[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2014"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.31"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2844"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[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. Bf4 Bb4 12. Ne4
Ba6 13. Rfc1 Be2 14. Nfd2 Bxd2 15. Nxd2 Nd4 16. Be3 Nf5 17. Bf4 Nd4 18. Be3 Nf5
19. Bf4 Nd4 {1/2-1/2 (19) Topalov,V (2772)-Carlsen,M (2877) Saint Louis 2014})
11. Bf4 Bb4 {Rajdabov wasn't sure what to do. He's trying to get the
"classical line a tempo up". Caruana just didn't fancy defending the normal
line today and played Bb4.} 12. Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Ne2 Be6 13. Rfd1
Bd5 14. Nfd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Rd8 16. Nf5 Rg8 17. Bg5 Rd7 18. a3 Bf8 19. f3 f6 20.
Bf4 g5 21. Bg3 Kf7 22. exf6 Kxf6 23. Ne3 Bc5 24. Bf2 Bxe3 25. Bxe3 Re7 26. Re1
Rge8 27. Kf2 b6 28. h4 gxh4 29. Bd4+ Kg6 30. Rxe7 Rxe7 31. Rh1 c5 32. Be3 Rd7
33. Rxh4 Be6 34. Rh1 Bf5 35. c3 Bc2 36. Bf4 Re7 37. Rh3 Bd3 38. Be3 Re5 39. g4
hxg4 40. fxg4 Re7 41. Rh6+ Kg7 {Bacrot,E (2720)-Sargissian,G (2686) Tromsoe
2014 1/2-1/2}) 12... Be6 13. c3 Be7 14. Rfe1 Rd8 {Black is a tempo down on
normal lines and goes Rd3 here. "I don't know if it makes any difference to be
honest" Caruana.} 15. Neg5 {It's unclear whether this is the right knight.
Perhaps we'll get the opportunity to see it tried in a future game.} (15. Nfg5
{was also an option.} Rh6 16. b3) 15... Bxg5 (15... Rh6 {Rajdabov "looks a bit
scarey."} 16. Nxe6 Rxe6 17. Rad1 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 c5 19. Kf1 {threatening g4
which can be met by Rg6 at the moment.} Nh4 (19... Ra6 20. a3 Rb6 (20... Ra4
21. Bc1 Re4) 21. Bc1) 20. Nxh4 Bxh4) 16. Nxg5 (16. Bxg5 Rd5 {was Caruana's
intention.} (16... Rd7)) 16... Ke7 17. Ne4 Rd5 {"Here I thought maybe I have
some chances but somehow..." Radjabov.} 18. Rad1 (18. Bg5+ Ke8 {was Caruana's
intention.} (18... Kd7 19. c4 Rd4 20. Rad1) 19. c4 Rd4 20. b3 b6 21. Red1 c5
22. Nc3 a6) 18... b6 19. b3 h4 {"Maybe a good move." Radjabov.} 20. c4 Rd4 21.
g4 {This seems to allow black to completely equalise. Not that there was much
in the position to start with.} hxg3 22. fxg3 c5 {"And black's position is
very fine here." Rajdabov.} (22... Rxh3 {is probably possible too.} 23. g4 Rxd1
24. Rxd1 Nh6 25. Bg5+ f6 26. exf6+ Kf7 27. fxg7 Nxg4) 23. h4 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Nd4
25. Kf2 (25. Nc3 Bg4 {and black starts to take the initiative.} 26. Kh1) 25...
Bf5 (25... Bg4 26. Rd2) 26. Nc3 Ke6 27. Rd2 (27. Nd5 c6 28. Ne3 Be4 29. b4 a5 {
with some advantage for black. Maybe even substantial.}) (27. Nb5 Nxb5 28. cxb5
a6 29. bxa6 Ra8 {"and you're maybe suffering quite a bit." Caruana.}) 27... Rc8
28. Ne2 Nc6 29. Bg5 Bg4 $5 {Solid enough for equality.} (29... Be4 $5 {
Radjabov was correct in thinking this was sharp but maybe it gave him winning
chances.} 30. Ke3 Kxe5 31. Bf4+ $6 {this only leads to equality.} (31. g4 $1
Re8 32. Ng3 Bg6 33. Nf5 Rg8 (33... Bxf5 34. Rd5+ Ke6 35. gxf5#) 34. Rd7 Nd4 35.
