a5 28. Be5 Rc2 29. Bd3 Ra2 30. Bc4 Ra4 31. Bb5 Ra2 32. c7 Kh7 33. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 16th Jan Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vl3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2024.01.16"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nc3 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. Rc1 c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. Be2 b6 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. b4 ({RR} 13. Qc2 Bb7 14. b4 Nd7 15. O-O Rc8 16. Qb3 Nd5 17. Nb5 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Qb8 19. a3 Rc8 20. Qb2 Rxc1+ 21. Qxc1 a6 22. Nbd4 N7f6 23. h3 Qd6 24. Nd2 Qd8 25. Bf3 Qd7 26. Qc2 Ne7 27. Bxb7 Qxb7 {Mungunzul,B (2328)-Zhu,J (2547) Hong Kong HKG 2026 ½-½ (56)}) 13... Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1 Nd7 15. O-O $146 ({RR} 15. Nd4 a5 16. b5 Nc5 17. f3 Bb7 18. e4 Rac8 19. Kf2 e5 20. Nf5 Nxe4+ 21. Nxe4 Nxf5 22. Nd6 Nxd6 23. Rxd6 Rc2 24. Rhd1 e4 25. R1d2 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 exf3 27. gxf3 Ba8 28. Rd6 Rb8 29. Bc4 Kf8 {Ivanchuk,V (2733)-Kramnik,V (2810) Novi Sad 2016 ½-½ (42)}) 15... Nf6 16. Ne5 Bb7 17. Nd7 Nxd7 18. Rxd7 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bf3 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Rfd8 22. Rfd1 Rxd7 23. Rxd7 a5 24. b5 Rc8 25. Rb7 Rc2 26. a4 Rc4 27. Rxb6 Rxa4 28. Rb8+ Kh7 29. Ra8 Ra1+ 30. Kg2 a4 31. b6 Rb1 32. Rxa4 Rxb6 33. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 15th Nov Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.11.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Yu Yangyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2022.11.15"]

1. a3 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 e6 4. c4 Nbd7 ({RR} 4... c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 c4 8. b3 cxb3 9. Qxb3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 Na5 12. Qd3 Be6 13. Nbd2 Rc8 14. Ne5 Qc7 {½-½ (14) Belov,V (2532)-Perunovic,M (2555) Kavala 2004}) 5. e3 ({RR} 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. Nc3 a6 8. a4 Bb4 9. e3 g5 10. Bg3 Nd5 11. Qc2 c5 12. Bxc4 N7b6 13. Be2 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Be7 16. O-O h5 17. h3 g4 18. hxg4 hxg4 19. Bxg4 Bd6 {Marcziter,D (2210)-Pajcin,L (2243) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (45)}) 5... b6 6. Nc3 $146 ({RR} 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e4 N5f6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O c6 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Be3 g6 13. Qb3 O-O 14. e5 Ng7 15. Rad1 Qc8 16. Rc1 Qd8 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rfd1 Qb8 20. Be4 Rc8 {Schneider,U (1783)-Schroeder,O (1645) Bad Homburg 2014 1-0 (60)}) 6... Bb7 7. b3 c5 8. Bb2 cxd4 9. exd4 Bd6 10. Be2 Rc8 11. O-O O-O 12. Rc1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Bf4 14. Rc2 Ne4 15. Ne2 Bb8 16. Qd3 Nd6 17. Rfc1 b5 18. Bxe6 Rxc2 19. Qxc2 fxe6 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Nf5 22. Ng3 Qd5 23. f3 Nxg3 24. hxg3 Rc8 25. Qb1 Bxe5 26. Re1 Bd4+ 27. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 28. Kh2 Rc5 29. g4 Bxf3 30. Rxe6 Qf4+ 31. g3 Qd2+ 32. Kh3 Qg2+ 0-1

[Event "1st 3-0 Thu 16th Apr 2026"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2026.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Bluebaum, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2026.04.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bd6 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 a5 8. b3 a4 9. Bb2 a3 10. Bc3 Bb4 11. Qc2 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 Ne4 13. Qe3 f5 14. Rfc1 Qf6 15. Nf1 $146 ({RR} 15. cxd5 exd5 16. b4 Nxb4 17. Rxc7 Qd6 18. Qf4 Qxf4 19. gxf4 Rf7 20. Rcc1 Rf6 21. Nb3 Rc6 22. Rxc6 bxc6 23. Ne1 Ba6 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. e3 Bc4 26. Nd2 Bxa2 27. f3 exf3 28. Kf2 Bc4 29. Kxf3 a2 {Lysyj,I (2589)-Bluebaum,M (2655) chess.com INT 2024 0-1}) ({RR} 15. cxd5 exd5 16. b4 Nxb4 17. Rxc7 Qd6 18. Qf4 Qxf4 19. gxf4 Rf7 20. Rcc1 Rf6 21. Nb3 Rc6 22. Rxc6 bxc6 23. Ne1 Ba6 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. e3 Bc4 26. Nd2 Bxa2 27. f3 exf3 28. Kf2 Bc4 29. Kxf3 a2 {Lysyj,I (2589)-Bluebaum,M (2655) chess.com INT 2024 0-1}) 15... Rd8 16. Rd1 Nb4 17. Qc1 c5 18. e3 b6 19. Ne5 Ba6 20. f3 Nd6 21. Nd2 cxd4 22. exd4 f4 23. g4 Nf7 24. Qc3 Nxe5 25. dxe5 Qe7 26. Bf1 d4 27. Qc1 Bb7 28. Re1 Qc5 29. Ne4 Bxe4 30. Rxe4 d3+ 31. Kg2 Nc2 32. Rxf4 Ne3+ 0-1

[Event "79th ch-AZE 2025"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2025.02.15"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, S."]
[Black "Mamedov, Rau"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2025.02.01"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 cxd4 ({RR} 6... c4 7. O-O Be7 8. b3 cxb3 9. Qxb3 O-O 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Bg5 Be6 12. e3 b6 13. Qa4 Rc8 14. Rac1 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd2 a5 17. Rb1 Nb4 18. Nb5 Bd7 19. a3 Na6 20. Qb3 Bc6 21. Nc3 {Tobares,L (2138)-Saketh,P (2101) chess.com INT 2026 1-0}) 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 $146 ({RR} 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Bf4 Nc6 12. e3 h6 13. h4 Qd7 14. Na4 Bh3 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. Nd4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Ne4 18. f3 Nc5 19. Nb5 Ne6 20. Bd6 Rfe8 21. Qxd5 Ne7 22. Qb3 Ra5 23. a4 Nf5 {Poniewierski,P (2046)-Peplinski,W (1800) Poland 2007 1-0 (60)}) ({RR} 9. Nc3 Bxd4 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Qa4 d4 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Qe7 14. Qc2 h6 15. Bd2 Re8 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Bd3 Bh3 18. Rfe1 Ne5 19. Rac1 Qf6 20. Bf4 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Rad8 22. Rc7 Bf5 23. Qd1 Be4 {Kononenko,D (2322)-Ehlvest,J (2517) Chess.com INT 2020 0-1 (35)}) 9... Re8 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Be3 Bb6 12. Qd2 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Rac1 Rc8 15. Nxc6 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 Rxe3 17. Nxd8 Rexc3 18. Rxc3 Rxc3 19. g4 Bg6 20. Rd1 h5 21. Nxb7 hxg4 22. hxg4 Nxg4 23. Bxd5 Rc2 24. Bf3 Ne5 25. a4 Nxf3+ 26. exf3 Rc3 27. Na5 Rxf3 28. Rd8+ Kh7 29. Rd7 a6 30. Rd6 Bc2 31. Rxa6 Bxb3 32. Nxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS Premier 2023"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2023.05.10"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Riazantsev, A."]
[Black "Malakhov, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2023.05.01"]
[EventType "team"]
[WhiteTeam "Shakhmatnaya sbornaya Moskvy (Moskva)"]
[BlackTeam "SK KPRF (Moskva)"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O c6 10. Bh4 h6 11. Kh1 ({RR} 11. Rb1 O-O 12. b4 Qc7 13. a4 Ng4 14. Bg3 Bxg3 15. hxg3 h5 16. Qd2 g6 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Ndf6 19. Rfc1 Kg7 20. Rc2 Rh8 21. Rbc1 h4 22. gxh4 Rxh4 23. Nxh4 Qh2+ 24. Kf1 Qxh4 25. Qe1 Qh1+ {Kaliakhmet,E (2241)-Burdalev,K (2340) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (41)}) 11... O-O 12. Nd2 Be7 $146 ({RR} 12... Qc7 13. f4 Bg4 14. Qc2 Rae8 15. Rae1 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Nb3 Qb6 18. h3 Bh5 19. Nd4 Rxe3 20. Rxe3 Qxd4 21. Qd2 Bc5 22. Ree1 Bg6 23. Rd1 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Qxd3 25. Rxd3 d4 26. Ne2 {½-½ (26) Kurmangaliyeva,L (2264)-Makhija,A (2126) Almaty KAZ 2023}) ({RR} 12... g5 13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. fxg3 Kg7 15. e4 Qb6 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Nb3 Qd6 18. Qf3 b6 19. Rae1 Bg4 20. Qf2 Bh5 21. Na1 Bg6 22. Bf5 b5 23. a3 Rae8 24. Nc2 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Re8 26. Rxe8 Nxe8 27. Bxg6 {Esipenko,A (2683)-Caruana,F (2786) Douglas IOM 2023 ½-½ (43)}) 13. f4 Nb6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Qh5 c5 16. Nf3 cxd4 17. exd4 Nc4 18. Rae1 Nxb2 19. Bb1 Qc8 20. Nxd5 Qd8 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. d5 Bd7 23. Ne5 Bb5 24. Ng4 Qd4 25. Re4 Qd2 26. Re3 Qxe3 27. Nxe3 Rfe8 28. Re1 Rac8 29. h3 Rc3 30. Qf5 Bd3 31. Qd7 Re4 32. Qxb7 1-0

[Event "Clash of Claims 2024"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "2024.06.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2024.06.07"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bd6 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 a5 8. b3 a4 9. Bb2 Bb4 ({RR} 9... a3 10. Bc3 Bb4 11. Qc2 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 Ne4 13. Qe3 f5 14. Rfc1 Qf6 15. Nf1 Rd8 16. Rd1 Nb4 17. Qc1 c5 18. e3 b6 19. Ne5 Ba6 20. f3 Nd6 21. Nd2 cxd4 22. exd4 f4 23. g4 Nf7 24. Qc3 {Maghsoodloo,P (2720)-Bluebaum,M (2695) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (32)}) 10. a3 $146 ({RR} 10. bxa4 Bd7 11. Qc2 Ne7 12. Ne5 Bxa4 13. Nb3 c6 14. Nd3 Bd6 15. Ndc5 Ra7 16. Nxa4 Rxa4 17. Nd2 Qa8 18. e4 Bb4 19. e5 Nd7 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Nf3 Rc8 22. Qb3 Ba3 23. Rab1 Bxb2 24. Rxb2 b6 {Kramnik,V (2753)-Martinez Alcantara,J (2612) Madrid ESP 2024 ½-½ (61)}) 10... Bxd2 11. Nxd2 axb3 12. Qxb3 Na5 13. Qc2 b6 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Bc3 Ba6 16. Bxa5 bxa5 17. Rfe1 Qd6 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Rad8 21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Be4 Rfe8 23. Rad1 Re7 24. Qc3 a4 25. Qa5 Rde8 26. Bc2 Be2 27. Ra1 Qh6 28. Bxa4 Bf3 29. Rxe7 Rxe7 30. Qf5 Be4 31. Qc8+ Kh7 32. Re1 Bg2 1-0

[Event "CrunchLab Masters Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.07.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2024.07.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 a6 6. Qc2 ({RR} 6. Bf4 Nd5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Nc3 Nb6 10. Qb3 Nc6 11. e3 e5 12. d5 Na5 13. Qc2 Nac4 14. Bxc4 Nxc4 15. Qa4+ b5 16. Nxb5 axb5 17. Qxb5+ Qd7 18. Qxc4 Ba6 19. Qc6 Qxc6 20. dxc6 f6 {Artemiev,V (2746)-Aronian,L (2758) Chess.com INT 2019 ½-½ (84)}) 6... c5 ({RR} 6... b5 7. e3 Bb7 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. a4 b4 10. Be2 c5 11. O-O Rc8 12. Qb1 Be7 13. b3 O-O 14. Bb2 Qc7 15. Rc1 Qb8 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Be5 Bd6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Rc4 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 f5 21. g4 {Voroshilov,R (2138)-Kotsyuba,V (2220) Sheki AZE 2026 0-1 (43)}) 7. dxc5 Qa5+ 8. Nc3 $146 ({RR} 8. Bd2 Qxc5 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. e3 Be7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O b5 13. Rac1 Bb7 14. Qb1 Qb6 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Ng5 h6 17. Nge4 Rd7 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Bc3 Rad8 21. Rxd7 Rxd7 22. Ng3 b4 {Pultinevicius,P (2561)-Papayan,O (2253) chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (53)}) 8... Qxc5 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Rc1 Bd7 11. g3 Bb4 12. Bg2 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 O-O 14. Bf4 Qa5 15. Ne5 Nc6 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. O-O Rac8 18. Rfd1 Nf6 19. c4 e5 20. Bg5 Nd4 21. Qb2 Qa4 22. e3 Ne6 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Qe2 b5 25. Bd5 Rfe8 26. Qg4+ Kf8 27. Qh5 Kg7 28. c5 Red8 29. c6 Rd6 30. Bxe6 Rxe6 31. Rd7 Rf8 32. c7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2025"]
[Site "Goa IND"]
[Date "2025.11.18"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Wei Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2025.11.01"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. Nh4 Nh5 ({RR} 7... Be4 8. f3 Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. e4 dxe4 11. fxe4 Bb4 12. Qd3 Nbd7 13. a3 Ba5 14. b4 Bc7 15. e5 Nh5 16. Be3 Ng3 17. Rg1 Nxf1 18. Qxf1 Qh4+ 19. g3 Qg4 20. h4 f6 21. Rd1 O-O 22. Qc4+ {Raczek,K (2487)-Maghsoodloo,P (2710) Pasching AUT 2026 0-1 (32)}) 8. Nxf5 Nxf4 9. g3 $146 ({RR} 9. e3 Ne6 10. Bd3 g6 11. Ng3 h5 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Qc2 h4 14. Nge2 Nd7 15. a3 a5 16. h3 Nf6 17. Rc1 Bd6 18. O-O O-O 19. f4 Ng7 20. Rf3 Rfe8 21. Na4 Qc7 22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. dxc5 Ne4 {Wang,C (2235)-Zhao,Y (2151) Shenzhen CHN 2026 1-0 (44)}) 9... Ne6 10. e3 Nd7 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Qc2 g6 13. Nh4 Bg7 14. Bg2 O-O 15. O-O Rfe8 16. Nf3 Rac8 17. Rfe1 Nf6 18. Rac1 c5 19. dxc5 Rxc5 20. Qe2 Qc6 21. Nd2 Nd7 22. Nb3 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Rxc3 24. Qd2 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Qa6 26. Bxd5 Nf6 27. Bg2 Rd8 28. Qb2 Ne8 29. Nd2 Qe2 30. Rc2 Qd1+ 31. Nf1 b6 32. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Sebastian KO GpA"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "2012.01.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Feller, Sebastien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2011.12.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. b3 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Bd3 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rc1 Nbd7 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Rfd1 Bf8 $146 ({RR} 13... Bd6 14. Ne5 g6 15. Qe3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bc5 17. Qf3 Nh5 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Nf1 Qg5 20. g3 Rab8 21. h4 Qe7 22. Re1 Qe6 23. Nh2 d4 24. Qg4 Qxg4 25. Nxg4 Kg7 26. Be4 Bxe4 27. Rxe4 f5 28. exf6+ {Terry,R (2520)-Palchuk,A (2335) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (48)}) ({RR} 13... Bd6 14. Ne5 g6 15. Qe3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bc5 17. Qf3 Nh5 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Nf1 Qg5 20. g3 Rab8 21. h4 Qe7 22. Re1 Qe6 23. Nh2 d4 24. Qg4 Qxg4 25. Nxg4 Kg7 26. Be4 Bxe4 27. Rxe4 f5 28. exf6+ {Terry,R (2520)-Palchuk,A (2335) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (48)}) 14. Ne5 g6 15. Ndf3 dxc4 16. bxc4 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Nd7 18. f4 Bh6 19. Qf2 Rc8 20. Rc2 b5 21. Ng4 Bg7 22. cxb5 Rxc2 23. Qxc2 Qb6 24. a4 Bxd4+ 25. Kh1 e5 26. fxe5 Bxb2 27. Qxb2 h5 28. Bc4 Qc7 29. e6 Qxc4 30. exd7 Rd8 31. Nf6+ Kf8 32. Re1 1-0

[Event "AUT-chT 1011"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "2011.01.21"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Gyimesi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2010.11.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Jenbach"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Invest"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nc3 Qd8 7. Qb3 ({RR} 7. e3 g6 8. Qc2 Bg7 9. h4 c6 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. g4 O-O 12. g5 h5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. O-O-O Re8 15. e4 Nf8 16. Ne5 Ne6 17. f4 Nxf4 18. Rhf1 Nxd3+ 19. Rxd3 Be6 20. Qf2 dxe4 21. Rd2 Qa5 {Grebennikov,N (2220)-Aczel,G (2460) Budapest HUN 2024 0-1 (36)}) 7... dxc4 ({RR} 7... c6 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Qa5+ 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Rd8 13. Rad1 Nd7 14. Rfe1 Bf6 15. Ne4 Qc7 16. Bb1 Be7 17. Qc2 Nf8 18. Ne5 Bd7 19. c5 Be8 20. Nc4 Rd5 21. Ncd6 Bxd6 22. Nxd6 {Navara,D (2734)-Sargissian,G (2702) Huaian 2016 1-0 (93)}) 8. Qxc4 Be7 9. g3 a6 $146 ({RR} 9... O-O 10. Bg2 Nd7 11. O-O a6 12. a4 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Ne4 Ba7 15. Rfd1 Nb6 16. Rxd8 Nxc4 17. Rxf8+ Kxf8 18. Rc1 Nxb2 19. Nd6 Bd7 20. Rc7 Ke7 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. Rxd7+ Kf6 23. Nd2 Rb8 24. Bxb7 {Barbero,G (2505)-Sydor,A (2335) Naestved 1988 1-0 (36)}) 10. Bg2 b5 11. Qd3 Bb7 12. O-O c5 13. Rfd1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qb6 16. a4 bxa4 17. Qf3 Ra7 18. Nxa4 Qb7 19. Rdc1 Qxf3+ 20. Kxf3 O-O 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. Rxc5 Rb7 23. Rc2 Rd8 24. e3 Rd6 25. Ra5 Rdb6 26. b3 Nd7 27. Kg2 Kh7 28. Rca2 Nb8 29. Rc2 Nd7 30. Rca2 Nb8 31. Rc2 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "GRE-chT Div-A 38th"]
[Site "Peristeri"]
[Date "2010.07.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2010.07.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. Bd3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 c5 ({RR} 6... a6 7. O-O b5 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. a4 b4 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Nb3 O-O 12. Bd2 c5 13. dxc5 a5 14. c6 Bxc6 15. Nfd4 Bb7 16. Rc1 Qb6 17. Bb5 Rac8 18. Qe2 Nc5 19. Rfd1 Nfe4 20. Nxc5 Bxc5 21. Be1 {Papaioannou,I (2645)-Nisipeanu,L (2656) Batumi 2019 0-1 (42)}) ({RR} 6... O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Qe2 Nc6 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. Nc3 a6 11. a4 b6 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bb7 15. e4 Rad8 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 Nd4 18. Qh5 h6 19. Nf3 Ne2+ 20. Kh1 Nf4 21. Qf5 {Ren,X (2060)-Chen,Y (1675) Huairou District CHN 2025 0-1 (55)}) 7. dxc5 Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 Bxc5 $146 ({RR} 8... Ne4 9. Ke2 Nxc5 10. Nbd2 a6 11. a4 Nc6 12. Nb3 Ne4 13. Bd3 Nd6 14. Nbd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 f6 16. Bd2 Nd5 17. Ba2 Ne4 18. Rhc1 Bd7 19. Ba5 Bd6 20. Nd2 Nxd2 21. Bxd2 Kf7 22. f4 g6 23. g4 {Velichko,A (2177)-Fakhrutdinov,T (2460) Samara 2018 ½-½ (42)}) 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. b3 b6 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Ke2 O-O 13. Rhd1 Be7 14. Ne1 Rfd8 15. f3 Nd5 16. Nd3 Kf8 17. e4 Nc7 18. b4 Bf6 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Ke3 Bg5+ 21. f4 Bf6 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Ne5 Nd7 24. Ndf3 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 f6 27. Nf3 Bc6 28. Nd4 Bd7 29. Rd2 Ke7 30. Rc2 Kd6 31. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com SpeedChess 2022"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.12.15"]
[Round "3.23"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2022.11.23"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. a3 b6 $146 ({RR} 6... Nc6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. b4 Be7 9. Bb2 Ne4 10. Bd3 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Bf6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. O-O g6 15. f4 Rd8 16. Qe2 b6 17. Be4 Bb7 18. Ne5 Na5 19. Bxb7 Nxb7 20. Rac1 Rdc8 21. Rxc8+ {Pirc,V-Seitz,J Lodz 1938 1-0 (42)}) ({RR} 6... Nc6 7. b4 Be7 8. Bb2 dxc4 9. Qxd8+ Bxd8 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. Nbd2 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rac1 Be7 14. Be2 Rac8 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Kf1 h6 17. Ke1 Kf8 18. Nb3 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Nd5 20. Nfd2 Bf6 21. Bxf6 {Xiong,J (2700)-Khanin,S (2521) Chess.com INT 2021 1-0 (55)}) ({RR} 6... a6 7. b4 Ba7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. Rc1 d4 11. exd4 Nxd4 12. Be2 Nxe2 13. Qxe2 Bd7 14. Ne5 Rc8 15. O-O Bc6 16. Nxc6 Rxc6 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Qg5 19. Rfd1 Rd8 20. h4 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 {Grinev,V (2422)-Exposito Milan,A (2276) chess.com INT 2024 1-0}) 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. e4 Nf6 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Bd3 a5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Nbd7 15. h4 Ke7 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Rxh8 Rxh8 18. O-O-O Ng4 19. Rd2 f6 20. Bb5 Rd8 21. Bc7 Bc8 22. Bxd8+ Kxd8 23. Nd1 Ke7 24. Nd4 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Nc5 26. Kc2 e5 27. Rc4 Be6 28. Rc3 Nxe4 29. Rc7+ Kd8 30. Rc6 Bf5 31. Bd3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 24th Sep Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2024.09.24"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. Rc1 O-O 8. g3 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O Rc8 ({RR} 10... Rd8 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Qc2 Ne8 13. Rfe1 Nd7 14. e4 Qd6 15. e5 Qh6 16. Nh4 g6 17. e6 fxe6 18. Rxe6 Nf8 19. Ree1 Rd7 20. Ndf3 Rad8 21. Ne5 Rg7 22. f4 Nf6 23. Qf2 Ne4 24. Bxe4 {1-0 (24) Lazavik,D (2621)-Le Tuan Minh (2585) chess.com INT 2026}) ({RR} 10... c5 11. dxc5 Qxc5 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Nh4 Qd7 14. Nc4 Bxg2 15. Nxg2 Qb7 16. Qd6 Nbd7 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. Qd4 Rc6 19. Nd6 Qc7 20. Rxc6 Qxc6 21. Ne3 h6 22. f3 Rd8 23. Ndc4 Rc8 24. Kg2 b5 25. Na5 {Deac,B (2683)-Shimanov,A (2576) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (55)}) 11. Qb3 Nbd7 12. Rfd1 $146 ({RR} 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. cxd5 Nc5 15. Qa3 exd5 16. Nb3 Qxe5 17. Nxc5 bxc5 18. Qxc5 Qxe2 19. Rfe1 Qh5 20. Re7 h6 21. Rce1 Rab8 22. Rxc7 Rf8 23. Qd4 a5 24. h4 Ba8 25. a3 Qg6 26. Ra7 Qb6 {Li,E (2351)-Tin,J (2570) Las Vegas USA 2024 1-0 (66)}) 12... c5 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Qa3 Kf8 15. dxc5 Rxc5 16. Rxc5 Qxc5 17. b4 Qe7 18. Qb2 a5 19. bxa5 Rxa5 20. Nb3 Qa3 21. Qc3 Rc5 22. Qd2 Bxb3 23. Qd6+ Ke8 24. axb3 Qxb3 25. Ne5 Rxe5 26. Ra1 Ra5 27. Rc1 Rc5 28. Ra1 Rc8 29. Bb7 Qc3 30. Ra7 Qc7 0-1

[Event "CrunchLab Masters Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.07.19"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Grischuk, A."]
[Black "Matlakov, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2024.07.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Qb3 dxc4 ({RR} 7... c5 8. dxc5 Na6 9. cxd5 O-O 10. Qa3 exd5 11. e3 d4 12. exd4 Bg4 13. O-O-O Bxf3 14. gxf3 Bxd4 15. Bxa6 bxa6 16. Ne4 Qd5 17. Rd2 Rac8 18. Qa4 Rfd8 19. Rhd1 {1-0 (19) Gelfand,B (2733)-Jakovenko,D (2753) Odessa 2009}) 8. Qxc4 O-O 9. h4 $146 ({RR} 9. e4 Nd7 10. Rd1 c6 11. e5 Nb6 12. Qd3 Be7 13. Qe4 Nd5 14. Bd3 g6 15. h4 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qd5 17. Qe2 b5 18. Be4 Qd7 19. Qd3 Kg7 20. Rh3 Bb7 21. Rg3 Qe8 22. Qe3 Rh8 23. Kf1 Rb8 {Arizmendi Martinez,J (2524)-Marin,I (2261) La Massana 2008 1-0 (35)}) ({RR} 9. e4 b6 10. O-O-O Ba6 11. Qa4 Bxf1 12. Rhxf1 Qd7 13. Qc2 Nc6 14. e5 Nb4 15. Qb3 Be7 16. d5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Qxd5 Qxd5 19. Rxd5 Rad8 20. Rfd1 Rxd5 21. Rxd5 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Nd4 Be7 {Petrovic,A (2194)-Vulinovic,R (2237) Belgrade 2021 1-0 (42)}) 9... g6 10. Rd1 Bg7 11. g3 Nd7 12. Bg2 c6 13. O-O Qe7 14. Qb3 b6 15. e3 Bb7 16. Nd2 Rfd8 17. Nc4 Nf6 18. Ne4 Nd5 19. Rc1 Rac8 20. Rfd1 Ba8 21. a3 c5 22. dxc5 bxc5 23. Qc2 Rb8 24. Rd3 Nb6 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Ned2 Nd5 27. Nb3 Rb8 28. Nbd2 Rd8 29. Nb3 Rb8 30. Nbd2 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 24th Sep Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2024.09.24"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. Rc1 O-O 8. g3 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O Rc8 ({RR} 10... Rd8 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Qc2 Ne8 13. Rfe1 Nd7 14. e4 Qd6 15. e5 Qh6 16. Nh4 g6 17. e6 fxe6 18. Rxe6 Nf8 19. Ree1 Rd7 20. Ndf3 Rad8 21. Ne5 Rg7 22. f4 Nf6 23. Qf2 Ne4 24. Bxe4 {1-0 (24) Lazavik,D (2621)-Le Tuan Minh (2585) chess.com INT 2026}) ({RR} 10... c5 11. dxc5 Qxc5 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Nh4 Qd7 14. Nc4 Bxg2 15. Nxg2 Qb7 16. Qd6 Nbd7 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. Qd4 Rc6 19. Nd6 Qc7 20. Rxc6 Qxc6 21. Ne3 h6 22. f3 Rd8 23. Ndc4 Rc8 24. Kg2 b5 25. Na5 {Deac,B (2683)-Shimanov,A (2576) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (55)}) 11. Qb3 Nbd7 12. Rfd1 $146 ({RR} 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. cxd5 Nc5 15. Qa3 exd5 16. Nb3 Qxe5 17. Nxc5 bxc5 18. Qxc5 Qxe2 19. Rfe1 Qh5 20. Re7 h6 21. Rce1 Rab8 22. Rxc7 Rf8 23. Qd4 a5 24. h4 Ba8 25. a3 Qg6 26. Ra7 Qb6 {Li,E (2351)-Tin,J (2570) Las Vegas USA 2024 1-0 (66)}) 12... c5 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Qa3 Kf8 15. dxc5 Rxc5 16. Rxc5 Qxc5 17. b4 Qe7 18. Qb2 a5 19. bxa5 Rxa5 20. Nb3 Qa3 21. Qc3 Rc5 22. Qd2 Bxb3 23. Qd6+ Ke8 24. axb3 Qxb3 25. Ne5 Rxe5 26. Ra1 Ra5 27. Rc1 Rc5 28. Ra1 Rc8 29. Bb7 Qc3 30. Ra7 Qc7 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1516"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2016.02.21"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2015.09.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[BlackTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. b3 cxd4 7. exd4 Bb4 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. bxc4 b5 11. O-O bxc4 12. Nxc4 Nc6 $146 ({RR} 12... Bb7 13. Nce5 Nbd7 14. Qe2 Nd5 15. Qe4 N7f6 16. Qh4 Be7 17. Rab1 Nb4 18. Bc4 Rc8 19. a3 Bd5 20. Be2 Ne4 21. Qh3 Nc6 22. Bxa6 Rb8 23. Bd3 f5 24. Nxc6 Bxc6 25. Ne5 Bd5 26. a4 Nd2 27. Bb5 {Slovineanu,V (2412)-Alarcon Bahamondes,R (2335) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (64)}) ({RR} 12... Bb7 13. Nce5 Nbd7 14. Qe2 Nd5 15. Qe4 N7f6 16. Qh4 Be7 17. Rab1 Nb4 18. Bc4 Rc8 19. a3 Bd5 20. Be2 Ne4 21. Qh3 Nc6 22. Bxa6 Rb8 23. Bd3 f5 24. Nxc6 Bxc6 25. Ne5 Bd5 26. a4 Nd2 27. Bb5 {Slovineanu,V (2412)-Alarcon Bahamondes,R (2335) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (64)}) 13. Rb1 Be7 14. Nfe5 Nb4 15. Be2 Bd7 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Bc3 a5 18. Qd2 Nf6 19. Bf3 Nfd5 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Bxa5 Qd7 22. Nb6 Nxb6 23. Bxb6 Qd5 24. Rb2 Ra4 25. Rfb1 h6 26. h3 Rfa8 27. Bc5 Bxc5 28. dxc5 Qxd2 29. Rxd2 Rxa2 30. Rxa2 Rxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 18th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.02.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 c6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Nc3 b4 ({RR} 11... Qb6 12. Ne5 Rfd8 13. Be3 Nd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Qd3 b4 17. Rxc8 Bxc8 18. Qc2 Nxe5 19. dxe5 d4 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 21. Qxc8+ Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Qxd8+ Bxd8 24. b3 Bc7 25. f4 Bb6+ 26. Kf1 {So,W (2799)-Mamedyarov,S (2809) Berlin 2018 ½-½ (41)}) ({RR} 11... Qb6 12. e4 c5 13. e5 Nd5 14. Bg5 Nb4 15. Qb1 Bxf3 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Bxe7 Bxd1 18. Qxd1 Rac8 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. Qd6 Nbd3 21. Qxb6 axb6 22. Nxb5 Nxb2 23. Rb1 Nbd3 24. Nd6 Rb8 25. Nc4 Na4 26. Bf1 {Xiao,Y (2372)-Song,Y (2454) Zhejiang CHN 2026 ½-½ (31)}) 12. Na4 Qa5 13. Ne1 $146 ({RR} 13. Bg5 c5 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Nxc5 Bxf3 16. Nb3 Qb5 17. Bxf3 Rac8 18. Qd2 a5 19. Rac1 a4 20. Na1 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rd8 22. Bc6 Qb6 23. Bxa4 Rxd4 24. Rc8+ Bd8 25. Qc1 g6 26. Bc6 Kg7 27. Bf3 Qd6 {Bacrot,E (2723)-Vaisser,A (2522) Nice 2011 ½-½ (32)}) 13... Ba6 14. Nd3 Bxd3 15. Rxd3 Rac8 16. Be3 Nd5 17. Bd2 c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. Qb3 Qb6 21. Be1 Nf6 22. h3 h6 23. Rad1 a5 24. a3 Rfd8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rc1 Qb5 27. Kf1 a4 28. Qc4 Qxc4 29. Rxc4 bxa3 30. bxa3 Bxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Teplice Open 2023"]
[Site "Teplice CZE"]
[Date "2023.06.17"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Svane, R."]
[Black "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2023.06.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. cxd5 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qb6 10. Nf3 exd5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Nc3 d4 13. Na4 Qb5 14. Qd3 Qxd3 15. exd3 Bf5 16. Bxb4 Nxb4 ({RR} 16... axb4 17. Nc5 Ra7 18. Nh4 Bd7 19. Rfc1 Rc8 20. Nxd7 Nxd7 21. Bxc6 Rxc6 22. Nf5 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 g6 24. Rc8+ Nf8 25. Nxd4 Rxa2 26. b3 Rd2 27. Rc4 Rxd3 28. Rxb4 Rd1+ 29. Kg2 Nd7 30. Kf3 b6 31. Ke2 {Efimov,L (2337)-Kobelev,A (2276) Sochi RUS 2026 ½-½ (33)}) 17. a3 Nxd3 18. Nxd4 Bd7 $146 ({RR} 18... Bg6 19. Bxb7 Rab8 20. Bg2 Nxb2 21. Nxb2 Rxb2 22. Nc6 Bd3 23. Rfd1 Be4 24. Rd4 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 h5 26. Re1 Ng4 27. Rf4 Ra2 28. a4 Rc2 29. Nxa5 Rb8 30. h3 Nf6 31. Re5 Rbb2 32. Nc4 Ra2 33. a5 {Rodshtein,M (2616)-Bronstein,O (2447) Israel ISR 2023 ½-½ (88)}) 19. b3 Bxa4 20. bxa4 Rad8 21. Nf5 g6 22. Ne3 Nc5 23. Rab1 Nxa4 24. Rxb7 Nc3 25. Ra7 a4 26. Bc6 Kg7 27. Kg2 Rc8 28. Ra6 Rfd8 29. Bxa4 Ra8 30. Rxa8 Rxa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Krasnaya Polyana"]
[Date "2021.07.15"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Black "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2021.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 c5 6. Bb2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bb4+ 8. Nd2 O-O 9. a3 Be7 10. cxd5 ({RR} 10. Be2 b6 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rc1 Nd7 14. b4 a5 15. b5 Nc5 16. Nc4 Qc7 17. Bf3 Rac8 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Nf5 exf5 20. Qxd5 Nb3 21. Rc3 Bf6 22. Rxb3 Qxc4 23. Qxc4 Rxc4 24. Bxf6 gxf6 {Gupta,A (2511)-Sasikiran,K (2524) Guntur 2025 ½-½ (31)}) 10... Qxd5 $146 ({RR} 10... Nxd5 11. Qc2 Bd7 12. Bd3 h6 13. O-O Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Rfd1 Bf6 16. Nc4 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 Qg5 18. g3 Rfd8 19. Rd2 Nf6 20. Rad1 Ne4 21. h4 Qh5 22. Bxe4 Qxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 24. Kh2 Bxe4 25. g4 {Gunina,V (2525)-Zhukova,N (2448) Khanty-Mansiysk 2016 0-1 (71)}) 11. Qf3 Rd8 12. Rc1 e5 13. Qxd5 Nxd5 14. N4f3 f6 15. e4 Nb6 16. Nc4 N8d7 17. Nfd2 Nxc4 18. Bxc4+ Kf8 19. Ke2 Nb6 20. Bd3 Be6 21. Nc4 Nxc4 22. Bxc4 Kf7 23. Bxe6+ Kxe6 24. Rc7 Rac8 25. Rhc1 Rxc7 26. Rxc7 Rd7 27. Rc8 Rd8 28. Rc7 Rd7 29. Rc2 Bd6 30. a4 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Krasnaya Polyana"]
[Date "2021.07.15"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Black "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2021.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 c5 6. Bb2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bb4+ 8. Nd2 O-O 9. a3 Be7 10. cxd5 ({RR} 10. Be2 b6 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rc1 Nd7 14. b4 a5 15. b5 Nc5 16. Nc4 Qc7 17. Bf3 Rac8 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Nf5 exf5 20. Qxd5 Nb3 21. Rc3 Bf6 22. Rxb3 Qxc4 23. Qxc4 Rxc4 24. Bxf6 gxf6 {Gupta,A (2511)-Sasikiran,K (2524) Guntur 2025 ½-½ (31)}) 10... Qxd5 $146 ({RR} 10... Nxd5 11. Qc2 Bd7 12. Bd3 h6 13. O-O Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Rfd1 Bf6 16. Nc4 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 Qg5 18. g3 Rfd8 19. Rd2 Nf6 20. Rad1 Ne4 21. h4 Qh5 22. Bxe4 Qxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 24. Kh2 Bxe4 25. g4 {Gunina,V (2525)-Zhukova,N (2448) Khanty-Mansiysk 2016 0-1 (71)}) 11. Qf3 Rd8 12. Rc1 e5 13. Qxd5 Nxd5 14. N4f3 f6 15. e4 Nb6 16. Nc4 N8d7 17. Nfd2 Nxc4 18. Bxc4+ Kf8 19. Ke2 Nb6 20. Bd3 Be6 21. Nc4 Nxc4 22. Bxc4 Kf7 23. Bxe6+ Kxe6 24. Rc7 Rac8 25. Rhc1 Rxc7 26. Rxc7 Rd7 27. Rc8 Rd8 28. Rc7 Rd7 29. Rc2 Bd6 30. a4 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Esports World Cup 2025"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2025.07.31"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2839"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2025.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nd7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bf4 Nb6 ({RR} 6... Ndf6 7. e3 Ne7 8. Bd3 Nf5 9. Qc2 Nd6 10. O-O Be7 11. Ne5 h6 12. b4 O-O 13. b5 cxb5 14. Nxb5 Nxb5 15. Bxb5 Be6 16. Bd3 Bd6 17. Rfb1 Qe7 18. Qb3 Rab8 19. Qa4 a6 20. Rb6 Bc7 21. Rb2 {Shurunov,A (2219)-Epishin,V (2544) St Petersburg 2011 1-0 (57)}) ({RR} 6... Ne7 7. e4 Ng6 8. Bd2 Nf6 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Bd3 Qe6+ 12. Qe2 Qxe2+ 13. Bxe2 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. b4 Bd7 16. Rab1 Bf5 17. Rb2 Bf6 18. Be3 Rfd8 19. Rd2 b6 20. b5 c5 21. dxc5 {Mena Nieto,C (1308)-Sequeda Hernandez,D Bucaramanga 2022 0-1 (43)}) 7. e3 Bf5 $146 ({RR} 7... Bd6 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Qc2 Ne7 10. Bd3 g6 11. O-O O-O 12. Qd2 Kg7 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Qd8 15. Rfe1 Nbd5 16. Bc4 h6 17. Ne5 Bf5 18. f3 b6 19. Rad1 Be6 20. Bb3 Qc7 21. Rc1 f6 22. Bxd5 {Vucicevic,M (2370)-Trifunovic,M (2330) Niksic 1996 ½-½ (33)}) 8. h3 Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Nh4 Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Bd3 Nf6 13. Qc2 O-O-O 14. O-O-O Kb8 15. Kb1 Rde8 16. h4 Ng4 17. g3 Qe7 18. Rc1 Qf6 19. Qe2 Qe6 20. Qf3 Nf6 21. Rc2 Ka8 22. Rhc1 Ne4 23. Qd1 f5 24. a4 Nd7 25. a5 Nxc3+ 26. Rxc3 a6 27. Bxa6 bxa6 28. Rxc6 Qe4+ 29. Ka2 Nb8 30. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Nyback, Tomi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Peru"]
[BlackTeam "Finland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIN"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. g3 c5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Nfxd4 $146 ({RR} 10. Nbxd4 O-O 11. b3 Bg4 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. e3 Re8 14. Rc1 Ne4 15. h3 Bd7 16. Nb5 Bf8 17. Nc3 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 Bf5 19. Nd4 Be4 20. Bxe4 Rxe4 21. Nf3 Rc7 22. Kg2 Rd7 23. Rc1 Re6 24. a3 a6 {Pacheco,M (2383)-Delchev,A (2596) Istanbul 2012 ½-½}) ({RR} 10. Nbxd4 O-O 11. b3 Re8 12. Bb2 a6 13. Rc1 Bd7 14. Qc2 Rc8 15. Qb1 Bg4 16. Qa1 Bf8 17. e3 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qd7 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Rc1 Re8 21. Rc2 h5 22. h4 Bh3 23. Bxh3 Qxh3 24. Qf1 Qd7 {Druvesh Dondapati (2011)-Sidhant,M (2384) Guntur IND 2025 ½-½ (34)}) ({RR} 10. Nbxd4 O-O 11. b3 Re8 12. Bb2 Bg4 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Qd3 Bb8 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Re1 Ne4 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Nd2 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Bf5 20. Qc3 f6 21. e3 Bd6 22. Qd2 Bb4 23. Bc3 a5 24. Qd4 Red8 {Johannsson,B (2131)-Librelato,K (2255) Ceske Budejovice 2022 1-0 (86)}) 10... O-O 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Be3 Re8 13. Bd4 Ba6 14. Re1 Bb4 15. Bc3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qb6 17. Rb1 Rab8 18. Nd4 Qxb1 19. Qxb1 Rxb1 20. Rxb1 c5 21. Nb5 Rb8 22. a4 Bxb5 23. axb5 Kf8 24. h4 Rb6 25. Ra1 Rxb5 26. Bxd5 Nxd5 27. c4 Rb2 28. cxd5 Rxe2 29. Rc1 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "ChessKid Play-In Match"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.05.01"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, D."]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2023.05.01"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4 Nc6 9. Bb2 Ne4 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 d4 13. Bb2 Re8 14. Rc1 Bb6 15. a3 ({RR} 15. Qd2 Bf5 16. Rfd1 Be4 17. Nxd4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Qd5+ 20. Kg1 Nxd4 21. Qxd4 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 Rxe2 23. Ra4 Kf8 24. Kf1 Re7 25. h4 h5 26. Rac4 g6 27. b4 Rd8 28. Rc8 Ke8 29. R1c7 Rxc8 {Nihal,S (2684)-Paravyan,D (2597) chess.com INT 2023 ½-½ (60)}) ({RR} 15. h3 Bf5 16. Nd2 Qd7 17. Kh2 Ne5 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. Rxc4 Red8 20. Qd2 Be6 21. Rcc1 Qe7 22. Rfd1 Rd7 23. Qf4 Rad8 24. Rd2 Bd5 25. Rcd1 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Qc5 27. Rc1 Qd5+ 28. Qf3 Qe6 29. Rc4 h6 {Lau,L (2220)-Vakhlamov,I (2413) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (66)}) 15... a5 16. Qd3 $146 ({RR} 16. Rc2 Be6 17. Rd2 Qe7 18. a4 Qb4 19. Rd3 Rad8 20. Qa1 Qe7 21. Nxd4 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Bxb3 24. Rb1 Qxe2 25. Bf1 Qe6 26. Re1 Qf6 27. Rxd8 Qxd8 28. Rb1 Bd5 29. Rd1 Qg5 30. Qd4 Bc6 {Ventura Bolet,M (2027)-Fernandez Diaz,C (2095) Barcelona 2013 ½-½ (56)}) 16... Bg4 17. Qb5 Na7 18. Qd3 Nc6 19. Rfe1 Qd7 20. Qb5 Ba7 21. Nd2 Re5 22. Qd3 Rae8 23. Bf3 Bf5 24. Qc4 h6 25. b4 axb4 26. axb4 Be6 27. Bxc6 bxc6 28. Qxc6 Qxc6 29. Rxc6 Bh3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 28th Mar Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.03.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Dardha, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2023.03.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. Nc3 c6 8. Rc1 Ne4 ({RR} 8... Bf8) ({RR} 8... a6 9. Bd3 b5 10. b3 bxc4 11. bxc4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nb6 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. O-O Nfd5 15. Bg3 Nxc3 16. Rxc3 Nd5 17. Rc1 Nb4 18. Bb1 O-O 19. Ne5 f6 20. Ng6 Rf7 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. a3 Nd5 23. Qd3 {Molnar,J (1856)-Markot,D (1738) Nyiregyhaza HUN 2026 1-0 (44)}) 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Qc2 Nxc3 $146 ({RR} 10... f5 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O g5 13. Nd2 Ndf6 14. f3 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Bd7 16. e4 dxe4 17. fxe4 Qd6 18. Bb1 fxe4 19. Rxf6 Rxf6 20. Nxe4 Qf8 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Rf1 Qg7 23. c5 Be8 24. Re1 Bf7 25. Re5 {Wood,G-Golmayo de la Torriente,M Barcelona 1946 ½-½ (49)}) 11. Qxc3 O-O 12. Be2 Re8 13. O-O dxc4 14. Bxc4 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Qxe5 Rxe5 18. Rfd1 Kf8 19. Rd8+ Re8 20. Rcd1 Bf5 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. e4 Bxe4 23. Rd7 Bd5 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Rxb7 Rc8 26. Kf1 Rc2 27. Rxa7 Rxb2 28. Rd7 Rxa2 29. Rxd5 Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Valle d'Aosta op 10th"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2002.02.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2002.02.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 ({RR} 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Be5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Nf6 12. O-O Nd7 13. f4 Nxe5 14. fxe5 c5 15. Nf3 dxc4 16. Bxc4 b6 17. Qe4 Rb8 18. Bd3 g6 19. Qg4 Kg7 20. Rf2 Bb7 21. Raf1 cxd4 22. Nxd4 Qd5 {Andreikin,D (2710)-Rosen,E (2377) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (32)}) 8... h6 9. Bh4 c5 10. cxd5 $146 ({RR} 10. O-O b6 11. Rad1 Bb7 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. a3 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Rfc8 16. Qb1 Nc5 17. Bf3 Ba6 18. Be2 Bb7 19. N2f3 g6 20. e4 Nf4 21. e5 Nxe2+ 22. Nxe2 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Qg5+ 24. Ng3 Qxe5 {Jonsson,O (1847)-Catona,D Reykjavik 2022 ½-½ (42)}) ({RR} 10. O-O b6 11. Rad1 Bb7 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. a3 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Rfc8 16. Qb1 Nc5 17. Bf3 Ba6 18. Be2 Bb7 19. N2f3 g6 20. e4 Nf4 21. e5 Nxe2+ 22. Nxe2 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Qg5+ 24. Ng3 Qxe5 {Jonsson,O (1847)-Catona,D Reykjavik 2022 ½-½ (42)}) 10... Nxd5 11. Bg3 b6 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. O-O a6 14. Nc4 Nb4 15. Qb1 Nf6 16. dxc5 Be4 17. Qa1 Bxc5 18. a3 a5 19. Rfd1 Nbd5 20. Nfd2 Bh7 21. Bf3 Nd7 22. Ne4 Ra7 23. Nc3 Nxc3 24. Rxc3 Qe7 25. Qc1 Nf6 26. Nxb6 Bxb6 27. Bd6 Nd5 28. Bxe7 Nxc3 29. Bxf8 1-0

