[Event "Baku FIDE Grand Prix 2014"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2014.10.09"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "classical variation (5.Bf4)"]
[WhiteFideId "2805677"]
[BlackFideId "14200244"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8.
O-O a6 ({Relevant:} 8... c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bxc4 a6 11. Ne5 Ncd7 12. Qf3 Nxe5
13. Bxe5 Qa5 14. Bg3 Qb4 15. Qe2 Bd7 16. a3 Qb6 17. e4 Bc6 18. e5 Nd7 19. b4
Rfd8 20. h4 Qd4 21. Rac1 Nb6 22. Ba2 Qd2 23. Qxd2 Rxd2 24. Bf4 Rb2 25. h5 a5
26. Rb1 Rc2 27. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 28. Bxc1 axb4 29. axb4 Na4 30. Nxa4 Rxa4 31. Bb3 Ra8
32. Bd2 Rd8 33. Bc3 h6 34. Rd1 Ra8 35. Bd2 Kf8 36. f3 Ke8 37. Rb1 Rd8 38. Rb2 {
Agdestein,S (2630)-Sargissian,G (2686) Tromsoe 2014 0-1 (77)}) 9. a4 c5 10. d5
Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Qxd5 Nf6 13. Qe5 Qe8 $146 ({Predecessor (2):} 13... Ng4
14. Qc3 Be6 15. Bxc4 Bf6 16. Qb3 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Qe7 18. Rad1 Rfd8 19. Qb3 g5 20.
Bg3 h5 21. h3 h4 22. Bxh4 Nxe3 23. fxe3 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 gxh4 25. Kh1 Re8 26. a5
Qe4 27. Re1 c4 28. Qb6 Re6 29. Qc5 Rc6 30. Qh5 Qg6 31. Qd5 Qd3 32. Qh5 Qg6 33.
Qd5 Qd3 34. Qh5 {1/2-1/2 (34) Gupta,A (2606)-Neverov,V (2519) New Delhi 2014})
14. Bxc4 Bd7 15. a5 Bc6 {This is the critical position in an unfashionable
line of the Queen's Gambit.} 16. b3 {An interesting idea "just to hide the
Queen on b2" Kasimdzhanov.} Ne4 17. Qb2 Nd6 18. Bd3 $1 {A precise move
according to both players.} Bb5 19. Rfd1 Bxd3 20. Rxd3 Nb5 21. Rad1 (21. Qc2 {
Gelfand's post game suggestion, he want his knight on c4.}) 21... Rd8 {
Kasimdzhanov was "happy with what he was doing"} 22. Qc2 Rxd3 23. Rxd3 Bd8 (
23... Na3 {Gelfand's suggestion after the game. "Amazing move." It seems to
equalise on the spot as Qb5 is coming.}) 24. Qd2 {White is now better.
Kasimdzhanov missed the idea of Bg5.} Bf6 (24... f6 $5 {Kasimdzhanov with the
idea of Qf7 or Qg6.}) (24... h6 25. Ne5) 25. Bg5 Bxg5 26. Nxg5 h6 27. Nf3 (27.
Nh3) 27... Qe6 (27... Qe4 28. h3 Na7 29. Qc3 Nc6 30. Rd7 Rd8 31. Rxd8+ Nxd8 32.
Qxc5) 28. Qc2 Rc8 29. Nd2 Nd6 {Just panick according to Kasimdzhanov.} (29...
Qf6) 30. g3 g6 (30... h5 31. Rc3) 31. Nc4 Nxc4 32. Qxc4 Qxc4 33. bxc4 Rc6 (
33... Re8 {was Kasimdzhanov's original idea.} 34. Rd5 $1 Kf8 35. Rxc5 Re7) 34.