Bf4+ Kf6 36. Nxd4 cxd4+ 37. Kxd4 Ke6) 31... Kf5 32. g4+ Kxg4 33. Kxe4 Re8+ 34.
Kd3 Kf3 {was a variation that worried Radjabov.}) 30. Nf4+ {Both sides can
still get into trouble here but they're too good for that.} Kxe5 31. Nd5 Ke4
32. Bf4 Ne5 33. Nc3+ Kf5 34. Nd5 Ke4 35. Nc3+ Kf5 36. Nd5 {and mercifully it's
over.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2014"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.31"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Lipnitzky attack"]
[WhiteFideId "14200244"]
[BlackFideId "2805677"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Bb3
b5 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Bh6 Ne8 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. f4 Nc6 14. Nxc6 ({
Relevant:} 14. f5 Nxd4 15. Rxd4 Kh8 16. Be3 Nf6 17. Qh3 d5 18. e5 Qxe5 19. Rh4
Rfc8 20. Kh1 Rxc3 21. bxc3 Qxc3 22. Rd4 a5 23. Rd3 Qc6 24. c3 a4 25. Bc2 e5 26.
Bg5 b4 27. Qh4 bxc3 28. Rh3 Kg8 29. Re1 e4 30. g4 Kf8 31. Be3 Qc4 32. g5 Bxf5
33. gxf6 Bxf6 34. Qh5 Bg6 35. Qg4 Qxa2 36. Bb1 Qc4 37. Qg2 a3 38. Ba2 Qc6 39.
Rg3 Rb8 {0-1 (39) Mamedyarov,S (2772)-Gelfand,B (2733) Kazan 2011}) 14... Bxc6
15. f5 Kh8 16. f6 gxh6 17. fxe7 Qxe7 18. Qf2 Ng7 19. Qb6 {Gelfand was having
trouble remembering everything even though he's probably played this variation
more than all the other top players together. "I think this is the newest
development in this line." Kasimdzhanov.} (19. Qd4 Qa7 20. Qxa7 Rxa7 21. Rxd6
Rc8 22. a3 a5 23. Rfd1 Ne8 24. Rd8 Raa8 25. R8d4 Rab8 26. h3 b4 27. axb4 Rxb4
28. e5 Rcb8 29. Rxb4 axb4 30. Na2 Nc7 31. Rd4 Na6 32. Bc4 Nc5 33. b3 Be4 34.
Rd2 Rb7 35. c3 bxc3 36. Nxc3 Bg6 37. Nb5 Nxb3 38. Rd8+ Kg7 39. Nd6 Na5 40. Ne8+
Kf8 41. Nf6+ {1-0 (41) Ivanchuk,V (2781)-Gelfand,B (2720) Moscow RUS 2008})
19... Rfc8 {"is very precise." Kasimdzhanov.} 20. Rf2 $146 {"the best move."
Kasimdzhanov.} ({Predecessor (4):} 20. a3 a5 21. Kh1 h5 22. Rd3 Qa7 23. Qxa7
Rxa7 24. Rxd6 b4 25. axb4 axb4 26. Ne2 Bxe4 27. Rd4 Ba8 28. Rxb4 Nf5 29. Kg1
Ne3 30. Rc1 Nxg2 31. Kf2 Ra5 32. Rf1 Re5 33. h3 Rg8 34. Nd4 Nf4 {0-1 (34)
Michiels,B (2442)-Bu,X (2710) Antwerp 2008}) 20... a5 (20... Rab8 {is also a
choice here.} 21. Qe3 Rb7 (21... a5 22. a4 bxa4)) 21. a4 bxa4 (21... b4 $2 22.
