[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2014"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.11.02"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Capablanca-Duras variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4158814"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nc3 c6 7. e3 g6 8. Bd3
Bg7 9. O-O ({Relevant:} 9. e4 O-O 10. O-O Qd8 11. e5 dxc4 12. Bxc4 c5 13. dxc5
Nd7 14. Qe2 Nxc5 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Rd6 b6 17. Rfd1 Nb7 18. R6d2 Na5 19. Bd3 Bb7
20. Be4 Rad8 21. Rd6 Bxe4 22. Nxe4 Nb7 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. h4 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Nc5
26. Qc2 Nxe4 27. Qxe4 Qc7 28. Qd4 Qc2 29. a3 Bf8 30. Qd2 Qb1+ 31. Kh2 a5 32. g4
Kg7 33. Kg3 a4 34. Ne1 Be7 35. f3 b5 36. f4 Qe4 37. Nf3 Bc5 38. Qd8 Qe2 {
Bacrot,E (2729)-Giri,A (2758) Linares 2014 0-1}) 9... O-O 10. Ne5 dxc4 11. Nxc4
Qe7 12. Qb3 {Andreikin said he didn't have a very good night worrying about
the lines he was to play today. Whilst with a draw or even a loss might win
him the event only a win would guarantee it.} b6 $146 {Giri was playing quite
quickly. Andreikin thought the line chosen was an interesting way of playing.}
({Predecessor:} 12... Rd8 13. Rad1 b6 14. f4 Bb7 15. Be4 Na6 16. a3 c5 17. d5
exd5 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 Qe6 20. f5 gxf5 21. Nf4 Qc6 22. Nh5 b5 23. Nxg7
bxc4 24. Qc3 Kh7 25. Nxf5 Qg6 26. Nd6 f5 27. Qe5 Rg8 28. g3 Rad8 29. Rxf5 Rg7
30. Rf6 Qg4 31. Rdf1 {1-0 (31) Fedoseev,V (2525)-Negi,P (2641) Moscow 2012})
13. Be4 Bb7 14. Rfd1 Na6 15. a3 (15. Rac1) (15. Bf3) 15... Rfd8 16. Rd2 $6 {
Whilst white might not be much better this seems to allow black to equalise at
the very least.} (16. Rac1 c5 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Nb5 cxd4 19. exd4 Rd5) (16. g3
c5 17. d5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Nxd5 Qe6 20. Nf4 Qc6 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rd1
Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 {is more or less equal.}) 16... c5 $1 {Andreikin said he missed
this move.} 17. Rad1 cxd4 18. exd4 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 {Andreikin didn't like his
position here.} Nc7 20. Nc3 Rd7 (20... Rac8) (20... Ne8 $5 21. Rd3 Rac8 22. d5
Nd6 23. Ne3 e5) 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Qg5 (23... Qc5 $5 24. Rd7
Qxe5) 24. Rd7 (24. Re2 {is passive but might be enough to hold on.} Nd5 {Giri.}
25. g3 Nf4 $6 (25... Rd8) 26. Re3 Nh3+ 27. Kg2 Nf4+ 28. Kf1) 24... Qxe5 25. g3
Na6 $6 $11 (25... Ne8 $1) 26. Qd1 Rf8 27. Rxa7 Nc5 28. Qf3 Qb8 29. Nb5 Qe5 30.
Nc3 Qb8 31. Nb5 Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2014"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.11.02"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "A70"]
[Opening "Benoni"]
[Variation "classical with e4 and Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "13601520"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. h3 {
Mamedyarov said he'd prepared this line for white so he'd looked at the
variations.} O-O 9. Bd3 {"Baadur and I styles are very similar. Think we were
both happy with this opening." Mamedyarov.} b5 10. Nxb5 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Re8 12.
Ng5 {"Maybe white is better." Mamedyarov.} (12. Nd2 {is also very playable for
white.}) 12... Qa5+ 13. Nc3 Ba6 14. Bd2 ({Relevant:} 14. Qc2 f5 15. Bd2 Nd7 16.