Rb3 Rd6 35. Rxb7 Rd1+ 36. Kg2 Ra1 37. Kf3 Rxa5 38. Rc7 Kf8 39. Ke4 Ra2 40. f4 (
40. f3 Rxh2 41. Rxc5 Rc2 42. Rc7 Ke8 43. c5 h5 44. Kd3 Rc1 45. Kd4) 40... Rxh2
41. Ke5 (41. Rxc5 Rg2 42. Kf3 Rc2 43. g4 Rc1 44. Ke4 h5 45. gxh5 gxh5 46. Kf3
h4 47. Kg4 a5 48. Kxh4 a4 49. Kg5 Kg7 50. Kf5 a3 51. Ra5 Rxc4 52. e4) 41... Kg7
(41... Rh5+ $5) 42. Rxc5 Rg2 43. Rd5 Rxg3 44. c5 Rxe3+ 45. Kd6 Re6+ 46. Kd7 Re4
47. f5 (47. c6) 47... g5 48. c6 Rc4 49. c7 g4 50. Rd6 g3 51. Rd3 Kf6 52. Rxg3
Kxf5 53. Rf3+ Kg4 54. Rxf7 h5 55. Rg7+ Kf3 56. Rh7 Kg4 57. Rh6 Rxc7+ 58. Kxc7
h4 59. Kd6 h3 60. Ke5 Kg3 61. Ke4 h2 62. Ke3 Kg2 63. Rg6+ Kf1 64. Rxa6 h1=Q 65.
Ra1+ Kg2 66. Rxh1 Kxh1 67. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE Grand Prix 2014"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2014.10.09"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "4147235"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 {"I had prepared this line before the
tournament." Tomashevsky. Mamedyarov had hoped this would be a surprise.} Bf5
5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 dxc4 7. Nxf5 exf5 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Bxc4 Nb6 10. Bb3 h5 11. Qd3
Qd7 12. Bd2 h4 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. f3 Bd6 {Tomashevsky already had this on his
board before the tournament. "Strategically risky for black."} 15. Rhg1 {
Tomashevsky hadn't prepared for this.} hxg3 16. hxg3 Bc7 (16... Kb8) 17. Kb1
Kb8 18. Bc1 Rhe8 $6 (18... Rh2 19. e4 fxe4 20. fxe4 Ng4 21. Qf1 f6 22. Rg2 Rxg2
23. Qxg2) 19. e4 fxe4 20. fxe4 {Key position according to Tomashevsky.} Qg4 (
20... Ng4 21. Qf3 $1 (21. Rgf1 f6 {and white is also better.})) 21. Bf4 Re7 22.
Rgf1 Qg6 23. Bc2 Red7 24. Qe3 Qg4 25. a4 (25. Bxc7+ Kxc7 26. Qg1 Qg5 27. e5 {
is advantage to white.}) 25... Bxf4 26. gxf4 Nc4 27. Qf2 Qe6 28. Qg1 Qe7 {Not
the most active way of playing.} (28... c5 29. d5 Qb6 30. b3 Qa5) 29. Bb3 Na5
30. Bc2 Nc4 31. Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE Grand Prix 2014"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2014.10.09"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2844"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian"]
[Variation "Pytel-Wade variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4158814"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]

1. e4 d5 {Scandanavian Defence. A surprise from Caruana.} 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3
Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 ({Relevant:} 5... c6 6. g3 Bg4 7. Bg2 e6 8. h3 Bxf3 9.
Bxf3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne2 Qc7 12. c3 Nbd7 13. Bg2 a6 14. Qb3 b5 15. Bd2 Nb6