Nb5 {"is practically over" presumably Kasimdzhanov means winning for white.})
22. Bxa4 Rab8 23. Qxa5 Bxa4 24. Nxa4 Qb7 {Kasimdzhanov was still following his
analysis. "Objectively a draw but with some very funny lines."} 25. Re2 {The
most natural move according to Kasimdzhanov.} (25. Re1) 25... Rc6 26. b3 f5 {
"This I did not really analyse." Kasimdzhanov on this move which is more
natural for black to play anyway.} (26... Rbc8 {"And here my computer claimed
Rbc8 is a forced draw but I thought nobody will find it at the board. "
Kasimdzhanov.} 27. Nb2 Rxc2 28. Rxc2 Rxc2 29. Qd8+ Ne8 {and black somehow
gives perpetual check at the end of the line. Kasimdzhanov.} 30. Qxe8+ Kg7 31.
Nc4 Re2 32. Kf1 Qxe4 33. Qxf7+ Kxf7 34. Nxd6+ Kf6 35. Nxe4+ Rxe4) 27. e5 (27.
exf5 Nxf5 {"And I don't think I can have any problem I can play e5, Nd4, Rg8."
Gelfand.}) 27... d5 {"Here you have a very big choice." Gelfand.} 28. Rf1 (28.
Nc5 Qb5 (28... Qe7 29. Nd3 (29. b4) 29... Nh5) (28... Qc8 29. b4 Ne8) 29. Qxb5
Rxb5 30. Nd3) 28... h5 {"Around here I started missing things." Kasimdzhanov.}
29. Rff2 (29. Qd2 Rbc8 30. Qg5 {still unclear even if the computer gives black
as being a tiny bit better.} Kg8 (30... Qa7+ 31. Kh1 Qb8 32. h3 Rxc2 33. Rxc2
Rxc2 34. b4 Rc8 35. Rc1 Rg8 36. Qf4 h4 37. Re1 Qd8)) (29. Nc5 Qc8 30. b4 {
again is probably white's best but he isn't better anymore.}) 29... h4 30. Qd2
Qe7 31. Qh6 Kg8 32. h3 {Kasimdzhanov thought he was safe after this move but
now the rook comes to e4. "Such a horrible pain in the throat."} Rb4 33. Nb2
Re4 34. Nd3 Qc7 35. Qg5 (35. Ne1 {was a thought of Kasimdzhanov it doesn't
seem better than the game.} Qa7 36. Rxe4 dxe4 37. Qxh4) 35... Rxe2 36. Rxe2
Rxc2 37. Rxc2 Qxc2 38. Ne1 Qxb3 39. Qd8+ Kf7 40. Nf3 Qe3+ 41. Kf1 h6 42. Qxh4 (
42. Qf6+ Kg8 43. Nxh4 Qc1+ 44. Kf2 Qf4+ 45. Kg1 Qg5 46. Qxg5 hxg5 47. Nf3 g4
48. hxg4 fxg4 49. Ng5) 42... Kg6 43. Qf6+ Kh7 44. Qd8 Qa7 45. Qh4 Qd7 46. Kg1
Qe8 47. Kh2 Nh5 48. Qb4 Qg6 49. Qe7+ Qg7 50. Qh4 Qf7 51. Nd4 Qg6 {Now it's
just equal.} 52. Qe7+ Ng7 53. g3 Qg5 54. Qxg5 hxg5 55. g4 fxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2014"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.31"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Chigorin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13601520"]
[BlackFideId "4158814"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 {"My choice of opening was to get some playable position, I
did not plan to play for draw of course. I wanted to get maximum with white.
I'm always trying to do it. So OK in the opening it was normal position."
Jobava.} Bf5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. g4 ({Relevant:} 5. Nf3 Ne7 6. Bg3 h6 7. Bd3
c6 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Bxe4 Bxg3 11. hxg3 Nd7 12. O-O O-O 13. c4 {1/
2-1/2 (13) Markovic,M (2483)-Abramovic,B (2457) Palic 2014}) 5... Bg6 6. Nf3
$146 ({Predecessor (2):} 6. Nge2 Nf6 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bxd6 cxd6 10. Nf4
Nb4 11. Nxg6 fxg6 12. O-O-O Rc8 13. Kb1 a6 14. h4 Qe7 15. h5 g5 16. h6 g6 17.