Ne6 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Qb6 18. Bc3 Bh6 19. Bd2 Ne5 20. Bxh6 Qb4+ 21. Bd2 {1-0 (21)
Ulibin,M (2523)-Munoz Pantoja,M (2459) Montcada 2013}) 14... Nd7 15. Qc2 Rab8
16. O-O-O Ne5 17. Rhe1 $146 {Jobava understood Mamedyarov was well prepared so
he deviates.} (17. Na4 Qd8 {was the line Mamedyarov had prepared.} 18. Rde1 f5
19. f4 fxe4 20. fxe5 Bd3 21. Qd1 Bxe5 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Bxb2+ 24. Nxb2
Rxe4 25. Qf3 Qe7 26. Rf1 Rf8 27. Qxf8+ Qxf8 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Nd1 Rd4 30. Nc3
Rd3 31. Kc2 Rg3 32. Bf4 Rxg2+ 33. Kb3 Ke7 34. Ne4 Re2 35. Bxd6+ Kd7 36. Nc3 Re3
37. Bxc5 Rxh3 38. Bxa7 h5 39. a4 h4 40. a5 Rh1 41. Bc5 Ra1 42. Ba3 h3 43. a6
Re1 44. a7 Re8 45. Ne4 Kc7 46. Bc5 h2 {Bern,I (2590)-Olafsson,H (2545) Sweden
1994 1-0 (64)}) (17. Rde1 {must also be a try.}) 17... Rec8 {Jobava said he
was shocked by this move. "I thought now I am winning."} (17... Nc4 {
Mamedyarov pointed out that white's last prevents the otherwise desirable Nc4.}
18. Bd3 Rxe1 19. Rxe1 Nxb2 (19... Rxb2 20. Re8+ Bf8 21. Qa4 Qb6 22. Rxf8+ Kxf8
23. Qd7 Qb7 24. Ne6+ fxe6 25. Bh6+ Kg8 26. Qe8#) 20. Bxa6 Qxa6 21. Qxb2 Rxb2
22. Re8+ Bf8 23. Kxb2 {wins for white.}) 18. Na4 Rb4 19. f4 Nc4 20. Bf5 {When
he saw this move Mamedyarov started to remember something of his analysis of
this position with white.} Rcb8 (20... gxf5 $2 21. Qxf5 Qxa4 22. Qxf7+ Kh8 23.
Bc3 Ne5 24. Qf5) 21. Bxb4 Qxb4 22. a3 $2 {Up to here both players seem to have
been playing the strong moves. Now, either with or without taking on g6 first,
Qb3 seems to be white's best with maybe some small advantage. Jobava thought
his 22.a3 move was just winning out of hand as the Queen had to retreat. Even
that turns out probably not to be true.} (22. Qb3 {Is probably the better move
but black still has a lot of nasty counterplay too.} Bb5 $2 {was what
Mamedyarov said he had planned. But I wonder if it was really after Bxg6 first.
} (22... gxf5 23. Re7 (23. Qxb4 cxb4 24. b3 Bb5 $11) 23... Bb5 24. Nc3 (24.
Rxa7 Bxa4 25. Qxb4 (25. Rxa4 Qxb3 26. axb3 Nxb2 27. Ra7 Nxd1 28. Kxd1 Rxb3 29.
