[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2014"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.24"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "classical variation (5.Bf4)"]
[WhiteFideId "2805677"]
[BlackFideId "4122356"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Be2
Nxf4 9. exf4 c6 10. O-O b6 11. b4 a5 12. a3 Qc7 13. g3 Ba6 14. Qc2 Bxe2 15.
Nxe2 {Gelfand commented that he'd seen Grischuk games where white got an
advantage so he "decided to give it a try".} Ra7 $146 ({Relevant:} 15... Ra6
16. Rab1 axb4 17. axb4 Rfa8 18. Nc1 Bf6 19. Nd3 bxc5 20. bxc5 Ra4 21. Rb4 Ra2
22. Rb2 R2a4 23. Rb4 Ra2 24. Rb2 R2a4 25. Nde5 Nxe5 26. fxe5 Bd8 27. Rfb1 R4a7
28. Kg2 Qc8 29. Ne1 Bc7 30. Nd3 Ra3 31. Rb6 Bxb6 32. cxb6 Rb8 33. Nc5 Qd8 34.
b7 g6 35. Qe2 Ra7 36. Rb4 Qc7 37. Qb2 Ra5 38. Rb6 h5 39. Qb4 Ra7 40. h4 Kg7 {
1/2-1/2 (40) Grischuk,A (2789)-Nakamura,H (2782) Bilbao 2014}) 16. Rab1 axb4
17. axb4 Rfa8 18. Nc1 Bf6 19. Nd3 {At some point white hopes to pressure the
c6 pawn but it really seems black has at least full equality here.} Ra4 {
Jakovenko said he didn't really remember his preparation in this line but
remembered that Ra4 was an idea with the idea of exchanging and attacking the
d-pawn. In general if white can exchange the rooks and leave Queen and Knight
vs Queen and Bishop then he may have a dangerous king side attack later.} (
19... bxc5 20. bxc5 {followed by Nb4 gives white pressure.}) (19... b5 20. Nde5
{is another way of playing it with maybe some pressure too.} Nxe5 21. dxe5 {
white will take with the d-pawn with a nice square for the knight.}) 20. Rfc1 {
now the game ends very quickly.} (20. cxb6 {seems the only real try for white.}
Qxb6 21. Rfc1 Ra3 22. Nc5 Qc7 23. Nxd7 Qxd7 24. Kg2 R3a6 {and it's hard to
believe in white's prospects either.}) (20. Nde5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 $2 (21. fxe5 Qa7
) 21... bxc5 22. bxc5 Rc4) 20... bxc5 21. Nxc5 (21. dxc5 g6 {and black is
already probably better.}) 21... Nxc5 22. Qxc5 {Again no choice.} Be7 23. Qxc6
(23. Qc2 Rxb4 24. Rxb4 Bxb4 25. Qxc6) 23... Qxc6 24. Rxc6 Rxb4 25. Rxb4 (25.
Rbc1 h6 26. Rc8+ (26. Rc7 Bf6 27. Rd7 Bxd4 28. Rcc7 Bb6 29. Rb7 Ra2 30. Rxf7
Bxf2+ 31. Kg2 Bd4+ 32. Kh3 Rxb7 33. Rxb7 Bf6 {and black is winning.}) 26...
Rxc8 27. Rxc8+ Kh7 28. Rc7 Bf6 29. Rxf7 Kg6 30. Ra7 Bxd4 $11) 25... Bxb4 26.
