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Kinetic Patterns in Reactive Chess
by Gene Milener
2018
www.castlelong.com
424 pages
Price:$14.99
ISBN-10: 0977452115
ISBN-13: 978-0977452118
Kinetic Patterns in Reactive chess is a very interesting chess book written about the intuitive command of repeated kinetic patterns.
Going throw this book will help you develop a kinetics based algorithm for identifying and understanding chess patterns.
Personal I think that players as Magnus Carlsen have a natural born talent for chess patters.
In ChessBase we could read: If ‘pattern’ is understood as ‘piece configuration’, acquisition of chess skills appears even more cumbersome, depending on how fast one
can set up different positions either on a board or on a computer screen. On average, with 10 learned a day, it takes 27 years to acquire 100,000 patterns which, in turn, makes
it hard to explain how young super-GMs, like Magnus Carlsen (GM at 13, learning chess at age 8, means 20,000 patterns a year and 55 patterns a day), at such a tender age can be much stronger than older GMs having had much more time to acquire far more patterns. Or, are we talking about different GMs being familiar with different sets of patterns reflected in the rating differences? Rune Vik-Hansen.
Our author claims that shot puzzles with kinetic info are easier to remember than without,and that makes a lot of sense.
This and more are more than excellent explained by the brilliant chess philosopher & software engineer Gene Milener,who wrote in 2006 the best selling work Play Stronger Chess by Examing Chess 960.
Fascinating to mention is chapter 24 with the subject Under whelmed by Over learning, Gene Milener discusses here the works from several other chess contributions as from,
Adriaan de Groot,who tested in the past chess positions on very strong players as Paul Keres and Alekander Alekhine!
For training,J.R Capablanca suggested that students start by studying the endgame phase,before proceeding to the middle game.Most chess mastters advise the class player to analyze master games,and his own games too.
Michael de La Maza wrote that his trainer advised him to study some openings in depth.
De La Maza soon discared the advice and the trainer,and recommends a devotion to shot puzzle training.
By the way Gene Milener,his references to other works in this book is more than impressive!
Some players claim that memorizing of whole chess games help you to internalise useful patterns for the long term but our author does not agree, simple try this book and I can insure you, that your play will improve!
Conclusion:This is super reading!
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ChessBase comes with a well packed ChessBase Magazine with smashing video reports, world class annotations, impressive games and more!
But first a small overview of all the theory files: Stohl:Trompowsky Attack A45:1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5,Schandorff:English A13:1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.b3 Be7 5.Bb2 0-0 6.Nc3,Kuzmin:English A29:1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Bg2 0-0 6.0-0 e4 7.Ng5 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Re8 9.f3 e3!?,Quintiliano:Sicilian Defence B23:1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Qd2,Posty:Four Knights Game C48:1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bc5 5.0-0 0-0,Szabo: Ruy Lopez C72:1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.0-0 Bg4 6.h3 h5?!,
Hungaski: Queen’s Gambit Accepted D20:1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bb4,Krasenkow: Grünfeld Defence D85:1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Qa4+, Papp: Grünfeld Defence D87: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6 9.Be3 0-0 10.0-0 b6!?,and at last Marin on the Queen’s Indian: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3 Bb7 5.0-0 c5 6.b3 Be7 7.Bb2 0-0 8.c4 cxd4 9.exd4 d5 10.Nbd2.
The tournament file holds over 400 entries where a small sixty of them are more than excellent analysed!
A fine example is: Yu,Yangyi (2762) - Vidit,Santosh Gujrathi (2718) [D85]
Danzhou 9th Danzhou (4), 30.07.2018