Nxf7) 25... Rxb4 26. b3) (24. Qxb4 cxb4 25. Rxa7 $2 (25. b3 Rc8 26. bxc4 Bxa4
27. Rd3 Rxc4+ 28. Kd2 Bc3+ 29. Ke3 Bc2 30. Rxa7 h6 31. Nxf7 Re4+ 32. Kf3 Bxd3
33. Nxh6+ Kf8 {with an extra piece for black.}) 25... Rc8 $1 {with a lethal
check to come.} (25... Bxa4 26. Rxa4 Nxb2 27. Ra6)) 24... Nxb2 25. Qxb4 cxb4
26. Nxb5 Nxd1 27. Nxd6) 23. Qxb4 cxb4 24. Bd3 Bxa4 25. Bxc4 Bxd1 26. Kxd1 {
with a whole extra piece.}) (22. Bxg6 {This finesse might be important in the
final assessment of the position if white doesn't turn out to have anything in
playing Qb3 straight away.} hxg6 23. Qb3 Bb5 24. Nc3 Qa5 $11) 22... Nxa3 $1 {
Now it's black who has the chances.} (22... Qa5 {In fact Jobava's expected Qa5
doesn't seem that bad for black either.} 23. Bd7 Bxb2+ 24. Nxb2 Rxb2 25. Qxb2
Nxb2 26. Kxb2 Qb6+ 27. Kc1 Qb3) 23. bxa3 Qxa3+ {one of two playable moves for
Mamedyarov. Black is better but there are a lot of perpetual checks about.} (
23... Qxf4+ 24. Rd2 Qxg5 {with a double edged position.} 25. Bd3 c4 26. Bxc4
Qg3 (26... Rc8 $2 27. Bxa6 Rxc2+ 28. Kxc2) 27. Re4 Rc8 28. Kb1 f5 29. Rd3 Qg5
30. Re8+ Rxe8 31. Bxa6 Re1+ 32. Rd1) 24. Kd2 Qg3 {Now Jobava thought for a
long time. He understood he had to play for a draw. "After I found Qg3 I
thought excellent for me." Mamedyarov.} 25. Rb1 (25. Re4 $2 {doesn't help.}
gxf5) (25. Ne6 $2 gxf5 $1 {wins.} 26. Nxg7 Qxf4+ 27. Re3 Qf2+ 28. Kc1 Qxe3+ 29.
Rd2 Rb4) (25. Bd3 {was however a possible alternative.}) 25... Qxf4+ 26. Kd1
Rxb1+ {Mamedyarov didn't want to exchange his rooks but he probably has to.}
27. Qxb1 Qd4+ {Mamedyarov doesn't think his advantage is enough for a win.} (
27... Qxa4+ 28. Qc2 (28. Bc2 Qd4+ 29. Kc1 Bh6) 28... Qa1+ (28... Qd4+ 29. Qd2
Qxd2+ 30. Kxd2 gxf5 31. Re8+ Bf8 32. Nxh7 {"and maybe I have chance to lose"
Mamedyarov. And indeed it seems white is winning.}) 29. Qc1 Qxc1+ 30. Kxc1 Bh6
31. Re8+ Kg7 32. h4 gxf5 {when black has the edge on material.}) 28. Kc1 Qf4+
29. Kd1 gxf5 $11 {The engines give this as equal.} (29... Qxg5 30. Re8+ Bf8 31.
Qb8) (29... Qxa4+ {transposes to the above line.}) 30. Re8+ Bf8 31. Nxc5 (31.
Qb8 Qd4+ 32. Kc2 Qxa4+ 33. Kc1 Qa3+ 34. Kd1 Qd3+ 35. Kc1 Qf1+ 36. Kb2 Qb5+ (
36... Qxg2+ 37. Ka3 Qg3+ 38. Ka4 Qf4+ 39. Ka5 Qb4+ 40. Qxb4 cxb4 41. Kxa6) 37.
Qxb5 Bxb5 38. Rb8 Bc4 39. Nxh7 Kxh7 40. Rxf8 Bxd5 41. g3 Be6 42. Ra8 Kg6 43. h4
Kh5 44. Rh8+ Kg4 45. Rg8+ Kh5 46. Rh8+ Kg6 47. Ra8 Kh5 48. Rxa7 f4 49. gxf4
Kxh4 50. f5 Bxf5 51. Rxf7 Kg5 52. Kc3 Be6 53. Rf1 d5 54. Rf8 Bf5 55. Rd8 Be4
56. Rc8 c4 $11) (31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Qb8+ Kg7 33. Ne6+ fxe6 34. Qxa7+ Kf6 35.
Qxa6 Qd4+ {is a line Mamedyarov calculated. Still equal.}) 31... Qd4+ (31...
dxc5 32. Qb8 {equal.}) 32. Kc1 Qxc5+ 33. Qc2 Qg1+ 34. Qd1 Qc5+ 35. Qc2 Qg1+ 36.