[Event "POL-ch"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2014.03.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Gajewski, Grzegorz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2014.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 dxc4 6. Qc2 b5 7. a4 c6 8. g3 ({RR} 8. e3 a6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. b3 cxb3 12. Nxb3 O-O 13. Ne5 Qb6 14. a5 Qc7 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Nd3 Bd6 17. f4 Nd7 18. Ndc5 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. Qxc5 Rfd8 21. Bf3 Rd6 22. Rfc1 Rad8 {Hoffman,A (2291)-Calcado,A (2122) Curitiba BRA 2026 1-0 (40)}) 8... Bb7 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. Ne5 Qc8 $146 ({RR} 10... Qb6 11. O-O Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Ne4 Nxe5 14. a5 Qa6 15. Rfd1 f5 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. Rxd6 O-O 18. Rxe6 Rae8 19. Be7 Ng6 20. Bxf8 Rxe6 21. Bc5 Bc8 22. Qd2 Re8 23. Qd6 Ne7 24. Bf3 Kf7 25. Qc7 {Bykov,O (2383)-Kazakouski,V (2406) St Petersburg 2018 ½-½ (63)}) ({RR} 10... Qc7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. Ne4 c5 15. axb5 cxd4 16. Qxc4 a5 17. Bc7 Bd5 18. Qxb4 axb4 19. Bxb6 Nxb6 20. Nd2 Rab8 21. Rfc1 Rfd8 22. Rc7 h6 23. Nf3 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 Nc8 25. Rc4 {Galliamova,A (2498)-Kosintseva,T (2536) Nalchik 2011 ½-½ (41)}) 11. O-O O-O 12. b3 c5 13. Bxb7 Qxb7 14. bxc4 Bxd2 15. Bxd2 b4 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. dxc5 a5 18. Rfd1 Qc6 19. Be3 Ne4 20. Rd3 Rac8 21. Qd1 Nc3 22. Qd2 Qe4 23. Rd4 Qf5 24. f3 Qxc5 25. Kg2 Qc6 26. Bf4 e5 27. Rd6 Qxc4 28. Be3 b3 29. Rb6 Rfd8 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 15th Oct Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.10.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2024.10.15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. g3 c5 6. Bg2 cxd4 ({RR} 6... Nc6 7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd5 Qxd5 9. Nb3 d3 10. e4 Qb5 11. Nbd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qd7 13. Be3 Bc5 14. Nf5 exf5 15. Bxc5 Nxe4 16. Re1 Qd5 17. Qa4+ b5 18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. Qxe4+ Qxe4 20. Rxe4+ Be6 21. Rd4 {So,W (2786)-Izoria,Z (2599) Saint Louis 2018 ½-½}) ({RR} 6... Nc6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nb3 Ba7 11. Nfd4 Re8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. e3 Rd8 15. Rc1 Ne5 16. h3 Nc4 17. Qe2 b5 18. Rfd1 Bb7 19. Rc2 Bb6 20. Qf3 Qe5 21. Qf5 {Ambartsumova,K (2385)-Le Tuan Minh (2585) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (60)}) 7. cxd5 Qxd5 8. O-O d3 $146 ({RR} 8... Nc6 9. Nb3 Qd8 10. Nfxd4 Bd7 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Bf4 e5 16. Bg5 Be7 17. Nc5 O-O 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nd7 Rfe8 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Qf5 Qe7 22. Qg4+ Kh8 23. Rac1 {Iskusnyh,S (2443)-Derige Kane,Y (2204) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (54)}) 9. e4 Qd8 10. e5 Nd5 11. Ne4 Bd7 12. Bg5 Qb6 13. Qxd3 h6 14. Be3 Bb5 15. Qb3 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Nd7 17. Rfd1 Nc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Nd4 O-O 20. a4 Bd7 21. Qxb6 Bxb6 22. Bxb7 Ra7 23. Be4 Rb8 24. a5 Bc7 25. Bc6 Bc8 26. Bf3 Bd7 27. Bc6 Bc8 28. Bf3 Bd7 29. Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 15th Oct Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.10.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2024.10.15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. g3 c5 6. Bg2 cxd4 ({RR} 6... Nc6 7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd5 Qxd5 9. Nb3 d3 10. e4 Qb5 11. Nbd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qd7 13. Be3 Bc5 14. Nf5 exf5 15. Bxc5 Nxe4 16. Re1 Qd5 17. Qa4+ b5 18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. Qxe4+ Qxe4 20. Rxe4+ Be6 21. Rd4 {So,W (2786)-Izoria,Z (2599) Saint Louis 2018 ½-½}) ({RR} 6... Nc6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nb3 Ba7 11. Nfd4 Re8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. e3 Rd8 15. Rc1 Ne5 16. h3 Nc4 17. Qe2 b5 18. Rfd1 Bb7 19. Rc2 Bb6 20. Qf3 Qe5 21. Qf5 {Ambartsumova,K (2385)-Le Tuan Minh (2585) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (60)}) 7. cxd5 Qxd5 8. O-O d3 $146 ({RR} 8... Nc6 9. Nb3 Qd8 10. Nfxd4 Bd7 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Bf4 e5 16. Bg5 Be7 17. Nc5 O-O 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nd7 Rfe8 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Qf5 Qe7 22. Qg4+ Kh8 23. Rac1 {Iskusnyh,S (2443)-Derige Kane,Y (2204) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (54)}) 9. e4 Qd8 10. e5 Nd5 11. Ne4 Bd7 12. Bg5 Qb6 13. Qxd3 h6 14. Be3 Bb5 15. Qb3 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Nd7 17. Rfd1 Nc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Nd4 O-O 20. a4 Bd7 21. Qxb6 Bxb6 22. Bxb7 Ra7 23. Be4 Rb8 24. a5 Bc7 25. Bc6 Bc8 26. Bf3 Bd7 27. Bc6 Bc8 28. Bf3 Bd7 29. Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Krasnaya Polyana"]
[Date "2021.07.17"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Indjic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Salem, AR Saleh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2021.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Nbd2 ({RR} 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 h6 7. Bf4 Nh5 8. Be5 Nhf6 9. Nc3 c6 10. Bd3 Be7 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. O-O Nxg3 13. hxg3 O-O 14. Rb1 Bd6 15. b4 a6 16. a4 Nf6 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 c5 19. dxc5 Bxc5 {Reinderman,D (2604)-Bok,B (2586) Amsterdam 2014 ½-½}) ({RR} 5. c5 c6 6. g3 h6 7. Bf4 b6 8. Bg2 bxc5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O O-O 11. Nc3 Ba6 12. Re1 Ng4 13. e3 e5 14. Nd4 exd4 15. exd4 Nxf2 16. Kxf2 Be7 17. Kg1 Bf6 18. Qd2 Qb6 19. Be3 Rfe8 {Fernandez de la Hoz,A (1653)-Morell Rojas,S (1827) Las Palmas ESP 2026 0-1 (33)}) 5... Be7 6. Qc2 O-O 7. e3 b6 $146 ({RR} 7... h6 8. Bh4 c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Be2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Rac1 Nfe4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. b4 Nxd2 15. Nxd2 Nd7 16. Qb2 Rfc8 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. e4 Bb7 19. a3 Qf6 20. Qxf6 Nxf6 21. f3 g5 22. Kf2 {Krysa,L (2531)-Schmakel,S (2435) Chess.com INT 2020 1-0 (54)}) 8. Bd3 h6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Be4 Ba6 12. Bxd5 exd5 13. Qc6 Qe6 14. Qa4 Bd3 15. Qb3 Ba6 16. Qa3 Bb5 17. Qb3 Ba6 18. Rc1 c5 19. Rc3 Rfe8 20. Qa4 b5 21. Qa5 b4 22. Rc1 Rac8 23. Kd1 cxd4 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Nxd4 Qg4+ 26. N4f3 Nc5 27. Rg1 Qg6 28. Ne5 Nd3 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Krasnaya Polyana"]
[Date "2021.07.17"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Indjic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Salem, AR Saleh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2021.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Nbd2 ({RR} 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 h6 7. Bf4 Nh5 8. Be5 Nhf6 9. Nc3 c6 10. Bd3 Be7 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. O-O Nxg3 13. hxg3 O-O 14. Rb1 Bd6 15. b4 a6 16. a4 Nf6 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 c5 19. dxc5 Bxc5 {Reinderman,D (2604)-Bok,B (2586) Amsterdam 2014 ½-½}) ({RR} 5. c5 c6 6. g3 h6 7. Bf4 b6 8. Bg2 bxc5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O O-O 11. Nc3 Ba6 12. Re1 Ng4 13. e3 e5 14. Nd4 exd4 15. exd4 Nxf2 16. Kxf2 Be7 17. Kg1 Bf6 18. Qd2 Qb6 19. Be3 Rfe8 {Fernandez de la Hoz,A (1653)-Morell Rojas,S (1827) Las Palmas ESP 2026 0-1 (33)}) 5... Be7 6. Qc2 O-O 7. e3 b6 $146 ({RR} 7... h6 8. Bh4 c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Be2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Rac1 Nfe4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. b4 Nxd2 15. Nxd2 Nd7 16. Qb2 Rfc8 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. e4 Bb7 19. a3 Qf6 20. Qxf6 Nxf6 21. f3 g5 22. Kf2 {Krysa,L (2531)-Schmakel,S (2435) Chess.com INT 2020 1-0 (54)}) 8. Bd3 h6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Be4 Ba6 12. Bxd5 exd5 13. Qc6 Qe6 14. Qa4 Bd3 15. Qb3 Ba6 16. Qa3 Bb5 17. Qb3 Ba6 18. Rc1 c5 19. Rc3 Rfe8 20. Qa4 b5 21. Qa5 b4 22. Rc1 Rac8 23. Kd1 cxd4 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Nxd4 Qg4+ 26. N4f3 Nc5 27. Rg1 Qg6 28. Ne5 Nd3 0-1

[Event "Leningrad"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1987.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Nbd2 f5 5. g3 Bd6 6. Bg2 Nd7 7. O-O Qf6 ({RR} 7... Nh6 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Nb3 Qf6 10. Bg5 Qg6 11. Qc1 Nf7 12. Bf4 Be7 13. c5 Qh5 14. Bc7 g5 15. Qc3 Nf6 16. Nc1 Ne8 17. Ba5 g4 18. Nd2 Qg6 19. Nd3 h5 20. Nb3 h4 21. Nf4 Qh6 22. Qd3 {Krishna,C (2440)-Indjic,A (2603) Dubai UAE 2024 0-1 (36)}) 8. Nb3 h6 $146 ({RR} 8... Ne7 9. Bg5 Qf7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bf4 Bxf4 12. gxf4 O-O 13. Nc1 Qh5 14. Nd3 Ng6 15. e3 Nh4 16. Nxh4 Qxh4 17. Qf3 Qe7 18. Kh1 Nf6 19. Rac1 Bd7 20. Qe2 Be8 21. Qe1 Bh5 22. a3 Ne4 23. Ne5 {Kabatianski,A (2445)-Bogdanovich,G (2380) Germany 1996 0-1 (39)}) 9. Bf4 Bxf4 10. gxf4 g5 11. Qd2 Ne7 12. fxg5 Qg7 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. g6 b6 15. Kh1 Bb7 16. Nc1 Qxg6 17. Nd3 O-O-O 18. Rac1 Rhg8 19. Rg1 Qf6 20. b4 Kb8 21. a3 f4 22. Nfe5 c5 23. bxc5 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Qf5 25. c6 Rxg2 26. Rxg2 f3 27. Rg3 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 14th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2007.05.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2007.05.02"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chelyabinsk South Ural"]
[BlackTeam "Nizhny Tagil Politekhnik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. a3 a5 8. b3 ({RR} 8. Qc2 O-O 9. b3 b6 10. Bb2 Bb7 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. Nxd4 Ne5 15. Be2 Ne4 16. O-O Qc8 17. Qa2 Nc3 18. Qb2 Nxe2+ 19. Nxe2 Nd3 20. Qb1 Ba6 21. Rd1 Re8 22. Nf3 Ne5 {Duda,J (2731)-Navara,D (2739) Prague 2019 1-0 (40)}) 8... O-O 9. Bb2 b6 $146 ({RR} 9... Nc6 10. Be2 d4 11. exd4 Nxd4 12. O-O Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 Bd7 14. Ne5 Qe7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Qc6 18. Qg4 f6 19. Rad1 Be7 20. Rfe1 Rad8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rxe6 h5 23. Qe2 Rd1+ 24. Qxd1 {Maly,A (2371)-Lagunow,R (2378) Chess.com INT 2021 1-0 (35)}) ({RR} 9... Nc6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. Be2 Ng4 13. Qc3 f6 14. h3 Nge5 15. O-O Bf5 16. Nxe5 fxe5 17. Bf3 Be6 18. Rfc1 Bd6 19. Nf1 Rac8 20. Qd2 Kh8 21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Rf6 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 {Shuvalov,E (1993)-Turzo,A (2267) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (32)}) 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Qe2 Qe7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nd4 Ne5 15. Bb5 Ne4 16. N2f3 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Nc5 19. Qb2 Ne6 20. Rad1 Rac8 21. Kh1 Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Rc5 23. Bd3 Qf6 24. f4 Rfc8 25. b4 Rc3 26. Rd1 a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters Play-In"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Safarli, E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Qe7 ({RR} 10... Re8 11. Nc3 Nf8 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Qd3 Ne6 14. Na4 Be7 15. Rfd1 Qd7 16. h3 Red8 17. Rac1 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Ne4 19. Rc2 h6 20. Nc3 N4c5 21. Qf5 g6 22. Qe5 Nd3 23. Qg3 Nxb2 24. Rxb2 Bf6 25. Rc2 {Erigaisi,A (2775)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2720) chess.com INT 2026 ½-½ (77)}) 11. Nc3 Qe6 $146 ({RR} 11... Nb6 12. Bb2 Ba3 13. Bxa3 Qxa3 14. Nb5 Qb4 15. a4 Rfc8 16. Qd4 Qxb3 17. Nd6 Rc6 18. Qf4 Qc3 19. Nd4 Rc5 20. N6f5 Nbd7 21. Rab1 b6 22. g4 Rd8 23. Rb3 Qd2 24. g5 Ne8 25. Ne7+ Kh8 26. Qxf7 {Garcia Palermo,C (2450)-De la Villa Garcia,J (2496) Benasque 2010 1-0 (37)}) 12. Bb2 a6 13. Ne2 Rac8 14. Qd3 Bd6 15. Ned4 Qe4 16. Rad1 Ne5 17. Qxe4 dxe4 18. Nf5 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Bc5 20. fxe4 Nxe4 21. Bxg7 Rfd8 22. Kg2 Nd6 23. Bf6 Nxf5 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Bxd8 Kf8 26. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Clash of Claims 2024"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "2024.06.09"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2024.06.07"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Qc2 Be7 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Rd1 c6 12. Nc3 ({RR} 12. Nbd2 a4 13. a3 Qa5 14. Rac1 Rd8 15. Ne5 Bd7 16. e3 Be8 17. Nd3 Rac8 18. Qc3 Qa7 19. Nf3 b6 20. Qe1 c5 21. cxd5 Nxd5 22. Nde5 b5 23. dxc5 Bxc5 24. Nd4 Qb6 25. Nc2 Bd6 26. Nd3 Bc6 {Kramnik,V (2753)-Martinez Alcantara,J (2612) Madrid ESP 2024 0-1 (52)}) 12... a4 $146 ({RR} 12... dxc4 13. Ne5 Nd5 14. a3 Bf6 15. Nxc4 b6 16. e4 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Ba6 18. Ne3 Qc7 19. Rab1 Rfd8 20. a4 Rac8 21. e5 Be7 22. Qe4 b5 23. axb5 cxb5 24. d5 Qxc3 25. d6 Bf8 26. Qf4 b4 27. h4 {Di Benedetto,G (2289)-Matyakubov,M (2177) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (32)}) 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nxa4 Qa5 15. Nc3 Bd7 16. Ne5 Rfc8 17. Qb3 Be8 18. Nd3 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Ba4 20. Qxb7 Bxd1 21. Qxe7 Bxe2 22. Nec5 Bxd3 23. Nxd3 Ra7 24. Qd6 Qa4 25. Qf4 Rac7 26. Bf1 Qa5 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.02.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2012.02.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. b3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Bb2 Bd6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Qe2 Qe7 11. Rad1 Rad8 12. Ne5 c5 13. cxd5 ({RR} 13. f4 cxd4 14. exd4 g6 15. a4 Nh5 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Ndc4 Ndf6 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Nc4 Qb8 20. Qe5 Qa8 21. Rd2 Be4 22. Bxe4 Qxe4 23. Ba3 Rd5 24. Qxe4 Nxe4 25. Re2 Rxd4 26. Bxf8 Kxf8 27. Re3 Nhf6 {Carlsen,M (2862)-Duda,J (2743) chess24.com INT 2020 1-0 (49)}) 13... exd5 14. f4 cxd4 $146 ({RR} 14... Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bc4 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Bc5 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Rxd8 Qxd8 21. Qg4 Bc8 22. e6 fxe6 23. Bxe6+ Bxe6 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Rxf8+ Qxf8 26. Qxe4 h6 27. Qe5 Qd8 28. Qxc5 Qd1+ 29. Kf2 {Tomashevsky,E (2715)-Porper,E (2444) Caleta 2014 1-0 (68)}) 15. exd4 Bb4 16. f5 Rc8 17. Ndf3 Rfe8 18. Kh1 Qd6 19. Rc1 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Ne4 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Ng5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Qh6 24. e6 fxe6 25. Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 20th Jan 2026"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2026.01.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Ter Sahakyan, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2026.01.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. e4 c5 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. Nxd4 a6 9. Bxc4 Bb4 10. f3 Bd7 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. Nb3 Ne5 $146 ({RR} 12... Na5 13. Nxa5 Bxa5 14. Kf2 h6 15. Be3 Rc8 16. Be2 Bxc3 17. Rxc3 Rxc3 18. bxc3 e5 19. Rd1 O-O 20. Bc5 Rc8 21. Bd6 Re8 22. c4 Bc6 23. c5 g5 24. Bc4 Kg7 25. Ke3 h5 26. Bc7 Nd7 27. Bd6 {Andreikin,D (2729)-Hulka,V (2313) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (46)}) ({RR} 12... Na5 13. Nxa5 Bxa5 14. Kf2 h6 15. Be3 Rc8 16. Be2 Bxc3 17. Rxc3 Rxc3 18. bxc3 e5 19. Rd1 O-O 20. Bc5 Rc8 21. Bd6 Re8 22. c4 Bc6 23. c5 g5 24. Bc4 Kg7 25. Ke3 h5 26. Bc7 Nd7 27. Bd6 {Andreikin,D (2729)-Hulka,V (2313) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (46)}) 13. Be2 Bb5 14. a3 Bxe2 15. Kxe2 Be7 16. Na4 b5 17. Nb6 Rd8 18. Nc8 Bf8 19. Na5 h6 20. Be3 Nd3 21. Rc7 Nxb2 22. Nb6 Bd6 23. Ra7 Na4 24. Nc6 Nxb6 25. Nxd8 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Krasnaya Polyana"]
[Date "2021.07.15"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Zherebukh, Yaroslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2021.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Ne4 6. Nbd2 Bb4 7. Bd3 f5 8. Ne5 ({RR} 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 Bd6 10. Bb2 Nd7 11. Ne5 Qc7 12. Ndf3 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Nc5 14. Bc2 Nd7 15. f4 Nf6 16. c5 Be7 17. Qe2 Bd7 18. b4 Be8 19. a4 Nd7 20. Nd3 Kh8 21. b5 g5 22. fxg5 Bxg5 {Gontcharov,V (2421)-Miranda Camus,J (2235) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (54)}) 8... Nd7 $146 ({RR} 8... O-O 9. O-O Nxd2 10. Bxd2 Bd6 11. b4 Nd7 12. f4 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Be7 14. Qb3 a6 15. a4 Bg5 16. g3 Qe8 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Bd7 19. cxd5 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 cxd5 21. Ra7 Qc8 22. Kf2 Be7 23. Bb4 {Zaragatski,I (2519)-Rosner,J (2466) Germany 2022 ½-½ (35)}) ({RR} 8... O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. Ndf3 Qf6 11. Bb2 Bd6 12. Qe2 Qh6 13. b4 Bxb4 14. a4 Bd6 15. Ba3 c5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Qa2 Ndf6 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Bxc5 Bxc5 20. Qc2 Bd6 21. Bxf5 Bxf5 22. Qxf5 Ne4 23. Qd7 {Yakubboev,N (2574)-Bartel,M (2612) Abu Dhabi 2019 ½-½ (42)}) 9. Qh5+ g6 10. Nxg6 Ndf6 11. Qh3 Rg8 12. Ne5 Bc3 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Rb1 c5 15. f4 cxd4 16. exd4 Qxd4 17. Ke2 e3 18. Ndf3 Qxf4 19. Bb2 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Qe4 21. Rbc1 Nd7 22. Bd6 f4 23. Rhd1 e5 24. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2007.11.01"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turkey"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Be7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d4 Bg4 10. Ne5 cxd4 11. Nxg4 Nxg4 12. e3 Nf6 13. exd4 Re8 14. Nc3 Bf8 15. Qd3 Qd7 16. Rae1 Rxe1 17. Rxe1 Rd8 $146 ({RR} 17... Re8 18. Rxe8 Qxe8 19. Nxd5 Qe1+ 20. Qf1 Qxf1+ 21. Kxf1 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Bd6 23. Ke2 Kf8 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Kd3 Ke7 26. d5 cxd5 27. Bxg7 Ke6 28. Bh6 Bc5 29. Be3 Bxe3 30. fxe3 Ke5 31. b4 f5 32. a4 {Triapishko,A (2506)-Sun,R Lichess.org INT 2020 1-0 (34)}) ({RR} 17... Re8 18. Rxe8 Qxe8 19. Nxd5 Qe1+ 20. Qf1 Qxf1+ 21. Kxf1 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Bd6 23. Ke2 Kf8 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Kd3 Ke7 26. d5 cxd5 27. Bxg7 Ke6 28. Bh6 Bc5 29. Be3 Bxe3 30. fxe3 Ke5 31. b4 f5 32. a4 {Triapishko,A (2506)-Sun,R Lichess.org INT 2020 1-0 (34)}) 18. Bc1 h6 19. Bf4 Bb4 20. Rd1 Bd6 21. Be3 Ba3 22. Bf4 Bd6 23. Be3 Ba3 24. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Krasnaya Polyana"]
[Date "2021.07.15"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Zherebukh, Yaroslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2021.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Ne4 6. Nbd2 Bb4 7. Bd3 f5 8. Ne5 ({RR} 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 Bd6 10. Bb2 Nd7 11. Ne5 Qc7 12. Ndf3 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Nc5 14. Bc2 Nd7 15. f4 Nf6 16. c5 Be7 17. Qe2 Bd7 18. b4 Be8 19. a4 Nd7 20. Nd3 Kh8 21. b5 g5 22. fxg5 Bxg5 {Gontcharov,V (2421)-Miranda Camus,J (2235) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (54)}) 8... Nd7 $146 ({RR} 8... O-O 9. O-O Nxd2 10. Bxd2 Bd6 11. b4 Nd7 12. f4 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Be7 14. Qb3 a6 15. a4 Bg5 16. g3 Qe8 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Bd7 19. cxd5 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 cxd5 21. Ra7 Qc8 22. Kf2 Be7 23. Bb4 {Zaragatski,I (2519)-Rosner,J (2466) Germany 2022 ½-½ (35)}) ({RR} 8... O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. Ndf3 Qf6 11. Bb2 Bd6 12. Qe2 Qh6 13. b4 Bxb4 14. a4 Bd6 15. Ba3 c5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Qa2 Ndf6 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Bxc5 Bxc5 20. Qc2 Bd6 21. Bxf5 Bxf5 22. Qxf5 Ne4 23. Qd7 {Yakubboev,N (2574)-Bartel,M (2612) Abu Dhabi 2019 ½-½ (42)}) 9. Qh5+ g6 10. Nxg6 Ndf6 11. Qh3 Rg8 12. Ne5 Bc3 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Rb1 c5 15. f4 cxd4 16. exd4 Qxd4 17. Ke2 e3 18. Ndf3 Qxf4 19. Bb2 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Qe4 21. Rbc1 Nd7 22. Bd6 f4 23. Rhd1 e5 24. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2023-24"]
[Site "Viernheim GER"]
[Date "2024.02.23"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Bluebaum, M."]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2023.10.21"]
[WhiteTeam "Schachfreunde Deizisau"]
[BlackTeam "SC Viernheim"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Qc2 Nf6 7. Bg5 Be6 8. e3 h6 9. Bf4 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O ({RR} 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. O-O O-O 14. Ne5 Bd6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Na4 Nd7 18. Rc1 Rfc8 19. Rfd1 c5 20. Bf3 Ra7 21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Nc3 Nf6 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. e4 Nb4 25. Rxd6 Nxc2 26. Rxc2 a5 {Kazakouski,V (2563)-Kaczur,F (2501) Germany GER 2026 ½-½ (78)}) 12... Rc8 13. Rfd1 $146 ({RR} 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. Ne5 O-O 15. Nxc6 Rxc6 16. Bf3 Bb4 17. Be5 Rfc8 18. a3 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 Rc4 20. Qd3 Ne4 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Qd6 Qxd6 23. Rxd6 R4c6 24. Rfd1 f6 25. Rxc6 Rxc6 26. Rd4 Rc4 27. Rxc4 Bxc4 {Esipenko,A (2720)-Rakhmanov,A (2657) Ufa 2021 ½-½ (40)}) 13... Qe7 14. Ne5 Bb4 15. Bf3 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 O-O 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. Qd2 Rfc8 19. Rac1 Ne4 20. Bxe4 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 22. Qxc1 dxe4 23. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.06"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Serbia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Ne4 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O f5 8. Qc2 a5 9. Ba3 Bxa3 10. Nxa3 O-O 11. Nb1 Qf6 12. Nc3 b6 13. Ne2 $146 ({RR} 13. Rac1 Bb7 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Ne2 Qe7 16. Qb2 Rf6 17. h4 Rh6 18. g3 a4 19. bxa4 Rxa4 20. Nf4 Qa3 21. Qb3 Ra8 22. Rc2 Qxb3 23. axb3 Rf6 24. Rcc1 Ra3 25. Ra1 Rxb3 26. Ra7 Nd6 27. Ne5 Nb8 {Goluch,P (2339)-Solodovnichenko,Y (2514) Roquetas de Mar ESP 2023 1-0 (84)}) ({RR} 13. Rac1 Bb7 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Ne2 Qe7 16. Qb2 Rf6 17. h4 Rh6 18. g3 a4 19. bxa4 Rxa4 20. Nf4 Qa3 21. Qb3 Ra8 22. Rc2 Qxb3 23. axb3 Rf6 24. Rcc1 Ra3 25. Ra1 Rxb3 26. Ra7 Nd6 27. Ne5 Nb8 {Goluch,P (2339)-Solodovnichenko,Y (2514) Roquetas de Mar ESP 2023 1-0 (84)}) 13... Bb7 14. a3 c5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Bb5 Rfd8 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Nf4 Nf8 20. Rfd1 Ng6 21. Nxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 24th Sep Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.09.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grandelius, N."]
[Black "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2024.09.24"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 c5 3. d4 Nc6 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Nf6 7. O-O cxd4 8. Qxd4 $146 ({RR} 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. b3 Bd6 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Nf3 Re8 12. Nc3 Bg4 13. Be2 Rc8 14. Rc1 Bb8 15. Re1 Qd7 16. Nd4 Qd6 17. g3 h5 18. Ncb5 Qd7 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Nd4 Be5 22. f3 Bh3 {Martinovsky,E (2335)-Stone,R (2345) Los Angeles 1989 1-0 (38)}) ({RR} 8. exd4 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. h3 Bf5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Rc8 13. Bd3 Ne4 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Ne2 Qb6 16. Rb1 Nc6 17. a3 Rfe8 18. b4 a6 19. Qb3 Rcd8 20. Rfd1 Ne7 21. Rbc1 Qf6 22. Bb1 Nc6 {Nakamura,H (2768)-Nihal,S (2670) chess.com INT 2022 0-1}) ({RR} 8. exd4) ({RR} 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. b3 Bd6 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Nf3 a6 12. Be2 Re8 13. Nc3 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Nh4 Bxe2 16. Nxe2 Ne4 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. Rc1 Rc8 19. Nf4 Nb4 20. Qg4 g6 21. a3 Nc6 22. Rfd1 Ne5 {Deac,B (2655)-Deveci,H (2236) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (63)}) 8... Bd7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. b3 c5 11. Qd3 Be7 12. Nc3 Be6 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Rfd1 h6 15. Rac1 Qa5 16. Qd2 Qa6 17. Qe2 Qa5 18. Qd2 Qa6 19. Qe2 Qa5 20. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 55th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2022.04.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Black "Mareco, Sandro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2022.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 208 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. g3 O-O 8. Rc1 c5 ({RR} 8... b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O Rc8 11. Qb3 Nbd7 12. Rfd1 c5 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Qa3 Kf8 15. dxc5 Rxc5 16. Rxc5 Qxc5 17. b4 Qe7 18. Qb2 a5 19. bxa5 Rxa5 20. Nb3 Qa3 21. Qc3 Rc5 22. Qd2 Bxb3 23. Qd6+ {Deac,B (2680)-Nakamura,H (2802) chess.com INT 2024 0-1}) 9. dxc5 Qxc5 $146 ({RR} 9... d4 10. Nxd4 e5 11. Nc2 Nc6 12. Bg2 Be6 13. O-O Rad8 14. Qe1 h5 15. Ne3 h4 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 f5 18. Bd5 f4 19. Ng2 hxg3 20. hxg3 Nd4 21. Nh4 Bxd5 22. cxd5 f3 23. exf3 g5 24. Rd1 {Aranha Filho,A (2209)-Soriano Quispe,I (2376) Rio de Janeiro BRA 2026 ½-½ (46)}) 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. Nc4 Qh5 12. Nce5 Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qa4 Rb8 15. b3 a5 16. Bg2 Ba6 17. Rc2 Qg6 18. Rb2 Bb5 19. Qa3 Nd5 20. O-O Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 55th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2022.04.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Black "Mareco, Sandro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2022.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 208 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. g3 O-O 8. Rc1 c5 ({RR} 8... b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O Rc8 11. Qb3 Nbd7 12. Rfd1 c5 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Qa3 Kf8 15. dxc5 Rxc5 16. Rxc5 Qxc5 17. b4 Qe7 18. Qb2 a5 19. bxa5 Rxa5 20. Nb3 Qa3 21. Qc3 Rc5 22. Qd2 Bxb3 23. Qd6+ {Deac,B (2680)-Nakamura,H (2802) chess.com INT 2024 0-1}) 9. dxc5 Qxc5 $146 ({RR} 9... d4 10. Nxd4 e5 11. Nc2 Nc6 12. Bg2 Be6 13. O-O Rad8 14. Qe1 h5 15. Ne3 h4 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 f5 18. Bd5 f4 19. Ng2 hxg3 20. hxg3 Nd4 21. Nh4 Bxd5 22. cxd5 f3 23. exf3 g5 24. Rd1 {Aranha Filho,A (2209)-Soriano Quispe,I (2376) Rio de Janeiro BRA 2026 ½-½ (46)}) 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. Nc4 Qh5 12. Nce5 Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qa4 Rb8 15. b3 a5 16. Bg2 Ba6 17. Rc2 Qg6 18. Rb2 Bb5 19. Qa3 Nd5 20. O-O Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chTb 1819 (4NCL)"]
[Site "Daventry"]
[Date "2019.02.09"]
[Round "5.51"]
[White "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2018.11.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Manx Liberty"]
[BlackTeam "Cheddleton"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 a6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxe7 Nxe7 6. e3 O-O 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Rc1 b6 9. Be2 ({RR} 9. Bd3 c5 10. O-O Bb7 11. b3 dxc4 12. bxc4 Nf6 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Nf1 cxd4 16. exd4 Qf4 {0-1 (16) Brunner,N (2427)-Grandelius,N (2663) Chess.com INT 2022}) 9... Bb7 10. O-O a5 $146 ({RR} 10... c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. b4 Nd7 13. Qb3 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Bd5 15. Qb1 Nf6 16. a4 Qb8 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Rc8 19. Rfd1 Ra7 20. Qb4 Rac7 21. Nfe5 Ng6 22. Ra1 Rc5 23. Nxg6 {½-½ (23) Bai,A (2399)-Galyas,M (2450) Budapest HUN 2022}) ({RR} 10... c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. b4 Nd7 13. Qb3 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Bd5 15. Qb1 Nf6 16. a4 Qb8 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Rc8 19. Rfd1 Ra7 20. Qb4 Rac7 21. Nfe5 Ng6 22. Ra1 Rc5 23. Nxg6 {½-½ (23) Bai,A (2399)-Galyas,M (2450) Budapest HUN 2022}) 11. cxd5 Bxd5 12. Qa4 c5 13. Bb5 Ra7 14. Bxd7 Rxd7 15. dxc5 Bc6 16. Qh4 bxc5 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Rd5 19. Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess.com Classic Play-In"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.05.08"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2024.05.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2 b6 ({RR} 8... Rd8 9. Qc2 dxc4 10. Qxc4 b5 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Nb3 Nbd7 14. Na5 Be4 15. Qd2 c5 16. dxc5 Rxc5 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Rxc5 Rxc5 19. Rc1 Bd5 20. Nd4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qd6 22. Rxc5 Nxc5 23. Ndb3 {Xiong,J (2636)-Nakamura,H (2802) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (46)}) 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O h6 $146 ({RR} 10... c5 11. Nb1 c4 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Nc3 b5 14. a3 Nbd7 15. f4 Nb6 16. Qc2 Rfe8 17. g4 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. g5 f6 20. gxf6 gxf6 21. Ng4 Nd5 22. Nh6+ Kh8 23. Nf5 Qe6 24. Bh3 Rg8+ 25. Kh1 {Itkis,B (2241)-Gorovets,A (2427) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (34)}) ({RR} 10... Bb7 11. Rc1 a5 12. Re1 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. e4 Nxe4 15. Nh4 Qf6 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Rxc5 Na6 18. Rxa5 Qxb2 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Rad8 21. Rd5 Rxd5 22. Qxd5 Nb4 23. Qb3 Qxb3 24. axb3 Rb8 25. Nf3 {Ding,L (2805)-Carlsen,M (2861) Cupar 2019 ½-½ (65)}) 11. Rc1 Be6 12. Qb3 Rc8 13. e3 Nbd7 14. Rc6 Nb8 15. Rc2 Nbd7 16. Rc6 Nb8 17. Rc2 Nbd7 18. Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Maalot Tarshiha"]
[Site "Maalot Tarshiha"]
[Date "2008.01.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Black "Roiz, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2008.01.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Nbd2 dxc4 8. Nxc4 c5 9. e3 cxd4 10. Nce5 $146 ({RR} 10. exd4 Nc6 11. a3 Be7 12. Rd1 O-O 13. Be2 Rd8 14. Qe3 b6 15. b4 Bf8 16. Nfe5 Bb7 17. O-O Ne7 18. Ng4 Qh4 19. Bf3 Nf5 20. Qf4 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 h5 22. Nge5 f6 23. Nc6 Re8 24. Rfe1 Rac8 {Kucuksari,K (2337)-Ivanov,S (2478) Stockholm 2020 ½-½ (57)}) ({RR} 10. exd4 Nc6 11. a3 Be7 12. Rd1 O-O 13. Be2 Rd8 14. Qe3 b6 15. b4 Bf8 16. Nfe5 Bb7 17. O-O Ne7 18. Ng4 Qh4 19. Bf3 Nf5 20. Qf4 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 h5 22. Nge5 f6 23. Nc6 Re8 24. Rfe1 Rac8 {Kucuksari,K (2337)-Ivanov,S (2478) Stockholm 2020 ½-½ (57)}) 10... a6 11. exd4 Bd6 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O Nc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Rac1 Rb8 16. Qc2 Rd8 17. Qe2 c5 18. dxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess.com Classic Play-In"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.05.08"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2024.05.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2 b6 ({RR} 8... Rd8 9. Qc2 dxc4 10. Qxc4 b5 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Nb3 Nbd7 14. Na5 Be4 15. Qd2 c5 16. dxc5 Rxc5 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Rxc5 Rxc5 19. Rc1 Bd5 20. Nd4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qd6 22. Rxc5 Nxc5 23. Ndb3 {Xiong,J (2636)-Nakamura,H (2802) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (46)}) 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O h6 $146 ({RR} 10... c5 11. Nb1 c4 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Nc3 b5 14. a3 Nbd7 15. f4 Nb6 16. Qc2 Rfe8 17. g4 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. g5 f6 20. gxf6 gxf6 21. Ng4 Nd5 22. Nh6+ Kh8 23. Nf5 Qe6 24. Bh3 Rg8+ 25. Kh1 {Itkis,B (2241)-Gorovets,A (2427) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (34)}) ({RR} 10... Bb7 11. Rc1 a5 12. Re1 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. e4 Nxe4 15. Nh4 Qf6 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Rxc5 Na6 18. Rxa5 Qxb2 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Rad8 21. Rd5 Rxd5 22. Qxd5 Nb4 23. Qb3 Qxb3 24. axb3 Rb8 25. Nf3 {Ding,L (2805)-Carlsen,M (2861) Cupar 2019 ½-½ (65)}) 11. Rc1 Be6 12. Qb3 Rc8 13. e3 Nbd7 14. Rc6 Nb8 15. Rc2 Nbd7 16. Rc6 Nb8 17. Rc2 Nbd7 18. Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "60th Rubinstein Mem"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj POL"]
[Date "2024.08.19"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Wojtaszek, R."]
[Black "Bartel, Mat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. e3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O ({RR} 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nbd7 9. O-O Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Nf6 11. Bc2 Be7 12. h3 O-O 13. Be3 Rc8 14. c5 Ba6 15. Re1 Nd5 16. Qd2 Bf6 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Nf6 19. Qe3 Bc4 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 g6 {Schilstra,L (2162)-Smeets,K (2380) Delft NED 2025 0-1 (73)}) 7... Be7 ({RR} 7... Nbd7 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Bd6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 O-O 14. Rad1 Rfe8 15. Bg3 Bxg3 16. fxg3 Rad8 17. c5 bxc5 18. g4 cxd4 19. g5 c5 20. gxh6 gxh6 21. Nd2 f5 22. Qh5 {Nakamura,H (2741)-Carlsen,M (2870) Kolkata 2019 ½-½ (32)}) 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 $146 ({RR} 9. Qe2 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bb2 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Nbd7 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. e4 Rfd8 15. e5 Nd5 16. Qe4 Nf8 17. Qg4 Nb4 18. Bb1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rd2 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 b5 22. Qd1 Rxd2 23. Nxd2 Qd7 {Checa,N (2437)-Mulyar,M (2400) Washington DC 2015 ½-½ (42)}) 9... a5 10. Rc1 Na6 11. Ne5 c5 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Ndf3 cxd4 14. Bc4 Qe4 15. Bd3 Qd5 16. Bc4 Qe4 17. Bd3 Qd5 18. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "60th Rubinstein Mem"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj POL"]
[Date "2024.08.19"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Wojtaszek, R."]
[Black "Bartel, Mat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. e3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O ({RR} 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nbd7 9. O-O Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Nf6 11. Bc2 Be7 12. h3 O-O 13. Be3 Rc8 14. c5 Ba6 15. Re1 Nd5 16. Qd2 Bf6 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Nf6 19. Qe3 Bc4 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 g6 {Schilstra,L (2162)-Smeets,K (2380) Delft NED 2025 0-1 (73)}) 7... Be7 ({RR} 7... Nbd7 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Bd6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 O-O 14. Rad1 Rfe8 15. Bg3 Bxg3 16. fxg3 Rad8 17. c5 bxc5 18. g4 cxd4 19. g5 c5 20. gxh6 gxh6 21. Nd2 f5 22. Qh5 {Nakamura,H (2741)-Carlsen,M (2870) Kolkata 2019 ½-½ (32)}) 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 $146 ({RR} 9. Qe2 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bb2 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Nbd7 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. e4 Rfd8 15. e5 Nd5 16. Qe4 Nf8 17. Qg4 Nb4 18. Bb1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rd2 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 b5 22. Qd1 Rxd2 23. Nxd2 Qd7 {Checa,N (2437)-Mulyar,M (2400) Washington DC 2015 ½-½ (42)}) 9... a5 10. Rc1 Na6 11. Ne5 c5 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Ndf3 cxd4 14. Bc4 Qe4 15. Bd3 Qd5 16. Bc4 Qe4 17. Bd3 Qd5 18. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess.com Classic Play-In"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.05.08"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2024.05.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2 b6 ({RR} 8... Rd8 9. Qc2 dxc4 10. Qxc4 b5 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Nb3 Nbd7 14. Na5 Be4 15. Qd2 c5 16. dxc5 Rxc5 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Rxc5 Rxc5 19. Rc1 Bd5 20. Nd4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qd6 22. Rxc5 Nxc5 23. Ndb3 {Xiong,J (2636)-Nakamura,H (2802) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (46)}) 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O h6 $146 ({RR} 10... c5 11. Nb1 c4 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Nc3 b5 14. a3 Nbd7 15. f4 Nb6 16. Qc2 Rfe8 17. g4 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. g5 f6 20. gxf6 gxf6 21. Ng4 Nd5 22. Nh6+ Kh8 23. Nf5 Qe6 24. Bh3 Rg8+ 25. Kh1 {Itkis,B (2241)-Gorovets,A (2427) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (34)}) ({RR} 10... Bb7 11. Rc1 a5 12. Re1 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. e4 Nxe4 15. Nh4 Qf6 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Rxc5 Na6 18. Rxa5 Qxb2 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Rad8 21. Rd5 Rxd5 22. Qxd5 Nb4 23. Qb3 Qxb3 24. axb3 Rb8 25. Nf3 {Ding,L (2805)-Carlsen,M (2861) Cupar 2019 ½-½ (65)}) 11. Rc1 Be6 12. Qb3 Rc8 13. e3 Nbd7 14. Rc6 Nb8 15. Rc2 Nbd7 16. Rc6 Nb8 17. Rc2 Nbd7 18. Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT 23rd"]
[Site "Terme Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Gledura, Benjamin"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2021.11.12"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Nbd7 7. dxc5 ({RR} 7. O-O a6 8. Bxd7+ Bxd7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Nbd2 Qe7 14. Rc1 Rac8 15. Qc2 Ne4 16. b4 Nxd2 17. Nxd2 Bxe3 18. Qxc8 Bxd2 19. Rc7 Qg5 20. Qd7 Bf3 21. g3 h5 {Andreikin,D (2710)-Muradli,M (2581) Doha QAT 2025 1-0 (60)}) 7... a6 ({RR} 7... Bxc5 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Nb6 10. b3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Be2 Ba3 14. Bxa3 Qxa3 15. Qd4 Qe7 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. a4 Ne4 18. a5 Nxc3 19. Rxc3 Rxc3 20. Qxc3 Nc8 21. Rc1 Nd6 22. Qc5 {Stocek,J (2482)-Mikulka,M (2163) Teplice CZE 2026 1-0 (35)}) 8. Be2 Nxc5 9. O-O Be7 $146 ({RR} 9... Bd6 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. Qd4 Nce4 13. Nc3 Be6 14. Rac1 Rfd8 15. h3 h6 16. Rfd1 Bc5 17. Qe5 Bd6 18. Qd4 Kh8 19. Bf1 Bc7 20. Ne2 Rac8 21. Ne5 Kg8 22. Nf4 Bf5 23. Be2 Ng5 24. Bh5 {Gacek,W (2052)-Majek,K (2166) Warsaw 2025 ½-½}) 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Bf5 12. Nc3 Rc8 13. Rc1 Qd7 14. Nd4 Bg6 15. Nf3 Bf5 16. Nd4 Bg6 17. Nf3 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT 23rd"]
[Site "Terme Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Gledura, Benjamin"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2021.11.12"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Nbd7 7. dxc5 ({RR} 7. O-O a6 8. Bxd7+ Bxd7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Nbd2 Qe7 14. Rc1 Rac8 15. Qc2 Ne4 16. b4 Nxd2 17. Nxd2 Bxe3 18. Qxc8 Bxd2 19. Rc7 Qg5 20. Qd7 Bf3 21. g3 h5 {Andreikin,D (2710)-Muradli,M (2581) Doha QAT 2025 1-0 (60)}) 7... a6 ({RR} 7... Bxc5 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Nb6 10. b3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Be2 Ba3 14. Bxa3 Qxa3 15. Qd4 Qe7 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. a4 Ne4 18. a5 Nxc3 19. Rxc3 Rxc3 20. Qxc3 Nc8 21. Rc1 Nd6 22. Qc5 {Stocek,J (2482)-Mikulka,M (2163) Teplice CZE 2026 1-0 (35)}) 8. Be2 Nxc5 9. O-O Be7 $146 ({RR} 9... Bd6 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. Qd4 Nce4 13. Nc3 Be6 14. Rac1 Rfd8 15. h3 h6 16. Rfd1 Bc5 17. Qe5 Bd6 18. Qd4 Kh8 19. Bf1 Bc7 20. Ne2 Rac8 21. Ne5 Kg8 22. Nf4 Bf5 23. Be2 Ng5 24. Bh5 {Gacek,W (2052)-Majek,K (2166) Warsaw 2025 ½-½}) 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Bf5 12. Nc3 Rc8 13. Rc1 Qd7 14. Nd4 Bg6 15. Nf3 Bf5 16. Nd4 Bg6 17. Nf3 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 18th Jul Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.07.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ter Sahakyan, S."]
[Black "Svane, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2023.07.18"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. c5 Nc6 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nh5 7. e3 ({RR} 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Rd8 11. O-O Nf6 12. a3 e5 13. b4 Bf5 14. Qb3 exd4 15. exd4 Be4 16. Rad1 Qe6 17. Ng5 Qf5 18. Ngxe4 dxe4 19. d5 Ne5 20. h3 Nf3+ 21. Kh1 Qf4 {Ohanyan,E (2516)-Svane,R (2624) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (69)}) 7... h6 $146 ({RR} 7... Nxf4 8. exf4 g6 9. Ne5 Bd7 10. Be2 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. g3 b6 13. cxb6 cxb6 14. Rc1 Ne7 15. Na4 Bxa4 16. Qxa4 Qd6 17. Rc2 b5 18. Qa5 Rfc8 19. Rfc1 Rxc2 20. Rxc2 Nf5 21. Rc6 Qd8 22. Qxd8+ {Sapocinic,S (2296)-Svane,R (2619) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (86)}) 8. Bd3 Nxf4 9. exf4 Qf6 10. Ne2 g5 11. g3 gxf4 12. Nxf4 Bd7 13. Nh5 Qe7 14. Qe2 O-O-O 15. O-O e5 16. Nxe5 Nxd4 17. Qe3 Qxe5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 18th Jul Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.07.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ter Sahakyan, S."]
[Black "Svane, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2023.07.18"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. c5 Nc6 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nh5 7. e3 ({RR} 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Rd8 11. O-O Nf6 12. a3 e5 13. b4 Bf5 14. Qb3 exd4 15. exd4 Be4 16. Rad1 Qe6 17. Ng5 Qf5 18. Ngxe4 dxe4 19. d5 Ne5 20. h3 Nf3+ 21. Kh1 Qf4 {Ohanyan,E (2516)-Svane,R (2624) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (69)}) 7... h6 $146 ({RR} 7... Nxf4 8. exf4 g6 9. Ne5 Bd7 10. Be2 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. g3 b6 13. cxb6 cxb6 14. Rc1 Ne7 15. Na4 Bxa4 16. Qxa4 Qd6 17. Rc2 b5 18. Qa5 Rfc8 19. Rfc1 Rxc2 20. Rxc2 Nf5 21. Rc6 Qd8 22. Qxd8+ {Sapocinic,S (2296)-Svane,R (2619) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (86)}) 8. Bd3 Nxf4 9. exf4 Qf6 10. Ne2 g5 11. g3 gxf4 12. Nxf4 Bd7 13. Nh5 Qe7 14. Qe2 O-O-O 15. O-O e5 16. Nxe5 Nxd4 17. Qe3 Qxe5 0-1