[Stohl,I]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 [3.g3 in an earlier round didn't cause Vidit serious problems after 3...Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Nf3 Nb6 7.0-0 Nc6 8.e3 0-0 9.Nc3 e5 (9...Re8 has been the main move, but Black has a new idea connected with the older continuation.) 10.d5 e4 11.dxc6 Qxd1 12.Rxd1 exf3 13.Bxf3 bxc6 14.Ne2 Nc4 15.Nd4 Ne5 16.Bg2 Rb8!?N 17.Nxc6 (17.f4 Bg4 (17...c5 18.fxe5 Rd8 19.Bf3 Bb7 20.Be2 cxd4 21.exd4 c5 22.Be3²) 18.Rd2 c5 19.fxe5 cxd4 20.exd4 Rfd8©) 17...Nxc6 18.Bxc6 Bxb2 19.Rb1 Rb6 (19...Bg4!?) 20.Bf3 (20.Bxb2 Rxc6 21.Rbc1² is pleasant for White, but might be not enough to win.) 20...Bf6 21.Ba3 Rd8 22.Rxd8+ Bxd8 23.Rd1 Bf6 24.Bc5 Rb2 25.a3 a5= Fedoseev,V (2707)-Vidit,S (2718) Danzhou 2018] 3...d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Be3 An important crossroads. White goes for one of the main lines. [Another even more popular system is 8.Rb1 0-0 9.Be2 , but here 9...cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.0-0 Bg4 remains a reliable antidote. A recent top-level encounter went 13.Be3 (13.Bg5 h6 14.Be3 Nc6 15.d5 Na5 16.Rb4 b6 17.e5 Bd7!? 18.Re1 Rfd8 19.Rd4 Bf5 20.Bd3 Bxd3 21.Rxd3 Rac8" Kozul,Z (2590)-Baramidze,D (2605) Austria 2014 The retreat on move 17 worked well also in subsequent email games.) 13...Nc6 14.d5 Na5 15.Bg5 b6 16.Bxe7 Rfe8 17.d6 Nc6 18.Bb5 Nxe7 19.h3 Bxf3 20.Qxf3 Qe6 21.Bxe8 Rxe8 22.dxe7 Qxe7 23.Rfd1 Bf8 24.Rbc1N (24.Rd4 Qe6 25.Qb3 Qxb3 26.Rxb3 Bc5 27.Ra4 a5 28.Kf1 Bb4= ½-½ (33) Shulman,Y (2617)-Svidler,P (2739) Ningbo 2011) 24...Qxe4 25.Qc3 Qb4 26.Qa1 Bc5 27.Qxa7 Qb2© /=, Aronian,L (2799)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2804) Tbilisi 2017 The exchange sacrifice in different versions is typical for the whole branch, Black's queenside passed pawns give him sufficient counterplay and compensation.;
A few weaks earlier in the blitz part of his match against Svidler Yu opted for 8.h3 0-0 9.Be3 Qa5 10.Bd2 cxd4 (10...Nc6 11.Be2 Qd8!? 12.d5 Ne5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.0-0 f5 15.f4 Bg7 16.Bc4 fxe4 17.Qe2 Kh8 18.Qxe4 Bf5 19.Qe2 a6 20.a4 b5 21.axb5 axb5 22.Rxa8 Qxa8 23.Bxb5 Qxd5 24.Bc4 Qe4 25.Qxe4 Bxe4 26.Re1 Rd8= Grachev,B (2654)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2789) Tbilisi WCup 2017) 11.cxd4 Qa3 12.Be2 Nc6 (12...Rd8 13.0-0 Bxd4 14.Nxd4 Rxd4 15.Qc2© Nc6 16.Bb5 Be6 17.Be3 Nb4? (17...a6 18.Bxc6 Rc4=) 18.Qc7 Rxe4 19.Bc1+- Yu,Y (2759)-Svidler,P (2753) Shenzhen blitz 2018) 13.d5 Ne5 (13...Nd4 14.Nxd4 Bxd4 15.Rb1 Qxa2 16.0-0 e5!? (16...Bf6 17.Bf4 Qa5 18.e5 Bg7 19.Bf3 Rd8 20.Re1 b5 21.d6 Rb8 22.dxe7 Re8 23.e6+- Yu,Y (2759)-Svidler,P (2753) Shenzhen blitz 2018) 17.Bh6 Qa3 18.Rb3 Qd6 19.Bxf8 Kxf8 20.Kh1 (¹20.Bg4²) 20...a5 21.Rd3 Bc5 22.Qc1 b6© Kortschnoj,V (2608)-Braun,A (2491) Pulvermuehle 2006) 14.0-0 (After 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.0-0 Black doesn't have to take the exchange and can opt for 15...Bd7!? 16.Rb1 Qxa2 17.Rxb7 Ba4©) 14...Nxf3+ 15.Bxf3 Bxa1 16.Qxa1 f6 17.Rb1 a5 18.e5 fxe5 19.Qxe5 Qd6 20.Qe3 Bd7! 21.Bc3 (21.Rxb7 Rab8³) 21...b5 22.Re1 Rac8 23.Be5 Qc5 24.Bd4 Qd6 25.Be5 Qc5 26.Bd4 Qd6 ½, Babula,V (2556)-Plat,V (2539) Slovakia 2018] 8...Qa5 The most popular reaction. If Black wants to play the î?¥ sortie, this is the time to do it - later taking on c3 might not be a threat at all. [8...0-0 9.Be2 Here it's already better to change tack with ¹9...b6 (9...Qa5 10.0-0 Rd8 (10...Bg4 11.Rb1 b6 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Nd7 14.e5 Rac8 15.Qb3 e6 16.a4 Rc7 17.Rfd1 Rfc8 18.Bd2 Bf8 19.Be2 Nb8 Onischuk,A (2681)-Puranik,A (2520) chess.com INT 2018 20.Qa2 Nc6 21.Bb5 c4 22.Bxc4 Nxe5 23.Bxe6 fxe6 24.Rb5±) 11.Qb3 Qb6 (11...Nc6 12.Rad1 î?£(12.Bc4!?) ) 12.Qa3 Nd7 13.e5 Nf8 14.Rfd1 (14.Rab1 Qc7 15.Qxc5f) 14...Qc7 15.Ng5 Ne6 16.Ne4 b6 17.d5 Bb7 18.dxe6 Bxe4 19.exf7+ Kxf7 20.f4 Bc2 21.Re1 Bd3 22.Bf3 Rac8 23.Qb3+ c4 24.Qb5 e6 25.a4 Bf8 26.a5² Ponkratov,P (2590)-Dubov,D (2666) St Petersburg rpd 2017) 10.0-0 a) 10.Qd2 cxd4 11.cxd4 Bb7 12.e5 Nc6 13.h4 Qd5 14.h5 Rfd8 15.Rc1 Qa5 16.h6 Bf8 17.e6 f6 18.0-0 Qxd2 19.Bxd2 1-0 (97) Aronian,L (2799)-Dubov,D (2666) Tbilisi 2017 19...Rac8³ (19...g5!?) ; b) 10.Rc1 e6 11.Qa4 Bb7 12.e5 Nc6 13.0-0 cxd4 14.cxd4 Ne7 15.Nd2 Nd5 16.Nc4 Nxe3 17.fxe3 Bh6 18.Bf3 Bd5 19.Qa3 Rc8 20.Nd2 Qd7 21.Kf2 Bg5" Korobov,A (2678)-Artemiev,V (2704) Poikovsky 2018; 10...Bb7 11.Qd3 cxd4 12.cxd4 Qd7 a) 12...Nc6 13.Rad1 e6 14.Bg5 Qd7 15.Qe3 f6 16.Bh6 Bxh6 17.Qxh6 Ne7 18.Bd3 Rac8 19.Rfe1 Nc6 20.d5 Nb4 21.dxe6 Qxe6 22.Nd4 Qe7 23.Bb5 Rfd8 24.h4 Ba6 25.Bxa6 Nxa6 26.h5f Gromov,S (2256)-Groot,P (2143) email 2014; b) 12...e6 13.Rad1 (13.Rac1; 13.Bg5!?) 