Kf1 {Now it only remains to reach move 30 and agree a draw.} Be7 27. Ke2 g6 28.
h4 h5 29. Rc7 Bf6 30. Ke3 Ra3+ 31. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2014"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.24"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich variation (exaggerated fianchetto)"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Na5 7. Qc3 ({
Relevant:} 7. Qa4 Bb7 8. Bg2 c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. O-O Be7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. e4 d6
13. e5 Bc6 14. Qc2 dxe5 15. Nb3 Qc7 16. Nxa5 Qxa5 17. Nxe5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qc7
19. Qe2 Rad8 20. Bf4 Bd6 21. Rd3 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Qc6+ 23. f3 Rxd3 24. Qxd3 Qd7
25. Qxd7 Nxd7 26. Bf4 Nb6 27. b3 f6 28. Rd1 Rc8 29. a4 e5 30. Be3 Rc7 31. Rd8+
Kf7 32. a5 Nd7 33. a6 Ke6 34. Ra8 Kd6 35. Bd2 Nb6 36. Rg8 Nc8 {Bacrot,E (2729)
-Harikrishna,P (2725) Linares 2014 1/2-1/2 (76)}) 7... c5 8. dxc5 bxc5 9. e4
Bb7 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Bg2 Nc6 13. O-O Rb8 14. b3 Be7 (14... Bxf3 {
is incredibly dangerous, especially if followed up by a pawn grab.} 15. Qxf3
Nxe5 16. Qh5 Nd3 17. Be3 Qc7 18. f4 Be7 19. Rad1 g6 20. Qe2 Nb4 21. Qb2 O-O 22.
f5 exf5 23. Bh6 f6) 15. Bb2 O-O 16. Qe3 Bxf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Bg6 17.
Rfd1 Qc7 18. Ne1 Rfd8 19. Nd3 d6 20. exd6 Qxd6 21. Ne5 Qxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 23.
Bf1 Rc8 24. Qf3 Rd6 25. Nxc6 Rdxc6 26. h4 h6 27. h5 Bf5 28. Bc3 R6c7 29. Bd3
Bxd3 30. Qxd3 Rd8 31. Qe4 Rcd7 32. Kg2 Rd3 33. Ba5 R8d7 34. Qa8+ Kh7 35. Qc8
Rd1 {1/2-1/2 (35) Gelfand,B (2700)-Almasi,Z (2676) Budapest 2003}) (16... Bf5)
17. Bxf3 Nd4 18. Bxd4 cxd4 19. Qxd4 {Black gives up a pawn. There are bishops
of opposite colours to help him but he's going to suffer for a very long time.}
Qc7 20. Rad1 Rfd8 21. Qe4 Qa5 22. Qe2 d6 23. exd6 Bxd6 24. h4 Bc5 25. Kg2 Qc7
26. Qe4 a5 27. h5 {Black would be fine if he could play g6 and h5 but he can't
so the position remains "pretty unpleasant" according to Karjakin. However
Vachier-Lagrave estimated his winning chances at "20%, probably even less."} h6
28. Be2 Kf8 {"Was a very strange move." Karjakin.} (28... Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Rd8 {
immediately was Karjakin's post game suggestion at an improvement.} 30. Rxd8+
Qxd8 31. Qc6 Qf8 {and white is going to have a very hard time breaking black's
dark square domination and get his pawns moving.} 32. Qb5 Qa8+ 33. Bf3 Qa7) 29.
f4 {This is probably the best way to try and exploit black's inaccuracy.} (29.
Qh7 {was certainly a critical try.} Qe5 30. Bf3 a4 31. Rfe1 Qc3 32. Re2 axb3
33. axb3 Rxd1 34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Qxb8) 29... Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Rd8 31. f5 Rxd1 32.
Bxd1 Ke7 33. Bg4 Qd6 (33... e5 {certainly comes into consideration.}) 34. fxe6
fxe6 35. Kh3 Bd4 36. Qb7+ Kf6 37. a3 {"a3 was a very interesting try I think"
Karjakin.} Bc5 38. Qf3+ Ke7 39. Qc3 Kf7 40. Qxa5 Bxa3 41. Qe1 Bc5 42. Qb1 Ke7 {
The extra pawn weakness makes black's life a bit harder than in some other
variations. Vachier-Lagrave thought his chances better than a few moves ago
but "of course it's still very solid."} 43. Qe4 Bb4 44. Bf5 Bc5 45. Bg6 Kd8 46.