[Event "Barcelona"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1992.05.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1992.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. b3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. O-O Be7 8. d4 Ne4 9. Bb2 Bf6 10. Nc3 ({RR} 10. e3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Qc1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. exd4 Rc8 17. Qb2 Nc3 18. Rfe1 Qb6 19. g4 Bg6 20. Nf3 Be4 21. Qd2 h6 22. Ne5 Bxg2 23. Nd7 Qc7 24. Nxf8 Bxh3 {Mestnikov,A (2077)-Vakhlamov,I (2413) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (40)}) 10... Nxd4 $146 ({RR} 10... cxd4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Nxe4 Be7 14. Rc1 Re8 15. a3 Qb6 16. Nd2 Be6 17. Nc4 Bxc4 18. Rxc4 Bf6 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Rxe2 22. Qxe2 Qxd4 23. Rd1 Qf6 24. Rd7 g6 25. Kg2 {Nihal,S (2693)-Narayanan,S (2694) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (36)}) 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. Qc2 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 O-O 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Qxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 10th"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "2009.03.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2009.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 Bb7 8. Bg2 Nbd7 9. O-O a6 10. Nfd2 ({RR} 10. a4 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. axb5 Be4 13. Qb3 Bd5 14. Qd3 Be4 15. Qb3 Bd5 16. Qd3 {½-½ (16) Graf,A (2646)-Lautier,J (2666) Plovdiv 2003}) ({RR} 10. a4 c5 11. dxc5 Be4 12. Qd1 Bxc5 13. Nbd2 Bd5 14. Nb3 Bb6 15. Nfd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 bxa4 17. Rxa4 O-O 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Qd3 Qd5+ {½-½ (20) Luch,M (2356)-Backiel,H (2270) Chotowa 2025}) 10... Be7 11. Nc3 O-O $146 ({RR} 11... Qb6 12. a4 O-O 13. Nb3 Rfd8 14. Be3 Ng4 15. Bd2 Nde5 16. Qc2 Nc4 17. Bc1 Rac8 18. Ne4 Ba8 19. Rd1 Nf6 20. Bg5 a5 21. Nbc5 Nd6 22. Nxd6 Bxd6 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Rac1 Be7 25. e3 f5 26. Qb3 {Kopylov,M (2466)-Fodor,T (2476) Germany 2011 1-0 (72)}) 12. Nb3 Qb6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Be2 ({RR} 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. a3 b6 11. b4 Be7 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. Bc4 Bf6 14. Qb3 Bxb2 15. Qxb2 Nf6 16. O-O Qe7 17. Rc2 Rac8 18. Rfc1 Nb8 19. Be2 Rfd8 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 {Karpov,A (2616)-Alekseev,E (2683) Germany 2013 ½-½ (63)}) 6... c5 ({RR} 6... b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. b3 c5 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. Rc1 cxd4 11. exd4 Rc8 12. Qc2 dxc4 13. bxc4 Na5 14. Qb1 Rc7 15. Bd3 h6 16. Rfe1 Qa8 17. Qa1 Nh5 18. Bf1 Rfc8 19. Bc3 Bxf3 20. Bxa5 Bb7 21. Bc3 {Sertic,R (2330)-Petrov,J (2343) Veli Losinj CRO 2025 1-0 (58)}) 7. dxc5 dxc4 8. Nxc4 $146 ({RR} 8. Bxc4 Bxc5 9. O-O a6 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. a3 e5 12. b4 Ba7 13. Bb2 Qe7 14. Nb3 b5 15. Bd3 e4 16. Qc2 exd3 17. Qxc6 Bb7 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qc3 Rfd8 20. Nbd4 Bxd4 21. Nxd4 Qe4 22. Nf3 Qg6 {Delander,A (2190)-Schmidt,G (2237) Finsterbergen 2003 ½-½ (41)}) 8... Qxd1+ 9. Bxd1 Bxc5 10. Nfe5 Nbd7 11. Bf3 Rb8 12. O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 4th Feb Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.02.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2025.02.04"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Nf6 6. Bf4 ({RR} 6. Qc2 c5 7. dxc5 Nc6 8. a3 Bd7 9. b4 a5 10. b5 Na7 11. a4 Nd5 12. e4 Nb4 13. Qb3 Bxc5 14. Be2 O-O 15. O-O Nc8 16. Bb2 f6 17. Nbd2 Nb6 18. Nc4 Qe7 19. Rfd1 Be8 20. Bd4 Nd7 {Gelfand,B (2743)-Ponomariov,R (2714) Beijing 2014 ½-½ (57)}) ({RR} 6. Nbd2 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. e4 a6 9. e5 Nd5 10. a3 Nd7 11. Ne4 Qc7 12. b4 a5 13. bxa5 Qxa5+ 14. Bd2 Qa4 15. Qxa4 Rxa4 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. exd6 f6 18. Bd3 Kf7 19. Bc2 Ra7 20. Ke2 Rha8 {Bonin,J (2139)-Mischuk,D (2298) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (47)}) 6... Be7 7. Qc2 $146 ({RR} 7. Nbd2 b5 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Qxc6 Nd5 10. Qxa8 Nxf4 11. e3 Nd5 12. Bxb5 O-O 13. Qxa7 N7f6 14. O-O Bd6 15. Nc4 Bc7 16. Rac1 Nd7 17. Bxd7 Bxd7 18. Nfe5 f6 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. e4 Bxh2+ 21. Kxh2 Qxa7 {Kwiek,J (1648)-Kaczmarczyk,M (1566) Warsaw 2013 1-0 (31)}) 7... Nbd7 8. e4 c5 9. Nbd2 cxd4 10. Bc7 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 16th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2009.04.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2009.04.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saratov Ekonomist SGSEU"]
[BlackTeam "Sverdlovsk Ural region"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. O-O Nce4 $146 ({RR} 9... Bd6 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. Qd4 O-O 12. Rd1 Qb6 13. Ne2 Qa6 14. Ng3 Bxg3 15. hxg3 Nb3 16. axb3 Qxa1 17. Qa4 Qb1 18. Nd2 Qd3 19. Qd4 Qe2 20. Rf1 Ng4 21. Nb1 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Qxf2+ 23. Kh1 Qxg3 24. Qf4 {Forster,J-Lasch,P Buehl 1983 1-0}) ({RR} 9... Bd6 10. Nc3 Nce4 11. Nxd5 Bxh2+ 12. Nxh2 Qxd5 13. Qxd5 Nxd5 14. f3 Nc5 15. e4 Nb4 16. Bd2 Nc6 17. Ng4 Rd8 18. Rfd1 f6 19. Ne3 Kf7 20. Nf5 Nd3 21. Bc3 Rd7 22. Rd2 Rhd8 23. Rad1 b5 24. b4 {Carlsen,M (2775)-Polgar,J (2711) Mainz 2008 ½-½ (33)}) ({RR} 9... Be7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Bc3 Nfe4 12. Bd4 Ne6 13. Be5 Rc8 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Qd7 16. Qe2 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Qe8 18. Rac1 a6 19. h3 Bf8 20. Nd4 Nc5 21. Bb4 Ne6 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Bxf8 Qxf8 24. Qf3 {Pert,R (2416)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2675) London ENG 2025 0-1 (57)}) 10. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zagreb Peace"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.11.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "220"]
[EventDate "2018.11.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Nbd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Be2 c5 10. b3 b6 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. a4 $146 ({RR} 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Qd4 Qe7 15. Rfd1 Be4 16. Nce5 Rfd8 17. Qc4 Rac8 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. b4 Bd5 20. Qc2 Be4 21. Qc4 Bd5 22. Qc2 Be4 {½-½ (22) Lund,G (2335)-Raja,R (2532) Fagernes NOR 2024}) ({RR} 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Rc1 {½-½ (13) Aleksandrov,A (2592)-Adhiban,B (2654) Moscow 2020}) 12... Bb7 13. Ba3 Ne4 14. Rc1 Qf6 15. Ncd2 Rac8 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Nd2 Bb7 18. Bf3 Ba6 19. Re1 Rfd8 20. b4 cxb4 21. Bxb4 Bb8 22. Qb3 Qg6 23. Ne4 Nf6 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 25. Qa3 Qg6 26. Be7 Re8 27. h3 h6 28. Bd6 Qd3 29. Bc6 Bxd6 30. Qxd6 Rf8 31. Qe7 Bc4 32. Bf3 a6 33. Qa7 Qb3 34. Ra1 Bd3 35. e4 Rc2 36. d5 Qb4 37. Red1 Qd4 38. a5 Qxf2+ 39. Kh1 Be2 40. Bxe2 Qxe2 41. Rg1 bxa5 42. d6 Rd2 43. Qe7 Qxe4 44. Rad1 Rxd1 45. Rxd1 Qc2 46. Rf1 Qc5 47. Rb1 g6 48. Qc7 Qe5 49. Rb6 Qe1+ 50. Kh2 Qe5+ 51. Kh1 a4 52. Rxa6 Qe1+ 53. Kh2 Qe5+ 54. Kh1 Qf4 55. Ra7 Qf1+ 56. Kh2 Qf4+ 57. Kh1 Kg7 58. Qc3+ Qf6 59. Qc7 Rd8 60. Rxa4 e5 61. d7 Qe7 62. Ra5 e4 63. Re5 Qxd7 64. Qxd7 Rxd7 65. Rxe4 g5 66. g4 Rd2 67. Kg1 Kg6 68. Re8 Rc2 69. Ra8 Re2 70. Rh8 Rd2 71. Ra8 Rb2 72. Rh8 Re2 73. Ra8 h5 74. Rg8+ Kf6 75. gxh5 Re4 76. Kg2 Rh4 77. Ra8 Rxh5 78. Ra6+ Kf5 79. Ra5+ Kg6 80. Ra6+ Kg7 81. Ra5 Kg6 82. Ra6+ f6 83. Ra8 Rh7 84. Kg3 f5 85. Rg8+ Kh5 86. Rf8 Kg6 87. Rg8+ Rg7 88. Rf8 Rb7 89. Rg8+ Kh6 90. Rf8 Rb3+ 91. Kg2 Kg6 92. Kh2 Rb2+ 93. Kg3 f4+ 94. Kf3 Rb3+ 95. Kg2 Kg7 96. Rf5 Kg6 97. Rf8 Rb5 98. h4 Kg7 99. Ra8 g4 100. Ra4 Rf5 101. Kf2 Kg6 102. Ra8 Rf6 103. Rg8+ Kh5 104. Rh8+ Rh6 105. Rf8 g3+ 106. Kg2 Kg4 107. Rg8+ Kxh4 108. Kf3 Kh3 109. Rg7 Kh2 110. Rg8 Kh1 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-44"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2022.08.07"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Tabatabaei, Mohammad Amin"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "217"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iran"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. a3 Ne4 10. b4 Be7 11. Bb2 Bf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxd5 Be6 14. Qxe4 Qxa1 15. b5 Nd8 16. Qb4 Qf6 17. Nc3 Qe7 18. Nd4 Rc8 19. Ne4 Qxb4 20. axb4 Rc7 $146 ({RR} 20... O-O 21. e3 Rc7 22. Ra1 b6 23. f4 Rd7 24. Ng5 h6 25. Ngf3 f6 26. Kf2 Rc7 27. Nd2 {½-½ (27) Laylo,D (2408)-Azarya,J (2389) Hanoi VIE 2024}) 21. Ra1 Ke7 22. Nc5 b6 23. Nd3 Kf6 24. f4 Re8 25. Ne5 Bd7 26. Ndc6 Bxc6 27. bxc6 b5 28. Nd7+ Ke7 29. Nb8 Ne6 30. Na6 Rcc8 31. Kf2 Red8 32. Ra5 Rd2 33. Ke3 Rb2 34. f5 Rb3+ 35. Kf2 Nd4 36. Nc5 Rxb4 37. Rxa7+ Ke8 38. Bd5 Rxc6 39. Bxf7+ Kf8 40. Ne6+ Nxe6 41. Bxe6 Rc2 42. Rf7+ Ke8 43. Rxg7 Re4 44. Kf3 Rexe2 45. Rxh7 Rxh2 46. Rb7 Rc3+ 47. Kf4 Rf2+ 48. Ke5 Rxg3 49. Rb8+ Ke7 50. f6+ Rxf6 51. Rb7+ Kd8 52. Kxf6 Rd3 53. Ke5 Ra3 54. Rd7+ Ke8 55. Rh7 Kd8 56. Bd5 Ra6 57. Rb7 b4 58. Be6 Rc6 59. Rxb4 Rc7 60. Kf6 Rc6 61. Rb7 Rd6 62. Ke5 Rc6 63. Rd7+ Kc8 64. Rh7+ Kd8 65. Rh8+ Ke7 66. Bd5 Rc7 67. Rh6 Rd7 68. Bc6 Rc7 69. Re6+ Kf8 70. Kd6 Rf7 71. Re8+ Kg7 72. Bd5 Rf8 73. Re1 Kf6 74. Be6 Rd8+ 75. Bd7 Rf8 76. Rg1 Rf7 77. Rf1+ Kg7 78. Bf5 Kf8 79. Rf2 Rf6+ 80. Ke5 Ke7 81. Rc2 Rf7 82. Rc6 Rg7 83. Re6+ Kd8 84. Kf6 Rb7 85. Rc6 Rf7+ 86. Ke5 Rc7 87. Rh6 Ke7 88. Be4 Rc5+ 89. Bd5 Rc7 90. Bc6 Kd8 91. Rd6+ Ke7 92. Re6+ Kf8 93. Kd6 Rf7 94. Bd5 Kg7 95. Re1 Rf5 96. Ke6 Rg5 97. Be4 Kh6 98. Bf5 Rg3 99. Kf6 Rg6+ 100. Ke5 Rg2 101. Be4 Rg7 102. Kf4 Rf7+ 103. Bf5 Kg7 104. Ke5 Kf8 105. Be6 Rg7 106. Rh1 Ke7 107. Rh5 Kf8 108. Kf6 Rf7+ 109. Bxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-44"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2022.08.07"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Tabatabaei, Mohammad Amin"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "217"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iran"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. a3 Ne4 10. b4 Be7 11. Bb2 Bf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxd5 Be6 14. Qxe4 Qxa1 15. b5 Nd8 16. Qb4 Qf6 17. Nc3 Qe7 18. Nd4 Rc8 19. Ne4 Qxb4 20. axb4 Rc7 $146 ({RR} 20... O-O 21. e3 Rc7 22. Ra1 b6 23. f4 Rd7 24. Ng5 h6 25. Ngf3 f6 26. Kf2 Rc7 27. Nd2 {½-½ (27) Laylo,D (2408)-Azarya,J (2389) Hanoi VIE 2024}) 21. Ra1 Ke7 22. Nc5 b6 23. Nd3 Kf6 24. f4 Re8 25. Ne5 Bd7 26. Ndc6 Bxc6 27. bxc6 b5 28. Nd7+ Ke7 29. Nb8 Ne6 30. Na6 Rcc8 31. Kf2 Red8 32. Ra5 Rd2 33. Ke3 Rb2 34. f5 Rb3+ 35. Kf2 Nd4 36. Nc5 Rxb4 37. Rxa7+ Ke8 38. Bd5 Rxc6 39. Bxf7+ Kf8 40. Ne6+ Nxe6 41. Bxe6 Rc2 42. Rf7+ Ke8 43. Rxg7 Re4 44. Kf3 Rexe2 45. Rxh7 Rxh2 46. Rb7 Rc3+ 47. Kf4 Rf2+ 48. Ke5 Rxg3 49. Rb8+ Ke7 50. f6+ Rxf6 51. Rb7+ Kd8 52. Kxf6 Rd3 53. Ke5 Ra3 54. Rd7+ Ke8 55. Rh7 Kd8 56. Bd5 Ra6 57. Rb7 b4 58. Be6 Rc6 59. Rxb4 Rc7 60. Kf6 Rc6 61. Rb7 Rd6 62. Ke5 Rc6 63. Rd7+ Kc8 64. Rh7+ Kd8 65. Rh8+ Ke7 66. Bd5 Rc7 67. Rh6 Rd7 68. Bc6 Rc7 69. Re6+ Kf8 70. Kd6 Rf7 71. Re8+ Kg7 72. Bd5 Rf8 73. Re1 Kf6 74. Be6 Rd8+ 75. Bd7 Rf8 76. Rg1 Rf7 77. Rf1+ Kg7 78. Bf5 Kf8 79. Rf2 Rf6+ 80. Ke5 Ke7 81. Rc2 Rf7 82. Rc6 Rg7 83. Re6+ Kd8 84. Kf6 Rb7 85. Rc6 Rf7+ 86. Ke5 Rc7 87. Rh6 Ke7 88. Be4 Rc5+ 89. Bd5 Rc7 90. Bc6 Kd8 91. Rd6+ Ke7 92. Re6+ Kf8 93. Kd6 Rf7 94. Bd5 Kg7 95. Re1 Rf5 96. Ke6 Rg5 97. Be4 Kh6 98. Bf5 Rg3 99. Kf6 Rg6+ 100. Ke5 Rg2 101. Be4 Rg7 102. Kf4 Rf7+ 103. Bf5 Kg7 104. Ke5 Kf8 105. Be6 Rg7 106. Rh1 Ke7 107. Rh5 Kf8 108. Kf6 Rf7+ 109. Bxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 20th"]
[Site "Izmir"]
[Date "2004.10.08"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "204"]
[EventDate "2004.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. g3 Bb4 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Bxd2 11. Qxd2 dxc4 12. Qc3 b5 13. a4 $146 ({RR} 13. b3 Nb6 14. bxc4 Nxc4 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qe7 17. Qxc6 Rb8 18. Qd6 Qxd6 19. exd6 Rd8 20. Rfd1 e5 21. Rac1 Be6 22. a3 Bc4 23. Bd5 Rbc8 24. Bxc4 bxc4 25. Kg2 f6 26. Rd5 Kf7 27. Rc3 Ke6 {Fridman,D (2592)-Frolyanov,D (2489) Cappelle la Grande 2004 ½-½}) 13... Bb7 14. Qa5 Qd8 15. axb5 Qxa5 16. Rxa5 cxb5 17. Rxb5 Bc6 18. Rb4 Bd5 19. Re1 Rfb8 20. Rxb8+ Rxb8 21. e4 Bc6 22. Nd2 Rb4 23. Rc1 Nb6 24. b3 Bb5 25. bxc4 Nxc4 26. Nb1 a5 27. Nc3 Bd7 28. Na2 Rb2 29. Rxc4 Rxa2 30. Rc5 a4 31. Bf1 Rd2 32. d5 exd5 33. exd5 Kf8 34. Ra5 Ke7 35. h4 Rd1 36. Ra7 Kd6 37. Kg2 Rc1 38. Bd3 Rc7 39. Ra5 Rc5 40. Ra7 f6 41. Be4 f5 42. Ra6+ Ke5 43. Bf3 g5 44. Bd1 Bb5 45. Rxh6 a3 46. Bb3 Rc3 47. Ba2 Rc2 48. Rb6 Bd7 49. Bb1 a2 50. Bxa2 Rxa2 51. hxg5 Kxd5 52. g6 Be6 53. g7 Ra8 54. f4 Rg8 55. Rb7 Kd6 56. Kf2 Bd7 57. Rb6+ Ke7 58. Rg6 Kf7 59. Rd6 Be6 60. Ra6 Rxg7 61. Ra5 Kf6 62. Ra6 Rb7 63. Kg2 Rg7 64. Rb6 Rg6 65. Ra6 Kg7 66. Ra7+ Kh6 67. Ra5 Rf6 68. Kh3 Kg6 69. Rc5 Rf7 70. Rc6 Kf6 71. Ra6 Rb7 72. Rc6 Rb8 73. Ra6 Ke7 74. Ra7+ Bd7 75. Ra6 Rc8 76. Ra7 Rh8+ 77. Kg2 Kd6 78. Ra5 Bc6+ 79. Kf2 Bd5 80. Ra6+ Kc5 81. Ra5+ Kd4 82. Ra4+ Kd3 83. Ra3+ Kd2 84. Ra5 Be4 85. Ra2+ Kc3 86. Ra3+ Kb4 87. Ra7 Rc8 88. Rg7 Rc2+ 89. Ke3 Rc3+ 90. Kd4 Bf3 91. Rg8 Kb3 92. Rb8+ Kc2 93. Rh8 Rd3+ 94. Ke5 Bg4 95. Rh2+ Kd1 96. Rg2 Ke1 97. Kf6 Kf1 98. Ra2 Rxg3 99. Ra5 Kg2 100. Kg5 Bh3+ 101. Kf6 Kf3 102. Ke5 Kg4 0-1

[Event "1st 3-0 Thu 12th Feb 2026"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2026.02.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Bluebaum, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "204"]
[EventDate "2026.02.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. b3 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Ba3 Bxa3 9. Nxa3 c5 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rc1 Qe7 12. Nb5 Nc6 $146 ({RR} 12... a6 13. Nc3 Nbd7 14. Re1 Rac8 15. Qe2 b5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Bf5 {½-½ (17) Berkes,F (2645)-Motylev,A (2628) Budapest HUN 2022}) ({RR} 12... a6 13. Nc3 Nbd7 14. Re1 Rac8 15. Qe2 b5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Bf5 {½-½ (17) Berkes,F (2645)-Motylev,A (2628) Budapest HUN 2022}) 13. Re1 Rfd8 14. Nc3 Rac8 15. Bf5 Rb8 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Na4 c4 18. Nd4 Qe5 19. Bb1 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Qxd4 21. exd4 Bc6 22. Nc5 cxb3 23. axb3 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Bxe8 25. f3 Kf8 26. Bc2 Nd7 27. Bd1 Rb4 28. Kf2 Rxd4 29. Ke3 Rb4 30. Nxd7+ Bxd7 31. Rc7 Be6 32. Rxa7 d4+ 33. Kd3 Bxb3 34. Bxb3 Rxb3+ 35. Kxd4 Rb2 36. Ra8+ Ke7 37. Ra7+ Ke6 38. Ra6+ Ke7 39. Ra7+ Kf6 40. Ra6+ Kf5 41. Ra5+ Kg6 42. g3 Rxh2 43. Ke3 Rb2 44. g4 Rb3+ 45. Kf2 Rb4 46. Kg3 f6 47. Ra6 h5 48. gxh5+ Kxh5 49. Ra5+ g5 50. Rc5 Kg6 51. Rc6 Ra4 52. Rb6 Ra5 53. Rc6 Kf5 54. Rb6 Re5 55. Rc6 Re6 56. Rc5+ Re5 57. Rc6 Rd5 58. Ra6 Rb5 59. Rc6 Ra5 60. Rb6 Ra3 61. Rc6 Rd3 62. Rb6 Rd5 63. Ra6 Ke5 64. f4+ gxf4+ 65. Kf3 Rd3+ 66. Kf2 Ke4 67. Ra4+ Rd4 68. Ra2 f3 69. Ra3 Rd2+ 70. Kf1 Kf4 71. Ra8 Rb2 72. Rf8 Rb6 73. Kf2 Ra6 74. Rf7 f5 75. Rf8 Ra2+ 76. Kf1 Ra4 77. Kf2 Rb4 78. Rf7 Rb2+ 79. Kf1 Re2 80. Rf8 Rh2 81. Rf7 Rh8 82. Kf2 Rg8 83. Rf6 Ra8 84. Rf7 Ra2+ 85. Kf1 Kg4 86. Rf8 f2 87. Rf7 Kf4 88. Kg2 Rb2 89. Ra7 Rd2 90. Ra3 Re2 91. Rf3+ Kg4 92. Rg3+ Kf4 93. Rf3+ Ke4 94. Rh3 f4 95. Ra3 Re3 96. Ra4+ Kf5 97. Kxf2 Kg4 98. Ra8 Rf3+ 99. Kg2 Rg3+ 100. Kf2 Rf3+ 101. Kg2 Rg3+ 102. Kf2 Rf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 24th Oct Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.10.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Grischuk, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "200"]
[EventDate "2023.10.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. e4 c5 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. Nxd4 h6 9. Bh4 Bd7 10. Bxc4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. f3 Nd7 $146 ({RR} 12... a6 13. Rc1 Nd7 14. O-O g5 15. Bf2 Bg7 16. Rfd1 Ke7 17. Bb3 Rhc8 18. a4 b6 19. Bc4 Bxc3 20. Rxc3 Bxa4 21. Ra1 b5 22. h4 Ne5 23. Be2 Rxc3 24. bxc3 Rc8 25. Bd4 f6 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. Kf2 {Stocek,J (2471)-Samunenkov,I (2584) Czech Republic CZE 2026 0-1 (52)}) 13. Rc1 Bc5 14. Bf2 Bxf2+ 15. Kxf2 Ke7 16. Rhd1 Ne5 17. Be2 g5 18. Ke3 Rad8 19. b4 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rc8 21. Rc1 Bd7 22. a3 Nc4+ 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24. Kd3 Rc8 25. Kd4 Rd8 26. Ke3 Rc8 27. Kd4 Rd8 28. Ke3 Rc8 29. e5 Rc4 30. Ne2 Rxc1 31. Nxc1 f5 32. g3 Bc6 33. Nb3 Bd5 34. Nd4 Kd7 35. f4 g4 36. Kd2 Bc4 37. Kc3 Bf1 38. b5 Bg2 39. Kb4 b6 40. a4 Bd5 41. a5 Be4 42. Nb3 Bd5 43. Nd2 Kc7 44. Nf1 Be4 45. Ne3 Bd3 46. Nd1 Be4 47. Nb2 Bd5 48. Na4 Be4 49. Nc3 Bf3 50. Nb1 Be4 51. Nd2 Bd5 52. Nf1 Bf3 53. Ne3 Be2 54. Nc2 Bf3 55. Nd4 Bd5 56. Ka4 Kd7 57. Nc2 Bf3 58. Ne3 Be2 59. Kb4 Kc7 60. Ka4 Kd7 61. a6 Kc7 62. Kb4 Kd7 63. Nc2 Bf3 64. Nd4 Bd5 65. Kc3 Kc7 66. Kd2 Kd7 67. Ke3 Kc7 68. Kf2 Kd7 69. Kg1 Kc7 70. h3 h5 71. Kh2 Kd7 72. h4 Kc7 73. Kg1 Kd7 74. Kf2 Kc7 75. Ke3 Kd7 76. Kd3 Kc7 77. Kc3 Kd7 78. Nc2 Bf3 79. Ne3 Be2 80. Kb4 Kc7 81. Nc2 Bf3 82. Na3 Be2 83. Nb1 Bf3 84. Nc3 Kd7 85. Na4 Kc7 86. Nb2 Be2 87. Ka4 Kd7 88. Kb4 Kc7 89. Na4 Bf3 90. Nc3 Kd7 91. Nb1 Kc7 92. Nd2 Bd5 93. Nf1 Bf3 94. Ne3 Be2 95. Nc2 Bf3 96. Kc3 Kd7 97. Nb4 Kc7 98. Kd4 Kd7 99. Kc3 Kc7 100. Nc2 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 24th Oct Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.10.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Grischuk, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "200"]
[EventDate "2023.10.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. e4 c5 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. Nxd4 h6 9. Bh4 Bd7 10. Bxc4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. f3 Nd7 $146 ({RR} 12... a6 13. Rc1 Nd7 14. O-O g5 15. Bf2 Bg7 16. Rfd1 Ke7 17. Bb3 Rhc8 18. a4 b6 19. Bc4 Bxc3 20. Rxc3 Bxa4 21. Ra1 b5 22. h4 Ne5 23. Be2 Rxc3 24. bxc3 Rc8 25. Bd4 f6 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. Kf2 {Stocek,J (2471)-Samunenkov,I (2584) Czech Republic CZE 2026 0-1 (52)}) 13. Rc1 Bc5 14. Bf2 Bxf2+ 15. Kxf2 Ke7 16. Rhd1 Ne5 17. Be2 g5 18. Ke3 Rad8 19. b4 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rc8 21. Rc1 Bd7 22. a3 Nc4+ 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24. Kd3 Rc8 25. Kd4 Rd8 26. Ke3 Rc8 27. Kd4 Rd8 28. Ke3 Rc8 29. e5 Rc4 30. Ne2 Rxc1 31. Nxc1 f5 32. g3 Bc6 33. Nb3 Bd5 34. Nd4 Kd7 35. f4 g4 36. Kd2 Bc4 37. Kc3 Bf1 38. b5 Bg2 39. Kb4 b6 40. a4 Bd5 41. a5 Be4 42. Nb3 Bd5 43. Nd2 Kc7 44. Nf1 Be4 45. Ne3 Bd3 46. Nd1 Be4 47. Nb2 Bd5 48. Na4 Be4 49. Nc3 Bf3 50. Nb1 Be4 51. Nd2 Bd5 52. Nf1 Bf3 53. Ne3 Be2 54. Nc2 Bf3 55. Nd4 Bd5 56. Ka4 Kd7 57. Nc2 Bf3 58. Ne3 Be2 59. Kb4 Kc7 60. Ka4 Kd7 61. a6 Kc7 62. Kb4 Kd7 63. Nc2 Bf3 64. Nd4 Bd5 65. Kc3 Kc7 66. Kd2 Kd7 67. Ke3 Kc7 68. Kf2 Kd7 69. Kg1 Kc7 70. h3 h5 71. Kh2 Kd7 72. h4 Kc7 73. Kg1 Kd7 74. Kf2 Kc7 75. Ke3 Kd7 76. Kd3 Kc7 77. Kc3 Kd7 78. Nc2 Bf3 79. Ne3 Be2 80. Kb4 Kc7 81. Nc2 Bf3 82. Na3 Be2 83. Nb1 Bf3 84. Nc3 Kd7 85. Na4 Kc7 86. Nb2 Be2 87. Ka4 Kd7 88. Kb4 Kc7 89. Na4 Bf3 90. Nc3 Kd7 91. Nb1 Kc7 92. Nd2 Bd5 93. Nf1 Bf3 94. Ne3 Be2 95. Nc2 Bf3 96. Kc3 Kd7 97. Nb4 Kc7 98. Kd4 Kd7 99. Kc3 Kc7 100. Nc2 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Esports World Cup 2025"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2025.08.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "2025.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O Bg4 11. h3 $146 ({RR} 11. Na3 Ne4 12. Nc2 Rc8 13. Nfd4 Bxe2 14. Nxe2 Qg5 15. Ncd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 a6 17. Rc1 h5 18. Qe2 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Qf5 20. Bb2 h4 21. h3 f6 22. Rfd1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Qxc8 25. Qd3 Qc5 {Kuzubov,Y (2627)-Navara,D (2681) Bydgoszcz 2022 ½-½ (33)}) 11... Bh5 12. Nc3 a6 13. Nh4 Bg6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Bf3 Ne7 16. Rc1 Qd6 17. Qd2 Ba3 18. Bxa3 Qxa3 19. Rc2 Rad8 20. Rfc1 Nc6 21. Nb1 Qe7 22. Qe1 Rfe8 23. Qf1 g5 24. Nc3 Ne5 25. Ne2 g4 26. hxg4 Nfxg4 27. Bxg4 Nxg4 28. g3 Qg5 29. Nf4 Qh6 30. Qh3 Qxh3 31. Nxh3 d4 32. exd4 Rxd4 33. Rc4 Rxc4 34. Rxc4 Ne5 35. Rc7 b5 36. Ra7 Nd3 37. Rxa6 f6 38. Rd6 Nc1 39. Rb6 Re5 40. a4 bxa4 41. bxa4 Ra5 42. Nf4 Rxa4 43. Rb7 Ra6 44. Kg2 Na2 45. Nd5 Kf8 46. g4 Ra5 47. Nf4 Kg8 48. Ne6 g5 49. Rg7+ Kh8 50. Rg6 Nc3 51. Rxf6 Kh7 52. f3 Re5 53. Nd4 Nd5 54. Ra6 Nf4+ 55. Kf2 Rd5 56. Ra4 Kg6 57. Nf5 Rd2+ 58. Ke3 Re2+ 59. Kd4 Rd2+ 60. Kc4 Rc2+ 61. Kb5 Rf2 62. Ra6+ Kf7 63. Ra3 Kf6 64. Nd6 Rb2+ 65. Kc6 Rc2+ 66. Kb5 Rb2+ 67. Kc4 Rc2+ 68. Kb3 Rc6 69. Ne4+ Kg6 70. Ra5 Ne6 71. Rd5 Rb6+ 72. Kc4 Ra6 73. Re5 Rb6 74. Rf5 Ra6 75. Kb4 Rb6+ 76. Ka5 Rc6 77. Rd5 Kh6 78. Re5 Kg6 79. Rd5 Kh6 80. Kb5 Rc7 81. Rd6 Rb7+ 82. Kc6 Re7 83. Kd5 Kg7 84. Rxe6 Rd7+ 85. Nd6 Ra7 86. Re7+ Rxe7 87. Nf5+ Kf6 88. Nxe7 Kxe7 89. Ke5 Kf7 90. Kf5 Kf8 91. Kxg5 Kg8 92. f4 1-0