Qd1 Qxg2 37. Qh5 {forcing black to deliver perpetual check.} Qg1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2014"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.11.02"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "5.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5
axb5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. d4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 d6 12. f4 Nc6 13. Qc3 Ne7 14. Qd3 {This
was MVL big idea for the game an improvement over a couple of games Nakamura
had already played in this line.} ({Relevant:} 14. Nd2 O-O 15. e5 Nfd5 16. Bxd5
Nxd5 17. Qd4 Bb7 18. Ne4 f5 19. Ng5 Qd7 20. Nf3 Ra8 21. Bd2 c5 22. Qd3 c4 23.
Qd4 dxe5 24. Nxe5 Qc7 25. Rfd1 h6 26. Be1 Rfe8 27. Bd2 Red8 28. Rxa8 Rxa8 29.
h3 Ra2 30. Rb1 Nf6 31. Bb4 Be4 32. Re1 Bxc2 33. g4 Qa7 34. Qxa7 Rxa7 35. Nc6
Ra6 36. Ne7+ Kf7 37. g5 hxg5 38. fxg5 Ne4 39. Nxf5 Nxg5 40. Re7+ Kg6 41. Nd4
Bd3 42. Rb7 Nxh3+ 43. Kh2 Ng5 {Polgar,J (2705)-Nakamura,H (2760) London 2012
0-1}) (14. Ra7 c5 15. e5 Nfd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Qf3 Qb6 18. Rxf7 Kxf7 19. Qxd5+
Be6 20. Qd1 Bf5 21. Qd5+ Be6 22. Qd1 Bf5 23. Qd5+ Be6 24. Qd1 {1/2-1/2 (24)
Andreikin,D (2722)-Nakamura,H (2764) Tashkent UZB 2014}) 14... O-O (14... c5
15. c4 O-O 16. Nc3 bxc4 17. Bxc4 Bb7 18. e5 Ne8 19. Rd1 Qd7 20. exd6 Nf5 21.
Ra5 Nexd6 22. Rxc5 Rbc8 23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24. Bd5 Qc5+ 25. Kh1 Bxd5 26. Qxd5 Qxd5
27. Nxd5 h5 28. Kg1 Rc8 29. Nc3 Rb8 30. Rd5 f6 31. Kf2 Kf7 32. g3 Ke6 33. Rc5
Rb4 34. h3 g6 35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 Nd4 37. Rc7 Rb8 38. Rg7 Nb3 39. Be3 Na5 40.
Na4 Nac4 41. Bc1 g5 42. fxg5 Ne4+ 43. Ke2 fxg5 44. Kd3 Ne5+ 45. Kxe4 Rb4+ 46.
Ke3 Rxa4 47. Rxg5 Rxg4 48. Rxg4 {1/2-1/2 (48) Alekseev,E (2715)-Fressinet,L 
(2653) Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2009}) 15. Nc3 b4 (15... c5 16. Nxb5 Nxe4 17. Qxe4
Rxb5 18. Ra7 c4 19. Bxc4 d5 20. Qxe7 dxc4 21. Qxd8 Rxd8 22. Ra8 Rf8 23. Ra4 Be6
24. f5 Bd5 25. Re1 h5 26. h3 Rc8 27. Kh2 h4 28. f6 gxf6 29. b3 f5 30. bxc4 {1/
2-1/2 (30) Kasparov,G (2795)-Topalov,V (2725) Novgorod RUS 1997}) 16. e5 (16.
Ne2 d5 17. exd5 Bf5 18. Qd1 Nexd5 19. Ng3 Bc8 20. Qd4 Bb7 21. Bd2 Re8 22. Rae1
Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Qf8 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Qxe4 h6 26. h3 Qc5+ 27. Kh2 Bc6 28. Qc4 Qxc4
29. Bxc4 Nf6 30. Re7 Nd5 31. Bxd5 Bxd5 32. Rxc7 Re8 33. Rd7 Be4 34. Bxb4 Bxc2
35. Re7 Rxe7 36. Bxe7 Bb3 37. g4 f5 38. gxf5 Kf7 39. Bd8 Bc2 40. b4 Bxf5 41. b5
Ke6 42. b6 {1/2-1/2 (42) Svidler,P (2754)-Shirov,A (2719) Khanty-Mansiysk RUS
2009}) 16... Bf5 17. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor (2):} 17. Qd4 Nd7 18. exd6 cxd6 19.