16. Qc2 Rac8 17. Rad1 Nfd5 18. Bc1 Bd6 19. Kh1 c5 20. dxc5 Qxc5 21. Qe4 Rfe8
22. Nd4 b4 23. cxb4 Qxb4 24. a3 Qc5 25. Qd3 Qc4 26. Qxc4 Nxc4 27. Nf5 Be5 28.
Bxd5 exd5 29. b3 Nb6 30. Be3 Rb8 31. a4 g6 32. Nh6+ Kf8 33. Bc5+ Kg7 34. Ng4
Nd7 35. Be3 {Van Kampen,R (2636)-Tiviakov,S (2656) Montreal 2014 1/2-1/2 (76)})
6. Nb5 Qb6 7. Be2 (7. c4 $5 c6 8. c5 Qd8 9. Nc3 Bg7) 7... c6 8. Na3 Bg7 9. O-O
$146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Bf4 Be6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nc4 {1/2-1/2 (11) Todorovic,G 
(2488)-Bogosavljevic,B (2552) Kragujevac 2013}) 9... O-O 10. c3 Qc7 11. Bg5 Bf5
12. Qc1 Nbd7 13. Bf4 Qc8 14. Rd1 Rd8 {"If white has any advantage it's very
small." Andreikin on his choice of a safe variation after being surprsied by
the Scandinavian Defence.} 15. Nc4 c5 16. d5 Nb6 17. d6 {"A critical moment in
the game." Andreikin.} Qe6 $2 {"Qe6 is a terrible move." Caruana smiling and
shaking his head. "If I just take on c4 and take on d6 I should be OK."} (17...
Nxc4 {Pretty much equalises.} 18. Bxc4 exd6 19. Bxd6 Ne4 20. Be5 (20. Qf4 {
Andreikin.} Qd7 $1 {and suddenly black is better.}) 20... Re8 21. Bxg7 Kxg7)
18. Bf1 (18. Re1 {"After Qe6 I was so happy that I quickly played Bf1 because
I like this move and because I thought Fabiano blundered this move." Andreikin.
"But actually it was better to play Re1."}) 18... Nxc4 19. Ng5 Qc8 (19... Qd7
$2 20. dxe7 Qxd1 21. Qxd1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Re8 23. Bxc4 Rxe7 24. Rd8+ Bf8 25. f3
Kg7 26. g4 Bb1 27. Bd6 Re8 28. Rxe8 Nxe8 29. Be5+ f6 30. Ne6+ Kf7 31. Nxf8+
Kxf8 32. Bb8 Ke7 33. Bxa7 Kd6 {and with two bishops and an extra pawn white is
winning.}) 20. Bxc4 e6 21. Be5 Qc6 22. a4 a6 23. Be2 c4 $2 {Giving more ground.
Black is maybe almost fine after h6.} (23... h6 $1 24. Bf3 Qb6 25. Nh3 Nd7) 24.
Rd4 Qc5 25. Nf3 b5 26. h3 h6 $2 (26... Nd5 {Andreikin.} 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Rh4 {
Caruana}) (26... h5 {is maybe the best.}) (26... Nd7 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. g4 $2 (
28. Rh4 $1 h5 29. g4 Bd3 30. Bxd3 cxd3 31. gxh5 gxh5) (28. Qd2 e5 29. Rh4 {
again is huge.} h5 30. g4 hxg4 31. hxg4 Bd3 32. Qh6+) 28... e5) 27. d7 (27.
axb5 axb5 28. g4 Bd3 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. Bxd3 cxd3 31. Bxf6 Bxf6 32. Rxd3 {is an
extra pawn for no compensation.}) 27... Qe7 $2 {Seems like another bad move.} (
27... Qc6 {"I was told Qc6 is OK for black, I didn't see the move." Caruana.})
28. axb5 axb5 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. Qd1 (30. g4 $1) (30. Qd2 {Was not as good
according to Andreikin.} Nd5 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Ne5 Ra1+ 33. Kh2 Qd6 (33... f6
$1 34. Ng4 Qd6+ {and black is equal again.})) 30... Nd5 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Ne5 (
32. g4 Bd3 33. Bxd3 cxd3 34. Ne5 Qd6 35. Nxd3 Rd8 36. Nb4 Rxd7 37. Nxd5 exd5
38. Qe2) 32... f6 (32... Qd6 33. Bf3 Qxe5 34. Bxd5 Rd8 35. Bb7 g5 36. Bc8 {was
a Caruana line.}) 33. Nc6 Qxd7 34. Nb4 $11 Qa7 $2 (34... Qe8 {And black is
very much in the game but now Caruana was in desperate time pressure and his
position collapses.}) 35. g4 Bd3 36. Bxd3 cxd3 37. Qxd3 Qa1+ 38. Kg2 Qxb2 39.
