[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2014"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.27"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "D83"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "Gruenfeld gambit, Capablanca variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2805677"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 {This move came as a surprise for MVL.} Bg7
5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 c5 (6... Be6 {MVL decided not to repeat the variation with
Be6 he'd previously played for fear of walking into more preparation.} 7. cxd5
Nxd5 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. a3 Qa5+ 10. Qd2 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 c6 12. Bc4 Bxc4 13. Rxc4
Nd7 14. Nf3 Rfd8 15. Ke2 Nb6 16. Rc2 Rd5 17. g4 Rb5 18. Be5 Nd7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7
20. h3 Re8 {1/2-1/2 (20) Pelletier,Y (2577)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2758)
Saint-Quentin FRA 2014}) 7. dxc5 Qa5 (7... Be6 {seems to be the most succesful
move for black.}) (7... dxc4 {"I didn't take on c4, I still don't know what at
this time." MVL.}) 8. cxd5 {White scores 70% in this position according to my
TWIC database. Not encouraging stats.} Rd8 9. Bc4 e6 $146 {This is new but
black's position probably won't get many followers.} (9... Be6) (9... Qxc5 10.
Bb3 Nc6 11. Nf3 Na5 12. O-O Bg4 13. e4 Qb4 14. Bc7 Bxf3 15. Bxa5 Qxa5 16. Qxf3
Nd7 17. Qe3 Rac8 18. f4 Qc5 19. Qxc5 Nxc5 20. e5 Nxb3 21. axb3 f6 22. Rce1 Rc5
23. g3 fxe5 24. fxe5 e6 25. b4 Rc4 26. dxe6 Re8 27. Rf7 Rc6 28. Rxb7 Rcxe6 29.
Rxa7 Rxe5 30. Rxe5 Bxe5 31. Kg2 Rb8 32. b5 Bxc3 33. bxc3 Rxb5 34. Kf3 Rc5 35.
Ra3 Rc4 36. Ke3 h5 37. Kd3 Rg4 38. Rb3 Kf7 39. Rb4 Rg5 40. Re4 Rd5+ 41. Kc2 g5
42. c4 Ra5 43. Kb3 Kf6 44. Re2 h4 45. Kb4 Ra1 46. gxh4 Rb1+ 47. Ka5 Ra1+ 48.
Kb6 Rb1+ 49. Kc6 gxh4 50. c5 Kg5 51. Rc2 h3 52. Kd5 Kf6 53. Rc3 {1-0 (53)
Lalic,B (2565)-Polgar,J (2665) Yerevan ARM 1996}) ({Relevant:} 9... Qxc5 10.
Qb3 Qa5 11. Nge2 a6 12. a4 Nbd7 13. O-O Nc5 14. Qa3 Nce4 15. b4 Qb6 16. a5 Qa7
17. Na4 Nd2 18. Rfd1 Nxc4 19. Rxc4 Rxd5 20. Rdc1 Bg4 21. Nec3 Rd3 22. Nc5 Rd2
23. h3 Bf5 24. e4 Be6 25. Bxd2 Bxc4 26. Be3 Qb8 27. N3a4 Bb5 28. Nb6 h5 29.
Nxa8 Qxa8 30. Rd1 Qc8 31. Qb3 Bc6 32. Qc4 Ne8 33. Bd4 Nd6 34. Qd3 Bf8 35. Be3
Bg7 36. Bd4 Bf8 37. Ba1 Nb5 38. Qd2 Qc7 39. Qb2 {Cramling,P (2516)-Lahno,K 
(2553) Beijing 2012 1-0}) 10. Nge2 {Seems the best even if it appears a bit
slow.} (10. d6 Nc6 {was MVL intention with still some edge for white.} (10...
Qxc5 11. Qd4 Qxd4 12. exd4 a6)) (10. Bd6 $5 exd5 11. Bb3 Na6 {"That's what I
didn't like." Gelfand.}) 10... Nxd5 11. Bd6 Nxc3 12. Nxc3 b5 {"It's a trick."