Ne2 Nc5 20. Ng3 Nxb3 21. cxb3 Nc6 22. Qf2 Qd7 23. Be3 Rfe8 {1/2-1/2 (23) Moll,
R (2606)-Blanco Gramajo,C (2529) ICCF email 2010}) 17... Nd7 18. Na4 dxe5 (
18... Nc6 19. Be3 dxe5 20. fxe5 Be6 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Qc4 Ndxe5 23. Qxe6+ Kh8
24. Rxf8+ Qxf8 25. Nc5) 19. Be3 {Was the main point of MVL preparation and he
said "I cannot really discuss this." but it seems to me that Ng6 will be the
focus of play if this is reached again.} Ra8 $6 {MVL was surprised by this
move and it seems like it doesn't work. The idea is to tie at least one of
bishop or rook to the protections of the knight and change off a pair of rooks.
It seems white can avoid this and get a big advantage.} (19... Ng6 20. fxe5 Be6
21. Bxe6 (21. Rxf7 Bxf7 22. e6 Bxe6 23. Bxe6+ $11) 21... fxe6 22. Qc4 Rxf1+ 23.
Rxf1 Ndf8 $11) (19... Be6 $2 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Nc5 Nxc5 22. Bxc5 {and white
has a nice edge.} Rf5 {Nakamura.} 23. g4 $5 (23. fxe5 g6 24. g4 Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1
{is starting to feel like pressure at least.} Qd7 26. h3 Rd8 (26... Nd5 27. h4)
27. Bxb4 (27. Qf2 Nd5 28. h4 Ra8 29. Kh2) 27... Qd4+)) 20. Rad1 Qe8 (20... Qc8
{the following refutation was seen by MVL.} 21. fxe5 Nxe5 (21... Be6 22. Rxf7
Bxf7 23. e6) 22. Bc5) 21. Nc5 {still enough for an advantage.} (21. fxe5 $1
Nxe5 22. Bc5 N5c6 23. Rfe1 Be6 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Qxe6+ Qf7 26. b3 $1) 21... Ra5
22. Nb7 (22. Nxd7 {doesn't look like much according to the players.} Bxd7 23.
Qf2) 22... Ra8 23. fxe5 Kh8 24. Nd6 $6 {This move helps black.} (24. Qb5 $1 {
was a computer move not considered by either player. It took them a while to
work out even why it was good.} Bg4 25. Rd2 {and white has a large advantage
according to the computer.} (25. e6 $5) 25... h6 (25... Nb6 26. Qxe8 Raxe8 27.
