[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2014"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.11.01"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[ECO "D57"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Lasker defence, main line"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "4122356"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 11. Bd3 c5 12. O-O Nc6 13. Re1 Be6 ({Relevant:
} 13... Rd8 14. e4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Qf6 16. d5 Ne7 17. Ne5 Bf5 18. Bf3 Ng6 19.
Nxg6 Bxg6 20. Qb3 b6 21. Re3 Bf5 22. Rae1 Qd6 23. h3 Bd7 24. Bg4 Bxg4 25. hxg4
b5 26. Re5 Rab8 27. R1e3 c4 28. Qc2 b4 29. cxb4 Qxb4 30. g3 Qb1+ 31. Qxb1 Rxb1+
32. Kg2 Rd1 33. Re8+ Rxe8 34. Rxe8+ Kh7 35. Rc8 Rxd5 36. Rxc4 {1/2-1/2 (36)
Topalov,V (2775)-Anand,V (2817) Monte Carlo 2011}) 14. e4 $146 ({Predecessor 
(2):} 14. Rb1 Rfd8 15. Bc2 Rac8 16. dxc5 Bg4 17. Qd3 g6 18. Nd4 Qxc5 19. Rxb7
Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Qxd4 21. exd4 Rxc3 22. Bb3 Rd7 23. Rb8+ Kg7 24. f3 Be6 25. Kf2
Rdc7 26. Re3 Rc1 27. Rb5 h5 28. h4 Rb1 29. Ra5 Rbc1 30. Re2 Rd7 {1/2-1/2 (30)
Dudyev,V (2594)-Lecroq,M (2609) ICCF email 2011}) 14... dxe4 15. Bxe4 cxd4 {
Nakamura thought this was the novelty. "I didn't think it was quite this easy
to equalise." Nakamura} 16. Bxc6 (16. cxd4 Rad8 {simply can't be anything for
white and he might even get into trouble.} 17. Qa4 b5 18. Qxb5 Nxd4 19. Qa5
Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 Rd4 $11) 16... bxc6 17. Nxd4 Qc5 18. Nxe6 fxe6 {"First of all
there's the problem that all these endgames are drawn. Even if I get 3 vs 2
it's drawn. Somehow I couldn't get anything really." Nakamura} 19. Re3 Rf6 20.
Qe2 Raf8 21. Rf1 Kh8 22. g3 Rd8 $1 {Jakovenko was very pleased with this move
saying he thought that his position might be unpleasant before finding this.}
23. Rxe6 Rxe6 24. Qxe6 Qxc3 25. Qe7 Qd4 26. Rc1 Rb8 27. Qf7 (27. Qc5 Qxc5 28.
Rxc5 {seems to be the only way to even look for an advantage.}) 27... a5 28.
Qf5 Qd2 29. Rc2 Qd1+ 30. Kg2 Rb1 31. Qf8+ Kh7 32. Qf5+ Kh8 33. Qf8+ Kh7 34.
Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2014"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.11.01"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2844"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[ECO "D73"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qb3
Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Nd2 e6 11. e4 Nc6 (11... b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. e5 Nc6 14. Re1
Rc8 15. Re3 Na5 16. Qd1 Qe7 17. a4 Rfd8 18. h4 Rd7 19. Ba3 Qd8 20. h5 Rdc7 21.
Rc1 Ba6 22. Bd6 Rd7 23. Bb4 Nc6 24. Ba3 Rdc7 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. f4 Bf8 27. Bb2
Be7 28. g4 Qf8 29. Qe1 Qh6 30. g5 Qg7 31. Rh3 Kf8 32. Kf2 Ke8 33. Qh1 Kd7 34.