[Event "1st Lecci Open 2026"]
[Site "Lecci FRA"]
[Date "2026.05.15"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Van Wely, L."]
[Black "Pranesh, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "182"]
[EventDate "2026.05.11"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Be6 6. Ng5 Nf6 7. Nxe6 fxe6 8. g3 c5 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. O-O O-O 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 $146 ({RR} 13. Bd2 Qd7 14. Rc1 Ba7 15. Na4 Qe7 16. e3 Rfd8 17. Qb3 Ne5 18. Bb4 Qf7 19. Qc3 Nfd7 20. Qc2 Nf3+ 21. Kh1 b5 22. Qd1 Nde5 23. Nc5 d4 24. e4 Bb6 25. Nd3 Nxd3 26. Qxd3 Ne5 27. Qd1 a5 {Osmak,I (2388)-Tsirulnik,M (2119) Lutsk 2019 1-0 (41)}) 13... Qxf6 14. e3 Ba7 15. Kh1 Rad8 16. Qe2 Ne5 17. Rad1 Kh8 18. h3 g6 19. b3 Rc8 20. Na4 b5 21. Nb2 Rc3 22. Nd3 Nxd3 23. Rxd3 Rxd3 24. Qxd3 Rc8 25. e4 Qd4 26. Qe2 dxe4 27. Bxe4 Rf8 28. Kg2 Kg7 29. h4 h5 30. Qc2 Kh6 31. Bxg6 Qc5 32. Qxc5 Bxc5 33. Bd3 Bd4 34. f3 Rc8 35. g4 e5 36. g5+ Kg7 37. Be4 b4 38. f4 exf4 39. Rxf4 a5 40. Bd3 Rd8 41. Bc4 Bc3 42. Rf7+ Kg6 43. Ra7 Rd4 44. Rxa5 Rxh4 45. Bd3+ Kf7 46. Kf3 Rh3+ 47. Ke4 Kg6 48. Rd5 Bd2 49. Kd4+ Kf7 50. g6+ Ke7 51. Rf5 h4 52. Rf7+ Kd6 53. Rf6+ Ke7 54. Rf7+ Kd6 55. Bf5 Rg3 56. Rd7+ Kc6 57. Rh7 h3 58. Rxh3 Bc3+ 59. Kc4 Rg5 60. Be4+ Kd6 61. Rd3+ Ke6 62. a4 Rg4 63. Re3 Kd6 64. a5 Kc7 65. Kd3 Rg5 66. Re2 Rxa5 67. Rg2 Bg7 68. Kc4 Rh5 69. Rg4 Kb6 70. Bd5 Rf5 71. Re4 Bc3 72. Re6+ Kc7 73. Kc5 Kd7 74. Ra6 Ke7 75. Ra7+ Kf8 76. Rd7 Rg5 77. Rf7+ Ke8 78. Rh7 Kf8 79. Rf7+ Ke8 80. Kd6 Rxg6+ 81. Be6 Rf6 82. Rb7 Kf8 83. Rb8+ Kg7 84. Rg8+ Kh6 85. Rg2 Rg6 86. Rxg6+ Kxg6 87. Bc4 Kf6 88. Bd5 Bd2 89. Bc4 Bc3 90. Bd5 Bd2 91. Bc4 Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT2 16th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2009.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Black "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2009.04.02"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 Bb7 8. Bg2 Nbd7 9. O-O a6 10. Nfd2 Qb6 11. a4 Be7 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8+ Bxa8 14. Nc3 O-O 15. Nb3 Bb7 $146 ({RR} 15... Nd5 16. e4 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Nxc5 Qxc5 20. Qxc5 Nxc5 21. f3 Rc8 22. Rd1 Bc6 23. Bf1 f5 24. Be3 Nb3 25. Rd3 Na5 26. Rc3 Nc4 27. Bxc4 bxc4 28. Rxc4 fxe4 29. fxe4 Kf7 30. Bd4 {Khenkin,I (2647)-Maksimenko,A (2536) Germany 2009 1-0 (109)}) 16. Be3 Nd5 17. Ne4 b4 18. Ra1 Ra8 19. Rxa8+ Bxa8 20. Nec5 Nxc5 21. dxc5 Qa7 22. Bd4 Qa4 23. e4 Nf6 24. Qc4 Nd7 25. Bh3 Kf8 26. Bf1 Bb7 27. f4 Nb8 28. Bc3 Na6 29. Be5 Qa2 30. Qc2 Kg8 31. Bd6 Bf6 32. e5 Bd8 33. Bc4 g6 34. Nd2 Qa1+ 35. Qb1 Qxb1+ 36. Nxb1 g5 37. Nd2 gxf4 38. gxf4 Nc7 39. Bxc7 Bxc7 40. Ne4 Bc8 41. Nf6+ Kh8 42. Ne8 Bb8 43. Kg2 Kg8 44. Kf3 Kf8 45. Nf6 h6 46. Ke3 Bc7 47. Bd3 b3 48. Bc4 Ba5 49. Ne4 Bb4 50. Kd4 Ke7 51. Bxb3 Be1 52. Bc4 Bb4 53. Be2 Be1 54. Bc4 Bb4 55. Kd3 Be1 56. Kc2 Bh4 57. Kd2 f6 58. exf6+ Bxf6 59. Nxf6 Kxf6 60. Ke3 e5 61. Bf1 Bd7 62. Bg2 Be8 63. Bh3 Bf7 64. Bg2 Be8 65. Be4 Bd7 66. h4 Be8 67. f5 Ke7 68. Kd2 Bd7 69. Kc3 Kf6 70. b3 Be8 71. b4 Bd7 72. Kb3 h5 73. Kc3 Be8 74. Kd3 Bd7 75. Ke2 Be8 76. Ke3 Bd7 77. Kd2 Be8 78. Kc3 Ke7 79. Kb3 Kf6 80. Ka4 Bd7 81. Ka5 Bxf5 82. Bxf5 Kxf5 83. b5 e4 84. bxc6 Ke6 85. Kb6 e3 86. c7 Kd7 87. Kb7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 19th May 2026"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2026.05.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Sarana, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "2026.05.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 dxc4 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. O-O e5 10. Qxc4 Qe7 11. a3 Bxc5 12. b4 Bd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. e3 Be6 15. Qd3 Bf5 16. Ne4 Rfd8 $146 ({RR} 16... Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Ne2+ 18. Qxe2 Nxe4 19. Bb2 Nd6 20. b5 Rac8 21. a4 Qe6 22. Ba3 Rfd8 23. Bxd6 Rxd6 {½-½ (23) Kopylov,M (2449)-Tiviakov,S (2618) Haarlem 2001}) 17. exd4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Rxd4 19. Bxh7+ Nxh7 20. Qe2 f6 21. Be3 Rd7 22. Rfd1 Nf8 23. Rxd7 Qxd7 24. Rd1 Qf7 25. Qg4 a6 26. Rd6 Re8 27. h4 Re6 28. Rd8 Re8 29. Rd6 f5 30. Qf3 Ne6 31. Bg5 Nd4 32. Qd5 Qxd5 33. Rxd5 Re6 34. Kg2 Nc2 35. Rd8+ Kh7 36. Rd7 b5 37. Bc1 Nd4 38. h5 Kg8 39. Bb2 Nc6 40. f4 exf4 41. Bxg7 fxg3 42. Kxg3 Re7 43. Rxe7 Nxe7 44. Bf6 Nd5 45. Bg5 Kg7 46. Kf3 Kf7 47. Ke2 Kg7 48. Kd3 Nb6 49. Kd4 Nc4 50. a4 Nb2 51. a5 Kf7 52. Bf4 Kf6 53. h6 Kg6 54. Bc1 Nc4 55. Kc5 Ne5 56. Kb6 Nd3 57. Bd2 f4 58. Kxa6 f3 59. Be3 Nxb4+ 60. Kxb5 Nd5 61. Bf2 Nc3+ 62. Kc6 Ne4 63. Be3 Nd2 64. a6 Nc4 65. Bf2 Ne5+ 66. Kc7 Nd3 67. a7 Nxf2 68. a8=Q Ng4 69. Qe4+ Kg5 70. Qxf3 Nxh6 71. Qe3+ Kg6 72. Kd7 Kf5 73. Qd3+ Kg5 74. Qd5+ Kf6 75. Qe6+ Kg5 76. Qe5+ Nf5 77. Ke6 Kg4 78. Qxf5+ Kg3 79. Qe5+ Kg2 80. Kd5 Kg1 81. Qe4 Kf1 82. Qe3 Kg2 83. Ke4 Kh1 84. Qe2 Kg1 85. Kf3 Kh1 86. Qg2# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 6th Aug Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Bluebaum, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2024.08.06"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. Rc1 O-O 9. e3 Qg6 10. Qc2 Qxc2 11. Rxc2 Rd8 $146 ({RR} 11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 a6 13. O-O Bd7 14. a3 Bd6 15. Ne4 Ne7 16. Nfd2 Bc6 17. Rfc1 Rfd8 18. Nxd6 cxd6 19. Bd3 {½-½ (19) Guidarelli,L (2464)-Valsecchi,A (2515) Le Castella 2018}) 12. a3 Bf8 13. cxd5 exd5 14. g3 Ne7 15. Bd3 c6 16. O-O Bf5 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. b4 a5 19. Rb1 axb4 20. axb4 Nd6 21. b5 Nc4 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Rcc1 Ba3 24. Rd1 Rdb8 25. Ne2 Bd6 26. h4 Rxb1 27. Rxb1 Rb8 28. Ra1 Ba3 29. h5 Rb3 30. Nf4 Kh7 31. g4 Bd6 32. Ng2 Na3 33. Nge1 Rb1 34. Ra2 Bb4 35. Kg2 Rb3 36. Nc2 Nc4 37. Nh4 Bf8 38. Nf5 g6 39. hxg6+ fxg6 40. Nh4 Kg7 41. Ne1 Rb7 42. Nd3 Bd6 43. Ra6 Rc7 44. Nf3 Kf6 45. Ra8 Kg7 46. Re8 Kf7 47. Rh8 Kg7 48. Rd8 Be7 49. Ra8 Bd6 50. Nc5 Bxc5 51. dxc5 Nb2 52. Nd4 Kf7 53. Rh8 Kf6 54. Rxh6 Nd3 55. f4 Nxc5 56. Kf3 Ne4 57. g5+ Nxg5+ 58. fxg5+ Kxg5 59. Rh2 Kf6 60. Rc2 c5 61. Nb3 c4 62. Nd4 Ke5 63. Rg2 Kf6 64. Kf4 Re7 65. Kf3 Rc7 66. Ra2 c3 67. Ke2 g5 68. Kd3 g4 69. Rg2 Rg7 70. Kxc3 Rg8 71. Kd3 Kg5 72. Ne2 Kh4 73. Rh2+ Kg5 74. Ng3 Rf8 75. Rh5+ Kg6 76. Rxd5 Rf3 77. Ne4 Rf1 78. Rg5+ Kh6 79. Rxg4 Rd1+ 80. Nd2 Ra1 81. Ke2 Ra4 82. Rxa4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 25th Apr Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.04.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2023.04.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. e3 dxc4 10. Nbd2 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. Nxc4 Ng6 $146 ({RR} 12... Bf5 13. Nfd2 Rfd8 14. Qb3 Rab8 15. a4 a6 16. a5 Qg6 17. e4 Bd7 18. Nxd6 cxd6 19. Rfc1 f5 20. Rc7 fxe4 21. Nxe4 Nf5 22. Qb4 Bb5 23. Nc3 Nd4 24. Nxb5 Nxb5 25. Rcc1 Nd4 26. Rc7 Rf8 27. Rf1 {Di Benedetto,G (2289)-Saydaliev,S (2415) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (38)}) 13. Rc1 Qe7 14. Qc2 Bd7 15. Nfd2 f5 16. Nxd6 cxd6 17. Qc7 Bb5 18. Rfe1 Qf6 19. Qxb7 Rfb8 20. Qc7 e4 21. Nb3 Ne5 22. Rc3 Be8 23. Rb1 Bf7 24. Rd1 Bh5 25. Rd2 Nf3+ 26. Bxf3 Bxf3 27. Nd4 Qg6 28. h3 Kh7 29. Nxf3 exf3 30. Qc4 Rc8 31. Qf4 Rxc3 32. bxc3 Rc8 33. c4 Qh5 34. Kh2 Rb8 35. e4 fxe4 36. Qxe4+ Kh8 37. Qg4 Qxg4 38. hxg4 Rb4 39. c5 dxc5 40. d6 Rb8 41. Kh3 g5 42. Rd3 Rd8 43. Rxf3 Rxd6 44. Rf8+ Kg7 45. Rc8 Rd2 46. Kg2 Rxa2 47. Rxc5 a5 48. Rc6 a4 49. Ra6 a3 50. Kg1 Kf7 51. f4 Ke7 52. f5 Kf7 53. Kh1 Ke7 54. Kg1 Kd7 55. Kh1 Kc7 56. f6 Kd7 57. Kg1 Ke8 58. Kh1 Kf7 59. Kg1 Kg6 60. Kh1 Ra1+ 61. Kg2 Ra2+ 62. Kf3 Ra1 63. Kg2 a2 64. Kh2 Kf7 65. Kg2 Kf8 66. Kh2 Kf7 67. Kg2 Rb1 68. Rxa2 Rb6 69. Ra7+ Kxf6 70. Ra4 Kg6 71. Re4 Rf6 72. Re5 h5 73. gxh5+ Kxh5 74. Re4 Kg6 75. Re2 Kh5 76. Re4 Kg6 77. Re2 Kh5 78. Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Global Chess League 2023"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2023.06.30"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, I."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2023.06.22"]
[WhiteTeam "Triveni Continental Kings"]
[BlackTeam "Balan Alaskan knights"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. e4 c5 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. Nxd4 a6 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. f3 Nbd7 12. Nb3 Rc8 13. a4 $146 ({RR} 13. Rd1 Bb4 14. Bd2 Ne5 15. O-O O-O 16. a3 Be7 17. Bf4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Nc1 Rfd8 20. Kf2 Nd7 21. Bd6 Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Nc5 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Ke3 Kf8 25. Rd1 Rc8 26. Rd6 Ke7 27. Rb6 Bc6 {Andreikin,D (2729)-Diaz Camallonga,C (2484) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (43)}) 13... bxa4 14. Nxa4 Rb8 15. Na5 Bb4+ 16. Bd2 Bxa5 17. Bxa5 Bc6 18. Bc3 Bb5 19. Kf2 O-O 20. Rhd1 Rfc8 21. Rd2 Kf8 22. Bd4 Bxe2 23. Kxe2 Rc6 24. Nc3 Ne8 25. Rad1 Nb6 26. Rc2 Rbc8 27. Ra1 Nd7 28. Rd2 Nd6 29. Na4 Nc4 30. Rc2 Nd6 31. Rxc6 Rxc6 32. Nc3 h5 33. Ra4 f6 34. Be3 Kf7 35. Rb4 g5 36. Kd1 Ne5 37. Rd4 g4 38. f4 Nec4 39. Bc1 e5 40. fxe5 fxe5 41. Rd3 Ke6 42. h3 Rc8 43. hxg4 hxg4 44. Rg3 Rg8 45. Ke2 Na5 46. Be3 Nb3 47. Kd3 Na5 48. Bc5 Ndb7 49. Bb6 Nc6 50. Nd5 Nd6 51. Nc7+ Kf6 52. Nxa6 Kg5 53. Be3+ Kh4 54. Bf2 Kg5 55. Nc5 Rb8 56. Kc2 Nb5 57. Kc1 Nbd4 58. Ra3 Rb5 59. Nd3 Ne2+ 60. Kd1 Nf4 61. Be3 g3 62. Rc3 Nb4 63. Rb3 Nbxd3 64. Rxb5 Kg4 65. Kd2 Nf2 66. Rxe5 Nxg2 67. Bxf2 gxf2 68. Ke2 Nf4+ 69. Kf1 Nd3 70. Rf5 Nxb2 71. Kxf2 Nc4 72. Rf8 Kg5 73. Ke2 Kg6 74. Kd3 Ne5+ 75. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Global Chess League 2023"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2023.06.30"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, I."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2023.06.22"]
[WhiteTeam "Triveni Continental Kings"]
[BlackTeam "Balan Alaskan knights"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. e4 c5 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. Nxd4 a6 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. f3 Nbd7 12. Nb3 Rc8 13. a4 $146 ({RR} 13. Rd1 Bb4 14. Bd2 Ne5 15. O-O O-O 16. a3 Be7 17. Bf4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Nc1 Rfd8 20. Kf2 Nd7 21. Bd6 Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Nc5 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Ke3 Kf8 25. Rd1 Rc8 26. Rd6 Ke7 27. Rb6 Bc6 {Andreikin,D (2729)-Diaz Camallonga,C (2484) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (43)}) 13... bxa4 14. Nxa4 Rb8 15. Na5 Bb4+ 16. Bd2 Bxa5 17. Bxa5 Bc6 18. Bc3 Bb5 19. Kf2 O-O 20. Rhd1 Rfc8 21. Rd2 Kf8 22. Bd4 Bxe2 23. Kxe2 Rc6 24. Nc3 Ne8 25. Rad1 Nb6 26. Rc2 Rbc8 27. Ra1 Nd7 28. Rd2 Nd6 29. Na4 Nc4 30. Rc2 Nd6 31. Rxc6 Rxc6 32. Nc3 h5 33. Ra4 f6 34. Be3 Kf7 35. Rb4 g5 36. Kd1 Ne5 37. Rd4 g4 38. f4 Nec4 39. Bc1 e5 40. fxe5 fxe5 41. Rd3 Ke6 42. h3 Rc8 43. hxg4 hxg4 44. Rg3 Rg8 45. Ke2 Na5 46. Be3 Nb3 47. Kd3 Na5 48. Bc5 Ndb7 49. Bb6 Nc6 50. Nd5 Nd6 51. Nc7+ Kf6 52. Nxa6 Kg5 53. Be3+ Kh4 54. Bf2 Kg5 55. Nc5 Rb8 56. Kc2 Nb5 57. Kc1 Nbd4 58. Ra3 Rb5 59. Nd3 Ne2+ 60. Kd1 Nf4 61. Be3 g3 62. Rc3 Nb4 63. Rb3 Nbxd3 64. Rxb5 Kg4 65. Kd2 Nf2 66. Rxe5 Nxg2 67. Bxf2 gxf2 68. Ke2 Nf4+ 69. Kf1 Nd3 70. Rf5 Nxb2 71. Kxf2 Nc4 72. Rf8 Kg5 73. Ke2 Kg6 74. Kd3 Ne5+ 75. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 1st Aug Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Matlakov, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2023.08.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. e4 c5 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. Nxd4 a6 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. f3 Nbd7 12. Nb3 Rc8 13. O-O $146 ({RR} 13. Rd1 Bb4 14. Bd2 Ne5 15. O-O O-O 16. a3 Be7 17. Bf4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Nc1 Rfd8 20. Kf2 Nd7 21. Bd6 Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Nc5 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Ke3 Kf8 25. Rd1 Rc8 26. Rd6 Ke7 27. Rb6 Bc6 {Andreikin,D (2729)-Diaz Camallonga,C (2484) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (43)}) 13... Bb4 14. Rac1 O-O 15. a3 Be7 16. Rfd1 Ne5 17. Na5 Ba8 18. Bf4 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Na2 Bb7 21. Kf2 g5 22. Bd6 Bxd6 23. Rxd6 Rxc1 24. Nxc1 Rc8 25. Nb3 Bxe4 26. Rxa6 Bd5 27. Nd4 h5 28. Rb6 e5 29. Nf5 Rc2 30. Ne3 Rxb2 31. Rxf6 Be6 32. Rh6 h4 33. g3 Kg7 34. Rh5 f6 35. gxh4 Bf7 36. Nf5+ Kg6 37. Ng3 Bc4 38. Rh8 Kg7 39. Rh5 Kg6 40. Rh8 Kg7 41. Rc8 gxh4 42. Nf5+ Kg6 43. Ne7+ Kf7 44. Rxc4 bxc4 45. Nd5 Ke6 46. Nc3 Rc2 47. Nd1 c3 48. Ke3 Rxe2+ 49. Kxe2 c2 50. Kd2 cxd1=Q+ 51. Kxd1 Kd5 52. Kd2 Kc4 53. Kc2 f5 54. h3 Kd4 55. Kd2 Kc4 56. Kc2 Kd4 57. Kd2 Kc4 58. a4 Kb4 59. Kd3 Kxa4 60. Kc4 e4 61. fxe4 fxe4 62. Kd4 Kb5 63. Kxe4 Kc6 64. Kf4 Kd7 65. Kg4 Ke8 66. Kxh4 Kf8 67. Kg5 Kg8 68. h4 Kh8 69. h5 Kg8 70. h6 Kh8 71. Kg6 Kg8 72. h7+ Kh8 73. Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 1st Aug Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Matlakov, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2023.08.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. e4 c5 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. Nxd4 a6 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. f3 Nbd7 12. Nb3 Rc8 13. O-O $146 ({RR} 13. Rd1 Bb4 14. Bd2 Ne5 15. O-O O-O 16. a3 Be7 17. Bf4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Nc1 Rfd8 20. Kf2 Nd7 21. Bd6 Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Nc5 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Ke3 Kf8 25. Rd1 Rc8 26. Rd6 Ke7 27. Rb6 Bc6 {Andreikin,D (2729)-Diaz Camallonga,C (2484) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (43)}) 13... Bb4 14. Rac1 O-O 15. a3 Be7 16. Rfd1 Ne5 17. Na5 Ba8 18. Bf4 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Na2 Bb7 21. Kf2 g5 22. Bd6 Bxd6 23. Rxd6 Rxc1 24. Nxc1 Rc8 25. Nb3 Bxe4 26. Rxa6 Bd5 27. Nd4 h5 28. Rb6 e5 29. Nf5 Rc2 30. Ne3 Rxb2 31. Rxf6 Be6 32. Rh6 h4 33. g3 Kg7 34. Rh5 f6 35. gxh4 Bf7 36. Nf5+ Kg6 37. Ng3 Bc4 38. Rh8 Kg7 39. Rh5 Kg6 40. Rh8 Kg7 41. Rc8 gxh4 42. Nf5+ Kg6 43. Ne7+ Kf7 44. Rxc4 bxc4 45. Nd5 Ke6 46. Nc3 Rc2 47. Nd1 c3 48. Ke3 Rxe2+ 49. Kxe2 c2 50. Kd2 cxd1=Q+ 51. Kxd1 Kd5 52. Kd2 Kc4 53. Kc2 f5 54. h3 Kd4 55. Kd2 Kc4 56. Kc2 Kd4 57. Kd2 Kc4 58. a4 Kb4 59. Kd3 Kxa4 60. Kc4 e4 61. fxe4 fxe4 62. Kd4 Kb5 63. Kxe4 Kc6 64. Kf4 Kd7 65. Kg4 Ke8 66. Kxh4 Kf8 67. Kg5 Kg8 68. h4 Kh8 69. h5 Kg8 70. h6 Kh8 71. Kg6 Kg8 72. h7+ Kh8 73. Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mitropa Cup 28th"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina"]
[Date "2009.05.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2009.05.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. b3 Ne4 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O Qe7 8. Nbd2 f5 9. Ne5 O-O 10. f3 Nf6 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. c5 Bc7 13. f4 Ne4 14. b4 Ndf6 15. Ndf3 Bd7 16. a4 Be8 $146 ({RR} 16... Rfb8 17. Ba3 Be8 18. b5 Ba5 19. Qc2 Qd8 20. Rfb1 h6 21. Bb4 Bc7 22. Be1 Qc8 23. Qe2 Bd8 24. a5 cxb5 25. Bxb5 Nd7 26. a6 Nxe5 27. Nxe5 Bxb5 28. Qxb5 bxa6 29. Qe8+ Kh7 30. Qg6+ Kg8 31. Qf7+ {Golod,V (2575)-Gevorgyan,I (2178) Tashkent 2009 1-0 (33)}) 17. b5 Kh8 18. Qe1 Rc8 19. Ba3 Bxe5 20. fxe5 Ng4 21. a5 Qd8 22. a6 bxa6 23. bxc6 Bxc6 24. h3 Nh6 25. Bb4 Rf7 26. Rxa6 Rb7 27. Ba3 Qe8 28. Nd2 Nxd2 29. Qxd2 Rcc7 30. Rb1 Rxb1+ 31. Bxb1 Qb8 32. Bc2 Ng8 33. Qa5 Ne7 34. Bb4 Kg8 35. Be1 h6 36. Bh4 Ng6 37. Be1 Ne7 38. Kh2 Kf7 39. Bh4 g5 40. Be1 Kg7 41. Qa3 Rb7 42. Ba4 Rc7 43. Bc2 Qb7 44. Bd3 Kf7 45. Qa2 Bb5 46. Bxb5 Qxb5 47. Rd6 Qf1 48. Qb1 h5 49. Rd8 h4 50. Qd1 g4 51. hxg4 h3 52. Kxh3 Qh1+ 53. Kg3 Ng6 54. Kf3 Nh4+ 55. Kg3 Nxg2 56. Qf3 f4+ 57. exf4 Rb7 58. f5 Qxe1+ 59. Kxg2 Rb2+ 60. Kh3 Rf2 61. fxe6+ Kg7 62. Rd7+ Kh8 63. Rd8+ Kg7 64. Rd7+ Kh8 65. Qxf2 Qxf2 66. e7 Qe3+ 67. Kh4 Qh6+ 68. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th European Teams"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2025.10.14"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Indjic, A."]
[Black "Mamedov, Rau"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2025.10.05"]
[WhiteTeam "Serbia"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Nf6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Nc3 Be6 8. e3 c4 9. a3 Be7 10. g3 O-O 11. Bg2 Nc6 $146 ({RR} 11... Rd8 12. O-O Nc6 13. Nd2 Bf8 14. b3 Rac8 15. bxc4 dxc4 16. Qb1 Na5 17. Nde4 Qg6 18. Qb5 b6 19. Ra2 Nb3 20. h4 h6 21. Qe5 f5 22. Nd2 Bd6 23. Qb5 f4 24. gxf4 a6 25. Qxa6 Bxf4 26. exf4 {Sarana,A (2703)-Olsen,F (2440) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (40)}) 12. Ng1 Rfd8 13. Nge2 Bf8 14. Nf4 Ne7 15. b3 Rac8 16. h4 g6 17. O-O Bh6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Rb1 b6 20. a4 Kh8 21. bxc4 Rxc4 22. Nb5 e5 23. Qb3 exd4 24. Nxd4 Bg7 25. Rbd1 a5 26. Bh3 Rb4 27. Qc2 Rc4 28. Qa2 Rd6 29. Rc1 Qf7 30. Rxc4 dxc4 31. Nb5 Rc6 32. Rd1 h6 33. Bg2 Rc5 34. Nd6 Qe6 35. Bf1 Rd5 36. Rxd5 Nxd5 37. Nxc4 Nb4 38. Qd2 Nd5 39. Bg2 Nc3 40. Qd8+ Kh7 41. Nxb6 Qf5 42. Bd5 Qb1+ 43. Kh2 Nxd5 44. Nxd5 Qa2 45. Nf6+ Bxf6 46. Qxf6 Qxa4 47. Qf7+ Kh8 48. Qxg6 Qa2 49. Qxh6+ Kg8 50. Qg6+ Kh8 51. Qf6+ Kg8 52. h5 a4 53. Qd8+ Kh7 54. Qf8 Qe6 55. Kg1 Qg4 56. Qf7+ Kh6 57. Kg2 Qe4+ 58. f3 Qc2+ 59. Kh3 a3 60. g4 Qb1 61. Qf8+ Kh7 62. Qxa3 Qe1 63. Qe7+ Kh8 64. g5 Qh1+ 65. Kg3 Qg1+ 66. Kf4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 22nd"]
[Site "Terme Catez"]
[Date "2022.04.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Black "Indjic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2022.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[Tiebreak "Cut1 Buchholz"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 208"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. Rc1 O-O 8. g3 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O c5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Qb3 Qc7 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Qa3 Nbd7 15. Nb3 c4 16. Na5 Rac8 $146 ({RR} 16... Qb6 17. Rfd1 Rab8 18. Nd4 Ba8 19. b3 cxb3 20. axb3 Rfc8 21. e3 Rc5 22. Rxc5 Nxc5 23. Rc1 Ne6 24. Nac6 Re8 25. Ne7+ Kh8 26. Nc8 Qb8 27. Nd6 Rf8 28. Nxf7+ Rxf7 29. Nxe6 Bb7 30. Ng5 Rf8 31. Rc7 {Hnydiuk,A (2350)-Protaziuk,G (2335) Darlowo POL 2024 1-0 (36)}) 17. Nxb7 Qxb7 18. Rfd1 Qb6 19. Nd4 Rfe8 20. Rc2 Ne4 21. Bxe4 Rxe4 22. Rcd2 g6 23. Qc3 Nf6 24. Qf3 h5 25. e3 Rce8 26. h3 R4e5 27. Rc2 Ne4 28. b3 c3 29. Rd3 Qc5 30. Kg2 Qc8 31. Qd1 Qd7 32. h4 g5 33. Qxh5 Kg7 34. Nf3 Rf5 35. Nd4 Rfe5 36. Nf3 Rf5 37. hxg5 Rh8 38. Qg4 Qe6 39. Rdxc3 Nxc3 40. Rxc3 Qe4 41. Qxe4 dxe4 42. Nd2 Rh2+ 43. Kxh2 Rxf2+ 44. Kh3 Rxd2 45. Rc4 Rxa2 46. Rxe4 Ra3 47. b4 a5 48. bxa5 Rxa5 49. Kh4 Ra1 50. Rf4 Ra3 51. e4 Rb3 52. Kh3 Ra3 53. Rh4 Ra4 54. e5 Ra1 55. Re4 Kg6 56. Kg4 Ra5 57. Kf4 Ra1 58. Rb4 Rf1+ 59. Kg4 Re1 60. Rb6+ Kg7 61. Kf4 Rf1+ 62. Ke4 Re1+ 63. Kd5 Rd1+ 64. Kc5 Rc1+ 65. Kd6 Rd1+ 66. Ke7 Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 22nd"]
[Site "Terme Catez"]
[Date "2022.04.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Black "Indjic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2022.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[Tiebreak "Cut1 Buchholz"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 208"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. Rc1 O-O 8. g3 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O c5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Qb3 Qc7 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Qa3 Nbd7 15. Nb3 c4 16. Na5 Rac8 $146 ({RR} 16... Qb6 17. Rfd1 Rab8 18. Nd4 Ba8 19. b3 cxb3 20. axb3 Rfc8 21. e3 Rc5 22. Rxc5 Nxc5 23. Rc1 Ne6 24. Nac6 Re8 25. Ne7+ Kh8 26. Nc8 Qb8 27. Nd6 Rf8 28. Nxf7+ Rxf7 29. Nxe6 Bb7 30. Ng5 Rf8 31. Rc7 {Hnydiuk,A (2350)-Protaziuk,G (2335) Darlowo POL 2024 1-0 (36)}) 17. Nxb7 Qxb7 18. Rfd1 Qb6 19. Nd4 Rfe8 20. Rc2 Ne4 21. Bxe4 Rxe4 22. Rcd2 g6 23. Qc3 Nf6 24. Qf3 h5 25. e3 Rce8 26. h3 R4e5 27. Rc2 Ne4 28. b3 c3 29. Rd3 Qc5 30. Kg2 Qc8 31. Qd1 Qd7 32. h4 g5 33. Qxh5 Kg7 34. Nf3 Rf5 35. Nd4 Rfe5 36. Nf3 Rf5 37. hxg5 Rh8 38. Qg4 Qe6 39. Rdxc3 Nxc3 40. Rxc3 Qe4 41. Qxe4 dxe4 42. Nd2 Rh2+ 43. Kxh2 Rxf2+ 44. Kh3 Rxd2 45. Rc4 Rxa2 46. Rxe4 Ra3 47. b4 a5 48. bxa5 Rxa5 49. Kh4 Ra1 50. Rf4 Ra3 51. e4 Rb3 52. Kh3 Ra3 53. Rh4 Ra4 54. e5 Ra1 55. Re4 Kg6 56. Kg4 Ra5 57. Kf4 Ra1 58. Rb4 Rf1+ 59. Kg4 Re1 60. Rb6+ Kg7 61. Kf4 Rf1+ 62. Ke4 Re1+ 63. Kd5 Rd1+ 64. Kc5 Rc1+ 65. Kd6 Rd1+ 66. Ke7 Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 21st Feb Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.02.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Tabatabaei, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2023.02.21"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. d4 a6 5. b3 b6 6. Bb2 Bb7 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Rc8 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qb7 $146 ({RR} 15. Qe2 c5 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. d5 Rfe8 18. dxe6 Qxe6 19. Qxe6 Rxe6 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21. Rd5 g6 22. Rfd1 Bf8 23. a4 h6 24. h4 Re8 25. Re1 Rb8 26. Ne5 Re6 27. Red1 Bg7 28. Rd8+ Re8 29. Rxb8 Rxb8 {Rambaldi,F (2544)-Studer,N (2462) Biel 2016 0-1 (52)}) 15... a5 16. Rad1 Rb8 17. Qc6 Qd7 18. Qxd7 Nxd7 19. Rfe1 a4 20. g3 Rfd8 21. Kg2 Ra8 22. Bc3 axb3 23. axb3 Ra3 24. Nd2 Rda8 25. h4 h5 26. Ra1 Nf6 27. Rxa3 Rxa3 28. Ra1 Rxa1 29. Bxa1 Bb4 30. Nb1 Ne4 31. Kf3 f5 32. Ke2 Kf7 33. Bb2 f4 34. Kf3 fxg3 35. fxg3 Nd6 36. Bc3 Bxc3 37. Nxc3 Nf5 38. Ne2 c5 39. dxc5 bxc5 40. Ke4 Kf6 41. Kf3 Ke5 42. Nf4 Nd4+ 43. Ke3 Nf5+ 44. Kf2 Nxh4 45. Nd3+ Kd4 46. Nxc5 Nf5 47. Nxe6+ Kc3 48. c5 Kxb3 49. c6 Ne7 50. c7 g6 51. Nf4 Kc4 52. Nxg6 Nc8 53. Nf4 Kc5 54. Nxh5 Kd6 55. g4 Kxc7 56. g5 Kd6 57. g6 Ke7 58. Kf3 Kf8 59. Kf4 Ne7 60. g7+ Kf7 61. Kg5 Ng8 62. Kf5 Nh6+ 63. Ke5 Ng8 64. Kd6 Nf6 65. Nxf6 Kxg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Swiss 2025"]
[Site "Samarkand UZB"]
[Date "2025.09.06"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Gelfand, B."]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2025.09.04"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. O-O Ne4 9. Nc3 f5 10. Rad1 Nxd2 11. Rxd2 O-O 12. e3 Bd6 13. Rb1 $146 ({RR} 13. Ne2 g5 14. Nc1 g4 15. Ne1 Nf6 16. Ncd3 Ne4 17. Rd1 Qg5 18. Nf4 Bd7 19. Ned3 Rae8 20. b4 h5 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Rf7 23. a4 h4 24. Rc1 Rh7 25. Rfd1 Qg7 26. Qb2 Ng5 27. Kf1 Nf3 {Fiskaaen,M (2116)-Pourkashiyan,A (2272) Stavanger NOR 2024 0-1 (71)}) 13... a5 14. Ne2 Qe7 15. Nf4 Nf6 16. c5 Bc7 17. Nd3 Bd7 18. Nfe5 Be8 19. Rc1 g5 20. f3 Kh8 21. Re2 Qg7 22. Rb1 g4 23. f4 h5 24. b4 Rg8 25. bxa5 Bxa5 26. Rb3 Qh7 27. Qb1 Ra7 28. Reb2 Rg7 29. Nc1 h4 30. Ne2 Kg8 31. gxh4 Qxh4 32. Ng3 Nh5 33. Nf1 Qe7 34. Ng3 Qh4 35. Nf1 Qe7 36. Ng3 Rh7 37. Nxh5 Bxh5 38. Bf1 Be8 39. Rg2 Kf8 40. Rg3 Qh4 41. Rb2 Bc7 42. Rbg2 Ke7 43. Nd3 Kd7 44. Nf2 Bd8 45. Bd3 Rh5 46. h3 gxh3 47. Rxh3 Qf6 48. Be2 Rxh3 49. Nxh3 Qh4 50. Ng5 Bh5 51. Bxh5 Qxh5 52. Rh2 Qg4+ 53. Rg2 Qh5 54. Rh2 Qg4+ 55. Kf2 Bxg5 56. fxg5 e5 57. Rg2 Qh4+ 58. Kg1 Qh3 59. Qe1 Ra3 60. Rg3 Qh4 61. Qf2 f4 62. Rg2 Qxf2+ 63. Kxf2 fxe3+ 64. Kf3 e2+ 65. Kf2 Re3 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.11"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nbd2 Bf5 5. Nh4 Bc8 6. e3 e6 7. Nhf3 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. a3 $146 ({RR} 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. a3 O-O 11. Bd3 h6 12. O-O b6 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nb3 Be7 15. e4 N5f6 16. e5 Nd5 17. Qc4 Qc7 18. Qe4 f5 19. exf6 N7xf6 20. Qc4 Bd6 21. Qxc7 Bxc7 22. Re1 Bd7 23. Bd2 Rae8 {Papin,V (2433)-Rahman,A (2337) Tashkent 2017 1-0 (48)}) 9... a5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. Nbd4 Nc6 13. b3 Bg4 14. Bb2 Bxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 O-O 17. Bb5 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Qd6 19. h4 Rac8 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 g6 22. Rd1 Rc2 23. Ba4 Ra2 24. Bb3 Ra3 25. Rd3 Rc8 26. Kf1 Rc6 27. h5 Nxh5 28. Kg2 Nf6 29. Qh4 Qe5 30. Rhd1 Kg7 31. b5 Rb6 32. Qb4 Qd6 33. Rd4 Qxb4 34. Rxb4 Ra5 35. Ba4 Ra8 36. e4 dxe4 37. fxe4 Re8 38. f3 Re7 39. Rc4 Nh5 40. Kf2 Nf4 41. Ke3 g5 42. Rc5 h6 43. Bb3 Ne6 44. Bxe6 Rbxe6 45. Rdd5 Rg6 46. Kf2 g4 47. Rf5 Rd7 48. fxg4 Rxg4 49. Kf3 Rg1 50. Rfd5 Re7 51. b6 Rf1+ 52. Kg2 Rf6 53. Rc7 Rxe4 54. Rb5 Rg4+ 55. Kh3 Rg5 56. Rb4 Rf3+ 57. Kh2 Rf2+ 58. Kh3 Rf1 59. Kh2 Rff5 60. Rxb7 Rg6 61. Kh3 Rh5+ 62. Rh4 Rb5 63. Rf4 Rh5+ 64. Rh4 Rb5 65. Rf4 Rh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-chT1A 18th"]
[Site "Sibenik"]
[Date "2009.09.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2009.09.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O ({RR} 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Nc6 9. a3 a6 10. b4 Ba7 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Rc1 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Qb3 Rad8 16. Rfe1 Rfe8 17. Bb1 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. exd4 Bg6 21. Rcd1 Qh4 {Bokhodirov,A (2044)-Dubnevych,M (2350) chess.com INT 2026 ½-½ (87)}) 7... Nc6 8. b3 cxd4 $146 ({RR} 8... Re8 9. Bb2 Nb4 10. Qb1 Bb8 11. a3 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Qc7 13. g3 {1-0 (13) Muheim,J (1190)-Colombo,M (1099) St Chely d'Aubrac 2008}) 9. exd4 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Rb1 Bg4 13. Nf3 Bc7 14. h3 Bh5 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. g4 Bg6 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Qxd5+ Rf7 20. Nh2 Rd8 21. Qg2 Rd2 22. Rbd1 Rxa2 23. g5 Qxg5 24. Qxg5 hxg5 25. Ng4 Rb2 26. Rd3 Bb6 27. Kg2 Bc5 28. Rfd1 Bxf2 29. R1d2 Rxd2 30. Rxd2 Bc5 31. Ne5 Rf5 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Nf3 b6 34. Kg3 a5 35. Kg4 Rf4+ 36. Kg3 Rf5 37. Kg4 Be3 38. Re8 Bc1 39. Re1 Bf4 40. Re8 Bc1 41. Re1 Bf4 42. Re8 b5 43. cxb5 Rxb5 44. h4 Rb4 45. Nxg5+ Bxg5+ 46. Kxg5 Rxb3 47. Ra8 Ra3 48. Kg4 Ra1 49. Kf4 Ra4+ 50. Kg5 Ra2 51. Kg4 Ra1 52. Kf4 Rf1+ 53. Kg4 Rf5 54. Rb8 Rd5 55. Ra8 Rb5 56. Rc8 Rb1 57. Ra8 Rg1+ 58. Kf4 Ra1 59. Kg4 a4 60. Kg3 a3 61. Kg2 g5 62. hxg5 Kg6 63. Ra5 Kh5 64. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Nd7 11. Re1 $146 ({RR} 11. e4 dxc4 12. Nxc4 c5 13. e5 Qd8 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Bb1 Nd7 16. Re1 b5 17. Nd6 Rb8 18. Qd2 Nb6 19. Nxb5 Qxd2 20. Nxd2 Bxe5 21. Rxe5 Nd7 22. Ree1 Rxb5 23. b3 Nf6 24. Rc7 Rb7 25. Rc5 Rd7 {Aravindh,C (2605)-Praggnanandhaa,R (2586) London 2019 ½-½ (59)}) 11... Qd8 12. Qb3 a5 13. e4 a4 14. Qa3 dxe4 15. Nxe4 e5 16. Nd6 exd4 17. c5 Nf6 18. Bc4 Nd5 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. b4 b6 21. Red1 Bg4 22. h3 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 bxc5 24. bxc5 Qg5 25. g3 Be5 26. h4 Qf6 27. Qxf6 Bxf6 28. c6 Be5 29. Nb5 Ra5 30. c7 Rxb5 31. c8=Q Rxc8 32. Rxc8+ Kg7 33. Ra8 Rb4 34. Ra5 Bc7 35. Rxd5 Rb2 36. R5xd4 Rxa2 37. R4d2 Ra3 38. Rd3 Rxd3 39. Rxd3 h5 40. Ra3 Bd6 41. Rxa4 Bc5 42. Kg2 Bb6 43. Ra2 Bd4 44. Kf3 f5 45. Rd2 Be5 46. Rd5 Kf6 47. Ra5 Ke6 48. Ra6+ Kf7 49. Ke3 Bc3 50. f4 Bf6 51. Kd3 Bb2 52. Kc4 Bf6 53. Rc6 Bb2 54. Kd5 Kg7 55. Ke6 Bd4 56. Rc7+ Kg8 57. Rd7 Bc3 58. Rd3 Bb2 59. g4 hxg4 60. h5 Kg7 61. Rd7+ Kh6 62. hxg6 Kxg6 63. Rf7 Bc1 64. Rxf5 Kh6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 ({RR} 1... Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 {½-½ (9) Rashkovsky,N (2530)-Blatny,P (2510) Gausdal 1993}) 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. a4 b4 10. Nbd2 c5 11. Qe2 Be7 12. Rd1 $146 ({RR} 12. e4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. Bb5+ Kf8 15. N4f3 a6 16. Nxe5 axb5 {0-1 (16) Lewis,J (2103)-Mateus Urbano,L (2283) Barcelona 2015}) 12... O-O 13. a5 Rc8 14. Nc4 cxd4 15. exd4 Nd5 16. a6 Ba8 17. Nfe5 N7f6 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bd2 Nb6 20. Nxb6 Qxb6 21. Be3 Bd5 22. Rac1 b3 23. h3 Rfd8 24. Qf1 Bd6 25. Bb1 Qb8 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Rc1 Rc7 28. Nc4 Bxc4 29. Rxc4 Nd5 30. Bd2 Bh2+ 31. Kh1 Bf4 32. Bxf4 Nxf4 33. Rc5 Rxc5 34. dxc5 Qe5 35. Qc1 Ne2 36. Qd1 Nd4 37. Qc1 Qd5 38. Qc3 e5 39. Bd3 Kf8 40. Qb4 Nc6 41. Qb5 g5 42. Bc4 Qe4 43. f3 Qe1+ 44. Kh2 g4 45. fxg4 Qe4 46. Qxb3 Qf4+ 47. Kg1 Qc1+ 48. Kh2 Qf4+ 49. Kg1 Qc1+ 50. Bf1 Qxc5+ 51. Kh1 e4 52. Qb5 Qc1 53. Qc4 Qd1 54. Kh2 Qd6+ 55. Kh1 Qd1 56. Qc5+ Kg8 57. Kg1 Nd4 58. Qe5 Nb3 59. Qb8+ Kg7 60. Qxa7 Nd2 61. Qd4+ Kg8 62. Qf6 e3 63. a7 Qa1 64. Qa6 Qe1 1-0