Nxd5 exd5 40. Rxd5 Ra7 {Caruana makes time control but his open king in a
major piece ending must mean he is just lost. Andreikin now makes sure he's
also a pawn up but the direct attack has its attractions too.} 41. Rxb5 (41. h4
$5) 41... Qa2 42. Rd5 Qa4 43. Rd6 Qe8 44. Qd4 Qa8+ 45. Kh2 Rf7 46. c4 Qe8 47.
c5 Qe5+ 48. Qxe5 fxe5 49. Kg2 {The rest is just technique.} Rf4 50. Re6 Re4 51.
f3 Re2+ 52. Kf1 Rd2 53. Rxe5 Kf6 54. Re2 Rd1+ 55. Re1 Rd3 56. Rc1 Rxf3+ 57. Ke2
Ra3 58. c6 Ra8 59. c7 Rc8 60. Rc5 Ke6 61. Kd3 h5 62. g5 Kd6 63. Kc4 h4 64. Kb5
1-0

[Event "Baku FIDE Grand Prix 2014"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2014.10.09"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[ECO "D01"]
[Opening "Richter-Veresov attack"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Qd3 $6 c5 {It seems to me after this game
that this move is a refutation of this variation for white as black is
probably already better.} ({Relevant:} 4... h6 {seems the most common move in
the past but that hardly seems likely in the future.} 5. Bh4 e6 6. e4 dxe4 7.
Nxe4 Be7 8. Nxf6+ Bxf6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Qe3 c5 12. O-O-O cxd4 13.
Rxd4 Nb6 14. c4 Bd7 15. Ne5 Rad8 16. Be2 Ba4 17. Rf4 Qe7 18. Rg4 Kh8 19. h4 Nd7
20. Rh3 Nxe5 21. Qxe5 f6 22. Qa5 Bc6 23. Rhg3 Rf7 24. Qxa7 e5 25. Rd3 Rxd3 26.
Bxd3 f5 27. Rg6 e4 28. Bc2 Qc7 29. Qd4 Kh7 30. Rd6 Qa5 31. a3 Qe1+ 32. Bd1 f4
33. h5 Re7 34. Qd2 {Nakamura,H (2784)-Caruana,F (2774) Moscow 2013 1-0}) 5.
O-O-O {Nakamura looked at this line beforehand but didn't look at c4 which he
couldn't understand in retrospect as it's so natural. "After I played 5.0-0-0
I started wondering about c5 myself." Nakamura. I wonder what Nakamura was
looking at because Stockfish gives c4 as the top answer.} c4 6. Qg3 (6. Qf3 Qa5
7. Bd2 (7. Kb1) 7... b5 {"This is why I didn't do this." Nakamura.} 8. Nxd5
Qxa2 9. Nc3 Qa1+ 10. Nb1 Nb6) 6... Qa5 7. e4 {"I don't know what I'm supposed
to do if I don't go e4." Nakamura.} b5 8. Kb1 (8. Bxf6 Nxf6 9. e5 b4 10. exf6
gxf6 11. Nce2 Qxa2 {"Maybe for a computer this is fine for white but it's
impossible to play this position on the board." Nakamura. In fact Stockfish
already gives black a winning advantage.}) 8... dxe4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8...
Nxe4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. f3 Bb7 11. d5 e3 12. d6 Qb6 13. Qe1 e6 14. Bxe3 Qa6 15.
