Category Archives: Tal Memorial 2013

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.06.17"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Caruana, Fabiano"]  [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]  [Result "0-1"]  [WhiteElo "2774"]  [BlackElo "2784"]  [Annotator "Dembo,Yelena"]  [PlyCount "78"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:00:28"]  [BlackClock "0:36:13"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3  h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Be2 Rc8 13. Rc1 {A rather passive  novelty.} (13. c4 {was usually played.}) 13... Qh4+ {A useful provocation as  g3 is definitely not in white's plan as it creates a target.} 14. g3 Qf6 15.  O-O Be7 16. Na5 Rc7 {Simple and good.} 17. Bd3 O-O 18. c4 Bxd3 (18... h4 19. g4  {is interesting but the position remains blocked.}) 19. Qxd3 Re8 20. b4 Bf8 {  Black improves the B by moving it to the long diagonal.} 21. Rce1 g6 22. Qd2  Qf5 {A good reaction on last move of white. Now Black controls the light  squares.} 23. a4 Nf6 24. Bb6 ({It is interesting what Black had in mind on} 24.  c5 {as after} h4 25. g4 Nxg4 26. fxg4 Qxg4+ 27. Kh1 Qe4+ {there is nothing  more than a perpetual.}) 24... Rcc8 25. f4 $6 {Creating a passed pawn to Black.  } e4 26. Bd4 Rc7 (26... h4 $5) 27. h3 $6 {An unnecessary weakening.} (27. b5 {  cntinuing the plan of ...a4.}) 27... Bg7 $15 28. Qg2 b5 $1 {A nice blow! White  center collapses.} 29. axb5 axb5 30. Bxf6 Bxf6 31. g4 (31. cxb5 $2 Qxd5 $19)  31... hxg4 32. hxg4 Bd4+ 33. Kh2 Qf6 34. Nc6 (34. g5 Qf5 $17) 34... Bb6 35. g5  Qf5 36. c5 $2 (36. Qh3 {was the only chance to stop the attack.} bxc4 37. Qxf5  gxf5 38. Kg3 Kg7 $17) 36... dxc5 37. Ne5 cxb4 38. d6 (38. Qxe4 Rc2+ 39. Kg3  Rxe5 $1 40. fxe5 (40. Qxe5 Qd3+ $19) 40... Bf2+ $19) 38... Rc3 39. Rxe4 Kg7 $1  {Improving the R via h8.} 0-1 

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.06.17"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Morozevich, Alexander"]  [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2760"]  [BlackElo "2803"]  [PlyCount "77"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:05:26"]  [BlackClock "0:01:53"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O  8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Bd6 12. h3 Rb8 13. b3 Be5 14. Bf4  Bxc3 15. Bxb8 Bxa1 16. Rxa1 Bg4 17. hxg4 Qxb8 18. Qf5 Re8 19. g3 h6 20. c4 d4  21. c5 Re5 22. Qf4 Qe8 23. Qxd4 Rd5 24. Qc3 Nxg4 25. Re1 Qd7 26. Be4 Re5 27. f3  {?!} (27. Bf3 Qe8 28. Rd1 f5 29. b4 Re7 30. Bxg4 fxg4 31. a4 Re4 32. Kg2 Qe6  33. Rd8+ Kh7 34. Qb2 Qg6 {<font color=red>+1.00|d25</font> $16})  27... Qe7 28. b4 f5 29. fxg4 fxe4 30. Qc4+ Kh8 31. Qd4 e3 32. Qd6 Qe8 33. a3  Re4 34. Qd3 Qe6 35. Kg2 Kg8 36. Qd8+ Kh7 37. Qd3 Kg8 38. Qd8+ Kh7 39. Qd3  1/2-1/2 

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.06.17"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Karjakin, Sergey"]  [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2782"]  [BlackElo "2753"]  [PlyCount "85"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:00:29"]  [BlackClock "0:04:18"]   1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 Nbd7 8.  cxd6 exd6 9. O-O Re8 10. h3 b5 11. Nxb5 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Rxe4 13. Nxd6 Re7 14.  Nxc8 Rxc8 15. Re1 Rxe1+ 16. Nxe1 Qb6+ 17. Kh2 Nc5 18. Nd3 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Re8 20.  Bd2 Qxb2 21. Re1 Rb8 22. a4 Bf6 23. Qc4 h5 24. Re3 Qa1 {?!} (24... Rd8 25. Ba5  Rd1 26. Re8+ Kg7 27. Bb4 Qa1 28. Bf8+ Kg8 29. Bh6+ Kh7 30. Bg5 Rd7 31. h4 Qc3  32. Qxc3 {<font color=red>+0.62|d23</font> $14}) 25. Re1 Qb2 26. a5  Rd8 27. Bb4 Qd4 28. Re4 Qa1 29. a6 h4 30. Re1 Qd4 31. Qxd4 Rxd4 32. Re8+ Kh7  33. c3 Rc4 34. Ra8 Bxc3 35. Bxc3 Rxc3 36. Rxa7 Kg7 37. Rb7 Ra3 38. a7 Kf6 39.  Kg1 Ke6 40. Kf2 f6 41. Ke2 Kf5 42. Rh7 Ke4 43. Rxh4 {Z0} ({Ra2+} 43. Kd1 Rxa7 {  Rg4 Kf5} 44. Ke2 Ra2+ {Kf3 Ra3+ Ke2 Ra2+ Kf3 Houdini Aquarium (0:00:01) <  font color=red>+0.00|d26</font> $11}) 1/2-1/2 [/pgm]   [pgn] [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.06.17"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]  [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2713"]  [BlackElo "2864"]  [PlyCount "68"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:22:58"]  [BlackClock "1:03:26"]   1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 g6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Qb3 Nxc3 8.  Ne5 e6 9. bxc3 Bxb5 10. Qxb5+ Nd7 11. Rb1 b6 12. c4 Bd6 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. a4  O-O-O 15. a5 Qxb5 16. Rxb5 Bc7 17. Bb2 Rhe8 18. Ke2 e5 19. e4 f5 20. f3 Kb7 21.  Bc3 Kc6 22. axb6 axb6 23. Rbb1 h5 24. h3 h4 25. Rbg1 f4 26. Ra1 Ra8 27. Rxa8  Rxa8 28. Ra1 Rxa1 29. Bxa1 g5 30. d3 Bd6 31. Kd2 Bc7 32. Kc2 Bd6 33. Kd2 Bc7  34. Kc2 Bd6 {Z0} ({Bb2} 34... Bb8 35. Kc3 Kd6 36. Kd2 Kd7 {Ba1 Ke6} 37. Bc3 Kd6  38. Bb2 Kd7 {Houdini Aquarium (0:00:01) <font color=red>+0.04|d32</  font> $11}) 1/2-1/2 

