[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2014"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.26"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "13601520"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 {Already a surprise. Jobava was expecting the advance
variation.} d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Bc4 (6. d4 {was
perhaps a better move already.}) 6... Qe7+ {Jobava decided this check was good,
better than by analogy with the Knight on g1 which happens in a different
variation, the point is Qe2 doesn't work so well for white.} ({Relevant:} 6...
Be7 7. h3 O-O 8. O-O Bd6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Nh4 Bg6 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13.
Qg4 Kh7 14. Qh4+ Kg8 15. Bb3 a5 16. a4 Qc7 17. Bd2 Rfe8 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Re1
Rxe1+ 20. Bxe1 f5 21. Qg5 Nf8 22. Qe3 b6 23. Qe8 Qd7 24. Qxd7 Nxd7 25. Bd2 Kf8
26. Kf1 Nf6 27. Ke2 Ne4 28. Be1 Ke7 29. c3 g5 30. Bc2 g6 31. b4 axb4 32. cxb4
Nf6 33. Bb3 Nd5 34. Bxd5 cxd5 35. g4 fxg4 36. hxg4 {Salgado Lopez,I (2622)
-Eljanov,P (2723) Dubai 2014 1/2-1/2}) 7. Be2 (7. Qe2 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 $11 (8.
Kxe2 Be6 9. d3 Bxc4 10. dxc4 Nd7 $11) 8... Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1) 7... Qc7 8.
d4 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 (10. c4 {is probably the better move in the position.}
) 10... Rd8 11. Be3 Nd7 12. c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qc1 Nf8 13. c4 Ng6 14.
c5 Bf4 15. Bd3 f5 16. Qc2 Ne7 17. Rfe1 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 Nd5 19. Re5 Nb4 20. Qe2
Be6 21. Bxf5 Bxf5 22. Rxf5 f6 23. Qc4+ Nd5 24. Nd2 Re8 25. Nf1 Qf7 26. Rf3 Re4
27. Ng3 Rf4 28. Re3 Nxe3 29. Qxf7+ Kxf7 30. fxe3 Rh4 31. Nf5 Rh5 32. g4 Rg5 33.
Kf2 Ke6 34. e4 h5 35. gxh5 Rh8 36. h4 Rxf5+ 37. exf5+ Kxf5 38. Re1 Rxh5 39. Kg3
g5 40. hxg5 Rxg5+ 41. Kf3 Rg7 {Efremova,D (2027)-Malofeev,A (2277) St
Petersburg 2007 0-1 (62)}) 12... Nf8 13. Bd3 Ng6 14. Qc2 (14. c5) 14... Be6 15.
Rfe1 (15. Bf5 {was Karjakin's post game suggestion although it really doesn't
promise very much.}) (15. c5) 15... Qd7 {Karjakin said he blundered Qd7, ie
missed it. Now black is equal.} 16. Bd2 (16. Bf1 Bf5 17. Qb3 {is at least
equal for black.} (17. Bd3 Bxh3 {is game.})) 16... Bxh3 {This sacrifice gives
black all the chances but the position is objectively equal. "I thought this
should be a draw." Karjakin. "Why not to sacrifice?" Jobava who thought it was
bound to be either be a win for him or a draw.} 17. gxh3 Qxh3 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19.
Re3 g5 {"Here we come to the critical position after g5." Karjakin.} 20. c5 $2
{Played after 30 minutes thought. Karjakin had clearly started to confuse
himself.} (20. Ne5 $1 {was Karjakin's first thought and he considered it for a
very long time before wrongly rejecting it.} Qe6 {"The problem was Qe6" which
Karjakin couldn't work out until the end.} (20... Qh5 $2 21. Kg2 $1 fxe5 22.
Rh1 Qg6 23. Reh3 Kf8 24. Rh8+ Ke7 25. Qxg6 fxg6 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Bxg5+) (20...