Bf4 O-O-O 16. Nh3 h6 17. Qb4 Bd5 18. Bg3 Qc6 19. a4 bxa4 20. Nf2 Nb6 21. Ng4 f6
22. Ne3 Bxd6 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. Qxd6 Rxd6 25. Nxc4 Nxc4 26. Bxc4 Rhd8 27. Bxd5
Rxd5 28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. Kc1 Kd7 30. Re1 Rh5 31. h3 Rg5 32. g4 Re5 33. Rd1+ Kc6
34. Rd3 g5 35. Ra3 Kb5 36. Kd2 Rd5+ 37. Kc1 Rd4 38. Re3 {Zoll,D (2218)-Eilmes,
D (2247) ICCF email 2011 1/2-1/2}) 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nxe4 Bb7 11. Nc5 (11. Qe3 {
might limit the damage a bit.}) 11... Nxc5 12. dxc5 Rc8 13. Be2 Qc7 14. Qh3 Bg7
15. Bf3 (15. Qg4 $5) 15... Bxf3 16. Nxf3 (16. gxf3 {ought to be played.}) 16...
e6 17. Rhe1 (17. Nd4) 17... O-O 18. Rd4 Qxc5 19. Rg4 (19. Rh4 $2) 19... Rfd8 (
19... h5 {wins on the spot according to Nakamura.}) 20. Qh6 Qf8 21. Qxf6 Kh8
22. Qf4 Rd5 23. Ng5 Rf5 {Somehow I started to play solid when there was no
reason to play solid. Karjakin.} 24. Qe3 Rd8 25. Rh4 Kg8 26. Rg4 h5 27. Re4 Qb4
28. c3 Bxc3 29. Qxc3 Qxc3 30. bxc3 Rxg5 31. g3 Kg7 32. Kc2 Rd3 33. f4 {And
white is lost.} Rgd5 34. R1e2 Kf6 35. a4 a6 36. Rf2 Kf5 37. Re5+ Rxe5 38. fxe5+
Kg6 39. a5 Rd5 40. Re2 Kf5 41. Rf2+ Kg6 42. Re2 Rd3 43. Re4 Rf3 44. Rd4 Rf2+
45. Kb1 Rxh2 46. Rd6 Rg2 47. Rxa6 Rxg3 48. Kb2 b4 49. cxb4 Rb3+ 50. Ka2 Rxb4
51. Ka3 Rb5 52. Ka4 Rc5 53. Rb6 c3 54. Rb1 c2 55. Rc1 h4 56. a6 h3 57. a7 Rc8
58. Kb5 h2 59. Kb6 Rh8 60. Rh1 Kf5 0-1

[Event "Baku FIDE Grand Prix 2014"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2014.10.09"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "D70"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
e5 9. d5 c6 10. h4 cxd5 11. exd5 N8d7 12. h5 Nf6 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. O-O-O Bd7
15. Kb1 Rc8 16. d6 e4 {Dominguez has a lot of experience in this line.} 17. Ka1
({Relevant:} 17. fxe4 Ng4 18. Bg5 Qe8 19. Nf3 Rf7 20. Re1 Ne5 21. Bh6 Nec4 22.
Qc1 Be5 23. Bxc4 Nxc4 24. Nxe5 Qxe5 25. Rhf1 Nxd6 26. Rxf7 Nxf7 27. Bf4 Qe6 28.
Qe3 a6 29. g4 Bc6 30. g5 Re8 31. Ka1 b5 32. Qb6 Qc4 33. a3 Bxe4 34. Nxe4 Rxe4
35. Rc1 Qd4 36. Rc8+ Kg7 37. Qb8 Qd1+ 38. Bc1 Re8 39. Rxe8 Qxc1+ 40. Ka2 Qc4+
41. Ka1 Qc1+ 42. Ka2 {1/2-1/2 (42) Wojtaszek,R (2735)-Dominguez Perez,L (2760)
Tromsoe 2014}) 17... Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Na4 18. Nge2 Qa5 19. Bd4
Nc5 20. Nc1 Ne6 21. Nb3 Qb4 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Nxe4 Qxd2 24. Nxf6+ Rxf6 25. Nxd2