Bxd5 Qf8 35. Rh7 Rd8 36. Qh3 Rcc8 37. Ba3 Kc7 38. Bxe7 Nxe7 39. Be4 Kb8 40. Qe3
Nf5 41. Bxf5 gxf5 42. c4 Rc7 43. a5 Rcd7 44. d5 exd5 45. e6 fxe6 46. Rxd7 Rxd7
47. axb6 dxc4 48. Nxc4 Bxc4 49. Rxc4 Qd6 50. bxa7+ Rxa7 51. g6 e5 52. Rc2 Qd4
53. Qxd4 exd4 54. Rc6 Kb7 55. Rf6 Ra2+ 56. Kg3 Ra1 57. Rxf5 Rg1+ 58. Kf3 Rxg6
59. Rd5 Kc7 60. Rxd4 Rg8 61. Ke4 Kc6 62. Ke5 Re8+ 63. Kf6 Kc5 64. Rd7 Kc6 65.
Re7 Rf8+ 66. Ke5 {1-0 (66) Vachier Lagrave,M (2719)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2717)
Biel SUI 2013}) 12. O-O Na5 13. Qd1 b6 {"I haven't checked this position in a
long time so I couldn't exactly remember." Caruana.} ({Relevant:} 13... Qc7 14.
Qf3 b6 15. Ba3 Rd8 16. e5 Ba6 17. Rfe1 Rac8 18. Bb4 Bh6 19. Qd1 Nc6 20. Ba3 Na5
21. Bb4 Nc6 22. Ba3 Na5 23. Nb1 b5 24. h4 Nc6 25. Bc5 Qb8 26. Qe2 Na5 27. Nd2
Rxc5 28. dxc5 Qc8 29. Nf3 Qxc5 30. Nh2 Bg7 31. h5 g5 32. h6 Bxh6 33. Qh5 Bg7
34. Qxg5 Nc6 35. Ng4 Qe7 36. Qxe7 Nxe7 37. a4 d4 38. axb5 Bxb5 39. Rxa7 d3 40.
Rxe7 d2 41. Rd1 Be2 42. Ne3 Bxe5 43. c4 {Nakamura,H (2778)-Kramnik,V (2797)
Istanbul 2012 1-0 (80)}) 14. e5 $146 ({Predecessor (3):} 14. Re1) 14... Ba6 {
Caruana thought this a more logical square than on b7.} 15. Re1 Rc8 16. Re3 Re8
{"This position is not very concrete so there is so many options for both
sides." Caruana} 17. h4 (17. Ba3 {Karjakin. It's hard to say.} f5 18. exf6 Qxf6
19. Bd6 $1 (19. Bh3) 19... Bh6 20. f4 Qd8) 17... Re7 18. h5 Rec7 19. Bb2 Nc4
20. Nxc4 Bxc4 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. a4 b5 23. axb5 Rb7 24. Ba3 Rxb5 25. f4 a5 26.
g4 Rcb8 27. Re1 $6 {"Re1 must be a bad move, I really didn't want to play it
but I couldn't see another move." Caruana.} (27. Bd6 R8b6 {is perhaps just a
tiny bit better for black.}) (27. Qe1 $1 {remaining flexible seems the way.}
Bh6 28. Rf3 Qb6 29. Bc5) (27. Kh2 $5 {was Caruana's paradoxical suggestion.}
Qh4+ (27... Bh6 28. g5 Bf8) 28. Kg1 Bf8 29. Rh3 Qxh3 30. Bxh3 Bxa3 31. f5 Bb2)
27... Bf8 28. Bxf8 Kxf8 29. Qf3 Qh4 30. f5 {"I probably shouldn't play f5 but
it's hard to find any move." Caruana. Both players were short of time here.} (
30. Qh3 Qxh3 31. Bxh3 {going into a bad ending "I didn't know exactly how bad.
" was Caruana's comment and that he could easily be just losing if he did it.}
Rb3 32. Rec1 Ra8 33. Bf1 a4 34. Kf2 a3 35. Bxc4 dxc4) 30... gxf5 31. gxf5 Ke7
32. Rec1 $2 (32. fxe6 fxe6 33. Qh3 Qxh3 34. Bxh3 Ra8 {is again quite bad for
white but now if black plays the best he wins in a few moves.}) 32... exf5 $6 (
32... Rh8 $1 {and it seems like white is completely tied up and will
eventually lose.} 33. Rab1 Rh6 34. Rxb5 Bxb5 35. Rd1 Bc4 36. fxe6 fxe6 37. Rb1
Ba6 {Ba6 seems to be the key in this position.} 38. Ra1 a4) 33. Qxf5 Rb2 34.
Rc2 Rxc2 35. Qxc2 Rh8 {This does seem to be winning anyway.} 36. Qf5 Rh6 37.