Qa8+ Kc7 47. b4 Bxb4 48. Qa7+ Kc8 49. Qxg7 Qf8 50. Qa1 Qf3 51. Qa6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2014"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.24"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "D80"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "Stockholm variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13601520"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5 c5 {Jobava
already started thinking as he couldn't remember everything well.} 7. Nf3 (7.
dxc5 {"I didn't remember anything here so I played Nf3." Jobava on why he
didn't play the main line.}) 7... cxd4 {Now Radjabov "couldn't remember a
thing" either.} 8. Nxd4 Qb6 9. e3 ({Relevant:} 9. Nb3 O-O (9... a5 10. e3 O-O
11. Qd2 a4 12. Nd4 {and white is better.}) 10. e3 Rd8 11. Be2 e6 12. O-O Bxc3
13. bxc3 Rxd5 14. Qc2 Qc7 15. Bf3 Rd8 16. Rfd1 Bd7 17. Nc5 Nc6 18. Rab1 Rab8
19. Nxd7 Rxd7 20. Rxd7 Qxd7 21. Qa4 Rc8 22. Rd1 Qc7 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. g3 a5 25.
Qd4 Qe7 26. h4 h5 27. a4 Rb8 28. Kg2 c5 29. Qd6 Qxd6 30. Rxd6 Rb3 {1/2-1/2 (30)
Moiseenko,A (2709)-Grischuk,A (2785) Antalya 2013}) 9... Qxb2 10. Bb5+ Nd7 11.
Rc1 O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bxd4 {Has been played before and is
probably better than the game.} 12. exd4 O-O 13. O-O Nf6 14. Re1 Bf5 15. Bc4
Rac8 16. Qb3 Qxb3 17. Bxb3 Rfd8 {1/2-1/2 (17) Demuth,A (2479)-Admiraal,M (2301)
Wijk aan Zee 2012}) 12. O-O a6 13. Bxd7 Bxd7 14. d6 $1 {A very dangerous
sacrifice that gives white good practical chances.} exd6 15. Nd5 Bd8 $1 {
Covering a lot of important squares.} (15... Bg7 {is playable but not as good.}
16. Rc2 Qa3 17. Qd2) 16. Qf3 (16. Rc2 {Jobava rightly turned down this move.}
Qa3 17. Qf3 Rc8 {and black is taking over.}) 16... Rc8 (16... Qxa2 17. Ra1 Qd2
18. Rfd1 Qb2 19. Rdb1 Qd2 20. Rxb7 Be6 21. h3 Rc8) (16... Be6 17. Nf4 Bc8 {is
about equal.} (17... Bxa2 {loses the bishop.}) (17... Qxa2 18. Qxb7 Bf6)) 17.
Rb1 Qxa2 18. Rxb7 Rc5 (18... Bb5 19. Nxb5 axb5 20. Rxb5 {with a white
advantage.}) 19. Nb4 $5 (19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20. Qxf6 Bb5 21. Qxd6 Rd5 {"Very strong.
" Jobava, seems really to be equal.} (21... Rfc8 22. Nxb5 axb5 $11) 22. Qf6
Rxd4 23. Qxd4 Bxf1 24. Kxf1) (19. Nc3 Qa3 20. Rxd7 Qxc3) 19... Qa4 20. Nxa6 Bc6
{At first Jobava didn't realise the point of this move.} (20... Rg5 $5 {leads
to some rather strange variations.} 21. h4 $1 Re5 22. Nb8) 21. Nxc6 Rf5 $1 22.