Gelfand "It's a miracle." MVL. "You must." Gelfand.} (12... Na6 $6 13. O-O Nxc5
$2 14. b4 $1 Qxb4 15. Bxc5 {wins for white.}) 13. Bd3 (13. Qf3 Bd7 14. Bb3 Bc6
15. Qf4) (13. Bb3 Bb7 (13... b4)) (13. Be2 {may also be playable.} b4 14. Ne4 (
14. Nb5 Ba6 $11 15. Nc7 $2 (15. Nd4 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Bxd4 17. exd4 Nc6 18. Qc4 b3+
19. Qc3 bxa2 20. Qxa5 Nxa5 21. Ra1 Nc4 22. Bg3 Rxd4 23. Rxa2 Re4+ $11) 15...
Bxb2 $1 16. Nxa8 b3+) 14... Bb7 15. Bf3 Nc6 16. Qb3 Ba6 17. Nd2 Bb5 18. Bxc6
Bxc6 19. O-O) 13... b4 14. Ne4 {Less ambitious than Nb5.} (14. Nb5 Rd7 (14...
Ba6 15. Bc7 Rxd3 16. Bxa5 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Bxb5 18. Rd8+ Bf8 19. Bc7 Na6 20. Rxa8
Nxc7 21. Rxa7 Nd5 22. Rb7 Bc6 23. Rb8 f5 24. a3 bxa3 25. bxa3 Kf7 26. Kd2 {
wins for white.}) 15. O-O) 14... b3+ 15. Qd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 bxa2 17. Ra1 Bb7 (
17... Nc6 18. Rxa2 Nb4 19. Ra5 (19. Ra4 Nxd3 20. Kxd3) 19... Bf8 $1 $11) 18.
Rxa2 Bd5 19. Ra4 Nc6 (19... a5 {MVL thought he didn't have time for this but
he maybe did.} 20. Be7 Rc8 21. Nf6+ Bxf6 22. Bxf6) 20. b4 Ne5 (20... f5 21. Nc3
Bxg2 22. Rg1 Bf3 23. Rg3 {hunts the bishop down with advantage.}) 21. b5 (21.
Bxe5 Bxe5 22. f3) 21... f5 22. Nc3 $2 (22. Ng5 Bxg2 (22... Nxd3 23. Kxd3 h6 24.
Nf3 (24. e4 Bb3 25. Rb4)) 23. Rb1) 22... Bxg2 23. Rha1 $2 {Now white is worse.}
(23. Rd1 $1 {Keeps things balanced.} Bf3 24. Be2 Rac8 25. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 26. Kc2
Bxc3 27. Kxc3 Rxc5+ 28. Bxc5 Rxd1 29. Rxa7) 23... Nxd3 (23... Rac8 24. Bxe5
Bxe5 25. c6 Be4 26. Nxe4 fxe4 27. R1a3 {is better for black too.}) 24. Kxd3
Rac8 25. Rc4 Be4+ 26. Ke2 Rxd6 27. cxd6 Rxc4 28. Nxe4 (28. d7 Bf6 29. Nxe4 Rxe4
30. Rxa7 Rb4 31. Rb7 Rb2+ 32. Kd3 Rxf2 33. Rb8+ Kg7 34. d8=Q Bxd8 35. Rxd8)
28... fxe4 $11 (28... Rc2+ 29. Kf1 Rc8 30. Nc3 $3 (30. Ng5) 30... Bxc3 31. Rc1
Kf7 32. d7 Rd8 33. Rxc3 Rxd7) (28... Rxe4 29. Rxa7 Rb4 30. Ra8+ Kf7 31. Ra7+
Kf8 32. Ra8+ {with a draw.}) 29. d7 Bf6 30. Rxa7 Rc2+ 31. Kf1 Rd2 32. b6 Kf8
33. Ra8+ Ke7 34. b7 Be5 35. b8=Q Bxb8 36. Rxb8 Rxd7 37. Rb4 Kf6 {There is
nothing left to play for.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2014"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.27"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[ECO "E48"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O, 5.Bd3 d5"]
[WhiteFideId "13601520"]
[BlackFideId "4122356"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 {"I chose one of the main lines, to play
safe, I can sometimes play like this." Jobava.} O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7.