Rb1 Kf8 38. Qf3 $1 {Down to 30 seconds here.} a4 $6 (38... Ba6 $1 {Covers b7
and shields the a-pawn and this finally cracks white's position. But
practically impossible to find, at least in time trouble as it seems to drop
the d-pawn.} 39. Rb8+ (39. Qxd5 a4 40. Qa8+ Kg7) 39... Kg7 40. Rb1 (40. Ra8)
40... a4 41. Ra1 a3) 39. Rb7 (39. Rb8+ Kg7 40. Rb7 {This counter attack is the
secret to the draw.} Qe1+ 41. Bf1 Rg6+ 42. Kh2 Qd2+ 43. Bg2 Rh6+ 44. Kg1 Qc1+
45. Kf2 Qc2+ 46. Kg1) 39... f6 40. Rb8+ Kf7 41. Rb7+ Kf8 {draw by repetition.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2014"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.11.01"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "B44"]
[Opening "Sicilian, Szen, hedgehog variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14200244"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Qb3 Nd7 13. Rfd1 Nc5 14. Qc2 Rb8 ({
Relevant:} 14... Bf6 15. Rac1 Be5 16. Nab1 f5 17. f4 Bxc3 18. Nxc3 fxe4 19. Qd2
e5 20. fxe5 Nxe5 21. Qxd6 Ncd3 22. Qxd8 Raxd8 23. Bxb6 Rc8 24. b3 Rc6 25. Be3
Nxc1 26. Rxc1 Nd3 27. Rd1 Nf4 28. Bf1 Rg6 29. g3 h5 30. Nd5 Nxd5 31. cxd5 h4
32. d6 hxg3 33. d7 gxh2+ 34. Kxh2 Rd8 35. Bc4+ Kh7 36. Bf7 Rf6 37. Be8 Rf8 38.
Rc1 Rfxe8 39. dxe8=Q Rxe8 40. Rc7 Bd5 41. Bd4 e3 42. Rxg7+ Kh6 43. Rd7 e2 44.
Rd6+ {Naiditsch,A (2707)-Navara,D (2705) Sibenik 2011 1/2-1/2}) 15. Rac1 Ba8
$146 ({Predecessor (12):} 15... Qc7 {1-0 (36) Brodsky,M (2528)-Filippov,V 
(2609) Sochi 2004 The game version I saw was corrupted so it's not possible to
tell what happened in that game.}) (15... Nb4 {Radjabov remembered Nb4 is not
very good.} 16. Qd2) 16. Nab1 {"I think I played it horribly. I think Nb1 only
makes sense after Bf6." Kasimdzhanov.} (16. Qb1 Nb4 17. Nc2 Nxc2 18. Qxc2) (16.
Qd2 Nb4 17. Nc2) 16... e5 (16... Nb4 {may make sense here but Radjabov seemed
to have ruled it out as an idea.} 17. Qd2 Qe8 18. Qe1 f5) 17. Qd2 g6 18. Bf1 (
18. b3) 18... Kh8 {"Already around here black is more comfortable."
Kasimdzhanov. "I don't have a plan, I don't have any moves actually." Radjabov
said he completely disagreed and that in this structure white is always better.
} (18... Nd4 $5) 19. f3 Ne6 (19... f5) 20. Nd5 Bg5 21. Bxg5 (21. f4 {was
Radjabov's suggestion.}) 21... Nxg5 22. Nbc3 Nd4 23. Qe3 Nge6 24. f4 f6 25. Rd2
(25. g3) 25... b5 26. cxb5 axb5 27. b4 Bc6 (27... f5 {"And I didn't know."