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.06.17"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Anand, Viswanathan"]  [Black "Gelfand, Boris"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2786"]  [BlackElo "2755"]  [PlyCount "80"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:48:04"]  [BlackClock "0:07:43"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.  d4 Nf6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c4 O-O 11. Nc3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. h3 Bd7 14. Rc1 Rc8  15. Qb3 Qc7 16. Na4 Rcd8 17. Qb6 Qxb6 18. Nxb6 Be8 19. a3 Ned7 20. Nb3 Nxb6 21.  Bxb6 Rc8 22. Be3 Rb8 23. Bc5 Bxc5 24. Nxc5 Bc6 25. b4 Rfc8 26. Red1 Kf8 27. f3  Ke7 28. Kf2 Nd7 29. Nxd7 Bxd7 30. c5 Ba4 31. Rd3 Rd8 32. Ke3 Bb5 33. Rxd8 Rxd8  34. Bxb5 axb5 35. c6 bxc6 36. Rxc6 Ra8 37. Rb6 Rxa3+ 38. Kf4 f5 39. Rxb5 Kf6  40. h4 Rd3 {Z0} ({Rb6 Rd4+ Kg3} 40... g6 {b5 Rb4 f4 Rb2 Kf3 Rb3+ Kf2 Rb2+ Kf3  Rb3+ Houdini Aquarium (0:00:00) <font color=red>+0.00|d25</font>  $11}) 1/2-1/2 

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.06.15"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Anand, Viswanathan"]  [Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]  [Result "1-0"]  [WhiteElo "2786"]  [BlackElo "2760"]  [Annotator "Dembo,Yelena"]  [PlyCount "119"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:01:28"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3  O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 (12. a4 {is the most popular line.  } h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. Nxd4 (14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 c5 16. d5 Nd7 17. Ra3 c4 18.  axb5 axb5 19. Nd4 Ne5 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. Nxb5 Rc8 22. Re3 Ba6 23. Nc3 Ned3 24.  Bxd3 Nxd3 25. Nf3 Qb7 26. Re2 Be7 27. Nd4 Bf6 28. Nf5 Qb3 29. Rc2 Rd8 30. Be3  Nxb2 31. Qd2 Nd3 32. Bd4 Be5 33. Bxe5 dxe5 34. Ra2 Bb5 35. Ra1 Bd7 36. Ne3 Rc8  37. Ra7 Nc5 38. Qc1 Qb6 39. Qa3 Qb3 40. Qa1 Kh7 41. Kh2 Qb6 42. Nxc4 Qf6 43.  Qf1 Be8 44. d6 Qd8 45. Nd5 Bb5 46. Rxf7 Nxe4 47. Nc7 Bxc4 48. Qxc4 Nxd6 49. Ne6  Nxc4 {0-1 (49) Caruana,F (2727)-Morozevich,A (2762) Reggio Emilia 2011}) 14...  d5 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. e5 Ne4 17. Nb3 bxa4 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Bxa4 Bxa4 20. Rxa4 Qh4  21. Be3 Nc5 22. Ra5 Qe4 23. Bxh6 Qg6 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Re3 Ne4 26. Rxd5 c6 27.  Ra5 c5 28. Nf3 Be7 29. Ra4 f5 30. exf6+ Bxf6 31. Qe2 Ng5 32. Rg4 Kh7 33. Nxg5+  Bxg5 34. f4 Rxe3 35. Qxe3 Qb1+ 36. Kh2 Bf6 37. Qxc5 Kh6 38. f5 Kh7 39. Rg6 Bd8  40. Qc4 {1-0 (40) Bologan,V (2687)-Bosiocic,M (2562) Plovdiv 2012}) 12... h6  13. Ba2 (13. Bc2 {is a more usual place for the B.} Nb8 14. a4 (14. b3 Nbd7 15.  Bb2 g6 16. a4 c6 17. Bd3 Nh5 18. g3 Bg7 19. Qc2 Qb6 20. Bf1 Rac8 21. Bg2 a5 22.  Nf1 bxa4 23. bxa4 exd4 24. Nxd4 Ne5 25. Ne3 Ba6 26. Ba3 Nc4 27. Nxc4 Bxc4 28.  Rab1 Qa6 29. Red1 d5 30. exd5 cxd5 31. Nb5 Red8 32. Rd2 Nf6 33. Be7 Rd7 34.  Bxf6 Qxf6 35. Qd1 Rcd8 36. Qf3 Qg5 37. Qd1 h5 38. h4 Qe5 39. Bf1 Qe7 {1/2-1/2  (39) Leko,P (2723)-Caruana,F (2770) Malmo 2012}) 14... Nbd7 15. Bd3 c6 16. b3  g6 17. Qc2 Nh5 18. Ba3 Nf4 19. Bf1 Rc8 20. Rad1 exd4 21. cxd4 Ne6 22. Qc3 Qb6  23. Qa1 Bg7 24. Bb2 d5 25. a5 Qc7 26. b4 dxe4 27. Nxe4 Nf4 28. Ne5 Nd5 29. Nd3  Rcd8 30. g3 Bc8 31. Bg2 Nf8 32. Qa3 Ne6 33. Ndc5 Re7 34. Nxe6 {1/2-1/2 (34)  Ivanchuk,V (2763)-Caruana,F (2786) Bucharest 2012}) 13... Nb8 14. Qb3 {White  wants to provoke Black to place his pieces on an unconvenient square.} Qd7 {  Black Q took the square of a N.} 15. Qc2 c5 16. d5 c4 17. b3 {Opening the  queenside up.} cxb3 18. Bxb3 Qc7 19. a4 Rc8 20. c4 b4 {A novelty. Black blocks  the position & creates a passed pawn.} (20... Nbd7 21. Ba3 Qa5 22. Nf1 bxc4 23.  Bxc4 Nb6 24. N1d2 Qxa4 25. Qxa4 Nxa4 26. Reb1 Rc7 27. Bxd6 Bxd6 28. Rxa4 a5 29.  Rb6 Bc5 30. Rb5 Bb4 31. Raxb4 axb4 32. d6 Rd7 33. Rxb4 Ra7 34. Rb6 Ne8 35.  Bxf7+ Rxf7 36. Nxe5 Nxd6 37. Rxd6 Ra1+ 38. Kh2 Rxf2 39. Kg3 Rf8 40. Rd7 Ra3+  41. Nef3 Ba8 42. h4 Ra4 43. Nd4 Ra3+ 44. N4f3 Bc6 45. Rd6 Bb5 46. Kf2 Be8 47.  Rd5 Rc3 48. Ra5 Bc6 49. Ra7 Rd3 50. Kg3 Rfd8 51. Ra2 Be8 52. Nf1 Bg6 53. Re2  Re8 54. Kf4 Rf8+ 55. Kg3 Rc3 56. Re1 Ra3 57. Kg4 Ra2 58. N1d2 Rd8 59. Re2 Be8  60. Rf2 Bc6 61. Kg3 Rd3 62. Re2 Be8 63. Rf2 Bg6 64. Kg4 Rc2 65. Kg3 Ra3 66. Kf4  Raa2 67. g4 Be8 68. Rh2 Rc7 69. Ne5 Rcc2 70. Nef3 Ra6 71. g5 Bh5 72. Nd4 Rc8  73. gxh6 Rf8+ 74. Kg5 Ra5+ 75. Nf5 g6 76. Rf2 gxf5 77. exf5 Bf7 78. Ne4 Ra2 79.  Rf1 Rg2+ 80. Kf4 Bg6 81. Ng3 Bh7 82. h5 Kh8 83. Rf3 Ra2 84. Ke5 Re8+ 85. Kf6  Ra6+ 86. Kg5 Rg8+ 87. Kf4 Rxh6 88. Ne4 Rxh5 89. Nd6 Rf8 90. Ke5 Rh1 {0-1 (90)  Kamsky,G (2714)-Jakovenko,D (2710) Moscow 2007}) 21. a5 Nbd7 22. Qb1 Rcb8 $6 {  Now Black has an inactive R on a8.} (22... Nc5 $5 23. Bc2 Rab8 {and the b-pawn  is untouchable.}) 23. Bc2 Bc8 24. Ra4 Be7 25. Re3 $1 {Improving the R.} Bd8 26.  Rxb4 Qxa5 27. Ba3 Qc7 (27... Rxb4 28. Bxb4 Qc7 29. Ra3 a5 $13) 28. Rxb8 Rxb8  29. Rb3 Ra8 (29... Rxb3 30. Qxb3 Nc5 {and the position is about equal.}) 30.  Ne1 Nc5 $6 (30... a5 $5) 31. Bxc5 $1 {A good decision. Since the position is  quite closed it makes sence to exchange the B for a N.} Qxc5 32. Nd3 Qa5 (32...  Qc7 33. c5 $1 {A typical pawn sac to vacate the c4-square for the second N.}  dxc5 34. Nc4 Nxe4 35. Ndxe5 {with very good play.}) 33. Qc1 $6 (33. Rb4 $5 {  keeping control over the b-file.}) 33... Nd7 34. Ra3 Qc7 35. Ba4 Bg5 (35... Nc5  $5) 36. Bc6 Rb8 37. Qc2 f5 $5 {An interesting way of opening the position up.}  38. exf5 Nf6 39. g4 $6 (39. c5 $1 {creating a passed pawn.} e4 40. Nb2 dxc5 41.  Nbc4 {with initiative.}) 39... e4 $1 40. Ne1 Qe7 {Black threatens to push ...  e3.} 41. Ng2 Qe5 $2 (41... Bxd2 $1 {Decoying the Q.} 42. Qxd2 Rb1+ 43. Ne1 h5 {  weakening the pawn structure of white.} 44. g5 Nd7 $36) 42. Nf1 {Preventing  the exchange of N for a B.} e3 $2 {Definitely wrong timing.} (42... Rb2 $5 43.  Qc3 Qxc3 44. Rxc3 h5 {with some compensation.}) 43. Ngxe3 $16 Bh4 (43... Ne4  44. Rb3 $16) 44. Rb3 $1 {Exchange pieces, especially major ones when up in  material.} Rxb3 45. Qxb3 Qf4 46. Nd1 Ne4 (46... h5 {perhaps was the most  tricky choice.} 47. Qe3 $16 (47. Qb8 $2 hxg4 $1 48. Qxc8+ Kh7 {and Black has  threats on the kingside, while white Q is too far away.})) 47. Qe3 Ng5 (47...  Qxe3 48. Nfxe3 {and Black has little hope for survival.}) 48. Kg2 $1 {  Protecting the kingside.} Qxc4 49. Nd2 $1 $18 {Kicking the Q away and  improving the pieces.} Qc1 50. Nc3 (50. Qe8+ Kh7 51. Qg6+ Kh8 52. f6 $18) 50...  Nf7 51. Qe8+ Kh7 52. Nf3 (52. Nce4 $18) 52... Ne5 53. Nxh4 Qxc3 54. Ng6 (54. f6  $18) 54... Qf3+ 55. Kg1 Bxf5 (55... Qd1+ 56. Kh2 Nf3+ 57. Kg3 Qg1+ 58. Kxf3 $18  ) 56. gxf5 Qxf5 57. Nxe5 dxe5 58. Qe6 Qb1+ 59. Kh2 Qc2 60. Qf7 1-0 

