[Event "7th Sinquefield Cup GCT 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.08.17"] [Round "1.5"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A21"] [WhiteElo "2774"] [BlackElo "2756"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "154"] [EventDate "2019.08.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,154,28,22,23,17,7,22,10,6,13,14,12,10,3,12,6,14,4,19,0,0,-16,-20,-39,0,-8,0,-15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-15,-31,0,-19,-6,-33,-33,-39,-35,-41,-14,-26,5,9,0,0,0,-8,-8,-7,-9,-11,-4,-6,0,-12,-8,-20,-20,-29,-29,-22,-25,-24,-23,-23,-20,-21,-17,-24,-18,-22,-28,-129,-21,-129,-129,-162,-107,-98,-108,-107,-102,-135,-108,-198,-180,-173,-179,-176,-114,-111,-105,-112,-118,-139,-144,-169,-160,-167,-157,-162,-146,-147,-129,-135,-120,-127,-121,-129,-121,-138,-122,-132,-136,-170,-163,-180,-168,-198,-192,-180,-175,-179,-159,-170,-65,-65,-65,-65,-65,-66,-65,-65,-65,-65,-65,-65,-65,-29983,-29984]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Be7 4. Nf3 d6 5. d4 Nf6 (5... e4 6. Nd2 f5 7. Nb1 c6 8. Nxe7 Nxe7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. e3 Be6 11. Be2 Nd7 12. b3 d5 13. a4 a5 {1-0 (41) Inarkiev,E (2727)-Bologan,V (2640) Poikovsky 2017}) 6. Nc3 $146 {A21: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3} ({Predecessor:} 6. Nxe7 Qxe7 7. e3 e4 8. Nd2 O-O 9. Be2 c5 10. d5 Bf5 11. g4 Bg6 12. h4 h6 13. b3 {1-0 (45) Aleksandrov,A (2582)-Ameir,M (2309) Chennai 2019}) 6... exd4 7. Nxd4 d5 8. Bf4 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. e3 a6 10. Nf3 {[%cal Rc4d5]} c6 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Qxd5 cxd5 14. O-O-O Nc6 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bf4 Be6 17. Kb1 Rac8 18. a3 Rfd8 (18... g5 $5 19. Bg3 $8 f5 $11) 19. Bd3 Bc5 (19... g5 $5 20. Bg3 $8 Bc5 $11) 20. Rhe1 Kf7 21. Bg3 ({Much worse is} 21. Bxh7 g6 $19) 21... Bb6 22. Bc2 ({Much weaker is} 22. Bxh7 g6 $17) 22... h5 23. h3 Ne7 24. Bb3 g5 25. h4 g4 $1 {[%cal Rg4f3]} 26. Nd4 Bxd4 $1 27. Rxd4 Nc6 28. Rf4 d4 29. Bxe6+ Kxe6 30. exd4+ Kf7 31. f3 gxf3 32. Rxf3 Nxd4 33. Rf4 Ne6 34. Rf3 Nd4 35. Rf4 Nb3 36. Bf2 Rc4 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 37. Rxc4 Nd2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 38. Kc2 Nxc4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 39. Re2 Ne5 40. Be1 Ke6 41. a4 Rd6 42. g3 Kf5 43. Rf2+ Kg4 44. Rf4+ Kh3 {Strongly threatening ...Nd3.} 45. Rf1 (45. Rf5 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 45... Rc6+ $17 46. Kb1 {[#]} Re6 $1 47. Rf5 Ng6 48. Bf2 Kg4 49. Rd5 Ne5 50. Rd4+ (50. b4 $17) 50... Kh3 $19 51. Rd5 Re7 52. Kc2 Ng4 (52... Rd7 $19 53. Rxd7 Nxd7) 53. Bb6 $17 Rh7 54. Rd3 Ne5 55. Rb3 Rd7 56. Be3 Nf3 57. Rb6 Kxg3 58. Rxf6 Nxh4 59. b4 Ng2 60. Ba7 h4 61. Kc3 h3 {...Rd8 is the strong threat.} 62. Bb8+ Kg4 63. Rg6+ {[#]} Kh5 $1 {[%cal Rh5g6]} 64. Rg8 Ne3 65. Rg3 Nd5+ 66. Kb3 Kh4 {Threatens to win with ...Rd8.} 67. Rg8 Nf6 68. Rg6 Ng4 69. Rg8 {intending Rh8+.} Rh7 70. Kc4 h2 ({Black should try} 70... Kh5 $19 {White must now prevent ...h2.