[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2014"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.28"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "classical variation (5.Bf4)"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. a3 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxd5 exd5 9. e3 c5 10. Ne5 {An interesting move according to Mamedyarov but he
couldn't remember detailed analysis of this position.} ({Relevant:} 10. Bd3 Nc6
11. h4 h6 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Be6 14. Bb1 Qd7 15. Qc2 f5 16. exf6 Rxf6 17.
Qh7+ Kf7 18. h5 Bf5 19. Bxf5 Qxf5 20. Qxf5 Rxf5 21. g4 Rf6 22. Rd1 Rd8 23. g5
Re6 24. gxh6 gxh6 25. Rh3 Bf6 26. Rf3 Kg8 27. Rg3+ Bg7 28. Kd2 Kh7 29. Rdg1 Rd7
30. Kc2 Rf6 31. Rg6 Rf5 32. Rh1 c4 33. a4 d4 34. Rc6 Rc5 35. Rxc5 bxc5 36. Rc1
Rb7 37. Kd1 Rb4 38. Bd6 dxe3 39. fxe3 Rxa4 {Navara,D (2705)-Bologan,V (2656)
Sibenik 2011 1/2-1/2}) 10... Bf5 {Mamedyarov thinks this isn't bad.} (10... f6
11. Nf3 c4 {maybe? Doesn't look all that impressive although black has some
weaknesses for later exploitation if white can get to them.}) 11. Bb5 a6 $146 (
{Predecessor:} 11... cxd4 12. Qxd4 a6 13. Bd3 Bc5 14. Qa4 Bxd3 15. Nxd3 d4 16.
Nxc5 bxc5 17. O-O Qb6 18. exd4 cxd4 19. Rac1 Ra7 20. Rfd1 Rb7 21. Rc2 Rd8 22.
Rxd4 Rbd7 23. Rxd7 Nxd7 24. h3 Nc5 25. Qc4 Ne6 26. Be3 Qb8 27. Rc1 Qxb2 28.
Qxa6 h5 29. a4 Nd4 30. Kh1 Nf5 31. Qb6 Qxb6 32. Bxb6 Ra8 33. a5 Nd6 34. Kg1 f6
35. Rc5 h4 36. Kf1 Kf7 37. Rc7+ Kg6 38. Ke2 Nb5 39. Rc4 Kf5 40. Rc5+ {1-0 (40)
Gustafsson,J (2627)-Adams,M (2694) Caleta 2010}) (11... c4 $5 12. Nc6 Nxc6 13.
Bxc6 c3 14. Bxa8 (14. Qb3 Rc8 15. Bb7 Rc4 16. Ba6 b5 17. Bxb5 cxb2 18. Qxb2
Qa5+ 19. Kf1 Rc2 20. Qb1 Rfc8 {wins.}) 14... cxb2 15. Rb1 Bxa3) 12. Bc6 {The
safest move.} (12. Nc6 Qe8 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Be2 c4) 12... Nxc6 (12... Ra7 13.
dxc5 Bf6 $5 (13... bxc5 $2 14. Bxd5 Qa5+ 15. b4 cxb4 16. O-O bxa3 17. Bxf7+
Rxf7 18. Nxf7 Kxf7 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Qe8+ Bf8 21. Qxb8) 14. Qxd5 Re7 15. Nf3)
13. Nxc6 Qd7 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. O-O {already the game is heading
quickly to a draw.} Rac8 17. Rc1 (17. Qd2 Qb5 18. Rfc1 Rc4 19. Be5 Rfc8 20.