Qc8 {Probably best but there's no doubt it's white with all the chances now.}
21. Kg2 fxe5 22. Rh1 {Karjakin analysed to here.} e4 $5 {Forced with the dual
idea of keeping some lines closed and winning time to defend the position.} (
22... g4 $2 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. dxe5 Bc5 25. Re2) (22... Kf8 $2 {was Jobava's
post game suggestion. He clearly didn't have a defence worked out.} 23. Rh2) (
22... f6 {another Jobava suggestion that doesn't work.} 23. Qg6) (22... g6 23.
dxe5 Bc5 24. Reh3 Qg4+ 25. Kf1 {better for white.}) 23. Qxe4 f5 24. Qd3 Bf4)
21. d5 {was Karjakin's main line and this isn't very good for white.} (21. c5
$1 Bc7 22. Nc4 Qg4+ 23. Kf1 Rxd4 $11) (21. Kg2 fxe5 22. Rh1 g6 {this whole
plan is playable when it wasn't with the queen on c8.} 23. Reh3) 21... Qc8 $1 {
This seems to be the best continuation.} (21... cxd5 22. cxd5 Qxd5 23. Rh3 Bxe5
24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Bb4+ Ke8 26. Qc2 {with attacking chances for white.})) (20.
Rae1 {was another move Karjakin considered for a long time, it's also better
than c5.} g4 21. Qf5 g6 22. Qxf6 gxf3 23. Qxf3 Bh2+ $11) 20... Bf4 21. Rb3 Bc7
22. Qc4 (22. Re3 Rxd4) (22. Qe4) 22... Qh5 $11 (22... Qg4+ $1 23. Kf1 Re8) 23.
Kg2 (23. Rxb7 Qg4+ 24. Kf1 Rd7) 23... Qg4+ (23... g4 24. Nh4 $3 {and the
knight cannot be take.} g5 (24... Qxh4 25. Rh1) 25. Rxb7 Rdc8 26. Rxc7 Rxc7 27.
Nf5 Qh3+ 28. Kg1 Qf3 29. Qc2 Re8 {with white still on top.}) 24. Kf1 Re8 25.
Re1 Qh3+ 26. Kg1 Rxe1+ 27. Bxe1 Qg4+ 28. Kf1 Re8 29. Ng1 (29. Nd2 Bf4 30. Qd3
Bh2 {and there is no defence.}) 29... Bh2 30. Ne2 $2 {White has a miserable
position now black has concrete threats but this loses immediately.} (30. Nh3 {
is the only way to resist.} Qe4 31. Re3 Qh1+ 32. Ke2 Rxe3+ 33. fxe3 g4 34. Nf4
g3 35. Kd1) 30... Rxe2 31. Rxb7 Re6 0-1

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2014"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.26"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "4158814"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 ({Relevant:} 10... b6 11. Rd1 Bb7 12. Bf4
Bb4 13. Ne2 Be7 14. Ned4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Rd8 16. Nf5 g5 17. Be3 Rg8 18. c4 c5 19.
f3 Bc8 20. g4 f6 21. Nxe7 Kxe7 22. exf6+ Kxf6 23. Kf2 Kg6 24. b3 Rgf8 25. Rxd8
Rxd8 26. Re1 Rd3 27. Ke2 Rd8 28. Kf2 Rd3 29. Ke2 Rd8 30. Rd1 Rd6 31. Rd3 Bb7
32. Rc3 Re6 33. Kf2 Rf6 34. Bd2 Rd6 35. Ke2 Bc6 36. Re3 Kf7 37. Rc3 Rh6 38.
Bxg5 Rxh3 39. Bf4 h5 40. gxh5 {Grischuk,A (2797)-Andreikin,D (2722) Baku 2014
1/2-1/2 (77)}) 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. Rfe1 Bb4 15. g4 hxg4
16. hxg4 Ne7 17. Nxe6 Rxe6 18. Kg2 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 21. Rh1 Nd5
22. Rh8+ $146 {Both players would have obviously been familiar with this
position.} ({Predecessor:} 22. Bg3 g5 23. c4 Nc3 24. Kf3 Rg6 25. a3 Na4 26. Ke4
Nc5+ 27. Kf5 Ne6 28. Rh8+ Kd7 29. c3 Ng7+ 30. Ke4 Ne6 31. f3 c5 32. Bf2 a6 33.
Be3 b6 {1/2-1/2 (33) Anand,V (2770)-Karjakin,S (2766) Khanty-Mansiysk 2014})
22... Kd7 23. Bg3 g5 24. Rg8 Nf4+ {There doesn't seem much wrong with this
either.} (24... Rg6 {is possible and is the computer suggestion.}) 25. Bxf4
gxf4 26. Rg5 {The game is already rushing very fast to a draw. Maybe this
isn't the best.} (26. Rf8 Ke7 27. Ra8) 26... Rg6 27. Rh5 Rxg4+ 28. Kf3 Rg1 29.