[Event "POL-chT"]
[Site "Poland"]
[Date "2017.09.29"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2017.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Katowice Wasko"]
[BlackTeam "Wroclaw Polonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 6. e3 Nf6 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. Rc1 c6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Qc2 e5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Nf3 Qh5 15. O-O Bh3 16. Qc7 $146 ({RR} 16. Nd4 Rac8 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. Qb4 Ng4 19. Qd6 Qe5 20. Qxe5 Nxe5 21. Bf5 g6 22. Bxd7 Nxd7 23. Nb3 Rc4 24. Nd2 Ra4 25. Rc7 Ne5 26. Ra1 Rb4 27. b3 Rd8 28. Rd1 Nc6 29. Nf3 d4 30. exd4 Nxd4 {Perkampus,L (2143)-Basha,L (1947) Prishtina KOS 2025 ½-½ (53)}) 16... Rac8 17. Qf4 Qg4 18. Qxg4 Bxg4 19. Nd4 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21. Re1 Kf8 22. f3 Bd7 23. g4 h6 24. Kf2 Ne8 25. Rd1 Nd6 26. Ne2 Be6 27. Nc3 Ke7 28. Be2 Rc5 29. Rd4 f5 30. h3 Kf6 31. Bd3 g5 32. a4 a5 33. Bb1 Ke5 34. Ne2 b5 35. b3 Bd7 36. axb5 Nxb5 37. Rd1 Kf6 38. Bd3 Nd6 39. Ra1 Ke5 40. Ke1 Ne8 41. Kd2 Ng7 42. b4 axb4 43. Ra7 Kd6 44. Nd4 fxg4 45. hxg4 h5 46. Ra6+ Ke7 47. Rg6 Kf7 48. gxh5 Nxh5 49. Rxg5 Nf6 50. e4 Nh7 51. Re5 Nf6 52. Rg5 Nh7 53. Rxd5 Rxd5 54. Bc4 Nf6 55. exd5 Ba4 56. Ne6 Nd7 57. Ng5+ Ke7 58. Ne4 Nb6 59. Kd3 b3 60. d6+ Kd7 61. Bxb3 Bxb3 62. Nc5+ Kxd6 63. Nxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Remco Heite 3rd"]
[Site "Wolvega"]
[Date "2010.11.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2010.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qb3 Bb7 8. d4 Nbd7 9. Bg5 Be7 10. O-O a6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qe3 $146 ({RR} 14. Qc3 O-O 15. Nd2 Rfb8 16. Rac1 c5 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. Ne4 Rc7 19. Rfd1 c4 20. Nd6 Rc5 21. Qf3 Rf8 22. Qa3 Rxe5 23. Nxb5 Qxa3 24. Nxa3 Nb6 25. Rd6 Nd5 26. Nxc4 Rxe2 27. Kf1 Re4 28. Rxa6 g5 {Zueger,B (2424)-Kohlweyer,B (2445) Geneve 1999 ½-½ (39)}) 14... O-O 15. Rc1 Rfd8 16. f4 Rab8 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. Rxc6 Nb6 19. Na3 Nd5 20. Qc5 Qxc5+ 21. Rxc5 Rbc8 22. Rac1 Rxc5 23. Rxc5 Nb4 24. Nc2 Nxa2 25. Kf2 g6 26. Ke1 b4 27. Na1 b3 28. Nxb3 Rb8 29. Ra5 Rxb3 30. Rxa2 Kg7 31. Kd2 h5 32. Kc2 Re3 33. Kd1 Rb3 34. Kc1 Re3 35. Kd2 Rb3 36. Kc2 Re3 37. b4 g5 38. fxg5 Rxe5 39. Kc3 Kg6 40. Rxa6 Rxe2 41. b5 h4 42. b6 hxg3 43. hxg3 Re1 44. Ra2 Rc1+ 45. Rc2 Rb1 46. Rb2 Rc1+ 47. Kd4 Rc8 48. b7 Rb8 49. Rb5 Kh5 50. Ke3 Kg4 51. Ke4 Kh5 52. Kf4 Kg6 53. g4 e5+ 54. Kxe5 Kxg5 55. Rb4 f6+ 56. Ke6 Re8+ 57. Kd7 Rh8 58. b8=Q Rxb8 59. Rxb8 Kxg4 60. Ke6 f5 61. Rg8+ Kf4 62. Rf8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 23rd Sep 2025"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.09.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Bluebaum, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2839"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2025.09.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. cxd5 exd5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nf6 7. e3 Bf5 8. f3 O-O 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. Bd3 Re8 12. O-O Na5 13. Ra2 c5 14. Re2 Qb6 $146 ({RR} 14... Rc8 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. e4 cxd4 17. cxd4 Rc4 18. e5 Nd7 19. f4 Nc6 20. Be3 Qh4 21. Rc2 Nb6 22. Ne2 Qg4 23. Rxc4 Nxc4 24. Bc1 b5 25. f5 gxf5 26. Rf4 Qh5 27. Qf1 Ne7 28. Ng3 Qg6 29. Nxf5 {Zheng,R (1908)-Soo,K (2289) Melbourne AUS 2026 ½-½ (42)}) 15. Rb2 Qc7 16. Re2 Qb6 17. Kh1 Rac8 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. e4 cxd4 20. cxd4 Qb3 21. Qe1 Qb5 22. e5 Nh5 23. Nxh5 Rxc1 24. Qxc1 Qxe2 25. Nf4 Qc4 26. Qd1 Nb3 27. Ne2 Rc8 28. g4 Qc2 29. Nf4 Qc4 30. e6 Nxd4 31. exf7+ Kxf7 32. Qb1 Kg8 33. Nxg6 Re8 34. Re1 Rxe1+ 35. Qxe1 Nxf3 36. Qe8+ Kh7 37. Nf8+ Kg8 38. Nd7+ Kh7 39. Qh5+ Kg8 40. Qe8+ Kh7 41. Nf6+ gxf6 42. Qf7+ Kh8 43. Qf8+ Kh7 44. Qf7+ Kh8 45. Qxf6+ Kg8 46. Qxf3 Qe4 47. Kg2 b5 48. Qxe4 dxe4 49. Kf2 a5 50. Ke3 a4 51. Kxe4 b4 52. Kd3 b3 53. h4 Kg7 54. Kc3 Kg6 55. Kd2 Kh6 56. Kd3 Kg6 57. h5+ Kg5 58. Kc3 Kh6 59. Kb2 Kg5 60. Kc3 Kh6 61. Kb2 Kg5 62. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "SCO National Chess Online"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.11.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Black "Can, E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2022.11.19"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Nd2 Nxg3 10. hxg3 c6 11. Qc2 Be6 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. e3 Qe7 14. Bd3 O-O-O 15. a3 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Kb8 17. Nb3 h5 18. Na5 Nf6 $146 ({RR} 18... Nb6 19. Kb1 Rc8 20. Rc1 Qd6 21. Qb3 f5 22. a4 Rc7 23. Rc5 Ka8 24. Rhc1 Nd7 25. R5c2 Nb8 26. Qc3 b6 27. Nb3 h4 28. gxh4 Rxh4 29. a5 Bc8 30. Ka2 f4 31. e4 dxe4 32. Bxe4 Be6 33. axb6 {Cattaneo,M (2251)-Karttunen,M (2490) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (65)}) 19. Kb1 Rc8 20. f3 Qd6 21. Qb4 Qxb4 22. axb4 h4 23. g4 Ne8 24. Nb3 Nd6 25. Nc5 Rce8 26. Kc2 Bc8 27. Kd2 b6 28. Na4 f5 29. gxf5 Bxf5 30. b3 Re7 31. Nc3 Rhe8 32. Rde1 Kb7 33. b5 Bxd3 34. bxc6+ Kxc6 35. Kxd3 Nb5 36. Re2 Nxc3 37. Rc1 Kd6 38. Rxc3 h3 39. gxh3 Rf7 40. Rf2 Rh8 41. Rfc2 Rxh3 42. Rc6+ Ke7 43. Rc7+ Kf8 44. Rc8+ Kg7 45. Rg2 Kf6 46. Rc6+ Ke7 47. Rc7+ Ke6 48. Rxf7 Kxf7 49. Rxg5 Ke6 50. Rg6+ Kd7 51. f4 Rh7 52. b4 Kc7 53. b5 Kd7 54. f5 Ke7 55. f6+ Ke6 56. Rg7 Rh6 57. Rxa7 Rxf6 58. Rc7 Kf5 59. Rc6 1-0

[Event "23rd Dubai Open 2023"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2023.06.03"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Yu Yangyi"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2023.05.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Bg2 b5 8. Qb3 Bb7 9. a4 c5 10. axb5 c4 11. Qd1 axb5 12. Rxa8 Qxa8 13. O-O Qa1 $146 ({RR} 13... Be7 14. Bg5 O-O 15. Nbd2 Qa2 16. Qb1 Ra8 17. Bxf6 Qxb1 18. Rxb1 gxf6 19. Ne1 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 f5 21. e3 Ra2 22. Ndf3 Nb6 23. Ne5 Na4 24. Nc6 Bf8 25. b4 Nc3 26. Rc1 Ne4 27. Rc2 Ra6 28. Nb8 {Negrean,A (1955)-Nastore,P (2218) Sebes ROU 2023 0-1 (58)}) 14. Nfd2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Bb4 16. Qc2 O-O 17. Nc3 Qa6 18. Nf3 Qb7 19. Bg5 Ra8 20. Rb1 Bf8 21. b3 cxb3 22. Rxb3 b4 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. Nb1 Rc8 25. Qd3 g5 26. h3 h5 27. d5 g4 28. hxg4 hxg4 29. Ne5 Nxd5 30. e4 Nf6 31. Nd2 Rc1 32. Qe3 Rc5 33. Nd3 Rb5 34. Kg1 Qb6 35. Qe2 Qd4 36. e5 Nd7 37. Ne4 Nxe5 38. Nxe5 Qxe5 39. Qxg4+ Bg7 40. Qf3 Rb8 41. Kg2 f5 42. Ng5 Qd5 43. Kf1 Qxf3 44. Nxf3 Bc3 45. Ng5 e5 46. g4 fxg4 47. Ne4 Bd4 48. Ke2 Kf7 49. Kd3 Ke6 50. Kc4 Rc8+ 51. Kd3 Bc3 52. Rb1 Rd8+ 53. Ke3 Bd4+ 54. Ke2 Rb8 55. Rb3 Kd5 56. Nd2 Rf8 57. f3 g3 58. Kf1 Bc3 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.08.04"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Kollars, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2023.07.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Qc1 Be7 8. O-O c6 9. Bf4 b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bc7 Qe8 12. Bxb6 Qb5 13. Bc5 Bxc5 14. Qxc5 $146 ({RR} 14. dxc5 Qxe2 15. Nc3 Qa6 16. b3 Nc6 17. Qf4 Rb8 18. Rfc1 Rb4 19. Qd2 Qa7 20. Rab1 Ba6 21. a3 Rb7 22. Nd4 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 Rfb8 24. b4 Bc4 25. Nd1 axb4 26. Rxc4 dxc4 27. Bxb7 bxa3 28. Be4 Nxe4 {Ashraf,A (2399)-Zakhartsov,V (2504) Moscow RUS 2024 ½-½ (50)}) 14... Qxe2 15. Nc3 Qa6 16. Rfc1 Nbd7 17. Qa3 Nb6 18. Bf1 Nc4 19. Qc5 Bd7 20. Ne5 Rac8 21. Qe7 Qb7 22. Nxd7 Nxd7 23. b3 Rfe8 24. Qg5 Nd6 25. Qf4 Ne4 26. Nxe4 dxe4 27. Qd2 Qb6 28. Rc4 Rcd8 29. Qe3 Nf6 30. Rac1 Rd6 31. Bg2 Red8 32. Bxe4 g6 33. Bf3 Rxd4 34. Rxd4 Rxd4 35. Rc4 Rd6 36. Qxb6 Rxb6 37. Rc5 a4 38. bxa4 Rb2 39. a3 Rb3 40. Kg2 Rxa3 41. a5 Kg7 42. Bb7 Ra2 43. h3 Nd7 44. Rb5 Kf6 45. a6 Ne5 46. Rb3 g5 47. Kf1 Nd7 48. Bc8 Nc5 49. Rb6 Nd3 50. Rb3 Nc5 51. Rb6 Ne4 52. Bb7 Nc5 53. Rc6 Nd3 54. f3 h5 55. Rc4 Ke5 56. Re4+ Kf6 57. Rc4 Ke5 58. Re4+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com SpeedChess 2022"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.12.12"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2022.11.23"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. c4 Bxc5 6. a3 O-O 7. b4 Be7 8. Bb2 dxc4 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Bxc4 b6 11. Ke2 Bb7 12. Nbd2 Nbd7 13. Rhc1 $146 ({RR} 13. Rhd1 a5 14. bxa5 Rxa5 15. a4 Bc6 16. Bb3 Nc5 17. Nd4 Bxa4 18. Bxa4 Nxa4 19. Rab1 Nd5 {0-1 (19) Sorensen,T (2320)-Nielsen,P (2440) Aalborg 1993}) 13... Ne8 14. Nb3 Nd6 15. Bd3 f6 16. Nfd4 Ne5 17. Nxe6 Nxd3 18. Kxd3 Rd7 19. Ke2 Ba6+ 20. Ke1 Nc4 21. Bc3 Kf7 22. Nf4 Rc8 23. a4 Bb7 24. Kf1 Rdc7 25. Be1 Be4 26. Kg1 Ne5 27. Rxc7 Rxc7 28. Nd4 g5 29. Nfe2 Nd3 30. b5 Nxe1 31. Rxe1 Bb4 32. Ra1 Bd3 33. h4 gxh4 34. Nf4 Be4 35. Rd1 Bc5 36. Nde6 Re7 37. Nxc5 bxc5 38. f3 Bc2 39. Rc1 Bxa4 40. Rxc5 Rxe3 41. Kf2 Re7 42. Rh5 Kg7 43. Ne2 Re5 44. Rxh4 Bxb5 45. Nc3 Bd7 46. Rc4 Kf7 47. Rc7 Ke7 48. Rxa7 f5 49. Ne2 Kd6 50. Ra6+ Bc6 51. Nd4 Rc5 52. Ke3 Rc3+ 53. Kf4 Rc4 54. Rxc6+ 1-0

[Event "TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2023"]
[Site "Lublin POL"]
[Date "2023.09.20"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Abasov, N."]
[Black "Andersen, Mad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2023.09.18"]
[WhiteTeam "5KS Gwiazda Bydgoszcz"]
[BlackTeam "KSz Miedz Legnica"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be6 7. g3 Nc6 8. Bg2 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. O-O O-O-O 11. Qa4 Kb8 12. Rad1 a6 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Ne1 Bd4 15. Nd3 Rd7 16. Rc1 Rc8 $146 ({RR} 16... Rhd8 17. Nf4 g5 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. e3 Ba7 20. b4 Ne5 21. b5 Rd6 22. bxa6 Rxa6 23. Qb5 Rb6 24. Qe2 Nc4 25. Ne4 Qe5 26. Rxc4 dxc4 27. Qxc4 Rc8 28. Qd3 Rbc6 29. Qb1 Rb6 30. Qd3 Rbc6 31. Qb1 {Gorshtein,I (2512)-Andersen,M (2606) Fagernes NOR 2023 ½-½ (31)}) 17. Nf4 Qe5 18. Rfd1 Rcd8 19. e3 Ba7 20. Nce2 Rd6 21. b4 Ne7 22. Nd3 Qf6 23. Nc5 Bg4 24. Rd2 Bxe2 25. Rxe2 Rc6 26. Rec2 Qe5 27. b5 Rxc5 28. Rxc5 Bxc5 29. Rxc5 b6 30. Rc1 a5 31. Rd1 f5 32. Qh4 Rc8 33. a4 Rc4 34. Qh5 Qe6 35. h3 Rc5 36. Rd4 Ng8 37. Bf3 g6 38. Qh4 Qd6 39. g4 g5 40. Qh5 fxg4 41. hxg4 Qe6 42. e4 Ne7 43. exd5 Qe1+ 44. Kg2 Rc2 45. Qe8+ Ka7 46. Qd7+ Kb8 47. Qd6+ Ka7 48. Rd2 Qxd2 49. Qxe7+ Kb8 50. Qf8+ Ka7 51. Be4 Qe2 52. Qe7+ Kb8 53. Qd6+ Kb7 54. Bxc2 1-0

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 5th"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2009.05.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. Nbd2 dxc4 6. Nxc4 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. g3 b5 9. Nce5 Qc7 10. Qb3 a6 11. Bg2 Bb7 12. O-O $146 ({RR} 12. Nd3 Bd6 13. Bf4 Bxf4 14. gxf4 Nd5 15. Rc1 Qa5+ 16. Nd2 O-O 17. Qa3 Qb6 18. Qc5 Qa5 19. Qa3 Qb6 20. Qc5 Qa5 21. Qa3 {½-½ (21) Heinatz,G (2205)-Zimina,O (2338) Porto Carras 2011}) 12... Bd5 13. Qc3 Ne4 14. Qe1 O-O 15. Nd3 Bb6 16. Bf4 Qe7 17. Nd2 Nf6 18. e4 Bb7 19. Be3 Nbd7 20. Nb3 Rac8 21. f3 Rfd8 22. Rd1 Ne8 23. Bxb6 Nxb6 24. Qb4 Qc7 25. Qc5 Nc4 26. Qf2 Nf6 27. Nbc5 Nd7 28. b3 Nce5 29. Rc1 Nxd3 30. Nxd3 Qd6 31. Qe3 b4 32. Rfd1 Rxc1 33. Rxc1 a5 34. Bf1 Ba6 35. Nc5 Nxc5 36. Qxc5 h6 37. Qxd6 Rxd6 38. Bxa6 Rxa6 39. Kf2 a4 40. Rc4 axb3 41. axb3 Ra2+ 42. Kg1 Ra1+ 43. Kg2 Ra2+ 44. Kh3 Rf2 45. f4 f5 46. Rxb4 g5 47. fxg5 hxg5 48. exf5 exf5 49. g4 Rf3+ 50. Kg2 fxg4 51. h4 Kh7 52. hxg5 Kg6 53. Rxg4 Rxb3 54. Rg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clash of Claims 2024"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "2024.06.09"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2024.06.07"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Qc2 Be7 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Bf4 c6 10. Rd1 Nh5 11. Bc1 Nhf6 12. Nbd2 b6 13. e4 Bb7 14. e5 Ne8 15. cxd5 $146 ({RR} 15. b3 Nc7 16. Bb2 Qb8 17. Rac1 Rc8 18. h4 h6 19. Qb1 a4 20. Nf1 axb3 21. axb3 c5 22. Ne3 b5 23. dxc5 Bxc5 24. Bd4 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Qa7 26. Rd2 Rab8 27. c5 Nxc5 28. Rdc2 N7a6 29. b4 Ne4 {Chandran,K (2393)-Yang,D (2488) Toronto 2018 ½-½ (47)}) 15... cxd5 16. Nf1 Qc7 17. Qxc7 Nxc7 18. Ne3 Rfc8 19. Bd2 Nb8 20. Bf1 Ba6 21. Rdc1 Bxf1 22. Kxf1 Kf8 23. Ke2 Ke8 24. h4 Kd7 25. h5 h6 26. Kd3 Nc6 27. a3 a4 28. Rc2 Rab8 29. Rac1 Na8 30. g4 b5 31. g5 hxg5 32. Ng4 b4 33. axb4 Nxb4+ 34. Bxb4 Rxc2 35. Kxc2 Rxb4 36. h6 gxh6 37. Nxh6 Nb6 38. Ng4 Nc4 39. Rb1 Na5 40. Rh1 Nc4 41. Rb1 Rb3 42. Ne1 Na5 43. Rd1 Nc6 44. Ne3 Bd8 45. Nf3 Bb6 46. Nxg5 Bxd4 47. Nxf7 Rxb2+ 48. Kc1 a3 49. Nc2 a2 50. Na1 Rb1+ 51. Kd2 Rxd1+ 52. Kxd1 Bxa1 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 27th Feb Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Black "Bluebaum, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2024.02.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 a5 8. a3 a4 9. Qc2 Bd7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Na5 13. Ng5 $146 ({RR} 13. Qc2 Nb3 14. Rb1 Bc6 15. Be3 Qf6 16. Ng5 Qg6 17. Qxg6 hxg6 18. Rbd1 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Be7 20. Ne4 Rfd8 21. Rd3 Rab8 22. Rfd1 c6 23. Nc3 b5 24. cxb5 cxb5 25. d5 exd5 26. Rxd5 Rxd5 27. Rxd5 Bf6 {Wirig,A (2427)-Bluebaum,M (2654) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (48)}) 13... f5 14. Qe2 Nb3 15. c5 Nxd4 16. Qh5 h6 17. cxd6 Bb5 18. dxc7 Qxc7 19. Be3 Ne2+ 20. Kh1 hxg5 21. Qxg5 Bc6 22. f3 f4 23. gxf4 Nxf4 24. Bxf4 Qxf4 25. Qg3 Rad8 26. Rf2 Rd3 27. Kg1 Rf6 28. Re1 Qxg3 29. hxg3 Bxf3 30. Bf1 Rd4 31. Bh3 Bd5 32. Rxf6 gxf6 33. Bxe6+ Bxe6 34. Rxe6 Rd1+ 35. Kf2 Rd2+ 36. Re2 Rd6 37. Re4 Rd2+ 38. Re2 Rd6 39. Ke3 Rb6 40. Kd4 Kf7 41. g4 Rb3 42. Kc4 b5+ 43. Kc5 Kg6 44. Rf2 Kg5 45. Rf5+ Kxg4 46. Rxf6 Rxb2 47. Rb6 Rb3 48. Rxb5 Rxa3 49. Kb4 Ra1 50. Ra5 a3 51. Rxa3 Rxa3 52. Kxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.23"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. g3 c5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. O-O Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Bf5 $146 ({RR} 11... Re8 12. Rc1 Bf8 13. Nd4 Bg4 14. N2f3 Rc8 15. Rc2 Qb6 16. Qa1 Nce4 17. Rfc1 Rxc2 18. Rxc2 Bc5 19. e3 h6 20. Qc1 a6 21. h3 Bd7 22. Nd2 Bd6 23. N2f3 Nc5 24. Qd1 Nce4 25. g4 Bb8 26. Nf5 {Akobian,V (2624)-Tregubov,P (2642) Khanty-Mansiysk 2009 0-1 (44)}) 12. Nd4 Bg6 13. Rc1 a6 14. N2f3 Be4 15. Bh3 Re8 16. Nd2 Bg6 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. Nf3 Ne6 19. N5h4 Bh5 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Nf5 Bg6 22. Qd2 Ng5 23. Nxg5 fxg5 24. Nd4 Bg7 25. e3 Qb6 26. Nf5 Rad8 27. Nxg7 Kxg7 28. Rfd1 Be4 29. Qd4+ Qxd4 30. Rxd4 Re7 31. Bg2 Bxg2 32. Kxg2 f5 33. Rcd1 Red7 34. g4 fxg4 35. Rxg4 Kf6 36. Rgd4 Ke6 37. h4 gxh4 38. Rxh4 Rg8+ 39. Kf1 Rg5 40. Ke2 h5 41. Rdh1 Rh7 42. a4 b5 43. a5 Rc7 44. Rxh5 Rxh5 45. Rxh5 Rc2+ 46. Kf3 Rb2 47. Rh6+ Ke5 48. Rxa6 Rxb3 49. Rb6 d4 50. a6 dxe3 51. fxe3 b4 52. Rb5+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Swiss 2025"]
[Site "Samarkand UZB"]
[Date "2025.09.12"]
[Round "8.20"]
[White "Vitiugov, N."]
[Black "Maurizzi, MarcAndria"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2025.09.04"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 cxd4 6. O-O Bc5 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 e5 11. Nb3 Bd6 12. Qd3 Qc7 13. Rd1 $146 ({RR} 13. Be4 f5 14. Rd1 Be7 15. Bd5+ Kh8 16. c4 Nc6 17. Bb2 Bd7 18. Qe3 f4 19. Qc3 Bf5 20. c5 Bf6 21. Qc4 e4 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Bxe4 fxg3 24. hxg3 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 Raf8 26. Rf1 Qf7 27. Qg2 Re8 {Thybo,J (2578)-Stremavicius,T (2531) Batumi 2025 0-1 (46)}) 13... Be7 14. c4 Nc6 15. Bb2 Be6 16. Bd5 Rad8 17. Qe3 Qc8 18. Rac1 f6 19. Rd2 Rde8 20. Rcd1 Rf7 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. Qxc5 Rc7 23. Qa3 b6 24. Bc3 Ne7 25. Bb4 Nxd5 26. cxd5 Bd7 27. Bd6 Rc2 28. Kf1 Bb5 29. Qb3 Rxd2 30. Rxd2 Bc4 31. Qc2 Rd8 32. Be7 Rxd5 33. Rxd5 Qh3+ 34. Ke1 Bxd5 35. Qc7 Qxh2 36. Qb8+ Kf7 37. Qxa7 Qh1+ 38. Kd2 Qb1 39. Bc5+ Kg6 40. Qxb6 Qxa2+ 41. Kd3 e4+ 42. Kc3 Qxe2 43. Be3 Qc4+ 44. Kb2 Kf5 45. Qd4 Qxd4+ 46. Bxd4 h5 47. Kc3 Kg4 48. Kd2 Kf3 49. Ke1 Bc4 50. Kd2 f5 51. Be3 f4 52. Bxf4 h4 0-1

[Event "Carlos Torre Wimbledon 21th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2008.12.18"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2008.12.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. Bg2 Nbd7 9. a4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Rc8 13. Qd3 b4 14. Nd2 Be7 15. N2b3 O-O 16. Bd2 Nc5 17. Nxc5 $146 ({RR} 17. Qf3 Nxb3 18. Nxb3 Rc2 19. Rfd1 Qd5 20. Qxd5 Nxd5 21. Nd4 Rc4 22. e3 Bf6 23. Rac1 Rfc8 24. b3 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rxc1 26. Bxc1 Bxd4 27. exd4 Kf8 {½-½ (27) Pruess,D (2424)-Friedel,J (2472) Miami 2007}) 17... Bxc5 18. Nb3 Qxd3 19. exd3 Nd5 20. Rfc1 Be7 21. a5 Bf6 22. d4 Rfd8 23. Kf3 Kf8 24. Ke4 Ke7 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rc1 Rxc1 27. Nxc1 Kd7 28. Kd3 Bd8 29. Nb3 Kc6 30. Kc4 Be7 31. Nc1 Bd8 32. Bxb4 Nxb4 33. Kxb4 Kd5 34. Kb5 Kxd4 35. b4 Kc3 36. Na2+ Kb3 37. Ka6 Bf6 38. Kxa7 Bd4+ 39. Kb7 Bxf2 40. a6 Ka4 41. Kc6 e5 42. b5 Ka5 43. Nc1 e4 44. Nb3+ Kb4 45. b6 Kxb3 46. a7 e3 47. b7 e2 48. b8=Q+ Kc2 49. a8=Q e1=Q 50. Qa2+ Kd3 51. Qbb1+ 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2020.09.24"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2020.09.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Jaime Casas"]
[BlackTeam "Paterna Andreu"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 a6 4. c5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. e3 Nf6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Rd8 12. Rc1 $146 ({RR} 12. a3 e5 13. b4 Bf5 14. Qb3 exd4 15. exd4 Be4 16. Rad1 Qe6 17. Ng5 Qf5 18. Ngxe4 dxe4 19. d5 Ne5 20. h3 Nf3+ 21. Kh1 Qf4 22. gxf3 exf3 23. Bd3 Qh4 24. Bf5 g6 25. Qc2 Qh5 26. Rg1 Kf8 {Ohanyan,E (2516)-Svane,R (2624) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (69)}) 12... e5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qxe5 15. Qd4 Qe7 16. Bd3 c6 17. b4 g6 18. Rfe1 Be6 19. Qh4 Re8 20. Ne2 Nh5 21. Qxe7 Rxe7 22. Nd4 Ng7 23. f3 Bf5 24. Bf1 Bd7 25. Kf2 Nf5 26. Bd3 Nxd4 27. exd4 Kf8 28. Rc3 h6 29. Bc2 Rae8 30. Rxe7 Rxe7 31. Re3 g5 32. f4 f6 33. Bg6 Bg4 34. h3 Bd7 35. f5 Rxe3 36. Kxe3 h5 37. g3 Be8 38. Bxe8 Kxe8 39. Kd3 Kd7 40. Kc3 Kc7 41. Kb3 a5 42. Ka4 axb4 43. Kxb4 Kb8 44. Ka5 Kc7 45. a3 h4 46. g4 Kb8 47. Kb6 Kc8 48. Ka7 Kc7 49. a4 Kc8 50. a5 Kc7 51. a6 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2020.09.24"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2020.09.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Jaime Casas"]
[BlackTeam "Paterna Andreu"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 a6 4. c5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. e3 Nf6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Rd8 12. Rc1 $146 ({RR} 12. a3 e5 13. b4 Bf5 14. Qb3 exd4 15. exd4 Be4 16. Rad1 Qe6 17. Ng5 Qf5 18. Ngxe4 dxe4 19. d5 Ne5 20. h3 Nf3+ 21. Kh1 Qf4 22. gxf3 exf3 23. Bd3 Qh4 24. Bf5 g6 25. Qc2 Qh5 26. Rg1 Kf8 {Ohanyan,E (2516)-Svane,R (2624) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (69)}) 12... e5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qxe5 15. Qd4 Qe7 16. Bd3 c6 17. b4 g6 18. Rfe1 Be6 19. Qh4 Re8 20. Ne2 Nh5 21. Qxe7 Rxe7 22. Nd4 Ng7 23. f3 Bf5 24. Bf1 Bd7 25. Kf2 Nf5 26. Bd3 Nxd4 27. exd4 Kf8 28. Rc3 h6 29. Bc2 Rae8 30. Rxe7 Rxe7 31. Re3 g5 32. f4 f6 33. Bg6 Bg4 34. h3 Bd7 35. f5 Rxe3 36. Kxe3 h5 37. g3 Be8 38. Bxe8 Kxe8 39. Kd3 Kd7 40. Kc3 Kc7 41. Kb3 a5 42. Ka4 axb4 43. Kxb4 Kb8 44. Ka5 Kc7 45. a3 h4 46. g4 Kb8 47. Kb6 Kc8 48. Ka7 Kc7 49. a4 Kc8 50. a5 Kc7 51. a6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 7th Mar Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.03.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Indjic, A."]
[Black "Andreikin, D."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2023.03.07"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 Nd7 9. g3 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Qe4 Bd6 12. O-O-O Bc7 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. f4 $146 ({RR} 14. Bg2 Be6 15. Qb4 Ba5 16. Qd4 Qxd4 17. Rxd4 Bb6 18. Rb4 O-O-O 19. e3 Rd7 20. Rd1 Rhd8 21. Rxd7 Rxd7 22. Kc2 Ba5 23. Ra4 Bxc3 24. Kxc3 a6 25. a3 Kc7 26. Rd4 Rxd4 27. Kxd4 Kd6 28. b4 b6 {Navarovszky,L-Dely,P Budapest 1963 ½-½}) 14... Qxe4 15. Nxe4 Ke7 16. Bg2 Bf5 17. Nc3 g5 18. e3 Rae8 19. Rhe1 h5 20. Ne4 g4 21. Nc5 Bc8 22. b4 h4 23. Rd2 Rd8 24. Red1 Rxd2 25. Rxd2 a5 26. a3 axb4 27. axb4 Bd6 28. Kc2 Bxc5 29. bxc5 hxg3 30. hxg3 Rh5 31. Bf1 Rxc5+ 32. Kb2 Bf5 33. Be2 b5 34. Bd1 Be6 35. Rd3 f5 36. Ra3 Rd5 37. Kc1 Kd6 38. Bc2 b4 39. Ra4 b3 40. Bb1 Rb5 41. Kb2 Rb8 42. Rd4+ Kc5 43. Kc3 b2 44. Kc2 Rb3 45. Kd2 Bd5 46. Rd3 Rxd3+ 47. Bxd3 Ba2 48. Bxf5 b1=Q 49. Bxb1 Bxb1 50. e4 Bxe4 51. Kc3 Bf5 0-1