Bxb6 cxb6 28. Nd6) 26. Re1 f6 27. h3 Bf5 28. exf6 Nxf6 29. Qe5 Qc8 30. Nc5) (
24. Bd2 {is another computer idea.} Rb8 25. Bxb4 Rxb7 26. Bxe7 Qxe7 27. Rxf5) (
24. Bd4 {is a more modest move that also keeps the advantage.} Rb8 (24... Be6
25. Nc5) 25. Nc5) 24... cxd6 25. exd6 Bg6 26. dxe7 Qxe7 27. Qf2 Rac8 $6 (27...
f6 {is the right way to go.}) 28. Rd5 (28. Bf4 $1 Ne5 29. Rde1 f6 30. Bxe5 fxe5
31. Rxe5 Qd6 32. Rd5 Qb8 33. Qd4 Rxf1+ 34. Kxf1 Be8) 28... Rfe8 29. Bd4 (29.
Bf4 $5) 29... f6 $1 {finally a move that solves most of the problems.} 30. Ba4
Red8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2014"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.11.02"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitry"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2844"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4122356"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 d6 3. c4 ({Relevant:} 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6
7. a4 Qc7 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. Nd2 e5 10. Nc4 exd4 11. Bxd4 Rd8 12. Qd2 Nc5 13. Qe3
b6 14. a5 Be6 15. b4 Bxc4 16. bxc5 b5 17. cxd6 Qxd6 18. Rad1 Ng4 19. Qh3 Bxd4
20. Bxc4 Nxf2 21. Bxf7+ Kg7 {0-1 (21) Jakovenko,D (2724)-Svidler,P (2746) Riga
2013}) 3... Bg4 4. d4 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 {"We went out of theory pretty quickly. I
don't know what this is." Caruana.} e5 6. d5 Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... Bh6
7. Nd2 Nd7 8. Bd3 Ngf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Rb1 a5 11. b3 Nh5 12. Rd1 Ng7 13. Qh3 Bg5
14. Bb2 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Nf3 Be7 17. Bc2 Qe8 18. Re1 Qf7 19. Kh1 Qh5 20.
Qxh5 Nxh5 21. Nd4 Ng7 22. f4 e4 23. g4 fxg4 24. Rxe4 Bf6 25. Ne6 Nc5 26. Nxf8
Nxe4 27. Nxh7 Bxb2 28. Bxe4 Bd4 29. Rd1 Bb2 30. Rg1 Re8 31. Ng5 Kf8 32. Rxg4
Ke7 33. Rg2 Ba1 34. Bg6 Rh8 35. Nh7 Nh5 36. Re2+ {Rahman,Z (2523)-Torre,E 
(2523) Bled 2002 1-0}) 7. Nc3 h5 8. Bd3 Ngf6 9. O-O h4 10. Bc2 {"I just think
that maybe the manoeuvre Bc2-a4 isn't necessary." Caruana.} Be7 11. Ba4 {"Ba4
is just a really bad move." Jakovenko. "just forgot about a5."} (11. h3) 11...
Kf8 12. b4 {"Is just a clear mistake I think." Caruana.} (12. Be3 {does seem
better than the game.} Nb6 13. Bb3 a5 14. a4) 12... a5 13. bxa5 (13. a3 Nb6 14.
Qd3 Nxa4 15. Nxa4 Qd7 16. Qc2 Nxe4 (16... Kg7) (16... h3 {also leads to loose
play which the computer likes for black but could easily go wrong.} 17. g3 Nxe4
18. f4 Nf6 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Bb2 Rh5) 17. f4 {was a Caruana line.}) 13... Rxa5
(13... Nc5 {"is a more natural move. I don't know why I give this option to
trade the bishop." Caruana.}) 14. Bxd7 (14. h3) 14... Qxd7 (14... Nxd7) 15. a4
Kg7 16. Rb1 b6 17. Rb5 Ra6 {"I don't know if I'm really better here, my
position is really easy to play." Caruana.} 18. Bd2 Nh7 19. Qe2 Bg5 20. Bxg5
Nxg5 21. h3 (21. f4 {Is what white wants to play.} exf4 22. Rxf4 h3 (22... Qe7
23. Qe3 Qe5) 23. g3 Qe7) 21... Qe7 22. Rbb1 Ra5 23. Qe3 (23. f4 exf4 24. Rxf4
Qe5 25. Qe3 Rc5 $5 (25... Raa8 26. Rg4)) 23... Nh7 24. f4 Nf6 25. fxe5 (25. f5
Nh5 26. Rf2 Nf4 27. Ne2 g5 {is definitely better for black.}) 25... dxe5 26.
Rb5 Rha8 27. Qg5 $4 {losing a pawn to a trivial tactic but already white is in
difficulties.} (27. c5 Rxb5 28. Nxb5 Qxc5 29. Qxc5 bxc5 {and black is better.})
(27. Qf3 {seems the best but black is clearly on top here.}) 27... Nxd5 {
"Until you played Nd5 I didn't see this move." Jakovenko on his horrid blunder.
"I thought it was a sacrifice." Caruana.} 28. Qxe7 Nxe7 29. Rd1 Rxb5 30. cxb5
Kf8 (30... Kf6 31. Rd7 Rc8 32. Nd5+ Nxd5 33. exd5 e4 34. Kf2 Ra8 35. Rxc7 Rxa4
36. Ke3) 31. Kf2 Ke8 32. Ke3 $2 (32. Kf3 f6 33. Kg4 g5 34. Rd2) 32... f5 33.
Nd5 $2 {White is lost but he's not putting up any fight.} (33. Rd2) 33... Rxa4
34. Nxc7+ Kf7 35. exf5 Nxf5+ 36. Kf3 e4+ 37. Kf4 e3+ 38. Kf3 Ra2 39. Rf1 Rd2
40. Na8 Rd6 41. Ra1 Nd4+ 42. Ke4 e2 43. Re1 Nxb5 0-1

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2014"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.11.02"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "A22"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Bremen, reverse dragon"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "14200244"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O {
"It's basically a positional game. In the opening I don't know what's going on.