Nge2 Re8 8. O-O Bf8 9. Bd2 c6 ({Relevant:} 9... b6 10. Rc1 c5 11. Bb5 Bd7 12.
Bxd7 Qxd7 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. b3 d4 15. Na4 Ne4 16. exd4 cxd4 17. Ng3 Nxd2 18.
Qxd2 Nc6 19. Nc5 Qd5 20. Nd3 a5 21. Rfd1 a4 22. Qc2 axb3 23. Qxc6 Qxc6 24. Rxc6
bxa2 25. Rcc1 Ra3 26. Kf1 g6 27. Ra1 Rb8 28. Ke2 Re8+ 29. Kf3 Bb4 30. Rxa2 Rxa2
31. Nxb4 Ra3+ 32. Kf4 Re6 33. Nd3 Kg7 34. Ne4 h6 35. h4 Ra5 36. Nec5 Rc6 37.
Rc1 Ra3 38. Rb1 Ra5 39. Rc1 {Short,N (2680)-Gajewski,G (2634) Warsaw 2013 1-0 
(97)}) 10. Rc1 {"Rc1 is quite tricky for black, it's not so easy to find a
useful move." Jakovenko.} a5 $146 {"Very strong waiting move." Jobava. "I'm
not sure" Jakovenko.} ({Predecessor:} 10... g6 11. f3 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Nb5
Qb6 14. Kh1 Nc6 15. Rxc5 Qxc5 16. Nc7 Be6 17. Nxa8 Rxa8 18. Bc3 Nd7 19. Nd4
Nde5 20. Bb1 Nc4 21. Re1 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Qa5 23. Qe2 Rc8 24. Rd1 a6 25. Qf2 Nd6
26. g4 Ne8 27. h4 Qa4 28. Rg1 f6 29. f4 Bf7 30. f5 Qd7 31. Bd3 g5 32. Kg2 h6
33. Rh1 Qd6 34. Qe1 Kg7 35. a4 Rc4 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Bxc4 dxc4 38. Kg1 Qd5 39.
Qg3 Kf8 40. Rh8+ {Short,N (2680)-Morrison,G (2351) England 2014 1-0}) (10...
Nbd7 11. f3 {and the black knight isn't so well placed.} c5 12. Nf4 Nb6 13. b3)
11. f3 c5 12. Be1 $1 {Jakovenko said he missed this redeployment. In spite of
his initial resolution to play solidly Jobava has sharpened the position. "I
have this gambling spirit."} (12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Nb5 Qb6 $1) 12... Rxe3 {No
real choice but to accept the challenge.} (12... c4 {"Looks like normal move."
Jobava.} 13. Bb1 Rxe3 14. Bh4 Ra6 (14... Nc6 15. Nf4 (15. Qd2 Re8 16. Nf4 Be6
17. Nh5 Be7 18. Nxg7 Kxg7 19. Qg5+ Kh8 20. Qh6 Kg8 21. Qg5+ {with a draw.}))
15. Nf4 $1) 13. Bh4 (13. Bf2 cxd4 14. Nxd4 {"Very hard to play for both sides.
" Jakovenko.} Re8 15. Na4) (13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Bf2 Nbd7 15. Nb5 b6 (15... Bb6
16. Ned4 Re7 {is roughly balanced.}) 16. Rxc5 Rxd3 17. Rxc8 Rxc8 18. Qxd3 {
wins for white.}) 13... Nc6 (13... Re8 {was more "principled" according to
Jobava.} 14. Nf4 (14. Bxf6 gxf6 (14... Qxf6 15. Nxd5 Qd8 16. dxc5 {as the
knight is immue because of discovered check.} Na6 {is again about equal.} (
16... Nd7 17. Bb5 Bxc5+ 18. Rxc5)) 15. Nf4) 14... Be6 15. Nh5 Be7 16. Nxf6+
Bxf6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. dxc5 {is about equal.}) 14. Nf4 Be6 (14... cxd4 {was a
more Jakovenko considered.} 15. Ncxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd8 Nxf4 17. Bb5 {however
refutes.} Re5) 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Kh1 {Jakovenko didn't see this idea. "It's
very easy to find because it's only moves." Jobava.} (16. Bf2 Ba7 $1 (16... Qd6
17. Nb5 Qxf4 18. Rxc5 Nd7 19. Rc3) 17. Nb5 (17. Qd2 Re5 18. Bxa7 Rxa7 19. Rfd1
d4 20. Nb5 Ra8 21. Nxe6 Rxe6) 17... Bb6) 16... Be7 (16... Qd6) 17. Bxf6 Bxf6
18. Ncxd5 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 Re8 {The safest move.} (19... Bxb2 20. Nxe3 Bxc1 21.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Qxc1 Qd3 $11) (19... Re6 20. Nxf6+ (20. Qb3 {Jobava. It ends in
equality but only after some difficult variations.} a4 21. Qxb7 Rb8 22. Qc7
Qxd5 23. Be4 Qd8 24. Rxc6 Qxc7 25. Rxc7 Rd6 26. Rc4 g6 27. Rxa4 Rxb2 28. f4
Rdd2 29. a3) 20... Rxf6 21. Be4 $11) 20. Qb3 (20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. Qb3 Rab8 22.