Kxf4 Rf1 30. Ke3 (30. f3 Rf2 31. Rh8 Rxc2 32. Kf5 Rxa2 33. f4 {is completely
equal.} (33. Kf6 Ra4 $1 34. Kxf7 Rf4+ 35. Kg6 Rxf3 {and black is winning.} 36.
Rh2) 33... Rf2 34. Rh7 Ke8 35. Rh8+ Kd7 36. Rh7 {with a forced repetition.})
30... Ra1 {The position continues to be equal.} (30... Re1+ 31. Kd3 Rd1+ 32.
Ke3 Re1+ {is also a draw.}) 31. f4 Rxa2 32. f5 Rxc2 33. Rh7 (33. Kf4 {is an
alternative but white could get himself into trouble if he goes all out for
king penetration.} c5 (33... Rf2+ 34. Kg5 Ke7 35. Rh7 Rg2+ 36. Kf4 Rf2+ $11)
34. Kg5 Rxc3 35. Kf6 Re3 36. Rh7 Kc6 37. Rxf7 c4 38. Rh7 c3 39. Ke6 b5 40. Rh2
b4 41. f6 b3 42. f7 c2 43. f8=Q c1=Q) 33... Ke8 34. Kf4 f6 35. e6 a5 36. Rh8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2014"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.26"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[ECO "D80"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14200244"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 {Giri is mixing up his opening choices and Kasimdzhanov
didn't expect the Gruenfeld today.} 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nxd5
Qxd5 7. Ne2 O-O 8. Nc3 Qd8 ({Relevant:} 8... Qd6 9. Be2 c6 10. O-O Nd7 11. Ne4
Qc7 12. Bd2 Nb6 13. f4 a5 14. h4 Be6 15. h5 Bd5 16. Ng5 f6 17. Nf3 f5 18. Qe1
Nc4 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Qg3 Qd6 21. Bxc4 Bxc4 22. Rfc1 Bd5 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. fxe5
Qe6 25. Kf2 Kf7 26. Rh1 Ke8 27. Rh6 Rg8 28. a4 Be4 29. Kg1 Kd7 30. b4 Rh8 31.
Rxh8 Rxh8 32. bxa5 g5 33. Rf1 Rh4 34. Rf4 Rh5 35. Rxe4 fxe4 36. Bb4 Ke8 37. Bc5
Qh6 38. Qg4 {Andreikin,D (2727)-Caruana,F (2796) Dortmund 2013 0-1}) 9. Be2 c5
10. d5 e6 11. e4 {Here white isn't trying for an advantage, just a playable
+game.} exd5 12. exd5 Qb6 13. O-O Bf5 14. Qb3 $146 ({Predecessor (3):} 14. Bg4
Bxg4 15. Qxg4 Na6 16. Rd1 Rfe8 17. h3 Bd4 18. Ne2 Be5 19. Bg5 Qxb2 20. Rab1 Qc2
21. Ng3 Bd6 22. Bf6 b5 23. Qg5 Nc7 24. Rbc1 Qa4 25. Nh5 Re4 26. Ba1 Kf8 27.
Bg7+ Kg8 28. Bc3 Kf8 29. Nf6 Bf4 30. Nxh7+ Ke8 31. Nf6+ Kd8 32. Qg4 Bh2+ 33.
Kxh2 Rxg4 34. hxg4 Ne8 35. Kg1 Nxf6 36. Bxf6+ Kd7 37. Re1 Re8 38. Rxe8 Kxe8 39.