13...Qd6 14.Bc1 Re8 15.Qe3 Ba6 16.Ba3 Qd7 17.Bxa6 Nxa6 18.Qb3 Rac8 19.Rd3 Nc7 20.Rb1 Red8 21.h3 h6 22.d5 exd5 23.exd5 Ne6!= Hort,V (2600)-Huebner,R (2595) Hamburg 1979; 13.Rac1 e6 14.Rfd1 Nc6 15.Qb5 Rfd8 16.Bg5 f6 17.Be3 Na5 18.Qd3 Rac8 19.h4 Rxc1 20.Rxc1 Rc8 21.Rxc8+ ½, Babula,V (2572)-Ftacnik,L (2570) Czechia 2011 21...Qxc8 22.h5² /î??;
8...Bg4 9.Rc1 0-0 10.Be2 Qa5 11.Qd2 (11.0-0!? Qxa2 12.Ra1 Qe6 (12...Qb2 13.Qd3 Qb6 14.Rfb1 Qc7 15.Qc4 Nd7 16.h3 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 e5 18.dxc5 a6 19.Qd5 Rfb8 20.Rd1 Rd8 21.Rab1 Rab8 22.Qd6± Nguyen,A (2454)-Gupta,A (2614) Abu Dhabi 2018) 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Bxf3©) 11...cxd4?! (¹11...Nd7; 11...e6!?) 12.cxd4 Nc6 13.Qxa5 (13.d5!f) 13...Nxa5 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Rfc8 16.Ke2 e5? (16...Nc4²) 17.dxe5 Bxe5 18.Bg4 Rc4 19.f4 Bb2 20.Rxc4 Nxc4 21.Bf2 Re8 22.Bf3± Onischuk,A (2667)-Xiong,J (2674) Saint Louis 2017 For details about this line see the notes to this gamein CBM 178.] 9.Qd2 A standard reply, but Black should also know something about the alternatives: [9.Nd2!? cxd4 (9...Bd7 was MVL's choice... but Black does have some problems after 10.Rb1 (10.Be2 Ba4 (10...cxd4 11.Nc4 Qa4 12.cxd4 0-0 13.0-0 Rc8 14.Qxa4 Bxa4 15.Rab1 Nc6 16.d5 Nd4 17.Bxd4 Bxd4 18.Rxb7 Rab8 19.Rfb1 Rxb7 20.Rxb7 Kf8 21.g3 Bd1 22.Bxd1 Rxc4 23.d6!± Korobov,A (2687)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2811) Bastia rpd 2016) 11.Qc1 cxd4 12.Bxd4 Bxd4 (12...0-0!?=) 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.d5 Nd4 15.Bd3 0-0 16.Qb2 Qb6 17.Nc4 Qxb2 (17...Qf6!?") 18.Nxb2 Bb5 19.Rc1 f5 20.Bxb5 Nxb5 21.a4 Nd4 (21...Nd6 22.e5 Rac8") 22.Rc4 e5 23.f4² Aleksandrov,A (2589)-Zhigalko,A (2578) Minsk 2018) 10...Ba4 (10...Qxc3 11.d5 b6 12.Bc4 0-0 13.0-0 Qa5 14.Bb3 (14.Qe2 e6÷ Mamedyarov,S (2799)-Svidler,P (2765) Riadh blitz 2017) 14...Qa6 15.a4 (15.Re1 Bb5 16.Bg5 c4 17.a4 cxb3 18.axb5 Qxb5 19.Bxe7 Re8 20.Rxb3 Qa4 21.Bd6 Nd7 22.Qb1 Rac8 23.Ra3 Qc2 24.Qxc2 Rxc2 25.Rxa7 Rxd2 26.Rxd7 Rxd5 27.Re7 Rxe7 28.Bxe7 Rd7= Parligras,M (2595)-Ipatov,A (2652) Baku olm 2016) 15...e6 16.Re1 exd5 17.exd5 Bf5 18.Rc1 Qc8 19.Nc4 Na6 20.Bg5© Re8?! 21.Rxe8+ Qxe8 22.Nd6 Qd7 23.Nxf7 Qxf7 24.d6 Be6 25.Bxe6 Qxe6 26.d7 Bd4 27.Qf3 Rb8 28.d8Q+ Rxd8 29.Bxd8± Verst,P (2307)-Goffin,P (2331) email 2015) 11.Qxa4+ Qxa4 12.Bb5+ Qxb5 13.Rxb5 b6 14.dxc5 Nd7 (14...Bxc3 15.Ke2 Bxd2 16.Kxd2 Nd7 17.c6 Nf8 Melkumyan,H (2620)-Khalifman,A (2632) Moscow 2012 18.Rd5!? Ne6 19.Rc1 î?') 15.Ke2 Bxc3 16.Nb3 (16.c6!? Nf6 17.Nc4f) 16...0-0 17.c6 (¹17.Rc1) 17...Nf6 18.Kd3 Bb2 19.Nd2 Rfd8+ 20.Kc4 Ba3 21.e5 Rac8 22.exf6 Rxc6+ 23.Kb3 Rd3+ 24.Ka4 Bd6 25.Rb3 Rd5 26.Rb5 Rd3= ½, Navara,D (2741)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2779) Biel 2018) 10.Nc4 Qd8 11.cxd4 0-0 12.Rc1 f5!? is maybe the way to go: 13.Qb3 (13.exf5 Bxf5 14.Ne5 Schreiner,P (2432)-Filipovic,S (2226) Skopje 2015 14...Bxe5 15.Bc4+ Kg7 16.dxe5 Qxd1+ 17.Kxd1 Nc6") 13...Kh8 (13...f4 14.Bxf4 (Black had enough couterplay after 14.Nb6+ e6 15.Rxc8 Qxb6 16.Rxf8+ Kxf8 17.Qxb6 axb6 18.Bxf4 Nc6 19.d5 exd5 20.exd5 Ne5 21.h4 Rxa2 22.Rh3 Ra1+ 23.Ke2 Ra2+= ½, Ponkratov,P (2601)-Dubov,D (2696) Sochi 2018) 14...Nc6 15.Ne5+ e6 16.Nxc6 bxc6 17.Be3 Bxd4 18.Bxd4 Qxd4 19.f3 Rd8 20.Be2 Bd7 21.Bc4 Rab8 22.Rd1 Rxb3 23.Rxd4 Rb1+ 24.Rd1 Rxd1+ 25.Kxd1 Rb8 26.Kc2² Mesquita,F (2341)-O'Grady,J (2296) email 2011) 14.Ne5 Bxe5 (14...f4 15.Bd2 Nc6 16.Nf7+ Rxf7 17.Qxf7 Nxd4 18.Bc4 f3 19.gxf3 Bh3 20.Rg1 Qd6 21.Rg3 Be6 22.Bxe6 Nxe6 23.Rh3 Rd8 24.Be3 Qd3 25.e5 Nd4 26.Bxd4 Qxd4 27.Kf1 Qd2 28.Re1+- Kavutskiy,K (2369)-Paragua,M (2513) Las Vegas 2017) 15.dxe5 Nc6 16.Rd1 Qa5+ 17.Bd2 Qb6 18.Bc4 fxe4 19.0-0 Qxb3 20.axb3 Bg4 21.Rde1 Rfd8 22.Bc3 Bf5 23.h3 Nd4 24.Rd1 b5" =, Babula,V (2572)-Hoffmann,M (2496) Germany 2012;