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.06.15"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Carlsen, Magnus"]  [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]  [Result "0-1"]  [WhiteElo "2864"]  [BlackElo "2774"]  [PlyCount "124"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [BlackClock "0:00:29"]   {Ke4 Kg2 Houdini Aquarium (0:02:14) <font color=red>-16.38|d30</  font> $19} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. cxd5 Bxf3 7.  Bxf3 cxd5 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. d4 Be7 10. e3 O-O 11. b3 Qa5 12. Bb2 Ba3 13. Qc1 Bxb2  14. Qxb2 Rfc8 15. Rac1 Ne7 16. Na4 Nd7 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. dxc5 Rxc5 19. b4 Rb5  20. a3 Qd8 21. e4 a5 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Rc5 Qb6 24. Rxb5 Qxb5 25. Bxd5 exd5 26.  Rc1 Re8 27. Qd4 axb4 28. axb4 h6 29. Kg2 b6 30. Rd1 Re4 31. Qxd5 Qxd5 32. Rxd5  Rxb4 33. h4 Kf8 34. Rd7 Re4 35. Rb7 Re6 36. g4 g5 37. f4 gxf4 38. Kf3 Rf6 39.  g5 Rc6 40. Kxf4 h5 41. Kf5 Kg7 42. Rb8 Rc5+ 43. Kf4 Rb5 44. Ke4 Rb1 45. Kf5 Rb2  46. Kf4 Rb4+ 47. Ke5 Kg6 48. Rg8+ Kh7 49. Rf8 {?!} (49. Rb8 {<font  color=red>-0.32|d36</font> $15}) 49... Rxh4 50. Rxf7+ Kg6 51. Rf6+  Kxg5 52. Rxb6 Ra4 53. Rb8 Kg4 54. Rg8+ Kf3 55. Rf8+ Kg3 56. Rg8+ Kh2 57. Kf5 h4  58. Rb8 h3 59. Kg5 Re4 60. Kf5 Re2 61. Rg8 Rg2 62. Rd8 Rf2+ {Z0} () 0-1 