} 71. b5 axb5+ 72. Kxb5 Nf6) 71. Bxh2 $1 $15 Nxh2 {KRN-KR} 72. b5 Ng4 {Hoping for ...Nf6.} 73. Ra8 axb5+ 74. Kxb5 Nf6 75. a5 Nd5 76. Ra7 Kg5 {And now ...Kf5 would win.} 77. Kc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (77. Kc5 $15) 77... b5+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack. Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 74%.} 0-1 [Event "7th Sinquefield Cup GCT 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.08.19"] [Round "3.6"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2774"] [BlackElo "2764"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2019.08.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,105,36,18,31,36,34,32,37,31,30,21,24,11,11,13,13,13,12,9,12,15,19,14,16,14,11,1,25,29,45,23,48,25,42,22,80,67,53,35,35,32,33,7,15,0,123,38,46,5,0,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,9,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 ({Predecessor:} 5... b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Bb7 8. c3 {½-½ (24) Jensen,E (2505)-Szczepanski,Z (2557) ICCF email 2012}) 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bb7 $146 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences} (8... Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 11. h3 O-O 12. Be3 Ra8 13. Nbd2 h6 14. Re1 Re8 15. Qb1 exd4 16. cxd4 Nb4 17. Ra3 c5 18. dxc5 dxc5 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 {0-1 (33) Lagarde,M (2612)-Jones,G (2698) Reykjavik 2019}) 9. d4 Bb6 10. Bg5 h6 {White is slightly better.} 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Bd5 O-O 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qe2 bxa4 15. Nbd2 Rad8 16. Nc4 Bc8 17. Rxa4 Ne7 18. Nxb6 cxb6 19. c4 a5 20. Qe3 Ba6 21. Rc1 Rc8 22. Raa1 Qd6 23. h3 Nxd5 24. cxd5 f5 (24... Bb5 $1 $11) 25. Rxc8 Bxc8 26. Rd1 fxe4 27. Qxe4 Re8 $1 28. Nd2 b5 29. Qd3 Qb4 (29... Rd8 $11 {remains equal.}) 30. Ne4 (30. d6 $16) 30... Kh8 $1 $14 31. d6 {[#] aiming for d7!} Bf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e4] The position is equal.} 32. f3 {Threatens to win with Qd5.} Rd8 $1 33. Qc2 (33. Rd2 {with more complications.} Bxe4 34. fxe4 Qc5+ 35. Kh2 a4 36. Qf3) 33... Rxd6 34. Rxd6 Qxd6 35. Nxd6 Bxc2 36. Nxb5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} Kg8 37. Nd6 Bd3 38. Kf2 Kf8 39. Nb7 a4 $1 40. Ke3 Bf1 41. Nc5 Bxg2 42. h4 g5 43. hxg5 hxg5 44. Nxa4 Bh3 45. Nc5 Bc8 46. b4 {[#] Hoping for b5.} g4 47. fxg4 Bxg4 48. Ke4 Ke7 49. Kxe5 Be2 50. Ne4 Kd7 51. Nc3 Bf1 52. b5 Bxb5 53. Nxb5 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "7th Sinquefield Cup GCT 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.08.21"] [Round "5.5"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2774"] [BlackElo "2743"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "137"] [EventDate "2019.08.