9.Bd2 0-0 10.Be2 e6 (¹10...Bg4 11.0-0 Rd8" or 11...e6 is a more circumspect choice.) 11.0-0 Qc7 12.Rc1 Nd7 13.e5 a6 14.h4 b5 15.h5 Bb7 16.Ng5 (16.h6 Bh8 17.a4f) 16...Rad8 17.hxg6 hxg6 18.Qe1 Rfe8 19.f4 Nf8 20.Be3 cxd4 21.cxd4 Qd7 22.Bd3 f5 23.Rf2 Bh6 24.Nf3 Rc8 25.Rfc2 Rxc2 26.Rxc2 Rc8= Sunilduth Lyna,N (2573)-Duda,J (2724) Caleta 2018] 9...0-0 [9...Nc6 is an alternative, which retains its good reputation. As it was also covered last year in the notes to Onischuk-Xiong, we will mention just a few more recent examples: 10.Rb1 is currently more popular: (10.Rc1 cxd4 11.cxd4 Qxd2+ 12.Kxd2 0-0 13.Bb5 (13.d5 Rd8 14.Kc2 Na5 15.Bg5 Bd7 16.Bd3 f5 17.Kb1 fxe4 18.Bxe4 Bf5 19.Bxf5 gxf5 20.Bxe7 Rxd5 21.Rc5 Rxc5 22.Bxc5 b6= ½, Neumeier,L (2333)-Weber,M (2243) Germany 2018) 13...f5! 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.Ke2 (15.Bxc6 bxc6 16.Rxc6 Rfb8 17.Kc3 Rb6©) 15...Rad8 (15...Be6! 16.Bc4 Bxc4+ 17.Rxc4 Rad8 18.Rb1 Rd7=) 16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.Rxc6 Be4 18.Re6 Bxf3+ 19.gxf3 Bf6 20.Rc1 Rd7 21.Rc4 Rb8 22.a4 Kf7 23.Rec6 Rb2+ 24.Kd3 Ra2 25.Ke4 Bh4 26.Rc8 Bxf2 27.Bh6÷ Korobov,A (2652)-Ivanchuk,V (2726) Huaian rpd 2017) Lately Black has been doing OK after 10...a6 (10...cxd4 11.cxd4 0-0 (11...Qxd2+ 12.Kxd2 0-0 13.d5!? (13.Bd3 e6 14.Rhc1 Rd8 15.Rc4 Bd7 and in practice White hasn't been able to prove an advantage in this typical Grünfeld endgame: 16.Bg5 f6 17.Be3 b6 (17...Bf8 18.Ke2 Be8 19.Bd2 Rd7 20.Rc2 Rad8 21.Bb5 Re7 22.e5 Bg7 23.Be3 Rc7 24.exf6 Bxf6 25.Bd3 g5 26.g4 h6 27.Be4 Kg7 28.Kf1 Bg6= Sanikidze,T (2542)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2729) Aix les Bains 2011) 18.Ke2 Rac8 19.Rbc1 Bf8 20.g4 Bd6 21.h3 Kf7 22.R4c3 Bb4 23.Rc4 Bd6 24.R4c3 Bb4 25.Rc4 Ba3 26.R1c3 Bb4" Akobian,V (2647)-Hansen,E (2629) chess.com INT 2018) 13...Rd8 14.Bd3 Na5 15.Bg5 f6 16.Bf4 b6 17.Bb5 e5 18.Be3 Bd7 19.Rhc1 Bxb5 20.Rxb5 Nb7 21.Ke2 Nd6 22.Rb4 a5 23.Rxb6 Nxe4 24.Nd2 Nxd2 25.Bxd2 Rxd5 26.Rc7© Svidler,P (2769)-Hammer,J (2608) Stavanger 2013 Although this subline seems more promising and White went on to win the game, the evaluation is still far from clear - see the notes to this game in CBM 155 by Marin.) 12.Qxa5 Nxa5 13.Bd3 Bg4 (13...Rd8 14.Ke2 Bg4 15.d5 e6 16.Bg5 f6 17.Bd2 b6 18.Bxa5 bxa5 (18...exd5 19.h3!? dxe4 (19...Bxf3+ 20.Kxf3 bxa5 21.exd5²) 20.Bxe4 (20.Bc4+ Kh8 21.hxg4 exf3+ 22.Kxf3 bxa5 23.Bf7©) 20...Re8 21.hxg4 Rxe4+ 22.Kd3 Rxg4 23.Bd2 Rxg2 24.Be3²) 19.h3 Bxf3+ 20.Kxf3 f5 21.Rhd1² Harutyunian,T (2421)-Sarana,A (2377) Kirishi 2014) 14.h3 (14.Ke2 Rad8 15.d5 f5 16.Rhc1 e6 17.h3 Bxf3+ 18.gxf3 fxe4 19.fxe4 exd5 20.Rb5 dxe4 21.Bxe4 b6 22.Rc7² Matlakov,M (2693)-Bok,B (2587) Moscow 2015) 14...Bxf3 15.gxf3 Rfd8 16.d5 e6 17.Bg5 Bc3+!? (17...f6 18.Bd2 b6 19.Bxa5 bxa5 20.Bc4 Rac8 21.Bb3 exd5 22.Bxd5+ Kf8 23.0-0 Rc7 24.Rb5 f5 25.Rxa5 Bd4 26.Rb5² Onischuk,A (2672)-Robson,R (2660) Saint Louis 2018) 18.Ke2 f6 19.Rhc1 fxg5 20.Rxc3 exd5 21.Rb5 b6 22.Rxd5 Rxd5 23.exd5 Rd8 24.Be4 Rd7 25.Ke3 Kf7 26.Kd4 Nb7= Socko,B (2584)-Swiercz,D (2655) Civitanova Marche 2016) 11.Rc1 cxd4 12.cxd4 Qxd2+ 13.Kxd2 f5 14.e5 0-0!? (14...Be6 15.Bc4 Bxc4 16.Rxc4 causes Black more problems) 15.Bc4+ e6 16.Ke2 Bd7 17.h4 (17.d5 Nxe5 18.Nxe5 Bxe5 19.dxe6 Bb5 20.Bxb5 axb5 21.Rc5 Bf6 22.Rxb5 Rfe8 23.Rxb7 Rxa2+ 24.Kf3 Ra6 25.Rd1 Raxe6 26.Rdd7 R6e7= Akobian,V (2647)-Durarbayli,V (2618) Saint Louis 2018) 17...Rfc8 (17...Rac8 18.Bd2 (18.d5! Nxe5 19.Nxe5 Bxe5 20.dxe6±) 18...h6 19.Bb3 Kf7 20.Rhg1 Rfd8 21.g4 Ne7 22.g5 h5 23.Ba5 Re8 24.Bb4 Bf8³ So,W (2815)-Giri,A (2785) chess.com INT 2017) 18.Ng5 (18.d5 Nxe5 19.Nxe5 Bxe5 20.dxe6 Bc6") 18...Nd8 19.Bb3 a5!? (19...h6 20.Nh3 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Rc8 22.Rxc8 Bxc8 Akobian,V (2641)-Durarbayli,V (2618) Saint Louis 2018 23.Nf4 Kf7 24.g4!² î?� 24...fxg4 25.Bc2) 20.a4 b5 21.axb5 h6 22.Nh3 Bxb5+ 23.Kd2 Kf7 24.Nf4 Bf8 25.d5 Bb4+ 26.Kd1 Kg7 27.Bb6 g5 28.hxg5 hxg5 29.Rxc8 (29.Nxe6+ Nxe6 30.dxe6 Bc6f) 29...Rxc8 30.Bxd8 gxf4 31.Bf6+ Kg6 32.dxe6 a4 33.Bd5 a3 34.Bf3 Ba4+ ½, Lunek,F (2297)-Karakas,S (2264) email 2015 35.Ke2 Bb5+=] 10.Rc1 Nd7 A rare line, which hs started appearing more often lately. Black's ide is not so much to put White's î?