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.06.15"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]  [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]  [Result "1-0"]  [WhiteElo "2784"]  [BlackElo "2782"]  [PlyCount "103"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:00:56"]  [BlackClock "0:00:07"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nxc3 7. Bxc3 c5 8.  d5 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Nf3 e6 11. Be2 exd5 12. exd5 Bg4 13. O-O Nd7 14. h3  Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Ne5 16. Be2 Qd6 17. Rb1 b6 18. Re1 Rfd8 19. Ba6 Rab8 20. c4 Nd7  21. Bb5 Nf6 22. Qe2 Rb7 23. Rb3 Nh5 24. Re3 Ng7 25. g4 Kf8 26. a4 f5 27. Re5  fxg4 28. hxg4 Rf7 29. Qe3 Qf6 30. Re2 Qf4 31. Qxf4 Rxf4 32. R5e4 Rxe4 33. Rxe4  h5 34. f3 Kf7 35. Kg2 Kf6 36. Re1 g5 37. Kg3 Rh8 38. Bc6 Kf7 39. d6 h4+ {?!} (  39... hxg4 40. Re7+ Kf6 41. fxg4 Rd8 42. Bd7 Rh8 43. Kf3 Rh2 44. Bc6 Ne6 45.  Kg3 Rh8 46. Rxa7 Nd4 47. Bd5 {<font color=red>+0.73|d28</font> $14}  ) 40. Kh2 Kf6 {?!} (40... Kg6 41. d7 {<font color=red>+2.58|d23</  font> $18}) 41. d7 Ne6 42. Bd5 {?!} (42. f4 {<font color=red>+5.  02|d22</font> $18}) 42... Nc7 43. Be4 Ne6 {?} (43... Ke7 44. Bf5+ Kd8 45.  Kh3 Rf8 46. f4 gxf4 47. Kxh4 a6 48. Rf1 b5 49. axb5 axb5 50. cxb5 Nd5 51. Kg5 {  <font color=red>+1.39|d24</font> $16}) 44. Bd5 Nc7 45. f4 gxf4 46.  g5+ Kg6 47. Re5 Rd8 48. Be4+ Kf7 49. Bf5 {?!} (49. g6+ Kf8 50. Rf5+ Kg8 51. Rf7  h3 52. Kxh3 a6 53. Re7 Kf8 54. Rh7 Ne6 55. Rf7+ Kg8 56. Re7 Rxd7 {<font  color=red>+5.66|d20</font> $18}) 49... Rh8 {?!} (49... f3 50. Kh3 {  <font color=red>+2.21|d17</font> $18}) 50. Kg2 {?!} (50. Kh3 {<  font color=red>+4.12|d22</font> $18}) 50... a5 51. Kf2 f3 52. Re1 {Z0}  ({h3} 52. Bh3 Kg6 {Rd1 Rd8 Rd6+ Kxg5 Rc6 Na6 Rc8 Rxd7 Bxd7 Kf4 Rf8+ Ke4 Bc6+  Houdini Aquarium (0:01:01) <font color=red>+5.32|d22</font> $18})  1-0 

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.06.15"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Gelfand, Boris"]  [Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2755"]  [BlackElo "2713"]  [PlyCount "45"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:27:08"]  [BlackClock "1:00:34"]   1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nd2 c5 4. a3 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 cxd4 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Nxd4 O-O  8. e3 d5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Nb5 Qc6 11. f3 e5 12. e4 a6 13. Nc3 Be6 14. Qf2 Bb3  15. Be2 Qe6 16. O-O Nc6 17. Be3 Rfd8 18. Bd1 h6 19. Rc1 Rd3 20. Be2 Rd7 21. Bd1  Rd3 22. Be2 Rd7 23. Bd1 {Z0} ({Rad8 Bxb3 Qxb3 Qc2 Qxc2} 23. Rc2 Nd4 24. Rcc1 {  Nb3 Rcd1} Kf8 {Rxd7 Rxd7 Kf2 Ke7 Ne2 Houdini Aquarium (0:00:06) <font  color=red>-0.04|d19</font> $11}) 1/2-1/2 

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.06.15"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]  [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2753"]  [BlackElo "2803"]  [PlyCount "52"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:54:37"]  [BlackClock "1:29:28"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8.  Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. Qc2 c5 12. dxc5 Rc8 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qe4  Qb5 15. b4 bxc5 16. e3 Qb7 17. Qg4+ Kf8 18. b5 Bxb5 19. Rb1 a6 20. a4 f5 21.  Qh4 Qe4 22. Qh6+ Ke7 23. Qg5+ Kf8 24. Qh6+ Ke7 25. Qg5+ Kf8 26. Qh6+ Ke7  1/2-1/2 