Rb4 {After the game Jobava said he wondered if this was best. It probably is.}
(22. Qe2 Qxc6 23. Rfb1) 22... Qxa6 23. Rf4 (23. Qe4) 23... Rxf4 24. exf4 Bf6
25. Nb4 {It seems about equal now.} Qc4 26. Nd5 Kg7 (26... Bd4) 27. f5 Qd4 28.
Rd1 Qe5 29. fxg6 hxg6 30. g3 (30. Qxf6+ Qxf6 31. Nxf6 Kxf6 32. Rxd6+ {ought to
be a drawn ending.}) 30... Re8 31. h4 Bd8 32. Nf4 Qe4 33. Qg4 (33. Qxe4 Rxe4
34. Rxd6 Bc7) 33... Bb6 34. h5 (34. Nh5+ Kh8) 34... Bc5 35. Rf1 Qf5 36. Qxf5
gxf5 37. Rb1 Re7 38. Kg2 Ra7 39. Rb3 Kh6 40. Rf3 Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2014"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.24"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "D58"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) system"]
[WhiteFideId "4158814"]
[BlackFideId "14200244"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 Be7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Be2 {
Nothing wrong with this move but seems to have been made on the spur of the
moment by Andreikin.} Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qc2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 a6 ({Relevant:} 
11... Nd5 12. Bg3 N7f6 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Bd3 c5 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. h3 Qb6 17.
Nh4 Rfd8 18. Qe2 Bf8 19. b3 Re8 20. Rfe1 Rad8 21. Qc2 Ne4 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. f4
Rd3 24. Rad1 Red8 25. Rxd3 exd3 26. Qd2 c4 27. bxc4 Bb4 {0-1 (28) Kuseyri,M 
(2050)-Haznedaroglu,K (2427) Denizli 2013}) 12. Rfd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12.
a3 b5 13. Bd3 c5 14. Ne5 cxd4 15. exd4 Rc8 16. Qe2 Nb6 17. Rad1 Nbd5 18. Bxf6
Nxf6 19. a4 b4 20. Ne4 Qd5 {0-1 (20) Gawelczyk,W-Zok,R Krynica 2001}) 12... Qe8
$5 13. a4 c5 14. d5 exd5 15. Nxd5 (15. Bxd5 {also equal.}) 15... Nxd5 16. Bxd5
Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Bxh4 $11 (17... Nf6 18. Re5 Qd8 19. e4 {was the idea Andreikin
was hoping for.}) 18. Nxh4 Nf6 19. Rd6 Ne4 $1 20. Rd5 (20. Rxb6 Qd8 21. Rxh6
gxh6 22. Qxe4 {keeps the game tense but also gives white some losing chances.})
20... Nf6 21. Rd6 Ne4 22. Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2014"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.24"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2844"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 Nbd7 {"In the opening Fabiano
tried to be smart..." Caruana: "...which is never a good idea!" Here white's
move order caused black to wonder if it made any difference.} ({Relevant:} 5...
O-O 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. Qd3 Nb6 8. c5 Nbd7 9. O-O c6 10. b4 b6 11. Bf4 a5 12. a3 Ba6
13. Qc2 Nh5 14. Bd2 Nhf6 15. Bf4 Nh5 16. Bd2 Nhf6 17. Rfe1 Bc4 18. Bf4 Nh5 19.
Be3 Nhf6 20. Bf4 Nh5 21. Be3 Nhf6 22. h3 h6 23. Nd2 Ba6 24. f4 bxc5 25. bxc5
Nxc5 26. dxc5 d4 27. Bf2 dxc3 28. Qxc3 Nd5 29. Qc2 Bf6 30. e4 Bxa1 31. exd5 Qf6
32. d6 Qc3 33. Qd1 Bb2 34. Bxc6 Rad8 35. Nb1 {Kramnik,V (2760)-Topalov,V (2772)
Tromsoe 2014 1-0}) 6. Bg2 (6. b3 Ne4) 6... dxc4 7. Nd2 {Probably the most
accurate and the one that Giri had clearly prepared.} (7. Qa4 a6 8. Ne5 O-O (
8... Rb8 9. Qxc4 b5 10. Qd3 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. f4 O-O) 9. Qxc4 c5) 7... Nb6
{"I knew I was worse but I thought I shouldn't be so much worse." Caruana.} (
7... e5 $5 8. Nxc4 exd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. Qf4 Nb6 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. O-O Bd6 13.
