[Event "FIDE Grand Prix-I Pool-A 2022"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2022.02.05"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2714"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2022.02.04"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,91,15,10,20,8,12,0,16,0,23,19,27,40,46,56,58,42,27,31,45,40,44,47,35,40,41,18,12,19,20,20,20,17,13,0,34,22,159,170,183,169,182,181,166,170,287,291,266,291,280,287,292,291,264,229,229,229,229,229,295,283,341,281,309,293,303,295,385,366,402,400,390,371,375,375,492,492,496,474,491,456,621,608]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 {[%cal Of3e5]} Bc5 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3.} 7. O-O {[%cal Of3e5]} O-O 8. Qc2 $5 {[%mdl 4] Black must now prevent Nxd5. Leaves trodden paths.} Nf6 {[#] The position is equal.} 9. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. d3 Bg4 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Nd2 a6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Nc4 Qe6 15. Rfc1 {½-½ (28) Kazemiyan Eski,A (2072)-Babaniya,B (2180) Khomein 2018}) 9... Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 {[#]} (10... Qxd4 $2 11. Nb5 Qd7 12. Qxc5 $18) 11. b4 $1 Bb6 (11... Be7 12. Na4) 12. Na4 Re8 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. e3 d3 15. Qc3 Ne4 16. Qc4 Bf5 17. Bb2 Qd7 (17... Nxd2 $2 18. Qc3 f6 19. Qxd2 $18) 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. f3 Bc6 20. Rac1 $40 {[%cal Ob4b5][%mdl 128] White mounts an attack.} Re7 21. Qf4 f6 22. Rc4 Rd8 23. Rfc1 {[%cal Ob4b5]} Qe6 {White stays focused until the end.} (23... Rc8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 24. b5 $1 $16 Bxb5 25. Re4 ({Resist} 25. Rxc7 $6 Bc6 $16) 25... Qf7 26. Rxe7 Qxe7 27. Rxc7 Rd7 (27... Qe6 $142 28. Rxb7 Qc6) 28. Rc8+ $18 Rd8 {[#]} 29. Bxf6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxf6 {[#]} 30. Qg4+ Kf8 {aiming for ...Rxc8.} 31. Rxd8+ {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} Qxd8 32. Qb4+ Qe7 33. Qxb5 {Threatens to win with Qb4.} Qxa3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Strongly threatening ...Qc1+. KQ-KQ} 34. Kf2 Qc5 35. Qxd3 b5 36. Qc3 Qe7 37. Ke2 Kg7 38. Qd4 Qf7 39. Qg4+ Kh8 40. Qb4 {To avoid Qe7} Qe8 41. Qd6 Qf7 42. Qc5 Qe8 43. g4 {Prevents h5. White is clearly winning.} Kg7 44. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32]} Qd7 45. h5 Kg8 46. h6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.03 (flawless) /Black=0.32} 1-0 [Event "FIDE Grand Prix-I Pool-A 2022"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2022.02.07"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Bacrot, Etienne"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2642"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "2022.02.04"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,50,10,16,7,8,29,27,24,29,29,50,31,36,70,-11,-20,-12,30,29,37,39,22,0,0,-40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. a3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4.} 10. Qd2 g5 {[#]} 11. Nf3 $146 {Black must now prevent Bxc5.} ({Predecessor:} 11. f5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qb6 14. Qxb6 Nxb6 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. h4 g4 17. Bd3 {½-½ (26) Svidler,P (2714)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2792) Paris 2021}) 11... d4 {White has an edge.} 12. Bxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 {aiming for 0-0-0.