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undedr pressure, but rather to blockade it and achieve a position with a fixed pawn structure. [In CBM 178 we also checked the popular 10...Rd8 11.d5 e6 12.Bg5 f6 (12...Rd6 13.Be2!? exd5 14.exd5 b5 15.Bf4 Rd8 16.0-0 Bb7 17.d6 Nd7 18.Rfd1 Mesaros,F (2415)-Rajkovic,M (2305) Paracin 2017 18...Re8") 13.Be3 Nc6 14.Bd3 and now: Svidler currently prefers
14...Ne7 a) Last year we briefly mentioned 14...exd5 15.exd5 c4; b) and also 14...b6 15.0-0 Ba6 16.Be2 Qa4 17.c4 Na5 18.Qd1 Qxa2 (Black spurns the safer 18...Qxd1 19.Rfxd1 Re8") 19.Ra1 Qb2 20.Ra4 exd5 21.exd5 Bc8 22.Bxc5 Bd7 23.Ra1 Re8 24.Bd3 f5 25.Rb1 Qa2 26.Bd4 Bxd4 27.Nxd4 Qa3 28.Qd2 Nb7 29.h4 Qf8 30.h5 Nc5 31.Bc2 Qf6÷ /î?¯, Elias,H (2057)-Khanas,V (2184) email 2017 32.f4 Ne4 33.Bxe4 fxe4 34.Nc2 gxh5 35.f5 Re7 36.Rbe1 Rae8 37.Nd4 Re5 38.Qa2 a5 39.Qa1 R5e7 40.Qd1 Rg7 41.Ne6 Rg4 42.Rf2 Kh8 43.Qb1 Rc8 44.Qxb6 Rcg8 45.Ree2 a4 46.Ra2 Rc8 47.Rf1 e3 48.Qxe3 Rgxc4 49.Raf2 Rc3 50.Qb6 ½-½ (50) Elias,H (2057)-Khanas,V (2184) ICCF email 2017; 15.c4 Qxd2+ , also with similar ideas of stabilizing the centre: 16.Bxd2 (16.Nxd2 b6 17.0-0 (17.Ke2 Bd7 18.f3 Re8 19.g4 f5 20.Rhg1 ½, Tari,A (2571)-Salgado Lopez,I (2651) Izmir 2016 20...f4!? 21.dxe6 fxe3 22.exd7 Rf8³) 17...h6 18.Rfd1 f5 19.f3 g5 20.Nb1 fxe4 21.fxe4 Ng6 22.Nc3 Ne5 23.Be2 Ba6 24.Nb1 Re8= /î?®, Onischuk,A (2682)-Svidler,P (2751) Tbilisi 2017 25.Bf2 Rad8 26.h3 exd5 27.exd5 Nf7 ½-½ (27) Onischuk,A (2682)-Svidler,P (2751) Tbilisi 2017) 16...b6 17.0-0 Ba6 (17...Bd7 18.Rfe1 Nc8 19.e5 exd5 20.cxd5 fxe5 21.Nxe5 Nd6 (21...Bxe5 22.Rxe5 Nd6=) 22.Bg5 Bxe5 23.Bxd8 Bf4 24.Bc7 Bxc1 25.Rxc1 Yu,Y (2759)-Svidler,P (2753) Shenzhen rpd 2018 25...Bb5") 18.Rfe1 Rac8 19.Bf1 exd5 20.exd5 Nf5 21.g4 Nd6 22.Re7 Bf8 23.Rxa7 Ra8 24.Rxa8 Rxa8 25.g5² Yu,Y (2759)-Svidler,P (2753) Shenzhen 2018;
10...cxd4 11.cxd4 Qxd2+ 12.Nxd2 e6 13.Nb3² has long been considered somewhat unpleasant for Black: 13...Rd8 14.Bg5 f6 15.Be3 f5 16.exf5 gxf5 17.Bb5 Nd7 18.0-0 Nf6 19.Bg5 Bd7 20.Bc4 b6 21.Nd2 Re8 22.Nf3 Bc6 23.Ne5 Bd5 24.Bb5 Rec8 25.a4 Ne4 26.Bf4 Bf8 27.f3 Nf6 28.Bg5 Kg7 29.Ba6 Rxc1 30.Rxc1 Bd6 31.Nc4 Bb4 32.Ne3f Karpov,A (2725)-Huebner,R (2600) Tilburg 1980] 11.Bd3 This natural developing move protects the î?©e4 and is played more often than all the other alternatives. [11.d5 Nf6 12.c4 Qxd2+ 13.Nxd2 b6 14.f3 (14.h3 e6 15.Bd3 Re8 16.0-0 Ba6 17.Bc2 exd5 18.exd5 b5 19.Bd3 bxc4 20.Bxc4 Bxc4 21.Rxc4 Nxd5 22.Bxc5 Re2f Akobian,V (2647)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2729) Riadh blitz 2017) 14...e6 is somewhat similar to the previous note: 15.Kf2 Ne8 (15...Nd7 16.f4 e5 17.g3 f5 18.exf5 Nf6 19.Bh3 Bxf5 20.Bxf5 gxf5 21.h3 Rae8?! (21...e4² /î??) 22.fxe5 Ne4+ 23.Nxe4 fxe4+ 24.Ke2 Bxe5 25.Rcf1± Akobian,V (2647)-Xiong,J (2665) Saint Louis 2018) 16.a4 f5 17.exf5 exd5 18.cxd5 Bxf5 19.Bb5 Nf6 20.d6 Rad8 21.Nc4 Be6" Ladva,O (2513)-Bok,B (2594) St Petersburg blitz 2016 22.Kg3 Nh5+ 23.Kf2 Nf6=] 11...e5 Again Black doesn't want to leave his opponent with a mobile centre. [11...b6 12.0-0 Ba6 (12...e6? 13.Qe2! Bb7 14.Nd2± Onischuk,A (2667)-Robson,R (2668) Saint Louis 2017) 13.Bxa6 Qxa6 14.Bh6 Rfd8 (14...cxd4 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.cxd4 (16.Qxd4+ Nf6 17.e5 Ng8=) 16...Rfc8") 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.e5 e6 (16...Nf8!?) 17.Rfd1 Qc4 18.Qf4 h6 19.a3 Rac8 20.Nd2 Qe2 21.Ne4 g5 22.Qe3 Qxe3 23.fxe3 Dereviagin,V (2320)-Eg,K (1847) Wiesbaden 2017 23...f6 24.Nd6 Rc7=] 12.d5 What else? [12.Bc4 or;