[Event "28th Sigeman & Co TB1"]
[Site "Malmo SWE"]
[Date "2024.05.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Svidler, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2024.05.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bf4 Nf6 7. e3 Bd6 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. h3 Nc6 11. O-O Ne7 12. Qc2 g6 13. Rac1 Bf5 14. Ne5 c5 $146 ({RR} 14... Bxd3 15. Nxd3 Nf5 16. Na4 c6 17. Qc5 Qc7 18. Qb6 Qe7 19. Nac5 Nd6 20. b3 a5 21. Na4 Nfe4 22. Ndc5 Rfb8 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Nc5 Nd6 25. Na4 Ne4 26. Nc5 Nf6 27. b4 axb4 28. Rc2 Kg7 29. Qxb4 {Golubovic,B (2322)-Aimdilokwong,A (2047) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (120)}) 15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. Qd2 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 c4 18. Qe2 b5 19. a3 Qe6 20. f3 Rb8 21. e4 Rfd8 22. Qe3 Kg7 23. Ne2 Qd6 24. g4 a5 25. h4 b4 26. axb4 Rxb4 27. Rd2 Rdb8 28. Qxh6+ Kxh6 29. Nxf7+ Kg7 30. Nxd6 Rxb2 31. Rcc2 R2b3 32. e5 Nd7 33. f4 a4 34. f5 a3 35. Ra2 Rb2 36. Kf2 Rxd2 37. Rxd2 Nc6 38. Nc3 Rb3 39. Nxd5 c3 40. f6+ Kf8 41. Nxc3 Rxc3 42. g5 Rb3 43. Rd1 a2 44. Ra1 Ra3 45. e6 Nb6 46. h5 gxh5 47. g6 Nd5 48. g7+ Kg8 49. f7+ Kxg7 50. Rg1+ 1-0

[Event "Airthings Masters Play-In"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tomashevsky, E."]
[Black "Fier, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 f5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. a4 a5 9. Ba3 Bxa3 10. Nxa3 O-O 11. Qc1 b6 12. Qb2 Bb7 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Ne5 Na6 15. Bxa6 $146 ({RR} 15. Rac1 c5 16. Bxa6 Bxa6 17. Rfd1 cxd4 18. Nc6 Qg5 19. Nxd4 Qg6 20. Nc6 Rae8 21. Nc4 f4 22. N6e5 Qg5 23. Nf3 Qg6 24. e4 Bxc4 25. Rxc4 Nb4 26. Qd4 Rb8 27. Rc7 Na6 28. Re7 Nc5 29. h4 Nxb3 {Szotkowski,J (2356)-Kulon,K (2240) Pardubice 2015 1-0 (71)}) 15... Rxa6 16. Rac1 c5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Nac4 Raa8 19. f3 Rfd8 20. Rfe1 Nb4 21. Rcd1 Bd5 22. Qc3 Na2 23. Qc2 Nb4 24. Qe2 Qf6 25. h3 Bxc4 26. Nxc4 Qc3 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Rd1 Rd3 29. Rxd3 Nxd3 30. Qd2 Qxb3 31. Nxa5 Qxa4 32. Qxd3 Qxa5 33. Qd7 Qa1+ 34. Kh2 Qf6 35. Qe8+ Qf8 36. Qxe6+ Kh8 37. Qc6 h6 38. h4 Qd8 39. Kh3 Qf8 40. h5 Qf7 41. g4 fxg4+ 42. Kxg4 c4 43. f4 Qa7 44. Kf3 Qa2 45. f5 Qc2 46. Qe8+ Kh7 47. Qg6+ Kh8 48. Qe8+ Kh7 49. Qg6+ Kh8 50. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2007.12.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2007.12.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 c5 7. Bb2 cxd4 8. exd4 b6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. a3 Be7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Rad1 Qc7 $146 ({RR} 13... Rc8 14. Ne5 Qc7 15. f4 g6 16. Ndf3 Nh5 17. Bc1 Ng7 18. Ng5 dxc4 19. Bxc4 Bxg5 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. fxg5 Bd5 22. Bf4 Bxc4 23. bxc4 Qa4 24. Be5 Qxa3 25. Rd3 Qe7 26. Bf6 Qb4 27. Qf3 Rxc4 28. Qh3 {Argandona Riveiro,I (2434)-Sadykov,R (2351) Bilbao 2014 0-1 (68)}) 14. Rc1 Qf4 15. Qe3 Qxe3 16. fxe3 Rac8 17. Kf2 Bd6 18. Ke2 Rfe8 19. b4 e5 20. Bf5 exd4 21. Bxd4 Rc7 22. cxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxc7 Bxc7 24. Rc1 Bb8 25. g4 h6 26. h3 Bb7 27. Kf2 Rd8 28. g5 hxg5 29. Nxg5 Ne5 30. Ngf3 Nxf3 31. Nxf3 Ne4+ 32. Bxe4 Bxe4 33. Rg1 g6 34. Rc1 f6 35. Nd2 Bb7 36. a4 Bd6 37. b5 Kf7 38. Nc4 Be7 39. a5 Rd5 40. axb6 axb6 41. Nxb6 Rf5+ 42. Ke2 Bf3+ 43. Kd3 Rxb5 44. e4 Rb3+ 45. Rc3 Rxc3+ 46. Bxc3 g5 47. Nd5 Bd8 48. Ne3 Kg6 49. Be1 Bb6 50. Bg3 Bxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.12"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. d4 e6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O b6 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Bb7 10. Qe2 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Nf6 12. Bc2 O-O 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Ne5 c5 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Bg3 $146 ({RR} 17. Bg5 Rfd8 18. Kh1 h6 19. Bh4 Kf8 20. Ba4 Bd4 21. Bg3 Qc5 22. f3 Nh5 23. Rxd4 Nxg3+ 24. hxg3 Rxd4 25. Nd7+ Rxd7 26. Bxd7 Rd8 27. Rd1 g6 28. Ba4 Rd4 29. Rxd4 Qxd4 30. b4 Qc3 31. Bb3 h5 {Rubin,M-Rossetto,H (2405) Buenos Aires 1978 0-1 (42)}) 17... Rfd8 18. Nd7 Qc6 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Qg4+ Kf8 21. Bh4 Rd4 22. Rxd4 Bxd4 23. Bxh7 Ke7 24. Rd1 Bxb2 25. f3 Qc5+ 26. Kh1 Rc8 27. Qf4 Be5 28. Qd2 Bc6 29. f4 Qxc4 30. fxe5 Qxh4 31. Qd6+ Ke8 32. exf6 Qxf6 33. Be4 Bb5 34. Qg3 Kf8 35. h3 Rc5 36. Qb8+ Kg7 37. Qxa7 Be2 38. Rb1 Qf4 39. Ba8 Rc1+ 40. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 41. Kh2 Qf4+ 42. Kh1 b5 43. Qa3 Bc4 44. Qc3+ e5 45. a3 Kf6 46. Bc6 Qd4 47. Qf3+ Ke7 48. Be4 Be6 49. Kh2 Qd6 50. Qg3 Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 28th Mar Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.03.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2023.03.28"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. d4 a6 5. b3 c5 6. Bb2 cxd4 7. exd4 Nc6 8. Nbd2 g6 9. Rc1 Bg7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O dxc4 12. Nxc4 b5 $146 ({RR} 12... Nd5 13. Qd2 Qf6 14. Nce5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qf4 16. g3 Qxd2 17. Nxd2 Bd7 18. Nc4 Rfd8 19. Bf3 Bh6 20. Rcd1 Bc6 21. Rfe1 Nb4 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. a3 Nd3 24. Re2 Rab8 25. Na5 Rbc8 26. Nc4 Rb8 27. Na5 {Manush,S (2352)-Nguyen,V (2454) Ahmedabad 2019 1-0 (50)}) 13. Nfe5 Bb7 14. Bf3 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Nd5 18. Ne3 Nf4 19. Kf1 Rfd8 20. Bd4 h5 21. Ng2 Nd5 22. Ne3 Nf4 23. Ng2 Nd5 24. Ne3 Bh6 25. Bc5 Rac8 26. b4 Bxe3 27. Bxe3 Nxe3+ 28. fxe3 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Rd2 30. a3 Ra2 31. Rc6 Rxa3 32. Kf2 Ra4 33. f4 Kg7 34. h4 Rxb4 35. Rxa6 Rb2+ 36. Kf3 b4 37. Rb6 Rb1 38. Rb8 b3 39. Kg2 b2 40. Rb7 Kf8 41. Kh2 Ke8 42. Kg2 Kd8 43. Kh2 Kc8 44. Rb3 Kc7 45. Kg2 Kc6 46. Kh2 Kc5 47. Rb7 Kc4 48. Kg2 Kd3 49. Rb3+ Kc2 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 14th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2007.05.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2007.05.02"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Buryatia Shatar"]
[BlackTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. e4 e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. exd5 exd4 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nf6 13. Bc2 Bg4 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 Bxg3 17. fxg3 Qxd5 18. Bb3 Qd6 19. Qd3 Nd7 $146 ({RR} 19... Kg7 20. Nxd4 Rad8 21. Nf5+ Bxf5 22. Qxf5 Qd4+ 23. Kh1 Qxb2 24. Rac1 Qd4 25. Rc7 Rd7 26. Rxd7 {1-0 (26) Savchenko,S (2560)-Arun Prasad,S (2465) Metz 2008}) 20. Bc2 Qg6 21. Qxg6+ fxg6 22. Nxd4 Ne5 23. Rfe1 Rad8 24. Re4 Kg7 25. Bb3 h5 26. Rc1 Kh6 27. h3 Nd3 28. Rc7 Rd7 29. Re7 Rxc7 30. Rxc7 Rc8 31. Rf7 Rc1+ 32. Kh2 Bc8 33. Be6 Ne5 34. Rf8 Bd7 35. Bxd7 Nxd7 36. Rf7 Nc5 37. b4 Rc4 38. bxc5 Rxd4 39. Rxb7 Ra4 40. c6 Rxa2 41. c7 Rc2 42. Rxa7 g4 43. Kg1 gxh3 44. gxh3 Kg5 45. Kf1 h4 46. g4 Kf4 47. Ke1 Ke3 48. Kd1 Rc6 49. Rb7 Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-ch Lotto 79th"]
[Site "Kruszwica"]
[Date "2022.05.14"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Moranda, Wojciech"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2022.05.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 208 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. Nbd2 a6 8. e3 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bd3 $146 ({RR} 11. Rd1 Rc8 12. Qb1 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Bd3 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. O-O Rd8 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 O-O 19. g3 Be7 20. Nc3 Bf6 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Qc7 24. Qb3 Qc5 25. a4 b4 {Rakhmanov,A (2591)-Sjugirov,S (2610) Moscow 2010 0-1 (33)}) 11... Rc8 12. Qb1 h6 13. Bh4 O-O 14. O-O Qb6 15. a4 Rfd8 16. Rd1 Be7 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nd4 Nf8 19. Bf1 Rd5 20. N2b3 Ng6 21. Bg3 Nh5 22. Qa2 Nxg3 23. hxg3 Ra8 24. Qb1 Rad8 25. Rc1 Ne5 26. Qc2 Rc8 27. Qxc8+ Bxc8 28. Rxc8+ Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Bxd8 30. Bxb5 Qd6 31. Ra6 Qb4 32. Ra1 Bb6 33. Bf1 Bxd4 34. Nxd4 Qxb2 35. Rd1 g6 36. Be2 Qc3 37. Kf1 Kg7 38. Nf3 Nc6 39. Nd4 Nb4 40. Nf3 Nd5 41. Nd4 Qb2 42. Bf3 Nc3 43. Re1 e5 44. Ne2 e4 45. Bg4 f5 46. Nxc3 Qxc3 47. Be2 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-ch Lotto 79th"]
[Site "Kruszwica"]
[Date "2022.05.14"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Moranda, Wojciech"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2022.05.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 208 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. Nbd2 a6 8. e3 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bd3 $146 ({RR} 11. Rd1 Rc8 12. Qb1 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Bd3 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. O-O Rd8 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 O-O 19. g3 Be7 20. Nc3 Bf6 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Qc7 24. Qb3 Qc5 25. a4 b4 {Rakhmanov,A (2591)-Sjugirov,S (2610) Moscow 2010 0-1 (33)}) 11... Rc8 12. Qb1 h6 13. Bh4 O-O 14. O-O Qb6 15. a4 Rfd8 16. Rd1 Be7 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nd4 Nf8 19. Bf1 Rd5 20. N2b3 Ng6 21. Bg3 Nh5 22. Qa2 Nxg3 23. hxg3 Ra8 24. Qb1 Rad8 25. Rc1 Ne5 26. Qc2 Rc8 27. Qxc8+ Bxc8 28. Rxc8+ Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Bxd8 30. Bxb5 Qd6 31. Ra6 Qb4 32. Ra1 Bb6 33. Bf1 Bxd4 34. Nxd4 Qxb2 35. Rd1 g6 36. Be2 Qc3 37. Kf1 Kg7 38. Nf3 Nc6 39. Nd4 Nb4 40. Nf3 Nd5 41. Nd4 Qb2 42. Bf3 Nc3 43. Re1 e5 44. Ne2 e4 45. Bg4 f5 46. Nxc3 Qxc3 47. Be2 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 28th Nov Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.11.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Tari, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2023.11.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. e4 c5 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. Nxd4 a6 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. f3 Bb7 12. Nb3 Rc8 13. Kf2 Bb4 $146 ({RR} 13... h6 14. Be3 g5 15. Na5 Ba8 16. a4 Bb4 17. axb5 Bxc3 18. bxc3 axb5 19. Rhc1 Ke7 20. Bxb5 Rc7 21. c4 Rhc8 22. Bd4 Ne8 23. Nb3 Nd6 24. Bxd7 Rxd7 25. Bc5 Ke8 26. Bxd6 Rxd6 27. Ra7 Rd3 28. Na5 {Andreikin,D (2729)-Lobanov,S (2520) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (35)}) 14. a4 Nc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5+ 16. Be3 b4 17. Na2 a5 18. Nc1 Bxe3+ 19. Kxe3 Ke7 20. Nb3 Ra8 21. Rhc1 Rhc8 22. Bb5 Ne8 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. Rc1 Nd6 25. Bc6 Ra7 26. Rc5 Ba6 27. Nxa5 Rc7 28. Kd4 f6 29. Bb5 e5+ 30. Kd5 Bb7+ 31. Nxb7 Rxb7 32. Bd3 b3 33. a5 Nf7 34. a6 Rd7+ 35. Kc4 Nd8 36. Kc3 Ne6 37. Ra5 Ra7 38. Kxb3 Nd4+ 39. Kc3 Rc7+ 40. Bc4 Nc6 41. Rc5 Kd6 42. b4 Ra7 43. Bb5 Nd4 44. Kc4 Ra8 45. Rd5+ Kc7 46. Rd7+ Kb6 47. Rb7# 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2023.08.03"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Black "Korobov, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2023.07.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qb3 Bb7 8. d4 Nbd7 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd5 11. Nc3 a6 12. O-O Be7 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Be3 O-O 15. Rfc1 Rc8 16. Bd4 $146 ({RR} 16. Rxc8 Qxc8 17. Rc1 Qd7 18. Bd4 Rc8 19. Qd1 Rc4 20. b3 Rc7 21. Qd2 b4 22. e3 Rxc1+ 23. Qxc1 Qc6 24. Qd2 a5 25. Bf1 Ba6 26. Bxa6 Qxa6 27. Qc2 Qb7 28. g4 g6 29. f4 h6 30. Kg2 Qb5 {Pigusov,E (2555)-Bukreev,S (2333) Moscow RUS 2025 ½-½ (41)}) 16... Qa5 17. e3 Rxc1+ 18. Rxc1 Rc8 19. Ra1 Bc6 20. Bf1 Bd7 21. Qd3 Qc7 22. h4 a5 23. a3 Qb7 24. Qd1 a4 25. Bd3 Rc7 26. h5 h6 27. Kg2 Kf8 28. Bb1 Bc5 29. Qd3 Bxd4 30. exd4 b4 31. Qh7 bxa3 32. Rxa3 Qxb2 33. Rf3 Be8 34. Bg6 a3 35. Qh8+ Ke7 36. Qxg7 Kd8 37. Qf8 fxg6 38. Rxa3 Qb7 39. hxg6 Re7 40. Qf6 Kd7 41. g7 Bf7 42. Qxf7 Rxf7 43. g8=Q Rxf2+ 44. Kh3 Ke7 45. Ra8 Qd7 46. Qg7+ Rf7 47. Qxh6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 28th Nov Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.11.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Tari, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2023.11.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. e4 c5 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. Nxd4 a6 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. f3 Bb7 12. Nb3 Rc8 13. Kf2 Bb4 $146 ({RR} 13... h6 14. Be3 g5 15. Na5 Ba8 16. a4 Bb4 17. axb5 Bxc3 18. bxc3 axb5 19. Rhc1 Ke7 20. Bxb5 Rc7 21. c4 Rhc8 22. Bd4 Ne8 23. Nb3 Nd6 24. Bxd7 Rxd7 25. Bc5 Ke8 26. Bxd6 Rxd6 27. Ra7 Rd3 28. Na5 {Andreikin,D (2729)-Lobanov,S (2520) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (35)}) 14. a4 Nc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5+ 16. Be3 b4 17. Na2 a5 18. Nc1 Bxe3+ 19. Kxe3 Ke7 20. Nb3 Ra8 21. Rhc1 Rhc8 22. Bb5 Ne8 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. Rc1 Nd6 25. Bc6 Ra7 26. Rc5 Ba6 27. Nxa5 Rc7 28. Kd4 f6 29. Bb5 e5+ 30. Kd5 Bb7+ 31. Nxb7 Rxb7 32. Bd3 b3 33. a5 Nf7 34. a6 Rd7+ 35. Kc4 Nd8 36. Kc3 Ne6 37. Ra5 Ra7 38. Kxb3 Nd4+ 39. Kc3 Rc7+ 40. Bc4 Nc6 41. Rc5 Kd6 42. b4 Ra7 43. Bb5 Nd4 44. Kc4 Ra8 45. Rd5+ Kc7 46. Rd7+ Kb6 47. Rb7# 1-0

[Event "Chess.com Speed KO Lose"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.06.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Bluebaum, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2024.06.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. e3 Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Rc1 c5 9. a3 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Qxd4 12. Nxd4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Bd7 14. f4 $146 ({RR} 14. Be2 Nc6 15. Nb3 b6 16. O-O Rfd8 17. Ba6 Rab8 18. Rfd1 Be8 19. f4 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Kf8 21. Kf2 {½-½ (21) Swayams,M (2426)-Sanikidze,T (2541) Gurgaon 2014}) 14... Nc6 15. Bb5 Nxd4 16. Bxd7 Nf5 17. Ke2 Rfd8 18. Rc7 Rab8 19. Rd1 Kf8 20. e4 Ne7 21. b4 a6 22. h4 Ng8 23. e5 Ne7 24. Ke3 Nf5+ 25. Ke4 h5 26. a4 Nxh4 27. Rd6 b6 28. b5 axb5 29. Bxb5 Nf5 30. Rdd7 Rxd7 31. Bxd7 g6 32. Kf3 Ne7 33. g4 h4 34. Ra7 Nd5 35. f5 gxf5 36. gxf5 exf5 37. Bxf5 Re8 38. Ke4 Ne7 39. Bd7 Rb8 40. Kf4 Ng6+ 41. Ke4 Rd8 42. Bf5 Ne7 43. Bd7 Rb8 44. Kf4 Rd8 45. Kg5 h3 46. Bxh3 Nc6 0-1

[Event "Chess.com Speed KO Lose"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.06.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Bluebaum, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2024.06.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. e3 Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Rc1 c5 9. a3 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Qxd4 12. Nxd4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Bd7 14. f4 $146 ({RR} 14. Be2 Nc6 15. Nb3 b6 16. O-O Rfd8 17. Ba6 Rab8 18. Rfd1 Be8 19. f4 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Kf8 21. Kf2 {½-½ (21) Swayams,M (2426)-Sanikidze,T (2541) Gurgaon 2014}) 14... Nc6 15. Bb5 Nxd4 16. Bxd7 Nf5 17. Ke2 Rfd8 18. Rc7 Rab8 19. Rd1 Kf8 20. e4 Ne7 21. b4 a6 22. h4 Ng8 23. e5 Ne7 24. Ke3 Nf5+ 25. Ke4 h5 26. a4 Nxh4 27. Rd6 b6 28. b5 axb5 29. Bxb5 Nf5 30. Rdd7 Rxd7 31. Bxd7 g6 32. Kf3 Ne7 33. g4 h4 34. Ra7 Nd5 35. f5 gxf5 36. gxf5 exf5 37. Bxf5 Re8 38. Ke4 Ne7 39. Bd7 Rb8 40. Kf4 Ng6+ 41. Ke4 Rd8 42. Bf5 Ne7 43. Bd7 Rb8 44. Kf4 Rd8 45. Kg5 h3 46. Bxh3 Nc6 0-1

[Event "Armageddon Asia&Oceania W"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2023.04.06"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gukesh, D."]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2023.04.04"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O e6 5. c4 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 Be7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 Bb6 11. Bb2 Re8 12. Nc3 Bg4 13. Na4 Qe7 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. Re1 Rad8 16. h3 Bh5 $146 ({RR} 16... Be6 17. Rc1 Ne4 18. Bd4 b5 19. Qd3 Ra8 20. Bc5 Qd7 21. Kh2 Bf5 22. Qxb5 Rxa3 23. Nd4 Nc3 24. Rxc3 Rxc3 25. Nxf5 Qxf5 26. Qxb7 Qe6 27. Rd1 Rb8 28. Qc7 Rc8 29. Qf4 d4 30. Bxc6 Qxc6 31. Qxd4 {Veingold,A (2475)-Silva,R Oviedo 1993 1-0 (31)}) 17. Nd4 Ne5 18. Qb3 Bg6 19. Nb5 Be4 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. Rac1 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 h5 23. Qf3 h4 24. g4 d4 25. a4 Nd5 26. Kg1 Re7 27. Rcd1 Nxb4 28. Qb3 Nc6 29. e3 dxe3 30. Rxd8+ Nxd8 31. Rxe3 Qa1+ 32. Kg2 Ne6 33. Qc4 Qf6 34. Rf3 Qe5 35. Rf5 Qb8 36. Nc3 Rc7 37. Qd3 Rc5 38. Nd5 g6 39. Rf3 Qe5 40. Nf6+ Kg7 41. Ne8+ Kf8 42. Nf6 Kg7 43. Ne8+ Kf8 44. Nf6 Kg7 45. Ne8+ Kf8 46. Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clash of Claims 2024"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "2024.06.08"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2024.06.07"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. O-O Ne4 9. Nc3 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 c6 11. e4 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Nb6 13. Nxb6 Qxb6 14. Rad1 Rd8 $146 ({RR} 14... e5 15. d5 Bg4 16. Rd2 Rad8 17. h3 Bh5 18. Kh1 Bb4 19. a3 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 cxd5 21. Qxe5 Bg6 22. exd5 Rfe8 23. Qc3 h5 24. b4 Be4 25. Bxe4 Rxe4 26. Rfd1 Qd6 27. Qf3 Re5 28. Kg2 g6 29. Rd4 {Kalavannan,K (2324)-Pert,R (2416) Chess.com INT 2020 ½-½ (53)}) 15. Na4 Qa5 16. e5 Bd7 17. Nc5 Qc7 18. h4 Be8 19. Rd3 Rac8 20. Rfd1 b6 21. Ne4 h6 22. a3 c5 23. dxc5 Rxd3 24. Qxd3 Qxe5 25. Qa6 Qb8 26. Nd6 Rd8 27. b4 Bxd6 28. cxd6 Rxd6 29. Rxd6 Qxd6 30. Qxa7 Kf8 31. Bf3 g5 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Kg2 Bd7 34. a4 Bc6 35. Bxc6 Qxc6+ 36. Kg1 Kg7 37. a5 bxa5 38. bxa5 Qc1+ 39. Kh2 Qd2 40. Qb6 g4 41. a6 Qd5 42. a7 Qf3 43. Qd4+ Kg6 44. Kg1 f5 45. Qd8 f4 1-0

[Event "POL-chT"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2012.05.05"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2012.05.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Katowice Szopienice"]
[BlackTeam "Wroclaw Polonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Nf6 6. Bg5 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. e4 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Bd3 e5 12. O-O Bb4 $146 ({RR} 12... Bd6 13. a4 bxa4 14. Nc4 O-O 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Rxa4 exd4 17. Rxd4 Qe7 {½-½ (17) Tunik,G (2451)-Popov,V (2559) Togliatti 2001}) 13. Nb3 O-O 14. a3 Be7 15. Na5 Rab8 16. Nxb7 Rxb7 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Qxc6 Rb6 20. Qc2 Rd8 21. Qb3 Bc5 22. Rac1 Bd4 23. Rc2 Bxb2 24. Rxb2 Rxd3 25. Qxd3 Qxb2 26. Qd8+ Kh7 27. Qe7 a5 28. Qa7 Rg6 29. Qxa5 Qe2 30. g3 Rf6 31. Qe1 Qf3 32. e5 Rf5 33. Qb1 h5 34. h4 g5 35. hxg5 h4 36. Qd1 hxg3 37. Qxf3 Rxf3 38. fxg3 Rxg3+ 39. Kh2 Rxa3 40. Rxf7+ Kg6 41. Rb7 Kxg5 42. Rxb5 Kf5 43. Kg2 Re3 44. Kf2 Rxe5 45. Rxe5+ Kxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 21st Feb Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.02.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vl3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2023.02.21"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. O-O Bd6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qc2 Qd6 10. b3 Bg4 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Bb2 Bb6 14. Ne5 $146 ({RR} 14. Ng5 Bh5 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Bxf6 Bg6 17. Nge4 dxe4 18. Bh4 Bc7 19. Bg3 Qd5 20. Nb1 Bxg3 21. hxg3 Qe5 22. Qc5 Qxc5 23. Rxc5 Rfd8 24. Rfc1 f6 25. g4 Rd6 26. Kh2 Kf8 27. R1c2 Bf7 28. Nc3 Re8 {Davi,A (2197)-Mina,M (1995) Torino 2015 1-0 (53)}) 14... Rac8 15. Nxg4 Nxg4 16. Nf3 Rfe8 17. Qf5 Qg6 18. Qxg6 hxg6 19. h3 Nf6 20. Rac1 Ne4 21. Rc2 f6 22. Rd1 Kf7 23. Bd4 c5 24. Bb2 Red8 25. Kf1 a5 26. Ke2 a4 27. Nd2 axb3 28. axb3 Nd6 29. Nb1 Nf5 30. Nc3 d4 31. Na4 Ba7 32. exd4 cxd4 33. Rxc8 Rxc8 34. Rc1 Rxc1 35. Bxc1 Ke6 36. Nb2 Kd5 37. Nd3 g5 38. Ba3 Bb8 39. Bf8 Bd6 40. Bxd6 Nxd6 41. Nb4+ Kc5 42. Nd3+ Kd5 43. Nb4+ Kc5 44. Nd3+ Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch 87th"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2012.08.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2012.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 ({RR} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. c4 {½-½ (20) Hebden,M (2469)-Quillan,G (2350) Leamington Spa 2022}) ({RR} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. c4 {½-½ (20) Hebden,M (2469)-Quillan,G (2350) Leamington Spa 2022}) 1... d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. O-O Be7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Bc3 Qd7 12. Bd4 Rac8 13. Nc3 Rfd8 14. Rc1 a6 15. h3 Nfe4 16. Qe2 Ne6 17. Qd3 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Nxc3 19. Rxc3 Rxc3 20. Qxc3 Bf6 $146 21. Rc1 h6 22. b3 Qe7 23. Qc7 Rd7 24. Qf4 Qe4 25. Ne2 Be5 26. Qg4 Qxg4 27. hxg4 Kf8 28. Kf1 Ke7 29. Rd1 Ke6 30. Ke1 Rc7 31. Kd2 Rc5 32. Kd3 Ra5 33. Rd2 Rc5 34. a4 Rc6 35. Rd1 Rb6 36. Rb1 Rc6 37. f3 Kd6 38. Nd4 Bxd4 39. exd4 Rc7 40. Re1 Re7 41. Rc1 Rc7 42. Re1 Re7 43. Rc1 Rc7 44. Re1 Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2022-23"]
[Site "Muelheim GER"]
[Date "2022.11.27"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Tari, A."]
[Black "Indjic, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2022.10.22"]
[WhiteTeam "SG Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Muenchener Schachclub 1836"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. Qc2 dxc4 8. Qxc4 Bc6 9. Bg2 Bd5 10. Qd3 Be4 11. Qe3 Nc6 12. O-O Bxf3 $146 ({RR} 12... O-O 13. Bc3 Ne7 14. Qc1 Rc8 15. Nbd2 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 c5 18. Qb2 Ned5 19. Rfc1 Qb6 20. Qxb6 Nxb6 21. Ne5 cxd4 22. cxd4 Nfd5 23. Rcb1 Nc4 24. Nxc4 Rxc4 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. e3 Rb8 27. Rb5 {Maurizzi,M (2601)-Edouard,R (2536) L'Alpe d'Huez FRA 2024 ½-½ (69)}) 13. Bxf3 Nxd4 14. Bxb7 Rb8 15. Bxb4 axb4 16. Bg2 O-O 17. Qd3 b3 18. Na3 bxa2 19. Rxa2 Nb3 20. Qc2 c5 21. e3 Qa5 22. Rd1 h5 23. Bf1 Ng4 24. Bc4 Rfd8 25. Bxb3 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Rxb3 27. h3 Nxe3 28. fxe3 Rxe3 29. Kf2 Re5 30. Ra1 Qb4 31. Qd8+ Kh7 32. Qd3+ Rf5+ 33. Kg1 Qxb2 34. Rf1 Qd4+ 35. Qxd4 Rxf1+ 36. Kxf1 cxd4 37. Ke2 Kg6 38. Kd3 h4 39. g4 f5 40. gxf5+ Kxf5 41. Kxd4 Kf4 42. Nc4 Kg3 43. Ke3 Kxh3 44. Kf3 Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GRENKE Chess Classic 2024"]
[Site "Karlsruhe GER"]
[Date "2024.03.31"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Rapport, R."]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2024.03.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 c6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O Qe7 11. a3 Bd6 12. c5 Bc7 13. e4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 e5 15. Re1 $146 ({RR} 15. Bb1 exd4 16. Re1 Qxc5 17. Qd3 g6 18. Ba2 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Qxg6+ Bg7 21. Ne4 Qf5 22. Qg3 Qg4 23. Qc7 Bf5 24. h3 Qg6 25. Nd6 d3 26. Rcd1 Qf6 27. Nxf5 Qxf5 28. Re3 Rad8 29. Rf3 Rd7 {Savchenko,S (2590)-Landa,K (2515) Kazan 1995 ½-½}) 15... Qd8 16. Bb1 exd4 17. Qd3 g6 18. Ba2 Kh7 19. Qxd4 Ne5 20. Qxd8 Nxf3+ 21. gxf3 Bxd8 22. Ne4 Bh3 23. Nd6 Bg5 24. Rcd1 Kg7 25. f4 Bxf4 26. Re7 b6 27. Rd3 Bxd6 28. cxd6 Bf5 29. Rc3 c5 30. b4 Rad8 31. bxc5 bxc5 32. Rxc5 Rxd6 33. Rcc7 Kf6 34. Rxf7+ Rxf7 35. Rxf7+ Kg5 36. Rxa7 Be4 37. Bb3 Rc6 38. Rd7 Bf3 39. h3 h5 40. Kh2 Rc1 41. Bd5 Rd1 42. Be6 Ra1 43. Bd5 Rd1 44. Be6 Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.23"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. g3 c5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. O-O Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Re8 $146 ({RR} 11... Bf5 12. Nd4 Bg6 13. Rc1 a6 14. N2f3 Be4 15. Bh3 Re8 16. Nd2 Bg6 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. Nf3 Ne6 19. N5h4 Bh5 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Nf5 Bg6 22. Qd2 Ng5 23. Nxg5 fxg5 24. Nd4 Bg7 25. e3 Qb6 26. Nf5 {Akobian,V (2624)-Tregubov,P (2642) Khanty-Mansiysk 2009 1-0 (52)}) 12. Rc1 Bf8 13. Nd4 Bg4 14. N2f3 Rc8 15. Rc2 Qb6 16. Qa1 Nce4 17. Rfc1 Rxc2 18. Rxc2 Bc5 19. e3 h6 20. Qc1 a6 21. h3 Bd7 22. Nd2 Bd6 23. N2f3 Nc5 24. Qd1 Nce4 25. g4 Bb8 26. Nf5 Bxf5 27. gxf5 Qd6 28. Qc1 Qd7 29. Nd4 Kh7 30. Qd1 Qd6 31. Nf3 Ng5 32. Nxg5+ hxg5 33. Bxf6 gxf6 34. Qxd5 Qh2+ 35. Kf1 Kg7 36. Qxb7 Rd8 37. Qf3 Qe5 38. Rc1 Rd2 39. Rd1 Rxa2 40. h4 Ra1 41. hxg5 fxg5 42. f6+ Kg8 43. Kg1 Rxd1+ 44. Qxd1 0-1

[Event "57th Biel GM2 Qual 2024"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2024.07.16"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Salem, AR."]
[Black "Maurizzi, Marc'Andria"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2024.07.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. g3 c5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nb3 Ba7 11. Bd2 $146 ({RR} 11. Nfd4 O-O 12. Be3 Ne5 13. Nc2 Bb8 14. Bc5 Re8 15. Ne3 Be6 16. Nd4 Qd7 17. Qb3 Bd6 18. Rfc1 Nc4 19. Bxd6 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Qxd6 21. Qb3 Qd7 22. Qb6 Rac8 23. Nb3 Bh3 24. Rxc8 Qxc8 25. Rc1 Qd7 {Rios,C (2460)-Figueredo Losada,L (2342) Merida MEX 2022 1-0 (58)}) 11... O-O 12. Bc3 Ne4 13. e3 Re8 14. Nfd4 Qg5 15. Qc2 Bd7 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Bd4 Bxd4 18. exd4 h5 19. Rfe1 h4 20. f3 Nd6 21. Qf2 hxg3 22. hxg3 Bf5 23. Nc5 Bg6 24. Bh3 Bf5 25. Bf1 a5 26. Re5 Qg6 27. Rae1 f6 28. R5e3 Rxe3 29. Rxe3 Re8 30. g4 Bb1 31. a4 Qh6 32. Rxe8+ Nxe8 33. Qe1 Bg6 34. Bd3 Nc7 35. Kg2 Bxd3 36. Nxd3 Qg6 37. Nf4 Qh6 38. Kg3 g5 39. Nh5 Qf8 40. Kg2 Qb4 41. Nxf6+ Kf7 42. Qxb4 axb4 43. Nd7 1-0

[Event "Esports World Cup 2025"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2025.07.31"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2839"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2025.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 dxc4 4. Bg2 c5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 Bc6 7. Bxc6+ Nxc6 8. dxc5 Qd4 $146 ({RR} 8... Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Qxc5 10. Qxc5 Bxc5 11. Nf3 Nf6 12. O-O O-O 13. Bg5 Nd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. Bd2 Rac8 16. Rfd1 a6 17. Rac1 Rc6 18. e3 Be5 19. f4 Bxc3 20. Rxc3 Rd6 21. Kf1 Ne4 22. Rc2 Rfd8 23. Ke2 {Wanyama,H (2238)-Eljanov,P (2697) chess.com INT 2023 0-1}) 9. Qb3 Qb4+ 10. Nd2 Bxc5 11. Ngf3 Nf6 12. Qc2 O-O 13. a3 Nd4 14. Qd3 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Qb5 16. O-O Rfd8 17. b4 Be7 18. Nb3 Qd5 19. Qxd5 Nxd5 20. Bb2 Rac8 21. Rfc1 f6 22. Na5 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Rd7 24. Rc8+ Kf7 25. Rb8 b6 26. Nc6 a6 27. e4 Nc7 28. Rxb6 e5 29. Rb7 Rd1+ 30. Kg2 Bd6 31. Na5 Ke6 32. Nc4 Kd7 33. a4 Kc8 34. Rb6 Be7 35. b5 axb5 36. axb5 Rd3 37. Rc6 Kd7 38. Nb6+ Kd8 39. Bc3 Bd6 40. Nd5 Kd7 41. Nb6+ Kd8 42. Nd5 Kd7 43. Nb6+ Kd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th Biel GM2 Qual 2024"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2024.07.16"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Salem, AR."]
[Black "Maurizzi, Marc'Andria"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2024.07.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. g3 c5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nb3 Ba7 11. Bd2 $146 ({RR} 11. Nfd4 O-O 12. Be3 Ne5 13. Nc2 Bb8 14. Bc5 Re8 15. Ne3 Be6 16. Nd4 Qd7 17. Qb3 Bd6 18. Rfc1 Nc4 19. Bxd6 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Qxd6 21. Qb3 Qd7 22. Qb6 Rac8 23. Nb3 Bh3 24. Rxc8 Qxc8 25. Rc1 Qd7 {Rios,C (2460)-Figueredo Losada,L (2342) Merida MEX 2022 1-0 (58)}) 11... O-O 12. Bc3 Ne4 13. e3 Re8 14. Nfd4 Qg5 15. Qc2 Bd7 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Bd4 Bxd4 18. exd4 h5 19. Rfe1 h4 20. f3 Nd6 21. Qf2 hxg3 22. hxg3 Bf5 23. Nc5 Bg6 24. Bh3 Bf5 25. Bf1 a5 26. Re5 Qg6 27. Rae1 f6 28. R5e3 Rxe3 29. Rxe3 Re8 30. g4 Bb1 31. a4 Qh6 32. Rxe8+ Nxe8 33. Qe1 Bg6 34. Bd3 Nc7 35. Kg2 Bxd3 36. Nxd3 Qg6 37. Nf4 Qh6 38. Kg3 g5 39. Nh5 Qf8 40. Kg2 Qb4 41. Nxf6+ Kf7 42. Qxb4 axb4 43. Nd7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 29th Aug Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Tabatabaei, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2023.08.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. e3 c6 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Bd3 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. e4 O-O 11. e5 Qe7 12. c5 b6 $146 ({RR} 12... f6 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. Re1 g5 15. h3 Re8 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Rxe5 Qf4 18. Nf3 Bd7 19. Bc2 Re7 20. Qd3 Bxe5 21. Nxe5 Be8 22. Re1 Rg7 23. Re3 Qf6 24. Ng4 Qe7 25. Nxh6+ Kh8 26. Qe2 Qf8 27. Rxe6 {Andreikin,D (2729)-Droin,A (2468) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (44)}) 13. b4 a5 14. a3 g5 15. h3 f6 16. exf6 Qxf6 17. Re1 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 bxc5 20. bxc5 Nxc5 21. Bc2 h5 22. Qa8 g4 23. hxg4 hxg4 24. dxc5 gxf3 25. Nxf3 Qc3 26. Re2 Qxc5 27. Qb8 e5 28. Nxe5 Bg4 29. Qxf8+ Bxf8 30. Nxg4 Qd4 31. Ne5 Bd6 32. Nf3 Qc3 33. Bf5 d4 34. Re1 c5 35. Rd1 Bf8 36. Be4 Bg7 37. g3 c4 38. Bd5+ Kf8 39. Nd2 Qc2 40. Bf3 d3 41. Ne4 c3 42. Kg2 Qxd1 43. Bxd1 c2 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.06.03"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. e3 g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. b4 O-O 9. Be2 Qe7 10. Qb3 $146 ({RR} 10. Rb1 Nd7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. O-O c6 13. Qc2 a5 14. a3 axb4 15. axb4 Nf6 16. Bd3 Be6 17. b5 Rfc8 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Rfc1 Nd7 20. Nb3 Bf8 21. Qd1 Qf6 22. h3 c5 23. dxc5 Nxc5 24. Nxc5 Rxc5 {Riazantsev,A (2639)-Gelfand,B (2684) Moscow 2019 ½-½ (33)}) 10... dxc4 11. Nxc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rac1 Bb7 14. b5 Rfc8 15. Qb1 c5 16. bxc6 Bxc6 17. e4 Bf8 18. Qd3 Qd8 19. Qe3 b5 20. Ncd2 a6 21. h4 Bb7 22. h5 g5 23. e5 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rc8 25. Rxc8 Qxc8 26. Ne4 Be7 27. Bd3 Nb6 28. Nc5 Bxc5 29. dxc5 Nd5 30. Qd4 Nf4 31. Bf1 Bd5 32. Ne1 Nxh5 33. Nc2 Nf4 34. Ne3 Qc7 35. g3 Ng6 36. Nxd5 exd5 37. Qxd5 Nxe5 38. Qa8+ Kg7 39. Qxa6 Qxc5 40. Qxb5 Nf3+ 41. Kg2 Ne1+ 42. Kg1 Nf3+ 43. Kg2 Ne1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 29th Aug Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Tabatabaei, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2023.08.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. e3 c6 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Bd3 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. e4 O-O 11. e5 Qe7 12. c5 b6 $146 ({RR} 12... f6 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. Re1 g5 15. h3 Re8 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Rxe5 Qf4 18. Nf3 Bd7 19. Bc2 Re7 20. Qd3 Bxe5 21. Nxe5 Be8 22. Re1 Rg7 23. Re3 Qf6 24. Ng4 Qe7 25. Nxh6+ Kh8 26. Qe2 Qf8 27. Rxe6 {Andreikin,D (2729)-Droin,A (2468) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (44)}) 13. b4 a5 14. a3 g5 15. h3 f6 16. exf6 Qxf6 17. Re1 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 bxc5 20. bxc5 Nxc5 21. Bc2 h5 22. Qa8 g4 23. hxg4 hxg4 24. dxc5 gxf3 25. Nxf3 Qc3 26. Re2 Qxc5 27. Qb8 e5 28. Nxe5 Bg4 29. Qxf8+ Bxf8 30. Nxg4 Qd4 31. Ne5 Bd6 32. Nf3 Qc3 33. Bf5 d4 34. Re1 c5 35. Rd1 Bf8 36. Be4 Bg7 37. g3 c4 38. Bd5+ Kf8 39. Nd2 Qc2 40. Bf3 d3 41. Ne4 c3 42. Kg2 Qxd1 43. Bxd1 c2 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-Moscow m"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.05.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2005.05.14"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nbd2 f5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. Ng5 Qe7 8. O-O h6 9. Ngf3 Qf7 $146 ({RR} 9... g5 10. b3 Ne4 11. Qc2 Qg7 12. Bb2 Be7 13. Ne5 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Bf6 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Rac1 O-O 17. f4 Bd8 18. b4 {½-½ (18) Kaidanov,G (2596)-Kharlov,A (2638) Moscow 2002}) ({RR} 9... g5 10. Rb1 a5 11. Qa4 Ne4 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Nd2 Bg7 14. e3 g4 15. b4 b5 16. cxb5 cxb5 17. Qxb5 O-O 18. Qa4 Rf7 19. Qc6 Rb8 20. bxa5 Qd8 21. Nb3 Rf6 22. Ba3 Bb7 23. Qb5 Bc8 24. Qe2 {Studer,N (2498)-Ikeda,J (2412) Zalakaros 2017 1-0 (42)}) 10. b3 Bd6 11. Bb2 Ne4 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bc5 14. Rc1 Qe7 15. Qc2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Bb4 17. Qc2 Bd7 18. c5 O-O 19. a3 Ba5 20. f4 Bc7 21. e3 Be8 22. Bd4 g5 23. b4 Bd8 24. Kf2 h5 25. Rh1 h4 26. Bf3 Qh7 27. Qb2 Rf7 28. a4 a6 29. Rcg1 Rg7 30. Be2 Rc8 31. Ra1 Qg6 32. Rhg1 hxg3+ 33. hxg3 Rh7 34. Rh1 Rcc7 35. Bf3 Rcg7 36. Rxh7 Rxh7 37. Rh1 Rxh1 38. Bxh1 Qh5 39. Bf3 Qh2+ 40. Bg2 Bh5 41. a5 Bg4 42. Qc1 Bh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Rakhmanov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. c5 b6 5. cxb6 cxb6 6. Bf4 Bb7 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 Ngf6 9. h3 $146 ({RR} 9. O-O g6 10. Nbd2 Bg7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. h3 Rc8 13. Qe2 Re8 14. a3 b5 15. Nb3 Ne4 16. Rxc8 Qxc8 17. Rc1 Qa8 18. Rc7 e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Qc2 Re8 {Pham Le Thao Nguyen (2357)-Cardozo,C (2052) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (31)}) 9... Bb4+ 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Qb3 Qe7 12. O-O Bd6 13. a4 Rfc8 14. Rfe1 h6 15. Rac1 Rab8 16. Rc2 Nh5 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. e4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Qf8 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21. d5 Nf4 22. dxe6 Nxe6 23. Nd5 Ndc5 24. Qc4 b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Qg4 Rd8 27. Rd2 Nd7 28. Nh4 Ra7 29. Rxe6 fxe6 30. Qxe6+ Kh7 31. Qe4+ g6 32. Nxg6 Qg7 33. Nge7+ Kh8 34. Nf4 Qf6 35. Nh5 Qg5 36. Rd5 Qc1+ 37. Kh2 Qc7+ 38. f4 Qb6 39. Ng6+ Kg8 40. Qe7 Qxg6 41. Qxd8+ Nf8 42. Rxb5 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qc2 Bb6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Na4 h6 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qb3 Ra6 16. Rac1 $146 ({RR} 16. Rfd1 Rfa8 17. a3 d4 18. Qd3 Bf5 19. Qb5 d3 20. exd3 Bg4 21. Qd5 Qxb2 22. h3 Be6 23. Qe4 Rxa3 24. Rab1 Qc2 25. Nd4 Nxd4 26. Qxd4 Qc5 27. Qxc5 bxc5 28. Bxb7 Rd8 29. Bg2 {½-½ (29) Kallai,G (2400)-Fogarasi,T Balatonbereny 1986}) 16... d4 17. Qb5 Rxa2 18. Rc2 d3 19. exd3 Bg4 20. Qc4 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Ne5 22. Qxa2 Nxf3+ 23. Kg2 Nd4 24. b4 Qf3+ 25. Kg1 Qxd3 26. Qc4 Qe4 27. Rd1 Nf3+ 28. Kh1 Nd4+ 29. Kg1 Qxc2 30. Rxd4 Qxc4 31. Rxc4 Rd8 32. Kg2 Kf8 33. h4 Rd6 34. Rc7 Rd4 35. Rxb7 Rxb4 36. h5 Rb5 37. f4 f5 38. Kf2 Rb3 39. Rd7 Rb5 40. Ke3 Rb3+ 41. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Prague Challengers"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2023.06.30"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "L'Ami, E."]
[Black "Pechac, Jergus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2023.06.21"]