Kasimdzhanov was concerned by this move.}) 28. Rf2 g5 29. fxe5 fxe5 30. Rd1 Qd7
31. Rdd2 Qg7 32. Rxf8+ Rxf8 33. Rf2 Nf4 34. g3 {And they agreed a draw.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2014"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.11.01"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "accelerated Meran (Alekhine variation)"]
[WhiteFideId "2805677"]
[BlackFideId "4158814"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 e6 6. c5 b6 7. cxb6 Qxb6 {
Andreikin played this before in the World Cup vs Tomashevsky.} 8. Na4 ({
Relevant:} 8. Bd3 a5 9. Na4 Qc7 10. O-O Bd6 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Ba6 13. Rc1 Rc8
14. h3 {1/2-1/2 (14) Andreikin,D (2716)-Tomashevsky,E (2706) Tromsoe 2013})
8... Qc7 9. Bd2 a5 10. Rc1 Bd6 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. Qe2 O-O 13. O-O Bxd3 14. Qxd3
Nbd7 15. Rc2 Rfc8 16. Rfc1 Qb7 17. Be1 Ne4 $146 {Andreikin said this game
shows black really has to fight for a draw. He'd previously thought it rather
solid.} ({Predecessor:} 17... h6 18. h3 Ra7 19. Nd2 Nb6 20. Nxb6 Qxb6 21. Qb3
Qxb3 22. Nxb3 Bb4 23. Kf1 Ra6 24. a3 Bxe1 25. Kxe1 Nd7 26. Nc5 Nxc5 27. Rxc5 a4
28. Rb5 Kf8 29. Rb7 Ra5 30. Kd2 c5 31. dxc5 Rcxc5 32. Rxc5 Rxc5 33. Rb4 Ra5 34.
Kc3 Ke7 35. Rb7+ Kf6 36. Kb4 Ra8 37. f4 g5 38. g3 gxf4 39. gxf4 Kg6 40. Kc3 f6
41. b4 axb3 42. Kxb3 Kf5 43. Rb4 Rg8 44. a4 Rg3 45. a5 Rxe3+ 46. Kb2 Rg3 47. a6
{Kraemer,M (2508)-Rublevsky,S (2682) Baden-Baden 2011 0-1 (61)}) 18. Nd2 Nxd2
19. Bxd2 Qa6 20. Qxa6 Rxa6 {With or without queens black doesn't have any
counter play according to Andreikin.} 21. f3 f5 22. e4 (22. Be1 Kf7 23. Bg3 e5
(23... Ke7 24. Bxd6+ Kxd6 25. f4) (23... Bxg3 24. hxg3 Ke7)) 22... fxe4 (22...
Kf7 23. e5 Be7 24. f4) 23. fxe4 dxe4 24. Nc3 Nf6 {Gelfand thought he had "a
slight advantage but nothing really special."} 25. Re1 e3 (25... Bb4 26. Nxe4
Nxe4 27. Rxe4 Bxd2 28. Rxd2 c5 29. Rc2 Rac6 30. dxc5 Rxc5 31. Rxc5 Rxc5 32.
Rxe6 Rc2 33. Re5 Rxb2 34. Rxa5 Kf7) 26. Bxe3 Bb4 (26... c5 27. dxc5 (27. Na4 c4
28. Bf2 Nd5 29. Nc5 Rb6) 27... Bxc5 28. Bxc5 Rxc5) 27. Rec1 (27. Ree2) 27...
Bxc3 28. bxc3 c5 29. dxc5 Ng4 30. Bd4 e5 31. h3 exd4 32. hxg4 Rxc5 (32... d3 $1
33. Rd2 Rg6 (33... Rac6 34. Rxd3 Rxc5) 34. Rxd3 Rxg4 35. Rd4 Rg5 36. c4 Rgxc5
$11) 33. cxd4 Rxc2 34. Rxc2 Rg6 35. Kf2 Rxg4 36. Ke3 Kf7 37. Re2 $11 Rg6 38.
Kd3 Re6 39. Rb2 Rg6 40. Kc4 Ke7 41. Kb5 Rd6 42. Kc5 Rg6 43. a4 h5 44. d5 h4 45.
Kb5 Rd6 46. Rd2 g5 47. Kxa5 g4 48. Kb5 h3 49. gxh3 gxh3 50. a5 Rh6 51. Rh2 Kd6
52. a6 Kc7 53. Kc5 Rxa6 54. Rxh3 Rg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2014"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.11.01"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "13601520"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 ({Relevant:} 6. g3
f5 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. b3 a6 10. N5c3 O-O 11. Ba3 Kh8 12. Nd2 Be6 13. Nd5
Bxd5 14. cxd5 Nd4 15. Bb2 Nb5 16. a4 Nc7 17. Nc4 e4 18. Ne3 Nd7 19. Bh3 Bf6 20.
Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Bxf5 Qe7 22. Rc1 Ne8 23. b4 a5 24. Qd4 axb4 25. Qxb4 Nc5 26. Be6
Nc7 27. Nf5 Rxf5 28. Bxf5 Qe5 29. Be6 h6 30. Qb6 Ne8 31. Rxc5 dxc5 32. Qxb7 Rd8
33. a5 e3 34. f4 Qh5 35. Qe7 Rb8 {Tkachiev,V (2661)-Milov,V (2676) Ajaccio
2007 1-0}) 6... a6 7. Na3 Be6 8. g3 f5 9. Bg2 Nf6 10. O-O Be7 11. e4 fxe4 $146
{"The opening was nothing special." according to Jobava.} ({Predecessor:} 11...
O-O 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 Qd7 14. Ne3 Bh3 15. Ncd5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nxd5 17. Nxd5
Bd8 18. Be3 Qf5 19. f3 h5 20. h3 Qg6 21. Qd2 Bh4 22. Qf2 Rf7 23. Kh2 Bg5 24.
Bb6 Qd3 25. Rad1 Qg6 26. h4 Bh6 27. Qe2 Raf8 28. Kg2 Bf4 29. Bf2 Bh6 30. Bb6
Qe6 31. Qe4 g5 32. hxg5 Bxg5 33. c5 Rg7 34. cxd6 Qxd6 35. Rh1 Qh6 36. Nc7 Bd8
37. Be3 Bg5 38. Bb6 Bf4 39. Rh3 Ne7 40. Bf2 Nf5 41. Nd5 {Gajovic,D (2121)
-Cvetanovic,U (2232) Paracin 2011 1/2-1/2}) 12. Nxe4 O-O 13. b3 {"With the
idea of Nc2" Jobava.} Kh8 14. Nc2 Bg4 $1 {White was within two moves of
consolidating his position. "Now not so easy to move." Jobava.} 15. Qd2 (15.
Qd3) 15... Qd7 16. Bb2 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bf3 (17... Bh3 18. Rfc1 Rf7 {may be a
better way to play.}) 18. Qd5 Qg4 19. Rae1 Qh5 20. Re3 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Rf6 22.
Bc1 Raf8 23. Rd3 Rg6 24. Rd5 Bh4 25. Ba3 {Here Jobava thought that he was
better.} Be7 26. Bc1 Qh3 (26... Bh4 27. Qg2) 27. Be3 (27. Rfd1 Rgf6 28. Be3 Qh5
29. R1d2 Rg6 30. a4 Qh3) 27... Qh5 28. a3 Rg4 $6 29. Qg2 Qe8 $6 30. Nb4 h5 $6
31. c5 $1 {In the space of three moves black's gone from being fine to being
in trouble.} Nxb4 32. axb4 Qg6 33. Rfd1 dxc5 34. Rxe5 (34. Rd7 $1 {was much
better.} Rf7 35. bxc5) 34... Bf6 35. Bxc5 (35. Qf3 Qf7 36. Red5 Bd4 37. Qxf7
Rxf7 38. Rxh5+) 35... Bxe5 36. Bxf8 h4 37. Be7 hxg3 38. Rd8+ Kh7 39. Qh3+ Qh6
40. Qxh6+ Kxh6 $2 {This is almost losing position. Jobava.} (40... gxh6) 41.
hxg3 Re4 (41... Rd4) 42. Rd7 b5 43. Bc5 Re1+ 44. Kg2 Ra1 45. Kf3 Kh7 46. Rd3
Bb2 47. Ke4 Ba3 48. Kd5 Rc1 49. Bd6 Rc8 50. Ke6 Kg6 51. f3 Rc6 52. Kd7 Rc2 53.