Rxc4 Qxc4 21. f3 f6 22. Bc3 h6 23. Rd1 Be6 24. Bd4 b5) 17... Qxc1 18. Qxc1 Rxc1
19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ Bxc8 21. Kf1 {Now the players just have to reach move
30 to be able to agree a draw.} f6 22. Ke2 Bf5 23. Kd2 Kf7 24. Bc7 b5 25. Kc3
Ke6 26. Kd4 h5 27. Kc5 Be4 28. f3 Bd3 29. Kb6 b4 30. axb4 Bf1 31. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2014"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.28"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "A88"]
[Opening "Dutch"]
[Variation "Leningrad, main variation with c6"]
[WhiteFideId "14200244"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]

1. d4 f5 {Nakamura said that as Kasimdzhanov wasn't have a great tournament he
was obliged to try something with black to put him under pressure.} 2. Nf3 Nf6
3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. b3 Na6 9. Bb2 Qc7 10. d5
e5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. e3 $146 {"This was the first position I wasn't sure of.
All these positions are similar white goes e3, Qc2 and Rd1 and it doesn't
matter, the order." Nakamura.} ({Relevant:} 12. Ng5 Bd7 13. Qc2 Rad8 14. Rad1
Nc5 15. e3 a5 16. Rfe1 Bc8 17. Qb1 Rfe8 18. Qc2 Qe7 19. Nf3 Ng4 20. h3 Ne5 21.
Nd4 Nf7 22. f4 Qc7 23. Kh2 Re7 24. Re2 Rde8 25. Rde1 Qb6 26. Qd1 a4 27. Nxa4
Nxa4 28. bxa4 Bd7 29. Qb3 Qa7 30. Bc3 Qa6 31. a5 Bc8 32. a4 h5 33. Nf3 Bxc3 34.
Qxc3 Be6 35. Qf6 Nh8 36. Rd2 Rf7 37. Qb2 Rd7 38. c5 d5 39. Qc3 Ra8 40. Qf6 Bf7
41. Ne5 Rc7 {Giri,A (2734)-Ponomariov,R (2731) Beijing 2013 0-1}) 12... Rad8
13. Ne2 Rfe8 14. Nf4 Bc8 15. Rc1 Nc5 16. b4 Nce4 17. b5 {"I thought I played
correctly more or less." Nakamura.} Nc5 18. Qc2 Nfe4 19. Bd4 Qf7 20. Rfd1 (20.
Bxg7 Qxg7 21. bxc6 bxc6 22. Nd4 Bd7 {was concerning Nakamura over the board.}
23. Nd3 Nxd3 24. Qxd3 Qe5 (24... c5 25. Ne2 Bc6 $11)) 20... Bd7 21. Qb2 Bf8 {
"You probably have to go Bf8" Kasimdzhanov who initially was surprised by the
move. Otherwise white takes and plays Nd2 "All these endgames are unpleasant."}
22. h4 h6 23. Bxc5 Nxc5 24. Qa3 {"I actually thought I might be better around
here." Nakamura. "I actually thought you were worse, because I couldn't see
any decent plan for you and I thought g5 is weakening." Kasimdzhanov.} Ne4 25.
Qa5 (25. bxc6 bxc6 {"forced otherwise Nd4 comes." Kasimdzhanov.} (25... Bxc6
26. Nd4) 26. Qa5 Rb8 {was the move that concerned Kasimdzhanov who didn't want
to give black this move by playing this move order.} 27. Rb1 Rxb1 28. Rxb1 g5
29. Ne2 Qxc4 {and the c-pawn drops was pointed out by Kasimdzhanov.}) (25. Qxa7
) 25... g5 26. bxc6 (26. Ne2 {Kasimdzhanov wondered if this was a better move
order.} b6 27. Qa4 Nc5 (27... c5 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. Nd2 Bg7) 28. Qc2 {"and of
course you're suffering here." Kasimdzhanov.} cxb5 29. hxg5) 26... Bxc6 {
Cutting across Kasimdzhanov's intentions. "Now I think I'm not better anymore."
} (26... bxc6 {"I spent 20 minutes on this position and then captured with the
bishop instead." Nakamura.} 27. Ne2 (27. hxg5 $6 {putting this capture in
seems to help black compared with the same lines considered without.} hxg5 28.
Ne2 Qe7 29. Ned4 c5 30. Nb5 Nxf2 31. Kxf2 Qxe3+ 32. Kf1 g4 (32... Bc6 $2 33.