1. d4 d5 ({RR} 1... Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 {½-½ (15) Sargissian,G (2711)-Anton Guijarro,D (2655) Mayrhofen 2022}) ({RR} 1... Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 {½-½ (14) Ferreira,J (2504)-Brkic,A (2594) Bremen GER 2026}) 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 b6 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. e4 Nh5 12. Be3 Nhf6 13. h4 dxc4 $146 ({RR} 13... dxe4 14. Nxe4 c5 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Rad1 Qc8 17. Qe2 Rd8 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21. Ne5 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qc7 23. Rd1 h5 24. b3 a5 25. Qf3 Rf8 26. Qf4 Qb7+ 27. Qf3 Qc7 28. Qf4 {Fier,A (2604)-Robson,R (2689) Baku AZE 2023 ½-½}) 14. e5 Nd5 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Qb8 17. Nxc4 c5 18. dxc5 h6 19. Bd2 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. b4 Rfc8 22. Rac1 a5 23. bxa5 bxc5 24. Qb3 Rab8 25. Rfe1 Qd4 26. Bc3 Nxc3 27. Bxb7 c4 28. Qb2 Qa7 29. a6 Nd5 30. Qe2 c3 31. Bxc8 Rxc8 32. Rb1 c2 33. Rbc1 Rc3 34. Kg2 Nb4 35. Qd2 Rc4 36. a3 Qa8+ 37. Kg1 Nc6 38. Qd7 Qxa6 39. Qe8+ Kh7 40. Qxf7 Nd4 41. h5 Qxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 c6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. f4 f6 $146 ({RR} 14... a6 15. Nd2 Rac8 16. Ne4 c5 17. Nd6 Bxg2 18. Nxc8 Rxc8 19. Kxg2 c4 20. Rad1 Nc5 21. Rd6 Qb7+ 22. Kg1 Ne4 23. Rd4 Qb6 24. Qxe4 {1-0 (24) Hnydiuk,A (2364)-Silva Lucena,C (2306) chess.com INT 2023}) ({RR} 14... a6 15. Nd2 Rac8 16. Ne4 c5 17. Nd6 Bxg2 18. Nxc8 Rxc8 19. Kxg2 c4 20. Rad1 Nc5 21. Rd6 Qb7+ 22. Kg1 Ne4 23. Rd4 Qb6 24. Qxe4 {1-0 (24) Hnydiuk,A (2364)-Silva Lucena,C (2306) chess.com INT 2023}) 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Nd2 e5 17. e3 exf4 18. exf4 Rae8 19. Rac1 Qe3+ 20. Kh1 Qb6 21. b4 Nd5 22. Nf3 Nxb4 23. Qb3+ Nd5 24. Ne5 Rd8 25. a4 bxa4 26. Qxa4 c5 27. Rb1 Qa6 28. Qxa6 Bxa6 29. Rfc1 Ne3 30. Ra1 Nxg2 31. Rxa6 Rd2 32. Nc4 Re2 33. Kg1 Ne3 34. Re6 Rg2+ 35. Kh1 Rc2 36. Rxc2 Nxc2 37. Ra6 Ra8 38. Kg2 Nd4 39. Ra5 Re8 40. Rxa7 Re2+ 41. Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2025"]
[Site "Goa IND"]
[Date "2025.11.14"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2025.11.01"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nd7 4. Nc3 Ngf6 5. Qc2 dxc4 6. e4 Nb6 7. a4 a5 8. Be2 Bb4 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Ne5 Qe8 12. Nxc4 $146 ({RR} 12. Bg5 Bxc3 13. Nxd7 Bxd4 14. Nxf8 Qxf8 15. Bd2 Qc5 16. Bc3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Nc8 18. e5 Qxe5 19. Bxc4 Nd6 20. Rfe1 Qg5 21. Bf1 Nd7 22. Re3 g6 23. Rd1 Nc5 24. g3 b6 25. h4 Qf5 26. Qa2 Rd8 {Petrovskiy,V (2434)-Lou Yiping (2429) Budapest HUN 2026 ½-½ (31)}) 12... Nxc4 13. Bxc4 e5 14. f3 exd4 15. Bxd4 Be6 16. Bd3 Rd8 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. f4 Qc6 19. e5 fxe5 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Bf5 Rg8 22. Bxe6 Qxe6 23. Rae1 Qg6 24. Qxg6 Rxg6 25. Rxe5 Bxc3 26. bxc3 Rd2 27. g3 Rh6 28. h4 Rc6 29. Rxa5 Rxc3 30. Rh5+ Kg7 31. Rg5+ Kh7 32. Rf2 Rdd3 33. Kg2 f6 34. Rg4 Rc4 35. Re2 Rd7 36. Re6 Rd2+ 37. Kf3 Rd3+ 38. Ke2 Ra3 39. Re7+ Kh8 40. Re8+ Kh7 41. Re7+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com SpeedChess Q2Sw"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.08.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Svane, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2023.08.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O c6 10. Bh4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. e4 $146 ({RR} 13. Qc2 O-O 14. Rae1 Bg6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Nd2 Rfe8 17. Rc1 Rac8 18. Qd3 Qb6 19. Rc2 Re6 20. Nf3 Rce8 21. Ng5 R6e7 22. Rfc1 Qa5 23. a3 Ne4 24. Qe2 Nxg5 25. Bxg5 Re6 26. Qf3 Nf6 27. Bf4 Bxf4 {Sarana,A (2686)-Svane,R (2629) chess.com INT 2025 ½-½ (68)}) 13... dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 O-O 16. Qd3 Bg6 17. Rae1 Rfe8 18. Ng5 Nf6 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Ne4 Nd5 21. Bg3 Bxg3 22. fxg3 Re7 23. Nc3 Nf6 24. Rxe7 Qxe7 25. g4 Rd8 26. a3 Qd6 27. Qf3 Qxd4 28. g5 Nd5 29. Qxf7+ Kh7 30. Nxd5 Rxd5 31. Qxb7 Rxg5 32. Qxa6 Qxb2 33. Qxc6 Qxa3 34. Qe4 Qc5 35. Qa8 Rf5 36. Rd1 Qc4 37. Qb8 Rf1+ 38. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 39. Kh2 Qf6 40. Qg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Prague Masters 1st"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2019.03.09"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.03.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. a3 a5 8. Qc2 O-O 9. b3 b6 10. Bb2 Bb7 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bd4 Bxd4 $146 ({RR} 13... Qe7 14. Qb2 Ne4 15. O-O f6 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bc4+ Kh8 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Nd2 Ne5 20. a4 f5 21. Be2 f4 22. exf4 Ng6 23. Nc4 Nxf4 24. Ne3 Qg5 25. Kh1 Nd3 26. Bxd3 exd3 27. Rad1 Rad8 28. Qd2 {Perez Pardo,J (2297)-Bhat,V (2540) Caleta 2010 0-1 (37)}) 14. Nxd4 Ne5 15. Be2 Ne4 16. O-O Qc8 17. Qa2 Nc3 18. Qb2 Nxe2+ 19. Nxe2 Nd3 20. Qb1 Ba6 21. Rd1 Re8 22. Nf3 Ne5 23. Nxe5 Bxe2 24. Rc1 Qb7 25. Qb2 Bh5 26. Nd3 f6 27. Nf4 Bf7 28. h3 d4 29. Qxd4 Bxb3 30. a4 b5 31. axb5 a4 32. Rc5 Rec8 33. Ne2 Qe7 34. Rxa4 Rxc5 35. Rxa8+ Kf7 36. b6 Rd5 37. Ra7 Rxd4 38. Nxd4 Bd5 39. Rxe7+ Kxe7 40. Nf5+ 1-0

[Event "25th European Teams"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2025.10.10"]
[Round "6.15"]
[White "Dardha, Daniel"]
[Black "Alekseenko, K."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2025.10.05"]
[WhiteTeam "Belgium"]
[BlackTeam "Austria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 dxc4 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Bxd2 a6 8. Bg2 b5 9. Nh4 Ra7 10. a4 Bb7 11. axb5 Bxg2 12. Nxg2 Qd5 13. O-O Qxb5 14. Qa4 Rb7 $146 ({RR} 14... Nc6 15. Bc3 Nd5 16. Qa3 Qb3 17. e4 Qxa3 18. Rxa3 Nb6 19. d5 exd5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Bxg7 Rg8 22. Re1+ Kd7 23. Rd1 Ke6 24. Ne3 Nb6 25. Bc3 Rg5 26. Raa1 a5 27. Rd2 f6 28. f4 Rb5 29. Rad1 {Eljanov,P (2657)-Xiao,T (2537) Rhodes GRE 2025 0-1 (45)}) 15. Bc3 Rb6 16. Ne3 Rc6 17. Qc2 O-O 18. Ra5 Qb3 19. Qxb3 cxb3 20. d5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Rxd5 f6 23. Ra1 Re8 24. e3 Rb6 25. Ba5 Rb7 26. Rc1 c6 27. Rd3 Re5 28. Be1 Kf7 29. Rcd1 Ke6 30. Rd6+ Ke7 31. Kf1 Rc5 32. R6d3 Rc2 33. Bc3 c5 34. Ra1 Rd7 35. Rxd7+ Nxd7 36. Ra3 c4 37. Ra4 Nb6 38. Rxa6 Nd5 39. Ra7+ Kd6 40. Ra6+ Kd7 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 21st"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2017.10.31"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Can, Emre"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turkey"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 a6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 b6 6. b3 Bb7 7. Bb2 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Ne4 9. O-O Bd6 10. Qc2 f5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Ne5 O-O 13. f4 Ndf6 $146 ({RR} 13... c5 14. Ndf3 Ndf6 15. Rfd1 Rc8 16. Qe2 Ra8 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Rac1 Qe7 19. Nh4 g6 20. Nhf3 a5 21. Bb5 Rfc8 22. a4 Qe6 23. Ba1 Bf8 24. Ng5 Qe7 25. Ngf3 Bg7 26. Bb2 Qe6 27. Ba1 Rc7 28. Bb2 {Sargissian,G (2672)-Bosiocic,M (2624) Riadh 2017 0-1 (57)}) 14. Ndf3 Qe7 15. Rac1 Qe6 16. Qe2 a5 17. a4 Rfc8 18. Rc2 Bb4 19. Ng5 Nxg5 20. fxg5 Ne4 21. Qf3 g6 22. g4 fxg4 23. Nxg4 Nxg5 24. Qg3 Be7 25. h4 Ne4 26. Nh6+ Kg7 27. Bxe4 Kxh6 28. Bg2 Qd6 29. Qe1 Rf8 30. e4 dxe4 31. Qc1+ g5 32. Rxc7 Rxf1+ 33. Bxf1 Rf8 34. Bg2 Qg3 35. Rxe7 Qf2+ 36. Kh1 Qxh4+ 37. Kg1 Qf2+ 38. Kh1 Qh4+ 39. Kg1 Qf2+ 40. Kh1 Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis Spring A"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.04.11"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Bok, B."]
[Black "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2023.04.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. cxd5 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qb6 10. e3 exd5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Rc1 Rb8 14. Bxb4 Qxb4 15. b3 Be6 16. Nc3 c5 17. Ne2 Rfc8 18. Nf4 c4 19. bxc4 Rxc4 20. Qd1 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Bg4 $146 ({RR} 21... Qb2 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Bh3 Rb6 24. Rc8+ Kf7 25. Rc7+ Kg6 26. Bf1 Qe5 27. Bd3+ Kh6 28. Ra7 Rb2 29. Qa4 Qg5 30. h4 Qe5 31. g4 Rb4 32. g5+ Kh5 33. Qd1+ Ng4 34. Rf7 Qh2+ 35. Kf1 Rb2 36. Qf3 {Gan-Erdene,S (2418)-Le Tuan Minh (2559) Hangzhou CHN 2023 0-1 (38)}) 22. Qc2 d4 23. h3 Bd7 24. exd4 Qxd4 25. Qc7 Qb6 26. Nd5 Qxc7 27. Rxc7 Be6 28. Rc5 Rb1+ 29. Kh2 Nxd5 30. Bxd5 a4 31. Bxe6 fxe6 32. Ra5 Rb2 33. Rxa4 Rxf2+ 34. Kg1 Rb2 35. Ra7 h6 36. a4 Ra2 37. Re7 Rxa4 38. Rxe6 Ra3 39. Kg2 Kf7 40. Rb6 Ra2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Sharjah Masters 2023"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2023.05.17"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Sanal, V."]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2023.05.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 a6 5. b3 b6 6. Bb2 Bb7 7. Nbd2 Bd6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O Ne4 10. Qc2 Ndf6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Ne5 O-O 13. Rac1 Qe7 14. Nxe4 $146 ({RR} 14. Rfd1 Nxd2 15. Rxd2 c5 16. a4 h6 17. Qd1 Rfd8 18. Qe2 Ne4 19. Rdc2 f6 20. Nf3 f5 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Qf7 23. h4 a5 24. Qe1 Rac8 25. Bb5 Qg6 26. f3 Ng3 27. Kh2 Nh5 28. Bd3 Qe6 {Derylo,K (2126)-Wojdak,J (2188) Leba POL 2023 0-1 (54)}) 14... dxe4 15. Be2 Rac8 16. Nc4 Rfe8 17. Rfd1 Nd5 18. a3 Qe6 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. b4 Qd7 21. Qd2 Ra8 22. Re1 Re7 23. f4 Bc6 24. f5 Bb5 25. Bg4 Nf6 26. Bh3 Qd6 27. d5 Nxd5 28. f6 Nxf6 29. Qxd6 cxd6 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. Red1 Rd8 32. Bf5 h5 33. h3 h4 34. Rd2 d5 35. Rf2 d4 36. exd4 Rxd4 37. Rf4 Re5 38. Rc8+ Be8 39. Kh2 Kf8 40. Rxh4 Ke7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 17th Oct Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.10.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Duda, J."]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2023.10.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 b5 6. O-O Bb7 7. a4 a6 8. Ne5 Nf6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Bxa8 12. Nxb5 cxb5 13. Bxa8 O-O 14. Bg2 Qc7 $146 ({RR} 14... Nfd7 15. Nc6 Nxc6 16. Bxc6 b4 17. e4 Qc7 18. Qa4 Nb8 19. Bb5 c3 20. bxc3 bxc3 21. Be3 h6 22. Rc1 Rc8 23. Bd3 Qb7 24. Kf1 Bf6 25. Qb5 Qa8 26. Kg2 Nc6 27. Qb6 Rb8 28. Qc5 Nb4 29. Qc4 {Mikhalevski,V (2572)-Cobb,C (2405) Caerleon 2005 1-0 (67)}) 15. Bd2 Bd6 16. f4 Qb6 17. e3 Nd5 18. g4 Bxe5 19. fxe5 Nc6 20. Kh1 b4 21. Be4 Qb5 22. Qf3 Nce7 23. h4 c3 24. bxc3 bxc3 25. Bc1 f6 26. h5 f5 27. Bc2 Qb8 28. Ba3 Rf7 29. e4 Nb4 30. Bb3 Kh8 31. Bxe6 Rf8 32. Qxc3 fxe4 33. Rb1 e3 34. Qxb4 Qa8+ 35. d5 Re8 36. Qb3 e2 37. Re1 Nc6 38. dxc6 Qxc6+ 39. Kh2 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch 81st"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2012.08.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2012.07.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. e4 a6 10. a4 Be7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Nh5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Re1 O-O 15. Nbd2 $146 ({RR} 15. e5 Nf4 16. Bf1 Nb6 17. Nc3 Nxa4 18. Nxa4 bxa4 19. Qc1 Nd5 20. Qc5 Qc7 21. Rxa4 Nb6 22. Qa5 Rfc8 23. Rb4 Nd7 24. Qxc7 Rxc7 25. Rc1 c5 26. Rb3 Bd5 27. Rbc3 Rb7 28. dxc5 Rxb2 29. c6 Nb6 {Morrison,G (2283)-Lahlum,H (2145) Stockholm 2016 ½-½ (42)}) 15... Rad8 16. Bf1 e5 17. axb5 cxb5 18. d5 f5 19. exf5 Bxd5 20. Qc2 Rc8 21. Qd3 Nf4 22. Qa3 b4 23. Qe3 Rxf5 24. g3 Ng6 25. Rxa6 Rf6 26. Ra5 Qf7 27. Bg2 Rd6 28. Ne4 Bxe4 29. Qxe4 Rc4 30. Qa8+ Kh7 31. h4 Qf5 32. Qd8 Rc2 33. Ra8 Qf7 34. h5 Ngf8 35. Qe8 Qf6 36. Qd8 Qf7 37. Qe8 Qf6 38. Qd8 Qf7 39. Qe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 17th Oct Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.10.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Duda, J."]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2023.10.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 b5 6. O-O Bb7 7. a4 a6 8. Ne5 Nf6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Bxa8 12. Nxb5 cxb5 13. Bxa8 O-O 14. Bg2 Qc7 $146 ({RR} 14... Nfd7 15. Nc6 Nxc6 16. Bxc6 b4 17. e4 Qc7 18. Qa4 Nb8 19. Bb5 c3 20. bxc3 bxc3 21. Be3 h6 22. Rc1 Rc8 23. Bd3 Qb7 24. Kf1 Bf6 25. Qb5 Qa8 26. Kg2 Nc6 27. Qb6 Rb8 28. Qc5 Nb4 29. Qc4 {Mikhalevski,V (2572)-Cobb,C (2405) Caerleon 2005 1-0 (67)}) 15. Bd2 Bd6 16. f4 Qb6 17. e3 Nd5 18. g4 Bxe5 19. fxe5 Nc6 20. Kh1 b4 21. Be4 Qb5 22. Qf3 Nce7 23. h4 c3 24. bxc3 bxc3 25. Bc1 f6 26. h5 f5 27. Bc2 Qb8 28. Ba3 Rf7 29. e4 Nb4 30. Bb3 Kh8 31. Bxe6 Rf8 32. Qxc3 fxe4 33. Rb1 e3 34. Qxb4 Qa8+ 35. d5 Re8 36. Qb3 e2 37. Re1 Nc6 38. dxc6 Qxc6+ 39. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 e6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qb3 Bb7 8. Bg2 a6 9. a4 c5 10. axb5 c4 11. Qd1 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. O-O Be7 14. b3 cxb3 15. Qxb3 b4 16. Bb2 Nbd7 $146 ({RR} 16... Bd5 17. Qa4+ Qd7 18. Qxd7+ Nbxd7 19. Nbd2 O-O 20. Ra1 Rc8 21. Ne1 Nb6 22. Bxd5 Nfxd5 23. Ra6 f5 24. e3 Kf7 25. Kf1 Ke8 26. Ke2 Kd7 27. Nd3 Kc6 28. Nb3 Kb7 29. Ra1 Nc4 30. Rc1 Kb6 31. Ne5 {Soysal,S (2293)-Can,E (2547) Kocaeli 2015 ½-½ (49)}) 17. Nbd2 O-O 18. Ra1 Qb8 19. Ne1 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rc8 21. e4 h5 22. Nd3 h4 23. Rc1 Rxc1 24. Nxc1 Qb5 25. Qd3 Qxd3 26. Nxd3 hxg3 27. hxg3 Nb6 28. Kf3 Nfd7 29. Nb3 Nc4 30. Bc1 e5 31. dxe5 Ncxe5+ 32. Nxe5 Nxe5+ 33. Ke2 Kf8 34. f4 Ng4 35. Kf3 Nh2+ 36. Kg2 Ng4 37. Kf3 Nh2+ 38. Kg2 Ng4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World op 40th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2012.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Let's Check Training} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Qc2 Nge7 7. Bg2 e5 8. dxe5 Bf5 9. Qc1 d4 10. O-O Bc5 $146 ({RR} 10... O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qf4 Qd7 14. Rd1 Rad8 15. Nc3 f6 16. a3 Bc5 17. Nd5 fxe5 18. Nxe5 Qe8 19. Nf3 ({RR} 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Qxc7) 19... Qxe2 20. Rd2 Qxc4 21. Ne3 Qf7 22. Nxf5 Qxf5 23. Qxf5 Rxf5 24. Rc1 Bb6 25. Ne1 {Pap,G (2538)-Sokolov,I (2653) Plovdiv 2012 CBM 148 [Let's Check Training] 0-1 (43)}) 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nb5 Ng6 13. Rd1 Ncxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bc3 Nd3 16. exd3 dxc3 17. Nxc3 Qd4 18. Qf4 Qxf4 19. gxf4 Bg4 20. Re1 c6 21. h3 Be6 22. f5 Bd7 23. d4 Bxd4 24. Red1 c5 25. Ne2 Ba4 26. Rd2 Bf6 27. Nc3 Bc6 28. Nd5 Bg5 29. Re2 Rfe8 30. Rae1 Kf8 31. Nb6 Rxe2 32. Rxe2 Rd8 33. Bxc6 bxc6 34. Kg2 Bf6 35. b3 Rd3 36. Na4 Bd4 37. Nb6 Bf6 38. Na4 Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Drancy"]
[Date "2016.05.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.05.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bischwiller"]
[BlackTeam "Bois Colombes"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 c5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bb2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bb4+ 9. Nd2 O-O 10. a3 Bc3 11. Bxc3 Nxc3 12. Qc2 Nd5 13. Bd3 h6 14. Bh7+ Kh8 15. Be4 b6 $146 ({RR} 15... Nf6 16. Bf3 e5 17. Nb5 Nc6 18. O-O Qb6 19. Nd6 Na5 20. Qc3 Qxd6 21. Qxa5 Qe6 22. Rfd1 e4 23. Qb4 Re8 24. Be2 b6 25. Bc4 Qe7 26. Bb5 Bd7 27. Bxd7 Qxb4 28. axb4 Nxd7 29. Kf1 f5 30. Nc4 {Nechepurenko,R (2546)-Baghdasaryan,V (2303) Moscow 2011 1-0 (52)}) 16. O-O Bb7 17. Nc4 Qe7 18. Rfd1 Rd8 19. Rac1 Nd7 20. Nf5 exf5 21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 g6 23. Rcd1 Nf6 24. R5d4 Kg8 25. h3 Rxd4 26. Rxd4 Ne4 27. Qd1 h5 28. a4 Re8 29. Nd6 Nxd6 30. Rxd6 Qe5 31. Rd5 Qf6 32. Rd4 Rc8 33. b4 Qc6 34. b5 Qc1 35. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 36. Kh2 Rc7 37. Kg3 Kg7 38. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 33rd"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2017.10.09"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Legacy Square Capital"]
[BlackTeam "Alkaloid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. d4 a6 5. b3 c5 6. Bb2 cxd4 7. exd4 b6 8. Nbd2 Bb7 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O Bd6 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Ne5 Qe7 13. a3 $146 ({RR} 13. Rad1 Rfd8 14. Ndf3 dxc4 15. bxc4 Nf8 16. Ng5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Ne8 18. Qe3 h6 19. Ne4 Rac8 20. Nd6 Nxd6 21. exd6 Qg5 22. Qxg5 hxg5 23. f4 g4 24. f5 exf5 25. Bxf5 Rxc4 26. Be5 Ne6 27. Bg3 Ra4 {Ovsejevitsch,S (2617)-Olsen,F (2380) Braunschweig 2019 1-0 (62)}) 13... a5 14. a4 Bb4 15. f4 g6 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Qe3 Nh5 18. Ndf3 f6 19. Ng4 Bd6 20. g3 Rfe8 21. Rfe1 f5 22. Nge5 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Bb4 24. Rf1 Nf6 25. Be2 Rc8 26. Rc1 Ba6 27. Rc2 Rc7 28. Rfc1 Rec8 29. Bd3 Bb7 30. Bf1 Ne4 31. Bg2 dxc4 32. bxc4 Qe8 33. Qb3 Nd2 34. Qd3 Ne4 35. Qb3 Rd8 36. Re2 Ba8 37. Ng4 Qf8 38. Bxe4 fxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "National Open 2023"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2023.06.17"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Black "Nyzhnyk, I."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2023.06.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 Qe7 8. Ne5 Ne4 9. a3 O-O 10. Bd3 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 f6 $146 ({RR} 11... Bxe5 12. dxe5 Nc5 13. cxd5 Nxd3+ {½-½ (13) Laketic,G (2438)-Lazic,M (2465) Herceg Novi 2001}) 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. O-O f5 14. Bc3 b6 15. b4 b5 16. c5 Bc7 17. a4 a6 18. f4 Kh8 19. Ra2 Rg8 20. Rfa1 Rab8 21. axb5 axb5 22. Ra7 Bc8 23. h4 h5 24. Qe2 g6 25. e4 Rg7 26. exd5 exd5 27. Qf2 Qf8 28. g3 Re7 29. Re1 Rxe1+ 30. Qxe1 Qd8 31. Ra2 Kg7 32. Be2 Qe7 33. Kf2 Bb7 34. Ra7 Bd8 35. Qa1 Qc7 36. Bf3 Qc8 37. Qe1 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Bl Team Final"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2024.08.05"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2024.08.05"]
[WhiteTeam "Al-Ain ACMG UAE"]
[BlackTeam "Team MGD1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. e4 c5 6. Bxc4 cxd4 7. O-O Nc6 8. e5 h6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. exf6 Qxf6 11. Nbd2 Bg7 $146 ({RR} 11... Bd7 12. Ne4 Qg6 13. Re1 O-O-O 14. Rc1 Bb4 15. Re2 Kb8 16. Bd3 Qg7 17. a3 Be7 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Rxc5 Rhg8 20. g3 Ne7 21. Ne5 Bc8 22. Qa4 f6 23. Nf3 e5 24. Rec2 Bd7 25. Qb4 Nc6 26. Rxc6 {Dubov,D (2684)-Sathvik Adiga (2396) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (34)}) 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Re1 Bd7 14. Rc1 h5 15. h4 O-O-O 16. Bb5 Kb8 17. Nc5 Be8 18. Qa4 Rc8 19. Rc4 Na5 20. Qxa5 Rxc5 21. Rxc5 Qxc5 22. Qd8+ Qc8 23. Qg5 Bxb5 24. Qxg7 Bc6 25. Nxd4 Bd5 26. Qe5+ Ka8 27. Nb5 f6 28. Qf4 e5 29. Qxf6 Rg8 30. g3 a6 31. Qxe5 Bc6 32. Nd4 Re8 33. Ne6 Ka7 34. Re3 Qd7 35. Qd4+ Qxd4 36. Nxd4 Rxe3 37. Nxc6+ 1-0

[Event "6th Sharjah Masters 2023"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2023.05.24"]
[Round "8.33"]
[White "Sethuraman, S."]
[Black "Mastrovasilis, D."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2023.05.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. O-O Nc6 8. Re1 Rb8 9. e4 b5 10. a3 Be7 11. Bf4 a6 12. Qd2 Na5 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. h4 Nb3 15. Qc2 h6 16. Bh3 $146 ({RR} 16. Be3) 16... Bd6 17. Be3 Qe8 18. Nd2 Nxd2 19. Rxd2 e5 20. dxe5 Bxe5 21. Bc5 Bd6 22. Bxd6 cxd6 23. Rxd6 Qe5 24. Qd2 Rfe8 25. Bg2 a5 26. f4 Qc5+ 27. Qd4 Qxd4+ 28. Rxd4 b4 29. axb4 axb4 30. Na2 Rbd8 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Nxb4 Rd2 33. Nd5 Nxd5 34. exd5 Bxd5 35. Bxd5 Rxd5 36. Rc1 Rd2 37. Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "National Open 2023"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2023.06.17"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Black "Nyzhnyk, I."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2023.06.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 Qe7 8. Ne5 Ne4 9. a3 O-O 10. Bd3 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 f6 $146 ({RR} 11... Bxe5 12. dxe5 Nc5 13. cxd5 Nxd3+ {½-½ (13) Laketic,G (2438)-Lazic,M (2465) Herceg Novi 2001}) 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. O-O f5 14. Bc3 b6 15. b4 b5 16. c5 Bc7 17. a4 a6 18. f4 Kh8 19. Ra2 Rg8 20. Rfa1 Rab8 21. axb5 axb5 22. Ra7 Bc8 23. h4 h5 24. Qe2 g6 25. e4 Rg7 26. exd5 exd5 27. Qf2 Qf8 28. g3 Re7 29. Re1 Rxe1+ 30. Qxe1 Qd8 31. Ra2 Kg7 32. Be2 Qe7 33. Kf2 Bb7 34. Ra7 Bd8 35. Qa1 Qc7 36. Bf3 Qc8 37. Qe1 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Bl Team Final"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2024.08.05"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2024.08.05"]
[WhiteTeam "Al-Ain ACMG UAE"]
[BlackTeam "Team MGD1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. e4 c5 6. Bxc4 cxd4 7. O-O Nc6 8. e5 h6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. exf6 Qxf6 11. Nbd2 Bg7 $146 ({RR} 11... Bd7 12. Ne4 Qg6 13. Re1 O-O-O 14. Rc1 Bb4 15. Re2 Kb8 16. Bd3 Qg7 17. a3 Be7 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Rxc5 Rhg8 20. g3 Ne7 21. Ne5 Bc8 22. Qa4 f6 23. Nf3 e5 24. Rec2 Bd7 25. Qb4 Nc6 26. Rxc6 {Dubov,D (2684)-Sathvik Adiga (2396) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (34)}) 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Re1 Bd7 14. Rc1 h5 15. h4 O-O-O 16. Bb5 Kb8 17. Nc5 Be8 18. Qa4 Rc8 19. Rc4 Na5 20. Qxa5 Rxc5 21. Rxc5 Qxc5 22. Qd8+ Qc8 23. Qg5 Bxb5 24. Qxg7 Bc6 25. Nxd4 Bd5 26. Qe5+ Ka8 27. Nb5 f6 28. Qf4 e5 29. Qxf6 Rg8 30. g3 a6 31. Qxe5 Bc6 32. Nd4 Re8 33. Ne6 Ka7 34. Re3 Qd7 35. Qd4+ Qxd4 36. Nxd4 Rxe3 37. Nxc6+ 1-0

[Event "CHN-chT"]
[Site "China"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "20.6"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2017.04.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chongqing"]
[BlackTeam "Shenzhen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. e3 c5 7. Nc3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Be7 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. Qc2 Nb6 11. Bb3 Bd7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rfd1 $146 ({RR} 13. Qd3 e5 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. Qxf5 Nfd7 16. h4 h6 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Qg6+ Kh8 19. Qxh6+ Kg8 20. Bc2 Nf6 21. Rad1 Qe8 22. Bf5 Rc4 23. e4 Rxc3 24. bxc3 Qb5 25. Rd6 Bxd6 26. Qg5+ {1-0 (26) Nesterov,A (2317)-Volotovsky,K (2159) Voronezh 2018}) 13... Qc7 14. Rac1 Qc5 15. h4 Qa5 16. Qd3 h6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qe4 Rc7 19. Nce2 Qe5 20. Qxe5 Bxe5 21. f4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Bf6 23. g3 e5 24. fxe5 Bxe5 25. Kf2 g6 26. Nf4 Kg7 27. Nd3 Bd6 28. e4 Re8 29. e5 Bb8 30. e6 fxe6 31. Nc5 Kf6 32. Kg2 Be5 33. Nxd7+ Nxd7 34. Rf1+ Ke7 35. Nxe6 Bxb2 36. Nf4 Ne5 37. Ne6 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 15th Jul Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.07.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Duda, J."]
[Black "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2025.07.15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nd7 4. Nc3 Ngf6 5. Qc2 Be7 6. Bf4 dxc4 7. e4 Nb6 8. a4 a5 9. Be2 $146 ({RR} 9. Nb5 Bd6 10. Bxd6 cxd6 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Nfd5 13. Nd6+ Kf8 14. Bxc4 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 b6 16. Qc6 Bd7 17. Qc1 h6 18. Qd2 g6 19. O-O Kg7 20. Nd4 Ra7 21. f4 Rc7 22. Ra3 Ne7 23. g4 Nc8 {Kempinski,R (2385)-Urban,K (2435) Lubniewice 1994 ½-½ (53)}) 9... O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Rfd1 Bb4 12. Ne5 Bc6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Be7 15. f3 Nfd7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nxc4 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Nb6 19. Bf1 Rfd8 20. b3 Rd7 21. Rd2 Rad8 22. Rad1 Qb4 23. Na2 Qa3 24. Qc3 f5 25. Bc4 Nxc4 26. Qxc4 fxe4 27. fxe4 Kh8 28. Nc3 Qe7 29. d5 exd5 30. exd5 Rd6 31. Ne4 R6d7 32. Rd4 Qe5 33. Nc3 Rd6 34. h3 Qh5 35. dxc6 Rxd4 36. Rxd4 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-Moscow m 22nd"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2011.09.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2011.09.17"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. Qxc4 b5 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qe2 a6 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rd1 $146 ({RR} 14. Rxa4 c5 15. Rd1 Nb6 16. Ra1 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nfd5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Nd2 {½-½ (19) Mchedlishvili,M (2549)-Mastrovasilis,D (2563) Gothenburg 2005}) 14... c5 15. dxc5 Nd5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Rxa4 Nxc5 18. Ra1 Nxd3 19. Rxd3 Nb4 20. Rd2 Rad8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Ne1 a5 23. Nc3 Ba6 24. Qh5 Nc6 25. Rd1 Rxd1 26. Qxd1 Qb4 27. Qa1 Ne5 28. Nc2 Qh4 29. Qa4 Qxa4 30. Nxa4 Nd3 31. Nd4 Kf8 32. Nb3 Bb5 33. Nc3 Bd7 34. Nxa5 Nxb2 35. h4 Na4 36. Nxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 18th Jun Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.06.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Black "Bluebaum, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2024.06.18"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 a6 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. Bg3 b5 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. e3 O-O 11. a3 Rc8 $146 ({RR} 11... Re8 12. Bd3 e5 13. O-O exd4 14. Bh4 h6 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Be4 Na5 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. Nxd4 c5 19. Nf5 Be7 20. Nf3 Qb6 21. Rfd1 Qe6 22. Nxe7 Rxe7 23. Rd2 Ree8 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Rd7 Na5 26. Rad1 {Zemlyanskii,I (2529)-Bluebaum,M (2655) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (40)}) 12. Bd3 h6 13. Ne4 Ne7 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. O-O c5 16. dxc5 Rxc5 17. Qe2 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qc7 19. a4 Rd8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rfd1 Bxg3 22. hxg3 Kg7 23. Kg2 b4 24. Rd2 Rcd5 25. Rdd1 Qd6 26. Bc2 Rd2 27. Qc4 Qe5 28. Qxb4 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Rb8 30. Qxe7 Qxb2 31. Rd7 Rf8 32. Rc7 Qe5 33. Rc4 h5 34. Rc5 Qb2 35. Qd6 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 35th"]
[Site "Ulcinj"]
[Date "2019.11.11"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Abasov, Nijat Azad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.11.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Alkaloid"]
[BlackTeam "Raika Feffernitz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. b3 c5 6. Bb2 cxd4 7. exd4 b6 8. Bd3 Be7 9. O-O Bb7 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Ne5 dxc4 13. bxc4 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. Ne4 Nc5 $146 ({RR} 15... Qc7 16. Ng3 Nc5 17. Bc2 Qc6 18. f3 Rfd8 19. Nh5 Na4 20. Rab1 Nxb2 21. Rxb2 Qc5+ 22. Kh1 Rd4 23. Rfb1 Rad8 24. Qe1 Rxc4 25. Qg3 g6 26. Bb3 Rc1+ {0-1 (26) Merino Garcia,R (2382)-Svane,R (2627) chess.com INT 2024}) ({RR} 15... Qc7 16. Ng3 Nc5 17. Bc2 Qc6 18. f3 Rfd8 19. Nh5 Na4 20. Rab1 Nxb2 21. Rxb2 Qc5+ 22. Kh1 Rd4 23. Rfb1 Rad8 24. Qe1 Rxc4 25. Qg3 g6 26. Bb3 Rc1+ {0-1 (26) Merino Garcia,R (2382)-Svane,R (2627) chess.com INT 2024}) 16. Nf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. exf6 e5 20. fxg7 Kxg7 21. Rad1 Qe7 22. Rfe1 f6 23. Re3 Rg8 24. Rg3+ Kf8 25. Qh6+ Kf7 26. Qh7+ Ke6 27. Qh3+ Kf7 28. Qh7+ Ke6 29. Qh3+ Kf7 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Qh6+ Kf7 32. Qh7+ Ke6 33. Qh3+ Kf7 34. Qh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com SpeedChess 2024"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.08.09"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, I."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2024.07.25"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bxc5 9. a3 b6 10. Qe2 $146 ({RR} 10. b4 Be7 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Qe2 a5 13. bxa5 Rxa5 14. Nbd2 Nbd7 15. Nb3 Rh5 16. Rfd1 Qb8 17. h3 Qa8 18. Nbd2 Rh6 19. Bd3 Nc5 20. Bc2 Na4 21. Bd4 Rc8 22. Rdc1 Nd5 23. Qe1 Nc5 24. Nc4 Ba6 {Nakamura,H (2802)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2770) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (73)}) 10... Bb7 11. b4 Be7 12. Rd1 Nbd7 13. Bb2 a5 14. b5 Qc7 15. Nbd2 Rac8 16. Rac1 Qb8 17. Qe1 Rfd8 18. Be2 Nc5 19. Nc4 Bd5 20. Nfe5 Nfd7 21. Bf3 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Qb7 23. Qe2 Nb3 24. Rc3 a4 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Qg4 g6 27. Nb2 Nc5 28. Nxa4 d4 29. Rxd4 h5 30. Qf4 g5 31. Nxc5 bxc5 32. Rxd8+ Rxd8 33. Qf3 Qe4 34. h4 0-1