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.06.14"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Caruana, Fabiano"]  [Black "Gelfand, Boris"]  [Result "0-1"]  [WhiteElo "2774"]  [BlackElo "2755"]  [Annotator "Dembo,Yelena"]  [PlyCount "82"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [BlackClock "0:03:17"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 {The English attack  which has always been very popular on top level.} e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Be7 9.  Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 {Both sides start a typical attack.} 12. g5 b4  {Blow back!} 13. Ne2 (13. gxf6 bxc3 14. Qxc3 Nxf6 15. Na5 Rc8 16. Nc6 Qe8 17.  Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Qa5 Rc6 19. Rg1 Rfc8 20. Kb1 d5 21. Bg5 d4 22. f4 h6 23. Bxh6  Ng4 24. Bxg7 Rxc2 25. Bd3 R2c5 26. Qa3 Kxg7 27. f5 Kf6 28. fxe6 Ne3 29. exf7  Nxd1 30. Rxd1 Kxf7 31. Bxa6 R8c6 32. Qb3+ Kg7 33. Bb5 Rg6 34. a4 Rg2 35. Qa3  Rc7 36. Qxe7+ Rxe7 37. Bc4 Ra7 38. b3 Rxh2 39. Rf1 Rg2 40. Kc1 Ra8 41. Rd1 Kf6  42. Rd2 Rxd2 43. Kxd2 Ke7 44. Bb5 Kd6 45. b4 Kc7 46. Kc2 Kb7 47. Kb3 Rh8 48.  Bd3 Rh3 49. Kc2 Rh2+ 50. Kb3 Rd2 51. Bc4 Rd1 52. Kb2 Kb8 53. a5 d3 54. Kc3 d2  55. Bd3 Rb1 56. Kxd2 Rxb4 57. a6 Ka7 58. Kc3 Rd4 59. Kc2 Kb6 60. Kd2 Kc6 61.  Kc2 Kc5 62. Kc3 Ra4 63. Kb3 Ra1 64. Kb2 Rh1 65. Kc3 Rh3 66. Kc2 Kd4 67. Bb5 Ra3  68. Kb2 Ra5 69. Bf1 Ra1 70. Kxa1 {1-0 (70) Topalov,V (2775)-Grischuk,A (2747)  Monte Carlo 2011}) 13... Ne8 14. f4 a5 15. f5 a4 {Another blow back!} 16. fxe6  (16. Nbd4 {is the main line.} exd4 17. Nxd4 b3 18. Kb1 bxc2+ 19. Nxc2 Bb3 20.  axb3 axb3 21. Na3 Ne5 22. h4 Ra4 23. Bd4 (23. Qg2 Qa8 24. f6 Bd8 25. Bd4 Nc7  26. fxg7 Kxg7 27. h5 Ne6 28. g6 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Nxd4 30. h6+ Kf6 31. g7 Rg8 32.  Qf2+ Ndf3 33. Bg2 Qxe4+ 34. Ka1 Ke6 35. Rf1 Bg5 36. Bxf3 Qxf3 37. Qxf3 Nxf3 38.  Rxf3 Bxh6 39. Rxb3 Rxg7 40. Rh3 Bf4 {0-1 (40) Shirov,A (2715)-Van Wely,L (2683)  Wijk aan Zee 2007}) 23... Qa8 24. Qe3 Nc7 25. f6 gxf6 26. gxf6 Bxf6 27. Rg1+  Kh8 28. Qh6 Qd8 29. Bc4 Ne6 30. Bc3 Qe7 31. Rxd6 Rg8 32. Rdd1 Bg7 33. Bxe5 Bxe5  34. Rxg8+ Kxg8 35. Qe3 Bxb2 36. Bxe6 Rxa3 37. Rg1+ Kh8 38. Bxb3 Ra1+ 39. Kc2  Qc7+ 40. Kxb2 Qe5+ 41. Kc2 Qh2+ 42. Kd3 Rxg1 43. Qd4+ Kg8 44. Bxf7+ Kxf7 45.  Qd7+ Kg6 46. Qe6+ Kh5 47. Qf5+ Kh6 48. Qf8+ Rg7 49. Qd6+ Qxd6+ {0-1 (49) Wei,Y  (2530)-Xiu,D (2534) Danzhou 2013}) 16... axb3 17. cxb3 (17. exf7+ Rxf7 18. Kb1  bxc2+ 19. Kxc2 Nb6 20. Nc1 d5 21. exd5 Nd6 22. Kb1 Rf3 (22... Nbc4 23. Bxc4  Nxc4 24. Qe2 Nxe3 25. g6 hxg6 26. Qxe3 Bd6 27. Rhg1 Qf6 28. Qe4 Qf5 29. Rde1  Ra5 30. Rxg6 Qxe4+ 31. Rxe4 Rxd5 32. Kc2 Rc7+ {0-1 (32) Wang Hao (2605)-Zhou  Jianchao (2525) Wuxi 2006}) 23. h4 Na4 24. Qe2 Rg3 25. Bf2 Rc3 26. Qxe5 Nxb2  27. Bd4 Bf8 28. Kxb2 Rf3 29. Bd3 Kh8 30. Qe2 Rf4 31. Qh5 Nf5 32. g6 {1-0 (32)  Topalov,V (2757)-Vallejo Pons,F (2686) Linares 2005}) 17... fxe6 18. Bh3 {  White improves the B and attacks e6.} Rxa2 (18... Nc7 19. Kb1 Qc8 20. Rhf1 Qa6  21. Nc1 Qa5 22. Rxf8+ Nxf8 23. Qf2 Qb5 24. Nd3 Ng6 25. Bb6 Rf8 26. Qe3 Bxg5 27.  Qg1 Rf3 28. Bxc7 Rxh3 29. Nf2 Rf3 30. Qxg5 Rxf2 31. Bxd6 Qe2 32. Qc1 h5 33. Ka1  Nf4 34. Re1 Qf3 35. Bxe5 Nd3 36. Qg5 Nxe5 37. Qxe5 Rf1 38. Qb8+ {0-1 (38)  Kryvoruchko,Y (2676)-Wojtaszek,R (2717) Warsaw 2012}) 19. Bxe6+ Kh8 20. Ng3 Nc7  21. Bc4 Qa8 22. Rhf1 Rxf1 23. Rxf1 Ra1+ 24. Kc2 Rxf1 {Quite incredible, but  this is still theory! :)} 25. Bxf1 d5 26. h4 $6 {is a loss of tempo and a  dubious novelty.} (26. exd5 Nxd5 27. h4 (27. Bf2 Qc6+ 28. Kb1 Nf4 29. h4 g6 30.  Bc4 h6 31. gxh6 Kh7 32. Ne2 Qe4+ 33. Ka2 Qa8+ 34. Kb1 Qe4+ 35. Ka2 Nf6 36. Bg3  Qa8+ 37. Kb1 Qh1+ 38. Ka2 Qa8+ {1/2-1/2 (38) Olszewski,M (2409)-Czakon,J (2505)  Rewal 2007}) 27... Nxe3+ 28. Qxe3 Bc5 29. Qe2 Qc6 30. Qc4 Nb6 31. Qe4 Qxe4+ 32.  Nxe4 Bd4 33. h5 Nd5 {<font color=red>+0.14|d25</font> $11}) (26.  Qf2 Qc6+ 27. Kb1 d4 28. Bd2 g6 29. h4 Nc5 30. Qf3 Nb7 31. Nh1 (31. Bc4 Nd6 32.  Bd3 Nb7 33. Bc4 {1/2-1/2 (33) The Wizard of Os (2472)-Zacks (2476) playchess.  com INT 2007}) 31... Na5 32. Nf2 Qe6 33. Ka2 Na6 34. Qh3 Qxh3 35. Nxh3 Nc7 36.  Nf2 Ne6 37. Nd3 Nc6 38. Bh3 Nc5 39. Nxc5 Bxc5 40. Bd7 Nd8 41. Kb1 Kg7 42. Kc2  Nb7 43. Bc6 Na5 44. Bd5 Bd6 45. Kd3 Bc5 46. Be1 Bd6 47. Bf2 Bc5 48. Kd2 Bd6 49.  Bg3 Bc7 50. Bh2 Bd6 51. Ke2 Bc7 52. Kf3 Bd6 53. Kg4 Bc7 54. Bg3 Bd6 55. Be1 Bc5  56. Bd2 Bd6 57. h5 Be7 58. Bc1 Bd6 59. hxg6 hxg6 60. Kf3 Be7 61. Ke2 Bd6 62.  Kd3 Be7 {1/2-1/2 (62) Flying Saucers (2451)-Pulse_exchange,R (2408) playchess.  com INT 2007}) 26... d4 $1 27. Bg1 {Now white pieces are very passive.} Ne6 28.  Qe2 $2 (28. Kb1 {and the K protects himself.}) 28... Ndc5 $17 {Threatening ...  d3. Now the b3-pawn is weak and the K is stuck on c2.} 29. Qc4 Nf4 $6 (29...  Qa1 $1 $16 {invading.}) 30. Qf7 {Now white invaded....} Qf8 31. Qc4 $2 ({After  } 31. Qxf8+ Bxf8 32. Nf5 d3+ 33. Kd1 Nxe4 34. Bh2 {white has very good chances  for a draw.}) 31... g6 $2 (31... Ng6 32. h5 Qf4 $1 {and the queen starts to  threaten.}) 32. Bf2 $2 (32. Qxb4 d3+ 33. Kb1 {was white's best chance,  although his position is still worse.}) 32... Ne2 $1 $19 (32... d3+ 33. Kb1 d2  34. Qc2 Ne2 {was also nice and strong.}) 33. Nh1 (33. Bxe2 Qxf2 $19 {and black  threatens both d3 and Qxg3.}) 33... d3+ 34. Kd1 Qf3 35. Bxc5 Qxf1+ 36. Kd2 Nf4  (36... Nc3 $1 {would have won quickly.}) 37. Ng3 Qg2+ 38. Kc1 Qxg3 39. Kb1 Ne2  (39... d2 $19) 40. Qf7 Qe1+ 41. Ka2 Nc3+ 0-1 