Rxc5 Qd1+ 40. Kh2 Qxg4 41. Kg1 Qf5 42. Bh4 g5 43. Bg3 Qb1+ {El Gindy,E (2487)
-Dominguez Perez,L (2757) Tromsoe 2013 0-1}) 14... Nd7 15. Be3 h5 (15... Qxb3
16. axb3 Bd4) 16. Rfd1 Qxb3 17. axb3 Bc2 18. Rd2 Bxb3 19. Bb5 Rfd8 20. Ra3 c4
21. Bxd7 Rxd7 22. Rxa7 Rad8 $6 23. Ra5 (23. Bd4) 23... f5 24. h4 Kf7 25. g3 Re8
26. Kg2 Bf8 27. Bc5 Bh6 28. f4 Bg7 29. Kf2 Red8 30. Bb6 Re8 31. Bd4 {Maybe
missing the best chance of the game.} (31. d6 $1 {and black is maybe under
pressure.}) 31... Bf8 32. Be5 Rc8 33. d6 Be7 34. Ke3 Bd8 35. Ra1 Bb6+ 36. Kf3
Bc5 37. Nb5 Bb4 38. Bc3 Bc5 39. Be5 Bb4 40. Bc3 Bc5 41. Kg2 Rcd8 42. Be5 Bb4
43. Rd4 Bc5 44. Rd2 Bb4 45. Rd4 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2014"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.26"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2844"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nc3 e6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Nh4 Bh5 ({
Relevant:} 7... Be7 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bg2 g5 12. Bd2 Nbd7
13. Qa4 Qc7 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. O-O O-O 16. Rac1 Rad8 17. Qc2 Qb8 18. Rfd1 Rfe8
19. Ne2 Nf8 20. a3 Ng6 21. b4 Nh4 22. Qb3 e5 23. Bh1 a6 24. a4 exd4 25. Nxd4
Nf4 26. exf4 Rxd4 27. fxg5 Red8 28. Be3 Rxb4 29. Qc2 Qe5 30. Rxd8+ Bxd8 31. Rb1
a5 32. Bd2 Bc7 33. Kf1 Qh2 34. Ke2 Qe5+ 35. Kf1 Qh2 36. Ke2 Rxb1 37. Qxb1 {
Meier,G (2632)-Adams,M (2743) Dortmund 2014 1/2-1/2}) 8. h3 Qxb3 9. axb3 Na6
10. g4 Nb4 11. Ke2 g5 12. gxh5 gxh4 13. Bg2 Nxh5 14. Bf3 Nf6 15. Bd2 Be7 $146 (
{Predecessor:} 15... Nd7 16. Ra5 Nb6 17. c5 Nc8 18. Rha1 Na6 19. Rxa6 bxa6 20.
Rxa6 Kd7 21. b4 Rb8 22. b5 cxb5 23. Bh5 Ke7 24. e4 b4 25. Bg5+ Ke8 26. Na4 Be7
27. Bf4 Rb5 28. Rxe6 dxe4 29. Rc6 Kd7 30. Rc7+ Ke6 31. Ke3 Rd8 32. Kxe4 f5+ 33.
Kd3 Ra5 34. b3 {1-0 (34) Wojtaszek,R (2711)-Popov,I (2644) Zuerich 2013}) 16.
Rhc1 {"I think Rc1 is a bad move." Mamedyarov who was trying to recall the
previous games and his analysis.} (16. Ra4 {but Mamedyarov thinks black is OK
here too.}) 16... Kd7 17. e4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 (18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 f5 {and
black is already better.} (19... a5 {may be even more accurate.}) 20. Bh1)
18... Nxe4 {"After take e4 I think black is OK." Mamedyarov. This
straightforward idea seems the best.} (18... Rhe8 19. Bf3 e5 {was a suggestion
from Caruana.} 20. dxe5 Bd6) 19. Nxe4 Na6 (19... a5 20. Ng5) 20. Ra5 f5 21. Ng5
Bd8 22. Raa1 Bf6 23. Nf3 {Mamedyarov thought the position "easy to play for
me" after this move.} (23. Nf7 {Mamedyarov thought this was the more
principled idea.} Rhg8 (23... Rhc8) 24. Ne5+ Kd6 (24... Bxe5 25. dxe5 Nc5 (
25... c5 26. Rd1 Ke7 (26... Kc6 27. Ba5 {Mamedyarov. With a mate threat! And
white gets the advantage.} b6 28. Rd6+ Kb7 29. Bc3 Nc7 30. b4 cxb4 31. Bxb4)
27. Be3 Rad8 28. b4 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 cxb4 30. Bxa7 Rd8 31. Rg1 Kf7 32. Ra1) 26.
Be3 Ne4 27. Rxa7 Rxa7 28. Bxa7 Kc7 29. Be3 c5 $11) 25. Bf4 Bxe5 (25... Ke7 {"I
don't even think you have to take." Caruana.} 26. Nxc6+ bxc6 27. Rxa6 Bxd4 28.