" Karjakin.} 8. Rc1 Re8 ({Relevant:} 8... Nc6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nf3 f6 11. Ne4
Be6 12. b3 Bd5 13. O-O a5 14. Bc5 a4 15. Nfd2 axb3 16. axb3 Nd7 17. Bxe7 Qxe7
18. Qc2 f5 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. Qxc5 Qxc5 21. Rxc5 Ra2 22. Rd1 e4 23. dxe4 fxe4 24.
Rc3 Rb8 25. Re3 Rb4 26. h4 Rd4 {0-1 (26) Svidler,P (2753)-Safarli,E (2649)
Dubai 2014}) 9. a3 Bf8 10. Nf3 N8d7 $146 {"After Nc6 there is some theory, Nd7
I didn't know." Karjakin showing the depth of his memory.} ({Predecessor (8):} 
10... Nc6 11. Ne4 Bg4 12. Bc5 Bd6 13. b4 h6 14. O-O Qd7 15. b5 Ne7 16. a4 Nbd5
17. Nfd2 Be6 18. Nc4 Nf5 19. e3 b6 20. Ncxd6 cxd6 21. Ba3 a6 22. Nc3 Nxc3 23.
Rxc3 d5 24. Qb1 axb5 25. axb5 Ra5 26. Rfc1 Rxb5 27. Qa1 Ra5 28. Qb2 Qa4 29. Qb4
Qxb4 30. Bxb4 Ra4 31. Ba3 d4 32. exd4 exd4 {0-1 (32) Ivanchuk,V (2731)
-Ponomariov,R (2731) Beijing 2013}) 11. O-O c6 12. Qb3 {White has many options.
Karjakin chose an interesting one.} (12. Qc2) 12... Nc5 13. Qc2 Bg4 (13... Bf5
14. Nh4 (14. b4 Ncd7 15. Ne4) 14... Be6) 14. b4 Ncd7 15. h3 Bf5 16. Nd2 (16. g4
) 16... h6 (16... Nf6 {was the move Karjakin expected.}) 17. Rb1 Rc8 18. Rfc1
Nf6 19. Bc5 Nfd7 20. Nce4 Qc7 21. a4 a6 (21... Nxc5 22. bxc5 Nd7 (22... Nd5 23.
Nd6 $1 Bxd6 24. cxd6 Qxd6 25. e4)) 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Nc5 Nf6 (23... Nxc5 24.
bxc5 Nd7 25. Nc4 Be6 26. Nd6 Rb8) 24. Qb2 Qe7 25. a5 {Now white has the
advantage.} Na8 26. e4 Bh7 27. Nc4 Rfe8 28. f4 exf4 29. gxf4 Rb8 30. Qe5 (30.
Bf3) 30... Qf8 31. Qd6 Re7 (31... Red8 32. Qxf8+ Kxf8 {is a horrible engame.})
32. f5 Nc7 33. Qf4 Nfe8 (33... Qd8) 34. Kh2 (34. Nb6) 34... Kh8 35. Bf3 Bg8 36.
Ne5 Nf6 37. Rg1 {White is winning. It's a matter of how.} Nb5 $2 {Allowing an
immediate win.} 38. Ne6 g5 39. Nxf8 {White even has a choice.} (39. fxg6 fxe6
40. Nf7+ Bxf7 41. g7+ Qxg7 42. Rxg7 Kxg7 43. Rg1+ Bg6 44. Qxb8) 39... gxf4 40.
Nfg6+ fxg6 41. Nxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2014"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.11.02"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[ECO "A35"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, four knights system"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "2805677"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 dxc4 7. Nxc6 Qxd1+
8. Nxd1 bxc6 9. Bg2 Nd5 {This line is "in general worse for black" but also
"kind of solid, it's not easy to break it." according to Radjabov.} 10. Ne3 e6
11. Nxc4 Ba6 12. Na5 (12. b3 {is another long well investigated theoretical
line.}) 12... Rc8 13. Bd2 Be7 14. Rc1 c5 15. b3 O-O 16. O-O Rfd8 17. Bf3 Bf6
18. a4 $146 {This is Radjabov's improvement over his game against Karjakin.