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.06.14"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]  [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]  [Result "0-1"]  [WhiteElo "2803"]  [BlackElo "2784"]  [PlyCount "117"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:01:27"]  [BlackClock "0:01:23"]   {Rxh4+ Kf3 Ne5+ Kg3 Rd4 Rf1 Rxd5 Kf2 Ng4+ Ke2 Rxg5 Kd2 Re5 Rg1 Ne3 Rb1 Houdini  Aquarium (0:00:09) <font color=red>-8.46|d20</font> $19} 1. c4 Nf6  2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. b3 Re8 9. e4  c6 10. Be3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. f3 Qe7 13. Re1 a5 14. Qc2 Be6 15. Rad1 a4 16.  b4 Ncd7 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. Nxa4 Ne5 19. c5 Qc4 {?!} (19... dxc5 {<font  color=red>+0.93|d23</font> $16}) 20. Qb3 dxc5 21. Nb6 {?!} (21. f4  Nfg4 22. fxe5 Nxe3 23. Rxe3 Qxb4 24. Nb6 Rad8 25. Nd7 Qxb3 26. axb3 Bxe5 27.  Red3 Bd4+ 28. Rxd4 cxd4 {<font color=red>+2.02|d25</font> $18})  21... Qxb3 22. axb3 Rad8 23. bxc5 Nfd7 24. Na4 Nf8 25. Rd6 {?!} (25. Kf1 Rxd1  26. Rxd1 f5 27. Nb6 fxe4 28. fxe4 Ng4 29. Bg1 Bc3 30. Rc1 Bd2 31. Ra1 Ne6 32.  Bh3 Bc3 {<font color=red>+0.99|d25</font> $16}) 25... Ne6 26. Red1  Ra8 27. h3 Nc4 28. bxc4 Rxa4 29. Rd7 Rb4 30. f4 Bf8 31. Kh2 Bxc5 32. Bc1 Ra8  33. f5 Nf8 34. R7d3 Rxc4 35. Bh6 Be7 36. R1d2 b5 37. Rf3 b4 38. e5 gxf5 39.  Rxf5 Ng6 40. Rdf2 Bf8 41. Bg5 {?!} (41. Bxf8 {<font color=red>-1.  54|d27</font> $17}) 41... b3 42. Rxf7 Rb8 43. Bf1 Rc3 44. e6 {?!} (44.  R7f3 Rxf3 45. Bc4+ Kh8 46. Rxf3 b2 47. Ba2 Nxe5 48. Rf1 c5 49. Kg2 c4 50. Bd2  Bb4 51. Bf4 Bc3 {<font color=red>-2.64|d26</font> $19}) 44... b2  45. Bf6 b1=Q 46. Bxc3 Qb3 47. R7f3 Bc5 {?!} (47... Qxe6 48. Re2 Qb3 49. Rd2 Bg7  50. Rb2 Qxb2+ 51. Bxb2 Rxb2+ 52. Kh1 Bd4 53. Rb3 Rxb3 54. Bc4+ Kg7 55. Bxb3 {  <font color=red>-4.14|d21</font> $19}) 48. Rb2 Qxb2+ 49. Bxb2 Rxb2+  50. Bg2 Be7 51. h4 Re2 {?!} (51... Ne5 {<font color=red>-3.51|d21</  font> $19}) 52. Rc3 c5 53. Kh3 Kg7 54. Bd5 Ne5 55. g4 Ng6 56. Rf3 Bd6 57.  Rf7+ Kh8 58. g5 Rh2+ 59. Kg4 {Z0} () 0-1 

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.06.14"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Morozevich, Alexander"]  [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2760"]  [BlackElo "2753"]  [PlyCount "98"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:00:38"]  [BlackClock "0:00:29"]   1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 h6 7. O-O Nd7 8. Nbd2 c5  9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nd4 Bh7 11. N2b3 Nc6 12. Be3 Nxb3 13. axb3 Nxe5 14. Bb5+ Nd7  15. Qh5 {?!} (15. Qg4 {<font color=red>+1.35|d22</font> $16}) 15...  Bg6 16. Qe5 Qb8 17. Qxb8+ Rxb8 18. Rxa7 Bd6 19. b4 Ke7 20. f4 Be4 21. f5 e5 22.  f6+ {?!} (22. Ne2 Bc7 23. Ng3 Bc2 24. Rc1 Bb3 25. Nf1 Bc4 26. Bxc4 dxc4 27. Rd1  Rhd8 28. Kf2 Kf6 29. g4 g6 {Houdini Aquarium (0:01:45) <font color=red>  +0.55|d22</font> $14}) 22... gxf6 23. Nf5+ Bxf5 24. Rxf5 Nf8 25. Rf1 Ne6  26. Bc6 d4 27. Bd2 {?!} (27. cxd4 Nxd4 28. Bxd4 exd4 29. Bxb7 Ke6 30. Re1+ Be5  31. b5 d3 32. Ra6+ Ke7 33. Bc6 Rhd8 34. Rd1 Bxb2 {Houdini Aquarium (0:01:05)  <font color=red>+0.14|d20</font> $11}) 27... Rhd8 28. Bxh6 dxc3 29.  bxc3 Rdc8 30. Rxb7+ Rxb7 31. Bxb7 Rxc3 32. Rb1 f5 33. b5 f4 34. b6 Kf6 35. Be4  Rc8 36. h4 Rh8 37. Bg5+ Nxg5 38. hxg5+ Kxg5 39. Rb5 f5 40. Bd5 Kf6 41. b7 e4  42. Bc6 Bb8 43. Ra5 Rd8 44. Rd5 Rg8 45. Kf1 Rh8 46. Bd7 Rh1+ 47. Ke2 Rh2 48.  Kf1 Rh1+ 49. Ke2 Rh2 {Z0} ({Kf1} 49... f3+ 50. gxf3 e3 51. Rxf5+ Ke7 52. Bb5 {  Rb2} Rh5 {Kf6 Rh6+ Kg7} 53. Rxh5 Kf6 54. Rh6+ {Houdini Aquarium (0:00:05) <  font color=red>+0.00|d21</font> $11}) 1/2-1/2 

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.06.14"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Karjakin, Sergey"]  [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2782"]  [BlackElo "2864"]  [PlyCount "75"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:02:47"]  [BlackClock "0:19:52"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5  8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Ne8 10. d5 Bc5 11. Re1 d6 12. Nc3 Bf5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3  Nf6 15. Na4 Re8 16. Bd2 Rxe1+ 17. Rxe1 Qd7 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. c4 Re8 20. f3  Rxe1+ 21. Bxe1 b6 22. g4 Ne8 23. Bg3 Nd6 24. b3 a5 25. Kf2 a4 26. Qe3 Kf8 27.  h4 axb3 28. axb3 Qe7 29. Qc3 f6 30. h5 Kf7 31. Bf4 g6 32. Qa1 Ke8 33. h6 Kf7  34. Bg3 Ke8 35. Bh4 Kf7 36. Bg3 Ke8 37. Bh4 Kf7 38. Bg3 {Z0} ({Ke8} 38. Qb2 {  Kf7 Qd2} Qe8 39. Qc2 Qf8 40. Qe2 Qe7 41. Qd2 Qe8 {Houdini Aquarium (0:00:11)  <font color=red>+0.00|d29</font> $11}) 1/2-1/2 

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.06.14"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]  [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2713"]  [BlackElo "2786"]  [PlyCount "67"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:01:23"]  [BlackClock "0:42:43"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qd3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 Bb7 8. e4  b4 9. Na4 Qa5 10. b3 c5 11. Ne5 cxd4 12. Qb5+ Qxb5 13. Bxb5+ Ke7 14. Nc5 Bxe4  15. Bb2 Bxg2 16. Rg1 Bc6 17. Bxc6 Nxc6 18. Nxc6+ Kd6 19. Rc1 Kxc6 20. Nxe6+ Kd7  21. Nxf8+ Rhxf8 22. Bxd4 Rac8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rxg7 Ke6 25. Bxf6 Kxf6 26. Rxh7  Kg6 27. Rh4 Rc2 28. Rxb4 Rxa2 29. Kf1 Ra3 30. Ke2 a5 31. Rb6+ f6 32. Rb5 a4 33.  bxa4 Rxa4 34. Kf3 1/2-1/2 