} gxf4 14. Qxf4 Nxe5 $1 15. Nb3 ({White should play} 15. O-O-O $14 Ng6 16. Qg4) 15... Ng6 $11 16. Qf3 Ba7 {[#]} (16... Be7 {was preferrable.}) 17. Bxa6 $1 {Bb5+ is the strong threat.} O-O 18. Bd3 {Active counter play!} Qh4+ 19. Qg3 (19. g3 $5 {[%cal Rg3h4]} Qh6 20. Rf1 $11) 19... Qh6 20. h4 f5 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 21. Nd2 {The position is equal.} Bb8 22. Qf2 ({But not} 22. Qg5 Qg7 23. g3 Be5 $17) 22... Ba7 23. Qg3 Bb8 24. Qf2 ({Much weaker is} 24. Qg5 Qg7 25. g3 Be5 $17) 24... Ba7 25. Qg3 Bb8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.13 (very precise) /Black=0.07 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Grand Prix-I Pool-A 2022"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2022.02.09"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E73"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2764"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2022.02.04"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,83,44,44,38,19,22,0,0,18,4,0,16,0,0,20,28,28,33,31,33,31,27,23,32,18,26,19,28,19,23,19,22,22,28,23,23,18,18,-6,37,46,33,16,111,100,118,125,128,126,130,133,99,66,136,109,59,65,213,213,213,213,213,212,193,213,213,213,999,943,1552,1520]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 e5 {6...Na6 injects fresh life into this line.} 7. d5 Na6 8. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Nc5 {E73: King's Indian: Averbakh Variation without 6...c5.} 9. Qc2 (9. Bxc5 $5 dxc5 10. h5 $11) 9... c6 10. h5 cxd5 {The position is equal.} 11. cxd5 (11. h6 d4 12. hxg7 Re8 $15) 11... Qa5 {[#] ...Ncxe4 is the strong threat.} 12. h6 Bh8 {Hoping for ...Ncxe4.} 13. f3 Bd7 14. Rb1 {Threatens to win with b4.} Na4 (14... Nxd5 {is more complex.} 15. exd5 Bf5 16. Qc1 Bxb1 17. Qxb1 e4) 15. Qd2 {[%cal Oc3b5]} Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qc7 {[#]} 17. g4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. c4 b6 18. g4 Bc8 19. Nh3 Nd7 20. Nf2 Nc5 21. Nd3 Bf6 22. Nxc5 bxc5 23. O-O {½-½ (49) Eljanov,P (2676)-Demchenko,A (2679) Germany 2019}) 17... Bc8 18. Nh3 Nd7 19. Nf2 Bf6 20. O-O Be7 21. Kh2 Nc5 22. Nd3 b6 23. Nxc5 bxc5 24. f4 exf4 25. Bxf4 {[%cal Be3f4,Bf4c1,Bc1b2][%mdl 32]} Bd7 26. c4 Rab8 (26... Bf6 $1 $11) 27. Qc3 $14 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rc3g7]} f6 28. Rb3 {[%cal Og4g5]} Rb6 (28... Rf7 $11) 29. g5 $16 Rf7 30. Bc1 {White is much more active.} Qd8 31. Bb2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Qf8 {[%cal Ob6b4]} 32. Kg2 Bd8 33. Qf3 Bc8 ({Black should try} 33... Rxb3 $14 34. Qxb3 Qe7) 34. Qe3 (34. Bxf6 $6 Bxf6 35. Rxb6 axb6 $11) (34. gxf6 Qxh6 35. Bd3 Ra6 $16) 34... Rxb3 35. axb3 fxg5 {Black cannot hold the game after this.} ({Better is} 35... a5 $1 $14) 36. Qc3 $18 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rc3h8]} Rxf1 {[%csl Gf1][%cal Rf8f2]} 37. Qh8+ (37. Bxf1 Kf7 $11) 37... Kf7 38. Qxh7+ Ke8 {[%csl Gf1][%cal Rf8f2]} 39. Qxg6+ (39. Bxf1 {[#]} Bh3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 40. Kxh3 Qxf1+ 41. Kh2 Qe2+ 42. Kg3 Qe3+ 43. Kh2 Qe2+ 44. Kg3 Qe3+ 45. Kh2 Qd2+ 46. Kh1 Qe1+ 47. Kh2 Qe2+ $19) 39... Ke7 {[%csl Gf1][%cal Rf8f2]} (39... Qf7 $2 40. Qxf7+ Kxf7 41. h7 Bh3+ 42. Kh2 $18) 40. Qxg5+ ({And not} 40. Bxf1 Bh3+ 41. Kxh3 Qxf1+ 42. Kg3 Qg1+ 43. Kh3 Qf1+ 44. Kg4 (44. Kg3 Qg1+ 45. Kh3 Qf1+ $11) 44... Qf4+ 45. Kh3 Qf1+ $11) 40... Rf6 $2 (40... Ke8 41. Qh5+ Rf7 42. h7 $18) (40... Kd7 41. Qg7+ Rf7 42. Bg4+ Kc7 43. Qxf8 Rxf8 44. Bxc8 Kxc8) 41. h7 Kd7 42. Qg8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04 (flawless) /Black=0.18 (very precise)} 1-0