Re1 Qd3+ 34. Kf2 f4) 33. Re1 Qd3+ 34. Kf2 gxf3 $2 (34... f4 35. Qd2 Re3 36.
Qxd3 Rxd3 37. gxf4 gxf3 38. Bxf3 a6 39. Nc7 $11) 35. Bf1 $1) 27... Qe7 28. Ned4
{"What's your plan?" Kasimdzhanov.} c5 {"This is what I spent all my time on,
this c5 idea." Nakamura.} 29. Nb5 Nxf2 30. Kxf2 Qxe3+ 31. Kf1 g4 $1 (31... Bc6
{"Maybe it's losing." Nakamura.} 32. Re1 $1 (32. Qc3 $2 Qe2+ 33. Kg1 Re3) (32.
Ne1 $2 {and Nakamura couldn't find anything for black.} Bxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Qe2+ 34.
Kg1 Re3 {wins for him.}) (32. Ng1 Bxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Qe4+ {needs investigating.})
32... Qd3+ 33. Kf2 {and white is winning.}) 32. Re1 Qd3+ 33. Kf2 f4 34. Qd2 Re3
35. Rxe3 fxe3+ 36. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 37. Kxe3 gxf3 38. Bxf3 a6 39. Bd5+ Kh8 40. Nc3
Bg7 $11) 27. Nd5 b6 28. Qa3 Bg7 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Nd4 Bxd5 31. cxd5 Bxd4 32.
exd4 (32. Rxd4 Nc5 {"I just thought was very sharp." Kasimdzhanov. "I couldn't
figure out whether I'm better or worse." Nakamura.} 33. g4 $6 (33. Qc3 Re7)
33... Re7 34. Rf1 Rf8 35. f4 {"You have such a dominating knight."
Kasimdzhanov.} gxf4 (35... Rfe8 $1) 36. Rdxf4) 32... f4 (32... Re7 33. Re1 Qf6
34. Rc4 Rde8) 33. Rc2 Re7 (33... Qh5 $5 {taking a tempi on the rook.} 34. Rdc1
(34. Rf1 $2 Rd7 35. gxf4 Rh7 36. Re1) 34... fxg3 35. fxg3 Qg4 36. Bf3 Qxg3+ 37.
Rg2 Qh4 38. Qe3) 34. Re2 (34. Re1 Rde8 35. Rce2 {also looks equal.}) 34... Nf6
$6 (34... fxg3 35. fxg3 Nf6 36. Rxe7 Qxe7 37. Qc1 Qg7) 35. Rxe7 Qxe7 36. gxf4
Nh5 {"At first I thought white is better." Kasimdzhanov.} (36... Nh5 37. Qe3 $1
(37. fxg5 Qxg5 38. Re1 Rf8 39. Re4 Nf4 40. Qg3 Qxg3 41. fxg3 Nxg2 42. Kxg2 Rf5
$11) 37... Qxe3 (37... Qf7 38. fxg5 (38. Bh3 Nxf4 39. Be6 Nxe6 {Kasimdzhanov
thought this was a mess.} 40. dxe6 Qf5 41. Re1 Re8 {"and why am I better
here?" Kasimdzhanov.})) 38. fxe3 gxf4 39. e4 {and white has the advantage.} (
39. Bf3 {was Kasimdzhanov's main line.} Nf6 40. e4 Re8 41. Re1 Nxd5) 39... Rc8
{"And I don't really know." Nakamura who said this line persuaded him to offer
the draw.} 40. e5 Kf8 {I thought only white could be better. Nakamura.}) (36...
gxf4 37. Qf3) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2014"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.28"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2844"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[ECO "E35"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical, Noa variation, 5.cd ed"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "2805677"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
e3 O-O 9. a3 Bf5 10. Bd3 {Caruana couldn't explain why he went for this very
tame variation.} Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 (11. Qxc3) 11... Bxd3 (11... Qg6 {Caruana
thought loses for black.} 12. Bxf5 Qxg2 13. O-O-O Qxh1 14. f4 Nc6 15. Qe2 Ne7
16. Bc2 Rad8 17. Nf3 Qxd1+ 18. Qxd1 {winning.}) 12. Qxd3 c5 (12... Qg5 13. g3
Nd7 {and if anything black is better.}) 13. Ne2 Nd7 14. O-O Qc6 15. a4 Rfc8 16.