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,137,27,18,18,11,25,13,13,19,20,17,54,-101,57,55,48,48,78,82,68,74,92,94,100,97,104,72,77,54,54,54,56,52,46,53,53,50,79,84,87,80,87,87,87,87,87,87,101,101,101,54,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,85,77,77,117,117,117,117,117,117,29952,12039,29952,29953,29955,29956,29953,29952,29952,29953,29946,29945,12789,5567,5567,5090,5057,4592]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bb4+ {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} 11. Nd2 Nc6 12. O-O Be7 {The position is equal.} (12... Be6 13. Nf3 Be7 14. Rc1 Bf6 15. a3 Qe7 16. b4 a6 17. h3 Rac8 18. Rc5 {1-0 (33) Nepomniachtchi,I (2742)-Nakamura,H (2792) Saint Louis 2017}) 13. Rc1 Qb6 {[#]} 14. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Nb3 g6 15. Qd2 Be6 16. Bb1 Rfd8 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. exd4 Rdc8 19. a3 Bf6 20. Be3 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ {½-½ (22) Grischuk,A (2766)-Anand,V (2768) Saint Louis 2018}) 14... Nb4 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Qc7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Qxc7 17. Rxc7 Bd8 18. Bd6 {aiming for Rxc8.} Bxc7 19. Bxf8 a5 20. Bb1 Be5 21. b3 Bg4 22. Bc5 Rc8 23. Bb6 Nxa2 $1 {[%mdl 64] [#] Decoy} 24. Bxa2 {And now Nf3 would win.} Rc2 25. Nf3 Bxf3 $1 26. gxf3 Rxa2 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 27. Rd1 Ra1 28. Rxa1 Bxa1 29. Bxa5 $16 {KB-KB} f5 30. Kf1 Kg8 31. Ke2 Kf7 32. Kd3 Be5 33. Bc3 Bd6 34. e4 dxe4+ 35. fxe4 Ke6 36. Bxg7 {h4 is the strong threat.} Bxh2 37. Bd4 b5 38. Bb6 {Black must now prevent Kd4.} Be5 39. Ke3 Bb2 40. Bd4 Bc1+ 41. Kd3 {Threatens to win with exf5+.} Ba3 42. Bb6 Bb2 43. Bc7 Bf6 44. Ba5 Be5 45. Bb4 Bf6 46. Bc5 Be5 47. Ba7 Bf6 48. Bd4 Be7 49. Ke3 Bg5+ 50. f4 Be7 51. Bb6 Ba3 {[#]} 52. Kd3 $1 Bc1 53. Bc7 Bb2 54. Bb8 Bf6 55. Ke3 Bb2 56. Be5 Bc1+ 57. Kd3 b4 58. Bb8 Kf6 59. Bd6 Ke6 60. Be5 Ba3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (60... fxe4+ $16 61. Kxe4 Bd2) 61. Bd4 Bc1 62. Be3 Bb2 63. Bd2 fxe4+ 64. Kxe4 Ba3 65. Kd4 Kf5 66. Kd5 Kf6 67. Kc5 {White is clearly winning.} Kf5 68. Kb5 Ke4 69. Bxb4 {Accuracy: White = 93%, Black = 71%.} 1-0 [Event "7th Sinquefield Cup GCT 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.08.23"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2774"] [BlackElo "2805"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2019.08.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,86,15,14,14,10,20,15,4,20,8,-2,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-75,0,-81,-40,-42,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. h3 a5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 8. Re1 h6 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bb5 Qb8 11. Nh4 a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Ne7 12. Ndf3 c6 13. Ba4 Qc7 14. d4 Ba7 15. Bc2 {0-1 (33) Bacrot,E (2718)-Ding,L (2778) Liaocheng 2018}) 12. Nf5 Re8 13. Nc4 Bxf5 14. exf5 Qa7 15. Qf3 {[#]} e4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 16. dxe4 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Rxe5 18. Bd3 d5 19. Bf4 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Rxe4 21. Rxe4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Bxf2+ 23. Kh2 Qb6 24. Rd1 Qxb2 25. f6 Qxc3 26. fxg7 Qc6 27. Qf5 Re8 28. Bxh6 Qxh6 29. Qxf2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qg5 30. Kh1 {[#]} (30. Rd3 $11) 30... Re4 (30... b5 $1 $17) 31. Rf1 (31. Qa7 $11 {remains equal.