Qd4 Bc5 14. Qh4 Ng4 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 {is at least fine for black.}) 8. Nxc4 O-O 9.
Ne5 (9. Nxb6 axb6 {was the alternative.} 10. e4 c6 {was the setup both players
immediately went for.} 11. Bf4 b5 $11) 9... c5 10. dxc5 Qxd1+ 11. Nxd1 Bxc5 {
"In the next two moves I have to do something else. "Giri.} 12. O-O (12. Be3
Bb4+ 13. Bd2 Bxd2+ 14. Kxd2 {And Giri wasn't that keen on this because "the
king is really exposed there."}) (12. Nd3 Be7 13. O-O Rd8 14. Nc3 Nfd5 15. Nxd5
Nxd5 {it not so much. Giri.}) 12... Nfd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bd6 13. Nd3
Rb8 14. Nc3 Bd7 15. Be3 Rfc8 16. Rfd1 Rc4 17. Rac1 Be8 18. h3 h6 19. f4 Be7 20.
Kf2 Kf8 21. Bf3 Rc7 22. a4 Rbc8 23. a5 Nc4 24. Bxa7 Nxb2 25. Nxb2 Rxc3 26. Rxc3
Rxc3 27. Bxb7 Bb5 28. Nd3 Rc7 29. a6 Bxa6 30. Bxa6 Rxa7 31. Bc4 Rc7 32. Ba6 Ra7
{1/2-1/2 (32) Jumabayev,R (2561)-Dvoirys,S (2562) Pavlodar 2013}) 13. b3 {Giri
was a bit disatisfied with this after the game but maybe the position is equal
if black plays accurately in any event. "I thought this move was very creative,
I saw this move only after about 30 minutes but he reacted well." Giri.} (13.
Ne3 $5 Bd4 $5 {may be the best response.} (13... Nxe3 {Surprisingly this seems
to be bad for black. Giri was sure white is better but "it's really a pity to
ruin the pawns like that."} 14. Bxe3 Bxe3 15. fxe3 f6 (15... Nd5 16. Kf2 b6 17.
Nc6 Re8 18. Rac1 Bb7 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Nd4) 16. Nd3 e5 17. Nc5 Rf7 {and white
is better.}) 14. N5c4 Nxc4 15. Nxc4 b6 16. Rd1 Bc5 17. e4 Ba6 18. exd5 Bxc4 19.
dxe6 Rae8 20. exf7+ Bxf7 {The point is to not be hit by b3 when the rook goes
to the 7th rank.} 21. Bf4 Re2 $11) 13... a5 {"a5's a good move, always good
for you I think." Giri.} (13... Rd8 14. Nd3 Be7 15. a4 Bd7 16. a5 Nc8 17. Ne3
Bc6 18. Bd2 Bf6 19. Rac1 Nxe3 20. Bxe3 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 b6 22. b4 bxa5 23. bxa5
Ne7 {has the potential for being unpleasant for black.}) 14. a4 (14. e4) (14.
a3 a4 15. b4 Bd4 16. Bb2 Bxe5 (16... Bxb2 17. Nxb2 Rd8 18. Rfc1 Nd7 19. Nec4 b5
20. Nd6 Ba6 21. e4 N5b6 22. e5 Rab8 23. f4 {and black is all tangled up.}) 17.
Bxe5 Nc4 18. Bf4 b6 (18... Bd7 19. Ne3 Ndxe3 20. Bxe3 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Rab8 22.
Rac1 b6 23. Rc7 Bb5 24. Kf2 Rfc8 25. Rfc1 Rxc7 26. Rxc7 Kf8 27. Be4 (27. Bc6
Bxc6 28. Rxc6 b5 29. Rc7 f6 30. Ke1 h6 31. g4 Rd8 32. Rc5 Rb8 33. Kf2 Rb7 34.