Rfb1 Rc7 17. a5 Rac8 18. h3 Nf6 19. Ng3 Qe6 (19... g6 {was the move Caruana
was expecting "It seems it went from completely unclear to me slightly
pressing."}) (19... cxd4) 20. dxc5 {"I'm pretty sure I'm not risking anything.
" Caruana.} Ne4 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Qd6 Qf5 23. Ra4 Rxc5 $6 (23... Rd7 24. g4
Rxd6 25. gxf5 Rxc5 (25... Rd7 {Gelfand.}) 26. Rxb7 Rxf5 {ought to finish in a
draw.} 27. Rxe4 a6 28. Rb6 Rd1+ 29. Kg2 Rxa5) 24. Rxb7 {Gelfand has put
himself under pressure now.} Rxa5 $2 (24... Rxc3 {is equal but the players
couldn't see there way through to the end.} 25. Qf4 Qxf4 26. exf4 Rc1+ $1 {The
only way to avoid suffering.} 27. Kh2 R8c2 28. Rxe4 Rxf2) 25. Rxa5 Qxa5 26.
Rxf7 $1 {White is just winning.} Qxc3 27. Rxa7 Kh8 28. Rf7 Re8 29. g4 Kh7 30.
Qd7 Rb8 31. Qf5+ Kg8 32. Ra7 Qb2 33. Qxe4 Rf8 34. Qd5+ Kh7 35. Rf7 1-0

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2014"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.28"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "13601520"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O h5 {"Over the board
inspiration." Jobava.} 7. Nbd2 ({Relevant:} 7. a4 Be7 8. b3 Nh6 9. Ba3 g5 10.
Bxe7 Qxe7 11. c4 g4 12. Ne1 f6 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. g3 dxc4 15. Na3 cxb3 16. Qxb3
Rb8 17. Ng2 Nf7 18. f3 Qxd4+ 19. Kh1 Nc5 20. Qa2 gxf3 21. Bxf3 Ng5 22. Rad1 Qg7
23. Qc4 Nd7 24. Qf4 Nxf3 25. Rxf3 O-O 26. Qd4 Qxd4 27. Rxd4 Be4 28. Rxf8+ Rxf8
29. Kg1 Bd5 {0-1 (29) Karthik,V (2221)-Arun Prasad,S (2477) Kolkata 2014}) 7...
Nh6 8. Ne1 $146 {This probably won't get many followers because it allows the
French Defence type break f6 when black seems in good shape.} ({Predecessor:} 
8. c3 Be7 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Ne1 Bg4 11. Bd3 Bf5 12. Be2 Bg4 13. Bd3 Bf5 14. Be2
Bg4 15. Bd3 {1/2-1/2 (15) Montoro,G (2110)-Sanchez,F (2255) Villa Ballester
1998}) (8. Nb3) (8. c4) 8... g5 (8... f6 $5 {Stockfish} 9. Bxh5+ g6 10. Be2
fxe5) (8... h4 9. h3 f6 {not even risking the loss of a pawn is possible.}) 9.
Nb3 g4 10. Nd3 Be4 (10... f6 $5) 11. Nf4 Nf5 12. f3 {At first MVL wasn't going
to play this because he felt it was dangerous.} (12. Nd2 Nxd4 13. Nxe4 Nxe2+
14. Qxe2 dxe4 15. Qxe4 Nc5 $1 {with chances seems the best.} (15... Qc7 $2 16.
Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qg6+ {is curtains - MVL} Kd8 18. Bg5+ Be7 (18... Kc8 19. Qe8+)
19. Bxe7+ Kxe7 20. Qg7+ Ke8 21. Qxh8+) (15... Bg7 $5 16. Nd3 Qe7 17. Be3 O-O-O
$2 {"This for me was like dream" Jobava.} 18. Bxa7 h4 19. Be3 g3 20. h3 Kc7 21.
fxg3 hxg3 22. Rad1)) 12... gxf3 13. gxf3 Rg8+ (13... Bxc2 14. Qxc2 Qh4 15. Rf2
Rg8+ 16. Rg2 Rxg2+ 17. Nxg2 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 19. Be3 Qxe5 20. Rd1) 14. Ng2 {
"I missed this move, of course." Jobava.} Bxc2 (14... Nh4 15. fxe4 Rxg2+ (15...