f4 Nxg4 18. Re1 Qf7 19. Bh3 Nxh6 20. fxg5 Nf5 21. e4 Nh4 22. Rhf1 Nf3 23. Rxf3
Qxf3 24. Bxe6+ Kh8 25. Bxc8 Rxc8 26. a3 Nc6 27. Nxd5 Rf8 28. Nf6 h5 29. d5 Ne5
30. Qb4 {1-0 (30) Carnevale,R (2130)-Justesen,A (2183) ICCF email 2009}) (6.
Bb5+) 6... Nd7 {"I went for this whole plan and I miscalculated this c6 move
at the end and I'm just worse. Maybe I should just play some waiting move. Rg1
or h3." Jobava.} (6... Bxf4 {I just wonder about wrecking the pawns straight
away.} 7. exf4 Nc6) 7. Bd3 Bxd3 (7... Ngf6) 8. Qxd3 Bxf4 9. exf4 h5 10. gxh5 $2
(10. g5 $5) (10. f5 {The safe way according to Jobava. "Just try to make draw."
} hxg4 11. fxe6 gxf3 12. exd7+ Qxd7 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Qxf3) 10... Rxh5 11.
Rg1 Qf6 12. Ne5 $2 c6 $1 {Killing Jobava's intended fun and leaving black just
better.} (12... Qxf4 13. Nxd7 Kxd7 14. Qb5+ {was the kind of thing Jobava
wanted with an unclear but not necessarily favourable position.}) (12... O-O-O
{Is not possible according to Jobava which I believe is a gross overestimation
of his position. He may get some chances but it's got to be playable for black
and most likely quite a bit better for him too.} 13. Nb5 a6 14. Na7+ Kb8 15.
Nac6+ {must also have been what he wanted.}) 13. Na4 $2 {"Completely crazy"
according to Jobava.} (13. Ne2 Nxe5 14. fxe5 Qh6 15. Qe3 Rxh2 16. Qxh6 Nxh6 17.
Rxg7 Kf8 18. Rg1 {is a pawn better than the game.}) (13. Qe3 {"I must somehow
understand I have to take a draw here." Jobava.}) 13... Qxf4 14. Nf3 e5 $5 {
And white could if he wanted just resign.} (14... Ne7 $5 {is also very strong
and Jobava said he might have resigned after it.}) 15. Rxg7 O-O-O (15... Ne7
16. Qe3 Qf6 17. Rg3 e4 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 {is really resigns.}) 16. Qe3
Qf6 17. Rg3 exd4 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. Nxd4 Rxh2 20. Nf3 Rh1+ 21. Rg1 Rxg1+ (21...
Rh3) 22. Nxg1 d4 {Maybe not the best but black has a lot of leeway.} (22...
Ngf6 23. Nc3 Re8+ 24. Kf1 Ne5 25. Re1 Kd7 26. Re3 Kd6 27. Nge2) 23. b3 (23. b4
{is perhaps black's last chance to really fight.} Re8+ 24. Kf1 Nh6 25. Re1)
23... Ngf6 24. Nf3 c5 25. Nb2 (25. b4 Re8+ 26. Kf1 cxb4 27. Nxd4) 25... Kc7 26.
a4 Re8+ 27. Kf1 Ne4 28. Nd3 b6 29. a5 Kb7 30. b4 Nc3 31. axb6 axb6 32. bxc5
bxc5 33. Nd2 Re2 34. Nb3 Kb6 35. Ra8 Rxc2 36. Ndxc5 Nxc5 37. Nxd4 Rc1+ 38. Kg2
Nd5 39. Rf8 Ne6 (39... Ne6 40. Nxe6 fxe6 {is a simple technical win at this
level.}) 0-1

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2014"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.31"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 ({Relevant:} 5... O-O 6. O-O
Re8 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Bf8 9. Nbd2 d6 10. Re1 Bd7 11. a4 g6 12. Nf1 Bg7 13. Ne3
Qc8 14. a5 a6 15. Bc4 Nd8 16. b4 Ne6 17. Qb3 Bb5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. g3 Bxc4 20.