12.h4 allows Black to simplify into a fully playable endgame - again see the notes to Onischuk-Xiong.;
12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 Vidit's previous outing with this line went 14.Bc4 (14.0-0 Rd8 (14...Be6 15.f4 Rfd8 16.fxe5 c4") 15.Qc2 Bd7 (15...Be6!? 16.f4 Bg7 17.f5 Bxa2÷) 16.Bc4 Ba4 (16...Bb5!") 17.Qe2 Rd7 18.f4 Bxc3 19.f5 Bd4 20.Bxd4 cxd4 21.e5f Zaja,I (2508)-Zufic,M (2409) Porec 2011) 14...Be6 (14...Rd8 15.Bd5 Be6 16.c4 Qxd2+ 17.Kxd2 Bxd5 18.exd5 b5 ½, Brunello,S (2575)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2758) Condino 2014 19.Kd3) 15.Bxe6 fxe6 16.0-0 Qc7 17.g3 Rad8 18.Qe2 c4 19.f4 Bg7 20.e5 Rd3 21.Bd4 Rd8 22.Rcd1 Rxd1 23.Rxd1 b5 24.a4 a6 25.axb5 axb5 26.h4 Bf8 27.h5 b4" Gledura,B (2615)-Vidit,S (2707) Malmo 2018] 12...f5 Lately Black's attention has focused on this move. [I suppose he prefers to avoid 12...b5 13.c4!? (White has mostly played 13.0-0 , which is at best unclear after 13...c4 14.Bb1 Qa3 15.Ne1 a5 16.f4 exf4 17.Bxf4 b4 18.cxb4 c3 19.Qf2 Qxb4 20.Nf3 Nf6 21.Qh4 Ba6 22.Rfe1 Rae8 23.Bg5 Nd7÷ Pratyusha,B (2177)-Fier,A (2574) Thessaloniki 2018) 13...b4 14.0-0 f5 (¹14...Qc7²) 15.Bh6 (15.a3! f4 (15...Qxa3 16.Ra1 Qc3 17.Qe2) 16.Bxc5 Qxc5 17.axb4 Qe7 18.c5© î?') 15...Bxh6 16.Qxh6 f4 17.Rfd1 (17.h4!?f) 17...Qc7 18.Bc2 Qd6 19.Ba4 Nf6 20.Ng5 a5 21.f3 Ra7 22.g3 Nh5 23.Kg2² Beradze,I (2425)-Fier,A (2619) Tbilisi 2016] 13.Qe2N Playable, but not the first choice of any of my engines :) Let's check the alternatives: [White has had bad results with 13.Bg5 , but in fact this move is quite dangerous: 13...c4!? (13...Nf6 14.Bxf6!? (14.Nxe5 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 fxe4 16.Nc4 Qa6 17.Ne3 Bd7 18.c4 Rae8 19.0-0 Vovk,Y (2600)-Zubov,A (2604) Lvov rpd 2017 19...Bd4") 14...Bxf6 15.0-0 f4 16.Rb1² Qc7 17.Qd1 g5 18.d6 (¹18.Bc4 Qd6 19.h3 b6 20.Nd2±) 18...Qg7 (¹18...Qf7!) 19.Bc4+ Kh8 20.Qd5 g4 Pavlovic,M (2541)-Sedlak,N (2580) Valjevo 2011 21.Nd2±) 14.Bxc4 fxe4 15.d6+ (15.Nh4 Nf6 (15...Nc5!?÷ 16.0-0 Qa4) 16.d6+ Kh8 17.0-0 Bd7 18.Qe3?! (18.Bb3²) 18...Rac8 19.Bb3 Qc5 20.Qd2?! Rc6 21.Be3 Qa3 22.Rcd1 a5³ Rocha,S (2371)-Gabrielian,A (2502) Lisbon 2018) 15...Kh8 16.Nh4 Qc5 17.Bb3 Nf6 (17...Bf6!÷) 18.0-0 Bd7 19.Be3 Qc8 20.c4 (20.Bh6 Bc6 21.Qg5 Qg4 22.Bxg7+ Kxg7 23.Qxg4 Nxg4 24.f3 exf3 25.Nxf3 Rad8³ Lorparizangeneh,S (2515)-Neverov,V (2483) St Petersburg 2017) 20...Bc6 Neverov,V (2472)-Kulaots,K (2597) Minsk 2017 21.Bh6 (21.c5!?) 21...Nh5 22.g3²;
13.Bh6 fxe4 (13...f4 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Rb1 Qc7 16.0-0 Nf6 17.Bc2 Qd6 18.Rfe1 b6 19.Qd3 Bd7 20.a4 a6 21.c4 Rab8 22.Qc3 Rfe8 23.g3 Bg4 24.Nd2 g5 25.Bd1 h5 26.gxf4 gxf4 27.Kh1² Mikanovic,G (2273)-Turov,M (2550) Montreal 2001) 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Bxe4 Nf6 16.c4 Qa6 (16...Qb4!? 17.Qxb4 cxb4÷) 17.Bb1 (17.Qc2! Qa5+ 18.Nd2 Nxe4 19.Qxe4 Qxa2 20.Qxe5+ Kg8 21.Ne4 Bf5 22.0-0 Bxe4 23.Qxe4f) 17...e4 18.Ng5 Bf5 19.Qc3 Rae8 20.0-0 h6 21.Nh3 Qd6 22.Rfe1 Kg8= Stupak,K (2570)-Zinchenko,Y (2547) Paleochora 2017;