Nxg2 16. Kh1 Qh4 17. exd5 cxd5 18. Rg1 {and it's over.}) 16. Kh1 Rg7 17. Bxh5
$1 {with a huge attack for white.} Ng6 (17... dxe4 18. Rxf7 (18. Bxf7+ Rxf7 19.
Rxf7 Nxe5 20. Rf4 (20. Rf1 Nef3 {is not as killing for white.}) 20... Nf5)
18... Rxf7 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. Qh5+ {wins.}) 18. exd5 cxd5 19. Rxf7 Kxf7 20. Qg4
Be7 21. Bh6 Ndf8 22. Rg1) (14... Qh4 15. fxe4 Qh3 16. Bf3 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Ne3 18.
Qe2 Nxf1 19. Qxf1 {ends black's activity.}) (14... Bh6 {was a variation that
MVL was looking at.} 15. Bxh6 (15. fxe4 Be3+ 16. Kh1 Qg5 17. Nxe3 Ng3+ 18. hxg3
Qxg3 {"but this is mate." is a variation MVL showed to Jobava. Actually isn't
even mate.} 19. Bg4 $1 hxg4 20. Ng2 Qh3+ 21. Kg1 g3 22. Rf4 Rh8 23. Kf1 Qh1+
24. Ke2 Qxg2+ 25. Kd3 O-O-O {is better for black but it isn't over!}) 15...
Nxh6 16. fxe4 Qg5 17. Rf2 $1 (17. Bf3 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Qe3+ {gets the piece back
and black is in the game.}) 17... dxe4) 15. Qxc2 a5 16. a4 (16. Bd3 Nh4 17. Rf2
a4 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. dxc5 Nxe5 {and black is getting the mess he wants.}) 16...
Qh4 17. Bd3 $6 {White loses a large part of his advantage by allowing this.} (
17. Qd3 $1) (17. f4 $6 {This may also be better for white but there's a lot of
danger now too.} Qh3 18. Rf2 {forced.} (18. Bf3 $2 Nh4 {is better for black.} (
18... c5 $3 19. dxc5 Nh4 20. Qe2 (20. Qf2 Nxc5 $1 {winning for black.} 21. Nxc5
(21. Kh1 Nxb3) 21... Bxc5 22. Qxc5 Rxg2+) 20... Nxg2 21. Bxg2 Qxb3)) 18... Nh4
19. Bd1 c5) 17... Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 19. Kh1 Nxe5 (19... Qxe5 {and black
seems to have sufficient compensation at least for the moment. Not actually
discussed in the press conference for some reason.}) 20. Bh7 Rg7 $2 {Jobava
pointed to this as his real error.} (20... Rh8 $5 {whatever the final verdict
this seems to keep black going.} 21. Bf4 {MVL} (21. Be3 Qc4 22. b3 Qxc2 23.
Bxc2 Bg7 24. Rad1 Ke7 {and again black seems at least in the game.}) 21... Nd7
22. Be3 (22. Rad1 {"And you cannot even exchange queens." MVL Both players
seemed to be under the impression that black had to do this. Perhaps their
judgement is right or maybe they're missing black has pressure on the kingside
still.} Qf6) 22... Qg7 23. Bd3 h4) 21. Be3 Qc4 22. b3 (22. Nf4 {attacking the
h-pawn seems surprisingly the move. Jobava suggested it to MVL after the game.