Rfd1) 20... Be5 {Black was not surprisingly getting a bit short of time here.}
(20... Nd4 {"Here I was counting on Nd4." Jakovenko.} 21. Nxf6+ (21. Qxb7 Rb8
22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Rfe1 {amounts to the same thing.}) 21... Qxf6 22. Qxb7 Rab8
23. Rfe1 $3 {keeps and edge for white.}) (20... Rb8 {is perhaps the best.}) (
20... Bxb2 {is also a direct attemp at equalisation.} 21. Qxb2 (21. Rcd1 Bd4
22. Bc4 Rb8 23. a4 {players in the press conference.} Qd6) 21... Qxd5) 21. Qxb7
Ne7 (21... Nd4 22. f4 Bd6 23. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Rb8 25. Nf6+ gxf6 26. Qe4 {
a theme that Jobava seemed very aware of in his analysis.} f5 27. Qxd4) 22. f4
{This seems to lead to equality now.} (22. Nxe7+ Rxe7 23. Qc6 g6 24. b3) 22...
Qxd5 23. Qxd5 Nxd5 24. fxe5 Ne3 25. Rf4 Rad8 26. e6 (26. Bb5 {Was perhaps
better. Jobava forgot there was no increment as he did in the first game but
"woke up" a little bit earlier in this game but both players had about 3
minutes to reach time control at this point.} Rxe5 27. Rd4 Ree8 28. Rxd8 Rxd8)
26... Rxe6 27. Rd4 Ree8 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Kg1 (29. Rc3 f5 30. Kg1 g5 31. g3 f4
32. a3 Nd1 33. Rb3 Nxb2) 29... g6 {White had "about 59 second here." and his
intended move doesn't work.} 30. Be4 (30. Kf2 Nxg2 $1 31. Kxg2 Rxd3) 30... Rd2
(30... Rd1+ 31. Rxd1 Nxd1 32. Bf3 Nxb2 33. Kf2 {is a pawn up although with
reasonable saving chances.}) 31. Rc3 (31. Rc5 {may be more accurate.} a4 32.
Ra5 Rxb2 33. Rxa4 f5 34. Bf3 Kf7) 31... Ng4 32. Bf3 (32. Bc2 Re2 $3 (32... Ne3
33. Rxe3 Rxc2 34. Ra3) 33. Bd3 Rxb2) 32... Ne5 33. Ra3 (33. Rc5 Nxf3+ 34. gxf3
a4 35. Rc4 Kg7 36. Rxa4 Rxb2) 33... Rxb2 34. Rxa5 Nxf3+ 35. gxf3 Kg7 36. Ra6
Kh6 37. Ra7 {Both players had 30 seconds left "or maybe even 20" as Jakovenko
put it. "I was smart to offer draw here." Jobava.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2014"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.27"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Torre attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4158814"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Qxd4 ({Relevant:} 5. Nxd4 Be7 6.