Qxc4 Qd7 21. d4 exd4 22. cxd4 Qb5 23. Rac1 Bg7 24. h4 c5 25. bxc5 dxc5 26. dxc5
Rac8 27. Qxb5 axb5 28. Nd5 Ra8 29. e5 Rxa5 30. Nf6+ Bxf6 31. exf6 Raa8 32. Rb1
Nxc5 33. Rxe8+ Rxe8 34. Rxb5 Nd7 35. Rxb7 {Topalov,V (2772)-Aronian,L (2815)
Stavanger 2014 1/2-1/2}) 6. Nbd2 dxe4 7. dxe4 O-O 8. Qe2 a5 9. O-O Qe7 10. Nh4
$146 {"Nh4 is very ambitious of course." Giri. "I thought in this situation if
I don't play Nh4 I have the risk of ending up in a worse position." MVL. "To
me it's a bit risky." Giri. "It's very risky."} ({Predecessor (6):} 10. a4 Bg4
11. h3 Bh5 12. Re1 Nd8 13. Nf1 Ne6 14. Ng3 Nf4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Nxh5 Nxh5 17.
e5 Rad8 18. Rad1 g6 19. Bc4 Kg7 20. Qe4 Rfe8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Nd4 Kh8 23. Be2
Ng7 24. Bf3 c6 25. Nb3 Ne6 26. Bg4 Bb6 27. Bxe6 Qxe6 28. Nd4 Bxd4 29. cxd4 g5
30. Rd1 h6 31. Rd2 Qc4 32. Kh2 Qe6 33. g3 fxg3+ 34. fxg3 Kg8 35. Rf2 Re8 36. h4
c5 37. Rf5 cxd4 38. hxg5 Qg6 39. g4 hxg5 {Hansen,E (2584)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2707)
Dubai 2014 0-1 (66)}) (10. h3 Nh5 {Giri and MVL think this is a good reply for
black. Looks about equal.} (10... Na7 11. Ba4 b5 12. Bc2 Nh5)) (10. Re1 Ng4 11.
Rf1 {with a likely repetition.}) 10... Bg4 {"Feels right." Giri.} (10... g6 11.
Ndf3 Nh5 12. g3 Bg4) 11. Ndf3 Nh5 (11... h6) (11... Rfd8) 12. Qc4 {"Very
prinicipled." MVL.} (12. Bxc6 {"I couldn't believe." MVL.} bxc6 13. Qc4 (13.
Nf5) 13... Be6 14. Qa4 {Neither player believe in this as an idea for white.}
Rab8 (14... g6) 15. Qxc6 Rfd8) 12... Na7 13. Bg5 (13. Ba4) 13... Qd6 14. Nf5 (
14. Rad1 Bxf2+ $1 {is a very important move otherwise white would have played
this. "It took me a long time to realise I had this check." Giri. "It took me
a long time also." MVL.} 15. Kxf2 Qb6+ 16. Be3 Qxb5 17. Qxc7) 14... Bxf5 (14...