Ke6 Rc6 54. Ke7 Rc2 55. g4 Re2+ 56. Kd7 Rc2 57. Ke6 Re2+ 58. Kd5 Rc2 59. f4 Kf7
60. g5 Kg6 61. Ke6 Re2+ 62. Kd7 Re4 63. Be5 Bc1 64. Rf3 Kf5 $1 {Finally the
end is in sight.} 65. Bxg7 Bxf4 66. Kc6 {Now liquidation happens.} (66. Bf8
Kxg5 67. Rf2) 66... Kxg5 67. Kd5 Kf5 68. Bh6 Rxb4 69. Kc5 Rxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2014"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.11.01"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "3.g3"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. dxc5 {Mamedyarov plays an "interesting idea".} (
{Relevant:} 4. d5 b5 5. cxb5 a6 6. bxa6 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Nf3 d6 9. e4 Qa5 10.
Nd2 Bxa6 11. Bxa6 Qxa6 12. Qe2 Nbd7 13. a4 e6 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Nb5 Qc6 16. O-O
d5 17. e5 Ne8 18. f4 Nc7 19. Nf3 Qa6 20. Ra3 Rab8 21. Ng5 Rfe8 22. Qg4 Nxb5 23.
axb5 Qc8 24. Ra7 Rb7 25. Rxb7 Qxb7 26. Nxe6 Nxe5 27. fxe5 Qd7 28. Be3 Rxe6 29.
Bxc5 h5 30. Qf4 Rxe5 31. b6 Rf5 32. Qc1 Rxf1+ 33. Qxf1 Bxb2 {So,W (2744)
-Shankland,S (2632) Edmonton 2014 1-0}) 4... Qa5+ (4... Na6 {is maybe safer.})
5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor (5):} 6... Qxc5 7. Qa4 Qb6 8. Nh3 O-O
9. Nf4 d6 10. O-O Bd7 11. Qa3 Bc6 12. Nfd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Bd7 14. Be3 Bd4 {1/
2-1/2 (14) Sveshnikov,E (2525)-Dorfman,J (2510) Yerevan 1982}) 7. Qa4 Qxc5 8.
Be3 Qb4 9. Qxb4 Nxb4 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Nh3 {What is better - Mamedyarov. I don't
think so. MVL.} (11. c5 d6 12. cxd6 exd6) 11... d6 12. Nf4 Bf5 13. O-O g5 14.
Nh3 h6 15. Bd2 Rac8 (15... Nd7) (15... Ng4) 16. b3 Nc6 17. f4 gxf4 18. Rxf4 Bd7
19. Rh4 Ne5 20. Bxb7 Ng6 {"Here you think white is better?" MVL "Of course
without any risk." Mamedyarov. "What?} 21. Bxc8 Rxc8 22. Nf4 Nxh4 23. gxh4 Kh7
24. Nfd5 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 e6 26. Nf4 Rg8 27. Kf1 Be5 {"You think you're better
here?" Mamedyarov "Of course" MVL who added that he knew Mamedyarov was over
optimistic but this was too much. The computers don't really give a big
advantage to either side. Both liked their chances.} (27... Bd4 $5) 28. Be3 Rg4
29. Nd3 Bxh2 30. Bxa7 e5 $2 {Here MVL thought he went completely crazy.} (30...
Rxh4 {was MVL suggestion after the game. Of course it's all very sharp but the
computers like white. "If anyone's playing for a win it's still black." MVL}
31. a4 Rg4 32. a5 h5 33. b4 (33. a6) 33... h4 34. a6 h3 35. b5 Bg3 36. Bg1 {
winning for white.}) 31. Bf2 f5 32. Nb4 f4 33. c5 dxc5 34. Rxc5 Rg7 35. Rxe5 f3
36. Re3 fxe2+ 37. Kxe2 Bg4+ 38. Kf1 Bd6 39. Nd3 Ra7 40. Bg3 Bf8 {The players
reach first time control and white is winning.} 41. Nf2 Bh5 42. a4 Rb7 43. Ne4
(43. a5 Bf7 44. Rf3 Kg8 45. Ne4) 43... Bd1 44. Nd2 (44. Bd6 $1) 44... Bb4 45.
Nc4 Bc5 {Now it's got messy.} 46. Re5 Bb4 47. Rb5 Rxb5 48. axb5 Bxb3 49. Ne5
Bc5 50. Nd7 Bc4+ 51. Kg2 Bd4 52. b6 Bd5+ 53. Kf1 Kg6 54. Bf2 Bf6 55. h5+ Kf5
56. Nxf6 {Lucky escape.} 1/2-1/2