"I didn't want to allow the square c4 for the knight but it was a mistake. Nf4
was winning." MVL.}) 22... Qxc2 23. Bxc2 Rg8 (23... Ng6 {was the move MVL
expected.}) 24. Nf4 h4 25. Rae1 Be7 (25... Bb4 $5 26. Re2 Bc3 {was MVL
expectation.} 27. Bf2 $5 (27. Rg2 O-O-O) 27... Nxf3 28. Re3 (28. Nxe6 $2 fxe6
29. Bc5 Bd4 30. Rxe6+ Kd8 31. Bd6 Ra7 32. Be7+ Kd7 33. Bf5 Kc7) 28... Nd2) 26.
Bd2 Nd7 27. Rg1 {"I thought this forced the exchange of rooks." MVL thought
this was winning because the a-rook is tied to the a-pawn. "You cannot do
anything."} Rf8 $5 (27... Rh8 $5 {is also possible.} 28. h3 (28. Bc3 Bf6 29.
Bxf6 Nxf6 30. Rg7 Kf8 31. Nxe6+ fxe6 32. Rxb7 Re8 $11) (28. Rg7 e5 29. Nh3 Bf6
30. Rgg1 Kf8 31. Nf2 Ke7 32. Ng4) 28... Bf6) 28. Rg7 {The best move.} (28. Rxe6
fxe6 29. Bg6+ Kd8 (29... Rf7 30. Nxe6 Ne5 31. Nc7+ Kd7 32. Nxa8 (32. Bxf7 Kxc7
33. Bh5 Kb6 {is better for black.}) 32... Nxg6) 30. Nxe6+ Kc8 31. Nxf8 Bxf8 {
is possible but black is equal according to the computers.}) 28... Bf6 (28...
Nc5 {MVL was expecting this.} 29. Bc3 (29. Be3 Bd6 30. Rh7 O-O-O 31. Nh3 Be7
32. Bd4 Rde8 {and black struggles on but in a losing position.}) 29... b6 30.
Rh7) 29. Rh7 (29. Nxe6 fxe6 30. Rxe6+ Kd8 {was considered by MVL and maybe was
a very good practical option.} 31. Rh7 Re8 32. Rxe8+ Kxe8 33. Bf5 Be7 34. Bg5
Bxg5 35. Bxd7+ Kd8 36. Rh8+ (36. Bxc6 Rc8 (36... Rc8 37. Rd7+ Ke8 38. Bb5 Bf4
39. Rxd5+ {and again nothing that's a knockout.})) 36... Kxd7 37. Rxa8 {must
provide very strong winning chances.}) 29... Ne5 $6 {Black gambles with
complications.} 30. Nh5 $6 {This is not a clean kill.} (30. Bc3 {This is the
clear win MVL should have played.} Nxf3 31. Bxf6 Nxe1 32. Nxe6 Nxc2 (32... fxe6
33. Bg6+) (32... Rg8 {Was probably the move that Jobava was going to try.} 33.
Nc7+ Kf8 34. Nxa8 Nxc2 35. Nb6 Nb4 36. Nd7+ Ke8 37. Ne5 {and there is no hope.}
) 33. Nxf8 Ra7 34. Rh8) 30... Nxf3 31. Nxf6+ Ke7 {The computers give white a
winning advantage but only after:} 32. Rf1 $2 {This loses a substantial part
of white's advantage.} (32. Ng4 $3 {and finally MVL is clearly winning.} Nxe1 (
32... Nxd2 33. Ne5 Ke8 (33... Kd6 34. Re2 Ne4 35. Nxf7+ Rxf7 36. Rxf7 Nc5 {
Rook up.}) 34. Nxf7) 33. Bxe1 Rh8 34. Bxh4+ Kd6 35. Bf6) 32... Nxd2 33. Rf2 b5
{"I missed b5". MVL was finally tiring of not finishing Jobava off and soon he
agrees a draw.} 34. Rxh4 (34. axb5 cxb5 35. Nxd5+ exd5 36. Rxd2 a4 {with at
least something left to play for.}) 34... bxa4 35. Rxa4 Rfb8 36. Nxd5+ cxd5 37.