13.exf5 gxf5 14.Bh6 Stone,R (2345)-Bailey,D (2355) Toronto 1989 14...e4 15.Qg5 (15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Ng5 exd3 17.Ne6+ Kh8 18.Nxf8 Nxf8 19.Qxd3 Bd7÷; 15.Bc4 b5!? transposes after 16.Qg5) 15...Rf7 16.Bc4 b5 17.Nh4 Ne5 18.Be2 Qb6 19.Nxf5 Bxf5 20.Bxg7 h6 21.Bxh6+ Kh7 22.g4 Qxh6 23.Qxh6+ Kxh6 24.gxf5 Nd3+ 25.Bxd3 exd3 26.c4 Rxf5=;
13.Qc2 Nf6 (13...f4 14.Bd2 b5 15.c4 b4÷; 13...fxe4 14.Bxe4 Nf6 15.Nd2 Nxe4 16.Nxe4 Bf5 17.f3 Rad8 18.Rd1 c4 19.Qd2 Be6 20.dxe6!? Rxd2 21.Rxd2 Re8 22.Kf2 Rxe6 23.Rhd1© Ryzhkov,I (2344)-Trs,J (2206) email 2015) 14.Ng5 Bh6 15.Bd2 Bxg5 16.Bxg5 b5 17.Qd2 fxe4 18.Be2 c4 19.0-0 Qa3 20.Rfd1 Bd7 21.h3 Rf7 22.Rb1 a6 23.d6 Rc8 24.Rb4 Re8 25.Kh2 h5 26.Qc2 Re6 27.Be3 Bc6 28.Bxc4 bxc4 29.Bc5 Qa5 30.Bb6 Qa3 31.Bc5 Qa5 ½, Ronat,O (2317)-Klochan,P (2295) email 2015] 13...fxe4 [After 13...f4 14.Bd2 Black doesn't have b5 anymore and 14...Qxa2 15.0-0© gives White more than enough for the î?© - Black's forces lack coordination.] 14.Bxe4 Nf6 15.d6!? Leads to tactical complications, but White has nothing better. [15.Nd2 Qxa2 16.Bd3 (16.Bxc5 Rf7³) 16...Bf5 17.Bc4 Qb2 18.0-0 Kh8÷ î?� 19.Bxc5 Rfc8 20.Be3 b5!f] 15...Nxe4 16.Qc4+ Kh8 [16...Rf7 17.Qxe4 Qxa2 18.c4! Bf5 19.Qd5 Bg4 20.Nd2f] 17.Qxe4 Bf5 Natural, but the î?§ might have a future even elsewhere. [17...Qa6!? also deserves attention: 18.Qd5 (18.Bxc5 Bd7? 19.Nxe5? Rae8 20.Bd4 g5!-+; 18.Rd1 Bd7 19.c4 Bc6 20.Qh4 e4 21.Ng5 h6 22.Ne6 Qxc4 23.Nxg7 Bb5 24.Qxh6+ Kg8 25.Rd2 Qc1+ 26.Rd1 Qc4=) 18...Bg4 19.c4 (19.Bxc5? e4) 19...Rad8 (19...Bxf3 20.gxf3 Rad8 21.Rd1! (21.Bxc5? Rf5) ) 20.Nxe5 (20.Rd1 e4!f) 20...Rxd6 21.Nf7+ (21.Qxc5 Rf5 22.Qc8+ (22.f4 Bxe5 23.fxe5 Qxa2 24.Qc8+ Kg7 25.Qc7+=) 22...Rf8 23.Qxg4 (23.Qc5=) 23...Qa5+ 24.Kf1 Qxe5©) 21...Rxf7 22.Qxf7 Qa5+ 23.Kf1 Qd8 24.Re1 (24.f3 Re6 25.Qf4 Bf5 26.Kf2 Be5 27.Qh6 Bg7=) 24...Be6 25.Qf3 (25.Qf4 Bc3 26.Rc1 Bb2=) 25...Bxc4+ (25...Bc3 26.Bg5!) 26.Kg1÷ /î?¯] 18.Qd5 [18.Qxb7 Bd3 19.Qd5 e4 20.Ne5 Rae8 21.Nxd3T Bxc3+ 22.Kd1 exd3 23.Qxd3 Be5 (23...Bb4 24.Rc2²) 24.Re1 a) 24.Rxc5 Qxa2 25.d7 Rd8 26.Rxe5 Qa1+ 27.Kd2 Qb2+! 28.Kd1 Qa1+ 29.Kc2 Qa2+=; b) 24.Bxc5 Rd8 25.Re1 Bxd6! 26.Bd4+ (26.Bxd6 Rf6=) 26...Kg8 27.Qc4+ Rf7©; 24...Bxd6 25.Qc3+ Qxc3 26.Rxc3 Rb8"] 18...Qa4 19.Ng5 [19.0-0?! Be4 20.Qxc5 Rxf3 (20...b6 21.Qb4 Qc6 22.Ng5! Bxg2 23.Rfd1 Bh1 24.Qg4²) 21.gxf3 Bxf3 22.h3 (22.Qb4 Qd7 23.Qh4 Qxd6© /î?') 22...Qh4 23.Kh2 Bg4 24.Rh1 Bxh3 25.Qd5 Rf8!f;
19.Bxc5? Be4! (19...Qa5 20.Rd1 Qxc3+ 21.Rd2 Qc1+ 22.Rd1=) 20.Qb3 Qc6,] 19...h6 20.Ne6 White prefers to keep it simple. [20.Nf7+ Kh7 21.h4 Qg4!? 22.Ng5+ Kh8 23.c4 Rad8 24.Bxc5 (24.Kf1?! Bd7 25.Nf7+ Rxf7 26.Qxf7 Rf8 27.Qe7 Kg8!) 24...Bd7 25.Nf7+ (25.Rh3 Bc6 26.Qe6 Qf4 27.Be3 Qf6÷) 25...Rxf7 26.Qxf7 Qxg2 27.Rf1 (27.Qd5 e4 28.Rf1 Bg4 29.Bd4 Qf3 30.Bxg7+ Kxg7 31.Kd2 Qf6 32.c5 b6©) ;