e4 d6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Rhe1 b4 11. Nb1 Nbd7 12. Qxb4 Nc5
13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. Qd2 c4 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Bxc4 O-O 18. Qe2 Rfc8
19. Nd2 Be5 20. g3 Rab8 21. Nb3 Bf6 22. e5 Bxe5 23. Qxe5 Qxc4 24. Rd2 Bd5 25.
Kb1 a5 26. Nc1 Qb4 27. c3 Qxc3 28. Qxc3 Rxc3 29. Nb3 Rc4 30. Nxa5 Ra4 31. Nb3
Rba8 32. Nc1 Bxa2+ 33. Nxa2 Rxa2 34. Re3 g5 {Koneru,H (2600)-Hou,Y (2591)
Antakya 2010 1/2-1/2}) 5... Nc6 6. Qh4 Bb4 7. e4 (7. O-O-O {was the
alternative.} Bxc3 8. bxc3 h6 9. Nd2 {is about equal.}) 7... Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 h6
9. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor (3):} 9. Be2 Rf8 10. Be3 Qa5 11. O-O d6 12. Rfd1 d5
13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Bd2 Nxc3 15. Bc4 Qa3 16. Re1 Qb2 17. Qf4 f5 18. Bxe6 Ne2+ 19.
Rxe2 Qxa1+ 20. Be1 Bxe6 21. Rxe6+ Kf7 22. Qc4 Kg8 23. Rxc6+ Kh7 24. Rc7 b6 25.
g3 Rfe8 26. Qc3 Rxe1+ 27. Qxe1 Qxe1+ 28. Nxe1 h5 29. Ng2 a6 30. h4 Rd8 {1-0 
(30) Aakenson,J (2300)-Vaca,E (2187) LADAC email 2006}) 9... d6 10. Rd1 Rg8 11.
Be3 (11. Bc1 {was perhaps better according to Andreikin.}) 11... e5 12. Bb5 Qc7
{A key moment according to Andreikin.} (12... g5 13. Qxh6 (13. Nxg5 hxg5 14.
Bxg5 Rxg5 15. Qxg5 {and Andreikin said that whilst the computer didn't give
him enough compensation it offers practical chances.} Ke7 $6 {Andreikin is
about equal.} (15... Nxe4 $1 {looks very good for black.})) 13... Rg6 14. Qh8+
Rg8 15. Qh6 $11) (12... Qa5 $5 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. O-O) 13. Nd2 Be6 14. f3 Qa5 (
14... O-O-O 15. Qf2 d5 (15... b6 {is also unclear.}) 16. Bxa7 d4 (16... Nxa7
17. Qxa7 dxe4 18. O-O {was an alternative line given by Andreikin.}) 17. Bxc6
bxc6 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. cxd4 {I really like my position.} Qa7 20. c3 {and then
I castle and start pushing my pawns. Andreikin.}) 15. c4 Ke7 $2 {This move
seems bad and black's position deteriorates move by move from now on.} (15...
O-O-O) 16. O-O g5 17. Qf2 Rgd8 $2 18. h4 Nh7 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. g4 (20. Nb3)
20... f6 21. Kg2 $5 {Although it works well in the game maybe this isn't the
best way to get at the black king.} (21. Nb3 Qc7 22. c5) 21... Nf8 22. Rh1 Bf7
$2 (22... Qxa2 23. Bxg5 fxg5 24. Qe3 Qxc2 $11) (22... Nb4 $2 {Now the Bb5 cuts
the black king off from the queenside.} 23. Bxg5 {was Andreikin's dream.}) 23.
Nf1 Bg6 24. Bd2 Qb6 25. Ne3 Kf7 26. Qe1 Ne6 27. Nf5 Qc7 (27... Ncd4 28. Ba4 Qa6
) 28. c5 dxc5 29. Bc4 b5 30. Bd5 Rac8 (30... Rh8) 31. Rh6 {wins.} Ncd4 32. Ba5
Nxc2 33. Qh1 Qxa5 34. Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2014"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.27"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[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. g3 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Rg6
16. h4 f6 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bf4 Nxh4 19. f3 Rd8 20. Kf2 Rxd1 21. Nxd1 Nf5 22.