Qb6 15. Bd7 Bxf3 16. gxf3 h6 17. Be7 Bxe7 18. Nxe7+ Kh8 19. Nd5 Qg6+ 20. Kh1 c6
21. Nb6 Rad8 22. Qc5 Nf4 23. Rg1 Qf6) 15. exf5 h6 $11 (15... e4 $6 16. Nd2 e3
17. Ne4 exf2+ 18. Kh1 Qe5 19. Nxc5 Nxb5 20. Qxb5 b6 21. Rxf2 h6 22. Qc6 Qxc5
23. Qxc5 bxc5 24. Bh4) 16. Rad1 Qb6 (16... Bxf2+ 17. Kxf2 Qb6+ 18. Be3 Qxb5 19.
Qxb5 Nxb5 {is also probably equal.}) 17. Rd5 $11 {Giri admitted his main hope
here was that white would sacrifice a piece "and it will not work."} (17. Ba4
$2 {and white is much worse in all variations.} hxg5 18. Nxe5 Bd6 $1 (18... Nf6
$5 19. Bb3 $2 {MVL suggestion doesn't work.} (19. Ng6 $5 Rfd8) (19. Rd7 Nxd7
20. Nxd7 Qd6 21. Qxc5 Qxc5 22. Nxc5) 19... Qb5 (19... a4 $2 20. Nxf7 axb3 21.
Nxg5+ Kh8 22. Qh4+ {is the dangerous idea behind the Bb3 line.}) (19... Rae8
20. Nxf7 Re4 $1 {also works to give black and advantage.})) 19. Nd7 Qxb2 20.
Rb1 b5 $1) (17. Bd7 hxg5 18. Nxe5 Rad8 {even works according to MVL.} (18...
Bd6 19. Ng6 Rfd8 20. Ba4 Nf6 21. Bb3 Rd7 22. Rd3 g4 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. Rxd7 Nxd7
25. Qxf7+ Kh8 26. Qxd7 Qf6 {with black advantage.})) 17... c6 (17... Bxf2+ {
may even be a clearner version.} 18. Rxf2 hxg5 19. Rxe5 $11) 18. Qxc5 Qxb5 19.
Qxf8+ {MVL didn't see this move to start off with costing him 20 minutes on
the clock. Otherwise black is much better.} Rxf8 20. Rxb5 cxb5 (20... Nxb5 21.
Be3 {is an advantage to white.}) 21. Be3 Nc6 22. Rd1 Nf6 23. h3 Rc8 24. g4 Kf8
25. Bc5+ Kg8 26. Be3 Kf8 27. Kf1 Ke8 28. Ke2 Rc7 29. Bc5 Ne4 30. Rd5 Nf6 31.
Rd1 Ne4 32. Rd5 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2014"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.31"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitry"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti v Dutch"]
[WhiteFideId "4122356"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]

1. Nf3 f5 {Mamedyarov said this was only the second time in his life he'd
"played this f5 move."} 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. b4 d6 ({Relevant:} 4... Bg7 5.
Bb2 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 7. d4 c5 8. a3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 a6 10. O-O e5 11. Nc2 Nc6 12. Nc3
e4 13. Ne3 Be6 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Ba1 Ne5 16. Ncd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Rxc1 18. Qxc1 Bd7
19. Qd2 f4 20. Nc2 f3 21. exf3 exf3 22. Bh1 Nc4 23. Qc1 Bxa1 24. Qxa1 Ne5 25.
Re1 g5 26. Ne3 g4 27. Qd4 Qf6 28. Qb6 Nd3 29. Rf1 Qe5 30. Qc7 Bb5 31. Nxg4 Nxf2
32. Nh6+ Kh8 33. Bxf3 Nh3+ 34. Kh1 {Agrest,E (2595)-Anton Guijarro,D (2624)
Tromsoe 2014 0-1}) 5. d4 Bg7 6. Bb2 e5 {"I think e5 is not correct."
Mamedyarov.} 7. dxe5 Nfd7 (7... Ng4) 8. Bg2 dxe5 {Mamedyarov described taking
here as very bad. It's not really that clear if he's right or already has an
inferior position.} (8... Nc6 {was his suggested improvement.}) 9. O-O Qe7 10.
e4 $1 $146 {This was the move Mamedyarov missed. He was expecting to play e4
on the next move himself. This is essentially why it's a waste of time looking
at weaker player's games in rare positions like these. Their play is highly
likely not to be the best. Jakovenko hits the mark with his move.} ({
Predecessor (2):} 10. Nc3 c6 11. b5 e4 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Qb3 Re8 14. bxc6 bxc6
15. Na4 Ne5 16. f3 Na6 17. fxe4 Rb8 18. Qc2 Rxb2 19. Nxb2 Ng4 20. Nb3 Nc5 21.
Rf4 Ne3 22. Qc1 Nxg2 23. Kxg2 Nxe4 24. Qc2 Nc3 {0-1 (24) Gagliardi,V (2034)
-Fister,B (2235) ICCF email 2008}) 10... O-O (10... f4 $6 {and white has a
huge range of interesting possibilities to investigate.} 11. gxf4 (11. b5) (11.
a3) (11. Nc3) 11... exf4 12. Bxg7 Qxg7 13. e5 {Mamedyarov.}) 11. b5 {"A good
move and big problems for black." Mamedyarov.} (11. Ba3) 11... Nc5 12. Nc3 Be6
{Maybe not the best but black is just struggling to hold things together here.}
(12... a6 13. Ba3 Nbd7) 13. Nd5 Qd6 14. Ng5 {"I have a very bad position."