}) 31... Qe7 ({But not} 31... Qxg7 $6 32. Qf5 $11) 32. Qd2 Kxg7 33. Qb2+ {The position is equal.} Qe5 34. Qxb7 Re1 {[%cal Re1f1]} 35. Qf3 {Hoping for Qg4+.} Rxf1+ 36. Qxf1 {KQ-KQ} c5 37. Qc4 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 Qb4 39. Qd3 a3 40. Qg3+ Kh7 41. Qd3+ Kg7 42. Qg3+ Kh7 43. Qd3+ Kg7 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "7th Sinquefield Cup GCT 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.08.25"] [Round "8.4"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2774"] [BlackElo "2765"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2019.08.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,107,20,14,20,12,23,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,11,14,41,26,37,40,41,43,61,66,74,38,25,29,76,56,127,125,147,147,137,123,121,121,143,93,150,148,172,103,241,205,262,237,245,229,319,317,328,347,339,336,327,294,297,298,340,325,322,95,58,75,75,106,83,50,50,50,53,39,268,272,268,232,270,259,1481,561,504,489,2487,2564,2302,1879,29957,6270,29985,29986]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. Re1 Ba7 8. Bb3 O-O 9. h3 Re8 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Ba4 (11. Nf1 Bxb3 12. Qxb3 Rb8 13. Ng3 Qd7 14. Nh4 Kh8 15. Nhf5 Qe6 16. Be3 Qxb3 17. axb3 {½-½ (28) Ragger,M (2701)-Aronian,L (2765) Germany 2019}) 11... b5 {The position is equal.} 12. Bc2 h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Ne7 13. Nf1 Ng6 {1-0 (49) Zizek,R (1145)-Meglic,E (1545) Ptuj 2017}) 13. Nf1 d5 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. Ng3 Nh7 16. a4 Nf8 17. b4 Ng6 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Qd7 20. Nd2 Nce7 21. Nb3 Qc6 22. Qd2 Nh4 {[%cal Rd5g2]} 23. e4 Qg6 (23... Bxb3 $14 24. Bxb3 Rad8) 24. Kh2 $16 Bc6 25. Nc5 f5 26. exf5 Nexf5 27. Nge4 Bd5 28. Re2 Rad8 (28... a5 $142) 29. Rf1 Nd6 {...Nxe4 would now be nice for Black.} 30. Qe1 ({White should play} 30. d4 $1 $18 Nxe4 31. Nxe4) 30... Nhf5 (30... Nxe4 $16 {is a better defense.} 31. dxe4 (31. Nxe4 Nf5 $16) 31... Bc4) 31. a5 Rf8 32. Ref2 Rf7 33. Rf3 (33. Nxa6 Nxe4 34. dxe4 Qg3+ 35. Kg1 Ne3 $11) 33... h5 34. Nxa6 h4 35. Nac5 Rdf8 36. Kg1 Qh6 37. Qc1 Ne3 {aiming for ...Rxf3.} 38. Rxf7 Rxf7 39. Rxf7 Kxf7 40. Qe1 $2 (40. Bb3 $18) 40... Nxc2 41. Qf2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke8 {Hoping for ...Qc1+.} 42. Qxc2 Bxe4 43. Nxe4 Nxe4 44. dxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} Qe3+ $1 45. Kf1 Qf4+ $2 {[#]} (45... Kd7 $1 $14) 46. Qf2 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf2f4] And now Qxf4 would win.} Qc1+ 47. Qe1 Qf4+ 48. Kg1 {a6 is the strong threat.} Kd8 $2 (48... Kd7 49. a6 Kc6) 49. Qf2 (49. a6 $142) 49... Qc1+ 50. Kh2 {Strongly threatening a6.