Rxc6 Rg2 $11) (25... Nb8 {is surprisingly playable too.}) 26. Bxe5+ Ke7 {and
white is for choice.}) 23... c5 24. Bc3 cxd4 25. Nxd4 Nc5 26. Rd1 Ke7 27. Bb4
Rhc8 28. Nb5 a5 (28... a6 {isn't as good.} 29. Nd6 Rc7 30. Nxb7 Rxb7 31. Bxc5+
Kf7) 29. Rxa5 Rxa5 30. Bxa5 Bxb2 31. Bb4 Be5 32. Na7 Rc7 33. Nb5 Rc8 34. Na7
Rc7 {Draw by repetition.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2014"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.26"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky attack, 3...Bd7"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "2805677"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Qc8
8. Qf3 e6 9. b3 Be7 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Nc4 O-O 12. Nc3 Qc7 13. a4 Rad8 14. Rfe1
a6 15. a5 Nb8 16. Na4 Nc6 17. Qg3 Qxg3 18. hxg3 Nd5 (18... Nb4 {was the move
Nakamura expected and it looks fine for black.}) 19. c3 Rc8 20. Ba3 Na7 21. Ne3
Nxe3 22. dxe3 Rc7 23. Red1 Nb5 24. Bb2 c4 25. bxc4 Nd6 26. Nb6 Ne4 27. Ba3 Nxc3
(27... Bxa3 28. Rxa3 f5) 28. Bxe7 Rxe7 29. Rd3 Ne4 30. Nd7 Rc8 31. f3 Nf6 32.
Nb6 Rc5 33. Rd8+ Re8 {"I still think it's equal." Nakamura.} 34. Rxe8+ Nxe8 35.
Rd1 Rxa5 (35... Rc7 {is may hold.}) 36. Rd8 Kf8 37. Rb8 Ra2 (37... f5 $11) (
37... Ra1+ 38. Kh2 f5) 38. c5 Rc2 39. e4 f6 40. Rxb7 (40. f4 {was Gelfand's
suggestion to improve white's position with Zugzwang in the air.}) (40. g4 $5)
40... Kg8 {Move 40 has been reached and now white has something to work with.}
41. Re7 Kf8 42. Rxe6 {This seems to be best.} (42. Ra7 Kg8 43. Nd7 f5 44. Rxa6
fxe4 45. Rxe6 Nf6 46. Nxf6+ Kf7 47. Rc6 (47. Re5 Kxf6 (47... gxf6 48. Rxe4) 48.
f4)) 42... Nc7 43. Rc6 Nb5 44. Nd5 Nd4 45. Rxa6 Rxc5 46. Ra8+ Kf7 47. Ra7+ Kf8
48. Nf4 {White is a pawn up and can torture black for a very long time and in
this case he does. Black must still have very decent drawing chances but he's
passively waiting to meet white's tries which is never fun. Gelfand thought
the knight ending was winning for Nakamura. He wasn't sure "which is why the
game went on so long."} Rc6 49. Ra8+ Kf7 50. Rh8 h6 51. Rb8 Rc7 52. Rb6 Ra7 53.
Rd6 Nb5 54. Rd5 Rb7 55. Kh2 Na7 56. Rd6 Nc8 57. Rc6 Ne7 58. Ra6 Ng6 59. Nh5 Ne7
60. Nf4 Ng6 61. Nd5 Ne7 62. Ne3 Rc7 63. g4 Rc3 64. Nf1 Rc7 65. Ra3 Rb7 66. Ne3
Rd7 67. Kg3 Rc7 68. Ra5 Rc3 69. Kf2 Rc7 70. Rb5 Ng6 71. Nd5 Ra7 72. Rc5 Ra2+
73. Kg3 Kg8 74. Rc7 Ra3 75. Rb7 Ra2 76. Rc7 Ra3 77. Rd7 Ra2 78. Ne3 Ne5 79. Rb7
Ra3 80. Nf5 Nf7 81. Kh2 Ra2 82. Re7 Ra8 83. f4 Kf8 84. Rc7 g6 85. Nh4 g5 86.
Nf5 gxf4 87. Rc6 Ng5 88. Rxf6+ Kg8 $2 {Finally black's position collapses.} (
88... Ke8 {and the suffering goes on.}) 89. e5 Ra2 90. e6 Nf3+ 91. Kh3 Ng1+ 92.
Kh4 Rxg2 93. Kh5 Nf3 94. Nxh6+ Kh7 95. Rf7+ Kh8 96. e7 Re2 97. Rxf4 1-0

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2014"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.26"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitry"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4122356"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4 Bg7 7. e4 Bg4 8.