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2015.08.19"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2015.08.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sestao Fundacion EDP"]
[BlackTeam "Taldea Gros Xake"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 e5 8. dxe5 Bc3 9. Rb1 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. Qc2 ({RR} 11. O-O O-O 12. Nf3 Bc7 13. Bb2 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Qc2 Ne4 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qc3 f6 19. Nd4 Qd6 20. g3 Qd7 21. Kh2 Rac8 22. Qc4+ Rf7 23. Qe6 Be5 24. Rbc1 Re8 25. Qxd7 Rxd7 {Malakhov,V (2691)-Van Wely,L (2653) Jurmala 2016 ½-½ (54)}) 11... O-O 12. Nf3 Bc7 $146 ({RR} 12... Bd6 13. cxd5 Bb4+ 14. Bd2 Bxd2+ 15. Nxd2 Qxd5 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Qh5 18. b4 a5 {½-½ (18) Chibukhchian,A (2450)-Andriasian,Z (2610) Jermuk 2013}) 13. Bb2 Ba5+ 14. Ke2 h6 15. Rhd1 Be6 16. h3 Qe7 17. Kf1 Rad8 18. Nd4 Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. Bc3 Bc7 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Qd6 25. Qxd6 Bxd6 26. g4 g6 27. Bf6 h5 28. gxh5 gxh5 29. f3 exf3 30. Kf2 Kh7 31. Kxf3 Kg6 32. Bd4 a6 33. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. e4 e5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. cxd5 exd4 11. Nc4 Nc5 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. Bc4 Bg4 14. Qxd4 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Ne6 16. Qh4 Nxd5 17. Rd1 Nec7 18. Qg3 Qc6 19. Bb3 Ne7 $146 ({RR} 19... Rac8 20. Bg5 Kh8 21. Rac1 Qb5 22. Bc4 Qd7 23. Bf4 Rfd8 24. Bxc7 Qxc7 25. Bxd5 Qxc1 26. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 27. Kg2 f6 28. Bxb7 g5 29. Be4 Kg7 30. Qh3 Rdd1 31. Qxh7+ {1-0 (31) Danielian,E (2480)-Rogule,L (2241) Stockholm 2008}) 20. Bg5 Nf5 21. Qg4 g6 22. Rac1 Qb6 23. Bc2 Ng7 24. Bb3 Nf5 25. Bc2 Ng7 26. Be3 Qxb2 27. Bd4 Qxa2 28. Bb1 Qa5 29. Bc3 Qb6 30. Bd4 Qa5 31. Bc3 Qb6 32. Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess.com Classic Div 3 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.05.11"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Karthikeyan, M2."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2024.05.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 {ChessBase II} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. O-O Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Rc8 12. Nc3 Nce4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nd4 ({RR} 14. Qxd8 Rfxd8 15. Nd4 g6 16. Rac1 Nd5 17. Rfd1 Bf6 18. g4 Bg7 19. Nb5 Bxb2 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Rxd5 a6) 14... Qd5 $146 ({RR} 14... Qa5 15. Qe2 a6 16. Rac1 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Bf8 18. a4 {½-½ (18) Sargissian,G (2676)-Melkumyan,H (2593) Aix les Bains 2011 CBM 142 Extra [ChessBase II]}) 15. Qe2 a6 16. Rac1 h5 17. h3 Rfd8 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Rd1 Qg5 20. Qd2 Bd6 21. Ne6 fxe6 22. Qxd6 Qf5 23. Rd2 Rf8 24. Qe7 b5 25. Rd7 Qg6 26. Qxe6+ Kh7 27. Ra7 Ne8 28. Qxg6+ Kxg6 29. Rxa6+ Nf6 30. Rb6 Ra8 31. a3 1-0

[Event "Chess.com Classic Div 3 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.05.11"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Karthikeyan, M2."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2024.05.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 {ChessBase II} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. O-O Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Rc8 12. Nc3 Nce4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nd4 ({RR} 14. Qxd8 Rfxd8 15. Nd4 g6 16. Rac1 Nd5 17. Rfd1 Bf6 18. g4 Bg7 19. Nb5 Bxb2 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Rxd5 a6) 14... Qd5 $146 ({RR} 14... Qa5 15. Qe2 a6 16. Rac1 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Bf8 18. a4 {½-½ (18) Sargissian,G (2676)-Melkumyan,H (2593) Aix les Bains 2011 CBM 142 Extra [ChessBase II]}) 15. Qe2 a6 16. Rac1 h5 17. h3 Rfd8 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Rd1 Qg5 20. Qd2 Bd6 21. Ne6 fxe6 22. Qxd6 Qf5 23. Rd2 Rf8 24. Qe7 b5 25. Rd7 Qg6 26. Qxe6+ Kh7 27. Ra7 Ne8 28. Qxg6+ Kxg6 29. Rxa6+ Nf6 30. Rb6 Ra8 31. a3 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 18th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2020.01.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2020.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 c6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nbd2 c5 13. dxc5 Rc8 14. Nb3 Bd5 15. Ne1 $146 ({RR} 15. Nfd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Be7 17. Rfd1 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Rxc5 19. Qb3 Qd5+ 20. Qxd5 Rxd5 21. Nf3 Rfd8 22. Rxd5 Rxd5 23. e3 g6 24. Rc1 Rc5 25. Rxc5 Bxc5 26. Kf1 f6 27. Ke2 Kf7 28. h3 e5 29. Nd2 Ke6 {Huang Qian (2426)-Li Ruofan (2304) Liaocheng CHN 2023 ½-½ (50)}) 15... Bxb3 16. Qxb3 Nxc5 17. Qxb5 Qb6 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Rc1 Bxb2 20. Rb1 Na4 21. Nd3 Bf6 22. Rb4 Nc3 23. Bf3 b5 24. Rc1 Nxa2 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rxb5 g6 27. Rc5 Rxc5 28. Nxc5 Nc3 29. e3 Kg7 30. Kg2 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.03.30"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Giri, A."]
[Black "Caruana, F."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nd7 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Rb8 6. a4 b6 7. Nfd2 a5 8. Nxc4 Ba6 9. Nba3 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxa3 11. Nxa3 Ne7 12. O-O O-O 13. b4 axb4 14. Bxb4 c5 15. Bc3 Nf5 $146 ({RR} 15... cxd4 16. Bxd4 Nf5 17. Nb5 Qe7 18. Bc3 Rbc8 19. Qb3 Nc5 20. Qb2 Rfd8 21. Nd4 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 f6 23. Rfd1 Qd6 24. Bf3 Bc4 25. e3 Qc7 26. Bxc5 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 bxc5 28. Qb7 Qxb7 29. Bxb7 Rc7 30. Be4 {Zhou,C (1766)-Yu,Z (2307) Daqing CHN 2026 ½-½ (50)}) 16. Nb5 Bxb5 17. axb5 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Nc5 20. Rad1 Qxd4 21. Rxd4 Rfd8 22. Rfd1 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Kf8 24. Rd6 Ke7 25. Rc6 Rd8 26. f4 Rd6 27. Rc7+ Rd7 28. Rc6 Rd6 29. Rc7+ Rd7 30. Rc6 Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lublin 1st"]
[Site "Lublin"]
[Date "2009.06.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Roiz, Michael"]
[Black "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2009.05.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 e6 5. Bd3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Nbd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 Qe7 10. Re1 e5 11. e4 b5 12. Bf1 a6 13. Nbd2 Rd8 14. Qc2 Bb7 15. a4 Rac8 16. g3 g6 $146 ({RR} 16... Ng4 17. Rad1 exd4 18. Nxd4 Bc5 19. N2f3 g6 20. Bh3 h5 21. e5 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 c5 23. Rf4 Nf8 24. e6 Nxe6 25. Qc3 Rd4 26. Nxd4 cxd4 27. Qxd4 Nxd4 28. Rxe7 Nf3+ 29. Kg2 Bd5 30. Rxf3 Rd8 31. axb5 {Aleksandrov,A (2616)-Salem,A (2469) Abu Dhabi 2009 1-0 (45)}) 17. Bh3 Rb8 18. Bg2 Re8 19. Rad1 Rbd8 20. Qb1 Bb4 21. Qa1 Nh5 22. dxe5 Nc5 23. Bc3 Bxc3 24. Qxc3 Nd3 25. Rf1 Nxe5 26. Nxe5 Qxe5 27. Qxe5 Rxe5 28. Nf3 Ree8 29. e5 c5 30. axb5 axb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 18th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2020.01.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2020.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 c6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nbd2 c5 13. dxc5 Rc8 14. Nb3 Bd5 15. Ne1 $146 ({RR} 15. Nfd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Be7 17. Rfd1 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Rxc5 19. Qb3 Qd5+ 20. Qxd5 Rxd5 21. Nf3 Rfd8 22. Rxd5 Rxd5 23. e3 g6 24. Rc1 Rc5 25. Rxc5 Bxc5 26. Kf1 f6 27. Ke2 Kf7 28. h3 e5 29. Nd2 Ke6 {Huang Qian (2426)-Li Ruofan (2304) Liaocheng CHN 2023 ½-½ (50)}) 15... Bxb3 16. Qxb3 Nxc5 17. Qxb5 Qb6 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Rc1 Bxb2 20. Rb1 Na4 21. Nd3 Bf6 22. Rb4 Nc3 23. Bf3 b5 24. Rc1 Nxa2 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rxb5 g6 27. Rc5 Rxc5 28. Nxc5 Nc3 29. e3 Kg7 30. Kg2 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh 2023"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.10"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, I."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2023.04.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. h3 dxc4 5. e3 c5 6. Bxc4 a6 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nc3 b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. a4 b4 11. Ne4 Na5 12. Nxf6+ $146 ({RR} 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. dxc5 Be4 14. Bxe4 Qxd1 15. Bc6+ Nxc6 16. Rxd1 Rd8 17. Bd2 Ke7 18. Rac1 Rd5 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. exd4 a5 21. Be3 Rc8 22. Kf1 Kd7 23. Ke2 Kc6 24. Kd3 e5 25. Ke2 e4 26. g4 Rd7 {Duda,J (2724)-Belozerov,A (2461) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (47)}) 12... gxf6 13. e4 c4 14. Bc2 Qc7 15. Bd2 Rg8 16. Rc1 O-O-O 17. Bd3 Kb8 18. Re1 f5 19. Bc2 Nc6 20. Bg5 Rxg5 21. Nxg5 Nxd4 22. Qh5 f6 23. Nf3 Nxc2 24. Rxc2 Bxe4 25. Rd2 Bd6 26. Kh1 c3 27. bxc3 bxc3 28. Rd4 c2 29. Qh6 e5 0-1

[Event "TUR-chT2"]
[Site "Konya"]
[Date "2011.07.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2011.07.04"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kahramanmaras Belediye"]
[BlackTeam "Adana Ceyhan Belediye"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 c5 6. Bb2 cxd4 7. exd4 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Nbd2 Nb4 12. Bb1 O-O 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. Ndf3 $146 ({RR} 14. f4 g6 15. g4 dxc4 16. bxc4 b5 17. g5 Nh5 18. c5 f5 19. a3 Nd5 20. Nd3 Qd7 21. Ba2 Rfe8 22. Rae1 Bf8 23. Bb1 Bg7 24. Nf3 a6 25. Nfe5 Qc7 {1-0 (25) Arribas Lopez,A (2461)-Grandadam,N (2221) Kemer 2009}) 14... Nd7 15. Rd1 g6 16. a3 Nc6 17. cxd5 Ncxe5 18. dxe5 Bxd5 19. b4 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qc7 21. Qe4 b5 22. Bd3 a6 23. a4 Nb6 24. axb5 axb5 25. Bxb5 Nd5 26. Ba6 Qc2 27. Qd4 Rcd8 28. Bd3 Qb3 29. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "79th ch-AZE 2025"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2025.02.12"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Radjabov, T."]
[Black "Mamedov, Rau"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2025.02.01"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Be2 cxd4 8. exd4 Bd6 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Qb3 O-O ({RR} 10... Qd7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Qd3 Nb4 14. Qd1 O-O-O 15. Nh4 Rde8 16. a3 Rxe2+ 17. Kf1 Rhe8 {0-1 (17) Abdulla Ali Almansoori-Iliev,S (1671) Montesilvano ITA 2024}) 11. O-O h6 12. Qxb7 $146 ({RR} 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 g4 14. Ne5 Nxd4 15. Qxb7 Ne4 16. Nc6 Nxc6 17. Qxc6 Rc8 18. Qa6 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Qb6 20. Qd3 Qxb2 21. Nxd5 Rfd8 22. Rab1 Qe5 23. Rb5 Qg7 24. Qe4 Bc5 25. Nf4 Bd7 26. Rxc5 Rxc5 {Hennrich,R (1838)-Hassenrueck,H (2240) Neustadt an der Weinstrasse 2015 0-1 (59)}) 12... Nxd4 13. Nxd4 hxg5 14. Ncb5 Bc5 15. b4 Qb6 16. Qxb6 Bxb6 17. a4 a5 18. bxa5 Bxa5 19. Nc6 Bd7 20. Nxa5 Rxa5 21. Rfd1 Rfa8 22. Nc7 Rc8 23. Nb5 g6 24. f3 Kg7 25. Kf1 Rca8 26. Nc7 Rc8 27. Nb5 Rca8 28. Nc7 Rc8 29. Nb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kharkov Femida 6th"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2010.11.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2010.11.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kiev Kievchess"]
[BlackTeam "Kharkov Law Academy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 d5 4. c4 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. O-O Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. b3 Nce4 12. Ne2 Rc8 13. Bb2 Qa5 14. a3 Qa6 15. Nfd4 Rfd8 16. f3 Nc5 $146 ({RR} 16... Nd6 17. Nf4 Bf8 18. Qd3 Qb6 19. Rf2 a6 20. g4 Nb5 21. Nxb5 Qxb5 22. Rd1 d4 23. Qxb5 axb5 24. Rfd2 Re8 25. e4 Nd7 26. Bxd4 Nc5 27. b4 Nb3 28. Rd3 Bd6 29. Be3 {1-0 (29) Demuth,A (2541)-Brull Mayol,C (2217) Llucmajor 2016}) 17. Qd2 Bf8 18. Rfd1 Qb6 19. Qb4 Qa6 20. Qd2 Qb6 21. Rab1 Re8 22. Nf4 Bd6 23. Nd3 a6 24. Nxc5 Bxc5 25. b4 Bf8 26. Rbc1 Rc4 27. Qd3 g6 28. Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. d4 Nbd7 9. Ne5 Qb6 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Be3 Bb4+ 12. Nd2 ({RR} 12. Nc3 c5 13. dxc5 {½-½ (13) Nguyen Van Huy (2352)-Nguyen,Q (2413) Kuala Lumpur MAS 2025}) 12... c5 13. Bxb7 $146 ({RR} 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Bxc5 Nxc5 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. O-O Rc8 17. Rac1 O-O 18. b3 Rfd8 19. Qb2 h6 20. Rc2 Rd5 21. Nf3 Rcd8 22. Rd2 Rxd2 23. Nxd2 Qd5 24. Nf3 b4 25. Rc1 Nd3 26. exd3 Qxf3 27. d4 Qe4 {Fierro Baquero,M (2353)-Xu,Y (2484) Doha 2011 0-1 (40)}) 13... Qxb7 14. O-O cxd4 15. Bxd4 O-O 16. Rfd1 Be7 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Qe4 Qa6 19. Qd3 Nf6 20. Nb3 h6 21. a4 Qxa4 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Ra1 Qb4 24. Rxa7 Nd5 25. Rb7 Qc4 26. Qf3 Rc7 27. Rb8+ Rc8 28. Rb7 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Black "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. b3 c5 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. Bb2 cxd4 8. exd4 g6 9. g3 Bg7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O b6 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Qe2 $146 ({RR} 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Ndf3 dxc4 15. bxc4 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 b5 18. Qf3 bxc4 19. Nc6 Qd7 20. Rxc4 Nd5 21. Rfc1 Rc7 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Rxc4 24. Rxc4 Qb5 25. Rc2 Qa4 26. Qb3 Qe4+ 27. Kg1 Rd8 {Dorokhina,E (2132)-Nemeth,Z (2234) Budapest HUN 2026 ½-½ (57)}) 13... Rc8 14. Rfd1 dxc4 15. Ndxc4 b5 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. Ne5 Rc8 19. a4 Qd5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ra5 Qxb3 22. Rxb5 Qc2 23. Qxc2 Rxc2 24. Rc1 Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 Rc8 26. Bd2 Ne4 27. Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 16th"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2015.03.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2015.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 c6 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 $146 ({RR} 10. Rc1 Nd7 11. Qc3 Re8 12. Be2 dxc4 13. Ne5 c5 14. Nxd7 Bxd7 15. dxc5 Qg5 16. Bf3 {½-½ (16) Ipatov,A (2650)-Vorontsov,P (2564) Philadelphia 2018}) 10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd7 12. O-O e5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qxe5 15. Rad1 Bf5 16. Qb4 b5 17. Be2 a5 18. Qd4 Qxd4 19. Rxd4 Rfd8 20. Bf3 Rxd4 21. exd4 Rd8 22. Rd1 Rd6 23. Kf1 g5 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 Be6 26. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters Play-In"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Malakhov, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 Be6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. h3 $146 ({RR} 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O c6 10. Bf4 Qc7 11. Bg3 O-O 12. Rc1 Bxg3 13. hxg3 Qd6 14. Qc2 Bg4 15. Na4 Rfe8 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. Qxc5 Ne4 18. Bxe4 Qxc5 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Rxc5 Bxf3 21. gxf3 f5 22. Kg2 Kg6 {Bartholomew,J (2446)-Graif,W (2305) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (35)}) 8... Bd6 9. Bd3 c6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd2 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. fxg3 Kg7 15. g4 Nb6 16. Rf2 Nc4 17. Nxc4 dxc4 18. Bc2 Nd5 19. Qf3 Nb4 20. Be4 Nd3 21. Bxd3 cxd3 22. Qe4 Qd7 23. Raf1 b5 24. Qe5+ Kg6 25. Rf6+ Kh7 26. Rxh6+ 1-0

[Event "Airthings Masters Play-In"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Malakhov, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 Be6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. h3 $146 ({RR} 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O c6 10. Bf4 Qc7 11. Bg3 O-O 12. Rc1 Bxg3 13. hxg3 Qd6 14. Qc2 Bg4 15. Na4 Rfe8 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. Qxc5 Ne4 18. Bxe4 Qxc5 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Rxc5 Bxf3 21. gxf3 f5 22. Kg2 Kg6 {Bartholomew,J (2446)-Graif,W (2305) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (35)}) 8... Bd6 9. Bd3 c6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd2 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. fxg3 Kg7 15. g4 Nb6 16. Rf2 Nc4 17. Nxc4 dxc4 18. Bc2 Nd5 19. Qf3 Nb4 20. Be4 Nd3 21. Bxd3 cxd3 22. Qe4 Qd7 23. Raf1 b5 24. Qe5+ Kg6 25. Rf6+ Kh7 26. Rxh6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 7th Jan Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.01.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2831"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2025.01.07"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qb3 Bb7 8. Bg2 a6 9. a4 Nbd7 10. O-O c5 11. axb5 Bd5 12. Qc2 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. Nc3 Bc6 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. b4 $146 ({RR} 16. Bg5 O-O 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Nh4 b4 19. Nb1 Bxg2 20. Nxg2 Rc8 21. Qb3 Ng4 22. Nd2 Rd8 23. Qc2 Rc8 24. Qe4 Nxf2 25. Rxf2 Qa1+ 26. Qb1 Bxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Qxb1 28. Nxb1 Rc2 29. Ke3 Rxb2 30. Nd2 Ra2 {Ikonnikov,V (2540)-Bagirov,V (2505) Deizisau 1997 ½-½ (33)}) 16... Bxb4 17. Nxb5 O-O 18. Nbd4 Be4 19. Qb2 Rb8 20. Bd2 Bc5 21. Qa1 Qd5 22. Bc3 e5 23. Nc2 Bxc2 24. Nxe5 Be4 25. Rd1 Qxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Rb1 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.04.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Chatalbashev, Boris"]
[Black "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Nbd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. b3 Qe7 10. Bb2 e5 11. Qc2 e4 12. Ng5 Bxh2+ 13. Kxh2 Ng4+ 14. Kg1 Qxg5 15. Qxe4 Ndf6 16. Qf4 Qxf4 17. exf4 Bd7 $146 ({RR} 17... Nd5 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. Rfe1 Bd7 20. f3 Nf6 21. Kf2 Rfc8 22. Rac1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ {[%emt 0:33:29] 1/2-1/2 Dizdar,G (2564)-Horvath,C (2530)/Austria 2008/EXT}) ({RR} 17... Bf5 18. Rfe1 Rfe8 19. Nf3 Nd5 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. Ne5 {½-½ (21) Keymer,V (2591)-Sasikiran,K (2647) Tornelo INT 2021}) ({RR} 17... Nd5 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. Rfe1 Bd7 20. f3 Nf6 21. Kf2 Rfc8 22. Rac1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ {½-½ (24) Dizdar,G (2564)-Horvath,C (2530) Austria 2008}) 18. Nf3 {[%cal Gf3e5]} Nd5 19. Ne5 $14 Rad8 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. Ba3 Rfe8 22. Rfe1 Nxe5 23. fxe5 Rc8 24. Rac1 {0h:31m:00s} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters Play-In"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Predke, A."]
[Black "Santos Latasa, J."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2024.01.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. e3 c5 9. Bxc4 cxd4 10. exd4 Bb4 11. O-O O-O 12. Ne4 $146 ({RR} 12. Rc1 Nc6 13. Qd3 Rd8 14. Rfd1 b6 15. Qe4 Bb7 16. Bd3 Bd6 17. Qh7+ Kf8 18. Ne4 Qf4 19. Ng3 Ne7 20. Qh8+ Ng8 21. Bh7 Ke7 22. Qxg7 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Nf6 24. Bg6 Nd5 25. Bh5 Rg8 26. Qh7 Rg5 {Mandiza,F (2377)-Rohde,M (2343) New York 2022 ½-½ (41)}) 12... Qe7 13. Ne5 Rd8 14. Qd3 Nc6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Qe3 a5 17. Rad1 Ba6 18. b3 Bb7 19. Nc5 Rd6 20. Nd3 Bc3 21. Nc5 Bb4 22. Nd3 Bc3 23. Nc5 Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. e4 e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. exd5 exd4 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nf6 13. Qxd4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Re8 15. Qd3 Qf6 16. Bg5 ({RR} 16. Be3 Bf5 17. Qd2 Be4 {½-½ (17) Kasparov,G (2815)-Kramnik,V (2780) Moscow 1998}) ({RR} 16. Bd2 Bf5 17. Qd4 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 Be4 19. Nb5 Be5 20. Nc3 {½-½ (20) Graf,A (2580)-Akopian,V (2600) Luzern 1993}) 16... Qxb2 17. Rfb1 Qe2 18. Qxe2 $146 ({RR} 18. Qc3 Bf5 19. Re1 Qd3 20. Qxd3 Bxd3 21. Be3 h6 22. Red1 Bc2 23. Rd2 Be4 24. Rad1 f5 25. Rb2 b6 26. Rb5 f4 27. Bd4 Rac8 28. Ne1 Bf5 29. Kf1 Rc4 30. f3 Bd7 31. Rb2 Ba4 32. Rdd2 Bb4 {Holm,S (2274)-Aryan,C (2051) Budapest 2012 0-1 (38)}) 18... Rxe2 19. Be3 Rc2 20. a4 Rc7 21. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlos Torre Wimbledon 15th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2002.12.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2002.12.13"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. e3 Nd7 7. Nbd2 g6 8. Qc2 c6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. cxd5 exd5 12. b4 Qd6 13. Rab1 a5 14. a3 axb4 $146 ({RR} 14... Rd8 15. Rfc1 Nf8 16. Nb3 axb4 17. axb4 Bg4 18. Nfd2 Rdc8 19. Qc5 Qd8 20. Ra1 Bd7 21. Qd6 Ne6 22. Nc5 Nxc5 23. bxc5 Bf8 24. Qg3 b6 25. cxb6 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Qxb6 {½-½ (26) Wang,Y (2644)-Vitiugov,N (2596) Yerevan 2006}) 15. axb4 Ra3 16. Rfc1 b6 17. e4 Bb7 18. exd5 cxd5 19. Qc7 Qxc7 20. Rxc7 Bc8 21. Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Agzamov Memorial 14th"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2021.08.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2021.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 a6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 b5 6. Ne5 c6 7. a4 Bb7 8. O-O Nf6 9. axb5 axb5 10. Rxa8 Bxa8 11. Nc3 Be7 12. Nxb5 cxb5 13. Bxa8 O-O 14. Bg2 Bd6 $146 ({RR} 14... Qc7 15. Qc2 Bd6 16. f4 Qb6 17. e3 Na6 18. h3 Nb4 19. Qb1 Qa6 20. Bd2 Qa4 21. g4 Qb3 22. g5 Nfd5 23. e4 Ne3 24. Rf3 Qd1+ 25. Qxd1 Nxd1 26. b3 Bxe5 27. fxe5 Nd3 28. Bf1 N1b2 29. Bc3 {Kamarova,Z (1775)-Voronaya,E (1474) Cheliabinsk 2022 1-0 (60)}) 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. f4 Qd8 18. e3 Na6 19. Qh5 Nc7 20. Nc6 Qe8 21. Kf2 Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 19th Mar Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.03.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Kuzubov, Y."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2024.03.19"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qc2 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. h4 c5 9. g4 cxd4 10. g5 Qa5+ 11. Nbd2 dxe3 12. fxe3 Be7 13. gxh6 Nc6 $146 ({RR} 13... Bf6 14. hxg7 Bxg7 15. Ng5 f5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Rg1 Nc6 18. h5 Kh8 19. O-O-O Qxa2 20. h6 Bf6 21. h7 Bd7 22. Qb1 Qa4 23. Bd3 Nb4 {0-1 (23) Rees,I (2262)-Franc,B (2282) chess.com INT 2024}) 14. Rg1 Bf6 15. hxg7 Rd8 16. Ng5 Bxg5 17. Rxg5 e5 18. Bd3 f5 19. Bxf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Rd6 21. Rh5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 19th Mar Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.03.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Kuzubov, Y."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2024.03.19"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qc2 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. h4 c5 9. g4 cxd4 10. g5 Qa5+ 11. Nbd2 dxe3 12. fxe3 Be7 13. gxh6 Nc6 $146 ({RR} 13... Bf6 14. hxg7 Bxg7 15. Ng5 f5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Rg1 Nc6 18. h5 Kh8 19. O-O-O Qxa2 20. h6 Bf6 21. h7 Bd7 22. Qb1 Qa4 23. Bd3 Nb4 {0-1 (23) Rees,I (2262)-Franc,B (2282) chess.com INT 2024}) 14. Rg1 Bf6 15. hxg7 Rd8 16. Ng5 Bxg5 17. Rxg5 e5 18. Bd3 f5 19. Bxf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Rd6 21. Rh5 1-0

[Event "Antwerp"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1993.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. b3 cxd4 7. exd4 Nc6 8. Bb2 g6 9. Be2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne5 Nd7 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Nf3 $146 ({RR} 13. Rc1 a5 14. Nf3 Qb6 15. Qd2 Rd8 16. Qf4 Ba6 17. Bd3 Re8 {½-½ (17) Therrien,A (2239)-Wells,P (2499) High Wycombe 2012}) 13... Qa5 14. Qc2 Bb7 15. Rfd1 Rfc8 16. Bc3 Qc7 17. Qd2 Nf6 18. Ba5 Ne4 19. Bxc7 Nxd2 20. Bb6 Nxf3+ 21. Bxf3 Bh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Agzamov Memorial 14th"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2021.08.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2021.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 a6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 b5 6. Ne5 c6 7. a4 Bb7 8. O-O Nf6 9. axb5 axb5 10. Rxa8 Bxa8 11. Nc3 Be7 12. Nxb5 cxb5 13. Bxa8 O-O 14. Bg2 Bd6 $146 ({RR} 14... Qc7 15. Qc2 Bd6 16. f4 Qb6 17. e3 Na6 18. h3 Nb4 19. Qb1 Qa6 20. Bd2 Qa4 21. g4 Qb3 22. g5 Nfd5 23. e4 Ne3 24. Rf3 Qd1+ 25. Qxd1 Nxd1 26. b3 Bxe5 27. fxe5 Nd3 28. Bf1 N1b2 29. Bc3 {Kamarova,Z (1775)-Voronaya,E (1474) Cheliabinsk 2022 1-0 (60)}) 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. f4 Qd8 18. e3 Na6 19. Qh5 Nc7 20. Nc6 Qe8 21. Kf2 Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 19th Mar Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.03.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Kuzubov, Y."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2024.03.19"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qc2 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. h4 c5 9. g4 cxd4 10. g5 Qa5+ 11. Nbd2 dxe3 12. fxe3 Be7 13. gxh6 Nc6 $146 ({RR} 13... Bf6 14. hxg7 Bxg7 15. Ng5 f5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Rg1 Nc6 18. h5 Kh8 19. O-O-O Qxa2 20. h6 Bf6 21. h7 Bd7 22. Qb1 Qa4 23. Bd3 Nb4 {0-1 (23) Rees,I (2262)-Franc,B (2282) chess.com INT 2024}) 14. Rg1 Bf6 15. hxg7 Rd8 16. Ng5 Bxg5 17. Rxg5 e5 18. Bd3 f5 19. Bxf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Rd6 21. Rh5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 8th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2007.04.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5+ 7. Nbd2 c5 8. dxc5 Qxc5 9. a3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. b4 Qc7 12. Bd3 Qxc2 13. Bxc2 a5 14. O-O Nd5 $146 ({RR} 14... axb4 15. axb4 Rxa1 16. Rxa1 Bxb4 17. Rb1 Bxd2 18. Nxd2 h6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Rxb5 Ke7 {½-½ (20) Sikora,J (2222)-Sikorova,O (2271) Kouty nad Desnou 2012}) 15. Bd3 axb4 16. axb4 Rb8 17. Rfc1 f6 18. Bh4 Bxb4 19. Bxb5 Ke7 20. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Valjevo"]
[Site "Valjevo"]
[Date "2007.06.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2007.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 dxc4 6. Bxc4 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Qxc5 Bxb5 10. Nc3 Bd3 $146 ({RR} 10... Nbd7 11. Qd6 Bc6 12. Nd4 Bxg2 13. Rg1 Be4 14. Rxg7 Bg6 15. e4 Qe7 16. Qxe7+ Kxe7 17. Bg5 Kf8 18. Bh6 Ke8 19. Rd1 Ne5 20. f3 Rd8 21. Ke2 Nh5 22. Nxe6 Rxd1 23. Nxd1 Nc6 24. Ke3 Nxg7 25. Nxg7+ {Bauer,C (2576)-Fressinet,L (2606) Marseille 2001 ½-½ (60)}) 11. b3 Nc6 12. Ba3 Nd7 13. Qd6 Qa5 14. Qxd3 Qxa3 15. O-O Rd8 16. Qc2 O-O 17. Rad1 Nf6 18. Qc1 Qxc1 19. Rxc1 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.25"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Nbd7 5. Bd3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 a6 7. a4 b6 8. Nc3 Bb7 9. O-O Bb4 10. Qb3 Qe7 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Ne4 $146 ({RR} 12. Rac1 Rad8 13. Rfd1 Bd6 14. Be1 e5 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 e4 17. Nd2 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Nf6 19. Qc6 Nd5 20. Nf1 a5 21. Qb5 Qe6 22. Rc6 f5 23. g3 Rf6 24. Bd2 Kh8 25. Rb1 Qf7 26. Re1 Rf8 {Mateuta,G (2408)-Raceanu,V (2339) Bucharest 2002 0-1 (57)}) 12... Bxd2 13. Nexd2 c5 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. Rfc1 Rac8 16. Nd4 Qd6 17. Be2 Nc5 18. Qa3 Nce4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. Bg2 Nbd7 9. O-O c5 10. Bg5 Rc8 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Qd3 Qb6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Nc3 a6 15. Ng5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qb7+ 17. Kg1 $146 ({RR} 17. Nce4 Ke7 18. f3 Qd5 19. Rfd1 Qxd3 20. Rxd3 Nd5 21. f4 Rhd8 22. Nxc5 Rxc5 23. Kf3 f5 24. Rad1 h6 25. Nh3 Rdc8 26. Nf2 Rc2 27. R3d2 g5 28. Nd3 g4+ 29. Kf2 Rxd2 30. Rxd2 Nf6 31. Rd1 Ne4+ {Kukov,V (2365)-Saric,A (2505) Plovdiv 2008 ½-½ (52)}) 17... O-O 18. Nce4 Nxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vlissingen HZ op 21st"]
[Site "Vlissingen"]
[Date "2017.08.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Black "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2017.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 dxc4 4. Bg2 c5 5. d5 exd5 6. Bxd5 Nc6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. Qa4 $146 ({RR} 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Bf4 Bf5 12. O-O-O+ Ke8 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. Bxd6 Nf6 15. f3 c3 16. e4 cxb2+ 17. Kxb2 Be6 18. Ne2 Kd7 19. Nf4 Bc4 20. Bf8+ Kc7 21. Bxg7 Nd7 22. Bxh8 Rxh8 {Sun,C (2235)-Ha,Y (2093) Dongtai CHN 2025 1-0 (42)}) 8... Qb6 9. Nc3 Qa6 10. Qc2 Nf6 11. Nf3 Be7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ne4 Be7 15. O-O O-O 16. Ne5 Be6 17. Rfc1 Rab8 18. e3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.15"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 Bb7 8. Bg2 Nbd7 9. O-O ({RR} 9. a4 a6 {½-½ (15) Mendonca,M (2332)-Quintiliano Pinto,R (2364) Sao Paulo 2014}) 9... a6 10. a4 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. axb5 Be4 13. Qb3 Bd5 14. Qd3 Be4 15. Qb3 Bd5 16. Qd3 $146 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 15th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2016.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nd7 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Rb8 6. a4 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Nbd2 Ngf6 9. Nxc4 Be7 10. Bd2 a5 11. Qb3 O-O 12. Rfd1 Bd5 13. Bf4 Qc8 14. Nfe5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 $146 ({RR} 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxe5 Qe8 17. Qb5 Rc8 18. Rac1 Bd6 19. Bd2 Bxe5 20. dxe5 c5 21. Qc4 Qc6 22. b3 Rfd8 23. e4 Nb4 24. Bf4 h6 25. Rd6 Rxd6 26. exd6 Rd8 27. Rd1 Qb7 28. e5 Qf3 29. Rd2 g5 {Novozhilov,S (2473)-Melnikov,F (2278) Baku AZE 2026 0-1 (41)}) 15... Qb7 16. Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres Memorial"]
[Site "Tallinn/Parnu"]
[Date "1998.06.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1998.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. Bg2 Nbd7 9. a4 c5 10. O-O b4 11. Bg5 Rc8 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Qd3 O-O 14. Nbd2 h6 15. Be3 Qb6 $146 ({RR} 15... Nd5 16. Bd4 Qb6 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. Qd4 Rfd8 19. Qh4 Ba6 20. Rfe1 b3 21. Nd4 Nb4 22. Rec1 Nc2 23. Nxc2 Rxd2 24. Nb4 g5 25. a5 Qb5 26. Qxh6 Qxb4 27. Qxg5+ Kf8 28. Rc3 Qd4 29. Rac1 Rd1+ 30. Rxd1 {D'Costa,L (2445)-Kotanjian,T (2568) Budva 2009 0-1 (51)}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.11.05"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Xu, Jun"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 ({RR} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qb3 Bb7 {½-½ (15) Bellia,F (2393)-Teh,E (2228) Forni di Sopra 2014}) 1... d5 2. Nf3 ({RR} 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Nf6 {½-½ (15) Stein,R (2429)-Haba,P (2437) Marianske Lazne CZE 2024}) 2... Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 e6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qb3 Bb7 8. Bg2 a6 9. a4 Nbd7 10. O-O c5 11. axb5 Bd5 12. Qc2 Be4 13. Qb3 Bd5 14. Qc2 Be4 15. Qb3 Bd5 $146 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0809"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2009.03.29"]
[Round "15.1"]
[White "Parligras, Mircea Emilian"]
[Black "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Trier"]
[BlackTeam "Tegernsee"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 ({RR} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qb3 Bb7 {½-½ (15) Shumiakina,T (2324)-Zhukova,N (2490) St Petersburg 2009}) 1... Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qb3 Bb7 8. Bg2 Nbd7 9. O-O a6 10. a4 c5 11. axb5 Bd5 12. Qc2 Be4 13. Qb3 Bd5 14. Qc2 Be4 15. Qb3 Bd5 $146 1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2025"]
[Site "Chotowa POL"]
[Date "2025.06.06"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Maurizzi, Marc'Andria"]
[Black "Bluebaum, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2025.06.02"]
[WhiteTeam "SzSON ZAGLEBIE Dabrowa Gornicza"]
[BlackTeam "KSz Silesia Raciborz"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 a5 6. Bg2 a4 7. O-O Nc6 8. Qc2 O-O 9. a3 Be7 10. Rd1 Bd7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Na5 14. Qe2 $146 ({RR} 14. Ne5 Be8 15. Be3 f6 16. Nd3 Nxc4 17. Nf4 Nd6 18. Qxe6+ Bf7 19. Qh3 f5 20. d5 Bg5 21. Rac1 Re8 22. g4 Re5 23. gxf5 Rxf5 24. Ne6 Bxe6 25. dxe6 Qe7 26. Rxd6 Bxe3 27. fxe3 {1-0 (27) Oparin,G (2667)-Petkov,M (2515) Bucharest ROU 2023}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 17th"]
[Site "Gjakova"]
[Date "2016.05.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zubov, Alexander"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2016.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KOS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. b3 c5 6. Bb2 Nc6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nbd2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Qe7 $146 ({RR} 11... Re8 12. Rc1 Ne5 13. N2f3 Ne4 14. h3 Bd7 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bd3 Rc8 17. Qe2 Bb8 18. Nf3 Qe7 19. Rfd1 Bc6 20. Bb1 Qc7 21. Qd3 Qe7 22. Qd4 {1-0 (22) Assylov,M (2326)-Brancaleoni,M (2180) chess.com INT 2024}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mainz CCM6 m"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2006.08.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2006.08.17"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. e4 e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. exd5 exd4 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nf6 13. Bc2 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. g4 Bg6 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Qxd4 Qd7 18. Bg5 Nxg4 19. Qxg4 Qxg4+ 20. hxg4 Rxf3 21. Kg2 $146 Rf7 22. Rae1 Rd7 23. Rd1 Rc8 24. Rc1 Rxc1 25. Bxc1 h5 26. Be3 a6 27. gxh5 gxh5 28. b3 Kf7 29. Kf3 Re7 30. Rg1 Re5 31. Rd1 g5 32. a3 g4+ 33. Kg2 Rf5 34. b4 Ke7 35. Bc5 Kd7 36. Rd4 b5 37. Rd1 Bf4 38. Re1 Re5 39. Rd1 h4 40. d6 h3+ 41. Kf1 g3 42. fxg3 Bxg3 43. Kg1 Rf5 44. Ra1 Rf3 45. Kh1 Rd3 46. Rf1 Kc6 0-1