20.h4 Qg4 -20.î?¨f7+] 20...Bxe6T [20...Be4?! 21.Qxc5 Rfc8 22.Nc7±] 21.Qxe6 Qc6 It's difficult to chose between the various options - Black had other playable moves: [21...Rf6 22.Qe7 Qc6 23.Bxh6 Qe4+ 24.Be3 (24.Kf1 Rxf2+ 25.Kxf2 Rf8+ 26.Qxf8+ Bxf8 27.Bxf8 Qf4+ 28.Ke2 Qe4+ 29.Kd2 Qxg2+ 30.Ke3 Qh3+ 31.Ke4 Qf5+ 32.Kd5 Qf7+ 33.Kxc5 Qxf8") 24...Qxg2 25.Rf1 Qe4 26.d7 (26.Rd1 Raf8 27.d7 Rxf2 28.Rxf2 Qxe3+ 29.Re2 Qxc3+ 30.Rdd2 Qa1+=) 26...Qd3 27.Rg1 (27.Rd1 Qxc3+ 28.Rd2 (28.Bd2 Qd4 29.Qe8+ Rf8 30.Qxg6 Qxd7÷) 28...Qc1+ 29.Ke2 Qc4+ 30.Ke1=) 27...Raf8 28.Rg3 Rd6=;
21...Rad8 22.Qxg6 Rf6 23.Qh5 Rfxd6 24.0-0 (24.Bxc5? Rd5-+) 24...Qc4"] 22.Qxg6 Rf6 23.Qg4 Rxd6 24.0-0 [24.c4 Rg8 25.Qf3 (25.0-0 Rg6 26.Qh3 Rxg2+! 27.Qxg2 Bf6 28.Qxg8+ Kxg8³) 25...Qxf3 (25...e4 26.Qh3÷) 26.gxf3=] 24...c4!? A good move, but it has one drawback: the î?§g7 remains passive. [24...e4 25.c4 b6=] 25.Rfd1 [25.f3!?] 25...Rd3 A logical consequence of the previous move. [25...Rad8 26.Rxd6 Rxd6 27.h4²] 26.Rxd3 cxd3 27.f3 White naturally doesn't want to allow e4. 27...Rd8 28.Qe4 Yu tries to keep the tension. [28.c4 gives Black more than one way to force a draw: 28...d2 (28...e4 29.Qxe4 Qxe4 30.fxe4 Bd4=; 28...Qa4 29.Qh4! Rd6 30.Qe7=) 29.Rd1 Qa4 30.Rxd2 Rxd2 31.Qc8+ Kh7 32.Qf5+ Kg8 33.Qe6+=] 28...d2?! Black had better moves: [28...Qxe4 29.fxe4 b6 30.Rd1 (30.Kf2 Rc8) 30...Bf8 (30...Rc8 31.Rxd3 Rc4=) ;
28...Qa6! and already White barely holds after 29.Rd1! Qxa2 30.h3 Qc2 31.Rd2 Qxc3 32.Qxb7=] 29.Rd1 Qxc3 30.Kf2 Currently White is a pawn down, but when he manages to collect the î?©d2, he will have a superior pawn structure - the î?§g7 is passive 30...b6 [¹30...b5! 31.h3!? (31.Bxa7 Qa3 32.Bb6 Rd6 33.Be3 Qxa2=; 31.Ke2 Qa3 32.Qc2 e4" î?� 33.fxe4 Qa6) 31...a6 32.Ke2 Qa3";
30...Qa3?! 31.Qxb7±] 31.a4!² Qa5 32.g4 [32.Qc2 Bf8 (32...a6²) 33.Rxd2 Rxd2+ 34.Bxd2 Qd5² (34...Qc5+ 35.Qxc5 Bxc5+ 36.Be3±) ;
¹32.Qc6! is stronger - White prevents both a6 and b5 while eyeing the î?©h6. 32...Qd5 33.Qc2² /î?S] 32...b5?! [32...a6! î?� 33.Qg6 Qxa4 34.Bxh6 Bxh6 35.Qxh6+ Kg8 36.Qg5+ Kh7 37.Qe7+ (37.Rxd2 Rxd2+ 38.Qxd2 Qf4=) 37...Kg6= (37...Kh6?? 38.g5+ Kh5 39.Qh7+ Kxg5 40.Rg1++-) ] 33.axb5 Qxb5 34.Rxd2 Rxd2+ 35.Bxd2 Black with his isolated pawns faces an unpleasant endgame. However, White's task also isn't simple, as the material is greatly reduced. 35...Qb2 36.Ke2 Qb5+ 37.Qd3! Qb6 Keeping the î?¥ is a must. [37...Qxd3+? 38.Kxd3 Kh7 39.h4+-] 38.h4 a6 Vidit plays passively. He should have sought a chance to lash out, e.g. [38...a5!? 39.Qc4 e4! 40.Qxe4 (40.fxe4 Qb8") 40...Qa6+ 41.Qd3 Qe6+ 42.Kd1 a4² /î?-] 39.h5 Qe6 40.Bc3 [40.Qe4!?] 40...Kg8 [40...e4 41.Bxg7+ Kxg7 42.Qxe4± î?� 42...Qxe4+? 43.fxe4 Kf6 44.Kd3+- - White's î?© are untouchable.] 41.Qe4 Qa2+ 42.Ke3 Qe6 43.Qb7 Qc4 44.Qb4 Qc6 45.Qa5 Qf6 46.Qd5+ Kh8 47.Ke4 Qf4+ 48.Kd3 Qf6 [Tying down White's pieces with 48...Qg3!? is more resilient.] 49.Ba5 Qf8? The decisive error, we have repeatedly stressed Black must avoid the î?¥ swap. [¹49...Kh7± î?¡ and the fight continues.] 50.Qd8!+- Qxd8+ 51.Bxd8 Kg8 52.Ke4 Bf8 53.Ba5 Bd6 54.Kd5 Bb8 55.Bc3 Ba7 [55...Kf7 56.Bxe5 Ba7 57.Bd4 Bb8 58.Be3 Kg7 59.Ke6!] 56.Kxe5 Bb6 57.Kf6 Be3 58.Kg6 [58.Be5 a5 59.f4 Kh7 60.g5 a4 61.g6+ Kg8 62.Ke6+-] 58...Bf4 59.Bb4? Bc1 [59...Kh8 60.g5!? Bxg5 61.Bd6 a5 62.f4+-] 60.Bd6 a5 61.f4 a4 62.f5 1-0.
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