It's aimed at Nb4 which can lead to drawish positions. Radjabov called it a
"very hard position" and Gelfand spent quite some time here.} ({Relevant:} 18.
Rc2 Nb4 19. Bxb4 cxb4 20. Nc6 Bb5 21. Rfc1 Bxc6 22. Rxc6 Rxc6 23. Rxc6 a5 24.
Be4 Rd1+ 25. Kg2 g6 26. Rc5 Rd2 27. Rc2 Rxc2 28. Bxc2 Kf8 29. Bd3 Ke7 30. e3
Bc3 {1/2-1/2 (30) Radjabov,T (2726)-Karjakin,S (2767) Baku 2014}) 18... Nb6 {
This seems the most sensible move.} (18... Rd7 19. Rfd1 Rdc7 (19... g5 {
computer.}) 20. e4 $1 (20. Be1 c4 {Gelfand - looks equal.}) (20. Nc4 $5) 20...
Nb6 21. Bf4 Rd7 22. e5 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Bd8) (18... g6 {may well be worth
looking at as the top line on the computer.}) 19. Be3 (19. Rc2 {was the move
that Radjabov thought most unpleasant when he looked at it at home.} c4 (19...
Rxd2 20. Rxd2 Bc3 21. Rfd1 Bxd2 (21... Bxa5 $2 22. Rd8+) 22. Rxd2 g6) 20. bxc4
(20. Nxc4 Bxc4 21. bxc4 Rxc4 22. Rxc4 Nxc4 23. Bf4 $11) 20... Nxc4 (20... Nxa4
{was the reason Radjabov turned Rc2 down but in fact this seems worse than
taking on c4.} 21. Be3 Nc5 (21... Rc7 22. Nc6 $1) 22. Nc6 Rd7) 21. Nxc4 Rxc4
22. Rxc4 Bxc4 23. Be3 {with some pressure but it's extremely hard to believe
in his winning chances against Gelfand.} Bb3 24. a5 a6 25. Bb7 Bc4 26. Bb6 Rb8
27. Bf3 Be5 28. Rc1 Bb5) 19... c4 (19... Nd5 20. Rxc5 (20. Bd2 Nb6) 20... Nxe3
21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. fxe3 Rc3 23. b4 Ra3 24. Rc1 Rxa4 25. Rc6 (25. Rc7 g6 26. Rxa7
Bb5 27. Rb7 Rxb4 28. Nc6 Rb1+ 29. Kf2 Bd3 30. Ne7+ Bxe7 31. exd3 Rxb7 32. Bxb7)
25... Be7 26. Rxa6 Bxb4 27. Rxa7 Rxa5 28. Rxa5 Bxa5 $11) 20. Nxc4 (20. b4 Nxa4
21. Nc6 Rf8 22. Nxa7) 20... Bxc4 21. bxc4 Nxa4 22. Bxa7 (22. c5 Nc3 23. Kg2 g6
24. c6) 22... Rc7 23. Be3 Rdc8 24. c5 Nxc5 25. Bf4 e5 26. Be3 h6 27. Bg4 Ne6
28. Rb1 Re8 29. Rb6 Bg5 30. Bxe6 Rxe6 31. Rxe6 fxe6 32. Bxg5 hxg5 {These
broken pawn structures on one side of the board can be defended quite easily
in Rook and pawn endings.} 33. Rb1 Kf7 34. Rb4 Kf6 35. Kg2 Rc2 36. Kf3 Ra2 37.
h3 Kf5 38. e4+ Kg6 39. Rb8 Ra4 40. Rb2 Rc4 41. Re2 1/2-1/2