Mamedyarov.} Nbd7 15. Ba3 Bf7 {"I don't know how to play. All my pieces very
bad here." Mamedyarov.} (15... Rae8 16. Nxe6 (16. exf5 gxf5 (16... Bxf5 17. g4
Be6 (17... Bh6 18. gxf5 Bxg5 19. fxg6 Qxg6 20. Nxc7) 18. Ne4) 17. Qh5 {wins.}
h6 18. Nxe6 Rxe6 19. Rad1 b6 20. Ne3 Qe7 21. Nxf5) 16... Rxe6 17. Bh3 c6 18.
exf5 gxf5 19. Ne3 Qxd1 20. Raxd1) (15... Bxd5 16. Qxd5+ Qxd5 17. cxd5 Rf6 18.
exf5 gxf5 19. Ne6) 16. Qc2 $6 (16. exf5 gxf5 17. Ne3 {is more incisive.}) 16...
c6 $1 {The only move to keep going but now things are already not so straight
forward for white to prove a win.} 17. Nb4 (17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Nb4) 17... a5 18.
Rad1 Qf6 19. Nd3 Qxg5 20. Nxc5 (20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Nxc5 Nxc5 22. Bxc5 {is a
better way to play it.}) 20... Nxc5 21. Bxc5 Rfd8 (21... Rfc8) 22. Bb6 Rdc8 23.
exf5 $2 {now the bishops are in the game. Jakovenko was now in time trouble.
"He played not very good from here." Mamedyarov.} (23. Rd7 {Jakovenko talked
himself out of this but you'd just play it in a blitz game and it's strong.}
cxb5 24. c5 Bf8 (24... f4 25. Rxb7 {and Jakovenko was afraid that the bishop
would arrive at c4 with effect. But this doesn't seem to be good enough for
black.}) (24... Be8 25. Rxb7 Bc6 26. exf5 $1 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Qxf5 28. Qb3+ Kh8
29. Rd1 a4 30. Qe3 Rg8 {white is winning again.}) 25. exf5 Qxf5 26. Qxf5 gxf5
27. Bxb7 Bxa2 28. c6) 23... Qxf5 24. Be4 (24. Qxf5 gxf5 25. bxc6 bxc6 26. Rc1 {
was Mamedyarov's suggestion for white but black is not worse and may be better.
}) 24... Qe6 25. bxc6 bxc6 {"Black is OK." Mamedyarov.} 26. c5 $4 {Jakovenko
has lost most of his advantage. This blunders a pawn for no reason and is
probably just losing.} (26. Rc1 {is more sensible. White is no longer winning,
he may have a nominal edge still.}) 26... Qxa2 27. Qxa2 (27. Qc3) 27... Bxa2
28. Rd6 Bc4 29. Rb1 $2 {Now white seems just busted.} (29. Ra1 {"of course is
immediate draw." Mamedyarov.} Bb5 30. Rxa5 Rxa5 31. Bxa5 Bf8 32. Re6 Kf7 33.
Rxe5 Bg7 34. Rg5 {is equal according to Mamedyarov but this final position not
really that clear and there are other options along the way. Black is clearly
press now. Still this was better than played.}) 29... a4 30. Rxc6 a3 31. Rxc8+
(31. Rd6 {"I don't know how to play after Rd6." Mamedyarov} a2 {However is
winning.} (31... Ra4 32. Ra1 (32. Bb7 {The real point is by playing the a-pawn
so fast white doesn't have time for this.} a2 33. Ra1 e4) 32... a2 {transposes.