Bb5+ c6 9. Ng5 O-O ({Relevant:} 9... e6 10. Be2 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 Bxd4 12. Nxd4
Qxd4 13. Bd2 Qc5 14. Rc1 Qe7 15. a4 N8d7 16. a5 Nc8 17. Qxb7 Rb8 18. Qxc6 O-O
19. Nf3 Rd8 20. O-O e5 21. Rfd1 f6 22. Bh6 Kf7 23. Qc4+ Qe6 24. Qc7 Ke8 25.
Rxd7 Qxd7 26. Qxb8 Nb6 27. Nxe5 Rxb8 28. Nxd7 Nxd7 29. h4 Rb5 30. Rc8+ Ke7 31.
Rh8 Rxb2 32. Rxh7+ Ke6 33. Be3 a6 34. Rg7 Ne5 35. Bc5 f5 36. Bd4 Rb1+ 37. Kh2
Rb5 38. Bxe5 Kxe5 39. Rxg6 {Nakamura,H (2786)-Li,C (2679) Antalya 2013 1-0})
10. Be2 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 c5 {Jakovenko knew that Vachier-Lagrave had played this
before but he didn't believe there was much chance it would be repeated as
"black just fights for a draw with no chance to win." Vachier-Lagrave forgot
to check this variation so decided to play c5 which he was at least familiar
with but he forgot some details. "If you don't remember the line it's a tough
day."} (11... Na6 {is the main move according to Jakovenko.}) 12. dxc5 N6d7 13.
Qxb7 Qa5+ 14. Bd2 Qa6 (14... Nxc5 15. Qxa8 Nd3+ 16. Kf1 Qxd2 17. Qd5 {
"computer doesn't show enough compensation here." Jakovenko.}) 15. c6 $146 {
and improvement over MVL over game.} ({Predecessor (4):} 15. Qxa6 Nxa6 16. c6 (
16. Nc3 Ndxc5 17. Ke2 Nb4 18. Rhd1 {1/2-1/2 (44)}) 16... Bxb2 17. Rb1 Ne5 18.
O-O Rab8 {1-0 (78) Gajewski,G (2644)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2715) Reykjavik ISL
2013}) 15... Qxc6 16. Qxc6 Nxc6 17. Rc1 Rac8 18. b3 Bb2 {Now Jakovenko is on
his own. Mostly because this isn't one of the top computer moves.} (18... Rfd8)
19. Rd1 {The best move.} (19. Rc2 $2 Nb4) 19... Nce5 (19... Nc5) 20. Be3 (20.
Bb4 Nc5 21. O-O h6) 20... h6 $2 {This seems to be real trouble.} (20... Ba3 {
was Jakovenko's idea.} 21. O-O Rc2 22. Ng3 Rxa2) 21. Nf3 (21. f4) 21... Nxf3+
22. gxf3 Ne5 23. f4 Ng4 $2 (23... Nf3+ 24. Kf1 Nh4 25. Rd7) 24. Bxa7 Ra8 25.
Rd2 (25. Bc5 Rfc8 26. b4 Nf6 27. f3 Rxa2 28. Rg1) 25... Ba3 26. Bd4 Rfc8 27.
Bc3 Nf6 28. f3 Nh5 29. Rd3 Bd6 30. e5 Bc5 31. a4 Rab8 32. Ba5 Ra8 33. Bd2 Rab8
{White is winning but Jakovenko still was working hard to convert this
advantage.} 34. Rc3 Kh7 (34... Ng7 35. b4 Ba7 36. Rxc8+ Rxc8 37. a5) 35. Kd1
Ng7 36. b4 Ba7 37. Rxc8 Rxc8 38. Nc3 Nf5 39. Nb5 Be3 40. Re1 Rd8 41. Re2 Bxf4
42. Kc2 Bxd2 43. Rxd2 Ne3+ 44. Kc3 Nd1+ 45. Rxd1 Rxd1 46. a5 h5 (46... Kg7 {
"It's not so easy to see how to win. It should be winning somehow" Jakovenko}
47. Nd4 {seems the cleanest.} (47. a6) 47... Ra1 48. Nc2 Rd1 49. b5 Rd8 50. a6
Ra8 51. Nb4) 47. Na3 1-0