Rh1 Bxa2 23. Rxh5 Be6 {Radjabov said "I have also considered this [variation]
an interesting try with white."} 24. g4 $146 {Giri said he expected both
players to get this position with an hour and 50 minutes on the clock but
Radjabov took an hour to get here trying to consider the lines in advance.} ({
Predecessor (4):} 24. Bxc7 Rh6 25. Rxh6 Nxh6 26. g4 {1/2-1/2 (26) Alekseev,E 
(2675)-Grachev,B (2672) Kocaeli 2014}) 24... Nd6 25. Rh7 f5 $6 26. g5 (26. Rxc7
$1 Nb5 27. gxf5 Bxf5 28. Rxb7 Bxc2 29. Ne3 Bb3 30. Ng4 Re6 31. Bg5 Bc4 32. Kg3
c5 33. Nf6+) 26... Nf7 {This doesn't seem the correct way.} 27. Rh5 (27. Ne3)
27... Rg8 28. Kg3 Rh8 (28... Kf8) 29. Rxh8+ (29. Kh4 {was Giri's initial plan
but} Bd5 30. Rxh8+ Nxh8 31. Kg3 $11) 29... Nxh8 30. Bxc7 Ng6 31. Nc3 Kd7 32.
Bb8 a5 (32... c5 33. Bxa7 Kc6 34. Bb8 b5 {was Giri's idea.}) 33. Na4 Kc8 34.
Bf4 {Giri liked this position but "I cannot make progress maybe?"} b5 35. Nc5
Ba2 36. c3 a4 37. Bd6 Bd5 38. f4 Kd8 39. Kf2 Nh4 40. Ke3 Ke8 41. Nd3 Be4 42.
Nf2 Bd5 43. Ba3 Kf7 (43... Bc4 44. Nd3 Bxd3 45. Kxd3 Kd7 46. Bc5 Ng2 47. Be3
Nxe3 48. Kxe3 c5 49. Ke2 Ke6 50. Kd2 b4 51. cxb4 cxb4 52. Kc2 Kd6 53. Kc1 Ke7
54. Kc2 Kd6 $11) 44. Kd4 Ke6 45. Nd3 Ng6 46. Nc5+ Kf7 47. Na6 Nxf4 48. Ke5 Nd3+
49. Kxf5 c5 50. g6+ Kg8 51. Nxc5 Nxc5 52. Bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2014"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.27"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "C25"]
[Opening "Vienna"]
[Variation "Paulsen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "14200244"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 Nge7 ({Relevant:} 6...
Nf6 7. h3 Be6 8. Nd5 Bxd5 9. exd5 Ne7 10. c4 Nf5 11. Bd2 a5 12. Ne2 Nd7 13. h4
h5 14. Bh3 Nh6 15. Bg5 Qc8 16. Nc3 f5 17. Qe2 Nf7 18. Be3 Nf6 19. d4 O-O 20.
dxe5 Nxe5 21. O-O Re8 22. Bf4 Qd7 23. Rfd1 Qf7 24. Bg2 Nfd7 25. Nb5 Nc5 26. Qc2
Re7 27. Nd4 Kh8 28. a3 Ng4 29. Bg5 Bf6 30. Qd2 a4 31. Re1 Rae8 32. Rxe7 Rxe7
33. Rd1 Ne5 34. Bf1 Ned7 35. Nf3 Bxg5 36. Nxg5 {Perez Mitjans,O (2424)-Cori
Tello,J (2486) Collado Villalba 2010 1-0}) 7. h4 {An interesting and dangerous
move but Mamedyarov said he didn't think it was any good because of 9...Nd4.}
h5 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bh6 Nd4 $1 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. Nd1 $146 {Mamedyarov admitted to
playing very riskily during this game.} ({Predecessor:} 11. Nce2 c5 12. c3 Nxe2
13. Nxe2 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. O-O Re8 16. a3 a5 17. Rfe1 Ra6 18. d4 cxd4 19.
Nxd4 Nf6 20. Rxe5 Rd6 21. Rxe8 Nxe8 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Nc7 24. Qf4 Nd5 25.