Ng5 26. Bc4+ Kg7 27. Bd5 Rxd6 28. Nc4 Rf6 29. Bxb7 Rc7 30. Bd5 h5 31. b3 Bc8
32. Kb2 Re7 33. Rhe1 Kf8 34. Rxe7 Kxe7 35. Re1+ Kd8 36. Re5 Ne6 37. Bxe6 Bxe6
38. Ra5 Bxc4 39. bxc4 Re6 40. Kc3 Re2 41. Rg5 Rxa2 42. Rxg6 h4 43. Kd4 a5 44.
f4 a4 45. Rg4 a3 46. Rxh4 Rxg2 47. Rh8+ {Feller,S (2640)-Salgado Lopez,I (2623)
Belfort 2012 1/2-1/2 (65)}) 18. Nh3 Nc4 (18... exf3 19. Ng5 Nc4 {transposes.})
19. Bxc4+ Rxc4 20. Ng5 {Radjabov spent about an hour on this move.} (20. Bh6
Bh8 {"I didn't really see what to do after Bh8." Radjabov.}) 20... exf3 21.
Nxf3 {Radjabov plays it safe. His intention was Nd5 or Bd4 and now he doesn't
know what to do but to play for a draw.} (21. Bd4 Ne4 (21... Bc6) (21... fxg2
22. Bxf6 {Karjakin thought initially this was winning for white.} gxh1=Q 23.
Rxh1 Qxf6 24. Qd5+ Re6 (24... Be6 $2 25. d7)) 22. Rxh7 Bxd4 23. Ncxe4 Rxe4 24.
Rxd7 Qxd7 25. Nxe4 f2) 21... Ng4 22. Nd5 Nxe3 23. Nxe3 Ra4 24. Nd5 Be6 25. Ne7+
Rxe7 26. dxe7 Rxa2+ (26... Qxe7 27. Qd8+ Qf8 28. Qxf8+ Kxf8 29. Rxh7 Rxa2+ 30.
Kb1) 27. Kb1 Rxb2+ (27... Qxe7) 28. Qxb2 {Now it's just a draw.} Bf5+ 29. Ka2
Be6+ 30. Kb1 Bf5+ 31. Ka2 Be6+ 32. Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE Grand Prix 2014"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2014.10.09"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ {"My Bb5+ is not the most ambitious approach. My
preparation of the main lines collapsed close to the game which meant that I
chose something that might  give me a playable position somehow. Judging by
Sacha's playing speed he didn't make a single move today. It wasn't an
unqualified success I would have to say." Svidler.} Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 {
Svidler said that he was preparing something else but couldn't make it work so
reverted to this line which was topical last year.} Ngf6 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8.
Qe2 {Trying to enforce d4 but this isn't an idea square for the queen.} (8. Re1
Rc8 9. d4 (9. a4 b4 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qc7 12. Bd3 Nxe4 13. Qe2 Nef6 14. Bxa6
e6 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Nbd2 Be7 17. a5 O-O 18. Nb3 Nd5 19. Bd2 Rc2 20. Qd3 Rc7
21. Rec1 Rxc1+ 22. Bxc1 Ra8 23. g3 h6 24. Nfd2 Nb8 25. Nf1 Qa6 26. Qc2 Qc6 27.
Qd1 Qb5 28. Ne3 Nc6 29. Nxd5 Qxd5 30. Bd2 Nxa5 31. Bxb4 Nc4 32. Rxa8+ Qxa8 33.
Qc2 Qd5 34. Bc3 Bf6 35. Nd2 Nb6 36. Qd3 Qa2 37. Ne4 Be7 38. Kg2 Nd5 39. Qb5 Qa8
40. f3 Bf8 41. Qd3 Qa4 42. Bd2 Qb4 43. Bxb4 {1-0 (43) Karjakin,S (2777)
-Grischuk,A (2789) Moscow RUS 2014}) 9... cxd4 10. cxd4 Qc7 11. Bd3 Bxe4 {is
the point.}) 8... e6 (8... Rc8 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qc7 11. Bd3 {is now good
for white.}) 9. d4 Be7 10. a4 O-O 11. e5 $146 {"What Peter did is like a try
to get a big advantage immediately. So I was prepared for this but black seems
to hold with precise moves." Grischuk.} ({Relevant:} 11. Nbd2 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qb6
13. a5 Qc7 14. Bd3 Rfc8 15. Nb3 Nf8 16. g3 Ng6 17. Bd2 Qd8 18. Ne1 Rc7 19. f3
Rac8 20. Ng2 Nd7 21. h4 h6 22. Ne1 Ngf8 23. Ng2 Nh7 24. Kh2 Nhf6 25. Ne3 Nf8
26. Rf2 Qd7 27. Rg1 Ng6 28. Nd1 Bf8 29. Rff1 Qe8 30. Nf2 Nd7 31. Nh3 e5 32. d5
Nc5 33. Nxc5 dxc5 34. h5 Nh8 35. b3 f6 36. f4 Nf7 37. Qg4 c4 38. bxc4 bxc4 39.