Rxd2 Rb4 38. Ra1 (38. Rxb4 axb4) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2014"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.28"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitry"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "classical variation (5.Bf4)"]
[WhiteFideId "4122356"]
[BlackFideId "4158814"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Bd3
({Relevant:} 8. Be2 b6 9. b4 Nxf4 10. exf4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Qc7 13. g3 Ba6
14. Qc2 Bxe2 15. Nxe2 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 {Grischuk,A
(2789)-Nakamura,H (2782) Bilbao 2014 1/2-1/2}) 8... Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5
11. a3 c6 12. O-O Qc7 13. g3 {Departing from Jakovenko's game against Grischuk.
Jakovenko decided to repeat the variation because "at some point my position
became quite unpleasant.".} (13. Qd2 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Qe2 Ra7 16. f5 axb4
17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 e5 19. cxb6 Qxb6 20. dxe5 Bxb4 21. Rb1 Re8 22. Na2 c5
23. Qe3 Qb8 24. Nxb4 cxb4 25. e6 fxe6 26. fxe6 Qd6 27. Nd4 Nc5 28. Rxb4 Nxe6
29. Rb1 {1/2-1/2 (29) Grischuk,A (2771)-Jakovenko,D (2726) Moscow RUS 2010})
13... Ba6 14. Kg2 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Ra7 16. Rfc1 Rfa8 17. Rab1 (17. cxb6 Qxb6 18.
b5 a4 19. f5 {Andreikin.} (19. bxc6 Qxc6 20. f5 {is again the only try for an
advantage.} (20. Nb5 Qa6 $1 21. f5 {again f5 is the key test.} Rb7 22. Rab1 f6)
20... Qa6 21. Qe3) 19... c5 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Re1 (21. dxc5 Nxc5 22. Qe3 Rb8
23. Ne2 Qxb5 24. Nf4 Bd6 25. Rxc5 Bxc5 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. Ng5 Re8 28. Ng6+ hxg6
29. Qxg6 Kg8 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Qf5+ Kg8 32. Qh7+ $11) 21... Bf6 22. Rad1 Rc7 {
is about equal but full of tension.}) 17... axb4 18. axb4 Ra3 19. Qc2 Bf6 $146
({Predecessor:} 19... h6 20. h4 Qb7 21. Nd1 Ra2 22. Rb2 Rxb2 23. Qxb2 Bf6 24.
Qc2 bxc5 25. bxc5 Ra3 26. Rb1 Qa6 27. Ne3 Ra2 28. Rb2 Rxb2 29. Qxb2 h5 {1/2-1/
2 (29) Onischuk,A (2667)-Jakovenko,D (2724) Poikovsky 2013}) (19... Qb7 20. f5
$1 (20. Rb3 $2 Rxb3 21. Qxb3 bxc5 22. dxc5 Nxc5)) (19... b5) (19... g6) 20. Nd1
$6 {Seems to allow an opportunist exchange sacrifice. The idea is to threaten
to take on b6. Jakovenko thought that b5 was some kind of an achievement for
white.} (20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. fxe5 Bd8 {heading for a similar structure to the
Grischuk - Nakamura game.} 22. Rb2 bxc5 23. bxc5 Qc8 24. Rcb1 Bc7) 20... b5 {
Black seems fine here but Stockfish points out a very interesting exchange
sacrifice.} (20... bxc5 21. bxc5 Rxf3 22. Kxf3 Bxd4 {and black may well have
the better chances.}) 21. Ne3 g6 22. Qd1 R8a4 23. Nc2 Ra2 24. Ne5 (24. Ra1 Qa7
25. Rxa2 (25. Ne5 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Rxc2 27. Rxa4 Rxc1 28. Rxa7 Rxd1 29. Rxd7 Rb1)
25... Rxa2 26. Ra1 Qa4 27. Rxa2 Qxa2 28. Qa1 Qxc2 29. Qa8+ Nf8 30. Qxc6 {was a
line Jakovenko calculated.}) 24... Bg7 {Andreikin didn't really want to play
b5 because all the endgames that can happen can be worse for him.} 25. Ra1 f6
26. Nxd7 Qxd7 27. Rxa2 Rxa2 28. Ra1 Qa7 29. Qe1 (29. Qb1 Rxa1 30. Qxa1 Qxa1 31.
Nxa1 Kf7 32. Nb3 Ke7 33. Na5 Kd7 {was what Jakovenko missed. He didn't realise
the black king can get to d7 "when there is no big chances."}) 29... Kf7 30.