Bxd5 Rxd5 26. Ra8 Qe8 27. Kh2 Rd8 28. Nf3 f6 29. Qc7+ Kh6 30. Nd4 Qe1 31. Qf4+
Kg7 32. Ne6+ Qxe6 33. Qc7+ Rd7 34. Qxc8 Kh6 35. Qf8+ Rg7 36. Qc5 Kh7 37. Qc8
Qxc8 38. Rxc8 g5 39. b5 Kg6 40. b6 Rd7 {Garcia Castro,P (2330)-Movsziszian,K 
(2528) Mondariz 2002 1/2-1/2}) 11... d5 12. Ne3 Be6 13. f4 dxe4 14. dxe4 f5 $5
(14... Ndc6 {was Mamedyarov's suggestion.}) 15. Nh3 (15. fxe5 fxe4 16. O-O-O $5
) 15... fxe4 16. Ng5 Nef5 17. O-O-O (17. c3 Nxe3) 17... Bxa2 $5 (17... Nxg3 18.
fxe5 (18. Qa5 Qd6 19. fxe5 Qb6) 18... Qe7 $1 19. Rhe1 Rad8 20. Qa5 Bg8 21. e6
c5 22. c4 Rf2) 18. fxe5 $5 (18. Nxe4 $1) 18... Nxg3 19. Rhe1 (19. b3 Bxb3 20.
Kb2 c5 21. cxb3 Qb6 {Mamedyarov saw this.} 22. Rh3 Qxb3+ 23. Ka1 Rac8) 19... c5
20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Qxh4 22. Qg2 Rad8 $2 $11 (22... Rae8 $1 {but the
variations are very complicated.} 23. Nxc5 Rxe5 24. Qxb7+ Rf7 25. Qa6 Nxc2) 23.
Nf6 Rxf6 24. exf6+ Qxf6 25. Qxb7+ Qf7 26. Qe4 Qf6 (26... Qe6 27. Qg2 Rd7 28. b3
Bxb3 29. cxb3 Nxb3+ {is supposed to be equal but who wants to be a rook down?})
27. Qb7+ Qf7 28. Qa6 Be6 29. Kb1 Rb8 30. Qd6 Rb6 (30... Rc8 31. Nd5 Rc6 32.
Qe5+ Kh7 33. Nf6+ Qxf6 34. Qxf6 Ba2+ 35. Kxa2 Rxf6 $11) 31. Qxc5 Nf3 $2 32.
Qc3+ Kh7 33. Rf1 Rb8 $2 34. Ng2 (34. Rd6 Rc8 35. Qd3) 34... Bg4 35. Nh4 1-0

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2014"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.27"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2844"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. Bd2 Nxc5 8. a3
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Nce4 10. e3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 b6 12. Be2 Ba6 13. Qb3 Rc8 14. Qa4 Bb7
15. O-O Qc7 16. Nd4 a6 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Qb4 Be4 19. Rac1 e5 20. Nb3 d6 21. Qe1
Qb7 22. Qf1 Bc6 23. Nd2 Qe7 24. Rc3 a5 25. Rdc1 a4 26. Qd1 Ra8 27. Bf3 e4 28.
Be2 Nd7 29. Qe1 Nc5 30. b4 axb3 31. Nxb3 Rxa3 32. Nd4 Rxc3 33. Qxc3 Bd7 34. Ra1
Rb8 35. Ra7 Qd8 36. Qa1 Rc8 37. h3 g6 38. Nb5 Bxb5 39. cxb5 h5 40. f4 exf3 41.
Bxf3 Qg5 42. Qc3 Rd8 43. Qd4 d5 44. h4 Qf5 45. Ra1 Qd7 46. Qf6 Qe8 47. Kh1 Ne4
48. Bxe4 dxe4 49. Qxb6 Qe7 50. Kg1 Rd2 51. Qc6 Qxh4 52. Ra8+ Kh7 53. Rh8+ Kxh8
54. Qc3+ Kh7 55. Qxd2 Qg5 56. b6 h4 57. Qf2 Kg7 58. Qf4 Qb5 59. Qc7 h3 60. gxh3
Qb1+ 61. Kg2 Qb2+ 62. Kg3 Qf6 63. b7 Qf3+ 64. Kh2 Qf2+ 65. Kh1 1/2-1/2