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.06.13"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]  [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]  [Result "0-1"]  [WhiteElo "2784"]  [BlackElo "2753"]  [Annotator "Dembo,Yelena"]  [PlyCount "62"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:13:05"]  [BlackClock "0:54:07"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ {A rare system of the Ragozin  Defence. Played by the likes of Carlsen, Kramnik, Mamedyarov himself and lots  of other top level GMs.} Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 a6 (8... Bd6 9. O-O  {is more usual but transposes to the text.}) 9. O-O Bd6 10. Rad1 e5 {Black  wants to exchange white's central pawn and then try to create an initiative or  even attack on the kingside using the fact that most white pieces are on the  queenside.} (10... Qe7 11. e4 e5 12. Bg5 Qe8 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nd5 Kg7 15. dxe5  fxe5 16. Qb3 Bg4 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 f6 19. Nxc7 Bxc7 20. Qg4+ Qg6 21. Rd7+  Kh8 22. Qxg6 hxg6 23. Rxc7 Rac8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Bd5 Nd4 26. Bxb7 Rb8 27. Bxa6  Rxb2 28. Bc4 Rc2 29. Bd5 Ne2+ 30. Kh2 Nc3 31. a4 Kg7 32. Ra1 Rxf2 33. a5 Nxd5  34. exd5 Rc2 35. a6 Rc8 36. a7 Ra8 37. Ra6 f5 38. Kg3 g5 39. Kf3 Kf7 40. g4 {  1-0 (40) Lampert,J (2333)-Sumets,A (2590) Wunsiedel 2013}) 11. dxe5 (11. d5 Ne7  12. e4 h6 13. Be2 Ng6 14. Ne1 Nf4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Nd3 Nd7 17. Nb1 Re8 18. Nd2  Nc5 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. Qc2 Bd6 21. Bf3 Bd7 22. Rfe1 Qf6 23. Nc4 Rac8 24. a3 b5  25. Na5 Re7 26. b4 Rce8 27. Nb7 Bc8 28. Nc5 Qg5 29. Nd3 f6 30. Qc1 h5 31. Kh1  Bg4 32. Nc5 Bc8 33. Rg1 Qh6 34. g3 Bg4 35. Bxg4 hxg4 36. Ne6 Rxe6 37. dxe6 Rxe6  38. Rxd6 Rxd6 39. Qxc7 Rd2 40. Qc8+ Kh7 41. Qf5+ Qg6 42. Qxf4 Re2 43. Rd1 Qxe4+  44. Qxe4+ Rxe4 45. Rd6 a5 46. bxa5 Ra4 47. a6 Rxa3 48. Rb6 Ra4 49. Rxb5 {1/2-1/  2 (49) Gagunashvili,M (2625)-Serper,G (2507) Las Vegas 2007}) 11... Nxe5 12.  Be2 (12. Nxe5 {was perhaps better.} Bxe5 13. Be2 Bd7 14. Qh4 Bc6 15. Bc1 Qe7  16. f3 Rad8 17. Qc4 Bd6 18. e4 Qe5 19. g3 Bc5+ 20. Kg2 b5 21. Qb3 h6 22. Qc2 b4  23. Na4 Nxe4 24. Nxc5 Nxc5 25. Bf4 Qh5 26. Be3 Rde8 27. Bxc5 Rxe2+ 28. Qxe2  Qxc5 29. Rc1 Qb6 30. Qf2 Qb7 31. Qc5 Bd5 32. Qxc7 Qxc7 33. Rxc7 Bxa2 34. Ra1 b3  35. Rd1 Re8 36. Kf2 a5 37. g4 a4 38. Ra7 Rc8 39. Rd2 Bb1 40. Rxa4 Rc7 41. h4  Bc2 42. Rad4 f5 43. Rd7 Rc4 44. R2d4 Rc5 45. R4d5 Rxd5 46. Rxd5 fxg4 47. fxg4  Kf8 48. Rd6 Ke7 49. Rb6 Bd1 50. Kg3 {1-0 (50) Raicevic,V (2446)-Stevanovic,S  (2253) Serbia 2006}) 12... Qe7 13. Ng5 (13. Ne4 b5 {with some initative.})  13... Bf5 {Black pieces are more active.} 14. e4 Bd7 {Gaining time for Black's  next move.} 15. Qc2 h6 16. Nf3 Rfe8 17. Rfe1 Rad8 {Black developed all the  pieces and is ready to take action.} 18. g3 $2 (18. h3 {was necessary,  stopping Ng4.} Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 Qe5 {provoking} 20. g3 Qc5 {with good play.})  18... Neg4 19. h3 $2 {Asking Black to take on f2... But it is difficult to  find a suitable move already!} (19. Nh4 Bc5 20. Bxg4 Nxg4 $17) 19... Nxf2 $1 {  A typical and very strong sacrifice near the king.} 20. Kxf2 Bxh3 {Black  already got 2 pawns for the piece and will get more soon.} 21. Kg1 $2 {Simply  giving away the 3rd pawn.} (21. Nd4 Bc5 22. Be3 Qe5 23. Rh1 Ng4+ $19) 21...  Bxg3 $19 22. Bf1 Bxe1 23. Rxe1 Bg4 (23... Qc5+ {was even better, bringing the  queen in.} 24. Be3 Qh5) 24. Bg2 Bxf3 25. Bxf3 Qd6 $1 {Attacking the B and  threatening ...Qg3.} 26. Re2 Qg3+ 27. Bg2 Ng4 28. Nd1 Re6 29. Ne3 Rc6 30. Qb1  Qh2+ 31. Kf1 Qf4+ 0-1 