Bc2 Qd7 40. Qxd7 Rxd7 {Wang,H (2729)-Wojtaszek,R (2715) Dubai 2014 0-1}) 11...
dxe5 12. dxe5 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nd5 14. f4 c4 {"Is the only move almost." Grischuk.
This is because the pawn on b5 is hanging otherwise.} 15. f5 {This pawn can't
be touched tactically.} Qc7 (15... exf5 16. Rd1 {"The pawn on f5 can't be
taken because of Rd1 I think." Svidler, Grischuk nods. "It looks dangerous but
move by move it holds for black it seems."}) 16. Re1 Rad8 {"Rd8 is the only
move, I remember, otherwise white has a big advantage." Grischuk.} 17. axb5 (
17. fxe6 Nc5 {and black is already better. Black has more than enough
compensation for a pawn.} (17... fxe6 {loses I believe - Grischuk.} 18. Qh5 g6
19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Qxg6+ Kh8 21. Qh5+ Kg8 22. Kh1 Rf7 23. Rg1+ Rg7 24. Rxg7+
Kxg7 25. Bh6+ Kh8 26. Be3+ Kg8 27. Qg6+ Kh8 28. Qh6+ Kg8 29. Nd2)) 17... axb5
18. f6 (18. Na3 {might be a try to continue but black is probably better.})
18... gxf6 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21. Qg4+ Kh7 22. Qh3+ Kg8 23. Qg4+ Kh7
24. Qh5+ Kg8 25. Kh1 (25. Bh6 {was a variation Svidler tried to make work at
the board.} Nxe5 26. Rxe5 Nf4 (26... f5 27. Rxe6 (27. Nd2 Qxe5 28. Kh1 Nf4 29.
Bxf4 Qxf4 30. Rg1+ Qg4 31. Rxg4+ fxg4 32. Qxg4+ Kh7 33. Qh3+ {again with a
draw.}) (27. Rxd5 Rxd5 28. Nd2 {was a variation considered by Svidler.} Qc6 {
and black is better.}) 27... Nf4 28. Bxf4 Qxf4 29. Rxe7) (26... Qxe5 $1 {
Svidler. This is why Svidler turned down this idea. White's queenside pieces
are completely undeveloped.} 27. Qg4+ Qg5 28. Bxg5 fxg5 29. Ra7 $6 (29. Nd2 Nf4
30. Nf1 {and black is at least for choice.}) 29... f5 30. Qg3 (30. Qf3 Nf4 {
Svidler "Nf4 comes against almost any move."} (30... g4 $1 {Stockfish is even
better.} 31. Qg3 Ra8 32. Rxa8 Rxa8 {and black has a big advantage.})) 30... Nf4
{wins.}) 27. Bxf4 fxe5 28. Qg4+ Kh7 29. Qh3+ Kg6 30. Qg4+ Kh7 31. Qh3+) (25.
Qg4+ {with an immediate draw was the alternative but there's not harm in
having a final try for white.}) 25... Nxe5 26. Rg1+ Ng6 27. Rxg6+ fxg6 28.
Qxg6+ {Now neither side has anything better than perpetual check.} Kh8 29. Qh5+
Kg8 30. Qg6+ Kh8 {"After the game finished Boris came up to me and said didn't
they tell you you have to develop all your pieces before you do all this stuff.
" Svidler.} 1/2-1/2