Kf3 Ke7 $11) 27... Rd8 {and black has problems.})) 14... Bd6 (14... f6 15. Nd3
Bd6 (15... Be7) 16. Bd2) 15. Bb2 (15. Nc4 Nxc4 16. bxc4 Nb6 17. Nb2 Be5 18. Rb1
Bxb2 19. Bxb2 Nxc4 20. Bc3 Ra7 21. Rfc1 b6 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rxc4 Ba6 24. Rc2
Rb8 25. Be4 f5 26. Bg2 Rd7 27. f4) 15... f6 16. Nd3 Bd7 17. Nc3 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 {
"I wasn't playing anymore for an advantage so I didn't bother trying to find
one." Giri.} Nd5 19. Bd2 Bc6 20. Rfc1 (20. e4 Ne7 21. Be3) 20... e5 21. Nb2 Bb4
22. Rd1 (22. Bxb4 Nxb4 23. Rc5 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 b6 25. Rc7 Rab8 26. Rd1 Na6 27.
Rc3 Rfc8 28. Rxc8+ Rxc8 {is more or less equal.}) 22... Nc3 23. Bxc3 Bxc3 24.
Bxc6 bxc6 25. Rab1 Bxb2 26. Rxb2 {Trading into a drawn ending.} Rab8 27. Rc1
Rb6 28. Rc5 Rfb8 29. Rxa5 Rxb3 30. Rc2 Rb2 31. Rxc6 R8b7 32. e3 $6 {Now this
ending is even equal.} (32. Kf1 Ra2 33. Rc4 Kf7 34. Rb5 Rd7 35. f3 h6 36. Kf2
Kg6 37. h4 h5 38. Re4) 32... Ra2 33. Rc1 h5 34. Rb5 {With the second rank open
for both sides a draw is inevitable.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2014"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.24"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Charousek (Petrosian) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. g4 Be6 8. h4
Nd7 9. h5 ({Relevant:} 9. Bg3 Nb6 10. f3 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qc2 h5 13. g5
Ne7 14. Bd3 O-O 15. Nge2 Rac8 16. Rd1 g6 17. Kf2 a6 18. b4 Bf5 19. Bxf5 Nxf5
20. e4 Ng7 21. Qb3 Nc4 22. e5 Qe6 23. Nf4 Qe7 24. Ne4 dxe4 25. Qxc4 Ne6 26. Ne2
exf3 27. Ng3 a5 28. a3 axb4 29. axb4 Ra8 30. Ne4 Ra3 31. Rd2 Nf4 32. Rb1 Kg7
33. Rb3 Rfa8 34. Nf6 Ra2 35. Rxa2 Rxa2+ 36. Kxf3 Ng2 37. Kg3 Ne1 38. Re3 Nc2 {
Nakamura,H (2764)-Caruana,F (2844) Baku 2014 1/2-1/2}) 9... Nh6 10. Be2 Nb6 11.
Nh3 g5 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Be5 $146 ({Predecessor (9):} 13. Bg3 Qd7 14. Nf4 O-O-O
15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. Rg1 Bd6 17. Qc2 Bxg3 18. Rxg3 f5 19. O-O-O Nxg4 20. Bxg4 fxg4
21. Rdg1 Rh4 22. Qe2 Rf8 23. Nd1 Rf4 24. Kd2 Nc4+ 25. Ke1 Rf3 26. Rxf3 gxf3 27.
Qxf3 Qf5 28. Qg3 Rh6 29. b3 Nb6 30. Qg4 Nd7 31. Qxf5 gxf5 32. Nc3 Nf6 33. Ne2
Ng4 34. Nf4 Rh2 35. Nd3 Kd8 36. b4 Ke7 37. a4 b6 38. Ke2 Kd6 39. Kf3 a5 40.