Qc3 Rxa1 31. Nxa1 Qa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2014"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.28"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 {
Karjakin prepared "not the most common line Qf3 but he was prepared."} ({
Relevant:} 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Be7 9. f3 b5 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bb7 12. g5 Nh5
13. Ne2 Rc8 14. Rg1 O-O 15. Bh3 f5 16. gxf6 Bxf6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Ng3 Rf7 19.
Kb1 Qc5 20. Rge1 Nh5 21. Bg2 Nf4 22. Bf1 Ng6 23. Re3 Qg5 24. Qe2 Ne5 25. Bg2 b4
26. b3 a5 27. Re1 Nc6 28. Qd1 Qc5 29. Bf1 Ne5 30. Bg2 Bc6 31. Nh1 Bb5 32. Nf2
Rcf8 33. Nh3 Ng6 34. Qd2 Qe5 35. Bh1 Qh5 36. Bg2 Qe5 {Dominguez Perez,L (2755)
-Giri,A (2758) Bilbao 2014 1/2-1/2}) 7... Ne5 (7... Nf6) (7... b5) 8. Qg3 h5 {
"I played the worst line possible." Giri "Well, h5, I didn't know it."
Karjakin.} 9. f3 $146 {Playing it safe.} ({Predecessor (2):} 9. O-O-O h4 10.
Qh3 Bb4 11. f4 Ng6 12. f5 Ne5 13. Nde2 b5 14. g3 Bb7 15. a3 Nc4 16. Bf4 Qa5 17.
Bc7 Qxc7 18. axb4 Nf6 19. fxe6 dxe6 20. Bg2 O-O 21. b3 Ne3 22. Rd3 Nxg2 23.
Qxg2 a5 24. Nxb5 Qe5 25. Nd6 Nxe4 26. Nxe4 Bxe4 27. Qf1 Bxd3 28. cxd3 axb4 29.
Qg2 Rfc8+ 30. Kd1 Ra1+ 31. Kd2 Ra2+ 32. Ke1 Rc1+ {0-1 (32) Vucinic,G (2377)-To,
N (2339) Kavala 2014}) (9. Bf4 d6) 9... b5 (9... h4 10. Qf2 Bb4 11. Bd2 Nf6)
10. O-O-O d6 11. f4 Ng4 12. e5 dxe5 (12... Nxe3 13. Qxe3 d5 {seems fine for
black.} 14. Rg1) 13. fxe5 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Bd7 15. Be2 g6 16. Qf3 Rc8 17. Rhf1 Rh7
18. Kb1 (18. a4 {is better.}) 18... Bb4 19. Ne4 Qxe5 20. h4 f5 21. Ng5 Re7 22.
Qb7 Bc5 23. Ngf3 Qc7 24. Qxa6 Bxd4 25. Nxd4 Kf8 26. c3 Nf6 27. Bxb5 Bxb5 28.
Qxb5 e5 $2 (28... Ne4) 29. Qa6 {Giri clearly missed this.} Kg7 (29... Kf7 30.
Nb5 Qc6 31. Nd6+ Ke6 32. Qxc8+ Qxc8 33. Nxc8) 30. Ne6+ Rxe6 31. Qxe6 Re8 32.
Qd6 Qb7 33. Rfe1 Re7 34. g3 Ne4 35. Qb4 Qxb4 36. cxb4 Nxg3 37. b5 f4 38. b6 f3
39. Rg1 Ne2 40. Rgf1 e4 41. a4 Ng3 42. Rf2 1-0