}) 32. Ra1 Ra4 33. Rd2 Bf8 34. c6 Be6 35. f3 Bb4) 31... Rxc8 32. c6 a2 33. Ra1
Bf8 34. c7 Bd6 35. Bb7 Bxc7 {Jakovenko missed this.} 36. Bxc8 Bxb6 0-1

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2014"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.31"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "E90"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. g3 Na6
9. Be3 ({Relevant:} 9. Be2 f5 10. exf5 gxf5 11. Bg5 Nf6 12. Nd2 Qe8 13. Nb3 Qg6
14. Qd2 Nb4 15. f4 h6 16. Bh4 exf4 17. gxf4 Qg2 18. O-O-O Ne4 19. Nxe4 Qxe4 20.
Rdg1 Nxa2+ 21. Kd1 Qb1+ 22. Nc1 Bd7 23. Bd3 Ba4+ 24. b3 Qxc1+ 25. Qxc1 Bxb3+
26. Qc2 Bxc2+ 27. Bxc2 Nc3+ 28. Kd2 Ne4+ 29. Bxe4 fxe4 30. Ke3 Kh7 31. Kxe4 a5
32. Rg2 a4 33. Rb1 a3 34. Ra2 Ra4 {0-1 (34) Bachmann,A (2644)-Giri,A (2745)
Tromsoe 2014}) 9... f5 10. exf5 gxf5 11. Ng5 Qe8 12. Be2 Nf6 13. Qd2 {"Very
unclear game, maybe it's easy to see with a computer." Karjakin.} Qg6 $146 ({
Predecessor (2):} 13... Bd7 14. O-O-O Nc5 15. g4 b6 16. Rdg1 Kh8 17. Bd1 h6 18.
Ne6 Bxe6 19. dxe6 f4 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. Bf3 Rd8 22. Qe2 Qxe6 23. g5 hxg5 24.
Rxg5 e4 25. Nxe4 Nxe4 26. Qxe4 Qxe4 27. Bxe4 Bh6 28. Rg6 Rd6 29. Rxd6 cxd6 30.
Rg1 Bg7 31. f3 Rf6 32. Rg6 Rxg6 {1/2-1/2 (32) Le,T (2318)-Ju,W (2500) China
2010}) (13... Qe7 {"I think Qe7 is the correct move actually." Nakamura.}) 14.
O-O-O Bd7 15. h4 (15. f4 {was considered by Karjakin.} Rae8 16. h4 exf4 (16...
h5 {Nakamura's suggestion doesn't see right.} 17. fxe5 Rxe5 {Which the players
agreed was unclear but the computer doesn't like for black at all.} 18. Bd4 Re7
19. Rhf1) 17. gxf4 Ng4 18. Bg1 Nc5 {with sufficient play for black.}) 15... Ng4
{"When I played Ng4 I thought I was completely fine but in the game it turned
out I had problems." Nakamura.} (15... h5 16. f3 Rae8 17. Bd3 (17. Qc2 e4 18.
Bd4 b6) (17. Nb5 $5 e4) 17... e4) 16. h5 Qe8 17. Bxg4 (17. h6 Bf6 18. Bxg4 fxg4
) 17... fxg4 18. Qe2 $5 {Karjakin thought this was interesting with the idea
of Rh4.} (18. a3) 18... h6 19. Nge4 Qf7 $6 (19... b6 {Nakamura thinks he
should have tried this.} 20. Rh4 Qc8 21. Qd2 (21. Rf1 Nc5 22. Nxc5 (22. Bxc5
bxc5 23. f3 gxf3 24. Rxf3 Rxf3 25. Qxf3 Qf8 $11) 22... bxc5) 21... Kh7 22. Qc2
Kg8 23. Qd2 {maybe with a draw by repetition in a different way.}) 20. a3 {
"Somehow it gets very, very tricky." Nakamura.} Bf5 21. Rh4 Qd7 (21... b6) 22.
Qd2 {With 20 minutes left and no clear plan Karjakin takes the draw.} (22. b4 {
"Here b4 was critical" Karjakin and Nakamura echoed the statement.} Nb8 23. c5)
22... Kh7 23. Qc2 Kh8 24. Qd2 Kh7 25. Qc2 Kh8 26. Qd2 1/2-1/2