bxa5 bxa5 41. Kg3 Kc7 42. Rc1 Rh7 {Nakamura,H (2753)-Aronian,L (2807) Sao
Paulo/Bilbao 2011 1-0 (79)}) 13... f6 14. Nf4 {According to Mamedyarov this is
the first real new move and he prepared this for the Candidates earlier in the
year.} fxe5 $1 {A good reaction from Nakamura although it seems that whilst he
couldn't remember his analysis he'd looked at this new move from Mamedyarov.} (
14... Bf7 15. Qc2 fxe5 (15... Kd7 16. Nd3 {with an edge to white, maybe a
large one.}) 16. Nxg6 Bxg6 17. Qxg6+ Kd7 18. Rxh6 Rxh6 19. Qxh6 exd4 20. exd4
Qf8 $11) 15. Nxg6 Rg8 $2 {And white has a big advantage according to
Mamedyarov.} (15... Rh7 16. dxe5 Qd7 17. Nf4 O-O-O) 16. Nxe7 Qxe7 17. Rxh6 e4 {
Only when he got here did Nakamura realised that he was worse.} 18. a4 $2 {
This was the move Nakamura analysed but it's not the best. Now the game is
balanced.} (18. Kd2 $1 {"I think it's almost winning." Nakamura. "I can play
without any risk and the next move is Qg1." Mamedyarov.} O-O-O 19. Qg1 {
Nakamura didn't see a plan for him.} Rg7 (19... c5 20. Kc2 $1) 20. Qg3 Rdg8)
18... Nd7 19. Qb3 Nf6 20. Rc1 {The position is sharp but remains balanced for
a while.} (20. Rxf6 {thought this was winning but it doesn't seem clear.} Qxf6
21. Qxb7 (21. a5 $2 {Another Mamedyarov try that the computers dislike a lot.}
O-O-O (21... Bxg4 22. Nxe4 Qe7 23. Nc5 O-O-O 24. a6 b6 25. Nd3 Bf5 26. Rc1 Rg1+
27. Kd2 Rxc1 28. Kxc1 Bxd3 29. Qxd3) 22. Rc1 Kb8 23. a6 Rd7 24. Kd2 Rf7) 21...
Rc8 22. Qxa7 (22. Rc1 Rg7 23. Nxd5 {was Mamedyarov's line but it fails} Qg5 $8
{with the prosaic threat to take on d5 with the queen.} (23... Qxf2+ 24. Kxf2
Rxb7 {is better for white.}) (23... Qg6 24. Qa6)) 22... Bxg4 23. Rc1 Rf8 24.
Nd1 Bxe2 25. Kxe2 Rg8 {and computers at least initially give this as equal.})
20... Bxg4 21. Rxf6 Qxf6 22. Qxb7 Rd8 23. Qxa7 Rf8 24. Nd1 Bxe2 25. Kxe2 Qd6
26. Rc5 Rb8 27. Qa5 $6 (27. Qg7) (27. Qh7) 27... Kd7 28. Qc3 Ra8 (28... Rb7 {
Keeping the rooks flexible is the best.} 29. a5 (29. Kd2 Ra8 30. a5 Rab8 31.
Qa3 Rb3 32. Qa2 R3b4 33. a6 R4b6 34. a7 Ra8)) 29. a5 $11 (29. b4 Rxa4 30. Qb3 {
Nakamura's suggestion doesn't work.} Rfa8 $1 {The only move to refute
Nakamura's concept.} 31. b5 Ra2+ 32. Kf1 (32. Nb2 {Looks like it holds but it
doesn't.} Qf6 33. bxc6+ Ke7 34. Qb7+ Kf8 35. c7 Qf3+ 36. Ke1 Ra1+) 32... Qh6)
29... Rfb8 (29... Qh2 30. Qa3 Rf6 31. Qa4 Rb8 32. Rxd5+ Kc7 33. Qa3 cxd5 34.
Qe7+ Kc6 35. Qxf6+ Qd6 36. Qg5 $11) 30. b4 Rb5 31. Rxb5 cxb5 32. Qc5 Rc8 33.
Qxb5+ Ke6 34. a6 Ra8 1/2-1/2