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.06.13"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Carlsen, Magnus"]  [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]  [Result "1-0"]  [WhiteElo "2864"]  [BlackElo "2803"]  [PlyCount "143"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:05:04"]  [BlackClock "0:04:05"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. dxc5 e6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. c4 dxc4 8.  c6 Nb6 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 bxc6 11. Qc2 Bg7 12. Bd3 f5 13. e4 Qf6 14. Rc1 O-O  15. O-O c5 16. Rfe1 Rd8 17. a4 c4 18. Bf1 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Qf5 20. Nd4 Bxd4 21.  cxd4 Bb7 22. Nc5 Qxc2 23. Rxc2 Bc6 24. a5 Rxd4 25. axb6 axb6 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27.  Bxc4 Bd7 28. h3 Kf7 29. Bb3 Ke7 30. Rce2 Rd6 31. Re4 Ra3 32. R1e3 h5 33. Rh4  Be8 34. Kh2 Bg6 35. Rb4 Kf6 36. Kg3 e5 37. Kh4 Rd4+ 38. Rxd4 exd4 39. Re6+ Kg7  40. Rxb6 d3 41. Bd1 Ra2 42. Kg3 h4+ {?!} (42... Ra1 43. Bf3 Ra4 44. Rd6 Rb4 45.  h4 Kf7 46. Rc6 Kg7 47. Ra6 Be8 48. Rd6 Bg6 49. Bd1 Rb1 50. Ba4) 43. Kxh4 Rxf2  44. Kg3 Rf6 {?} (44... Ra2 45. Bf3 Ra4 46. Kf2 Rh4 47. Rd6 Kf7 48. Bg4 Rh8 49.  g3 Bh7 50. Ke3 Re8+ 51. Kd2 Kg7 52. h4 {<font color=red>+0.95|d25</  font> $16}) 45. Rxf6 Kxf6 {[%emt 0:00:40] Lomonosov tablebases: White mates  in} 46. Kf4 d2 {?!} (46... Be8 47. h4 Bd7 48. g3 Bf5 49. Ba4 Bg6 50. Ke3 Bh7  51. Bd7 Ke5 52. Bc8 Kf6 53. Bg4 Bg6 54. Bd7 {<font color=red>+2.  00|d24</font> $18}) 47. Ke3 Ke5 48. g3 Bf5 49. h4 Be6 50. Kxd2 Ke4 51.  Ke2 Bg4+ 52. Ke1 Be6 53. Kf2 Ke5 54. Ke3 Bd7 55. Bc2 Bg4 56. Bg6 Bd7 57. h5 Kf6  58. Kf4 Be6 59. Be4 Kg7 60. Kg5 Bd7 61. h6+ Kh8 62. Kf4 Be6 63. Bf5 Bf7 64. g4  Bh5 65. g5 Kg8 66. Be6+ Kh7 67. Kf5 Bg6+ 68. Kf6 Kh8 69. Bd7 Bh5 70. Bc6 Kh7  71. Bd5 Bg6 72. Bg8+ {Z0} ({Kxg8 Kxg6 Kf8 h7} 72. Ke7 {Kf5 Kd6 g6 Kc5 h8=Q Kc4  g7 Kd3 g8=Q Ke2 Qa2+ Houdini Aquarium (0:00:05) <font color=red>+299.  90|d33</font> $18}) 1-0 

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.06.13"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Anand, Viswanathan"]  [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]  [Result "0-1"]  [WhiteElo "2786"]  [BlackElo "2774"]  [PlyCount "96"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:20:22"]  [BlackClock "0:00:56"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3  Bb7 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nbd2 f6 12. c3 Kh8 13. Bc2 Qd7 14. Nb3 a5 15. a4  bxa4 16. Rxa4 Ncb4 17. Rxa5 Nxc2 18. Qxc2 Nb6 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Nbd2 g5 21. Nh2  Rd8 22. d4 exd4 23. cxd4 Bb4 24. Re2 Qxd4 25. Ndf1 {?!} (25. Qxc7 Qd5 26. Nhf3  Na8 27. Qc2 Rc8 28. Qd1 Nb6 29. b3 Qd8 30. Bb2 Bxf3 31. gxf3 Rc6 32. Qa1 Bxd2 {  <font color=red>-0.16|d25</font> $11}) 25... Qc5 {?!} (25... Qd5  26. Ne3 Qd6 27. Nhf1 Ba6 28. Nf5 Qd7 29. Bxg5 Nd5 30. Re4 Bf8 31. Ra4 Bb5 32.  Bxf6+ Nxf6 33. Rd4 {<font color=red>-1.02|d24</font> $17}) 26. Qxc5  Bxc5 27. Rc2 Bd6 28. Ng4 Kg7 29. Bd2 Kg6 30. Nge3 f5 31. Nc4 Nxc4 32. Rxc4 Ra8  33. Rc1 f4 34. Bc3 h5 35. Nd2 Bd5 36. f3 Bc5+ 37. Kf1 Be3 38. Ke2 Bc4+ 39. Ke1  {?!} (39. Kd1 Bd3 40. Ke1 Ra2 41. Rd1 Bc2 42. Rc1 Ba4 43. Rb1 c5 44. Be5 Bc2  45. Rc1 Bd3 46. Bc3 Kf5 {<font color=red>-0.99|d26</font> $17})  39... Re8 40. Kd1 {?!} (40. b4 {<font color=red>-1.98|d22</font>  $17}) 40... Bxd2 41. Kxd2 Re2+ 42. Kd1 Rxg2 43. Bd4 Be2+ 44. Ke1 Bxf3 45. Rxc7  Re2+ 46. Kf1 Rh2 47. Rg7+ Kf5 48. Be5 Kxe5 {Z0} ({Rxg5+} 48... Ke4 {Houdini  Aquarium (0:00:02) <font color=red>-8.02|d17</font> $19}) 0-1 

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.06.13"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]  [Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2713"]  [BlackElo "2760"]  [PlyCount "95"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:01:27"]  [BlackClock "0:01:01"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2  Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. Kb1 Nxd4 11. e5 Nf5 12. exf6 exf6 13. Nxd5 Nxe3 14. Qxe3  Be6 15. Bc4 f5 16. Nc3 Qe7 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Rhe1 Rfe8 19. Nb5 Qb4 20. Qb3 Qxb3  21. axb3 Re7 22. c4 a6 23. Nd6 Rd8 24. b4 Red7 25. Rxe6 Bf8 26. c5 Bxd6 27.  cxd6 Kf7 28. Rde1 b6 29. Re7+ Rxe7 30. Rxe7+ Kf6 31. Rxh7 Rxd6 32. Kc2 Ke5 33.  Rh4 b5 34. Rh6 Kf4 35. h4 Ke3 36. Kc1 Rc6+ 37. Kb1 Rc4 38. Rxg6 Rxh4 39. Rf6  Rh2 40. Rxf5 Rxg2 41. Rf6 Rf2 42. Rxa6 Rxf3 43. Rc6 Ke4 44. Rd6 Rf5 45. Kc2  Rf2+ 46. Kc3 Rf3+ 47. Kc2 Rf2+ 48. Kc3 {Z0} ({Rf3+ Kc2 Rf2+} 48. Kc3 Rf3+ {  Houdini Aquarium (0:00:00) <font color=red>+0.00|d40</font> $11})  1/2-1/2 

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2013.06.13"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Gelfand, Boris"]  [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2755"]  [BlackElo "2782"]  [PlyCount "78"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:13:04"]  [BlackClock "0:21:16"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4  b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. Re1 Be4 12. Qc1 Bb7 13. Qc2 Be4 14. Qc1 Bb7 15.  a3 Nbd7 16. Ba5 Qb8 17. b4 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Ra2 Bxg2 21. Kxg2  Qb7+ 22. f3 Nd5 23. e4 Nb6 24. Nd2 Rfd8 25. Rc2 Rac8 26. Re2 g6 27. Bxb6 cxb6  28. Nf1 Bg7 29. Red2 a5 30. Ne3 Bh6 31. Kf2 Re8 32. Rxc8 Qxc8 33. Qxc8 Bxe3+  34. Kxe3 Rxc8 35. Rd6 Rc4 36. Rd4 Rc2 37. Rd2 Rc4 38. Rd4 Rc2 39. Rd2 Rc4 {Z0}  ({Rd6} 39... axb4 40. axb4 {Rxb4 Kf4} Rb2 41. h3 Kg7 {Rxb6 h6} 42. h4 h5 {Rb7  Kf6} 43. g4 hxg4 {Houdini Aquarium (0:00:01) <font color=red>+0.  13|d20</font> $11}) 1/2-1/2