} Qxc3 {[#]} (50... Kc8 $142 51. a6 (51. Qxh4 Qxc3 52. a6 Kb8 $18) 51... Kb8 52. Qf8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} (52. Qxh4 Qxc3 53. Qh8+ Ka7 $18) 52... Ka7 53. Qc5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} (53. Qxg7 Qxc3 54. Qg6 c6 $11) 53... Kxa6 54. Qc6+ (54. Qxc7 Qf4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 55. Kh1 Qc1+ 56. Kh2 Qf4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 57. Kg1 Qe3+ 58. Kf1 Qd3+ 59. Kg1 Qe3+ 60. Kf1 Qd3+ 61. Kg1 Qe3+ $11) (54. Qxe5 c6 $11) 54... Ka7 55. Qxc7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ka8 56. Qa5+ (56. Qxg7 Qf4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 57. g3 Qf2+ 58. Kh1 hxg3 $11) 56... Kb7 57. Qxb5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ka7 58. Qxe5 Ka6) 51. a6 $1 Ke8 52. Qxh4 Qa3 53. Qh5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf8 54. Qf3+ {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 28%.} 1-0 [Event "7th Sinquefield Cup GCT 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.08.27"] [Round "10.2"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A34"] [WhiteElo "2774"] [BlackElo "2778"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2019.08.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 20,92,0,0,43,43,43,43,77,25,42,18,18,14,16,8,24,33,24,0,1,0,0,-202,-196,-191,-191,-177,-186,-185,-179,-179,-177,-176,-172,-185,-183,-180,-180,-184,-179,-177,-186,-180,-180,-177,-183,-173,-176,-170,-186,-184,-183,-190,-139,-205,-179,-205,-179,-197,-177,-235,-235,-235,-246,-294,-296,-318,-310,-312,-312,-312,-308,-492,-504]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb4 6. Bb5+ N8c6 7. d4 cxd4 8. a3 dxc3 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. axb4 cxb2 11. Bxb2 f6 {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} 12. e5 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Bd7 13. Bc4 {[#] e6 is the strong threat.} e6 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 13... Nxb4 14. O-O Rc8 15. Bf7 Nd3 16. Bd4 fxe5 17. Bxe5 Rc5 18. Bd4 e5 19. Be3 {½-½ (31) Savchenko,S (2461)-Tomczak,J (2633) Germany 2018}) 14. O-O (14. exf6 $16 {Black must now prevent b5.} Bxb4+ 15. Ke2 gxf6 16. Bxf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kc7 17. Bxh8 Rxh8 18. Rhc1) 14... Be7 $11 15. b5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 fxe5 17. Rfd1 Ke8 18. Nxe5 Bc8 $1 19. b6 {[#] aiming for Bb5+.} Bc5 $1 20. Bb5+ Ke7 21. Nd7 $2 (21. Nc6+ $11 bxc6 22. Bxc6) 21... Bd6 $19 {Threatens to win with ...a6.} 22. Rac1 {[#]} Rd8 $1 ({Much less strong is} 22... Bxd7 23. Bxd7 axb6 24. Bb5 $17) 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. Rxd8 Kxd8 25. Rxc5 axb6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 26. Rc1 Ra5 27. Rb1 Bd7 28. Bd3 h6 29. Rxb6 Ra1+ 30. Bf1 Kc7 31. Rb2 b5 32. f3 Kb6 33. Kf2 Bc6 34. Bc4 e5 35. Bd3 Ra3 36. Bb1 Rc3 (36... Bd5 $19 37. Re2 Ra1 38. Rxe5 Bxf3 39. Re6+ Ka5) 37. Ke2 (37. Bh7 $17) 37... Rc4 38. Kd2 b4 39. Ba2 Rd4+ 40. Kc1 (40. Ke3 {is a better defense.}) 40... e4 41. fxe4 Rxe4 ({Resist} 41... Bxe4 42. Rf2) 42. g3 Bb5 43. Kd1 Kc5 44. Rf2 Bc4 45. Bb1 Re7 46. Kd2 (46. g4 {was called for.}) 46... Rf7 {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 84%.} 0-1